Football: Tigers continue spring practice to prepare for scrimmage, p. 5
Baseball: Tigers kick off SEC play this weekend, p. 6
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GOING GREEN IN THE RED STICK BR hosts St. Patty’s Day events Saturday
ZETA TAU ALPHA PANCAKE BREAKFAST Visit the ZTA sorority house from midnight to noon for pancakes and sausage. Enjoy karaoke, a photo booth and a silent auction. $5 pre-sold tickets, $7 at the door.
KAPPA DELTA SORORITY SHAMROCK Visit the KD sorority house, the Cracker Barrels on Hollydale Avenue and Perkins Road or Billy Heroman’s from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for jambalaya plates. $5. SCHLITZAPALOOZA Go to Schlitz & Giggles on Perkins Road from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. for performances by local artists. Free until the end of the parade, $10 after parade.
Crime: Actor Russell Brand arrested in N.O., p. 4 Friday, March 16, 2012 • Volume 116, Issue 111
A BIRD’S EYE VIEW Provost search Students, Baton Rouge residents passionate about bird watching
Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer
University students leaving their nest may soon find their way back into one. Bird watching, or birding, has many devoted participants around Baton Rouge and the campus. Jane Patterson, president of the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, teaches a leisure class at the University about bird watching and said there are hundreds of birding enthusiasts around the state. Civil engineering sophomore Fabiola Campoblanco took Patterson’s class this semester and fell in love with birding. Campoblanco said birding is a good way to relieve the stress of studying and spend time outdoors. When Campoblanco enrolled in Patterson’s course, she was shocked to learn she was the youngest person in the leisure class and the only student. She said she’s surprised more young people don’t bird watch. “It’s relaxing but challenging,” Campoblanco said. She said the hobby is for anyone who likes the outdoors or who is curious and likes to pay attention to details. But she says the activity can’t be pigeonholed into merely looking at birds. “It’s not just you go outside and watch birds,”
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY BASH Happy’s Irish Pub will open at 10 a.m. with no cover charge. Drink specials include $2 green beer, $3 Jameson shots, $4 Guinness pints and $5 Irish car bombs. WALK-ON’S BISTREAUX & BAR Visit Walk-On’s from 3 to 7 p.m. for a tray of crawfish and all-you-candrink Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. $20. PHIL BRADY’S BAR & GRILL The bar will offer up Bushmills Irish Whiskey giveaways from 5 to 6 p.m.
nearing decision Brian Sibille
BIRDING, see page 11
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE Parade begins at 10 a.m. at South Acadian Thruway and will travel down Hundred Oaks Avenue, South Eugene Street, Terrace Avenue and Perkins Road.
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Fabiola Campoblanco, civil engineering sophomore, bird watches Tuesday on the LSU Lakes.
The four candidates for executive vice chancellor and provost have made their case for the job, and a decision could come by the end of March. A series of open forums, where each candidate gave his vision for the University and answered questions from the crowd, wrapped up March 9, and the search committee is taking a closer look at the candidates, said Thomas Klei, interim vice chancellor of research and economic development and head of the provost search committee. Klei said the committee is waiting for the results of online candidate surveys that were open to the University community after each forum. The results will not be available to the public, but Klei said he anticipates positive feedback. “The applicants are happy with LSU, and the community seems to be happy with them,” Klei said. “Faculty and staff have been represented well in each process so far.” Each candidate spent time on campus meeting with multiple members of the community, including the search committee, various faculty PROVOST SEARCH, see page 11
FITNESS
Spring break is coming, students are getting fit Jacy Baggett Contributing Writer
Marketing freshman Caroline Pennison and pre-nursing freshman Katelyn Sullivan have been munching on Special K products — cereal, protein bars and shakes — for several weeks. They hope their dedication will pay off when they hit the white-sand beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala., next month for spring break. Pennison said dieting before spring break has turned into the norm for college students. “It’s a trend now,” she said.
“It’s what you are expected to do.” Sullivan attributes crash diets before spring break to students’ procrastination. “It feels like spring break is so far away, but it’s really not,” she said. An influx of students has recently swarmed the UREC, according to Taara King, mass communication sophomore and UREC employee. “Spring is a time to show off and prepare for summer, when no one wears clothes,” King said. SPRING BREAK, see page 11
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Students use treadmills and ellipticals Tuesday in the UREC’s cardio room. LSU’s spring break is April 7 to 15, just three weeks away.