Transportation: Student-proposed night bus route change one step closer, p. 3
Women’s Basketball: Lady Tigers pull upset against Kentucky, 61-51, p. 7
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‘Pride & Prejudice’ & Proposal
Monday, February 6, 2012 • Volume 116, Issue 85
Another engagement
Unknown man pops the question at Reggie’s Bar
Rachel Warren Staff Writer
BRCC students get engaged in LSU’s Shaver Theatre Rachel Warren Staff Writer
When Dallas Teague, studio arts student at Baton Rouge Community College, walked through the doors of the Shaver Theatre on Friday for Swine Palace’s production of “Pride and Prejudice,” she couldn’t have expected that she’d be walking out with a ring on her finger. Teague, 21, and her 23-year-old boyfriend, BRCC history student Matthew Taylor, sat together during the performance, but he slipped away when the lights dimmed for curtain call. Moments later, Taylor nervously took the stage and spoke quietly into the microphone. “Seven years ago, I met the most important person in my life,” he began. Taylor went on to describe his relationship with Teague, who he met in high school. “My life would be perfect if I could spend every day with you,” he called out from the stage. “I would take the night stars to give to you if I could, but all I have to offer you is my heart.” Taylor then called his girlfriend up to the stage to ask her the big question. Even after saying yes, Teague was still shaken up. “It was a little unexpected,” Teague said. “I’m still a AUSTIN BENNETT / The Daily Reveille little nervous, but I’m really happy.” BRCC history student Matthew Taylor proposes to BRCC studio arts student Dallas The proposal was part of a contest hosted by Swine Palace. In addition to professing his love on stage, Taylor also Teague on Friday following a performance of “Pride and Prejudice” at Shaver Theatre. PROPOSAL, see page 6
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Watch a video of the proposal at lsureveille.com/multimedia.
“She said yes!” That’s what the crowd cheered at Reggie’s Bar on Friday night after one brave man proposed to his girlfriend on stage. Mason Triay, biology sophomore and vocalist for The Free Drinks, the band playing at the bar that night, said he was on stage when he noticed someone waving to him from the crowd. He checked with his bandmate, civil engineering sophomore Paul Wedig. “This guy asked if he could make an announcement,” he said. “I told Paul, Do you know the couple ‘This guy wants who got engaged at to propose on the Reggie’s on Friday? The stage,’ and he said, Daily Reveille wants to ‘Well, let him!’” Triay, who talk to them. Contact us couldn’t remem- at news@lsureveille.com. ber the names of the couple, quieted the crowd and let the mystery man take the stage. The man then called his girlfriend up to the stage and proposed to her in front of the crowd. Triay said he didn’t have a ring but still seemed excited about the opportunity. “He seemed kind of nervous,” Triay said. “So I whispered to him to get down on one knee, and I handed him the mic.” Triay said the romantic event added to the excitement of the night. “We were already happy to be playing,” he said. “This was kind of the icing on the cake.” Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
FILM
Movie made in La. nominated for Oscar ‘Lessmore’ up for best animated short Emily Herrington Staff Writer
Mr. Morris Lessmore’s flying books are soaring from Shreveport to Hollywood. “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” produced by Shreveport’s Moonbot Studios, is nominated for Best Animated Short in the 84th Academy Awards, to be held Feb. 26. All elements of the film were created in Shreveport, and “Morris Lessmore” is Moonbot’s first
released animation. The theme of the 15-minute animated film revolves around the healing power of story. In the film, Morris Lessmore and his unfinished book are swept up by a Hurricane Katrina-like storm and transported to a world of flittering books, where he spends the days painting words on his blank pages in the company of numerous novels. “It’s about stories and storytelling and sharing your stories with other people and how that can help you through a tough time in your life,” said Adam Volker, the film’s art lead. Volker said he’s bewildered by the immense response the film has received. “The film is sincere. We tried to
put as much heart into it as possible, and people are really responding to it,” Volker said. Cazes Verbois, who worked as Moonbot’s social media manager, said the nomination experience has been surreal. Verbois said people today don’t read as much as they should, and “Morris Lessmore” aims to change that. Verbois laughed as he recounted how he and other Moonbot employees enjoy introducing themselves as Oscar nominees. He’s been calling himself “Oscar-nominated Cazes.” He said he hopes to be able to call himself “Oscar winner Cazes” LESSMORE, see page 6
screencap of THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
Mr. Morris Lessmore closes a book in a scene from Moonbot Studios’ short animated film, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.”