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Cope to request presidential candidate information McKenzie Womack Staff Writer

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope plans to submit a formal request later this week on behalf of the Senate asking for the names and demographics of potential candidates for the new University president.

Since the LSU Foundation is a private entity, and it has contracted R. William Funk and Associates to handle the presidential search through private donor funds, it has not released the contract.

“I believe it is the right thing to do to give us the names,” Cope said. “The only reason for secrecy is because something bad is going on.”

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LSU pays $50K to van Heerden Clayton Crockett News Editor

The University paid $50,000 of the $435,000 settlement reached Tuesday in its case against former faculty member and coastal researcher Ivor van Heerden, according to Michael DiResto, assistant commissioner for policy and communications in the Louisiana Division of Administration and the state Office of Risk Management.

Van Heerden’s lawsuit against the University charged the wrongful termination of his non-tenured position by the University in 2009 after he blamed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ work on the New Orleans levees for flooding in 80 percent of the city following Hurricane Katrina.

The remaining $385,000 of the settlement will be paid by the ORM’s Self-Insurance Fund, DiResto said in an email.

Contact Clayton Crockett at news@lsureveille.com Twitter:@TDR_news

Statute 44:12.1, names of applicants for a public position of authority or public position with policymaking duties should be available to the public.

But Shelby McKenzie, the LSU System’s lead counsel, said there have been no written applications presented to the Board of Supervisors.

“As far as LSU is concerned, no applications have been submitted. … The initial identification of prospects is presently being conducted by William Funk,” McKenzie said. “Their job is to try and find us the best person that’s available.

Whether or not that person actually becomes an applicant for the job will take place down the road.”

Cope said any candidate afraid of having his or her name

publicized should not be applying for the job.

“A person who is so frightened to have his name exposed is a coward and a nincompoop and not a fit for the University,” Cope said. “Experience shows most candidates who are revealed end up getting counter offers and raises at their current jobs.”

University Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications Herb Vincent said candidates should remain anonymous.

“In order to attract the best possible candidates, confidentiality of the applicants is necessary,” he said.

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Contact McKenzie Womack at mwomack@lsureveille.com

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope is formally asking the LSU system to release the names of presidential candidates.

DIVERSITY DEFICIT Diversity initiatives help spike African-American enrollment, but African-American faculty numbers remain stagnant

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Editor’s Note: All data in this article pertains to the LSU Baton Rouge campus only.

Enrollment numbers among African-American students have been on the rise since the University began keeping them on record in 1975, but LSU still remains primarily white.

Vice Provost of Equity, Diversity and Community Outreach Katrice Albert said there is no magic bullet to Visit pinpoint which spe- lsureveille.com cific diver- for an interactive sity initialook at tive has enrollment trends. helped to boost the numbers of African-Americans enrolled at the University, but the increase can be attributed to the sum of these efforts. However, while student numbers have grown, the number of African-Americans among faculty has remained stagnant.

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INTERNATIONAL World powers coax Iran into saving nuclear talks, prevent atomic weapon ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — World powers offered broader concessions than ever to Iran in attempts Wednesday to keep alive diplomatic channels that seek to rein in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and prevent it from building an atomic weapon.

The offer was hailed by Saeed Jalili, Iran’s top official at diplomatic talks in Kazakhstan, who said it represented a “turning point” by world powers to compromise on Tehran’s uranium enrichment program after years of delicate negotiations that nearly dissolved last June.

Ikea withdraws meat supply from Poland after discovery of horsemeat STOCKHOLM (AP) — After withdrawing meatballs from stores across Europe, home furnishings company Ikea said Wednesday its own tests confirmed “a few indications of horse meat” and that it would also remove wiener sausages made by the same supplier.

Meanwhile, Poland acknowledged for the first time that it is a source of horse meat that has fraudulently ended up in processed meat products sold as beef — an admission that came as the country said it found traces of horse DNA in samples from three meat processors.

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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary and Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili listens to a question Wednesday at a final news conference in Kazakhstan.

Pope recalls ‘joy,’ difficulties in final audience farewell to papacy VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement, recalling moments of “joy and light” during his papacy, but also times of difficulty when “it seemed like the Lord was sleeping.”

Some 150,000 people, many waving banners proclaiming “Grazie!” flooded St. Peter’s Square, eager to bear witness to the final hours of a papacy that will go down in history as the first in 600 years to end in resignation rather than death.

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Michelle Obama highlights obesity progress in MS, calls it inspirational

Judge fires lawyers who skipped court, defending two accused killers

CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — Michelle Obama congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates Wednesday and said its example should inspire the rest of the country.

It’s the reason the first lady made Mississippi the first stop on a two-day tour to promote her signature effort, the anti-childhood obesity campaign she launched three years ago called “Let’s Move.”

When she visited Mississippi three years ago, she said, it had just been declared the most obese state in the nation.

Boston fraternity raises $17,000 in funds for pledge’s breast removal

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge fired an attorney for two murder defendants when the lawyer failed to show up to court for their trials.

The Times-Picayune reports attorney Martin Regan represented two accused killers, both scheduled for trial Tuesday on charges of second-degree murder. But neither Regan nor his associates appeared before Judge Ben Willard.

He postponed the trials, and appointed the Orleans Parish Public Defenders office to represent them.

BOSTON (AP) — A college fraternity in Boston has raised more than twice the money needed to pay for a new pledge’s gender transition surgery.

The Phi Alpha Tau fraternity at Emerson College began raising money for sophomore Donnie Collins early this month after his insurance company wouldn’t cover his breast removal surgery.

Their initial goal was $4,800, but donations had exceeded $17,000

by Wednesday afternoon, more than double the procedure’s $8,000 price.

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First Lady Michelle Obama and Food Network chef Rachael Ray greet students at a “Let’s Move!” program Wednesday at the Eastside and Northside Elementary Schools in Clinton, Miss.

Arkansas House overrides abortion restrictions in early decision LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted 53-28 Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, hours after a state Senate committee approved a package of even tighter abortion restrictions.

The Republican-controlled state Senate, which overwhelmingly backed the 20-week nearban on abortions before Beebe, a Democrat, vetoed it, was expected to discuss whether to vote to override the veto Thursday.

BR selected to host 2017 U.S. Bowling Congress women’s event (AP) — Mayor-President Kip Holden says Baton Rouge has been selected to host the 2017 United States Bowling Congress Women’s Championships and the 2025 Open Championships at the Baton Rouge River Center.

The USBC Women’s Championships is the world’s largest annual sporting event for women, attracting up to 40,000 bowlers over a 90-to120 day period. Last year, the event had a $38 million economic impact in Syracuse, N.Y. The Baton Rouge event is set for Feb. 15-July 31, 2017.

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Project Purr offers options to those looking to adopt Organization plans to open new shelter Erin Hebert Contributing Writer

Cat lovers looking to adopt that purrfect feline friend can take advantage of Project Purr Baton Rouge.

Project Purr, founded in September 2010, aims to save cats of all ages from being euthanized by the Companion Animal Alliance, the private organization that took over the East Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control Center.

Executive Director Maria Thomas said Project Purr saved more than 2,000 cats since its inception to December 2012. The organization’s goal is to reach 3,000 cats saved by the end of this year, she said.

Thomas said Project Purr began with a group of Baton Rouge residents who decided it was time to change the way local animals were being treated.

The city was putting down 90 percent of cats brought to shelters prior to Project Purr ’s founding, Thomas said. She said this rate has

decreased since then, although the the organization’s animals will be number fluctuates. kept in foster homes even after the Katie Henry, development di- adoption center opens to ensure all of rector for Project Purr and 2012 Uni- them will be able to live in a cageversity alumna, said foster homes are free environment. one of the biggest ways the organizaPainting and drawing senior tion is able to survive and take in so Doris Belleau adopted her cat Sienna many animals. from Project Purr in Watch a video October 2012. SienAll of Project Purr ’s animals are of Project Purr na was the last cat to kept in a group of in action at be either euthanized about 50 foster adopted from an lsureveille.com. or homes, Thomas animal hoarding said. bust, Belleau said.

Although the organization curBelleau said she knew about rently operates without a physical Project Purr because she is a frequent location, plans are in effect to fund Mall of Louisiana visitor, and she aland rent a site for a shelter in the near ways stopped by the organization’s future, Thomas said. kiosk, where it holds adoptions every The Carole Guillory Adoption weekday.

Center, named after a late founder The organization charges $90 of Project Purr, will enable cats res- to adopt cats four months old and cued from Baton Rouge shelters to younger and $70 for cats older than live cage-free, as well as give the four months. Belleau said she found organization a permanent adoption this convenient because all adopted location, according to the center’s cats are fixed and come with a midonation website. crochip and all of their shots, savThe adoption center was sup- ing new owners the trouble of doing posed to begin functioning Jan. these things themselves.

1, Thomas said, but kinks in the Thomas said Project Purr is leasing process have delayed its lucky to have their presence in opening indefinitely. the Mall of Louisiana, something Thomas said the majority of she said is virtually unheard of for

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A cat available for adoption peers between kennel bars Tuesday. Project Purr runs a kiosk in the Mall of Louisiana from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. every weekday.

animal welfare organizations. She said this location has helped make the Baton Rouge community more aware of Project Purr and its goals.

“We want the community

to think of us when they think of getting a new cat,” Thomas said.

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Black History Month Celebration: College Reunion Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 LSU Parade Grounds, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

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Project Purr volunteers Alexis Breaux, Bailey Crownover and Ashley Rodriguez hold three cats available for adoption Tuesday.

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FACULTY

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Professor to play Beethoven’s Task force wants most difficult sonata tonight better collaboration

intellectual property are the keys to success, associate provost for Economic Development and director of the Georgia BioBusiness Center Margaret Wagner Dahl said at the meeting.

Dahl, who has investigated the processes of the LSU Health Science Centers in New Orleans and Shreveport and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, said working together in fields that don’t usually go together, like science and business, can sometimes produce the best results.

Slaughter said the research task force meeting will present a report card for the University’s current tech transfer model, and the model’s grade will serve as an outline for what needs improvement and what should stay the same.

The task force will determine which new investments are most important in the next meeting, Slaughter said.

Slaughter said re-evaluating current practices and encouraging collaboration among researchers and scientists throughout the System would facilitate discoveries that will set the University apart from others.

“It’s going to take more resources, but will bring us even more,” Slaughter said.

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The Commercialization and Tech Transfer task force outlined a model for greater collaboration and authority among LSU System campuses in its first meeting Wednesday in Shreveport.

Multiple task forces identified the University’s current model of authority as a main hindrance to efficiency, especially with regard to tech transfer, said SSA Consultant Christel Slaughter.

“We realize we have some pieces in place for startup companies, licenses and patents, but we’re missing some pieces,” Slaughter said. “If you have really great researchers, you need a great tech transfer model.”

Slaughter said determining where the University should invest is the Board of Supervisors’ real role, while the role of the LSU president will be to improve the tech transfer metric among campuses. Authority to make decisions should lie with those who have the most expertise in each area, not with the LSU president or Board of Supervisors, she said.

These changes will result in greater collaboration among departments and campuses, potentially including institutions outside of the LSU System.

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Michael Gurt claims to be a simple guy. But this simple guy, the Manship professor of piano in the School of Music and Dramatic Arts, will play a piece tonight he said was probably written to be played on a different planet.

Gurt will be playing Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata tonight at the School of photo courtesy of MICHAEL GURT Music Recital Hall, and David Professor Michael Gurt’s performance Smyth, Galante Professor of mu- tonight in the LSU School of Music sical theory, said this is one of the Recital Hall will be a challenge on both most difficult pieces to play on him and his audience. the piano.

“There are rigorous harmonic and technical challenges,” Your Boat,’ everyone starts at a Smyth said. “And almost no one different time yet it sounds fine,” plays it to the tempo Beethoven Gurt said. “In this piece, various wrote it at. I’ve never heard any- things are going on at the same time to form someone play it as fast as thing single, but it is Gurt.”

Gurt said the Want to attend see more difficult when one person plays Hammerklavier is not a flashy piece the performance? three things at the same time.” so much as a test of Who: Prof. David Smyth Gurt said pieces concentration, and it and Prof. Michael Gurt like this are not unis uncomfortable to When: 7:30 p.m. tonight common, but they play. are never played “When this is Where: School of Music for the length of the played perfectly, the Recital Hall Hammerklavier. audience will not Smyth said Gurt know what hit them,” Gurt said. “It is not a show piece; displays his expertise in the piano it’s 10 times harder to play than by taking on this challenge.

“This piece is not in the repit sounds.”

Gurt and Smyth both said the ertoire of amateurs,” Smyth said. importance of this concert is how “It will seldom be seen on recital rare it is to hear the Hammerkla- programs because it is so long vier Sonata played at close to its and difficult.”

At 40 minutes, Smyth said, original tempo, in its full 40 minthe Hammerklavier is a challenge utes, live.

Gurt said the difficulty stems on the audience as well.

“Beethoven was busy being from the amount of different subjects being played at the same Beethoven when he wrote this piece,” Gurt said. “He was not time.

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there is beauty in ugliness, here it is.”

Smyth said Gurt comes from a musical family, and has a near-photographic memory of all types of music.

Gurt loves a challenge, and Smyth said although he is not a show-off, when he plays a flashy encore, the audience knows it has heard something special.

“The challenge generally is to play better, not to play a harder piece, Gurt said. “There aren’t easy pieces to play well.

This is one of the few where the challenge is the biggest part of the piece; maybe after 20 years I can approach it more musically.”

Smyth will give a brief lecture talking about Beethoven and give a capsule view of the sonata before Gurt begins playing.

Smyth said this performance will be one of a kind.

“People say Beethoven’s late work has to be grown into; you have to be spiritually mature to understand it,” Smyth said.

“You can see clips of 9-yearolds playing amazing stuff on the piano but they will not have the emotional maturity to impart the spiritual message.”

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

New downtown bar features authentic blues music Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

The Blues Room, downtown Baton Rouge’s new blues bar, will feature nationally recognized musician Jonathon “Boogie” Long on Thursday nights, along with other live music acts throughout the week.

Long received national recognition after winning a Battle of the Blues contest hosted by Guitar Center.

Long played at The Blues Room for the first time with his band, Jonathon Boogie Long and the Blues Revolution, a few weeks ago.

Long’s band will frequent the bar every Thursday when it isn’t on the road touring, he said.

There aren’t many blues joints around the city, Long said, and The Blues Room is a big step toward a recurrence of blues music in Baton Rouge. “[The Blues Room is] incredible, the town needed this,” he said.

Sundays will feature Baton Rouge musician Kevin Ellerbee, who goes by Elvin Killerbee. The

Sunday jam session dubbed “El- what we’re trying to do, give vin Killerbee and Friends Jam” [people] a place to have fun and runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. enjoy the culture of south LouisiKillerbee plays original titles ana.” as well as covers by artists such The Blues Room is located a as Stevie Ray street over from Vaughan and Third Street ‘Th at’s what we’re trying Jimi Hendrix. near the corner He said to do, give [people] a place of Florida BouThe Blues and Lato have fun and enjoy the levard Room gives fayette Street people in Ba- culture of south Louisiana.’ downtown, and ton Rouge an free parking is Billy Stevens opportunity to available on the owner, The Blues Room experience real corner lot adjamusic, not the cent to the bar, karaoke or dance music heard in Stevens said. bars across the city.

Stevens said he was lookThe bar is equipped with a ing for a niche in the city that pool table, couches, framed pho- would fit the downtown area, and tographs of blues legends on the he found blues music makes the walls and a stage at the room’s place unique. focus that makes the place emit The goal is for the music to an authentic blues feeling – some- drive the direction of the business, thing bar owner Billy Stevens said Stevens said. Since the openhe wanted to communicate to his ing, he has been pleasing patrons customers. The atmosphere con- with authentic blues music every tributes to the bar’s slogan, which Wednesday through Sunday with is “Enjoy the Culture.” several renowned acts from across “Baton Rouge has a great cul- the city. ture of blues [and] people in south Stevens said he is “committed Louisiana have a great culture of to putting quality entertainment having fun,” Stevens said. “That’s on stage.”

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Baton Rouge musician Elvin Killerbee performs Sunday evening at The Blues Room.

The bar will be hosting a variety of specials throughout the week, with its staple being a Monday through Friday happy hour featuring two-for-one drinks from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Stevens said.

The Blues Room offers visitors a different experience, and so far, Stevens said, people have

responded well.

“All of the feedback from people that have been coming through the doors have been fantastic,” he said.

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

College Republicans aim to amplify conservative voices

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

The University group College Republicans is evolving to become the voice of all conservatives on campus.

With new leadership and a changing party, the University’s College Republicans chapter is shifting to accommodate all conservatives on campus, according to new president Arielle Sutton, agricultural business junior.

Sutton said this semester, the group is engaging in political campaigns, helping local candidates with their upcoming elections and planning a baseball tailgate.

She said the social event will be open to anyone on campus wanting to learn about the Republican Party.

Agricultural business sophomore and ambassador and Greek affairs chair Destin Sensky said he is looking forward to having public service leaders speak to the group now that election season is over.

Sutton said as the party faces reform and changes after election

losses in the fall, the college group is looking to change what people typically think about Republicans.

“Between Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio, who are not your typical Caucasian male, they are changing the face of the party,” Sutton said.

“We want to engage a lot of people who are at the college level and are looking to establish themselves and look toward the future,” Sutton said. “We are not there to throw ourselves at people – just to make ourselves known, establish our presence and let people come if they’d like to.”

Sensky said the group is in a transition phase and wants to recruit and involve more members, hence a focus on the Greek community.

“The Greeks represent a place on campus where people are widely conservative. If you are recruiting, you want to hit areas with the largest collections of people you are looking for,” Sensky said.

Just like the political party, the group has a variety of conservatives, but ultimately follows the official GOP platform and the promotions of the national organization, Sutton said.

Mass communication sophomore and treasurer David Holley said the party has several different types of conservatives, but ultimately it tries to focus on ideas every member can agree on.

Holley said social issues are important, but not the focus of the group — the economy is.

Sensky said Republicans should increase their engagement in social media.

“Our generation specifically, we are the powerhouse of these social media outlets and that is something we should definitely tap into. We are currently working on

developing a Facebook page and a Twitter,” Sensky said.

Sensky said the group aims to bring a sense of community to its organization in order to bring in more members.

“We want the community to be as invested in our organization as they are in their own campaigns,” Sensky said. “The campus should be looking forward to what College Republicans has to offer them in the upcoming semester.”

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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Speaker of the Senate Meredith Westbrook speaks to other members of Student Government on Jan. 30 at a weekly meeting in the Student Union.

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Recruiting efforts In terms of recruiting students,

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African-American Faculty African-American faculty numbers have not shown the same trend as the rising African-American student enrollment numbers, however.

According to data from the Office of Budget and Planning, from fall 1997 to fall 2011, the average number of African-American faculty has been 52 out of an average of 1,552 total faculty.

“African-American numbers have been flat over the past 10 years,” said Craig Freeman, associate professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication.

But according to Freeman, the problem with hiring more AfricanAmerican faculty is an issue that exists within academia, not the University specifically.

“The academy is a closed place.

For as long as the circle remains closed, we might not be diverse,” Freeman said. “Any unit that has a search and doesn’t yield a diverse candidate is flawed.”

Joyce M. Jackson, director of the African and African-American Studies program and associate professor of geography and anthropology, said she has seen some increase in African-American faculty, but there is no major progress in African-American faculty because they come to the University and leave quickly.

“To retain African-American professors, we need to see more mentoring from seasoned, tenured professors,” Jackson said.

The University has to portray itself as a place of opportunity for minority faculty, Albert said. One solution for creating a more diverse search pool is for search committees to be more explicit in wanting diversity and to become more proactive in creating diversity, according to Albert.

“Campus diversity wasn’t a major priority a decade ago like it is now,” Albert said. “But we are building relationships to highlight the importance of diversity, which is coming full circle because we understand that diversity is important.”

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Programs such as Springfest, which hosts high-achieving minority high school juniors for a weekend at the University, introduce students to LSU to demystify other options, Albert said.

Since the inception of programs like Springfest more than a decade ago, enrollment numbers of AfricanAmericans have risen from 9.7 percent of the total student population to 10.6 percent between fall 2000 and fall 2012, according to data from the Office of Budget and Planning.

In fall 2000, more than 2,500 African-American students among 26,000 total students were enrolled at the University, and enrollment maintained an average of 9.3 percent until fall 2009, when it dropped to 8.8 percent.

Since the dip in African-American enrollment in 2009, the number has climbed beyond 10 percent as of fall 2011 for the first time since the University began keeping record in 1975, when African-American enrollment was at 3.3 percent.

the Black Male Leadership Initiative Preview Day hosts African-American students in seventh through ninth grades to provide them with insight into the University, according to the 2011-2012 Annual Diversity Report.

“The Black Male Leadership Initiative is a program that offers the opportunity for young men to see themselves at LSU,” Albert said. “It is a chance to bond with other fellows.”

The University has made efforts to draw African-American students away from attending historically black colleges and universities by making LSU appealing as a flagship institution, a prime research institution and an institution that offers a post-college experience, Albert said.

Computer and electrical engineering sophomore Dominique Marbury came to the University because of its engineering program.

Anthropology junior Kaylah Williams chose the University because it is one of the few universities in Louisiana that offers an anthropology program. It was also the most economically viable decision, Williams said.

Along with the University’s efforts to enroll African-American students, several campus programs are designed to retain them as well.

“Students should feel like they can thrive, succeed and graduate from LSU,” Albert said.

Student organizations focused on cultural interests, such as the Black Student Union and AfricanAmerican Cultural Center Ambassadors, and offices such as the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Community University Partnership and Volunteer LSU focus on minority student success.

“They offer the Black Student Union and a couple of different clubs around campus, like the fraternities and sororities, but it’s not a lot at the forefront,” Williams said.

“It’s understandable because we are not the majority. You have to find things. It’s an interesting dynamic, but if you want it, it’s there – you just have to find it.”

Albert announced last fall that she will be leaving LSU to take a similar position at the University of Minnesota System.

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WALK-OUT SONGS 2013 ROSTER

This is How We Do It by Montell Jordan Chris Sciambra (5), sophomore center fielder

God’s Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash Mark Laird (9), freshman right fielder

Top Back by T.I.

Alex Bregman (30), freshman shortstop

Teach Me How To Dougie by Cali Swag District Raph Rhymes (4), senior left fielder

Money Maker by Ludacris

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Walk it Out Walk-out songs focus hitters

Mason Katz (8), senior first baseman

Hit em High Hit em Low by JT Money

JaCoby Jones (23), junior second baseman

Chandler Rome

Bailamos by Enrique Iglesias

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Secluded on second base earlier this season, Mason Katz was forced to hold up his end of the bargain.

As the first notes of TLC’s “No Scrubs” blared in Alex Box Stadium, the senior first baseman quietly clapped his hands and gyrated his hips while senior designated hitter Alex Edward stepped into the batter’s box — a promise Katz made to his classmate if he chose the ’90s mega-hit as his walkout song.

While Edward’s choice is a reminder of a mistake made during his freshman season, each player has a different method to his madness in choosing his music, with the main focus on getting in the zone.

“If it’s something you’re going to hear before you hit, you want it to be something that pumps you up and maybe gets you focused and helps you lock in,” said junior catcher Ty Ross.

“That’s kind of what I based mine on this year.”

Ross, who walks up to Carmina Burana’s “O Fortuna,” said he elicited opinions from family, friends and fans while making his selection, and the song gives him a gladiator mentality at the plate.

Edwards’ choice stems from his freshman season when he forgot to turn in his song by the agreed-upon date, leading to coordinator of baseball operations Ross Brezovsky choosing TLC’s Grammy-winning hit.

When his senior year rolled around, he was pressured by Katz to keep the song. Edward agreed, only if Katz would dance every time it was played, whether in the dugout or on base.

It hasn’t been a fair deal so far, according to Edward.

“I think I saw him dance twice,” Edward said. “I don’t think he’s been holding up his end of the bargain.”

O Fortuna by Carmina Burana Ty Ross (26), junior catcher

graphic by KIRSTEN ROMAGUERA / The Daily Reveille

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Why did you pick your walk-out song?

Raph Rhymes senior left fielder

‘My first year here, [former Tiger Trey Watkins] was going to do ‘Moving Like Berney’ and I was going to do ‘Teach Me How to Dougie.’ It kind of stuck, and everyone told me you can’t change it.’

Tyler Moore sophomore DH

‘When I was 11, a mom came up to my mom and said, ‘Hey, this song [‘Bailamos’] is saying Tyler Moore.’ Every time I would come up to bat or make a play, she’d sing ‘Tyler Moore.’ Ever since then, it’s just stuck.’

Mason Katz senior first baseman

‘I was listening to all kinds of funny Pandora stations and different kinds of things and [‘Money Maker’] came up.’

Tigers edge past Arkansas, 65-60 Carmouche leads with 26 points Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Senior guard Charles Carmouche paced the Tiger offense with a career-high 26 points and LSU (17-9, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) held off a furious Arkansas rally to notch its eighth SEC win of the season, 65-60, in the PMAC – putting the Tigers over .500 in SEC play for the first time this season.

Carmouche, who surpassed 20 points for the second straight game, started the game in style, burying three 3-pointers in the first eight minutes to help the Tigers race out to a 19-8 lead by the second media timeout. “[Junior guard] Andre [Stringer] caught me a couple of times for some wide-open threes,” Carmouche said. “When we are in transition, I think we are at our best.”

Saddled with foul trouble all evening, sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III was held scoreless in the first half, playing only 11 minutes. Nevertheless, the Tigers built a large lead behind a string of fill-ins on the inside.

After a jumper from Razorback junior Kikko Haydar cut the Tiger lead to nine with just more than five minutes to go, LSU ripped off a 13-0 run over the next four minutes of the half. Six-foot-five junior forward Shavon Coleman scored six of the 13 points while battling on the inside against two 6-foot-7 Razorbacks.

“It was tough [without O’Bryant],” Carmouche said. “He draws a lot of attention inside and it helps us with open, easy looks.”

Arkansas answered with a 9-0 run to close the half, scoring four in the paint. The Razorbacks grabbed three rebounds to go in the locker room with a more manageable 4532 deficit.

The struggles without O’Bryant were magnified in the second half as the Tiger offense struggled to find the same rhythm, shooting 5-for-17 from the field and 0-for-3 from 3-point land for the final 20 minutes.

“We knew that Arkansas would continue to fight and continue to battle,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones. “Unfortunately on the offensive end we did not execute, did not make plays for the first four or five ARKANSAS, see page 10

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O’Bryant III dishes on MJ, one-and-done rule MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist Columnist’s Note: A new feature we’re implementing this semester at The Daily Reveille is the “LSU Athlete of the Week.” This week, columnist Micah Bedard went one-on-one with LSU men’s basketball sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III. In future weeks, the nominations for athlete of the week will be announced on Sunday’s “Out of Bounds” from 6 to 7 p.m. on 91.1 KLSU. You can vote for the next athlete of the week at lsureveille.com/sports.

Micah Bedard: You cut off the dreads this season. How much do you miss your hair?

Johnny O’Bryant III: I’ve gotten used to it. I really forgot I had it until I see a picture of me with it. I don’t really think about it too much.

MB: Has Andrew Del Piero ever dunked on you in practice?

JOB III: Not that I remember. I think he might have tried to and it bounced out or something, but he never really caught me.

MB: Who do you think is the best team in the NBA right now?

JOB III: The [Miami] Heat, but I’m a [New York] Knicks fan.

MB: Do you think anyone will ever reach Michael Jordan’s level?

JOB III: I just think Jordan is on his own level. LeBron [James] is his own player; Kobe [Bryant] is his own player. Championships do speak for themselves. Jordan has more than both of those guys.

MB: What’s your opinion on the one-and-done rule and how it has affected college basketball?

JOB III: Growing up, I saw so many powerhouse basketball programs like Georgetown and Syracuse. I definitely think when you see teams like Kentucky that gets one-and-done guys all the time, you think about if they would stack the team with the players they bring in, they would probably be amazing.

But it has its positives and its negatives.

MB: You have 13 double-doubles this season. Would you be a little disappointed if you weren’t First Team All-SEC? JOB III: It’s not really up to me.

I’m just going to keep playing as hard as I can and try and get these wins for my team. So wherever I fall, I fall.

MB: Who’s a player in the NBA, past or present, you really model your game around?

JOB III: I look at the type of guys like David West, Al Jefferson. They can do a bunch of different things on and off the block and in the midrange game.

teams you’ve seen at the college level this season that you can appreciate their style of play?

JOB III: I like Missouri, the way they get up and down. [Phil] Pressey and what he’s able to do with the ball and the way they’re able to shoot. I like Boise [State] too. They aren’t big at all, but they’re a tough team. Their guards shoot the ball well and they play pretty hard.

MB: Why should fans get excited for the future of LSU basketball?

JOB III: The recruiting class coming in and the things coach Jones is doing with his program.

He’s getting guys in here and guys are starting to like LSU, fans are starting to get back in the seats. Things are just happening.

If I was a fan, I’d definitely be excited.

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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III celebrates the Tigers’ 97-94 triple-overtime victory Saturday against the Crimson Tide.

MB: From year one to year two, what do you attribute to your improved conditioning?

JOB III: The mindset. Last year, having to share minutes with Storm [Warren], Malcolm [White], Justin [Hamilton] and Eddie [Ludwig], it was really tough getting in and out of the game and not being able to get into a rhythm. This year, I came into a team where I had to take up most of the scoring load, the rebounding load, blocking shots.

It’s just totally different. I had to become a tougher player.

MB: Who are some players and

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.

Contact Micah Bedard at mbedard@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @DardDog

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LSU to face skidding Freshman trio of Bell, Kloss, Simmons spark offensive surge Crimson Tide team Tigers focusing on team chemistry Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor

It’s evident that something is different about the 2013 LSU softball team, which has already hit two more home runs and averaged almost two more runs per game than last season.

Just one season after struggling through a poor offensive campaign, the Tigers have consistently produced high-scoring games. The biggest difference so far? The team’s slew of true freshmen.

Bianka Bell, Sandra Simmons and Kellsi Kloss have sparked an offense that, at many times, appeared stagnant in 2012. The trio has combined for 25 RBIs and seven of LSU’s 15 home runs.

“Just the way the freshmen come up and attack — the way they swing hard and swing fearless — I think that goes throughout the whole lineup,” said LSU coach Beth Torina.

Torina knows the effect the

new players have had on the squad better than anyone. Before the season, Torina raved about the freshmen, forecasting their major roles in the Tigers’ lineup, and she was right.

Simmons, Bell and Kloss have each made individual plays that directly influenced at least one LSU victory.

In the Tigers’ victory against BYU last weekend, Simmons launched a seventh-inning grand slam, vaulting LSU to a 10-6 win.

In that same game, Bell reached on a one-out single to set up Simmon’s slam.

Kloss had a game-winning home run of her own on opening weekend, giving LSU a 1-0 victory against Purdue.

Though only playing in eight of the Tigers’ games, Kloss is tied for the team lead in home runs with three. Bell and Simmons are tied for second on the team with two.

“The upperclassmen are stepping up and they’re getting on base for me or [Simmons] or anyone else to hit the home runs or doubles or triples to score those runs,” Bell said.

As one of the top softball prospects in the country last year,

Bell said being on a team with players just as talented as she is has been a big change.

“Coming to college was a big culture shock, and having to compete for a position was a really big struggle to me,” Bell said.

“It helped me to be the player that I am right now. But I still have a lot of work to do, and I’m going to keep working to hang on to my spot.”

Simmons said one reason for the freshmen’s early success is the way the upperclassmen have accepted them into the fold and not treated them as freshmen.

Junior third baseman Tammy Wray said team chemistry is an important part of the team’s success, and the rest of the team’s goal is to make the freshmen feel like anyone else on the team with equal responsibilities.

“At this point, age doesn’t matter,” Wray said. “We’re all focussed on the same thing. We’re all out here doing the same conditioning and weights and putting in just as much effort as each other.”

Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com

Bria Turner Sports Contributor

LSU will try to improve its résumé for a bid in the NCAA tournament when it meets Alabama on Thursday night in the PMAC. The Lady Tigers (17-10, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) have won their last four games, while the Tide (12-15, 2-12 SEC) has lost its last eight. LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said the Tide’s record does not matter – her team needs to give its all.

“I tell our team all the time – ‘it does not matter if there’s not a number in front of our opponent,’” Caldwell said during her radio show Tuesday night. “We have to still go out and play like we’re one of the best teams in the country.”

Caldwell said Alabama is a good team, so not respecting it going in to the game could lead to a letdown.

“How do you want to finish your regular season?” Caldwell said.

“Let’s really make a statement going into the SEC tournament of who we are and how we’re going to play LSU basketball.”

Following the Kentucky game, LSU has four players averaging double-digit scoring, with junior forward Theresa Plaisance leading with

17.8 points per game. Plaisance also leads in rebounding, averaging eight per game. Junior guard Jeanne Kenney leads the team with 115 total assists, averaging four per game.

For the Tide, sophomore guard Daisha Simmons leads scoring with 12.4 points per game and 107 total assists. In Alabama’s last game — a 67-61 loss to Florida — junior guard Shafontaye Myers led all scoring with 15 points while senior guard Meghan Perkins added 14 points, five rebounds, five assists and two blocks.

LSU hit its peak around the same time last season, as it went on a six-game winning streak that began with defeating then-No. 6 Kentucky.

Senior guard Adrienne Webb said she noticed the similarities and expects the team to click accordingly.

“When season’s starts winding down, you get accustomed to knowing your team and how to play together,” Webb said. “We really started coming together as a team.

It’s showing in our play.”

LSU hosts the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year.

Contact Bria Turner at bturner@lsureveille.com

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minutes [of the second half] … and allowed them to start making plays and get back into the game.”

The Razorbacks whittled the Tiger lead down to a bucket with 1:42 to go when freshman guard Michael Qualls took advantage of a Carmouche turnover and sent home a thunderous dunk to get Arkansas at 62-60.

But LSU took control defensively, holding the Razorbacks scoreless for the rest of the contest while making three front ends of one-and-one free throw attempts to secure its fourth victory in the last five games.

Hickey, who finished with 10 points and five assists, credited Carmouche as the unquestioned oncourt leader who willed the Tigers to a crucial home win.

“When you see one person doing it big, we all come in,” Hickey said. “We all have each other’s back. All we have been waiting for is a leader.

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

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LSU senior guard Charles Carmouche (0) attempts a layup Wednesday during the Tigers’ 65-60 victory against Arkansas in the PMAC.

BASEBALL

This week’s Baseball America poll Rank / Team

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1. North Carolina

1

2. Vanderbilt

2

3. Arkansas

3

4. Louisville

4

5. Mississippi State

5

6. Oregon State

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7. South Carolina

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8. Mississippi

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9. Louisiana State

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10. North Carolina State 10 11. Kentucky

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12. UCLA

12

13. Rice

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14. Oregon

14

15. Stanford

15

16. Georgia Tech

16

17. Cal State Fullerton

20

18. Oklahoma

18

19. Florida State

19

20. Arizona

23

21. UC Irvine

25

22. Notre Dame

NR

23. Florida Gulf Coast

NR

24. Southern Mississippi 21 25. Virginia Tech

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Cheers to Seasonal Beers story by KACI YODER · photos by ANGELA MAJOR

New Planet 3R Raspberry Ale DeMatteo: “We thought it was interesting that there was a whole class of beer drinkers that was alienated because they didn’t have any options available.

[Gluten-free] is a new and exciting trend in beer that you have these beers that people with gluten sensitivities can drink.”

Cauley: “If you like Abita Strawberry, it’s another great option.”

Blanche de Bruxelles

Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager Merritt: “My first recommendation is always Abita Strawberry. It’s classic. People look forward to it all year, and they’ll stick with it all season.”

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

Tramp Stamp, New Planet Raspberry Ale, Abita Strawberry Harvest and Blanche de Bruxelles are served Tuesday at The Bulldog.

Local bar employees offer spring beer suggestions

New year, new beer. Beer fans were — quite literally — foaming at the mouth this month when Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager hit the shelves again, marking the arrival of another batch of seasonal brews.

But with so many options, the casual drinker might not know where to start. The Daily Reveille went to the staff of The Bulldog, one of Baton Rouge’s first stops for a wide selection of drafts, for some recommendations of the best spring beers.

DeMatteo: “Probably the pinnacle of its style in terms of wheat white ale. … It’s a really light beer with a lot of citrus on it, so if you like a Blue Moon or a Harpoon or a Hoegaarden, this is the quintessential beer in that style.”

Cauley: “You have two different tiers [with a white ale]. You have the orange peel side of things where you see the Blue Moons and Shock Tops, and then you have your lemon peel focus which is a Hoegaarden or the Blanche de Bruxelles. That’s where it gets its nice, light, citrus flavor from.”

The Beer Gurus: Nikki Merritt, bartender Remi DeMatteo, general manager Carter Cauley, shift manager What’s your favorite seasonal beer?

Vote in our poll at lsureveille.com.

DeMatteo: “It’s from a local brewer, and it’s made with real Louisiana strawberries and fruit juice. It’s a lager made with pilsner wheat malt so it has a crispness to it, but it still has the fruit presence that’s really refreshing for the Louisiana weather.”

Clown Shoes Tramp Stamp

DeMatteo: “You get some of the floralness of an IPA, you get the refreshing quality of a Belgian beer, and you mash them together. This beer is phenomenal; probably my favorite beer on this list.”

Cauley: “It’s another one done with a hint of orange peel so it’s got a nice citrus flavor. It’s going to be a great introductory beer for people who aren’t so used to the bitter beers, specifically pale ales and IPAs.”

ART

Student brings comics to life Taylor Wells works on world-known comic Rob Kitchen Entertainment Writer

MORGAN SEARLES / The Daily Reveille

Taylor Wells, painting and drawing senior, sits Feb. 16 in her studio space in the Old Engineering Shops Building.

When people flip through the pages of a comic book, they often take for granted the artists who draw the issue and pick the colors.

One such artist behind those vibrant comic pages is Taylor Wells, a University studio art senior and color assistant on the Image Comics series “CHEW.”

Wells started by reading I want the job,” Wells said. “I did a manga — Japanese comics — and test page and sent it back to him. I moved into American comics with got an email saying ‘You’re hired’ I’ve been doing it Jhonen Vasquez’s Watch a time- and ever sense.”

“Johnny the HomWells started icidal Maniac.” lapse video of work on the series After sending a fan Taylor Wells with “CHEW” #27, email to “CHEW” artist Rob Guil- at work on her senior which intentionally lory, she later met was released in the studio art project. him at a comic space of “CHEW” convention in New Orleans. #19. Since then, she’s been Guil“About a month after the con- lory’s color assistant.

“Taylor has been an invaluable vention, I got an email out of the blue from him saying that he need- part of the production of ‘CHEW,’” ed a new assistant. He remembered me; he still had my email, and did COMICS, see page 15

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Ed Harcourt, “Back Into the Woods”

EXTENDED REVIEW

CCCLX

While Ed Harcourt’s latest album is not something everyone will pick up and play over and over again, it’s still worth a listen. Filled with lively piano pieces, Harcourt has released something that has a vibe similar to some of the songs Adele released last year on “21.” Because almost the entire album is Harcourt playing the piano while singing, it may not be for everyone, especially since the biggest hits are often electronic. However, this does not take away from the singer-songwriter’s work here. It is a solid album lyrically and some of his piano work is incredibly catchy. No matter what your musical preferences are, give “Back Into the Woods” a listen. You won’t be disappointed.

ROB KITCHEN

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Braid + Balance and Composure Split EP

No Sleep Records

Seasoned Illinois pop-punkers Braid teamed up with the relatively new Doylestown, Penn., band Balance and Composure to produce the best split of 2013 so far. The melodic sincerity of Braid mixed with the brash vocals of Balance and Composure create two separate listening experiences that mesh well when the split is listened to in its entirety.

Braid’s track “Lux” effortlessly piles on the bouncy pop that the band is known for, while “Many Enemies” draws comparisons to Foo Fighters. Balance and Composure’s “You Can’t Fix Me” and “Stay” break from the norm and bring an element of sentimentality to the split. This split was a complete success, bringing two seemingly opposite bands together to create something that musically works.

REBECCA DOCTER

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“Golden Boy” Series Premiere

CBS

CBS’s latest drama, “Golden Boy,” isn’t quite living up to its name so far. Theo James (who may be remembered as the ill-fated Mr. Pamuk from “Downton Abbey”) stars as Walter William Clark, Jr. – a young, ambitious cop who rises to the position of police commissioner. Clark’s gruff partner, Don Owen, is brilliantly portrayed by Chi McBride. The series is told in an extended flashback, as Clark reminisces seven years in the future. James and his costars give solid performances, but the plot is littered with too many gimmicks and clichés to leave a strong impression. However, the flashbacks foreshadow what could be interesting future plot twists.

James is a great actor, but his role as Clark doesn’t allow him to shine. “Golden Boy” proves that even great actors can struggle to elevate a tired plot.

MARIE CHANEY

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David Bowie, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” Columbia Records/Iso Records At 66, pop culture icon David Bowie is slowly unveiling his first album in 10 years. The video for the second single, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” from his 26th album “The Next Day,” stars himself and Tilda Swinton as a quaint, happily married suburban couple. Scary-glam celebrities (played by androgynous models Saskia de Brauw and Andrej Peji) soon move in next door to wreak havoc, and Norwegian model Iselin Steiro appears as a late 1970s-era Bowie as a point of contrast. Critics may whine that Bowie isn’t putting out the hard-hitting stuff he has in former years of megastardom, but the video is a testament to the man’s extraordinary powers of reinvention. It is inventive, symbolic of his mindset as an artist and visually interesting without coming off as a replication of his past.

SAMANTHA BARES

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Sacrilege”

Interscope Records

“Sacrilege,” the first single from indie group Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album “Mosquito,” is good for a song about having sex with a fallen angel. That’s not a slight against the almost four-minute track; it’s the only verse: “Fallen for a guy, fell down from the sky/Halo round his head/Feathers in a bed/In our bed, in our bed.” Which, admittedly, could be seen as sacrilegious, but ignoring all religious connotations, “Sacrilege” is an enjoyable tune.

It has lead singer Karen O’s usual rocker voice coupled with some softer moments in the beginning, which pairs nicely with the 24-piece gospel choir that jumps in during the last third of the song. That being said, this single isn’t anything special and doesn’t come close to classics like “Zero” or “Heads Will Roll.” The best thing about “Sacrilege” is that it means Yeah Yeah Yeahs are making music again.

TAYLOR BALKOM

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EDITOR’S PICK: AlunaGeorge, “Attracting Flies”

Island Records

AlunaGeorge ranks among the more successful 2012 acts who tried to merge pop with heavily produced electronic. The UK duo’s key tracks from last year, “Your Drums, Your Love” and “You Know You Like It,” orbit around hooks that spend days looping in your head. “Attracting Flies,” its first entry for 2013, doesn’t take long to get to that revered hook — arguably the most important component of the group’s songs. But “Attracting Flies” doesn’t have that exotic, uninhibited refrain for which AlunaGeorge is known. Instead, both the hook and the production sound similar to what’s on the Top 40 right now. It’s a weaker entry for a band that has quickly flipped the modern pop song on its head, but “Attracting Flies” suggests there could be BRIAN SIBILLE Entertainment Editor more tricks up this young duo’s sleeves.

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Atoms for Peace’s debut a hit Thom Yorke, best known as the front man of Radiohead, has recently taken some time off from his main band to join with longtime producer Nigel Godrich, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea, drummer Joey WaronkDANIEL er and percusCATALANELLO sionist Mauro Entertainment Writer Refosco. Together they are Atoms for Peace.

The nature of supergroups such as this one is often fraught, sometimes sounding better on paper than in execution. So much virtuosic talent can lead to an unfocused mess that pales in comparison to the members’ respective main projects. Luckily, that isn’t the case here. While the band’s presence is integral, it serves mostly to bolster Yorke’s songwriting, orbiting his nucleoid presence with utter effectiveness.

The skittering, mind-bending riff gives way to Yorke’s gentle rhythms and menacing synths falsetto, sounding both plaintive that are trademark to Yorke’s and peaceful. Like a lullaby set to work with and without Radiohead unbelievably disorienting drums, the song seems to are still presrecall the slowing ent, and in many AMOK: of time seconds ways the songs before an acciaren’t much dif- Artist: Atoms for Peace dent. ferent from Ra- Label: XL Records In all of diohead’s most these songs, there recent work. Grade: A+ is a fine balance The major differbetween the cold, ence seems to be • Composed of Thom Yorke, Flea, Yorke himself, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco machine-like precision and the who manages to • Features danceable, full-bodied resonant warmth sound less re- rhythms and synth that emanates strained, eager from Yorke’s voto stretch his musical legs. Yorke has, after all, cals. While everything from Nigel helmed Radiohead for more than Godrich’s production to Flea’s two decades now, and being able bass playing are executed excepto step outside of his main band for tionally, it is truly Yorke’s songsome fresh air seems to have done writing and vocals that are the story of this album. him some good.

Each song works as a part of Standout “Ingenue” sets the precedent for the album — dance- the whole, as a piece of the elecable, full-bodied rock disguised as tronic tapestry that is “Amok,” electronic music with Yorke’s ach- and yet there is a wide variety ingly sweet vocals as the cherry offered. On “Default,” a soulful on top. The song’s anxious synth Yorke belts out one of his more

extroverted songs in recent years, nearly evoking vibes of Southern rock. On “Dropped,” an insistent beat slowly builds into a flurry of breakneck rhythms that culminate in one of the more cathartic moments on the album.

On “Stuck Together Pieces,” Yorke sings languidly, “You don’t get away so easily,” sounding like a bemused predator. Aware of the siren-like quality of his songs, Yorke draws the listener in close.

Once in reach, these seasoned musicians strike with maximum effect. The listener is left disembodied and absorbed into the music, left to admire the serene wasteland Yorke and company seem to convey so effortlessly.

Grade: A+ Daniel Catalanello is a 20-year-old English literature junior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Daniel Catalanello at dcatalanello@lsureveille.com

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Minute choices define style First impressions almost always begin with one person judging another based solely on what he or she looks like.

This, I believe, is what makes style so important.

S t y l e CONNOR TARTER does not end Fashion Columnist with clothing, though. Sure, a man’s attire is probably the most obvious visual indicator of his personal style, but there are many other style choices every man makes that can seal the deal when it comes to communicating an overall look.

Almost everyone has a cell phone. A cell phone is a major purchase for any person, and everyone has to like how that device’s aesthetics define who he is. This goes for computers, book bags, sunglasses or any other external “thing” that is on your person every day.

As young collegiate scholars, we have to start making conscious choices about these things before we step out into the “real world” and start our big-boy jobs.

Buying a few dress shirts and a suit is an easy and quick fix for an unprofessional wardrobe, but the purple phone cover with a nautical star on it needs to go as well.

Quirky accessories and overly stylized effects can make a man seem young and unprofessional.

For example, I currently carry a brown leather bifold

Read “Tech with Taylor” for an update from the Mobile World Congress.

“Frugal Fashionista” highlights an Oscars trend. photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

photo illustration by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Fashion doesn’t stop at clothes — accessories such as wallets and iPhone cases can help or hinder your outfit as well.

wallet. Until two years ago, I carried a neon blue, green and yellow vinyl trifold wallet that had a velcro seal. It fit with my dayto-day style (regrettably), but it was embarrassing to me when I pulled it out the few times I threw on my suit. It didn’t make sense, and it was an ugly sore thumb in the context of my otherwise wellconsidered look.

Take an inventory of the things you’re carrying every day and consider whether they fit into any situation in which you may find yourself or if they say something about who you are in very specific sub-contexts.

Finding material belongings

that reflect who a man is as a whole, rather than who he is with his buddies, could save him from stumbling through an embarrassing, defensive explanation of, say, why his laptop has a Power Rangers sticker on it. Cute conversation piece at the coffee shop — condemning, immature label at a corporate office.

Connor Tarter is a 21-year-old communication studies junior from Dallas.

Contact Connor Tarter at ctarter@lsureveille.com

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With spring approaching, the trend of colored hair is growing. In the name of self-expression and the freedom of going to college, many students turn to a box of drugstore hair dye to make a statement.

Here’s what students had to say about their decision to dye their hair.

“They were out of red and purple didn’t work.” — Josh Lacour, undeclared freshman

“I chose to dye my hair this color because it’s a way of expressing myself and I love being colorful.” — Diane Tucker, studio art freshman

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“I dyed my hair because I just wanted to do something fun with it and I thought college was the perfect time to do that.” — Arianna Dirige, undeclared freshman

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TELEVISION AND FILM

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New York to exempt TV, movies under new gun law

The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation’s toughest gun control measure into law after the Connecticut school shootings that killed 26 people, but the state is now carving out an exemption to make sure movie and TV producers can stage running gun battles on Manhattan streets.

Movie and TV productions have long been courted by New York and other states with tax breaks in exchange for the jobs and glamour of the industry. Hollywood is also a major campaign fundraising stop for New York politicians.

“We spend a lot of money in the state bringing movie production here, post-production here, so obviously we would want to facilitate that,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants to expand the film and TV tax credit.

He said movies and TV may use fake guns that wouldn’t be subject to the new law, but the industry wants “certainty.” The revised law would allow them to use real weapons without real ammunition.

“There’s no reason not to make a change like that to give an industry comfort, especially when it’s an industry we want to do business in the state,” the governor said.

Film and television producers have spent more than $7 billion in New York since the state began offering tax breaks in 2004, the governor’s office says.

New York has been the stage for recent films including “SpiderMan 3,” “The Nanny Diaries,”

COMICS, from page 11

Guillory said in an email. “She’s a pleasure to work with.”

Wells’ job involves helping Guillory determine color choices used in panels that decorate the pages of each issue.

Colorists take the black and white pages of the comic book and add color to each page. Color has a big impact on each issue, graphic novel or Sunday comic strip. It can bring forth the greatness of the art and set the tone of the work.

“Colors can make or break a comic,” Wells said. “You can have the most beautiful line art, the most gorgeous story, but if the colors are highly saturated and don’t work well together, then it’s going to be an eyesore.”

Ever since she started working on “CHEW,” Wells’ friends have encouraged her.

“I think Taylor working on “CHEW” is probably the coolest thing ever,” said Doris Belleau, one of Wells’ friends. “It’s refreshing to see a comic without the same, tired superhero and the same, tired plot.”

As for her future, Wells isn’t sure what it may hold, but things look promising.

“Right now, my future’s completely open. I hope to do pencils and inks eventually, but there are

“Sex and the City 2,” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Most of Woody Allen’s films are made in New York City, and many TV shows including “Louie” turn to the city for their backdrop.

The Hollywood exemption is just one of the revisions planned for the state law that was passed in January before the Obama administration and other states offered their legislative responses to the Dec. 14 rampage in Newtown, Conn. Other changes to the New York law would allow police officers to keep their high-capacity handguns and take a loaded gun on school grounds without permission from school officials.

However, the need for a “cleanup” bill also means the fight over the law may not be over after all.

An estimated 10,000 opponents of the new law are expected to descend on Albany on Thursday to try to persuade lawmakers to take advantage of an unexpected second shot at the law critics claim is unconstitutional.

The law was passed in a flurry of closed-door negotiations, without public hearings or a three-day review required of bills under the state constitution. The measure was debated, passed and signed within hours, just days before President Barack Obama proposed his measures including tougher gun control.

“Had they not rushed this bill through, this bill would never have become law,” said Assembly Republican leader Brian Kolb. “This opposition would have been mobilized ... This bill would do nothing to prevent

some people interested in my colors,” Wells said. “So I could start out doing colors after graduation, and I want to stick with ‘CHEW’ until the end.”

Guillory also has hopes for Wells’ future.

“Taylor’s one of a rising number of talented young

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New York senators shake hands after a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol on Jan. 30 in Albany, N.Y.

the tragedies.”

Most opponents have rallied around a call for repeal of the law, which would be impossible to pass through the Assembly led

by New York City Democrats who have long championed gun control measures. But the cleanup bill provides an opportunity for lawmakers to submit more substantive changes.

Others are considering a strategy of blocking the bill from passage, which could bolster the chances of a pending lawsuit that seeks to overturn the law.

The law bans a broader array of military-style weapons, Louisiana-born artists that are breaking into the comics industry,” Guillory said. “I’m glad I’ve been able to help her start her career.”

Contact Rob Kitchen at rkitchen@lsureveille.com

restricts ammunition magazines to seven rounds from 10, creates a more comprehensive database of people barred from owning guns, and makes New York the first state to require background checks to buy bullets.

Therapists, doctors and other mental health professionals will be required to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally. Mental health advocates are also seeking amendments to the law they say may interfere with treatment of

potentially dangerous people and discourage them from seeking help.

Cuomo and Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who co-sponsored the gun control legislation, said he and legislators are only discussing technical changes at this time.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s entertainment staff at entertainment@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_entertain

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Ben Hur, Done That Student Government’s Ben Hur bus addition a positive move forward POLIVIN’ THE LIFE JOHN POLIVKA Columnist For students living on Ben Hur Road, problematic drunken ride situations used to be as customary as the pungent taste someone receives when uttering the phrase, “Roll Tide.”

Being rideless was, Ben Hur, done tha— But wait one second.

The LSU Student Government passed a bill Feb. 20, that added Ben Hur Road to the Tiger Trails bus route. This route will provide transportation home to students in that area from Thursday through Saturday, 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

The highly anticipated move by the SG Senate has finally arrived in the form of a purple and gold bus, donning a welcoming invitation to the many students seeking the comforts of their homes after a night at the bars.

The move will most likely be the last hoorah of the current SG Senate as it gathers its belongings and head out the door, ushering in a new wave of students to fill the seats it left behind.

Regardless of any sort of ploy concocted behind

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Tiger Trails buses pick up students in front of Hodges Hall. Student Government funded a new bus route to travel along Ben Hur Road on Thursday through Sunday nights. The bus will begin running tonight.

politically based strategies, the consensus remains: This is a great thing for a select group of LSU students.

That is, after all, what matters, right?

Of course it is. And when it pertains to students living on Ben Hur Road, it’s for a good reason.

Baton Rouge is known for its notorious murder rate.

“Baton Rouge recorded 64 murders, 51 rapes, 893 robberies and 1,460 aggravated assaults in 2011,” according to past Reveille reports.

Considering that the most popular route to the Cottages and Woodlands of Baton Rouge is a

straight shot down Nicholson Drive, a major road, there was no alternative for the drunken students who walk home other than making their way down the busy street.

The surrounding area and cross streets don’t help much either. Last semester, a student, was shot in the hand while

pays a huge chunk of your educational bill and you complain because it isn’t enough For shame.”

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college at all?

Without TOPS, I would not be at LSU, and I doubt I’d be in a university at all. My parents wouldn’t have been able to afford it, either for my older sister, me, or my younger sister who’s starting college next year. At best, I would’ve went to a trade school or a community college twenty minutes away from my hometown and then entered into whatever career I could find.

And honestly, after starting a career/job, I doubt I’d return to an education system again unless I really loathed my work environment.

How many students would the state lose if TOPS requirements changed?

Actually, probably very

many would lose TOPS. You have to remember that Louisiana isn’t exactly known for high standards, and we consistently perform below average national scores, not because we’re less intelligent, but because we have a higher level of poverty and a culture that isn’t so kind to smart people that interacts with limited resources for education. That interaction prevents many students from achieving their full academic potential. The lower ACT score is more likely due to someone’s environment and culture rather than their mental potential to succeed in college.

And finally, just because a student loses TOPS funding, does that mean he or she failed?

Well, technically, the student

“I think something needs to be cleared up here. TOPS does not offer a full ride to an in-state university. It only pays for tuition, but then you have to cover fees and housing for yourself. In fact, when I originally met the requirements for TOPS, I was supposed to get tuition and then $800 back in my pocket, but I receive nothing from TOPS because it all goes to my fees, plus I have to pay extra to cover anything that TOPS doesn’t.

To answer your questions: Would they even attend

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walking on East Boyd Drive, a cross street just a block away.

Finance junior and Cottages resident Brian DeYoung attested to the danger, as he has made the trip a few times this year.

“You never know who could be following you late at night or what the drivers on the road near you are capable of doing,” he said.

Despite the danger, you could drive down Nicholson on a weekend night and see a herd of locals drunkenly parading their way down the road.

A bus wasn’t available, and drunken 20-year-olds aren’t exactly known for their ample decision-making while in an intoxicated stupor.

So I tip my hat to the Senate for seeing this bill through. Take note SG presidential contenders John Woodard and T Graham S. Howell — every student at LSU matters, especially in a city like Baton Rouge.

Maybe next year Lake Beau Pre could get added to the route.

John Polivka is a 21-yearold creative writing junior from Houston.

Contact John Polivka at jpolivka@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @jpolivka_91 has failed to balance work and school or has failed to achieve a certain grade in the class, causing them to drop a course and end up as a part-time student rather than a full-time student. It’s not a failure of character or intelligence, but it’s a failure to meet their responsibilities or a failure to recognize that they’re in over their heads, which is rather cruel to say. It may be an unmerciful failure, but it’s a failure people can learn from.”

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OUR VIEW

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In Jindal budget, ‘no change’ is bad news

The Daily Reveille Editorial Board No need to worry, they’ve said. Funding for higher education institutions will flow in Louisiana’s newly proposed executive budget just as it did before.

If this is the narrative pushed

by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration, why is everyone at the University so concerned?

Because if one were to actually look through and research the technical, vague and highly preliminary executive budget, our governor’s number-crunchers could almost convince you this was true.

But if any single statement were to ring above the rest in Jindal’s proposed budget,

it would be this: “There is no change to the funding for Higher Education schools after adjusting for…”

Adjusting for what? Higher education’s routinely distributed midyear cut of $22 million, of course. Last year, $3.4 million of this cut hit the University, though that number has been far greater in the past.

And it’ll be up to the presiding Board of Regents to decide how to dole out the dirty laundry next time around.

The dialogue surrounding the executive budget, which was released Friday, is a rope in tugof-war between two factions pretending to be on the same team.

Our governor’s administration will stop at nothing to

distract from the fact that education and healthcare are still the only viable places to cut in our state’s dilapidated budget — despite the rosiness of granting us the autonomy to increase tuition so we can patch holes they gave us in the first place.

And yet, on the other end, administrators at the University play doomsayer in hopes of wooing the banker, all while surely awaiting better days once this — likely predetermined — system reorganization and transition follows through.

So if the funding for higher education isn’t changing, as the Capitol says, why was $223 million removed from a fund called Total Interagency Transfers within the higher education budget?

That $223 million within Interagency Transfers accounts for the funding of numerous public hospitals within the state’s university systems awaiting public-private partnerships, according to Assistant Commissioner for Policy and Communications Michael DiResto, and the plans thereof have transferred these funds to the Department of Health and Hospitals.

And if the listed shortfall within higher education’s total budget rests at $209 million, i.e., less than $223 million, why did Sen. Dan Claitor, interim member of the Senate’s finance committee, say, “LSU is on the cusp of losing its tier-one status”?

Because both sides of this

tug-of-war are correct.

Spokesmen for Jindal’s administration are exactly right: Funding for higher education most likely will remain the same — the same meaning continued midyear cuts relegated to the Board of Regents’ distribution authority. Fiscal-year budgets will continue to be fiscal-halfyear budgets.

The University hasn’t seen a dependable budget in years, and no comments from the Jindal administration should persuade you otherwise. Not changing higher education funding means retaining its volatile form.

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Jindal plan will further increase Louisiana poverty SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist In the virulent vacuum that American politics has become, reality is merely a concept.

If you think about it, this state of being makes sense: Facts are too boringly concrete. They’re depressing.

In fact, I’d much rather be lied to than face the cold, hard truth regarding something that has occurred or is actually the case.

This is precisely the reason why I love Gov. Bobby Jindal, because his policies are literally never aligned with what is going on.

He lives in a fantasy world.

An intellectual bubble, if you will.

Though many of Jindal’s delusions are quite obvious, it’s vitally important that we acknowledge the convenience and utility they bring to the table.

For instance, you should be especially grateful to Jindal for his vehement denial of climate change.

I mean, where does the liberal media get off gathering this irrefutable “evidence” for a warming planet? It’s upsetting.

And how can you possibly expect the Koch brothers to turn a profit if they have to comply with burdensome regulations meant to preserve our environment?

Thankfully, Jindal — a Brown University graduate — has an answer. Jindal recognizes that “global warming alarmism” is a hoax concocted entirely by a vast group of scientists attempting to “further extremist political agendas that are opposed

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal listens as National Governors Association Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington on Monday, following their meeting with President Barack Obama.

to capitalism and in favor of population control.”

Recently, Jindal proved his delusions further. This time on economics, in particular, Jindal is devoted to implementing supplyside fantasy policies for the people in Louisiana that essentially make the rich, well, richer.

Consider the following facts.

The poverty rate in Louisiana rose last year to 20.4 percent — a 1.7 percent increase, making our state the third poorest in the nation behind New Mexico and Mississippi, according to new census data released in September of last year.

The most egregious aspect of the census data highlights how the share of children living

in poverty posted an increase to 28.8 percent.

Additionally, racial disparities remain grossly prevalent in Louisiana. While 13.1 percent of white Louisianians lived in poverty last year, more than onethird of black Louisianians were poor in 2011.

What does this data indicate?

Our state’s increasing poverty numbers demonstrate that Louisiana is on the wrong economic track.

With a growing share of the state’s residents in poverty, our current socioeconomic status speaks to the need for policies that give relief to working families and provide a pathway out of poverty.

However, Jindal has, in effect, completely ignored the economic importance of this poverty data. He is pushing a plan that would further widen income disparities in the state by eliminating nearly $3 billion in personal and corporate income taxes and replace the lost revenue with higher sales tax.

Jindal is proposing this because he thinks an absence of state income or corporate taxes will lure businesses into the state.

State income tax falls most heavily on the affluent, sales taxes fall most heavily on the poor and middle class.

In fact, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a

nonpartisan think tank, concluded that the “overall shift in tax liability is so dramatic that the plan is virtually guaranteed to have a regressive impact regardless of whether or not a low-income relief program is added to the package.”

Put in concrete terms, ITEP found that the bottom 80 percent of Louisianians in the income distribution would see a tax increase. Conversely, the largest beneficiaries of the tax proposal would be the top 1 percent, with an average income more than $1 million, who’d see an average tax cut of $25,423.

Jindal thinks this tax cut will produce economic growth. Essentially, it’s trickle-down economics.

There is no empirical basis for the view that cutting taxes on the wealthy leads to economic growth, according to a recent study by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

This is a prime example of Jindal refusing to use evidence to shape policy.

So, the actual effect of Jindal’s plan will be to take money out of the hands of ordinary Louisianians and give it to the state’s wealthiest individuals and corporations.

For a state that already suffers from so much poverty, income inequality and racial disparities, this is a catastrophe in the making.

Just another day at work in Jindal’s intellectual bubble.

Jay Meyers is a 20-year-old economics sophomore from Shreveport.

Contact Jay Meyers at jmeyers@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_jmeyers

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