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If you're a recent college grad you probably have one thing on your mind, finding a job.

My son is a high school senior, and my stomach lurched when the Louisiana legislature essentially laid waste to the TOPS program. Like many parents, I am searching for alternate ways to pay for college. His guidance counselor gave us the link to a nifty website featuring several odd scholarships I didn't know about! Who knew they offered a scholarship just for being funny? Or tall?

My advice for the graduating Class of 2015 is this... you can make any dream come true, if you want it to. Will it be easy? No. Will it take sacrifice? Absolutely! But if you want to make your dream come true then go do it.

Bossier City Community College has signed a new left handed pitcher and it's the first time in Louisiana history that a female has signed to play college baseball.

Kids these days are taking the saying “the dog ate my homework” and completely chucking it out the window. Today’s student needs a more up-to-date and convincing reason for missing an assignment, skipping class or failing to complete work. That’s why this story of a college student who faked his own kidnapping is so fascinating.

Indianapolis Colt Joseph Addai knows a bit about national championships, having played for LSU when they won theirs in 2003. All these years later, he gets to watch as his alma mater once again plays for the top title in the land. I interviewed him before that game in 2003 and again recently. What's it like to be on both sides of the sideline?

Head coach of the LSU Tigers football program, Les Miles, has been named the 2011 Associated Press Coach of the Year. Les received 30 of the 56 votes to win the honor. Bill Snyder of Kansas State was second with 16, Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State was third with six. Miles has led the LSU Tigers to a 13-0 record and a berth in the national championship game on January 9th in New Orleans against Alaba

Virginia Tech appears to be reliving its worst nightmare as reports of a shooting have placed the university under lockdown.

After a perfect 13-0 regular season and a trip to his second BCS National Championship game, LSU head coach Les Miles will be honored for his efforts as he will be awarded the Coach of the Year honor on ESPN tonight.

The #1 ranked LSU Tigers beat the Georgia Bulldogs 42-10 Saturday afternoon to win the Southeastern Conference Championship and punched their ticket to the National Championship game. It was made official last night when ESPN announced that the #1 ranked LSU Tigers would be in the BCS National Championship game and would take on #2 Alabama on January 9th in New Orleans.

The #1 ranked LSU Tigers took care of business last Friday, beating then-No. 3 Arkansas 41-17, securing their spot in the SEC Championship. The Tigers will play No. 12 Georgia this Saturday. All of the polls were released yesterday, and the Tigers are still #1 in all the polls -- plus, they widened their gap from first to second place in all polls.

It was a wild week in college football with a defensive showdown between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama, #3 Oklahoma State surviving an offensive shootout, and eight Top 25 teams going down. Here are all the highlights from this week in the AP Top 25.