Music: Men’s Glee Club may return to campus, p. 4
BR Community: Louisiana Book Festival returns Saturday, p. 3
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Football: What scares Rueben Randle? p. 5 Friday, October 28, 2011 • Volume 116, Issue 47
Aid cuts threaten ROTC students Clayton Crockett Staff Writer
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[Left] Nancy Hazlett shaves “TIGERS” into the fur of RouxD on Oct. 19 in their Prairieville home. [Above] Tom and Nancy Hazlett walk their groomed poodles Oct. 20 at Farr Park.
Spirited canines have remained a tailgating tradition for 10 seasons
Upon meeting Tom and Nancy standard poodles since 2001. Hazlett, it’s difficult to say which It all started after 9/11 when animals they love Nancy and her Morgan Searles more — tigers or husband decided poodles. to shave “USA” Staff Writer Famous for into the side of their decked-out dogs, the Hazletts their poodle, Been Jammin’ On De are no strangers to attention at Bayou — Ben, for short. tailgates. Nancy has been grooming messages into the hair of her POODLES, see page 11
Beginning this semester, students in the University’s ROTC program will no longer receive aid for room and board previously supplied by the Honor Award scholarship. The cut applies to all students applying for scholarships beginning this semester. Students currently utilizing the aid will not be affected. Capt. William Conger, scholarship and enrollment officer, referred to the elimination of the Honor Award as a “big dink for us.” According to Conger and students in the ROTC program, the provision of room and board was a large incentive for students to attend the University. “The only competition we had at the University was the United States Military Academy at West Point,” Conger said. “Now I’m competing with other Southeastern Conference schools.” He noted there will no longer be cadets attending the University on a full-ride scholarship because of the cut. The Honor Award was among 13 scholarships lost this year in budget cuts, he said. Room and board funds were ROTC, see page 4
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Carlotta Street block party brings road closures, police Halloween bash held nearly 40 years Catherine Parsiola Contributing Writer
Up to 5,000 costumed college students will take over a well-known residential street near campus Friday night as the annual Carlotta Street block party reigns again. North Gate Merchants Association President Jared Loftus said the Carlotta block party has been occurring for almost 40 years and began as a small-scale party organized by Carlotta Street residents. Loftus said laws have changed
to require permits, insurance and security at the event, so the Merchants Association became involved with planning and funding in 2008. Jay Price, local business owner and one of the event’s organizers, has been attending the block party for 14 years and said he feels that it “sold out” when the Merchants Association became involved, but added that he also feels regulation was necessary and that police presence makes the event much more manageable. Price said the Merchants Association recognized the importance of the Carlotta tradition and volunteered to help because the event may have ceased to exist had the association not stepped in.
Price, who has helped organize the event for two years, said the block party had a permanent permit with the city until three or four years ago when partygoers injured an individual and the police were sued. The Daily Reveille reported that police shut down the party in 2007 when a woman’s car was nearly flipped by rushing pedestrians. Loftus said the Merchants Association now funds the event’s insurance, security, permits and clean-up efforts. He said the association will have beer trucks at the event to recover some of its estimated $7,500 in expenses. The Merchants Association CARLOTTA, see page 11
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Carlotta Street partiers dressed as Pikachu, Brock and Ash on Oct. 29, 2010, try to catch ’em all. This year’s party is tonight and may attract up to 5,000 visitors.