Louisiana-born Remy LeBeau, a little-known-until-now sculptor and painter, did the best thing an artist can do for his
career last Tuesday--he died.

"This is incredible," gushes Art major Nick Santoro. "At first I never really noticed his work; I just didn't think it was that
good. Once I heard that he died though, I was right there at the galleries and bookstores within like a week and a half,
digging up whatever I could about the guy. Damn, it's some deep shit."

Professor of philosophy Sam Rothstein agrees:

"You shouldn't speak ill of the dead, and artists are certainly no exception. Now that LeBeau has passed on, we can
analyze and retroactively inject all sorts of relevance and meaning into his works. There's something about being 'too late'
that people just love, they really gravitate towards. We're not so much interested in getting real, true answers based in the
here and now. With him being no longer able to give his insights or answers, we can get so much more swept up
emotionally."

He removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes, seemingly fighting back tears.

"With the artist gone, each individual is much less confronted by the fact that it was someone else's creation. There's no
chance of actually bumping into the person and having your expectations less-than-met." (sniffs)

Even those who aren't into art at all can't help but feel the pull, as local college wide receiver Tony Dobbs explains:

"Yeah, 'high art' is mostly for faggots and snobby intellectuals. You know who I'm talking about: those pricks who are
always picking shit apart, never satisfied with anything. When I first heard the story I was like, 'so what?' But I got the
details, and good lord--he got taken out in one of the most brutal car wrecks I've ever seen. This dude--get this--he
scrambled out of the pile and managed to start drawing some freaky landscape on the hood of his car with his own blood,
and like, half of his damned head missing. The whole thing was on fire, too. Hard...Core. The dude's a certifiable
bad-ass."

He said the event may have helped changed his mind about Art as a whole.

"Yeah, I hustled a print off of E-bay, you know, because I wanted to get something he made before word got out too far
and people started jacking the prices up for his work. Like I said, art's not really my thing but this stuff is different. I feel
like the guy is in my head. I started talking to some other dudes about it and they seemed cool, actually. I might take a
class next semester."

One final nod comes from Ginger McKenna, curator of the Art museum Namib:

"A brilliant move, absolutely perfect in it's timing and stroke. LeBeau is a true artist. He couldn't have been any more
poignant in his life, aside from maybe dating a celebrity who's into Scientology. I think his works will fascinate and enthrall
for weeks to come."