The Daily Reveille - April 9, 2013

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Times-Pic joins Gallo, Advocate in LSU suit

Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune joined The Daily Reveille Editor in Chief Andrea Gallo and The Advocate on Monday by filing a lawsuit against the LSU Board of Supervisors regarding the Board’s refusal to release a

list of finalists for the University presidency.

The petition is the third of its kind, as the other two suits were filed last Monday after the Board of Supervisors released a statement upholding its original position not to fulfill the public reLAWSUIT, see page 19

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TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN SUIT:

March 27: In a closed executive April 1: Gallo session, the Board of Supervisors and The March 6: The Daily March 11: The LSU discusses Gallo’s impending lawsuit.

Advocate Reveille submits Search Committee Chair says the file separate System and LSU public records Board stands by its decision to lawsuits against Foundation deny requests for The Reveille’s public withhold the names. F. King Alexander the LSU Board candidate names is also officially appointed president of Supervisors records request March 8: R. William Funk and Associates denies The Reveille’s public records request

March 18: Reveille Editor Andrea March 28: Attorney Gallo’s attorney Scott Sternberg Jimmy Faircloth, sends LSU a letter requesting representing LSU, the University seek an attorney responds to Sternberg’s general’s opinion on the search, letter defending the threatening a lawsuit should LSU legality and validity of not take action the search

Iran to LSU

April 8: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune files a lawsuit against the LSU Board of Supervisors

ADMINISTRATION

Registrar to retire, effective June 1

University sees influx of Iranian students

Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer

Erin Hebert

University Registrar Robert Doolos said Monday he plans to step down from his position and seek retirement after 35 years at the University — 20 of which he has worked in his current office.

Doolos, whose retirement will be effective June 1, said the naming of newly elected LSU System President and Chancellor F. King Alexander had “no bearing whatsoever” on his decision to retire.

“I’ve certainly put the time in, and I figured it was a good time now,” Doolos said. “I’m happy with LSU, and I believe that LSU is happy with me too.”

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs T. Gilmour Reeve said a national search for Doolos’ replacement is under way. A search committee has been formed, and they are now accepting internal and external candidates for consideration, he said.

Reeve said there is a conference for university registrars soon, where the search committee plans to advertise the open position.

Reeve said he expects to interview candidates as soon as the end of April.

“He will be missed, but we wish him well,” Reeve said.

Contributing Writer

When Sara Olivier of the University’s International Services Office arrived on campus in October 2007, 12 Iranian students were enrolled at the University.

Last fall, that number swelled to 94, and the influx is no coincidence according to students, especially considering Iran’s political and economic situation over the last few decades.

“There definitely has been a substantial increase in Iranian students who apply for admission and those who actually arrive here,” Olivier said.

Olivier, the ISO’s coordinator of documentation services, said the increase reflects a national and international trend.

Ali Jokar, a third-semester Iranian construction management doctorate student, said the increase can be viewed from both social and political perspectives.

The young population in Iran has grown substantially, Jokar said, particularly in those born between IRANIANS, see page 19

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Mechanical engineering Ph.D student Mohsen Ayoobi stands in front of Middleton Library on March 26. Ayoobi is an Iranian student at LSU.

Contact Alyson Gaharan at agaharan@lsureveille.com

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INTERNATIONAL Russian president Putin faces protest furor in Germany, Netherlands AMSTERDAM (AP) — Vladimir Putin faced hundreds of protesters ranging from gay rights activists to a topless feminist group during his visit to Germany and the Netherlands on Monday, but the Russian president appeared unruffled by the furor.

In Hannover, Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Russia’s human rights record at a press conference. Then activists from Ukraine’s Femen group bared their torsos and ran at him shouting “Putin dictator!” before they were detained.

Former Prime Minister Thatcher’s death divides world opinion (AP) — Many leaders lauded Margaret Thatcher for her steely determination to modernize Britain’s industrial landscape, even at the cost of strikes and riots, and to stand beside the U.S. as the West triumphed in the Cold War versus the Soviet Union. Others saw a pitiless tyrant who preferred conflict to compromise.

British Prime Minister David Cameron lauded his 1980s predecessor as “a great Briton,” but others were less enamored in their reactions to the death Monday of the conservative icon.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts to a topless protestor Monday at the Hannover Fair in Hannover, Germany.

Japan increasingly nervous about North Korean nuclear threats TOKYO (AP) — It’s easy to write off North Korea’s threats to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam, let alone the mainland U.S. But what about Japan?

Though it remains unlikely, Japanese officials have long feared that if North Korea ever decides to play its nuclear card, it has not only the means but several potential motives for launching an attack on Tokyo or major U.S. military installations.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Man dressed as Cookie Monster arrested in Times Square on Monday

Gov. Jindal scraps proposed tax plan, wants income tax removed

NEW YORK (AP) — A man dressed as the Cookie Monster has been accused of shoving a 2-year-old in New York’s Times Square and has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Queens resident Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez was arrested Sunday afternoon. He was arraigned Monday on charges including aggressive begging. He didn’t enter a plea.

A Connecticut family posed for a photo with the man dressed as the “Sesame Street” character.

President Barack Obama says he’s ‘determined’ for gun legislation

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal told lawmakers Monday he’s shelving his tax swap proposal, rather than risk an embarrassing defeat of a restructuring plan that drew ire across the political spectrum and from business leaders.

But the Republican governor isn’t giving up on his push to eliminate Louisiana’s income taxes on individuals and businesses, just the part of the plan that had a specific list of ways to replace the lost income tax revenue, including an unpopular sales tax hike.

Jindal told lawmakers on the opening day of the annual legislative session that he wants a plan to get rid of the income tax.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he’s “determined as ever” to honor their children with tougher laws.

Obama’s proposals have met resistance on Capitol Hill. Efforts

by Senate Democrats to compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement.

Alive

Federal judge refuses to free former New Orleans police officer on bond NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge refused Monday to free a former New Orleans police officer on bond while he awaits a retrial on charges he shot and killed a man without justification outside a strip mall in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.

U.S. District Judge Lance Africk ruled it necessary to keep David Warren in custody due the “nature of the alleged offenses” and the serious penalties he faces if he’s convicted.

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FESTIVAL

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Zapp’s International Beer Fest offers tasting experience Proceeds benefit Rural Life Museum Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

Beer connoisseurs flocked to the LSU Rural Life Museum on Saturday to taste a variety of beer flavors from the nearly 260 different types available at the Zapp’s International Beer Fest.

Visitors to the fest filled a 5-ounce tasting cup with whatever beer they chose, which ranged from familiar seasonal beers of local brewery favorites, such as Abita, to rather unusual flavors from small microbreweries or home brewers.

“It’s a beer tasting, not a beer guzzling,” said Rural Life Museum director David Floyd. “If you’re a beer connoisseur and you want to taste different beers, home brews, microbreweries and the big boys — this is where they test all their beers they want to put out a few years from now — this is the place for you.”

Mitchel Graves, economics junior, heard about the beer fest from a friend in CJ Solar Band, which performed for the crowd on the porch of a historic building on the museum grounds.

Graves was accompanied by anthropology junior Abigail

Adkins and philosophy junior Taylor Foreman. The group had never been to the fest before and enjoyed the surprisingly large variety of beer available, Adkins said.

Foreman tried a beer called “I Pee Awesome,” which he got from the Baton Rouge Bicycle Brew Club booth, while Adkins was enjoying “The Crandaddy of Them All.” “I want to try them all,” laughed Adkins.

August “Gus” Rowland is the founder of the Bicycle Brew Club, and he participated in the beer fest for the second time with fellow members of the club at the booth.

The club had several different types of beer available that were brewed in the members’ homes.

Some club members had cider available too, Rowland said.

Beer and the Rural Life Museum aren’t something many would usually pair together, Floyd said, but that was exactly the point of the beer fest.

“It reached a market, a group of people that weren’t coming to the museum and didn’t know about it,” Floyd said. “And that was students 21 and older and young professionals. This was a way to introduce them to the place, and it was great because many of them became paid friends of the museum and supporters of the museum.”

The beer fest was a joint

venture between Floyd and friend Ron Zappe, founder of Zapp’s Potato Chips. Floyd said he was hesitant when Zappe brought the idea to him, but he agreed because of the potential benefits he thought could come out of the event.

“We started with the idea that we’d maybe have 300 to 400 people come in, and we had about 500 the first year, then the second year we had 1,000, then the third year we had 2,000, then the fourth year we had too many people,” Floyd said. “At that point we said we’re going to limit it to 1,500 people.”

The Rural Life Museum charged $30 for tickets, which were sold on a first-come, firstserved basis.

“The money [is] dedicated 100 percent to the Rural Life Museum for the maintenance of the historic buildings here,” Floyd said. “It’s not crowded because we kept it that way. We didn’t want 5,000 people here. We wanted it to feel like a party, but we also wanted everybody to have the opportunity of not standing in long lines to get to the beer. There’s nothing worse than standing in line for two-and-ahalf hours and only getting to taste six beers.” photos by CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

[Above] Daryl Hope of Mystic Krewe of Brew pours beer from a tap into a sample glass and [below] a vendor pours beer into a patron’s glass Saturday at the 2013 Zapp’s Potato Chips International Beer fest, held at the LSU Rural Life Museum.

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TRANSPORTATION

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Plug In LSU website promotes electric vehicle use Use of charging stations encouraged Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer

The Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities Coalition, through its Plug In LSU intiative, is taking steps to help University students, faculty and staff quickly locate electric vehicle charging stations on campus and across the state.

The Plug In LSU website, pluginlsu.org, features an interactive map to locate charging stations and educational resources to improve and encourage the use of plug-in electric vehicles, or EVs, and plug-in hybrid cars on campus.

“We hope that this website is an education tool for the campus community and we hope that it helps people understand that there are ways of avoiding pain at the pump,” said GBRCCC Executive Director and Program Coordinator Lauren Stuart.

The two EV charging stations on campus — one near Kirby Smith Hall and the other in the X-174 commuter lot off of Nicholson Extension — were implemented through a partnership with Entergy Louisiana LLC and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana LLC, a local electricity provider, in July 2011.

By registering with the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation to obtain a charging station card, the University’s plug-in vehicle users can fully utilize the stations on campus, which have reserved parking spaces and are capable of providing a full charge to any model of electric vehicle at no cost to the user.

The Plug In LSU website, unveiled at a news conference Thursday, now allows individuals to register online to receive a card for the LSU charging stations.

The website also includes educational resources with links to environmental information about EVs as well as a section entitled “Electric Vehicles 101” that

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

Lauren Stuart, executive director and program coordinator for Greater Baton Rouge Clean Cities Coalition, speaks Thursday at the Plug In LSU website news conference.

corrects common myths about electric vehicles.

The “EV Station Locator” section of the site allows users to enter their ZIP code and locate charging stations in the Baton Rouge area on a map operated through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. By clicking on the map, users can expand their search for charging stations nationally or narrow their search to find certain types of charging stations.

“We are also going through Residential Life to distribute information for students who live in on-campus housing, and that information involves considering purchasing electric vehicles as well as details about how to charge on campus if you already have one,” Stuart said.

Stuart said when the EV stations were installed on campus in 2011, electric vehicles were not even available to the Baton

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“We were getting ahead of the Engineering and Entergy are also curve,” Stuart said. “Now they are able to collect data about the usage of the stations available and we to research the imhave just a handLSU’s electric vehicle pact the chargers ful on campus, but hundreds have charging station statistics have on consumers and the campus been sold in the Baton Rouge area From October 2012 through April 2, power grid.

“As the state’s so we expect to see 2013, the University’s two charging flagship university, that number rising stations: it is important that quickly.” our teaching and According to • provided 1,047 total charge-ups Pike Research, a • used 3.77 megawatts of electricity research missions each address clean total of 3.2 million plug-in electric • saved 5,357.146 kg of greenhouse energy and alternative fuel options,” vehicles will be gas emissions Richard Koubek, sold worldwide by • saved 630 gallons of gasoline dean of the Col2015. lege of EngineerWhen the • cost the University a total of ing, said in a news charging station $204.16 in energy costs for both program began, charging stations between Novem- release. “Today, researchers are the University had 10 charging station ber 2012 and April 2013, according working intensely to explore new cards available for to LSU Campus Sustainability. distribution and Statistics courtesy of ChargePoint, the company fuels and vehicle technologies, to has since met this that operates and monitors the University’s EV charging stations. provide more efallowance. ficient choices for In response to the expectation of increased us- consumers and study the effects of age, Assistant Director of Facility EV charging on power grids, like Services Tammy Millican said the the one here at LSU.” University is currently in the process of purchasing 10 additional charging station cards.

Contact Gabrielle Braud at “As gas prices increase, elecgbraud@lsureveille.com tric vehicles offer drivers a much more affordable fueling option,” Stuart said.

In addition to the Plug In LSU initiative, GBRCCC is partnering with car dealerships in Baton Rouge and has spoken to solar companies about powering the charging stations in an effort to expand the charging infrastructure across the city, Stuart said.

“Beyond the personal benefits, driving an electric vehicle advances domestic energy security and local environmental quality,” Stuart said.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

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BR Bike Month in full gear Events aim to raise awareness Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Baton Rouge cyclists should keep their bike chains greased and ready to go for Baton Rouge Bike Month.

Founder of Bike Baton Rouge, also known as Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets, Mark Martin said the month focuses on generating public awareness for cycling.

Several events are in the lineup for cyclists new and old in the Capital City area, including the annual Mayor’s Family Bike Ride, Velo des Fleurs, Bike to Work week and the Baton Rouge Police Department’s bike auction.

As part of the Mayor’s Healthy City Initiative, MayorPresident Melvin “Kip” Holden and his wife will lead the Mayor’s Annual Family Bike Day through the Garden District on Saturday.

Martin said this year, the annual monthlong celebration

is seeing more participants and more agencies to partner with.

“We have done it long enough and now we are getting more participants,” Martin said.

According to a news release, this year Baton Rouge will be named Louisiana’s first Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.

J.T. Sukits, ride chair coordinator of the Capital Region Planning Commission, said cycling and cycling awareness can benefit the community on multiple levels.

“Cycling is a way to promote a healthy lifestyle and improves the quality of life for the community as a whole,” Sukits said.

This year, one of the highlights of the program is the growing number of participants in Bike to Work week, Martin said.

“We’ll be focusing on bikefriendly businesses,” Martin said.

Martin said students should cycle and participate in these events to be a part of the community because the more collaboration there is, the more likely advances will be made for

pedestrian and cycling safety.

“Students should raise their own awareness of the issues.

It involves the role of the individual within their civic duty to pursue better infrastructure and changes in the law. It’s important for people to realize they are part of a larger community and interaction between the university and city,” Martin said.

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Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

Mark Martin, photographic processing archivist at LSU and leader of Bike Baton Rouge, pulls into a valet bike parking area Sunday at the end of the route at the North Boulevard Town Square in downtown Baton Rouge.

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A total of $294,000 of the ITS Student Technology Fee for technology programs was deferred Monday until the fall 2013 at the Student Technology Fee proposal meeting.

At the previous Student Tech Fee meeting March 11, about $3.38 million was proposed by ITS in the operating budget, but $4.5 million was requested from ITS. During Monday’s meeting, the committee agreed to defer multiple programs to next year’s proposed budget, including Gear to Geaux laptops and Himes computer replacements.

Michael Smith, director of technical services, specified that these components are not canceled, but will be brought back to the fall semester after the committee knows the total number of funds returned from this fiscal year.

For instance, Robert Kuhn, interim vice chancellor and CFO, explained that if one of the deferred items is approved in the fall, such as the replacement of computers in Himes Hall, they will be installed over winter break and used in the spring.

When making the decision, Smith said the programs to be deferred were picked with

careful consideration and other choices would have been to defer programs that would affect technology operations.

“These were deferments — not cancellations — that wouldn’t have an immediate effect on services,” Smith said.

Kuhn said if the Student Tech Fee has a deficit, then the fee will then begin to accumulate interest as well.

Smith proposed the plan based on the assumption that funds will be returned to the Student Technology Fund at the end of the fiscal year.

Smith said last year, $430,000 total funds were returned to the Student Tech Fee and this year, the conservative estimate is that about $267,000 will be returned.

More money could be returned as history indicates, Smith said.

“ITS expects actual returns to be more in line with the previous years,” Smith’s proposal said.

Keeping the budget balanced is important, Kuhn said, and the auditors inspected the tech fee account and gave no finding or recommendation on student tech fee funds.

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Sports

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LSU senior first baseman Mason Katz dives to catch the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 11-4 victory against Kentucky in Alex Box Stadium.

Hot start won’t matter if Tigers finish cold MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist

TOTAL ECLIPSE

Katz eclipsed home run, RBI totals from last season Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

If LSU senior first baseman Mason Katz had a dollar for every RBI he has collected during the 2013 season, he’d be able to buy himself a steak dinner and a dessert to cap off the meal.

Katz led the Tigers with 13 home runs in 2012 while his 52 RBIs were the second most of any Tiger last season. He recorded those numbers over the entirety of the five-month campaign.

In the first three months of the 2013 season, Katz has eclipsed those totals from 2012. He currently leads the Tigers with 13 home runs and 55 RBIs, three

more than he collected during all of last to a number of factors, one of which is the season. work he’s done with the LSU coaching staff.

Katz’s success at the plate has not been “I worked a lot with [LSU hitting coach] a quiet feat this season. Every time he leaves Javi [Sanchez] on sticking with my apthe on-deck circle and digs in proach,” Katz said. “It’s been the batter’s box, the crowd in ‘When we get on base a huge thing for me. In the Alex Box Stadium intensifies. early in the game, we past when I would get into an Thousands of eyes focus on RBI situation, I would try to the veteran infielder, as he can know Mason is going to do too much. I’ve done a rebegin a fireworks show with a good job of sticking to my come through for us.’ ally simple swing and the ping of approach. I try to hit the ball aluminum. to right-center, and it’s really Alex Bregman “Mason Katz is having a working.”

LSU freshman shortstop ‘National Player of the Year’Katz also noted that his type of season,” said LSU coach Paul Main- teammates were one of the primary reasons ieri. “Katz’s work ethic is incredible. He has for the boost in his stats in 2013. Freshtalent, but he doesn’t take it for granted. He men Mark Laird and Alex Bregman, junior works so hard at it. He loves it, he’s passion- Christian Ibarra and senior Raph Rhymes hit ate about it and he wants to win so badly, and around Katz in the batting order, and they are all that hard work comes into fruition once all hitting for a .320 batting average or higher. the game starts.”

KATZ, see page 12 Katz attributes the increased productivity

College baseball is a marathon, not a sprint, and LSU coach Paul Mainieri has said it since day one.

“What we are going to do is fight through a 56-game regular season schedule to hopefully put ourselves in a position like we were in last year,” Mainieri said Jan. 25 at Media Day. “You don’t think about Omaha right now.”

It definitely rang true in January, but don’t think it still isn’t stuck in the brains of Mainieri and his players. There’s still a bunch of baseball left to be played.

Not taking anything away from the No. 3 LSU baseball team’s 12-game win streak, first baseman Mason Katz leading the NCAA with 55 RBIs or the drubbing the Tigers put on then-No. 7 Kentucky this weekend in Alex Box Stadium, but there’s much more work to be done.

To try and discredit what this team has accomplished so far would be unfair. No team in LSU baseball history has posted a 30-2 mark to start a season.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 for NCAA title Paul Newberry The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.

Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the first coach to win national titles at two schools when relentless Louisville rallied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday night.

This title came on the same day Pitino was announced as a member of the latest Hall of Fame class, a couple of days after his horse won a big race on the way to the Kentucky Derby, and a few more days after his son got the head coaching job at Minnesota.

This was the best feeling of all. The Cardinals (35-5) lived up to their billing as the top overall seed in the tournament, though they sure had to work for it.

Louisville trailed Wichita State by a dozen in the second half of the national semifinals, before rallying for a 72-68 victory. This time, they fell behind by 12 in the first half, though a stunning spurt at the end of the period wiped out the entire deficit.

For that, they can thank Hancock, named the most outstanding player. He came off the bench to hit four straight 3-pointers after Michigan got a boost from an even more unlikely player, freshman Spike Albrecht. He, too, made four straight from beyond the arc, blowing by his career high before the break with 17 points. Coming in, Albrecht was averaging 1.8 points

a game and had not scored more than seven all season.

While Albrecht didn’t do much in the second half, Hancock finished what he started for Louisville. He buried another 3 from the corner with 3:20 remaining to give the Cardinals their biggest lead, 76-66. Michigan wouldn’t go away, but Hancock wrapped it up by making two free throws with 29 seconds left.

While Pitino shrugged off any attempt to make this about him, there was no doubt the Cardinals wanted to win a national title for someone else — injured guard Kevin Ware.

Watching again from his seat at the end of the Louisville bench, his injured right led propped up on a chair, Ware smiled and slapped TITLE, see page 12

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Louisville forward Chane Behanan (21) shoots over Michigan forward Glenn Robinson III (1) Monday during the NCAA Final Four championship game in Atlanta.

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BASEBALL

McCune looks for redemption Junior to start against Southern Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

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LSU freshman outfielder Mark Laird attempts to bunt the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 11-4 victory against Kentucky in Alex Box Stadium.

Freshman learns bunting for two-hole Laird: ‘I had never bunted in my life’ Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Thirty-two games in, and it all appears effortless for Mark Laird.

Whether it’s his dazzling speed down the baseline or the seemingly uncatchable hits he can track down from centerfield, the true freshman never seems frazzled, jogging back to the dugout with the same boyish grin plastered on his face.

But there’s one phase of the Monroe native’s game that’s been anything but automatic.

“I don’t think I laid down one bunt in high school,” Laird said.

“When I got here, I had never bunted in my life. It was something I had to work on.”

Either to move the leadoff runner over or simply to get an inning started with an easy base hit, Laird is often tasked with perfectly placing a bunt at a critical juncture of the game — as he did Sunday.

With LSU trailing Kentucky 1-0 in the bottom of the first, Laird laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt that moved junior outfielder Sean McMullen to third base, the start of a five-run frame that propelled the Tigers to an 11-4 win. Laird’s bunt in the fourth also moved McMullen into scoring position, and the Tigers would later score three runs in the inning.

Laird, who led off throughout most of his career at Ouachita Christian School, now has settled into the two-hole for the Tigers (30-2, 11-1 Southeastern Conference), a transition LSU coach Paul Mainieri wasn’t worried about for his prized freshman.

“I don’t think the second hole is any different than the first hole, really,” Mainieri said. “Mark handles the bat great, his bunting is good, he hits the ball well.”

The bunting hasn’t always been good, though, as Laird came in as a virtual novice to the precise art of positioning bunts, needing the trio of Mainieri, hitting coach Javi Sanchez and assistant coach Will Davis to teach him the skill.

After struggling in the fall, Laird returned to Monroe over winter break, where Mainieri said he honed the skill so perfectly, it vaulted him into a starting job over freshman outfielder Andrew Stevenson and McMullen.

“McMullen and Stevenson couldn’t [bunt] with the consistency that Laird developed it,” Mainieri said. “The finishing touch on him winning the starting job was the ability to bunt.”

Laird said his most difficult transition was picking which pitches to offer the bunt and that while he has no problem making contact, the problems arise in the placement.

Still, with 4.46 40-yard dash speed, Laird said if all goes according to plan at the plate, he has no doubts he can beat out anyone’s throw to first.

“You have to deaden the ball more instead of hitting it straight at them,” Laird said. “If I can deaden it and get it down, I have a pretty good chance of beating it out.”

Laird credited the coaching staff with helping his game develop as he transitioned to SEC play, but didn’t give any of his teammates much credit with helping along his newfound skill.

And with good reason, according to Mainieri.

“All the other guys that should have been able to bunt haven’t been able to, that’s why I needed to put him in the order,” Mainieri said with a laugh. “He didn’t get help from any of our players, I promise you.”

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

When the No. 3 LSU baseball team battles Southern University in the Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic at Zephyr Field on Tuesday night, Tigers junior pitcher Kurt McCune will be looking for redemption.

Prior to the 2012 season, three LSU sophomore starting pitchers drew attention.

Right-handers Kevin Gausman, Ryan Eades and Kurt McCune all performed admirably during their freshman seasons, and the trio was primed to take the reins in the starting rotation.

Gausman went on to have a stellar season and was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round of the MLB draft. Eades maintained a rotation slot, eventually taking the lead as the top starter on the 2013 staff.

The same success didn’t translate for McCune.

He appeared in 21 games in 2012, going 3-4 with a 4.04 ERA, and he lost his rotation slot to then-freshman Aaron Nola. The misfortune only piled on in 2013, as he suffered an oblique strain during spring camp.

Now that McCune is finally healthy, LSU (30-2, 11-1 Southeastern Conference) coach Paul Mainieri will give him the start Tuesday night against the Jaguars (12-12) for his first appearance of the season.

“I’ve been working hard trying to get back in shape and trying to get healthy,” McCune said.

“Right now, I feel the healthiest I’ve ever been. I’m throwing hard. I’m throwing with conviction. I’m really excited about how I’m throwing right now, and I’m just anxious to see how it works [Tuesday night].”

McCune will look to regain the form he had during his freshman season, when he went 7-3 with a 3.31 ERA and earned a 2011 Baseball America Freshman All-American Second-team selection.

“I’m pretty excited,” McCune said. “I haven’t thrown in a real game in a while, but I’ve been throwing against live hitters, and I feel like I’m ready to compete against another team.”

Meanwhile, Mainieri said he’ll be watching his starter intently at Zephyr Field. He noted his squad would still like another arm in the bullpen, but due to sophomore left-hander Cody Glenn’s inconsistency against SEC opponents so far in 2013, the No. 3 slot in the rotation could eventually be McCune’s if he throws well.

Mainieri intends to limit McCune’s work Tuesday night to ensure there are no setbacks on the mound.

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LSU junior Kurt McCune practices pitching Feb. 1 at Alex Box Stadium.

“I’m hoping Kurt will go out there and pound the strike zone a lot and hopefully give us about three good innings,” Mainieri said. “We’re going to see what his pitch count is, and we’re going to be smart about it. I would expect that he’ll go out and throw

the ball extremely well like he has in practice. We’ll see how it plays out, but right now that’s the plan.”

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

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FOOTBALL

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BASEBALL

Tigers endure spring with three tight ends This week’s Junior Dickson leads inexperienced group James Moran Sports Contributor

The LSU football team has gone through spring practice with only three tight ends on the active roster: juniors Travis Dickson and Logan Stokes and sophomore Dillon Gordon.

“We’re the few, the proud, the tight ends,” Dickson said.

With only three tight ends in camp, each one is receiving a maximum number of reps in practice. They may need the reps — the trio has combined for just one start at the Division I level.

Dickson is the most experienced of the three after starting the Arkansas game last season in place of Nic Jacobs. He came on as a receiving threat at the end of the season, catching six passes during the Tigers’ final three games.

LSU coach Les Miles said he has always considered Dickson a receiving threat, but Dickson said he needs to improve his blocking to become an every-down tight end. He said he’s gained 15 pounds since the end of last season and currently weighs 245 pounds.

“I spent a lot of time in the weight room and in the cafeteria eating as much as I can,” Dickson said. “Blocking is a lot easier at 245 pounds than it is at 235 pounds, so that’s pretty good motivation to keep the weight on.”

Dickson said he is also adjusting from being just one of many tight ends last season to

being the leader of the current unit.

“It’s a whole new role I’m stepping into, being the leader of these guys,” Dickson said. “It’s something I’m learning how to do and I’m leaning on some of the veterans like Zach [Mettenberger] and guys I learned from like Chase [Clement] and Josh [Dworaczyk] to learn how to be a better leader.”

Gordon, who is listed at 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds, has turned heads with his blocking so far this spring. He did not catch a pass last season, but played in every game for the Tigers as a blocking tight end and a special teamer.

He led all tight ends with four receptions for 40 yards in the Tigers’ second scrimmage of the spring on March 28.

Miles said he could see Gordon getting significant playing time and possibly being the Tigers’ starting tight end to begin the season.

“I think [Gordon] and Logan Stokes are really both that kind of big, blocking tight end, but are also capable of being receiving threats,” Miles said.

Stokes transferred to LSU after playing two seasons at Northeast Mississippi Community College. He is listed at 6-foot-5, 253 pounds and caught 10 passes for 80 yards last season.

The tight ends are likely to play a more prominent role in the passing game this season with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron now running the offense.

“We’re going to be a lot more involved in the passing game,” Dickson said. “We have been as involved in receiving drills as

Baseball America poll Rank / Team

/ Last Week

1. North Carolina

1

2. Vanderbilt

2

3. LSU

3

4. Cal State Fullerton

4

5. Virginia

5

6. Oregon State

6

7. Florida State

8

8. Louisville

9

9. Oklahoma

13

10. Arkansas

14

11. South Carolina

15

12. Indiana

16

13. Kentucky

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Western Kentucky linebacker Tye Golden tackles LSU tight end Travis Dickson during the Tigers’ 42-9 victory against the Hilltopers on Nov. 12, 2011, in Tiger Stadium.

wide receivers and running backs are. We catch just as many balls as they do.”

While the tight ends will hold down the fort with three men for the remainder of the spring, there are some reinforcements on the way. DeSean Smith, the No. 5

receiving tight end recruit in the nation, according to ESPN.com, is committed to LSU.

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7

14. Rice

18

15. Arizona State

24

16. Oregon

11

17. UCLA

10

18. Notre Dame

20

19. North Carolina State NR 20. Georgia Tech

12

21. Mississippi State

NR

22. Clemson

NR

23. Mississippi

17

24. Houston

19

25. Campbell

NR

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SOFTBALL

Junior Plaisance claims SEC Bianka Bell named SEC scoring title in first year as starter Player of the Week Tyler Nunez

Mike Gegenheimer

Sports Writer

Sports Contributor

The Southeastern Conference does not give a most improved player award for women’s basketball, but if it did, LSU forward Theresa Plaisance certainly would have made her bid.

A year removed from playing under 12 minutes per game and scoring 4.5 points per game as a sophomore, Plaisance shattered all preseason expectations by becoming the SEC’s leading scorer with 17 points per game in the same season when she started her first game.

“She emerged as one of the best 6-foot-5 players in the country,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell in a news release. “She can do everything.”

It is the eighth time an LSU player has be crowned the SEC scoring champion, putting Plaisance in the company of such LSU greats as Joyce Walker, Cornelia Gayden and Seimone Augustus.

Plaisance scored in double digits in all but the Lady Tigers’ season opener, finishing the season scoring double figures in 31 straight games. This is the longest streak of its kind by an LSU player since Seimone Augustus recorded an LSU best of 97 straight games from 2003 and 2006.

Caldwell credited Plaisance’s teammates as the primary source of the forward’s increased confidence, a characteristic Caldwell said was the key to her improvement.

“Her teammates didn’t allow her to take a back seat,” Caldwell said. “They really supported her in everything that she was doing for our team by getting her the basketball, setting great screens for her and really being there for her. I thought that helped her confidence and knowing that she’s going to be a go-to for us.”

This improvement allowed Plaisance to help lead the Lady

For the second time in as many weeks, LSU shortstop Bianka Bell has been named the Southeastern Conference freshman softball Player of the Week.

Bell was given the title after she posted RBIs in all four of the Tigers’ games last week — one game at Florida State and a series against Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The four game RBI run extends Bell’s streak to eight games with an RBI, spanning back to the Tigers’ matchup against Southeastern Louisiana on March 26.

“Bianka has truly come into her own and been a big presence in our lineup over the last month,” said LSU coach Beth Torina in a news release. “She continues to amaze us with what she is capable of at the plate, and we’re extremely happy for her to win this award for the second straight week.”

The Florida native also hit her team-leading ninth home run of the season in game two against the Razorbacks, which puts her only four behind the SEC lead.

Bell is ranked No. 11 in the conference for RBIs with 36 runs batted in.

This is the first time in three ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior forward Theresa Plaisance (55) dribbles around a Penn State defender March 26 during the Lady Tigers’ 71-66 against the Nittany Lions in the PMAC.

Tigers to their first appearance in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament since 2008.

“We had a special team this year,” Plaisance said. “We fought through so much adversity and stayed close knit through it all. We believed in each other.”

Plaisance also finished the season second in the SEC in blocks with 2.5 per game and fourth in rebounding with 8.3 per game.

With the absence of senior guards Adrienne Webb and

Bianca Lutley, Plaisance may have to play an even larger role in her final season.

“I am happy about the individual progress I made this year,” Plaisance said. “This summer, I am going to continue to build on it and get ready for a great senior season.”

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

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LSU freshman shortstop Bianka Bell throws to first for an out Feb. 17 during the Tigers’ 1-0 victory against Nicholls State in Tiger Park.

seasons an LSU player has earned the title in consecutive weeks. Tiger All-American pitcher senior Rachele Fico accomplished the feat during the team’s 2010 campaign.

Bell’s performance the past two weeks helped propel the Tigers to a 6-2 record through her eight-game RBI streak.

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

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BASKETBALL

Pitino leads class of seven into Naismith Hall of Fame The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time.

Last Wednesday, John Doleva, the president of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, called seven people to tell them they’d be in the class of 2013.

Pitino was one of the seven.

“When I got the call I was trying to call my wife over so she could hear it and I’m trying to put it on speaker phone and a text keeps beeping as I’m getting this special call,” Pitino said Monday, just hours before he led Louisville against Michigan in the national championship game.

“I saw the text. ‘Go Gophers. I got the job.’”

It was his son, Richard, who had just found out he was chosen to be the head coach at Minnesota.

It’s been that kind of week for Pitino, who is among 12 people overall who will join the class of 2013.

The others announced Monday at a ceremony at the Final Four were college coaches Guy Lewis of Houston, Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV and Sylvia Hatchell of North Carolina, former NBA stars Bernard King and Gary Payton and former University of Virginia star Dawn Staley.

The inductions will take place Sept. 8 in Springfield, Mass.

Inductees announced previously were: Edwin E.B. Henderson, a direct elect by the Early African Pioneer Committee; longtime Indiana Pacers guard Roger Brown; Oscar Schmidt of Brazil, the leading scorer in

CHARLIE NEIBERGALL / The Associated Press

Members of the 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class line up for a photo Monday after inductee announcements in Atlanta, Ga.

Olympic history; Richie Guerin, a star for the New York Knicks in the 1950s; and Russ Granik, the longtime assistant commissioner of the NBA. It was Pitino, however, who stole the show.

His Cardinals are in the championship game and a win would make him the first coach to win a title at two schools. He won it all with Kentucky in 1996.

On Saturday, Goldencents, a horse which Pitino co-owns, won the Santa Anita Derby, a major prep race for the Kentucky Derby.

“I was looking around for lightning,” Pitino joked. “This

was such a special moment.”

Pitino, the only coach to take three schools to the Final Four, has won 661 games in 28 seasons as a college coach and his 47-16 record in the NCAA tournament is the third-highest winning percentage among active coaches.

He also had two stints in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks.

When he was a young assistant with the Knicks from 198385, Pitino forged a relationship with King, one of the most feared scorers in his playing days.

“I remember Rick as a very young coach, a coach starting his career, a coach who knew the

game,” said King, who averaged 22.0 points in his 15-year NBA career, including averaging 34.8 points in the 1984 NBA playoffs.

“I remember Rick came with me to the NBA All-Star game and we were flying from Denver to San Antonio. We talked a lot about that even though we had some injuries we had to get off to a good start.

“That first game in San Antonio I scored 50 points. The next day in Dallas I had a milk shake and a turkey sandwich and scored 50 points again. I guess you can say this is the culmination of my life in basketball.”

Payton was known as

“The Glove” for his defensive prowess in his years with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a twotime Olympic gold medalist.

“I was an offensive-minded guy when I went to Oregon State and coach Ralph Miller pulled me to the side and said ‘You’ll be one of the greatest defensive point guards ever,’ and I said to myself, ‘Yeah right. I’m shooting every time I get the ball.’ I got really good at it and started liking it and took it from there,” Payton said.

Lewis led Houston to five Final Fours in his 30 years with the Cougars. His teams featured future Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler, Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon.

Tarkanian took three schools to the NCAA tournament but he will always be known for his teams at UNLV that made four Final Four appearances and won it all in 1990.

Hatchell joins North Carolina men’s coaches Dean Smith and Roy Williams as Hall of Famers. She is one of three women’s coaches to record 900 victories and she has won national championships on three levels — AIAW, NAIA and NCAA. Staley was a three-time Olympic gold medalist, a fivetime WNBA All-Star and twotime national college player of the year with the Cavaliers. She is the only player in women’s college basketball to record 2,000 points, 700 assists and 400 steals.

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page 12 KATZ, from page 7 “I love all the RBI chances,” Katz said. “The way those guys in front of me have been getting on base has been incredible this year. I feel like every time I come up to the plate, either Bregman or

BASEBALL, from page 7

And that’s saying something.

Former coach Skip Bertman put LSU baseball on the map. His teams won five national titles, but not one of them could match the start the Tigers have gotten off to in 2013.

As Mainieri said, this is still a 56-game schedule, and the Tigers still have 24 left mostly against upper-echelon competition in the Southeastern Conference.

LSU still has a lot of meat left on its SEC schedule. Series with No. 10 Arkansas, No. 11 South Carolina and No. 23 Ole Miss still remain on the docket.

TITLE, from page 7

hands with his teammates as they celebrated in the closing seconds, the victory coming just 30 miles from where he played his high school ball.

Any pain he was feeling from that gruesome injury in the regional final, when he landed awkwardly, snapped his leg and was left writhing on the floor with the bone sticking through the skin, was long gone as he hobbled gingerly onto the court with the aid of crutches, backing in a sea of confetti and streamers.

Laird is in scoring position, and Raph is on first. It’s been one of those years that if I hit the ball, it’s an RBI.” LSU’s first baseman isn’t the only one enjoying the productivity, though. His teammates also benefit from Katz’s video-game

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numbers at the plate, as batters in front of him get the opportunity to see better pitches. The RBIs have also come in clutch situations for the Tigers, most notably being a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning against Mississippi State.

“It’s without a doubt almost every single time, there’s about a 99 percent chance that he’s going to drive us in if we’re on base,” Bregman said. “When we get on base early in the game, we know Mason is going to come through for us. Later in the game when

you need a clutch hit, Mason’s going to do that, too.”

Being the hottest team in the league will put a big target on LSU’s back. Good teams will want to prove they’re better than the Tigers and below-average squads will try to make a win against LSU their crowning achievement of the season.

It’s the price the Tigers will have to pay for starting the season blazing hot.

After LSU outscored a top-10 team 31-6 and looked nearly untouchable this weekend, expectations going forward will be astronomical.

Since Bertman and now Mainieri’s success leading the Tigers, it’s always been Omaha

or bust.

If this team doesn’t reach the College World Series and bring home the program’s seventh championship trophy, no one will remember the 2013 squad. Just like how every LSU baseball fan is trying to block the 2012 season from their memory.

LSU fans probably got a good chuckle in 2012 when they found out the Tigers only had to get past Stony Brook to get to the CWS. Only problem was the Sea Wolves left town with the last laugh and a trip to Omaha.

The Tigers played well the whole season, but couldn’t come through when they needed to

most. Katz hasn’t forgotten what happened last season and doesn’t want to repeat it this time around.

“A trip to Omaha and bringing home a trophy; that’s all I want. It doesn’t matter how it happens,” Katz said Jan. 25. “If something happens where I’m not even in the lineup and we go, I don’t care. I want to go to Omaha.

That’s my dream. That’s the reason I came here, to win a national championship.”

Katz stepped on campus the season after the Tigers won the national title in 2009. I don’t know if there’s a player in the country who wants to hoist the championship trophy more than him.

LSU is beyond hot right now, but they would trade a 12-game win streak in the middle of the season for one to end it any day of the week.

The Tigers couldn’t have imagined a hotter start to the season. But it won’t mean anything if they end the season cold, and they know it.

Peyton Siva added 18 points for the Cardinals, who closed the season on a 16-game winning streak, and Chane Behanan chipped in with 15 points and 12 rebounds as Louisville slowly but surely closed out the Wolverines (31-8).

Michigan was in the title game for the first time since the Fab Five lost the second of two straight championship games in 1993. Players from that team, including Chris Webber, cheered on the latest group of young stars.

But, like the Fab Five, national

player of the year Trey Burke and a squad with three freshman starters came up short in the last game of the season.

The first half might’ve been the most entertaining 20 minutes of the entire tournament.

Burke started out on fire for Michigan, hitting his first three shots and scoring seven points to match his output from the semifinal victory over Syracuse, when he made only 1-of-8 shots.

Then, when Burke sidelined most of the first half with two fouls,

Albrecht took control. The kid whose nickname comes from his first pair of baseball spikes showed he’s a pretty good hoops player, too, knocking down one 3-pointer after another to send the Wolverines to a double-digit lead.

When Albrecht blew by Tim Henderson with a brilliant hesitation move, Michigan led 33-21 and Louisville was forced to call timeout.

The freshman was mobbed on the Michigan bench, like the Wolverines had already won the national title, with one teammate waving a towel

in tribute.

Not so fast. Not against Louisville.

The Cardinals just kept coming back.

After already pulling off a stunning comeback in the Big East championship game and another against Wichita State, they surged back behind their own ace off the bench.

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

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

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Entertainment

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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Baton Rouge THE Big Screen Legendary ON

Celtic Media offers Louisiana locale for blockbuster films

film critic Ebert will be missed

Kaci Yoder Entertainment Writer

Off an unimpressive stretch of Bluebonnet Boulevard, across the street from an old Coca-Cola factory being steadily transformed into a Big Lots, Baton Rouge’s best-kept secret is making magic.

Though many Baton Rouge residents have never heard of it, the Celtic Media Centre has put the Capital City on the map for film and television over the past few years. All those big-budget movies like “Breaking Dawn,” “Battleship,” “The Host” and “Oblivion” that brought stars to Baton Rouge? They came for Celtic.

Just getting past the front gates requires clearance from the inside, a necessary precaution given the scale of some of the productions that have unfolded at Celtic.

Though the no-fly zone the cast of “Breaking Dawn” requested above the lot proved unnecessary, a few intrepid “Twilight” fans managed to sneak onto a Celtic shuttle before accidentally winding up on the set of “Battleship” instead, eventually getting escorted off the premises.

The thought of two multi-million-dollar blockbusters being filmed at the same time in Baton Rouge may blow some minds, but for director of Studio Operations Patrick Mulhearn, it’s business as usual.

“It’s an exciting time for us right now,” Mulhearn said, watching as employees hung brand-new framed posters of major Celtic productions on the walls of the lobby. “We feel like we’re just getting started.”

At the moment, Mulhearn is juggling projects with several different studios including Active Entertainment, Gold Circle Films, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios. These studios come to Baton Rouge largely because of tax incentives that make it extraordinarily cheap to produce films in Louisiana, he said.

“Baton Rouge has become a prime place to make movies,” Mulhearn said. “It’s cheaper, it’s more secluded. ... Anything you want to do for a movie, we can do it.”

Beyond the gated entrance, the Celtic Media Centre sprawls across 23 acres that are never completely FILM STUDIO, see page 15

MORGAN SEARLES / The Daily Reveille

A recording and sound effects studio and a mixing theater provide Celtic Media Centre with Hollywood-caliber post-production capabilities.

Roger Ebert, easily the bestknown modern film critic, passed away Thursday due to complications from cancer.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic is widely praised for his ability as a writer and film critic and DANIEL leaves behind a CATALANELLO legacy that will Entertainment Writer not be soon forgotten, with a career that stands as a paragon for critics of all sorts.

Ebert originally received national recognition as the co-host of the long-running “At the Movies” television series, on which he, Gene Siskel and later Richard Roeper brought thoughtful and intelligent criticism to the masses; famously making an art out of giving “thumbs ups,” long before Facebook capitalized on the gesture. Ebert brought an open-minded perspective to the forefront, using his clout to champion lesser-known directors and films throughout his career.

In 2002, Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and fought the disease on and off until the end. He eventually was forced to resign from EBERT, see page 15

THEATER

Comedians come to campus ‘Whose Line’ stars put on improv act Rob Kitchen Entertainment Writer

“Welcome to ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway,’ the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter.”

Those were the words that started almost every episode of the classic ABC improv show. During its nine seasons on television, it has featured comedians such as Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie.

The Union Theater will host “An Evening with Colin and Brad” on Wednesday, which will feature the duo performing one night of improvised comedy.

The show originated when

Sherwood pitched the idea to and they drive us wherever they Mochrie after doing a number of want to go.” two-man shows with a friend.

In addition, the improvised “I pitched it to Colin to see if games will feature classic games he wanted to go out and perform at from “Whose Line” and new ones theaters and colleges,” Sherwood created for the show. said. “We gave it a two-week trial “We’ll be playing games and did a tour and it like ‘Sound Effects’ went really well, and and ‘Moving Bodwe kept booking. An Evening with Colin ies,’” Sherwood We’ve been touring said. “We’re also and Brad: for 10 years.” doing a bunch of F o r t u n a t e l y When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday other games that we for fans of “Whose Where: Union Theater came up with that Line,” the show will Price: $10 with student ID use the audience have some similarimore.” ties, with the bigRecently, the gest difference being the lack of a CW announced “Whose Line” moderator. will return in July for a limited “We don’t have a moderator run. running the show, but we bring “Ryan and Colin and Wayne lots of audience members on stage are definitely doing all the episo it’s even more audience driv- sodes,” Sherwood said. “Greg en and interactive than ‘Whose Proops and I are on hold like Line,’” Sherwood said. “We sort COMEDY, see page 15 of give them the keys to the car

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Colin Mochrie (left) and Brad Sherwood (right), of “Whose Line” fame, will be performing their improv routine “An Evening with Colin and Brad” on Wednesday.

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LGBT characters lack quality representation At the launch of the 2012-13 television season, GLAAD estimated that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scripted characters comprised 4.4 percent of all scripted series regular characters on the five major broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox, and NBC. MARIE CHANEY Of the 701 Entertainment regulars counted Writer in primetime scripted television programs, 31 are LGBT. This is the highest proportion of LGBT characters ever recorded in 17 years of surveying LGBT representation in the media.

“This year’s increase of LGBT characters on television reflects a cultural change in the way gay and lesbian people are seen in our society,” said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick on the organization’s website. “More and more Americans have come to accept their LGBT family members, friends, coworkers, and peers, and as audiences tune into their favorite programs, they expect to see the same diversity of people they encounter in their daily lives.”

While the increase of LGBT appearances in television is wonderful, the quality of these portrayals usually leaves much to be desired. The adage of balancing quality and quantity certainly applies here. Most LGBT portrayals in the media are rife with

stereotypes and clichés. Gay male characters are usually shown as effeminate, dramatic and fashion-obsessed. Lesbian characters are usually written to seem as masculine as possible. Bisexual characters are often portrayed as promiscuous. Transgender characters are rarely seen at all.

It is important that young LGBT people see characters they can relate to and identify with.

Strong characters like “Degrassi’s” transgender teen Adam Torres can inspire LGBT people to live openly and courageously.

LGBT characters are also less likely to show affection on TV than heterosexual characters.

When television and media wipes out normal, same-sex affection or makes it a “very special episode” to show a same-sex couple kissing, it further reinforces that it is outside the norm and perpetuates the idea that homosexuality is unnatural. If television networks simply showed a realistic representation of how real LGBT people interact, it would go a long way in shaping cultural and societal ideas of how gay couples interact.

Society is clearly changing.

More people support gay rights than ever before. The media should reflect that.

Marie Chaney is an 18-year-old mass communication and fashion freshman from Monroe.

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OBITUARY

‘Buckwild’ star’s mom: I know he’s in heaven Vicki Smith The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For all his on-camera carousing and cussing, “Buckwild” reality TV star Shain Gandee was a publicly proclaimed and baptized Christian, and his mother told hundreds of mourners Sunday that she will see him again.

“I know where Shain is,” Loretta Gandee told the family, friends and fans crammed into the Charleston Municipal Auditorium. “He said about a month ago, ‘I know when I die I’m going to heaven.’”

Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle, David Gandee, and 27-year-old friend Donald Robert Myers were found dead April 1 in a sport utility vehicle that was partially submerged in a deep mud pit near Sissonville. They had last been seen leaving a bar at 3 a.m.

Autopsies determined all three died of carbon monoxide poisoning, possibly caused by the tailpipe

being submerged in mud. That could have allowed the invisible gas to fill the vehicle’s cabin.

Shain Gandee, nicknamed “Gandee Candy” by fans, was a breakout star of the show that followed the antics of young friends enjoying their wild country lifestyle. The first season was filmed last year, mostly around Sissonville and Charleston.

The Rev. Randy Campbell told the many young people in the crowd he understands that life bombards them with difficult choices. But he urged them to follow Shain Gandee’s lead and embrace their faith now, while they are energetic and engaged.

Cameras were not allowed at the funeral or private family burial in Thaxton Cemetery.

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still. Even without Tom Cruise’s SUV driving him around the lot, Celtic stays busy striking the last of the “Oblivion” set and unloading vintage cars for a pending production of the “Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive” miniseries.

Once the site of Master P’s future recording studio, the Celtic Group rebuilt and expanded the facilities after buying the property in 2006 and later partnered with Hollywood’s Raleigh Studios.

“This was going to be Master P’s shark tank,” Mulhearn said of one glass-walled section of offices.

The Celtic offices house everything from soundstages to screening rooms, a working salon and the offices of a local film magazine. One stage buried within the offices offers green-screen shooting, while a stateof-the-art recording and sound effect studio and a mixing theater provide Hollywood-caliber post-production capabilities.

Most of the magic, though, happens in the seven other stages across the grounds. Most resemble a standard warehouse from the outside, but each already boasts its own starstudded history.

Stage 2, once intended to be Master P’s basketball court, now serves as one of the smaller stages at Celtic. During the shoot that gave Stage 2 its nickname — “Twilight Holy Ground” — Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were filming in bed together when the noise of gunfire made it through the soundproof walls — the sound of an AR-15 firing from the “Battleship” set across the lot. According to Mulhearn, Stewart jumped up in the bed and

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Celtic Media Centre houses a state-of-the-art screening room, one of many high-tech facilities on the grounds.

shouted, “I wanna be in that movie!”

Other venues at Celtic include twin 30,800-square-foot stages — Stage 4 and Stage 6 — one of which contained a full-size replica of the Cullens’ house during filming of “Breaking Dawn.” Between them sits Stage 5, one of the only stages outside Hollywood with a 70-foot ceiling peak to allow for sets like the sky home used by Tom Cruise’s character in “Oblivion.”

Perhaps the most promising and fastest growing of Celtic’s assets is its relationship with Pixomondo, a German visual effects company that has set up shop in Baton Rouge through Celtic. Over the next year, Mulhearn hopes to have dozens of artists working there full time, which would open an enormous door for production in Louisiana.

According to Mulhearn, those types of options create unprecedented opportunities for Baton Rouge.

A need for visual effects was part of what narrowly cost Celtic its deal with the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean” film, but Pixomondo’s collaboration has brought interest

from many effects-heavy films.

“When Baton Rouge is included in a list of places like London, Shanghai, Berlin, Vancouver, then you know that we’re doing something right,” Mulhearn said.

Recent rumors suggest Universal Studios may have its eye on Baton Rouge for production of “Jurassic Park IV.” Though Mulhearn declined to comment on “Jurassic Park,” he did confirm that Universal has put a hold down on “very big” unnamed project to begin shooting at Celtic this summer.

The Capital City may not be the new Hollywood yet, but at the rate Celtic Media Centre keeps growing, it could be standing on the brink of a booming industry.

At any moment on a typical day in Baton Rouge, the world’s next blockbuster could be coming together.

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his television series due to loss of speech, which resulted from the surgical removal of his lower jaw. And though he lost his ability to speak, he remained as salient as ever by continuing to post on his Chicago SunTimes blog, serving faithfully as a beacon of quality film.

The critic, in fact, found a new voice late in life as a tweeter, bringing refreshing eclecticism to the 140-character soapbox. He often used the site to air his various social and political views, along with his occasional New Yorker cartoon caption contest entries.

When Ebert started his career in 1967, the high-speed dissemination of information was a far-off dream.

Now, in a digital age in which everyone can be a critic, it’s important to remember the notability of such well-composed and measured criticism as Ebert’s. In an age of upvotes, likes and social media that merely suggest conversation without actually engaging, Ebert’s work serves to remind us of the importance of real discussion.

He has deservingly come to represent that sacred moment in the theater when the lights go up and the credits begin to roll. After all, seeing the movie is only half the fun — the ensuing conversation is

COMEDY, from page 13

comedy firemen, and if the show gets picked up, Greg and I will be doing the show, but there’s no

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Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert works in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago. Ebert died Thursday after complications with cancer. He was 70.

just as rewarding.

Ebert knew this, and his work reflected the genuine curiosity and passion that keeps people coming back to the movies again and again. Where would we self-made Internet-age critics be without such an authoritative voice in criticism to strive toward?

Ebert’s passion and respect for the medium of film has left an enduring mark on the world of cinema and criticism and he deserves every ounce of reverent praise.

guarantee of anything.”

“An Evening with Colin and Brad” starts at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in the Union Theater. Tickets are $10 with an LSU

student ID.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Right to Know?

California Right to Know Act of 2013 a privacy advocate’s dream

MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist The Internet comes with some necessary trade-offs.

When we enter the digital realm, our personal information becomes a separate entity removed from ourselves.

To use many free Internet services, such as Facebook or Google, we must allow these companies full access to the data we provide them, but we are rarely ever given insight into how exactly our data is being used by specific companies or who it is being given to. The information takes a life of its own, moving from one company to another like the swapping of baseball cards, each covered in the statistics that make up our lives.

Our identities and our personalities become commodities to be bought and sold in the marketplace.

However, a California bill is attempting to make these companies more transparent about how they are using our information.

California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal’s Right to Know Act of 2013 would allow consumers to petition data companies for access to the personal information these businesses have stored on them and what other companies they have sold it to. The companies

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would have 30 days to provide the information, which must go back 12 months, or face the possibility of a civil suit.

The bill is a great steppingstone for moving toward a digital society that still takes the importance of privacy seriously.

After years of acting on the defensive, privacy advocates finally have a bill that acts as an example of how privacy can be fought for in the 21st century, a century that has thus far been hostile to privacy in America.

As technology has continually outpaced political change, privacy rights have had trouble keeping up. The 2001 passing of the Patriot Act opened a can of worms when it came to warrantless wiretapping, and the 2008 FISA Amendments Act gave the telecommunications companies legal immunity for their involvement in the NSA’s surveillance.

The past year has seen legislation like the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which would allow companies to share your information with the government without any protections and also with legal immunity.

Privacy advocates had to play defense, bringing the bills to court or challenging them in Congress — sometimes successfully, oftentimes not.

Yet, Lowenthal’s bill is a statement of action, a demonstration that some people are willing to

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 oopsie-ing 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.

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Megan Roney shops online at Europa Coffeehouse in Denver. The proposed Right to Know Act of 2013 will allow online consumers to petition data companies for access to the personal information stored when surfing the Internet.

now the company’s property and they shouldn’t be forced to disclose it.

However, it is horrifyingly commercial to remove people’s personal information from the people themselves and treat it solely as the property of a faceless, bland corporation.

In fact, the bill’s requirement does more to create a more libertarian society, in the truest definition of the word.

Transparency is one of the best protections against concentrated power. It attempts to bring corruption out in the open and fight back against collusion. It undoubtedly makes the world a freer and more knowledgeable place by leaving the information open and available.

By giving consumers the ability to see how their data is used, people can finally have adequate protections against abuses of power and privilege.

However, this bill is just the beginning, and there will be much to do from here.

struggle for more control over their personal information. It gives the consumers power for once, not just the companies, and it is nuanced enough to protect smaller companies from the hassles of the requirement.

The bill would allow companies to take measures to avoid the requirement by not storing data

or by de-identifying the user data.

Companies can also choose to notify users about the disclosure of their data as it is happening, and they are only required to release the information once every 12 months to avoid repeat request.

The only arguments I can see against this are from the uber-capitalists who say the information is

David Scheuermann is a 21-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner.

2. Female VP who looks like she knows policy and paperwork.

3. Greek 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

Reveille took what they were selling to blast Commissioner Aimee Simon. Honestly, it looks like Simon was actually “smart” because while you can buy things in bulk and get a discount, nice items like Woodard and Parks’ banners don’t come at the discount they reported.

If you were at the trial, you would remember that Simon’s “smart” comment came in response to a question about whether an item such as a pushcard should be expensed at its “normal” unit price (say $1), when if you buy in bulk you can get them for about a penny.

She was absolutely right when she said that 24 banners won’t get you a discount that UniteLSU reported.

The evidence that was brought to light absolutely proves that you cannot get a bulk price for banners

as low as UniteLSU reported.

Also, in the first trial, the University Court ruled that the Election Board correctly executed their power to re-expense. Thus, the court should not have heard the case again. UniteLSU got another bite at the apple, and won through fraud.

UniteLSU’s people framed a story that was based on a bunch of lies and the Reveille bought it. The Election Board caught UniteLSU in a lie and they covered it up with more lies. That’s inexcusable.”

- speakthetruth

“It seems that UniteLSU lied to the University Court and the

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Obama compliments women, sparks unneeded backlash SHUT UP, MEG MEGAN DUNBAR Columnist President Barack Obama commended California Attorney General Kamala Harris at a Democratic National Committee fundraising event, introducing her as “brilliant,” “dedicated” and “tough.”

Then he added a quip about her being “by far, the best-looking attorney general,” sparking general unwarranted outrage from various bloggers and on social media.

Really? The nation doesn’t have its hands full enough with the current sequester, Jindal’s new tax plan and Kim Jong-un’s continuing threats to nuke the world?

The most disturbing thing is that I can’t find Harris’ reaction anywhere.

Maybe she chose not to react. Maybe she thought doing so would incite a negative reaction in the factions of Californians.

If I had access to her response, I’d be able to gauge mine more aptly, because if Harris found it offensive, I would support her.

She alone knows how it affected her, and if she’s choosing not to make this a political issue — one that could skyrocket her to the forefront of the feminist battlefront — then I’m going to say she feels fine about it.

She accepted the apology.

But if this did make Harris uncomfortable, and she feels like leaking that through a

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[Left] President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. [Right] California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Obama praised California’s attorney general for more than her smarts and toughness at a Democratic Party event April 4.

spokesperson or letting us know herself, then I’d support her, no matter how much of a political ploy it is.

Because maybe that’s what this is. Maybe Obama planned this with Harris, to show he makes mistakes, like an honest man, and knows how to apologize for them.

Or maybe this is part of Harris’ plan to overtake Hillary Clinton in popularity, with Harris potentially revealing later this week that she feels wounded by the president’s statement, and calling for a movement in her party toward ever-greater equality.

Yeah, I know, that would be complete bull.

In the public eye, she would have every right to do that, though, as the first African-and Asian-American female attorney general in California.

Maybe that’s far-fetched, but I’d prefer one of these to be true over what’s happening right now.

I’d like to believe the hype is over something bigger than Obama cracking a joke.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great there’s a heightened level of sensitivity to gender equality, but this pushes it entirely too far.

We don’t need to get our collective hackles up about every tiny little joke that comes a female’s way.

Normally I don’t side with

people who demean these incidences relating to any sort of rights issue, but here, something is off.

I’m not writing off the entire feminist movement. The issue is that this incident cheapens the valid ideals of feminists worldwide, and makes them look like crazed women out for blood wherever possible.

The Should-He-Call-HerPretty argument in this instance marginalizes the currently hot topic of abortion and other female rights issues, and here’s where Obama responded in the right way.

He apologized for the level of distraction he caused by commenting on her appearance.

That’s all he needed to do.

It actually isn’t an apology at all. It’s a subtle way of showing this is not something for which he needs to apologize.

Obama sets a good precedent for future episodes of popular craziness. Because in cases like this, we just need to turn the other cheek and move along, focusing on actual politics.

Megan Dunbar is a 19-year-old English junior from Greenville, S.C.

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GUEST COLUMN

Amendment No. 2 may give weapons to felons The Associated Press Critics of last year’s Constitutional Amendment No. 2 predicted that it could weaken existing laws and lead to numerous and expensive court cases for the state.

Those worries started to come true recently.

Recently, a district judge in New Orleans ruled the amendment, which was passed by voters and became law at the beginning of the year, makes the state’s prohibition against felons carrying firearms unconstitutional.

While the amendment was billed by its proponents as a strong safeguard on Louisianians’ Second Amendment rights, opponents argued that those rights were under no threat and adding a new law would muddy the waters and create needless confusion.

Now, it seems, it has done worse than that, jeopardizing a law that makes it illegal for convicted felons to carry guns.

Clearly, that was not intended by the amendment’s sponsors and proponents.

Nonetheless, it has resulted in legal confusion, even if this particular ruling struck down somewhere in the appeals process.

The lesson we should take away here is that even if we have the best of intentions, meddling with the state constitution or making other fundamental governmental changes can have broad impacts that aren’t always obvious ahead of time.

In this case, there were even ample warnings that this amendment could be filled with unintended consequences.

It is a lesson we should take to heart as the state begins

to discuss altering the tax structure. Gov. Bobby Jindal has proposed doing away with corporate and personal income taxes in favor of increased sales taxes.

Even laudable goals, such as protecting constitutional rights, can lead to opening a legal can of worms that could lead to felons being allowed to carry guns.

It is unclear if that will be the outcome, but the recent case certainly leaves open this disturbing possibility.

When considering statewide action on large issues — gun protections, education reforms, tax changes — the unintended consequences can be great, sometimes greater even than those that were intentional.

In this case, the state amendment is not going to trump federal law or the U.S. Constitution, which still protects

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individual rights. But it could create a legal environment that leaves us less certain about some common-sense laws on which there is broad public consensus.

We must use this as a timely lesson on using careful debate

rather than urgency to craft state policy.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 living in Iran.

“It’s a common thing in the 1980 and 1989. The Islamic Rev- top five or 10 universities in olution’s Shiite Muslim leader Iran,” Ayoobi said.

Ayoobi called Iran a developAyatollah Khomeini’s movement to reverse Iran’s progres- ing country and said many young sive family planning policies people are graduating from led to a higher birth rate. Iranian Iranian universities, but there are health officials were ordered not not enough available job opporto promote contraception, and a tunities.

Olivier referenced “brain large population was seen as an advantage during the Iran-Iraq drain,” a phenomenon that has been affecting war from 1980 to 1988.

‘Most of the young — Iran for the last years, as Jokar said especially the young several a main reason for young Iranians born during the — are not very happy the increase. She said “brain drain” 1980s have a high standard of living, with the government.’ occurs when an area’s populaso most of them Ali Jokar are well-educated Iranian construction management tion doesn’t have the necessary reand choose to doctorate student leave the country sources for continuing their education, leading to continue their schooling.

The current government in them to search elsewhere.

Iranian students often have a Iran has also caused the young more difficult time applying for population to leave, Jokar said.

“Most of the young — espe- their visas to attend the Univercially the young — are not very sity than other international stuhappy with the government,” dents, Olivier said.

“There are various clearJokar said. “They want to experience a free environment, so they ances that need to be done with regard to receiving the visa,” Olleave the country.”

Mechanical engineering doc- ivier said. “With the Iranian poptorate student Mohsen Ayoobi ar- ulation, it seems a little bit more rived in Baton Rouge three years cumbersome for them.”

Olivier said the U.S. govago after obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in his home ernment can take three to five months on average to grant an country of Iran.

Ayoobi said one of the big- Iranian student a visa. She said gest reasons for the influx of most European students generIranian students coming to the ally receive their visas within University is the popularity of a few weeks to a few months at studying abroad for young people the most.

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The Daily Reveille “There’s been no other country in current time where it’s taking as long as the Iranian student population,” Olivier said.

Despite the apparent difficulties Iranian students face when attempting to study at the University, both Ayoobi and Jokar said they are enjoying their time in Louisiana.

“People in Louisiana are very friendly, and I think they are really family-based,” Ayoobi said, comparing the latter aspect to the culture in Iran.

Jokar said while he doesn’t plan to stay in Baton Rouge after receiving his degree, it has been easy to adjust to the city.

“Most people don’t know, but Iranian people are very close to American people,” Jokar said.

“Iranian people do like American people and they do like their culture.”

Ayoobi said one problem he has faced has been the low number of international students living here. He said the lack of diversity has made it somewhat difficult to interact with people.

Both Ayoobi and Jokar said the University’s reputation in their respective fields of study led them here.

“When I was selecting a university in Louisiana, LSU was No. 1,” Jokar said.

Contact Erin Hebert at ehebert@lsureveille.com

page 19 Blake Chatelain said on March 27 that the Board absolutely stands by its decision not to release the cords requests.

“The optimal outcome is get- names of presidential candidates. ting the names of the finalists. Keeping candidates’ confidentialReally, that’s what I want out of ity is the “norm in 45 states,” he this,” Gallo said. “I want to show said.

LSU General Counsel Shelby LSU the importance of being transparent with its searches and McKenzie wrote to NOLA.com set a precedent for other universi- | The Times-Picayune reporter ties. This should be a priority for Quincy Hodges, saying LSU “has no public record that idenall future searches.” tifies candidates In a news release last week, ‘The optimal outcome is ... other than the LSU said it plans getting the names of the recommendation of the Presidential to “vigorously definalists.’

Search Committee fend” against the of the LSU Board lawsuits. of Supervisors of NOLA.com Andrea Gallo F. King Alexander | The Times-Piceditor in chief, The Daily Reveille ... which you are ayune and The Advocate plan to merge the cases welcome to review.”

The president position, which pending the consent of 19th Judicial Judge Wilson Fields, to whom combines the role of University the NOLA.com | The Times-Pica- chancellor and system president, yune case was assigned. The Ad- was filled March 27 when the vocate’s suit was assigned to Jud Board approved the Presidential ge Jan- Search Committee’s nomination ice Clark, who already signed the of Alexander as the sole finalist.

The pool of potential nomiconsent order to merge the cases.

Scott Sternberg, Gallo’s attor- nees was narrowed from a canney, said the decision to merge didate pool of about 35 names to is at his client’s discretion. Gallo six or seven before the Board ansaid she plans to keep her lawsuit nounced Alexander as the finalist, Chatelain said. separate for now.

The NOLA.com | The TimesThe NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune lawsuit states the public Picayune’s hearing, originally set is entitled to “the name of each for April 15, was pushed back to applicant for a public position of April 25. Gallo’s hearing is set for authority or a public position with April 18. policymaking duties” under state law.

Contact Alyson Gaharan at Presidential Search Committee Chairman and Board member agaharan@lsureveille.com

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