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Volume 119 · No. 27
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transportation EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014
opinion Celebrities shouldn’t be political influences page 9
Stoplight to return at Burbank and E. Boyd
BY kaci cazenave kcazenave@lsureveille.com
Landrieu rallies millennials around college affordability initiatives BY QUINT FORGEY qforgey@lsureveille.com Thirty-four days from what may be the biggest fight of her political career, four-term Sen. Mary Landrieu energized a crowd of young leaders Tuesday at Baton Rouge
Community terest rates College. Read the opinion editor’s on student Landrieu take on Landrieu’s election loans. spoke on her P e l l prospects on page 8. “Passport to Grants are the Middle provided by Class” initiative, a plan to in- the government to students crease the maximum award who need aid to pay for colof the Pell Grant and lower in- lege, according to the College
Board’s website. Pell Grants, unlike loans, do not have to be repaid. Landrieu’s legislation would increase the Pell Grant maximum amount from $5,730 to $8,900.
see landrieu, page 4
Safely crossing Burbank Drive after exiting Sonic DriveIn’s parking lot will no longer be a primary concern for drivers once the traffic light on Burbank is reinstalled. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced its decision Tuesday to reinstall the traffic signal at the intersection of East Boyd Drive and Burbank Drive. A news release from DOTD said crews will begin reinstalling the light today. The signal reactivation is not expected to be complete until Oct. 10. DOTD ordered the signal be removed in July as part of a safety and traffic improvement project designed for Burbank Drive, according to the news release. Reconfiguring the traffic light is the final phase of the project. DOTD spokesman Dustin Annison said the decision to return to the original light configuration was made after careful monitoring of the intersection.
see traffic light, page 4
film
University film professor releases first feature film BY jack richards jrichards@lsureveille.com
A story about a doomsday cult serves as a platform to talk about doubt in religious belief in “As It Is In Heaven,” a film by assistant professor of film and television Joshua Overbay. The film, which will show Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 at the Zeitgeist MultiDisciplinary Arts Center in New Orleans, is Overbay’s first feature film. He said he wanted to screen the film in Louisiana because he knew he’d be working at the University, and he hopes it establishes him in the film scene. The film already has shown at the 2014 Cinequest and Nashville Film festivals and around the country in Chicago, New York and Seattle.
Overbay came up with the idea for the film with his wife, Ginny Lee, who wrote the screenplay for the film after they found a plot structure they liked. He said the process of writing and rewriting the script involved a lot of back and forth between the two. “I think our final draft was probably draft 24 or 25, so we went through a lot of changes,” Overbay said. Halfway through the process, they had to completely change the way they told the story, Overbay said. “Stories find a way, I think, of telling themselves or finding a way of being told … as long as you’re willing to listen,” he said. Contrary to the long drafting process, the film was shot in 17 days on a budget of less than $50,000 at one location in Lexington, Kentucky, where
Overbay was teaching. By comparison, the 2012 production of Marvel’s “The Avengers” had an estimated $220 million budget and filmed in at least four different cities over four months. “We were crazy low budget. I’d call it a nano-budget,” Overbay said. Overbay said the success of the whole film hinged on their ability to find the perfect location. The owner of the property allowed Overbay and his crew to rent the old house for a month, where they cleaned up the place and repainted it. “It gave me and the production designer even more control over the look of the film,” he said. The entire cast, apart from the leading man, was selected from the
see ‘heaven,’ page 4
University assistant professor of film and television Joshua Overbay will show his first feature film, ‘As It Is In Heaven,’ on Friday at Zeitgeist in New Orleans. courtesy of the ‘AS IT IS IN HEAVEN’ FACEBOOK PAGE