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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
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Volume 120 · No. 69
the right direction Theatre junior Cole Barranco takes advantage of Louisiana film culture
BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR Students in LSU’s Theatre Department have taken advantage of the hiring hotbed that is the Louisiana film industry, getting their feet wet on sets across the state while professing the quintessential adage of the industry — it’s all about who you know. Theatre junior Cole Barranco, who concentrates in film and television with the guidance of assistant professor of theatre Joshua Overbay, has worked on countless sets in Louisiana. From small, low-budget films spearheaded by ambitious students to walking in the background of “Jurassic World,” he has dabbled in various aspects of filmmaking. His freshman year, Barranco met a friend of a friend of a friend, who put him to work on sets — two weeks on, two weeks off — throughout the spring semester and break. Meeting countless people on set led to more and
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CAMPUS LIFE
Residential Life focus groups reveal need for stress relief BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR Focus groups conducted throughout residential communities found many students, especially freshmen residents, want programs to help with stress relief. One of the most common requests was for puppies, particularly during dead week and finals. The focus groups were conducted in seven of the 12 residential communities on campus for the first time. More feedback revealed students want more programming related to current events such as social justice and support groups
for autistic students, said Troy Autin, graduate assistant of Residential Life student success and assessment. Residential Life typically conducts surveys throughout the year to gather resident feedback through the residential experience survey at the beginning of the fall semester and the Educational Benchmarking, Inc. survey in the spring. Focus groups have also been conducted among residential assistants for the past four years. Residents in the remaining five communities did not show enough interest in participating in the study, which is why they were not included, Autin said. To
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entice residents to participate, ResLife promised pizza and cookies for those who attended. History and psychology sophomore Rebecca Bock said she participated in one of the focus groups because she enjoys being involved with her community. “If anything, it’s only going to bring a possibility for things to get better,” Bock said. “Hopefully, it’ll make next semester even better.” Conducting the focus groups allowed ResLife to get a better idea of what students want, Autin said. “We wanted to get more data
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ResLife focus groups yielded requests for stress-relieving programs, such as bringing puppies to campus during finals. Dogs enjoy the company of students at the Kats and Dogs event on Oct. 14 at the LSU Parade Grounds.
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