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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016
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Volume 121 · No. 23
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Juluke, Craig added to Miles’ staff BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR
Budget cut fears influence Student Government fee debates BETH CARTER | @bethie_carter PHOTO BY CATHERINE SEDDON / The Daily Reveille
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any in Student Government agree that the state budget crisis will have an unavoidable effect on the way the organization makes decisions regarding the student body. Senator Gabrielle Triche said the potential cuts to higher education funding will definitely influence the Student Senate’s fee-related issues in the future. “Now more than ever we will remain conscious of our decisions in order to make the best decisions and to find the best way to spend the money in our budget,” Triche said. In late January, the SG executive branch met to
discuss three potential student fee hikes: $2 over two to four years as a gift to the Military Excellence Fund Commission, $2 per semester for the creation of a student sustainability fund and a $1-5 fee to provide commuter shuttles. The transportation fee has yet to make its way through the Student Senate, but a resolution to place the sustainability fund on the ballot for students to vote on during spring elections passed Feb. 3. However, SGCR No. 7, a resolution to place the fee for the Military Excellence Fund Commission on the ballot, failed to pass during the same meeting because of fears
surrounding potential cuts to the University. Triche, the resolution’s author, said the proposed gift would have honored veterans and the University’s distinctive military history by helping fund restorations to the Memorial Tower, which will soon house a military museum. “LSU has had a long history of being a military school,” Triche said. “I felt that this initiative would have been a great way for students to show their appreciation of this history.” The resolution sparked discussion about whether or not
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In an official introduction, LSU formally announced its new running backs coach, Jabbar Juluke, and wide receivers coach, Dameyune Craig, on Wednesday. After the departure of former running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Frank Wilson and wide receivers coach Tony Ball, LSU had multiple shoes to fill. Juluke, a New Orleans native, was formerly employed at Texas Tech and Louisiana Tech for the same position. To Juluke — an affable, stern and proactive man and coach — school comes first, and the National Championship finishes as a close second. “Graduating is the number one priority when you come to college,” Juluke said. “That’s what I tell parents when I recruit their kids. I tell them, ‘they’re going to go to class. They’re going to graduate.’ I’m going to make sure of that and they’re going to become a better man in the whole process. Graduating is the main priority for us right now, and winning national championships as well.” Under Juluke’s direction, Louisiana Tech ran for consecutive 2,000-yard seasons. He guided
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‘By The Way, Meet Vera Stark’ addresses diversity issues in acting BY NATHAN VELASQUEZ @NathanVel812 In light of national controversy over the lack of ethnicity in award-winning roles, the University brings a play to the stage that highlights the struggle black people faced at the dawn of the film industry. “By the way, Meet Vera Stark” opened Feb. 17 at the Reilly Theatre and will run through Feb. 28. The show is one of five plays the University is offering in its 2015-2016 season. Lynn Nottage’s “Vera Stark” follows a young black woman in the ‘30s by the same name who
navigates her way through the Hollywood system in hopes of becoming a big name actress at a time when big ticket roles for minorities were almost nonexistent. Director Pirronne Yousefzadeh resides in New York but came to the University to work on “Vera Stark” after a directing colleague from Milwaukee recommended him for the gig, Yousefzadeh said he realized the piece is incredibly significant and could not be more timely in terms of discussing diversity. “‘Vera Stark’ holds a mirror up to the contemporary discussion about race and representation,” he said. “Hopefully it
provides the audience context.” The play was inspired by Theresa Harris’ performance in the 1933 film “Baby Face.” Harris was one of the first black women to make a large impression in Hollywood. Vera Stark is slightly drawn from Harris’ experiences. “Watching Harris was quite an inspiration for my performance,” film and television junior Breon Cobb, who plays Stark, said. “I also looked at films of the ‘30s to see the mannerisms of people in those times.” Cobb said she initially removed her name from the
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“By The Way, Meet Vera Stark” features a black woman with hopes of becoming an actress in the 1930s. It will run at the Reilly Theatre through Feb. 28.