FOOTBALL: Barrow likely to replace Minter at middle linebacker, p. 7
STUDENT LIFE: Kick Butts campaign on display at Wellness Fair today, p. 3
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FACULTY
Professor dies from heart attack
Speedy Success Caldwell looks to bring Lady Tigers back to dominance Tyler Nunez Sports Writer
With her team facing the possibility of missing the NCAA Tournament midway through SEC play, LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell brought out the big guns. She told the Lady Tigers if they did not make the tournament, they would be forced to work as custodians, water girls and
Faculty and students reflect on his life Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
Mathematics instructor and chemist Charles Egedy died of a heart attack Friday afternoon while walking the University lakes, according to mathematics chair Robert Perlis. Egedy taught Calculus II and bridge mathematics courses this semester. He was 62 years old, a husband to Karen Summerell, had two children and one grandchild. Egedy was a poet, chess player and valued inEGEDY structor to many at the University. President of the Louisiana State Poetry Society and director of the Baton Rouge Chess Club, he enjoyed hobbies outside the world of math and science and was willing to share experience and advice on various subjects, according to those who worked with him. Perlis said he recalls passing Egedy’s door decorated with his poetry and catching a glimpse of him playing chess with a student. Perlis asked students in Egedy’s class to write about their experiences with him. One student wrote that he “was a very strong-willed and funny man — I cannot recall a day of class that he did not smile, crack a joke or hide the fact that he loved what he did. His passion showed through his work, and he was an inspiration to math students on campus.” Egedy started his career as a research chemist at Grant Chemical Division of Ferro Corporation and began teaching remedial math at the University part-time in 1999. In 2009, he earned a doctorate in mathematics before becoming a full-time instructor. EGEDY, see page 15
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in the concession stand as they watched four other teams play on their home court. “I told them you are not at LSU just to play through a season,” Caldwell said. “LSU is rich in tradition ... It would be an insult for us not to be representing LSU on a national level.” The Lady Tigers CALDWELL, see page 15
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ADMINISTRATION
Faculty senate votes ‘no confidence’ McKenzie Womack Staff Writer
While some members of the Faculty Senate are partially happy the suggested president and chancellor of the LSU System F. King Alexander is an academic, the Senate unanimously voted Tuesday to pass a no confidence resolution in the LSU Board of Supervisors. The resolution states the Senate has no confidence in the Board to make the right decisions regarding administrative leadership, budget deficiencies or reorganization of the LSU System. Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said he, along with other Faculty Senate members, is
partially happy about Alexander’s position, but worried because Alexander has never been a tenured professor nor administrator at a major research institution. “We are currently at a time where shamelessness is at a high end. This body … expects a given standard of performance even of the Supervisors,” Cope said. “LSU is currently in an accreditation cycle. If there are a number of shadows on the operation of the System, it is possible there might need to be some reform before the various accreditations go forward.” William Daly, past president of the Faculty Senate, said the VOTE, see page 6
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LSU Chief Information Officer Brian Nichols presents the “State of IT at LSU” on Tuesday for the Faculty Senate in the Capital Chamber in the Student Union. They also discussed the Board of Supervisors suggestion for president.
CRIME
LSUPD major accused of hit and run Nic Cotten Staff Writer
Maj. Bart Thompson of the LSU Police Department was involved in a traffic crash last Thursday morning with LSU student Paulina Tran, who said Thompson hit her parked car and drove away. Tran said she saw Thompson, in a black unmarked SUV, drive to the Public Safety Building after hitting her car. She said she went in and filed a police report, and after examining both cars, Thompson denied hitting her. LSUPD released a crash report saying Thompson backed into Tran while in a vehicle owned by LSU, but it did not mention a hit and run. Tran said it was not the crash that upset her, but Thompson’s denial of the wreck. “He said there was no way his car did that, and there was no damages or evidence on his vehicle to match up with that damage,” Tran said. “He called me a liar in so many words.” Thompson later acknowledged the hit, shown in the police report. Tran, who delivers issues of The Daily Reveille, said she was delivering newspapers near Jesse Coates Hall at 6:50 a.m., got out of her car with the engine and lights still on, and Thompson backed into her while allowing a construction vehicle to enter the parking lot. Tran said the damage was minimal – only a dent and scratch on both vehicles. The man in the construction vehicle provided a second report to LSUPD as a witness, according to Tran and the LSUPD report. LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said there was no other information available other than what was in the police report. Thompson was unavailable for comment Tuesday. Contact Nic Cotten at ncotten@lsureveille.com