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‘Max Gruver Act’ to strengthen penalties for hazing ‘will save lives,’ his parents say in emotional testimony 

‘Max Gruver Act’ to strengthen penalties for hazing ‘will save lives,’ his parents say in emotional testimony 

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Gruver family -- Bill Feig
In the House Criminal Justice Committee, as Stephen Gruver watches, left, Rae Ann Gruver wipes a tear from her eye while testifying on HB78 by Rep. Nancy Landry, R-Lafayette, right, which is a bill to increase criminal penalties for hazing related to the death of Max Gruver at LSU Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. Max Gruver’s photo is in front of the trio. (Bill Feig/The Advocate)

The Advocate | March 21, 2018

Story written with Elizabeth Crisp. LSU freshman Max Gruver died Sep. 14 of acute alcohol intoxication and aspiration following a night of hazing at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. Gruver’s parents, Stephen and Rae Ann, testified on behalf of a bill by Rep. Nancy Landry to make hazing a felony offense in Louisiana if a victim dies or suffers serious bodily injury.

 

What’s next for Raising Cane’s? A deal with Panda Express, franchise locations in Hawaii, Alaska

What’s next for Raising Cane’s? A deal with Panda Express, franchise locations in Hawaii, Alaska

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Panda Express CEO Andrew Cherng credit- Dilyn Stewart
Co-founder and co-CEO of Panda Express Andrew Cherng stands in front of the LSU Student Union Panda Express on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (Dilyn Stewart/The Daily Reveille)

The Advocate | February 11, 2018

A quick-turn news story about Panda Express co-founder and co-CEO Andrew Cherng’s visit to LSU’s campus. Cherng toured the Panda Express location in LSU’s Student Union. The CEO was in Baton Rouge for the annual Raising Cane’s Operators Conference after Cherng’s Panda Restaurant Group inked a deal with the Baton Rouge-based company to franchise the chicken finger restaurant in Hawaii and Alaska. The article was originally published in The Daily Reveille and later picked up by The Advocate.

 

Louisiana quilters stitch together effort to help flood victims return to craft

Louisiana quilters stitch together effort to help flood victims return to craft

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Baton Rouge’s Anitra Isaac, left, laughs with volunteer Debbi Kelly, right, of Denham Springs, as Isaac and Baton Rouge’s Lorraine Morrisey, just behind Isaac, pick out fabrics Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ Flood Relief Campaign for Quilters distribution of sewing machines, fabric, specialized tools and pattern books to about 150 quilters who lost their quilting gear and supplies in the 2016 flood. All three of the women’s homes were flooded. (Travis Spadling/The Advocate)

The Advocate | April 1, 2017

A feature I wrote for The Advocate on the Bridge Over Troubled Waters Flood Relief Campaign for Quilters and the supply distribution they organized April 1. Flooding in the Greater Baton Rouge area in fall 2016 destroyed homes, businesses and schools, and decimated the collections of area quilters. Local quilters banded together to collect donations from around the state and country.