North Oaks Park lights boost Hammond recreation and tourism
Editorial notes Hammond gains a new lighted baseball complex at North Oaks Park shared by Southeastern Louisiana University and the city. The field hosts a Girls Softball game tonight and will support July tournament play with about 40 Louisiana teams, balancing university use with city recreation.
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North Oaks Park
Louisiana
Our City
Southeastern Louisiana University
Teach sex respect in school hallways and education
A national survey labeled hallways in high schools as daunting sexually charged spaces where girls and boys face harassment. The piece urges parents to discuss respect, for students to report unwanted acts, and for schools to enforce clear standards and include harassment education in sex ed.
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Louis Harris
American Association of University Women Education Foundation
State budget cuts loom over Hammond area services
The Louisiana Legislature ended its session with insufficient funds, threatening cuts to local state operations including SLU, Hammond Area Technical Institute, Horizon House, and the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center. SLU faces a four percent cut amid rapid growth. Horizon House may close without new funding. The detention center, completed last year, may open by September if the $400,000 gap is bridged, expanding beds to 30.
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St. Helena
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Livingston Parishes
Robert
Edwin Edwards
Shreveport
New Orleans
Victimizing politics on campus sparks First Amendment clash
Nat Hentoff notes a Penn campus dispute over free speech pitting two groups of lawyers, white and black, beside a boycott of The Daily Pennsylvanian 14,200 copies by black students. Open letters to President Hackney contend removal of the paper violated diversity and open expression while critics argue speech can be regulated when it harms listeners or invades privacy.
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Sheldon Hackney
Daily Pennsylvanian
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Ralph Smith
National Conference of Black Lawyers
Lorray Brown
Philadelphia
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Nation of Islam
Lawmaker urged to keep Medicaid restrictive formulary ban
Dr Allen of Ponchatoula and Louisiana health groups urge Congress to reject proposed budget language that would repeal the ban on restrictive Medicaid formularies. They warn against repeating 1980s errors, citing LSU economic study on IOC losses and urging letters to senators Breaux and others ahead of the June 14 Senate Finance Committee hearing.
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