Louisiana State University


	Louisiana State University

Lara Nieberding

6-18-2008 7:05 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/88b2882d-f942-4ef9-b4db-bd39746de580/E6433D4A-A623-4931-811E-A57332F4A61A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml" href="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">media.www.lsureveille.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml"><H2>University establishes virtual presence in Second Life</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml"><DIV>The University is interested in virtual worlds, said Stephen Beck, director of the Center for Computation and Technology Lab for Creative Arts & Technology and the head of the CCT's Cultural Computing focus area.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml"><DIV>The buildings were designed by Paulo Perkins, architecture senior, and David Hebert, University alumnus. Both students were architecture undergraduates when they developed and built the virtual campus.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2008/06/17/News/University.Establishes.Virtual.Presence.In.Second.Life-3382528.shtml"><DIV>"Stephen Beck approached us and asked if we wanted to design it," Perkins said. 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