Volume 122 · No. 6
Monday, August 29, 2016
EST. 1887
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dailyreveille STUDENT LIFE
Staff services affected by flood
Local bars, businesses detail effects of Baton Rouge’s post-flood curfews
BY CJ CARVER @CWCarver_
JORDAN MARCELL / The Daily Reveille
BY NATALIE ANDERSON | @natalie_mechell University students’ anticipated return to Tigerland bars and Highland Road restaurants was delayed after a parish-wide curfew stalled area nightlife activity in the days leading up to the start of the fall semester. The curfew extended from Tuesday, Aug. 16 to Monday, Aug. 22. From Tuesday to Thursday, the curfew was from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. On Friday, the curfew spanned from
midnight until 6 a.m. to allow more time for the community to conduct business. Marc Fraioli, the owner of Fred’s in Tigerland, said he did not feel the curfew was necessary for the University area. “I totally was against the curfew and didn’t see any need for it,” Fraioli said. Fred’s changed its open bar hours from 8-10 p.m. to 7-9 p.m. The bar stayed open until midnight every night during
the curfew. Fraioli said while Tuesday and Wednesday were usually not busy nights, Thursday’s turnout was low, and only about 40 people had to leave when the bar closed at midnight. He said most people left on their own around 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night because of the curfew. “Everybody knows so many people that were affected by [the flood],” Fraioli said.
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The University was not untouched by the historic flood that ravaged South Louisiana earlier this month. Though campus did not sustain much physical harm, many University employees and students were affected. While the University’s damage was less significant than other areas, the faculty and staff have had to put in work to make up for the lost week prior to the start of the semester, said Dan Layzell, vice president for Finance and Administration. “From the facilities and the grounds of the campus, we were affected not very much,” Layzell said. “Obviously we had some flood-related damage, we had some buildings that got water in them … but none of them were inhabited buildings. So I would say from that standpoint, the impact was minor.” While there were key problem areas, the flooding caused little to no damage to the majority of campus. Buildings such as Pleasant Hall, Hatcher Hall, Middleton Library, the Student Health Center and the Edward Gay apartments were not affected by the flooding itself, but by the severity of the rainfall, said David H. Maharrey Jr., executive director of Facility Services.
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