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[Left] A demonstrator holds a poster of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles on Monday as other Capriles supporters and students block a highway in the Altamira neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. [Right] Mechanical engineering graduate student Gustavo Gonzalez holds a Venezuelan flag as he stands in protest in front of the Memorial Tower.
Venezuelan students protest for election votes recount Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
Venezuelan students gathered in front of the bell tower Tuesday in solidarity with thousands worldwide against the recent and allegedly corrupt election of Venezuela’s
President-elect Nicolas Maduro. Biological engineering senior Stephanie Linares and friends decided to stage a protest on campus with other Venezuelan and international students. As she and her friends at the University were planning their demonstration
Monday night, citizens of Caracas, Venezuela, gathered outside and banged their pots and pans together to make a political statement on the recount. Another demonstration will be VENEZUELA, see page 6
Almost seven months later, William Bouvay Jr. pleaded guilty Monday to last September’s empty bomb threat on campus that invoked a whirlwind of confusion as faculty and students scurried to evacuate and administrators canceled all classes and activities for the day. Bouvay, a two-time felony offender, made the plea agreement with the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, which saved him from becoming a thirdtime felony offender and will limit his jail sentence to no more than 28 years, according to the Baton Rouge Clerk of Court’s office. According to the Clerk of Court’s office, Bouvay was charged with communicating false information for a planned bombing on school property. Bouvay will not face sentencing until June 28. “Yes, I planted three bombs at LSU’s campus. My colleagues planted three bombs at LSU to go off in two hours if my ...” These were the words spoken by Bouvay to a 911 dispatcher as he phoned in the bomb threat. Students, faculty and staff were
notified of the threat minutes later via the University’s emergency text messaging system, which asked everyone to “evacuate as calmly and quickly as possible.” Roadways on and around campus almost immediately became clogged with anxious students who sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic, waiting for the next update from the University while bomb-sniffing dogs and police officials did a sweep of buildings on campus. Many faculty and students were frustrated by the vagueness of the University’s evacuation instructions and lack of initial information about whether classes would be canceled. LSU Emergency Operations Center core committee chairwoman D’Ann Morris later took responsibility for the lack of clear communication. Morris said the EOC planned to improve communication and protocols dealing with evacuations and other emergency procedures. Bouvay was arrested two days after the false alarm.
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President-elect Alexander says reorganization on track
Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer
LSU President-elect F. King Alexander said Tuesday the Transition Advisory Team was on track as the team took a closer look at how the University can capitalize on research opportunities to bring economic change to Louisiana. The University is tackling reorganization issues the right way, Alexander said. Consolidating, reducing costs and saving money is the best way to protect the University’s research and overall education, which he said is a top priority. Secretary of Louisiana
Economic Development Stephen Moret said while the state’s economy has relied mostly on traditional industries like agriculture and chemical manufacturing in the past, those job areas have been declining, and higher education is the future of developing and retaining Louisiana’s intellectual talent. “The ultimate frontier for economic development in Louisiana will be realized through the development of higher education,” Moret said. “The longterm, big picture involves LSU.” Companies can partner with higher education institutions to TRANSITION, see page 6
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President-elect F. King Alexander listens Tuesday to the Transition Advisory Team.
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INTERNATIONAL Earthquake hits Iran, Pakistan; kills dozens and topples homes, shops TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials — for the second time in less than a week — to issue assurances that its main nuclear reactor wasn’t damaged. At least 34 people were killed in a single village in Pakistan, a military official said. But the overall death toll became clouded after conflicting reports from Iran. Chavez heir charges United States is behind unrest over election CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s president-elect blamed the opposition Tuesday for seven deaths and 61 injuries that the government claims have occurred in disturbances protesting his election, and he accused the United States of organizing the unrest. Maduro’s accusation against Washington came after the U.S. State Department said it would not recognize the results of Sunday’s unexpectedly close election without the vote-by-vote recount being demanded by Capriles.
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Top U.S. military officials defend Guantanamo Bay prison raid GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Top officials at the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Tuesday defended a raid that resulted in a violent clash with detainees, saying the operation was critical and the injuries on both sides were minor. Soldiers with riot helmets and shields swept into recreation yards and met with resistance from several dozen prisoners, the leadership of the detention center said in interviews with journalists visiting the U.S. base in Cuba.
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DALLAS (AP) — A key computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation’s third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated passengers at airports. Flights already in the air were allowed to continue to their destinations, but planes on the ground could not take off. And travelers could do little to get in the air until the computer system was restored. Lawyers say Arkansas to use execution drug never used in U.S.
LAFAYETTE (AP) — U.S. marshals in Philadelphia have caught a 43-year-old Louisiana man who walked away from his trial in Lafayette on charges including vehicular homicide. Wade Lohse, of Youngsville, was arrested without incident Tuesday afternoon near a train station and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, said Deputy Marshal Corey Britt in Lafayette. “It’s only been three weeks, but it seemed longer than that. He’s been running hard,” Britt said. Lohse walked out of his trial March 25. House GOP delegation supports shelving of income tax repeal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas plans to put prisoners to death with a drug that experts say has never been used in a U.S. execution. The state Department of Correction told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it plans to use phenobarbital, along with lorazepam, to kill condemned prisoners. In a letter obtained by the AP, federal public defender Jenniffer Horan told Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe that phenobarbital takes effect more slowly than other drugs used to execute prisoners.
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Federal authorities in NY: Russian mob ran celebrity poker games NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of people were charged on Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime scheme that included illegal, high-stakes poker games. Federal authorities in New York City said the poker players included pro athletes, Hollywood celebrities and Wall Street executives. The money-laundering investigation led to arrests in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and elsewhere around the country.
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Louisiana public opinion differs from the rest of the nation Sutton said she believes strongly in states’ rights and hopes any law Louisiana passes The recently released 2013 because of public opinion will Louisiana Survey shows, in con- not be infringed upon by the junction with other polls, that federal government. Louisianians are less likely than She said an example of this the rest of the United States to occurred in the November elecsupport gay marriage, marijuana tion where the Louisiana people legalization and stricter gun con- passed a bill that would ensure trol laws. any attempted change to gun Students and professors at laws would be looked at with the the University seem to agree strictest scrutiny of the law. that Louisiana is The surveys lagging behind also showed Lou‘Traditional values the rest of the isianians were trump popular ideas more open to the country when it comes to popular idea of a civil in culture.’ opinion. The culunion instead of a ture of Louisiana marriage. Daniel Colvin runs deep with Goidel said president of the University’s tradition.This he believes this is chapter of College Democrats often limits produe mostly to the gressive ideas and many think language. the strong Catholic presence in “If you got rid of the word the state also makes it difficult to marriage, you’d get rid of a lot of pass any legislation that may be opposition,” he said. “The word against most constituents’ mor- marriage is connected to relials. gion.” Religious studies senior and Most people do agree that president of the University’s marijuana legalization and gay chapter of College Democrats marriage are more likely to ocDaniel Colvin said it is natural cur in Louisiana than stricter gun for Louisiana to oppose a more laws. liberal agenda. “I don’t think you will see “You have to look at the cul- guns moving as steadily as LGture in Louisiana,” he said. “Es- BTQ issues and marijuana,” Colpecially when it comes to guns vin said. – Louisiana has always been the History freshman Nathaniel sportsman’s paradise.” Hearn said he is a member of the Colvin said there has been a NRA and believes guns are a way long distrust of the government, of life in Louisiana. Part of the which stemmed from the abuse Louisiana culture is based on the of office by public officials. He idea of a sportsman’s paradise, he said he believes this has caused said. residents to be wary of large govGoidel said it is only a maternmental solutions to problems. ter of time before marijuana and “Traditional values trump gay marriage are legalized in the popular ideas in culture,” he said. state, but said guns are not of the Political communication pro- same sort of logic. Louisianians fessor Kirby Goidel agreed, say- see guns as a sign of indepening traditions and religion play an dence and an indentifying marker important role in the conservative of who they are, he said. political ideas of the state. “I think Louisiana is becomGoidel said in addition to ing more liberal,” Colvin said. the strong conservative Catholic “They are seeing what is happenpresence, more young people, ing with the rest of the country who are typically more liberal, and their ideas are changing.” have begun to relocate to other Goidel said Louisiana is states while the young people moving to be more liberal in choosing to stay are usually more some ways, but is behind the rest conservative. of the nation in secularizing itA lack of large urban areas self. also leads to a more conservative “People who find that they voting. Goidel said the more rural have something to fight for politthe state, the more conservative it ically get involved,” Colvin said. will be. He said a larger city like New Orleans will have more support for laws like legalizing gay marriage and marijuana mostly Which government because of the exposure to different types of people, including regulation do you members of the LGBT commuthink will come first nity. Agricultural business junior in Louisiana? Vote at and president of the University’s lsureveille.com. chapter of College Republicans Arielle Sutton said she was not surprised at the revelation that Louisiana was more conservative than the United States as a whole Contact Zach Carline at and believed the same would be zcarline@lsureveille.com true of various states in the South. Zach Carline
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‘We’re not as open to new ideas and I think a lot of it is based in religion.’
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civil engineering senior
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‘There should be magazine control because there’s no reason for a magazine over ten rounds.’ ‘Some people say they’re Republican because everyone else is Republican, and they don’t want to stand against the crowd.’
‘It’s a very religious state. Most people are Catholic. Gay rights isn’t in code with the Catholic church.’
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‘Christianity is something that is really dominant here that doesn’t allow people to get a lot of exposure to things that they should.’
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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Comment period open for new downtown library Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer
Schematic designs have been released for the new River Center Branch Library downtown, which gives Baton Rouge residents a glimpse of what the building may look like when it is projected to be completed in 2016. Assistant Library Director Mary Stein said there is now a comment period for community members, especially University students, to comment on the design and features with any ideas or suggestions via the East Baton Rouge Parish Library website. “Over the next six weeks if anybody has a brilliant idea … now’s the time to speak up and our designers can still see if it meets the mission and meets the goals of the building,” she said. Stein said comments from a responsive community of users who currently use the library are welcome, but non-users who may use the library if certain amenities were present are also welcome to comment. The existing River Center Branch Library located at 120 St. Louis St. along with the Main Library located on 7711 Goodwood Blvd. are the oldest buildings in the system and are in dire need of updates, Stein said. A new building is under construction that will replace the
existing Main Library and is 80 percent complete, Stein said. The current River Center Branch Library will be demolished, and the new structure will be built in its place. “The existing library right now – it’s dark, it’s got low ceilings and it’s got gigantic columns that obstruct the views,” Stein said. “We look at the way the building doesn’t function now, and we look at the way we want any of our libraries to function and all that goes into the design.” The dated buildling doesn’t attract new visitors which library personnel want to change, said River Center Branch Library branch manger Allison Cooper. “We want to be able to attract non-traditional library users and the building we have here isn’t adequate to do that,” Cooper said. The new library is being designed as a joint venture between Boston-based architecture firm Schwartz/Silver Architects and WHLC Architecture of Baton Rouge. The schematic designs are conceptual sketches to show the general size, scale and placement of the building, said Rex Cabaniss, principal at WHLC Architecture. Cabaniss said the building will be technologically complex and is a work-in-progress for the next few months.
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Former La. governors to speak at BEC today Staff Reports Four former Louisiana governors will speak at a panel discussion at 1 p.m. today in the rotunda of the Business Education Complex in honor of PAISA Day, hosted by the LSU Public Administration Institute and the Public Administration Institute Student Association. Kathleen Blanco, Edwin Edwards, Murphy “Mike” Foster and Buddy Roemer will discuss “not only the past four years but where they see our state and local governments operating in the future,” as PAI Director Jim Richardson said in a news release. The panel will be moderated by Jim Engster, host of “The Jim Engster Show.” “This will be a very rare event, regarding the four governors’ panel,” Richardson said in the release. “It will be just one of the many highlights for us on that day.” Video of the governors’ panel discussion will be streamed live online. The PAI’s MPA Alumnus of the Year Award will also be given out at the event to Patrick Goldsmith, the release states, who currently serves as the director of the House Fiscal Division for the Louisiana House
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New features to the library will be improved technology units like a green screen, recording studio, collaborative study rooms, video rooms and conferencing rooms, Stein said, and there is even potential for a large digital screen on the outside of the building. “No matter where you go, there’s not enough capacity in the city for meeting rooms, for group study and such,” Stein said. “So
this is something LSU students can really benefit from … They can benefit from some of the resources that Middleton won’t have.” The library will also have a “bookstore feel” to it as well, Stein said. “We do want to embrace that bookstore model, and we do want to invite people to not just come in and grab and go with what they need, but to come in and enjoy and
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browse the collection,” she said. Stein said there is a possibility to include a café in the library, which will contribute to the new atmosphere the library will have. The project is slated to cost $19 million, and Stein said it will go out to bid and construction should start in 2014.
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Bomb investigators look into pressure cookers for clues The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In kitchens, they prepare food faster, but pressure cookers by their very nature help make good bombs, amplifying the blast and the carnage. They don’t just hold the explosives. The tightly sealed pot that speeds the cooking of beans and meat makes easier to obtain weaker explosives faster and stronger. And they may also help investigators find out who built the deadly homemade bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon on Monday. Investigators found fragments of BBs and nails, possibly contained in a pressure cooker, said Richard DesLauriers, the FBI agent in charge in Boston. He said the items were sent for analysis. If a pressure cooker was used, it probably cost around $100 to construct, according to former federal forensic and explosive investigators. It’s like a pipe bomb but bigger and more powerful. Pressure cooker bombs are more often used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal — where the pots are more commonly used for cooking. But they have also been prominent in bombings and attempts in the United States, especially in New York Times Square in 2010 and Grand Central Terminal in 1976. In Al Qaeda’s online magazine, there’s even an article titled: “Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom” by “The AQ Chef.” It mentions, even recommends, pressure cookers, noting that weak explosives only work with the high pressure of a cooker or sealed pipe. Low power explosives like black powder and smokeless powder — the most likely ones used in Boston — blow up at a slower rate and only deliver the big boom if they are confined and the pressure from the gas and explosion builds up, said Denny Kline, a former FBI explosives expert and instructor in forensics at its academy. The pressure cookers are a key first piece in a painstaking detective process. The sound of the explosion is a clue. The color of the flash — yellow — and smoke — white — are clues. So is the size of any crater and the distance fragments flew. Even the smell can give a seasoned investigator a good idea of what explosive was used, Kline said. “We basically try to create a model for what the bomb looked like,” said Matthew Horace, a former special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “Investigating bombs is like a puzzle.” Piece by piece, forensic investigators now have to put together what came apart with an explosive force of thousands of feet per second: the bombs themselves. “It’s going to change its appearance and its form, but it’s going to remain,” said Kline. “It’ll be broken up into lots of little pieces,
page 5 CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Intoxicated student damages dorm furniture, door in Res College North Bradley M. Pregeant, 19-year-old student from 79146 Lady Lane, Folsom, La., was arrested April 12 for simple criminal damage to property after moving the furniture from a Residential College North study room onto the patio and breaking the furniture and door in the process, Lalonde said. LSUPD was informed that drunken students removed a couch and an end table from a study room to the patio. The patio door and furniture were damaged, and Pregeant admitted to moving the furniture but was unaware anything was damaged, Lalonde said. Pregeant was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons, Lalonde said. Three non-students get in fight after Groovin’; one attempts to hit officer
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Investigators in haz-mat suits examine the scene of the second bombing Tuesday on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, a day after two blasts killed three and injured more than 170 people.
but it’s not going to evaporate.” The job is to piece things back together and identify chemicals. But it happens slower than on TV crime shows. And it isn’t as easy, Kline said. “It takes a lot more intelligence to put it back together ... from multiple pieces than to follow a simple set of instructions on the Internet,” said Roy Parker, a retired ATF explosives expert. Kline said once forensic investigators have something on the bomb itself, it is given to lead detectives to take the next big step Take the pressure cooker. If the brand is determined, “investigators will track every store that sells that pressure cooker and when it was built and sold,” Horace said. “This kind of investigation requires hundreds, if not thousands of leads to be followed up on.” Horace and others are confident that the pressure cooker identification can be a big help. The pressure cooker can also help point to the type of explosive, Kline said. If it’s a high powered explosive like dynamite or C4, the blast would have shattered the cooker leaving sharp edges. If it’s the low explosive, it will merely blast through, leaving more squared off edges, he said. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news
After Groovin’ on the Grounds on Saturday, Ruben Morales, 30, of 10962 Abington Ave., Apt 7; Jesus E. MercadoRobles, 26, of 6676 Exchequer Drive; and Javier A. Macias Ramos, 25, of 8352 Ned Ave. were arrested after the three were involved in a fight, according to LSU Police Department Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. An LSUPD officer saw three men in a heated argument at 12:36 a.m. Sunday in front of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry on Highland Road. When he stopped, Morales knocked
Ramos unconscious, Lalonde said. The officer attempted to arrest Morales, but Mercado-Robles tried to grab the officer and fled when he was unsuccessful. The officer detained Morales, and other officers located and arrested Mercado-Robles, Lalonde said. EMS arrived for Ramos, who sustained moderate injuries to the mouth, Lalonde said. Lalonde said Morales was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for second-degree battery, Mercado-Robles was booked in EBR Parish Prison for battery of an officer and resisting an officer. Ramos was issued a misdemeanor summons for disturbing the peace by intoxication. Student arrested for simple assault after verbal fight with roommate LSUPD was called to Lejeune Hall on April 11 after two roommates became involved in a verbal fight, Lalonde said. Angel K. Wilkes, 19-year-old student from 8858 Hereford Ave. in Zachary, was issued a misdemeanor summons for simple assault after aggressively yelling and gesturing at her roommate, who felt threatened and pressed charges, Lalonde said.
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spearhead cutting-edge research projects that set the state apart from others. Instead of focusing solely on graduation rates, keeping graduates in the state is what would make Louisiana more economically competitive. This idea harkens to the recent deal between IBM and the
University that is expected to create new educational opportunities and 800 new jobs. The University has also partnered with Electronic Arts and ConAgra, initiatives that will yield millions of dollars and several significant research contributions, according to a Louisiana Economic Development publication.
sides of the story, Linares said. Though the turnout numbers held at 6 p.m. this evening in front were weak, Linares said she was happy with the support of the Uniof the bell tower. Sabrina Kassab, digital art se- versity community. She said families with chilnior, said the event also happened in cities with large Venezuelan pop- dren, members of the Baton Rouge community and international stuulations in the U.S. “It kept going and showed how dents attended the event. The event showed support and the people are responding to the sympathy from the situation,” Kassab Latin American said. BACKGROUND: community at the Linares said said although other After Hugo Chávez’s death, Nicolas University, Latin-American Maduro of the United Socialist Party Gabriel Rivera, binations have rec- served as interim president and won ological engineering junior. ognized Maduro, Sunday’s election against Justice “It’s not only under the new Ven- First party candidate Henrique happening in Venezuelan constitu- Capriles Radonski. Radonski ezuela. It’s haption, citizens have demanded a recount Monday. pening everywhere a right to a recount. in Latin America,” United Socialists Party candidate Maduro won Rivera said. Mathewson said Chávez’s polwith 50.8 percent of the vote while Henrique Capriles Radonski of the icies of countering the privatization Justice First party won 49 percent of government services, providing in Sunday’s election, according services to the poor and antagonism to Venezuela National Electoral toward the upper middle class created a polarized society. Council. Ultimately, Linares said she “There is no way they counted the votes from the exterior in such hopes the support leads to action. “Mainly our goal was supa short time period,” Linares said. Kent Mathewson, geography port,” Linares said. “We are thinkand anthropology professor, said ing about signing an online petiMaduro was Chávez’s groomed tion.” The petition will urge the protégé. “Maduro was a trade union White House to pressure the Venactivist who became Chavez’s des- ezuelan government to recount ignated heir apparent,” Mathewson the votes. said. Kassab said the protest was Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at also about generating awareness. fsuarez@lsureveille.com The group wants to show all
Moret identified six focus areas that he said could produce 255,000 to 400,000 Louisiana jobs over the next 20 years, which he said would help achieve target population and tax revenue growth. The focus areas emphasize the importance of digital media and enterprise software, clean technology, advanced
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 manufacturing, life sciences, water management and next generation oil and gas. Higher education, especially at the flagship university, can contribute to the evolution of these fields by pushing toward greater research and intellectual talent retention, Moret said. Universities should find what they’re good at and capitalize on
those fields, said Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson. Areas like coastal issues and petrochemicals are a couple places LSU has an upper hand, so focusing on those research topics would be most beneficial, he said. Contact Alyson Gaharan at agaharan@lsureveille.com
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he responsibilities for the first hitter in a baseball team’s batting order are endless. Whether it’s knocking a base hit, drawing a walk or driving in the bottom-half of the order late in the game, the leadoff position proves to be critical. Over LSU’s first 26 games this season, the leadoff spot was a revolving door, as coach Paul Mainieri struggled to find a hitter to solidify the top of the order and set up the power bats further down in the lineup. Freshman outfielder Andrew Stevenson, sophomore outfielders Jared Foster and Chris Sciambra and junior second baseman JaCoby Jones all found themselves setting the table at one point or another, but none were able to claim the spot for themselves. In the squad’s second game of a three-game series against Missouri in late March, though, Mainieri turned to junior outfielder Sean McMullen and hasn’t looked back since. McMullen started off the season as a reserve outfielder who transferred from Delgado Community College. The junior was included in an outfield platoon that saw himself, Sciambra, Stevenson and freshman Mark Laird all fighting for playing time. “In [McMullen’s] case, I was just never going to give up on him because I thought he had some outstanding ability,” Mainieri said. “We’ve put him in there, and he’s playing calmly, he’s playing relaxed, he’s playing confidently. I think he’s made us a better team. He’s certainly answered the question about the leadoff position, but he’s done more than that. He’s gotten some clutch hits for us.” McMullen has taken the leadoff spot by storm. The combination of Stevenson, Foster, Sciambra and Jones went 21-for-85 (.247 average) while hitting first in the order. NEW LEADOFF, see page 11
Tigers to tussle against Grambling
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LSU junior rightfielder Sean McMullen (7) follows through his swing after a hit April 7 during the Tigers’ 11-4 victory against Kentucky in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers are 9-1 with McMullen leading off the batting order.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri takes pride in his team’s stellar midweek play – so much so, the seventh-year Tigers coach regularly scoffs at any questions related to a weekend series when a midweek opponent still looms. For Mainieri, taking it one game at a time is easy. For his players, it’s a different tune. “Coach always has his way,” said junior third baseman Christian Ibarra. “But it’s pretty difficult [not to overlook midweek games].” Nevertheless, Ibarra and company are tasked with keeping the midweek streak alive as they welcome Grambling (14-21) into Alex Box Stadium as the visiting Tigers heal from a 30-0 drubbing at the hands of Central Arkansas last Tuesday. Though that lopsided loss may be the only result casual sports fans see, Mainieri pointed to a hardfought 2-0 loss Grambling suffered against Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State in its fourth game of the season. “They’ve played some teams really tough,” Mainieri said. “They’ve won a few big games this year. I know last year when we played Grambling … they were knocking the ball all over the park against our top pitchers.” Senior southpaw Brent GRAMBLING, see page 15
MEN’S TENNIS
Senior rides eight-game win streak into SEC Tournament Szacinski has relied on smarter play Trey Labat Sports Contributor
Sometimes, all it takes is a little perspective. In his final season donning purple and gold, senior tennis player Stefan Szacinski decided he didn’t want to lose anymore. “This is probably my last hurrah as a tennis player,” Szacinski said.
“So why not make the most of it?” this dominating run. That’s exactly “Tennis is a ‘[He] always what he’s done, as game of rhythm, and Szacinski hasn’t a player, you try practices as hard as he as lost a singles match to get comfortable,” since March 3 could ... so to see him Szacinski said. “I’ve against then-No. been able to keep break through like 6 Kentucky. Since my opponents from then, he has ripped getting comfortable.” this is good.’ off 10 wins without Szacinski has losing and takes his used a wide variety of Jeff Brown hot play into the shots to get his oppoLSU men’s tennis coach Southeastern Connents out of their comference Tournament on Thursday. fort zones. By changing speeds, spin Szacinski said small adjustments in his game have allowed him to have STREAK, see page 15
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LSU senior Stefan Szacinski follows through his return swing March 22 during the Tigers’ doubles match against Ole Miss in W.T “Dub” Robinson Stadium. Szacinski is in the middle of an eight-game win streak.
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Les Miles puts his own spin on big cat drill Exercise starts off Tigers’ practice James Moran Sports Contributor
The big cat drill is as synonymous with LSU coach Les Miles as his hat, his fourth down gambles and his propensity for eating grass. Miles has always said he prides himself on producing a tough and physical football team, and having physical drills at practice is a big part of making that happen. The drill features two players, normally one offensive and one defensive, lined up across from each other. On Miles’ whistle, both fire out and try to push the other one backward. Wide receivers and defensive backs stand up across from each other and all other players line up in a three or four-point stance. “It gets everything up tempo and moving fast,” said senior linebacker Lamin Barrow. “We do it at the start of practice, and it’s a good way to get the blood flowing.” This spring, Miles has thrown a wrinkle into the drill. Instead of players going one-onone, offense and defense line up three players on each side of the line of scrimmage with a quarterback and a runner lined up behind the offensive line. The quarterback hands the ball off and the offense has three
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Senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger (8) hands the football off to sophomore wide receiver Chris LaBorde (13) on Tuesday as the Tigers run a big cat drill. In the drill, which the Tigers begin practice with, offense and defense line up three players across from one other and the offense attempts to gain 10 yards in three plays.
plays to gain 10 yards against the defense as the rest of the team separates to create purple and white walls on opposite sides of the drill. “We created a little competition with the crowd on the perimeter,” Miles said. “We started a plural big cats drill, which had good power and was a lot of fun.” Barrow said both units and their coaches take pride in winning the drill, and competition is why he likes running the big cat.
“I’m a bigger fan of it than the original big cat drill because it has more of a game type aspect,” Barrow said. “Competition makes a better team. Every day we try to beat those guys, they do the same to us and it makes everyone better.” Tuesday was the second practice in a row that has started with the big cat drill. Senior fullback J.C. Copeland said he remembers Miles using the drill two springs ago, but hasn’t seen
it since. Barrow and junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson both said they liked that the new big cat drill allowed more than two players to get involved at a time. “It’s a lot more fun to me because it is three-on-three up front and we get to play a little bit of tackle football,” Johnson said. “It’s better for the offense as well because they get to play head up and get some physical play in their mouth.”
Copeland said he likes the drill, but doesn’t get into the competition. “It’s really about working on technique because everyone has to block at some point,” Copeland said. “To me it’s not about going out there to try to kill somebody; it’s about everyone trying to get better.” Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com
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SOFTBALL
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Tigers wrap up eight-game road stint against McNeese LSU to travel after one practice
Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor
The LSU softball team will end its eight-game road stint today in Lake Charles when the No. 11 Tigers take on McNeese State. The Cowgirls (32-10) will attempt to be the speed bump in LSU’s (35-9) season, as they are sandwiched in the middle of a threeweek period that includes three different top-10 opponents for LSU — the first of which was the Tigers’ most recent matchup in a 2-1 series
victory against then-No. 10 Texas A&M. “I don’t think it’s ever a letdown when we’re playing an instate opponent, and McNeese always gives us a tough game,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We never look past them or any of our in-state opponents. Is it tough to get our kids to go on the road in the middle of the week? Definitely. But will we ever look past them? No.” The Tigers will have to make a quick turnaround after Texas A&M with only one day of practice before getting back on the road to Lake Charles. LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico said the road trip has been long for the Tigers but believes as
long as they keep doing what they need to do off the field — combined with the added excitement of playing another Louisiana program — the Tigers will be able to persevere through it. Torina said she didn’t realize this game would be the eighth straight road game for her team until recently, but it doesn’t really matter because she’s taking it one game at a time, regardless. This will be the third time the teams have met during the Torina era at the helm for the Tigers, with all three meetings last season resulting in LSU victories. The Tigers — who hold a 24-2 all-time record against the Cowgirls — swept all meetings with McNeese last season
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LSU infielder Rikki Alcaraz (1) hits the ball March 26 during the Tigers’ 5-1 victory against Southern University at Tiger Park. The Tigers hit the road today to face McNeese State in Lake Charles. LSU holds a 24-2 record against the Cowgirls.
with a combined score of 8-1. “McNeese has a 32-10 record, not too far off from Texas A&M,” Torina said. “Just because they’re in a different conference I don’t think that means they’re not going to be talented or bring their ‘A’ game.
They have plenty of talented softball players to challenge us [tonight].”
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Lady Tigers head to SEC Tournament, take on UK Cole Travis Sports Contributor
The LSU women’s tennis team will take on Kentucky in the first round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament at 2 p.m. today in Starkville, Miss. The 14-seed Lady Tigers (8-15, 1-12 SEC) suffered several close losses over the course of the season, including a 3-4 defeat at the hands of the 11-seed Wildcats (13-11, 4-9 SEC) in the home opener March 3. In that match, LSU built up a 3-2 lead, only to see it slip away on the last two courts. LSU coach Julia Sell said LSU’s record does not tell the whole story of its season. “Probably the most disappointing part [about this season] is we have had a lot of very winnable
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LSU sophomore Mary Jeremiah crouches to return the ball March 17 during a doubles match against Missouri in W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.
matches,” Sell said. “We have been so competitive. … We just haven’t gotten the ‘W.’”
The inability to clinch close matches has crippled the Lady Tigers this season, according to Sell, who
still believes they could make some noise in the SEC Tournament. Senior Kaitlin Burns said they were excited when they saw how the bracket was set up. “I think we have been given a really good draw,” Burns said. “Kentucky is a team we wanted to play and Vanderbilt is a beatable team for us. I think it gives all of us a lot of confidence.” Because of their losing record, the Lady Tigers would have to win the SEC Tournament in order to make the field of the NCAA Tournament. And while that may not happen this year, Sell said LSU’s progress as a program cannot be overstated. “For our players, every single one of them, the transformation from August to now is huge,” Sell said. “I’m really excited about next year,
not just because of the recruiting class I have coming in, but also because of the returnees. … They have a clear understanding now of how much putting in work makes a difference [on the court].” That recruiting class, ranked 16th in the country by Tennis Recruiting Network, is the highestranked class in program history. Added to the core of players returning, Sell said there is reason to look forward to next year’s campaign. “Nobody likes to lose,” Sell said. “If there is anything that has come out of losing a lot this year, it’s that they are even more motivated.”
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‘Major’ NCAA recruiting violations occurred at Oregon The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed twoyear probation with the loss of one scholarship in each of the next three years, according to documents released by the school. The revelations were made in a summary disposition report included in the documents released Monday night. The contents were first reported by KATU television in Portland. Oregon and the NCAA have failed to come to an agreement on the matter and the case is expected to go before the infractions committee at some point this year. The NCAA began looking into possible violations following reports about payments Oregon made to recruiting services, including a $25,000 payment to Willie Lyles and Houston-based Complete Scouting Services in 2010. Lyles had a connection with an Oregon recruit. The NCAA will not comment on the ongoing investigations. Oregon’s athletic department issued a statement that said: “The review is ongoing until the NCAA Committee on Infractions issues its final report. The integrity of the process and our continued full cooperation with the NCAA prohibits us from publicly discussing the specifics of this matter.” The university released 515 pages of documents Monday night in response to public records requests. The documents were heavily redacted and included several drafts of the summary disposition report. The report included details of Oregon’s relationship with Lyles. Following allegations of possible violations in 2011, Oregon released information that Lyles had produced, but it was largely outdated. “There were underlying major violations coupled with failure
to monitor violations involving the head coach [2009 through 2011] and the athletics department [200811],” the report said. “While the violations were not intentional in nature, coaches and administrators of a sports program at an NCAA member institution have an obligation to ensure that the activities being engaged in comply with NCAA legislation.” However, the summary disposition also noted no “lack of institutional control,” typically one of the most severe charges the NCAA can bring after an investigation of rules violations. “There is no finding of lack of institutional control and no findings of unethical conduct,” the report said. “None of the underlying violations were intentional in nature.” Chip Kelly was head coach at Oregon for the past four seasons, leading the Ducks to a 46-7 record with appearances in four straight BCS bowl games — including a bid for the national championship against Auburn in 2011. He left
Oregon to become head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year. “I am aware of the recent reports and of the ongoing investigation being conducted by the NCAA and the University of Oregon. While at Oregon, I know we were fully cooperative with all aspects of the investigation, and I will continue to contribute in any way that I can. But until the NCAA rules on the matter, I will have no further comment,” Kelly said Tuesday in a statement released by the Eagles. Ducks offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich was promoted to head coach at Oregon following Kelly’s departure. Oregon was penalized by the NCAA in 2004 for a major violation involving the improper recruitment of a junior college player by an assistant coach. The university was put on probation for two years and the unidentified assistant coach was suspended without pay for a week and restricted from some recruiting activities.
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Super voice gone: Summerall dead at 82 The Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Pat Summerall was the calm alongside John Madden’s storm. Over four decades, Summerall described some of the biggest games in America in his deep, resonant voice. Simple, spare, he delivered the details on 16 Super Bowls, the Masters and the U.S. Open tennis tournament with a simple, understated style that was the perfect complement for SUMMERALL the “booms!” and “bangs!” of Madden, his football partner for the last half of the NFL player-turned-broadcaster’s career. Summerall died Tuesday at age 82 of cardiac arrest, said University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center spokesman Jeff Carlton, speaking on behalf of Summerall’s wife, Cheri. “Pat was my broadcasting partner for a long time, but more than that he was my friend for all of these years,” Madden said in a statement. “Pat Summerall is the voice of football and always will be.” His final play-by-play words beside Madden were succinct, of course, as he called the game-ending field goal of the Super Bowl for Fox on Feb. 3, 2002, when New England beat St. Louis 20-17. “It’s right down the pipe. Adam
Vinatieri. No time on the clock. And the Patriots have won Super Bowl XXXVI. Unbelievable,” Summerall said. Sparse, exciting, perfect. A flawless summation without distracting from the reaction viewers could see on the screen. At the end of their final broadcast together, Madden described Summerall as “a treasure” and the “spirit of the National Football League” in a tribute to the partner that complemented the boisterous former Oakland Raiders coach so well. As former teammate and broadcaster Frank Gifford put it in an accompanying video tribute: “America is very comfortable with Pat Summerall.” Summerall played 10 NFL seasons from 1952 to 1961 with the Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants, but it was in his second career that he became a voice familiar to generations of sports fans, not only those of the NFL. “Pat was a friend of nearly 40 years,” said CBS Sports broadcaster Verne Lundquist. “He was a master of restraint in his commentary, an example for all of us. He was also one of the great storytellers who ever spoke into a microphone.” Summerall started doing NFL games for CBS in 1964, and became a play-by-play guy 10 years later. He was also part of coverage of the PGA Tour, including the Masters from 1968-94, and U.S. Open tennis.
When CBS lost its NFL deal after the 1993 season, Summerall switched to Fox to keep calling NFL games with Madden. Summerall had hoped to keep working with CBS for other events like the Masters, but network executives saw it otherwise. At the time, CBS Sports anchor Jim Nantz said he was “very saddened” that Summerall didn’t get to leave CBS under his own terms. “Pat Summerall was a hero to me,” Nantz said Tuesday. “I treasured the gift of friendship that I had with him. I was his understudy for 10 years. He could not have been more generous or kind to a young broadcaster.” A recovering alcoholic, Summerall had a liver transplant in April 2004. The lifesaving surgery was necessary even after 12 years of sobriety. After an intervention involving, among others, former NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, former CBS Sports President Peter Lund and former PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beaman, Summerall checked into the Betty Ford Clinic in April 1992. “I had no intention of quitting, I was having too good a time,” Summerall said in a 2000 Associated Press story. “The prescribed stay at Betty Ford is 28 days. They kept me 33 because I was so angry at the people who did the intervention, the first five days didn’t do me any good.” Summerall received the liver of a 13-year-old junior high football player from Arkansas who died
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unexpectedly from an aneurysm. Summerall had an emotional meeting with the teenager’s family the following year. “He always had a joke,” Madden said Tuesday. “Pat never complained and we never had an unhappy moment. He was something very special.” Summerall often shared his testimony with Christian groups and told his story when speaking before other organizations. In his 2006 book, “Summerall: On and Off The Air,” he frankly discussed his personal struggles and professional successes. Long before broadcasting Super Bowl games, 16 for television and 10 more for radio — in fact, before there was even a Super Bowl — Summerall played a role in what is known in football circles as “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” the 1958 NFL championship. The Giants lost to the Baltimore Colts 23-17 in the NFL’s first-ever overtime game. “Pat Summerall was one of the best friends and greatest contributors that the NFL has known,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “His majestic voice was treasured by millions of NFL fans for more than four decades. It is a sad day in the NFL.”
McMullen has gone 15-for39 (.385 average) at the top of the lineup. “It’s huge when you can get the leadoff guy on that often,” said senior first baseman Mason Katz. “Then you have a guy with Mark [Laird’s] speed and potentially the best hitter in the country in [freshman shortstop Alex] Bregman up with two guys on. He sets the table for everybody, and if he doesn’t get a hit in his first at-bat, then he usually comes up and does it in his second one. He’s a huge run-producer for us.” The Tigers have scored 86 runs in the 10 games McMullen has batted leadoff since the second game of the Missouri series, and LSU is 9-1 over that span. Overall in 2013, McMullen has hit for a .317 average with a home run, 14 RBIs, seven doubles, 14 walks and 12 runs scored. McMullen doesn’t think about his playing time anymore. He only has one goal in mind when he steps up to the plate in the first inning. “I just have to take it one game at a time and just keep having good at-bats,” McMullen said. “We’re trying to win baseball games. I’m not worried about if I’m going to be playing or not. If I’m in the lineup, then I’m going to do anything to help the team win.”
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Uniting through Tragedy Americans prove they will help one another, strengthening bonds
THE PICKUP PERSPECTIVE JOHN PARKER FORD Columnist I turned on the television as soon as I heard. There was a large explosion of some kind. People didn’t know if it was an accident or if it was some kind of attack. All we knew was that there were a lot of people killed or injured. And then there was the second explosion, and we knew. That was Sept. 11, 2001. I was a little 11-year-old boy with no concept of what the terrorist attacks meant. Now I’m a 22-year-old guy who has more of an understanding of the world and what goes along with it. Even though there was much less devastation from Monday’s terrorist attack in Boston, it has a lot of similarities to the Sept. 11 attacks more than a decade ago. Both were completely unexpected. Both used fiery explosions to hurt and inspire terror in as many people as possible. Both quickly spawned bloody pictures and videos of people running around during the destruction. But in both cases, the images showed something else. They showed people running toward the explosions. They showed people literally carrying others on their backs — complete strangers — away from the scene. They showed Americans coming together in support of the relative few. Whether people drove to New York to help dig through the rubble or placed an Old Glory magnet on their car, nearly everyone did something to outwardly support our brothers and sisters. America and her people have shown time and again their capability to respond to these types of situations. Our first responders are the best in the world. Our intelligence agencies are unrivaled. And our people — whether through faith or reason, friendship or common decency — are always there for one another. When the time comes for
it, retribution will be swift and powerful. On Sept. 11, President George W. Bush gave one of the most powerful impromptu speeches in our nation’s history. As he stood on a pile of what used to be the World Trade Center, he found himself surrounded by Ground Zero rescue workers and started speaking in a bullhorn about how the nation had New York in its prayers. One of the rescue workers shouted — at the president of the United States, no less — an interruption, “I can’t hear you!” Bush memorably responded, “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people that knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” That American spirit continues to shine through our people and our leaders, as President Barack Obama promised to seek revenge. “But make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this,” Obama said. “Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice.” Everyone expects the media and politicians to start making this issue a political one before long. Republicans may blame Obama for failing to protect the nation, and Democrats may blame conservatives for a culture of guns and violence that leads to this sort of thing. Part of me is optimistic, though, that this situation is different. Maybe our people and our elected officials will come together and take this for what it is: An act of evil that is impossible to stop in the type of society in which we all value living. One can only hope. John Parker Ford is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Alexandria.
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One person in the Greek Community affects its whole reputation
POLIVIN’ THE LIFE JOHN POLIVKA Columnist It’s almost comical how some things can be so easily misconstrued. The notorious creator of the infamous LSUGreeksThatMatter. blogspot.com has been revealed, according to videos that surfaced on the Bamagreeksthatmatter website. Biological sciences freshman Olivia Angelette has been exposed as the creator of the controversial site as it highlighted “Greeks that mattered” within the LSU community, segregating organizations upon biased, superficial material. Although Angelette claims to have made the website in said videos, her laptop came back clean to the Delta Zeta sorority Standards Board. She has still been removed from the chapter’s active roster. The Daily Reveille reported on it when the site first launched, and it rang clear that students believed there was an invasion of privacy for Greeks in the LSU community. As the site posted the links to the “Greeks that Matter” personal Facebook accounts, it was apparent why these students felt somewhat threatened and helpless in the situation. In the two videos posted to the Bamagreeksthatmatter page, Angelette clearly portrayed no remorse for her actions and furthermore continued to make a slew of irrational and obtuse comments, highlighting her lack of concern toward the subject matter. In one video, she claimed she believes “that hazing is an essential part of manhood,” and she “hazed SAEs in the fall.” Since the videos surfaced, the Delta Zeta sorority’s Standards Board has removed Angelette from the roster and has worked diligently to remove any negative stigma this act could associate with its name. That got me thinking.
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We cannot settle for less than $1.05 tobacco tax increase As the founder of SmokingWords at LSU, I am asking the campus community to support increasing the state tobacco tax by $1.05. A rally to show support for the tax and continued funding
How is it that the actions of one individual can affect so many other individuals on such a large scale without having any regards to doing so? Because the turmoil that not only the Delta Zeta sorority faces, but the Greek community as well, is undeserved and unfair, as they will be critically evaluated by the posts on a website ran more or less, by one woman. And upon pondering the subject, one can only assume viewers of the site will rationalize and comprehend the fact that this message does not resound through the Delta Zeta sorority as a whole. It would be utterly ludicrous to believe an organization would condone these thoughts or support this type of morale, but then again, one can only hope the situation can be perceived in this light. The choices one person made behind a computer screen will be magnified to an extent that, yet again, brings others into the equation. But that was the point of the website, right? Bundling people into hierarchies among their peers, putting them on an unwarranted pedestal without taking the initiative to consult said students on whether this was OK with them. I am sure the repercussions are not OK with the students who are undeservingly facing the music one individual thrust upon them. So I ask you to think twice before you scoff and point a finger, remembering that you too could be the victim of something out of your control and to hope a fellow LSU student may learn from her mistakes and grow to be a better person from the lessons she will learn.
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John Polivka is a 21-year-old creative writing junior from Houston.
Contact John Polivka at jpolivka@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @jpolivka_91 for cancer-related screening programs will occur today at noon to 12:30 p.m. on the Capitol steps. Take action and show your support! The $1.05 is necessary to put us on par with Texas and will have a significant impact on the health of Louisianians by reducing youth smoking rates, encouraging adults to quit and saving lives. Increasing the tobacco tax would prevent more than 36,400 would-be smokers in Louisiana, cut health care costs and reduce deaths from lung and other
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cancers, heart attacks, strokes and other preventable diseases. We cannot settle for less than $1.05. Louisiana is near the bottom currently in a state tobacco tax. A smaller tax increase will not produce significant public health benefits or cost savings because the cigarette companies can easily offset the beneficial impact of such small increases with temporary price cuts, coupons, and other promotional discounting. I also know from the research that I’ve done that our college students are targets for
tobacco companies, and only a large increase in the price will make any kind of impact on our smokers (almost 30 percent of our undergraduates are regular or social smokers). The annual health care costs in Louisiana directly caused by smoking are $1.47 BILLION. According to TobaccoFreeKids.org, 109,000 kids under the age of 18 who are living in Louisiana today will ultimately die prematurely from smoking. Think about how much better off LSU and this state
would be if we weren’t dealing with tobacco-related illnesses and deaths. We can’t afford to continue smoking. Judith Sylvester Founder of SmokingWords at LSU jsylves@lsu.edu (225) 578-2067
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 STREAK, from page 7 and height of his shots, Szacinski keeps his opponent moving all over the court during a match. “He’s been much more consistent,” said fellow senior Mark Bowtell. “He’s constantly applying pressure to his opponent, he returns really well, and his serve is very good, so he never gives the other player a break.” Szacinski’s streak is even more impressive given his struggles with fitness throughout his career. The Australian native suffers from posterior lateral instability in both knees. The condition, which he was born with, places added stress on the lateral portions of his knees. “In tennis, you’re moving laterally pretty much all the time,” said LSU trainer Paul Porter. “It’s a lot of quick, explosive movements, which doesn’t lend itself to Szacinski’s condition.” Szacinski also suffers from a condition called genu recurvatum, which is a natural hyperextension of the knee. Porter said the genu recurvatum, along with the structural deficiency present in Szacinski’s knee,
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leads to an incredible amount of Szacinski hasn’t been taking stress being placed on the lateral advantage of weaker competition, and posterior poreither. During this tions of Szacin‘Tennis is a game of streak, Szacinski ski’s knee. has beaten five narhythm, and as a “The stress tionally ranked leads to a sensation player, you try to get opponents while of instability,” Porplaying on court ter said. “As the comfortable. I’ve been two in the tough match progresses SEC. SEC teams able to keep my and his body behold 11 of the top opponents from comes fatigued, 25 slots in the ITA his knee will feel getting comfortable.’ rankings. as if it is unstable “He’s doing and on the verge of this at a higher levStefan Szacinski giving out. el,” Brown said. senior tennis player Szacinski “Playing on court plays every match with both knees two in the SEC and winning isn’t taped, and at practice Tuesday he easy.” sported a mechanical knee brace Brown described Szacinski as after suffering a setback in his last a grinder and one of the hardestmatch. working players on the team. LSU coach Jeff Brown said “He’s always been a guy the winning streak has surprised who brought his hard hat and him, given the problems Szacinski lunch pail to work,” Brown said. has experienced throughout his ca- “Always practices as hard as he reer. could, but he didn’t always get According to Szacinski, the the results that he wanted. So condition has played a role in his to see him break through like improvement, though. this is good.” Szacinski said the knee issues motivated him to play a smarter Contact Trey Labat at brand of tennis, which led to the tlabat@lsureveille.com increased variety of shots.
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Bonvillain will start for LSU (34-3, 13-2 SEC) — but will only throw about two innings, according to Mainieri — before giving way to junior righty Kurt McCune. McCune saw his first action of the season last week, tossing three innings and allowing only two runs in an 11-2 victory against Southern followed by one shutout inning in an 8-3 loss against Arkansas on Saturday. “I was very happy with my second performance [against Arkansas],” McCune said. “I felt that I was hitting my spots pretty consistently. It was very comforting and hopefully I’ll just keep producing the same results.” McCune has fully recovered from two stress fractures of vertebrates in his back and said he’s finally in a groove with his newfound splitter, a pitch he calls a difference-maker in his arsenal. “I can throw it to where they’ll swing at it pretty consistently, which is huge for me,” McCune said. “Having that pitch has definitely stepped my game up this year.” Mainieri added that McCune would also go about two innings and said he wanted to get junior Will LaMarche some work on the mound after his less-than-stellar outing in Saturday’s loss against Arkansas. With the usual lineup set to go, Mainieri cautioned against looking past Grambling after last season’s 17-10 slugfest and assured LSU’s focus would only be on the Alabama series after accomplishing its primary goal. “We’re taking a lot of pride in that we haven’t lost a midweek game in two years,” Mainieri said. “Our first goal is to win this game tomorrow night.” Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR
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