THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 VOLUME 118, ISSUE 100 Read everything about king cakes, from the tasty Mardi Gras treats to the increasingly popular alcoholic version, p. 9
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FACULTY
Counselor strives for diversity over years
PROBLEMS University sees increase in forged time sheets
Olivia McClure Senior Reporter
Appreciating the diverse races, cultures and traditions of University students is just as important as having respect for all the different ways they learn, according to Gwendolyn Snearl, an academic counselor in University College. Snearl, who was the University’s first coordinator of minority student affairs, received a Legends Award from the A.P. Tureaud Sr. Black Alumni Chapter in November. Snearl served as coordinator from 1991 to 2000, a position she used to encourage students to excel and make them feel part of campus. When Snearl became coordinator, she realized it was easy for
REESE PERKINS · Contributing Writer A sudden spike in payroll fraud at the University is raising questions about how departments around campus are handling payroll. In the past two months, there have been two reported cases of payroll fraud and two cases of attempted payroll fraud, according to LSU Police Department Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. The first case was reported Jan. 16 after a student working for the chemistry department was suspected of forging her supervisor’s signature on 27 separate time sheets and collecting an income of approximately $9,000 over a year’s time. FRAUD, see page 15
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SNEARL, see page 15
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
University may annex properties outside city limits Land would enter St. George limits Olivia McClure Senior Reporter
University officials are considering annexing a chunk of land that contains two LSU properties into the city of Baton Rouge. Innovation Park, which houses the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, and the Ben Hur Farm currently do not lie within Baton Rouge’s city limits. They do, however, fall inside proposed borders of the breakaway city of St. George.
If the land is not incorporated into Baton Rouge and St. George efforts succeed, LSU’s main campus would be forced to operate in two different cities. Ernie Ballard, LSU Media Relations director, said the issue first came to LSU President F. King Alexander’s attention at a recent Baton Rouge Area Chamber meeting. Annexation efforts are currently “nowhere beyond the general conversation stage,” Ballard said. The matter would have to be approved by the LSU Board of Supervisors, which does not meet again until late March. The annexation issue is not on the agenda for that meeting. The administration is unsure
what the effects of operating the main campus in two cities would be, Ballard said. He did point out that the city-parish provides water and sewage services to the University and cooperates on traffic and safety issues. Such affairs could be affected if another city government becomes involved. While Innovation Park is part of the main LSU campus, the Ben Hur Farm is operated by the LSU AgCenter, which owns land throughout the state. The two properties are located within minutes of each other and the University. Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com
LSU CAMPUS
A Ben Hur Farm B Innovation Park If the proposed St. George city plans go through, both University properties will lie inside St. George city boundaries. A
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