Called the “coolest student worker job on campus,” the caretaker role for Mike VII requires two LSU veterinary school students to give up their free time to look after the only live tiger mascot in the U.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Diagnosed with cancer,LSU'slive tiger mascot, Mike VI, won't take the field during home football games thisseason but will remain in his habitat instead. The university, in a news release Tuesday, said that in light of Mike's recent ...