The Daily Reveille - January 25, 2010

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Black and Gold Super Bowl

Saints defeat Vikings in overtime, 31-28, on Garrett Hartley’s 40-yard field goal, securing first Super Bowl berth in 43-year franchise history, page 5.

THE DAILY REVEILLE Volume 114, Issue 76

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Instructors Exchanging ideas receive BUDGET CUTS

LSU hosts 10 SEC schools for student gov. weekend conference By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

Sports fans in the Southeast don’t typically think of Tigers, Rebels, Gators and Bulldogs working together. But instead of perpetuating athletic rivalries this weekend, Student Government officials from 11 of the 12 Southeastern Conference schools teamed up and shared ideas. LSU Student Government officials hosted this year’s Southeastern Conference Exchange, and members from the schools visited campus to discuss problems and new initiatives from each school’s campus. Auburn University was the only SEC school not represented. The 50 participants started Saturday by listening to presentations from each school about how the student governments are structured, what programs they started and problems they face. University of Mississippi SG President Artair Rogers and Vice President Richard McKay talked about a green

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EXCHANGE, see page 16

‘The best part [of the SEC Exchange] has been the interaction with other schools, learning from the way they’re doing things.’ Jordon Johnson

University of Florida student body president GEOFFREY BADEAUX / The Daily Reveille

LSU Ambassador Ashley Wilking, human resources junior, center, leads a tour of the campus Saturday to the SEC Exchange, a meeting of student government leaders from SEC schools.

dismissal notices By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer

The University began distributing non-renewal notices notifying non-tenured employees of their termination as of Jan. 21, 2011. University spokesman Herb Vincent said it’s likely all nontenure and non-tenure track faculty will eventually receive the non-renewal notifications, which are being sent out in phases. The University has 484 faculty who are non-tenure track employees, according to a University news release. The letters effectively end faculty employment in a year’s time, but last week Chancellor Michael Martin said no final decisions will be made regarding layoffs until the University knows what the next budget cut will be. “To ensure we have maximum flexibility to face whatever we may have to face, it was necessary to inform those people that there is a possibility of some job loss,” Martin said. “On one hand, we are letting everyone know there are budget challenges we have to meet, and it may come LAYOFFS, see page 16

LITERATURE

Middleton Library hosts Harry Potter exhibition Novels used for educational value By Ryan Buxton Senior Staff Writer

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Associate librarian Peggy Chalaron, right, speaks to parents Sunday about the Harry Potter projects the students at LSU and University Lab School created.

Muggles beware: Middleton Library has become a lair for serpents, centaurs and sorcery galore. The library is hosting a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine called “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine,” which explores the traditions in Renaissance alchemy, astrology and

philosophy used in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series. “When someone is writing, even if it’s a fantasy, they try to build on something concrete,” said Peggy Chalaron, associate librarian. The exhibit outlines the connections between Hogwarts and the great thinkers of the Renaissance period, including influential surgeon Ambroise Pare’, who mentioned the healing power of unicorns in his writings, and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, a theologian who argued the validity of magic. Chalaron said the Harry

Potter novels create a “teachable moment” — an opportune time when students are interested in a topic, and it can be built on for educational value. That value was not lost on University instructors. Chalaron approached various people to add a University contribution to the exhibit. Students in professor Larry Livaudais’s digital art classes created mythical creatures and plants in Photoshop. Digital art junior Tahjah Krauss said her favorite part of the POTTER, see page 11


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