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Baseball: 9 first-year Tigers to pitch this season, p. 7 Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011 • Volume 115, Issue 85
New beginnings
SCHEDULE
Academic calendar unaffected by day off
Matthew Albright Staff Writer
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Nomzano Iyanu and drummer David Modeste perform an African-based ceremony Tuesday at the ground blessing of the African American Cultural Center. The ceremony involved sprinkling water and calling upon ancestors to bless the space by ridding negative spirits and replacing them with positive spirits. The current African American Cultural Center and Women’s Center are being torn down to build a parking garage, which will house both centers on the bottom floor. Read more about the ceremony on page 5.
Friday’s “snow day” won’t cause class days to be added to the academic calendar, University administrators said. University Registrar Robert Doolos said LSU requires 42 classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 28 classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That allows for one day of classes to be canceled. If LSU has to cancel two days, however, the University will have to make up both of those days, Doolos said. That would mean the University would either call for Saturday classes or chop two days off spring break. Doolos said there are further provisions for making up class if more than two days are missed. The University canceled class late Thursday afternoon as potentially dangerous winter weather conditions approached. D’Ann Morris, executive assistant to the chancellor and interim director of the Emergency Operations CANCELLATION, see page 15
INTERNATIONAL
Unrest in Middle East, Africa could affect US influence Panelists highlight protests, media myths Brian Sibille Contributing Writer
Touria Khannous, foreign language and international studies professor from Morocco, emphasized at a panel discussion Tuesday that recent unrest spreading in the Middle East and North Africa could bring about important change in government. However, these protests may cause trouble for U.S. influence overseas, said Mark Gasiorowski, political science professor. The panel, hosted by the
International Studies Program, fo- protesters’ demands remain unmet cused on the impact the uprisings and they continue to occupy Tahin the Middle rir Square in Cairo. East may have Meshal also aton other countempted to clear up tries — espemany myths that she cially the U.S. said the U.S. and for“It’s a eign media have portime for watchtrayed as truth. ful waiting,” The idea that Khannous said. current conflict in Reem MeEgypt is “simple shal, religious binary” between studies assisEgyptian President Rima Massassati tant profesHosni Mubarak and studio art junior sor, explained the people is comthat a week pletely false, Meago, many shal said. Rather, it analysts believed the protests in is the regime versus the popular Egypt would be resolved by now. This has not been the case, as UNREST, see page 15
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‘If you’re standing for democracy here, why are you not standing for democracy [in the Middle East]?’
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Students listen to a lecture Tuesday about unrest in North Africa and the Middle East. Panelists discussed the impact Egyptian protests may have on U.S. foreign influence.