The Daily Reveille - March 27, 2013

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Unite wins second election Judah Robinson

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Unite LSU’s presidential candidate John Woodard and vice presidential candidate Taylor Parks are now the Student Government’s president- and vice president-elect after Monday’s second round of voting.

Woodard and Parks received 2,857 votes, or 62.7 percent, while Impact LSU’s presidential and vice presidential candidates T Graham S. Howell and Kaitlin Torké received 1,700 votes, or 37.3 percent.

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[1] John Woodard and Taylor Parks file to run as the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Unite LSU ticket. [2] Woodard and Parks celebrate a landslide victory in the first election despite a disqualification over financial documents. [3] The candidates attend numerous University Court hearings that eventually overturn their disqualification before calling for a new election. [4] Woodard and Parks celebrate a second victory of more than 1,000 votes in the second SG election.

The LSU Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting today to potentially approve the hiring of F. King Alexander to the newly created president of LSU position.

The meeting will also include an executive session to discuss the multiple public records requests submitted for the names of the candidates involved in the search for a new president.

The executive session discussion comes under threat of a lawsuit against the University over the confidentiality of the presidential search, which at one point yielded more than 30 potential candidates.

Alexander was officially announced March 18 as the sole finalist in the search for LSU’s president, which will encompass the system president and chancellor positions.

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CHANCELLOR

Jenkins: Student leadership is disconnected Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer

The University’s student leadership is disconnected from the student body, said Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins on Tuesday at the “Chats with the Chancellor” forum held for students in the Student Union.

The forum was the second of two events Jenkins held to allow students and faculty to voice their concerns about University issues, and the first forum on March 20 was primarily for faculty. The main focus of Tuesday’s chat was

the dissonance between the University’s student leaders and most of the student body, which Jenkins and students in attendance said is one of the primary concerns dividing the campus.

“We’ve got to solve this,” Jenkins said. “It’s never a good thing having student leadership that’s disconnected.”

The recent Student Government election process is one of multiple events that have created controversy and frustration within the University community, said ISDS sophomore Bryce Bourgeois.

“My main concern is Student Government and the way

it’s viewed on campus because obviously students aren’t doing the best job,” Bourgeois said. “Stuff like this really hurts the reputation of Student Government. There’s a low regard for SG.” SG President Taylor Cox said Student Media, especially The Daily Reveille, contributes to the problem by not covering the positive things SG does.

Jenkins said he was worried about University student leadership in general. The discourse among student organizations is the main issue with the University’s JENKINS, see page 11

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Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins speaks to a small group of students Tuesday in Live Oak Lounge during a session of “Chats with the Chancellor.”

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Nation & World

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INTERNATIONAL Chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and other apes being lost to trade BANGKOK (AP) — The multibillion-dollar trade in illegal wildlife — clandestine trafficking that has driven iconic creatures like the tiger to near-extinction — is also threatening the survival of great apes, a new U.N. report says.

Endangered chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos are disappearing from the wild in frightening numbers, as private owners pay top dollar for exotic pets, while zoos, amusement parks and traveling circuses clamor for smuggled primates to entertain audiences.

North Korea puts artillery forces at highest-level combat posture SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.

The announcement came as South Koreans marked the third anniversary of the sinking of a warship in which 46 South Korean sailors died. Seoul says the ship was hit by a North Korean torpedo, while the North denies involvement.

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Maggie, a Bornean orangutan who lives in Brookfield Zoo’s Tropic World exhibit, relaxes on her 51st birthday in Brookfield, Ill.

Kerry in Paris to discuss aid to Syrian opposition, situation in Mali PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris for talks with French officials about aid to the Syrian opposition and the situation in Mali.

Kerry arrived in the French capital Tuesday on the last leg of a five-nation trip that also took him to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan with President Barack Obama and then on his own to Iraq and Afghanistan.

France is one of several European nations that would like to send aid to the Syrians.

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STATE/LOCAL

Storm blasts East with cold weather, snow; temperatures rose on Tuesday

Jindal’s tax plan estimated to boost business costs by $500 million

HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — The calendar says it’s spring, but the weather hardly feels like it.

A large storm system that deposited snow, sleet and cold rain on much of the East Coast was finally expected to taper off overnight Tuesday, to be replaced by partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s by late Tuesday morning or early afternoon.

Monday’s storm forced many East Coast schools to open late or close early, and hundreds of flights were canceled. But it was mainly an annoyance.

Man pleads not guilty to charges of extorting a Texas A&M professor

North Dakota gears up for heavy dispute on new abortion laws

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax restructuring plan would shift $500 million in tax costs from individuals to businesses, the governor’s leader on the effort said Tuesday.

Tim Barfield, executive counsel for the Department of Revenue, said that though business tax costs would grow, the governor’s plan would benefit companies by giving them increased stability and simplicity.

He also renewed his claims that nearly all households would see a tax break from the governor’s plan, providing lawmakers with reworked data after complaints from a group of ministers that the previous analysis didn’t take into account.

BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s governor positioned the state Tuesday as a primary battleground in the fight over abortion rights, signing into law the nation’s toughest restriction on the procedure.

Minutes after Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed three antiabortion measures — one banning them as early as six weeks into a pregnancy — unsolicited donations began pouring into the state’s lone abortion clinic to help opponents prove the new laws are unconstitutional.

(AP) — An East Feliciana Parish man has been convicted in the 2008 slaying of his former girlfriend and her 3-year-old son and the attempted killing of two of the woman’s other children in a park near Zachary.

A Baton Rouge jury of 10 women and two men deliberated for about two hours Monday before finding Dominique Dantoni Smith guilty on two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.

HOUSTON (AP) — A Louisiana man has pleaded not guilty to extorting money from a Texas A&M University professor about a week before the professor jumped to his death from a campus building in January.

A Houston judge on Tuesday ordered the 37-year-old Metairie, La., man to remain jailed without bond.

Prosecutors say the defendant lured 59-year-old communications professor James Arnt Aune into a sexually explicit online relationship with who he thought was an underage girl.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

GARDEN

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Horticulture class offers hands-on experience

Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

The field of horticulture is still growing — literally — and its latest manifestation at the University is a class where the students’ lab is a farm.

Bob Mirabello, horticulture instructor, said students in his HORT 2070 lab class learn about plant propagation and gain practical experience using various methods. The class meets every Tuesday afternoon at the Hill Farm near the University Student Recreational Complex, where students are able to watch the entire seed-to-plant growth process, Mirabello said.

The students grow a variety of plants to use in lab experiments that include grafting one type of plant onto another or testing different rooting hormones, Mirabello said. Just about anything from tomatoes to roses to olive trees is grown at the farm, and students are welcome to take any leftovers home.

Mirabello said the course focuses on commercial plant propagation methods that are used for large-scale production. The practical horticulture training the course provides is vital, he said.

“Everything we do in horticulture … is based upon how you grow the plants, how you start the plants off,” Mirabello said. “If [students] go into nursery production, even if they become landscape contractors, they see how the plants are produced.”

Although some lab days require a lot of tedious cutting and transplanting, horticulture junior Becky Lewis said the class is interesting and enjoyable because of its hands-on nature.

“Every class is like a field trip,” Lewis said. “We get to go outside — we don’t have to sit through a boring lecture.”

Mike Adams, who is retired and working on a third undergraduate degree, joked that he is “taking a hobby too far,” but said a horticulture degree and the 2070 class in particular illuminate a broader spectrum of backyard gardening, which many people do for fun.

“You can’t read about it and get it right the first time, but having someone with experience show you exactly what you’re doing right and wrong, you pick it up a lot more quickly,” Adams said.

Mirabello said the class is a “grand experiment” because this is the first semester it has been

taught. It is a combination of the lab components of the general horticulture and plant propagation courses, which are in the process of being approved by the University as a general education science sequence, he said.

Those two classes, as well as the 2070 class, are open to nonhorticulture majors, but Mirabello said the general education sequence would give students from other majors an incentive to take courses that may already interest them.

Mirabello said horticulture appeals to a large audience and intersects with many other fields of study. Education majors, for example, could use horticulture curriculum to teach elementary school students about biology, he said.

Horticulture touches every person on the planet, meaning the field is still evolving, Mirabello said.

Mirabello said people have recently become more in touch with their food and where it comes from, creating a growing interest in small-scale sustainable agriculture. This trend benefits local economies in Louisiana because the state’s commercial horticulture industry declined when states

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Plants sit underneath water sprinklers Tuesday in the Hill Farm Teaching Facility where students in HORT 2070 gain practical experience in plant propagation.

such as California grew their production, he said.

“That niche has been created, and we see a lot of our students coming in [are] now interested in doing small-scale horticulture production — vegetables, fruit crops, looking at local markets, farmers markets,” Mirabello said.

Horticulture also includes landscaping, which Mirabello said is important because people value visual impressions. While people could live without manicured

flower beds and lawns, efforts such as campus beautification are significant, he said.

“People have not lost their interest in pretty things and the food they eat, so the opportunities for our students is continually evolving, and there’s always going to be a place for it,” Mirabello said.

Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com

SAFETY

Studies show college-aged students most prone to texting while driving Zach Carline Contributing Writer

A recent study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed young American drivers are more likely to use their phones while driving, and students agree it is a common and dangerous problem.

According to the report, 69 percent of American drivers had talked on their cell phones while driving in the last 30 days. It also found 31 percent of drivers admitted to reading or sending text messages or emails while driving, with the most common texting offenders being between 18 and 24 years old.

According to the Ad Council, a driver who’s texting is 23 times more likely to be involved in a collision.

Many University students agree texting and driving is a hazard on the road, but still admit to doing so.

Chemical engineering sophomore Brady Smith said he will occasionally text and drive, but said there is definitely danger involved.

Smith also said he believes so many college-aged people text and drive because they feel the need to provide an immediate response.

Economics sophomore Zach Taylor said he agrees college-aged people have a constant need for contact in the age of social media, leading to an increase in distracted driving. Taylor said his cousin was involved in a bad car wreck because of texting. He said he does not text

Emily Vidrine kinesiology junior

‘I hate when someone else is doing it; I’m such a hypocrite.’

and drive.

Spokesman for the LSU Police Department Capt. Cory Lalonde said texting and driving is a major issue but is particularly difficult to enforce because of the language in the law.

Out of the 1,825 traffic citations issued by LSUPD for the calendar year of 2012, only four of those were issued for texting while driving. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office also had a low number of citations while covering a much larger geographical area, issuing only 65 between January 2012 and March 2013.

According to the Louisiana Revised Statute 32:300.5, “no person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public road or highway of this state while using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send or read a text-based communication.”

However, things get tricky when the law goes on to state, “a person shall not be deemed to be writing, reading or sending a text message if the person reads, selects or enters a telephone number or name in a

Olivia Risher

‘My mom [texts and drives], and it terrifies me.’

history sophomore

wireless telecommunications device for the purpose of making a telephone call.”

Lalonde said this part of the law makes it difficult to determine if a person was actually texting and not using his or her phone to make a phone call.

“Just because they have their phone in their hand doesn’t mean they’re texting,” Lalonde said.

Lalonde said texting is no less of a concern than drinking and driving, but unless an officer has definitive proof, police are not able to issue a citation for texting.

Biology freshman Logan Burnsed said he was involved in a collision while he was in the passenger’s seat of a friend’s vehicle. He was showing the driver a text when the car they were in was “t-boned”.

“A driver’s No. 1 responsibility is to operate the vehicle in a safe manner,” Lalonde said.

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page 4 CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Students arrested for tearing down fences at Sig Ep fraternity house LSU Police Department officers observed two males approach the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on March 22 and tear down a temporary fence for an upcoming party, according to LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

William R. White, 19-yearold student of 553 Fairway Drive in Woodstock, Ga., and Blaine H. Tatje, 19-year-old marketing student of 108 Lakewood Drive in Laplace, were arrested for criminal damage, Lalonde said.

White was uncooperative and refused to sign his misdemeanor court summons, according to Lalonde.

White was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for resisting arrest and criminal damage and Tatje was issued his summons and release.

Student arrested for stealing $210 sunglasses from the UREC LSUPD received a call from a person whose sunglasses were stolen during a workout in the University Student Recreation Complex, Lalonde said.

Through investigation of security cameras, LSUPD identified and arrested Maya Morad, 21-year-old biological sciences

student of 405 Arabella Blvd., Lafayette, for misdemeanor theft, Lalonde said.

The victim valued the sunglasses at $210, and Morad was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student arrested for three counts of battery of an officer, criminal mischief LSUPD found Dylan J. Malbrough, 19-year-old preengineering student, drunkenly throwing rocks at a stop sign.

When the officer approached, Malbrough walked away and started shouting obscenities, Lalonde said.

When the officer attempted to detain him, Malbrough began to kick him. The officers arrested Malbrough and he was booked in EBR Parish Prison.

Three students arrested for buying and selling marijuana on campus An LSUPD officer was patrolling near the tennis court lot and saw three people huddled around a parked car. When he approached, one of the men sped off in his car, Lalonde said.

The officer identified the other two as Jacob Aaron Gonzales, 19-year-old petroleum engineering student of 5029 Oak Bayou Drive in Marrero, and Nicholas Burke, 19-year-old mechanical engineering student of 3313 Maryland Avenue in Kenner. The officer found out that Gonzales

The Daily Reveille and the student who drove off – James Ryan Mendez, 19-year-old electrical engineering student of 1933 Mediamolle Drive in New Orleans – sold Burke one gram of marijuana for $20, Lalonde said.

LSUPD also found three grams of marijuana in Gonzales’ car. Mendez and Gonzales were arrested for distribution of marijuana and booked in EBR Parish Prison. Burke was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student arrested for possession of ecstasy and resisting arrest

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LSUPD approached a group of suspicious people around a group of cars, and upon seeing the police, David A. Foland, 21-year-old international trade and finance student, of 910 Ben Hur Road, hid between two vehicles, Lalonde said.

The officer saw Foland drop a glass smoking pipe and found a small plastic bag of powder ecstasy. When arresting him, Foland resisted LSUPD, Lalonde said.

Foland was arrested for possession of ecstasy and resisting arrest and was booked in EBR Parish Prison, Lalonde said.

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SEVEN HEAVEN

Lady Tigers upset Penn State with seven players, advance to Sweet 16 Tyler Nunez

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he No. 6 seed LSU women’s basketball team earned a berth in the Sweet 16 with a 7166 victory against No. 3 seed Penn State on Tuesday night in the PMAC in a game that went down to the wire.

LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb lifted the short-handed Lady Tigers past Penn State in a rematch of last season’s second round game between the teams.

Webb shot 10-for-16 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the free throw line for a career-high 29 points in the contest.

“I knew as one of two seniors that I had to play my hardest in our last game,” Webb said. “It’s win and advance or lose and go home.”

LSU looked strong coming out of the gates, leading by as many as eight midway through the first half. But the Lady Tigers allowed the Lady Lions to finish the period on a 15-4 run, and LSU went into the locker room facing a 42-35 deficit.

The Lady Tigers came out firing once again in the second half, opening on a 10-0 run in the first three minutes of period to regain the lead.

“Coach fired us up in the locker room at halftime,” Webb said. “... We really took to heart what she said and came out and executed in the second half.”

LSU’s hot hand turned cold midway through the period, allowing Penn State to regain control with a 60-55 lead. LSU senior guard Bianca Lutley finally put an end to a six-minute scoring drought with a 3-pointer to cut Penn State’s lead to two with 6:10 remaining.

Webb hit a 3-pointer with just more than three minutes left to put LSU back on top, and, from there, a dogfight ensued — neither team willing to give in.

Trailing by one with less than a minute remaining, Lutley hit a tough shot down low to give the Lady Tigers a lead they would never relinquish.

Lutley also had a big night, shooting 7-for-10 SWEET 16, see page 7

Five questions to answer at Pro Day MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist LSU’s NFL hopefuls have one more hurdle before next month’s NFL Draft: Pro Day. For NFL coaches and scouts in attendance, it’s one of the last times they can see players in person before deciding to add them to their team.

There are 28 former Tigers who will strut their stuff in the LSU Football Practice Facility today to try and find a landing spot on an NFL roster.

Here are some questions LSU football fans should find out the answers to at LSU’s Pro Day:

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LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb (10) looks confidently into the crowd Tuesday during the final seconds of the Lady Tigers’ 71-66 victory against Penn State in the PMAC. Webb scored 29 points in the win.

1. Can Barkevious Mingo upstage his NFL Combine numbers?

Despite putting up ridiculous numbers at the NFL Combine, defensive end Barkevious Mingo has seen his stock fall in recent NFL mock drafts. Multiple draft websites are now projecting Mingo to land with the New Orleans Saints at pick No. 15.

At one point, Mingo was considered a lock to go in the top 10 of the draft, but for some reason, he has dropped out of that range.

PRO DAY, see page 7

BASEBALL

Tigers dismantle Tulane, 14-1 Bregman leads with three runs Catherine Threlkeld Sports Contributor

NEW ORLEANS — Before the LSU baseball season started, LSU senior All-American Raph Rhymes said if anyone was going to break his plus-.400 batting average from last season, it would be freshman shortstop Alex Bregman.

Bregman is well on his way to doing that as he helped LSU (23-2, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) beat Tulane 14-1 Tuesday evening (14-13) at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans. Bregman went four for four, reaching base on four consecutive singles. He

extended his hitting streak to 14 games and his three-hit hitting streak to five games.

After being named Southeastern Conference player of the week and Louisiana Sports Writers Association hitter of the week, Bregman continued his dominance with a team-leading .443 batting average.

“The kid is just flat-out a really good hitter,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

Bregman had four of LSU’s 15 hits and three of LSU’s 14 runs.

“When you see a guy who’s that naturally gifted but work that hard, it comes out on the field,” said senior first baseman Mason Katz, who had three hits and four RBIs of his own. “It’s fun to play alongside somebody like that.”

The Tigers started the game

with a five-run first inning and have scored in the first inning in their last five games.

“When we get runners on in the first inning, we feel like if we capitalize there, it’s going to pay off later in the game and so we really focus on the first,” Bregman said.

The Tigers scored five runs in both the first and eighth innings, twice in the second inning, and once in the third and fourth innings. Of the nine batters in the starting lineup, all but junior second baseman JaCoby Jones and junior third baseman Christian Ibarra got hits.

Junior designated hitter Sean McMullen had his second start as the Tigers’ leadoff hitter, driving in three runs. Mainieri has TULANE, see page 7

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LSU freshman shortstop Alex Bregman (30) throws to first for an out Saturday during the Tigers’ 5-1 victory against Auburn in Alex Box Stadium. Bregman extended his hitting streak to 14 games against Tulane on Tuesday night.

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SOFTBALL

Tigers, Patterson tame Lions, 5-1 Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

After having its nine-game winning streak broken by South Carolina on Sunday, the No. 13 LSU softball team came out with vengeance Tuesday night in a 5-1 victory against Southeastern Louisiana University.

The Tigers (28-6, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) were held to only five hits against the Gamecocks last weekend, but the batting barrage began early for LSU against the Lions on Tuesday. Freshman shortstop Bianka Bell got things rolling with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, and redshirt junior second baseman Allison Falcon hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the squad’s second run.

Sophomore designated player Rikki Alcaraz added an RBI double to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead, providing a cushion for junior starting pitcher Meghan Patterson to work with. The squad hasn’t lost a game when it’s scored in the first inning.

“We were all pretty down from Sunday, and we were all thinking that we had to stay within ourselves and just apply the pressure to them today, make things happen, make plays and hit the ball better than we did Sunday,” Bell said.

Patterson said she enjoyed having run support behind her before she went to the mound again in the top of the second inning.

“In the past couple of games when I pitched, the team struggled to score runs for me, so when they busted out those three runs, I was really excited and it got me pumped up,” Patterson said.

Patterson was dominant on the mound for LSU, tossing six-andtwo-thirds innings of scoreless baseball, striking out seven and walking two. Patterson was replaced by Bell in the pitcher’s circle to begin the seventh inning, but a bases-loaded

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LSU junior utility player Jacee Blades (23) dodges the tag Tuesday during the Tigers’ 5-1 win against Southern University in Tiger Park.

jam forced LSU coach Beth Torina to bring her starter back in.

Patterson responded by allowing only one run to cross the plate, charged to Bell, and sealing the squad’s 28th victory of the year.

“Coming back in, I wasn’t nervous at all,” Patterson said. “I was still warm. I just focused on my pitches one at a time because I didn’t really want to look at just striking them out. I didn’t want to give up any hits in that situation.”

Meanwhile, the Tigers offense carried on throughout the night, as Bell and junior third baseman Tammy Wray each blasted solo home runs to give the team five runs for the day. Both Bell and Wray have seven home runs in the 2013 campaign. “[The home runs are] definitely a good thing,” Bell said. “We’re definitely trying to make things happen

for our team, and good things are happening for both of us. It’s good to have someone to compete with like that, and it’s making me a better player, and I’m sure it’s making her a better player.”

The Tigers travel to Mobile, Ala., to take on No. 25 South Alabama (27-5) tonight. The Jaguars have won four in a row, and their offense has seven different players with multiple home runs and double-digit RBIs. “It’s a long road trip for us, but we’re going to bring our A game,” Torina said. “We’re going to bring everything we’ve got to them because we understand they’re a quality program.”

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawrenceBarreca

GOLF

Men finish fifth at Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate James Moran Sports Contributor

The No. 14 LSU men’s golf team struggled in the final round of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, S.C., on Tuesday, posting a score of 25-over 889 to finish in fifth place.

The Tigers began the day with a one-shot lead over No. 9 Duke but posted a team round of 12-over 300 and finished 15 shots behind the Blue Devils.

Duke shot 4-under as a team in the final round to win by three strokes over North Carolina State.

Junior Andrew Presley posted rounds of 1-under 71 and evenpar on Monday and began the final round in third place, one shot behind the co-leaders. He had three bogies

in round one and two bogies and a double-bogey in round two.

His final round was not as clean.

Presley bogeyed each of his first three holes and two of his last four holes to finish the round at 4-over and the tournament at 3-over 219, good for a tie for seventh.

Sophomore Curtis Thompson was the next-best finisher for LSU. Thompson struggled with a 5-over first round but rebounded with an even-par second round and a teambest 1-over final round to finish the tournament tied for 17th.

In the final round, Thompson triple-bogied the 11th hole and bogeyed the 12th, but recovered to birdie two of his last four holes.

Sophomore Stewart Jolly posted rounds of 6-over, 1-under and 3-over to finish the tournament at 8-over,

good for a tie for 22nd.

Freshman Zach Wright shot 2-under in the second round and finished tied for 33rd after posting a score of 11-over for the week. Sophomore Myles Lewis finished in a tie for 43rd after shooting 13-over for the week.

North Carolina State junior Logan Harrell started the final round in a tie for seventh but shot 6-under on the day to win the tournament by one stroke over Duke junior Austin Cody.

The Tigers will return to action on April 6 at the Aggie Invitational in College Station, Texas.

Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 SWEET 16, from page 5

TULANE, from page 5

for 18 points in addition to six assists and two steals.

With the absence of junior guard Jeanne Kenney due to a head injury suffered late in LSU’s first round game against Green Bay, the Lady Tigers were limited to seven players on their roster against Penn State.

“When you think about this team and what they did tonight without Jeanne Kenney, it was just a courageous effort,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell.

Caldwell said the players rallied around Kenney in preparation for the contest.

“We did not want our last game of the season to be played with seven players,” Webb said.

“All seven of us got together and played for our fans and everyone who has supported us, and we also played for Jeanne.”

Penn State center Nikki Greene was the driving force for the Lady Lions, posting 16 points and 16 rebounds.

LSU will travel to Spokane, Wash., where it will take on No. 2-seed California for the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2008 and Caldwell’s first appearance of her head coaching career.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @NunezTDR

PRO DAY, from page 5

The question is whether Mingo will be able to get back in consideration to be taken in the top 10 picks with an unreal performance today. Either way, whoever drafts him will be getting a player who has the potential to be a game-changer at the next level.

2. Can Sam Montgomery improve stock despite comments?

I loved interviewing Montgomery while covering LSU football. He was the one guy you could ask questions and know he was giving you the God-honest truth.

The only problem is, sometimes telling the truth can get you in trouble — or in this case, cost you millions of dollars. At the NFL Combine, Montgomery explained how he didn’t view all games at LSU the same.

“Definitely some weeks that we didn’t have to play the harder teams, there were some times that effort wasn’t needed,” Montgomery said at the NFL Combine.

“But it was different when we had the big boys and everything coming in — the ‘Bamas or a South Carolina, and I’d grab real close to those guys and go all out for them.”

Montgomery’s draft stock has fallen significantly since the combine, whether it was for the comments or his substandard combine performance. He needs to have a big day today.

3. What kind of numbers will Tyrann Mathieu put up?

Mathieu didn’t play a snap in the 2012 season, so he doesn’t have any recent film to show to

page 7 switched the leadoff hitter several times, testing sophomore outfielder Chris Sciambra, freshman outfielder Andrew Stevenson and Jones in the spot.

“I just had a gut feeling — give this kid a chance and see if he can’t be a spark plug at the top of the order,” Mainieri said.

The early, high-scoring game gave freshman pitcher Russell Reynolds more time to settle his admitted butterflies on his first start away from home.

Reynolds pitched his longest game yet, throwing 96 pitches in seven innings. He allowed four hits and one run and struck out four batters. Mainieri said Reynolds

looked nervous at the beginning of the game.

“After he came off the mound in the third inning, I said, ‘Don’t hit or walk another leadoff hitter tonight if you want to continue to pitch,’” Mainieri said. “So he was inspired.”

After the pep-talk, Mainieri said Reynolds threw the ball well, especially in the fourth through sixth innings.

The Tigers will travel to Missouri (8-12, 2-4 SEC) on Friday for a three-game series in Columbia.

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com

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Baseball: Bregman discusses his current 14-game hitting streak

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LSU senior guard Bianca Lutley (3) shoots Tuesday during the Lady Tigers’ 71-66 victory against Penn State in the PMAC.

NFL scouts. He needs an impressive Pro Day to improve his stock.

The 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist posted a 4.50 40-yard dash number and a 34-inch vertical jump at the NFL combine. If he hopes to get taken before Day 3 of the draft, he needs to have an excellent showing today.

4. How will LSU players from past seasons fare?

Former LSU quarterback Jarrett Lee will throw passes to wide receiver Russell Shepard at Pro Day. Lee played with the San Diego Chargers in the 2012 NFL preseason before being cut.

Offensive linemen Will Blackwell and T-Bob Hebert, who were let go in the last round of cuts prior to the season by the Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams, respectively, will be in attendance. Other Tigers from past seasons participating include Karnell Hatcher, Jordan Jefferson, Alex Russian and Charles Scott.

5. How will Russell Shepard perform?

Shepard might be one of the

more intriguing players in the 2013 NFL Draft. He was a late addition to the Senior Bowl despite not being invited to the NFL Combine.

The former five-star quarterback out of high school hasn’t put up any official numbers yet, but has tweeted he ran a sub-4.40 mark in the 40-yard dash. There’s no way Shepard goes in the first two days of the draft, but an impressive showing today could raise some eyebrows on NFL scouts.

Shepard never lived up to the sky-high expectations LSU fans had for him in purple and gold, but he has a chance to make his mark in the NFL with no one paying him any attention.

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

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

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Traditional marriage is dead Support for gay marriage rises as marriage numbers drop SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Marriage is dead — and no, gays didn’t kill it.

Nearly 80 percent of Americans under age 30 support gay marriage, according to CNN. This is no surprise. Younger people, both liberal and conservative, are in agreement when it comes to gay marriage. We tend to divide ourselves on issues such as taxes, economic principles, gun rights and abortion — much more so than on the issue of gay marriage.

This was not the same 10 years ago. The rise in support for gay marriage has been sudden and immense.

The CNN article explained that while young, heterosexual Americans tend to support gay marriage, they consider themselves less likely than ever to get married.

In short, support for gay marriage has gone up, and the inclination to enter a traditional marriage has gone down.

We have to ask ourselves why this has become the prevailing trend.

The easy, go-to statistic is divorce rates. Half of all first marriages end in divorce, and the likelihood of divorce increases with each successive marriage.

That would make it seem as if Americans were fed up with marriage itself, which I don’t believe is the case. People still get married in large numbers; divorces are just easier to get today then they ever have been in the past.

When it comes to women, the stigma of the scandalous divorcee has all but died out. People marry divorcees all the time.

I believe the decline in traditional marriage can primarily be traced to economic factors.

When our parents and grandparents were getting married, the job market was arguably better.

People could bank on working for the same company for their entire careers.

Today, America faces a broken education system and an influx of highly educated immigrants. The language barrier may be the only thing keeping under-qualified Americans in the job market over more qualified foreigners.

Nobody works for the same company his or her entire career.

The American dream consists of odd job after odd job on our way to destiny and prosperity.

Essentially, our generation can no longer bank on the financial safety previous generations enjoyed.

We can barely take care of ourselves, if at all. Why then, in all good conscience, would we voluntarily sign up to provide not only for ourselves, but in a partnership with an equally disadvantaged other?

Please remember to safely fasten your oxygen mask before assisting others.

We find ourselves amid a plane crash. Maybe when things get better, traditional marriage numbers will go back up.

As far as gay marriage goes, Americans are beginning to recognize the ignorance behind the propaganda rhetoric. There is no right and wrong, no moral authority, just a marginalized group that desires the same rights the rest of us enjoy.

Legislation should not be based on any religious text, plain and simple. It’s what the Founding Fathers intended and a principle we’ve managed to bastardize.

Keep the government out of the bedroom — put it into schools instead.

Parker Cramer is a 22-year-old political science senior from Houston.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Opinion

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Old enough to drink: why 21 is an arbitrary choice FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist I put my rental tuxedo back on its hanger this morning, trying unsuccessfully to restore the shirtfront to its pristine, ironed state with my hand, then removing the boutonniere from the lapel of my jacket, its white petals crushed and curled inward as a result of overindulgent, drunk hugging.

Weddings are an appropriate time to drink, with the successive toasts, high spirits and an excess of alcohol. Today, however, the occasion has passed, and it’s time to reflect with a (mostly) sober mind on our nation’s views on drinking.

Although the majority of the wedding’s attendees were older than 21, I noticed some hadn’t quite made it there.

These 18 to 20-year-olds are legally considered adults in nearly every way, except they can’t purchase or consume alcohol. I think that’s an arbitrary, perhaps harmful, distinction.

Much of today’s literature unequivocally concludes that raising the minimum legal purchasing age, or MLPA, has greatly increased safety and protected the development and well-being of young minds and bodies.

A little research shows this is not quite the case.

Although one cannot argue against alcohol’s detrimental effects on the still-developing brains of teenagers, studies funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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Check out what other readers had to say in our comments section: In response to Stuart LeJeune Watkins and Martina Scheuermann’s guest column, “Former SG president, VP weigh in on elections,” readers wrote: Isn’t Stuart the guy who had people going around in the computer labs and voting on PAWS screens left open?

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and the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network have confirmed that our brains continue to change and grow until our late 20s.

In that respect, raising the drinking age by three years doesn’t prevent that damage — it only postpones it.

We can reject claims of preventing alcohol-related auto accidents on the same grounds.

Studies like “The Effects of Minimum Drinking Age Legislation on Youthful Auto Fatalities, 1970-1977” conclude changing the drinking age to 21 has curbed drunk driving and resulting fatalities. But Choose Responsibility, a nonprofit organization, points out that in 2002, 21-year-olds suffered twice as many drunk driving fatalities as 18-year-olds.

They say changing the legal drinking age may only “[distribute] deaths over the life cycle to the point at which it becomes legal to drink alcohol — age 21.”

Furthermore, other studies like those cited in “The Legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology” by David Hanson, professor emeritus of sociology at State University of New York at Potsdam, surmise that states with higher purchasing ages also had a higher number of single-vehicle fatalities compared to states with a lower MLPA. Admittedly, supporters of 21 as the MLPA seem to have some facts working in their favor.

National studies conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in the ‘70s found teens between 16 to 21 drank less frequently in states with a higher MLPA. However, this does not confirm that a lower drinking age

Please tell me that didn’t actually happen? Its SGA its not that serious.

- Philip Egusquiza “I think it’s time to shut down SG. Take SG away from the children until they can play nice. It’s time for the administration to disband the organization until they can start behaving like the adults they are.”

- Lance Stephen Bordelon In response to the staff editorial, “Students should vote despite election’s dangerous precedent,” readers wrote: The first UCourt case, the court voted on whether or not the Election Board had the power to do the things it did. According to the Election Code, they could revalue etc etc. The second case was about whether or not they “executed those powers correctly” and it was found that they did not.

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caused higher rates of alcohol consumption among high school students. One could just as easily argue that the opposite relationship of causality is true.

In fact, looking at our own state and regional differences in attitudes toward alcohol would lend credence to that belief.

Louisiana fervently fought changing the drinking age to 21 because our culture already viewed imbibing favorably. A lower drinking age did not cause that view, and as we’ve seen and Hanson also noted in New York, raising the drinking age did little to change the drinking climate of our state.

If anything, a higher MLPA has had a negative impact. Research conducted and compiled

by Indiana University, Bloomington and State University of New York College at Potsdam points to the reactance theory as the cause of high amounts of underage drinkers.

They postulate that a higher proportion of underage college students overdrink precisely because they refuse to comply with what they see as an unjust denial of an adult right, and this theory has been confirmed by other studies like the one conducted by the University of South Dakota.

That being said, lowering the

First of all I would like to know if the remedy for overspending is merely a fine. I would think that if were that easy, every campaign would over spend and just pay the fine in the end. Did the election board ave any other remedy except disqualification?

Also, this opinion takes issue with Ucourt overturning its opinion and calling for a new election.

This argument is based on the fact that the Ucourt had already ruled on the issue. In reading all of the articles, it seems to me that Ucourt initially ruled to uphold the disqualification of the Unite ticket and then overturned that decision when presented with different evidence.

Am I reading the articles correctly when they say that the evidence presented at the second hearing was untruthful? Did the Ucourt overturn its initial ruling which affirmed the disqualification based on false evidence? If so, why is would the Reveille not lay this out more clearly? Just asking...

- Just asking

As a grad student this is one of those things that would be funny only if it was funny. I’ve been around long enough to see multiple campaign disqualifications — remember the far far and long long ago of 2011 when the pres/vp of one ticket were disqualified? Or what about 2010 when 22 candidates were disqualified for problems with their spending reports? Where J. Hudson disqualified almost his entire slate of candidates by oopsieing the financials? Man, that was some crazy stuff...wait...what? You mean that was less than 4 years ago yet apparently the Reveille, SG, and the prospective SG tickets have forgotten? I sure haven’t seen it mentioned even once. So let’s run over the list of qualifications any successful student government ticket needs at LSU: 1. Full head of shiny hair and a vaseline smile on your male, presidential candidate. Must also look sharp in a suit for game day. 2. Female VP who looks like she knows policy and paperwork. 3. Greek

minimum drinking age is a reasonable and achievable goal, but must be preceded by a large shift in how our culture views and depicts alcohol consumption. We can no longer preach abstention until 21 while our personal lives and media manage to communicate positive views of drinking and negative, imitable behavior.

Also, like most things, a great degree of education is necessary before making a successful and safe transition. We should place greater emphasis on parental and school involvement, rather than relying on laws to imbue teenagers with a sense of right and wrong.

Genetics, availability of alcohol (i.e., can underage drinkers readily find it in their home), peer behavior, parental involvement and views, regional attitudes and even economy all affect a person’s likelihood of developing harmful drinking habits.

If we use education and model responsible consumption to combat prevailing attitudes regarding alcohol, there is no reason that 18-year-olds in the future will not be able to partake in all of the same freedoms and responsibilities given to 21-year-olds — including alcohol consumption.

Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old Spanish senior from Destrehan.

Contact Aaron Friedman at afriedman@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AmFried

connections for your get out the vote machine. 4. Ability to fill out relatively simple paperwork tracking far less than $1500 and turn it in on time.

If you can’t do #4 then why, exactly, should you be in charge of what was, in 2012, a budget of $116,000? Money that largely comes out of our student fees?

Perhaps it’s time someone runs a successful ticket that doesn’t conform to points 1, 2, and 3 if year after year the folks following those rules keep proving they can barely count to 4?

- sleepyeyedboy

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 JENKINS, from page 1 student leadership, he said.

“Do you think we’re doing all right?” Jenkins said. “I’m concerned about student leadership.”

History junior Rachel Rhodes said The Reveille’s opinion columns confused students about what happened during the SG

UNITE, from page 1

SG Commissioner of Elections Aimeé Simon announced Tuesday afternoon there was a total of 4,658 students — about 17 percent of the student population — who voted in this election.

In the original March 12 election, Woodard and Parks defeated Howell and Torké by a 20 percent margin.

Woodard said he is excited that the election is now over.

“We are thrilled that we finally have some closure on this election season,” Woodard said.

He said now that the election is over, he and Parks can start planning for their administration.

“Now it’s time for us to get to work immediately,” Woodard said.

“We are excited to work towards building SG back up and making sure we’re in a good place next year.”

Parks said she is ready to begin working for the student body.

“I am really excited, and I can’t express how incredibly humbled and honored I am to serve as the next student body vice president,” Parks said.

The newly elected candidates will be sworn in April 17.

The second SG election came after a series of University Court hearings that resulted in the decision to hold another election.

Howell said he still had reservations about the fairness of this season’s election cycle.

“Unfortunately, when the integrity of an election is compromised, like it was the first go-around, we didn’t solve anything by having it done a second time,” Howell said.

He said he had a feeling the election would turn out the way it did.

“Going into this election, we knew it would turn out like this,” Howell said. “But we stuck with it and tried to lead the ticket we set out to create, and I think we did that as strongly as we could.”

One person at Unite LSU’s side during the entire election season was Joe Gipson, who acted as an adviser during the numerous UCourt hearings.

Gipson said he’s glad that after the multiple UCourt hearings, Unite LSU still won the election.

“I’m just ecstatic,” Gipson said.

“With 1,100 votes again, I couldn’t be happier with the student body.”

Howell said he wishes Woodard and Parks well.

“Regardless of the outcome, good luck to John and Taylor,” Howell said. “They have a big year ahead of them.”

Howell said there is still work to be done at the University, and he and Torké will “take a step back,” then plan their next moves for how they will work to serve the student body’s interests out of office.

Contact Judah Robinson at jrobinson@lsureveille.com

election season.

The controversy surrounding this semester’s election contributed to students’ frustration and apathy regarding SG, especially about voting in the second election, Rhodes said.

Students need to get involved and add to the mix of voices within the realm of student leadership,

The Daily Reveille Jenkins said. Being involved is a benefit to students and having a more diverse group of student leaders is better for the student body as a whole, he said.

Students in attendance said the perception of certain communities around campus is a result of opinions that have created a negative perception. Mass

page 11 communication freshman Brian Rees said there’s an “us-versusthem mentality” between Greek and non-Greek students, especially on SG tickets.

Some students believe their vote doesn’t mean anything because Greek students will support one another regardless of other issues, Rees said.

Jenkins said he does not want the Greek community to be divisive.

“It’s not an issue,” Rhodes said. “It’s a stereotype we’re trying to escape.”

Contact Alyson Gaharan at agaharan@lsureveille.com

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