78
days since oil spill began.
Read the latest oil spill briefs, page 2.
WEATHER
New tropical storm may threaten Gulf this week, page 3.
CRIME
Former LSU footballer Russell arrested for drugs, page 5.
The Daily Reveille
Volume 114, Issue 151 – Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Summer Edition – see www.lsureveille.com for more
Local pizzerias provide varied, tasty products
The Perfect
Nicholas Persac Staff Writer
Slice
Whether thick or thin, saucy or dry, plain or decked out, cooked on stone or tossed by hand, Red Stick residents have ample options when picking the perfect pizza, leaving old pizzerias and a string of new ones to stake out territory and lure customers with unique twists on one of America’s favorite foods. “Pretty much everyone loves pizza, and people will eat it two to three times a week,” said George Kilpatrick, who owns Oscar’s Ice Cream and Pizza Joint on Perkins Road. “There’s always a demand for pizza.” This passion for pizza spurred at least four new restaurants catering to that demand to open within the last nine months, with more on the way. PIZZA, see page 7
photos by ERIN ARLEDGE / The Daily Reveille
[Top] A pizza from Hungry Howie’s Pizza, located at 5201 Nicholson Drive, is covered with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and green peppers. [Bottom, from left] Schlittz & Giggles is a pizza restaurant located at 2355 Ferndale Drive. Mellow Mushroom, 4250 Burbank Drive, offers a variety of beers as seen by these taps. A worker at Oscar’s Ice Cream and Pizza Joint, 6251 Perkins Road, gets ready to serve a pizza. The large liquor collection of Red Zeppelin Pizza, 4395 Perkins Road, is on display.
BUDGET CUTS
Electronic resources, databases at risk Ryan Buxton Staff Writer
University libraries across the state are bracing for the elimination of the Board of Regents’ contribution to the budget for LOUIS, the Louisiana Library Network. The Board of Regents, which supplies two-thirds of the LOUIS budget, announced June 30 it would provide $500,000 to the library consortium to last for two months. After that, the funding will stop. LOUIS, which is housed on campus but is not an LSU department, is a group of higher education libraries across the state, according to Sara Zimmerman, LOUIS executive director. The consortium has 47 members that come together to share resources like online databases and electronic titles. Dues paid by LOUIS members account for one-third of the organization’s budget and have been supplemented until now by the Board of Regents’ contribution. Zimmerman said the cut to the LOUIS budget will be hard to absorb because of how much is done with the money. “The cut of two-thirds of our funding has a massive impact since IMPACTS, see page 7
RENOVATIONS
Improved Union Theater to open in time for fall Lighting, sound equipment updated Chris Abshire Contributing Writer
Ask Student Union Director Shirley Plakidas about the ongoing renovations to the building, and it is clear that the she is most excited about the upcoming opening of the renovated Union Theater. According to Plakidas, the theater will be complete enough to occupy by the beginning of the fall semester and should be
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‘The blueprints for [the theater] just don’t do it justice.’ Shirley Plakidas
LSU Student Union director
completely finished following minor touches during the winter intersession. The theater, which has been closed since 2008, has undergone a complete overhaul from the poor acoustics and antiquated
technology that marked the structure’s previous existence. “We found out as we were planning the changes to the place that we had a reputation among the touring show companies for our outdated lighting and sound equipment,” Plakidas said. Plakidas said the first concern in the renovation process was to dramatically enhance the experience for anybody attending an event in the theater. “So, as a staff, we made sure that the building would have state-of-the-art sound and completely up-to-date lighting,” IMPROVEMENTS, see page 7
GRANT GUTIERREZ / The Daily Reveille
Construction on the Union Theater as part of the Union renovations continues Monday.