The Daily Reveille - April 9, 2014

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OPINION: Quality of life in Baton Rouge affected by urban sprawl problems, p. 8

SPORTS: Quidditch team looks to become club sport, p. 5

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GYMNAST GOES VIRAL Prices won’t DINING

increase next year Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Senior Reporter

abundance of attention, but it wasn’t the type she hoped for. TotalSororityMove.com uploaded a TigerTV video featuring

Students looking to satisfy their hunger off campus have many options, but next year’s University dining services prices might encourage students to stay on campus for meals. Executive director of Auxiliary Services Margot Carroll said next year, for the first time in several years, residential meal plan prices will not increase. Meal plans cost from $1,923 to $2,093 per semester for students living on campus. Commuter students can choose plans ranging from $462 to $1,814. Students wanted more flexibility and value with their meal plans, Carroll said, so LSU Dining and Auxiliary Services came

HALL, see page 11

DINING, see page 4

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall ends her floor routine with a pose March 7 during the Tigers’ 197.500-195.525 victory against NC State at the PMAC.

David Gray

Hall concerned website’s original headline misrepresented her

Sports Contributor

LSU junior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall had a weekend she’ll never forget.

In the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Saturday, Hall earned her third perfect 10 of the season on floor to help the LSU gymnastics team capture the title, assuring it a spot in the NCAA

championships on April 18. Yet as Hall scrolled through her Facebook page Sunday night, she saw that another of her floor performances from earlier in the season was receiving an

POLITICS

Navy captain runs for Congress Quint Forgey Staff Writer

On July 19, 1984, Capt. Bob Bell of the United States Navy died. Today, he is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. Bell was in a car with his wife and 2-year-old daughter when the family was struck by a drunk driver’s pickup truck 30 years ago. Bell’s wife was instantly killed, and his daughter was pronounced dead shortly after she

arrived at the hospital. Immediately after the collision, Bell crawled out of the car and tried to run to the other side of the vehicle to help his wife and child. He collapsed on the pavement. “The next thing I know, I’m on the other side of the barrier,” Bell said. “The barrier between life and death.” He said he followed an angel up a ladder of light, but the angel told him to go back. BELL, see page 4

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

United States Navy Capt. Bob Bell is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District.

SCHOOL OF DECAY

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU School of Art & Design students and supporters protest Tuesday against the poor conditions in the Studio Arts Building in front of the Louisiana State Capitol.


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