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VOLUME 118, ISSUE 138
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Metaling Kids
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
PARKING
Changes made to summer parking Paul Babineaux Contributing Writer
Varsity Theatre hosts Metal Night RENEE BARROW · Staff Writer
Saturday night, the Varsity Theatre’s Metal Night showcased diversity in Baton Rouge’s local scene, both in attitude and musical style. “Metal is so broad,” said Harvester guitarist and vocalist Jared Alleman. “If you hear something and think that it’s metal, it’s metal.”
Harvester, a metal band from Plaquemine formed in 2010, headlined Metal Night and was preceded by Odious Ab Intra, Ventruss and Left Hand Path. Left Hand Path opened with an eruption of blaring sound with their song, “Pool Party ’66.” The Bands
performance included a pause midshow to take a selfie on stage with its audience in the background. Left Hand Path drummer David Cottongim described the group’s sound as metalcore-like. Having only formed six months prior, Left Hand Path vocalist Lucien
Champton said the band was thrilled to perform at the Varsity. The night’s energy continued to rise when another Varsity firsttimer, Ventruss, took the stage. The band’s immediate display of fierce METAL, see page 7
As University students arrived on campus Monday for the start of the summer semester, students were able to choose from a wider selection of parking zones. The University’s amendment to the zone restricted parking rules added increased accessibility to parking lots previously regulated by University parking officials. Joined by former Student Government senator Chase Hilton, former parking director Gary Graham and senior director of Administrative Services and Risk Management Jeffrey Campbell put together a pilot program allowing any University student with a valid 2013 or 2014 parking pass to park in the Commuter, Greek and Residential parking zones. Student Government eagerly pushed for a better parking system to provide more parking space and reduce parking violations. PARKING see page 7
STATE
Jindal approves alternative health care plan
Lauren Guillot Contributing Writer
Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Senate Bill 682, implementing his health care plan “Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan” May 30. The “America Next” plan, which was unveiled by Jindal in April, was created to replace the Affordable Care Act in Louisiana to offer a conservative, consumerfocused alternative. The House voted 96-3 in favor of the bill. “The bottom line is it reduces costs, empowers patients, does what the president said he wanted, but we also start by repealing the entirety of Obamacare,” Jindal said in an op-ed video for The Wall Street Journal.
The plan will eliminate the tax-exempt status of employersponsored insurance plans. Instead, a standard tax deduction for all forms of health insurance will be applied, encouraging people to purchase their health care independently. The interstate sale of insurance will also be allowed under the new plan, so Louisiana residents can buy insurance being sold in other states. “We are giving you more choices,” Jindal said. Critics of SB 682 wonder what impact the “America Next” plan will have on Louisiana. “There seems to be an outline of what you are proposing to do and not much substance,” Rep. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, told the House Health committee. “That really gives
me some concern.” Many Louisiana physicians are worried about what this plan will mean for their patients and practices. “None of us really know what the governor truly wants the bill to be,” said pediatrician Dr. Roberta Vicari. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has been tasked with determining how to implement the plan and calculating the costs. DHH Secretary Kathy Kliebert said that while the agency could provide a plan and budget by its September deadline, further state and federal approvals may be required before the plan can be put to action. Contact Lauren Guillot at lguillot@lsureveille.com
HILARY SCHEINUK / The Associated Press
Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks during the opening of the state legislature March 10 at the Capitol in Baton Rouge. Jindal passed an alternative health care bill on May 30.