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Volume 119 · No. 104
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UREC pool Wildlife Society preps for annual conference Rising to close for tuition up to 12 outpaces weeks federal aid
BY quint forgey news@lsureveille.com University Recreation director Laurie Braden announced via email Friday the UREC pool will close for up to 12 weeks on March 16. The update on the current UREC expansion and redesign was the first since midNovember. In the email, Braden said the closure resulted from a leak in the pool from the installation of chilled water piping. The UREC will move lap swimming to the LSU Natatorium, which will be staffed by UREC guards. “We have a solution and want to thank our great partners in LSU Athletics for helping us to keep you in the water,” Braden said in the email. Braden also announced a twoweek closure of the portion of South Campus Drive directly in front of the Student Recreation Center for the installation of chilled water piping across the road. The road closure will also begin March 16. Braden’s update included a new list of work to be completed during the UREC expansion and redesign. According to the email, upcoming projects include pouring the foundation of the MAC Gym area on March 17 and beginning renovations to the second-floor bathrooms to match the first floor on March 28. “We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to move forward during this evolving and exciting process,” Braden said in the email. “UREC will continue to serve our members throughout the construction process.” The Daily Reveille previously reported the UREC is currently in Phase III of its expansion plan, which is set to be complete by late 2016.
BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com
[Above] LSU Wildlife Society members gather around a preserved alligator on March 3 to plan their trip to the Southeastern Conclave, where they will participate in competitions like archery, tree identification and bird identification. [Right] Wildlife Society vice president Katie Bowes identifies a pine cone.
BY william taylor potter wpotter@lsureveille.com Most students wouldn’t know how to use rockets to catch ducks, but it’s common knowledge for the University’s Wildlife Society. The chapter will leave for the Southeastern Conclave at Virginia Tech on Wednesday. The Conclave is a gathering of different chapters in the region to compete in different events. The conference features events like archery, riflery and tree identification. There is also a team competition in which all 20 team members go to different stations for challenges like identifying
see wildlife society, page 19
photos by EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille
Federal financial aid money has failed to keep pace with rising tuition costs around the country, remaining stagnant or even falling in some places. Louisiana’s tuition rose 54 percent, the highest increase in the country, from 2009 to 2014, according to the College Board Annual Survey of Colleges published in December 2014. Meanwhile, average federal aid across the country has fallen to $10,924 per student, after peaking at almost $12,000 per student during the 2010-11 academic year. But even with the tuition increase, Louisiana ranks as one of 15 states with the lowest raw tuition for in-state students, according to the survey. Daniel Layzell, University vice president for finance and
see federal aid, page 19 research
Grad student attends Cuba film festival for research
BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com Comparative literature doctoral student Guillermo Severiche did nothing but watch movies for nearly two weeks as part of his research. Severiche went to the 36th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba, in December. On March 6, he led a roundtable discussion with the University’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, telling students about how he funded his research trip and what it was like to be in Cuba. Severiche traveled to Cuba for
his dissertation because he studies gender, the body and economics in literature and film from Argentina, Ireland and Cuba. “I wanted to go to Cuba because I have studied in Ireland already and I am from Argentina, and the film festival in Havana is the biggest in Latin America,” Severiche said. Severiche earned his bachelor’s degree from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. He came to the University in 2012, where he’s taught and performed research since. Prior to going to the film festival, Severiche, one of 18 doctoral candidates in his field, had to apply
for a fellowship to cover the cost of getting to the festival and staying for two weeks. “I first had to present a proposal of the trip and what I would do there and demonstrate how it applied to my dissertation,” Severiche said. “Then I had to wait for approval.” When Severiche got to Cuba, he was shocked by how much the people living there participated in the film festival. “People would line up outside where the films were shown,” Severiche said. “They would talk during the movie and at the movie and
see film research, page 4
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Comparative literature doctoral student Guillermo Severiche explains his film research done in Cuba on Friday.