The Advocate
The piece below was my final project for a news editing class at LSU. My instructor, Bob Anderson, has worked at The Advocate for many years and published the best projects. Click on the link below to read the full story about a man who spends his weekdays ministering to LSU students in Free Speech Alley.
Simply talking about Jesus
“Jesus Talk” is emblazoned across his T-shirt.
Thousands of LSU students pass him daily in Free Speech Plaza, where the rules are simple: Say whatever you want, however you want to say it.
Political groups stand by colorful tri-fold boards. Volunteer groups lure students with free coozies, pens and T-shirts. Planned Parenthood offers free condoms. Students for Life hands out flyers. The occasional traveling preacher and his uniformed family shout threats of hellfire.
But Jesus Talk — as one man’s commonly known by students — is different...
Published: April 10, 2013
Photo: Patrick Dennis
“Jesus Talk” is emblazoned across his T-shirt.
Thousands of LSU students pass him daily in Free Speech Plaza, where the rules are simple: Say whatever you want, however you want to say it.
Political groups stand by colorful tri-fold boards. Volunteer groups lure students with free coozies, pens and T-shirts. Planned Parenthood offers free condoms. Students for Life hands out flyers. The occasional traveling preacher and his uniformed family shout threats of hellfire.
But Jesus Talk — as one man’s commonly known by students — is different...
Published: April 10, 2013
Photo: Patrick Dennis
LSU Alumni Magazine
At the LSU Alumni Magazine, I write different features, including Focus on Faculty pieces. I explore the alumni world and the contributions of Alumni Professors. The audience of the LSU Alumni Magazine is members of the LSU Alumni Association.
LSU Food Pantry
There are many LSU students who do not know where they will find their next meal. And LSU Campus Life is helping them. The LSU Food Pantry is open five days a week during the regular semester, and students may visit twice a week - no questions asked - to supplement their meals with a variety of food options.
The usual nonperishable and canned foods are available, along with deli meats, cheese, fresh fruits and vegetables, and other perishable foods, thanks to a refrigerator and freezer donated by Student Government and the Olinde Career Center. In November, the Food Pantry even received donated hams and Cornish hens to give students a Thanksgiving meal.
Story continued on page 34
Published: Spring 2017
There are many LSU students who do not know where they will find their next meal. And LSU Campus Life is helping them. The LSU Food Pantry is open five days a week during the regular semester, and students may visit twice a week - no questions asked - to supplement their meals with a variety of food options.
The usual nonperishable and canned foods are available, along with deli meats, cheese, fresh fruits and vegetables, and other perishable foods, thanks to a refrigerator and freezer donated by Student Government and the Olinde Career Center. In November, the Food Pantry even received donated hams and Cornish hens to give students a Thanksgiving meal.
Story continued on page 34
Published: Spring 2017
A Competitive Edge
This fall the Black Male Leadership Initiative (LSU BMLI) celebrates five years of helping males students of color at LSU achieve success in higher education.
The program seeks to improve graduation and retention rates for males of color by encouraging student involvement, brotherhood, and academic engagement. Each year, about a dozen first-year or transfer students are selected to participate. When they become Fellows during their sophomore or junior years, they are required to participate in a number of enriching service, social, and scholarship activities. In return, the students support from one another, from the senior-year LSU BMLI alumni, and from staff members Vincent Harris and Chaunda Allen.
Story continued on page 32
Published Fall 2015
This fall the Black Male Leadership Initiative (LSU BMLI) celebrates five years of helping males students of color at LSU achieve success in higher education.
The program seeks to improve graduation and retention rates for males of color by encouraging student involvement, brotherhood, and academic engagement. Each year, about a dozen first-year or transfer students are selected to participate. When they become Fellows during their sophomore or junior years, they are required to participate in a number of enriching service, social, and scholarship activities. In return, the students support from one another, from the senior-year LSU BMLI alumni, and from staff members Vincent Harris and Chaunda Allen.
Story continued on page 32
Published Fall 2015
LSU Family Association
Students and alumni of LSU have a special bond to the University. Now, families of current students can be connected as well through the LSU Family Association, which keeps members abreast of University news and events while fostering school spirit.
"There are so many parents in the Family Association who aren't [LSU] alumni," says Juan Carillo, Family Association Council co-chair. "This is their first opportunity to get connected to LSU."
The Family Association gives parents a chance to be "alumni-by-choice," Carillo says. Carillo graduated from Louisiana Tech University, while his wife and Family Association Council co-chair Joanne Carillo is an LSU alumna. Their son Ian is a 2012 LSU alumnus, and son Adam is a junior at LSU...
Story continues on page 40
Published: Spring 2014
Students and alumni of LSU have a special bond to the University. Now, families of current students can be connected as well through the LSU Family Association, which keeps members abreast of University news and events while fostering school spirit.
"There are so many parents in the Family Association who aren't [LSU] alumni," says Juan Carillo, Family Association Council co-chair. "This is their first opportunity to get connected to LSU."
The Family Association gives parents a chance to be "alumni-by-choice," Carillo says. Carillo graduated from Louisiana Tech University, while his wife and Family Association Council co-chair Joanne Carillo is an LSU alumna. Their son Ian is a 2012 LSU alumnus, and son Adam is a junior at LSU...
Story continues on page 40
Published: Spring 2014
Focus on Faculty: Loren Marks
In a culture where divorce is prevalent, Loren Marks focuses his research on strong marriages and families.
"There are literally hundreds, even thousands, of articles on divorce and dysfunction in families, but there are very few that address family strength," said Marks, associate professor in the School of Human Ecology.
He and his research partner, David Dollahite of Brigham Young University, interviewed "more than 200 families from all eight major geographic regions" of the U.S. to find the secret to a successful marriage as part of the American Families of Faith Project. All couples had been married for at least 20 years, and both spouses reported being "really happy" with their relationship...
Story continues on page 38
Published: Fall 2013
Photo: Johnny Gordon
In a culture where divorce is prevalent, Loren Marks focuses his research on strong marriages and families.
"There are literally hundreds, even thousands, of articles on divorce and dysfunction in families, but there are very few that address family strength," said Marks, associate professor in the School of Human Ecology.
He and his research partner, David Dollahite of Brigham Young University, interviewed "more than 200 families from all eight major geographic regions" of the U.S. to find the secret to a successful marriage as part of the American Families of Faith Project. All couples had been married for at least 20 years, and both spouses reported being "really happy" with their relationship...
Story continues on page 38
Published: Fall 2013
Photo: Johnny Gordon
Focus on Faculty: Marybeth Lima
Alumni Professor Marybeth Lima understands that in order for local schoolchildren to play hard, she must work hard.
Lima, director of the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership, and her Biological Engineering 1252 students have created 28 playgrounds for local public schools since 1998 as part of the LSU Community Playground Project. Most of the playgrounds are located in East Baton Rouge Parish, but her work has extended to surrounding parishes like Iberville and Ascension.
She splits her students into nine groups to design playgrounds for one school. By the end of the semester, the nine drafts are collaborated into one project...
Story continues on page 50
Published: Summer 2013
Photo: Larry Hubbard
Alumni Professor Marybeth Lima understands that in order for local schoolchildren to play hard, she must work hard.
Lima, director of the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership, and her Biological Engineering 1252 students have created 28 playgrounds for local public schools since 1998 as part of the LSU Community Playground Project. Most of the playgrounds are located in East Baton Rouge Parish, but her work has extended to surrounding parishes like Iberville and Ascension.
She splits her students into nine groups to design playgrounds for one school. By the end of the semester, the nine drafts are collaborated into one project...
Story continues on page 50
Published: Summer 2013
Photo: Larry Hubbard
Country Roads Magazine
During the summer after my freshman year at LSU, I had the pleasure of interning at Country Roads Magazine. As the editorial intern, I analyzed social media and website tactics, marketed specific stories to interested local businesses and organizations and wrote a feature about a small diner in Zachary, La. The magazine’s audience is locals from Natchez to New Orleans interested in art, entertainment and food. Read it below.
Martha's Bistro
Martha Carter Haynes loved to cook for people. She was one of eight sisters who shared the same passion for feeding others. They each were famous within their family for a special tickles-your-toes recipe: Julia for her Blueberry Delight, Geraldine for her bread pudding. Barbara, Mary, Nellie, Rose and Gussie each had their own signature dishes as well.
And then there was Martha, famed for her enormous helpings...
Published: August 2012
Photo by Kim Ashford
Martha Carter Haynes loved to cook for people. She was one of eight sisters who shared the same passion for feeding others. They each were famous within their family for a special tickles-your-toes recipe: Julia for her Blueberry Delight, Geraldine for her bread pudding. Barbara, Mary, Nellie, Rose and Gussie each had their own signature dishes as well.
And then there was Martha, famed for her enormous helpings...
Published: August 2012
Photo by Kim Ashford
The Daily Reveille
I first began working for LSU's newspaper, The Daily Reveille, during my second semester at the University. I was lucky to work for the paper for the spring, summer and fall of 2012 in the news section. I covered beats like the LSU Law School, LSU AgCenter, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and Student Government. The audience of The Daily Reveille is LSU students and faculty and the Baton Rouge community.
Not all University buildings up to code
Sociology senior Tommy Mead has taken many tests throughout his college career, but not many can compare to the difficulty of his everyday test: getting around campus.
Mead is one of many students with disabilities who must search for handicap entrances, maneuver into narrow bathroom stalls and have classes moved to more accessible buildings because certain buildings on campus aren’t up to current Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines...
Published: Nov. 8, 2012, The Daily Reveille
Photo: Taylor Balkom
Sociology senior Tommy Mead has taken many tests throughout his college career, but not many can compare to the difficulty of his everyday test: getting around campus.
Mead is one of many students with disabilities who must search for handicap entrances, maneuver into narrow bathroom stalls and have classes moved to more accessible buildings because certain buildings on campus aren’t up to current Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines...
Published: Nov. 8, 2012, The Daily Reveille
Photo: Taylor Balkom
Ludacris headlines Groovin' on the Grounds concert
The typically tranquil Parade Ground radiated with hip-hop beats Saturday night as Ludacris drew thousands of students and community members to the annual Groovin' on the Grounds concert.
The energetic crowd sang, danced and reveled in the headliner, as well as supporting acts Hunter Hayes, FreeSol and local band Hazy Ray, at the concert hosted by Students on Target...
Published: March 26, 2012, The Daily Reveille
Photo: Brianna Paciorka
The typically tranquil Parade Ground radiated with hip-hop beats Saturday night as Ludacris drew thousands of students and community members to the annual Groovin' on the Grounds concert.
The energetic crowd sang, danced and reveled in the headliner, as well as supporting acts Hunter Hayes, FreeSol and local band Hazy Ray, at the concert hosted by Students on Target...
Published: March 26, 2012, The Daily Reveille
Photo: Brianna Paciorka
Copper put in trees to protect from lightning
The University is taking preventive measures to keep true to the Alma Mater’s line about “stately oaks.”
After lightning recently struck a live oak planted in the Quad, likely during Hurricane Isaac, Facility Services sent Arborist Blane Tullier and Horticulture Attendant Bryce Ingram to install lightning rods in the oaks.
The tree, endowed in honor of Charles E. Severance Sr. and Winifred Loudon Severance, is located in front of Coates Hall with a visibly deep vertical gash in its trunk...
Published: September 26, 2012
Photo: Catherine Threlkeld
The University is taking preventive measures to keep true to the Alma Mater’s line about “stately oaks.”
After lightning recently struck a live oak planted in the Quad, likely during Hurricane Isaac, Facility Services sent Arborist Blane Tullier and Horticulture Attendant Bryce Ingram to install lightning rods in the oaks.
The tree, endowed in honor of Charles E. Severance Sr. and Winifred Loudon Severance, is located in front of Coates Hall with a visibly deep vertical gash in its trunk...
Published: September 26, 2012
Photo: Catherine Threlkeld
