The Daily Reveille - August 28, 2014

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Volume 119 · No. 4

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a year with the

KING LSU President reflects on past semesters, looks forward

BY Quint Forgey qforgey@lsureveille.com

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F. King Alexander, perspiring yet cheerful after helping incoming students move into dorms Aug. 20, spoke with pride when describing his first anniversary as LSU President. Discussing university restructuring, pay raises and smoking bans, the 50-year-old administrator stressed one concept above all else: unity. “Here we created such a competitive environment against ourselves and against other institutions,” Alexander said of the LSU System’s jockeying for funds before his arrival. “Everyone was out for themselves. It was much more Darwinian.” Alexander emphasized the collaboration he helped to foster over two trying semesters as LSU’s leader, overseeing a

meeting of the University chancellors he said had not taken place in six years. Alexander spoke passionately of other accomplishments, including the University’s highest graduation rate, the two consecutive salary increases provided to faculty and staff and the prolonged realignment with the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Such triumphs have led to a public image of Alexander that is now bathed in positivity rather than skepticism. “I was wrong about him,” wrote University political communications professor Robert Mann in his July 5 column for NOLA.com | The Times Picayune. “King Alexander might be the leader LSU needs.” Mann, who criticized Alex-

see alexander, page 15

ACADEMICS

Barcadia of Baton Rouge to University introduces new open doors in November LGBTQ minor for fall semester BY Brittany Clark bclark@lsureveille.com

From burgers to tacos, University students have a plethora of dining options in the Northgate area. But when Barcadia Baton Rouge opens its doors in November, students will be able to dine and play at the same time. Barcadia is a game-themed restaurant with locations in New Orleans, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. The New Orleans restaurant is known for its gourmet burgers, which are provided by Curbside Burgers and Tasty Eats. The Northgate space’s previous owner, Serrano’s Salsa Company, closed in February after 15 years of business. Barcadia then purchased the building to open a Baton Rouge location. Stan Ripp, co-owner of Barcadia

Concepts and director of Louisiana operations, is a University alumnus and Baton Rouge native. Ripp, who began his work in the restaurant industry at The Chimes, said he loves the Northgate area and thought it was a perfect fit for the restaurant’s Baton Rouge location. Curbside Burgers, owned by Nick Hufft and previously located in Baton Rouge, is set to have a food truck back on the ground in October, weeks before Barcadia’s opening. Although Curbside’s food truck was, for many years, a fixture in Baton Rouge, it has been absent in the time since Hufft became the executive chef at Barcadia. “It means everything to me to come back to LSU,” Hufft said. “Stan brought me on two years ago and believed in

see BARCADIA, page 4

BY Jazmine Foxworth jfoxworth@lsureveille.com

The University introduced a new LGBTQ minor this fall, which comprises 18 hours and includes SW 2500, Introduction to LGBTQ Studies. Associate professor Elaine M. Maccio, who teaches the course, developed and taught it for the first time in fall 2013 to see if students would be interested in a minor program. After passing a student interest test, Maccio filled out the proposal for the minor, which the Faculty Senate Courses and Curricula Committee reviewed and approved last November. The University already offered many of the minor’s required courses. For Maccio, developing the minor was about identifying courses to fit its purpose. Maccio said many schools to which

the University is compared already have LGBT-related programs. “It’s not that I heard students saying we need a minor so I developed it,” Maccio said. “It was me noticing the gap in what LSU had to offer.” Maccio created a list featuring schools from U.S. News and World Report’s 2012 National Universities Ranking with instate tuition less than $10,000 and enrollment of 25,000 or more. The University didn’t make the cut. “If LSU wants to remain competitive for students, we have to offer the best possible curriculum for them,” Maccio said. Some LGBT students are excited to see a class and program geared toward their community, including communication disorders senior Jordan Krebsbach. She

see minor, page 4


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