Flagship Friends

The next 48 hours will determine how much of LSU’s budget is restored. We need your help. An e-mail is good, but if you have a moment, call your legislators’ offices to let them know you are concerned about LSU. Yesterday, the Senate amended 2 bills to help higher education: HB 689 would put $118 million [...]

Four former Louisiana governors appealed to Gov. Bobby Jindal to preserve higher education as much as possible. Gov. Jindal committed not to cut state appropriations by more than 10%. Higher education is currently bracing for a 15% cut to state appropriations amounting to $219 million, of which LSU’s share is $32 million. These figures exclude [...]

With less than 15 days remaining in the session, LSU still needs your help to restore its budget. No firm plan has been established to significantly minimize higher education’s budget cut. LSU is performing very well and we should support that progress. The Flagship University has a 61% graduation rate, conducts $140 million in research, and [...]

We’d like to thank the following websites/blogs for their mention of Flagship Friends, and helping us reach LSU supporters in a time where we hope everyone’s voice can be heard. LSU Alumni Association Dandy Don La News Link S.O.S. – Save Our Schools If you’ve seen a flagshipfriends.org mention anywhere else, please leave that in [...]

Per Baton Rouge Business Report Daily Report AM http://www.businessreport.com/archives/daily-report/2009/jun/03/1015/ The state Senate has approved postponement of a rollback of the Stelly tax plan, despite opposition from House members. Sen. Lydia Jackson, a Shreveport Democrat, says her bill would ease proposed budget cuts to higher education by generating $118 million. The bill would push back by [...]

Forever LSU: Campaign for Louisiana State University recommended to the Tiger faithful to join Flagshipfriends.org. By joining the Flagship Friends Action Network, you can really make a difference in helping restore LSU’s budget. You can join the Flagship Friends Action Network and send an email to your elected official at http://www.votervoice.net/Groups/TIGER/Advocacy/?IssueID=17560&SiteID=-1

Per LSU’s Legislative Affairs – contact your elected officials today and ask then to support Senator Jackson and allow the funds to be dedicated to higher education. **** http://www.lsu.edu/externalaffairs/state/session_updates.html A Budget Solution? 5/21/09 LSU’s budget problems could be partially solved by SB 335, which passed out of the Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs Committee. Sen. [...]

We’ve made it very simple for you to contact your elected officials. All you have to do is click the link below and you can send a pre-written letter to your elected officials voicing your concern about the budget cuts proposed to your LSU. http://www.votervoice.net/Groups/TIGER/Advocacy/?IssueID=17560&SiteID=-1 For your review – the prewritten text is below. You [...]

Legislators are starting to realize how drastic the cuts are to higher education and are considering several options. We have to act NOW! Legislators need to hear from students, alumni, fans, and others to show that there is support for higher education…and especially LSU. Without your phone call, legislators will not feel any pressure to [...]