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Volume 119 · No. 45
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[From left] U.S. Senate candidates Col. Rob Maness, Rep. Bill Cassidy and Sen. Mary Landrieu greet one another Wednesday before the last candidate debate in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building.
SENATE CANDIDATES square off Jabs traded at final U.S. Senate debate
BY quint forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com Audience members at Louisiana’s final televised Senate debate could have forgotten they were sitting in the University’s Journalism Building on Wednesday. The anxious crowds of campaign staffers, political VIPs and anticipating media
members transformed the Holliday Forum, if only for an hour, into a gripping political landscape. With one minute to respond to questions, Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La.; Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.; and Republican Col. Robert Maness hurled talking points and rhetorical fireballs in their last televised stand. The candidates used their responses to al-
Students rally, protest at debate to include libertarian candidate
most every question to toss barbs at one another. Right out of the gate, Landrieu zinged Cassidy for his failure to appear at two past debates. “It’s good to see you facing the voters finally,” Landrieu said in her opening remarks. Cassidy’s absence at past debates was the subject of one of
see debate, page 4
BY savanah dickinson sdickinson@lsureveille.com Minutes before the final state U.S. Senate debate, Libertarians’ and Students for Sensible Drug Policy’s protests were overshadowed by overwhelming support for Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.; Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La.; and Col. Rob Maness.
Groups rallied outside the Journalism Building on Wednesday to allow for third-party candidate participation in the debate. Libertarian Senate candidate Brannon McMorris joined to show his disdain a lack of third-party candidates. Raycom Media’s poll deter-
see McMorris, page 4
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Open house promotes lesser-known library services Students win prizes while learning about the libraries’ resources
BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com
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Librarians from the LSU Law Library participate in Middleton Library’s ‘It Came From The Library’ open house Wednesday.
The trick to getting students in the library is to treat them to candy and prizes. More than 600 students attended Middleton Library’s “It Came From the Library” open house to learn about resources from LSU Libraries’ Special Collections, which cover everything from law to music to oral history. The open house was an attempt by library staff to
highlight services and resources offered by the libraries in a fun, festive environment. There were 20 stations manned by costume-clad library staff, each offering a brief summary of the service they represented. Students who made it to 12 of the stations were entered into a drawing for a Kindle Fire, an iPad or an iPad Mini. Business reference librarian Rebecca Kelley said she believes there are two reasons
students do not utilize the library: a lack of awareness and a fear of asking for help. “We want to make the library a place where students want to be,” said Kelley. “We have more than just print books.” Sigrid Kelsey, director of library communications and publications, said the University library system offers hundreds
see library, page 19