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Volume 113, Issue 119
Monday, March 30, 2009
POLITICS
Construction forces boarders to adjust
House minority leader visits BR
By Peter Hubbs
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Some University students enter Urban 9 skate shop only to leave bruised and bloodied. These students, who once went to Perkins Road to use the public skateboard park now under construction, head to Urban 9 for their chance to drop into a pipe and earn their scars. Kristi Williams, spokeswoman at the Recreation and Park Commission for East Baton Rouge Parish, said the Perkins Road skate park construction will add an extreme action park to the facility. Construction on the park, which costs $650,000 of the parish’s nearly $2.5 million overall action park budget, started two weeks ago. BREC hasn’t set a completion date, Williams said. The Perkins Road park renovations, which also include football and baseball fields and a BMX park, total $4.5 million, according to BREC. Meanwhile the Urban 9 store looks no bigger than an average apartment living room, but between its graffiti-covered walls lays
Two days after U.S. House Republicans released the “Road to Recovery Plan” in response to the Democrats’ budget, House minority leader John Boehner convened with U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and local businessmen to garner ‘... We’re support for the not GOP plan. producing The private meeting oc- the kind of curred in Cassi- new jobs ... dy’s District Office. A small for those news conference getting out followed where of college.’ Boehner, ROhio, explained John Boehner his view of Pres- U.S. House minority leader ident Obama’s budget, energy independence and the job market Louisiana college students will face after graduation. “The big issue that we’re dealing with in Washington right now is the president’s budget,” Boehner said. “It raises too much in the way
photos by GRANT GUTIERREZ and MEGAN J. WILLIAMS / The Daily Reveille
[Top] Urban 9 employee Parker Barnes grabs his board as he ollies on the pipe Wednesday at the skate shop’s indoor mini ramp. [Bottom] Construction on the Perkins Road skate park started two weeks ago and will cost $650,000 to complete.
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Show features global animal works Art school alumna takes ‘Best in Show’
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The School of Veterinary Medicine invited more than 200 visitors, including artists from around the world, into its home Saturday as it kicked off its annual exhibit featuring art about animals.
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The Vet School hosted the opening “It brings in a group of people that reception Saturday for its might not have otherwise 22nd annual International come to the Vet School,” Exhibition on Animals in said Gretchen Morgan, Vet Art at the School of VeteriSchool alumna and public Log on to see nary Medicine Library. programs coordinator. “It’s photos of the The show, which artwork from the Vet just another example of the will be on display in the human–animal bond.” School exhibition. Vet School library until Vet School Dean Peter April 26, exemplifies the Haynes echoed this theme Vet School’s dedication to exhibiting and in his speech to open the awards presentation. educating people about the human–animal bond. ART, see page 14
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A guest views “Morning Walk” by Margaret Rice on Sunday. The painting won “Best in Show” at the Vet School’s show.
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