Many academic presses have announced plans in the past few years to stop operations, including Northeastern University, the University of Idaho and Louisiana State University Press though public outcry has saved a slew of them.

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After graduating from Louisiana State University in 1980 with a degree in international trade and finance, Joo Siang joined as his father's right-hand man.

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In addition to the championships under his belt, O'Neal has a Bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University and an MBA he received in 2005.

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He earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Brooklyn College and also attended Louisiana State University.

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After Hatfill was designated a "person of interest, " he lost his job at Louisiana State University, where he was helping train first-responders to handle a bioterrorism attack, and had his apartment searched three times.

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All this financial destruction stems from this American-born dual U.S. and Egyptian citizen, who lied to investors that he was a graduate of Louisiana State University.

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According to a 1998 study by Louisiana State University, more than 500 million birds fly over the Gulf and enter the United States along coastal areas in Louisiana and Texas each spring.

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"We would really encourage people not to come back for at least a week, " said Ivor van Heerden, deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes in Baton Rouge.

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