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University to test text message system, page 3.
TOUGH WEEKEND AHEAD Tigers take on Tennessee and Kentucky this week, page 7.
THE DAILY REVEILLE Volume 114, Issue 82
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BLONDE ON A BUDGET
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Women switching from blond to brunette to save money in midst of economic recession They have more fun, and gentlemen but she felt being blond was too much of a prefer them. But blondes also have a heavier financial burden. price to pay at the salon than their darkerThat is the case for many women, said haired friends. Greg Metzler, owner of By Ryan Buxton Those golden locks Lux Salon and Spa on may be worth their weight Highland Road. Senior Staff Writer in gold. The highlights and “You’re seeing more regular maintenance necessary for blondes roots out there than you did when the econocan cost more than $100 every four to six my was good,” Metzler said. weeks. And those roots are creeping up on a And some women are going back to great deal of blondes. brown to save more green in the tough eco“In spite of what their boyfriends may nomic climate. think, most people are not blond once they Sydni Guillot, environmental engineer- get past 13,” said Kate Jeansonne, stylist at ing junior, was a blonde for five years until Salon Dolce on St. Joseph Road. “The blond last December when she went back to her that you see on adults — about 98 percent of roots. the time — is induced by chemicals.” “It was partly the money and partly just Lindsay Rabalais, mass communication because it’s unhealthy to keep bleaching junior, said she used to highlight her hair your hair the blond color,” Guillot said. once every three months, but now she waits Guillot said she would usually get her four to five months between touch-ups. blond touched up every two to three months BLONDE, see page 15 for about $110. Her mother often paid for it,
‘In spite of what their boyfriends may think, most people are not blond once they get past 13.’ Kate Jeansonne stylist, Salon Dolce
April Walter sociology junior
“I value my blond hair. If I go brown, I look kind of goth and washed out.
“It’s more expensive to do blond stuff to your hair. When you go brown ... it just happens.”
photos by EMILY SLACK / The Daily Reveille
Mollie Gates, textiles, apparel design and merchandising alumna, has her hair highlighted by stylist Lindsay Reed at Rigsby Frederick Salon on Monday, Feb. 1. Students reported visiting salons less frequently for hair dyeing and touch-ups.
Jordan Riley
occupational therapy junior
FACULTY SENATE
TRANSPORTATION
Cope requests delay of waiver University institutes new further slashing funding personal travel regulations By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
The University Faculty Senate is requesting the U.S. Department of Education to delay measures allowing the state to further cut funding levels to higher education. Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope wrote a letter last week asking the U.S. Secretary of Education for a delay in a waiver allowing the state to cut funding for higher education below the
2006 funding levels. To further cut state funding for higher education, the state must apply for a federal waiver because of rules tied to federal stimulus dollars the state is receiving, Cope said. Federal stimulus funds forbid states with stimulus dollars from cutting higher education below 2006 levels, Cope said. “Until we can get some understanding of what the decision-making process BUDGET, see page 15
By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
The University recently changed its travel policies to encourage more rental car usage by employees. The University spent more than $3.5 million on travel in fiscal year 2008-09, a number it hopes to reduce by imposing new regulations on personal vehicle travel effective this year. The new rules mandated by the state are designed to take advantage of a motorpool
contract the state has with Enterprise RentA-Car for business travel, said Donna Torres, associate vice chancellor for Accounting and Financial Services. The new rules limit University-reimbursed travel to 99 miles. All mileage more than 99 miles won’t be reimbursed by the University. The mileage reimbursement rate was also reduced from 52 cents per mile to 48 cents per mile. TRAVEL, see page 15