Tierra Smith stumbled onto her love of writing when she was accidentally enrolled in a journalism course at her high school in Houston. Now a rising senior at Grambling State University, the 21-year-old is majoring in mass communications with a concentration in sports journalism.
The New Orleans Saints’ rookie cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste enters the season with high expectations. Jean-Baptiste, a former defensive back for the University of Nebraska, finished his last season with good numbers.
With 9,000 followers, Dillard University’s president, Walter Kimbrough, or @HipHopPrez, has the most Twitter followers of any historically black college or university chieftain. He and his social-media-savvy peers are using Twitter to share good news and critical information with students, parents, donors and others.
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the University of Arizona in Super Regional best-of-three tournament. The Ragin’ Cajuns credit a majority of their success to their fan base. The College Women’s World Series is May 29 through June 4.
The University of Louisiana players have unusual superstitions that extend to their fan base and parents. The Ragin’ Cajuns’ superstitions include stuffed frogs, no-lens glasses and holey batting gloves.
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette softball team will host the Super Regional tournament series against the University of Arizona at Lamson Park in Lafayette. All of the tickets are sold for this best-of-three series.
Ian Kullgren has been worshiping The New York Times since he was a teenager. Mr. Kullgren covered a shooting and a bomb threat at high school’s newspaper, which showed him the importance of journalism.
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute in New Orleans for 2014 is now concluded. We will resume in May 2015 in Tucson, Arizona.
Julia Craven went to Tulane University looking for a controversy. What she found was a young custodial worker with a phenomenal story.
The National Weather Service of New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued a flash flood watch Wednesday afternoon remaining into effect through Thursday evening.