Albert Tezeno, associate vice chancellor for student success at Southern University, will address the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, March 11. Tezeno will discuss the retention and recruitment efforts under way to reverse the enrollment decline at Southern. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Barry Erwin, president of Council for a Better Louisiana, will speak at the Baton Rouge Press Club on March 4. He will discuss tax reform, a topic for the Legislature for the first time in a number of years. CABL has been monitoring and analyzing proposals from the governor and legislators, as well as other state think-tank groups, and is making recommendations for meaningful tax reform to make the state more economically competitive.

Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Rep. Stephen Ortego, D-Carencro, will speak at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Feb. 25 on legislation involving LSU hospitals and other issues. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, will be speaking to the Press Club on Feb. 18 about his new statewide campaign called “Defend Louisiana,” which he says is designed to defend gun ownership rights in Louisiana. The initiative is a response to federal efforts to put new limits on guns. Thompson also is co-sponsor of legislation, to be considered in the upcoming regular session, that proposes to ban state enforcement of any new federal restrictions on semi-automatic firearms.

Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Lewis Unglesby, Baton Rouge attorney, will address the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Feb. 4. Unglesby will discuss gun rights in Louisiana and the United States. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

David Dismukes, director of policy analysis at the LSU Center for Energy Studies, will address the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Jan. 28. Dismukes will discuss Louisiana manufacturing development and natural gas production based on a recent study. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Kevin Cope, president of the LSU Faculty Senate, will address the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Jan. 14. Cope will discuss faculty concerns about the budget cutbacks the past few years and the consolidation of the offices of president and chancellor at LSU. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Adam Knapp, president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, will speak at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Jan. 7. Knapp will discuss progress with the Creative Capital Agenda, the 2011-2015 strategic plan for national and global competitiveness. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Greg Albrecht and Jim Richardson will speak at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Dec. 17, about the state budget. Albrecht is the chief economist with the Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office, and Richardson, an LSU economics professor, is a member of the Revenue Estimating Conference. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

This will be the last meeting of the Press Club for 2012. Meetings will resume on Jan. 7, 2013.

Public Service Commission Chair Foster Campbell will speak at the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, Dec. 10. Campbell will discuss his concerns about the fee for telephone calls to inmates in Louisiana prisons being 15 times the going rate. The PSC will vote Wednesday, Dec. 12, on a measure from Campbell to reduce the cost of prison phone conversations by 25 percent. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.