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 | Flagship Agenda in the News
The Times-Picayune, January 4, 2004
"Academic Games"
by Coleman Warner
As LSU takes the field today to prove its athletic supremacy, university officials are working to make a similar statement in more scholarly matters....
The Times (Shreveport), January 7, 2004
"Parlay Athletic Win with Academic One"
LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert holds the reins to a many-headed beast, whose body is the state's flagship university but whose heads compete for widely varying goals that each require attention, resources and support. Right now, having won the Sugar Bowl and the Bowl Championship Series' National Championship, LSU athletics appears to be the dominant head, enjoying the public's praise amidst a national frenzy of media attention and fan ecstasy. LSU points out that Sunday night's victory, although 45 years in the making for football, is the 41st national championship in its athletic history, achieved while claiming 103 Southeastern Conference titles.
The New York Times, January 4, 2004
"Beyond a Stereotype of Southern Universities"
by Mark A. Emmert, January 4, 2004
Tonight, the victor of the Sugar Bowl will win the Bowl Championship Series title. Both teams vying for the title are Southern universities: Oklahoma and Louisiana State. While the nation enjoys the performance of these two fine teams, appreciation for their athletic talents will mask a contrary and frustrating perception. Far too many Americans believe that Southern universities are more interested in football or basketball than in literature or physics. Nothing could be further from the truth... | |
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