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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Volume 125 · No. 14
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on the road to
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among Renaming of Raphael Semmes Roadat LSU initiatives to modernize roadways
BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano
le BY TAYLOR DELPIDIO | @TD_Reveil
The University renamed the road in front of the LSU African American Cultural Center from one remembering Confederate admiral Raphael Semmes to Veterans Drive. The renaming is one of two major changes coming to campus on Nov. 27 as part of the Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan that was approved at the Oct. 13 Board of Supervisors meeting. Buildings on campus are having physical addresses added, and streets around campus will be renamed, according to a University press release. The renaming of Raphael Semmes is part of the University’s commitment to honoring the armed forces, said LSU Media Relations Director Ernie Ballard. “Raphael Semmes Road will be named Veterans Drive,” Ballard said in a statement. “The street will be home to LSU’s new Veter-
Arts Council launches creative sessions
ans Center, and is consistent with other military memorials in the area, such as Memorial Tower, Memorial Oak Grove [and] Veterans’ Memorial on the Parade Ground. LSU continues to pay homage to those who risked their lives [for] our nation.” The addresses and street name changes are the result of the Master Plan’s Roadway Naming Modernization Plan, according to the press release. The goal of this plan is to cohesively improve way-finding on campus and help the University move toward a GPS-based address numbering system, which includes coordinates to main entrances and service entrances to make navigation easier for emergency services, deliveries and directions for those on campus. The criteria for the street renaming is laid out in the Roadway Naming Modernization Plan. The plan was designed by the Office of Planning,
Opportunities are brewing in the local arts community, and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge is working to ensure creative entrepreneurs have the business acumen to succeed. Last week the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and Arts Council New Orleans partnered to launch the first-ever creative entrepreneurship sessions at Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week. The four artist-targeted sessions covered self-promotion, writing and communicating a personal narrative, and identifying financial opportunities in the community. Liz Goad, grants and community development coordinator for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, said arts and culture are cornerstones of economic development and are a major contributor to quality of place. “It’s part of a cohesive whole that makes a city more attractive and more vibrant for visitors
see STREET NAMES, page 5
see BREW, page 5
FOOTBALL
Arden Key expected to play in bowl after pinky surgery BY HANNAH MARTIN @hmartin_
For the last two months, junior outside linebacker Arden Key has been playing with a broken pinky finger on his right hand. Key underwent surgery on Monday to repair the finger, and he posted via Snapchat that the surgery was a success. On Sunday, Key posted a picture of his crooked pinky finger on Snapchat stating that
he would be getting surgery. However, Key is expected to recover by the time of the bowl game in either late December or early January, as reported in The Advocate. LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said that the school cannot provide further details on his surgery. While the All-American is still projected to go high in this year’s NFL Draft, it wasn’t the way Key was expected to go out.
HIRING NIGHT
Key missed the Tigers’ final two regular season games with a knee injury that he sustained against Arkansas and also missed the first two games of the season recovering from shoulder surgery in May. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound edge rusher’s transition back into the lineup was slow, as he put on a significant amount of weight in the offseason. Key shed about 15 pounds before
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see KEY, page 5
SPORTS NEWS
LSU junior linebacker Arden Key (49) tackles Alabama junior running back Bo Scarbrough (9) during the Tigers’ 24-10 loss against Alabama on Nov. 4 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The Daily Reveille
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