The Daily Reveille - March 17, 2015

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UNIVERSITY

BULLET PROOF

Mother connects with military son overseas through art BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com When Baton Rouge native Margaret Evangeline’s son Michael was deployed to Iraq, she didn’t think writing letters was the most personal way to communicate with him. Instead, she sent aluminum bars overseas and asked him to shoot them. The narrow, rectangular bars are the exact regulation size allowed for shipments to the military. The bars, along with the rest of Evangeline’s “On War” exhibit, are displayed at the LSU Museum of Art until Aug. 2. The 72-year-old’s paintings, mixed media and installation pieces examine the effect of war and violence on relationships and the healing power of art during times of conflict. Curator Katie Pfohl said Evangeline’s exhibit raises questions about the way people respond to war and does not take an overt political stance. “It’s not really a pro or anti-war show,” Pfohl said. “It’s a show that really kind of explores the impact war has had on Margaret and her family and the role that art can play in helping people respond and recover to war.” This is Evangeline’s first retrospective exhibit, but some of the pieces date back to the ’80s. As a child, Evangeline toured the State Capitol and

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Margaret Evangeline opened her new ehibit ‘On War,’ which features art pierced with bullet holes at the LSU Museum of Art on March 13.

see ON WAR, page 15

LSU Foundation names new president

STAFF REPORTS news@lsureveille.com The LSU Foundation confirmed Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret as its new president and CEO Monday. He will begin his new job in May. Moret served as assistant to former Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins from 1998 to 1999. Moret, a University alumnus, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and served as Student Government president. Gov. Bobby Jindal appointed Moret in 2008. Moret since has launched a five-year initiative to strengthen the greater Baton Rouge economy. Moret will replace interim president and CEO G. Lee Griffin, who served since July 2011. “One of my life’s greatest privileges and joys has been my quarter-century affiliation with our state’s flagship research university,” Moret said in a press release from the LSU Foundation. “I share the aspirations of LSU President F. King Alexander and the LSU Foundation Board of Directors for LSU to build a more robust philanthropic support base that will enable the university to better sustain the important work of its faculty, continue and enhance its transformative impact on the lives of students, and invest in opportunities for academic preeminence.”

TECHNOLOGY

Middleton to add 20 Lenovo laptops for student check-out PCs to join existing 70 Macbooks BY DEANNA NARVESON dnarveson@lsureveille.com The circulation desk in Middleton Library will soon add 20 Lenovo laptops to the existing collection of 70 MacBooks for students to check out. The available laptops range

from two to four years old, but are often all checked out, said Library Head of Access Services Kelly Blessinger. “We are hoping that the infusion of 20 new laptops will help alleviate this.” Blessinger said. “We are also discussing implementing new technologies such as electronic wait lists that will notify users when a laptop is available.” Student circulation desk

worker and sociology junior Angelica Nunez said about four people come to check out laptops during the four to five hours she works each day. “A lot of people check out on Friday so they can return it on Monday and have it for the weekend,” Nunez said. Anthropology graduate student Ray Siebenkittel said the ability to check out a computer from the library got

him through a tough semester when he didn’t have his own laptop. “I lived off the Middleton Library laptops,” Siebenkittel said. “I would go check it back in and then wait and check another one out immediately.” A Tiger Card is required for check out, and the laptop must be returned in 72 hours, Blessinger said. Students are liable for any damage to the comput-

ers, which are purchased with Student Tech Fee money and owned by Information Technology Services. They are a part of ITS’s Gear2Geaux program, which provides students with electronics free for temporary use through Middleton Library. Some programs at the University require students to

see LAPTOPS, page 15


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