What a great privilege to spend an evening celebrating my former professor, Raymond Strother. The famed political consultant, author and journalist is retiring as the Erbon & Marie Wise Endowed Chair in Journalism at Northwestern State University. The university held a retirement reception for Strother on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the NSU Alumni Center….
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Celebrating the Current Sauce at 100
First printed in 1914, The Current Sauce has been an independent voice for students at Northwestern State University, the oldest permanent site of higher education in Louisiana. The weekend of March 8, 2014, NSU held a Centennial Celebration for current and past staff members of the ‘Sauce’ in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Dozens of former editors, designers,…
Raymond Strother: The Father of Political Consulting
Using the word “colorful” to describe Louisiana’s political scene has become so cliché. With grandiose political personalities in every corner of the country from Senator Robert Byrd, to Governor Schwarzenegger and Senators Larry Craig and Ted Kennedy, Louisiana isn’t the only state with famous politicians. Louisiana, however, still maintains control of its own style of…
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