Volume 123 · No. 9
Thursday, March 9, 2017
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SEC donates to Employee Assistance Fund BY NATALIE ANDERSON @natalie_mechell
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BY HANNAH VENERELLA @hannahvenerella
THE FUTURE OF
UBA
‘Castro’s Legacy and the Future of Cuba’ panel features guest speakers Rosa María Payá and John Suarez
Though most consider communism to be a thing of the past, speakers from “Castro’s Legacy and the Future of Cuba,” a luncheon panel that was open to all University students on Wednesday in the LSU Student Union, pushed this idea aside. “There are more people under the communist regime now than there were in 1989 ... 20 percent of the world’s population are currently slaves to their government,” said Murray Bessette, director of academic programs at the Victims of
Communism Memorial Foundation of Washington, D.C. Students and community members were offered a free lunch and souvenirs such as pens and T-shirts decorated with the word “dissident,” a blog that shares news on communism, along with free books that shed light on the atrocities of the communist regime. The University welcomed human rights activists and speakers Rosa María Payá and John Suarez, courtesy of VOC and the Eric Voegelin Institute,
see CUBA, page 7
The Southeastern Conference donated $100,000 to the University late February to assist employees who suffered and continue to suffer loss from the devastating floods of August 2016. The money was donated to the LSU Employee Assistance Fund. LSU President F. King Alexander requested for the establishment of the fund in late August to help those affected by the flooding. “On behalf of the LSU employees affected by the flood, I wish to thank Commissioner [Greg] Sankey and the members of the Southeastern Conference [for] their assistance,” Alexander said in a news release. “Though the flood is several months behind us, it remains very real to the thousands of Louisiana residents who remain in temporary housing with many months of recovery ahead.” Herb Vincent, SEC associate commissioner for communications, said the money had been in a fund set up for emergency purposes for SEC schools for a while. However, Vincent said it was only recently that school presidents and chancellors approved the process for allocating money for schools in emergency situations. This approval gave SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey the authority to donate the money.
see SEC, page 7 STUDENT LIFE
LSU to incorporate changes to make campus safer for bicyclists Master Plan notes demand for bike options BY TAYLOR DELPIDIO @TD_Reveille The University is making some changes for the next 10 years, including an increased effort to make the campus safer for bicyclists. These efforts are already showing some dividends, such as the BikeFriendly Campus designation received by the University in December. “We are making every effort to add bike lanes to campus streets, reduce conflict between cars and bicyclists/
pedestrians, provide access to maps that show [the] safest routes to travel around the city on a bike and are also in the midst of planning a bike month that will include free classes on bike safety for students, faculty and staff,” Tammy Millican, executive director of Facility and Property Oversight said. One of the goals of the Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan is to make the campus more sustainable over the next decade. During the planning process, researchers found 80 percent of students drive to campus, as opposed to only 14 percent who ride bikes.
see BICYLCLES, page 7
One objective of the University’s Comprehensive and Strategic Master Plan is to make the area surrounding campus friendlier for bicyclists.
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