COURTBOUILLON 22 October 2009
A DILLARD UNIVERSITY student production
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Athletics changes game fee
‘Why do people hate you?’
NEWS New ethics line at Dillard offers confidential means to ‘drop a dime’ if needed
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Free-entry policy returns after student complaints
ETOUFEE
The Dillard University Athletic Department has back-pedaled on its plans to charge students to attend volleyball and basketball games after some students complained, according to Athletic Director KiKi Barnes. The change means that the Athletic Department must look
DU scholar’s days are full with school, Saintsations, DU Diamonds, singing
support its expanded program, she said. As they have in the past, students will only have to pay $10 each to attend the school’s two “premier games” of the season, Dillard vs. Xavier and Dillard vs. SUNO, Barnes said. The basketball game against SUNO is scheduled for Feb. 18, 2010, on campus, and the one against Xavier is set for Feb. 20 in the New Orleans Arena. Earlier in the semester, the sports department announced student fees to attend school volleyball and basketball games would be $1 and $2, respectively. Students were charged for
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EDITORIAL New traffic laws in effect address texting, cell use, slowpokes in fast lane
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SPORTS Photo by Associated Press Tyren Scott, 9, of Paulina, asks President Obama a poignant question at the University of New Orleans last Thursday. Scott asked the president, “Why do people hate you?” The president responded that he had won the election, so not everybody does. Although Dillard unsucessfully sought to have the president visit the campus, at least eight DU
Loss, win place ladies 2-2 in conference play, 6-6 overall in season
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then the decision was rescinded. Barnes also noted that fees remain in force for the general public. Tickets for the general public will be $10 for basketball games
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Wright to be honored as environmental advocate Dillard’s founder of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice will receive $100,000 next week as one of 10 recipients of the 15th Annual Heinz Award in honor of her work along “Cancer Alley.” Dr. Beverly Wright, director of the center and a professor of sociology, will be recognized for her work as an “advocate for environmental justice” at an Oct. 28 private
ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Established by Teresa Heinz in 1993 in honor of her late husband, former U.S. Sen. John Heinz, the award ents in arts and humanities; the environment; the human condition; public policy; and technology, the economy and employment. The number was doubled to 10 in honor of the 15th anniversary.
Wright, who is co-chair of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, was her work in the area along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, often called “Cancer Alley.” Nominations are submitted by an anonymous group with expertise in each category and are reviewed by jurors ap-
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Dr. Beverly Wright