FOOTBALL: Les Miles remembers his former mentor at Michigan, p. 5
FOOD: Entertainment writers review local seafood dishes, p. 9
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 41
Electronic cigarette shop offers variety of homebrewed smoke juices GORDON BRILLON • Staff Writer
CRIME
Man charged with rape of student
Cameron Kelly doesn’t work in a smoke shop. A newcomer to Smokecignals, Kelly’s new shop on Perkins Road, may be misled by the customers sitting on couches puffing smoke-like clouds, employees mixing chemicals in plastic vials or display boxes of futuristic metal devices. Those clouds are flavored vapor, not tobacco or any other kind of smoke. The vials are full of liquid nicotine mixtures, and the shiny metal sticks are finelytuned nicotine delivery systems known as electronic cigarettes. “Really, we don’t even sell tobacco products,” Kelly said. “We in the community are of the opinion that drug paraphernalia and what we do shouldn’t even be thought of as the same thing.” Smokecignals Baton Rouge is the newly opened second branch of a company started in New Orleans to cater to the growing community of those who prefer vaporizing liquid nicotine, or “vaping,” to smoking cigarettes or other tobacco products, Kelly said. The shop sells products ranging from e-cig starter kits to hand-mixed “juices,” or liquid nicotine mixtures available in a range of flavors and concentrations. Kelly said while the starting cost of vaping deters some people, e-cigs quickly pay for themselves both monetarily and through other benefits. Though the “Ego kit,” which Smokecignals employees recommend
A 21-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Oct. 16 for simple rape of a University student in her on-campus residence hall. The woman told police she and her ex-boyfriend, Aaron Carrington Cade of 879 Belhaven Trace Drive, were discussing their recent breakup on Oct. 6 when he began making sexual advances toward her, said LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. The victim told Cade to stop, but his advances escalated to attempted sexual activity, Lalonde said. Lalonde said the victim told officers she eventually gave up because she thought he was not going to stop. After the alleged rape, the victim visited the LSU Student Health Center, and the Health Center contacted LSUPD on Oct. 9 about a possible rape on campus.
E-CIGARETTES, see page 15
CRIME, see page 15
Zach Carline Contributing Writer
CHARLOTTE WILLCOX / The Daily Reveille
Cameron Kelly, manager of Smokecignals Baton Rouge, exhales electronic cigarette vapor Monday.
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Trader Joe’s opening next week on Perkins Road Alexis Rebennack Staff Writer
Trader Joe’s road trip from the Golden State to the Red Stick is finally over, and University students are joining in on the action. The company plans to open its first Louisiana location Oct. 31 on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge. The once-small chain of California convenience stores is now a booming grocery store chain located all over the United States.
With the opening of a store as large and as talked about as Trader Joe’s, many students are trying to get in with the company. Harrison Montgomery, education junior and Trader Joe’s employee, said he couldn’t be more excited to have a job at the Baton Rouge location. “It’s not about selling you groceries and getting you out the door,” Montgomery said. “It’s about making sure you find everything you need and maybe suggesting a thing or two that you might enjoy.”
Montgomery said what impresses him the most about Trader Joe’s is that the grocery store focuses on the customer no matter what. Trader Joe’s Store Captain of Baton Rouge Brian Augustine said Trader Joe’s chose to land in Baton Rouge for a variety of reasons. “We love Baton Rouge,” Augustine said. “There are lots of foodies here. We look forward to being a positive addition to TRADER JOE’S, see page 15
LAUREN DUHON / The Daily Reveille
Louisiana’s first Trader Joe’s location will open Oct. 31 at Perkins Road in Baton Rouge.