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Reveille The Daily
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 95
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Pardon My Intoxication? Faculty, students ENVIRONMENT
Judah Robinson
Senior Contributing Writer
Emergency Response Policy would ‘encourage responsibility and safety’
Would you risk expulsion for medical attention? Student Government made the case last Wednesday that the University should implement a new Emergency Response Policy for students — one it hopes will encourage students to seek necessary medical attention without hesitation or fear of punishment. The Emergency Response Policy would give students an amnesty from University punishment if they are seeking emergency medical services. The policy would give a student one amnesty and multiple amnesties to students calling for emergency services on behalf of other students. AMNESTY, see page 11
photo illustration by CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille
The Emergency Response Policy would give students amnesty from University punishment if they are seeking medical help.
Should students be punished for medical emergencies related to alcohol/drugs? Vote online at lsureveille.com.
discuss BP case Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
The U.S. district court case between BP and federal and state officials began this week to resolve the loose ends of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which took the lives of 11 rig workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Faculty and students recently weighed in on the results of the oil spill and the impact it will have on Louisiana’s economy and the coast. Wetland wildlife ecology professor Andrew Nyman has previous experience with oil spill research and said many people forget that crude oil is organic OIL SPILL, see page 4
CONSTRUCTION
New traffic light activated on Burbank, West Parker Project completed ahead of schedule Gabrielle Braud
Contributing Writer
The new light at Burbank Drive and West Parker Boulevard is up and running after traffic engineers finished working on it Tuesday afternoon. Sarah Edel, traffic engineer for the Department of Public Works, said the light was turned on for good Tuesday afternoon, along with the electric crosswalk signals. Previous estimates from the traffic engineers at the Louisiana Department of Transportation
and Development predicted a summer activation of the new traffic light. Lauren Lee, a public information officer for the DOTD, said the Department of Public Works Traffic Engineer Office will be responsible for managing and maintaining the signal. The next step in traffic improvements on Burbank will be the removal of the light at Burbank and East Boyd Drive, but the timetable for that has not been determined, Edel said. Edel said the long-term plan is to turn Burbank into a five-lane highway with turning lanes, but that project will be managed by the state. The activation of a traffic
light at Burbank and West Parker is one phase of a larger plan to revamp the area, including removing the light at East Boyd and Burbank. Once DOTD removes the East Boyd traffic signal, stop signs will take its place along the two-lane road, Lee told The Daily Reveille last fall. Although the state will fund the construction, the city of Baton Rouge will maintain the traffic signals once they’re up and running, she said.
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Contact Gabrielle Braud at gbraud@lsureveille.com
The traffic light at the intersection of Burbank Drive and West Parker Boulevard operates Tuesday. The new light was predicted to be completed in the summer.