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VOLUME 118, ISSUE 144
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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SG drafts student Honor Code
An actor lies on the ground near the starting line Saturday before the post-apocalypse themed 5k race “Escape from Baton Rouge” downtown.
Lauren Guillot
Running DEAD
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The point of the race is not to run as fast as you can, but to survive, Poleto said. Shortly after turning behind the Capitol, participants were greeted by actors, portraying virus-infected citizens, zombies and punks, from The 13th Gate and were sprayed by some kind of yellow foam-like material,
Student Government has created an honor code for students, faculty and staff. The Academic Honor Code: The Tiger Code went into effect May 7 following its approval by the LSU Faculty Senate. The University has never had an established university-wide honor code. Elliott Thompson, the outgoing academic director for Student Government, has been working closely with creating the honor code. “The point of the honor code is to hold students accountable and hold them to a standard,” Thompson said. This new honor code, which outlines standards for student’s conduct both academically and on campus, is modeled after the honor code of many other universities around the United States. Thompson said his friend at Washington & Lee University, a school with a long standing honor code, left his backpack and laptop in the quad for a few days, and it was left untouched. “The honor code will establish an atmosphere where we can trust the students,” Thompson said.
ESCAPE, see page 2
HONOR, see page 2
“Escape from Baton Rouge” run brings terror, excitement to downtown
A helicopter hovers outside the State Capitol, sirens ring from every direction and people run to escape the city. Saturday night, downtown Baton Rouge was transformed into a post-apocalyptic trail for the Escape From Baton Rouge 5K, complete with explosions, on-scene first responders, piles of cadavers
Street and plenty of oppora n d tunities for interesting RENEE BARROW Spanish Town Road selfies. to start their escape Staff Writer “How often do from the city. you get to go lay in a pile of corpses Poleto said the run was meant to and get a keepsake?” event director mirror what would happen if Baton David Poleto said. Rouge were to be under attack from At 8 p.m. participants lined up foreign forces or suffering from a at the intersection of North Fourth virus outbreak.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
FOOD
Sonic offers burgers, frozen drinks on Burbank Paul Babineaux Contributing Writer
With the grand opening of a Sonic Drive-In on the corner of East Boyd Drive and Burbank Drive, University students can add more options to their fast food and post-bar repertoire. The drive-in held a successful soft-sell opening Friday afternoon where guests, residents of apartments in the area and wavedin drivers received a free taste of what the newest Sonic has to offer the LSU area. Jeff Wilton, manager of the
new Sonic location, said at one point there were 40 people under the patio area, and he has already gotten approval to add four more tables under a drive-in covering. The new Sonic began full service at 7 a.m. Monday and will boast college-friendly hours by staying open until 11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and serving until 2:30 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. Wilton said they are eager for the prospect of University students frequenting the drive-in after visiting Tigerland and other college bars in the area.
“We want to be inviting and helpful for all members of the community. We aren’t here just to make a dollar,” said Wilton. Mechanical engineering junior and University View apartment resident Ben Veazey said while he is looking forward to a new drive-in restaurant option so close to campus and his apartment, he is concerned about the traffic that Sonic will produce. The potential for even more traffic at the already-hectic intersection of East Boyd Drive and SONIC, see page 2
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Customers pull into the new Sonic restaurant on Burbank Drive.