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Judge: Names of LSU candidates are public record

by Leslie Turk

The Advocate has succeeded in its legal effort to get the names of the candidates who applied for the top post.

Chalk one up for The Advocate.

In a breaking news story posted online Thursday afternoon, The Advocate reported that a state district judge ruled today that LSU's search for a new president was conducted in illegal secrecy, granting a motion filed by the paper and ordering that the names of candidates be turned over.

Blogger CB Forgotston has an interesting theory about why the process was so furtive.