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Friday, August 24, 2012 • Volume 117, Issue 5
Turning a new page
Barnes & Noble at LSU to open in the fall Jacy Baggett
Contributing Writer
The first weekend in November will be groundbreaking for the University community. Not only does the football team face one of its toughest competitors, the University of Alabama, but LSU will also mark the grand opening celebration of its Barnes & Noble. The date set for the official grand opening celebration of Barnes
& Noble at LSU is Nov. 2, but the bookstore will open to the public after fall break, said Jason Tolliver, director of Auxiliary Services. “We think it’s going to be one of the most impressive stores in the country that will serve our students and University community,” Tolliver said. Barnes & Noble at LSU will be the largest Barnes & Noble campus BOOKSTORE, see page 4
CRIME
Police arrest faux art student Chris Grillot Staff Writer
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Interior construction on Barnes & Noble at LSU is well under way. The new bookstore is set to open after fall break. View a gallery of the bookstore at lsureveille.com.
photos by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille
[Left, middle] The second floor of Barnes & Noble at LSU, which is set to open after fall break, will house books and possibly an Apple Store. [Right] The first floor will have a Starbucks.
Christopher Quinnon Brady, a University student, turned himself in Wednesday after the LSU Police Department sent out a broadcast email looking for a man who posed as an art student to photograph a female student. Brady, 20, of 13306 Avants Ave., was charged with simple battery and a misdemeanor summons. Brady, a mechanical engineering junior, allegedly pretended to be an art student and attempted to take inappropriate photos of a female student in Patrick F. Taylor Hall on Tuesday. The woman he tried to photograph initially agreed to have her picture taken, but when Brady’s advances made the woman uncomfortable, she refused. She also claimed Brady pushed her. Brady turned himself in as the man described by LSUPD, but admitted to the crime after questioning from police. Disciplinary repercussions from the University are not yet known.
Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com
CAMPUS
The Loan Closet aids international students LSU nonprofit accepts donations Alyson Gaharan
Contributing Writer
Claire Malsch didn’t have a pillow, a lamp or a drying rack for her dishes when she moved to Baton Rouge. While a trip home or a visit to a local department store might be easy for some students, Malsch can’t go home to get the essentials — she’s spending a year away
View more photos of the Loan Closet at lsureveille.com. from her home in France to study business at the University. For students like Malsch, the International Student Loan Closet uses donations to provide an inexpensive, convenient option for international students in need of household items. The Loan Closet, a service provided by the International Hospitality Foundation, is a nonprofit organization on campus,
and all workers are volunteers. Any revenue is recycled back into the program to purchase new items. Marie Standifer established the Loan Closet about 30 years ago after seeing a similar idea at a Wisconsin school. “Anyone can donate,” said Loan Closet volunteer Linda Wright. “We’re always accepting donations, but we’re not looking for a pile of junk.” The Loan Closet relies on donations and needs objects like LOAN CLOSET, see page 4
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LSU oceanography graduate student Yi Yang looks for useful items Thursday at the International Loan Closet in the Parker Coliseum.