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• Freshman Alex Thomas embraces new position on LSU soccer team, page 5 • BalletX visits Baton Rouge, page 9 • Opinion: We need to elect better SG politicians, page 12 @lsureveille
FAIR FIT Local fashion designer teaches art to the public BY ASHLYN ROLLINS • @ash_r96
While Andrea Eastin’s sewing and design studio features an ever-changing group of students, her role as an educator is the same. Eastin created Fair Fit Studio two years ago with a passion to teach different people the art of surface design techniques, fashion design and how to explore their own creativity. “My goal is that people get the chance to learn an applied craft and have another avenue for creative expression,” Eastin said. The title Fair Fit incorporates Eastin’s creative endeavors, as her clothing lines and studio are under
see FAIR FIT, page 15
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Fair Fit studio was created by Andrea Eastin, who provides private sewing and design lessons.
Volume 120 · No. 28
thedailyreveille POLITICS
Cassidy to chair Senate hearing on campus
BY QUINT FORGEY @QuintForgey U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. , will chair a Senate committee hearing Oct. 13 on LSU’s campus, according to a news release from Cassidy’s office. His visit to the university will be the second of two Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearings Cassidy will chair that day — both titled “Developmental Perspective on Testing for Dyslexia.” The first hearing will take place at the University of New Orleans’ Lakefront Campus at 10 a.m., and the second will be held in the LSU Energy, Coast & Environment Building’s Dalton J. Woods Auditorium at 3 p.m. Cassidy said he made the decision to move the hearings to Louisiana because of the state’s recognized system for educating dyslexic students. “There’s only two [public charter schools] in the nation … that extend a science-based curriculum for a dyslexic student in a public setting where the parent
see CASSIDY, page 15
ACADEMICS
Nursery management class helps preschoolers grow plants
BY CAITIE BURKES @Burkes_TDR A cluster of preschoolers raced each other to the backyard of the LSU Child Development Laboratory School on Sept. 21 to find the seeds they planted a few days before had blossomed into purple petunias. After “oohing” and “ahhing” at the sight, 3-year-old Carrie and 4-year-old Caleb fetched water to pour over the flowers they grew with the help of LSU College of Agriculture professor Ed Bush’s nursery management class. Bush’s nursery management class adopted the preschool’s
For the service learning activlearning garden as part of a service learning project. His stu- ity, each LSU student was paired dents used their knowledge of with a Lab student. Both the colsoil composition to build beds of a legians and pre-kindergartners mixed bark, peat moss and sand learned something new from the experience. media. Though some Bush’s stu- ‘They’re amazingly intuitive dents planted of the children — very curious — and we were one section with initially Louisiana crops, need to stimulate that.’ standoffish, including sugarhorticulture seED BUSH cane, soybeans, nior Garrett College of Agriculture professor sunflowers and Tillman said petunias. The oththey eventualer section was an herb gar- ly jumped in, patted the soil den, complete with mint, basil, and made dashes for the rosemary, chives, curry and watering cans. oregano spices. “It’s really good for kids “We literally did it all in an hour and a half,” Bush said. see SERVICE, page 15
Caleb, 4, waters the plants and flowers in the Cajun Garden on Tuesday, at the LSU Child Development Laboratory Preschool.
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