Weapon discharge near Louisiana Tech campus

A weapon was accidentally discharged at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, located adjacent to the Louisiana Tech campus, at approximately 4 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26.A female student sitting outside the house was struck in the arm by a small projectile fragment from...

Tech physicists participate in LHC research

Following the initial meltdown of the Large Hadron Collider project, officials with Louisiana Tech’s physics department now must take a wait-and-see approach as to its restart.Hopes are that the project will begin again in the spring of 2009, after repairs are...

Prescott Memorial Library to host reception

Louisiana Tech’s Prescott Memorial Library will host a reception Oct. 6 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the school’s Louisiana State Documents Depository Program.The program has been in operation at Tech since 1948, providing free public access to...

Tech student receives national leadership award

A Louisiana Tech senior kinesiology major has been chosen as the recipient of Kappa Delta Sorority’s Corre Anding Stegall Leadership Award.Tori Harwood, of West Monroe, received her award during the sorority’s National Leadership Conference held in Boston....

Simonsen Named 2008 Holm Center Educator of the Year

Lt. Col. Dan Simonsen, Tech’s AFROTC commander and professor of aerospace studies, has been named Holm Center 2008 Air Education and Training Command Educator of the Year. The national award honors one officer, one enlisted airman and one civilian who exemplify...