UL students, faculty criticize handling of student’s suicide
Students and faculty members gathered on UL’s campus to protest the university’s handling of a student’s on-campus suicide.
Students and faculty members gathered on UL’s campus to protest the university’s handling of a student’s on-campus suicide.
The district will be able to buy property, build facilities, issue revenue bonds, incur debt and levy taxes without a vote of the public, according to the legislation, to develop public improvement projects for the university directly or through private foundations or nonprofit organizations affiliated with the university.
Source: The Advocate
The subpoenas are related to a case in which a former Louisiana Tech student sued the UL System, LSU and Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.
Fix housing, commuting and make it easier to connect with Downtown, UL student survey shows.
UL will create Community Resilience Hubs, which will be part of a network to help communities maintain access to electricity and key services during disasters.
Source: The Daily Advertiser
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
Lafayette lost more than 700 college grads under 25 from 2017 to 2021. Better jobs and lowering housing costs could reverse the loss.
With confirmations of leases running around 90%, no one wants their daughter or son to lose out in what some see as a musical chairs competition for housing.
Source: The Advocate
The $10,000 Pay It Forward Scholarship gives at-risk students a chance at a brighter future.
Art students at UL Lafayette are facing potential competition with this emerging technology and how it sources material from existing artworks.
Volunteer-led groups, convened by Parish Proud, have made a big impact in cleaning up Lafayette litter.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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