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Students, bar employees debate Tigerland’s safety BY SARAH GAMARD | @SarahGamard
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igerland’s rising crime rates have brought some students and patron’s to question the bar scene’s future as a hub of LSU nightlife. Jordy Bloodsworth, a door manager at Reggie’s, believes otherwise. The recent LSU graduate said crime has not always been an issue for him, though it has been discussed in news reports recently. “The bad stuff that usually happens – the problems – are when school’s not in,” Bloodsworth said. Some people inaccurately blame college students for the area’s crime and that the recent ‘big’ crime incidents in places like nearby stores are usually not students, he said. Political science sophomore Mia Henderson said, regardless of recent events, she does not feel safe at Tigerland, though she still goes there on weekends. “I feel like it’s a fun environment,” she said. “It’s for the college students and it’s college life.” Because of the wildness, she said she already expects there to be some risks like
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Dean Joseph remembered as ‘heart and soul of the Law Center’ BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_TDR During his 43 years of service at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Cheney Joseph served as both a professor and an administrator, but most importantly, the “heart and soul” of the Law Center, interim dean William “Bill” Corbett said. Joseph died on the morning of Dec. 18, 2015, according to an article by the Law Center. He graduated from the Law Center in 1969 and began teaching there in 1972, Corbett said. Throughout his time at the Law Center, he took leave to
serve in various legal positions throughout the state, such as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, District Attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish and executive director of the Louisiana Judicial College. “Nobody that I know of has ever done more things for the legal profession of the state than Cheney did,” Corbett said. “Given the breadth of all the things he did in the legal profession, he brought a lot to the Law Center.” At the Law Center, Joseph served as vice chancellor for academic and student affairs and later as interim co-dean. As
an administrator, he still took time to teach, often teaching up to three courses, Corbett said. “More than anything else, he loved to teach,” Corbett said. “Cheney loved teaching so much that he taught beyond a full load most semesters.” Law student Clare Sanchez said she had Joseph as a professor in her first year and worked with him on an almost daily basis as president of the Student Bar Association. Sanchez said that Joseph was approachable as a professor and administrator.
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LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center professor and administrator Cheney Joseph was with the Law Center for 43 years. He passed away Dec. 18.
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EXECUTIVE ATTIRE BY MEG RYAN @The_MegRyan
With President Barack Obama’s visit to Baton Rouge on Thursday, The Daily Reveille takes a look at the POTUS’ style choices through his past and current presidential term and how they stack up to past presidents.
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Former President Ronald Reagan kept his 1981 inauguration suit classic with ‘80s trends: larger shoulder pads and a matching vest and tie. Instead of leaning toward Republican red or Democrat blue for the tie and vest, he settled on a light, neutral gray.
In 1989, former President George H.W. Bush kept Reagan’s gray tie choice, but transitioned into the early ‘90s with smaller shoulder pads and no vest. Bush’s suit included thin, gray stripes, a change from many other presidents who would lean toward a solid colored jacket and slacks.
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Former President Bill Clinton shook up the inauguration look with a light blue tie in 1997, assumably to represent his Democratic affiliation. But in 2001, former Republican President George W. Bush donned a brighter, striped blue tie. The only difference between Clinton and George W. Bush, political affiliations aside, is that George W. Bush decided on a thick overcoat with the same cut as the suit jacket underneath.
The current POTUS donned a long black overcoat with a black suit, white dress shirt and a red patterned tie to his first inauguration in 2009. Whether the president chose red for a change from the past demure choices of gray or blue, or because red reminded him of the American flag’s stripes, it was a refreshing change.
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Love them or hate them, casual Obama is the king of dad jeans. Whether he’s at a baseball game in jeans, sneakers and a windbreaker or in the Oval Office in a casual button-up, POTUS styles his ‘90s jeans to a perfect T.
Obama stays fairly conservative at official events, but keeps his style memorable with ties that stand out from the rest by choosing textured designs. The president chooses a large tie over a thin one, filling in the white space between suit lapels with a large amount of fabric, something different from the recent trend of men wearing thinner ties. Whether it’s textured, striped or dotted, POTUS styles up a basic suit and dress shirt with a stand-out tie.
On Thursday morning, Obama visited McKinley Senior High School for a town hall style presentation. The president kept it simple with a black suit, black shoes, white dress shirt and an American flag pin. But, as opposed to his normal uniform, Obama left the elaborate tie at home. The look was clean, simple and a bit casual. A simple style ending to the beginning of his last year in office.
Following the accessories theme, Obama tacks on an American flag pin to his suit lapel for not only a bit of added pizzazz, but to remind us he is the Leader of the Free World. photos courtesy of Stylebistro.com
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Lady Tigers lose against Vanderbilt, 42-58 BY JARRETT MAJOR @Jarrett_tdr
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LSU senior guard Keith Hornsby (4) dribbles past a defender ball during the Tigers’ 90-81 victory against Ole Miss on Wednesday in the PMAC.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Tigers continue battle with foul trouble, players say officiating has changed BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL • @CBoutwell_TDR
The referee’s whistles are quicker, calls are softer and senior guard Keith Hornsby doesn’t like it. In their previous two games, the Tigers collected 43 fouls in 80 total minutes of play and 318 personal fouls through 16 games this season, for an average of 19.9 fouls per game. Hornsby doesn’t know what changed with officiating this season, but he swears something did. “It’s different this year than last year,” Hornsby said. “Last year, you could be physical with someone. I swear. I’ve only played eight games this year, but in those eight games, a lot of those fouls called on me are very questionable. It’s tough. All it takes is two blows of the whistle and you’re done for a half.” Following one of coach Johnny Jones’ coaching principles, two fouls in the first half equals a seat for the remainder of the period. In LSU’s 90-81 win against Ole Miss on Wednesday, the Tigers had five players seated for a large portion of the first half with two fouls apiece. Freshman forward Ben Simmons was benched with 8:45 remaining in the opening period, junior guard Tim Quarterman at 6:15, sophomore forward Craig Victor II at 5:08, senior guard Josh Gray at 1:52 and junior center Darcy Malone at 1:16. Moving forward in Southeastern Conference play, opposing teams are beginning to exploit the Tigers’ defense during the seemingly inevitable lapse of play from key players in the opening half of games, as Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy attempted Wednesday against a Simmons-less LSU lineup. “The reality was we weren’t taking advantage of opportunities in the first half,” Kennedy said. “We missed five opportunities in the paint without [Ben Simmons] in the game. Those are things that come
back to haunt you.” Ole Miss senior guard Stefan Moody drew most of the fouls as he elusively attacked the rim, and waltzed his 5-foot11 frame to two 36-foot 3-pointers and a 7-of-9 night from the free-throw line in a 33-point effort, his season high. Regardless of Moody’s attack, Hornsby said he began to notice the “tickytack” fouls being called at the start of the season, and the referee’s haven’t laid off the whistles since, which can be good, and bad, he said. “Any hand contact, it’s good and bad for you,” Hornsby said. “It’s good for you offensively because they can’t do the same thing. It’s easier to drive. Bad, because it’s hard to stay in front of them without fouling. It makes you move your feet.” A defender moving his feet is one way to stop a prolific scorer, but Quarterman said stopping a faster offensive player has nearly become impossible in today’s game. “I feel like now in the game, if someone gets faster, there’s no way you can stop them because of the way they call the game,” he said. The Savannah, Georgia native agreed with Hornsby’s notion of the officiating changes. “The game is definitely being called different this year,” Quarterman said. “They are calling fouls very ticky-tacky,
soft fouls. We just have to play to what they’re calling. Hands up and hands off, stuff like that.” Despite their frustration with LSU’s recent fouling fuss, Hornsby and Quarterman said the quick whistles were good for the game because it’s making all teams become more disciplined defensively, also providing more offensive opportunity. Victor, a 6-foot-9 forward and LSU’s bruiser in the paint, said the whistles becoming spontaneous and unjustified is what LSU must adjust to, but he said LSU’s foul issues are its own fault. It’s physical play on defense and aggressive approach offensively lead to fouls on both ends of the floor. But LSU’s biggest challenge lies between finding a happy medium between controlled physicality and unwarranted, cheap fouls. Toward the beginning the of the 201516 season, Victor said he heard the echoing sentiment of local and national media calling LSU “soft.” Victor and company had to say “no” to the “soft” mantra suffocating the undersized Tigers. Hence, the season-long foul troubles. “I remember at the beginning of the year, people were saying we aren’t physical,” he said. “[They were] saying we were soft. That didn’t hurt at all. But, at the same time, we had to say no. We’re playing our game. We’re playing physical.”
From the tip, the LSU women’s basketball team struggled to overcome the absence of sophomore guard Jenna Deemer in a 42-58 loss to Vanderbilt on Thursday night, dropping its second Southeastern Conference game in a row. Along with Deemer, the Lady Tigers (7-10, 1-3 SEC) missed the normally dynamic sideline coaching style of Nikki Fargas, who was restricted to coaching from a chair, due to a hip inflammation. The Commodores (13-4, 2-2 SEC) started the game off by hitting their first five field goals to rush out to an early 13-5 lead, but LSU cut it down to four points by the end of the first quarter. Vanderbilt led by as many as 11 before the Lady Tigers rallied within seven points in the half. “We started to settle down and take what the defense was giving us, making the extra passes allowing us to get wide open shots and knocking them down,” assistant coach Tasha Butts said. The Commodores came out in the second half as hot as they started in the first, hitting their first four shots to push the lead to 15 points. LSU was never able to bring the game back within single digits. Vanderbilt, who came into the game leading the SEC in field goal percentage, shot 50 percent from the floor, including draining 38.9 percent of its three-point shots. Despite out-rebounding the Commodores, 38-25, the Lady Tigers hit only 33.3 percent of their field goals. Although senior forward Akiliah Bethel led LSU’s efforts with 11 points, junior forward Alexis Hyder contributed 10 points and 8 rebounds despite spending much of the second half in foul trouble. Deemer, who leads the Lady Tigers in scoring with 10.1 points per game, stayed in Baton Rouge with an illness. “We definitely could have used [Deemer],” Butts said. “ Anytime you are playing a team that is going to switch their defense on you and play zone, you want that zone buster, so to speak.” Injuries have been a recurring problem for the Lady Tigers this season. LSU has struggled since losing junior guard Raigyne Moncrief and freshman forward Ayana Mitchell earlier in the season.
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Lady Tigers prepare to host first tournament in new facility BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR After a fall semester filled with tournaments from California to Illinois, the No. 21 LSU women’s tennis team finally hosts its first home matches on Saturday facing Southern University and Nicholls State University. The tournament marks the end of the preseason for the Lady Tigers, who with the ITA Kick-Off Weekend right around the corner, are preparing for spring’s mass play. “[Tuesday] was the first day where we knew they are ready to go and now we’re just kind of waiting and anticipating the first match,” LSU head coach Julia Sell said. “For this weekend, I just expect them to go out, compete and enjoy it
and kind of christen our new facility here.” It has been two months since LSU’s last mass play tournament, but positive energy dominates the practices as the Lady Tigers prepare to take the court for the first time in their new tennis complex. The $9.7 million facility has so far only served for practice purposes for the Lady Tigers, but with the wait, excitement kept increasing. “It’s a dream,” junior Joana Vale Costa said. “Sometimes I still feel that this new facility is not ours, but it’s really exciting that we now are able to experience all of it.” Positivity has also flood over to the coaching staff. Sell said she couldn’t be happier with the team’s current state and hopes the Lady Tigers highest-ever
preseason ranking serves as a nice confidence boost. Hopes are high this season. With only one freshman on the team, the doubles are experienced, and Sell said even seniors have taken another step up. Now, her focus is on finishing strong. Sell wants to see her players fight hard for every point. With no sight of underestimation, the four-year LSU head coach said both teams always come out with fierce passion that will lead to good sets. “Even though they aren’t in the SEC, they compete a lot,” Vale Costa said. “Nicholls is a team that comes in knowing they don’t have anything to lose. So they just play freely, which sometimes can be hard for us, but I think our mentality is set.”
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Junior Joana Vale Costa works on her serve during practice Tuesday at the LSU Tennis Complex. TRACK AND FIELD
Tigers carry SEC momentum into matchup Team battles in-state rivals in Bayou Bengal Invitational against relentless Arkansas Razorbacks BY JAMES BEWERS @JamesBewers_TDR
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LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons sometimes talks about interactions with cultural icons like LeBron James and Drake as if they’re nothing special, even if he has an admiration for both. But when President Barack Obama, a noted basketball fan, gave Simmons a nod at a speaking engagement Thursday at McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge, that moment was something completely different. “It’s an amazing feeling because I’ve worked so hard to get where I am,” Simmons said. “For somebody like him to recognize that and give me some props for that, it’s awesome. It’s surreal.” While Simmons received the presidential treatment following the Tigers’ 90-81 comeback victory against Ole Miss, a hot Arkansas team will roll into the PMAC at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with other plans. Despite a 6-6 nonconference record and a 23-point loss to Texas A&M to open Southeastern Conference play, the Razorbacks (9-7, 3-1 SEC) have won three straight contests, including a 33-point win against Missouri on Tuesday. Under fifth-year coach Mike Anderson, Arkansas still employs its trademark “Fastest 40 Minutes” philosophy, highlighted by a trapping, full-court pressure. “Guys have to understand how to get to the open area when guys are being trapped and making plays because they’re fast and strong,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones. “They’re going to force you to do some things you don’t normally do. If you are worried so much about structure, you’re going to get hurt. Guys are going to have to make basketball plays
The LSU track and field team will host the Bayou Bengal Invitational starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Carl Maddox Field House. The Bayou Bengal features a Louisiana-based field including Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Southeastern Louisiana University, and Southern University. The Tigers and Lady Tigers look to keep improving after tallying nine personal-best performances in the Purple Tiger Invitational on Jan. 8. Two of the nine Tigers who achieved personal-bests were junior thrower Johnnie Jackson and senior thrower Patrick Geers. Jackson, a former two-time junior college men’s indoor weight throw national champion, set a personal best at his LSU debut in the invitational with a weight throw of 67 feet, 2 3/4 inches placing second overall in the men’s weight throw. Jackson said exceeding his personal record is what he strives for at every event he competes in. “It makes me feel good about this coming weekend and really shows me that I hadn’t been
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Senior guard Josh Gray (5) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 90-81 victory against Ole Miss on Wednesday in the PMAC. against that type of pressure and the way that they play.” Although the Razorbacks lost their top-three scorers from last year’s NCAA tournament team, including 2015 first-round draft pick Bobby Portis, junior forward Moses Kingsley has been the Razorbacks’ catalyst this season. After just four total starts last season, he now averages team-high 17.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. Along with Kingsley, senior guard Anthlon Bell and junior guard Dusty Hannahs are lethal threats from the perimeter, each knocking down more than 45 percent of their three pointers on the year. Kingsley will likely attract much of the Tigers’ attention, which sophomore forward Craig Victor II is more than ready for. “I take pride in my defense,” Victor said. “That’s something I take very seriously. I’m going to go back to the drawing board before and do what I do. I don’t slack off any game when it comes to defense. I’m going to guard him the same way I guard
anybody else.” On Wednesday against the Rebels, LSU’s defensive pressure had little success against Ole Miss senior guard Stefan Moody. The 5-foot-11 point guard torched the Tigers for 33 points on 6-of11 shooting from beyond the arc, giving the Rebels the lead for 27 minutes of the contest. But Moody couldn’t will his team to victory late in the second half behind the performances of two unlikely Tiger reserves. With freshman guard Antonio Blakeney and junior guard Tim Quarterman coming off the bench for just the first and second times, respectively, the guard duo energized a sleepy LSU offense to the tune of 20 of the final 26 points from the team. For Quarterman, the move to the bench didn’t faze him. “Coach made a decision,” Quarterman said. “As players, we have to go with what he said because he’s the general. So, we just got to go out there and just make the best of our opportunities that he gives out there on the floor.”
‘[Beating a personal record] makes me feel good about this coming weekend and really shows me that I hadn’t been wasting my time [...]’ JOHNNIE JACKSON junior thrower
wasting my time, and have been doing the right stuff,” Jackson said. “So, I just have to keep doing what I have been doing plus the things I know I haven’t been doing to try to do better in the upcoming weeks.” Geers set a personal best with a weight throw of 64 feet, 3 3/4 inches. The California native’s record throw placed 10th in LSU’s all-time rankings. Although Geers said personal bests were always nice to open the season with, he said he expected to exceed his past performances. “It just depends on how you’re doing that week,” Geers said. “Maybe the day you’re throwing or the day you’re competing, you just feel better than the others [days]. You say ‘Ok. I can do something different. I can make something big happen today.’” Although most view competing at home as strictly an advantage, LSU coach Dennis Shaver said he sees both negatives and positives. For LSU runners, Shaver said the LSU track was a disadvantage because it isn’t a bank track. He said it doesn’t allow the runners to reach qualifying times for NCAA championships. Being at home, however, is helpful for field events. Regardless of where the team is competing, Shaver said he and his colleagues continuously give their team positive encouragement, but technical training will also get them ready for Saturday. “All the track and field events are pretty technical and I think the work that they’re doing in the weight room and, of course, the speed development kind of work they’re doing to be quicker in the ring — just all of those little things, reactive kind of things, are getting them prepared,” Shaver said.
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Media exaggerates crime in Tigerland, students should not worry GOOD LIB OF THE NORTH AMANDA LUSSKIN Columnist
Despite the media sensationalizing crime increases around Tigerland, I highly doubt someone’s going to shoot you. For almost as long as the stately oaks and broad magnolias have shaded inspiring halls on LSU’s grounds, Tigerland was the place for underaged students to have fun on the weekends. Tigerland may be, to put it nicely a dump, but it is our dump and has become as vital to LSU as any of the buildings on campus. For LSU alumni, 50-cent shot night at Reggie’s is as much of a fond LSU memory as a Saturday night in Death Valley. But like all good things, Tigerland may soon come to an end. As impossible as it may seem to picture a Baton Rouge without Wine Tuesdays at JL’s Place or free drinks at Fred’s in Tigerland on Fridays, if we continue to listen to the media exaggerate, it may become a reality.
The Advocate made a fuss over crime increasing in Tigerland last week, but only three incidents involving weapons in Tigerland occurred in the last year, according to WBRZ. Two involved guns, and the most recent involved the stabbing of LSU’s tight end Dillion Gordon. Those statistics leave 362 safe days in Tigerland last year. So students in Tigerland were safe about 99 percent of the time. Can the students attending Tigerland take that 1 percent risk? The Advocate reported that bar owners say they have the right to check LSU student IDs at the door. This solution should work because we all know a sweet, innocent LSU student would never be capable of starting trouble. I mean, there were only 53 burglaries on LSU’s campus in 2014, according to crime statistics released by the university. That’s nothing compared to Tigerland’s three reported crimes. Students should be more worried about their belongings in Middleton than a 1
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Media sensationalism regarding crime rates in Tigerland has caused students to be apprehensive about the area. percent chance of being in danger at Tigerland. Baton Rouge police officers fill Tigerland on its busy nights. Do you really think students would be better off taking their partying to a dark sorority row with no police surveillance? Better yet, why not hang out
in the pitch-black quad instead of the well-lit Tigerland parking lot? Students are only in college once and only have one shot to have the time of their lives. The 1 percent chance of being involved in a crime is not worth the chance of missing out on a big social aspect of LSU.
Keep the LSU tradition alive. The death of Tigerland may be upon us. Amanda Lusskin is a 19-yearold mass communication sophomore from Secaucus, New Jersey. You can reach her on Twitter at @Amanda_Lusskin.
Edwards cannot fix budget on his own, needs coalition THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR
JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist In a scene reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy, Louisiana higher education’s funding was left bleeding on the ground of the State Capitol. As politicians dug their knives into its body, higher education turned to its students in a last ditch effort to stop the bleeding. During former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s second term, the state legislature cut higher education by nearly $700 million. Louisiana State University, went from a 58 percent state funded overall budget in 2008 to 33 percent of the school’s budget funded by the state in 2015, according to the LSU Office of Finance and Administration. Last spring, higher education institutions faced the highest possible cuts since Jindal took office. Under the governor’s executive budget proposal, 82 percent of the already dwindling state funds to higher education risked cuts. With such a dire threat, Louisiana’s tragic character grew
tired of the predictable ending to its budgetary drama. On April 30, 2015, hundreds of LSU students and supporters marched to the Capitol’s steps, shouting “no funds, no future” and “make the change, march the Capitol.” According to State House of Representatives Democratic Caucus Director Chris Frink, legislators deep within committee rooms in the Capitol’s basement heard the chants, despite the hundreds of pounds of concrete separating the two groups. Weeks later, the State House of Representatives voted to raise $615 million in new tax revenue aimed to cut the state’s $1.08 billion tax credit and exemption program. The final approved budget raised nearly $700 million in new tax revenue and $400 million through stunting government growth by not filling open positions, filling the remaining gap through what state economist Greg Albrecht calls “ad hoc resources,” or onetime funding measures. State legislators heeded the cries of higher education when LSU president F. King Alexander and students around the state put a
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face to the budget cuts. The fixes are short term though. According to the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, most of the budgetary plugs will expire within two to three years. For example, $103 million in funds created by ending the business utility tax exemption phase out this upcoming fiscal year. In August, six weeks into the state budget cycle, the legislature cut $4.6 million in higher education’s budget and other state services. November came and the Revenue Estimating Conference determined the drop in oil prices would tally up the mid-year budget gap to $500 million. State economists predict Louisiana will once again face a $1.9 billion shortfall in the spring. Hope isn’t lost within the world of higher learning, though. Democrat John Bel Edwards became the 56th governor of Louisiana on Monday, upsetting the perceived shoe-in candidate, Sen. David Vitter, in a gritty battle over political ads last fall. In Edwards’ campaign, the Amite man set out a plan to cut tax credits and tax
exemption programs to create a 50/50 state funding formula for higher education. Edwards’ victory wasn’t close by any means, ending Election Day with 56 percent of the vote. He has the political capital required for meaningful reforms to improve a budget crisis, but the problem isn’t simple enough to solve in one special legislative session. Legislators and their constituents are tired of cutting higher education and healthcare. Lobbyists will use campaign funding as leverage to protect the tax credit and exemption programs from further cuts. Budgetary restrictions need constitutional amendments and voter approval, and even freeing up restricted money wouldn’t provide newfound sources of funding. Even if Edwards succeeds in cutting the tax credit program and gaining new revenue, the legislature has shown, with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the state’s business lobby, at its heels, it is only willing to temporarily cut the program. New Orleans, Lake Charles, Lafayette
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2/1 Wyoming street, walk to LSU $595, 2/1 house w/d incl $775, 1/1 $425 McDaniel properties owner/ agent 388-9858 Mcproperty.mgr@cox.net _______________________ Perfect for students who need their own home w/o all of the noise of multiunit apt. complexes. This 3bd/2ba townhouse has a large living room & a comfortable neat backyard. BONUS: Steps away from the LSU bus route. Please call, serious students and/ or young professionals desired. Â 225-715-6795 or 225-413-3579. _______________________ Brightside Manor 2BR/1.5BA W/D NO PETS $625. 225-383-4064 _______________________
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Louie’s Cafe is hiring cook, server & dish staff. Apply in person, online or via email. louiescafe.com 3322 Lake Street _______________________ Behavioral Intervention Group (BIG) is a team of dedicated therapists focused on providing the skills, teaching environments and learning opportunities necessary to improve the quality of life for children with autism and other developmental disorders. BIG provides children with a highly individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program that is continually modified to meet the child’s needs as they progress. As a BIG line therapist, you’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable experience
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JOSEPH, from page 1 “No matter if you had him as a professor, no matter if you’d just seen him around a few times, his door was always open,” Sanchez said. “He was the most warm-hearted professor. He never made you feel stupid for a wrong answer.” Corbett, who served with Joseph as interim co-dean since August 2015, said it was easy to work with Joseph and divide the responsibilities since they had worked together for 24 years. Serving as interim co-deans together was a comfortable arrangement for the two as they were best friends, Corbett said.
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dangerous crime. Henderson does not predict that Tigerland’s social scene will change, or that student attendance to Tigerland bars will decrease. She said she believes the fun reputation outweighs the fear. Unlike Henderson, early childhood education junior Allison Fields said she agrees that Tigerland could be no more. “I could see that happening,” Fields said of closing the social hot spot,” she said. Because, I mean, what can they do to stop all that from happening?” Fields has not been to Reggie’s since her freshman year, but remembers feeling safe when she went. She goes to different bars now, such as Bogie’s Bar, and feels safe there, too. Even though hearing about the recent stabbing of LSU’s tight end Dillon Gordon was incentive to avoid Tigerland, she said she still plans on going to the popular night spot this semester. Gordon’s stabbing, which occurred Jan. 5 at Reggie’s, prompted LSU football coach Les Miles to ban all of his players from going out to Tigerland bars. Bloodsworth, who was working the night Gordon was stabbed,
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In Joseph’s memory, a run was held on Jan. 10. The event was informal and organized over Facebook, Corbett said. The Law Center will try to make the run an annual event, he said. A classroom will be named after Joseph in his honor. A selection committee was assembled in August to begin the search for a Law Center dean. The selection committee is made up of 19 people, Corbett said, consisting of seven law faculty members, one law staff member, two administrators from the university, one law student, seven Law Center alumni and Senior Vice Provost Jane Cassidy, who serves as the
chair of the committee. Christina Hood, executive assistant to the dean and member of the selection committee, said the committee worked with the university’s human resource department to select a pool of candidates. Seven candidates were interviewed, and from the seven the committee chose three finalists. One of the finalists withdrew to accept an administrative position at another university, Hood said. “There’s a lot of different things you consider in a dean search,” Hood said. She said some of those components include fundrais-
ing, faculty initiatives, the law school curriculum and working with fellow deans on campus. The two finalists will come to the university for a two-and-ahalf day visit at the end of January, where they will meet with various personnel throughout the Law Center as well as the university, Hood said. The committee will convene in February to come to a consensus on who to select. “You’re looking for a strong leader, someone who connects well with students,” Hood said. “Teaching scholarship and services is always a component for someone in that position.”
said the incident began with a confrontation outside the bathroom. “People from both sides started throwing punches,” he said. “Dillon kind of fell on top of the kid. I didn’t see a knife or anything – nobody necessarily saw a knife. So I don’t know if it was a knife or a bottle or what it could have been. But he was cut.” Bloodsworth called it “a typical fight.” Not until later that night, after word of mouth spread, did Bloodsworth learn Gordon was stabbed. The paramedics took Gordon to the hospital and the police asked Reggie’s to close early for investigation, Bloodsworth said. Our Lady of the Lake Regional medical Center released Gordon shortly after treatment. A suspect was arrested Jan. 7. Bloodsworth said Reggie’s bouncers do not pat people down or search them before they enter the bar. Even after the Gordon incident, he said that will probably not change. “There’s always a bad apple or somebody that doesn’t play fair,” Bloodsworth said. Architecture freshman Emilee Abadie said she does not feel safe going to Tigerland and believes the feeling is warranted after
incidents like Gordon’s. But she said she continues to go despite feeling unsafe because everyone goes. “It’s what you do,” she said. “It’s worth the risk,” Abadie has been to Reggie’s and said she plans on going again this semester: “I like it. It’s fun.” However, she said she thinks crime has gotten worse recently, and expects more incidents like the recent stabbing to happen this semester. To avoid crime and stay safe, Bloodsworth said self awareness is important. “If you go get too drunk and do something stupid and wander around, it’s kind of a personal liability thing,” Bloodsworth said. “If you control yourself, then there wouldn’t be fights.” However, the bar worker contended that people do tend to get belligerent when alcohol is served. He said Reggie’s workers often keep an eye out for altercations so
they can separate the parties before things get out of control. “I’ve been in Baton Rouge for six years now and it’s always been a good time for me,” Bloodsworth said. “I’ve never had too big of a problem either working or just as a regular customer.” Jason Nay, manager at Fred’s in Tigerland, said bar business has seen its safest football season yet because police officers have been stationed in the area from around 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. on busy nights for the past six months. “I can tell you that everybody feels safer,” Nay said. “There’s eight police officers there every night.” Without the officers on immediate call to deter crime, he said, he would feel more nervous. As a 2005 LSU alumnus, Nay said crime may have had a steady incline over the past decade, but, in general, he has seen little to no difference and students should not be worried for their safety.
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President Obama visits local high school for town hall style talk BY SAM KARLIN @samkarlin_TDR LSU President F. King Alexander, freshman forward Ben Simmons and a host of various community and political figures packed into the McKinley Senior High School gymnasium Thursday morning to see President Barack Obama for a town hall style talk in the capital city. Levity permeated the gymnasium as Obama joked with the crowd, receiving big laughs and booming applause. His speech lasted around 10 minutes, then he opened the floor up for a much longer “conversation,” taking individual questions from the crowd. This visit was Obama’s first to Baton Rouge, and 10th to Louisiana during his presidency. Most of his other visits focused on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Katrina’s fifth and 10th anniversaries respectively, which included a visit to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward last year. One young Baton Rouge man asked Obama about the biggest regret of his presidency. “It’s a great question, although, had you been watching my State of the Union on
Tuesday,” Obama joked, “he might have known that I already answered that question.” But the president repeated his answer from Tuesday’s address, saying he regrets that America has gotten more “rancorous” and “polarized” during his seven years in office. Three hours before Obama’s remarks, a line spanned multiple blocks in the neighborhood surrounding McKinley, as people talked about “camping out” earlier in the week for tickets to see the president. Hundreds lined the highway to see Obama’s motorcade pass through on the way from the hotel to the high school. McKinley students filed into the bleachers as a buzz filled the gymnasium while the high school band played music for more than two hours before the president spoke. The packed crowd included hundreds of McKinley students, as well as LSU, Tulane University and Southern University students. Obama lauded Gov. John Bel Edwards for his “bold and wise” move in expanding Medicaid. Edwards campaigned on the promise to expand Medicaid, saying former Gov. Bobby Jindal missed out on millions in federal money for Louisiana, instead
letting the money go to other states that did expand the program. “And by the way, it will actually help the state’s finances, and it shows you why elections matter,” Obama said. “Right now we’re hoping to encourage more states to do the right thing.” A White House statement released Thursday outlined a legislative proposal for the upcoming year that would allow states like Louisiana to gain back some of the federal dollars it missed out on before Medicaid expansion. As Edwards looks down the barrel of mounting budget issues this year, Obama said Edwards assumes the governorship much in the same way Obama took over the oval office, having to “clean up some stuff.” Obama also reiterated his desire for positivity from his State of the Union address Tuesday, indirectly chiding Republicans’ negative, doomsday rhetoric. His talk included encouraging everyone in the room to vote in the next elections, especially to shore up support for policies like Medicaid expansion. He added that times of “extraordinary change,” such as now, are unsettling, but that America is the strongest nation
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President Barack Obama greets audience members Thursday during his address at McKinley Senior High School in Baton Rouge. Obama spoke and answered questions. on Earth. “It can seem, sometimes, especially during political season, when everyone is running around saying everything is terrible, and let’s find somebody to blame, that our politics won’t meet the moment,” he said. Obama’s itinerary for the last year of his presidency includes many “fun trips,” and he said he
may come back to Baton Rouge for LSU football. Obama dismissed the possibility of first lady Michelle Obama running for president, after a member of the crowd posed the question. “There are three things that are certain in life: Death, taxes and Michelle is not running for president,” he said.
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Students and fans gather outside Thursday in anticipation of Obama’s speech.
Coastal environmental science sophomore Imani Maxberry asks Obama a question.
LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons attends Obama’s address.
LSU President F. King Alexander also in attendance.