The Best and the Worst of the Week
Justin
Bates, Curtis Colley, Nelson Lemieux and Aaron Phipps ,all graduates of the New Orleans Center for Science and Math, were featured in a short documentary film by Microsoft Corp. as examples of young achievers "who are using Microsoft software to realize their potential." The film is highlighted on Microsoft's Web page www.microsoft.com and was directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Jessica Yu.
Loyola University
theater students and faculty
won an Award of Excellence at the Louisiana Theatre Festival for their production
of the Lillian Hellman play The Children's Hour. The play's director, Anne
Kauffman, and several members of the cast and crew also won individual honors
at last month's festival, including accolades in production, acting, makeup design
and audio design.
Louisiana Senate Secretary
Mike Baer
apologized for his election-night statement that black voting precincts were especially
likely not to "get their numbers just right." Baer made the remark during election
coverage on WAFB-TV Baton Rouge, which later denounced the remark and apologized
to its viewers. The comment came as Baer explained why he believed the votes for
the governor's race might have to be recounted.
Mayor
Ray Nagin
played fast and loose with state law forbidding public funds or equipment from
being used to influence voters in a political election, when he posted his endorsement
of gubernatorial hopeful Bobby Jindal on the city's official Web site. There,
Nagin praised Jindal and criticized Jindal's opponent, eventual winner Kathleen
Blanco, as having "no specific plan for improving the future of New Orleans."
