LSU got first place in a competition to see which college could gather the most recycled trash during a home football game. Michelle Southern reports…:
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The LSU System paints a bleak picture of what will happen if the legislature can’t solve this fiscal year’s 750 million dollar budget shortfall. Jeff Palermo has more…
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A Haughton woman has been arrested for abusing her 72-year-old wheelchair bound mother. Emelie Gunn has more…
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LSU got first place in a competition to see which college could gather the most recycled trash during a home football game in the 2015 season. In the GameDay Recycling challenge, LSU led the nation with 86,400 pounds total recycling. Campus Sustainability manager Sarah Temple says taking part in this challenge builds on the goal of reaching 50% recycling rate a month:
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The competition put 99 colleges against each other with the goal of engaging fans to reduce their game-day waste, while composting and recycling more. Temple says they put out a massive marketing campaign to let people know that they were taking part in the EPA GameDay Challenge, and they wanted LSU to win…:
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Temple says during the competition, schools tracked weights for individual games of their choice. She says they selected last year’s LSU/Arkansas contest…:
Cut 6 (09) “big popular games”
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The US Army Corps of Engineers has started closing the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish. Spokesperson Ricky Boyett says the Mississippi River has crested in New Orleans so the process of closing the bays can begin. He says 10 bays were closed on Monday.
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Boyett says the Bonnet Carre did its job to divert water from the Mississippi. He says for this 2016 flood, they did not open all of the spillway bays.
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Boyett says the Bonnet Carre limits the water going into New Orleans by diverting it into Lake Pontchartrain. He says although the water has crested and is falling, we’re still experiencing usually high water.
Cut 9 (11) “15 feet”
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LSU System President F. King Alexander warns that students at the Baton Rouge campus will see higher student fees and hundreds of faculty members and courses will be eliminated if there is a 65 million dollar cut in state funding this fiscal year. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says Dr. Alexander is painting a bleak picture for the school…
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Alexander also says there will be layoffs of facility and staff members at other system campuses, including the LSU Health Science Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport. Erwin says in reality, these cuts are what we’re looking at if cuts to higher education continue, especially over a short time period.
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Higher ed leaders were warned last week about potential cuts because of a 750 million dollar budget shortfall. Alexander says student fees could increase by as much as 690 dollars per student if the worst case budget scenario occurs. Erwin says increasing fees is a recipe that will not work.
Cut 12 (09) “the students”
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A Haughton woman has been arrested for abusing her 72-year-old wheel chair bound mother. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Spokesperson, Lt. Bill Davis, says 43-year-old Belinda Roberts was a caregiver for her mother and abused her in various ways because her mother refused to give Belinda her prescription medicine.
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Davis says Roberts stole prescription medication from her mother and also was in possession of other drugs and paraphernalia. He says Roberts also stuck her mother in the back of the head, twisted her nose and poked her in the chest.
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Davis says Roberts is charged with cruelty to the infirmed, domestic abuse battery with strangulation, aggravated battery, robbery, and possession of drugs.
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The LSU men’s basketball team finishes off the month of January with two home games, starting with tonight’s match-up against the Georgia Bulldogs. The Tigers are 5-2 in the SEC, while Georgia is 4-3 and Tiger Rag Editor Cody Worsham says the Bulldogs feature three guards, who are each averaging over double figures
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Georgia is led by sophomore Vante Maten, who averages 16 points a game. LSU’s top scorer is Ben Simmons, who is averaging 23 points and five assists a contest. Worsham says the key for an LSU victory is junior guard Tim Quarterman, who has been up and down this season
Cut 17 (12) “beat Georgia”
After tonight’s game, LSU will host number one ranked Oklahoma on Saturday in the PMAC. Worsham says with LSU battling to make the NCAA Tournament, they can’t afford to lose to Georgia
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