Volume 122 · No. 11
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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Faculty pursues new paid parental leave policy BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano
“Instead of buying a clicker that multiple people can share, each person that uses a clicker has to buy a license.” This new model for clicker use was not decided upon by the University, but by Turning Technologies, the clickers’ manufacturer. Because each person has to buy a license for their own clicker, it defeats the purpose of sharing them through library distribution, Kelsey said. Regardless of whether you previously owned a clicker, the new system mandates each student who uses a clicker must purchase a clicker license.
The University’s Faculty Senate will begin negotiations in mid-September with the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Finance and Administration in hopes of establishing a paid parental leave policy for University faculty. Industrial engineering professor Fereydoun Aghazadeh and English professor Lillian Bridwell-Bowles first proposed the policy in Faculty Senate Resolution 16-08 in April. The resolution was unanimously approved by the Faculty Senate at its May 10 meeting. Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said the Senate’s summer recess, compounded with the region’s flooding in August, slowed the proposal’s progress. Cope said the Senate will begin actively pursuing the policy when its 2016-2017 session convenes on Wednesday.
see CLICKERS, page 2
see PARENTAL LEAVE, page 2
Middleton Library halts clicker rentals as students pick up the tab on new licenses BY CJ CARVER @CWCarver_ Beginning this semester, Middleton Library will no longer provide clickers for checkout, and students will now have to purchase a new clicker license that could cost between $21 and $55 in addition to the clickers themselves. Director of Library Communications and Publications Sigrid Kelsey said the rental clickers will not be coming back to Middleton, and they were returned to their original owners — LSU Student Government. “It all has to do with licensing,” Kelsey said. FOOTBALL
LSU suspends senior offensive guard Josh Boutte for ‘flagrant’ hit Boutte will miss Sept. 10 home opener BY JOSH THORNTON @JoshuaThornton_ LSU announced Monday it will suspend senior offensive guard Josh Boutte for one game for his hit against Wisconsin’s junior defensive back D’Cota Dixon. “Josh made a mistake and
will serve a one game suspension because of it,” said LSU coach Les Miles in a statement. “Even though this was done by mistake, a play like this does not belong in the game of football, and therefore action must be taken.” Moments after Dixon intercepted LSU junior quarterback Brandon Harris’ pass late in the fourth quarter, Dixon began running off the field, celebrating his game-sealing interception. Seconds later, Boutte clipped
Dixon neck-high and was ejected from the game. After LSU’s 16-14 loss to unranked Wisconsin, Miles said Boutte initially told him he thought the play was still live and that was his reasoning for tackling Dixon. Boutte will miss the Tigers’ home opener on Sept. 10 against Jacksonville State. “This play does not define
see SUSPENSION, page 2
Tigers guard Josh Boutte (76) was suspended for one game after a late hit on Wisconsin junior defensive back D’Cota Dixon’s interception in the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on Saturday.
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