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Thursday, June 13, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 138
GONE FISHIN’
Lakes a hotspot for intrepid anglers
CRIME
Beau Pre murder case still ongoing Trey Labat
Tesalon Felicien Contributing Writer
Staff Writer
Suitable weather, luck and timing are needed when fishing the LSU Lakes — bait, hooks and rods are optional. On any given day, there are plenty of anglers fishing the lakes between LSU and City Park. The location and scenery make it a prime destination for leisure fishing in the capital city, though the lakes remain at risk from pollution and shallow depths. On their day off, friends Jason Manwarren, 30, Kyle Ensminger, 23, and Raymond Eames, 23, go fishing the lakes. After picking a desirable location, the men approach the water’s edge empty-handed, preferring to use the “noodling” technique. “It’s basically looking for a hole [on the lake floor], putting your arm in there and seeing if there are fish in there,” Ensminger, the most experienced “noodler” of the bunch, said. Manwarren said snakes and turtles also burrow in those holes. On a previous trip, they even found a gun.
fish caught in the lakes, said Michael Kaller, associate professor at the School of Renewable and Natural Resources. Kaller said the lakes are restocked yearly by the
An investigation is ongoing into the murder of Cleveland York III, 33, who was shot in the back of the head outside of Beau Pre Townhomes early Monday morning. York was shot while sitting in his Cadillac SUV and then attempted to drive away from the scene but hit a fence and two parked cars in an adjacent neighborhood. Jehan Vidrine, construction management junior, was on his way home when he saw a police car and an ambulance race by him on Brightside Drive. “I was turning onto Brightside from Alvin Dark and I saw the lights behind me,” Vidrine said. “Then I saw a lot more of them in the area by [Beau Pre].” Beau Pre had a similar violent incident last April in a drug-related robbery and shooting in which a man was left in critical condition after being shot in the head, according to WAFB. “The area definitely has seen
FISHING, see page 15
MURDER, see page 15
TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille
Kyle Ensminger, 19, holds out a catfish Saturday to Jason Manwarren, 30, during a fishing trip in University Lake.
The trio trekked waist deep into the silt-filled water, occasionally submerging to canvas the lake floor. After a extracting a few soda bottles, one of the men emerged with a sizable catfish — proof that there are fish in the lakes.
Though some anglers claim 70-pound fish roam the water, expect to catch something weighing significantly less. Beside catfish and bass, blue gill and red ear sunfish, also known as brim, are other common
ADMINISTRATION
Alexander discusses initial plans for president position Taylor Schoen Staff Writer
Incoming LSU President F. King Alexander will be taking office at the end of this month, and he’s been preparing to take on the position by monitoring University and state legislative actions. Alexander said he’s been getting to know the issues that surround the University and Louisiana while simultaneously noting issues occurring in California, where he is the outgoing president of California State University, Long Beach. Alexander said his first action as president will be to learn all emergency procedures for the University, taking special notice
of emergencies like school shootings in light of the recent tragedy at Santa Monica College. He also emphasized the importance of meeting with University faculty, staff and students to gain an understanding of the University’s strengths and weaknesses. Alexander said his first year goals primarily focus on keeping the University invested in its students and engaging Louisiana citizens in the public education system. “I think we’ve got to win the public back, and that’s going to take a while,” Alexander said. “But I’m confident and I’m optimistic that we need to do this, and do this not just from the state of
Louisiana’s perspective but for the nation.” Alexander stressed the importance of relaying benefits the University can offer to state citizens. He plans to do this by conveying the positives of the University like the small amount of brain drain, citing that 67 percent of its graduates stay in Louisiana. He also wants to highlight the positives of University research projects and the effects they can have on the state as a whole. “The research that a land grant university addresses should be helping the state tackle its problems, and I’m sure there’s a ALEXANDER, see page 15
ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille
LSU President F. King Alexander listens to a speaker Friday at a Board of Supervisors meeting at the LSU System Administration Building.