Today in Print - October 29, 2010

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Proud Students organization making film about budget cut impact, p. 3

Reveille Football players use bye week to relax and visit their families, p. 5

The Daily

Volume 115, Issue 47

Voodoo Experience kicks off today

See daily Voodoo Experience updates at lsureveille.com

www.lsureveille.com

Ale for Sale

Friday, Oct. 29, 2010

Carlotta block party begins tonight

Cathryn Core

Catherine Threlkeld

Entertainment Writer

Staff Writer

Masses of music lovers are revving their engines and heading to New Orleans this weekend for one of the top Southern musical rides of the year. The Voodoo Experience, the annual music extravaganza, kicks off today, and students are flocking to the Big Easy to dive head-first into the madness. Steve Rehage, founder and producer of the Voodoo Experience, said this year will be the festival’s 12th edition. The festival runs through Sunday. “This year’s going to be great event,” he said. “We have a big lineup of artists. New Orleans is a music town, and we’re back up to pre-[Hurricane] Katrina numbers.” Rehage said he’s proud the Voodoo Experience is one of the top 10 music festivals in the nation, even after the devastations of Katrina. “The big element we’re bringing back is the electronic tent,” he

restaurants and bars by mid-November and in bottles on store shelves early next year. Voodoo Bengal, named in reference to southeast Louisiana and the University, is brewed with specialty malts and pure Louisiana cane syrup, according to Caldwell. Both beers were created for the

Thousands of partygoers will gather tonight for live music, elaborate costumes and alcohol at the annual Carlotta Street Halloween block party. Jay Price, a resident of the Carlotta Street area, said the North Gate Merchants Association will have at least two beer trucks as well as food trucks. Bands will play on several stages along Carlotta Street. Price said nine bands are booked to play “on the stage next to the yellow house,” and a disk jockey will play upstairs in the house. After two conflicting Facebook groups debated the date of the party — Friday or Saturday — representatives from both parties met with the Baton Rouge Police Department and agreed on the Friday party. “They’re not there to give us a hard time,” Price said about BRPD’s involvement. “They’re going to make sure we’ll have a good time.” Kaitlyn Stockwell, theater

TIN ROOF, see page 11

PARTY, see page 11

VOODOO, see page 4

DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille

Charles Caldwell, co-founder of Tin Roof Brewing Company, monitors the brewing process of one of the company’s first batches of beer Thursday. Caldwell and University alumnus William McGehee began brewing for the first time Wednesday.

Brewing company Tin Roof sets up shop in Baton Rouge Frederick Holl Staff Writer

Baton Rouge has the University, the Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, the Mississippi River and even a fast-food chain, but it has never had its own beer — until now. Tin Roof Brewing Company, located on Nicholson Drive and started by childhood friends from

Natchitoches — Charles Caldwell and University alumnus William McGehee — aims to bring Baton Rouge its own unique flavor of the popular alcoholic malt-and-hops beverage. The friends and co-owners began brewing Wednesday and hope to have two beers — Voodoo Bengal Specialty Pale Ale and Perfect Tin Amber Ale — on tap in local

BUDGET CUTS

‘WhatNow Lsu’ unveils meaning behind ‘The Event’ Hudson, Borel to go to Capitol today Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

“WhatNow Lsu” was revealed Thursday as a student-run campaign group designed to combat the budget crisis through a letterwriting program. A crowd of about 350 curious University students sat in the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes on Thursday night for the revealing of “WhatNow Lsu” and “The Event.” The secretive group has advertised “The Event” through Tiger Trails, T-shirts, sidewalk chalk and

Facebook without revealing its true meaning until Thursday. “For those of you who thought the ‘Twilight’ cast would be here, I’m sorry,” joked Zac Lemoine, WhatNow Lsu member and mass communication senior, as he discussed the various predictions about the campaign. “We’re going to talk about budget cuts.” All advertising for “The Event” was funded by donations, and the group said it is not associated with Student Government. Purple sheets of paper were passed through the crowd as WhatNow Lsu representatives asked students to begin writing letters expressing their feelings and opinions about the budget crisis. Student Government President J Hudson said the team plans to

deliver letters to Gov. Bobby Jindal today at 3:30 p.m., despite the fact that he does not have an official meeting with Jindal scheduled. “This purple piece of paper is the same color legislators will start seeing tomorrow and until they decide to make decisions about education,” said Student Government Vice President Dani Borel. “Thirty-thousand is a powerful number.” Lemoine emphasized the funds that have been cut from the University’s budget before introducing Chancellor Michael Martin. “This is not a blame somebody session,” Martin said. “This is a ‘let’s find solutions’ session.” Martin discussed the state of higher education, explaining the EVENT, see page 4

DAVID LYLE / The Daily Reveille

Chancellor Michael Martin discusses the University’s funding cuts and student activism Thursday at WhatNow Lsu in the Cox Communications Academic Center.


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