The Daily Reveille - April 12, 2013

ART: LSU Union Art Gallery opens exhibit on 20th-century Louisiana culture, p. 4

BASEBALL: LSU faces tough Arkansas pitching staff, p. 5

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ADMINISTRATION

Friday, April 12, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 120

Former LSU System president protected employees Lombardi issued ‘key’ appointments Chris Grillot

Just before leaving their respective positions under pressure, former LSU System President John Lombardi and former System General Counsel Ray Lamonica wrote letters of appointment to select staff members in January 2012, providing each with an extended job protection.

The appointments designated the staffers as “key” employees

and provided them with a notice of non-reappointment status, a one-year notice before they could be fired. For example, if a “key staff” member were to be terminated or replaced LAMONICA in January 2013, he or she would still have a job until January 2014.

This benefit is nonexistent for campus staff personnel as opposed to faculty, according to the LSU Office of Human

Resource Management.

Lombardi took care of himself, as well.

Under his termination agreement, Lombardi, who was granted tenure in the LSU HisLOMBARDI tory Department as part of his original contract, is guaranteed a faculty position teaching at least one history class per semester for as long as he wishes at an annual salary just shy of a quarter of a

million dollars.

In January 2012, Lombardi wrote “key staff” appointments for Sharyon Lipscomb, the LSU System’s human resources director.

Lamonica wrote identical appointments for James E. Marchand, assistant to the general counsel; Tony Gonce, information systems auditor; Sonya McCoy, assistant director of internal audit; and Chad Brackin, director of internal audit.

These weren’t the only times Lombardi provided favored aids with additional benefits.

In 2007, he included

12-month notices of termination in three other System staff members’ employment contracts: · Joe Corso, then-assistant vice president for advancement coordination; · Michael Gargano Jr., then-vice president for student and academic support services; · Wendy C. Simoneaux, chief financial officer and assistant vice president for budget & finance and comptroller.

“It’s not abnormal for people to ask for it in a contract and receive it, or if you’re trying to ADMINISTRATION, see page 11

A Musical Saturday Groovin’ on the Grounds: 6 p.m., Parade Ground

Baton Rouge Blues Festival: 11 a.m., downtown

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Students in the crowd at the 2012 Groovin’ on the Grounds cheer and raise their hands. Lupe Fiasco headlines this year’s concert. Are you going to Groovin’ on the Grounds? Vote online at lsureveille.com.

Groovin’ will include performances by Lupe Fiasco, Grace Potter and YelaWolf Judah Robinson Senior Contributing Writer

Internationally known rapper Lupe Fiasco will take the stage Saturday night at the University’s annual Groovin’ on the Grounds concert, free for students and the public and put on by Student Government.

The artist lineup for the 2013 Groovin’ concert will include local artists as well as nationally known performers, from student band Levee Daze, to indie artist Grace Potter, to rapper YelaWolf.

The concert begins at 6 p.m. and will last until around midnight.

Student funk-jam band

Levee Daze, which won the University’s Battle of the Bands competition last October, will open the concert. Levee Daze will be followed by YelaWolf, then Potter and headliner Lupe Fiasco will end the night.

Potter, who normally performs with her band, GROOVIN’, see page 4

courtesy of BRIAN BAIAMONTE

Bill “The Watermelon Slim” Homans, a guitarist and singer, is performing at the Baton Rouge Blues Festival Saturday alongside other performers such as blues-rock guitarist and singer Johnny Winter.

Blues Festival preserves blues history Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

There was once a time when new, soulful music could often be heard in taverns and clubs in Baton Rouge as musicians crafted innovative songs and styles that weren’t heard anywhere else in the country.

The music was dubbed

swamp blues, and the style is unique to the Baton Rouge area. The music served as inspiration for artists such as Eric Clapton and helped inspire some of the musicians that came to the United States during the British Invasion in the 1960s.

This weekend’s Baton Rouge Blues

Festival seeks to reconnect with the city and younger generations about the unique history of swamp blues in the region that was once almost forgotten, said Festival Chair Chris Brooks.

The festival began in 1981 and was BLUES FEST, see page 11

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INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

New war rhetoric suggests North Korea will soon launch a missile

Despite 27 years of seclusion, hermit had taste for fine things

French Quarter becomes a stage for music fest that mirrors French festival

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Hinting at a missile launch, North Korea delivered a fresh round of war rhetoric Thursday with claims it has “powerful striking means” on standby. Seoul and Washington speculated that it is preparing to test-fire a missile designed to be capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean.

The latest rhetoric came as new U.S. intelligence was revealed showing North Korea is now probably capable of arming a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.

Hacker currency, Bitcoin, gains acceptance while facing loss

ROME, Maine (AP) — He would meditate on an overturned bucket while staring up at the sky and knew all the eagles that nested nearby.

But despite his 27 years of seclusion in the woods, Christopher Knight also had a taste for the finer things in life, authorities said Thursday after dismantling the so-called North Pond hermit’s lair.

In the 47-year-old’s camp, they recovered goods that included high-end L.L. Bean sleeping bags and a new tent.

Georgia man who held firefighters hostage faced financial crises

LONDON (AP) — It’s a promising form of electronic cash free from central bankers and beloved by hackers. It — Bitcoin — may also be in trouble, registering catastrophic losses that have sent speculators scrambling.

Although the cybercurrency has existed for years as a kind of Internet oddity, a perfect storm of developments has brought it to the cusp of mainstream use.

As currency crises in Europe piqued investors’ interest, a growing number of businesses announced they were accepting bitcoins.

SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — A gunman who lured firefighters to his Georgia home, then held four of them hostage for hours before being shot to death faced a series of personal and financial calamities before he lashed out violently at the rescue crew.

Lauren Brown’s life apparently reached a crisis this spring. With his power, cable and other utilities cut off because of nonpayment, the 55-year-old had a half-dozen guns in his house and spent weeks planning the kidnapping, targeting firefighters Wednesday so he wouldn’t be shot, authorities said Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz guitarist Raphael Bas says French Quarter Festival is as close as it gets in the U.S. to the music festival he grew up attending with his family in Bourges, France.

Bas recalls hearing American jazz singer Nina Simone, trumpeter Miles Davis and singer-pianist Jerry Lee Lewis perform with French musicians during the dayslong festival.

Bas stayed to be a part of the city’s rebuilding. He said he found comfort in the four-day French Quarter Festival, which reminded him of his hometown festival.

French Quarter Festival turns 30 this year.

photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Authorities believe Christopher Knight lived like a hermit for decades in this camp in Rome, Maine. Knight was arrested for theft Thursday.

Off-duty paramedic rescues man who deliberately sawed off arms LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fire Capt.

Art Hurtado was making an offduty visit to a home improvement store when he encountered a horrific sight — a man had deliberately cut his own arms to the bone with handsaws.

As others screamed, the veteran paramedic used materials from store shelves to stanch the bleeding.

“I kind of MacGyver-ed it,” Hurtado said Thursday, referring to the old TV drama about a secret agent who used whatever materials he could find to solve problems.

High school graduation rates increase to 72.3 percent in 2012 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The percentage of Louisiana public high school students who graduate in four years edged up again in 2012, reaching 72.3 percent, state officials said.

The record-high rate was announced Thursday by Gov. Bobby Jindal during an appearance in Geismar at Dutchtown High School, where, officials said, the graduation rate jumped by 4.5 percentage points to 94 percent for 2012.

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Gretchen Newman and Steven Yesner, of Albequerque, dance to live music Thursday on the first day of the annual French Quarter Festival in New Orleans.

La. Attorney General: Approval not needed for LSU hospital cuts (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plans to privatize the LSU-run public hospitals that care for the poor and uninsured don’t require legislative approval, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.

The opinion from Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office was released to Rep. Jared Brossett, D-New Orleans, who asked for the legal guidance.

Jindal health care officials have said they didn’t intend to seek a legislative vote for the individual privatization agreements.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Schapiro to visit WBR museum

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KAPPA SIGMA HOUSEMOTHER DIES

Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

The West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen will host renowned and celebrated photojournalist Steve Schapiro from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday evening for a book signing and talk.

Schapiro has traveled the world and met and photographed influential Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Andy Warhol and Muhammad Ali among others while working for publications such as LIFE, Time, Rolling Stone and People.

The museum also recently photo courtesy of WEST BATON ROUGE MUSEUM opened Schapiro’s nationally cir- Renowned photojournalist Steve Schapiro took this picture of Robert Kennedy while culating photo exhibition entitled following him during his career.

“Heroes: Photographs by Steve Schapiro,” which is a collection former Attorney General Robert F. Luther King Jr. at speeches and ralof iconic images the photographer Kennedy. lies.

“Bobby was an inspiring percaptured over the years, said muse“He was an incredible leader um director Julie Rose. The exhibi- son,” Schapiro said. “He had the and he had this emotional way of three qualities of leadership: he talking to people and really invigotion will run until June 9.

“We are absolutely honored had the intelligence, he had the real rating them,” Schapiro said. to have him come and share his sense of caring and he also knew When King was assassinated, how to play politics. LIFE Magazine instructed Schapstories with us,” Rose Steve Schapiro: He also had the ad- iro to immediately fly to Memphis said. “He’ll talk about vantage of having the to document the event, he said. his career, … his ideas Who: renowned about photojournalism photojournalist, who took Kennedy charisma.”

Though he met so many inSchapiro traveled fluential people, Schapiro remains and his motivations pictures of notable figures with Kennedy while humble about his work and himself. and inspirations. Then like Robert Kennedy he toured the country. afterwards, … the Riv“I’m just a guy,” he said. “I like He noted Kennedy to take pictures. I like to do pictures er Road Jazz Quartet When: 6:30 p.m. Friday will be playing and we Where: West Baton Rouge was one of the most the best I can. I hopefully try to get important people he iconic images. … I try to get at the have wine and cheese.

Museum ever had the pleasure spirit of a person or an event. And … It will be a really of knowing and the the satisfaction I get is when I feel nice gathering and an opportunity to meet Mr. Schapiro.” young politician’s potential for that I’ve accomplished that.”

Schapiro will be talking about good was great.

Schapiro also was deeply inpictures in the exhibition as well as Contact Jonathan Olivier at his experiences following certain volved with the civil rights movepeople as a photojournalist, like ment and photographed Martin jolivier@lsureveille.com

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ART

Union gallery presents La. culture Exhibit displays life in 20th century Camille Stelley Contributing Writer

The LSU Student Union Art Advisory Committee is set to open “A Slice of Life in South Louisiana: 1890-1920” today to give insight into the lives of southern Louisianians at the turn of the 20th century.

Artifacts are represented from four cultural groups: Italian Americans, African-Americans, MARIEL GATES / The Daily Reveille Native Americans and middleclass New Orleanians. The arti- Some antique common household appliances stand on display in the LSU Union Art facts range from medicinal tools, Gallery as a part of the showing titled “A Slice of South Louisiana.” musical instruments, labor tools “We wanted to show what Louisiana museums, such as the and a coffee grinder from 1880.

Guests will have the opportunity life was like during a time of American Italian Cultural Cento grind coffee to take home with change and the urban expan- ter, Louisiana State Museum and LSU Libraries Special Collecsion,” Guillory said. them.

According to Guillory, the tion. “[The exhibit] shows cultural According to Stahl, a mustbackground of people who lived four groups represented in the in South Louisiana,” said Art exhibit were the most prominent see lecture will be one given and most influential by John Magill, historian and Gallery Director Judi ‘A Slice of Life in in the South at the curator of the Historic New OrStahl.

The exhibit also South Louisiana’ turn of the 20th cen- leans Collection, which will focus on the urban innovatury. displays the origin of “The Italians tions of electricity and a sewmany peoples’ roots, When: Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday were spreading their age system that changed New according to Stahl. “ E v e r y b o d y through Friday, the exhibit heritage far and Orleans.

The exhibit is free and open wants to know about runs from April 12 to May wide; African-Americans are descendants to the public. Gallery hours are their background and 19. of sharecroppers; the 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday life during this time Where: LSU Union Art Native Americans through Friday, and the exhibit period. This shows were affected by will run from April 12 through the roots of where Gallery many people began,” Cost: Free to students and modernization; and May 19.

New Orleans was Stahl said. the general public the major city of the According to graduate curatorial assistant South,” Guillory said.

The exhibit displays a numLexi Guillory, this exhibit Contact Camille Stelley at stands as a belated tribute to the ber of artifacts that are on loan from several public and private Louisiana bicentennial. cstelley@lsureveille.com approximately $200,000.

Cox said the event is beGrace Potter and the Nocturnals, ing paid for with student fees, will perform solo this weekend. through the Spring Concert Fee If weather and through sigconditions re- Groovin’ on the Grounds: nificant sponsorquire it, the back- When: Concert begins at 6 ship packages from up location for p.m., Saturday. Wellness Festival outside sources. the concert will begins at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Students on be the PMAC, Target and Cocawhich is located Where: Parade Ground Cola sponsor the on North Stadium Cost: Free for students and the event.

Road.

Before the general public SG Presiconcert begins, dent Taylor Cox said last Students on Target will also month that the event will cost hold its annual Wellness Festival

GROOVIN’, from page 1

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starting at 3 p.m. on the Parade Ground.

The Wellness Festival will include music, inflatables, interactive student organization demonstrations, refreshments and demonstrations on health and wellness, according to a news release.

Contact Judah Robinson at jrobinson@lsureveille.com

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Sports

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Pivotal Test

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TRACK & FIELD

LSU hosts third ‘Battle on the Bayou’ Duncan to run only in 200-meter Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor

[Left] RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille; [Right] courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LSU freshman shortstop Alex Bregman [left] swings at a pitch Wednesday during the 16-2 victory against Southern University at Alex Box Stadium. Bregman and the Tigers will be tasked with facing the SEC’s top pitching staff at Arkansas, including Ryne Stanek [above], who is projected to be the first pitcher selected in the MLB Draft.

Tigers travel to Fayetteville to face No. 10 Arkansas, SEC’s top pitching staff Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Perched atop almost every offensive category in the Southeastern Conference, the No. 3 LSU baseball team hasn’t found a pitcher it hasn’t liked.

The Tigers ran over a lefthanded Kentucky rotation last weekend while pounding out 30 hits in the following two games against a hapless Southern pitching staff.

But, with a looming weekend series against No. 10 Arkansas (24-10, 8-4 SEC) at Baum Stadium, LSU (32-2, 11-1 SEC) coach Paul Mainieri isn’t counting on those type of gaudy

numbers against the SEC’s top pitching staff.

“They’ve got a plethora of arms that would be an envy to any coach,” Mainieri said.

“Something’s got to give.”

Anchored by junior starters Barrett Astin and Ryne Stanek, the Razorback pitching staff boasts the conference’s best earned run average while opponents hit only .196 against it, also leading the SEC. Stanek is projected by many to be the first pitcher selected in the MLB Draft, following in the same path as former Tiger Kevin Gausman. He’ll match up with LSU righty Ryan Eades on Saturday, in a battle of starters

with ERA’s under 2.00. our hitters will do against their While Mainieri praised Ar- pitchers.” kansas’ pitching Carrying a 22staff, he was quick to game hitting streak Next up for credit his own staff, to pace the red-hot the Tigers: characterizing the Tiger offense, freshmatchup between it Who: LSU (32-2,11-1) vs. man shortstop Alex and the Razorback Arkansas (24-10,11-1) Bregman agreed lineup as an overwith Mainieri, givlooked facet of the When: 6:30 p.m. Friday, 6 ing his comrades p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday on the hill a vote of top-10 series.

“The one thing Where: Baum Stadium confidence. people lose sight Watch or listen at home: “I’m pretty of is that we have sure our pitching a pretty good pitch- Saturday: WDGL 98.1 FM; staff’s pretty good ing staff ourselves,” Sunday: Cox Sports TV too,” Bregman said.

Mainieri said. “I’m “They’ll go in there excited to see how their hitters with a chip on their shoulders will do against our pitchers as much as I’m excited to see how TEST, see page 7

The LSU track and field teams will host the third-annual “Battle on the Bayou” meet Saturday in the first of LSU’s final two home meets of the 2013 season.

LSU will host both the men’s and women’s squads of Arizona State, Penn State and Mississippi State for the meet, as well as the men’s team of Connecticut. Field events will begin at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium at 10 a.m., and the first track events start at 1:45 p.m.

With three weekend meets remaining before Southeastern Conference Championships, LSU coach Dennis Shaver said the men’s and women’s teams are beginning to develop the identity that will shape their postseason runs.

“I think that the group as a whole knows that we have to get a lot better,” Shaver said. “But everybody is starting to understand what the big picture looks like.”

The Lady Tigers currently rank No. 1 in the latest Track and Field News Women’s Collegiate Dual Meet Top 25 Rankings with a 4-0 record in dual meets this season. Arizona State and Penn BAYOU, see page 7

SOFTBALL

No. 13 Tigers familiar with No. 10 Texas A&M LSU topped A&M in NCAA Regionals Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

The No. 13 LSU softball team will see a familiar face this weekend when the Tigers travel to College Station, Texas, to play Southeastern Conference newcomer No. 10 Texas A&M. The programs’ most recent meetings took place at last season’s NCAA Regionals, where LSU coach Beth Torina’s team

took both games on its way to a College World Series appearance.

But according to LSU (33-8) sophomore outfielder A.J. Andrews, this weekend’s meeting has new stakes on the line for both teams.

“They’re in our conference now,” Andrews said. “We’re not only talking about a bid to Super Regionals or Regional Championships, we’re talking about conference bragging rights. It’s more than just, ‘Oh, it’s A&M, we need to get one game or two games.’

We’re playing for rankings now.”

Senior pitcher Rachele Fico cited last season’s victories

against the Aggies (33-7) as a possible rallying point for a team that will be looking to make a statement in its first season in the SEC. Fico also recalled the two times in 2010 and 2011 when her team was the one left on the wrong end of the scoreboard against Texas A&M. This will be tied for the Tigers’ highest-ranked matchup at the time of play when Texas A&M enters the diamond on Friday as the No. 10 team in the country — only three spots above the Tigers.

“They have a huge offense, a A&M, see page 6

LSU junior outfielder Simone Heyward hits the ball March 24 during the Tigers’ 1-4 loss against South Carolina at Tiger Park. LSU will face Texas A&M for the first time as SEC rivals, though the teams have played in the past.

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TENNIS

Robinson Stadium.

The seniors on the squad have added incentive to pull off the upset, because this will be the last regular-season match of their careers.

Seniors Ebie Wilson and Keri Frankenberger have been in the Tigers’ doubles lineup all year, and when healthy, they have been the Tigers’ most consistent performers.

The combo is the only Tiger duo with a winning doubles record on the season.

Senior Kaitlin Burns is LSU’s highest-ranked singles player on the season, and she has held down court one for most of the year. Throughout her time at LSU, Burns has accumulated a 62-71 career record.

“I know through the course of this year, from where [the seniors] started to where they are now, is a miraculous difference,” Sell said.

“When I first came in, they weren’t playing their best game styles for their abilities. They’ve been able to watch themselves improve.”

ton of power. They already have 63 home runs this season,” Torina said. “They’re really going to swing it and swing it big. They have a really strong pitcher who can really swing it, too.”

As the Tigers near the end of regular-season ‘It’s really play, LSU will attempt to se- hard to beat cure its second the same team SEC sweep this three times, season against especially a Texas A&M. The only time team of this the Tigers caliber. ... You were able to take three con- always need secutive games to make sure during the you’re staying 2013 campaign focused and was against playing to the Kentucky in best of your LSU’s conference home ability.’ opener.

“It’s really Rachele Fico hard to beat senior pitcher the same team three times, especially a team of this caliber — everyone is so talented,” Fico said. “You always need to make sure you’re staying focused and playing to the best of your ability. … It’s going to be tough and you’re going to be tired.”

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Tigers use home Lady Tigers take on matches to recharge Arkansas in SEC finale Senior Day features doubleheader play

Cole Travis Sports Contributor

There’s nothing like a long homestand to get a team well-rested and ready for the postseason — just ask the No. 20 LSU men’s tennis team.

Throughout the semesterlong season, the countless hours traveling around the country can wear a team down. The Tigers’ (13-10, 4-7 Southeastern Conference) most recent matches at Florida and South Carolina showed the grueling nature of SEC travel.

“There are some late nights on the road,” said LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan. “When we played Florida, we started at 5 at night, didn’t finish until 9:30, and finally got to bed around midnight.

Then we travel six hours the next day and have a [practice at South Carolina]. Then you play a match the next day. ... You just get kind of worn out.”

The Tigers had a reprieve

from the road over the last two weeks because they haven’t left Baton Rouge since April 1. It is the only time this semester that they have played consecutive weekends at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. Bryan said the benefits of the 10-day homestand cannot be overstated.

“A lot of the time [this season], we have been winning Friday and then not doing well on Sunday [on the road],” Bryan said.

LSU bucked that trend last weekend with a Sunday win against No. 4 Tennessee, something senior Stefan Szacinski attributed to the Tigers being able to follow a more reasonable schedule leading up to the match.

Szacinski and his fellow seniors could be playing their final matches at home when LSU hosts SEC cellar-dweller Arkansas and Southwestern Athletic Conference foe Alcorn State at noon and 5 p.m. Saturday in a Senior Day doubleheader.

Contact Cole Travis at ctravis@lsureveille.com

Trey Labat Sports Contributor

The LSU women’s tennis team (8-14 overall, 1-11 Southeastern Conference) will try to snap a sixmatch losing streak Saturday when it takes on Arkansas (11-14 overall, 3-9 SEC) in the Southeastern Conference regular-season finale.

The Tigers have only won one match since Feb. 23, but they faced a tough slate. During the skid, the Tigers have played six teams in the top 15 — all conference opponents.

“We have been playing an extremely tough schedule,” said LSU coach Julia Sell. “I am really proud of the girls for keeping such a positive attitude and continuing to improve.”

The SEC is heavily represented in the ITA rankings, with eight teams in the top 25 and three in the top five.

LSU will play Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., and away matches have proved to be a daunting task for the Tigers this season.

While the Tigers have maintained a winning schedule at home this year, they’ve only managed one win away from the W.T. “Dub”

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State are ranked eighth and 15th, respectively, while Mississippi State is currently unranked.

Despite LSU’s eagerness to win the meet, Shaver said he still won’t ask too much from individual athletes because the main goal of the three remaining regular season meets is to keep the squad healthy.

“You definitely don’t want to take high-risk chances when there’s nothing of real importance at stake,” Shaver said.

Senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan will compete in her signature event, the 200-meter sprint, but she will sit out of the 100-meter. She will also run as the second leg of the women’s 4x100-meter relay, Shaver said.

Junior middle distance runner Natoya Goule will run the 400, after setting an LSU school record in the 800 with a worldleading time of 2 minutes, 1.18 seconds at UCLA’s Drake Stadium last weekend.

Goule, a native of Jamaica, will go head-to-head with another top Jamaican runner in Mississippi State’s Jodi-Ann Muir.

The pair have similar times in the 400 with Goule’s personal best of 51.52 seconds and Muir’s careerbest 52.00.

The men have not been as successful at staying healthy as their female counterparts, but the Tigers are getting healthier day by day, Shaver said.

“We’ve been very cautious

with our people, and it’s paying off,” Shaver said. “They’re all starting to feel better and get back into full-scale training with us.”

Sophomore sprinter Aaron Ernest will return to action Saturday, competing in the men’s 100-meter after suffering a foot injury at the NCAA Indoor Championships that kept him out of training for a few weeks.

Senior long jumper Damar Forbes, who finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships, will not compete this weekend, but Shaver said the three-time All-American is set to return in next week’s LSU Alumni Gold meet — the last home meet in his LSU career.

On Saturday, the battered No. 10 Tigers will face a stiff competition field against No. 13 Mississippi State, No. 17 Arizona State, No. 19 Penn State and unranked Connecticut.

Shaver said he is looking for athletes to take advantage of the opportunity presented to them in a competitive home meet that is expected to have good weather conditions.

“At this point in the year, we’re trying to improve technically, and it looks like they’ll have an opportunity to do that with the good weather,” Shaver said. “You have to take advantage of that because next weekend it may be raining or it might not be nice.”

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In its last three games, LSU has tallied 13 runs in the first inand go toe-to-toe with them. Our ning, twice to reclaim the lead pitching staff will and put opponents prove themselves ‘I’m pretty sure our away.Senior first this weekend.”

B r e g m a n , pitching staff ’s pretty baseman Mason who said he Katz, who carries good too.’ notched a base hit a 14-game hitoff Stanek when ting streak of his Alex Bregman he pitched for the own, likened the freshman shortstop collegiate nationBaum Stadium al team, said scoratmosphere to ing early against the Razorback that of Alex Box Stadium, with staff is essential — a task familiar throngs of loyal fans ready to call for the Tigers. the hogs.

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page 7 “They have all the people out there in left field out there having a big party,” Katz said. “It’s an interesting and fun atmosphere.”

And when Katz was asked about any sense of complacency pervading the Tiger dugout as the team raced to its best start in school history, there was no hesitation.

“Never,” Katz said.

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More Pot, More Money New study shows most Americans favor marijuana legalization, cites economic benefits

SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” declared iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

Dylan’s title track is arguably his most famous, as many people felt it captured the spirit of the social and political rebellion that characterized the 1960s.

Despite being grounded in an era that was a half-century ago, the song’s overall message is based on the simple notion of a paradigm shift and the inevitable nature of change.

The United States is once again at the forefront of such change, as public opinion continues to shift dramatically on issues such as abortion, gay marriage and income equality.

Today, I want to center the focus on a topic that’s equally as controversial, but is becoming increasingly accepted as population demographics continue to change: legalization of marijuana.

For the first time in more than 40 years of surveying public opinion on marijuana, the Pew Research Center announced last Thursday that a majority of Americans think pot should be legal.

Not surprisingly, shifting attitudes have a lot to do with the overwhelming percentage of our generation — people between the age of 18 and 32 — support the decriminalization of cannabis.

In fact, the Pew study showed we support legalization at a rate of nearly 3 to 1.

Even the baby boomer generation — people between the ages of 50 and 65 — has significantly altered its views on pot.

Instead of continuing their

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crusade against the “devil’s lettuce” by associating weed with notions of morality, the study shows that 50 percent of boomers now think that marijuana should be legal, which is up from an abysmal 17 percent in the early ’90s.

What do you think accounts for such a substantial switch in public opinion?

A whopping 72 percent of the poll respondents agreed that “government efforts to enforce marijuana laws cost more than they are worth.”

Yes, the economic case for the legalization of marijuana is quite persuasive, especially given the daunting fiscal outlook facing both state and federal governments.

Legalization would reduce state and federal deficits by eliminating spending on marijuana prohibition enforcement — arrests,

prosecutions and incarcerations — and by allowing governments to collect tax revenue on legalized sales.

In a 2005 study conducted by Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, more than 500 economists, including Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, estimated legalization would generate $6.2 billion annually if it were taxed like alcohol and tobacco.

Adjusted for inflation in 2013 prices, that number balloons to $8.9 billion annually.

Additionally, Miron estimates that legalizing marijuana saves $7.7 billion per year in government expenditure to enforce prohibition.

Adjusted for inflation in 2013 prices, the annual public savings expands to $11.1 billion.

In total, the government would benefit approximately $20 billion

annually from marijuana legalization for the U.S. economy.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: $20 billion? How could that possibly make any kind of sizeable dent, if we have a national debt of more than $16 trillion?

It matters because most of this potential revenue and savings would be accrued by cash-strapped states, not the federal government, which can borrow any time it needs to spend money.

Think of it this way: If we legalized pot, Gov. Bobby Jindal might be less likely to take a butcher’s knife to our state’s education budget, and we’d still have free Scantrons at the Student Government office.

Regardless, with the hyperpartisan void between Democrats and Republicans obstructing the

normal political process, states are in desperate need of alternative ways to receive funding.

As a result, Dylan might be our only chance at sparking the anthem of necessary change. And, last I heard, he is still touring 52 years after his musical debut.

Instead of watching Stephen Colbert crack jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner, perhaps Dylan should perform a stirring rendition of “The Times They Are a-Changin”?

“Correlation between driver safety and red light cameras impossible to prove,” a reader wrote:

dramatic reduction where RLCs are installed -suggests- the credit must go to the cameras, since cars can’t be made to withstand the T-bone crashes and motorists are certainly not going to change their “driving” style when literally all the evidence suggests they’ll get away with it for another day, another week, another year, maybe forever... but that’s not a very good bet.

~220M licensed motorists -report to police- ~6.5M crashes per year, that’s 1 in 34 motorists.

The vast majority of single- vehicle crashes occur when the vehicle is going straight, on a clear, dry road in daylight conditions, when the vehicle leaves the roadway for no apparent reason.

There is no better evidence to

substantiate the Dunning-Kruger effect than the US motorist.”

- gpsman

“Only children demand such proofs. There is no definitive evidence speed limits and stop signs improve traffic safety.

The number of fatal crashes at an intersection naturally vary year-to-year, but not by much. A

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Quote of the Day “Tell your friends to jump in the GS3, I got the chronic by the tree.”

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Paisley, LL Cool J are ‘Accidentally Terrible’ SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Brad Paisley and LL Cool J are collaborating — no punch line required.

First off, why are these two guys making music together?

Paisley, a white country music star, and LL Cool J, a black rapper, made a song together entitled “Accidental Racist.”

Don’t get me wrong, I understand what they’re trying to do.

It’s an “opposites attract” kind of collaboration, an ebony and ivorytype scenario. Mixing two music genres that would never go together in an attempt to bridge the racial gap.

Well in this case, they failed.

For those who haven’t heard the song, Paisley plays the role of the traditional Southern white male, while LL Cool J plays the antithesis of the Southern white male, a black New York rapper.

Lyrics include such poetry as “I’m proud of where I’m from,

but not everything we’ve done,” and “If you don’t judge the gold chains, I’ll forget the iron chains.”

Paisley is apologizing for slavery on behalf of whites, and LL is forgiving slavery on behalf of blacks — as if either of these guys was around during the slave era or is any way responsible.

Paisley, you didn’t enslave anyone. LL, you were never a slave. Moving on.

These guys are not racists.

They’re far from racists. They like each other and make music together. Racists wouldn’t do that.

However, I think they might have done more harm than good.

Let’s be honest, it doesn’t get more stereotypically Southern than Brad Paisley. And even though LL’s been rich for a long time, he still pretends to be gangster.

So the final product ends up being a reinforcement of negative stereotypes not only for AfricanAmericans but also for white Southerners.

Not every black guy is a rapper. And not every white guy is a confederate flag-loving, bandanawearing country star. So when you

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Brad Paisley [left] in Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2011, and LL Cool J [right] in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, sparked controversy with their musical collaboration, “Accidental Racist.” The song details the challenges facing a “white man from the southland” and then features LL Cool J rapping a black perspective.

put the two together and pretend they are, it makes regular white and black guys look bad.

Somewhere in this world, there exist normal white guys and normal black guys who are just

friends. They go to Subway together, split a $5 footlong, jive to The Cranberries and couldn’t care less about race.

What I’m trying to say is, we don’t have to go to such extreme

stereotypes to show that whites and blacks are capable of getting along. Because it happens everyday.

But when people do resort to such extreme stereotypes, what ends up happening is this: A significant portion of Brad Paisley’s fans, who may have little to no interaction with African-Americans, will forever associate LL Cool J’s image as the image of black men.

If Paisley did a spot on LL’s next album, the same might be true for rap fans thinking every white guy acts like Brad Paisley.

This isn’t the worst thing in the world. It’s not a good song, that’s for sure, but it’s not exactly going to spark the next Rodney King riots.

Good intentions, gentlemen.

Work on the execution, and more importantly, the music.

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

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Marriage equality is just a baby step, not real equality FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist As we eagerly await June and the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act, many have already shown their support for same-sex marriage by changing their Facebook profile picture to a little red equal sign.

Well, congratulations my tolerant and accepting friends — you did it. You ended discrimination in America, all by… wait, what?

You mean to tell me our support inadvertently asserts marriage is still the preferable institution, thereby stigmatizing the single life? And you go on to say this seemingly good deed is actually marginalizing a near majority of Americans?

Well, I’ll be. That’s an interesting idea, outspoken reader.

Nevertheless, I suppose there’s support for the claim that singles and unmarried adults, both straight and gay, are still getting swindled in America.

For starters, consider this research conducted by the Department of Economics at the University of San Diego, California in 1994. Its study of two identical twins, differing only in marital status, revealed marriage might increase men’s wages by as much as 27 percent.

Other attempts to measure the gap have been skewed by unclear relationships of causality — i.e. are

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Jordan and Amanda, (no last names given) have a photo taken on the steps amid same-sex marriage supporters during a traditional marriage celebration March 26 at the Utah State Capitol. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments March 26 on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.

men with higher wages more likely to marry, or do married men earn more due to their relationship status.

This study firmly establishes the latter to be true.

The Civil Reform Act of 1978 protects federal employees from this type of bias, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Act lacks such provisions. When left up to the states, only 21 protect against discrimination based on marital status, and Louisiana is not one of them.

There are similar lapses of protection when it comes to housing and

healthcare as well.

In most states, landlords can legally refuse to rent to singles or unmarried couples. The only states to explicitly prohibit such discrimination are Alaska, California, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Jersey.

As for healthcare and other benefits, unmarried adults pay significantly more, lack the ability to extend coverage to a loved one and cannot elect a partner as a beneficiary for their 401k’s or Social Security without finding more difficult, alternative methods.

All of this is in addition to the 1,100 federal provisions already designed to assist and protect couples, including the U.S. tax code rewritten in 1948 to place married couples in the tax bracket of the spouse with the lower income.

Now that we’ve played the numbers game, I want to emphasize that marriage equality is still an important issue, and unmarried adults aren’t exactly becoming 2013’s hot new marginalized group.

Unlike gays and lesbians, single adults aren’t flagrantly discriminated

against, denied basic human rights and have no hurtful slurs of their own (“Cat-lady” might work, but just try yelling “Hey, no-wife!” at a single, middle-aged man).

However, equality shouldn’t hinge on marital status any more than it should on ethnicity or sexuality.

By touting marriage as the ultimate aspiration of all men and women, we’re asserting something that’s no longer true today. Recent studies show unmarried adults are more socially active, more engaged with neighbors and relatives and are leading equally or more fulfilling lives compared to their married counterparts.

Allowing same-sex marriage won’t alleviate the larger inequality, but will only allow slightly more people into the traditionally honored institution. As a result, nearly 50 percent of all American adults — that’s all unmarried straight and gay individuals — are left out in the cold.

Of course, marriage has obvious benefits in and of itself, but it’s still a choice. And while we should allow anyone to make that choice for him or herself, the attitudes of our government and businesses should shift to reflect the changing perceptions of the single life in America.

Aaron Friedman is a 23-year-old Spanish senior from Destrehan.

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Friday, April 12, 2013 ADMINISTRATION, from page 1 get people to stay for a period of time,” said Jim Purcell, the Louisiana Board of Regents commissioner of higher education.

Purcell did not return follow up calls requesting what percent of the Regents have such an appointment.

While the LSU System’s bylaws allow for such exceptions to be made, no staff members of LSU’s campus have this benefit, according to LSU Office of Human Resource Management.

The System’s concessions mimic the required 12-month notice in LSU’s non-tenured faculty’s contracts. Since 2008, campus budget cuts forced

BLUES FEST, from page 1 held on Southern University’s campus, but has since been moved downtown. This year, it will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

“Baton Rouge birthed its own kind of blues, and it birthed it the same way other areas did,” said Maxine Crump, emeritus member of the Baton Rouge Blues Foundation.

Hearing authentic swamp blues is different than Memphis blues or Chicago blues, Crump said, and the sound is a “combination of a rocking sound and a wailing country sound.”

Blues in Louisiana began with poor African-Americans living in rural areas playing music as an outlet to express themselves in the segregated South, Crump said. The music was authentic and spontaneous, played not in a recording studio or to garner fame, but to express hard times of being black in the South.

“You just kind of have to leave your nice understanding of what blues was started from and know that it started from really tough times, really toiling and really, really struggling with living

administrators to issue notices of non-reappointment to the non-tenured faculty.

These incidents “highlighted” the need to protect some System staff, as they do not have notices built in to their contracts, Lamonica said.

Why only certain people were chosen for taxpayer-funded perks is not something Lamonica would discuss, citing them as personnel matters not appropriate for public discussion. But he added Lombardi made the decisions for appointment after evaluations and consultations with staff members.

Lombardi did not respond to requests for comment.

The Board of Supervisors

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fired Lombardi in April 2012.

Lamonica left shortly after in September 2012.

During his time at the University, Lombardi taught one history class each semester but has been on sabbatical since his termination, though he remains a tenured faculty member in the Department of History.

Upon his return from sabbatical, Lombardi is expected to assume teaching duties as a Boyd Professor of History, reaping a $218,073 salary.

Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_CGrillot

a substandard life and not having festival can grow. We always want enough,” she said. to keep it free and open to the pubCrump said one of the rea- lic,” Brooks said. “Last year we sons many may not know that Ba- had over 10,000 people; we’re exton Rouge has such a rich history pecting with this year’s lineup to with blues music is because at one have even more.” point, the city wasn’t proud of the Brooks said every artist permusic, or people may forming except one have wanted to forhas a connection to Baton Rouge get it because of who Louisiana, making Blues Festival: actually created the the line-up at the fesWhen: 11 a.m. to 8 music. tival one of the most “There were hard p.m. Saturday authentic yet. times here for people Where: Downton Baton “Everyone exthat were black and cept for Robert RanI think at one time Rouge dolph is either one Baton Rouge kind of Cost: Free or two generations pulled away from that removed from being because in order to say that they residents of the state of Louisiwould have to admit to a history, ana,” he said. but it’s a true history,” she said.

The festival acts as an outlet “You can’t be ashamed of your for people to connect and now prepast – you have to own it all.” serve the history of swamp blues The festival features sev- in Baton Rouge, and it’s someeral renowned blues artists, thing the city should be proud of, young and old, who will perform Brooks said. throughout the day. Some artFood and refreshments will ists will also participate in Q- be served and those interested and-A sessions in the Old State in attending can visit the Baton Capitol, giving participants a Rouge Blues Festival website for more in-depth look into the his- a full lineup of artists and events. tory of swamp blues and the lives of the musicians who created Contact Jonathan Olivier at the music.

“I really think that this jolivier@lsureveille.com

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