University alumnus facing impeachment as federal judge, p. 3
Reveille Les Miles: Deangelo Peterson will make season debut Saturday, p. 5
The Daily
Volume 115, Issue 23
www.lsureveille.com
Teddy’s Juke Joint offers music lessons, p. 9 Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
And the Band Plays On... Foreign BUDGET CUTS
language classes unresolved
Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille
The LSU Wind Ensemble plays a piece Wednesday night during the ensemble’s concert directed by a guest conductor at the newly opened Union Theatre.
The LSU Wind Ensemble is currently being instructed by guest conductors as the College of Music and Dramatic Arts searches for a replacement after Director of Bands Frank Wickes’ retirement last summer. See the full story on p. 4.
Word about the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures firings has spread throughout the University, and students and the “Foreign Language 14” have raised questions about the timing of the cuts. The Foreign Language 14 is the self-dubbed name of the instructors who will no longer have jobs as of Jan. 21, 2011, and the instructors are demanding answers now more than ever. When three of the instructors sat down Tuesday with Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Executive Vice Chancellor Jane Cassidy and The Daily Reveille, their biggest concern was how students will complete their foreign language requirements. Gaines Foster, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said his college will allow students to complete their sequences in another language instead of having to start new sequences. LANGUAGES, see page 15
MUSIC
New Orleans street musician curfew undetermined Enforcement slowed while debate ensues Morgan Searles Entertainment Writer
An ordinance giving a curfew for all street musicians in New Orleans has been put on hold while officials redraft a better compromise between residents and musicians. Enforcement of the curfew — which prevented jazz musicians from playing on the street between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. — generated protests from people who feared the ordinance would harm the local culture. Lisa Palumbo, marketing professor at the University of New
Orleans and manager of To Be Continued Brass Band, the main band protesting the curfew, said the ordinance had been suspended, and the band hasn’t had issues with enforcement of the curfew. “There have been meetings to address a new draft of the ordinance,” Palumbo said. “I wasn’t allowed to go, so I don’t know exactly what happened at the meeting.” City council members for the district have set up an informal task force to discuss the ordinance and look into larger questions about city-wide sound, said Mary Howell, the lead attorney defending the street musicians. “Everyone would like to find a good solution for these issues that does not involve litigation, and I’m hopeful that common sense and
sound thinking will prevail,” Howell said. Howell said the laws in place regarding street music are unconstitutional either in the way they are on the books or the way they are used. “These are overbroad laws that cover music, which is a form of speech, which is protected by the First Amendment,” Howell said. “The process of change involves trying to make sure we have laws that are both constitutional and appropriately applied.” New Orleans police are currently not enforcing the curfew. “They’re getting close to a change,” said Officer Roger Jones, a quality of life officer for the New ORDINANCE, see page 15
photo courtesy of LISA PALUMBO / LSU
Members of To Be Continued Brass Band play music on a New Orleans street behind a sign reading “Please Don’t Stop the Music!”