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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 CRIME
LSU text incorrectly reports armed robbery
BY FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ @FernandaZamudio After an LSU emergency alert misreported an armed robbery, students were advised to avoid the Union Square Parking Garage and LSU Barnes and Noble Bookstore Tuesday night. The emergency notification to students included the subject line “INCIDENT 03: Armed Robbery” and urged students to stay clear of the area and said police secured the premises around 8:30 p.m. Later, LSU Media Relations director Ernie Ballard said the incident was not an armed robbery. “That was a glitch in the text message and was not intended to be the message,” Ballard said. Ballard said LSUPD received information from West Baton Rouge Parish 911 about a threat on campus. Later an unidentifed suspect was taken into custody by LSUPD officers. The investigation is still ongoing. The emergency alert email following the text messages failed to clear the subject line and restated incorrect information from the previous message.
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Volume 120 · No. 37
Organization advocates for disabled students Members to work on accessibility, education
Disability Student Organization’s biggest goal for this semester is to bring awareness to students, professors and faculty.
BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON @carriegraceh When interdisciplinary studies senior Sean Thompson treks to class every day, he takes special care to look for cracks in the sidewalk that might tear up the wheels on his chair. Though Thompson saw improvements this semester — “The sidewalks are wider and smoother” — he wants to make sure he leaves his alma mater in better shape than he found it, which is why he and economics senior Michael Panther Mayen started the Disability Student Organization.
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NUMBER OF STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH DISABILITY SERVICES courtesy of LSU Disability Services
1,202
1,300
1,426
1,596
1,726
1,836
*2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 *Academic years
POLITICS
Cassidy chairs U.S. Senate committee hearing on campus BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chaired a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing on dyslexia at LSU Tuesday afternoon. The hearing aimed to raise awareness for dyslexia, identify problems in the U.S. education system about dyslexic students and discuss potential solutions. Cassidy chaired another hearing at the University
of New Orleans Tuesday morning on the same topic. The meetings followed Cassidy’s bipartisan Senate resolution passed Oct. 8, prompting discussion on dyslexia’s educational implications and designating October 2015 as “National Dyslexia Awareness Month.” Cassidy, whose youngest daughter is dyslexic, said dyslexia is important to him as a parent and as a senator. “I read once that you can look at core reading rates in third grade and predict how
many prison cells you need 20 years later,” Cassidy said. He said although 20 percent of people have dyslexia, including 80 to 90 percent of children diagnosed with mental disabilities, information is not spread through public policy, and those affected are seldom provided accommodations. Schools with accommodations for dyslexic students are often too expensive for many to afford, Cassidy added. He
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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy chairs a U.S. Senate committee hearing on dyslexia Tuesday in the Dalton Woods Auditorium.
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