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Volume 115, Issue 68
Search for missing student called off
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PUPPY LOVE
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
Admins making move back to faculty
Catherine Threlkeld
Sydni Dunn
Contributing Writer
Staff Writer
The Coast Guard has called off the search for LSU alumnus and Chimes Restaurant employee James de Brueys, according to his sister Simone. James de Brueys was lost in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 25, and Coast Guard officials had said Wednesday they were still searching for him. But a post on James de Brueys’ Facebook page by Steven de Brueys, James’ brother, said the Coast Guard had called off the search. “We are doing everything within our power to convince them otherwise by going through Bobby Jindal and Mary [Landrieu],” the post says. “They have found the pregnant woman’s body but were not able to retrieve the body, because the Australian Navy had to go back for another assignment. Just pray that we can convince the Navy and Coastguard to continue
As the funding of higher education is put under a microscope, University administration often cites personnel cutbacks and restructuring as evidence of the ‘If a person University’s efresigns, ficiency. But as they need to have many administrators have breathing returned to the room, faculty, their salaries remain but not largely un- semester changed. after According to statistics semester.’ from the Office Kevin Cope of Budget and Faculty Senate Planning, the president average salary of a University professor is about $108,827, with median salaries for associate professors, assistant
DE BRUEYS, see page 6
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A group of puppies waits Tuesday at the Yelp! house on Lanier Drive with hopes of being adopted. Read more about Yelp!BR, an organization that rescues local dogs, on page 5.
SALARIES, see page 6
New student group demands open dialogue with Regents College Caucus joins with state reps Matthew Albright and Sydni Dunn Staff Writers
Another new organization aimed at representing Louisiana students’ interests to state officials made its first public showing Thursday at a Board of Regents meeting, the body that oversees the state’s higher education system. Three of the new College Caucus’ members joined three state representatives at the start of the meeting to ask the Regents for greater leadership in the higher education funding crisis. Aly Neel, mass communication senior and Caucus founding member, says the group is designed to be “an umbrella group”
to unite others like Flagship Advocates at LSU and SAVE UNO at the University of New Orleans. College Caucus demanded open communication and a plan for the future of higher education from the Board of Regents. “You need to have students looking out for their own institutions,” Neel acknowledged. “But you also need to have a unified voice.” Neel said the group’s next steps will be to refine its “expectations” of the Regents and to start “recruiting” students. “We are a coalition of concerned students and alumni,” Neel said. “We hope to generate conversation, highlight expectations of the student population and drive long-term reform for student success.” Neel said the group hopes to grow to include communication with the Governor’s Office, the
Board of Regents, business leaders and those who are passionate about the state of higher education. She said the group strives to have “an open ground with open minds and ears.” Neel said Baton Rouge Community College Student Government President David Coleman attended the meeting in support of the Caucus. Neel, former LSU Student Government President Colorado Robertson and business junior Leda Williams presented some of the Caucus’ preliminary expectations at the meeting, most of which asked the state to focus more heavily on institution’s performances when doling out funds. College Caucus asked the Regents to create and promote a student success-oriented plan for higher education. The group asked CAUCUS, see page 6
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Aly Neel, mass communication senior and founding member of College Caucus, speaks Thursday to the Board of Regents about including students in the budget discussion.