State: La. ranks 6th in the nation for teenage pregnancies, p. 5
Jazz Fest: Cee Lo Green, Beach Boys among weekend’s performers, p. 15
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NFL Draft: Claiborne, Brockers should go in first round, p. 9 Thursday, April 26, 2012 • Volume 116, Issue 133
How safe is Louisiana? State ranks last in United States Peace Index report Overall Score Homicide Violent crime Incarceration
CRIME
LSUPD controls University banishment Lauren Duhon
Police employees
Staff Writer
Small arms Peaceful
Not peaceful
Louisiana
National average
Most Peaceful
Least Peaceful
1. Maine 2. Vermont 3. New Hampshire 4. Minnesota 5. Utah
46. Arizona 47. Florida 48. Nevada 49. Tennessee 50. Louisiana
New Orleans is second only to Detroit as the least peaceful metro region in the nation. source: UNITED STATES PEACE INDEX REPORT infographic by KIRSTEN ROMAGUERA / The Daily Reveille
Banned, forbidden, restrained — these words are familiar to people who have remained at the University after being told to leave. Since January, LSUPD has made eight arrests for remaining after being forbidden. In 2011, 23 arrests occurred, compared to 33 arrests in 2010. Joseph Boyle, a 62-year-old from 755 Napoleon Drive, was arrested for remaining after being forbidden on March 28 and again April 9. Prior to both arrests, Boyle had been banned from the University. His first offense occurred at the Student Union, where he was found with a glass tube and hypodermic needle used for smoking crack. The other incident happened at CC’s in Middleton Library, where Boyle was observed tampering with a locked refrigerator. BANISHMENT, see page 7
BUSINESS
Alternative card reader used in BR Emily Herrington Staff Writer
Baton Rouge businesses are increasingly using Square as a mobile payment method. Square, a three-part system that consists of the Square Card Reader, Square Register and Pay with Square, is in use at almost 1,500 businesses in Baton Rouge, according to Lindsay Wiese, Square communications associate. Square allows customers to make purchases without having to swipe a credit card by using the Pay with Square application on their smartphones. The Square
Register lets business owners turn their iPads into card-reading registers with the addition of the Square Card Reader that attaches to the iPad’s audio jack. Customers can open their tab through the app, say “Put it on John Doe,” and the payment is made. On-the-go business owners can plug the card readers into their iPhones or iPads and swipe credit cards with no additional equipment. “I live in San Francisco, and sometimes the only thing I carry is my phone. It’s nice with Square because now my phone is practically my wallet,” Wiese said.
Wiese said the card reader is free, and the rate per swipe is 2.75 percent. She called the rate “pretty low” and said there are no additional fees and no contract. Justin Page, owner of Bushwood BBQ Sandwiches on Perkins Road, uses Square to accept payments at his restaurant. He said he was drawn to Square because it was the easiest system to set up. He said the service only requested information about his company and the bank account to which the payments are connected. Other credit card companies SQUARE, see page 7
photo courtesy of LINDSAY WIESE
The Square Register app allows businesses to turn an iPad into a card-reading register with the addition of the Square card reader.