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Students pitch ideas to develop Nicholson
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SG inducts Cox, Hebert into office
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Student Government President Taylor Cox and Vice President Carrie Hebert are sworn in to their new administrative positions Wednesday outside Memorial Tower.
“Leadership is action. It is not The Alma Mater rang out across the Parade Ground at noon disposition,” Cox said. “You will on Wednesday as about 100 stu- be heard.” The pair will hit the ground dents and community members running, as Cox watched Taylor Danielle Kelley said they plan to Cox and Carrie Hebert’s inauguraise more money Staff Writer than past presiration as Student Government president and vice dents for different SG accounts this summer. The duo said they president. Cox and Hebert invoked their will also begin a community spirit campaign name as they took office, program over the summer to help thanking families, friends and staff raise the money, though they did members for their support along INAUGURATION, see page 9 the way.
Horse-drawn carriage transportation. Living spaces atop retail stores. Mixing graduate student and retirement living spaces. All of the above were ideas pitched for the LSU Nicholson Development Project at a town hall meeting Wednesday evening in the Student Union. The development would span from the North Gate area near West Chimes Street to Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar on Burbank Drive. “At this point, no idea is a bad idea,” said Steve Waller, executive director of the project and Residential Life director. Waller said the main goal of the development project is to replace the family and graduate housing on Nicholson Drive. He said there is no predetermined location for the replacement housing — it could remain in its current location or be built somewhere else. NICHOLSON, see page 9
POLITICS
Students discuss Jindal as possible VP Kate Mabry Staff Writer
While the Mitt Romney presidential campaign recently announced that Romney’s longtime adviser, Beth Myers, will lead the way in his vice presidential search, many in the political arena have begun to speculate whether Gov. Bobby Jindal will throw his hat into the ring. Romney said he and Myers began discussing potential running mates last weekend, according to The Huffington Post. Former presidential candidate John McCain said Jindal would be
a “qualified candidate” in an April 4 interview with “CBS This Morning.” In September, Jindal endorsed former presidential candidate Rick Perry, who dropped out of the race in January. Following Rick Santorum’s campaign suspension, Jindal endorsed Romney. “Congratulations to Gov. Romney on winning a hard-fought race,” Jindal said on April 10, according to The Huffington Post. “I look forward to supporting him retiring President Obama. It’s time for all Republicans to focus their energies on the fall campaign, which will give Americans
a fundamental choice between Obama’s lurch toward Europeanstyle big government and the Republican alternative of a thriving private sector with a smaller government.” But James Garand, political science professor, said it would be unlikely for Romney to select Jindal as his running mate. “First, Jindal supported Perry, then he supported Santorum, and finally Romney after both candidates dropped from the race,” Garand said. “It would be unlikely that [Romney] JINDAL, see page 9
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Gov. Bobby Jindal laughs on Wednesday at Redemptorist Elementary School as he signed three of his newly passed bills to overhaul public schools.
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INTERNATIONAL
Nation & World
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Spanish king apologizes for elephant hunting trip in Africa, calls it mistake
Judge quits Trayvon Martin case, cites spouse conflict of interest
Gov. Jindal signs legislation to allow private schooling funded by public
MADRID (AP) — In an unprecedented act of royal contrition, Spain’s king apologized Wednesday for having gone elephant hunting in Africa while everyday people endure a severe economic crisis. “I am very sorry. I made a mistake. It won’t happen again,” King Juan Carlos said, trying to placate a rare wave of outrage against him. Looking sheepish and using crutches to walk, he spoke as he left a Madrid hospital where he had undergone surgery after breaking his hip in a fall during the hunting trip to Botswana.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The judge presiding over the Trayvon Martin shooting case on removed herself Wednesday after the attorney for defendant George Zimmerman argued she had a possible conflict of interest that related to her husband. Judge Kenneth M. Lester Jr. will preside over the case. The next judge who would be in the court rotation, John D. Galluzzo, also cited a conflict, so Lester was selected, according to a news release from the court.
(AP) — At a Baton Rouge Catholic school with New Orleans’ archbishop looking on, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday signed sweeping legislation overhauling public education in the state while allowing many parents to send their children to private schools at public expense. The bills marked what may be the signature achievement of his young second term. Jindal said this may be the most important bill he has signed since becoming governor in 2008.
Author faces civil suit over alleged fabrications in ‘Three Cups of Tea’
Chief justice of Louisiana Supreme Court retiring after 20-year career
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — After making a $1 million deal to settle allegations that he misused his charity’s money and resources, author Greg Mortenson must now face accusations that he fabricated parts of his best-selling books “Three Cups of Tea” and “Stones Into Schools.” A hearing is set for Wednesday in federal court in Great Falls on claims that Mortenson lied about how he came to build schools in Central Asia after losing his way in a failed mountaineering expedition and being nursed back to health in a Pakistani village.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is retiring. Catherine “Kitty” Kimball said Wednesday that she will leave the court in January after serving for 20 years. In a statement issued by the high court, Kimball said “it is time for me to spend some quality time with my family.” Kimball became the first woman on the Supreme Court when she was elected from the court’s Fifth District in November 1992. In January 2009, she became the court’s first female chief justice.
Video circulates of girl being raped in S. Africa, eight arrested in case JOHANNESBURG (AP) — When a 17-year-old girl said to have the mental capacity of a 5-year-old was reported missing four weeks ago in the sprawling South African township of Soweto, police distributed her photo and asked neighborhood residents for help. Then a video emerged of seven men and boys raping the girl. Within a day of media alerting them to the video, police said they found the girl on Wednesday. Eight men and boys were arrested on charges of kidnapping and rape.
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Followers of Egyptian Muslim cleric and a former candidate for the Egyptian presidency Hazem Abu Ismail pray Wednesday in Cairo before continuing to protest.
Vatican, breakaway traditionalists near agreement to end schism VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics appear to be nearing an agreement that could bring the group back into Rome’s fold and end a quarter-century of schism. The Vatican spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Wednesday the Society of St. Pius X had delivered an “encouraging” response to the Vatican’s demands that it accept some core church teachings.
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A cluster of similar retail stores on Highland Road and Lee Drive is getting a little more competition, but the new addition is slated to arrive several months later than anticipated. A new Walgreens location, originally slated to be completed by May at the latest, will open in about four months because work is behind schedule, according to Lanco Construction Vice-President Jonathan Lanza. The store will be located across the street from a CVS Pharmacy and near a Walmart Neighborhood Market. Lanza said it will take about four months to complete construction. He didn’t have an anticipated opening date, but he said it usually takes about a week after construction is completed for a store to open. The construction completion is taking more time because “getting the building permit took longer than expected,” Lanza said. Lanza said he expects Walgreens to be a competitor to the other pharmacies because of its long-time Southern roots. Clay Lovelace, natural resource ecology and management junior, said Walgreens is convenient, but he doesn’t have a preference when it comes to drug stores. “They’re all the same to me,” Lovelace said. “They all sell the same items.”
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State Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, pulled the 2012 Louisiana School Bullying Prevention Act from consideration during Wednesday’s meeting of House Committee on Education after the committee voted, 10-5, to amend the legislation. Members of campus LGBT organization Spectrum attended the hearing wearing purple ribbons to support the legislation. The legislation articulates a definition of bullying and presents a list of specific characteristics that can motivate bullying, including developmental disabilities, gender identity and national origin. Smith and Jennifer Curry, who represented the Louisiana School Counselor Association, presented the legislation to the House Committee on Education. Rep. Christopher Broadwater, R-Hammond, who sits on the committee, said he didn’t want to pass the legislation just to pass legislation. He said he wanted to work with Smith and Curry to create an incentive for local districts to take the 2012 Louisiana School Bullying Prevention Act seriously. A similar bill passed through the committee last year but was unsuccessful on the House floor. Rep. John Edwards, D-Amite, who also sits on the committee, said he didn’t support the similar legislation last year but changed his position after seeing the new enumerated list because he has a disabled child. Edwards praised the list because he said it was non-exclusive and gave teachers better guidelines to distinguish bullying from teasing. A number of people spoke on behalf of the legislation. Joyce Haynes, Louisiana Association of Educators president, referenced her former student, 17-year-old Tesa Middlebrook, who committed suicide in March after being bullied.
Haynes said the 2012 Louisiana School Bullying Prevention Act could prevent tragedies like Middlebrook’s death from happening again. Religious leaders, including pastors and priests, also spoke on behalf of the legislation. Russell Armstrong, policy adviser in the Governor’s Office, told the committee that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration doesn’t support the 2012 Louisiana School Bullying Prevention Act because they believe Louisiana’s current measures to stop bullying were adequate. Armstrong said the administration is willing to identify and reform problems with current laws. Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, proposed amendments to the legislation that included removing the list. Thompson said the enumerated list should be removed because it detailed motives, not actions. Smith said she decided to pull the legislation because the amendments “gutted” it. She said it was frustrating because committee members who originally supported the legislation shouldn’t have supported the amendments. “[I] saw the amendments coming when all the Republicans were leaving the hearing,” Smith said.
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Students passing through Free Speech Plaza on Wednesday participated in Alcohol Awareness Month by diving through rolling hula hoops while wearing drunk goggles to see what it’s like to walk along a line while intoxicated.
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‘Pleasant atmosphere’ gives way to outdoor Zumba, yoga classes Rachel Warren Staff Writer
Students and residents looking to get in shape for summer now have one more tool to tone their beach bodies — the newly completed Town Square downtown. The Downtown Development District is offering free Zumba classes every Monday and Wednesday through the Charles W. Lamar Jr. branch of the YMCA on Third Street and yoga classes every Tuesday through Karmady Yoga, a yoga studio that will open soon on Spain Street, as part of its new Get Fit Downtown program. Caleb Heine, DDD special events and marketing coordinator, said when Town Square was completed, he and the other employees wanted to offer residents different activities to do in the space. “We were interested in providing free classes as a series to go along with Live After Five,” Heine said. Heine said the community’s response to the program has been positive, and the DDD hopes to continue similar series in the future. “It’s definitely something we’ve always thought about,” he said. “It’s really a way to bring the community together.” Jordan Watts, YMCA wellness director, said the center surveyed its members to find out what they’d like to participate in, and Zumba was the most popular program on the list. Watts said the YMCA has been working with the city to bring exercise to the forefront of residents’ minds, and the DDD’s program has made it easier. “It’s a great way to utilize different parts of downtown and provide a different venue for people to exercise,” Watts said. Amanda Wicks, Zumba instructor at the YMCA, began
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teaching the classes outside last week. “It’s just a pleasant atmosphere,” she said. “So far, it’s been great.” Wicks said her students have to get used to dancing in public, but once they do, they have a blast in the class. “You just have to let go of all your inhibitions,” she said. “We’ve even had people walking by just come in and join us. They just let the music take over and have a lot of fun with it.” Brooke Riglin, owner of Karmady Yoga, moved to Baton Rouge in August and plans to open her studio downtown soon. She first began teaching yoga in Town Square about two months ago. Riglin said she’s enjoyed teaching because it has given her a chance to get to know the community and appreciate Louisiana weather. “I moved here from Pennsylvania,” she said. “I love the weather here, and I love being
able to just go outside to do this.” But being outside isn’t always conducive to finding one’s center. “It’s a lot different outside,” she said. “Not having the stability of a perfect wood floor is a little more challenging, but it’s mainly the traffic that can cause problems.” Riglin said she encourages her students to focus on themselves and forget about the outside world. “This kind of forces them to do that,” she said. “After a couple sessions, they’re really just able to let go.” The classes will run until the Live After Five season ends June 1. Heine said the DDD plans to offer the exercises when the concert series begins again in the fall.
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HEALTH
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Students stay tan despite dangers Schroeder reinstated California bans after UCourt hearing minors from beds Jacy Baggett Contributing Writer
The well-known side effects of tanning salons haven’t stopped Katelyn Gross from visiting them to darken her skin. “I feel better when I have color,” she said. Health professionals consistently remind tanning salon customers of the risks they’re running. Kathy Saichuk, University health promotion coordinator, is among them. She said frequent exposure to UV rays increases the risk of developing melanoma, the most common cancer among women ages 25-32. Tanning beds will soon be a little less busy in California, where the state legislature banned the use of UV indoor tanning beds for all minors under 18 years old as of January. That’s currently the strictest teen tanning law in the nation, and Saichuk said this could be done in Louisiana if the right politician was involved and support was strong. But Gross, a mass communication freshman and employee at tanning salon Planet Beach on Highland Road, doesn’t think people would take such a law seriously. Gross said she has always wondered why tan skin is considered more attractive than pale skin, and she subscribes to the
theory of another tanning salon’s destroyed, it lets through more advertisement: “tan flab is sexier UV rays and can potentially than white flab.” cause more harm to humans. Gross acknowledged that the Clayton said people can destatement was harsh but accepted termine the potential harm by that it is true in today’s culture. comparing the amount of UV Saichuk said that many years radiation coming from the sun ago, being tan signified being a versus the amount produced from poor laborer, and it was not until tanning beds. after World War II that “If there is more UV darker skin showed a ‘Whatever radiation coming from sign of wealth. you do when the tanning beds lights, Although melanoma then yeah, that could be is the most aggressive you are young, more damaging,” Clayform of skin cancer, it is your body will ton said not the only form of skin let you know Clayton said getting cancer, Saichuk said as some sun is healthy beyou did it she pointed to a scar on cause it produces vitaher forehead where a when you get a min D in the body, but little order.’ Saichuk warned that cancerous squamous cell people only need about was removed. Kathy Saichuk 15 minutes of sun twice “Whatever you do University health when you are young, promotion coordinator a week. Saichuk said tanning your body will let you know you did it when you get a beds should one day be outlawed, adding that they emit more inlittle older,” she said Saichuk said when she was tense UV light than the sun does. “They are in the same catyounger, she coached outdoors and rarely took precautions to egory of some of the other things protect her skin. Now she visits we know are high risk for cancer, the dermatologist twice a year to like tobacco,” Saichuk said. Gross suggested that skin make sure she hasn’t developed cancer awareness month should any forms of cancer. Saichuck said people are be- be promoted similarly to breast ginning to understand that sun cancer awareness month to damage is harmful in the short- bring more attention to the term and long-term. Sunburns harmful effects. cause premature aging and wrinkling, which can’t be corrected, she said. The ozone layer protects the earth from harmful UVA and UVB rays, according to Geoff Contact Jacy Baggett at Clayton, physics and astronomy professor. If the ozone layer is jbaggett@lsureveille.com
Danielle Kelley Staff Writer
The Student Government University Court overruled an election board disqualification decision Wednesday. Mass Communication Senator-Elect Allie Schroeder was originally disqualified Tuesday for not signing a financial document. Schroeder appealed her case to the University Court. Schroeder, who was part of the Renew LSU ticket, won the senate seat with 54.27 percent of the vote in the runoff election. Her opponent, former University Center for Freshman Year Senator Tyler Loga, filed the initial complaint to the election board, which led to her disqualification. Schroeder did not sign a financial document that is necessary to run for office. Her ticket’s presidential candidate, Bat Brunner, forged her signature the night before the document was due. Schroeder said she was unaware the document was turned in and did not give Brunner her permission to sign her name. SG Commissioner of Elections Amelia Burns said the technical mistake was worth
the disqualification. “[Schroeder] did win outright,” Burns said. “But if you’re not going to follow the rules … you’re going to get disqualified.” Former SG Speaker Aaron Caffarel, who represented Schroeder, said the punishment was too severe because the forged signature had no impact on the outcome of the race. “Allie didn’t sign the form. Did that have any impact on the race?” he said. “It had no bearing on the way people voted.” Lindsay Hardiman, who also represented Schroeder, compared Schroeder’s punishment to the Your LSU ticket’s punishment. Your LSU violated three rules and received a private warning, a public censure and limit on where members could campaign. The last punishment was then appealed and lifted. “Three violations and that’s all they got: a public censure. She didn’t sign a form and she’s [disqualified],” Hardiman said. This was Schroeder’s first offense. Contact Danielle Kelley at dkelley@lsureveille.com
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ACADEMICS
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Students prep for national steel bridge competition Brian Sibille Staff Writer
A group of civil engineering students won a steel bridge construction competition earlier this month and are hoping to continue their success when they head to nationals in May. The team, composed of five seniors, made its way to Tennessee for the regional ASCE-AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition on April 5 and 6. They competed against civil engineering undergraduates from nine different universities in the South, including the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Louisiana Tech University. The competition involved designing and constructing a model of a steel bridge one-tenth the normal size, said David Ziegler, team captain. Ziegler said each team member put in more than 100 hours of work preparing. The competition required that the bridge be built under a time constraint, which made practicing important, he said. Participating in the competition cost about $3,000 total, and equipment cost more than $15,000, said
Mark Genre, a team member. Genre said the University’s civil engineering department gave the team $1,500 for each competition, but the rest of the money was left up to team fundraising. Ziegler said travel expenses alone cost around $8,000 for the national competition at Clemson University. “If anybody wants to give us money, we’ll take it,” Genre said. The team agreed the competition provided a glimpse into the career of a civil engineer. The competition and preparation involved troubleshooting and trial and error, and tweaks to the bridge were made up until the last minute. Ziegler said the team has also become a close-knit group because of the many hours they spent working on the bridge together. Other members include civil engineering seniors Kenneth Lirette, Adam Milling, Chris Sciortino and Jacob Trowbridge. The team will look at feedback from the regional competition in preparation for nationals, he said. One of the biggest challenges the team has faced is balancing
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Judges assess the student-built bridges during the regional ASCE-AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition in Tennessee.
school and the competition. Ziegler said professors have been understanding about how much time the project requires. Despite the challenges of participating in the project, the team agreed it was worth the effort. “It helps you learn how to work with others and understand design
and finding weaknesses in what you build,” Genre said. The team will test their skills at the national competition on May 25 and 26. Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate passes 12 resolutions in last meeting Danielle Kelley Staff Writer
The final Student Government Senate meeting of the semester before the change of administration was filled with goodbyes, jokes, standing ovations and tears. In terms of legislation, the Senate had its most productive meeting of the semester, passing 12 resolutions, bills and finance bills. SG passed a finance bill to allocate a maximum of $5,000 from the surplus account to Facility Services to purchase and install four emergency call towers. The executive branch will also allocate $20,000 for the towers, newly-instated SG President Taylor Cox and former President Cody Wells said. Call towers, different from call boxes, can be custom made for the University. The University call towers will include “sirens, speakers, location tracking, mass communication assistance, flashing lights and cameras.” Mass communication assistance will serve as an emergency notification system, much like the emergency text message system the University currently uses. The speakers in the towers can announce emergency messages quicker and more efficiently than text messages, said co-author and Graduate School Senator Rachel O’Pry. “I don’t think you should wait until something [violent] happens,” she said. “There is an overestimation of how safe we are.” The Senate also passed a finance bill unanimously to allocate $4,000 “to fund a reference center in the Business Education Complex.” The money will go to purchase textbooks, magazines and newspaper
subscriptions to be placed in a room in the complex for student use. Graduating seniors, senators who lost their seat in the election and Wells gave farewell speeches during the meeting. The students thanked one other
for their dedication to the organization and passion for the University. Newly elected senators were sworn in, along with Cox and new SG Vice President Carrie Hebert. After hours of business, the meeting was sent into recess
before electing a new Senate speaker. The Senate will reconvene today at 5 p.m. Contact Danielle Kelley at dkelley@lsureveille.com
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BOARD OF REGENTS
Thursday, April 19, 2012
LONI, LSU partnership lands top-tier research status Joshua Bergeron Contributing Writer
The University’s partnership with the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative is quickly putting LSU at the forefront of scientific research, according to chemistry professor Randall Hall. LONI, a Louisiana Board of Regents program, began in 2004 and currently provides Internet to all research institutions in Louisiana and Mississippi. LONI gives Web access to a total of 79 institutions, including multiple campuses of the Louisiana Technical Community College. Those institutions share more than 85 teraflops of data for research. A teraflop refers to one trillion floating calculations per second. A computer processing at
data speeds measured in teraflops can solve complicated math problems found in 4000-level classes in a nanosecond. LONI Executive Director Donald Vandal said the University has “established itself as a nationally recognized research institution with strong credentials in cyber infrastructure and computational research expertise, particularly due to its relationship with LONI.” Vandal said the partnership has been productive and has resulted in a $20 million LA-SiGMA grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant puts LSU as the lead institution among several other schools including Tulane, Louisiana Tech University, the University of New Orleans and Southern University. The
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Business college picks keynote grad speaker Rachel Warren Staff Writer
The E.J. Ourso College of Business will host Russel Honoré as the keynote speaker May 18 at its diploma ceremony. Honoré is a retired lieutenant general and the 33rd HONORÉ commanding general of the U.S. Army at Fort Gillem, Ga. According to a College of Business news release, the Lakeland native graduated from Southern University in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in vocational agriculture. He also holds a master’s degree in human resources from Troy State University and several honorary doctorate degrees in public administration, law and
humane letters. In 2005, Honoré led the Department of Defense during hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He also led the Joint Task Force Katrina, where he commanded active-duty troops for recovery operations. He has since supported the Department of Defense for four of the past six hurricane seasons. Honoré retired in 2008 after 37 years in the Army. He still speaks nationally about preparedness, most notably at the National Evacuation Conference in 2010. “We’re very excited to have him come speak,” said Wendy Luedtke, director of alumni and external relations for the College of Business. The diploma ceremony will be held at the PMAC. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
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project is cross-disciplinary and places a heavy focus on material and computational science, Hall said. “The LA-SiGMA grant is a way for all of these institutions to collaborate in ways not previously possible,” Hall said. “One of those is a project I am working on that will enable the University to transmit courses, primarily on the graduate level, to other institutions.” LONI strives to provide research to major institutions through supercomputers. LONI also provides commodity Internet access for the University. The Daily Reveille reported in
February that University Internet usage spiked to 17,000 devices on the lsusecure network at once — approximately 62 percent of the student population. IT Communication and Planning officer Sheri Thompson said the increase in usage can be tied to an increased reliance on smartphones. “Our firewall couldn’t handle all the traffic we were receiving, and it crashed,” Thompson said. “But we haven’t had any problems with our current one up to this point.” Although not directly monitored by the University, LONI
is housed in Frey Computing Center, where a recent renovation improved cooling and power capacity. Vandal said LONI plans to take advantage of the improvements indirectly through attachments to the network. “Because of the enhanced capacity in Frey, we won’t run into bottlenecks that slow things down,” Vandal said. “It will certainly help as we make attachments to the network with projects like LA-SiGMA.” Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com
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not elaborate on the details. “We believe we should be a prideful campus 365 days a year, not just during football season,” Cox said. Cox and Hebert said one of their main goals is to make SG more transparent by using a communications director to let the student body know about meetings and events via press releases and social media. “We want the [SG] office to be the campus living room,” Cox said. “We want to put you in the know at all times.” Be Heard campaign manager Thomas Rodgers said he thinks the students will trust the new leaders.
NICHOLSON, from page 1 One of the driving forces behind the development project is the desire to connect the northern campus entrance to the campus community. “We want this area to be active beyond 4:30 p.m. and beyond game days,” said Steve Wilson, project manager for AECOM, the planning firm contracted to work on the Nicholson development. Wednesday’s meeting served as part of the project’s discovery phase. While there is no determined timeline for the project, Waller said he hopes it’s completed within the next few years.
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would pick someone who was against him. Jindal picked all of Romney’s competitors, and it was like Jindal’s idea was ‘anyone but Romney.’” In addition to naming Jindal, McCain pinpointed Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as other potential running mates. Garand said Rubio, a CubanAmerican, may be a good choice in order to appeal to Hispanic voters. “Cubans tend to be more conservative though, so I don’t know how much that would help,” Garand said about a potential Romney/Rubio ticket. Garand also said many voters like Christie for his “straightshooter” personality. “That could be risky though because he’s so outrageous in the things he says,” Garand said about Christie. But many Louisiana students say Jindal would be the best match for Romney’s campaign. Jordan Haney, sociology senior, said he would be more likely to vote for the Republican ticket this fall if Jindal were Romney’s running mate. “I like that he’s from Louisiana and think it would be a good thing for the state,” he said. “If he were vice president, he might address more Louisiana issues.” Molly Boesch, business sophomore, said she would also support a Romney/Jindal Republican ticket. As a registered Republican, Boesch said she favors Jindal’s conservative stance on many issues. But students aren’t the only ones hoping Jindal will take on the
He said the fact that 73 percent of the ticket’s candidates won their seats in the spring election is proof. “Students will have a restored faith in SG with Taylor and Carrie,” he said. Another Be Heard campaign manager, Khristen Jones, said she looks forward to what SG will accomplish under Cox and Hebert. “I know I’m leaving SG in a better place than when I found it,” she said. Now that Cox and Hebert have officially taken office, they’ll get started filling out their support staff this week. Students can apply until Friday for interviews that Cox and Hebert will conduct Saturday and Sunday for executive branch positions.
The Daily Reveille Cox said he expects the staff to have about 15 students fewer than outgoing SG president Cody Wells’ executive branch. Wells was on hand to address the student body for the last time as president. He reflected on the past year, including some of what he considered to be pivotal moments of his time in office. Kurt Keppler, vice chancellor for student life and enrollment services, told the crowd it had been a “joy” working with Wells and former SG Vice President Kathleen Bordelon, and Keppler gave advice to the newly inducted president and vice president.
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Students and community members in attendance were eager to give input about the development, but several voiced concerns about the implications of it. Sharon Terrance, a long-time Baton Rouge resident who said she wants to live in the area forever, said project developers need to keep local residents in mind when planning for Nicholson. Terrance lives just past the North Gate area and said when the beams for the student apartment complexes on Highland Road were erected, the foundations of houses a few streets away from her home began to sink. Terrance also suggested
adding a retired-living site to the family and graduate student housing because interacting with children would be beneficial to retired people. She said it “helps keep them alive.” Other suggestions for the area development included nighttime eateries, improved public transportation and the creation of neighborhood and local businesses. “There needs to be that local flavor you won’t get with McDonald’s or Walmart,” said Gary Byerly, LSU’s graduate school dean.
vice presidential position. On April 11, the Louisiana Democratic Party announced it would support Jindal for vice president. Nevertheless, Jindal claims he currently isn’t pursuing any position in the White House. “I’ve got the job I want,” Jindal said to Politico. “Our next
challenge is pension reform.” Despite Jindal’s statements, Garand said it’s likely Jindal would accept the vice presidential position if Romney offered it to him.
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[Left, bottom right] CATHERINE THRELKELD; [Top right] File photo / The Daily Reveille
[Left] The Tigers celebrate March 17 after their 4-3 victory against the Mississippi State at Alex Box Stadium. [Top right] LSU players gather on April 18, 2010, during the Tigers’ matchup against the Crimson Tide. [Bottom right] LSU junior infielder Raph Rhymes grins during a March 30 interview after the Tigers’ win against the University of Arkansas, moments before getting hit in the face with a shaving cream pie.
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Pranks keep players on their toes, bond teammates
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On the heels of an impressive performance in LSU’s 7-1 win against Alabama on Saturday, LSU junior outfielder Raph Rhymes conducted a postgame interview with the Cox Sports Television crew airing the game. It might have been the headset he was wearing, it might have been senior third baseman Tyler Hanover’s impish size, but Rhymes didn’t see it coming. With a devilish grin, Hanover swiftly crept
up behind Rhymes and smeared his face with a shaving-cream pie, prompting senior first baseman Grant Dozar to say in his best broadcaster’s voice, “And LSU’s leading hitter is missing the final game of the series with an eye infection.” It’s all just another day at the ballpark and another example of a long line of mischievous stories involving these members of the LSU baseball team. Sometimes lost in the box score, buried beneath the team ERAs and batting averages lies one of the most important aspects of a team’s success — the clubhouse dynamic.
“With football, you have a bunch of guys, probably 100 guys in the locker room,” Rhymes said. “In baseball, there’s one locker room, probably about 30 guys. You’re right next to each other. You’re in the clubhouse most of your time. We go to class and then we come to the clubhouse. We’re together pretty much 24/7.” Fellow junior outfielder Arby Fields knows the difference between the two — he spent his freshman season on the Northwestern (Ill.) football team. CLUBHOUSE, see page 16
Legendary Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt is stepping down after 38 years, the university announced Wednesday. The 59-year-old Summitt, who was diagnosed with earlyonset dementia less than a year ago, has been named “head coach emeritus” and will continue to assist the team. Summitt’s longtime assistant Holly Warlick will SUMMIT take the head coaching role. LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell played and coached under Summitt at Tennessee. Caldwell lent her support to Summitt and Warlick on Wednesday in an LSU news release. “Coach Summitt is the reason I am a coach and why I am here [at LSU] today,” Caldwell said in the release. “She gave me an opportunity to go into coaching as a graduate assistant in 1998. More importantly, she has always been there for me since I was 18 years old. She’s my mentor, my friend and a part of my Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
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Rhymes’ three RBIs lift No. 4 LSU past Lamar in 5-4 midweek victory Leads nation with .484 batting avg. Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
When junior left fielder Raph Rhymes comes to bat with runners in scoring position, there’s almost a 50/50 chance he will drive home a run. No. 4 LSU (31-7) saw the good side of that coin flip Wednesday as Rhymes drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Tigers a 5-4 victory against Lamar (13-22) at Alex Box Stadium. Rhymes, who leads the nation with
a .484 batting average, drove in three of LSU’s five runs Wednesday after playing in the field for the first time since sustaining a concussion April 7 against Florida. “It was weird at first,” Rhymes said. “But I’ve been taking fly balls for a couple days, so I felt pretty good.” Senior designated hitter Grant Dozar and sophomore second baseman JaCoby Jones opened the seventh inning with walks. Junior outfielders Arby Fields and Mason Katz followed with pop outs to set up the game-winning opportunity for Rhymes. “I knew we needed to scratch a run somehow,” Rhymes said. “Anytime I get up there with runners in scoring position, I just
try to put a good swing on the ball. Luckily, I found some holes.” A rough night on the mound for the LSU pitching staff allowed Lamar, who has three wins this season against teams currently ranked in the top 10, to linger around longer than most expected. Lamar third baseman Darian Johnson opened the scoring in the first inning with a two-run homer to right field. The Cardinals added runs in the third and fifth innings, both on infield ground outs. “Pitching in the early part of the game was not so sharp,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “Even toward the end of the game it was not as sharp as you’d like it to be, LAMAR, see page 16
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LSU junior left fielder Raph Rhymes prepares to swing at a pitch Wednesday during the Tigers’ 5-4 victory against Lamar University at Alex Box Stadium.
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Tigers drop five of six games, lose 8-1 to Florida State Albert Burford Sports Contributor
For the fifth time in its last six games, the LSU softball team has fallen to a ranked opponent. The No. 23 Tigers (30-14, 11-6 Southeastern Conference) got off on the wrong foot against No. 22 Florida State (39-10, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), giving up two runs in the first inning en route to an 8-1 defeat. Senior pitcher Brittany Mack opened the game by plunking Florida State junior infielder Tiffani Brown. The next batter hit a grounder right up the middle to Mack, who tossed the ball to sophomore second baseman Allison Falcon, but Falcon fumbled the ball as Brown slid in safely at second. “Hitting the first batter of the game kind of sets the tone,” Mack said. “I kind of messed up our team on that one.”
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LSU junior pitcher Rachele Fico hurls the ball toward home plate Wednesday during the Tigers’ 1-8 loss against Florida State at Tiger Park.
Mack responded with backto-back strikeouts, she but gave up a blooper to shallow center field which drove home two runs for the Seminoles. LSU accumulated one hit in each of the first two innings, but the
offense couldn’t get a runner across the plate. Florida State struck again in the third inning, as sophomore outfielder Courtney Senas singled to leftcenter field, bringing home two runs to push the Seminoles’ lead to 4-0.
Mack was pulled in the fourth inning in favor of junior pitcher Rachele Fico after giving up a solo home run to sophomore Florida State catcher Celeste Gomez. LSU coach Beth Torina said the Tigers weren’t ready for the game. “They looked very unprepared tonight,” she said. “That’s my fault.” The Tigers threatened with another hit in the bottom of the sixth inning, but back-to-back outs stranded LSU sophomore designated player Jacee Blades at second base. Blades was the lone LSU player with multiple hits on the night. The Tigers’ woes continued in the seventh inning, as Fico gave up her first hits of the night. Sophomore third baseman Tammy Wray then bobbled a grounder, which allowed two runs to come home for the Seminoles. Florida State’s eighth run of the night scored as a passed ball bounced off the glove of senior
catcher Morgan Russell and flew into the backstop. The Tigers showed some life in the bottom of the seventh inning, as freshman utility player Kailey McCasland reached first base and sophomore outfielder Alex Boulet came in to pinch run. Boulet stole second and third and eventually made it home as sophomore first baseman Ashleigh Kuhn hit a two-out single. LSU couldn’t find any more offense the rest of the night. The Seminoles’ eight runs were the most given up by the Tigers at home this season. The defeat was LSU’s worst home loss since an 11-0 pounding last season against Tennessee.
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LSU teams begin SEC tournament play ranked in top 10 Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor
A 14-9 regular season record and a 5-6 Southeastern Conference record earned the LSU men’s tennis team a No. 21 national ranking and the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament. The Tigers will begin their SEC tournament campaign today when they square off against No. 9 seed Vanderbilt, who they defeated, 6-1, at home in March. The Commodores have been
reeling since the defeat, posting a 2-7 record with six straight losses, but LSU coach Jeff Brown said the Tigers can’t take any match at the tournament for granted. “We know it’s going to be as tough a match as any SEC match is,” Brown said. “We definitely respect every match that we play here, and it’s difficult to get results.” The Tigers, on the other hand, come into the match red-hot, having won three straight matches, including an upset of No. 9 Florida in
the last home match of the season. LSU now has three ranked singles players in No. 38 Olivier Borsos, No. 54 Neal Skupski and No. 91 Chris Simpson. Borsos and Skupski both enter the SEC tournament with three straight victories. “They’ve been the top performing part of our lineup percentage wise, which is important because if you can pick up wins in those spots it really gives you a good chance,” Brown said. The LSU women’s tennis
team will also begin SEC tournament play today as the No. 7 seed against No. 10 seed Arkansas. The No. 41 Lady Tigers (1111, 4-7 SEC) will be looking for revenge against the Razorbacks, who ruined their final home match of the season with a 5-2 upset victory Saturday. “There aren’t many times you have two shots at a team within a week’s time,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis. “We’re fortunate that it worked out, and we have another shot at Arkansas.”
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Proposed stadium Recruiting takes priority for Jones expansion submitted to Board of Supervisors MEN’S BASKETBALL
Chris Abshire Sports Writer
Mid-April isn’t the time to be scrambling for recruits in college basketball. New LSU coach Johnny Jones has no choice. With center Justin Hamilton’s departure for the professional ranks, three graduating seniors and only one commitment — Malik Morgan — after the exit of former coach Trent Johnson, LSU’s roster is suddenly skinny. Only seven Tigers are currently on scholarship, so Jones could potentially sign five players this offseason. But the former Tiger recruiting extraordinaire is in a unique position. With national signing day already a week in the rearview, there’s little time for Jones to identify big-time talent and get them to campus. At his introductory press conference Monday, Jones said he’s focused more on the program’s longterm health than bringing in players just to fill scholarships. “We don’t want to waste any scholarships and be hung out there with somebody for the next three or four years that’s not going to help move the program forward,” he said. LSU’s recruiting struggles in recent years are notorious. By Scout.com’s measure, Louisiana has produced 15 top-100 national recruits since 2003. Only three donned
the purple and gold at the collegiate level. First-round NBA draft picks like Greg Monroe, D.J. Augustin and Danny Granger have eluded LSU, which Jones says is unacceptable. “We’ve got to make sure we blanket Louisiana, so it’s going to be very hard for other schools to come in here when LSU wants a guy,” Jones said. “In football, they’ve done a great job of getting kids from the state and winning championships with them. We’ve got to do that.” Jones’ hiring wasn’t unanimously met with praise in LSU circles, but that divide has nothing to do with his recruiting ability. He helped lure Chris Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal and Randy Livingston to Baton Rouge as an LSU assistant and left the Mean Green with a potential lottery pick in forward Tony Mitchell, who signed with North Texas last year as a coveted five-star recruit. Calling himself a “one-man wrecking crew” without a staff in place yet, Jones began his whirlwind recruiting last weekend, immediately talking to Riverside’s Ricardo Gathers, who signed with Baylor, touching base with Morgan, who reiterated his LSU commitment, and contacting touted junior college forward Shavon Coleman. Coleman, a 6-foot-6 wingman from Thibodaux who played the last two seasons with Howard College
in West Texas, is the nation’s No. 8 JUCO recruit and lists LSU, Oklahoma and Texas Tech as his top transfer choices. “I don’t want to rush this, especially now with what’s going on at LSU,” Coleman recently told Scout. com. “I need to take my time and make sure I make the best choice for me, but I’m still interested in LSU.” Gathers said he might have signed with LSU if Jones’ hiring wasn’t so late in the recruiting season, while Morgan said his commitment was always about LSU, not who was coaching. In addition to his time at LSU and North Texas, Jones also spent time as an assistant coach at Memphis and Alabama, making the entire southern U.S. a potential LSU recruiting playground. “JJ has an extensive reach in states like Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, because he’s made those connections,” said former LSU great Rudy Macklin, who played with Jones on LSU’s 1981 Final Four team. Jones may be limited this year, but next year looks more promising. Two top-100 recruits for 2013, Madison Prep’s Jarrell Martin and Episcopal’s Brian Bridgewater, sit right in LSU’s backyard. Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com
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Decorated volunteer coach shares nationals experience
Alex Cassara Sports Contributor
Although the LSU gymnastics team goes into the NCAA Championships on Friday with minimal nationals experience, they may not have to worry. They’re getting tips and techniques from a two-time national champion. Former LSU gymnast Ashleigh Clare-Kearney won both the vault and floor exercise titles at the 2009 national meet to cap off a career in which she took a school-record 114 total individual crowns. Now she works with the team as a volunteer assistant coach. LSU head coach D-D Breaux said with her relatively fresh successes, it was an easy decision to have her back. “She’s got such a good eye and heart for gymnastics,” Breaux said. “She’s accomplished as much as any collegiate gymnast can accomplish. Academically, she’s brilliant. I want her hanging around my program.” Clare-Kearney chose to volunteer because she has been involved in the sport since she was five and said she couldn’t imagine abandoning one of the most influential parts of her life so abruptly. She said she hoped to give back to the University and keep the LSU tradition alive through coaching. Competing for the Tigers gave her a huge support system and
guidance for her decision to attend law school, she said. Clare-Kearney now attends the Southern University Law Center, spurred by the attitude she learned on the purple mats during her undergrad years. “[LSU gymnastics fostered] the desire to win and do everything you can, hard work and determination,” Clare-Kearney said. “That carries into every profession, but especially the law because of how intense and meticulous it is.” While she said she usually throws her two cents in on vault, where she holds the most titles at 37, her main focus is the floor. ClareKearney acts as the choreographer, picking the girls’ music and laying out the dance, presentation and leap combinations. She likes to tailor each routine to the performer, playing to their strengths. When building routines for the team’s two outstanding freshmen, Rheagan Courville and Lloimincia Hall, Clare-Kearney built dances showcasing Courville’s grace and flexibility while displaying Hall’s power and entertainment factor. With that kind of control, Breaux said the former champion is a perfectionist. “She is extremely outspoken and very critical about everything they do,” Breaux said. “She’s very quick to point out good stuff and bad stuff.”
Breaux likened the young team’s admiration of its volunteer coach to idol worship, but she said no one looks up to her more than Hall, who called Clare-Kearney her mentor. The two also call each other sisters. “You look at titles, you look at how much she’s a team player, there’s something that I would want to get in to,” Hall said. “Our personal relationship is unbelievable. … We’re even allergic to the same things, that’s how close we are.” Beside an intolerance for nuts and seafood, Clare-Kearney said the two also share that power style and an outgoing personality during performances. Like Clare-Kearney, Hall is especially proficient on the floor, where she won seven of her titles, including the Southeastern Conference championship. She also tied the highest national score of 9.975 in the exercise twice this season. “She has the potential and the talent,” Clare-Kearney said. “It’s going to be important for her to ... focus on what she’s done in practice
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Former LSU gymnast Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (right) assists a current gymnast in the Carl Maddox Field House.
and what she’s done this season. The SEC as a whole is powerful, and if can you win that championship, you have a legitimate shot to win the national championship.” Hall said she only has to look at her mentor to find the same success. “If Ashleigh did these things ... there’s no reason I can’t follow in her footsteps,” Hall said. And having seen the best of
Clare-Kearney, that’s the kind of thing Breaux likes to hear. “If [Hall] has her sights set on mirroring what Ashleigh’s accomplished, then LSU’s in for some real good stuff,” she said.
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Gutgsell’s confidence up as play improves
Morgan Wampold Sports Contributor
As his final season in purple and gold winds down, LSU senior golfer Austin Gutgsell has been shelling out the best performances of his collegiate career. Gutgsell finished first place in the LSU National Invitational, posting a career-low 7-under-par 65 in GUTGSELL the final round on April 1 at the University Club. This victory was a culmination of his efforts throughout the spring to shake off the mental stresses stemming from poor performances early in the 2011-12 season. Gutgsell was instrumental in the Tigers’ 2010-11 season, participating in 11 tournaments. The fall campaign found Gutgsell left out of LSU’s five-man competition squad in all but one tournament — October’s David Toms Intercollegiate. He won that tournament in 2010, but this season he didn’t crack the top 20. Gutgsell said the departure of graduating standouts Andrew Loupe and John Peterson created an increased responsibility he hadn’t experienced before. “I put too much pressure on
myself because I wanted to lead the team as a senior,” Gutgsell said. “The stress affected my ball striking.” With Peterson and Loupe gone, Gutgsell and the squad’s other senior Sang Yi were the two most experienced golfers on the team. Yi placed in the top 10 on the individual leaderboard in seven tournaments during this year’s regular season. He finished behind Gutgsell at the LSU National Invitational, placing ninth overall. He said his fellow senior’s performance is something he is very proud of. “He’s been my brother for the last three-and-a-half years,” Yi said. “Seeing him perform like that after the struggles he’s had this year is just awesome.” Gutgsell said his uncertain future was also weighing him. A call from his parents last month gave him a clearer view on what awaited him. “I was in between what I was going to do for my career, so when I found out I could continue to golf it boosted my confidence,” Gutgsell said.
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“As a team, you’re a lot closer to everybody on the team, as opposed to a football team where you’ve got almost [60 or 70] guys on the team,” Fields said. “It’s a lot easier to have personal relationships with everybody.” Of course, being around one another all the time lends itself to some epic pranks. Dozar, who was tagged along with fellow senior Beau Didier as one of the ringleaders of LSU’s clubhouse prank circus, is particularly fond of leaving his car unlocked with the keys inside. His teammates picked up on the habit. “Sometimes [Dozar will] walk out and his car will be on the levee,” Didier said. “We move it all the time.” But Didier isn’t immune to carkey pranks, either. Former LSU pitcher Anthony Ranaudo once froze Didier’s keys in a bucket used to collect batting practice baseballs. Didier said he had
to hammer at the ice to get his keys back. Didier has also had his car filled with balloons, some of which were filled with air and some of which were filled with water — Didier found out about this fact as he was popping the balloons to get in his car. Some pranks are less grandiose than shifting the location of someone’s parked car, but they still have an effect. The most abundantly discussed prank is actually an enforcement of a team rule. If a player leaves gear adrift — including cleats, batting gloves and bats — that gear will acquaint itself with an almost preposterous amount of duct tape. “If you leave your glove out here, they’ll duct tape your glove and put it in your locker to teach you a lesson, like, OK, don’t leave your stuff out,” Fields said. “It’s funny but at the same time, it teaches you a lesson. … I think Cody Glenn has the most duct-taped gloves on this team. Tyler Hanover can duct tape a glove.” It seems to be working. These
The Daily Reveille Tigers, halfway through their conference schedule, have put together an impressive résumé so far. They’re tied for the Southeastern Conference lead with an 11-4 record in conference play and have shown a knack at fighting through adversity. They’re talented, sure. The Tigers probably wouldn’t be in the same position without players like Rhymes and sophomore pitchers Kevin Gausman and Ryan Eades. But the same can be said of players like Didier and Dozar, keeping the team atmosphere loose. “A team that is real close, they have a better feel for each other. I’ve been on a couple of teams, and this one is really close,” Rhymes said. “That helps on-the-field playing. We’re out there battling together, and everyone knows we have each other’s backs.”
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LAMAR, from page 11 but it got the job done,” Mainieri said. LSU managed to match Lamar’s run production each time the Cardinals scored but didn’t take the lead until Rhymes’ hit in the seventh. The Tigers tied the game at 2-2 in the first inning after Rhymes drove in two runs with a double down the left field line. The Tigers tied the game again in the fourth when senior third baseman Tyler Hanover drove home Rhymes with a single to center field. Sophomore catcher Ty Ross added one more run with a sacrifice fly to right field in the sixth. “I give it to them,” Rhymes said of the Tigers’ opponent. “They came to play. They were a good team. Every time we seemed to score a run, they would match us with one. It was a good game.” LSU’s pitching staff settled down in the fifth inning when sophomore Nick Rumbelow
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LSU sophomore pitcher Joe Broussard pitches Wednesday evening during the Tigers’ 5-4 victory against Lamar University at Alex Box Stadium.
entered the game with two outs. He struck out three of the four batters he faced before giving way to junior Chris Cotton, who combined with sophomore Kurt McCune and junior Nick Goody to shut out the Cardinals in the final three innings. Still, Mainieri wasn’t pleased with the pitching performance, and
he chalked up the win to one specific player. “Thank goodness we have Raph Rhymes on our team,” he said. “Let’s just put it that way.” Contact Hunter Paniagua at hpaniagua@lsureveille.com
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RED STICK ROUNDUP Today: Flow Tribe The six childhood friends in Flow Tribe, New Orleans locals, fuse psychedelic/blues and funk/rock music. Chelsea’s Café, 10:30 p.m. $5.
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From This Pointe On The Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s Spring Concert will feature Act II of Swan Lake, three company premieres and crowd favorite, Link/Unlink. River Center, 7:30 p.m. $28-33.
Cultural restrictions on art no longer constrain grad student with new exhibit
Friday:
Zoso In 1995, Zoso formed to portray Led Zeppelin. The members were selected to portray the playing styles of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and John Paul Jones. The Varsity Theater, 8 p.m. $12. Gypsy Space Caravan The brainchild of Lee White, guitarist and founder, Gypsy Space Caravan is a divergence from fusion, photo courtesy of GYPSY SPACE CARAVAN incorporating gypsy jazz, progressive rock, experimental indie, old-school gospel, newschool electroacousticism and many other genres. Chelsea’s Café, 10:30 p.m. $12. Cage the Elephant The rock band reached success in 2006 with “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.” House of Blues in New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. $22.50.
Saturday: Team Race for the Ride A one-day scavenger hunt through downtown Baton Rouge with a grand prize of 2012 Honda Fit or a 2012 Toyota Yaris. Teams of two will answer riddles and complete challenges from their cell phones to follow clues through the downtown area. USS KIDD. 10 a.m. Free to enter.
Sunday:
Earth Day Baton Rouge Earth Day will feature fun, music, food and interactive education and exhibits. Downtown Baton Rouge, 12 p.m.
Submit an event for next weekend’s calendar to entertainment@lsureveille.com.
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Salma Hasan [right] liberates her past memories by unveiling her thesis exhibition, “Permitted Memories and Ornamentation,” which consists of portraits of her loved ones [left].
David Jones Entertainment Writer
For a long time, all Salma Hasan had was her memories. Raised in a culture in which artists are forbidden to paint human figures, the fine arts graduate could only reminiscence on the deaths of her father, brothers and grief-stricken mother. But this week, Hasan liberated these memories with the unveiling of her thesis exhibition, “Permitted Memories and Ornamentation,” in Foster Hall Gallery. The exhibit consists of a collection of oil paintings featuring
portraits of Hasan’s loved ones, both living and dead, accented by traditional Arabic design. Hasan said some may consider her work to be “distasteful” and non-Islamic, but she considers it liberation from outdated Islamic tradition. Her paintings are not forbidden images, she said, but “permitted memories.” “My mind is really clouded with all these people and memories,” Hasan said. “It is good to release these memories and put them into paintings.” Painting the faces of her family members alongside the intricate patterns of her childhood offers a
uniquely nostalgic form of art, she said. Hasan said she is often asked why she chose to revisit such heartbreaking memories in her paintings, but she describes it as her process of healing. “It makes me happy,” Hasan said. “I like to look around and see my family members’ faces.” Hasan remained spirited as she pointed out some of her favorite pieces from her collection, including portraits of her daughter, son, mother and father. “[My father’s] face, ornament and scarf is always in my heart,” she said, pausing for a moment as
if paying him respect. Hasan said she prefers to keep the titles of the paintings simple by naming each piece according to the muse’s relation to her. She calls her father’s portrait “Abi,” the Arabic word for father. Although Hasan’s cultural background is a distinct element of her artwork, she said one of her exhibit’s most unique qualities is the fusion of Western and Eastern cultures. In a portrait of her son, Hasan depicts him playing on a cell phone, a Western activity, but lines the bottom portion of the ART, see page 23
BAND SPOTLIGHT
Q&A with Blue October’s Matt Noveskey
Raylea Barrow
Entertainment Writer
Houston rock band Blue October will bring its brand of angst-grunge to the Texas Club on Friday. The band’s latest album, “Any Man in America,” is the group’s seventh since its inception in 1995. Known for singles like “Hate Me” and “Into The Ocean,” Blue October takes rock deeper with messages of depression, heartache and forgiveness. The Daily Reveille spoke with Matt Noveskey, bassist and backing vocalist for Blue October, in advance of the show. The Daily Reveille: What is the meaning of “Any Man in America?” Noveskey: My take on it, the actual title itself means what Justin [Furstenfeld, the band’s singer]
experienced and what he’s gone through [with his divorce and ensuing custody battle] can happen to anybody in this country. Because based off the laws of the lack of shared parenting and just the issues we have with the laws when it comes to custody, it can happen to anybody. We’ve been doing this for so long. We’re not just a band; we’re way more than that. We’re a family. We’ve been through so much together with many ups and downs. ... The album definitely reflects life. It’s what we like to call “reality music.” None of it is fictional and none of it is in third person. It’s all very much from [Justin’s] perspective. It’s all relative. When you’re going out touring in support of something that is a snap shot of your life, you live it every day. BLUE OCTOBER, see page 23
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Houston rock band Blue October will play Friday at the Texas Club at 7 p.m.
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Reveille Ranks
Eric Hutchinson, “Moving Up Living Down”
MUSIC
Warner Bros. Records
What a difference four years can make. Eric Hutchinson’s sophomore album, “Moving Up Living Down,” sounds more mature, more refined and more professional. Songs like “Living In The Afterlife” pile layers of sound on top of one another until a great track is formed. Noticeably absent is the charm the first album, “Sounds Like This,” had. Hutchinson’s lyrics are still witty and sarcastic, but the album doesn’t feel as freeflowing and effortless as his first. Luckily, the folk-pop, soulful tunes are still there and stronger than ever. “Moving Up Living Down” is a solid second effort, especially after such a long break after the first album, but a lack of charisma keeps this effort from getting a higher score.
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Jason Marz, “Love Is a Four Letter Word”
Atlantic Records
Nearly a decade after the release of Jason Mraz’s first major album, “Waiting for My Rocket to Come,” the singer/songwriter’s music still holds the chipper charm of a day at the beach. Mraz’s latest effort, “Love Is a Four Letter Word,” flavors his signature acoustic sound with pinches of reggae and sprinkles of folksy blues. The album’s 13 songs maintain balanced simplicity, a hallmark of Mraz’s, while adding depth via back-up vocalists and island-style percussion. The album’s spring release date is no coincidence, as tracks like “Living In the Moment” and “The Freedom Song” were made for lazy summer days. Contrary to the album’s pessimistic title, it has a romantic feel with descriptive lyrics that sound more like observational compliments. Music enthusiasts aiming to channel some chill island vibes in the coming months need look no further.
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JOSH NAQUIN
“The Cabin in the Woods”
Lionsgate
On the surface, “The Cabin in the Woods” seems like a pretty standard horror film. A group of stereotypical characters head to a remote cabin for the weekend where bad things happen to them. But leave it to fanboy favorite Joss Whedon to shake things up. Whedon, the brains behind “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly,” co-wrote the film’s script with director Drew Goddard. The pair takes the simple premise and uses it to brilliantly deconstruct the horror genre in a way audiences haven’t seen since the first “Scream.” Filled with references to horror movies past and present, “The Cabin in the Woods” is a sort of meta-horror film that celebrates the joys of genre while simultaneously criticizing its low points.
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JOEY GRONER
Train, “California 37”
Columbia Records
Train’s new album introduces an all-new sound. The trio, including Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood, has made a drastic shift from deep rhythmic rock to mainstream pop. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, the group’s musical shift is a genius way to attract a different radio audience and a younger crowd. The group, which formed in 1994, is known for mellow releases like ”Meet Virginia,” “Drops of Jupiter” and “Calling All Angels.” Now, the “California 37” track “Drive By” has risen to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with its happy, upbeat melody. This album has a less soulful feel, but would make a good soundtrack for driving on the interstate.
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Local radio station holds festival Funds to go to live Internet streaming Austen Krantz Entertainment Writer
Saturday’s second annual Radiopalooza may begin a tradition of growth for both WHYR Baton Rouge Community Radio and its developing festival. Last year’s event included local music performances, and this year’s Radiopalooza will expand to feature more food, a musical entertainment tent for children, tables for local non-profit organizations to promote causes and a bar area. The addition of a second stage for musical acts will allow the festival to stagger performers, permitting one group to begin playing shortly after another finishes up. With a variety of featured music, including blues, pop and cajun, WHYR Development Director Jessi Stafford said the event caters to a wide spectrum of community members. “We decided we would have a couple of different bands from each genre,” she explained. “We didn’t want it to be all one type of music. We’re trying to get the voices that are unheard of in the community — the people that don’t have a fest for them.” This reflects WHYR’s goals as a community radio station as well. Stafford explained the station, which is run entirely by volunteers and found at 96.9 FM, seeks to provide a voice for non-profits, spotlight overlooked local issues and provide interesting and comprehensive programming. “The mission is really to be this progressive arm of Baton Rouge, a media outlet for those who don’t get to have their say,” Stafford said. “We try to include a vast array of different
Interscope Records
Arriving just more than a year since the band’s last studio album, Rise Against’s “Satellite EP” gives fans a chance to reminisce in the group’s developed discography. By presenting two live takes on popular songs from previous studio albums, as well as the popular track “Satellite” and its accompanying video, the EP is short but packed with energy of live shows and a lauded single. The group plays both live tracks well, but the recording quality could be better. Rise Against’s new EP offers little in the way of new content, but it provides a good deal for two well-performed live tracks and a music video with its $2.99 price. This release should help hold hardcore fans over until the band’s next album.
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a fan base of people who are going to come out and support you. It makes it worth it.” Stafford explained that after its first year of service, WHYR has developed and drawn in more volunteers to allow more features and a better-managed event. As WHYR’s largest fundraiser of the year, Radiopalooza will help pay the station’s overhead while also raising funds for its live Internet streaming and helping to develop the station, Stafford said. “Last year people were really unaware of what community radio was since we were just on the air,” she said. “This year we’ve gained more of an established presence, and we want to be on top of people’s minds and what they think of.” Radiopalooza will take place at Beauvoir Park behind Chelsea’s Café. Tickets are on sale for $10 at Radiopalooza.org and will cost $15 at the event. Contact Austen Krantz at akrantz@lsureveille.com
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After the wide success of its first single, “Animal,” Neon The Island Def Jam Music Group Trees is back again, trying to regain the ground previously won with alternative-pop fans and radio listeners. Unfortunately, the group’s sophomore studio album “Picture Show” failed to generate a singular outlying track, creating instead a set of consistent but mediocre material. It’s plain to see the attempt at making an infectiously catchy anthem once more, but despite frontman Tyler Glenn’s powerful vocals, the collection falls flat. Nearly every song sprints with lightning drums and hollered lyrics. It isn’t awful, the musicians are clearly talented and it would be hard to resist Glenn’s roars in a live show, but the album fails to meet the standards of the Entertainment Editor group’s previous success.
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A musician plays the violin during a performance at the 2011 Radiopalooza.
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The
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The Daily Reveille talks fashion
Seasonal sales shed prices for sweet and sexy sundresses
The summer’s seductive breeze calls for all types of fabulously light fabrics that blow in the wind, cool the body in the heat and show off sizzling trends in the shade. For some, summer is a time to bare luscious legs paired with light sashes, ribbons and pearly necklaces. Others seek out the long, flowing skirts and dresses that trap a cool gust in the heat of the midafternoon. And depending on the humidity scale, a knee-length spaghetti strap cockAL BURKS tail dress may Columnist best fit the bill for an exciting evening soiree. Exploring all the summer alternatives for the sundress is an exciting feat, as this season offers carefree glamour in infinite and cost-effective options for the financially challenged bargain huntress. Maxi dresses are a staple of summertime bohemian chic. Women who love to wear summer fedoras, floppy hats and boaters will appreciate a striped or solid maxi. Styles that are especially popular this time of the year are color-blocked, floral and graphic-printed maxi dresses and skirts, which are now offered at some of the most inexpensive trendhungry chains that some consumers may overlook because of the cheap
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LSU females show off their summer dresses Wednesday on campus. Summer dresses are hitting the sale racks of local stores.
quality of garments. Other up-to-date maxi dress styles include the high-low hemming and long sheer maxi dresses with shorter under-dresses acting as a shell. Both of those styles present a sense of unrefined elegance when paired with a vest or wide belt and beaded sandals. A maxi dress that buttons down offers even more style versatility when worn with shorts while the long, flowing feel of maxidrama hangs alongside the legs. Alberta Ferretti’s new collection in collaboration with Macy’s presents a plethora of cute summer maxi dresses, cocktail dresses and sundresses that are just as dainty
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and feminine as the women who sport them. Floral-printed, pleated, chiffon-looking cocktails that draw attention to the legs, drawstring necklines and cold-shoulder sleevless sundresses in teal and coral are just a few of the fun creations Ferretti has brought to this Macy’s collection, sold within the $49 to $149 price range. Local shops offering these same trends include the popular and beloved Frock Candy. The boutique displays its understanding of trends with its flared cocktail styles in coral and white polka dot or navy blue. They’re great for spring-summer picnics and are offered at $40 to $50.
Distinct and popular styles for pool-party atmospheres are the lime and navy zig-zag perforated chevron rope-tie dress or the organic, colorblock print of the “splish splash” graphic dress. These pieces are available on the Frock Candy website. Charming day-to-evening dresses can be easily spotted in the new summer shipment of sundresses with spaghetti straps, deep V necklines and geometric and arabesque monotone prints that offer sexy front key-holes and back cutout details. These styles in combinations of neutral palettes make for a sultry presentation and delightful elements
of surprise when you incorporate neon accents, such as the midthigh length O’Neill Neon Rainbow Black Print Dress featured on TheFind.com. Even though the options are all reasonably priced, there’s always a bargain at discounted trend stores such as Charlotte Russe and Forever 21. If those shops fail to provide something to intrigue the summer shopper, continue the hunt at Time Warp Boutique and Noelie Harmon Boutique, which offer the most charming vintage items and conscious shopping finds, and students get 15 percent off on Tuesdays. The journey is not truly over yet. Thrifters may want to try America’s Thrift Store’s large inventory on Cortana Place and browse the section for the frilly items that will suit the pocketbook of a clearancedwelling consumer. In all of its glory, summertime may be hot, but ladies are flourished with the cool finds of sexy, sweet summer cocktail dresses. Al Burks is a 25-year-old apparel design senior from New Orleans.
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LITERATURE
MUSIC
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Former Royal Teeth take a bite out of La. music scene emphasizes prof. pens Band audience interaction futuristic novel Josh Naquin
Entertainment Writer
Moira Crone has seen more than 100 years into the future of New Orleans – kind of. Crone’s newest novel, “The Not Yet,â€? explores a futuristic society set in the New Orleans islands circa 2121. It follows a 20-year-old protagonist as he investigates a dystopian society shaped by advancements in life-extension technology and a sizable wealth gap among the population. Crone, a former University English professor, said social commentary topics like poverty and modern medicine are weaved throughout the parable. “Science ďŹ ction is always about the present,â€? Crone said. Malcolm de Lazarus, the novel’s main character, travels to the New Orleans islands to investigate a problem with his trust fund. De Lazarus is one of a select few considered a “Not Yet,â€? a memberin-waiting for the ultra-rich “Heirs,â€? a group that runs a life-lengthening immortality pro“THE NOT YETâ€? Moira Crone gram. Crone said the inspiration behind her book came in the late ’90s when she had a dream where she spoke to a lady she thought to be impossibly old. The woman’s peculiar appearance spurred Crone to think about the possibility of life extension technology in the future. Crone, who mainly produces short stories, said “The Not Yetâ€? began as such when she published it in the late ’90s. She said the publication’s editors received letters asking for more of the tale and Crone obliged by serializing the story before ultimately taking the step to expand it into a novel. One aspect of writing a novel set in the future Crone said she paid careful attention to was “worldbuilding.â€? “There came a point where I needed to stop writing and start prewriting to form all the details of the future and how we got from the present to that future era,â€? Crone said. She said her novel’s “alternative historyâ€? is joined by elements of other genres outside of science ďŹ ction like fantasy and literary speculative history. “There are lots of different ways to perceive it,â€? Crone said. “It all really gets back to the soul and deep human emotions.â€? Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com
“Fun is the main word,� said Andrew Poe, the band’s keyboard and samples man. “We’re up there having fun and we want everyone in the audience to do the same.� Josh Naquin Poe said the band’s fun ran Entertainment Writer on and on at this year’s South by Forget about dubstep — this Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. band will play you hugstep. “We were playing just about Royal Teeth, a six-member band of Louisianians, is perform- every day, if not a couple of times ing at Spanish Moon on Friday a day, and the crowd response night, and they’re bringing their was great,� Poe said. Hefner said the band’s time unique genre of music with them. “It’s hard to classify our mu- at SXSW was a non-stop frenzy sic and we never have a great of fun, but the band did stop long answer,� said drummer Josh He- enough to enter a contest. He said fner. “So we created a new genre Royal Teeth submitted a perfor– hugstep.� mance videotape for Royal Teeth a contest sponsored formed about a year How to get in on the by Nikon and Warner performance: ago, but many of the Brothers and won. band members have Who: The Royal Teeth “They chose us been playing togethand we got to play er for longer. The When: 9 p.m. Friday in the Warner Brothgroup materialized Where: Spanish Moon ers music showcase, from the remnants Cost: $7 at the door opening up for fun,� of a Lafayette-based Hefner said. Long distances alternative-rock band have been an obstacle for the named Oh, Juliet! With a blend of indie-pop band, with half its members livand electro-dance music, Royal ing in Lafayette and the other Teeth combines sounds to pro- half living in New Orleans. Royal duce infectious music with audi- Teeth have persevered, however, turning their challenging spacial ence interaction in mind. “We like to bring a lot of en- distribution into a strength with ergy to a crowd and make them the use of technology. Poe said the band conducts feel like they’re a part of what much of its creative process we’re doing,� Hefner said. Hefner said the band will go through e-mail. He said one of on “drum breaks� playing from the band’s vocalists, Gary Larswithin the crowd, and sometimes en, will typically write a barethey’ll break out the big guns – a bones acoustic song and then e-mail the progress to the rest of confetti cannon.
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Royal Teeth. Band members then send back additions, revisions and suggestions before ultimately meeting in person to play. “It’s cool to be able to work on it individually and together as a band,� Poe said. The band released an EP, “Act Naturally,� in July and has busied themselves with playing live shows since, according to Hefner. Royal Teeth have played several venues in Baton Rouge including The Varsity, Spanish Moon and The Manship Theatre. Hefner said the band is excited to play in Baton Rouge again Friday, especially because of the city’s location. “Baton Rouge is a cool market, and with it being between Lafayette and New Orleans its kind of like a third hometown
market for us,� Hefner said. Hefner and Poe said the band has plans to tour the East Coast this summer and play with 2 Skinnee J’s and Fitz and The Tantrums. The two said they are thankful for the opportunity to play in more of the country and infect new fans with dance-inspiring hugstep. “With our live shows we try to make it hard to stand still,� Poe said.
Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com
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THEATER
Thursday, April 19, 2012
TELEVISION
‘Magnolias’ gets a cultural twist Remembering Dick Clark
interviewed Elvis Presley on his first episode as host. Clark hosted the series until its final season in 1989.
David Jones
Entertainment Writer
New Venture Theatre’s latest production revives an American classic by adding a new spin on the ladies who are delicate as magnolias and tough as steel. “Steel Magnolias,” a play set in a small Louisiana beauty shop, tells the story of a bond found among six Southern women as they experience tragedy, triumph and transformation. New Venture’s production will feature a mostly African-American cast, which the play’s producer Greg Williams Jr. said will give a unique flair to the performance. “Patrons really can expect a brand new, hilarious Steel Magnolias,” Williams said. “Nothing in the script has really been changed, but the play has been given new life.” Williams said each actress was encouraged to bring their own cultural experiences and acting style to their characters, but the story will remain relatable to all cultures because of its universal themes. Baton Rouge Community College freshman Lindsey Eakin, who transferred from LSU last spring, will play the role of timid town newcomer Annelle. Eakin said she got the part because she shares many similarities with the character. She said she was excited to play the role because she was a fan of the original movie, but she was relieved her director encouraged her to develop her own character, rather than copying the movie. Eakin, who has only performed in one other play with the company, said she initially felt intimidated when she met her more seasoned cast mates. But after the first read-through, she said she immediately felt welcomed and supported. “We just laugh a lot during rehearsals,” Eakin said. “I really enjoy it.” Jasmine Haynes, Baton Rouge Community College sophomore, plays the role of town pretty girl Shelby. Similar to the characters, Haynes said the cast developed a bond after the first day of rehearsal. “Our close relationship in the show is reflecting in our relationships outside of the show day-byday,” Haynes said. She said the chemistry shared among her cast members stems from each actress’ similar work ethic and passion about both the play and the theater as a whole. Other cast members include Shana Allen as Truvy, Nikisha Kelly as Clairee and Shanna Burris as Ouiser. Williams said each actress was chosen because of their strong presence on stage and strengths in comedic timing. He said the play involved a lot of “Southern wit” that could only be executed by performers who had the ability to be inconspicuously funny. “I was really looking for dynamic people who could pinpoint how to deliver lines in a witty manner,” Williams said. Eakin said her favorite part of
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Media mogul Dick Clark died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 82. As the nation pays tribute to its favorite New Year’s Eve host, here are some highlights throughout Clark’s life. Fun Facts: • Clark’s first media-related job was working in the mail room of a radio station in Mount Vernon, New York. AUSTIN BENNETT / The Daily Reveille
Cast members of New Venture Theater’s production of “Steel Magnolias” rehearse March 26th at the Independence Park Theater.
working with New Venture Theater is the family atmosphere the company facilitates during production and everyone’s eagerness for success. Williams said people in the theater often refer to each other as “New Venture family” because of its aims to serve as a source of networking and fellowship for those interested in arts around the Baton Rouge community. “We’re trying to create this artistic family with a setting of people who can embrace each others differences,” Williams said. New Venture Theater has produced other plays adapted from
films, including “The Wiz” and “Dreamgirls,” which Williams said boasted more than 3,000 patrons during its run. He said he expects a similar turnout for the current production, predicting up to 1,000 to 1,500 patrons to attend “Steel Magnolias.” The play will run from April 21 through April 22 at Independence Park Theatre. Tickets are $20 and are available for purchase now at newventuretheater.com.
• On his variety show “The Dick Clark Show,” which ran from 1958 to 1960, Clark required females to wear dresses or skirts and boys to wear coats and ties, contributing to the show’s wholesome appearance. • Neither Clark nor his wife drank, including on New Year’s Eve, when Clark hosted his famous “Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.” • Clark voiced the character of Lefty Redbone during a seasonfour episode of the animated series “The Angry Beavers.”
• Popular music series “American Bandstand” catapulted Clark to fame in 1956, when he
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Thursday, April 19, 2012 BLUE OCTOBER, from page 17 TDR: This album has a hip-hop flair to it. What separates it from your past releases? Noveskey: Besides the actual content, which is vastly different from the other albums, style-wise there is a lot of exploration going on in this record. We just wanted to try some different things and try going in different directions. Hip-hop is actually something that Justin has really been into his whole life. He really wanted to bring that into the band for this record. ... To go a new direction is one thing, and he said he wanted to keep it fresh and not just regurgitate the same style over and over again. TDR: What are some of your favorite songs from the album? Noveskey: “The Worry List” and “The Getting Over It Part” are my two favorites. I really like the way they both turned out production wise and sound wise. I love playing “The Getting Over It Part” live. It has a lot of energy to it. TDR: Are you excited about coming to Baton Rouge? Noveskey: Yeah, we have been to Baton Rouge before. I’ve got a lot of friends in the area from Baton Rouge. I don’t know what it is about Louisiana in general, but it just seems like people there, when they come to the shows, they are loud and they’re having a great time. There is a ton of energy at the shows. Whether it’s New Orleans, Baton Rouge or Shreveport, the people there are just awesome. The crowds are always a lot of fun. TDR: What can fans expect from your performance at the Texas Club? Noveskey: They can expect a good blend of the new material along with a lot of older stuff. We’ve put a lot of older songs into this tour, and it’s been a lot of fun. It’s been a bit more of a rock show, since we have brought out a lot of our heavier stuff. I think that if fans want to hear a good blend of all the stuff and not just the new record, I think they will
be pleased. TDR: Just so readers could know more about you as an artist, could you tell me what it was like auditioning to be in Blue October? Noveskey: For me it was a long time ago ... in 1998, I guess. I lived in Michigan. I found out about the band through a friend of mine, who was at the time their booking agent. Before I even saw the band, I heard the very first CD when they just put it out. I thought it was really good and mature. I had never been to Texas in my life, so when I came down that weekend to see the band I thought, why not? I was blown away by the show. When we all met and started talking, it was just instant chemistry. One of those intangible things when your gut tells you it’s the right thing to do. When we all played together, there was just no question that it felt right. Two weeks later, I moved down and joined the band. It was an easy decision to make. TDR: What do you enjoy most about music and performing? Noveskey: I enjoy performing, but my favorite thing about music is actually the creation process. The actual writing and constructing the song and then being in the studio is my passion. Justin is the one that writes the lyrics. TDR: Has rock always been your preferred genre of music? Noveskey: No. I grew up with a lot of older siblings. My sisters would listen to Prince, the Commodores, and my brother would listen to Metallica. I grew up with a hodgepodge of influences. I really grew up being a big Motown fan. It was later when I became interested in rock, and I think I tried to bring a rhythmic feeling to it. I like to look at it as though I am more of a bass player that is a drummer/bass player than more of a guitarist/bass player.
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painting with traditional Eastern patterns. Hasan said she prefers to capture humans realistically. This technique is most evident in the painting “Ummi,” a portrait of her mother. It features a grieving woman with weary eyes and a solemn countenance staring longingly into the air with a look of lost hope and exhaustion. “My mom is a very bright, beautiful woman, but when the war took her son from her, she started crying until she died,” she said. “Permitted Memories and Ornamentation” is Hasan’s second exhibit as a graduate student, and she will receive her third degree this spring. Hasan earned her bachelor’s
degree in Baghdad and boasted a nine-year career as a teacher until she lost most of her family to the war and relocated to Jordan, where she became a freelance artist. Hasan struggled to regain her position as a teacher when she came to America, but she continued her efforts toward a career in art. Her earlier stateside exhibit was unsuccessful, which she attributed to its proximity to 9/11. Hasan remains optimistic about her current exhibit and her future career as a teacher. “It was very hard to start over, coming from a war country, but I hope I get hired someday,” Hasan said. Her dream of being a teacher again is closer than ever, as she has received the position of a graduate adjunct this summer at the University.
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Before closing, a committee comprised of various art professors will evaluate “Permitted Memories and Ornamentation” and decide if Hasan will received her master’s degree this spring. The gallery will hold a closing reception Friday, which is free and open to the public. Other thesis exhibitions will be unveiled at Foster Gallery in LSU School of Art and Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Gallery in the Shaw Center for Arts throughout the month, with the final exhibit closing May 1.
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Two deaths in two months BRPD should acknowledge Tigerland’s crime problem, increase patrols
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With low-cost apartments, a party atmosphere and a location approximately 1.5 miles from the University and on the Tiger Trails bus route, the Tigerland neighborhood is set up to be perfect for student living. But two deaths in two months show the neighborhood may be a better place for crime to thrive than for students. An early Monday rain shower diluted a puddle of blood next to a driveway in the 1400 block of Sharlo Avenue, located off Alvin Dark Avenue behind the popular Tigerland bars. A few feet away, a red outline from where a body lay on the concrete slowly washed away. On Sunday, multiple shotgun blasts at the location left 29-year-old Brandon Harris dead. The killing is the second death to occur in Tigerland neighborhood in two months. On March 7, 23-year-old Gunner Williamson was found unconscious and apparently robbed on the side of Bob Pettit Road. He died March 12. Many believe he was beaten to death, though there is speculation as to what exactly happened, according to Sgt. Don Kelly, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman. The Tigerland neighborhood comprises approximately seven streets off Alvin Dark Avenue and a cluster of five bars. Four walks down Alvin Dark Avenue in the last month and numerous interviews with long-term residents have shed some light on possible sources of the problem. Though most long-term residents were afraid to go on record, nearly all agreed the neighborhood’s violent descent began about a year-and-a-half ago, when University alumnus Charlie Cangelosi was shot trying to thwart a robbery. Cangelosi was walking with friends from Brightside Drive to Tigerland in November 2010 when he heard a woman scream and ran to help. As he tried to prevent the robber from escaping, the criminal shot Cangelosi in the stomach. Following the shooting, the neighborhood’s violent crime spiked in the media. In May 2011, a 21-year-old woman was raped in a ditch on Alvin Dark Avenue. In June 2011, two men allegedly forced their way into an apartment on Jim Taylor Drive, beat a man with a handgun then sexually assaulted a woman inside. And in July 2011, an unidentified 18-yearold woman was severely beaten on Earl Gros Avenue. Need I go on? A few residents explained violence increased in the period around Cangelosi’s shooting after police increased their presence in the Gardere Street area — located about four
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miles southeast of Tigerland — and criminals moved to Tigerland for a new hunting ground. Their explanations check out. In past years, East Baton Rouge Parish police have increased patrols in the Gardere area, leading to a decrease in crime, according to The Advocate. If it worked around Gardere Street, why isn’t BRPD doing this around Tigerland? Residents said they would like to see more patrols in the area, and research by Georgetown criminology professor David Weisberg shows “hot-spot” policing can alleviate violence in high-crime areas. BRPD currently patrols the area as it would anywhere else, Kelly said, and extra units are present in Tigerland on weekend nights because of the high concentrations of bar-goers. This doesn’t mean additional patrols, though. Some extra units are off-duty and paid by grants solely focusing on curbing underage drinking and bar fights. Thus, they are not patrolling the neighborhood. Adding extra on-duty patrols would mean fewer patrols in other parts of Baton Rouge, he said. Kelly also said BRPD hasn’t seen a big enough statistical increase in crime to justify increasing patrols. “As long as I can remember they’ve had these crimes,” Kelly said. “It’s part of the character of the neighborhood.” BRPD’s judgements are contentious, considering statistics show violent crime has almost doubled in the last decade. In 2011, BRPD recorded two rapes,
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A blood-stained puddle forms Monday after the Sunday shooting death of Brandon Harris on Sharlo Avenue.
34 aggravated assaults and 32 robberies in the Tigerland’s subzone. The subzone includes parts of Brightside Drive and Nicholson Drive. BRPD does not map its crimes to street level nor do they record attempted murder in the statistics. Statistics from 2001 show the subzone is about 48 percent more violent than in 2007 and a massive 70 percent more violent than in 2001. Kelly also said the violent crime increase may be a perception problem. But a near 50-percent increase in four years is not a perception problem. It’s reality. And that reality leaves a handful of questions unanswered. Could police better allocate
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their resources? Why isn’t BRPD acknowledging the increase in crime? On paper, the Tigerland neighborhood is a perfect place for students to live, but a 70-percent rise in violent crime since 2001 proves it is unsuitable for students. So why isn’t anyone doing anything about it? Chris Grillot is a 21-year-old English and mass communication senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_cgrillot.
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“Crime has always been a regrettably consistent element of the human experience.”
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Proposed gun amendment to La. Constitution goes too far SCUM OF THE GIRTH
PARKER CRAMER Columnist New Orleans had 199 homicides in 2011, making it America’s most deadly city. The three years prior, saw an average of 175 murders annually, according to The TimesPicayune. Baton Rouge averaged 30 murders for every 100,000 people in 2011, placing seventh on the nationwide list. A proposed amendment to the state constitution making its way through the legislature would make guns easier to get. Simple as that. The lawmakers can call it protecting the Second Amendment, as if the government would ever be crazy enough to try to
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disarm citizens. The only reason disarmament worked in the U.K. is because the British prefer to beat and stab each other. The proposed amendment could go so far as to allow guns in churches and schools. Has anyone ever sat in church and been disappointed they left their pistol at home? Do people actually do that? Giving ordinary citizens the right to essentially “play police” after an afternoon or two of training is ludicrous. I recently received an e-mail from a gentleman from New Hampshire. He gave me the link to a Fox News story about a female student in Nevada who was sexually assaulted walking to her car on her university campus late at night. The woman had a concealed weapons license but was not allowed to carry the weapon on campus. What do you say to something like this? Obviously, we all wish this woman had been carrying her handgun at the time. This is a situation when lethal force is needed for a person to protect herself. But if we allow this woman to carry a gun on campus, we have to allow everyone else to do the same. That includes individuals like Anders Breivik, the Virginia Tech shooters and the clock tower sniper from the University of Texas. With the laws currently in place, it’s still possible for a shooter to easily come to campus. So why amend the constitution to make their job easier? Why make it so an individual in plain clothes with a holstered revolver no longer stands out as unusual?
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Sens. Fred Mills, R-New Iberia, left, and Jonathan Perry, R-Kaplan, confer April 3 during debate of a proposed constitutional amendment that would make it easier to carry firearms in public places where firearms are now banned.
We have to find a balance. Instances like the one in Nevada should never occur because a person cannot adequately protect themselves. That being said, we cannot toss a Glock 9mm at anyone who wants it. If the constitution is amended, which I believe it likely will be, the state must take measures to protect the rights of those who do not carry guns equally as much as they protect the rights of those who pack heat on the daily. Lengthier and more thorough training is needed for individuals who wish to carry a concealed weapon, along with a more
intensive psychological examination. We must keep guns out of the classroom and preferably off campus entirely. If students feel unsafe on campus, I advise them to make use of non-lethal projectile weapons, like taser guns or mace. Instead of Student Government spending time and money establishing a campus-wide recycling program or rerouting a drunk bus to downtown, maybe they should work to have panic buttons installed across campus or improve LSUPD’s late-night presence.
Gun rights are not in jeopardy. Citizens will forever have the right to compensate for their inadequate sexual abilities with a jet black semi-automatic. The Second Amendment gives citizens “the right to keep and bear arms.” Nowhere does it say “all the damn time.” Parker Cramer is a 21-yearold political science junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_pcramer. Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com
Fed. budget breeds social Darwinism, adds to deficit SHARE THE WEALTH
JAY MEYERS Columnist With each passing day I live as a witness to the political takeover by modern American conservatives, I can’t help but notice the growing similarities between our nation and the dystopic society Ayn Rand dreamed of in her novel “Atlas Shrugged.” The novel is based upon a purely capitalistic society where heroic capitalists resist all government taxation and regulations in a struggle to keep the “moochers” from trying to steal their totally deserved wealth. Sound familiar? Think Reaganomics, Bush tax cuts or Goldman Sachs. Put these three things in a pot, douse them with gasoline and toss a match in the pile, and you get the 2012 United States federal
budget authored by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Congressman Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity Budget” is not only fiscally irresponsible, but it is blatantly tilted against the lower and middle classes in an inconceivably cruel way. The Ryan budget is class warfare in its most egregious form. It’s an attack on workers, seniors and our nation’s most vulnerable for the sole purpose of transferring even more money to wealthy individuals and corporations. For one thing, Ryan’s savings all come from spending cuts, primarily from safety net programs benefiting the poor. Ryan would cut $770 billion over 10 years from Medicaid, $1.6 trillion from the Obama health care legislation and $1.9 trillion from a category simply labeled “other mandatory.” Pressured to explain this unclear category, Ryan declared that
the majority of the “other mandatory” consists of cuts to welfare, federal employee pensions, food stamps and support for farmers. Why doesn’t he just label the category “social genocide”? The budget also significantly cuts funding to college scholarships, medical research and national parks. In total, Ryan would reduce federal spending by $4 trillion over the next decade, stripping necessary resources from the lower class and unemployed. The most insidious component of Ryan’s budget is the sheer gall with which he blows all of the money saved from spending cuts to allot huge tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. As estimated by the Nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, $4.6 trillion in tax revenue will be lost with the draconian tax reduction for the wealthy described in the plan. Included in the Tax Center’s
report is a more telling figure: The average member of the top 1 percent will receive a tax break of a cool $238,000 a year. And because Ryan’s proposals call for far more tax breaks than spending cuts, the budget would actually be adding to the deficit, not reducing it. But Ryan claims he would close enough tax loopholes to yield an extra $700 billion a year, causing a budget surplus. So which loopholes does Ryan plan to close? He hasn’t said. Nowhere in his report can these magical loopholes be found, nor has he made an announcement regarding any he intends to close. Without this unspecified — and probably fictional — loophole scheme to raise money, Ryan and his fellow Republican henchmen are liars. They could care less about deficits. All this plan really accomplishes is making the rich, well, richer.
President Obama released a statement regarding the Ryan budget that perfectly describes the true aims of the proposals: “Disguised as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country.” Ryan’s budget will undoubtedly begin the manifestation of the dog-eat-dog, pure capitalistic society of “Atlas Shrugged” that conservatives in Congress lick their chops just thinking about. In the eyes of Ryan, Rand and Republicans, we’re all just freeloaders trying to live off their wealth. Jay Meyers is a 19-year-old economics freshman from Shreveport. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_jmeyers. Contact Jay Meyers at jmeyers@lsureveille.com
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