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Most-prescribed medicines Cash Student Health Center pharmacy fills about 19,000 prescriptions in past year Top 10 prescriptions since June 2011

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Loestrin Fe 24 (birth control) Augmentin 875mg (used to treat bacterial infections like pneumonia) 3. Doxycycline 100mg (used to treat bacterial and skin infections) 4. Prednisone 5mg (used to treat low levels of certain body substances) 5. Azithromycin (used to treat bacterial infections and some STDs) 6. Fluconazole 150mg (used to treat fungal infections) 7. TriNessa (birth control) 8. Ciprofloxacin 500mg (used to treat bacterial infections including anthrax side effects) 9. Mucinex DM (used to treat allergies) 10. Allegra-D 12 hour (used to treat allergies) Drug information provided by U.S. National Library of Medicine

Brian Sibille Staff Writer

The Student Health Center pharmacy has filled nearly 19,000 prescriptions since June 2011, and a look at the most frequently prescribed drugs tells a lot about

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the LSU student body.

Birth control, allergy medicine and antibiotics were filled most often, but medications that were significantly popular, like antidepressants, as well as those less common, like Adderall, paint an informative picture of University students and how they fit into nationwide trends.

Though they aren’t in demand as often as contraceptives and allergy medications, antidepressants are filled frequently by the pharmacy year-round, with nearly 800 prescriptions filled in the last year, said Carolyn Lancon, SHC pharmacy director.

PRESCRIPTIONS, see page 4 photo illustration by MARIAH POSTLETHWAITE / The Daily Reveille

STATE

Sen. Vitter reacts to prostitution scandal among government personnel in Colombia Sydni Dunn

Special Reports Chair

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in his first reaction to the recent prostitution scandal among Secret Service and military personnel in Colombia, called the incident “a very, very serious situation” but skirted specific questions about involvement of the military, which he oversees as a member of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee.

The scandal made headlines in mid-April after Secret Service agents and military personnel invited upward of 20 prostitutes to Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, where they stayed while providing advance security for President

Barack Obama’s weekend visit.

Since it surfaced, investigations have been conducted by both the Secret Service and the Pentagon. The Pentagon, as of April 17, is investigating 10 military personnel from three military branches for misconduct.

But Vitter declined to address the military’s involvement when questioned Monday at LSU, saying only that his committee does not have jurisdiction over the Secret Service.

“That’s Secret Service, which technically isn’t the Armed Services or under our committee’s jurisdiction, so the committee and who I work with on the VITTER, see page 4

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Mechanical engineering graduate students Chris Brown (left) and Lance Brumfield (center) speak with Sen. David Vitter on Monday after his Distinguished Lecture Series speech hosted by LSU’s College of Engineering in the Frank H. Walk Room.

ALEX BOX STADIUM

registers not installed

Jacy Baggett

Contributing Writer

Despite LSU Dining spending $200,000 on cash registers for Alex Box Stadium concessions months ago, they still have not been installed.

David Heidke, director of LSU Dining and Concessions, attributed the delay to paperwork challenges.

“All of our part was done quite a while ago,” Heidke said.

The registers will likely not be seen this season, as LSU has only five home games left.

Stephen Barr, director of contract management and technology for University Auxiliary Services, said the University is waiting to amend the master terms of the agreement between LSU and Blackboard, the company that provides the service.

The scope of work document, which outlines the expectation of services that may need to be performed with the project, has been revised several times between LSU and Blackboard, Barr said, which has led to the delay of purchase.

The equipment will be sent to the University when all parties agree on the scope of work terms, but Barr said he is unsure when this will be.

“Once we receive the registers, I estimate it will take about a week for them to be up and running,” Barr said.

He said one of the major benefits of the cash registers is that they will now accept credit, debit, TigerCASH and Paw Points.

Barr said the cash registers will also help Tiger Concessions keep constant, up-to-date reports on its inventory.

Heidke said the new cash registers should accelerate the speed of service for fans and ensure accuracy.

Rachelle Mosing, international studies freshman, said she was shocked at the large sum of money used to purchase the cash registers.

“I didn’t think it would be that much for cash registers,” Mosing said.

Contact Jacy Baggett at jbaggett@lsureveille.com

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Nation & World

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Billionaire to build Titanic II; ship’s maiden voyage set for late 2016

One World Trade Center becomes tallest building in New York City

Famous Louisiana residents mark state’s bicentennial anniversary

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian billionaire said Monday he’ll build a high-tech replica of the Titanic at a Chinese shipyard and its maiden voyage in late 2016 will be from England to New York, just like its namesake planned.

“It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic, but ... will have state-of-the-art 21st-century technology and the latest navigation and safety,” Palmer said in a statement. He called the project “a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who worked on the original Titanic.”

More than 1,500 people died after the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its first voyage.

NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of New York City’s tallest skyscraper on Monday.

Workers erected steel columns that made the unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peek over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building.

City officials and iron workers applauded as the first 12-ton column was hoisted onto the top deck.

“This project is much more than steel and concrete. It is a symbol of success for the nation,” said David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority.

Clear skies afforded a 360-degree view from the top. After riding an elevator to the 90th floor, a group of officials and journalists had to climb three steep ladders to reach the top platform.

The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the building once called Freedom Tower. It isn’t expected to reach full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in the world.

(AP) — Louisiana celebrities and notables munched on an elaborately decorated birthday cake, Quebec sent a present and the post office unveiled a commemorative stamp Monday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Louisiana’s statehood.

Singer Irma Thomas and rockabilly artist Jay Chevalier crooned “You are My Sunshine,” while Deacon John’s voice soared to “America the Beautiful,” in a special joint session of the state House and Senate remembering Louisiana’s bicentennial.

“We’re not the boot. We’re the soul of this country,” said “Murphy Brown” actress Faith Ford, a native of Pineville.

Bomb explosion kills 2 children Sunday in eastern Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A buried bomb killed two children in eastern Afghanistan who triggered the explosive when they were playing outside near their village, officials said Monday.

Both children killed in the Sunday blast in Paktika province’s Surobi district were about 12 years old, the governor’s office said in a statement. Another child was seriously wounded, the statement said.

MARK LENNIHAN / The Associated Press

Workers connect a beam Monday at the top of One World Trade Center, making it New York City’s tallest skyscraper.

Wife of ex-aide delivers emotional testimony at John Edwards’ trial GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide his affair.

Testifying at Edwards’ campaign corruption trial, Cheri Young said she huddled around a phone in December 2007 with her husband and Edwards’ pregnant mistress.

On the call, Young said, Edwards emphasized the need to preserve his campaign and keep the affair from his cancer-stricken wife.

Two women killed in car accident Saturday on South Tiger Bend Road (AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies have released the names of two women killed Saturday in a car accident on South Tiger Bend Road near Baton Rouge.

Col. Lawrence McLeary said 75-year-old Mary Lemoine of Slidell and her passenger, 76-year-old Ruth Johnson, of Flowood, Miss., were pronounced dead at the scene by East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office officials.

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STUDENT LIFE

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Bellhops offered for move-out day Lauren Duhon Staff Writer

Students moving out of their apartments and dorms at the end of the semester may not have to lift a finger.

LSU Campus Bellhops, a student-run moving company, offers “student muscles for moving day.” The business originated at Auburn University and has spread to schools throughout the SEC. John Anthony, LSU Campus Bellhops manager and geology junior, said this is the company’s first year at the University. He said what separates Campus Bellhops from other moving companies is that the employees are students.

“We aren’t a typical company,” Anthony said. “We don’t wear weight belts or drive trucks.

We’re simply student bellhops.”

According to the Campus Bellhops website, the service starts with students reserving a bellhop team. Anthony said bellhop teams consist of two members who are actively involved on campus and trustworthy students.

The company does not provide transportation. If customers want the bellhops to move them out and into a new residence, two separate reservations must be made.

Anthony said reservations must be made 24 hours in advance, and prices vary depending

on the type of service.

Moves without furniture cost $100. Anthony said these are typically dorm moves where furniture is provided in-house.

“These typically consist of boxes of miscellaneous items, such as clothing, televisions, suitcases, bedding, mini-fridges, rugs and accessories,” Anthony said.

Moves involving furniture like bed frames, mattresses, dressers, shelving, couches, kitchen tables, washers, dryers and full-sized refrigerators, cost $150.

After the service is purchased, the customer gets an e-mail confirmation with facts about the hired bellhops.

On moving day, Anthony said the bellhop teams do all of the heavy lifting.

“We all know that move-in and move-out day is quite hectic,” Anthony said. “This way you won’t have to do a thing.”

With LSU Campus Bellhops trying to establish itself around the campus community, Anthony said the company wanted to spread the word about its services.

“We’ve been on a marketing blitz the last couple of weeks, and as of now we have one move scheduled,” Anthony said. “Student feedback has been good, and we expect to see an influx of moves coming in as the semester ends.”

In order to generate more buzz, Anthony said the company created a Facebook competition to provide a free move to one sorority house.

“We thought this would be a great way to get people talking about us,” Anthony said.

The competition ran for one week. Sororities earned one point for every “like” on the LSU Campus Bellhops Facebook page and two points for every share.

At the end of the competition on Friday, the Chi Omega sorority was awarded a free move out of their entire sorority house at the end of the semester.

Students say they like the idea of studs moving them out of their apartment, but they felt the service could be more inclusive.

Hillary Olivier, kinesiology senior, said she thought she would use the service until she learned the company didn’t provide transportation.

“I wouldn’t pay for that,” Olivier said. “I don’t think it’s worth it.”

Psychology senior Isabel Lee said if LSU Campus Bellhops invested in vehicles to transport her furniture, the service would be better.

Contact Lauren Duhon at lduhon@lsureveille.com

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Students swipe staffers in to dine Efforts bond residents, custodians Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer

University students have found a way to put excess meal swipes to good use.

Last semester, a group of West Laville residents started swiping their hall’s custodial staff into the nearby 459 dining hall.

The practice started as a way to use meal swipes that had accumulated over the semester and put the unused money to good use, according to Marlee Pittman, political science and international studies freshman.

Pittman said the idea to swipe in custodians evolved from an original plan to use leftover meal plans to feed the homeless.

“So many people don’t use their meal swipes, and I thought, ‘Why don’t we just swipe in homeless people? They’d love it,’” Pittman said.

She said the show of goodwill was prompted in part because the custodians are always cheerful and in good spirits.

“No matter how much I hate the world because of finals week, they renew my faith in

humanity,” Pittman said.

Approximately 15 students, according to Pittman, began spending time and meals with custodians in the fall semester and since then, the group of students has enjoyed lunch with “pretty much 100 percent” of the West Laville custodial staff, as well as additional staff from Blake Hall.

Pittman said the luncheon usually occurs on the last Friday of the month, but April’s meeting had to be cancelled because of the chaos of finals week. She said she hopes the monthly lunches will continue into the next fall semester.

However, students looking to swipe custodians into the dining halls recently hit a snag.

Because students in the dorms weren’t coordinating their efforts with Dining Services, Jason Tolliver said employees in the dining halls weren’t letting students swipe custodians in for meals.

But Tolliver said the issue has since been resolved, and students should be able to swipe the custodians into the dining halls.

Despite the setbacks, Pittman said employees of the University’s dining halls have been cooperative even though the luncheons usually take place around

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Geology junior John Anthony (right), a member of Campus Bellhops, moves a couch out of a Cottages apartment with his roommate Zach Vallee, accounting junior.

peak lunch hours.

Pittman said the custodians have a number of funny life stories, and she’s always glad to get to know the friendly staff who cleans the residential halls. She said she’s always entertained.

Mechanical engineering freshman Gerry Knapp, a member of the West Laville lunch group, said the events offered a personal experience with the custodians.

“You see them a lot in the residential college, but you don’t really interact with them,” Knapp said, mentioning the lunches gave him a chance to get to know the custodians.

Contact Kevin Thibodeaux at kthibodeaux@lsureveille.com

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Lancon said a popular antidepressant is the generic form of Lexapro, which is used to treat depression and anxiety that lasts more than six months, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

But absent from the list of the top prescriptions are drugs that have become notoriously popular among college students — ADHD medications like Adderall.

Lancon said the drug is not commonly prescribed because of high cost and short shelf life.

A shortage in ADHD medication during the past year also accounted for less demand. She said the pharmacy only provides two ADHD drugs, both different versions of Adderall.

The most-prescribed drug since June 2011 is, not surprisingly, a contraceptive — Loestrin 24 Fe, which sells at $15 per monthly pack. The pharmacy has filled more than 8,000 prescriptions for Loestrin since June 2011.

The pharmacy tries to provide students with medication at the cheapest possible price, Lancon said. She attributed part of Loestrin’s popularity to its low cost.

TriNessa, a contraceptive that is commonly used to treat acne, is also in high demand.

During spring months, allergy medication also becomes popular as outside allergens become more abundant, Lancon said.

Lancon said the pharmacy is drawing big numbers, as nearly 15,000 of the prescriptions filled in the last year were new.

She said students are drawn to the on-campus pharmacy because it’s a more convenient place to get prescriptions filled. Students can transfer prescriptions from doctors in their hometowns or around Baton Rouge.

DRUGS ACROSS THE U.S. Whether students are becoming more aware of the campus pharmacy or the necessity of prescription medications is

VITTER, from page 1

committee, we don’t have any direct oversight.”

According to the Senate committee’s mission statement, the Armed Services Committee has jurisdiction in “the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.”

NPR congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook predicted Friday this would be Vitter’s reaction when she addressed a crowd at WRKF’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

“Your senator is in a very bad position because he cannot address the Secret Service scandal,” Seabrook said in response to a question from the audience.

“He would be a natural person to come to. ... He used to see prostitutes in D.C. but has never addressed that.”

Vitter, who was on campus to speak at LSU’s Inaugural Engineering Dean’s Lecture Series, was outed in 2007 by Hustler magazine after his phone number was found on a client list for

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 increasing, the University’s drug trends are on par with much of the country, said Kathy Saichuk, SHC health promotion coordinator.

University students participate in the American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment survey every semester. Results from the spring 2011 survey show that University students are not different from peers at other institutions.

About 60 percent of students nationwide said they or their partner take some form of birth control pills. Of the roughly 1,000 LSU students surveyed, 64 percent said they used birth control.

Nationally and at LSU, about half of students said they had vaginal intercourse in the last 30 days.

The University also matched up nationally with depression rates, with about 10 percent of students at LSU and other schools saying they had been diagnosed with depression by a professional in the last 12 months.

“Mental health issues have increased across the board,” Saichuk said. “Our students aren’t any different.”

ADHD medication addiction is still a concern even though the pharmacy doesn’t carry many ADHD medications, she said.

Adderall and similar medications have become some of the most profitable drugs for illegal sales, Saichuk said. She said students at the University and across the U.S. are increasingly buying the drugs, sometimes only for use before important tests.

But drugs like Adderall are highly addictive, and pharmacies are developing ways to keep people from abusing the prescription medication system, she said. A national registry has been created that displays the drugs prescribed to certain individuals so abuse can be stopped.

ADHD prescriptions also require patients to meet monthly with a doctor because of the drug’s potential for abuse, Saichuk said.

REASONS BEHIND THE PRESCRIPTIONS While noting that many students come to school with drugs already prescribed to them, independence and the unfamiliar college environment often spur students to consider taking drugs like birth control, Saichuk said.

The SHC tries to reach out to students to express the importance of birth control and other drugs as they begin exploring “newfound freedom,” Saichuk said.

“The presence of the pharmacy is constantly expressed,” she said.

That same freedom from parents and extended time from home can also have a negative effect on students, sometimes causing stress and depression, said Darrell Ray, assistant vice chancellor of LSU First Year Experience.

Ray said college can be a shock for students unfamiliar with a relaxed lifestyle.

Though some students adjust with ease, many find the task of making new friends and adjusting to living away from home overwhelming, he said. While depression is rare among struggling students, some experience stress that keeps them from returning after the first semester.

“The stakes are much higher than in high school,” he said.

“Some students have difficulty adjusting to that.”

Ray said his department encourages students to get involved and meet new people in their dorms or through student organizations. He said some students are referred to the SHC when necessary, but antidepressants are prescribed only in the most severe cases.

“To rise to the level of medication, there are long-term and external issues at play,” Ray said.

an escort service owned by the “D.C. Madam.”

The magazine’s staff contacted Vitter’s office following the discovery, and he issued an apology, calling the hiccup a “very serious sin.”

Vitter won re-election in 2010 despite the incident. In his first campaign, he advocated family values, abstinence-only education and a ban on same-sex marriage.

“The D.C. Madam is charged and thrown in jail, and we still have a sitting senator that used this very service, and there is an inequality there that I won’t stand for,” Seabrook said.

Vitter stressed the severity of the Colombian scandal but said it’s “too early to tell” if the situation is being properly investigated. He said this won’t be able to be evaluated until full reports on the investigation are released.

“Secret Service is not military,” he again emphasized. “But clearly it’s very problematic because they are involved in the president’s and others’ security, but that’s not part of the military.

… That doesn’t make it any less serious, though.”

In regard to an appropriate punishment for government personnel engaging in prostitution, Vitter said it depends on the findings.

“Several folks have left the service already,” he said.

Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com

Sports Editor Katherine Terrell contributed to this report.

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Odell Beckham Jr. in the spotlight for new-look offense

Sophomores are rarely asked This spring has only to be a No. 1 receiver in any major intensified the spotlight on the college football program.

5-foot-11, 185-pound sophomore.

LSU wideout Odell Beckham Beckham was one of five playJr. doesn’t think he’s any different. ers to receive the Ralph Norwood “I don’t think Performance Chris Abshire there needs to be a Award for outlabel on my role,” standing offenSports Writer the New Orleans nasive production tive said after the Spring Game in in spring drills.

March. “It’s like the running backs “I don’t think fans know how with our group. There’s so many great an honor it is to win those threats that, at any given time, spring awards honors,” Beckham someone can make a play. We’re said. “It always feels good to see one family, not about who’s the your work rewarded. To be lumped best.” in with the leaders on this team is But Beckham’s breakout where I want to be.” freshman campaign last season, He backed up the recognifeaturing 41 catches for 475 yards tion and expectations in the Spring — both ranking second on the team Game, hauling in three passes for — earned him a spot on the SEC 115 yards and a touchdown as LSU Coaches’ All-Freshman team and showcased a newfound vertical made him the rising star of LSU’s passing attack. receiving corps.

LSU coach Les Miles said With Rueben Randle off to the Beckham’s performance surprised NFL and junior quarterback Zach no one around the team.

Mettenberger sparking a more ag“He made plays like that gressive Tiger offense, Beckham is all spring,” Miles said. “There’s next in line at a position that has no magic there. We’ll challenge had eight players drafted in the last seven years.

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[Above] and [Far Left] BRIANNA PACIORKA [Left] File photo / The Daily Reveille

[Above] LSU sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. runs past Alabama defenders Nov. 5, 2011, in the Tigers’ 9-6 victory against the Crimson Tide. [Far Left] Beckham celebrates with sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu on Jan. 9 during halftime of the Tigers’ 21-0 loss in the BCS National Championship. [Left] Beckham dives Sept. 10, 2011, during the Tigers’ 49-3 victory against Northwestern.

BASEBALL

Tigers’ focus still clear after exhausting weekend series LSU thrives in close games

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LSU freshman infielder Tyler Moore drives a ball into the outfield Sunday during the Tigers’ 5-3 loss aganst Georgia in Alex Box Stadium.

that we’re a talented team, but we’re not so exceptionally talented that we’re just going to overwhelm other teams.”

Against Georgia this past weekend, the Tigers hit draLuke Johnson matic go-ahead home runs in Sports Writer the bottom of the eighth inning After three tightly contested in games one and two, and had and highly emotional South- the winning run at first base in eastern Conference contests last the bottom of the ninth inning in weekend, one might their game three wonder if No. 4 LSU loss.

Next up for (35-10) will have Rather than the Tigers: enough left in the getting burned tank for a midweek Who: No. 4 LSU (35-10) vs. out by the concontest against an stant pressure Tulane (29-15) in-state school. of close games, But LSU coach When: 6:30 p.m. tonight the Tigers have Paul Mainieri didn’t Where: Alex Box Stadium thrived, putting seem concerned up a 9-3 record Watch or listen at home: CST about where his in one-run games team’s head might in SEC play. be when the first pitch to a TuThe success has carried over lane (29-15) batter comes in at to the non-conference slate as 6:30 p.m. tonight in Alex Box well. LSU won each of its last Stadium. two midweek games against La“Playing all these tough mar and Southeastern Louisiana one-run close ball games is re- by one run. ally an advantage for us,” MainMainieri said he wasn’t sure ieri said. “Our players realize the Tigers would react the same

way if they were beating teams by double digits every night.

“Everything’s been a struggle, everything’s been a grind,” Mainieri said. “We’ve had to scratch and claw for everything that we’ve been able to accomplish, and I think that when you have to do that, it means that you don’t take anybody lightly.”

LSU won its first matchup with Tulane earlier this season at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, behind freshman righthander Aaron Nola’s eight shutout innings in his second career start.

Nola dominated the Green Wave, throwing only 78 pitches in eight innings, overshadowing a solid performance from Tulane junior right-hander Alex Byo (63, 3.59).

The Tigers will get a second shot against Byo tonight after he scattered 10 hits in 7 2/3 innings against them in LSU’s 5-0 win March 6.

“He pitched a very tough, TULANE, see page 8

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Five storylines emerging as NBA playoffs kick into gear MIC’D UP

Micah Bedard Sports Columnist If there weren’t enough topics up for discussion in the NBA playoffs already, there certainly are now.

Each of the eight playoff series that began over the weekend didn’t disappoint.

Here are five storylines to watch evolve as the playoffs kick into full gear.

1. Will the referees keep softening up the playoffs?

Saturday’s game between the New York Knicks and Miami Heat epitomizes how different NBA officials are calling the playoffs.

Knicks center Tyson Chandler was issued a flagrant-two foul and an ejection for his hard screen on LeBron James. It was a terrible call and Chandler was unfairly ejected.

LeBron should pursue acting after his basketball playing days are over.

Referees are calling games tighter in the playoffs than they did in the regular season, which is unfair.

It’s playoff season. Let the boys play.

2. Can the Lakers continue their hot start?

The Lakers are playing their best basketball at the right time.

Behind center Andrew Bynum’s triple-double, Los Angeles cruised past the Denver Nuggets, 103-88.

Not to mention Kobe Bryant added 31 points.

The addition of point guard Ramon Sessions has also been a breath of fresh air for the Lake Show since acquiring him at the trade deadline. I think the Lakers have what it takes to return to the Western Conference Finals after getting swept by the eventual world champion Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 playoffs.

If Bynum and Bryant can continue their torrid pace, I wouldn’t want to face Los Angeles

going forward.

Bynum’s 10 blocks tied him with Hakeem Olajuwom and Mark Eaton for the most blocks in a playoff game in NBA history.

3. How does Rajon Rondo’s suspension affect the Boston Celtics?

After playing a terrible game, the Celtics were somehow within striking distance of the Atlanta Hawks with minutes left in the fourth quarter.

But after a controversial foul on Brandon Bass, Boston guard Rajon Rondo bumped official Marc Davis while disputing the call.

However unintentional the contact looked, the NBA suspended Rondo one game for the bump. Not only did the Celtics drop Game 1, they will now be without their best playmaker for a crucial Game 2. If guard Ray Allen has to sit out again tonight after sitting out Game 1 with an ankle injury, it could spell trouble for Boston.

The Celtics can’t afford to go back to Boston down 2-0.

4. How do the Grizzlies respond to their collapse against the Clippers?

Don’t call it a comeback. Seriously, don’t.

Memphis could do no wrong against the Los Angeles Clippers for three quarters. But its hot start wasn’t enough, as the Grizzlies put up a laughable 13 points in the fourth frame, and the Clippers were able to steal Game 1 on the road, 99-98.

Even after their first-round upset of San Antonio in last season’s playoffs, the Grizzlies are in a difficult situation after losing Sunday night. Memphis essentially blew the home-court advantage it worked so hard for.

For the Grizzlies to have any hope of winning the series, they have to win tonight.

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Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose reacts Saturday after an injury during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers in Chicago.

between the Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday turned out to be the one with the biggest ramifications.

With 1:10 left in the fourth quarter and Chicago in front with a double-digit lead, Bulls point guard Derrick Rose fell to the ground clutching his left knee. He tore both his ACL and MCL and will miss the rest of the playoffs.

Chicago, we have a problem.

Although the Bulls are 18-9 without Rose in the lineup so far this season, winning in the regular season is far different than winning in the playoffs. I don’t think they have what it takes to make a deep run without last season’s NBA Most Valuable Player.

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Official Bill Spooner explains a call Thursday to LA Lakers coach Mike Brown.

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Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo bumps referee Marc Davis on Sunday.

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Tiger Stadium field remains busy during offseason Albert Burford

Sports Contributor

For three months in the fall, Tiger Stadium is constantly on LSU students’ minds as they eagerly await Saturdays spent tailgating across campus and the march to the mecca of LSU football.

But as soon as the season ends for the LSU football team and its fans, the Tiger Stadium grounds crew begins preparations for the spring.

The hours aren’t as intensive in the winter as they are during the fall, of course. In the fall, the crew spends 40 hours per week on field labor, while in the offseason, they work 10-15 hours per week.

But once the new year comes, the grass starts growing again, the ground gets aerated and Tiger Stadium gets prepped for the annual Spring Game.

Eric Fasbender, assistant director of athletic facilities and grounds, said once spring starts, the field must always be ready for use.

“They did two scrimmages here before the Spring Game, and then they had the Spring Game,” he said. “Once spring practice

starts, we have it painted because you never know when [LSU football coach Les Miles] is going to come over here.”

After the Spring Game, the crew starts to prepare for the Bayou Country Superfest, which hosted 75,000 country music fans last year.

“The stage is enormous,” Fasbender said. “You have to ensure you’re not going to have the stage shifting, but also that the ground is going to be OK after the stage comes out. From that aspect, we almost become kind of engineers.”

As soon as the two-day concert ends on Sunday night, the stage and other concert equipment is torn down and taken out of the stadium by Monday afternoon at 5 p.m.

The massive stage takes a toll on the field’s grass.

After that, contractors come in and grind off the existing field surface. Fasbender said the crew ensures everything about the field is correct by starting over new after Bayou Country Superfest.

The grass, named “celebration bermudagrass,” is newly installed in Tiger Stadium each year. It is inspected and carefully selected prior to implementation.

SPORTS HONORS

Three athletes receive notable recognition Staff Reports The heroics of LSU first baseman/outfielder Mason Katz didn’t go unnoticed this month.

Katz, who hit a grand slam to give LSU the lead in an 8-4 win against Georgia on Saturday, was named the New Katz Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for March.

The Jesuit graduate batted .304 during March, tallying four home runs, 15 RBIs and 17 runs scored. He set an LSU and Southeastern Conference record by reaching base in 17 consecutive plate appearances, one shy of tying the NCAA record. The Tigers went 14-4 during this period.

Katz, who was also named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball on March 5, leads LSU with eight home runs, 50 runs and 12 doubles. He ranks second on the team with a .350 batting average, .450 on-base percentage, .592 slugging percentage, 36 RBIs and 25 walks.

Katz was selected over Louisiana-Lafayette softball player Christi Orgeron and John Curtis girls basketball player Derreyal Youngblood.

LSU golfers Sang Yi and Andrew Presley also received

honors, garnering All-SEC awards on Monday.

Yi, a senior, was named FirstTeam All-SEC for the first time in his career, and Presley, a sophomore, notched S e c o n d - Te a m All-SEC honors.

This is the fourth straight Yi season an LSU golfer has earned All-SEC recognition, as former Tigers John Peterson and Andrew Loupe were recognized two times each.

Yi is the team’s leading scorer with a career-low 71.93 scoring average this season in 30 rounds of play.

Presley He currently ranks No. 10 on the SEC scoring list.

Presley, one of nine sophomores to earn Second-Team AllSEC honors, has a career-low 72.48 scoring average.

Yi currently ranks No. 38 in the current Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Presley ranks No. 42.

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“We actually go out to the sod farm where it’s coming from to make sure it’s good on the ground there, so it’s going to look good on the ground here,” Fasbender said.

The Tiger Stadium grass requires a bit more care than a typical lawn.

“The first couple of weeks, we kind of nurture it along like it’s an infant,” he said. “Then after a few weeks, we treat it like a teenager. It gets some tough love and that’s when we start doing more aeration, cutting and top dressing.”

During the summer and throughout football season, the field is mowed six times per week. Frequent mowing allows the grass to grow together like a quilt, rather than upward.

Eric Harshman, assistant manager of facilities and grounds, in his first year on the crew, said the first game of the season brought plenty of jitters.

“I was coming in not knowing what to expect,” he said.

“That place is going to be packed, and you’ve got to think of the millions of people around the country that are going to be watching as well.”

But Harshman said what he

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A mower maintains the field of Tiger Stadium on Oct. 24, 2011.

calls “one of the coolest jobs out there” is worth the pressure.

“I’ll be driving on campus and look at the outside of the stadium and think, ‘That’s my

office,’” he said.

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page 8 BECKHAM, from page 5 anybody down the field, and Odell is certainly an uncomfortable person to cover from a secondary perspective.”

Beckham’s enhanced role as a deep threat wasn’t the only thing that changed for him this spring.

He wore No. 33 last fall in honor of his father, who played running back at LSU from 1989 to 1992, but switched over to No. 3, the number from his prep days at Isidore Newman in New Orleans.

“I feel more myself again instead of just in my dad’s shoes,” Beckham said. “I loved wearing that number for him, but it feels natural in the [No.] 3.”

Beckham is a member of the touted “Fab Five” and “Quick Six” passing game units, monikers the Tigers receiving corps bestowed upon itself this offseason.

Fellow sophomore Jarvis Landry, Beckham’s running mate at receiver and roommate off the field, said his friend’s style is a perfect blend of talent and humility.

“For a guy his size, he has tremendous hands and balances a defense out with how clean his routes are,” Landry said. “The chemistry he’s got with our team makes him respected. He doesn’t show off, he shows out.”

While Beckham is the expected heir to Randle’s deep-threat throne, he spent 2011 preparing for the coronation.

After emerging as LSU’s primary third-down target early in the season, LSU’s offense took off when he became

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LSU sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. narrowly avoids a West Virginia opponent Sep. 24, 2011, during the Tigers’ 47-21 win.

big-play Beckham.

He was the first LSU player since Bennie Brazell in 2005 to grab 50-plus-yard receiving touchdowns in consecutive games, with a 52-yard strike at West Virginia and a dazzling cross-field 51-yard catch and scamper against Kentucky.

The Tigers combined for 82 points in those two games.

Those credentials have already landed Beckham squarely on NFL scouts’ radars.

Local draft expert Mike Detillier said the rising sophomore is practically a carbon copy of former Baylor receiver Kendall Wright, who the Tennessee Titans drafted 20th overall last Thursday.

“He’s not a big receiver, but he’s got the flash-and-dash speed and hand-eye coordination that can blow the top off coverages,” Detillier said. “You look at Odell’s

bloodlines and his speedy roots … he already looks like a potential first-rounder.”

Besides his father’s football pedigree, Beckham’s mother, Heather Van Norman, was a sixtime All-American and won three NCAA individual titles as an LSU sprinter from 1991 to 1993.

Combine that background with the burgeoning expectations, and most 19-year-olds might feel overwhelmed. But the only heat Beckham felt this spring was from the unseasonably warm weather.

“I’m focused on playing for my team and fitting the role coaches need me to play,” Beckham said.

“If that’s the major role, then I’ll step up and fill it.”

hard-nosed game,” Mainieri said about Byo. “I was very impressed by the way he threw. … I would expect that tomorrow night he’ll come out there and be the same Alex Byo he’s always been. He’ll throw a lot of strikes. He competes real hard, and I know it’ll be a challenge for us.”

LSU will start sophomore right-hander Joe Broussard (4-0, 4.03) on the mound for the third consecutive midweek game, though Mainieri said he wasn’t sure how many innings he would pitch.

Tulane will be without coach Rick Jones, who will be in North Carolina with family following his sister’s death.

Jones stayed in his

native North Carolina after the Green Wave’s series against East Carolina.

“I’m so sorry to hear that.

My condolences go out to Rick and his family,” Mainieri said.

“I’m sorry that he won’t be here — obviously there’s things that take priority over a baseball game. My thoughts and prayers are with Rick and his family.”

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‘Cascade of Color’

Art exhibit displays spectrum of thread

A semi-permanent rainbow by lacing thread through precisely woven with polychromatic fibers measured metal hooks, which were is hovering near the ceiling of the carefully attached to the walls of the Shaw Center for the Arts’ fifth floor. exhibit space.

The LSU Museum of Art’s colDawe said he used a long metal orful new exhibit, Gabriel Dawe’s pole to act as a needle to thread the “Cascade of Color,” debuted this taller hooks he couldn’t reach. He past week. The said the installaJosh Naquin exhibit features tion process was “Plexus No. 15,” tiring, as he had to Entertainment Writer a 16-foot-tall, sitekeep his arms lifted specific installation of common above his head for hours as he hoistsewing thread woven into a tower- ed the pole to lace the thread back ing double helix of varying colors. and forth among hooks.

“If you were to freeze a ray of “It’s hard work,” Dawe said. “I light, I think it might look some- think of it as a long-distance race, thing like [‘Plexus No. 15’]” Dawe and I try to keep a steady pace.” said.

Renee Payton, marketing diDawe said he spent nearly 70 rector for the LSU Museum Of hours installing the artistic creation, Art, said Dawe’s art has drawn a which gave new purpose to 37 miles considerable amount of attention, of sewing thread. The Mexico CityEXHIBIT, see page 11 born artist said he built the piece

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Jonas Bros. reality TV idea a snooze

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As if the buxom Kardashian sisters weren’t enough entertainment for pop-culture addicts, E! execs plan to introduce a new dose of skinny jeans to the network.

Ryan Seacrest’s latest creation features the eldest Jonas brother, Kevin Jonas, and his wife Danielle Deleasa in the new docuseries “Married to Jonas,” which will chronicle the couple’s domestic life as well as DAVID JONES Kevin’s return to Entertainment Writer the band and the Bros’ new ventures in music.

It sounds like the perfect premise for a hit reality series, right?

Wrong.

The Jersey-based show will also follow Danielle, a former hairdresser from a traditional small-town Italian family, as she deals with the trials and triumphs of being married to one-third of a critically acclaimed pop group.

The couple married in 2009 after meeting while vacationing with their families in the Bahamas.

Gabriel Dawe opened his new work titled “Cascade of Color” on April 28 in the LSU Museum of Art in the Gill Hamilton Gallery.

JONAS, see page 11

BAND SPOTLIGHT

The Fray: New Orleans is ‘dirty in all the right ways’ Pop-rock outfit to perform in Big Easy Taylor Balkom Entertainment Writer

Denver-based band The Fray is bringing its brand of pop-rock to New Orleans tonight for a performance at Tipitina’s Uptown.

The band was formed in 2002 by Issac Slade and Joe King. Their 2005 debut album, “How to Save a Life,” was certified double platinum, and the eponymous single was certified triple platinum after being featured on “Grey’s Anatomy” at the peak of the show’s popularity.

The Fray’s latest album, “Scars and Stories,” was released in February.

The Daily Reveille spoke with lead singer, songwriter and pianist Issac Slade on Monday afternoon.

TDR: What was the inspiration behind your latest album, “Scars and Stories?”

Issac: The album’s inspiration is comprised of individual experiences and lives lived behind each song. That title, “Scars and Stories,” kind of summarizes what we’ve been through the past couple of years. They’re not open wounds or something, but they’re scars. It’s a little bit of a map of what we’ve been through, and there’s feeling there. Life definitely leaves a mark on you.

TDR: Have you ever played in New Orleans before?

Issac: Yeah, once I think. I want

to say we played in the House of Blues. I love New Orleans.

We’ve actually spent a lot of time there for radio and promo and travel and vacation. We wrote a lot of the record in New Orleans.

I think my impression of the city is that it’s there for a good time, and it’s got amazing food. It’s dirty in all the right ways.

TDR: What would you say is the most difficult part of making an album?

Issac: It’s different for each one of us because all four of us bring different things to the band and to the creative process. The hardest part for me, I think, is living every day as a writer. It’s so easy to show up to work, do the interviews, play the shows and go THE FRAY, see page 11

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The Fray is scheduled to play in New Orleans tonight at Tipitina’s Uptown. The band’s latest album was released in February.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Windows Phone offers alternative OS New interface is ‘a breath of fresh air’ Taylor Balkom Entertainment Writer

Walk into any electronics store and the mobile section is dominated by rows of iPhones and Androids.

But there is a third competitor in today’s smartphone sphere: Windows Phone.

The successor to Microsoft’s business-centered Windows Mobile platform, Windows Phone provides an alternative for those who don’t want an iPhone or Android device.

Computer science senior Michael Brummerhop has owned an HTC Titan, which runs Windows Phone, for the last five months, and he said he loves it.

“The user interface is a breath of fresh air,” Brummerhop said.

Windows Phone’s interface is centered around “Live Tiles,” application squares that flip and display information whenever it is sent to the phone. For example, if a user receives a text message or e-mail or if someone updates Facebook, those respective tiles will flip and display that information without actually opening the app.

“It’s going in a different direction,” Brummerhop said. “And I like where it’s going.”

It certainly is different, with tech blog Engadget calling it “a full-scale nuclear assault on everything you knew about Windows on phones,” and technology website CNET saying, “Microsoft essentially pressed the restart button.”

The Titan has a 4.7-inch screen, the largest of any Windows Phone, and 16 GB of storage.

Brummerhop bought the phone for a penny with a new contract on Cyber Monday, the online equivalent of Black Friday held the Monday after Thanksgiving, but that isn’t the sole reason he bought the phone.

“I read a lot about tech, and I was reading about [Windows Phone], and it sounded more interesting than Android,” he said. “And I didn’t really want to get an iPhone.”

But Windows Phone, released in November 2010, is still a fledgling operating system. Android, released in 2008, and iOS, released in 2007, enjoyed several years to gain popularity.

That’s obvious, as Windows Phone isn’t even listed in research firm Nielsen’s February 2012 market statistics — it’s lumped into the “other” category with an 8 percent market share. This is compared to 48

percent and 32 percent for Android and iPhone, respectively.

In addition, the Windows Phone Marketplace only has 70,000 apps, whereas the Apple App Store has more than 550,000 according to an Apple news release.

And rumor has it that existing Windows Phones won’t be able to upgrade to the next version of Windows Phone, codenamed “Apollo.”

Sources told tech website The Verge that there wouldn’t be any way to upgrade from Mango, the current version of Windows Phone, to Apollo.

Brummerhop said that didn’t bother him.

“I didn’t buy this phone for what it would be able to do [in the future],” he said. “But that does suck, and I hope they’ll support older phones somehow.”

Overall, Brummerhop said he was happy with Windows Phone and advised those looking for a new phone to give it a try.

“If you don’t use Apple products and don’t use iTunes and you want a phone, check out Windows Phone before jumping to Android,” he said. “Windows Phone is trying to be the best of both worlds.”

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MUSIC

UK band Wave Pictures visits BR Raylea Barrow

Entertainment Writer

Baton Rouge got a taste of British flair Monday with a visit from UK trio Wave Pictures.

After releasing 12 albums, two in the United States, the British band has embarked on its first tour of North America to promote the band’s third U.S. release, “Long Black Cars.”

Lead singer David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki and Jonny “Huddersfield” Helm performed at Spanish Moon on Monday alongside headliner Allo Darlin, an indie pop band, as part of a one-month tour together.

“Cars,” released on Moshi Moshi Records on April 17, has been

well reviewed in England for songs like “Spaghetti” and “Stay Here & Take Care Of The Chickens.”

According to Tattersall, the message of the album comes from a line in the song “Long Black Cars” that says “I heard the devils in the details and I heard that God was in there, too.”

Tattersall and Rozycki grew up together in the village of Wymeswold, England, where they formed a band called Blind Summit with Hugh Noble as drummer.

Noble left the band to study philosophy, and Helm replaced him as a permanent member after he met Rozycki in school.

Upon looking through an art book with a series of pictures, the

group was inspired to rename the band Wave Pictures.

Helm said the tour has gone well. He said the reception of American audiences is varied in comparison to the United Kingdom. “We’ve always had quite a good reception in New York,” Helm said. “The audiences have been very nice to us. I think we’re playing to the right kind of audience. We’ve been very appreciative of it.”

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home, but when you’re a writer, you have to be in that mode all the time. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining or anything, but that’s probably the hardest part for me. It’s not really the record stuff, it’s just ... all the time, constant over the last 10 years I’ve been [writing].

TDR: What are you hoping fans get out of your music?

Issac: I like that everybody feels different things. I used to stress a lot about making sure everybody understood exactly what we were trying to say. But I don’t do that with the music I listen to. I really just like it or I don’t. I just connect with it or I don’t. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to appreciate everybody’s personal take on it. I had a couple come up to me and say “How To Save A Life” was their first dance song at their wedding. I mean, that’s a song about suicide prevention. I just thanked them and said, “That’s awesome dude, that’s awesome.” I’m cool with everybody having their own experience.

TDR: Out of all the songs The Fray has written, do you have a favorite?

Issac: I don’t have a favorite actually. I think that’s kind of like,

EXHIBIT, from page 9 even though the exhibit is in its infancy.

“We’ve had people coming to see it all weekend, even before it was completed,” Payton said. “It has already made quite a splash.”

The Cascade of Color exhibit will be housed in the LSU MOA for roughly a year before it is replaced by another temporary art collection, Payton said.

Although Dawe’s artwork will be removed in the future, similar works to “Plexus No. 15” will live on in exhibits across the country, including spaces in Dallas, Austin,

“Which kid do you like more?”

Certain songs feel different over the years. I have a song called “Vienna” I wrote with Joe [King, lead guitarist] that’s kind of about a relationship that was doomed to fail before it even started. Then the relationship started, and we had a good time and then we broke up just like the song said we would, and now we’ve both moved on with our lives. She’s married and has a baby. I’m married. So we’re in separate places, and we’re separate people. That song still resonates with me.

There’s songs like that that feel a little closer to home than others. “Vienna” is probably one of my favorites.

TDR: What are some of the difficulties playing in a group as opposed to playing solo?

Issac: There’s a few things that would be easier. I think there would be less fighting and less disagreement. I’d make a lot more money. In some ways, it’s always a temptation. Like during the hard days it’s like, “Gosh, I wish I was a solo artist or something because this would be easier.” ... Ultimately, it’s easier to be single than to be with somebody, but not nearly as rich and fulfilling. I wouldn’t have gotten as far as I have if I was a solo artist. ... At the end of the day, every Houston, St. Louis, Long Beach and Brussels.

While Dawe’s unique art techniques have garnered country-wide success and international interest, Dawe said his future in textiles was not always certain, especially during adolescence.

“Exploring textiles was a girl’s thing growing up,” Dawe said of maturing in a gender-biased Mexico.

Dawe experimented with thread and cloth as a young adult and began the construction process for his first chromatic web of thread in late 2009. He said he encountered a learning curve when developing

JONAS, from page 9

“Our production team became curious about what life would be like for a young bride entering the excitement, and sometimes chaos, of a pop star’s life,” Seacrest said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. “Looking through the lens of young love, the show will examine the ups and downs of Dani and Kevin’s marriage, against the backdrop of their contrasting family cultures, traditions and individual careers.”

Viewers will also get a glimpse of Jonas family members less accustomed to the limelight, including youngest brother Frankie, band manager Kevin Sr. and family matriarch Denise.

The Jonas Brothers formed in 2005 and slowly gained popularity with endeavors in both music and television at the Disney Channel. The group shot to fame in 2007 with the release of selftitled sophomore effort “Jonas Brothers.”

At the peak of their career, the band became a cultural phenomenon with a worldwide concert, a hit Disney Channel movie

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Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle Deleasa attend a premiere Sept. 12, 2011.

and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. As of May 2009, the pop group had sold more than 8 million albums worldwide.

After coming back from a three-year recording hiatus, what would any star clawing at a chance to regain their position in the spotlight do? Go to the E! network.

The routine has been seen before in washed-up child star Aaron Carter’s short-lived 2006 series “House of Carters,” and again in 2010’s “Married to Rock,” a show about the lives of

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The Fray is scheduled to play in New Orleans tonight at Tipitina’s Uptown. The band’s latest album was released in February.

single thing we’ve done has been the four of us, and I’m really proud of what we’ve done. If I could go back and do it again as a band or a solo artist, I’d pick a band every time.

TDR: If you could play with one other group, who would it be?

Issac: I’d be Springsteen. I’ve looked up to him since I was a little kid. Even growing up really sheltered as I was, I loved his first prototype.

“The first one I did was flat, but by the fourth I had added volume and geometric shape,” Dawe said.

As for the future, Dawe said he will continue installing similar works to his LSU MOA exhibit and branch out to other artistic mediums.

“My next project is working on a French-Canadian music video,” Dawe said.

Springsteen. He embodied everything that was being an American. I got to meet him a couple of years ago, and he was exactly like I hoped he was. I’d love the

chance to sing across from him.

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But the difference between those series and “Married to Jonas” is that they featured actual rock stars. Viewers could tune in each week and find unruliness, fighting, partying and all-around chaos — even if the show’s premise was horrible.

What can we expect from the Jonas Brothers? Will the biggest fight be when Kevin’s wife forgets that chicken is served on Wednesday and he politely corrects her? Will the brothers throw uncontrollably wild wine cooler soirees each week?

The Jonas Brothers do have the potential to make a comeback as musicians, but without a solid fan base, they are not dynamic enough to sustain a reality series.

Nevertheless, if Seacrest can mold the Kardashians into entertainment gold, the Jonas Brothers might have a shot.

“Married to Jonas,” also known as “Jonas Bro: Life After the Purity Ring,” is set to premiere Aug. 19.

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Girl Power

Women deserve equal pay for the same job SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Columnist Imagine for a moment you’re a woman. For some of you, this will be easier than for others.

From this point on, the government and religious institutions will claim to have broader control of your body, specifically your reproductive rights. As a man, as long as you don’t wave your penis at traffic, the government largely leaves us to our own devices.

The discrimination has been particularly bad in the South, where Mississippi recently tried to regulate birth control and outlaw abortion.

As a woman, you’ll make less money than a man for the same amount of work. In some cases, you’ll work more than a man for less pay.

In 2008, women earned 77 cents on the dollar compared to men, according to Time Magazine.

I was raised with the impression that every job had a price, and no matter who accomplished the task, the pay was the same.

I was wrong. There is a glaring inequality between men and women that needs to be addressed.

Women’s rights and equal-pay protests arose all over the country this past weekend, including

in Baton Rouge. Women’s issues have been a hot-button topic during this year’s legislative sessions.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act originated out of an act of pay discrimination. Ledbetter, who worked at a Goodyear Tire plant in Alabama, learned she was making far less than other male employees.

She sued for discrimination, but the case was thrown out because she did not file suit within 180 days of Goodyear first paying her less than her male counterparts, according to The New York Times.

Throwing out this case due to a small technicality makes a travesty of the justice system. How was Ledbetter possibly to know the exact date when Goodyear began paying her less than the men?

It would take a magnificently intrusive employee to dig through payroll and compare salaries. Such an act could have cost her job.

It would take an even ruder employee to blatantly ask a fellow employee what they make. Salary and politics are shunned from polite conversation.

Ms. Ledbetter had no way of knowing, and thus no way of filing suit within the allotted time period.

The Ledbetter Act has enemies. Many Republicans in Congress would like to see it repealed.

They believe it could be a burden

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on small business during these tough times.

OK, let’s take that accusation and dissect it.

A small business is defined as an independent company with fewer than 500 employees, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

When I think small business, fewer than 50 employees seems reasonable. Anything more than that, and you’ve got yourself a pretty big business.

I can understand where a business with fewer than 50 employees could suffer from a mandatory increase in payroll for half their

employees, but I have a tough time believing a larger company would be unable to reallocate some funds and make it happen.

More money in the pockets of employees is good for the economy. Duh. Let’s look at the ethical side of the issue.

Our country has come a long way since the days of “This is America, where all men are created equal as long as they are heterosexual males of European descent — except the Irish.”

But we haven’t come far enough. Equal-pay standards have been established in the case

of race, but not gender. It seems to me reforms are necessary and imminent.

Women deserve to earn the same as men for the same work.

I don’t care if the Helen Keller of the third world works for your company — the job should pay the same for everyone.

allowed to forget about King.”

-Anonymous

“Public transport is for all! It will alleviate heavy traffic, reduce smog and provide transport options other than owning a car (which not everyone wants even if they can afford it). A transit system moves Baton Rouge into the 21st century. Plus, any major city or global city has an efficient transit system. This is Baton Rouge moving up, not down.”

- Anonymous

white males are allowed to vote.

Where have I heard this before?

When are people going to realize that bolstering the mass transit system is only going to help the welfare class by making Baton Rouge like every modern city in the world? I mean, if people in Baton Rouge wanted to be like every modern city in the world and have a strong mass transit system, they’d just move to a state that doesn’t have the mentality of a third world country. When will our representatives learn?”

- Stupid undergrads

Parker Cramer is a 21-yearold political science junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_pcramer.

Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com

WEB COMMENTS As usual, our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments.

Check it out today, and let your voice be heard.

following the Rodney King trial and the OJ Simpson trial. No riots followed that verdict. Why?” - Anonymous

“Race was infussed to the incident after Trayvon lay dead on the ground, not before George pulled the trigger.”

- Anonymous

“You don’t know all the facts in the Trayvon Martin tragedy but yet you have come to the conclusion that it was a “racially charged” incident and that Trayvon was “murdered”. Want to know the real “racial injustice” here? If George Zimmerman were black and not any part white, he wouldn’t be facing 2nd degree murder charges (or any at all).”

- Anonymous

“The riots may come if Zimmerman is found innocent! I’d like you to compare what happened

“Well said: In more ways than one, it’s because of the Trayvon Martin incident that we aren’t

In response to Marie-Therese Yokum’s column, “Travyon Martin case brings back memories of Rodney King,” readers had this to say:

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In response to the article, “CATS tax passes in Baton Rouge,” readers had this to say: “Yet again the welfare class stealing from the working. The welfare class being allowed to vote on raising property tax when they do not own property. This country is doomed if the working class does not stop the welfare class.”

- Anonymous “More welfare suckers stealing from property owning responsible adults that work.”

- Anonymous

“Yes, owning property should definitely be a requirement for voting. While we’re at it, let’s add a literacy test, maybe a test on ‘American’ knowledge and maybe some sort of poll tax. Heck, I know what would work! Let’s make a law that only land-owning

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Quote of the Day “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”

Abraham Lincoln 16th president of the United States Feb. 12, 1809 — April 15, 1865

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Church leaders need a middle ground on gay debate BLUE-EYED DEVIL

Nicholas Pierce Columnist This past weekend, the United Methodist Church held its annual bishops conference in Tampa, Fla. The topics up for debate were the ordination of homosexual clergy and whether or not the church would endorse gay marriage.

The liberalization of Christian denominations and their policies regarding homosexuality have been prevalent in the headlines lately.

Numerous sects in the U.S. and Europe have been re-evaluating their relationship with the LGBT community, and two things have become increasingly clear: Christianity in the West will by and large come to accept homosexuality, at least nominally, and the days are numbered for America’s old-line denominations.

And that’s not necessarily a good thing.

With bishops gathering from all over the world, LGBT activists descended on Tampa.

Pamphlets were printed in five different languages, including

Swahili and Portuguese, and a group of 1,200 former and current Methodist ministers rallied in support of the LGBT cause.

Specifically, the conference debated lifting anti-homosexual clauses from the Methodists’ “Book of Discipline,” a book which outlines basic Methodist doctrine, and discussed the official sanctioning of marriage ceremonies for homosexuals where gay marriage is already legal.

Several Methodist congregations in homosexual-friendly states have already performed marriage ceremonies and plan to keep performing them no matter what the international body decides.

This shouldn’t be much of an issue for Louisiana’s Methodists. This state has already banned gay marriage.

Twice.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the culture war, a church in Portland, Ore., has been vandalized by a group calling itself “The Angry Queers” for expressing opposition to the legalization of gay marriage in that state.

This isn’t the first example of blowback from the LGBT community, either.

During the fallout of a California

referendum which banned gay marriage in 2008 (after it had been legal for more than a year), several Mormon and Catholic churches were vandalized, and burning copies of the Bible and the Book of Mormon were left on their doorsteps.

Fighting intolerance with intolerance is like using a flamethrower to put out a fire. The California situation and others like it have done nothing but breed further distrust and anger.

As the two sides push further away from one another, the cracks in America’s traditional religious communities are beginning to show.

In response to popular pressure, restrictions against homosexuals have been loosened in Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopalian congregations throughout the country — but it’s put church leaders in a tricky situation.

They can liberalize and open the doors to new members at the risk of alienating a conservative congregation or watch as attendance drops year after year.

This sort of catch-22 is evident in the International Anglican Communion’s decision in 2008 to appoint homosexual bishops.

That move has pushed the traditional Anglican Church close to collapse, as hundreds of parishes and individual churches have seceded and struck out on their own.

The likelihood of a Methodist endorsement of gay marriage has been greatly tempered by what has happened to the Anglicans, but that doesn’t mean that popular opinion is not coming more and more onto the side of the LGBT position.

Many in the progressive Christian movement have warned the Methodists to get with the program or risk rendering themselves irrelevant to the modern believer.

It’s becoming clear that both sides are entrenching, and feelings across the country are hardening.

As this debate widens, it’s going to become more and more difficult for traditional religious communities to maintain cohesion and the public perception that their purpose is to minister to the ills of our wicked world.

As public opinion becomes more understanding of homosexuality, it becomes less understanding of traditional religion’s refusal to accept gays into their leadership.

Traditional religion is in a

tight spot.

Should the major denominations fall into infighting, we’ll see a western Christianity divided between small, ineffectual liberal churches and far harsher fringe sects.

Keeping the left and the right under the same tent is necessary for the Church’s continued survival in the West, and our definition of tolerance needs to be clarified.

We need to understand that tolerance doesn’t mean people cannot disagree, it just means people need to treat each other fairly despite those disagreements.

America’s traditional denominations need to stand their ground and meet in the middle — lest they lose the whole bag and signal dark days for the future of American Christianity.

Nicholas Pierce is a 22-yearold history junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_nabdulpierc.

Contact Nicholas Pierce at npierce@lsureveille.com

U.S. should embrace this May Day to seek change in rights MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT David Scheuermann Columnist You’ve gone soft, America.

Almost 240 years ago, you declared independence for yourself and booted a tyrannical government from your land. These days, a great American political movement most likely refers to an election with an unusually large voter turnout (looking at you, 2008).

For all your talk of independence and anti-authoritarianism, you’ve been pretty quick to surrender civil liberties throughout this decade without even the hint of a struggle.

Today, May 1, is May Day, or International Workers’ Day, and it could be the first opportunity to buck that trend.

May Day is an annual event marked by mass global protests and strikes celebrating the working men and women of the world and calling for political change.

Occupy Wall Street, which has emerged as one of America’s most popular political movements, has called for a nationwide general strike today, and marches are planned in major cities across the country.

This is a good opportunity to challenge the perception that American protest movements are ineffectual, as the world has shown us up in that department in the last year .

Last year’s Arab Spring demonstrated how a mass movement could ignite a change: Protests took place across Europe over budget cuts and austerity measures, and just

in the last month, 300,000 of Montreal’s college students demonstrated against their government’s plan to raise tuition fees by 75 percent over five years.

Even Occupy Wall Street hasn’t had the scope and impact of some of these movements.

Hopefully today, things may begin to change.

You might be turned away by the socialist roots of May Day, but there are plenty of reasons to join in on the action today and protest for political change in whichever way you choose.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which allows private Internet companies to monitor their users and share the data they collect with the government, was recently passed by the House of Representatives.

The recent National Defense Authorization Act officially codified indefinite detention into law and was passed by the Obama administration late last year.

Even the Supreme Court’s recent ruling allowing law enforcement to strip search anyone for even the most minor offense is enough to warrant taking direct action for change.

Yet I still don’t expect most people to go out or to even stay informed.

Instead of actively attempting to improve and strengthen our government, we’ve delegated ourselves to the sidelines, transforming politics into a spectator sport run by entrenched political parties, parties which have done more to cater to their chosen interest groups than preserve civil liberties and improve

photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Immigrants rally in New York on May Day 2007 to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

peoples’ lives.

We pick a side, root for our team and when both teams agree to strip a few of our rights, we sit in a corner accepting our overlords’ new rules without a fight.

Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t to knock those few Americans who have gotten out and actively attempted to make their country better. However, massive changes require mass movements, and we’ve become an apathetic bunch.

Some might argue that Americans don’t demonstrate and protest as much as other countries because there are outlets to express political opinions in this country. You can contact your representative or organize events – freedoms limited

in many countries around the world.

However, when political power is entrenched in the hands of a selected few individuals and economic power is consolidated as well, the average American’s voice tends to become drowned out in a deafening cacophony of money and handshakes.

So what happened, America?

Where’s the fight?

Has being the reigning superpower gone to your head? Do you view yourself as so invincible, as such a pillar of freedom and goodness, that you’ve been oblivious as citizens’ rights have deteriorated before your eyes?

This is supposed to be the country of Thomas Jefferson, who fought

against the excessiveness of government throughout most his life, and Henry David Thoreau, who literally wrote the essay on civil disobedience.

Maybe if you get back in touch with the defiant and independent spirit that defined American self perception, things can start to get back on track.

David Scheuermann is a 20-yearold mass communication and computer science sophomore from Kenner. Follow him on Twitter at @TDR_dscheu.

Contact David Scheuermann at dscheuermann@lsureveille.com

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