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BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR Students in LSU’s Theatre Department have taken advantage of the hiring hotbed that is the Louisiana film industry, getting their feet wet on sets across the state while professing the quintessential adage of the industry — it’s all about who you know. Theatre junior Cole Barranco, who concentrates in film and television with the guidance of assistant professor of theatre Joshua Overbay, has worked on countless sets in Louisiana. From small, low-budget films spearheaded by ambitious students to walking in the background of “Jurassic World,” he has dabbled in various aspects of filmmaking. His freshman year, Barranco met a friend of a friend of a friend, who put him to work on sets — two weeks on, two weeks off — throughout the spring semester and break. Meeting countless people on set led to more and
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Residential Life focus groups reveal need for stress relief BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR Focus groups conducted throughout residential communities found many students, especially freshmen residents, want programs to help with stress relief. One of the most common requests was for puppies, particularly during dead week and finals. The focus groups were conducted in seven of the 12 residential communities on campus for the first time. More feedback revealed students want more programming related to current events such as social justice and support groups
for autistic students, said Troy Autin, graduate assistant of Residential Life student success and assessment. Residential Life typically conducts surveys throughout the year to gather resident feedback through the residential experience survey at the beginning of the fall semester and the Educational Benchmarking, Inc. survey in the spring. Focus groups have also been conducted among residential assistants for the past four years. Residents in the remaining five communities did not show enough interest in participating in the study, which is why they were not included, Autin said. To
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entice residents to participate, ResLife promised pizza and cookies for those who attended. History and psychology sophomore Rebecca Bock said she participated in one of the focus groups because she enjoys being involved with her community. “If anything, it’s only going to bring a possibility for things to get better,” Bock said. “Hopefully, it’ll make next semester even better.” Conducting the focus groups allowed ResLife to get a better idea of what students want, Autin said. “We wanted to get more data
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Approved proposals show improvement in education BY JOSHUA JACKSON @Joshua_Jackson_ While the Student Technology Oversight Committee funded 17 discipline-specific proposals last month intended to increase opportunities for students, two of the most anticipated proposals approved during last year’s committee meeting are already reaping academic rewards for students across campus. Last fiscal year, the STF Committee funded more than $1 million in proposals submitted by LSU faculty and staff. Since authorization, each of the nine projects provided students services and new technology or helped make students more marketable for their respective job fields after graduation. Melissa Brocato, director of the Center for Academic Success, said CAS submitted a proposal each year for 10 years for SMARTHINKING — an ancillary tutoring service offered online to LSU students. While CAS offers tutoring in its CAS Tutoring Center, SMARTHINKING provides students with a chance to study after the Tutoring Center closes. “Our center only focuses on certain subjects, but SMARTHINKING allows us to expand the number of sub-
jects students can learn about,” Brocato said. “Students can improve their writing skills, better understand subjects like accounting and finance, and even [English as a Second Language] can be learned online.” SMARTHINKING supplies video tutoring and online support to students 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Students create accounts on the SMARTHINKING website using their LSU email addresses. Brocato said without the STF Committee’s help, the service would not be offered because the budget for CAS is already tight. “We rely on [the] Student Tech Fee each year,” Brocato said. “As CAS, it’s our goal to make sure the largest demographic of students are serviced, and STF falls right in line with that goal.” In order to give students the service they find most useful, CAS will conduct focus groups made up of volunteer students in the spring. These focus groups will evaluate the practicality of SMARTHINKING compared to other services, and CAS will use that information to determine its proposal for next fiscal year. The new proposal will factor in cost efficiency, as last year’s proposal cost the STF Committee $73,768. In another proposal, the
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Student Technology Oversight Committee members met on Oct. 13 to discuss upcoming financial proposal requirements for the LSU community. Department of Chemistry faculty proposed a $215,375 upgrade for outdated equipment in teaching laboratories. Chemistry instructor Funda Kizilkaya worked on the proposal with professor Jayne Garno and senior instructor Kresimir Rupnik. She said the proposal was written and approved just in time, as the teaching laboratory had multiple machines out of order at once. “Without the money provided by STF, I was faced with cutting one experiment and downsizing another,” Kizilkaya said. “This would greatly reduce what the students could learn.” Two spectrometers, two highperformance liquid chromatography machines and a deionized water system were all approved, ordered and installed with STF Committee funds. Kizilkaya said all of these machines were important to the students’ learning process and made their results more trustworthy as students would often receive false
positives during lab work. The new equipment will also make students more marketable for post-graduate jobs, Kizilkaya said. The machines they are now working with are found in many laboratories, and being familiar with them coming out of college makes students more appealing during interviews. “Wherever they go, students will be asked if they have these skills,” Kizilkaya said. “These instruments are cutting edge technology, so having them was important to us as teachers. But it was more important to have them for the future of the students.” Other STF Committee-approved projects such as equipment for the film and television concentration in the College of Music and Dramatic Arts and the digital fabrication lab in the College of Art and Design have also been said to help improve the quality of education for students.
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BOWL-D PREDICTIONS
The No. 21 LSU football team will find out its bowl fate Sunday. Based on several national projections, here are a few spots the Tigers could land. BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida - Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Jan. 1, 2016 - 1 p.m. SEC v. Big Ten Possible opponents: Michigan
TaxSlayer Bowl
Jacksonville, Florida - EverBank Field Jan. 2, 2016 - noon SEC v. Big Ten/ACC/Notre Dame Possible opponents: Penn State, Northwestern
Analysis: Will Miles face his old team? Many say it’s doubtful.
Analysis: LSU versus one of these two Big Ten schools won’t inspire many Tiger fans to make the post-New Year’s Day trip to East Florida. But you know what you’re going to get with both foes – stout lines, patient offenses and energetic defenses, which hasn’t been the easiest of tasks for LSU in recent years. LSU coach Les Miles’ first ever bowl loss at LSU came at the hands of the Nittany Lions in the 2010 Capital One Bowl.
Advocare V100 Texas Bowl Houston, Texas - NRG Stadium Dec. 29, 2015 - 8 p.m. SEC v. Big 12 Possible opponents: Texas Tech, West Virginia
Analysis: On the complete opposite side of the tempo spectrum, LSU could be headed to H-Town against either of these two highflying offenses. Really, defense is optional in the Big 12, so it shouldn’t be a surprise how many yards and points the Red Raiders and Mountaineers rack up. But imagine a matchup between Miles and Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury. That’s the same guy who called a fumblerooski with a 3-point lead last week with less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Miles might not want to get upstaged by a guy 26 years his junior.
Belk Bowl
Charlotte, North Carolina - Bank of America Stadium Dec. 30, 2015 - 3:30 p.m. SEC v. ACC Possible opponents: Duke Analysis: Charlotte is simply out of the travel range for most of Tiger nation.
Outback Bowl
Tampa, Florida - Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1, 2016 - noon SEC v. Big Ten Possible opponents: Northwestern Analysis: The Tigers probably won’t be going back to the same location of their 2013 bowl.
Sports offer invaluable lessons INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Columnist For 22 years, I’ve loved sports. I’ve watched sports, played sports, discussed sports and argued about sports my entire life, but I’m only now figuring out why they mean so much to me. On a superficial level, they’re pure entertainment. Football, basketball, baseball, soccer, hockey tennis or ping pong, it doesn’t really matter. They’re all fun. My fitness levels are on-par with a pack-a-day smoker, but I’ll play soccer until I can no longer stand up. My coordination levels have been stuck on “newborn giraffe” for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never let that stop me from competing. Have I rolled my ankle checking into a basketball game? You bet. Did I let that stop me from continuing to pursue a basketball career that peaked during an undefeated church league season? Of course not. I’ve had such a blast competing that I’ve been willing to embarrass myself for nearly two decades. It might sound crazy, but being unathletic has been a blessing because it’s made watching
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Junior forward provides rebounding, low post presence BY MARIO JEREZ @MJerezIII_TDR The LSU women’s basketball team entered the season in need of a new low-post presence after the departure of forward Sheila Boykin. Through nine games, junior forward Alexis Hyder has stepped to the forefront for the Lady Tigers. Hyder is the team’s secondleading scorer, averaging 10.4 points per game through nine games. She has also been a force on the glass as the Lady Tigers’ leading rebounder. Hyder’s 74 rebounds are the most on the team by far. She has 43 rebounds on the offensive end alone — only one other player on the team has more than 40 rebounds in total this season. “We expect her to be a force to
be reckoned with on the offensive side with the basketball, as well as the defensive end,” LSU coach Nikki Fargas said. “She’s someone we saw on film and really liked. We knew she had to sit out a year, but we were still expecting great things.” Hyder sat out last season due to NCAA eligibility rules after transferring from North Texas University. She put up averages of 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while starting 51 of 59 games for the Mean Green during her freshman and sophomore seasons. Hyder earned All-Sun Belt third-team honors during her freshman season and appeared to be on her way to a productive collegiate career at North Tex-
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LSU junior forward Alexis Hyder (20) dribbles past Long Beach State University junior forward Madison Montgomery (22) on Nov. 21 during the Lady Tigers’ 59-53 over LBSU in the PMAC.
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page 4 LESSONS, from page 3 sports that much more enjoyable. I have so much appreciation for guys like LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo. It was already fun to watch athletes score goals, score touchdowns and get buckets, but now I can enjoy it even more because I know I can’t come close to matching their feats. But my love for sports runs so much deeper than them being fun. They’re a great teacher. When kids sign up for Pop Warner or Little League, They’re also signing up to learn some of life’s most valuable lessons. Nothing teaches you a teamfirst attitude quicker than when you don’t move away from that errant fastball headed toward your elbow so you can reach first base. A spirit of perseverance is cultivated after you’re forced to bounce back from that first bad loss or humiliating performance. At their core, I view sports as a great unifier. They bring the most unlikely people together. I owe some of my best friends to sports. It might sound cheesy, but if Kobe Bryant can write a love poem to the game of basketball, I think I’m entitled to a
FORWARD, from page 3 as. However, she saw a bigger opportunity in Baton Rouge. “I wanted to pursue a professional career, and I felt I needed a bigger stage,” Hyder said. “LSU has a great history, and they produce some great professional players. Even if I don’t make it as a player, I could end up coaching, and being here would have helped. It’s great being a part of [the program].” Hyder describes herself as a “tweener” — a bigger player that possesses the dribbling and shooting skills of a guard — and she has been efficient with her shot selection thus far. Hyder is shooting 53.1 percent from the field, the second best percentage on the team behind freshman forward Ayana Mitchell. Hyder has taken 64 shots compared to Mitchell’s seven. “Big Lex From Tex,” as her teammates call her, said last season helped her development as a player although she didn’t log a single minute on the court. Although she wanted to play, she took the opportunity to watch and learn as much as she could to improve her game. “I didn’t want it to be a wasteful year,” Hyder said. “I wanted to get in better shape and improve my basketball IQ, and I think that’s helped me this season.” Hyder has adjusted to her new school and become a key player for LSU. She has steadily improved throughout her college career, and she said her best is yet to come. “I don’t want to say I’m comfortable here yet because that would mean I’m content,” Hyder said. “I still have a lot of room to grow as a player. I want to help my team win as many games as possible and give it my all every day.”
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few feels. I met my friends Eddy and Hafiz on the soccer field. We came from different backgrounds — Nigeria and north Louisiana — but our common love for a game launched some wonderful friendships. Thanks to soccer, I gained two brothers. One of my best friends and former roommate Roger is from Honduras. I barely knew him when we traveled to Dallas to watch LSU and TCU play in 2013, but a weekend centered around a football game brought us together, and now nothing will keep us apart. It’s not just me, though. I see it every time I step at Tiger Stadium. I love when I see the frattiest frat guy who ever fratted and the nerdiest nerd who ever nerded hug like best friends who haven’t seen each others in years when LSU scores a touchdown. It’s more than the wins and losses. The more I live, the more I realize it’s never “just a game.” Thank you, sports. I really do owe you so much. Jack Woods is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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LSU fans support their team during the Tigers’ 19-7 victory against Texas A&M University Nov. 28 at Tiger Stadium.
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Akilah Bethel leads Lady Tiger defense BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR After junior guard Raigyne Moncrief reinjured her knee, likely ending her season, senior forward Akilah Bethel was scared. Her fear stemmed from LSU’s ability to dress out only eight players on Tuesday against Texas Southern University and in the Gulf Coast Showcase because of injuries. Bethel, who’s started eight of the Lady Tigers (5-4, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) nine games this season, found herself in an unfamiliar place in the LSU lineup. With Moncrief out, Bethel has become a key piece to a successful season if she continues the hot streak she is now on. Bethel said she was timid at first, but now she’s accepted her bigger role. “At first it was scary because if you get into foul trouble or if you are tired, you have to be able to push through that threshold,” EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille Bethel said. “It’s a mental thing. We have to tell ourselves and tell LSU senior Akilah Bethel (3) dribbles the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 86-36 victory over Texas Southern University on Tuesday in our teammates, ‘You’ve got this. the PMAC. Push through it.’ That is what is disrupt [that] type defensive pres- keep their opponents under, or tions, but without her on the floor, important for us.” Bethel collected a sixth of sure,” Fargas said. “Akilah Beth- around, 40 points. The way to do sophomore guard Jenna Deemer, el started that that, Bethel said, is to be scrap- junior guard Rina Hill and Bethel the Lady Tigers’ repier than ever in the midst of had to assume the role. bounds thus far. She’s ‘We need to play delay up.” The Lady Moncrief’s absence. “We’re gonna miss now havshooting 48 percent and disrupt [that] type “We have to be that scrappy ing Moncrief on the floor,” Farfrom the floor on 71 defensive pressure. Akilah Tigers allowed points in its team,” Bethel said. “We have gas said. “But Akilah Bethel shot attempts, and Bethel started that up.’ 36 50-point win to be able to grind. We all have had stepped up her game for us leads the team with on Tuesday to step up and be there for our tremendously.” 19 steals. NIKKI FARGAS The Lady Tigers are continuagainst Texas teammates.” Her defensive LSU women’s basketball coach Fargas said she continuously ing to figure out how to play alongSouthern, a presence is key to number Fargas sees growth in the defense, and side each other without Moncrief developing an inexpein the lineup. Bethel, as the season goes on. rienced Lady Tiger defense, LSU approves of. “There’s a growth to this team Moncrief was LSU’s “go-to” Fargas’ defensive ideolcoach Nikki Fargas said. “We need to play delay and ogy remains if the Lady Tigers player during late-game situa- every single game,” Fargas said.
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Clean your entire apartment or dorm room. You can’t focus on school while your room is dusty and full of bacteria. When was the last time you vacuumed your floors? Everyone can tell it’s been a while, and you’re living in a pig sty. Pour a glass of Merlot into your cheapest stemware, you trashy college student. No study session is complete without some cheap wine you bought from the gas station across the street from your overpriced apartment. If you’re studying for a STEM class, skip the glass and just funnel the whole bottle down your throat.
Stare deeply into the wine while you contemplate your life choices. You had all semester to learn this material, but you decided to waste time going to Tigerland instead. I’m sure your parents will understand why you wasted roughly $5,000. Listen to Adele’s newest hit, “Hello.” Why study when you can feel like a 45-year-old woman remembering her most recent divorce? You might not learn anything, but how can you when your husband just threw away the last 20 years of his life?
Lie down on the ground and release a deep, throaty gurgle much like Tina from “Bob’s Burgers.” If at least two of your roommates aren’t distracted, begin vibrating and foaming at the mouth. This exercise relaxes both your mind and muscles.
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10 tips to take on finals week ENTITLED MILLENIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist
Offer your firstborn child to Mike the Tiger. How do you expect to do well on your finals if you don’t first make the obligatory offering to Mike the Tiger? Trust me, he knows if you didn’t give him your child, and he’s going to ensure your failure. You can always have more children. Avenge your father’s death. Simba couldn’t become king until he avenged his father’s death by killing Scar, and you can’t make an A on that Biology 1001 final until you run away from home, train for about five years and come back to right the wrongs done to your father. Write Congress and express your cynicism for the American political system. Student debt is higher than credit card debt. Families are barely making ends meet. We’ve had more shootings than days in 2015, yet nothing gets done. Why would anyone want to study and graduate when the country is in turmoil? Thanks Obama. Open your textbooks and actually study. You can’t live off mom and dad forever, and imagine how embarrassing it is to tell family members that you’re a fifth-year senior. Put this newspaper down, and open your $400 textbook you’ve been using as a paperweight this whole time. Crawl into your backpack and become a turtle. Face it. You’re not going to pass, and you’re probably going to drop out and work retail your whole life. Take all the books out of your backpack and live the rest of your days in there as a turtle. Or is it tortoise? I never passed bio, I wouldn’t know.
Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @CodySibley.
McDonald’s should just close if they cannot serve ice cream MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist Everyone should live by the motto, “If you’re going to do something, do it right” — including McDonald’s. I can’t count how many times I’ve craved an M&M McFlurry and went through the drive-thru only to hear a McDonald’s employee tell me, “The ice cream machine isn’t working.” It’s heart breaking. Employees are constantly telling me the machine is “broken,” but I’m not sold on that excuse. Is it actually broken, or is satisfying customers with an
extravagant vanilla ice cream cone just that difficult? The food at McDonald’s will have your stomach screaming for help. The only thing worth getting is the ice cream, yet we can’t even get that. It’s sad the “broken” ice cream machine doesn’t come as a surprise to most people. McDonald’s is notorious for never having ice cream. People have taken to advice sites to seek information on why McDonald’s ice cream machine is always “broken,” and they have the right to. Citizens across the globe are dying to know. Maddhatter1889 left her opinion about the always broken ice cream machine on Topix: “Ice cream is my American right and anyone that says otherwise is a
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communist. The Golden Arches of McDonald’s are as patriotic as baseball. How else do you think this country became so obese?!” McDonald’s already has a bad reputation for having near-lethal food and bad customer service. The least they could do is ensure their ice cream machine is working dairy wonders. I had to do a little test of my own. I figured I would go through McDonald’s drive-thru to order an ice cream cone, one last time, hoping to come to the realization this whole time I was simply being dramatic. Tuesday, I went through the McDonald’s drive-thru on Nicholson Drive and politely, yet eagerly, asked for an ice cream cone. Take a guess at what the employee’s response was: “The ice
cream machine is down.” What a surprise. A manager who refused to give her name, likely because she secretly hates McDonald’s and hopes they become the most hated franchise in the world, said the machines are old, and if they’re not treated properly they’ll break. She made it clear to me that these machines can’t simply be replaced because they’re “high,” ranging from $15,000-$20,000. “High” to who is my question. Probably high to her, definitely high to us college students, but certainly not high to a multibillion dollar franchise. That’s the equivalent of Chuck E Cheese’s coins to them. So, it’s time for the excuses to come to a halt.
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Hopefully, the CEO of McDonald’s, Steve Easterbrook, will read this one day and understand if he’s going to half do something, then he shouldn’t do it at all. Either employees don’t feel like making a little bitty ice cream cone, or they’re plotting to have McDonald’s kicked down from the fast food totem pole. What the world doesn’t realize, is that McDonald’s employees are hamburglars in disguise who don’t like to see people happy. They knew by making McDonald’s ice cream nearly impossible to get ahold of he would see less smiling faces.
Clarke Perkins is a 20-year-old political science sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.
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Friday, December 4, 2015 FOCUS GROUPS, from page 1 and really more updated on what we can do to make our programs more relevant to them,” Autin said. “The best thing about it was to actually kind of get an idea of what the students wanted because they weren’t necessarily our ideas.” Another reason for conducting the focus groups was to find out how to better cater to current residents because students need change from year to year, Autin said. “It gave us a good chance to kind of see who’s in our halls. You know, this is their LSU, and we have got to make it their experience,” Autin said.
DIRECTION, from page 1 more opportunities, he said. But his goal of making movies has taken him on the independent film route — gathering friends, co-workers and hopefully funding for movies. “I’m directing a short that’s hopefully going to be pretty big,” Barranco said. “It’s a dark comedy, kind of inspired by Scorsese and Tarantino. It’s about some southern bounty hunters.” Barranco said he prefers to shoot off campus, but will reluctantly find spots around LSU because it is convenient. One short film takes place in Tureaud Hall, depicted as an insane asylum. Another evening brought Barranco and his crew to Nicholson Drive to film a fight scene that resulted in the cops being called to investigate a reported “gang fight.” Louisiana has been able to attract big Hollywood names
“Sometimes, us old fogies are too far away. Sometimes, this is what we need to get feedback from them, find out how to better suit them.” The focus groups will be conducted on a yearly basis — possibly bumping up to once a semester, Autin said. Autin said that, based on the feedback from most of the communities, major changes will be made in programming, and some changes have already been put into motion. “Hopefully, we can implement some of these ideas as soon as we can,” Autin said. “Next semester, definitely, we’ll put some things in motion to get these things changed.” through a tax credit to filmmakers, which has received controversy over sustainability in job growth, according to Pew’s Stateline. But Barranco said he hopes it can be expanded under the Governor-elect John Bel Edwards. Theatre senior Nicole Prunty took a similar path into Louisiana film, with Overbay connecting her with jobs on sets and networking her to other opportunities. Prunty said Louisiana has developed a culture of filmmakers in recent years. She was involved in creating nine short films last year, some of which were filmed on campus, taking her from the studio arts building, where her crew was kicked out, to the quad, where she crashed her bike in the bushes. “[Louisiana] offers a wide variety of different settings here, and I think a lot of people enjoy that for their films,” she said.
The Daily Reveille CRIME BRIEFS
Man booked Man arrested for fleeing for hit from police in WCA lot and run LSUPD arrested Tony Bingham, 24, for a hit and run involving a pedestrian around 1 a.m. Nov. 28 on State Street and Highland Road, according to the arrest report. Victims told officers the vehicle crashed into the ditch and the driver, later identified as Bingham, fled on foot. Bingham was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for hit and run and driving without a license.
LSUPD observed a male in the West Campus Apartment Lots around 3:30 a.m. Nov. 26 and decided to investigate based on time, the fact that most students were gone for Thanksgiving break and a string of recent thefts in the area, according to the arrest report. Upon reaching the subject, Rodney Hamilton, 18, police said Hamilton fled the
area and then began to pursue him until he fell off his bike in a gravel lot north of WCA. Officers then discovered Hamilton was wearing an ankle monitoring device and had been previously forbidden from campus because of previous burglary arrests. Hamilton was charged for remaining after being forbidden and resisting arrest.
Student arrested for felony theft, bank fraud Man arrested for gameday hit and run
LSUPD arrested David Hampshire, 60, for hitting another vehicle with his vehicle in the AgCenter overflow lot around 10 p.m. on Nov. 28. Hampshire also measured a .111 BAC and was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with DWI, hit and run and careless operation of a vehicle.
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Joseph Shields, 19, was arrested after LSUPD investigated a nonsufficient fund complaint from the LSU Tiger Card Office on Nov. 23, according to the arrest report. Ten checks totalling $3,620 were deposited into his Tiger
Card account over two days. The money was spent over the next few days on several items, including a Fitbit, which LSUPD recovered. Shields was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for issuing worthless checks, bank fraud and theft.
Woman booked on drunk driving charges LSUPD officers arrested Jerrika Mosely, 22, for driving while intoxicated and careless operation of a vehicle after they observed her stalled vehicle stuck in the mud on Ben Hur Road around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 9, according to the arrest report. Witnesses said Mosely
travelled against the traffic circle before losing control. Officers observed Mosely swaying while walking from her car and issued a field sobriety test. Mosely showed signs of intoxication and later showed a .147 BAC. Mosely was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
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Friday, December 4, 2015
CAMPUS LIFE
Haliburton proves to be an essential part of LSU football staff Senior associate athletics director prides self on being prepared
with the Denver Broncos for three seasons. He joined LSU as a resident assistant of Broussard Hall in 1994, working his way up to the current position. BY JACK WOODS In addition to planning and Manship News Service playing the what-if game, Haliburton describes himself as a While most of Tiger Stadium facilitator. Rather than microwas transfixed on whether LSU managing, he said he gives his could put away a pesky Eastern staff the tools and resources University Michigan football they need to be successful. team Oct. 3, Ronnie Haliburton If they need something, they had his eye focused 700 miles to know where to find him. Haliburton said his staff’s the east. LSU’s senior associate ath- success is ultimately the letics director for Athletic Fa- department’s success. cility Management was watchHaliburton stays busy, but ing the weather on the Atlantic he still finds time to lead some Coast. LSU was of Tiger Stadium’s tour groups, scheduled to play South Carolina ‘A day at LSU is never the a part of his job in Columbia the same. You don’t know that brings him joy. following week, who you’re going His office has but historic rainto meet, who you’re fall and flooding a large chunk of going to encounter.’ wall space dewould soon put the contest in doubt. voted to a frame Haliburton and full of thank you RONNIE HALIBURTON, his staff immediletters from tour LSU senior associate ately began disgroups, and that’s athletics director cussing what would just “a small portion” of the ones need to be done received, he said. should the game be He said he loves seeing moved to Tiger Stadium, days before public speculation start- kids’ faces light up when they ed about whether Williams- first walk out to the field. The Brice Stadium could host the people who take tours come game. from all over, but the look of “We had one eye on the astonishment is ever-present. “It feels good when you weather watching exactly what that Hurricane [Joaquin] was see that look. It never fails. doing out in the Atlantic,” Hali- That look is always there,” he burton said. “We discussed it said. as a staff and said, “You know When Haliburton travels to what, we really need to get other venues to watch a game, prepared just in case.”’ he said he walks through the Being prepared is something facilities and looks for ways to Haliburton prides himself in. improve LSU’s facilities and On this occasion, Haliburton operations. was so prepared that when Joe Although his responsibiliAlleva approached him a few ties might look different day-todays later to see what needed to day, Haliburton said he enjoys happen to make a sudden home the challenges. “A day at LSU is never the game work, Haliburton was same,” Haliburton said. “You able to say it was already done Haliburton, who supervises don’t know who you’re going the event management and fa- to meet, who you’re going to cility operations staffs, stresses encounter.” the importance of planning and preparation but also recognizes it’s necessary to adapt as problems arise and plans change. For instance, the top left portion of LSU’s main video board was malfunctioning. When Haliburton stepped inside Tiger Stadium on Nov. 10, several days before the Arkansas game, and saw the problem, he addressed it. Come kick off against Arkansas, the screen worked perfectly. Nobody in the stadium was the wiser. Whether it’s putting on an impromptu home game or making sure the video boards are functioning, Haliburton said getting ahead is crucial to success. “You never want to get caught behind because you can never catch up.” Haliburton played tight end at LSU from 1986 to 1989, winning two SEC championships. He went on to play in the NFL
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LSU senior associate athletic director Ronnie Haliburton supervises event management and facility operations staff.