Volume 123 · No. 3
Thursday, January 26, 2017
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Sustainability fund greenlights first proposals BY TAYLOR DELPIDIO @TD_Reveille
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‘DO YOU TRUST ME?’ see PROTEST, page 12
Graduate student stages inauguration protest as performance art BY CHRIS CLARKE | @ChristophClarke As one of the most controversial presidents in American history was being inaugurated 1,500 miles away in Washington D.C., a blindfolded Muslim man clothed in all black took his position in the lobby of the LSU College of Art and Design
In fall 2016, a new fee was added to the fee bill. This Student Sustainability Fee, paid into the Student Governmentmanaged Student Sustainability Fund, is being used to fund submitted proposals. The Student Sustainability Fee, which is a $2 charge in the fall and spring semesters and $1 in the summer, is run by SG’s Student Sustainability Fund Oversight Committee. Chaired by SG member Brendan Copley, the committee is set to announce it has approved four proposals for this semester. These proposals include an update to the Museum of Natural Science located in Foster Hall, a proposal to re-establish the student-run farm at the Hill Farm Community Garden on campus, a proposal to help decrease rental costs for the future bike sharing program in development with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and a proposal to send a group of College of Agriculture students to a conference. “We’re really excited about the things we have approved. I think it’s a great opportunity,” Sustainability Manager Sarah Temple said. The Foster Hall museum update includes six iPads
see SUSTAINABILITY, page 12
FACULTY
University professor co-authors book of Baton Rouge images BY DENA WINEGEART @DenaWinegeart Associate professor of African and African American studies and sociology Lori Martin recently co-authored “South Baton Rouge”, a book with over 100 images dating back to the antebellum South and up to former President Barack Obama’s visit to Baton Rouge in 2013.
The images, which took about a year to collect, came from numerous sources and were compiled to tell the story of people of color in Baton Rouge, Martin said. The Hill Memorial Library Special Collections were a central source for images. Martin scoured social media and contacted local news organizations and other media outlets in order to collect all the images needed.
Martin’s co-author Raymond Jetson is a local pastor at Star Hill Baptist Church and CEO of the non-profit MetroMorphosis, which seeks to enhance the quality of life for those living in urban communities through civic engagement. Having a co-author from Baton Rouge was critical in
see AUTHOR, page 12
Associate professor of African American studies and sociology Lori Martin coauthored a book chronicling the history of South Baton Rouge.
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