Volume: 59 Issue: 7

Volume: 59 Issue: 7

OCTOBER 21, 2015

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THE RACE FOR STATE

ANGELLE DARDENNE EDWARDS

VITTER

Governor’s race vital to the future of higher ed

BY CHARLES NICHOLSON Managing Editor With several debates passed and the polls nearly open, it’s time for the people of Louisiana to get out and vote on election day Saturday, Oct. 24.

From executive to judicial to school board, voters have a lot of responsibility on their hands. Voters all across the state are encouraged to stay informed about who and what they are voting for. This is especially important for the students of Louisiana because the governor oversees the funding of higher education. As the state has seen drastic funding cuts to education and healthcare, the people look to the next governor to solve the big issues.

Currently, nine candidates are in the running for the gubernatorial election, but only four are making any headway: Republicans David Vitter, Scott Angelle, and Jay Dardenne, and Democrat John Bel Edwards. The candidates seem to be sparing no expense in getting the leverage over one another with numerous public appearances and attack ads coming in full force.

On Friday, Oct. 3, Angelle, Dardenne, and Edwards were pres-

ent at the Student Gubernatorial Forum hosted at Southeastern Louisiana University. The debate was moderated by students and also featured questions asked by students regarding their concerns over scholarships, jobs and even the environment.

The first question of the debate asked the candidates how TOPS would fair under their governorship. Angelle, the Public Service Commissioner, said that he doesn’t believe in capping TOPS funding.

“I will always believe in a state budget that will have nine and a half billion dollars that there will be enough money to take care and fund one of the most important programs we’ve ever had in the history of Louisiana, that being the TOPS program,” Angelle said.

State Representative Edwards said that TOPS will be “remarkable” when he is governor. “This is what we have to do: We have to stop the double-digit tuition increases that we’ve seen over the last eight years,” said Edwards.

Lt. Governor Dardenne said, “As we know, we’re among the highest states in poverty. There’s no question that people who are living in poverty can’t really subsist day-today, much less worry about paying college tuition so both [merit-based

and need-based scholarships] have to be a key factor in educational opportunities for young people in this state.”

The candidates were also questioned on the likelihood of which students will have jobs after graduating.

“Government is not responsible for creating jobs. It’s responsible for creating an atmosphere that let’s the private sector create jobs,” said Dardenne. “One of the things we’ve gotten right over the course of the past several years is the Workforce Investment Council and the work that’s taking place between community and technical schools, fouryear degree schools, the business community and all those who have a stake in educating our young people.”

Angelle took a similar approach saying, “Certainly government does not create jobs. People in business create jobs. The job of the governor is to create an environment that attracts capital. Capital goes and is employed where it is treated well.”

Edwards said, “The role of the government is obviously to create opportunity for people right here in Louisiana to be successful and nowhere is that more important than job creation...we can do that by making sure that our students are

well prepared.”

Crime, a hot-topic issue, specifically in New Orleans, was also addressed. All of the candidates proposed more funding for the state’s police force. Angelle said that crime is decreased when jobs are at an increase, while Dardenne said that the top issues in crime in America are domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse.

Coastal protection and restoration was touched upon as well.

Candidates cited funding opportunities for coastal restoration from both the federal government and the BP settlement. “But the fact of the matter is we have to make sure that Congress knows that the Louisiana Coast is a national priority deserving of investment from the taxpayers across the country, in terms of our energy production, the navigation and shipping, being a hurricane buffer, and just the ecology of the area with the fisheries and the estuaries,” said Edwards.

The candidates were asked to agree or disagree with giving state legislature authority to set tuition and having legislature protect the rights of LGBT workers. Edwards and Dardenne agreed with both while Angelle disagreed with both.

Senator David Vitter was absent from the debate due to a prior en-

gagement. Vitter has been absent from most of the televised debates, a large criticism of his campaign.

The Senator has recently been under scrutiny over the resurgence of allegations of an affair with a former prostitute named Wendy Ellis back in 2007. Ellis now claims that she was pregnant with his child and said that Vitter told her to have an abortion. The Vitter campaign has not responded to the allegations.

Yet even with the troubled waters of his campaign, Vitter still leads his fellow candidates in the polls.

Vitter has addressed the issues with higher education, labeling it a “death by a thousand cuts.” “One of the biggest reasons higher ed has gotten disproportionate cuts is because everything else is off limits to some extent. It’s protected, it’s dedicated. And we need to change that to protect higher ed,” said Vitter on KTVE 10 in Monroe, LA. “TOPS is an absolute lifeline for a lot of families, a lot of students. So I strongly support it.”

With Vitter and Edwards leading the polls, many predictions see a runoff between the two going into the general election this Nov. However, there is still time for a major upset before the primary this Saturday, leaving the outcome unclear.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

OPINION

EDITORIAL

Your vote always matters “No, I’m not voting, it doesn’t even make a difference.” Students and young adults use this statement often as an easy out as to why they don’t vote.

Policies on foreign affairs, health care, and education never seem to be main concerns that young adults pay attention to, even though they all affect them greatly. These are important issues that need to be payed attention to, and thinking it isn’t is a childish mentality.

Barack Obama took full advantage of young voters between the ages of 18 and 29 during his run to presidency. In 2008, Obama

received an astounding 66 percent of these voters en route to winning the election and he earned 60 percent in 2012 to the same result. Taking the majority of young voters was a huge factor in winning the election and candidates will always try to aim towards that age group and secure those votes. We are that age group.

This gubernatorial election is of the utmost importance, not only for college students, but also for the entire state of Louisiana.

Budget cuts for higher education and health care hurt the backbone of this state. Like Charles Nichol-

son wrote in the front page article, the next governor of Louisiana will have a lot of problems to solve and will have little time to do it. Whatever happens in the next few years will be dependent on who we decide to put in Bobby Jindal’s vacant chair.

Making that decision based on little to no information about who will be taking the chair is a disservice to yourself and your state. The argument has been made again and again: your vote doesn’t even change anything. For that statement to be valid, then everyone’s vote doesn’t matter. The idea

that your vote is useless is a ridiculous statement and letting someone sway your opinion of what matters in your life and that your opinion is useless is absurd. College students will be targeted in campaigns forever. We are the future and our votes will change and affect multiple elections.

The fact is: your vote matters. Never assume it doesn’t and treat it like gold. Do your research on who’s running and what their stances are on multiple issues. Watch debates when you can, and if not, search online for recaps and quotes from the candi-

dates. Vote smart, and vote with knowledge.

No, you don’t have to become students of politics. No need to switch to a political science major for the next few weeks, but do your research. This is an important time of the year and we all need to be a part of shaping our future for the better. Talk with your friends about voting and spread the knowledge.

Ask your parents about what candidates they support. Take full advantage of the right you have been given, it’s more than just the pressing a button.

COLUMN

Help me understand vaping

BY TISHAWN MITCHELL Driftwood Staff The other day, on the way to class, I found myself walking behind two guys much younger than me. One of them pulled something small and round from his backpack, took a drag from it, and passed it along to his friend, who did the same. The act itself didn’t surprise me: despite UNO transitioning to a Tobacco and SmokeFree campus over a year ago, not everyone seems to have gotten that memo just yet. As I watched the clouds billow over the two of them, I braced myself for the obnoxious smell that would inevitably waft back my way. Only, the smell never came.

Oh, I realized. They’re vaping.

In theory, I knew what vaping was. I had seen a few vape shops pop up, then mysteriously disappear in places like Kenner and Metairie. Plenty of gas stations/convenience stores in Kenner (what is it about Kenner?) also offer a plethora of smoking paraphernalia along with its processed foods and petrol.

Very colorful- and very expensive.

But I swear that until I saw people doing it, actually doing it, that I didn’t realize that vaping was actually, like, a thing.

I just don’t get it. Is part of the fun is the endless amount of technical knowledge and savvy that seems to accompany this recreation: vape kits, juices, batteries, ounces, and the like? All of those terms honestly remind me of the

separate, yet equally awkward phases in my life in which I tried to get the arts of sushi and coffee ordering down. I wanted to appear food and drink savvy, and for a while there, I looked like a fool.

Only the technicalities of vaping seem about ten times more difficult

to learn.

I even logged onto YouTube in an attempt to understand it. After searching “vaping,” I stumbled upon the channel of a YouTube personality by the name of AbbyVapes. She seemed legit enough: almost 60,000 subscribers, over 100 videos, some with over a million hits. In the videos she taught vaping tricks like the “Tornado” and the “Cloud.” The video that I attempted to watch involved a trick called “The Dragon.” About two minutes in, I turned it off. Who wants to look like a dragon?

There’s also something about the term “e-cigarette” that’s just really, really gimmicky to me. I know, I know: apparently there’s some difference between an e-cig and a vaping e-cig, but I can’t, for the life of me, understand what it is, and I’m not going to try to make that distinction here.

Anyway, the rational part of me realizes that the term is just describing the fact that it’s an “electronic cigarette,” no different in the way that the term “electronic mail” has been shortened to “e-mail.” But another side of me sees it as an advertising ploy of some kind, like when the first iPods were introduced, and every company desiring to be relevant put that lower-cased letter in front of the name of their products in order to be noticed.

For all of you that like to vape, help this thirty-something, non-traditional UNO student that’s on the outside looking in understand it.

Based on my experience the other day, the vapor that these things give off is nowhere near as offensive as smoke from traditional cigarettes, I’ll give it that, and from what I hear, they’re healthier for you than traditional cigarettes, too.

But how much healthier does a product have to be in order to trump the effects of cigarettes, of all things? Is a Lean Pocket really that much healthier than a Hot Pocket? Probably not. I guess I just remember a time when traditional cigarettes were regarded as “safe,” too, and the results weren’t so great then, either.

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NEWS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

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Farmers’ Market to take root at UNO

BY MIA LETT Driftwood Staff UNO’s first Farmers’ Market will make its debut Friday, Oct. 23 from 3-6 p.m. at the HPC parking lot on the corner of Leon C. Simon and Elysian Fields.

The market, which will sell local produce and locally produced products, is a collaborative effort on the part of Student Affairs, the College of Liberal Arts, Service Learning, Student Involvement and UNO’s Community Garden Club.

Anthony Cipolone, assistant dean for the College of Liberal Arts and a local farmer, is one of the organizers and vendors. He is excited about starting a market in the Gentilly area.

“I think there is a need for something like this in this area. It’s a really accessible location. It’s right at the end of Elysian Fields—it’s easy to get here by bus or by car. There’s nothing like this that students can get to very easily,” said Cipolone.

Lacey Cunningham, program coordinator for Service Learning agrees, “One of the big principles of service learning is that you don’t do something if it’s not an actual community need and realistically there are no farmers markets run by Crescent City Farmers Market in Gentilly.”

As of now, the organizers are not sure if the market will be weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Though they are hopeful of the market’s success, they are waiting to gauge the interest from the students and the com-

munity.

Dr. Brett Kemker, Vice President of Student Affairs, who has teamed up with Cipolone to start the market, would really like to see the community involved in the market’s success: “We really want this to be embraced by the community, so if they want it every week then we’ll find a way to do that.”

Since the market is a community-based grass roots project, the committee is looking for students to become involved. So far, the Community Garden Club is the first student-led organization to play an important role in the process.

Erin Schott, president of the Garden Club is studying toward her masters in urban and regional development. Schott has started the first community garden on campus

and is excited about the opportunity to collaborate with the Farmers Market. The garden club will now have a venue at which to sell their produce.

So far the campus garden has produced Roma and plum tomatoes, honeydew, cantaloupe, bush beans, habanero peppers and various herbs such as basil, rosemary and parsley; and they are starting cauliflower, lettuce and cabbage in a greenhouse.

Another way organizers are promoting student involvement is by starting a Food for Thought workshops series, led by Service Learning: “One thing that I think the service learning angle is working to bring to the market is some more educational pieces,” said Cunningham.

The Food for Thought concept provides “tons of service learning programming for students, faculty, staff in the community around food and security, hunger and all things food-related. And so the market seemed to fit very nicely into that concept,” said Cunningham.

Service Learning will launch their first Food for Thought workshops series for students on Oct. 23 from 1-3 p.m. in the administration building, room 106. For more information email servicelearning@ uno.edu.

If you are interested in becoming a vendor you can contact Anthony Cipolone at farmersmarket@uno.edu. You can also like UNO’s Farmers’ Market on Facebook.

MAN ON THE STREET Do you think it’s important for college students to vote in the governor’s race? Are you planning on voting?

JACOB HOEWT Senior, IDS

CIDNI DOELL Sophomore, English

JAYMIE HUFFSTICKLER Freshman, Psyc/Pre-med

ANDREW AMAYA-SHAW Freshman, Marketing

JASMINE COOLEY Sophomore, Accounting

Yes, considering their issues could potentially affect higher education. I plan on voting for at least that reason.

I believe it is important to vote, however, it’s also important to know what you’re voting for. Voting blindly is worse than not voting at all. I haven’t gotten around to registering to vote yet.

It most definitely is important.

How can we ensure our future if we don’t choose the people to govern our state? Prosperity starts at our foundation. Our foundation is our states. Then we must work on the rest of the building (the country) to truly be successful.

Nope. If you walk on grass when there’s a “keep off” sign, it won’t matter. If everyone walks on it, it still doesn’t matter.

Yes. Being students at a public university, the Governor has a huge influence on the quality of our education. We’re all going to complain about the decisions made by the future governor, but we don’t have the right to unless we voted. Every vote is a drop in the bucket but they all matter.

Photos by Traven Stout

CRIME SCENE DO NOT

CROSS CRIME SCENE

On Sept. 8, a wall with a Post-it board on it in room Geology Room 1059A was reported damaged.

On Sept. 22, a noise complaint was made at Privateer Place Building 14.

On Sept. 24, a male was arrested for Domestic Simple Battery on Founders Road for hitting his girlfriend after an argument.

On Sept. 25, $351 was reported stolen from a wallet at the Recreation and Fitness Center.

On Sept. 30, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Boatyard reported a burglary of several hand tools from a locked tool shed.

On Oct. 3, an auto burglary was reported in the Library Parking Lot of various items valued at a total of $110.

On Oct. 5, a UNO student lost control of his bicycle and was taken to East Jefferson Hospital to treat medical injuries.

On Oct. 7, a damaged bicycle lock was found and turned into UNOPD. No bikes have been reported stolen.

On Oct. 9, a resident at Privateer Place was involved in a verbal and physical altercation with a guest who was arrested on three charges—Domestic Simple Battery, Criminal Damage to Property, and Theft.

On Oct. 9, a male UNO student collapsed on the Liberal Arts Building Center Hallway and was transported to a local medical facility due to his head striking the sidewalk and chest pains.

On Oct. 10, a domestic disturbance was reported at Privateer Place involving a heated argument between a couple.

There were no physical altercations. The male involved was banned from campus.

On Oct. 15, Tip and Roll bleachers were stolen from the HPC Fields at Backstop #2 by two unidentified black male suspects.

CAMPUS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21

THURSDAY, OCT. 22

Jazz at the Sandbar

Test of Courage

This week’s performance features former UNO Jazz Studies student and Grammy award winner, Nicholas Payton. The show is from 7-9 p.m. General admission is $5 and students, faculty and staff get in free with a UNO I.D.

UNO Genshiken Anime Club presents their “haunted house” event, being held in the woods by Privateer Place. The event is from 7-10 p.m. and admission is only $3.

Big Gay Talent Show Unity is holding their annual talent show which will feature singers, dancers, slam poetry, and stand up. There will also be free

food and an Ellen Degeneres impersonator.

The talent show starts at 7 p.m. in UC Ballroom.

FRIDAY, OCT. 23 UNO Farmers’ Market Student Affairs, the College of Liberal Arts, Service Learning, Student Involvement and UNO’s Community Garden Club will debut the market with producers from 3-6 p.m. at the Human Performance Center.

Musicology Distinguished Lecture A lecture by Roger Moseley, Ph.D., who will discuss musical disciplines of performance, history, and theories. It will take place in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall from 2-3 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 24 SAC’s Women’s Retreat The event will feature discussions and activ-

ities about women in media, intersectionality, body positivity and other topics. The retreat is from 2-8 p.m. at the Lindy Boggs International Conference Center.

SUNDAY, OCT. 27 Privateer Volleyball Come support the Lady Privateers as they go up against Mississippi Valley State. The game is from 7-9 p.m. in the Human Performance Center.

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

NEWS

Veteran UNO researcher’s work earns $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation

Chemistry professor Dr. Matthew Tarr, a UNO employee for 20 years years, will use the NSF grant to study dispesants in a new way.

Photo courtesy of UNO

BY SAMANTHA EROCHE Driftwood Contributor With a $450,000 National Science Foundation grant in one hand and a refrigerator with dozens of jars of oil and seawater in the other, Dr. Matthew Tarr, a UNO chemistry professor and department chair, can begin his three-year study of how photochemistry and dispersants respectively affect oil in the environment.

Tarr joined the UNO faculty in 1995 and for the past 20 years has been involved with numerous grants and sponsored programs for his work. He also won the UNO Research Excellence Prize earlier

this year, which is awarded to a faculty member who serves as an associate professor or full professor and has made great strides in creative and scholarly pursuits, according to UNO’s website.

His grant’s official start date was Sept. 15, 2015, and research will be ongoing until Sept. 14, 2018, when the grant finally ends.

The National Science Foundation only contacted Tarr in late July to tell him it was planning to fund his project. According to Tarr, researchers will typically submit their proposals and wait anywhere from about three to six months to hear back for funding. The success rate for receiving federal grants currently falls into the 10 to 20 percent range.

“It’s always a pleasant surprise to get a grant funded, but obviously you hope that you’re going to get funded,” Tarr said. “So yes it was a surprise, and yes I was very excited, but it’s sort of just part of the business of how we work, and sometimes you get funded, and sometimes you don’t.”

Tarr’s project involves the application of photochemistry to oil in nature. Photochemistry is defined as the interaction of light with chemicals to cause chemical reactions to occur. To do this, he will place oil samples under a special-filtered lamp that emits a similar light to that which the sun sends naturally to the surface of the earth. By using a lamp, Tarr can maintain controlled

conditions in the lab and ensure experimental factors remain constant for the duration of the study.

His research will also focus on how various dispersants affect oil on the surface of the water, which, according to Tarr, has not been as thoroughly studied in conjunction with photochemistry in the past.

“There are people nowadays that look at how dispersants interact with oil, but there aren’t a lot of people who do photochemistry of oil in the environment. So we make that a very narrow set of people, and then among that group there’s just not been a lot of work on the dispersants,” Tarr said.

“The main reason for that is probably [because] the average person didn’t care about dispersants until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and then they were putting a lot of dispersant out into the Gulf of Mexico, and people got all excited about it. So I guess you could say that there’s an increased awareness of the impacts of dispersant on environmental systems.”

Over the course of the project, Tarr plans to get graduate, undergraduate and even high school students and their teachers involved with his project, as he has done in the past. Ever since he arrived at UNO, Tarr has invited students to work with him, but in 2002 he established a summer program specially designed for high school students through UNO’s chemistry department and Advanced Mate-

Eight faculty members earn promotions

BY CHLOE GAGNON News Editor Eight UNO faculty members have recently earned promotions for their accomplishments within their fields. They are: Vassil Roussev, Elyria Kemp, Vesselin Jilkov, Randy Bates, John Kiefer, Catherine Loomis, Christopher Suprenant, and Charles Taylor.

Faculty members are ranked as Assistant, Associate, or (Full) Professor and it takes years to achieve the title of (Full) Professor.

Charles Taylor, recently promoted to Professor of Music said, “You don’t just all of a sudden get the promotion. You have to apply and gather your materials together.

You have to put together a portfolio of your work.” That portfolio gets sent around to many people who need to approve it.

Catherine Loomis, now Professor of English and Women’s Studies explained: “First the portfolio has to be approved by your peers in the department and your department chair. Then it goes to your college, then to the university, then [finally] to the state. You apply for a promotion about a year before you get it.”

Taylor explained, “The portfolio is your total body of work. They look at everything—what I’ve done, in my case, as a musician

and as a director, what is my creative output...In other words, they look at my professional standing.

There’s a group of external reviewers comprised of people who are in your field that have to approve your portfolio work.”

Loomis further explained that the outside external reviewers are “the top people in whatever field of study you’re in…They are not affiliated with UNO and their judgement is important because they’re looking at it objectively.”

It takes one year for the entire process of applying for a promotion to be completed. Vassil Roussev, who was promoted to Professor of Computer Science said: “There are three components to every faculty member’s performance—the teaching, the research, and the service component.”

The promotions come with a pay raise, and more importantly, they come with a raise in status within the individual’s field.

“I was thrilled…It’s really the culmination of your career as an academic. It’s as high as you can go and it’s a sign that your colleagues and your peers think that you are worth keeping and worth giving the promotional title to,” Loomis said.

Chris Suprenant, Associate Professor of Philosophy said earning the approval of peers is an important part of the process, “I am glad

that my colleagues agreed that the work I have done for UNO in terms of scholarship, teaching, and service, was to the level that justified the promotion.”

Political Science Associate Professor John Kiefer elaborated on the significance of earning peer approval, “I think what is both flattering and humbling at the same time is having the support and confidence of your peers. These folks include the senior professor in your department, and outside review committee of professors who are globally recognized in the field, and college and university review committees.

All carefully considering your record of work, they pass judgement.

It’s really an honor to have people of this caliber approve your promotion.”

English Professor, Randy Bates said that he has gained an appreciation for the university during his time at UNO. “Over my forty years of teaching, I’ve taught at a number of universities, but this one is by far my favorite because it’s a public institution and because of the quality of its students, a great many of them non-traditional, and its faculty who with few exceptions show loyalty and respect for UNO. Students here appreciate the value of their education, and my colleagues are extraordinary in their fields and as teachers.”

rials Research Institute. For seven weeks in the summer, he invites high school, undergraduate and graduate students to form teams to conduct research in various branches of science in the labs on campus, such as chemistry, physics and biology, to name a few.

“I just think it’s really important to give opportunities for young people to understand what research is about in a scientific setting, and so I made sure to do that,” Tarr said.

In addition to his work at UNO, where most experiments will occur, Tarr will visit with his collaborators stationed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University a few times a year to analyze oil samples with a technique only possible with their sophisticated equipment.

With the project already under-

way, Tarr is anxious to enlighten his contemporaries as well as young people with his work. “There are a number of details of how sunlight causes chemical reaction in oil in the environment that just aren’t understood and haven’t been understood, and at this point we have the skills and ability to learn those things that nobody has understood for a really long time,” Tarr said.

“So I just think that we have this opportunity to broaden the understanding of how sunlight interacts with pollutants in the environment.”

He hopes that his research will serve as a never-before-available tool for those whose business is making mathematical models of the environment and thus provide a clearer picture of photochemistry and dispersants’ combined impact on oil in the world.

FEATURES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

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Southern Rep Theatre announces partnership with UNO

BY SAMANTHA EROCHE Driftwood Contributor After many years of successful artistic collaboration, Southern Repertory Theatre announced its official partnership with UNO’s Film and Theatre Department and shows there is truly “no business like show business.”

In addition to the productions UNO mounts this academic year— “The Misanthrope”, “Agnes of God”, “Two Rooms” and “894”— Southern Rep will present the last three productions of its 29th season: “A Christmas Carol”, “Orpheus Descending” and “Colossal”.

The beginning of Southern Rep’s collaboration with UNO is certainly ambiguous, but the most specific account came from Aimée Hayes, Southern Rep’s Producing Artistic Director. According to Hayes, Tony Micocci, a professor and Associate Director of UNO’s Arts Administration Program, reached out to her several years ago, and Southern Rep has maintained a relationship with the university ever since.

Over the years, the company has employed several theatre graduates and arts administration interns and Hayes has even visited UNO

in 2007 and 2013 to teach Voice or lecture to theatre graduate students.

Southern Rep’s most recent association with UNO flourished in the 2013-14 academic year when Hayes contacted Justin Maxwell, assistant professor of English/ Playwriting, to invite his students to participate in the company’s Lagniappe Series playwriting program, 6x6. Students’ participation in 6x6 served as a continuation of their Creative Writing Workshop, which proved highly successful.

According to David Hoover, Film and Theatre Department Chair and Director of the Performance Program, he and Hayes began negotiations to establish a more lasting relationship earlier this spring.

“I think we thought of it as a really great marriage,” Hoover said.

“We’ll see if we can all get through the cabin fever of working together and all being in the same space, but I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. Everybody’s met and done walkthroughs, and they’re

excited about having a home base for three shows.”

Hayes, too, finds the partnership nothing but fitting. “Oh, [Hoover’s] amazing. He has a generous idea about how the arts function and he’s very inclusive.

I’ve worked with some of the professors in the department before so it’s always felt so homey at UNO and very open. We’ve worked with so many of their students,” Hayes said. “We have this ongoing rela-

tionship with all of these different areas of the school, why don’t we do something a little more functional?”

Depending on the success of this official partnership, Hoover believes Southern Rep’s residency at UNO could be longer than expected. “They’re going to have an office here and really be in residence in that sense,” Hoover said.

“I think [the partnership] very well might [extend beyond this year]

because the educational component to what they do has always been a big driver for Aimée.”

From an educational angle, both parties are on the same page of the script. “I’m very much about partnerships. I really think that’s how we build and we grow, and the idea of being able to actually be part of an educational process is extremely exciting to us here,” Hayes said.

“You have to always be reaching back to the generation behind you.”

By becoming involved with Southern Rep’s productions, students can network and gain experience with the potential of eventually earning pay or Equity eligibility for their work.

Additionally, Southern Rep hosts year-round educational workshops for students and may one day bring visiting professional actors to UNO to lecture.

“We always make room. That’s kind of our philosophy. Anything that can help people,” Hayes said.

“When I was coming up, I had so many people give me a chance and let me come and watch and observe and sit, and that’s how I learned. I want to be able to do that for other

people.”

Audiences young and old alike have much to anticipate in terms of what Southern Rep will bring to UNO’s theatrical landscape. Hayes promises shows of spectacle this season, with huge 20-person casts, discussion panels, talkbacks with playwrights and after-parties following shows.

“I hope that [the public’s] a part of it. We have a lot of fun things for our audiences,” Hayes said.

“We really pass a good time, [and] we want to have fun. So I think for audiences that’s really important.”

Whether UNO will also host the company’s Lagniappe Series play slams and DEBAUCHERY!, a live, monthly soap opera, has yet to be determined, though Hoover expressed his wish that the university continue its association with Southern Rep in whatever capacity possible.

“Even beyond this year, and even beyond if [Hayes] finds a permanent home, [we want] to maintain a cooperative of some type,” Hoover said. “The definition of it may change a little bit, but we need to maintain a relationship, and I think that’s a good thing for us.”

UNO’s Office of Career Services offers practical advice on job searches

BY TISHAWN MITCHELL Driftwood Staff Some college seniors are shocked to learn that upon graduation, a newly-acquired degree does not always mean that job offers will automatically pour in.

Celyn Boykin, UNO alumna and director of the school’s Career Services team, believes that while landing one’s dream job can be challenging, with a little preparation, it’s definitely possible.

“People need to learn how to connect with the right resources. I think that this job market is pretty strong and it’s getting better, “ she said.

Since becoming director of Career Services at UNO, Boykin and her team have helped about 250 students obtain either an internship

or part-time or full-time positions at various companies such as the Audubon Nature Institute and Entergy.

These numbers do not include the new hires at the Fall Career Expo that the department just hosted or the one that the department will hold in October.

Students who have engineering, computer science, and business-related degrees tend to be the most sought-after by prospective employers, according to Boykin.

“Some companies are open to other majors so I don’t want to rule any of them out. But if I had to choose, I’d say that those are the top ones,” she said.

Boykin acknowledged that simply having an in-demand degree does not guarantee that for a job seeker, all of the right doors will

automatically open. In most cases, other skills are needed.

“Even if you’re in a major like engineering or computer science there are some students that may not necessarily work in those fields because they have not prepared themselves.”

One way for students to be prepared for job placement, Boykin urged, is to not wait until they are almost finished college to make small steps towards landing that first big job.

“The biggest key to students being successful is taking advantage of internships. The job market is too competitive: a job is not just going to fall in your lap. Their peers who are taking advantage of internships will have the advantage over them.”

Boykin urges UNO students

to seek out internship opportunities as early as their freshman or sophomore year. “They must take advantage of internships. That is probably the most important thing that I have to say.”

If students can’t find internships, they can try to find a part-time job that’s related to what they’re majoring in. “Even if it’s on campus, just something productive to build their resume,” Boykin said.

If students, regardless of their classification, would like help with finding a job, Boykin encouraged them to stop by the Career Services Office in room 250 of the University Center.

While the most popular service offered is assistance with resume writing, other services that the center provides UNO students include mock interviews, techniques for

networking with employers and help placing them in internships, cooperative education opportunities, part-time and full-time jobs.

“We offer numerous services to students that are free to them, you know, it’s included in their tuition.

It would be beneficial for them to utilize the resources.”

If all else fails, Boykin had another piece of advice for undergrads and graduate students alike seeking employment: “Don’t give up. If something doesn’t work out for you the first time, you keep trying until it works. Something will stick. If you keep throwing it against the wall, it will stick eventually.”

This article is the first in a series about the future of jobs in New Orleans. Stay tuned for continuing articles in subsequent issues.

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Best and worst of UNO campus dining: Your food options graded at mid-term

BY ZACHARY LETO Driftwood Contributor

THE WORST: SUBWAY – UC FOOD COURT

This one was pretty easy for me.

Somehow this Subway is worse than other Subways, and yes I am saying that other Subways are bad.

It’s one of those things that I can’t quite put my finger on which can only mean that this Subway is bad across the board. The saddest part is that there is always a long line here.

Budget cuts are bad enough people, why subject yourself to waiting so long for a foot of disappointment?

Selection: You have your typical choice of breads, a bunch of meats, a few cheeses, and various veggies, but there is not really much you can do with a sub. If you do not care for the sandwich selection, maybe you would want some broccoli and cheese soup? Or perhaps a salad made from the “always fresh” veggies? Subway is always advertising some special sub, but don’t expect this one to have it because they don’t have to play by the same rules. Grade: C Taste: All the breads taste the

same, even the one that is covered in herbs and cheese! The chicken’s consistency is closer to that of my memory foam pillow and all the other meats are some weird processed version of turkey with added salt so it will preserve better. And the vegetables are fresh out of the plastic bags. Grade: F Bang for your Buck: Very little. If you want a footlong sandwich with a drink and chips, it’s going to cost you over $10. The prices are higher than other locations, but they get away with it by not having to pay sales tax if you use your declining balance. They don’t do the Five Dollar Footlongs either, so you can forget about that. If you do end up getting a meal and don’t care about the taste or selection, you will get a decent amount of food. Just know that you are also getting a larger amount of disappointment. Grade: D Verdict: Go somewhere else. Literally anywhere else is better. You have been warned.

Overall Grade: D

THE WORST RUNNER-UP: SUSHI – COVE, UC P.O.D.

If I didn’t have such a disdain for Subway as a whole, the sushi on

campus would be in a bitter duel with it for the bottom. Everything about it was just wrong. It was not fresh, filling, or cost effective. The selection leaves a lot to be desired.

If you have an hour or more between classes and you need your sushi fix, check out Good Time sushi on Elysian Fields or Yummy on Robert E. Lee. Both of them are less than five minutes away via car or bike and both of them are delicious.

Grade: D+

THE BEST: RFOC AKA THE CAFETERIA

Before you stop reading, please bear with me. You must know what I had to work with and once you see my criteria and reasoning, I feel confident that you won’t consider this the craziest thing you have read in months.

Selection: Just about anything you could want to eat you can find in the RFOC. There were two hot entrees to choose from (I chose red beans and rice over Asian chicken), burgers, grilled cheese, chicken sandwiches, turkey and bean quesadillas, french fries, pizza, sandwiches, gumbo, salads, crispy marshmallow squares and ice cream. That’s not even everything. So whatever you

might be in the mood for, there’s a good chance that the RFOC will have it or something close enough.

Grade: A+ Taste: I sampled as much as I possibly could and I was not disappointed for the most part. I am particular about my red beans and rice, and these were actually quite good.

The cornbread roll that came with it was tasty, too. I enjoy the pizza even if it is soggy, but if you let it sit under the lamps for a bit, it will firm up to your liking if you need some more structure. I strongly suggest the sandwich station. You can get a roast beef with Swiss cheese that has been cooked on a Panini press that puts Subway to shame. The most disappointing thing I had was the Lucky Charms rice crispy treat that tasted a little stale. Grade: BBang for your Buck: It’s a buffet for goodness sake and it only costs $7. Even if you happen to be one of those people that stuffs a box full of food that is a good deal. The food is better than Golden Corral and Ryan’s and it is less expensive. Grade: A Verdict: I can understand if you do not want to eat at the RFOC every day, but when considering all there is to choose from, I felt com-

fortable making it the best of campus dining. However, the food can definitely be better and if you feel strongly about that, go ahead and write Aramark a letter.

Overall Grade: A-

THE BEST RUNNER-UP: CHICK-FIL-A – UC FOOD COURT

It is hard not to love Chick-fil-A. Something about the way they season their chicken is almost magical.

Unless you can’t stand pickles, then you probably feel differently. This was almost my top choice, but alas it fell just short in my criteria. The nuggets and sandwiches are on par with any Chick-fil-A, but their line and lack of selection hurt their grade. If they made milkshakes, it would be a different story. Grade: B The places that slipped through the cracks of this list are worth checking out, but you have to play to their strengths. If you want coffee, the shop in the library is by far the most aesthetically pleasing place for that and if you want a more restaurant quality meal, the Sandbar is worth going to if you aren’t in a hurry. Hopefully this helps when trying to decide what to have for lunch someday.

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Book review: “Pretty Is: A Novel”

BY SHAY CHANDLER Driftwood Contributor Maggie Mitchell’s debut novel “Pretty Is” focuses on the lives of two women, Lois Lonsdale and Carly May Smith, in the years after their abduction as children. As they face the mysteries and challenges that are presented with this life altering event, these two characters are drawn together again after decades of being apart. While this novel had every opportunity to fall flat as a typical thriller, “Pretty Is” soars as a solely unique and captivating tale of suspense and friendship.

Mitchell’s novel follows the individual lives of the two women but its heart remains in the haunting events of the past. Twenty years ago a mysterious yet charismatic man offered rides to both Carly May and Lois. Unhappy with their current lives and taken in by the strange man’s charm, the two twelve year olds complied. He drove them out into the woods of New York and kept them hidden away from the world in a secluded cabin where he encouraged them to live a relatively normal life, despite being captive.

The events of this kidnapping are haunting not because he harmed the girls, but rather because he did not. Referred to by the girls as Zed, because he refused to give them his real name, the man is entirely unidentifiable. However, in a strange and surprising way he is able to make the two young children find him endearing and even forms an unstable friendship with them. For two months they lived with him in relative peace and comfort until the

police arrived and Zed killed himself in the aftermath of the rescue.

The mystery of the kidnapping, as it presents itself later in the nostalgic musings of Lois and Carly May, who has now changed her name to Chloe Savage, is the question of why. Why did he choose them instead of anyone else? Why did he not hurt them like is the case in most child abductions? Why are they stuck in the past if nothing bad happened? And most importantly, why do they find themselves missing Zed and the strange way of life he offered them?

As adults, Lois and Chloe are coping with the strange event as best they can. Lois has become a successful English professor at a local university and has written a very popular book based off the events of her past. Chloe Savage has moved away from her home and made a moderately successful career as an actress. Her big break comes when she is cast to play a detective in a new mystery movie based off of Lois’s book.

Through a strange twist of fate, the two women will meet face to face once again at the filming of the movie. While this may seem like a very heavy handed move by the author to get the characters together again, in the rhythm of the novel it does not come across at all as awkward or contrived. In fact, the reader can feel the pull of gravity between Lois and Chloe with every moment of the story. This energy, called “syzygy” by their kidnapper, compares the two girls and Zed to a pair of connected or corresponding things, such as the relationship between the planets, the moon, and the sun.

“Pretty Is” is a novel full of grav-

ity, pulling the reader into every sentence of every chapter, and is ultimately extremely captivating.

While the concept of kidnapping has been a popular plot for many suspense novels, Mitchell has found a way to make her novel more than just a story of abduction and survival; “Pretty Is” is a stirring tale of two women navigating their current lives and coming to peace with their past by facing it head on.

There were a few moments in the story that felt more like a Lifetime movie than an actual novel, notably a strange side plot about one of Lois’s students stalking her and dredging up her past in order to lord power over her. While this does not seem as if it was necessarily needed in order to tell the story, and in ways the novel could have been complete without it, the ending of “Pretty Is” is centered on this plot. Besides this small awkward hiccup, readers will most likely be convinced that Mitchell’s work is based on a true story and be surprised when they discover, unlike Lois’s novel, it is not.

The most interesting aspect of Mitchell’s novel is how she deftly weaves the known and the unknown into her work. The reader is offered the events of Lois and Chloe’s abduction in pieces, one of which even comes from an excerpt from Lois’s novel. This forces the readers to come to their own conclusions about the truths of the abduction, and come to terms with their own feelings about Zed and the girls.

While “Pretty Is” is eerie and uncomfortable at parts, it is a wonderfully written story that takes a unique look at the lingering effects

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of abduction.

Mitchell is able to put enough likeness of reality into her work that makes “Pretty Is” refreshing and unnerving at the same time.

Under the disguise of a mystery/ suspense novel, this story delves into the psychology of an unusual bond made between two women

and their strength to overcome and navigate all that life has to throw at them.

Intriguing and truly atmospheric in the way she is able to immerse the reader inside the characters’ mental and physical world, Maggie Mitchell has done an outstanding job with her first novel “Pretty Is.”

Mad scientist Jason Vowell: the skill behind Skillet

BY LONES J. GAGNARD Driftwood Contributor Once, there was a delicious food truck named Skillet which hung outside of Tipitina’s that served unique food combinations that made locals salivate. The mad food scientist behind the grub was none other than Jason Vowell, a renaissance man interested in many aspects of life who made a harsh decision when he sold his truck to pursue new career opportunities in the film industry in New Orleans.

Vowell’s return to edible experimentation began at Aline Street Beer Garden off of Prytania, known for their massive selection of German beers and ales. He was brought out of restaurant retirement by friends begging him to cook food once more, so with help he organized a pop up kitchen with a three-menu item.

Among Vowell’s side dishes is Tequila Lime Macaroni, containing sriracha cream, cilantro and tortilla strips with a hint of tequila and lime. The dish was the definition of creamy goodness and hit every

taste bud you could ask for in one serving. The second side was a personal backyard BBQ favorite and a twist on a classic sandwich. The BLW substitutes watermelon for tomatoes adding that much more juice to the American classic. “I now walk into sandwich shops and I’m really disappointed because I’ve spoiled myself on the bacon, lettuce, watermelon sandwich,” said Vowell.

T h e main dish of the evening was a Boudin Burger, made with caramelized chocolate stout onions, arugula, and hot pepper jelly.

“I’m a big fan of boudin; my dog’s name is Boudin,” joked

Vowell. Unlike any other burger on the face of this planet, it brought in so many different tastes and textures that all satisfied simultaneously.

The lesson

was that every burger should be made out of boudin, especially if Vo w e l l is grilling it.

“The thing about Jason’s cooking is that when it comes to southern cuisine, I always feel like there’s something missing. The food is either fried beyond recognition or extremely fatty. With his food he finds that one missing ingredient that makes the dish whole and really completes the taste,” said Aline Street Beer Garden bartender Dominic Rivera who made the cooking offer to Vowell.

When it comes to food combinations this unique and obscure, one has to wonder where the inspiration comes from.

“My biggest inspiration for food comes from going to the market and looking at different ingredients, thinking of how they could go together and what new food I can make out of them,” Vowell said.

“I could go to the Farmers’ Market and spend all day there walking around, thinking about how to cook something.”

Vowell gives back to the community in multiples, not only through cooking for all of our starving bellies, but also through buying all of his ingredients through local markets. “I try to get my meat from Cleaver and Co., local farms. I try to get ingredients as local as possible,” said Vowell.

Because of Vowell’s recent return to food from his foray into the film industry, look for Vowell to pop up in more local bars and lounges across town, bringing new dishes you could only imagine in your wildest dreams. The passion and love is evident in every bite.

As Vowell said, “The bottom line is I just love cooking for people and I just love putting great food in people’s faces. That’s what makes me happy.”

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Privateer athlete spotlight: golfer Markus Krieger

BY ANDREW LABORDE Driftwood Staff

Junior Markus Krieger is one of three Swedes on the UNO golf team.

Photo courtesy of UNO Athletics

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, junior golfer Markus Krieger has aspirations to turn professional following his time as a Privateer.

Krieger is a Finance major with a minor in Economics and wants to earn his master’s in either Finance or Economics.

Before arriving in the Crescent City as a freshman in 2013, he had his concerns as a new international student. “I was a little concerned with school, the pace and the language barrier,” Krieger said, who

maintains a 4.0 GPA. Krieger, who is one of three Swedes on the golf team, emailed coaches in the United States and also considered Eastern Kentucky University as a possible landing spot, but said he prefers weather more suitable for his sport, so UNO offered him an athletic scholarship to play golf.

“I never visited the school or met my teammates, so I was worried about fitting in with them, which was crucial to me,” Krieger said regarding his fresh start in the States.

Prepping for college is different for Europeans compared to high

school Americans. Krieger spent three years in high school before making the trek to the southeastern United States.

Krieger said he has not had a lot of time to explore life outside the golf course and classroom.

Among some of the other challenges he has faced so far as a student athlete include fitting in studying time on road trips. Typically, road trips force the team away from campus four to five days at a time, and Krieger said studying is a little harder, but doable.

Krieger possesses lofty individual athletic goals that include

winning a tournament, which he says would be a huge confidence boost. At the team’s first tournament in Houston Baptist on Sept.

22, Krieger finished tied for sixth as the team finished in sixth place as well. A long term goal for Krieger athletically would be to qualify for regionals and then advance to play at nationals.

He said his biggest challenge in college has been breaking routines in order to bring balance to his life as a student athlete. Another challenge he faces is taking on the responsibility of caring for and driving his new Nissan Altima.

UNO Volleyball finish home stand with five-set victory

BY NIGEL WASHINGTON Editor-in-Chief The UNO women’s volleyball team wrapped up their 5-game home stand on Tuesday with a victory after a hard fought, back and forth affair against UT-Rio Grande Valley.

UNO (12-11, 2-5 SLC) and the UT-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (8-14) went into the final set of the night tied 2-2 with both teams exchanging wins and losses throughout the night.

The Lady Privateers started off the fifth set with a 7-3 lead after a kill by senior Lauren Levy. Later in the match, with a 13-7 lead, junior Takeirra Boughton would finish off the set with two consecutive kills and gave New Orleans a 15-7 win to finish the night.

There were early signs of a close match after the first set when both teams were forced to play extra points to decide a winner, which

would be the only set to go to extra points.

After coming back from a sixpoint deficit, the Lady Privateers and Vaqueros were tied at 25. Sophomore Cara Sander earned the point to give UNO the one point lead and an attack error by UT-Rio gave the New Orleans the 27-25 victory.

In the second set, UNO jumped out to an early 11-4 lead but couldn’t hold on as the Vaqueros roared back to tie the game at 12.

UT-Rio Grande would go on to score seven of the last eight points of the set and even the score with a 25-22 victory.

After taking the third set 25-20, the Lady Privateers were facing a eight-point deficit in the fourth set with a 18-10 score, which was UNO’s largest deficit of the night.

New Orleans managed to find their way back into the game with a 19-point tie, but couldn’t finish the comeback as the Vaqueros won the fourth set 25-22 and forced the final

FROM THE CROW’S NEST MEN’S TENNIS

Sophomore Giacomo Adoncecchi and junior Luis Albuquerque both earned a spot in the final match of their respective sets.

Adoncecchi coasted through the Flight 1 tournament before losing to Troy’s Mustapha Beclora in the championship match.

In Flight 3, Albuquerque made it to the final match as well after a close semifinal win, but couldn’t bring home the championship after losing to West Florida’s Douglas Boe.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

The men and women’s team traveled to Pensacola Florida to participate in the UWF Fall Fling tournament this past weekend.

In singles, sophomore Anja Luethi won the Flight 1 tournament championship. In flight 2, junior Anna Segarra Ruis also won the singles championship with a final win in two sets against West Florida’s Paula Lopez.

Junior Yasmine Rashad and senior Hafsa Laraibi teamed up and won the Flight 2 doubles championships in three wins.

CROSS COUNTRY

The men and women’s team participated In the Ragin’ Cajun Invitational on Friday. Sophomore Jared Roberston placed eighth in the competition while the entire men’s squad finished in second place. Sophomore Clayton O’Callahan and junior Frederico Machado also finished in the top 15 for the event.

For the women, sophomore Callie Wilcox had the best time out of all Privateers with a 19:55:05 time. The women’s team did not place for the event.

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Junior Keke Irby (left) sends a spike to the UT-Rio Grande Valley. The Lady Privateers recorded 13 aces for the night.

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fifth set.

Sander matched her season best 13 kills while also earning four blocks and three aces.

Boughton (11) and freshman Blessing Dunn (10) also recorded double digit kills for the match.

Senior Celeste Martinez earned 32

assists on one error.

As a team, UNO had a .253 hitting percentage and matched season-high 13 aces for the night. The Lady Privateers also recorded 10 blocks.

UNO has a perfect record with games going to five sets this season

(3-0).

Up next for the women’s volleyball team is a Texas two-step with road games against Southland Conference rivals Abilene Christian University (4-17, 4-4 SLC) on Oct.22, and Incarnate Word (4-13, 2-6 SLC) on Oct. 24.