The Daily Reveille 8-26-2016

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Volume 122 · No. 5

Friday, August 26, 2016

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BY EMILY BRAUNER Manship News Service

Decrepit University buildings may soon get a facelift

One campus building that was constructed 116 years ago and hasn’t seen a renovation in more than half a century may soon get an upgrade, along with scores of other eyesores on campuses across the state. Last spring, Sen. Ryan Gatti, R-Bossier City, introduced legislation ordering institutions of higher learning to fix buildings which have needed maintenance improvements for decades before spending funds on new construction. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the legislation into law in May. Prior to the flooding earlier this month, the five most rundown building on campus were:

Dalrymple Hall, Howe-Russell West, Francioni Hall, the H.P. Long Field House and the Studio Arts Building, according to the Office of Facility Services. LSU President F. King Alexander said in a broadcast email that the University received minimal damage from flooding. Those five buildings alone will require roughly $75 million of the University’s capital outlay funds to patch up. Those renovations must be completed before the University can break ground on any new structures. The Howe-Russell West Geoscience Complex has been servicing geography and geology students since 1938. The University renovated the building in 1981 and 1986, but it

still does not meet instructional and research requirements. According to Facility Services’ 2014-2015 Five-Year Capital Outlay Plan, it would take approximately $24.7 million to renovate the complex. Francioni Hall has never been renovated, even though it was built in 1936. Facility Services estimated $6.47 million are required to provide modern lab space for the agriculture students who use the building. Built in 1928, Long Field House houses the College of Sciences and Education and School of Kinesiology. According to Facility Services, 65 percent of the building is unusable and

see RENOVATION, page 7

DALRYMPLE HALL Year Built: 1900 Last Renovated: 1956

HOWE-RUSSELL WEST Year Built: 1938 Last Renovated: 1986

H. P. LONG FIELD HOUSE Year Built: 1928 Last Renovated: Unknown

Estimated Renovation Cost: Unknown

Estimated Renovation Cost: $24.7 million

Estimated Renovation Cost: $19.8 million

STUDIO ARTS BUILDING Year Built: 1924 Last Renovated: Renovations halted Estimated Renovation Cost: $16 million

FRANCIONI HALL Year Built: 1936 Last Renovated: Never Estimated Renovation Cost: $6.47 million

ADMINISTRATION

Thomas Galligan begins first year as dean of LSU Law Center BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center students, faculty and administration are welcoming back one of their own this fall with new Dean Thomas Galligan Jr. Galligan began his tenure July 1 after accepting the Law Center’s offer in February. The offer came at the end of an eight-month search process. The 17-member search committee convened in July 2015 and included Law Center faculty, staff, administration, a student representative and alumni.

Senior Vice Provost Jane Cassidy chaired the hiring committee. “It’s really rare when you’re doing a search like this that you find the perfect person, but we found the perfect person,” Cassidy said. Galligan taught at the Law Center 18 years ago, which Cassidy said was part of what made him the right fit for the school. “It’s so rare that you find a person who has a good amount of knowledge of LSU, wants to be in Baton Rouge and has all of this really great experience,” Cassidy said. “Frankly, he would have been hard to beat.”

The committee voted unanimously to extend the position to Galligan. While a professor at the Law Center from 1986-1998, Galligan won the Outstanding LSU Professor award six times. Galligan served as president of Colby-Sawyer College for the past ten years, and he presided as dean at the University of Tennessee College of Law from 1998 to 2006. “It’s just welcoming one of our own back and welcoming a friend back,” former interim co-dean William Corbett said.

Recent Law Center graduate Clare Sanchez served as the Board of Supervisors student representative on the committee during her 3L year. Sanchez said Galligan has been a unifying figure in the school since the beginning, and his accessibility and heavy focus on student involvement have been essential in making students feel heard. “He understands that the reason he’s here and the reason he does this job every day is for students,”

see DEAN, page 7

LAUREN HEFFKER/ The Daily Reveille

New Paul M. Hebert Law Center Dean Thomas Galligan sits at his desk with former interim co-dean William Corbett.


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