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VOLUME 118, ISSUE 153
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The Neiman Show
Museum brings sports art to Capital City; exhibit to feature LeRoy Neiman JENNIFER VANCE · Contributing Writer
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The LSU Museum of Art is opening a new exhibit titled “LeRoy Neiman: Action!” to celebrate the life and works of famed sports artist LeRoy Neiman. Museum curator Katie Pfohl has been at the museum for only a month and a half and said the Neiman exhibit is the first exhibit she put together. The museum staff collaborated and organizied the exhibit before Pfohl came, but she said she has been shaping and planning the programming for the show since her arrival. As curator, Pfohl said she is responsible for permanent exhibitions at the museum and also organizing special exhibitions like the Neiman exhibit, in which art is brought in from across the country or the world. The Neiman exhibit consists of pieces from the LeRoy Neiman Foundation in New York City. The museum developed the exhibit in hopes of identifying and catering to the interests of the community, Pfohl said. The LeRoy Neiman Foundation, originally established by Neiman and his wife in 1986, has promoted and preserved his art since his death in 2012. Pfohl said it was clear to those at the museum that doing an exhibit involving arts and sports was a good idea, but they were waiting for the right project to showcase a great artist. “Neiman is really the perfect artist for that,” Pfohl said. “There is both this LSU connection and this really talented artist, which are things we always try to balance.” Neiman pioneered a relationship between sports and fine arts, which Pfohl said would be interesting to exhibit to the Baton Rouge community. The exhibit, which involved more than two years of planning and organizing, features more than 80 pieces by Neiman. While Neiman is famous for his brightly-colored serigraphs, or poster prints, of various athletes and moments in sports history, the museum will focus on his drawings and sketches. NEIMAN, see page 2
LeRoy Neiman’s sketches are being exhibited in “LeRoy Neiman: Action!”
Thursday, July 31, 2014
ACADEMICS
MCAT exam to undergo changes Joshua Jackson Staff Writer
Before becoming a doctor, physician or psychologist, would-be medical professionals must take the Medical College Admission Test. This assessment of a pre-med student’s academic preparedness will undergo a few changes beginning in 2015. The current MCAT includes four sections: biological sciences, physical sciences, verbal reasoning and a writing sample. To prepare students for the new changes to the medical field, the MCAT will add three disciplines: psychology, sociology and biochemistry. The new test will also remove the writing portion and add a twohour lunch break. As the MCAT adds these subjects, the test itself will take longer to complete. Almost two hours of material will be added to the test MCAT, see page 2
TUITION
Tuition, fees continue to increase for fall semester Renee Barrow Staff Writer
As the fall semester approaches, University fee bills are waiting to be paid, but some students may notice a difference in their total charges. According to Budget and Planning Director Thomas Smith, students paying in-state tuition will see a 10 percent increase, while students paying out-of-state tuition will see an increase of slightly more than 2 percent. “This year, nonresident students pay $13,209,” Smith said. “Last year, they paid $12,871.” Smith said the fluctuation is partly due to the GRAD Act, which took effect in 2011. The GRAD Act requires the University to charge nonresident fees the same amounts as other Southern Regional Education Board schools. The nonresident fee raise this
year is lower than the 15 percent raise in past years, Smith said. “We think it’s good,” Smith said. “Unfortunately we’ve been hitting those nonresident students pretty hard in the past few years, but it is something we were directed to do by the legislature.” Even so, some students paying in-state tuition are not entirely satisfied. Sports administration junior Meaghan Harvey said she notices tuition rising every year, and even if it is only by a few hundred dollars, it is still a significant amount. “I’ve got friends who have to take semesters and years off because they can’t afford the next semester,” Harvey said. “It’s almost impossible to keep up without outside help, like loans.” Harvey said she does not feel the University does enough to communicate with students about how
their fees are used, nor do students have enough of a say on how their funds are used. “There’s an Academic Excellence Fee, and I don’t even know what that is,” Harvey said. “They should have more of a description in an email.” Harvey said it does not make a difference whether the fee bill is posted earlier in the summer or later in August. “They’re still taking $5,000 from me, whether it’s [posted] before or after,” Harvey said. Some students are satisfied with how University Bursar Operations communicates. “I would prefer it a little earlier, but it’s good they post it when they do,” said pre-nursing freshman Conner Karam. Karam said he received frequent FEES, see page 2
photo illustration by ZOE GEAUTHREAUX / The Daily Reveille
While students should expect to see a tuition increase on their fee bill, some students would rather see an explanation of the charges.