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Volume 120 · No. 9
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work in progress BY Tia Banerjee • @tiabanerjee_TDR photos by karen welsh
With the seemingly constant construction throughout campus this semester, Facility Services is striving to improve student accessibility and safety.
Nicholson Hall windows The windows in Nicholson Hall are being replaced and are scheduled for completion by October. Nicholson Hall is the only building in the Quad to still have the original windows from its construction in 1937.
Allen Hall elevator The elevator in Allen Hall is being replaced to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act regulations. The white Visqueen plastic sheeting hanging throughout the building is used to minimize dust during construction. The elevator’s projected completion is in November or December, allowing student access beginning in the spring.
Fieldhouse Drive traffic circle Workers recently finished extending and widening the sidewalk on the east side of the traffic circle. It is now connected around the perimeter of the parking lot, where there were previously gaps. Landscape work is ongoing between the street and the sidewalk on the east side of the traffic circle and is projected to be finished in the next two weeks. In the next phase of construction, the circle in the middle of the roundabout will be made smaller to make turns easier for trucks, and the bus stops will be extended. information from Roger Husser, director of Planning, Design and Construction for Facility Services, and Tammy Millican, assistant director of Facility Services politics
Gov. candidates talk higher ed solutions BY sam karlin @samkarlin Student moderators posed questions to three of the four Louisiana gubernatorial candidates Wednesday night, addressing issues related to education, infrastructure and the economy. Republican Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, Republican Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne and Democratic state Rep. John Bel Edwards squared off at the historic Columbia Theatre in downtown Hammond. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., did not participate. Student moderator Alexis Quackenbush kicked off the forum
by asking what each candidate would do to solve the $20 million budget deficit the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students faces. Edwards addressed the TOPS shortfall by saying the “doubledigit increases” in tuition are what run up the costs of TOPS. The program started as a $60 million program and ballooned to its current $280 million budget over years of tuition increases, he said. Dardenne and Angelle both said TOPS would remain a priority if they became governor. “TOPS has been a wonderful way to give people an opportunity to move from the poor house to the
see debate, page 16
faculty senate
Censure vote debated, postponed BY caitie burkes @BurkesTDR The LSU Faculty Senate debated the censure of LSU President F. King Alexander at its Wednesday meeting, following professor Teresa Buchanan’s controversial firing in June. The measure, which also aimed to censure former Provost Stuart Bell and College of Human Sciences and Education Dean Damon Andrew, was postponed for decisive voting until the Senate’s next meeting. According to the American Association of University Professors’ website, censure is defined as informing the academic community that the “administration
see censure, page 16
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LSU president F. King Alexander takes the podium on Wednesday during the Faculty Senate meeting.