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Golden Performance
BUSINESS
Lecture focuses on Louisiana’s economy State doing better than most of South
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halftime dances from football and basketball games before coming together for a joint performance. “We’ve never done anything with [the Tiger Girls] before, and it’s actually going really well,” Hardy said. Courtney Labat, a senior in the Golden Girls, said the two groups were able to keep their separate styles but also do a show together. Hardy said during the parade, the Golden Girls will wear their traditional
Louisiana Secretary of Economic Development Stephen Moret lectured business students Friday on broadening Louisiana’s economic horizons through nontraditional industries. Moret, the first in the Flores MBA program’s distinguished speakers series this year, touted the economic status of the state through the recession. “We are not back to a normal economic growth period, but we are doing an awful lot better than the rest of the country,” Moret said. Moret said setting Louisiana on a course to grow at a rate to compete with the rest of the country is the ultimate goal. Moret, a University alumnus, said Louisiana has lost employment during the recession, but the state is doing better than most of the South and is performing above the national average for employment. He credited that to improvements in the business climate during Gov. Bobby
HONG KONG, see page 6
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The LSU Golden Girls perform one of their rouines Sunday during a dress rehearsal in the PMAC in preparation for their trip to Hong Kong.
Golden Girls, Tiger Girls to dance in Hong Kong for Lunar New Year Catherine Threlkeld Contributing Writer
Far from Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the Golden Girls and Tiger Girls will perform in a new venue — even a new country. The two dance teams have been selected to perform as part of Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year celebration, beating out teams including the Miami Dolphin cheerleaders, a news release said. Feb. 3 ushers in the Year of the Rabbit in China, and the girls are participating in
the Cathay Pacific International New Year Night Parade. “We were very excited and still are,” said Roy King, Tiger Band director. “It’s an honor to be selected to represent not only the University but also the state of Louisiana and the country.” King said the 32 girls will make multiple television appearances during the parade, as well as during stage performances. They will perform three 20-minute performances in the days after the parade. Danielle Hardy, Golden Girls captain, said both groups will perform some of their
PHILANTHROPY
Police officers, others jump into LSU lakes for charity Proceeds benefit Special Olympics La. Matthew Albright Staff Writer
About 50 law enforcement officers, media figures and general area citizens splashed into the chilly University Lakes on Saturday to help raise money for the state’s Special Olympics organization. The third annual “Freezin’ for a Reason” event took place at
the Baton Rouge Beach off Stanford Avenue, drawing a crowd of more than 100 people. To take the plunge, participants had to raise at least $50 in donations to Special Olympics Louisiana, the state’s branch of the athletic organization for people with intellectual disabilities. “The object is to raise money obviously, but it’s also to have fun,” said Pat Carpenter-Bourgeois, Special Olympics Louisiana president and CEO. Officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department and the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office
made up much of the crowd and most of the participants. “Law enforcement always spearheads this event,” Carpenter-Bourgeois said. “We couldn’t do what we do without them.” Carpenter-Bourgeois said statewide law enforcement raised about $325,000 of the organization’s $1.8 million budget. BRPD officer Carl Dabadie took the plunge along with about 10 fellow officers. “It’s pretty cold in there,” he said. “It really takes the breath LAKES, see page 6
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Participants in the third annual Freezin’ for a Reason jump into the LSU Lakes on Saturday morning. The event raised funds for Special Olympics Louisiana.