OPINION: Read a columnist’s view on ULL’s flagship persona attempt, p. 8
FOOTBALL: See ways to fight the bye week blues, p. 5
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Friday, November 1, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 48
Arctic Blues
Government shutdown is still affecting University science research LAUREN DUHON / The Daily Reveille
Biological science associate professor Brent Christner holds a sample of ice from Antarctica on Wednesday in the Life Sciences building. A lapse of funds due to the government shutdown halted a research trip to Antarctica planned by Christner.
Jonathan Olivier Contributing Writer
The 16-day federal government shutdown has ended, but its effects are still reverberating through circles within the University. Brent Christner, associate professor of biological sciences, should be preparing his research team for the roughly 8,000-mile trip to Antarctica to continue microbial research, but a lapse of funds from the National Science Foundation has buried those plans. Researchers are only able to work on the continent from roughly October through February because ANTARCTICA see page 11
CRIME
LSUPD, SG plan to curtail bike thefts
Students urged to notice surroundings Zach Carline Contributing Writer
Due to the recent increase in bike thefts during September and October, Student Government passed a bill on Oct. 23 to partially fund the LSU Police Department’s bait bike program. Although the average bikes stolen per month has decreased from 2012, in the past two months there was a total of 27 bikes stolen from campus. LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the sharp increase in thefts is reason for concern. “We want people to be aware of the trends that we are seeing and report suspicious activity to us as soon as possible,” he said. Lalonde said LSUPD is currently working on several “proactive measures” to end the bike thefts, but would not elaborate further. BAIT, see page 11
MUSIC
Cults to bring improved set to Voodoo music festival Band emerges better than ever Rebecca Docter Entertainment Writer
Despite being relatively new to the scene, Manhattan indie pop outfit Cults has made astonishing headway since its inception in 2010. Composed of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion,
the band released its first fulllength album, the self-titled “Cults” in 2011, just a year after meeting as students in New York City. Fast forward six months, and the band’s single, “Go Outside” is being made into a music video starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. Since then, the band’s song “I Can Hardly Make You Mine” was featured on the soundtrack of the latest “Carrie” remake. The band has
also made huge strides when it comes to musicianship — Follin deals largely with vocals, while Oblivion tends to stick to instrumentals, but for “Static,” the two collaborated. “We’ve taken what I consider pretty gigantic strides as musicians because when we started, we were real amateurs,” Oblivion said. Along with the strides the band took as far as CULTS, see page 11
Artists Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion of Cults recently released their new album “Static” on Oct. 15. The band is set to play at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience on Saturday at 4.15 p.m. on the Ritual Stage.
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