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Gallo’s lawsuit against University to be heard today Staff Reports The Daily Reveille’s Editor in Chief Andrea Gallo will go to court at 9:30 a.m. today for her lawsuit regarding the secrecy of the search for newly appointed LSU president F. King Alexander. Gallo’s suit, which charges
that the applicants of the search for someone to fill the newly created LSU president position should be made public, follows a similar hearing held Thursday for the joint lawsuits of NOLA. com | The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, in which Judge Janice Clark ordered the Board of Supervisors release the names
of the candidates. “I’m excited to go to court today and stand up for transparency and the public’s right to know information about their elected officials,” Gallo said. “We look forward to the outcome.” Board Chairman Hank Danos released a statement
Friday saying the University was disappointed in the ruling and planned to appeal Clark’s decision. “In addition, some press reports that the judge ruled the search was conducted illegally are flatly wrong,” Danos said in the statement. “The judge ruled that certain
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FOOTBALL
Miles suspends Hill, return indefinite RB charged with simple battery Tyler Nunez Sports Writer
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Beer pong balls may not be as dirty as they appear, according to recent findings.
Study shows beer pong balls may not contain many pathogens
Zach Carline
Contributing Writer
Three red cups with a few ounces of fermented goodness stand in the way of victory. The shot is all in the elbow; line it up and launch. The ping pong ball taps the rim of one cup, rolls across the table and onto the floor where it finds a home under the
couch. After a quick blow to remove dust and a dip in water, the game is back on. Beer pong is one of many classic college games, and The Daily Reveille partnered with the University’s Food Science Department to discover just how dirty those little white balls can become and if their lack of cleanliness can be a hazard to students’ health. The results of the test show that although beer pong balls may be riddled with bacteria, there are usually not many pathogens on the balls’ surfaces, and a healthy college-aged person should not be concerned with contracting an illness after a night of beer
pong fun. Prior to the test, food science professor Marlene Janes said she believed there would only be a slim chance of a college student becoming sick from playing. “You’d have to have a highenough number of bacteria,” she said. “Most young kids who are healthy wouldn’t be severely sick because of this.” Janes also said if someone were to become sick from playing, the symptoms may be similar to those of a hangover, and the person may not be able to discern a difference. For the test, a total of four BEER PONG, see page 15
HOW THE EXPERIMENT WAS DONE: · Three balls were submitted to beer pong conditions and swabbed for bacteria. · Indoor was the dirtiest, followed by outside and then the bar. · A fourth ball was bounced on a surface contaminated with E. coli, and there was a 6 percent transfer of bacteria. · The ball from the bar was submerged in beer and no transfer of bacteria was recorded, but it is possible the alcohol in the beer eliminated any transfer.
The LSU football team could be without its 2012 leading rusher next season, as LSU coach Les Miles announced Monday that sophomore running back Jeremy Hill has been indefinitely suspended from the football team for his involvement in an incident outside of Reggie’s Bar on Saturday morning. Miles said he will refrain from making any additional comments on the incident until it is resolved. Hill, 20, was arrested and charged with simple battery after allegedly punching another man outside of Reggie’s Bar. He is currently in the midst of serving a two-year supervised probationary period after pleading guilty to misdemeanor carnal knowledge of a juvenile in January 2012. Hill led the Tigers with 755 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2012 as a freshman. He was also the leading rusher in LSU’s spring game earlier this month, picking up 103 yards on 13 carries. Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com
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INTERNATIONAL Nelson Mandela appears an ailing man in video after hospital release JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits” Monday, but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon belies those cheery words, showing him with a vacant look on his face. It’s been more than three weeks since Mandela was released after a 10-day stay in the hospital, the third time in five months he was hospitalized for a recurring lung infection. Mandela does not appear to speak during the televised portion of the visit. European mayors try to keep young people from fighting in war in Syria MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — From his city hall under Belgium’s most imposing cathedral, Mayor Bart Somers is wracking his brains trying to figure out how to keep young Muslims from going to fight “holy war” in Syria against the Assad regime. Through much of western Europe, scores of Islamic youths have heeded the call to take up arms for a cause that is only a few hours away by plane. The phenomenon has alarmed authorities amid signs that the insurgency is becoming increasingly radicalized.
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South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday visited ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who was treated in the hospital for a recurring lung infection.
Irish court rules paralyzed woman does not have the ‘right to die’ DUBLIN (AP) — A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner’s help, Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that moved some in the courtroom to tears. The seven-judge court said nothing in the country’s Catholicinfluenced 1937 constitution could authorize the deliberate taking of a life on humanitarian grounds. It said lawmakers could pass such a law to permit 59-year-old Marie Fleming to die.
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STATE/LOCAL
Boston suspect’s defense team gets major boost with high-profile lawyer
Agricultural economy hits record high with $11.4 billion in 2012
BOSTON (AP) — The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has managed to get life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The appointment of Clarke, based in San Diego, Calif., was approved Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler. Court rejection of Alabama appeal over immigration law unsurprising
Man becomes first amputee to complete Army air assault school
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The LSU AgCenter says high prices and record yields for corn and soybeans drove Louisiana’s agricultural economy to a record high of $11.4 billion last year. That’s about 6.5 percent more than the 2011 total of $10.7 billion and $500 million above the previous record, set in 2007. Sugarcane brought in the highest dollar amount, $993 million, with near-record yields helping to reduce the effect of lower prices that pushed the total down 8 percent from 2011, AgCenter economist John Westra said Monday. It was the only row crop with a higher dollar value than corn and soybeans, he said.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson has become the first amputee to complete Army air assault school, a course so grueling his prosthetic leg broke twice over the 10 days spent rappelling down ropes, navigating obstacle courses and completing long road marches. Each year, thousands of soldiers are physically and mentally tested to their limits at the Fort Campbell school. Instructors said Robinson accomplished everything other participants did.
(AP) — Louisiana shelled out $800 million over the last five years in tax breaks for the movie industry, according to an audit released Monday that suggests the state gets back little in direct revenue for the expense. For example, the review by Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera’s office said, the state spent $197 million tax credits for production projects in 2010 and received $27 million in tax revenue in return.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An attorney for the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center says he’s not surprised the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request to revive portions of Alabama’s immigration law. Supreme Court justices on Monday upheld a federal appeals court ruling that blocked parts of the law. SPLC attorney Sam Brooke says lower courts have already said immigration reform is a function of the federal government, not the states.
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Judy Clarke was appointed Monday to the team representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
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CONSTRUCTION
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Taylor donates $15M to College of Engineering for renovations Expansion aims to attract students Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer
Giving the largest private donation in the college’s history, Phyllis M. Taylor donated $15 million to the College of Engineering to aid in renovations to Patrick F. Taylor Hall, named for her late husband, and the construction of a chemical engineering facility. Director of Communications for the College of Engineering Mimi LaValle said an architectural firm that will design the new building and renovations should be secured in July, and the construction is slated to begin in fall 2014 with a completion date set for 2017. Phyllis Taylor’s April 20 donation kicked off the Breaking New Ground campaign, which will support the project throughout the process, LaValle said. Taylor serves as the co-chair of the Breaking New Ground campaign. Patrick F. Taylor contributed to the University and Louisiana higher education
through the TOPS program, she graduate the numbers that we’ll said. be able to graduate in the future,” Taylor said her husband she said. always credited the University Around 700 students gradufor the opportunity to get his ate from the College of Engineercollege degree ing each year, and in petroleum ‘This is what the two the new facilities e n g i n e e r i n g , of us have worked for will allow that which served number to grow, all along: to see that Taylor said. as his guidance while working to students of Louisiana, LaValle said give back to the newer facilities in particular, have are needed at this University to benefit future generatime, especially a chance to get the tions of students. with the new IBM “I of course education that they partnership with felt compelled the University need and want.’ to assist in any that aims to triple way that I could,” the amount of Phyllis M. Taylor Taylor said. “So, computer science co-chair of Breaking New Ground I thought, ‘Well, engineers. what better way to use some of Taylor said the new facilities the funds from his estate than to will increase the number of stuhelp to fund the renovations of a dents who can study engineering building that will be the legacy at the University — something in his name to provide opportu- her husband strived for. nity for young students in the fu“This is what the two of us ture?’” have worked for all along: to see Biological engineering junior that students of Louisiana, in and president-elect of the College particular, have a chance to get of Engineering college council the education that they need and Shelby Pursley said the new fa- want,” Taylor said. cilities will give the college the boost it needs for the future. Contact Jonathan Olivier at “It’ll really put us on the map jolivier@lsureveille.com to have this new facility and to
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6:00 pm Meschiya Lake and The Little Big Horns The Spotted Cat Music Club 6:00 pm Southern vs Northwestern State University Lee-Hines Field 6:00 pm LSU vs Northwestern St. Tiger Park - LSU
7:00 pm Zephyrs vs. Storm Chasers Zephyr Field 7:00 pm Nonpoint House of Blues New Orleans 7:30 pm All the King’s Men Claude L. Shaver Theatre 8:00 pm Rebirth Brass Band Maple Leaf Bar 8:00 pm Capital Cities House of Blues New Orleans 8:00 pm Juicy J Varsity Theatre- Baton Rouge 8:30 pm The New Movement with Comedy Beast Howlin’ Wolf
Tiger TV schedule Campus Channel 75 Newsbeat Monday-Thursday 6:00 pm Sports Showtime Monday-Thursday 6:15 pm The Ramen Wednesday 6:00 pm The Best of KLSU Monday 6:30 pm The Big Show Thursday 6:30 pm The Hot Spot Tuesday 6:30 pm
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9:00 pm Deerhunter The Spanish Moon 10:00 pm Irony Free Karaoke The Library at Northgate 10:00 pm Ven Pa’ Ca presents Sol y Sombra Louisiana State Museum
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RECREATION
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Keep Calm provides activities before studying Students relax at UREC before finals Zach Carline Contributing Writer
Visitors to the University Student Recreational Complex on Monday night were welcomed with loud pop music and a variety of booths that offered students the opportunity to “Keep Calm and Study On.” The event was organized by the Student Health Center at the UREC as a way to help students relax through free aromatherapy, massages, stress balls and face painting along with water, smoothies and energy bars. Ian Wang, Health Promotion coordinator for the Student Health Center, said the program was a great way for students to have fun and relax before finals. “This is dead week, but for a lot of students, I feel this is the time they are panicking,” he said. “It’s not really ‘dead’ for a lot of people.” Students participating in the event agreed dead week may be more alive ‘For a lot of than the name students, I suggests. J e n n a feel this is the Tynes, comtime they are m u n i c a t i o n panicking.’ disorders junior said Keep Ian Wang Calm and Health Promotion Study On proCoordinator for the vided a break Student Health Center after studying all day long during a dead week that is “definitely not dead at all.” Tynes said her favorite parts of the event were the free smoothies and the opportunity to enjoy a mini-massage. Business sophomore Brittany Guillory said she has a final paper due Wednesday but knows she just needs to keep calm. “[Keep Calm and Study On is] a fun and great way for us to relieve stress,” she said. “It’s something different.” In addition to the services at the booths, a side area was set up in the grass where students could participate in a series of fitness classes with a focus on relaxation and stress relief. Graduate assistant for fitness and wellness Mark Romanowski directed one of the yoga classes. “Yoga is a great thing to get your stress off, ease the mind, clear the mind,” he said. Romanowski said he has a presentation, a paper and a final exam next week and believes the opportunity to participate in yoga and stress-relieving exercises will help clear his mind.
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Sports
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Dissecting the Draft SEC dominates draft in 2013
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SEC leads major conferences with most NFL Draft picks since 2006. ACC: 278
SEC: 343 Big 12: 222
by TYLER NUNEZ · Sports Writer The Southeastern Conference has produced the last seven Bowl Championship Series national champions, but the league’s success is not limited to the football field, as SEC programs have shown great skill in preparing athletes for NFL Draft success. The SEC has produced more NFL draftees than any other conference since 2006 with 343. The conference closest to competing is the ACC with 278. Not only is the SEC getting the most picks, but it is getting the best. More than 26 percent of the players selected in the first round during this period played for an SEC school. The SEC’s dominance has never been more prominent than in the 2013 NFL Draft, when an astounding 63 SEC players were selected — more than double that of any other participating conference — and 12 in the first round. The only year in which the SEC did not have the highest number of former players selected in the draft during this time span was 2006, as the ACC was represented by 52 draft picks. Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @NunezTDR
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Pac-12: 242
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10% Big East: 145
Big Ten: 257
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BASEBALL
Tigers to tangle with Cowboys after first series loss of season Chandler Rome Sports Writer
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LSU sophomore left-handed pitcher Cody Glenn (24) launches the ball to home plate April 7 during the Tigers’ 11-4 victory against Kentucky in Alex Box Stadium.
After a disappointing weekend with both defensive and offensive changes abound for No. 3 LSU, the Tigers will try to right the ship as they welcome McNeese into Alex Box Stadium tonight for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch. Sophomore southpaw Cody Glenn will start the game for the Tigers (39-6, 16-5 Southeastern Conference), two days after he was passed over for the Sunday
start against South Carolina in favor of junior righty Kurt McCune. McCune was rocked, allowing six hits and three runs through two and two-thirds innings, taking the loss as the Gamecocks shut out the Tigers in the rubber game, 4-0. “I thought Kurt could do a much better job than he ended up doing,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “Kurt didn’t take advantage of the opportunity, so [Tuesday] we’ll change our plan.”
Glenn’s last outing, a nodecision in an April 21 loss against Alabama, was perhaps his most effective performance of the season, allowing only four hits and one run in eight innings. Mainieri added that Glenn would resume his role at the back end of the weekend rotation and would start the series finale against Florida on Saturday. The weekend also showed vulnerabilities in the Tiger MCNEESE, see page 8
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NBA veteran comes out as gay The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website, Collins begins: “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” Collins has played for six teams in 12 seasons, most recently as a reserve with the Washington Wizards after a midseason trade from the Boston Celtics. He is now a free agent and wants to keep playing in the NBA. “I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, ‘I’m different,’” Collins writes. “If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.” Saying he had “endured years of misery and gone to enormous lengths to live a lie,” Collins immediately drew support for his announcement from the White House — President Barack Obama called him — along with former President Bill Clinton, the NBA, current and former teammates, a sponsor and athletes in other sports. Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant tweeted that he was proud of Collins, writing: “Don’t suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others,” followed by the words “courage” and “support.” “We’ve got to get rid of the shame. That’s the main thing. And Jason’s going to help that. He’s going to help give people courage to come out,” said Billie Jean King, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who confirmed she was gay after being outed in the early 1980s. “I guarantee you he’s going to feel much lighter, much freer. The truth does set you free, there’s no question. It doesn’t mean it’s easy. But it sets you free,” King said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The Wizards, whose season ended April 17, issued a statement from President Ernie Grunfeld: “We are extremely proud of Jason and support his decision to live his life proudly and openly. He has been a leader on and off the court and an outstanding teammate throughout his NBA career. Those qualities will continue to serve him both as a player and as a positive role model for others of all sexual orientation.” Collins’ coach with the Celtics, Doc Rivers, drew a comparison between Monday’s announcement and Jackie Robinson’s role when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, breaking the color barrier in
Major League Baseball. “I am extremely happy and proud of Jason Collins. He’s a pro’s pro. He is the consummate professional and he is one of my favorite ‘team’ players I have ever coached,” Rivers said. “If you have learned anything from Jackie Robinson, it is that teammates are always the first to accept. It will be society who has to learn tolerance.” Collins says he quietly made a statement for gay rights even while keeping his sexual orientation a secret. He wore No. 98 with the Celtics and Wizards — 1998 was year that Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming, was killed, and the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization, was founded. According to the General Social Survey, the public has grown increasingly accepting of gay relationships since the late 1980s. That survey found in 1987 that 76 percent of Americans thought sexual relations between adults of the same sex was morally wrong. That fell to 43 percent by 2012. “I’m glad I’m coming out in 2013 rather than 2003. The climate has shifted; public opinion has shifted,” Collins writes. “And yet we still have so much farther to go. Everyone is terrified of the unknown, but most of us don’t want to return to a time when minorities were openly discriminated against.” While some gay athletes have talked in the past about concerns that coming out would hurt their earning potential, 12-time Grand Slam singles champion King said she thinks Collins’ openness could have the opposite effect. “I have a feeling he’s got a whole new career,” King said. “I have a feeling he’s going to make more in endorsements than he’s ever made in his life.” Sports equipment maker Nike released a statement Monday saying: “We admire Jason’s courage and are proud that he is a Nike athlete. Nike believes in a level playing field where an athlete’s sexual orientation is not a consideration.” Momentum has been building toward this sort of announcement from a pro athlete in a top league in the United States. NFL players Brendan Ayanbadejo and Chris Kluwe were outspoken in support of state gay-marriage amendments during last year’s elections. Obama spoke about his support for gay marriage during his re-election campaign. The topic made waves during Super Bowl week when one player, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, said he wouldn’t welcome a gay member of his team.
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Tanking leads to losing more games, is counterproductive THE GOLDEN GREEK DIMITRI SKOUMPOURDIS Sports Contributor
Tanking: The strategy employed by perennial NBA powerhouses like the Charlotte Bobcats and Sacramento Kings in which a team loses games down the stretch to improve potential draft position. There is a popular belief among NBA fans that in order for a team to become elite and contend for a championship, it must first take its lumps with poor performances and hope to get lucky in the draft and stumble upon the next big star in the NBA. You might think they have a point when you consider where the top stars in the league today were drafted. LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade were all selected in the top five picks of the 2003 NBA Draft. Chris Paul was taken fourth in the 2005 draft and Kevin Durant was the second choice in 2007. While all these players were taken within the top five picks of their respective drafts, only Wade and Durant remain with the teams that drafted them. Tanking creates a culture of losing around a franchise, and that’s something no star wants a part of. So if tanking is counterproductive, how else should a
team rebuild? Look no further than Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets. In 2011, the Rockets were hit with the news that Yao Ming, the cornerstone of the franchise since 2002, would retire after injury issues. After losing former star Tracy McGrady to similar complications, the team was missing both components of what once looked like a championship roster. NBA logic assumes that at this point, the Rockets would mail in the 2011 season and hope for the next LeBron James in the draft. However, Morey defied NBA logic and refused to lose. What followed were a few years of mediocrity and midround draft picks by the Kyle Lowry and Kevin Martin-led Houston Rockets. Morey collected cheap, tradable assets like your crazy neighbor collects porcelain cats. Trade by trade, the Rockets acquired low-cost, young and promising players as well as desirable draft picks as he waited for the moment a willing partner would value his assets as much as he did. After whiffing on attempts to acquire Chris Bosh, Paul and Anthony, it seemed it would never happen and the Rockets would be stuck on the mediocrity treadmill forever. Then came the night of Oct. 27, 2012. Unable to come to terms with the reigning Sixth Man of
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Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey (left) poses with James Harden (right) in October 2012 after a news conference announcing Harden’s signing with the Rockets.
the Year, the Oklahoma City Thunder decided to trade James Harden, and they knew Morey and the Rockets were ready to deal. Morey was finally able to cash his pieces in for something of universal value in the NBA — a star. While the Rockets still have work to do to reach contender status, they are a perfect example of how to rebuild in the NBA. Rather than lose on purpose, make smart trades and create a cost-efficient roster full of youth, potential and draft picks. You may be stuck in the middle for a while, but when trade opportunities present themselves, there’s no way to be better prepared. Contact Dimitri Skoumpourdis at dskoumpourdis@lsureveille.com
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The LSU softball team will play its final regular season home game Tuesday when Northwestern State makes its way into Tiger Park. The Tigers (40-11) will have to make a quick transition from a weekend highlighted by a sweep of No. 4 Alabama to playing a midweek game against a team that has yet to topple the Tigers in 22 meetings. “Those midweek games are big games as well,” said junior right fielder Simone Heyward. “Those are the ones that people usually fall to because those are the ones they take for granted. I think we need to take the momentum we had here and take it into there because we still have another series this week.” The only blemish on the Tigers’ midweek schedule is a 12-5 loss to No. 18 South Alabama on March 27. Senior pitcher Rachele Fico said having a target on the team’s back will only be compounded by the competitiveness of an instate opponent. “There’s so many teams out there that come to Tiger Park and get so excited to play us and look forward to play us and that’s a really special thing,” Fico said. “That means we’re doing something right.” Northwestern State (35-11) of the Southland Conference shares four common opponents with LSU. The only major conference game the teams have in common is a matchup with Mississippi State. The Lady Demons beat the Bulldogs 10-5, while the Tigers took two games in its series. Junior pitcher Meghan Patterson and Fico are tied for the Tigers’ most midweek starts this season with three apiece. Fico allowed 11 runs on 17 hits in midweek contests while Patterson posted only three runs on 10 hits. Most of Fico’s stats, however, came against tougher opponents. While it isn’t clear who will get the start for the Tigers — LSU coach Beth Torina typically waits until closer to game time to make a final announcement — Tuesday’s game will be the final time Fico wears an LSU jersey during a regular season game in Baton Rouge. “I don’t think we take anything lightly, we don’t treat games differently, we just keep playing hard every time we take the field,” Torina said. “I think our team understands that they’re capable of a lot of things when they all comes together.” Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenhiemer@lsureveille.com
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LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico (37) hugs fellow senior catcher Lauren Houston (16) Saturday after the Tigers’ 4-3 victory against Alabama at Tiger Park.
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5. North Carolina State
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6. Oregon State
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7. Virginia
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8. Arizona State
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9. UCLA
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10. Florida State
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11. Oregon
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12. Oklahoma
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13. Louisville
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17. New Mexico
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19. Rice
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20. South Alabama
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22. Mississippi State
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23. Kentucky
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24. Mississippi
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25. Virginia Tech
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outfield as freshman center fielder Mark Laird and sophomore right fielder Jared Foster misjudged two triples over the weekend series and lost another ball in the twilight, according to Mainieri. Mainieri said he’s conflicted over whether to put his best defensive lineup on the field, which would put freshman Andrew Stevenson in center field and Laird in right field, or stick with the lineup from the weekend with Foster in right field and Laird in center field, which Mainieri considers a better offensive threat. “Quite frankly, my inkling right now is to go back to having our best defensive team out there,” Mainieri said. “I really felt that our defense the last couple of weekends has made a difference in a negative way.” Adding to the problems, the reliable middle third of the Tiger batting order was uncharacteristically quiet over the weekend as freshman shortstop Alex Bregman and seniors Mason Katz and Raph Rhymes combined to go 9-for-37 in the series. Mainieri brushed aside any worries for the middle of his lineup, pointing to a meeting he had with Bregman on Monday morning. After numerous calls from Mainieri to Bregman’s cellphone went unanswered, his head coach knew right where to find him. “He was in the batting cages,” Mainieri said, “at 10 o’clock this morning.”
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Committee recommends rejecting Kings move Board to vote on relocation May 13 Antonio Gonzalez The Associated Press
The NBA’s relocation committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend that owners reject the application for the Sacramento Kings to relocate to Seattle. The committee, made up of 12 league owners, made the decision over a conference call and forwarded its recommendation to the NBA Board of Governors. The board, which consists of all 30 owners, will convene during the week of May 13 to vote on the matter. Moments after the league announced the committee’s recommendation, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnston wrote on Twitter: “That’s what I’m talking about SACRAMENTO!!!!! WE DID IT!!!!!” The recommendation doesn’t guarantee the Kings will stay in California’s capital city. But at this point, it’s difficult to imagine how they don’t. The Maloof family that owns the Kings reached an agreement in January to sell a 65 percent controlling interest in the team to a group led by investor Chris Hansen at the total franchise valuation of $525 million, topping the NBA-record $450 million that Joe Lacob and Peter Guber bought the Golden State Warriors for in 2010. Then Hansen increased his offer to $550 million, which implies selling the 65
percent stake for about $357 million. Hansen planned to move the team to Seattle and rename it the SuperSonics, who moved to Oklahoma City in 2008. Instead, those plans are now on hold. It’s unclear what the next step is for the Maloof family, which is not bound to sell the team to a Sacramento group Johnson has put together. In a letter sent to the relocation and finance committees, the Maloofs said they preferred to sell to the Seattle group and expressed discontent with Sacramento’s latest bid. Spokesmen for the Maloof family and Hansen had no immediate comment on the committee’s recommendation. Led by Johnson, Sacramento fought back to make the sale and relocation of the Kings tough for the league to recommend. He pushed a non-binding financing plan for a $447 million downtown arena through the Sacramento City Council — complete with a $258 million public subsidy — and lined up an ownership group to try to compete with the powerful Seattle contingent. The potential Sacramento ownership group is led by TIBCO software chairman Vivek Ranadive, who would sell his minority share of the Warriors if successful. Others who have joined the bid include 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, former Facebook senior executive Chris Kelly and the Jacobs family that owns communications giant Qualcomm. “I’ve never been prouder of this city,” Johnson tweeted. “I thank the ownership group, city
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson stands Monday with Sacramento Kings fan Barbara Rust as they celebrate the NBA relocation committee’s recommendation to reject the application to relocate the Kings basketball team to Seattle.
leaders, but most of all the BEST FANS IN THE NBA!!! The mayor also commended Seattle for its effort and wrote that the Pacific Northwest city “no doubt deserves a team in
the future.”
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Annual theatre festival honors LGBT culture
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Braff’s Kickstarter good for movie fans CRYIN’ BRIAN BRIAN SIBILLE Entertainment Editor
who brings home a mysterious companion, Blue, for the night. Blue is actually a genie of sorts with wishgranting abilities who disappears after he uses his powers. Alex is then faced with a difficult predicament of choosing between his dreams and a man he can love. Jones said “I Do Without You” is a “Will & Grace”-esque story of the relationship between a gay man, Michael, and his straight best
I was only a freshman in high school when I first watched Zach Braff’s indie film “Garden State.” I promise you I didn’t “get it.” At the time, I didn’t fully comprehend the main conflicts of the movie — being lost after college, feeling numb due to a life on medication and falling swiftly in love with a compulsive liar. Yet I still proudly — and naively — declared it as one of my favorite movies, and as I’ve watched it regularly, it’s meant something different to me each time. It still remains one of my go-to rainy day movies. As I grow closer to the age of the film’s central characters, I can understand their struggles more while being a bit disillusioned to how romantic and trite it can be at times. But I still love it. So it didn’t take much time for me to reach for my wallet when Braff announced his Kickstarter project for the only film he’s planned to write, film and star in since “Garden State.” “Wish I Was Here” reached its $2 million goal Monday and continues to gain more contributors. I didn’t give much, but I hardly hesitated to contribute what
OUTWORKS, see page 11
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LSU doctoral student Le’Brian Patrick (left) and theatre senior Jacob Miller (right) perform a scene from Outworks on Sunday in the Studio Theatre.
Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer
Even with the LGBT rights movement’s recent progressions, members of the queer community say the red state of Louisiana can sometimes make them feel like silenced outsiders. However, the University’s Theatre Lab festival Outworks is carving out a safe space for LGBT-related performance pieces. Co-coordinators Macy Jones
and Nichole Ingalsbe said Outworks is an annual festival featuring new plays with a focus on topics affecting the LGBT community as well as those who identify as heterosexual. For Outworks’ eighth year, the underlying theme of the plays is relationships — whether they’re romantic, platonic, familial or anything in between. “We really wanted our plays to just be about homosexual relationships and not necessarily featuring people from the LGBT community
as an ‘other.’ So I guess a good word would be to be ‘normalizing’ the experience,” Jones said about the play motifs. The one-act plays are usually about 20 to 30 minutes long and are evenly divided into separate bills. Bill A, which runs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, includes “The Blue Djinn,” “I Do Without You” and “Pioneer Women: The Wild Boar.” “The Blue Djinn” tells the story of a young man named Alex
CONVENTION
ResCon celebrates cosplaying Marie Chaney Entertainment Writer
ResCon 2013, LSU’s first cosplay convention, boldly united LSU’s “geek” community Monday evening. “ResCon originated as an idea some RAs came up with during training,” said mechanical engineering sophomore Gerry Knapp. “We wanted to take the great experience we had at conventions we attended and bring it to LSU.” About 123 cosplayers participated in the ResCon events that included wizard’s chess, a fighting games tournament, a dance party and board games. The Atchafalaya Room in the Student Union provided plenty of space for video games like “Dance Dance Revolution.”
“RHA is considering expanding this event. Hopefully it will become a yearly thing,” said chemistry sophomore and ResCon coordinator Alex Rueff. Many ResCon attendees chose to cosplay for the event. Cosplay, a portmanteau of the words “costume” and “roleplay,” refers to dressing up and portraying a fictional character. However, cosplay is more than just dressing to emulate a fictional character — to passionate cosplayers, cosplaying is a way to bring a character from their favorite anime, video game or comic series to life. Anime fans and cosplayers gather at conventions to socialize, compare costumes, compete in contests and play tabletop games like “Dungeons and Dragons.” Large conventions like Anime
Expo in Los Angeles frequently attract high-profile voice actors and other special guests. Cosplayers without the time and money for such excursions typically flock to sites like Cosplay.com and WorldCosplay.net. Louisiana has several conventions, including Louisianime and MechaCon. Some veteran cosplayers don’t mind the long drive to larger conventions. Environmental engineering freshman Amy Janvier was more than willing to make the 550-mile drive to Momocon in Atlanta earlier this year. Janvier attended ResCon dressed as Stocking from the popular anRESCON, see page 11
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BRCC business senior Dustin Guillaume, dressed as Seto Kaiba from “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” poses Monday at ResCon 2013 in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union.
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Crazy sorority girl is rubbing off on us In early April, a leaked email from a University of Maryland Delta Gamma executive board member outed not just the chapter, but the entire Internet, as a cesspool of grotesque catSAMANTHA BARES tiness. Entertainment Writer As if we didn’t know this already, right? If you have access to the Internet (and possibly a friend or two whose perception of
relevant humor is entirely run by Buzzfeed), you’ve seen this email. You know that junior Rebecca Martinson went absolutely nuts on her sorority sisters for a list of sins committed during Greek Week, like “LITERALLY being so f--ing AWKWARD” and cheering for the opposing team at sports events, among other things. Whether Greek life is accurately depicted by emails like this or by blogs about Greeks that apparently matter at LSU, ’Bama and elsewhere, the way popular culture responded can only be described as high school. Or even middle school.
The email circulates again and again through the dark bowels of the Internet. The kids by their lockers giggle hysterically, whispering choice phrases under their breaths to make their friends crack up during the geography lesson. Teachers warn the younger ones that the Internet is watching you when you’re sleeping, and it knows when you’re emailing insults, just like modern Santa Claus. Whole cafeterias crow at the news of Martinson’s resignation, and even more so when her incredibly racist, off-color Twitter was uncovered.
Seriously though, most of the reactions have been an odd mixture of congratulatory and gawking, some praising her inventive use of expletives. Every website covering the debacle — and there have been many — has progressively become so tongue-in-cheek that I’m worried it may never be dislodged. To channel the deranged email in question: “‘But [Samantha]!’ you say in a whiny little bitch voice to your computer screen as you read this …” No. Stop. When you continually call attention to this kind of ridiculous behavior by reposting and reading
aloud at parties or recess, you’re participating in it. You’re part of the problem. We understand, you tween drama queens. Freakouts are funny. But this viral trend, with the Internet jeering from the bleachers at Martinson and her ilk, makes us look more juvenile than the actual offender. Samantha Bares is a 19-year-old English sophomore from Erath, La.
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ResCon 2013, held Monday in the Student Union’s Atchafalaya Room, allowed students to dress up as characters from various entertainment sources.
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Environmental engineering freshman Amy Janvier, dressed as Stocking from “Panty and Stocking,” attended ResCon 2013 on Monday in the Student Union’s Atchafalaya Room.
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ime “Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt.” Unlike most cosplayers, Janvier constructs her own costumes. “Conventions give me an opportunity to meet other people with the same passion as me,” Janvier said. One popular form of cosplaying is crossplay, or dressing as a character of the opposite gender. English freshman Grant Hildreth said he became entranced with the idea of crossplay after finding a cosplay outfit inspired by popular “Vocaloid” character Miku Hatsune on Amazon.com. “I like to crossplay because I enjoy the reactions and making other people laugh, whether it be with me or at me. I think of it as a form of self-expression,” Hildreth said.
BRAFF, from page 9
I could. In that moment of glee, I was too busy thinking about another film from Braff I could dissect and watch over and over again to think that anyone would have a problem with Braff’s crowd-sourcing approach. Braff said he resorted to Kickstarter so he could have complete artistic control of the film: who stars in it, who does the photography and set design and who makes the final edit. I have a bit of a soft spot for stick-it-to-the-man opposition of corporate greed’s pandering to the perceived average American person, but detractors to Braff’s project have been numerous and, at times, vicious. Slights against Braff are obvious. He starred in a network television show for a decade, has been in a number of films and contributed his voice to countless commercials — why can’t he just pay for the movie himself? Braff quickly combatted some of those critics, saying he would certainly contribute some unidentified amount of cash from his own pocket. Other critics had more of a problem with people’s willingness to give money to a Hollywood Kickstarter rather than, say, impoverished children. Claims like these are petty. The same thing can be said about someone who forks over hundreds for an iPhone 5 or breaks the bank for a luxury sedan. A lot of people could always be giving more to charity, but they also have the freedom to support things they believe in.
Picking which character to cosplay can be a daunting task. Some cosplayers pick a character they closely resemble. Budget and time constraints force some cosplayers to select characters with simple outfits. Others, like history and English freshman Jennifer Strength, picked characters with whom they have an emotional connection. Strength cosplayed as Kiki from “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” a popular Hayao Miyazaki film. “It’s really cool when someone recognizes your costume and shares their memories of the anime or show of the character you’re cosplaying from,” Strength said. “It’s a connection on a deeper level.” Contact Marie Chaney at mchaney@lsureveille.com Many of these detracting opinions come down to disdain for “Garden State,” with one of the more outlandish and dedicated attacks coming from Tim Heidecker of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” fame. Heidecker wrote a fake script detailing a couple with financial problems that, in one way, stemmed from the bumbling husband’s willingness to donate to Braff’s followup to an overrated, piece-of-crap movie. But Braff’s sincerity has not yet been questionable here. He wants to make another film people love, and he wants to get those people involved in the process. Even the smallest contribution to Braff’s fund gives the donor a sneak peek into the moviemaking process. Braff is not the first or last to take advantage of Kickstarter’s wide reach and easy access to funding, even citing the “Veronica Mars” movie-funding project that had the same success as inspiration. Braff and company’s crowdsourcing approach to moviemaking will draw the ire of other industry big shots, but it may well be the future of filmmaking, where moviemakers let those who watch their films endlessly, identifying and perceiving differently with each viewing, be a part of the magic. What’s so bad about that? Brian Sibille is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Lafayette. Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com
friend, Amelia. Chase Bouchie, theater performance senior, plays Michael, and said “I Do Without You” primarily focuses on the unique dynamic between Michael and Amelia and how they attempt to define their platonic relationship while battling issues like growing older and finding significant others. “Pioneer Women: The Wild Boar” unfurls the tale of a lesbian couple living in Texas who discovers a dangerous animal in their yard. Jones said the message of this play is to emphasize that unexpected things will happen in life despite anyone’s sexual orientation. Bill B of Outworks will run Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and it includes the plays “July 4, 1969,” “The Slope” and “The
page 11 Deconstruction of Lee and Darrell.” “July 4, 1969” is set during the summer of love, and it’s a comingof-age story about a pair of friends who are both gay and bond over their mutual secret. They begin college together and branch out after finding other gay community members. Ingalsbe said the plot of “The Slope” tells the saga of Mark and his lesbian sister, who was attacked in a gay bash. Mark vows to avenge his sister, yet he cannot come to terms with her sexual orientation. The final play, “The Deconstruction of Lee and Darrell,” revolves around the relationship between two men who are in the midst of breaking up. The play jumps between the present and happier, earlier points in the relationship to demonstrate how the good parts are hard to remember during turmoil, Ingalsbe elaborated. Ingalsbe said she hopes the
overall message of Outworks depicts a more realistic experience of LGBT people than what the media sometimes portrays. “We just want to give a voice to this community,” Ingalsbe said. “Especially these people here in this environment who don’t always get a full-rounded voice, you know? We have stereotypes; we have what’s on TV of them, but there’s more to their story, and we really just want to share that.” Outworks starts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building Studio Theatre. Tickets are $10 and can only be purchased at the door. Contact Taylor Schoen at tschoen@lsureveille.com
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Joking during concealed carry bill arguments highlights deeper legislative issues SHUT UP, MEG MEGAN DUNBAR Columnist Republican Representative Barry Ivey passed his first bill in the Louisiana House last week, and the focus was not on the bill’s text, but on a glittering, slinkycovered bib he wore, made by fellow legislators to highlight his inexperience. That’s pretty fun. Except if you consider the Legislature doesn’t have its act together and the bill proposed less stringent paperwork for concealed carry weapons — both negatives in my book. I appreciate that the legislators can enjoy having a new
member introduce his first piece of legislation. It must get boring retreading the same ground on every issue and never quite coming to a satisfying resolution. But as heartwarming as it is to realize that our representatives have some crafting flair, maybe they should get back in touch with the real world. Day after day, they argue about statewide budget cuts, gun laws and education policy, sitting around and hearing routine rants from viewpoints they resolved never to indulge. Arguably, this forced discussion is one of the best things about democracy, but it’s still a job and creates a clique-dominated community like any other. Everyone pigeonholes themselves based on interests. Those addicted to Twitter tend to hang
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House Bill 265, which allows citizens to apply for a lifetime concealed carry permit, passed in the Louisiana House last week.
out with similarly minded individuals, and those who couldn’t care less about the nation’s goings-on enjoy their time spent with others whose heads are stuck in the sand. The Legislature is similar, and it’s less than comforting to think about this. It may be the least conducive environment to broadening backgrounds and accepting differences, because despite the claims that government
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employees hold polarized opinions on issues, there is still an overarching popular view. Maybe this is a good thing. Maybe the government ideology remaining wrapped up in itself is better for us civilians to get on with our lives. That is, until it isn’t. Ivey’s bill, Louisiana House Bill 265, will allow citizens to apply for a lifetime concealed carry permit requiring just a basic retraining course every five years. The argument in favor is that the paperwork to renew a concealed carry license every five years is arduous and useless, and this new provision would streamline the process — because it’s a good idea to make it simpler for civilians to pack heat without any obvious sign thereof. While this may seem like the perfect example of letting citizens get on with their lives, I’d argue it’s just the opposite. Who wants it to be legally easier for more people on the streets to carry their own guns for a longer period of time? Are we planning to return to a postapocalyptic military state soon? We don’t need this. If anything, we need tighter restrictions on who’s allowed to buy and keep guns. Those who oppose restrictions might think they would work against law-abiding citizens being able to protect their families, but I disagree.
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I’m not talking immediate effect here, but if you give greater restrictions some time to settle in the community, it will work better in the long run. This is the effect legislators and citizens need to concentrate on — not immediate repercussions, but what remains when the dust settles and the way trends will impact the next generation. Right now, wrapped up in the minutiae of bills’ wording and the 24-hour political news cycle, it’s difficult to have that forethought, but it’s a representative’s job. They pledge to have their constituents’ best interests at heart, and that doesn’t just mean when it makes them look best politically. All the time, they need to think about the future, think about the present and consider all possible outcomes. Sure, this is a slow process, but what is government if not slow? At least in HB 265, there are provisions for continuing gun education, which did not exist in the bill’s first iteration. Thanks for that, legislators. You’re making progress. Megan Dunbar is a 19-year-old English junior from Greenville, S.C.
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Quote of the Day “Now you wanna run around and talk about guns like I ain’t got none, what you think, I sold ’em all.”
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Gov. documents evidence growing surveillance state MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist It’s all but certain now. The federal government and telecom companies are in cahoots, surveilling the information traveling through their networks with no regard for privacy or the justification of a warrant. Last Wednesday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published documents disclosing the Justice Department’s secret partnership with at least two Internet service providers, AT&T and CenturyLink. In return for the ability to intercept communications on certain portions of the ISPs’ networks – a possibly illegal under federal laws like the Wiretap Act — the Justice Department hands out “2,511 letters” that secretly grant the companies legal immunity, CNET reported. Those uninformed to the history of our government’s role in domestic surveillance may find that information shocking. To me, it was just Wednesday. Word first leaked that the government was eavesdropping on domestic communications back in 2005. The New York Times published an article by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau entitled “Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts,” which detailed the National Security Agency’s warrantless, domestic wiretapping. Next came the lawsuits. In Hepting v. AT&T, the Electronic Frontier Foundation challenged the company for assisting the NSA with its wiretapping program. Former AT&T technician Mark Klein would testify for the EFF, disclosing some of the first primary evidence about the NSA’s and AT&T’s collusion. Klein informed the courts about a secret room, Room 641A, being used in a San Francisco switching center to monitor AT&T’s traffic. He even
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Is Jindal insane? Over the past several years, I have argued in newspaper columns, letters to the editor, and through numerous correspondences with state legislators that Louisiana was headed in the wrong direction under Gov. Bobby Jindal’s policies and plans. When I started my quest to point out the insanity of Jindal’s policies, our governor was soaring high. Now Jindal is about as
listed the Narus supercomputer being used to mine through all the data. However, the government came to the rescue then, as well. In 2008, the FISA Amendments Act passed, granting telecommunications companies immunity for their part in the NSA’s warrantless surveillance. Hepting v. AT&T was dismissed in light of this legislation. The EFF and Klein weren’t alone. Several NSA whistle blowers — William Binney, Ed Loomis, J. Kirk Wiebe and Thomas Drake — collaborated to produce
a scathing report in 2002 regarding problems at the NSA, including a program called Trailblazer, which they believed threatened privacy rights. Drake eventually grew frustrated with the lack of response. In 2005, coincidentally the same year the Times uncovered the NSA’s operation, he contacted Siobhan Gorman, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and fed her information on the program. How did the government respond? Two years later, the FBI raided Binney, Wiebe and Drake’s homes while attempting to
investigate the leaks that led to the Times article, according to The New Yorker. Drake was eventually charged with violating the Espionage Act as part of President Obama’s war on whistleblowers. In 2011, however, the government dropped all charges, and Drake pled guilty to a misdemeanor. Binney has meanwhile become a major spokesman against the NSA’s data retention and surveillance policies, making numerous appearances on news programs to discuss the topic. He was a major source in James
Bamford’s 2012 Wired article on the construction of a massive data center in Utah and documentarian Laura Poitras’ New York Times Op-doc, The Program. You see, EPIC’s release last Wednesday was undoubtedly important and enlightening, yet it was still simply another episode in the story of our government’s growing surveillance state. To get the full story, you’d have to take into account the Patriot Act, the 600 percent increase in warrantless DOJ surveillance methods between 2001 and 2011 as reported by the American Civil Liberties Union or the everincreasing rate in which personal data is being handed over by cellphone carriers and websites. Yet, as the surveillance grows more and more pervasive, people seem to care less and less. Too often, it seems this issue is relegated to technologists, digital rights activists and privacy aficionados. Republicans, who so often call upon the Founders, apparently disregard Ben Franklin’s wisdom and are all too willing to sacrifice some liberty for “security.” Democrats are so enamored by President Barack Obama that the fight for civil liberties has all but ended among liberals and any criticism of his administration’s policies is often tempered, lest the More Evil™ Republicans take back power. Whatever happens, the evidence is out there to warrant at least some concern. Whether people choose to act on it or not is unsure, and, alas, it is not my job to pry and make sure people are doing as I’d like them to. But maybe I’m not who should worry you. David Scheuermann is a 21-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner, La.
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Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to testify April 18 in Washington before the hearing on the Justice Department’s 2014 budget.
popular as a pulled pork sandwich at a vegetarian picnic. We’re seeing a legislative session this spring nothing like the one last spring. And now, predictably, yet not ironically, most legislators are listening to their constituents, and Jindal hardly has a friend in Baton Rouge. But we’re not out of the woods yet. I believe there are four serious issues that the legislators have to deal with in order for us to survive Jindal’s assault on Louisiana. First, we have to repeal the tax giveaways passed under Jindal. We now give away an extra $2 billion a year since Jindal took office. This is unsustainable.
Make no mistake, if we don’t address the tax credits and corporate welfare, LSU is toast. Second, the federal Medicaid expansion has to begin sooner rather than later. According to the Department of Health and Hospitals, the expansion of Medicaid will grant 577,000 Louisiana citizens insurance coverage. What if we don’t accept the Medicaid expansion? Your local hospital will struggle or fail, and the state will be in the red for decades to come. Third, we have to stop selling the state piece by piece. We can’t keep giving away state assets at fire sale prices to plug budget holes. It’s ridiculous and
downright goofy. Fourth, higher education must be fully funded in Fiscal Year 2014. Colleges and universities have been cut $625 million since 2008. More cuts are planned for next year. It has to stop now or we will hamstring the Louisiana economy and harm our children. What can we do to create the change we need? Rally. On Tuesday, April 30, many different contingencies from clergy to professors to healthcare workers are going to rally at the State Capitol. It starts at 11 a.m. If God’s willing and the creek doesn’t rise, I’m going to attend the rally.
Contact David Scheuermann at dscheuermann@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_dscheu And I’m planning to wear my old cowboy boots. Why? Once inside the House and Senate chambers, the fertilizer is so deep, any wise country boy knows that boots are a must. I hope I see you in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, and wear boots. Dayne Sherman Ponchatoula, La.
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Petri dishes are displayed together Saturday in the LSU Ag Chemistry Laboratory. The dishes contain cultures of bacteria grown from samples taken from ping pong balls used in beer pong games.
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balls were used. The first three balls were subjected to beer ponglike conditions. This included taking a dip in beer followed by bouncing the balls on tables and the ground and exchanging hands. One ball was used inside an apartment, another inside a bar and a third used outside. These balls were sent to the Food Science Department lab for swabbing to determine how much bacteria each ball collected. The balls were also tested for the pathogens E. coli and salmonella. A fourth ball was bounced directly onto a sterilized pad swabbed with E. coli. This was done to determine how much bacteria the ball collected if bounced on a contaminated surface. The last part of the test involved dipping the ball used in the bar into a cup of beer and determining how much bacteria was transferred from ball to beer. All three balls tested under beer pong conditions had an aerobic plate count higher than 250,000 colony-forming units per ball, which is higher than what is acceptable in a product ready to eat. However, no pathogens were detected on any of the balls, meaning there is almost no chance of getting sick from the bacteria on one of them. When the balls’ grades of contamination were compared, the indoor ball was found to be the most contaminated, followed by the outdoor ball, with the bar ball being the cleanest — these results could be because of a recently cleaned bar floor or lack of activity on the particular night the ball was tested. The study also concluded “no transfer of bacteria was observed from the ball to the beer, or if there was a transfer of bacteria, it was controlled by the alcohol content in the beer,” according to the report by Evelyn Gutierrez, research associate with the Department of Food Science. The ball bounced on the inoculated surface recorded a transfer of 6 percent of bacteria. According to The Associated Press, Clemson University students recently conducted a similar study where it analyzed ping pong balls used to play a game of beer pong. Its results were different. In games played outdoors, the beer pong balls contained the highest amount of bacteria and in some cases, researchers found
dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella sometimes ends up in the beer. Gutierrez said although she would not recommend playing beer pong for fear of contracting some sort of illness, the results show it may be fairly safe. Sports administration junior Matthew Newman said he occasionally plays beer pong, but he rarely thinks of any health risks that may be caused from dirty beer pong balls. The common practice of
dipping beer pong balls in water after they’ve fallen on the ground doesn’t do much to clean them, though that’s not normally at the forefront of most beer pong players’ minds. “It’s not the cleanest, even though they clean them,” said mechanical engineering junior Blake David about dipping beer pong balls in water.
Contact Zach Carline at zcarline@lsureveille.com
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