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Thursday, June 27, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 142
‘There’s more work to be done.’
ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille
Members and supporters of the LGBT community in the U.S. celebrated Monday after the Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. People of different faiths, communities and sexual orientations celebrated in Baton Rouge, but many recognized that progress is still needed in Louisiana. Read more about the historic ruling and how Louisiana is affected, p. 4.
BUDGET CUTS
CRIME
Cuts to University Summer months see more crime still unknown IS SUMMER MORE DANGEROUS? Trey Labat Staff Writer
Taylor Schoen Staff Writer
As the state budget for the new fiscal year unrolls, it’s still largely unclear how the cuts will affect the University. Tommy Smith, University budget and planning director, said the numbers are still being worked out and a final plan on how the cuts will take toll won’t be known for certain until around August. However, he said a new development occurred around
midnight on Wednesday morning. A tuition swap with the Louisiana Community and Technical College System resulted in a $1.4 million from the University after recalibrating the numbers from the swap, according to Smith. He also said $10 million was allocated to the LSU System, but of that money, $1 million will be going to Pennington Biomedical Research Center. “So there’s $9 million that was allocated to the System
Heat stroke isn’t the only thing easily avoided by staying inside during the summer months. Violent crime rates spike over the summer across nation, and Baton Rouge is not excluded. In 2010, hotter temperatures resulted in an increased amount of aggressive crime, particularly in domestic violence and nonaggravated assault categories, according to a study in 2010 study published in the journal “Weather, Climate and Society.” While the Baton Rouge
BUDGET, see page 15
SUMMER CRIME, see page 15
In Baton Rouge:
44 52
percent of aggravated assaults in 2012 occurred during summer months percent of 348 homicides in 2008 occurred between May and September
In the U.S.:
2.6
percent more murders occur during summer than winter