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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 60
Patience tested as center sees delays Hill Outdated software causes server failure Alyson Gaharan News Editor
About 150 students in the Computer Based Testing Center in Himes Hall couldn’t submit their tests around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, more than 100 other students were left waiting outside the testing center, and as the minutes passed, the line grew longer. “People were pressing submit, but the tests weren’t going through,” said kinesiology junior Carley Gulino. “The people next to me had to retake the test three times. … People were getting really agitated.” With 625 students scheduled to take tests for the remainder of the day, Office of Assessment and Evaluation employees were scrambling to determine what exactly had caused the servers to fail. By 4 p.m., OAE Director Bobby Matthews had identified the problem: a glitch in the obsolete software. “We’ve known for some time TESTING CENTER, see page 11
LIBRARY
Memorial receives rare books Donation worth more than $200K Michael Tarver Contributing Writer
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A line of students waiting to get into the Testing Center in Himes Hall stretches across the Quad on Tuesday.
Hill Memorial Library received a donation last week of rare books from all over the world valued at more than $200,000. The 79 titles are still in the process of being unpacked and catalogued, but once they are, the books will be available for public viewing, said Jessica Lacher-Feldman, head of special collections. Private collector Tom Taylor donated part of his collection of “voyage and travel” books dated DONATION, see page 4
ENVIRONMENT
White Pelicans flock to LSU Lakes in migration Birds fly south for cooler temperatures Gordon Brillon Staff Writer
As the seasons change and the chill of winter looms, the University falls into a new routine. Students pull their North Face fleeces out of the closet, lines at Starbucks stretch to eternity and groups of smokers huddle in the corners of buildings, taking shelter from the wind. While Louisiana weather and foliage don’t show off the same seasonal changes that can be seen in the northern reaches of the
country, there is one sure sign that winter is coming — the arrival in droves of the American White Pelican to the University Lake. Unlike the Louisiana state bird — the smaller Brown Pelican, which makes its home in the South year-round — the American White Pelican arrives on the Gulf Coast in November to take shelter from the colder temperatures in its breeding grounds farther north. White Pelicans have been making their way to Baton Rouge for about the last two weeks, according to biology senior James Klarevas. Flocks of approximately 300 birds could be seen at the University Lake on Tuesday. Klarevas, who hopes to study ornithology, or the study of birds,
in graduate school, said it seems the pelicans have moved south earlier than usual this year. “We’re seeing, across the board, a lot of earlier and later records for migration,” Klarevas said. “Obviously, people aren’t sure exactly what is causing it, but people tend to think it’s climate change-related.” Klarevas said he heard from friends that a small group of White Pelicans stayed in Baton Rouge for almost the full year, only migrating north in the middle of the summer. Renewable natural resources adjunct professor Alan Afton said some of the pelicans that have PELICANS, see page 11
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An American White Pelican flies over a squadron in City Park Lake on Tuesday. View a gallery of White Pelican photos at lsureveille.com.