Students may not be happy about the lineup for Groovin’ on the Grounds, but SG Director of Student Involvement Melissa Guidry said she paid close attention to students’ wishes while hiring the acts.The headliners are rock band Shinedown and former Outkast member Big Boi. Many students have expressed their disappointment with SG’s choice of Shinedown.”I’m not a Shinedown fan, but I don’t think there are a whole lot of students who are,” said Christina Eskew, biology sophomore.Guidry said SG looked into hiring MGMT, which students voted for the most when SG surveyed the student body.”We read every answer, every sentence and analyzed it in every way we could,” Guidry said.The survey generated 4,500 student responses, and students suggested 1,178 artists. Shinedown was 22nd on the list of most suggested artists, which is in the top 2 percent.Guidry said she and SG Senate adviser Michelle Eldredge read MGMT’s lyrics and found them advocating substance abuse.”If anyone says we haven’t listened to the students, then they’re wrong,” Guidry said. “But whatever type of show we put on reflects us.”She said SG took students’ considerations from last year’s show. This year’s show will be barricaded off just for LSU students, and students will need their LSU ID to get in.There will also be bleachers to sit on, a catwalk so the artist can go into the crowd, video screens and 50 trash cans and 50 recycling bins.
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENTJordan Milazzo, SG director of campus development, announced there would be a “lighting walk” Thursday at 7 p.m.The “lighting walk” will consist of seven teams looking for spots of low lighting around campus.”The purpose is to encourage student safety and promote student involvement,” Milazzo said.SG campaigning officially began Wednesday when three students announced their candidacy for SG president.SG Commissioner of Elections Alexis Sarver said 240 students filed for candidacy of various positions, but 23 were not eligible to run.The Senate approved money for Veterinary School students to register for a conference next week in Madison, Wis. The Senate passed $2,930 to cover registration for 40 students and $192 to cover the cost of wet labs.
 
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