MUSIC: Rapper Lil Boosie released from jail Wednesday, p. 9
SPORTS: Catch up with LSU sports results from over the weekend, p. 5
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VOLUME 118, ISSUE 102
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Buildings to receive numerical addresses Reese Perkins Contributing Writer
Reserved section targeted in struggle to end vulgar chants CHANDLER ROME · Sports Writer
As LSU finished off its 34-10 stifling of Texas A&M on Nov. 23 in Tiger Stadium, senior associate athletic director Eddie Nunez watched as his fears came true. Standing on the field in front of the student section, Nunez heard vulgarities hurled from rowdy students during the Tiger Band’s rendition of the popular song “Neck” — the same fellatio phrasing that spurred Nunez and the rest of the athletic department to launch the “Tradition Matters” campaign prior to the Tigers’ showdown with the Aggies. “I actually looked at them, and one of the guys pointed at me,” Nunez recalled. “They see me.” “They’re laughing at me.” The incident is a single
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example of the failures of the fourmonth old campaign, producing little remedy to the vulgarities in the LSU student section — even transporting over to the PMAC as the chant was clearly picked up on ESPN’s broadcast of LSU’s 87-82 upset of then-No. 11 Kentucky on Jan. 28. LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette said the focus of the campaign has shifted to the reserved section — blocks of seats available to student organizations registered with LSU Campus Life and where most Greek chapters hold tickets. Bonnette and Nunez both referred to videos taken by the athletic department inside Tiger Stadium during LSU’s final two home
football games as tangible proof of the increased vulgarities in the section. Nunez said the athletic department also dispatched individuals throughout the student section during the final two home games, tasked with finding the problem areas and reporting back to the department. “We had [cursing], for the most part, across the board,” Nunez said. “But a larger percentage was focused on the reserved section. The reason it becomes more problematic to look at the section isn’t because it’s Greek or because it’s reserved seating. It’s because of where it’s placed.” Containing sections 105, 106 and 221-224, the reserved section
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Our sports columnist argues why the ‘Tradition Matters’ campaign is unnecessary, p. 5
is situated above where all LSU athletic recruits and families sit during their official visits. “It gets to the point where [recruits’ families] are asking us at the games,” Nunez said. “It’s supposed to be more of an entrusted group because they’ve earned an opportunity to receive these blocks. If they can’t help us in the process of trying to attract these young individuals to come to LSU, we have an issue.” For Associate Dean of Students and Greek Life director Angela Guillory, it’s a hard sell to exclusively blame the reserved section. Guillory attended a meeting RESERVED SEATS, see page 8
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Ordering pizza is about to get a lot easier for students. LSU is currently conducting a university-wide project that will result in buildings around campus receiving numerical addresses. LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the project has been in development for more than a year by multiple departments within the University working with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and East Baton Rouge Parish. University-owned buildings are currently only identified by a name and number, making it ADDRESSES, see page 15
FACULTY
New VP takes on dual role Deanna Narveson Staff Writer
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LSU to 5K: Stop using our name for event Staff Reports The University issued a cease and desist letter to the organizers of Cosmic Run, a 5K race with fluorescent colors, on Wednesday, demanding the organization stop using the LSU name in promotion for the race. The University sent the letter after a post on the race’s Facebook page Tuesday stated the 5K, originally planned for March 15, would have to be rescheduled and the location of
the run would be moved. “Baton Rouge - Unfortunately, LSU made the unexpected decision not to host the event despite our mutual plans to bring the event on campus. As a result, we have been forced to reschedule the event to April 19th with a new venue, Airline Highway Park. We realize this is a huge inconvenience, but it’s important that you know we did everything in our power to keep the event at LSU. Unfortunately, LSU unexpectedly made this
decision despite our mutual plans for the original date,” the post says. The University’s letter claims there was never an agreement on LSU’s part to partner with Cosmic Run, after the race failed to meet the school’s requirements to hold an event on campus. The letter also states Cosmic Run should issue a refund for people who bought tickets for the event, because of false claims of the event location without authorization from the University.
“Further, you should correct the factual misstatement made on your Facebook page that LSU was ever your ‘venue partner,’ or had agreed to a ‘mutual plan’ to hold the event on the LSU campus, and make a similar correction in any other media in which you made that misstatement,” the letter says. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news
Coming to the University from his former position at Illinois State University, newly named vice president for finance and administration Daniel Layzell took on a dual role like that of LSU President F. King Alexander. His position consists of the duties of previous University chancellor of finance Robert Kuhn and the coordinating, overseeing and advising of financial matters at the system level. Layzell said over the next few weeks, he will be working with Kuhn to familiarize himself with the University’s administration and LAYZELL, see page 15