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Volume 119 · No. 102
University team uses Candidates funding from Bella prepare for Bowman Foundation for tonight’s cancer radiation research debate STUDENT GOVERNMENT
BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com
BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com
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courtesy of THE BOWMAN FAMILY
he excitement of unwrapping gifts on Christmas Day was overshadowed for Trey Bowman and his family in 2010, after realizing there was something wrong with their 7-year-old daughter, Bella. After rushing to the emergency room where doctors ran tests, Bella was diagnosed with an ependymoma brain tumor on New Year’s Day. The doctors immediately removed the tumor, and the Bowmans travelled to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, to begin Bella’s radiation therapy. “Children with this type of cancer usually receive this course of treatment — radiation after the surgery,” Trey said. “So we went to St. Jude’s and ultimately to Jacksonville, Florida, where Bella received proton radiation. She did quite well through the treatment, and even shortly after the treatment, everything was great.” Bella and her family returned to their Baton Rouge home in summer 2011. For the first few months, Bella stayed healthy, but an unexpected side effect took her back St. Jude’s. “[The doctors] found tissue necrosis inside her brain stem, which is inoperable,” Trey said. “Basically the radiation was working, but it was working too well. It was killing the healthy tissue that it shouldn’t have been.” After 60 rounds of hyperbaric oxygen treatment — intended to stop and hopefully revert the necrosis — as well as two chemotherapy treatments, the Bowmans decided to drive home for the holidays on Dec. 15, 2011.
The Bowmans celebrate at Crawfish Aquatics after a swim meet dedicated to Bella Bowman in August 2011.
see CANCER, page 15
All three Student Government campaigns will sit side by side at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum for the annual SG debate. The tickets will respond to questions posed by a panel of six campus leaders. Tiger TV reporter Mitch Rabalais is the moderator and will handle the majority of follow-up questions. Other panelists include SG president Clay Tufts, Daily Reveille Editor-in-Chief Chandler Rome, President of the Residence Hall Association Hope Roberts, Vice President of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Darnell Theriot and Greek Board of Directors
see DEBATE, page 15 Curious about what rules SG candidates have to follow during elections? Listen to KLSU 91.1 FM and 4:20 and 5:20 p.m.
FASHION
Architecture seniors prepare to launch jewelry studio, expand brand BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com ETCH, the brainchild of architecture seniors Mallory Estopinal and Zoé Ganch, began as a casual jewelry shop on Instagram serving mostly family and friends. The students are now preparing to launch the jewelry studio’s spring collection online Monday, following the success of their first collection last fall, selling to consumers from as far as Australia and Ireland. The duo created ETCH last year after Estopinal made Ganch a necklace for her birthday using the free laser cutter at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center near Washington, D.C., where they were studying. As they created more pieces, they received positive reactions and realized making a business
selling laser-cut jewelry was possible. Marked by geometric, edgy designs with a touch of gold and leather, ETCH’s handmade pieces stand above the low-quality jewelry found at many chain stores, Ganch said. The new spring collection, the “Alice Collection,” includes necklaces, earrings, bracelets and even tie clips and cufflinks in cool, pastel colors reflecting the whimsy of “Alice in Wonderland.” “For this one, all of our designs are bolder, they’re brighter. We have a different color palette. We have some metallics in there, some spring, summer textures,” Estopinal said. “We’ve got this whole idea of an adventurous girl spinning around in this world of funky ‘Wonderland.’” The pair collaborated with various photographers, stylists and
brands from metropolitan areas, such as New York and Los Angeles. After they graduate in May, they plan to make the move to the Big Apple. “It’s something that we figured, if we’re going to go at any time, it’d be now,” Estopinal said. Balancing full-time student responsibilities and the demands of ETCH is difficult, both said. They hope to dedicate more time to the brand in New York after graduation and produce enough jewelry for wholesale markets, possibly growing the business into full-time careers. “We didn’t want to bite off more than we can chew and then find ourselves not being able to fulfill an order. Right now it’s profitable for how much we put into it,” Ganch said. “And once we
see ETCH, page 15
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Wooden rings are laser printed as part of ETCH’s new Alice Collections at ETCH studio located at the LSU Innovation Park complex.