Film: New actor’s studio opening in Baton Rouge, p. 4
Baseball: Grounds crew keeps Alex Box in tip-top shape, p. 7
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LEGISLATURE
Students react to advancing gun bill
SB 303 to be debated in House
Student-athletes proved that from “Best Play” to “Most Swag,” their talents extend beyond the and seven student-athlete talent sports they play acts. at the first annual The show’s Emily Herrington Mikie’s Studentproceeds went Staff Writer Athlete Awards toward the Best and Talent Show on Tuesday night. Buddies program, which esThe event, held in the Cox tablishes friendships between a Communications Academic Cen- role model and a buddy with an ter for Student-Athletes, included MIKIE’S, see page 6 presentations of awards ranging
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MIKIE’S AWARD WINNERS Outstanding Student-Athlete: Madie Jones, volleyball Best Upset: Men’s basketball win against No. 10 Marquette Best Record-Breaking Performance: Kimberlyn Duncan, track and field, 200-meter dash Best Celebration: Brad Wing, football, after fake punt Best Facial Hair: Joseph Caraway, pole vaulting Best Hair, Male: Smylie Kaufman, golf Best Hair, Female: Cassie Trosclair, softball Mr. Congeniality: Brandon Gordon, track Miss Congeniality: Janelle Garcia, gymnastics
SG: President Cody Wells says his goodbyes, p. 3
Most Involved Team: gymnastics Best Student Trainer: Raymond Champagne, track and field trainer Most Likely to be a Celebrity: Sam Montgomery, football Most likely to win a gold medal: Kimberlyn Duncan, track and field Most Swag, Male: Phil LeBlanc, track and field Most Swag, Female: Natalie Ieyoub, soccer Best Play: Eric Reid vs. No. 2 Alabama Fiercest Competitor, female: Lloimincia Hall, gymnastics Fiercest Competitor, male: Tyrann Mathieu, football
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[Top] The LSU volleyball team performs a skit Tuesday evening during the Mikie’s award and talent show in Cox Auditorium. [Left] LSU senior jumper Brandon Gordon makes an acceptance speech after winning the Mr. Congeniality award. [Above] LSU junior offensive tackle Chris Davenport sings “Amazing Grace.” See a video of the show at lsureveille.com/multimedia.
While campus was empty and docile during spring break, the Louisiana Senate was in session and furthered a bill that could allow guns at the University. The bill, SB 303, makes regulation and prohibition of firearms in Louisiana more difficult in an effort to protect the Second Amendment. It was first approved by a Senate judiciary committee April 3, and after debate on the Senate floor, the bill passed with an overwhelming 31-6 vote on April 9. Gov. Bobby Jindal said he supported the bill at a National Rifle Association meeting on GUN BILL, see page 6
See student opinions on the bill on page 12.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Student-athletes read to first graders Shannon Roberts Contributing Writer
Student-athletes delved into their favorite childhood stories with more than 40 first-graders from Children’s Charter School on Tuesday. The student-athletes were picked to read to the children because they are dedicated to promoting literacy and being community role models, said instructor Gerlinde Grandstaff-Beckers. A small group of the athletes went to the library and chose their favorite picture books from childhood or ones they thought the Children’s Charter students would enjoy. “They get to show that, ‘Yes, we are big, we are athletes, but reading is very important to us,’”
Grandstaff-Beckers said. Basketball player Jalen Courtney and football players Lavar Edwards, Tahj Jones, Kenny Hilliard, Rockey Duplessis, Tharold Simon, Corey White and Craig Loston each read a story to a group of first graders. Sophomore forward Jalen Courtney read “Rumpelstiltskin” and told the first graders the moral of the story was to avoid cheating and breaking promises. He said his favorite part of reading to the students was being able to interact with the children and getting to know them. Courtney said he and his 6-year-old brother were raised in a single-parent household, and many area students face similar situations. He said reading can
change a person’s outlook on the world. “I stress to my brother that a lot of information, a lot of knowledge is in books,” Courtney said. “Over time, it’ll stick in his head that information really is in books.” Junior safety Craig Loston asked questions to students while he was reading “Ten Mice,” and he said he was surprised to hear they were paying attention and could answer correctly. “I do a lot of community service around here, and I always go to see and visit kids in the hospital, but I never got the chance to actually sit down and read with them,” Loston said. READING, see page 6
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LSU senior defensive end Lavar Edwards reads “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” to children in Peabody Hall on Tuesday. See a video of the event at lsureveille.com/multimedia.
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INTERNATIONAL
Nation & World
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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Bin Laden’s family to be deported to Saudi Arabia overnight, lawyer says
Admitted subway plotter testifies at NYC trial, claims to fight Jihad
No La. delegates assigned to Obama challenger in Democratic primary
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s three widows and their nine children were scheduled to be deported to Saudi Arabia overnight, almost a year after U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al-Qaida chief at a compound in northwest Pakistan, their lawyer said Tuesday. The family was detained by Pakistani authorities immediately after the pre-dawn raid on May 2 in Abbottabad. The American commandos left them behind but took bin Laden’s body, which they later buried at sea. Fans proclaim innocence in Egypt soccer riot trial, turn anger to police
NEW YORK (AP) — The admitted mastermind of a foiled plot to bomb New York City subways testified Tuesday that he wanted to fight jihad in Afghanistan after coming to believe that the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Najibullah Zazi told a federal jury that he and two friends made an oath about five years ago to leave their Queens neighborhood and “fight alongside the Taliban” after listening to the recorded sermons of radical Muslim clerics.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana won’t assign any delegates to a Tennessee lawyer who finished a distant second to President Barack Obama in the state’s Democratic primary because the party said he didn’t meet the qualifications required. The state Democratic Party announced Monday that John Wolfe failed to comply with the party’s delegate selection plan for the March primary election. He missed deadlines to certify an authorized representative for his campaign in the state and to provide a necessary statement of participation to the state party. Probation violation gets rapper 90 days after serving six-year sentence
CAIRO (AP) — Fans charged in Egypt’s deadliest soccer riot declared their innocence in the first trial session Tuesday, directing their anger toward police charged with collaborating in the killing of 75 supporters of a rival team. Nine senior officers, including six police generals and a colonel, are among the 73 people charged in the case. The officers were present in the courtroom, dressed in traditional white defendant uniforms, but they were not held in the courtroom cage with the rest of those on trial.
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Space shuttle Discovery makes a final pass Tuesday over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex rocket garden in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
World’s most traveled space shuttle Discovery takes final victory laps CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — The space shuttle Discovery went out in high-flying style. After three spectacular spins above the nation’s capital, the world’s most traveled spaceship completed its final flight and was ready to become a grounded museum relic. Discovery took victory laps around the White House, the Capitol and the Washington Monument that elicited cheers and awe — the same sounds and emotions that used to accompany every thunderous launch.
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(AP) — Rapper Mystikal will be going back behind bars for three months because of a probation violation. Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was released from a Louisiana prison in 2010 after serving six years for sexual battery and extortion. He’ll be returning to jail May 14. Tyler was arrested in February on a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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Wells, Bordelon complete 14 out of their 22 initiatives
Danielle Kelley Staff Writer
Student Government President Cody Wells and Vice President Kathleen Bordelon will pass the torch to President-elect Taylor Cox and Vice President-elect Carrie Hebert at the Be Heard ticket’s inauguration today at noon at Memorial Tower. Wells and Bordelon’s Together LSU ticket completed 14 of 22 initiatives, including utilizing Tiger Trails for game days, establishing additional Scantron and blue book distribution locations and instituting a campus-wide sustainability program. The duo said they also completed an initiative to distribute student parking passes earlier. Five of the pair’s initiatives are still in progress, including eliminating printed football tickets and protecting student interests from budget cuts. Wells said he expects the paperWELLS less football ticket system to be fully instituted three football seasons from now. Eventually, all students will receive Tiger Cards with a chip planted inside to be “tapped” inBORDELON stead of a magnetic strip to be swiped. The chip will hold all ticket information, including group seating. A pool of students will receive the Tiger Cards next semester to test out the system at athletic events that already do not require tickets, like basketball games and gymnastics meets. While Wells and Bordelon say they’ve fought budget cuts through building relationships with legislators and creating the Budget Crisis Taskforce, the University is still at risk.
“Do we still face a challenge? Absolutely,” Wells said. Wells said he and Bordelon took a “different approach” to fight budget cuts than former SG President J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel. Wells said he has built relationships internally with legislators, while Hudson and Borel organized what Wells deemed “extremely unsuccessful” Capitol protests. “The legislators don’t care about who’s on the steps,” he said. “There are much more effective ways than staging protests or rallies.” Hudson and Borel did, however, officially meet with Gov. Bobby Jindal about the budget crisis, which garnered media attention across the country. The Together LSU ticket did not complete three specific initiatives, including coordinating with local government to establish more campus lighting. Wells said although he has not concretely established more oncampus lighting, he has worked with local government to gain lighting around the lakes and on East Boyd Drive. Wells and Bordelon began their first weeks in office as the University attracted national attention when communication studies graduate student Benjamin Haas attempted to burn an American flag. Wells appeared on Fox News when he organized a “Patriotic Assembly,” but he received criticism from other students and SG members who claimed he abused his position and was the subject of a University Court trial. A year later, Wells doesn’t regret his decision. “LSU showed the entire nation that even though you have the right to do something doesn’t mean you should do it,” he said. Not long after the protests, the University of Alabama suffered from a violent tornado. Students organized Tigers for the Tide, a charity program that collected donations for Tuscaloosa communities. Bordelon said Tigers for the Tide was the “epitome” of the
Together LSU’s initiative check list Completed:
-Create a Four Quarters for Charity football game -Institute a pink football game for breast cancer awareness -Offer part-time student veterans tickets to athletic events -Reinstate $5 free on-campus printing -Re-establish the President’s Cabinet -Launch an organization interest survey for first-year students -Utilize Tiger Trails for game days -Extend night bus service to downtown area -Reroute Tiger Trails to decrease travel times -Host a shuttle to downtown Red Stick Farmers’ Market every Saturday -Establish additional Scantron and blue book Together LSU campaign. “The Tigers for the Tide was exactly what Cody and I ran on, bringing the student body together,” she said. Wells said the most stressful aspect of being SG president was learning how to handle criticism and “personal attacks.” “I didn’t know how to handle the degrading things and the attacks that people made on my character and me as an individual because they didn’t agree with the decisions I was making,” he said. Wells said he came back to campus for the spring semester with a “new outlook.” “You got to have a thick skin and disregard the baseless and personal attacks people make on you,” he said.
The Daily Reveille comments on Wells’ presidency, see p. 12. Contact Danielle Kelley at dkelley@lsureveille.com
distribution locations -Expand bookstore textbook rental program -Institute a campus-wide recycling program -Distribute student parking passes earlier
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-Name the football student section -Coordinate with local government to establish more campus lighting -Host a gubernatorial debate
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-Minimize broadcast e-mails -Permit wait listing for multiple sections of the same class -Allow optional test printing for computerbased testing -Eliminate printed football tickets -Protect student interests from budget cuts
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Burden Center master plan to expand facilities Actor’s Studio to open next month Lea Ciskowski
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Studio to offer audition services
Emily Herrington Staff Writer
Stephanie McCandless, a Baton Rouge resident who’s dabbled in acting, found herself in a predicament when auditioning for roles. McCandless said casting directors often request actors to submit tapes of themselves as an initial audition. But she had no means of doing so and nowhere to go. To solve the problem, she developed the Film Actor’s Studio, which will open May 1. ‘There’s a The stubooming film dio, located industry in on Jamestown Baton Rouge, Avenue, will audition and we haven’t offer services and a caught up to rehearsal stuthat yet.’ dio. The Film Actor’s Studio Stephanie allows actors McCandless to tape and edit owner, Film Actor’s their auditions Studio while employing background lighting, sounds and backdrops. McCandless said the rehearsal studio will be a space for casual practice or for acting instructors to reserve for classes. The studio includes resources like a digital camera, “optimum sound and lighting,” multiple large screen monitors and seating for 12. “There’s a need [for a service like this] in the acting community,” McCandless said. McCandless said no locations in the Baton Rouge area offer similar services. “There’s a booming film industry in Baton Rouge, and we haven’t caught up to that yet,” she said of the resources available to actors in the area. McCandless said local actors will be the studio’s main clientele, but she hopes to extend services to aspiring film stars outside the area. According to the Film Actor’s Studio website, a half-hour audition taping session ranges in price from $30 to $40, depending on the number of sessions booked. An hour-long rehearsal room taping session ranges from $30 to $45.
The LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center will begin site renovations expected to last up to 15 to 20 years after the center completes a feasibility study on long-term expansion and renewal. Jeff Kuehny, resident director of the Burden Center, said he hopes the master plan’s renovations and additions will entice more individuals without agricultural backgrounds to visit the Burden Center. The Burden Center is situated on 440 acres of rare urban forest at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Essen Lane. The Burden Center’s plentiful flower, fruit and vegetable gardens, Food and Fiber Research Facility and Ornamental and Turf Research Facility are meant to provide opportunities for AgCenter researchers and professors, among others, to conduct their research and to learn more about agronomics and horticulture. “It is my desire to get the students more involved,” Kuehny said. “They can apply for a job in gardening, volunteer or simply escape campus and enjoy the scenery that is not often found in a city.” The Trees and Trails system is 3.5 miles but will span more area in the Burden Woods upon completion. A larger boardwalk will also be built over the 200-year-old Black Swamp. “The trails provide a safe route for runners who want to experience nature while they exercise,” Kuehny said. “Students can use the trails as an alternative to running the lakes, especially when there are reports of assaults and robberies.” Other new additions to the Burden Center include a botanical
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Flowers bloom at The LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center on Monday. The center is free to the public every day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
garden and a healing garden that will showcase herbs Kuehny said are meant to improve mental, physical and spiritual health. Kuehny also said he hopes patients at Baton Rouge General and at Our Lady of the Lake hospitals will visit the healing garden once it is completed due to their close proximity. “Being surrounded by healthy herbs and beautiful flowers and their aromas can improve a patient’s health or, at the very least, their environment,” Kuehny said. BREC has partnered with the Burden Center in this initiative by proposing the creation of a “medical mile,” a walking trail that will connect the two hospitals to the Burden Center facilities. Kuehny said the construction of a trail from LSU’s campus to the Burden Center has also been
proposed by BREC, but he acknowledged this plan could take years to implement. Children are also a target audience of the new expansion plan. Children’s gardens are being built specifically for toddlers and young children, and a big tree house will also be constructed for older children. More conference centers will be built under the new plan to relieve the current Ione Burden Conference Center of its constant full capacities. Kuehny said students will be able to rent these spaces, as well as any current conference or reception rooms, for a reduced rate. Student art shows are common at the Steele Burden Memorial Orangerie, and LSU students in Terry
Patrick-Harris’ musical theater class will perform their Spring Sing event in the Windrush Gardens on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Kuehny said he hopes these future innovations at the Burden Center will encourage students to make use of its features for both their research and personal needs. “With the stress of finals approaching, I know I would have liked to have had a refuge like this when I was at school,” Kuehny said. The LSU Burden Center is free and open to the public every day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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COMMENCEMENT
Graduation speaker announced Michael Martin in a news release. “It’s always great to bring someone with such a stellar career and rĂŠsumĂŠ to speak at graduation, and with her being a fellow Tiger, it makes it all the more exciting. It’s a THOMASworld GREENFIELD global that we are living in, and with her experience in the U.S. Foreign Service, her
commencement message is one that will include many important lessons for our graduates.â€? Thomas-GreenďŹ eld has also served in government positions in several countries such as Jamaica, Nigeria, The Gambia, Kenya, Pakistan and Switzerland. Her commencement address will be on Friday, May 18, at 9 a.m. in the PMAC.
Man arrested for cyber stalking, harassment of female student
Woman arrested for remaining after being forbidden from campus
OfďŹ cers arrested Ryan Joseph Timphony of 4405 North Turnbull Drive, Metairie, on April 3 for cyber stalking, improper telephone communications and extortion. LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the 21-year-old, who is unafďŹ liated with the University, was arrested after LSUPD received a report from a female student in reference to being harassed on Facebook and by telephone. Lalonde said the victim advised ofďŹ cers that the suspect was Timphony. The victim noted the suspect coerced her into sending photos of herself to him. Lalonde said LSUPD investigators were able to locate and obtain an arrest warrant for Timphony. He was arrested in Metairie where he was transported to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and booked.
OfďŹ cers arrested 31-year-old Catherine Martin of 3924 Monticello Blvd., on April 10 for remaining after being forbidden from campus. Lalonde said ofďŹ cers responded to a complaint of a female soliciting money at Hatcher Hall at 3:53 p.m. OfďŹ cers located Martin and told her to leave campus and not return. Lalonde said Martin was later seen near Memorial Tower soliciting money. She was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Man arrested for attempted theft at museum, violating firearm laws
ďŹ rearm free zone, illegal possession of a concealed ďŹ rearm and possession of a ďŹ rearm with an obliterated serial number. Lalonde said LSUPD received a call about a man attempting to steal money at the Foster Hall Museum. When ofďŹ cers arrived, witnesses said they observed Moore attempt to take money from the museum’s cash donation box. Lalonde said ofďŹ cers arrested Moore and found a loaded .22 caliber revolver in his pants after searching him. The serial number of the weapon had been ďŹ led off the weapon. After further investigation, ofďŹ cers learned Moore had been previously banned from the University. He was booked in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
OfďŹ cers arrested 20-year-old Kywong J. Moore of 845 GarďŹ eld St., for attempted theft, remaining after being forbidden, violating a
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The University named alumna Linda Thomas-GreenďŹ eld, the director general of the Foreign Service and director of Human Resources, as this spring’s commencement speaker. Thomas-GreenďŹ eld was previously an ambassador to the Republic of Liberia. “We are pleased to welcome Linda Thomas-GreenďŹ eld back to campus to speak during commencement,â€? said Chancellor
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Student arrested for outstanding traffic warrant after routine stop University student George Callie Stickman was arrested April 3 for an outstanding trafďŹ c warrant. Lalonde said ofďŹ cers pulled over the 20-year-old from 2405 Brightside Drive, Baton Rouge, in a routine trafďŹ c stop near East Frat Circle and Dalrymple Drive. Lalonde said after identifying the driver as Stickman, ofďŹ cers learned he had an outstanding trafďŹ c warrant from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s OfďŹ ce. He was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Man arrested for remaining at CC’s in Middleton after being forbidden Joseph Boyle, a 62-year-old from 755 Napoleon Drive, was arrested April 9 for remaining after being forbidden. Lalonde said ofďŹ cers responded to Middleton Library in reference to a report of a suspicious man. Lalonde said the complainant observed Boyle attempt to open a locked refrigerator at the Community Coffee House located in the library. After ďŹ nding him, ofďŹ cers learned Boyle had been previously banned from campus after locating him. He was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
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Loston said young children need to be read to because it’s important for children to have time spent with them. He said reading to a child can change the way he or she grows up. “Reading can take you a long way,” Loston said. “No matter what you do, you’re going to have to read.” The first graders were divided into smaller groups with LSU elementary education majors and an athlete to read to them. Children’s Charter has partnered as a service-learning site focusing on reading comprehension with assistant education professor Margaret-Mary Dowell since 2009. This event is an opportunity to expose the students to secondary education and a chance to meet athletes they look up to, Dowell said. Dowell said the activity of being read to provides the students with a connection between reading and writing, along with communicating with others. “It’s probably the single most important developmental activity they can engage in,” Dowell said. “It’s a great chance to speak, read and listen to each other.” Contact Shannon Roberts at sroberts@lsureveille.com
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April 13, according to The Associated Press. The NRA is also an outspoken advocate of the bill. Though opposition in the Senate has been thin, the bill raised concern among Louisiana officials, including those close to the University. The Board of Regents testified to the Senate judiciary committee expressing its concern for college campuses. Chancellor Michael Martin has expressed similar sentiments. “We should all be seriously concerned about the prospect of having guns on campus, in classrooms, in Tiger Stadium or the Lab School,” Martin said. Student Government President Cody Wells has expressed his support for guns on campus but not in classrooms. He could not be reached for comment on the bill as of press time. Students had mixed reactions to the bill and the possibility of guns at the University. “We definitely shouldn’t have guns on campus,” said Craig May, political science senior. May said guns on campus could potentially make the University less safe because unstable people could carry guns. He said he could imagine a stressed out student during finals week having a breakdown and possibly opening fire. “It could allow crazy people to carry guns,” said Ashley Heard, criminology senior. “People would have free range on campus.” But English junior Peyton Adkins said he thinks the potential law would not change anything because the requirement of a permit to carry a weapon makes
MIKIE’S, from page 1 intellectual or developmental disability. Donned in purple T-shirts, the Best Buddies “buddies” kicked off the Mikie’s with an energetic dance to High School Musical’s “We’re All in This Together.” With smiles stretched across their faces, the Best Buddies participants showed their stuff in moves from lyrical armwaving to heavy hip-gyrating. One buddy had to remove her glasses to keep from losing them while whipping her hair back and forth. Football coach Les Miles, LSU super-fan and mathematics senior Matthew Clark and Fox 44 news anchor and former LSU softball player Emily Turner served as the campus celebrity judges. With a smile, Miles said judging the Mikie’s was “great fun” and much harder than coaching. The swimming and diving team ultimately took first place for its 18-person choreographed dance. The team performed to a mashup of songs including “My Humps,” “Single Ladies” and “Teach Me How to Dougie,” among others. The team re-enacted moves from “Bring it On” and the “Les clap” and “the Brad Wing” from LSU Championship Bounce by Lil Final Boyz. At the end of the performance, the male swimmers and divers exited the stage and returned in oversized LSU hoods held closed like him feel more secure in who is carrying guns on campus. Philosophy junior Joseph Antoon agreed, saying a trained soldier with a gun in class would make him feel safer, but he said he also sees the dangers in allowing guns on campus. “I worry about accidental discharges or an accident where someone could get shot,” Antoon said. The age of college students and the environment of a university campus has a greater possibility of the guns on campus
trench coats. The audience hollered in anticipation of what was to come when the song “Sexy and I Know It” blasted from the Cox Center’s speakers. The male swimmers and divers dropped their jackets to reveal their costumes consisting of only a small LSU Speedo swimsuit. The athletes turned their backs to the crowd, bent down and touched their toes to the lyrics of LMFAO and the hoots of the audience. Timmy Dasinger, one of the team captains, said he was proud of his team and that significant time and work went into planning the performance. Dasinger said he watched Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” music video about 20 times to learn her moves, adding that “it’s not an easy dance to learn.” The pole vaulters took second place for their video in which they imitated Ellen DeGeneres’ segment from her show “Ellen’s Dance Dares,” where they snuck up on unsuspecting people and danced behind them. The video garnered laughs from the audience and the stars danced off the stage after accepting their award. Basketball player Destini Hughes took home a third-place title for reciting her original poem “It Only Takes One.” Other acts included a dance by volleyball players wearing “Silly
being dangerous, said Amanda Marionneaux, English senior. “I’m very understanding of guns, but having no guns takes away the ‘maybes,’” Marionneaux said. The bill, authored by Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, will soon be debated in the House, and the fate of the bill will fall into the hands of Louisiana voters if it passes the Legislature. Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com
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The LSU swimming and diving team won the talent show with its 18-person choreographed dance Tuesday evening at the Mikie’s in the Cox Auditorium.
Sacks,” videos from the soccer and softball teams and a soulful rendition of “Amazing Grace” by football player Chris Davenport. Clark, wearing his signature LSU wig and purple and gold Mardi Gras beads, said he was flattered to be asked to judge the Mikie’s. “I know these guys on and off the field, and they’re all amazing people,” Clark said. “It’s good to let people see them in another light.”
Madie Jones, volleyball player and president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, estimated that about 200 people attended the show. She said the first-annual Mikie’s was a success and she hopes it will happen again in the future.
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BASEBALL
Dirty Job
Legendary coaches to face off in Alex Box
Gilligan, Mainieri boast 1,100+ wins Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
Louisiana-Lafayette by one hour, 17 minutes. “It wrecked me,” Fasbender said of the ULL game. “We had about 80 guys pulling the tarp, and we barely made it on. Before that game we were in the clear, and it just popped up on us.” Fasbender said he consults with LSU coach Paul Mainieri and event manager David Taylor before every game to determine if it must be canceled due to weather. But once the game starts, the decision to
Only 11 active NCAA Division I coaches have more than 1,100 wins. Two of them will meet tonight in Alex Box Stadium. LSU coach Paul Mainieri — 1,105 wins in 30 seasons — will face Lamar coach Jim Gilligan — 1,218 wins in 36 seasons — in a midweek contest between the No. 4 Tigers (30-7) and Cardinals (13-21) at 6:30 p.m. Mainieri said he has a great relationship with the Lamar skipper, who he faced in 1979 while playing for UNO. Gilligan even invited Mainieri’s father to come on Gilligan’s weekly radio show. “I’ve known Jim Gilligan for way too many years,” Mainieri said. “He’s a legend in college coaching. He’s had some tremendous teams, some tremendous players. Jim’s one of the good guys in college baseball.” Gilligan and his program also have the honor of touting a winning record against LSU. In six meetings between the teams, Lamar has won five times, including a victory in the 1985 NCAA Regional that eliminated the Tigers from the NCAA Tournament.
GROUNDS CREW, see page 10
LAMAR, see page 10
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Groundskeepers hustle on and off the field, tending to the infield. Along with in-game care, the field must be ready five hours before the game.
Alex Box Stadium grounds crew spends hours maintaining field
Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
A laminated piece of yellow paper hangs on the side of the LSU dugout, giving a brief sentence of encouragement to the Alex Box Stadium grounds crew. “Rake like a champion today.” Eric Fasbender hung the variation of the Notre Dame board in 2009 as a way to encourage his crew to perform better. “We had a couple guys that were less than motivated early in the season,” said Fasbender, the assistant director of
athletic facilities and grounds. “I wanted to pick something out that would get them more motivated. We had it up the whole season, and they ended up winning the national championship.” The sign stays partly because of superstition, Fasbender said, a way of bringing good fortune to the team. But that luck hasn’t carried over to the grounds crew, which has dealt with threats of rain in almost every game this season. The game against Notre Dame on March 12 was canceled because of rain, and a storm delayed the March 28 game against
SOFTBALL
No. 23 LSU tops McNeese State, 2-1 Tigers host Florida State on Wednesday Scott Branson Sports Contributor
The No. 23 LSU softball team snapped its four-game skid Tuesday night, beating McNeese State, 2-1, in the first of a five-game homestand. The victory gave the Tigers (30-13) their 30th win this season and a three-game season sweep of in-state foe McNeese State (2513). “Getting the 30th one, that’s something special,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We’re glad to make it to that mark, and hopefully
we can keep climbing from there.” LSU sophomore pitcher Meghan Patterson earned her fourth win in four starts, despite allowing one or more base runners in each inning. “She started really rough, but was able to figure some things out and finish a lot stronger than she started,” Torina said. Patterson issued two walks in the first inning to load the bases, but she got an inning-ending punch-out to keep the Cowgirls off the board. The Destrehan, La., native allowed six free passes in all, but stranded 12 base runners over seven innings. “Patty has been working really hard for us and it definitely showed tonight,” said senior second
baseman Cassie Trosclair. “She pitched her butt off tonight, and I’m proud of her.” McNeese State pitcher Bianca Lilly held the Tigers without a hit until the fourth inning, when LSU senior left fielder Ashley Langoni ripped a two-out double to rightcenter field. LSU senior shortstop Juliana Santos scorched the next offering just over the third base bag for an RBI double, scoring Langoni from second. “We were just really focusing on zoning up and hitting something square,” Santos said. “Lang and I were able to do that and get us on the board.” Trosclair tacked on another SOFTBALL, see page 10
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Sophomore pitcher Meghan Patterson winds up during the Tigers’ 2-1 win against McNeese State on Tuesday in Tiger Park.
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NFL
League releases 2012-13 schedule Staff Reports
As if the New Orleans Saints weren’t in the spotlight enough the past few weeks, the release of the 2012-13 NFL schedule Tuesday afternoon unveiled four primetime television appearances for the Saints, including two home contests in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. New Orleans faces Sunday night bouts at home against the San Diego Chargers in Week 5 and against Denver in Week 8, as well as a Monday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles Week 13 in the Dome. The Saints travel to Atlanta for a Thursday night contest against the division-rival Falcons. New Orleans’ schedule ranks as the No. 11 toughest in the NFL, according to ESPN.com. The rankings take into account combined opponents’ records from last season. Defending Super Bowl champions the New York Giants have the toughest schedule, while the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots — both playoff teams last year — hold the No. 31 and No. 32 toughest schedules, respectively.
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Removing NFL kickoffs would drain game spirit MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist It’s one of the most anticipated moments in sports. Cameras go off, towels swing around heads and teams’ chances to win are dead even. If you haven’t caught on yet, I’m describing the opening kickoff of a football game. Kickoffs, kickers and kick returners alike will always be a part of NFL football. New York Giants co-owner John Mara begs to differ. He believes in a future where kickoffs will no longer be a part of the NFL. “There’s no consensus on it right now,” Mara told Giants. com. “But I could see the day in the future where that play could be taken out of the game. You see it evolving toward that.” No, Mr. Mara, I don’t. It scares me that a member of the NFL Competition Committee has such a terrible view on one of the most exciting aspects of football. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his campaign to make the league safer at all costs is slowly turning the most physical sport into a game of two-hand touch. Last year, NFL owners voted to move kickoffs up from the 30-yard-line to the 35. Five yards has changed so much. The increase in touchbacks and decrease in concussions during the 2011 season has Goodell and his cronies smiling from ear
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New York Jets kicker Nick Folk kicks off. The NFL is considering eliminating kickoffs entirely.
to ear. But what the rule has really done is steadily take away the most exciting play in the game of football. Kickoffs are the biggest chance for a team to swing the momentum in their favor. Nothing gets fans on their feet like the sight of Chicago’s Devin Hester or Minnesota’s Percy Harvin returning a kick to the house. Onside kicks are some of the gutsiest playcalls a coach can make, and they’re big momentum changers if executed properly. Flash back a few years ago to the New Orleans Saints’ 3117 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. With the Saints trailing the Colts, 10-6,
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at halftime, New Orleans coach Sean Payton rolled out one of the biggest risks in Super Bowl history by surprising Indianapolis with an onside kick. When the Saints recovered the ball, Mr. Momentum moseyed over to the New Orleans sideline for the rest of the game. There’s just something about special teams plays that are, well, special. Not only would Mara’s idiotic vision of an NFL without kickoffs eliminate excitement and strategy from the game, it would also put a lot of current NFL players out of work. Countless numbers of NFL starters got the chance to prove to coaches they
could play because of kickoffs. If Goodell gets rid of them, he might as well cut the mandatory roster size from 55 to 50. With no kickoffs, the NFL could even cut the draft down from seven to five rounds. Former LSU kick returner extraordinaire Trindon Holliday was a sixth round draft pick of the Houston Texans in the 2010 NFL Draft. There’s no way any of the 32 NFL teams take a chance on a 5-foot-5 wide receiver like Holliday if he can’t return kickoffs. We would never have gotten the chance to watch the phenoms of the kick return such as Hester, Dante Hall or Josh Cribbs. Moving the kickoffs up five yards has done enough for me, safety-wise. Coaches are now trying to add big-leg kickers not to kick field goals, but to boom balls out of the end zone. Eliminating kickoffs would be a bonehead move. But hey, Goodell has made plenty of those before. Mara needs to be quiet, relax in his New York City penthouse and enjoy the Super Bowl his team just won. Micah Bedard is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Houma. Follow him on Twitter @DardDog.
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FEATURE
Former Advocate sports reporter recalls Louisiana memories of past Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
From NASA’s formation, to the U.S. participation in the Korean and Vietnam wars, to John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Ted Castillo worked as a sports writer. Castillo covered football fulltime for The Advocate from 1948 until 1991 and continued part-time coverage until 2002, starting and ending his career with Louisiana high school football games. He still remembers the first game he ever covered at The Advocate in September 1948, when Baker High School’s football team defeated Natchitoches. Surprisingly, he said not much has changed in covering games since then, besides one obvious shift in technology. “I wouldn’t cover it any different than I did when I first started,” Castillo said. “The only thing is [writers] have these laptops out. You no longer use a typewriter. I don’t think they go back to the office as much as we used to. They just send it in, and that’s it.” Castillo covered multiple sports, but he dedicated himself to high school football coverage. Advocate reporter Joe Macaluso was just beginning his journalism career when Castillo worked for the paper, but he said he’ll always remember Castillo as “Mr. Prep Sports in Louisiana” during a time when schools were starting to desegregate. “There was a lot in Ted’s
tenure from the period after the war until he retired in 1991 where high school athletics exploded in the Baton Rouge area,” Macaluso said. “That demanded a lot from a writer, and Ted was up to the task. He kept up with it all.” Macaluso went to LSU after attending Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He said his school was one of the first in the area to be integrated in 1961. “All that happened while Ted was writing for The Advocate,” Macaluso said. “It made a big difference in how they covered high school sports. All of a sudden, instead of covering three schools, you’re covering 12 or 13 schools.” During Castillo’s time at The Advocate, he covered three Super Bowls in New Orleans and Game Four of the 1977 World Series in Los Angeles, when the Yankees beat the Dodgers, 4-2. Former manager Lou Piniella was a Yankee player at the time and singled home Reggie Jackson for the first run of the game. “Ron Guidry pitched that day for the Yankees,” Castillo said. “He’s from Lafayette. They called him ‘Louisiana Lightning.’” Though he recalls covering the New York game well, he said it was a different sporting event involving the city of New York he remembers most. “The NIT [Tournament] up at Madison Square Garden in New York City, that was the end of Pete Maravich’s career at LSU,” Castillo
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Former University of Miami Hurricanes wide receiver Ray Bellamy speaks to students Tuesday on achieving personal success while helping others. As the first black football player at Miami and one of the first in all of the South, Bellamy talked to students on how the help of others carried him through the contentious desegregation of college football. Bellamy grew up the son of illiterate farm workers and said he became heavily involved in school as it was his only respite from work in the fields. Growing up in the racially divided south, Bellamy planned to enlist to fight in Vietnam before his athletic 6-foot-5-inch frame presented an opportunity for higher education through football. Bellamy told the students gathered they should always be keen to help others as his story is evidence of how such deeds pay off through life.
said. “That was a big deal up there. That’s one thing I remember.” Maravich wasn’t the only legendary LSU athlete Castillo remembers covering. He said of all the athletes he watched at LSU, Bob Pettit, Billy Cannon and Alvin Dark were among the best. Castillo called Dark the most versatile of the group, and he said he covered Pettit since high school and knew he’d be a superstar. Castillo earned the Louisiana Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism in 1987. Candidates must be at least 60 years old or have three decades of journalism credentials, displaying their tremendous dedication to journalism. The award didn’t mean Castillo would stop writing, ending his career at a Catholic High football game against Ruston in 2002. Castillo is done covering sports now, but can still be found in press boxes across LSU, more than 60 years after he started writing in Baton Rouge. “I go to both women’s and men’s basketball, baseball and football,” Castillo said. “I don’t go to much track, one reason being no restroom. They have no railings to get. Last two or three years, I had to have help to get to the press box and go down.”
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[Top] Anthony Davis (left) declares for the NBA draft Tuesday night along with fellow Kentucky freshmen Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marqui Teague, and sophomores Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb. [Bottom] Davis celebrates April 2 with teammates after the team’s victory in NCAA Final Four in New Olreans.
page 10 “Statistically, they don’t look strong,” Mainieri said. “But on the “I’m sure that when Lamar beat other hand, if you look at some of LSU they were very proud of those their results, they have the ability to games,” Mainieri beat you. Their overNext up for said. “You give credit all record is not great, where credit is due. so I really don’t know the Tigers: We’ll see if we can what to expect.” Who: No. 4 LSU (30-7) vs. chip away at that.” Mainieri said On paper, this Lamar (13-21) he expects Lamar to would appear to be the When: 6:30 p.m. today use several pitchers year that LSU can cut as they prepare for into that deficit. The Where: Alex Box Stadium a Southland ConferCardinals have a team Listen at home: 98.1 FM ence series against batting average of Nicholls State this .249 and have struck out 248 times weekend. Senior Andrew Beasley, this season. who has a 3.60 ERA in 10 innings But some of Lamar’s results of work this season, will start for would beg to differ. The Cardinals Lamar. have two wins against No. 6 Baylor LSU will counter with sophand a victory against No. 7 Rice. omore Joe Broussard, who has
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two-out run for the Tigers in the bottom of the fifth, a tally that proved essential. LSU sophomore third baseman Tammy Wray started the Tigers’ half of the fifth with a double off the left-field fence. Freshman Tammy Vermeulen came on to pinch-run for Wray, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Trosclair’s RBI single to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead through five innings. After battling injuries most of the season, Trosclair provided the Tigers’ game-deciding run in just her eighth start of the season. “It was nice to see her get an opportunity and get it done,”
GROUNDS CREW, from page 7 call a rain delay falls on the umpires. “The field can take a lot,” Fasbender said. “But once the game starts, it’s the umpire’s call. Thankfully a lot of our umpires look to us.” Fasbender said the field has sand-based turf, which drains quickly and allows standing puddles to disappear in seconds. But when it does rain during a game, Fasbender turns to the assistance of the “turf crew,” which is made up of student volunteers. Political communications junior Tristan Gruspier said the group started in 2009, when Fasbender called upon Air Force ROTC cadets to assist with pulling the tarp over the infield during rain delays. Gruspier, a former cadet, has served on the crew for three years and said it has drifted away from the ROTC into a group of students simply looking to help out. “It worked out to be that a bunch of my friends got together,” Gruspier said. “I asked a couple guys, and they asked a couple guys, and now we have the eight guys that we have today.” The crew typically arrives an hour and a half before game time and assists the grounds crew in moving batting cages, painting lines and raking the infield before, during and after games. The grounds crew must prep the field for afternoon practices in time for players to use the field up to five hours before games. “One thing people don’t understand about baseball field maintenance is the amount of time that gets spent to make sure the field is in really good condition,” Fasbender said. For the rest of the grounds crew, tending the field at Alex Box Stadium is a full-time job. Randy
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Torina said. Torina said. McNeese State cut the Tigers’ LSU returns to action lead to one in the top of the seventh Wednesday at 6 p.m. against No. on an RBI single from 22 Florida State (38pinch-hitter Tiffany 10) in a game reschedNext up for Denham. uled from Feb. 15 due the Tigers: Cowgirls catcher to weather. Ashley Modzelewski Who: No. 23 LSU (30-13) “They’re ranked scored on the play af- vs. No. 22 Florida State ahead of us, so taking ter LSU junior catcher a game from them will Lauren Houston made (38-10) definitely help us,” a diving catch near the When: 6 p.m. today Santos said. “Not only backstop, allowing Where: Tiger Park in the rankings and Modzelewski to adthe RPI, but just in vance to second base. Watch or listen at home: confidence.” Patterson induced 104.9 FM a pop-up on the infield to preserve LSU’s 2-1 lead and put the Tigers back in the win column. Contact Scott Branson at “We’ll take it any way we can sbranson@lsureveille.com get it, especially late in the year,” Partin, who spends more than 40 hours a week on field maintenance, said he typically arrives at the stadium at 7 a.m. every day. Some of Partin’s duties include mowing the field daily, which gives him the opportunity to create the designs mowed into the field. “It’s just the direction that we mow,” Partin said. “It lays the grass down a certain way. It’s the light reflection off that particular side of the grass that you see.” This season, the field has
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sported designs like the “vortex” and “sunburst.” For the Tigers’ next home stand, Partin said he will go with the “checkerboard.” “That’s probably my favorite design,” he said. “It’s simple, but it’s detailed and clean.”
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Opinion
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Gallery Wells’ SG presidency marked by missteps The Daily Reveille Editorial Board
How do you feel about the possibility of guns on campus?
Compiled by BRIAN SIBILLE
Peyton Adkins English junior
‘I don’t think guns should be allowed. It could cause a huge shootout.’
‘I agree if it follows the same laws held off campus, but I don’t think it will change anything.’
THE PHILIBUSTER PHIL SWEENEY Columnist Ashley Heard
criminology senior
Craig May
political science senior
Joseph Antoon philosophy junior
Amanda Marionneaux
ugly head. Wells gave another important group of students the shaft in August when he eliminated the only Tiger Trails bus stop at East Campus Apartments. He rerouted the Purple Trail to mirror the Gold Trail, which created a second route mostly serving Greek Row. He left ECA residents without a bus to transport them to class. The change was the result of a student survey, according to Wells, himself a Greek. The kicker? Only Greek students were surveyed. Student Government’s visibility also took a step back this year. LSU’s fight against budget cuts was front and center last year as former SG President J Hudson caught the elusive attention of Gov. Bobby Jindal — and the national media — by criticizing the governor for ignoring his state. Hudson eventually
secured a personal meeting with Jindal. Wells criticized Hudson’s showy approach and said he’s been more successful by developing personal relationships with legislators. But we’ve seen few signs of that success beyond Wells’ echoes of the sentiments of University administrators, and his most tangible plan to make a real difference — winning a seat on the LSU Board of Supervisors — proved futile. Following Wells’ topsy-turvy year, today’s inauguration of Taylor Cox and Carrie Hebert marks a clean slate for SG’s executive branch. We hope this time the missteps won’t outweigh the triumphs.
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Beatles’ sons should ‘Let it Be,’ leave legacy alone
‘It’d be better and safer for us not to have guns.’
‘Maybe I would feel safer with an armed Marine in my class.’
The clock has run out on Cody Wells and Kathleen Bordelon. Today the Student Government president and vice president will close the book on their tenure at the helm of SG. The signature twang in Wells’ voice has been a familiar component of countless campus events this year. Wells has certainly filled his role as SG figurehead, and it’s obvious his love for the University runs deep. Wells and Bordelon say they’re proud of their work, and on the surface it seems they have reason to be. They have completed 14 of their 22 campaign initiatives, with five still in progress and only three left incomplete. But a deeper look into the Wells administration’s accomplishments is less satisfactory.
Wells hasn’t been without his bright spots, but it’s difficult to pinpoint specific reasons to call his term a success. Instead, his transgressions dominate his legacy. Wells crossed LSU’s LGBT students in November 2011 by refusing to support a resolution recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. He didn’t veto it, but he didn’t sign it, either. It was the only time he refused to sign something the Senate passed. Wells claimed he didn’t sign it because he didn’t want to set a precedent that any group on campus could have its own history month. But it’s protocol for the president to either support or oppose legislation concretely. Wells’ excuse was spineless, and The Daily Reveille’s assessment is that his long-rumored intolerance of homosexuality was rearing its
‘I’m very understanding of guns, but I don’t really like them on campus.’
English senior
“Here comes the sun,” George Harrison warbled over arpeggiated notes of sunshine on The Beatles’s 1969 album “Abbey Road.” Well, here come the sons, as New Yorker editor Ben Greenman quipped. And I say: It’s not alright. In an interview with the BBC, James McCartney, 34, Paul’s only son, said he’s interested in forming a band with Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Zak Starkey, sons of John, George and Ringo, respectively. Get back. Somewhere, Harrison’s guitar is gently weeping. It’s preposterous — not even Lennon could have imagined such a utopic instance of wealth-sharing. In other words, James McCartney’s a dreamer. But he’s purportedly not the only one. “I don’t think it’s something that Zak wants to do,” he said. “Maybe [another of Starr’s sons] would want to do it. I’d be up for it. Sean seemed to be into it, Dhani seemed to be into it. I’d be happy to do it.” Of course he’d be happy to do it. McCartney has less talent than a Liverpool brothel, and his own music — what the Brits call “hubbub,” I believe — certainly hasn’t bought him any love. At this point,
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happiness, for McCartney, ought to be a warm gun. The apple never falls far from the tree, and in this case, the apple hasn’t fallen from it at all. It’s been nourished far beyond any semblance of ripeness. The apple’s spoiled rotten, for all intents and purposes. Exactly what is this glorified tribute band, these Drab Four, to be called? The Feebles? The Weevils? The Beatles Lite? How about this: The Roaches. Truthfully, it’s none of the above — like The Beatles’ sons, themselves. The glorified tribute band would be called “The Beatles — The Next Generation,” according to the AFP. Which, as far as day-tripping offshoots go, rates somewhere between “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Degrassi: The Next Generation.” There was a time — let’s call it “Yesterday” — when one rose to fame and fortune on the wings of his own aptitude and moxie, not his father’s. Then, tickets to ride were procured only by blood, sweat and tears — and flawlessly coiffed mop-tops. These lads — bless their hearts — haven’t ever known a hard day’s night. Granted, that’s almost exclusively the case with the pampered progeny of celebrities. Wealth, at least, if not talent, is always inherited. But the difference between
James McCartney and, for instance, Damian Marley and Jakob Dylan is that the former musicians inherited little more than his father’s name. Marley and Dylan, in turn, never shamelessly counterfeited their fathers’ legends. Of course, those apples didn’t fall far from the tree, but they fell, nevertheless. James McCartney recently performed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, the legendary venue of The Beatles’ first concert — but his audience wasn’t there for him, rest assured. And The Beatles’ sons’ coming together under, not over, their fathers’ legacy isn’t just blatant nepotism.
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It’s patricide. There ought to be a better way to celebrate the Fab Four’s 50th anniversary than to tarnish their legacy as such. Listen to The Beatles’ music, not their sons’. And The Beatles’ legacy? Let it be. Phil Sweeney is a 25-year-old English senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_PhilSweeney.
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Quote of the Day “There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.”
Paul McCartney English musician and singer-songwriter June 18, 1942 — present
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Decline in trust of science among conservatives unfortunate SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE ANDREW SHOCKEY Columnist Rick Santorum might have dropped out of the race, but anyone who watched his campaign would see some conservatives have serious issues with science. A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found conservatives’ trust in science has declined dramatically since the 1970s. A conservative flight from science is disheartening, but it’s not surprising given the shifting role of science in society and the conflict between conservative views and scientific positions. The study, published in the journal American Sociological Review, was based on results from the General Social Survey, a 40-year study of citizens’ attitudes toward political and social institutions such
as science, Congress or the media. Conservatives in the ’70s took a similar stance to liberals or moderates, with 48 percent of conservatives saying they had a “great deal of trust in science.” Today, only 35 percent of self-identified conservatives are willing to make that statement, losing nearly a third of those who trusted science 40 years earlier. In the ’70s, science was associated with matters of national security, like nuclear weapons and the space race. Since then the image of science has morphed from ICBMs and NASA to ivory towers and the EPA. Science has also moved onto religion’s turf, attempting to explain our origins and the nature of the human mind and morality. Gordon Gauchat, author of the UNC paper, thinks the decline in trust is due in large part to the conservative perception of being an embattled minority — a perception encouraged by sources like Fox News and political think tanks.
The truth is conservatives outnumber liberals in the U.S. by about two to one, with 40 percent of the population identifying as conservative, 35 percent as moderate and only 21 percent as liberal. Conservatism is actually on the rise, up from 37 percent in 2008. However, media outlets like Fox News portray themselves and other conservatives as an oppressed minority fighting against the “elite” in the media and academia. Portraying science as the opposition is unfortunately easy since the scientific consensus on issues like global warming and evolution comes into direct conflict with deeply held conservative beliefs. But that’s only because the evidence supports those scientific conclusions. The idea of scientists actively steering their research or even fabricating their results so they can oppress conservatives is completely ridiculous. Science is the best process we have yet discovered to
investigate our world and explain how and why phenomenon occur. Science doesn’t care about what conservatives think or what anyone thinks. It only cares what is supported by evidence. The growing distrust of science among conservatives compared to the stable trust level of liberals points to many conservatives rejecting results they disagree with instead of adapting their beliefs to the evidence. A 2011 Yale study testing subjects on their scientific literacy and political beliefs found conservatives grew more dismissive of science as their scientific literacy increased, supporting the idea conservatives choose to reject the scientific consensus regardless of education. Subjects were also asked for their views on nuclear power, an issue liberals are traditionally opposed to despite a large scientific consensus on its safety and merits relative to other energy sources. As expected, liberals
were inherently biased against nuclear power in much the same way conservatives opposed global warming. Interestingly, more scientifically literate liberals were much more likely to support nuclear power, suggesting liberals are more willing to reconsider their political positions in light of scientific evidence. These dramatically different responses point to a disconnect between how liberals and conservatives approach information, with liberals tending to change their views based on the evidence while many conservatives cling to their views in spite of it. Andrew Shockey is a 21-year-old biological engineering junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey.
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Nintendo to continue its domination with new Wii U PRESS X TO NOT DIE
ADAM ARINDER Columnist Nintendo has blessed the world with characters like Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and Samus. The company consistently releases games and systems which put smiles on millions of children’s faces — well, if we ignore the Virtual Boy. Last generation, Nintendo sold nearly 100 million Wiis and more than 150 million units of its DS line, completely obliterating the competition. While Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 may be the console choice for University students, casual gamers flooded the market to push Nintendo back on top. And the house that Mario built doesn’t plan on slowing down. Last year’s release of the company’s new handheld, the 3DS, is in the rear view mirror and Nintendo has its sights set forward with this holiday’s release of its new home console, the Wii U. Unveiled at its press conference during last year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Nintendo’s sixth home console is finally stepping into the HD market, and the games look gorgeous. In a pre-rendered trailer of “The Legend of Zelda,” watching protagonist Link fight monsters in high-definition was like heaven for my eyes. Seeing Mario jump around in crystal clear picture made my innerchild smile. With a rumored release date this November and appearances from a new Mario and Pikmin game at this year’s E3, the Wii U already has an impressive line of games. Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed III”
has also been confirmed for the console. The Wii U brings something unique to the table, never seen before in console gaming — a 6.2-inch touchscreen controller. While touch-controlled games are nothing new — just look at all the games for iPad — the Wii U controller also has two joysticks, an array of buttons, camera, accelerometer and gyroscope. Imagine playing a “Zelda” game with no more pausing to pull up your inventory. It’s all right there on your touchscreen. That would have made that pesky Water Temple in “Ocarina of Time” so much easier. The console can also stream its content to the 6.2-inch screen, meaning players could change the channel on the TV — or turn the TV completely off — and continue gaming. After getting my hands on the console at last year’s E3 conference, I was fully impressed with the size and feel of the controller, as well as the graphics of the system. The controller didn’t seem too big or heavy, and it fit great in my hands. The Wii U will also support all of your old Wii games and accessories. Overall, I was highly impressed with my brief time with the console. But, there is one glaring flaw which could lead to the success or untimely demise of the console — its name. I know it seems trivial, but the name of this console could easily dictate the perception of it to the public. Development started for the Wii U after Nintendo realized people were associating the Wii for casual players, keeping the PS3 and Xbox 360 for more hardcore players. Keeping the new console named
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The Wii U is demonstrated at Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas, utilizing two screens in gameplay.
the Wii U associates it with its predecessor. While that may be good when it comes to brand recognition and sales — 100 million units worldwide is nothing to scoff at — it will hurt in the eyes of these “core” gamers who left Nintendo for other systems. I predict the Wii U will launch for around $300 to 400. That price range is much higher than the Wii’s initial launch of $250, most likely turning away many of the casual gaming, soccer-mom crowd who scooped up the Wii. However, like I said, keeping
the Wii name — even with its improved graphics and unique controller — will keep hardcore players away since they will most likely associate it with its casual predecessor. The Wii U has an insane amount of potential. Nintendo has basically remade the same games for more than 25 years, and they somehow keep getting better. If the system can garner enough third-party support, and developers do some innovative things with the second touch screen, Nintendo will easily continue to dominate the next generation of video game platforms.
Yet, it only takes another Virtual Boy for the company to fall flat on its face leaving a new system to take over as king. Adam Arinder is a 22-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.
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