Florence freshman Laura Chaney is remembered by Charlotte Elder as a “bright spot,” and vivacious woman. Chaney, a member of Sigma Kappa sorority, was pronounced dead at 8:28 a.m. today at the Bowling Green Medical Center, said Harold Sanson, Warren County deputy coroner.

Visitation for Florence freshman Laura Chaney will take place on Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Linnemann Funeral Home in Burlington, Ky., according to a press release from the funeral home.

The Funeral service will take place at on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First Church of Christ in Burlington, according to the press release.

The Board of Regents voted Friday to raise tuition. But the board eliminated a proposed extra charge for students taking more than 15 hours. Tuition will increase by 4 percent next semester, taking resident undergraduate tuition from $3,465 to $3,600. Regents voted to eliminate an item in the meeting’s agenda which called for students to pay a $30 fee in addition to tuition for each credit hour they took exceeding 15 hours.

In a unique scoring system, the White team (offense) beat the Red team (defense) 68-36 in the annual Red-White Scrimmage to conclude Spring Practice.