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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 133

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Judge rules in favor of Board of Supervisors Videos Kelley: 35 names Reveille Radio show Hill aren’t applicants 91.1 KLSU ‘f launted’ after fight Alyson Gaharan Staff Writer

District Judge Timothy Kelley ruled in favor of the Board of Supervisors in Daily Reveille Editor in Chief Andrea Gallo’s public records lawsuit against the University on Tuesday, creating a split decision between his and District Judge Janice Clark’s ruling last Thursday that the Board must “immediately produce” the names of presidential candidates.

Both lawsuits brought forth

similar allegations that the Board of Supervisors’ presidential search committee broke public records laws by failing to produce the names of the “35 or so” active candidates considered for the new LSU president position. The two separate trials called into question the word “applicant” and its different interpretations. In his ruling, Kelley said he did not believe there were any actual applicants for the position aside from newly appointed LSU President F. King Alexander and 10 others who wrote to the search firm R. William Funk and Associates but did not make it to the final round of potential picks.

Clark presided over The Advocate’s and NOLA.com | The

Times-Picayune’s lawsuit regarding the same issue last week, and she did not issue an explanation alongside her ruling that ordered LSU to release the names.

Despite Kelley’s ruling and Board of Supervisors Chairman Hank Danos’ plans to appeal Clark’s ruling, Gallo’s attorney Scott Sternberg said after Tuesday’s trial he still felt confident the records would ultimately be released.

Gallo said she and Sternberg should make a decision by today about whether they will appeal their ruling from Kelley.

“I’m disappointed with Judge COURT CASE, see page 6

Pipe Dreams

(Top) Glass artist Nick Oldenburg, known as Nicko, starts off a new piece Monday in his workshop outside his home in Baton Rouge.

(Right) Multiple hand-crafted glass tobacco pipes sit on display April 25 inside The Lotus, a glass gallery and smoke shop on College Drive. These pipes range in price from $10 to thousands of dollars. Go to lsureveille. com to view more photos.

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Other suspect still on the loose Chandler Rome Sports Writer

by FERRIS MCDANIEL · Senior Investigative Reporter Nick Oldenburg sat at his workstation inside a white wooden shack on the side of his house. A 3,700-degree Fahrenheit jet of flame hissed inches from his face.

His hands — one twisting a glass tube, the other gripping a granite reamer — hovered on each side of the burning orange stream.

Just minutes earlier, this glass blower known as Nicko sipped a Dixie beer on his patio with his cat, Woods. Now he was entirely fixated on his artform: glass blowing, originally known as lampworking.

What started as a thin clear glass cylinder, enclosed at one end by incredibly high temperatures and connected at the other end to a rubber tube that ran to Nicko’s mouth, was shaped and blown into a gumball-sized marble called an “implosion.”

It contained a mesmerizing starburst of color at its core.

Using more heat, he melded the marble to a black tube. Nicko, unsure what the piece would become, improvised as the fragile material morphed to a manipulatable putty that he worked into something resembling an upright cobra.

“What makes something art is you get an emotional response out of it when you look at it or see it or touch it, whatever it might be,” Nicko said. “I like glass because it kind of controls itself to some degree. It wants to be something, so you have to work with it.”

Eventually, the unfinished figurine will become a pipe, or perhaps a water pipe for “tobacco use only.” Legal disclaimers aside, it will

LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill and an accomplice were recorded “giving each other high fives and flaunting” after allegedly attacking a 20-yearold fight victim Saturday morning, according to the police report obtained

by The Daily Reveille on Tuesday.

Hill was charged with one count of HILL simple battery in connection with the tussle that took place outside of Reggie’s Bar at 1100 Bob Pettit Blvd., while another suspect remains at large.

Baton Rouge police were dispatched to the scene at approximately 2:13 a.m., according to the report, where Officer Clifford Crouch was able to locate the victim.

According to the report, the victim told Crouch he was struck in the head “two or three times” and told the officer he only remembers waking up on the ground after absorbing the second blow – but he did provide officers with a license plate number of the suspect.

“I observed [the victim’s] hands to have minor cuts, his clothes to be in disarray, a sway while he stood and a lump on the back of his head,” Crouch wrote in the report.

After initially refusing medical attention, the victim told Crouch he would get a ride and go to the hospital.

Crouch wrote that several witnesses came forward with videos of the altercation as officers arrived at the scene.

GLASS BLOWING, see page 6

HILL, see page 15

New glass art gallery showcases local artists

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INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Toddler youngest patient to get lab-made windpipe from stem cells

Louisiana sets state record with 26.3 million visitors in 2012

Dutch King Willem-Alexander is given three cheers by guests and his wife Queen Maxima on Tuesday inside the New Church in Amsterdam.

CHICAGO (AP) — A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.

Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010. Until the operation at a central Illinois hospital, she had spent her entire life in a hospital in Seoul. Doctors there told her parents there was no hope and they expected her to die.

The stem cells came from Hannah’s bone marrow.

Hannah Warren, 2, lies in bed in a post-op room at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria on April 9, after having received a new windpipe in a landmark transplant operation.

Mexican President seeks new security, economic agenda with U.S.

Russia charging NASA $70.6 million per rocket seat, six total

Teachers union says don’t link standardized tests to evaluations

(AP) — Louisiana attracted more than 26 million visitors in 2012, breaking a previous tourism record set in 2003, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne announced Tuesday.

The numbers, part of an annual tourism study by the University of New Orleans Hospitality Research Center, indicate that the state’s tourism sector is improving, Dardenne said.

“One of things that is really going well for Louisiana is our ability to attract people from outside the state,” he said. “People are fascinated by Louisiana, our culture, our unique nature of who we are as a people. We’re seeing that if we invest in tourism we’re going to get great dividends on the back end.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized crime, but President Barack Obama said Tuesday he won’t judge the change until he meets this week with the country’s new leader.

Under President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office on Dec. 1, Mexico is ending direct sharing among law enforcement of resources and intelligence.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is paying $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space, and the agency’s leader is blaming Congress for the extra expense.

NASA announced its latest contract with the Russian Space Agency on Tuesday. The $424 million represents flights to and from the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, as well as training, for six astronauts in 2016 and first half of 2017.

NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the country’s second-largest teachers union said Tuesday governments should hold off on linking standardized test results with evaluations of schools, students and teachers until everyone is on the same page.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called for a moratorium on penalties associated with tests aligned to the national standards called Common Core benchmarks.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Months after cutting its print edition to three days a week, The TimesPicayune of New Orleans has announced plans for a three-daya-week tabloid called TPStreet available in stores and newsstands on days when the full paper isn’t printed.

Editor Jim Amoss announced the 75-cent tabloid Tuesday on the newspaper’s website, NOLA.com.

Willem-Alexander becomes new Dutch king, first in 123 years AMSTERDAM (AP) — Millions of Dutch people dressed in orange flocked to celebrations around the Netherlands on Tuesday in honor of a once-in-a-generation milestone for the country’s ruling House of Orange-Nassau: after a 33-year reign, Queen Beatrix abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.

At 46, King Willem-Alexander is the youngest monarch in Europe and the first Dutch king in 123 years, since Willem III died in 1890. Like Beatrix before him, Willem-Alexander has assumed the throne at a time of social strains and economic malaise.

Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention on government’s side BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad’s regime militarily, warning that Syria’s “real friends,” including his Iranian-backed militant group, were ready to intervene on the government’s side.

In Damascus, a powerful bomb ripped through a bustling commercial district, killing at least 14 people.

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Hundreds of activists rally on steps of Capitol Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

Hundreds gathered on the steps of the State Capitol building Tuesday to advocate for issues like Medicaid expansion and prohibiting budget cuts to education among others — all being topics of discussion during the current legislative session.

The rally, dubbed “Enough is Enough!” was coordinated by Louisiana Progress in conjunction with other organizations like Forward Louisiana and the Progressive Student Alliance of LSU, said political science and women’s and gender studies senior Adria Porch.

Porch is also an intern at Louisiana Progress and helped get the word out about the rally, she said. The organization’s goal was to advocate for more dialogue for certain bills and to ensure legislators make considerate and compassionate decisions about those in the community, she said.

One of the biggest issues at hand during the rally was Medicaid expansion. Director of the Louisiana Consumer Healthcare Coalition Moriba Karamoko was present to advocate for the implementation of the expansion.

“Under the Affordable Care Act, the state has the option to expand the Medicaid program to cover more of the population, including childless adults,” he said. “Currently we don’t cover those populations. So the

decision on whether the state does it is in the governor’s hands, and the governor has said he’s not going to do it. So we’re pushing the governor to do it.”

President of the Jefferson Federation of Teachers Meladie Munch traveled to Baton Rouge to show her support for increased education funding.

Munch said she hopes the rally shows the governor and legislators there is a wide array of people affected by budget cuts that goes beyond teachers and education.

“We have to slow the train down and fix things to make the state better,” she said.

Shannon Sullivan of Red River United said state officials have a moral obligation to ensure a quality future for public education in Louisiana.

“The chickens are coming home to roost,” said Dayne Sherman, an associate professor at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Sherman spoke to the crowd from the top of the Capitol steps about higher education budget cuts and privatization of public hospitals. He said he was able to fund his higher education by using Pell grants and has used institutions like charity hospitals that are publicly funded – which he said will no longer be possible with the state’s budget cuts.

Sherman said Gov. Bobby Jindal is committing an “assault on

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Crowds gather Tuesday at the “Enough is Enough!” march on Baton Rouge at the State Capitol steps to protest Jindal’s recent legislation.

Louisiana” by not wanting to expand Medicaid and through his actions concerning higher education, which he says also pushes a mindset that “it’s all about Bobby” and not about Louisiana.

Domestic abuse organizations were also present, seeking to send a message to Jindal about cuts to publicly funded domestic abuse centers, said Theolonious Gage with the Iris Domestic Violence Center of Baton Rouge.

Gage said she was a victim of domestic abuse twice and lost her

daughter to domestic abuse in 2007.

Gage said she is passionate about keeping domestic abuse centers open, and she won’t give up on the issue.

Porch was present inside the Capitol on Tuesday, where she was able to listen to legislators debate, she said. Change is occurring, she said, and representatives are listening to the community on certain issues.

Porch said a bill put forth

by Rep. Patricia Smith, D–Baton Rouge, aims to restore voting rights

to convicted felons after they are released from prison. Though the bill was shot down by lawmakers Tuesday, there are other issues on the table activists are still concerned about.

“You can tell there is some big change happening,” she said. “It’s cool to see something that we discuss in our private lives placed on the table.”

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

Event Calendar

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

11 am5 pm

11:30 am Zephyrs vs. Express Zephyr Field 3:00 pm Southern vs Northwestern State University Lee-Hines Field 3:00 pm Team Up Gus Young Park 5:00 pm Drama by Design Gus Young Park

6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm

7:00 pm Patrice Fisher & Arpa Louisiana State Museum 7:30 pm All the King’s Men Claude L. Shaver Theatre 8:00 pm Akron/Family Spanish Moon 8:30 pm Comedy Night The Station Sports Bar and Grill

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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10:00 pm The Black Angels Republic New Orleans

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ATHLETICS

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Legislation up for debate to eliminate football lottery All students would be offered tickets Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Rep. Terry Brown, I- Colfax, wants to give every incoming University freshman the chance to experience the roar of Death Valley on Saturday night for an entire football season.

House Bill 144 requires the LSU Board of Supervisors

to offer incoming freshmen the opportunity to attend football games in Tiger Stadium.

Freshmen are currently offered their tickets through a lottery after registering for tickets during a designated time period, according to LSU Athletics.

The site states that if there is a high demand for tickets, partial-season tickets may be awarded.

Brown said LSU is the only college in the state that does not give all students access to all

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athletic events.

Upperclassmen often scalp their tickets to freshmen for $300 a ticket or more, Brown added.

“It is morally wrong,” Brown said. “The thrill of being at Tiger Stadium is simply a thrill money cannot buy.”

If students earn a 22 on the ACT and pay fees, Brown said, they deserve and have earned their right to sit in Tiger Stadium.

“They have earned the right to go to a flagship

university,” Brown said. “They should have a right to participate in all athletic events.”

Computer science sophomore Erick Perdomo said he received the full season tickets he requested when he was a freshman.

Perdomo said if students do their part at the University, they should be able to have access to the athletic events.

Currently, south stadium is being expanded, but there are no planned expansions of the student section, according

to Eddie Nunez, senior associate athletic director and Tiger Athletic Foundation liaison for construction.

Nunez said he is not aware of any expansion of the student section.

“Right now, to my knowledge, we are not doing anything to it,” Nunez said.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

LGBT

Bill targets gender First University-sponsored Lavender Graduation to be held pay inequality Women’s Center holds workshop

give them the tools to change the gender pay gap problems.

“While much of the pay gap can’t be explained, women start off with less because of initial negotiation,” Steib said.

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez According to a study by the Staff Writer American Association of UniverAfter failures in past ses- sity Women, Louisiana is ranked sions, Louisiana lawmakers are second-to-last in gender pay once again fighting for gender pay gap equality.

The study shows that in Louiequality.

Senate Bill 68 by Sen. Karen siana, the median annual earnings Carter Peterson, D- New Orleans, and earnings ratio for full-time, prohibits employers from paying year-round workers differ by 69 an employee less than what anoth- percent, meaning a woman would er employee of the opposite sex is make 69 cents for every dollar a man makes. paid for similar work.

Steib said this problem can This law only applies to public employees, or state employees, be partially alleviated with higher but not to elected officials and initial negotiations.

“The higher that first salpart-time National Guard employary is, the higher ees with periodic ‘The higher that first you can set your duty.

Steib The legislasalary is, the higher you trajectory,” said. tion states, “The Steib said beproposed law pro- can set your trajectory.’ cause there has vides that the pubbeen a national lic policy of this Summer Steib state is declared to director of University Women’s Center push for pay equality, like be that paying unequal wages based on sex unjustly President Barack Obama signing discriminates against the person the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in receiving the lesser rate, leads to 2009, state legislators feel there is low morale, threatens the well- no need for localized legislation.

Additionally, women are not being of the citizens of this state and adversely affects the general encouraged to take higher paying jobs, such as those in the welfare.”

According to a source inside science, technology, engineerPeterson’s office, the bill was pro- ing and mathematics fields, Steib posed so that the state can set an said.

This March, during Women’s example for private employers and should be enacted immedi- History Month, Steib said one ately, although the business lobby of the themes and messages was has shut down similar bills in the to emphasize women in STEM fields. past.

STEM jobs are the highest Summer Steib, director of the University Women’s Center, said paying, but they are mostly domithe Women’s Center is tackling nated by males, so there is already pay inequality by partnering with a gap in the expected salaries, Career Services to teach women Steib said. how to negotiate their first salaries when on the post-graduate job hunt.

The Women’s Center held a Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez workshop to teach students how at fsuarez@lsureveille.com to properly negotiate salaries and

Ceremony will celebrate LGBT Erin Hebert

Contributing Writer

The University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will celebrate the accomplishments of LGBT and allied graduates at its first Lavender Graduation ceremony at 1 p.m. May 14 in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom of the Student Union.

Although the University’s Spectrum organization has hosted Lavender Graduation ceremonies for its members in previous years, this year’s ceremony will mark the first time a University office sponsors the event on campus.

Chad Freeman, graduate assistant for the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ LGBTQ Project and Safe Space Campaign, said the ceremony will be open to all

students graduating this spring, summer and fall who are members of the LGBT community or consider themselves allies to the community. The Office of Multicultural Affairs is partnering with Spectrum for the event, he said.

Freeman said the ceremony’s two keynote speakers will be former Student Government President Taylor Cox and Laurie Braden, director of University Recreation. Associate professor Elaine Maccio will announce graduates during the ceremony’s processional, he said.

Cox said he plans to stress the importance of participants representing the University and the LGBT community as they enter the world after college.

Participating students will receive lavender stoles with gold writing if they have pre-ordered them, Freeman said. He said students who have not pre-ordered stoles are still welcome to participate in the ceremony.

Freeman said the Office of

Multicultural Affairs is offering an open invitation to all faculty and staff who would like to attend the ceremony in full commencement regalia and seats will be reserved for them.

Biological engineering senior and outgoing Spectrum president Kameron Kilchrist said he is looking forward to participating in the Lavender Graduation.

“It’s a really important time for the community to come together and recognize our shared success,” Kilchrist said.

Cox said the University sponsoring a Lavender Graduation for the first time is a step in the right direction.

“It obviously has shown that we as an institution are moving forward to promote equality,” Cox said. “I just think it’s a really great thing.”

Contact Erin Hebert at ehebert@lsureveille.com

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OIL SPILL

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POLITICS

BP pays $340M more Lawmakers refuse to expand for Gulf restoration public record access, vote 6-3 The Associated Press

LAFITTE (AP) — BP PLC has agreed to pay $340 million to restore four of the barrier islands that act as hurricane buffers for Louisiana’s mainland and create two fish research hatcheries in the state, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday.

The money is part of $1 billion the oil giant agreed two years ago to pay for early restoration work after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

“We have been very frustrated by the slow pace of progress in committing these funds to restoration needs in the Gulf,” Jindal told a news conference in Lafitte.

The $1 billion is a down payment on restoration to be paid for through the Natural Resources Damage Assessment — an amount that will be set by the federal judge who also will set fines under the Clean Water Act. The first phase of that trial ended earlier this month; the second phase is scheduled to begin in September.

“I’ve been concerned that BP is dragging its feet on NRDA, possibly so that Clean Water Act fines pursuant to the settlement can be utilized for crucial projects that NRDA dollars should cover separately,” said U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La. “This payment being announced today is certainly a good step to ensure that the NRDA money for which Louisiana should be the greatest benefactor is spent appropriately.”

Trustees will decide how NRDA assessments are spent but 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines will go to the states.

BP said in a news release that it had agreed months ago to projects described Tuesday and others, but federal and state trustees held off the announcement.

“The Trustees have identified several additional early

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested for sexually assaulting student in UREC shower A male student contacted LSU Police Department on April 16 about a man touching him inappropriately in the University Student Recreational Complex’s showers.

LSUPD arrested Hung Dang, 46 of 9850 Market West Drive, on April 25 for sexual battery and criminal trespass. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, according to LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

LSUPD reviewed surveillance video and released a “Help Identify” flier to identify Dang and obtain a warrant for his arrest.

restoration projects in other Gulf States that BP supports, but the Trustees, not BP, determine when to present these to the public for review and comment,” BP spokesman Scott Dean said in a separate email. “Meanwhile, we continue to work with the Trustees to identify and evaluate projects and look forward to seeing more projects approved this year.”

Under the April 2011 agreement, $100 million will go to the five Gulf states, $200 million to the federal government and the remaining $300 million to projects deemed the most urgent.

Louisiana, worst hit by the oil, got about $30 million of the $70 million allocated last year.

BP said $318.4 million will restore Whiskey Island, Chenier Ronquille and two lobes of Shell Island in Barataria Bay and North Breton Island, which is part of the nation’s second-oldest national wildlife refuge.

“This will nearly complete restoration of the entire Barataria Bay barrier islands,” Jindal said.

About $22 million will establish two fish hatcheries and research centers: one in Lake Charles; the other, in Pointe-ala-Hache. Jindal said the Lake Charles center will monitor and study redfish, speckled trout and flounder and the one in Plaquemines Parish will do the same for baitfish, such as shrimp, croaker and cocahoe minnows.

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said, “These important projects are long overdue. But to truly achieve justice for the Gulf after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we need a resolution to the civil case against BP so the projected billions in fines can begin flowing.”

The Associated Press (AP) — Lawmakers on the House ethics committee on Tuesday backed Gov. Bobby Jindal’s effort to keep most of his records hidden from public view, rejecting a proposal that would have limited the governor’s expansive public records exemption.

The House and Governmental Affairs voted 6-3 against the bill by Rep. Jerome “Dee” Richard, an independent from Thibodaux. Jindal opposed the proposal.

The idea wasn’t entirely dead, however, because a Senate panel was scheduled to consider a similar bill later Tuesday.

Under existing law, most of the documents and emails in the governor’s office are shielded with a broad exemption that hides anything considered part of the governor’s “deliberative process.”

The argument is that internal decision-making is protected to allow the free flow of ideas, a suggestion repeated by Jindal’s executive counsel, Thomas Enright, in Tuesday’s House committee hearing.

Richard and Sen. Rick Gallot, D-Monroe, proposed to strip

that deliberative process exemption and shield only internal communication between the governor, his chief of staff and his executive counsel, for a period of up to 10 years. Security records and transportation details could be confidential for up to seven days, under the bill.

“Rep. Richard’s bill opens the door for the governor of Louisiana, arguably the most powerful governor in the country, and subjects his records to the same kind of openness that your records are open to, that my mayor’s records are open to, that the sheriff’s records are open to,” Carl Redman, executive editor for The Advocate newspaper, told lawmakers.

When running for office in 2007, Jindal campaigned on improving government transparency in a state with a reputation for backroom political deals and public corruption. Since then, the Republican governor has opposed attempts to open more of his office’s records.

Jindal backed legislation in 2009 that rewrote the governor’s office public records exemption to assert the deliberative process privilege.

“Before 2009, there was a 100 percent exemption for

records of the governor, and now we’ve cut that down,” Enright said.

But the deliberative process language has been broadly interpreted and instead used to expand what can be kept from public view.

Records in departments outside the governor’s office have been withheld, and other agencies overseen by Jindal allies have started shielding documents by claiming the privilege and asserting it is established in federal and state case law.

The legal claim has been used to avoid turning over documents about controversial and politically sensitive topics, including the governor’s school voucher program, disagreements over the handling of a controversial tax credit program and budget cuts to the LSU health care system and privatization efforts at university-run hospitals.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news

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Man arrested for stealing electronics from religious buildings Ronald Collins, 46, was arrested April 29 for stealing a laptop and media player from the LSU International Cultural Center and Christ the King Church, Lalonde said.

An LSU student identified Collins, who is not affiliated with the University, on a flier released

by LSUPD, leading to Collins’ arrest, Lalonde said.

Collins, of 2600 Florida Blvd., was arrested for felony theft, misdemeanor theft and burglary of a religious building. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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Perhaps the only full-time become a functional piece of art.

“It’s hard to sell art that’s just glass blower in Baton Rouge, art for art’s sake,” Nicko said. Nicko began blowing glass at the “When it’s art that’s functional, end of 2004 in New Orleans.

He had always been involved whatever it might be — a chair, a teapot, whatever it is — it’s nice to in art but went to college to study have a form that gives you the most petroleum engineering, he said. He freedom artistically to play with hated it and “ended up doing other it. The glass pipe, and the people people’s art projects,” he joked.

Nicko worked jobs in ceramthat use them, let me do anything I want as long as it’s functional in ics and construction until he decided to quit his day job because the end.”

American glass blowers, such he “needed to try one more time.”

One phone call to a friend beas Nicko, and their art-with-apurpose are what influenced Uni- gan his glass blowing journey. “[My friend] said, ‘So you’ve versity alumni and brothers Travis Aaron and Todd Aaron to open got no job. You’ve got nothing The Lotus, which Travis dubbed to do. It’s Friday. Want to blow a “smoker’s gallery” or “glass art glass?’” Nicko explained. “I had never considered making glass gallery.”

The brothers opened their first pipes or anything out of glass relocation in Bossier City, La., in ally.”

He made a bunch of $5 pipes 2010 after Travis, who was working as an office clerk, convinced and sold them on a French QuarTodd to take the money he earned ter street corner, which paid for from working in the oil fields and the night’s beer. He woke up the next day and the next and the next invest it into art.

After the brothers discov- to blow glass. It started paying the ered the “high-end glass art,” they bills.

“It intrigued me that I got to do set out on a mission to promote the art form and culture, which a new form of art, and I just wantthey had been enjoying for years ed to see if I was good at it,” Nicko from the other side of the sales said. “It immediately satisfied me artistically and kept me going counter.

“The original idea came when with it because it would actually we found American glass art,” Tra- pay.”

Nicko sells vis said. “We’d alhis pieces to local ways been into the ‘I like glass because it shops, such as The culture as customers — myself more kind of controls itself to Lotus, for anyfrom $10 to than my brother some degree. It wants where thousands of dol— and I kind of pushed him into it to be something, so you lars. Travis said he met Nicko about because he was the one with a means have to work with it.’ a year-and-a-half ago and jumped to get started. We Nick Oldenburg at the opportunity got into the idea glass blower to promote a local of functional art, artist, which supwhether it be glass pipes, pendants, wine glasses, ports the country’s economy.

When someone buys or sells marbles, paperweights — it’s art American glass, he or she helps that also has a function.”

Travis said the original shop the artist pay his or her bills, buy thrived, and a second location was groceries and continue driving the opened in Baton Rouge in No- American economy, Travis said — vember 2012, which he runs while just like any small business.

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COURT CASE, from page 1 Kelley’s ruling, especially since it contradicts Judge Clark’s ruling from last week,” Gallo said. “But I’m glad that I got my day in court and I’m still hopeful that the records will eventually become public based on Judge Clark’s ruling and my interpretation of public records law.”

Kelley’s decision came immediately after the conclusion of oral arguments at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, hours after the hearing began at 9:30 a.m.

In his explanation, Kelley acknowledged his break from Clark’s ruling, saying “clearly, [the lawsuit] is not going to stop here.”

Kelley said the hearing’s hours of oral arguments left him with two main ideas to consider: what the definition of an applicant is and who had control of the documents in question.

He said the legislature was deliberate in its use of the word “applicant” when writing the law pertaining to public records although they could have used “any other language,” he said. He also ruled “neither the Board nor the search committee has control over the documents in question,” as LSU’s attorney Jimmy Faircloth argued throughout the trial that the

documents belonged to R. William Funk and Associates, the private search firm conducting the search.

Faircloth said he was pleased with the decision and said the difference in the results from the two lawsuits was due to a judge who “saw the law very differently” and the presence of witnesses who did not attend The Advocate and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune’s hearing.

Faircloth brought two witnesses Tuesday, presidential search committee Chairman Blake Chatelain and R. William Funk and Associates President and Founder Bill Funk.

Throughout his arguments, Faircloth maintained that the search had only one applicant, F. King Alexander, who the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted into the office of University president March 27.

Chatelain explained the search committee had begun with a list of about 100 prospective candidates, some of whom were nominated and some of whom applied. That group was then narrowed to a list of about 35 that the committee examined via an online portal set up by Funk.

The portal made the 35 candidates’ résumé and other materials available to the 12-member

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Glass blower Nick Oldenburg works on a piece Monday in his workshop outside his home in Baton Rouge.

Shopping for domestic glass also means taking a stand against child labor, Travis said.

Though it’s illegal to import foreign glass pipes, Travis said about 60 to 70 percent of pipe shops sell mostly foreign glass, typically blown in the poor areas of countries such as India and China, where children are hired to work in “the worst conditions.”

Unlike the safer, stronger borosilicate glass in the United States, cheap foreign glass contains lethal metals such as mercury and lead, which overseas blowers — including child laborers — breathe in during the building process because of poor ventilation, Nicko said.

“The average lifespan for a glass blower in China or India that does this stuff is about eight years after they start,” Travis said.

“They don’t have the same safety Presidential Search Committee.

Chatelain said he spoke with committee members to eliminate all but about five individuals, three of whom were ultimately interviewed for the position. However, Chatelain also maintained that Alexander was the only actual applicant.

Kelley said the only records that should be made public in addition to Alexander’s are the résumés and related materials from the 10 candidates who submitted their names voluntarily for consideration by the search committee.

The other 90 names are considered nominations, not necessarily applicants, Kelley said in his ruling.

Faircloth reiterated that the search’s secrecy was necessary because of privacy concerns held by many of the candidates.

“There was a search conducted that didn’t involve the submission of applications,” Faircloth said. “It was by design. I want to strip away the idea this was done for some sinister purpose. But it was done carefully, yes.”

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equipment that the artists use here.

They’re looking at torches and going blind. Their teeth are falling out because of all the silver they’re inhaling because there isn’t proper ventilation.”

The Lotus wanted to be a shop that stood against those actions, he said. Therefore, the shops provide affordable pieces that are still aesthetically beautiful and of superb quality, he added.

But of course there are the water pipes priced at $2,000 to $4,000. These are the pieces, like some of Nicko’s, that show off an artist’s ability and leave people speechless as they walk out the door, Travis said.

These are the pieces like the oversized lifelike tarantula that doubles as a pipe, or the water pipe disguised as a waterfall nestled in a mountainside.

Nicko said he only sees

lampworking progressing from this point forward as the culture and technology behind it continue to evolve. He plans to spend his entire life refining his art and will probably never reach full satisfaction — but that’s OK because he’s learning and loving his job, he said.

And the Aaron brothers have never looked back.

“There’s an overall sense of accomplishment and well-being and fulfillment once you have art in your life,” Travis said. “It just enriches your day-to-day living so much. We love this stuff as much as any of our customers, and we get to share it with them.”

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LSU junior infielder Christian Ibarra hits the ball Tuesday during the Tigers’ 7-3 win against the MSU Cowboys.

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Dean helps Tigers improve batting Trey Labat Sports Contributor

in the sixth off McNeese (20-22) relief pitcher Steven O’Bryant.

“All of us felt really comfortable at the plate today,” Ibarra said.

“We were just loose, and we were hitting the ball really solid. There

When a batter faces off with a pitcher, the battle is as psychological as it is physical.

Some batters melt during the battle, but former LSU slugger Blake Dean isn’t one of them.

Dean, who was hired as an undergraduate assistant this season, is proving to be a crucial cog in the development for some of the young Tiger hitters.

DEAN Dean was hired after a season in which only two Tiger hitters had an average greater than .300 on the season.

This season, five of the regular LSU starters are hitting above .300.

During his playing career at LSU, Dean was known for his power and is No. 2 on the all-time LSU RBI list and No. 4 in home runs.

LSU freshman Alex Bregman is one of the Tigers having an impressive season at the plate.

Dean highlighted Bregman’s simple swing as the biggest factor in the young slugger’s hot start.

“His swing is so simple. He doesn’t move much,” Dean said.

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NO R AIN, NO PROBLEM

LSU bats light up in 7-3 victory against McNeese State Catherine Threlkeld Sports Contributor

After a series loss against South Carolina this past weekend, No. 3 LSU batters found their swagger as they pounded 15 hits and raked in seven runs in a 7-3

win against McNeese State on Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium.

Junior third baseman Christian Ibarra and junior second baseman JaCoby Jones led the Tigers (40-6, 16-5 Southeastern Conference) with three runs apiece. Ibarra knocked a solo home run off a

fastball into the left field stands in the second inning.

Ibarra then hit a single that set a five-hit, four-run sixth inning in motion. Ibarra, Jones, junior catcher Ty Ross, sophomore right fielder Jared Foster and freshman shortstop Alex Bregman all hit singles

Jason Collins, openly gay athlete, fits definition of a hero MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist I will remember April 29, 2013, for the rest of my life.

When I got on my plane in Houston, Texas, at 10 a.m., it was just another day. By the time I landed in Baton Rouge at 11 a.m., sports history had been made — NBA free agent center Jason Collins became the first player in the Big Four professional sports league to come out as openly gay in a first-person letter in this week’s Sports Illustrated.

I was interested to see the reaction from other NBA players now that a member of their league announced he was different

from everyone else. They didn’t disappoint in showing support for a member of their brotherhood.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant tweeted, “Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don’t suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU.” But the most important thing a fellow colleague said of Collins might have come from Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen.

He told Yahoo! Sports reporter Marc J. Spears, “God loves us all.”

After mostly positive responses from his peers, some media members across the country asserted Collins was getting too much attention for coming out of the closet.

The main question tossed around: Is Collins a hero?

The inquiry into Collins made me think back to one of my favorite movies, “The Sandlot.”

One of the most famous lines in movie history was uttered by Babe Ruth to Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”

Collins may not be a legend, but he’s a hero to the LBGT community. And he definitely followed his heart.

CBS Sports radio host Tim Brando was one who questioned Collins being called a hero.

“I’m hearing Collins is a HERO because he made history!

Ok as a Sports Commentator if I make a SEX tape is that history?

The word matters ok,” Brando COLLINS, see page 11

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NBA basketball veteran Jason Collins (left) speaks during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Monday in Los Angeles. In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated’s website, Collins became the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay.

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Early opening lines will Senior represents USA in France change as season nears EQUESTRIAN

Cole Travis

Sports Contributor

One LSU senior will spend this summer meeting people from more than 20 different countries, exploring the French countryside and representing the United States in competition, thanks in large part to a pony named Cappuccino Blast.

Kinesiology senior Kendell Richter first found herself on a horse at 18 months old, and has since taken to all types of riding with an obsessive passion. Her father, Arthur Richter, said once she started, all she wanted to do was ride.

“It’s been her life,” Arthur said. “In high school, she would miss dances and football games [to train]. … She would be happy living above a barn. She gives lessons, raises three horses and pretty much trains herself all on her own.”

A lifetime worth of riding culminated in Kendell becoming the first Louisianian to ever be named to the United States Mounted Games Association team. With this selection came the opportunity to travel to the la Nocturne International Mounted Games competition June 15 and 16 in Saint Sauvant, France.

Kendell got her first taste of mounted games at a show in 2003, where something grabbed her attention. Unlike traditional shows with their notoriously large amounts of dead time, the action was fast, yet it retained all the grace of those more refined styles.

During any given game, teams of riders maneuver through obstacle courses in relay races that demand exceptional dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Riders often have to pass equipment between each other while riding at top speeds, similar to a baton exchange in a track race. As many as 20 games can be played at one show, each taking no more than 90 seconds to complete.

“It is really fast-paced, and it forces you to be ready for

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LSU kinesiology senior Kendell Richter and her pony Chino practice a mounted game Tuesday at the BREC Farr Park Equestrian Center.

anything,” Kendell said. “I like the challenge it presents.”

When Kendell first saw mounted games, she saw an opportunity to continue competing with her pony, Cappuccino Blast — Chino for short — whom she had ridden in jumping shows but had since outgrown. She said training Chino presented its share of problems, but he grew to like it.

“He was scared of some of the equipment at first. It took about a year for him to really get comfortable,” Kendell said. “Now he just loves it. We joke that if he was a person, he would be that track nerd because all he likes to do is run races.”

Learning the games herself and teaching them to her pony

were tough enough, but then came the issue of finding venues where they could compete. Kendell is one of only a few riders who is active in mounted games in Louisiana, forcing her to travel a minimum of 14 hours to Tennessee or Kentucky. She said the travel has just become part of the routine, and it has its benefits.

“The worst part about [doing mounted games in Louisiana] is I don’t have anyone to practice with,” she said. “But [at competitions], I have made friends from all over, even some that live in Australia.”

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Sports bookies across the country seem to know what they’re talking about when it comes to point spreads in college football, and fortunately for LSU fans, Vegas likes the Tigers.

Beyondthebets.com released early opening lines Monday for college football’s first week of play, including LSU’s season-opener against TCU in the Cowboys Classic.

The Tigers opened as 6.5-point favorites against the Horned Frogs in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

I expect that number to increase as the season nears.

First off, sports bookies aren’t looking to get the exact point margin correct. They want to make money.

If the national media spends all summer hyping LSU and the rest of the Southeastern Conference, most bettors will put money on the Tigers. An increased spread will even the payout, so look for changes.

Not to mention there’s a good chance LSU will be flat-out better than a TCU team coming off a sixloss season.

Also, vegasinsider.com released its national championship odds, and the Tigers garnered a tie for the No. 6 spot at 15-1 odds along with Florida and South Carolina.

LSU’s odds are most likely affected by its competitive conference schedule, which includes games against Heisman-winning-quarterback Johnny Manziel’s Texas A&M and Florida at home and Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss on the road.

SEC Western Division rival and defending national champion Alabama is the early favorite at 5-2 odds — something that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.

The Crimson Tide is also a 22-point favorite in its season opener against Virginia Tech — again, no surprise.

Georgia opens as 2-point underdogs to a Clemson team still riding the hype from its bowl win against LSU last season.

If this spread doesn’t change, Georgia looks to be easy money.

The game is at Clemson, SC., but the Bulldogs are a “dark horse” for a national title at 12-1 odds.

Texas A&M is tied with Georgia at 12-1 odds and could be a serious threat to Alabama’s chokehold on the crystal ball if Manziel can avoid a sophomore slump.

Arkansas is listed as 300-1 odds while Vanderbilt, Missouri and Ole Miss are tied at 500-1.

Tennessee, Mississippi State and Auburn provide the largest bang-for-your-buck payout at 10001 odds. Because Kentucky is so bad, Vegas Insider didn’t even bother to rank them.

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The No. 8 LSU softball team’s matchup with Northwestern State on Tuesday has been canceled due to anticipated weather conditions in Baton Rouge.

With less than one week remaining in the regular season, the game won’t be made up.

The cancellation makes the Tigers’ 4-3 victory against No. 7 Alabama on Saturday their final regular-season home game of the season. LSU (40-11, 15-6 Southeastern Conference) clinched at least a share of the SEC Western Division title with a three-game sweep of the Crimson Tide last weekend.

The Tigers will finish the regular season this weekend, traveling to face Georgia (35-18, 12-9 SEC) for their final conference series. LSU can secure the SEC West title outright with just one victory against the Bulldogs.

Fico named Louisville Slugger/ NFCA National Player of the Week The National Fastpitch Coaches Association named LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico the Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week on Tuesday after her two-win weekend against defending national champion Alabama.

Fico pitched the full eight innings of the Tigers’ 3-2, extrainning victory Thursday and secured the Tigers’ sweep of the

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Crimson Tide with a 4-3 win on Saturday with another completegame effort.

Fico is the sixth LSU player to receive the award, joining former Tiger outfielders Rachel Mitchell (2009) and Trena Peel (2002) and pitchers Emily Turner (2007), Kristin Schmidt (2004) and Britni Sneed (2002).

“I’m extremely happy, humbled and honored to win a national award like this,” Fico said in a news release. “I couldn’t have done it without the support of my teammates and the atmosphere provided by the Tiger fans.”

In Thursday’s series opener, Fico retired 18 of the first 21 Alabama hitters. She allowed Alabama to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh but stranded the Crimson Tide with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh and eighth innings to preserve the victory.

Fico retired the final four Alabama hitters in a row in the third game Saturday and notched the final out of the series with a strikeout, completing the Tigers’ sweep in emphatic fashion.

“This is certainly a fabulous and well-deserved national honor for Rachele and our program,” said LSU coach Beth Torina.

“She’s a special player and deserves every award she receives.”

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Jaguars’ Blackmon suspended for substance abuse The Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Justin Blackmon’s latest violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy will cost him money — maybe lots of it.

The league suspended Blackmon on Tuesday for the first four games of the 2013 season for his second violation in less than a year. He will not get paid for the four-week hiatus. Maybe more importantly, the suspension triggers language in his contract that voids future guarantees.

Now, the Jaguars could cut him without having to pay about $10 million that remains on a four-year, $18.5 million contract.

“It’s very disappointing,” general manager Dave Caldwell said on a conference call with reporters. “We understand that this isn’t all going to be an upward trend and we’re going to have setbacks. To be honest with you, things like this are

frustrating because it’s an avoidable situation. That’s what’s real concerning and frustrating. At the end of the day, we’re going to have 53 players on our team on opening day and we’re just moving forward and we’re not slowing down.”

It’s Blackmon’s third substance-related incident in less than three years. He was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge in Texas in 2010 after officers caught him speeding on a suburban Dallas highway. The charge was later reduced to an underage alcohol possession charge. A little more than a month after the Jaguars traded up to select the former Oklahoma State star with the fifth overall pick in last year’s draft, he was arrested during a traffic stop in Stillwater, Okla., after a breath test allegedly showed his blood alcohol content to be three times the legal limit.

That arrest landed him the NFL’s substance-abuse program.

It’s unclear what caused his

second violation, but it could have been a failed drug test.

“He realizes he’s at a crossroad, not only in his career but in his life,” Caldwell said. “We do not anticipate his level of accountability to be any different than anybody else in this franchise, including myself.”

Blackmon vowed last June that getting in trouble is “not who I’m going to be.”

He found himself apologizing again Tuesday.

“I’ve made a mistake and I have no excuse,” he said in a statement. “I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation, and I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person. I will have a productive training camp and preseason with my team, and during the suspension, I will work hard to stay in top football shape and be ready to help the Jaguars when I return.

“I have chosen to be accountable for my poor decision, and I sincerely apologize to my teammates, coaches, the front office and Jaguars fans for the impact of my mistake on the team.”

Blackmon, who caught 64 passes for 865 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie, will miss games against Kansas City, Oakland, Seattle and Indianapolis. He will be eligible to return to practice Monday, Sept. 30. He will be allowed to attend meetings and be inside the facility during the suspension, but can’t practice or play.

“We are here to help and support him,” Caldwell said. “There’s only so much we can do under the CBA in terms of helping a player.

At some point in time, these players have to help themselves and take care of themselves.”

Caldwell declined to say when the Jaguars learned about Blackmon’s suspension or the possibility of it.

The Jaguars seemingly had an indication before the draft. They selected former South Carolina receiver/punt returner Ace Sanders in the fourth round and former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson in the fifth. Robinson will be used at running back and slot receiver.

Jacksonville also has Mohamed Massaquoi, Jordan Shipley, Taylor Price and others vying for the starting spot opposite Cecil Shorts III. “We know that we’re not going to have 53 angelic players,” Caldwell said. “But there’s no excuse for not doing the right thing.

These guys were young guys in college; now they’re professionals, they’re a reflection of the Jacksonville Jaguars and our community here and we don’t take this thing lightly.”

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Hawks have momentum, but history not on their side The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks were feeling a lot better about themselves Tuesday. There were plenty of smiles and goodnatured ribbing, especially during a 3-point contest between Jeff Teague and Josh Smith to close out practice.

Once Teague had finished off his teammate, it was time to head to the airport.

Back to reality.

While the Hawks have plenty of momentum — their playoff series with the Pacers is all even at two games apiece after a pair of wins on their home court — the weight of history is heavy on this franchise heading into Game 5 at Indianapolis on Wednesday night.

Since moving to Atlanta in 1968, the Hawks are a dismal 2184 in postseason road games. Not surprising, really, that they’ve

won only two series in all those years without having a homecourt edge. More troubling, over the past two decades they’ve managed to win a measly two road games — out of 11 tries — when a best-of-seven series reaches this stage or later.

Sure, all teams tend to play better at home than on the road.

But the emotionally fragile Hawks are the ultimate Jekyll and Hyde in the playoffs.

“I’m pleased with how we came home, how we handled our business,” coach Larry Drew said. “Now we need to go to Indiana and do the same.”

Easy to say. A lot tougher to accomplish.

Indiana dominated the Hawks in the first two games, averaging 110 points and a 16-point margin of victory. Clearly, the Pacers are counting on the home court to help them regain control

of the series. While they’ve lost 13 consecutive games in Atlanta, a streak that dates to 2006, they merely have to keep winning at home to advance to the second round.

“That’s a great Atlanta team over there,” Pacers guard George Hill said. “We knew it was going to be a tough series. We knew they weren’t going to lay down.

But we know we have two more games at home in this series if necessary.”

The Hawks, on the other hand, know they’ve got to steal at least one win at Indy.

“When you play on the road, there’s a certain mentality you’ve got to have,” Drew said. “That’s something we talk about as a team. It’s not just playing on the road, but learning how to play on the road. It’s not easy. It’s not just a matter of going out there and doing everything you do at home.

There’s a certainly style you do have to play. You are who you are, but there’s those things you have to do a little bit differently.”

Actually, the Hawks will have a major difference on this trip to the heartland.

After losing Game 2, Drew went to a bigger lineup, inserting 7-footer Johan Petro at center and bringing Kyle Korver

off the bench. Petro isn’t much of an offensive threat but he’s done a good job defending 7-2 Roy Hibbert, whose scoring has dipped from 15.5 points in the first two games to 11.0 over the last two.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 DEAN, from page 7

“He does a really good job of getting the bat directly to the ball, so it’s hard for him to get into a slump with the clean swing that he has.”

Dean’s biggest impact, though, may come in the form of lifting struggling Tigers out of their slumps.

This season, LSU senior first baseman Mason Katz has already eclipsed his entire season home run and RBI totals from the 2012 campaign. Katz also has the highest slugging percentage on the team.

Katz has been in a mini-rut lately though, going homerless since March 31 against Missouri.

“When you’re locked in, you’re really seeing the ball well.

I’ve been there before,” Dean said. “And now that he’s been in a little slump, I went and talked to him yesterday and told him ‘the same guy that hit 13 home runs is the same guy that’s at the plate right now; you just need to lock in and get your confidence back.’”

Dean said the two players he has worked with the most this season are junior second baseman JaCoby Jones and junior catcher Ty Ross.

Jones, who started off the season batting below .200, has raised his batting average all the way to .260 prior to Tuesday’s game against McNeese with Dean’s help.

“Before the Kentucky series, I changed his stance up a

little and tried to give him a little rhythm,” Dean said. “But really I just gave him something to believe in, and during that series, he went out there and raked.”

Jones was eight-of-13 during the series, good for a .615 batting average.

Ross is the LSU player who has struggled the most at the plate this season — with the lowest batting average on the team of .209 prior to the McNeese game — but Dean said Ross’ bad luck has more to do with his slow start than anything he’s doing at the plate.

Ross has a .219 batting average on balls in play, while the MLB average is .290, according to baseballreference.com. For comparison, senior outfielder Raph Rhymes has a BABIP of .387.

“Ross is hitting the ball so well, he just isn’t getting anything to show for it,” Dean said.

“He’s hit the ball as hard as anyone on the team these past few weeks.”

Ross said Dean’s biggest asset as a coach is his experience with hitting and how he relates that experience with the players.

One thing from Dean’s career LSU coach Paul Mainieri wanted to rub off on the Tigers is his clutch hitting.

“The kids are tired of me telling them how phenomenal Blake was and what a great clutch player he was,” Mainieri said. “Everywhere we go, it seems like I have a Blake Dean story to tell them about one of the big hits he

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The Tigers have struggled all season with runners in scoring position, and it was especially evident during last Saturday’s game against South Carolina.

Despite getting 14 hits, the Tigers were only able to drive in two runs, neither coming on hits.

The leadoff man reached base in eight of the nine innings.

“Hitting is a lot easier when you’re relaxed. That’s when it’s the easiest,” Dean said. “You see guys putting good swings on it, and then when you’ve got runners in certain positions and [hitters] tense up a little bit.”

Dean said during his playing days, he would mentally prepare for each at-bat like it was the same and eliminate emotion from the equation.

“He’s kind of a cool customer. He doesn’t get too bent out of shape when things don’t go well,” Mainieri said. “Because he’s been there, he’s got a level of respect with the players, so it’s been great having him around.”

Mainieri said Dean is a legend around LSU and will be sad when his time at LSU ends after this year.

“Unfortunately at the end of the year he’s going to move on,” Mainieri said. “So I’m going to cherish every moment I have with him.”

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were no weak hits.”

Both Jones and freshman outfielder Mark Laird extended their hitting streaks to four games. Foster extended his hitting streak to five games and junior designated hitter Sean McMullen extended his to eight games.

“There were a lot of really good swings against their lefthanded pitcher,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I thought Mark Laird swung the bat extremely well. Bregman had a couple of really good swings as did Katz.

There was just a lot of good stuff.”

Senior first baseman Mason Katz saw his own personal accomplishment as he accrued his 61st RBI of the season, his first in 11 games.

“They were joking with me when I got on first. Coach asked me if I wanted to keep the ball,” Katz laughed. “Coach Mainieri did that all the way from the dugout, made me feel special.”

Seven LSU pitchers saw time Tuesday — starting freshman Hunter Newman, juniors Will

LaMarche, Nate Fury, Nick Rumbelow, freshman Mitch Sewald and Taylor Butler and senior Kevin Berry.

Though he originally planned to start sophomore southpaw Cody Glenn on the mound, Mainieri decided to pitch Butler instead and save Glenn for Thursday’s game against Florida.

LaMarche pitched the fourth and fifth innings, allowing one hit, throwing three strikeouts and showing none of the control issues that have plagued him this season.

LaMarche has a season ERA of 4.19, the highest on the team. But Tuesday, he said he came to the mound with a mindset to relax and enjoy the game.

“That’s something I’ve been battling with, but today I just got real clear that I needed to have fun,” LaMarche said.

LSU will face Florida in a three-game series starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night in Alex Box Stadium.

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tweeted Monday night.

Brando also sent out via Twitter, “Calling it a night folks.

The Dictionary matters to me and ‘HERO’ can’t be used loosely.

That’s my only point. Twitter took over afterwards.”

Brando’s right. The word hero can’t be used loosely.

But did that stop him from calling country singer Darius Rucker a hero for performing a great concert or calling golfer David Toms a hometown hero in tweets last year? Sounds pretty loose to me.

And the dictionary matters to me too, Mr. Brando. So I took to the Merriam-Webster dictionary to find the exact definition of what it takes to be a hero.

One of the definitions reads, “a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities, one who shows great courage.”

Collins fits the description to a T. Brando is entitled to his opinion on who is and isn’t a hero. Everyone has different criteria.

Collins might not be a hero to Brando, but to millions of Americans, he is.

No, he didn’t storm a beach or win a war, but he opened the door for so many homosexual athletes of all ages to not have to live a lie anymore. Aspiring athletes struggling with whether to be openly gay can now say, “If Jason Collins could do it on the

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Boston Celtics center Jason Collins (right) struggles for control of the ball Jan. 30 with Sacramento Kings forward Chuck Hayes (42). Collins announced he was gay in a Sports Illustrated article on Monday, becoming the first openly gay athlete in a major sport.

biggest stage in basketball, why can’t I?” It takes tremendous courage to not only come out to your close family and friends, but to tell an entire country. And Collins did it in one of the biggest professional sports leagues in the world.

Nearly 30 years ago, tennis player Martina Navratilova declared she was openly gay. But coming out in a team sport is a whole different animal.

Let me leave you with this.

Another definition of a hero

according to Merriam-Webster states, “the central figure in an event, period, or movement.”

I will remember April 29, 2013, as the day the movement of professional athletes in the team sports to come out as gay started.

And Jason Collins was the hero leading the charge.

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

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World Police Syria cannot be another Iraq

BLUE-EYED DEVIL

NICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist Last week, Israeli intelligence reportedly confirmed that elements of the Syrian Army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to murder civilians in Aleppo.

Thus far in Syria, 70,000 people have been killed, millions have been made homeless, and hundreds of thousands of refugees continue to stream across the borders into Turkey and Jordan — creating what the United Nations has characterized as “the worst humanitarian crisis in a decade.”

Syrian intervention has quickly become a damned if you do, damned if you don’t scenario for the United States and our NATO allies.

On the one hand, another conflict in the Middle East simply is not an option for a war-weary American public. The potential loss of life and expense involved is just too prohibitive.

The last thing the U.S. wants is another Iraq.

On the other hand, the longer the U.S. and NATO waits, the more support radical elements of the Free Syrian Army seems to receive.

Earlier this month, the New Yorker ran a story on how across the region the Free Syrian flag has steadily been replaced by the

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students want to renew Huey P. Long FieldHouse and pool As we hope many of you may have noticed, whether it was through social media or direct contact, there is an organization on LSU’s campus dedicated to accomplishing a new goal. A team

photo courtesy of SANA / The Associated Press

Smoke billows from a powerful explosion that shook Damascus on Tuesday in the central Marjeh district of Damascus, Syria. State TV said the explosion caused casualties. The blast comes a day after the Syrian prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in a heavily protected area of Damascus.

infamous Black Banner, the preferred symbol of Islamic militants worldwide.

When a young fighter was asked why they chose to change their colors, he responded that the rebels felt abandoned by the West — and that God was the only ally Syria had left.

But with the possible use of chemical weapons, the scenario has become even more dire for the people of Syria — and for the

politicians of America.

Last August, President Barack Obama publicly vowed retaliation if Bashar al-Assad or his men broke open their massive stockpile of illegal chemical weapons.

The president said he was drawing a red line at the use of such weapons and that our response would be swift and severe.

And now it appears as though Bashar has called the president’s bluff.

The United States was once accurately described as a shining city upon a hill — a beacon of hope and freedom for the world.

That reputation has been severely tried over the last 10 years of war and foreign intervention.

But we cannot have invaded Iraq in 2003 on the unproven pretense of weapons of mass destruction and then turn around in 2013 and refuse to help the Syrian people who are credibly facing that

of driven and inspired students has come together and renewed the passion of completing a project that is bigger than themselves; a project that could benefit current and future students, as well as faculty and staff. We are talking about Landmark LSU and its campaign to renew, renovate and repurpose the Huey P. Long FieldHouse and pool.

Many students are completely unaware of the building and the historical significance it holds.

We knew of the building, but other than briefly seeing it in “Pitch Perfect,” we never took the time to discover more about our most famous governor’s creation. The Huey P. Long FieldHouse,

completed in 1932, is one of the few original buildings remaining on LSU’s campus. Built under Huey P. Long’s leadership, the FieldHouse was the original Student Union and contained a ballroom, soda fountain, post office, beauty parlor, barbershop and outdoor swimming pool. The architecture declared the University’s mission to life and its students, from humble farmland beginnings to an institution of prestige, strong and elegant — a sight to behold.

Despite many successful years as a central hub of social, athletic and academic gatherings, the pool was closed in 1997. Many organizations

throughout the years have attempted to complete this project, yet all have hit roadblocks that ultimately ended their efforts to recreate the structure that was once the Huey P. Long FieldHouse.

Landmark LSU, however, is taking a slightly different approach. Instead of following the paths of our predecessors and attempting to renovate the pool as it originally was, we are attempting to team up with the College of Human Sciences and Education, the Athletic Department, the Foundation for Historical Louisiana and many others to completely repurpose the space.

Imagine a restaurant, retail space, classrooms, coffee shop,

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exact threat.

If our executive fails to follow through on his promise, we will prove to the people of Syria, and the world, that their lives are worthless to us and that we have only ever been motivated by our own agenda and material gain.

We are facing a real repeat of the Kurdish-Iraqi uprising of 1991.

In ’91, following Operation Desert Storm, the U.S. pledged support to rebels in northern and southern Iraq and then sat idly by while Saddam Hussein gassed tens of thousands of Iraqis.

That failure to intervene plagued us when we returned to that country a decade later. The people didn’t trust us, and rightly so.

Intervention in Syria does not need to be another Iraq, circa ’91 or ’03 — the Syrian people are already doing the heavy lifting.

Our recent assistance in the intervention in Libya and France’s recent incursion into Mali has provided us with an effective framework to pull off such an operation.

Now is the time for the United States to apply the lessons we’ve learned over the last 20 years.

Now is the time for Syrian intervention.

Nicholas Pierce is a 23-year-old history senior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Nicholas Pierce at npierce@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @tdr_nabdulpierc rooftop terraces, 24-hour study space and computer lab all in one facility. Imagine renting out the entire space for game day and, for those not fortunate enough to have tickets, watching the game on the rooftop, all while listening to the roars in the adjacent Tiger Stadium. Our goal is to make the FieldHouse and pool what it once was, but for the current generation: a spot where old friends can gather and new friends can meet.

Please help us make this effort a success. Contact us at our website, landmarkatlsu. org, to get involved with this historical undertaking.

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Quote of the Day

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”

Galileo Galilei Italian physicist, mathematician, astromer and philosopher 1564 — 1642

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HEAD to HEAD

Should the La. Science Education Act be repealed?

No, it strengthens critical thinking.

RUN TO THE MILLS LANDON MILLS Columnist It’s raining, it’s pouring and the American Civil Liberties Union is snoring.

The Louisiana Science Education Act has been going strong since 2008, a sound law and promoter of critical thinking in the classroom.

Five years later: Not a single parent or school board across the state has filed any complaints.

The non-champion and main opponent of LSEA, State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, a Democrat from New Orleans, targets the act annually. Peterson’s legislation failed in committee the past two years, and now she wants round three.

There are several weak arguments against the law.

James Gill of NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune stands firm on his fears and beliefs that the law is unconstitutional, and after five years without any challenge to the law, he may be there a while longer.

The first is clearly stated by Gill in his recent column on LSEA where he wrote, “The courts have slapped down every attempt to smuggle Adam and Eve into school.”

The idea of trying to “smuggle” religion into the classroom is answered by the law itself.

Section D states, “This Section shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.”

The media will tell you just the opposite.

Gill was guilty of misinterpreting the facts when he bashed his governor.

“We’re scared the rest of the country will think we’re all as dumb as Jindal down here,” Gill wrote.

I’m going to stick my neck out on a limb and disagree. Our Rhodes Scholar governor with a biology degree from Brown University knew what he was doing when he signed the LSEA into law.

Critics also like to claim the LSEA is unconstitutional every chance they get, but no one is willing to file suit because they have no case.

The ACLU, known for its left wing agenda, has not challenged the law. This is an indicator that they know they would lose in court and that the act was well written.

Gill’s phobias are mostly unwarranted, but the text in the act that allows for the use of “supplementary materials” poses a good question.

Clearly, the supplementation would be within the limits that the LSEA prescribes, and at the discretion of the teachers and the local school board. With that understood, what is the problem with teachers using material from outside of the classroom?

How many times have we revised textbooks due to misinformation?

Take Haeckel’s embryos for example.

Haeckel, in the late 19th century, claimed

and drew diagrams of human and animal embryos intentionally fudged to appear more similar than they actually are. His diagrams were weaseled into textbooks as late as the ’90s.

The LSEA encourages “critical thinking skills, logical analysis, and open and objective discussion of scientific theories.”

There isn’t any problem with questioning or discussing the different theories around evolution, global warming or cloning and the origins of life. If anything, the LSEA extends the concept of higher thinking and education.

Modern liberalism encourages removal of all prejudice from our minds to advance society. But when it comes to academic freedom, some people just aren’t good at being liberal. Instead of encouraging students to discover and find answers to scientific theory, they would rather draw conclusions for them.

Louisiana legislators had no problem with the LSEA when it passed through the House and Senate floors with only three opposing votes.

Additionally, in the last five years, none of the foretold disasters that the left falsely prophesied about came to pass.

The silence is deafening.

No complaints from parents. No complaints from school boards. No lawsuits.

The only problem I see is the left’s fanatical obsession with controlling the classroom.

Landon Mills is a 21-year-old international studies senior from Sunshine, La. Contact Landon Mills at lmills@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @landondeanmills

Yes, it suppresses critical thinking.

MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist There are plenty of reasons to love Louisiana, but every once in a while, the state does something so inane it leaves you embarrassed to be a part of it, like passing the Louisiana Science Education Act in 2008.

The LSEA allows Louisiana public schools to supplement the teaching of evolution, climate change and human cloning with whatever alternative materials they see fit, including creationist educational materials.

It is one of the most self-serving, antiintellectual and ignorant laws to ever pass out of the Louisiana legislature. It sticks science in its title while undermining its pursuit solely to appeal to those most challenged by its claims.

The problems I have with this law are multitudinous.

First, there is the basic misunderstanding of evolution.

Briefly, evolution is a scientific theory stating that animals pass on characteristics with modifications to their offspring and that the survival of organisms is dependent on evolutionary forces such as natural selection, leading to the diversity of life.

A scientific theory is not a guess but an explanation backed up by scientific laws, experiments and evidence.

Evolution has been observed in nature, it has been tested and evidence for it exists in the fossil record and the similarities among different organisms. For all intents and purposes, the theory of evolution is factual and uncontroversial.

Second, there are the arguments for the LSEA. Again and again, proponents of the LSEA market the law by claiming it promotes critical thinking and broader learning.

This argument presupposes two assertions: (1) Science is a dogmatic field that discourages any questions. (2) Alternatives to established science are as valid as the established science itself.

The first point is simultaneously laughable and rage-inducing, yet this is the message communicated every time someone says this bill promotes “critical thinking.”

Science is built on refining itself. We had classical mechanics for 200 years, but once Einstein came out with relativity, measurements had to be adjusted.

The caricature of the agenda-driven scientist is built to market anti-intellectual beliefs.

Find me one scientist driven solely by an agenda, and I’ll find 17 pastors trying to sell you their book.

In fact, one of the main reasons the LSEA was successful is because it was so heavily backed by the Louisiana Family Forum, a Christian lobby. Talk about an agenda.

Scientists constantly defend evolution, not out of dogmatic faith and agenda, but because there is no competing theory. Read that again, creationists. There is no competing theory.

Intelligent design is pseudoscience. It offers no evidence, it’s not testable, it makes no predictions and its claims are mostly based on trying to find holes in evolutionary theory.

Still, they insist including this belief in science classrooms encourages critical thinking.

If that’s so, why are we limiting ourselves to evolution, climate change and cloning? Why not expand?

And isn’t it suspiciously coincidental that the topics referred to in the LSEA are so politically heated?

This is exactly why the “critical thinking” argument is a weak justification.

To me, critical thinking usually means being open to ideas beyond what your parents and community instilled in you from childhood.

Yet the LSEA is simply a way for communities to ensure their entrenched political and religious beliefs are not challenged in school by such pesky things like facts and evidence.

It requires no evidence for including “supplemental” materials, allows any alternative that fits a community’s accepted worldview without challenge and treats ignorance as equal to knowledge.

The LSEA is opposed by Nobel laureates and scientific organizations around the country.

If people are so keen to deny reality for themselves and their children, then that is their choice.

But their choice has no place in a science classroom.

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

MELINDA DESLATTE / The Associated Press

Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks to reporters on April 18 in Baton Rouge. Jindal said he won’t seek legislative approval of his administration’s LSU hospital privatization agreements, though both the House and Senate have voted that they want such decision-making authority.

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In one video, the victim gets up off the ground and is seen walking away from Hill and his accomplice, according to the report.

Then, as the report indicates, the duo approached the victim from behind and Hill landed a punch behind the victim’s left ear.

The unknown suspect followed with another punch, at which point the victim fell to the ground.

“You can then see Hill and the unknown suspect giving each other high fives and flaunting in front of [the victim],” the report states. “You then hear the video operator state ‘Jeremy Hill punching people.’”

Crouch contacted LSUPD for assistance in locating Hill and was led to West Campus Apartments, where Hill lives but was nowhere to be found.

At approximately 3:50 a.m., LSUPD detained Hill in the WCA parking lot. Crouch then arrived to handcuff Hill and transport him to the 2nd District Precinct.

Hill acknowledged being in Tigerland at the time of the incident but denied being involved in

a “fistic altercation.”

“I advised Hill I had a video that showed him striking [the victim],” Crouch wrote. “Hill states he never hit [the victim]. I showed the video to Hill, and he still denied striking [the victim].”

Hill was suspended indefinitely from the Tiger football team on Monday and coach Les Miles said in a news release he would not comment further until the matter had run its legal course.

A Redemptorist High product, Hill rushed for 755 yards to lead LSU last season as a true freshman.

No stranger to run-ins with the law, Hill was arrested in 2011 on charges of oral sexual battery that involved a 14-year-old girl at Redemptorist. He pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge of a juvenile, a reduced misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to probation for two years.

It is unclear how his most recent arrest will conflict with his probation.

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