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Scouts’ Honor
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Gameday parking passes rise in price
Effort still needs admin. OK
Only four lots affected
Rachel Warren
Kevin Thibodeaux
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Contributing Writer
Professors can soon take note in their grade books which students were in class, as the LSU Faculty Senate voted Wednesday to pass a resolution that would allow teachers to grade students on their attendance. Mass communication professor Louis Day, who co-sponsored the resolution with political science professor James Stoner and psychology professor Claire Advokat, presented the potential new policy to the senate. Day said the resolution will give University professors “one more tool” in the classroom. “It announces to those who look at University policies and read the catalog that we care about what students do,” he said. “This policy lets everyone know we do ATTENDANCE, see page 7
PHOTO STORY
photos courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS and THE GIRL SCOUT NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION CENTER
[Top left] A Girl Scout color guard leads a formation through a city street in the 1920s. [Bottom left] Girl Scouts learn to sew from their scout leader March 10, 1962. [Right] Santa Clara County Girl Scouts of America members Viris Rios, 10, left, and Madeline Hurst, 10, center, recite the Pledge of Allegiance on June 14, 2004, in San Jose, Calif.
Girl Scouts hope to sell more than 1 million boxes of cookies to commemorate 100 years of community service A movement that began with one vice president of communications and girl’s belief that all females should be development at the Girl Scouts Louigiven equal opportunity to develop siana East. “For 100 years we’ve been physically, mentally a leadership develFerris McDaniel and spiritually celopment program for ebrated its 100th angirls.” Contributing Writer niversary this week. Girl Scout Week When Juliette Gordon Low start- began with Girl Scout Sunday on ed the Girl Scouts on March 12, 1912, March 11 and ends with the Girl Scout she could have never predicted the Sabbath on March 17, which recogorganization would stretch a century nizes that the motivating force in Girl and gain 50 million alumnae. Scouting is a spiritual one. “Girl Scouts is about building girl leaders,” said Marianne Addy, GIRL SCOUTS, see page 7
The prices of gameday parking passes will rise this year, but only in four of the lots near campus. A recent article in The Advocate reported the prices of nonrenewable passes for gameday lots around campus will increase as much as 90 percent in one area. Though one lot will in fact see a 90-percent spike in cost, the price increases aren’t as widespread as reported, according to Adam Smith, parking manager with the Athletic Department. “There were a lot of inaccuracies in that article,” Smith said. The only passes that will be affected are for four lots where passes are nonrenewable, meaning they can only be purchased on a yearly basis because PARKING, see page 7
Teachers protest education reform bills at state Capitol Beginning as early at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, a mass of local public-school teachers stormed the steps of the state Capitol to protest Gov. Bobby Jindal’s education reform package. Jindal’s bills would amplify state aid given to students who attend private or parochial schools, toughen tenure laws for teachers and restructure the state’s early-childhood education system. The first of the three bills, debated and voted on Wednesday night, passed 12 to 6 in the House Education Committee. View a gallery of the protest at lsureveille.com/multimedia. photos by BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille