In the early evening of February 2, 2011, a sense of normalcy still lingered in the crisp winter air of New Orleans. For 22-year-old Lars Stiaes, a freshman marketing major at the University of New Orleans, it was just another Wednesday. A male Army veteran who had been honorably discharged after being injured in Afghanistan, Lars was navigating the transition from the structured life of a soldier to the more fluid world of academia. He was also the nephew of state Representative Charmaine March
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