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• Southern Soul Food Showdown Play Video

  October 17, 2012 7:41 AM

  The Southern Soul Food Showdown is being held by the Grand Marais Mardi Gras Association! It takes place at Mon Ami on Saturday, October 20, 2012. The fun starts early that morning and last all day ending at 5:00 pm. Southern Soul Food Showdown is a cook-off with teams competing... more »

• Unemployment rates in Southern US states, cities

  August 2, 2012 3:35 AM

  Unemployment rates rose in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in June, mostly because of seasonal trends. Many young people launch job searches in the summer post-graduation, and that can push up unemployment rates. The metro data isn't seasonally adjusted for such trends. Here are unemployment rates for states... more »

• Southern has new strategy to bring in students

  July 9, 2012 7:06 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Southern University will compete for a share of Baton Rouge's community college market this fall as part of a strategy to boost sagging enrollment. The student numbers have dipped during the past several years with the introduction of tougher state admissions standards. The Advocate reports... more »

• Vote and vote often Lafayette as Tastiest Town of the South Play Video

  January 6, 2012 12:41 PM

  Lafayette is currently in the running to be named Southern Living Magazine's Tastiest Town of the South. As of 11:30 Friday morning, Lafayette has more than 40,000 votes, but Louisville, Kentucky is trailing close behind. Lafayette isn't the only Louisiana city in the running, New Orleans is also competing... more »

• Lafayette Leads in the Tastiest Town Poll Play Video

  December 29, 2011 10:29 PM

  Lafayette is leading the way in a national contest to be named the tastiest town of the south. With more than 96 restaurants in the Acadiana area there is a lot of options when dining out. From Cajun, to Italian, to Mexican, and much more, Acadiana has a unique blend... more »

• Southern's financial woes linger

  October 7, 2011 7:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Southern University Chancellor James Llorens says he may again request that the college declare a financial emergency because of ongoing budget problems. Partly because of disputes over voluntary faculty furloughs, Llorens tells The Advocate the Southern Board of Supervisors may reconsider the emergency request, called... more »

• Southern exigency vote set Friday

  August 24, 2011 9:30 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Southern University Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Friday on whether the main Baton Rouge campus will declare a state of financial emergency, called exigency. Southern Chancellor James Llorens has insisted that nearly all faculty agree to 10 percent furloughs - time off... more »

• Southern pushes its faculty for pay cuts

  August 18, 2011 10:55 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Southern University "likely" will ask to declare a financial emergency next week unless nearly all of the faculty agree to furloughs and shorter termination notices. Southern's new chancellor, James Llorens, told The Advocate Wednesday the budget shortfall proved larger than expected and greater demands are... more »

• Corps, Southern announce plan to save road

  June 17, 2011 9:06 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State officials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Southern University officials in Baton Rouge are working to prevent a road on the Southern campus from falling into a ravine. The corps said in a Thursday news release that they are working to correct soil... more »

• Southern Scuttles Live Jaguar Plans

  September 16, 2010 10:57 AM

  Southern University is officially giving up, for now, on efforts to acquire a new live jaguar mascot Lacumba and to build a larger animal habitat. A successful, student-led initiative will reallocate fees collected for Lacumba into student recreation projects and other activities, such as new basketball and volleyball courts on... more »

• Southern University Enrollment Down

  September 9, 2010 12:44 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -Southern University's student enrollment is down another 4 percent this fall while Baton Rouge Community College continues to steadily grow. That's according to college data released Wednesday. Southern reported a total enrollment this fall of 7,313 students compared with 7,619 last year. BRCC jumped about 3... more »

• Reggie Bush comments on NCAA's punishment of Southern California

  June 16, 2010 2:26 PM

  METAIRIE, La. (AP) - Reggie Bush says the NCAA's punishment of Southern California feels like "the closest thing to death without dying" and that he will fully support USC's appeal of the sanctions. Bush spoke publicly about the punishment for the first time Wednesday at the New Orleans Saints' training... more »