SPORTS: Several football players up for national awards, p. 5
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 146
photo illustration by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille
Chelsea’s Cafe, located underneath the Perkins Road overpass, is one of 43 Baton Rouge establishments participating in Restaurant Week.
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ADMINISTRATION
Academic Affairs details initiatives Lawrence Barreca Staff Writer
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Restaurant Week brings low-cost meals to local eateries, p. 3
The University Office of Academic Affairs has its hands full as it works on a number of initiatives for the future of the campus. Jane Cassidy, vice provost for Human Resources and Facilities Management, said its initiatives include “anything that reaches out to the academic portion of the campus … from recruiting students to retention of students, facilities, faculty and reports as to how successful the University is in terms of student GPA report through the provost office of Academic Affairs.” Cassidy said the office’s major focus is the reaffirmation process. The “site visit” for University reaffirmation is spring 2014, and three years of work have been required to pull together all the information needed to keep the University accredited. INITIATIVES, see page 4
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
CAAWS receives grant to help animal control Feral cats will be focus of funding
Trey Labat Staff Writer
The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society recently received a $5,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to help the program in its efforts to help animals throughout Baton Rouge, especially the city’s feral cat population. According to CAAWS, the feral cat problem in Baton Rouge is an epidemic due to the warm climate, which exponentially increases the number of kittens born each year. CAAWS works to trap,
sterilize, mark and release — what they call “TNR” — feral cats throughout the area. Once a feral cat goes through the TNR process, it is released into managed colonies. Marion Ratterree, clinical veterinarian and head of the unit of research and resources at the Tulane Primate Center, said it is crucial to release the cats back into their natural habitat. “If you take the cats away, a new animal will step into its place,” Ratterree said. “By reintroducing the spayed cat back into its natural habitat, you can curtail the number of kittens being born.” The Petco Foundation donates more than $15 million a CAAWS, see page 4
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A cat sits on a painted road stripe Jan. 24 in Salina, Kan. The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society recently received a $5,000 and is using some of the money for controlling Baton Rouge’s feral cat population through spays and neuters.