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details about the 25th St. Patrick’s Day Parade and a map of Saturday’s route, page 11.
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Leaving a Legacy Hightower exceeds expectations as only senior on team, page 7.
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COLLECTION PLATES Md.
Senior Staff Writer
BREWERY, see page 19
Texas
La.
Ga.
states trying to pass legislation for LSU plates graphic by ELLEN ZIELINSKI /
The Daily Reveille
For 18 years, motorists have shown support for LSU while providing funding for scholarships. Through thousands of sales, the LSU License Plate Program has raised nearly $2 million for financially needy students since it began in 1992. The funding from the custom plates, which are sold across Louisiana through the LSU Alumni Association,
By Xerxes A. Wilson
PLATES, see page 19
states that have LSU signature plates
News Editor
Chancellor wants to try brewery on campus
provides scholarship dollars for students continuing in higher education after completing terms at two-year colleges. Ò We try to focus this money on transfers and any type of continuing student who may need funding,” said Mary Parker, director of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid. “We want to utilize these funds for our Louisiana students and attract them to LSU.” The license plate funds are directed at students who have completed at least 24 credit hours and have maintained a 3.7 GPA, Parker said. The program is not intended for freshmen, she said.
Miss.
By Adam Duvernay
FUNDING
Students typically don’t use beer for educational purposes, but that could change soon. Chancellor Michael Martin said he is commissioning the development of a tentative business plan for a microbrewery to be housed at the Lod Cook Ho- ‘We would tel on campus. make some John Finley, chair of sort of an the Food Sci- amber or ence Department, said he dark beer, has developed which will tentative for- be purple.’ mulations for potential beers John Finley to be produced Food Science at the brewery. Department char Ò Initially we would make a traditional lager,” Finley said. “We would make a light beer because frankly a lot of women prefer light beer, and that is a very lucrative market. And then we would make some sort of a amber or dark beer, which will be purple.” The brewery could create a purple and gold beer similar to the black and tan, which uses Guinness and a traditional light lager on top, Finley said.
Tenn.
LSU license program raises scholarship money
Thursday,Ê MarchÊ 11,Ê 2010
SG ELECTION
‘Two Kings’ on independent ticket
EditorÕ s note: This story is the third in a four-part series on the Student Government campaigns. The candidates will be presented alphabetically by last name. By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Student Government presidential candidate Bryan Wooldridge and vice presidential candidate John Craig are running the only campaign this election unaffiliated with SG.
They announced their candidacy in Free Speech Plaza Tuesday under the slogan “Two Kings for LSU.” Wooldridge said the slogan came from the Tenacious D song “City Hall.” The lyric, “Two kings — we’ll lead as Two kings” is appropriate for a presidential race, Wooldridge said. The independent candidates decided to run last year for the challenge and fun of it. “I actually picked Bryan to run with me,” Craig said. “Bryan knew with me as his right hand, he’d have
much better chances of winning.” Wooldridge and Craig attended the University Lab School and have been around the University for years. “We’ve been on campus over 10 years combined,” Wooldridge said. “We know what’s going on. We’ve seen the problems.” Craig said they know a lot of people on campus and see the everyday MELANIE SCOOT / The Daily Reveille challenges. “We have the Internet — we can Presidential candidate Bryan Wooldridge, center, and VP candidate John Craig, right, talk about their campaign, “Two Kings for LSU” on
KINGS, see page 19 Tuesday to accounting sophomore Anne-Marie Fontenot.