Due to the expected effects of Hurricane Rita on the LSU campus, all classes and operations at the university will be cancelled on Monday, Sept. 26. The class make-up date will be Thursday, Oct. 6.

In addition, LSU had been notified by state emergency officials to expect the arrival of special-needs evacuees at the Maddox Fieldhouse. Contingency operations are also under way to begin resumption of acute-care activity in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.