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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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.

 

Couture de la Fleur stuns with live flower fashion show

Couture de la Fleur stuns with live flower fashion show

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Brielle Pourciau, a textile, apparel design and merchandising junior, shows off her gown during Couture de la Fleur, where fashion meets flora, hosted by the LSU College of Agriculture and Mendel University of the Czech Republic at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens on Oct. 11, 2017. (Kate Roy/The Daily Reveille)

The Daily Reveille | October 12, 2017

An event feature on Couture de la Fleur, a floral-inspired fashion show hosted by LSU in partnership with the Mendel University of the Czech Republic. Students from LSU and the Mendel University designed runway looks using fresh flora and fauna, including bromelias, Spanish moss and chrysanthemums.

 

Local barber and LSU Museum of Art work to improve youth literacy

Local barber and LSU Museum of Art work to improve youth literacy

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The Museum of Art outreach program, Line 4 Line, lets Jeremiah read a book in exchange for a free haircut on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at O’Neil’s Barber and Beauty Shop on Acadian Thruway. (Isabella Allen/The Daily Reveille)

The Daily Reveille | October 5, 2017

A local interest feature on O’Neil Curtis, a local barber, and his literacy and arts nonprofit Line 4 Line. The nonprofit originated from a partnership with the LSU Museum of Art, who continue to supplement the program’s literacy elements with arts education.

Students feel effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order

Students feel effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order

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LSU chemistry Ph.D. candidate and international student Saeed Fosshat discusses his fears about President Trump’s current immigration executive order on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, on campus. (Caroline Magee/The Daily Reveille)

The Daily Reveille | February 16, 2017

An article I wrote about international students’ response to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting entry into the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, the home of the two students interviewed. The students expressed concerns about being able to see their families and the security of their graduate programs.

 

 

International students protesting potential insurance changes 

International students protesting potential insurance changes 

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Sanjeev Joshi, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, sits outside the University bookstore on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Joshi created a petition to change the University’s health insurance policy. (Augustus Stark/The Daily Reveille)

The Daily Reveille | January 12, 2017

An article I published on proposed price increases for international students’ mandated health insurance. Changes in the university’s policy requirements would leave students with few low-cost third-party insurance plans, forcing them to either pay hundreds of dollars more or purchase the university’s equally expensive policy. The protests brought the issue to the administration’s attention and delayed implementation of the adjusted policies.