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Volume 113, Issue 122
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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Watkins, Scheuermann take victory in run-off election By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer
After another week of campaigning, Dodson Auditorium erupted in cheers Wednesday evening as the Student Government election season ended with the Log on to More ’09 ticket celebrating a win. see Stuart Watkins and Martina members Scheuermann won the run-off of the election with 55.06 percent of More ‘09 the vote. They defeated canditicket react dates Andy Palermo and Phoebe to the Hathorn of the Next Level campaign, which secured 44.94 per- results.
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After more than two hours of preparation and debate, the SG Senate tabled a resolution to support Louisiana House Bill No. 27 which would allow concealed handgun permit-holders to carry their firearms on campus. The resolution was the continuation of a past motion which was brought up in the Senate last year. Former Student Government President Cassie Alsfeld vetoed the resolution last year because the Senate’s vote was too close to be fully representative of student opinion. J.P. Gwaltney, president of the University chapter of Students for Concealed Carry, presented background information to the senate during the public input portion of Wednesday’s Senate meeting. To receive a concealed firearm permit, a 21-year-old must first pass a state and Federal Bureau of Investigation background check, a training course and a shooting competency test administered by the Department
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[Above] Student Government President-elect Stuart Watkins celebrates with Kaitlen Sicard, biological sciences junior, Wednesday in Dodson Auditorium.
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[Top] Vice president-elect Martina Scheuermann reacts to the election results. [Bottom] A crowd of More ’09 supporters cheers after hearing the ticket won with 55.06 percent of the vote.
ACADEMICS
Structure, names of academic colleges to change By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer
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Astrid Merget, executive vice chancellor and provost, speaks to the SG Senate regarding academic college changes.
During a special Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday evening, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget discussed future name and structural changes to the University’s “hopelessly fragmentTune into KLSU 91.1 FM at 5:20 p.m. to hear a recap of the SG election results.
ed” academic colleges and schools — changes she said will not affect degree programs. Merget discussed some examples of possible modifications but didn’t provide a written document or full list of proposed changes. She said University Planning Council and deans who would be affected by the changes are reviewing the ideas. “There will [be] some changes in the configurations and names of our colleges and schools and in the reporting lines of several academic units on cam-
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pus,” Merget said in a broadcast e-mail sent Friday. Among the examples of possible changes, Merget said the School of the Coast and Environment would become the College of the Coast and Environment, the Manship School of Mass Communication would become the College of Mass Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences would become the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. COLLEGES, see page 6
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