Marijuana legalization bill unlikely in Louisiana following Prop. 19 failure, p. 4
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Sophomore Russell Shepard calls his performance ‘very inconsistent,’ p. 7
The Daily
Volume 115, Issue 51
Tipitina’s offers technology haven for musicians, p. 11
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Nothin’ but a good time
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
AAUP wants University to reinstate instructors Matthew Albright Staff Writer
LSUPD expects early kickoff to curb usual rowdiness for Alabama game
photos by BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille
Fans express excitement and frustration Sept. 4 during LSU’s 30-24 win against North Carolina. The LSU Police Department isn’t worried about fans’ rowdiness for Saturday.
LSU football fans are known possession, students attempting to for being among the most passionate sneak alcohol into the stadium and in college football, students being too Sarah Eddington but most commuinebriated to enter nity officials say the game. Staff Writer University students The more poparen’t rowdier than other fans in the ular games — like Saturday’s loomSoutheastern Conference. ing showdown with Alabama — ofStudents at the University ten produce more problems. are not a major problem on game But Tabor said police aren’t anday, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, ticipating any problems this weekLSUPD spokesman. end, partially because the game is “We do have some games that scheduled for 2:30 p.m. are wilder than others, but generally Tabor said LSUPD won’t bring speaking our students are pretty well extra officers for Saturday’s big behaved,” Tabor said. game. Tabor said the biggest problems “Whenever it’s a daytime game, LSUPD encounters with students we tend to see less problems,” Tabor during a typical game day are alcohol related, including minors in FANS, see page 19
A national faculty advocacy group is again complaining about possible infringements on faculty rights by the University administration. In an Oct. 29 letter addressed to Chancellor Michael Martin, the American Association of University Professors asked for the reinstatement of the 14 foreign language professors who will lose their jobs at the end of this semester. “We urge you to rescind the notices of termination issued to the fourteen language instructors,” Associate Secretary B. Robert Kreiser wrote in the letter. “If, however, the notices are allowed to stand, we urge that their effective date be extended to the end of the current academic year.” More than 200 instructors received notices of non-renewal in January. The “foreign language 14,” the subjects of the letter, are the only known instructors who did not receive extensions to those letters. The AAUP letter argues that the AAUP, see page 19
MOVIES
Sequel chronicling BR gangs to be released this month DVD producer claims violence was staged Rachel Warren Staff Writer
A DVD that made waves last year chronicling dangerous Baton Rouge and Port Allen neighborhoods is stirring up controversy once again. “Thuggin’ It and Lovin’ It,” released in May 2009 by production company Millionaire Entertainment, is set to receive a sequel Nov. 12, according to Troy Route, one of the video’s producers. The original production was advertised as depicting “real” life in high-crime Baton Rouge neighborhoods. The DVD was made up
of several segments of low-income neighborhoods with residents using drugs and wielding firearms and knives. Though the original video caused unrest among Baton Rouge residents for its depiction of crime and gang presence, Route said Millionaire Enter“Thuggin’ It and tainment hasn’t encountered any Lovin’ It, legal trouble Part Two” regarding the video because everything in it was staged. “Everything was props and stunts,” Route said.
Noel Jackson, owner of Music Treasure Chest on North Acadian Thruway, said he sells the original DVD and plans to sell the sequel, “Thuggin’ It and Lovin’ It, Part Two,” when it’s released this month. Jackson said the DVD is a true depiction of life in Baton Rouge, and he thinks the makers of the DVD are doing the community a service. “It’s great that someone’s crazy enough to expose this,” Jackson said. “Parents need to know what their kids are doing out here.” Route, who goes by the rap name “Da Triggaman,” said the DVD’s purpose is to show what life is like on the streets of Baton Rouge. “A lot of people in Baton Rouge don’t know that side of life if they THUGGIN, see page 19
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Noel Jackson, owner of Music Treasure Chest, speaks Wednesday about the store’s role in local rap music. The store will sell the DVD “Thuggin’ It and Lovin’ It, Part Two.”