Volume 122 · No. 61
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
EST. 1887
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BUDGET CUTS
CRIME
BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker
BY STAFF REPORTS @lsureveille
on and off the field,” McLean said. “A lot of our guys go on to be very successful.” He noted that Hillar Moore, East Baton Rouge’s
On Nov. 15, The University of New Orleans announced it would fully cover TOPS for its students in the spring, while LSU still plans to charge its TOPS-eligible students roughly 60 percent of the cost of tuition next semester. Compared to LSU’s 14,086 TOPS recipients, UNO has 1,582 students receiving funding from the program. LSU is ranked first in the state for TOPS recipients, with nearly 60 percent of students receiving scholarship awards, while UNO is ranked ninth overall. In a statement, LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard said that, “Due to LSU’s higher admission and academic standards, LSU has 14,086 TOPS students. There is simply no way for our university to absorb such a massive cost, but we are going to do the best we can to keep our best and brightest students in Louisiana.” UNO was able to cover the unfunded portion of TOPS because of student maximization of federal and state assistance, according to UNO chief communications officer and strategic adviser to the president Adam Norris. UNO now requires students who want any financial aid to fill out the FAFSA. Because the university
An incident of sexual battery was reported at the University’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Saturday, according to an LSUPD initial report form. The incident allegedly took place in the backyard of the fraternity house during its “PIKE’s Peak” party Friday night, around 1 a.m. According to the report, an LSUPD officer was dispatched to Our Lady of the Lake hospital in reference to a sexual battery. Upon arrival, he met with the victim, who stated she was sexually assaulted at the party by an unknown white male. The victim was not a student at the University, according to the report. LSUPD is investigating the incident and no arrests have been made at this time. Pi Kappa Alpha President Peter Wilson, LSU Interfraternity Council President Mason Tusa and LSU Interfraternity Council Vice President of Public Relations John Paul Miller all declined to comment. LSU Director of Greek Life Angela Guillory said she was not aware of the incident until news of the LSUPD report broke last night. She described the allegation of sexual battery as “very shocking.” “I didn’t even know that there was a report,” she said. “I did not get a police report, so
see RUGBY, page 8
see TOPS, page 8
see PIKE, page 2
University Boyd professor awarded fellowship to work on book from Italy BY NATALIE ANDERSON @natalie_mechell
JORDAN MARCELL / The Daily Reveille
University Boyd Professor of English J. Gerald Kennedy was named a Bellagio Writing Residency Fellow. He will spend four weeks working on a new book project at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como in Italy. Kennedy will be one of a dozen scholars, dancers, philosophers and poets to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program, a primary goal of which is to address issues in the world and inspire reflection and understanding of global and
social issues. The book project, which focuses on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, is entitled “Poe’s War on Terror.” Kennedy said Poe’s entire career focused on dealing with terror, so he aspires to relate his writings from the 1830s and 1840s to relate to modernday terror and the way people manage it. “It is the nature of our culture to sort of feed on fear and to magnify the effects,” Kennedy said. “So the purpose of this is really to feed into the project of building resiliency in
see KENNEDY, page 2
CLUB SPORTS
Nationally ranked rugby team looks to capitalize on fall season’s standing
BY HANNAH WOMACK MANSHIP SCHOOL NEWS SERVICE @han_womack
“Bulawayo!” is the pre-game encouragement yell for the University’s nationally ranked men’s rugby team. Some may recognize it as an African city, but it translates to English as “the place of slaughter.” Slaughtering is often what the LSU rugby team does on the pitch — known to the rest of the sports world as a field. Like its American cousin — football — tackling is a big part of rugby, and the coaches harangue players to hit hard. “The toughest team always wins,” said rookie player Michael Fitzpatrick, a senior from New Orleans.
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Head coach Scott McLean preaches that fitness is the way to beat a tough team. LSU rugby is a club sport, and the coaches are volunteers. Most of them played rugby in college. “We want to help these guys
TECHNOLOGY
SMART Lab offers students firsthand trading experience
BY JADE BUTLER @jadeyybu7 Wall Street is closer to Baton Rouge than you think. The Securities Markets Analysis Research and Trading Lab, or SMART Lab, is a simulated trading floor designed for students to advise the LSU Foundation on how it should invest money in the Tiger Fund portfolio. Students are able to gain experience and knowledge in securities analysis, research and trading by working in the SMART Lab. The lab is equipped with
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the latest hardware and professional analytic software to give students real life experience in portfolio construction, risk management and financial engineering. The software includes 12 Bloomberg Terminals, FactSet, Morningstar Direct, Ibbotson Investment Analysis Software, OS Financial Trading System, IPS AdvisorPro, Zywave, Interactive Library-Virtual Assistant Financial Advisor Toolbox and ARGUS. The SMART Lab has 50 networked
see SMART, page 2
UNO announces Sexual TOPS coverage, battery LSU students still reported at bear shortfall PIKE party
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Post-flood, BR artists flock to NOLA mixed-merchant shop
BY MEG RYAN MANSHIP SCHOOL NEWS SERVICE @The_MegRyan
Along New Orleans’ Magazine Street, Amy Radle walked into a new business venture, bringing various artists and vendors under one roof, many of them artistic refugees affected by the great 2016 Baton Rouge flood seeking expanded markets. The Market Magazine & Sixth is a mixed-merchant store, offering everything from clothing to home decor to jewelry with Baton Rouge-influenced
styles. Each vendor designs a section of the store with different artwork and knick-knacks. While shopping on Magazine Street, Radle said she wandered into the space, which was previously a vintage furniture store. The owner said he was closing and putting all his items into a close-out sale. Radle snatched up the lease. To hear the vendors and artists tell it, it has been a new ball game, especially having access to tourists. The concept for The Market came af-
see MARKET, page 8