Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- Cendri Hutcherson, a researcher with the California Institute of Technology, speaks about her study on generosity. She presented her findings during Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held in New Orleans this month.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK -- Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity Member Jack Blake hangs a Halloween prop from a tree in front of their fraternity house Thursday afternoon. Several members of the fraternity were spending the afternoon decorating the house for the upcoming holiday.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- St. Thomas More second-grader Gavin Feduccia, 7, left, gets a blast of silly string from classmate Taylor Stockwell, 8, right, during St. Thomas More's Mission Day Fair. The annual event has benefitted church missions since 1962.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- Dietra Landry, mother of LSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry, wears his number 80 jersey and cheers as the Tigers take the field before the game against Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station, Texas.

Advocate staff photo by BRYAN TUCK -- St. Martinville based artist and musician Dennis Paul Williams uses his fingers Wednesday to smooth freshly-applied caulk between the boards of his Port Street studio, which is also his home. Williams recently released "Morning Light," a CD of his solo music, and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with his brother and his brother's band, Nathan Williams and the Zydeco Cha-Chas.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Jim Ferguson, lower left, the city-parish's chief engineer, conducts a tour Tuesday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Public Works and Planning Center on Laurel Street.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON -- Participants in a children's bereavement program sponsored by former NFL and Catholic High star Warrick Dunn's walk toward the program's mobile unit following a presentation at a kick-off event Tuesday at the Family Youth and Services Center in Baton Rouge. The program, called Betty's Hope, is sponsored by Dunn in honor of his mother, Cpl. Betty Dunn Smothers, a Baton Rouge police officer killed during an extra-duty assignment in 1993.

Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ -- Pierre Thomas and some of his fellow New Orleans Saints players help 18 children in Laplace pick out health slated items like bikes, and sports equipment at Walmart with funds provided by the iCAN Foundation which was founded by Thomas. There were 16 children from LaPlace who were impacted by losses from Isaac and two children from New Orleans participating through the Son of a Saint Foundation which provides mentoring for fatherless boys. Matt Walker of LaPlace points out to Thomas, what bike he wants.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Bob Dillemuth continues the landscaping begun by his father, Chuck, that began in the early 1950s on Guava Drive in University Hills Subdivision.

Advocate staff photo by BRIANNA PACIORKA -- Women Working with Women Baton Rouge Chapter chaplain Cathy Duncan, from left, holds a candle as vice president Twahna Harris, Metro Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle and Edwin Delvalle work together to light the candle Monday at a prayer ceremony before a domestic violence forum held by the chapter.

Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- New Orleans native and Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, right, reacts as piccolo trumpet player Scott Kiser plays a selection during a master class Monday at Loyola University, which Marsalis led.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Roxanne Searcy and Neal Killam enjoy trying on costumes at the Baton Rouge Little Theater's costume sale. Searcy said she came to look for costumes for a little theater she is working with in Plaquemine, but she and Killam tried on many for themselves.

Advocate photo by Mark H. Hunter -- National rally - From left, Lauren Benoit, 11, Susan Ragusa, 10, Abby Benoit, 14, and Kathy Benoit join about 100 other area residents for a "Stand Up For Religious Freedom" rally at the State Capitol on Saturday, to protest the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate in the Affordable Care Act concerning contraceptives, sterilizations and abortions, regardless of any moral or religious objections. The Baton Rouge event was one of more than 40 scheduled across the United States on Saturday.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Addison Wolfe, 3, rides on a shetland pony during St. Joseph Cathedral's Grand Day, a celebration to honor grandparents, featuring a special mass followed by a street party with a petting zoo, pony rides, food, music and activities for children.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Sheila Juneau holds her granddaughter, Madeline Juneau, 4 months, Sunday during St. Joseph Cathedral's Grand Day, a celebration honoring grandparents, featuring a special mass and a street party. Juneau said by afternoon, Madeline was tired of being in her stroller and was ready to be held by her grandmother.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS -- Gonzales' QB Keenen Dunn throws a complete pass in the first half of the championship game between Galvez Middle and Gonzales Middle schools at Spartan Stadium in Gonzales. Gonzales won 18-16.

Advocate photo by BRIANNA PACIORKA -- U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Staff Sgt. Sherebia Street, front left, exhibition drill commander for Woodlawn High School, asks U.S. Army Sgt. Mary Catherine Waldrop, right, a drill and ceremony judge, if Street's squad can exit the drill field Saturday at a JROTC color guard and rifle competition at Belaire High School.

Advocate photo by BRIANNA PACIORKA -- U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadet Pfc. Arnesia Cador, center, 1st Sgt. Michael Gibson, and Cpl. Ike Williams watch as Glen Oaks High School's Army JROTC color guard performs Saturday at Belaire and Woodlawn high schools' JROTC color guard and rifle competition at Belaire High School.

Advocate staff photo by TRAVIS SPRADLING -- LSU football coach Les Miles celebrates the Tigers' 24-19 victory Saturday over Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Mieko Hattori, of Japan, Yoshi Hattori's mother, talks to those gathered Saturday for day two of the 'Stop Gun Violence' conference at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge about the impact her son's death has had.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- New bishop - Cynthia Fierro Harvey, center, is officially installed as bishop of The Louisiana Conference of The United Methodist Church Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge. Members of the First United Methodist Church choir, and, from left to right on statge, Pattye Hewitt, George K. Anding, Ellen Alston and Don C. Cottrill applaud Harvey.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Phoebe Hemmerling, 10, from left, listens with her parents, Nicole and Scott Hemmerling, Taundra Wilson and Aeryn Ford, 10, on Saturday as McKinley Middle School's Magnet Coordinator Sunguna Mayweather talks to them about the opportunities at the school. The East Baton Rouge Parish school system held at Magnet Mania fair at Cortana Mall.