Face to face: Fundraising, communication among stakeholders and the importance of diversity were among the topics explored Tuesday during the first two interviews of semifinalists for the Nicholls State University president position, The Courier reports. The search committee interviewed Shawn Mauldin and Wade Rousse Tuesday in the first of six public semifinalist interviews. Interviews will wrap up today with Eugene Dial, Marcheta Evans, Jay Clune and John Doucet. The committee will recommend at least two finalists, who will be interviewed in Baton Rouge on Nov. 14 by the full University of Louisiana System board, which will select the new president the same day. Read the full story.
On the rebound: The New Orleans Pelicans G-League team will not be calling Shreveport home, the team confirmed Tuesday. Greg Bensel, spokesman for both the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans, tells The Shreveport Times no decision had been made as to where the G-League team will end up. G-League teams are the NBA’s version of a minor league. Mayor Ollie Tyler had been pushing to build a $150 million mixed-used development anchored by a sports sports complex and arena to house the team. Read the full story.
Sign of the times: A “suggestive” billboard along I-20 in Bossier is the cause for an online petition for its removal, started by Stephanie Giddens on Change.org, The News-Star reports. The billboard for Shreveport’s Hustler club features a woman licking something that appears to be cake from her finger, according to the post by Giddings. So far, nearly 6,000 people have signed the petition. The goal is to reach 7,500 signatures, then the petition will be sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards and Sen. Bill Cassidy.
