SPORTS: Women’s golf coach’s career at LSU dates back to the ’80s, p. 5
CULTURE CLUB: Cyrus criticized for the wrong reasons, p. 7
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Search ends in tragedy for missing student Zach Carline Contributing Writer
Chris Broussard began his night out like any other. After joining his Theta Chi fraternity brothers at Rotolo’s and ending the night at Bogie’s Bar, the 22-year-old sociology senior sent his mother a text that he was on his way home. But he never made it. Chris was found dead in his 2004 Nissan Frontier truck off Highway 30 Wednesday evening in St. Gabriel. The truck, not visible from the road, was hidden in Bayou Manchac’s tall grass, mangled and overturned. When a police chopper
spotted the vehicle around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, emergency responders and Chris’ family and friends gathered at the scene to identify his body. Chris was carrying identification on his person at the time of the incident. Saint Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau said the truck was traveling at approximately 50 mph when it hit a guardrail and became airborne before landing upside down on the opposite embankment. The last time Chris was seen, he was leaving Bogie’s around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He then texted his BROUSSARD, see page 15
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Chris Broussard’s 2004 Nissan king-cab pickup truck is towed away Wednesday evening near Geismar, La.
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Director of Information Science at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Steve Kelling (left) and LSU ornithology Ph.D. student Paul van Els (right) scout for wildlife in Peru as part of the Birding Rally Challenge, a competition where teams identify as many birds as possible.
University students DONATION win bird-watching competition in Peru Jonathan Olivier Contributing Writer
While many University students were enjoying time by the pool under the summer sun in June, one group of four raced through the back roads of the Amazon rain forest in Peru to win a birding competition against some of the most highly skilled birders in the world. The University birding team, the Tigrisomas, were invited to compete in the Birding Rally Challenge, a bird-watching competition that puts the world’s greatest groups of birders together to see who can spot and identify the most species of birds throughout the jungles of Peru in an eight-day period. The Tigrisomas came out on top against five other teams, which traveled from Spain, Britain, Brazil and South Africa in the second installment of the rally, the first of which took place in November 2012. University Museum of Natural Science research associate Dan Lane and ornithology Ph.D. students Glenn Seeholzer, John Mittermeier and Paul van Els made up the winning team. “This is one of the most organized and really unique competitions of its kind,” Seeholzer said. “The whole idea is to BIRDING, see page 15
Chevron pledges $2M for renovations
Jonathan Olivier Contributing Writer
The University’s College of Engineering is one step closer to reaching a $50 million donation goal to renovate Patrick F. Taylor Hall and begin an engineering building project, thanks to a $2 million donation announced by Chevron on Wednesday. The University’s “Breaking New Ground” campaign supports the engineering expansion and began with a $50 million state donation and a $15 million private donation by Phyllis M. Taylor earlier in 2013. With these donations, the combined state and private funds now total near $80 million. As donations increase, the state is now planning the process to select an architect, and a request for proposals was advertised Wednesday, said College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek in an email. Construction and renovations are expected to begin in fall 2014. ENGINEERING, see page 4
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INTERNATIONAL Car bombings, explosions kill at least 74 people in Iraqi districts BAGHDAD (AP) — Car bomb blasts and other explosions tore through mainly Shiite districts around Baghdad during morning rush hour Wednesday in a day of violence that killed at least 74, intensifying worries about Iraq’s ability to tame the spiraling mayhem gripping the country. It was the latest set of largescale sectarian attacks to hit Iraq, even as the government went on “high alert” in case a possible Western strike in neighboring Syria increases Iraq’s turmoil. United Nations atomic agency: Iran ups uranium-enriching machines VIENNA (AP) — Iran has prepared more than 1,000 advanced uranium-enriching machines for startup, the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Wednesday — a move that is likely to raise concerns among countries who accuse Tehran of wanting to harness enrichment for the production of atomic arms. At the same time, the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran now has pushed back the time frame for the operation of a reactor that Iran’s critics fear could be used to make plutonium.
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An Iraqi soldier inspects the scene of a car bomb explosion Wednesday in the Sha’ab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, that killed at least 74.
Fears of Western strike on Syria spread as many flee to Lebanon DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Fears of a possible U.S. strike against Syria’s regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack rippled across the region Wednesday, as about 6,000 Syrians ed to neigh oring e anon in a 24-hour period and Israelis scrambled for gas masks in case Damascus retaliates against them. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon pleaded for more time for diplomacy and to allow U.N. investigators to complete their work.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
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STATE/LOCAL
Soldier sentenced to death for 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage
Ohio-based bank purchases Perkins Rowe development for $69.3 million
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military court sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death Wednesday for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, giving the Army psychiatrist what he believed would be a path to martyrdom in the attack on unarmed fellow soldiers. The American-born Muslim never denied being the gunman. In opening statements, he acknowledged to the jury that he pulled the trigger in a crowded waiting room where troops were getting final medical checkups efore deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. 3rd Fla. mayor arrested within past month on corruption charges
(AP) — KeyBank National Association is the new owner of the Perkins Rowe development after being the only bidder at a foreclosure auction for the property. The Advocate reports the Cleveland-based bank bid $69.3 million for the property. The Baton Rouge development includes 87 condominiums, 226 apartments, more than 60 shops and restaurants, two parks, a ookstore, grocery store, fitness center, pharmacy and movie complex. The auction took place Wednesday. It had been postponed on three different occasions.
MIAMI (AP) — The mayor of Homestead, Fla., has been arrested on illegal compensation charges from a secret consulting job he had with a Florida health clinic company. He is the third mayor of a Miami-Dade County city to be arrested in the past month on corruption or ethics charges. The investigation centers around 58-year-old Steve Bateman’s $125-an-hour gig with Community Health of South Florida Inc. The company was seeking approval from the Homestead city council to expand in the city.
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U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is shown in a courtroom sketch as the guilty verdict is read Friday at his court martial in Fort Hood, Texas.
Elton John’s partner to debut new Vegas champagne lounge this fall LAS VEGAS (AP) — David Furnish is planning to open a swanky champagne lounge in the same Las Vegas Strip casino where his partner, Sir Elton John, holds a residency. The nearly 3,000-square-foot FIZZ Las Vegas bar is set to debut this fall at Caesars Palace. Furnish says he spends so much time in Las Vegas while Elton John performs his show, “The Million Dollar Piano,” that the couple wanted a space to re ect their personal style.
Dow Chemical Company plans $1 billion investment in Plaquemine PLAQUEMINE (AP) — Dow Chemical Co. says it will invest $1.06 billion to build two new polyolefins plants and upgrade its ethylene capacity at the company’s 3,300-acre site in Plaquemine. The company says the move will create 71 new jobs at the facility and an additional 470 indirect jobs. The Advocate reports construction on the new polyolefins plants is set to begin by the end of the year.
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Stadium makeover to continue through football season Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer
Nothing is going to stop Tiger fans from pouring into Tiger Stadium on Sept. 7, not even the massive construction project underway in the stadium’s south endzone. Construction will have some effect on fans but nothing major, said Senior Associate Athletic Director Eddie Nunez. The biggest difference will be for individuals who used to enter the stadium through portal B. Those fans will now enter through gates 1-3 and gate 14 in the south endzone, Nunez said. Additionally, South Stadium Drive, which has been closed since December 2012, will be reduced to one lane and opened for pedestrian traffic ow and emergency vehicles, according to Gary Graham, director of Parking and Transportation Services. As for seating in the south endzone, Nunez said nothing will change. Some seating was lost during the replacement of the broadcast
television platform in the south endzone. However, Nunez said the few seats that were removed for that project have been relocated in the stadium to ensure Tiger Stadium still has the same amount of seating. Despite these minor changes, there is one big part of the stadium missing. After each play of the game, as fans look from the field to the sky for the instant replay, spectators may find themselves missing the giant video board on the south end of the stadium that was removed due to the construction. The structure of the south endzone is now more visible as pillars constructed to support the stadium are being put in place, which Nunez said is a huge milestone in the construction. “Individuals and our fans are starting to see the progress because the results can be seen over the trees,” Nunez said. Nunez said construction work is currently focused on pouring concrete to create the building form. “Students will start to see
more and more of that structure going above Tiger Stadium throughout the year,” Nunez said. Roger Husser, director of planning, design and construction with Facility Services, said work on the South Endzone Expansion is on schedule to be completed by the fall 2014 football season. Nunez said renovations for the North Stadium Plaza, which began in January, are 98 percent complete. Work around the North Stadium Plaza will likely continue through the second home football game as loose ends are tied up in the area with landscaping and adding signage. The majority of fencing around the stadium, excluding the south endzone construction area, was removed Monday, and the remaining fencing on the west side of the stadium will be removed Thursday as painting work is completed.
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Construction workers continue to work on the south side of Tiger Stadium on Tuesday as part of the Tiger Stadium South Endzone Expansion Project.
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BR to host Red Stick Revelry Alexis Rebennack Staff Writer
Baton Rouge will celebrate the 2014 New Year with a Times Square-style event called Red Stick Revelry, Mayor-President Kip Holden announced Wednesday at a news conference. “Baton Rouge is the perfect place to celebrate the end of a great year and ring in a new one,” Holden said. Local companies joined forces with Holden to sponsor the event, which will take place in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge. Revelry attendees will be able to enjoy live music at the new Galvez Plaza stage from Phat Hat, a popular local band. One main feature of the
evening is a 9-foot, low-energy LED red stick light sculpture that will be dropped at midnight — similar to the Times Square Ball. Attached to the stick will be an 8-foot aluminum acrylic ring with “Baton Rouge” illuminating from within the LED lighting. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers founder and CEO Todd Graves said that the Raising Cane’s family is looking forward to a great party. “It’s a great vision and we are glad to be a part of it,” Graves said. “When the mayor approached us about the event, we said ‘Sounds like one hell of a party, we’re in.’” As of now, sponsors include Raising Cane’s, Mockler Beverage, Last-In Concepts, Coca-Cola Baton Rouge Bottling Company, Belle of Baton Rouge Casino and
Hotel and Visit Baton Rouge in addition to the city’s Downtown Development District, Downtown Business Association and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge. Belle of Baton Rouge Casino and Hotel General Manager Patrick Browne said this celebration will bring the community together and give a joyful start to the new year. “This is going to be a destination event,” said President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge Paul Arrigo. “We are going to have people coming from out of town to stay here for New Year’s Eve. We are going to ood this place Contact Alexis Rebennack at arebennack@lsureveille.com Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers founder and CEO Todd Graves (right) and Baton Rouge MayorPresident Kip Holden (left) share their excitement on Wednesday for the Red Stick Revelry event at a news conference in Town Square. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is one of the event’s sponsors.
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Red Stick Farmers Market - Main Street Market Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Downtown Historic District Morgan City
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Sarah McCoy's Oopsie Daisies - The Spotted Cat Music Club Sarah Quintana - The Three Muses
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Erin Demastes - The Maison Miss Sophie Lee - The Spotted Cat Music Club
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Zephyrs vs. Redbirds - Zephyr Field Strangers And Light - Chelsea's Cafe Tulane vs. Jackson State - Mercedes-Benz Superdome Trivia Night! - The Station Sports Bar and Grill Capitol vs. Covington Football - Capitol High School Catholic vs. Covington Football - Catholic High School Redemptorist vs. University Lab Football - Redemptorist High School Southeastern Louisiana vs Southeast Missouri Football Strawberry Stadium Jon Cleary - D.B.A.
7:30 PM
Joe C Thrio - The Three Muses
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Blues Jam - Phil Brady's Bar & Grill Comedy Gumbeaux - Howlin' Wolf Stache Gordon & Newsflash - Southport Hall Survivors Brass Band - Preservation Hall
9:00 PM
the Soul Project NOLA - Cafe Negril Chuck Brackman and Richard Scott - Fritzels Jazz Club
10:00 PM
Jumbo Shrimp - The Spotted Cat Music Club The Soul Rebels - Le Bon Temps Roule Barry Stephenson's Pocket - The Maison Mississippi Rail Company - D.B.A.
11:00 PM
Cat's Ass Karaoke - George's Place The Pine Hill Haints Live - The Blue Moon
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AGRICULTURE
Thursday, August 29, 2013
ACADEMICS
Southwestern Louisiana Biology boot camp rice crop affected by disease expands nationwide
Research to uncover causes, magnitude Olivia McClure Contributing Writer
Louisiana’s signature cuisine wouldn’t be the same without rice — but the state’s rice crop may be threatened y sheath light, a dis ease that causes lesion-like spots to form on plants. Clayton ollier, a plant pathol ogy professor with the LSU AgCenter, is working to survey rice fields of southwestern ouisiana after sheath blight was reported in Acadia Parish when growers noticed fungicides they used were less effective. Sheath blight is caused by a common, naturally occurring fun gus called Rhizoctonia solani. It can e spread y movement of soil, water and crop residue that occurs when growers plow and cultivate fields, ollier said The blight currently found in ouisiana is fungicide resistant, meaning products that farmers use to rid their crops of fungi fail to work properly, which ollier said makes this disease serious. While there is an effective product on the market that farmers can use to kill the fungicide resistant disease, ol lier said it is important to figure out what prompted the resistance. His research will attempt to identify how widespread the blight is and how sensitive different samples of the blight are to fungicide.
ENGINEERING, from page 1
Chevron’s contribution will help to “establish an engineering student academic support center, as well as a reservoir mechanics and rock and uids property teaching laboratory in the Craft and Hawkins epartment of etroleum ngineer ing, a niversity news release said The release also said Chevron pledged , to the College of Science to create “a materials characterization lab and update existing la oratory space Chevron has a working relationship with the University to support research and student initiatives and often hires engineering graduates, ou ek said in an email “Our partnership with LSU is an example of Chevron’s commitment to develop and hire
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never been to college before and they don t know what to e pect And that’s exactly what the Wischusens’ program does. It gives freshmen an idea of what to expect in a college classroom. Jonathan Olivier They get a sense of what the Contributing Writer expectations are and learn skills When University College of like metacognition, different learn Science biologists William and ing styles and material they see Sheri Wischusen designed the col- in actual iology classes, illiam lege’s boot camp in 2005 to give said. Students attend real lectures freshmen a leg up their first year, each day and are given exams on they didn’t realize how far the idea that material. Chemistry freshman Trelane would spread. oday, college freshmen Dunn attended the most recent across the country are enrolling in boot camp for the College of Science, held the week efore classes similar programs. The Wischusens started the officially started, and said the pro gram has already week-long Biolhelped with the ogy Intensive Ori‘Every college has college experience entation for Students, also known the same problem. ... so far. Dunn attendas , at the University’s Col- Everybody is admitting ed lectures and lege of Science to students who are bright learned valuable skills needed for help prepare fresh... but they’ve never studying and, most men who typically importantly, knew struggle with the been to college.’ how to navigate fast-paced and decampus before the manding first year William Wischusen hectic first day fter the first associate professor, Department of Biology seoot camp, the pro Biological Sciences nior Walter Guilfessors followed the group of students through their lory II attended the boot camp as a iology classes, and those freshman and served as a mentor at students out-performed all other this year’s installment of the prostudents not enrolled in the pro- gram. He used his experiences over gram — and still students who the past four years to give advice to take the boot camp continue to do the incoming freshmen. Guillory said he’s thankful better. Since implementing the pro- for having gone through the boot gram at the niversity, colleges camp, and said it prepared him around the nation have adopted a for college and helped him meet version of the program, will e friends. Guillory said he recomrunning versions of it within the mends all students give the pronext year and 16 are in the process gram a try. “It opened my eyes to how difof installing a boot camp program. ficult college was actually going to t the niversity, College of n e, he said t helped me to get gineering and College of Art and Design have also adopted versions. my mind in gear really fast very college has the same pro lem, illiam said very Contact Jonathan Olivier at body is admitting students who are jolivier@lsureveille.com right and motivated, ut they ve
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Sheath blight, a fungal disease, is threatening to destroy much of the rice crop grown in the southwestern region of Louisiana.
It will also be important to look for any genetic changes in the fungus that have caused it to become resistant, he said Hollier pointed out that while plant diseases are not uncommon, some are serious and require growers to adapt so they can still produce a profita le crop “We’re trying to understand it etter, we re trying to give the grower options that they might not have otherwise to try to deal with it and we’re trying to help them produce a good, healthy crop, Hollier said.
A 2012 AgCenter map shows that Louisiana grows nearly , acres of rice he four top producing parishes are Jefferson avis, cadia, vangeline and er milion in the southwestern region of the state. According to a USA Rice Federation pu lication, ouisiana ranks third in the U.S. for rice production and exported $320 million worth of rice in fiscal year
top-quality graduates necessary to help us meet energy demands around the world, arner il liams, vice president of Chevron orth merica ulf of e ico, said in a University news release. “We believe that the new space and the advanced laboratory will enable
the achievement of academic excellence in petroleum engineering and countless other disciplines
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Preseason rankings can be misleading THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist
LSU women’s golf coach Karen Bahnsen has been there since first swing
LSU women’s golf head coach Karen Bahnsen has helped the team compete for more than 20 years as a player and now as a coach. Bahnsen was on the LSU team from 1980 to 1983.
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ts , and aren ahnsen is the first women s golfer award ed an scholarship olfing powerhouses like the University of iami, u urn niversity, niver sity of Georgia and the University of la ama had recruited her, ut she shied away to throw on an LSU uniform here was only one pro lem he women s golf team didn t have a uniform
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Read more about Bahnsen’s journey: LONGTIME COACH, see page 11
LSU will begin this season ranked outside the top 10 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls for the first time since 2010. One could infer that the Tigers have taken a step back heading into and may even fall from the ranks of the elite Southeastern Conference programs ctually, aside from providing es iles and company with ulle tin oard material, these polls don t mean a thing Tiger fans should not fret over the team s o ranking has more talent than that, and the low ranking comes from media and coaches across the country that have never seen the igers crop of new defenders play a down of football. Well, since these are preseason polls, no one has seen any of these teams play a down of foot all hese meaningless polls are ased on last season s results com ined with assumptions of how new players will translate into 2013. The truth is this: There are 120 ivision foot all programs
What do you think about LSU’s preseason rankings? Vote at lsureveille.com. MISLEADING POLLS, see page 11
FOOTBALL
Mills uses freshman experiences to build leadership CB enters 2013 more confident Tyler Nunez Sports Writer
hen sophomore corner ack alen ills arrived on campus, he was not e pected to e a freshman phenom nstead, he was seemingly destined to ack up eisman finalist and defensive back Tyrann Mathieu. ut following athieu s dis missal from the foot all team in August 2012, Mills was unexpectedly put into a starting role less than a month efore the season opener. tarting all games last season, Mills tallied 57 tackles, roke up five passes and na ed
two interceptions. “As soon as [the Mathieu] situation happened, he stepped in, and it was like Tyrann never left because of his attitude and his swagger,” said junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson. But Mills did not just fall into the starting position is teammates echoed one another, saying he was one of the first people on the field and one of the last to leave practice after doing extra drills. henever he came here, he was really hungry,” said junior linebacker D.J. Welter. “He was thrust into it, ut at the same time, he had to work very hard.” ills inaugural season was not without its low points n sfi nal defensive drive against la ama on ov , , he lit ed past run ning ack eldon, leaving him
open to score the game winning touchdown. e tried to take these miscues and use them as motivation going into 2013. ast season was a really hum bling experience,” Mills said. “I did a lot of things that a lot of people thought were good, but I did not think they were good enough. ... It really added a fuel to the fire during the offseason.” The experience Mills gained as a freshman has allowed him to grow into a leadership role. Despite his young age, he has earned the respect of all his teammates ven though still see my self as a young guy, m kind of an old guy ecause of the num er of games played last year, ills MILLS, see page 11
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LSU sophomore cornerback Jalen Mills prepares to tackle a South Carolina ball carrier on Oct. 13, 2012, during the Tigers’ 23-21 win against the Gamecocks in Tiger Stadium.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
VOLLEYBALL
Freshman middle blocker brings power, enthusiasm to the team Holman exceeds expectations Dimitri Skoumpourdis Sports Contributor
Physical, athletic and powerful. These three words seem to repeat themselves when describing LSU freshman middle blocker Briana Holman. “What she brings is power that nobody else in this gym has,” said coach Fran Flory. “She’s one of the hardest hitting freshmen I’ve ever had in my coaching career.” That is no small distinction considering Flory’s 16-year tenure with the Tigers. Despite her relatively short time with the team, Holman’s ability to smash the ball has already made an impression on her teammates. “She is a powerhouse in the front row,” said junior outside hitter Helen Boyle. “I really don’t think she realizes how
good she is.” Holman’s strength above the net is an advantage the team plans to exploit and have already begun building on her natural ability. In fact, Holman is determined to hit even harder as her career progresses to the next level. “It’s crazy because I’ve never lifted weights so it’s all kind of natural,” said Holman. “Since I’ve been here I’ve started lifting weights and hitting harder.” Supreme athleticism has always been Holman’s trademark, ut the freshman is finding the shift from high school and club-level competition to college has slightly neutralized her ability to overpower opponents. “It’s different because they hit so much faster,” said Holman. “I used to stand out because I jumped so high but now I’m competing against 20- and 21-year-olds that jump just as high as I do.” As the athletic quality of her opponents improves, Holman is looking to add a more technically sound and defensive oriented dimension to her game.
Holman said her defense has a long way to go and her teammates have been pushing her in practice to be a better blocker. Perhaps more impressive than Holman’s physical gifts is her mentality. The freshman has drawn rave reviews in the early part of the season but she refuses to let it go to her head and insists on focusing on the aspects of her game that need to be improved. “She knows there’s a lot to learn and that this team is most important,” Flory said. “When you have a mix of that athleticism and that attitude the sky’s the limit.” According to Flory, the limit might be a spot among the greatest players to ever come through the LSU volleyball program. Holman plans to shatter these expectations like she does to volleyballs hanging above the net. “I’m not the type to crack under pressure,” said Holman. “If anything it makes me better.” ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille
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LSU freshman middle blocker Briana Holman (13) prepares to spike the ball over the net Saturday during the annual Purple & Gold Scrimmage in the PMAC.
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK
Rashard Robinson reinstated to football team Trey Labat Sports Contributor
Freshman Rashard Robinson — a 6-foot-1-inch, four-star cornerback out of Florida — has been reinstated to the team following the resolution of his situation with the NCAA Clearinghouse. The NCAA had questions about an online course he took during the summer. “[Robinson] is well behind the curve,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “He’s got to get his feet on the ground academically, find a nice ori entation time where he knows where the library is and where academic support is. In the afternoons, come over here and practice. That’s how far behind he is. Too early to tell [if he will redshirt].” Robinson was the 10th-rated cornerback in the nation according to 247Sports, and will join fellow freshmen defensive backs Jeryl Brazil, Rickey Jefferson and Tre’Davious White in stepping into a secondary that lost two starters to the NFL. MILES MUM ON FIELDS Texas Christian University sophomore defensive end Devonte Fields was originally suspended by
FOOTBALL
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TCU coach Gary Patterson for the first two games of the season, ut in the days leading up to the matchup has said Fields could potentially play. When asked about the possibility of Fields playing against LSU at his weekly media luncheon on Tuesday, atterson said, ou ll find out at game time.” Fields was voted Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season after accumulating 18.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks. Miles didn’t seem concerned about Fields, though. “We’ll block them where they’re at,” Miles said. PREPARING FOR PACHALL AND BOYKIN LSU could potentially face two quarterbacks during the TCU game, each with different styles of play. While senior Casey Pachall is a more typical pocket-passer quarterback — 948 passing yards with 10 touchdowns in only four games last season — sophomore Trevone Boykin is a bigger threat on the ground. Boykin took over after TCU’s game against Southern Methodist University and proceeded to run for 618 yards and three
touchdowns while passing for more than 2,000 yards and 15 touchdowns. Boykin only completed 57 percent of his passes, while Pachall completed 66 percent. “The plays are very similar, we’re expecting both guys to have the ability to throw and both guys to have the ability to run,” Miles said. THE CHAIN IS BACK The purple and gold chain that
always sits in the LSU team room has found its way back to its home after a little more than a month away. Traditionally, the chain is signed by all the players, and earlier in the summer, Miles said every team gets a new chain and that they send it off to be cleaned, so every team can create their own memory of it. “It’s wonderful [having the
chain back],” Miles said. “It’s a piece that connects year after year and it’s a piece that kind of connects the team and I’ve enjoyed it’s presence period. I think our guys enjoy it too.”
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Art AVENGER
music programs. Beginning with The Dufrocq School off Government Street, Jilbert plans to launch a statewide project called “Art & Seek,” where local artists use their talents to create original SCULPTOR, see page 10
MILEY, see page 10
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Local sculptor starts campaign encouraging art in La. schools
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SARAH NICKEL · Entertainment Writer Jilbert came up with an idea to help enefit local schools with arts programs suffering from budget cuts. He was driving in his car with his fianc e, ulia, when they heard an announcement that budget cuts were made to Louisiana schools’ art and
Miley criticized for wrong reasons I know you’re sick of seeing her name and booty-bouncing pictures, but I’m about to discuss the Miley Cyrus incident. Pop culture needs to be dissected like that frog from your sixth grade science class. Every newsfeed and media outlet has been bombarded with parody, criticism and analysis of the starlet’s salacious performance. Countless “punTAYLOR SCHOEN dits” have exEntertainment Writer pressed outrage about the former Disney star’s body, clothing and sexually charged dancing. There are a few reasons for this. First, people largely reject change. Cyrus is desperately trying to showcase her metamorphosis from good girl to wild child, and it’s a hard pill for many to swallow. The juxtaposition of childhood teddy bears and illicit humping mix the old Cyrus with her 2.0 version. The other reason is plain and simple misogyny. The amount of body and slut shaming that ooded the Internet is sadly nothing new. It’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t situation. Express your sexuality and you’re a deplorable slut. Take the more conservative approach, and you’re a prude bitch. Either route, respect is not on
Local artist Joseph Jilbert poses with his sculptures Aug. 21 at his home near Circa 1857 in Baton Rouge.
oseph Jilbert, signature artist of Circa 1857 in downtown Baton Rouge, lets his imagination run wild as he welds sculptures from countless metal scraps ranging in size from 3 inches to 60 feet tall. But his imagination doesn’t stop with his art —
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MUSIC
New Orleans band brings bingo to Spanish Moon Rob Kitchen Entertainment Writer
Anyone who has attended the Voodoo Music and Arts Experience in New Orleans the last few years may recognize the name New Orleans Bingo! Show. With a name like that, it’s hard to be forgotten. That is something that the members of the band want to ensure every night. On Friday at the Spanish Moon, the New Orleans Bingo! Show returns to Baton Rouge. The band started when Clint
Maedgen and Ron “Ronnie Numbers” Rona were working together at a restaurant in the French Quarter. While Rona was in a band and Maedgen had written music, neither one complemented the other. Things would change when Maedgen stumbled on a set of old bingo cards. “It was organic,” Rona said. “He wanted to create a group and a performance where he could debut some of his new material and have it become more than just a band playing and more of a happening.”
After forming, the two began doing shows in the back of the restaurant where they worked. Over time, the shows grew, becoming something more than just music. “We did these shows every Thursday night at the restaurant,” Rona said. “We weren’t advertising it. We weren’t promoting it. It was more of a happening, a gathering for a lot of our friends. Before we knew it, it turned into this wordof-mouth thing to do on Thursday nights. It grew organically.” BINGO, see page 9
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Louisiana band New Orleans Bingo! Show will perform Friday at Spanish Moon.
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Lady Gaga,“Applause”
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It’s no secret that Lady Gaga’s music is greatly influenced by Madonna, and that is apparent in her latest single, “Applause.” There were elements in this video that were exactly like Madonna’s video for “Vogue,” except weirder. The strangeness of the music video and the odd costumes Lady Gaga is known for really hurt the already mediocre song. At one point in the video, Gaga was in a goose costume being hatched from a golden egg. However without all the fluff and costumes for shock value, this song is just another lackluster, run-of-the-mill pop hit. The lyrics are dull and uninspiring. Lady Gaga is capable of making better music, but hopefully this single isn’t indicative of what’s to come on her next album, “ARTPOP”. SHAMIYAH KELLEY
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“The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”
Sony Pictures
Based on the novel by Cassandra Clare, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” is another supernatural, “Twilight”-esque film that seems to be taking over theaters. More similar to the recent novelgone-film “Beautiful Creatures,” the female lead, Clary Fray, played by Lily Collins, discovers she was born a “demon hunter” and joins forces with others of her kind to retrieve her memory, find her mother and prevent the villain, Valentine, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, from getting his hands on the mortal cup. Collins also plays the center of a love triangle between her fellow demon hunter, Jace, played by Jamie Campbell Bower, and her lifelong best friend, Simon, played by Robert Sheehan. With this complex plotline and plenty of battle scenes, the film’s fast pace easily keeps an audience’s attention. If supernatural is your thing, the casting and action-packed nature of “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones” brings it a step above the typically expected.
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O’Brother, “Disillusion”
I first heard O’Brother in an enormously sweaty, but tragically small crowd at the 2010 Voodoo Music and Art Experience, and ever since that fateful day, the Atlanta post-rockers haven’t let me down. “Disillusion” is a record of many layers built upon massive sound effects and haunting backing vocals that beautifully display producer Mike Sapone’s (Brand New, Straylight Run) work on the album. What makes the album even more dimensional is the steady flow from breathy, light Thom Yorke-sounding vocals to a devout heaviness typical of the band. My one complaint about this otherwise transcending album is that there is no definite ending—instead, the last song, “Radiance,” just drops off into the abyss, leaving the listener wanting more.
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“The World’s End”
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Contestants wanted for MTV show Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer
Even though meeting that special someone through online or digital means has grown more and more popular over the years, MTV is in the process of creating a new show that’s the “antidote to online dating,” according to Damon Furberg, supervising casting director for MTV. The show is currently casting, and Furberg said the crew is searching for participants who are at least 21 years old and look between their early to mid-twenties. “For any reality show, of course, we’re looking for people who are charismatic and good storytellers, and who are open,” Ferburg said. “You know, obviously people who value their privacy are not suitable for reality TV. For this show specifically, what we re looking for are people who are genuinely a catch dating-wise, but for whatever reason they just sort of haven t een a le to find that person.” Furberg said the new show will bring together 15 college-aged women and 15 college-aged men from across the country to live together in a house for about six
weeks. The twist — the men and women will each have a “perfect match” in the house with them, but they have to figure out for them selves which roommate is their soul mate. Matchmakers and compatibility tests will be the determining factors of deciding which contestants will click with each other, according to Furberg. He said how the contestants find their potential matches is largely left up to them, but interviews and dates will likely be key methods. If they are successful in figuring out who their dream guy or girl is, they will be awarded prize money as well as someone to hypothetically spend their days with. Unlike MTV’s successful Catfish he how, this se ries will take on the opposite side to meeting someone online. Ferburg expressed why he believes online dating has only added to the confusion of courtship. “It’s really easy to meet people — lots of people,” Ferburg said. “What’s hard is meeting the right
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3RDEYEGIRL, “Breakfast Can Wait” Prince and his new band 3RDEYEGIRL are putting out their selftitled album later on this year, and the newest single “Breakfast Can Wait” is pop-culture gold. It’s a synth-heavy seduction song listing all of the scrumptious breakfast foods Prince would be indulging in if it weren’t for his overwhelming sexual desire for the person he is addressing. Prince, who recently joined the Twitter masses, took the song passed our wildest fan fantasies with the album cover: a hilarious picture of comedian Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince for a 2004 skit on “Chappelle’s Show,” brandishing hotcakes and donning an impressive Jerry curl wig. The release of “Breakfast Can Wait” coincides with the end of Chappelle’s seven-year hiatus from the limelight. Listen to this song in the morning, with or without a lover, and bask in the pop greatness. Warning: song may cause intense hotcake cravings. SAMANTHA BARES
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EDITOR’S PICK: Le1f, “Damn Son”
Greenhead Music
While Macklemore has spent all week making money off being a straight white guy talking about “gay rights,” openly gay rapper Le1f — who has accused Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” of ripping off his 2012 single “Wut” — dropped a single on SoundCloud that brings more heat than anything on Macklemore’s debut album. As always, Le1f’s sultry, croaky tone in “Damn Son” makes you feel like you’re three absinthe shots deep in the back room of the seediest club in SoHo, and producer Shy Guy layers on synth flute riffs and heavy bass to make the track as dark and menacing as it is jam-worthy. With a killer sound and lines like “I make it so Arial, he’s looking so Comic Sans,” there’s no questioning Le1f’s insistence of “damn, I’m the bomb” in the chorus. If you ever need to slow-motion swagger into a room and make everyone spill their drinks, make sure “Damn KACI YODER Son” is playing while it happens. Entertainment Editor
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In the final installment of The Cornetto Trilogy, “The World’s End” delivers everything one could want from a film involving Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The film begins with Gary King (Pegg) getting the gang back together to complete a pub crawl, back in their hometown, only to find out everyone has been replaced by robots. The story may be outlandish, but it remains unexpected like the other films in the trilogy, “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” While the movie is great as a whole, it has flaws. It takes time for the movie to get going, and some of the subtle humor is lost on newcomers. The ending is shocking, but fits in well thematically with the other movies. Overall, “The World’s End” is a fitting finale to The Cornetto Trilogy. Hopefully, it does not stay a trilogy for long.
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person even though dating has become quicker and more accessible and you have access to more people. It’s almost made it harder instead of easier.” He went on to say that it’s not always clear with online dating what someone’s intentions are. At the transitional age between adolescence and adulthood, some people are looking for a committed relationship while many are not. Ferburg said these motives aren’t always clear until “later in the game.” He says the show will take some of the guesswork out of the equation and present people with interested mates. He said the show is untitled as of now he filming hasn t started yet, but he expects the show to air at the end of this year or in early 2014. Those interested in becoming a contestant can apply efore ep tember 31 at www.lighthearted. com/untitled-mtv-dating-casting/.
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Kickstart the weekend at local watering holes with drink specials and more: Spanish Moon — half off well and draft drinks before 10 p.m.; women drink free until 10 p.m. The House — free drinks from 8-10 p.m.; free cover from 1111:30 p.m. Schlittz & Giggles — trivia Fred’s in Tigerland — women drink free from 8-10 p.m.; spice up the night with $2 shots from 12 to 2 a.m. Reggie’s - Ladies’ Night Serrano’s Salsa Company — $3 house mixed drinks and drafts
BINGO, from page 7
In addition to playing music, the band hosts bingo games between its sets. “We play a live game of bingo with the crowd,” Rona said. “Everybody in the room gets a couple of bingo cards, and during one segment of the show, we engage the crowd for a live game of bingo. I can’t tell you what the prizes are, but one of the prizes is fame.” In two years, the Bingo! Show grew into something bigger than what it originally intended as more and more was added to the show.
FRIDAY
If you’ve been digging in your mom’s music collection too much or you’re a dedicated “Bridesmaids” fan, you might be into Wilson Phillips, who is performing at the Manship Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $100-150 and available on manshiptheatre.org. Rapper Juvenile will be performing at the Varsity Theatre for the “Rappin N Trappin” CD release party with Lil Cali and others. Doors open at 8 p.m. and tickets are available on Ticketweb for $20. “We had a framework where there was music and bingo games.” Rona said. “We started adding multimedia elements to it pecifi cally, we invited local filmmakers to ring their short films y and we would screen it between sets and bingo games.” As time passed, the New Orleans Bingo! Show got bigger, morphing into a “musical game show cabaret.” The show got so big in fact, Voodoo let the band create its own stage — The Bingo Parlor. “In a lot of ways, it was the emancipation of what we did in the back of the restaurant,” Rona said.
SATURDAY
Art Melt, a grassroots arts exhibition at the LSU Museum of Art, is celebrating its 10th anniversary Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Catch a new release release, like “The World’s End” or “One Direction: This is Us,” at the Cinemark Theatre at Perkins Rowe, then explore the rest of the shopping center. Chelsea’s Cafe is holding a Mobile Record Store open to the public from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Vinyl collectors, stampede. The Bingo Parlor allowed the Bingo! Show to do more than just perform music. They would showcase other local acts, like Luke Allen of the New Orleans rock band Happy Talk. While the New Orleans Bingo! Show may not be playing Voodoo this year, the band has more in store for the future. “We’re working on a bunch of
SUNDAY
Who knows labor more than a group of hardy Russians? Head out to Mud and Water for Debauche: Russian Mafia Band for their empowering Labor Day show. Tickets are $8 at the door, and the show starts at 10 p.m.
Headlined by Fantasia Barrino, the 1st Annual Labor Day Weekend R&B Explosion at the Baton Rouge River Center starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35 and are available through Ticketmaster.
new things that we’ll be debuting in the fall,” Rona said. “We’re back in a creative shell right now.” After a string of shows in New Orleans, the Bingo! Show will play in Baton Rouge on Friday at the Spanish Moon. Besides the band’s set and the bingo game, anything is possible at the show. “You may love it, you may hate
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MONDAY To wind down after a weekend of fun, go to Phil Brady’s Bar and Grill for free pool and $1 burgers starting at 9 p.m. Head to Serrano’s Salsa Company for 99 cent Margarita Monday. Make the last days before classes a fiesta.
Want to try a few brain exercises before returning to campus? Visit The Chimes for food, beer and trivia. Questions start rolling around 10 p.m.
it, but you’re never going to forget it; I guarantee you that,” Rona said. “It’s going to be different than guys playing guitars. It’s a show. It’s a whole experience. It’s extremely interactive. It’s just a damn good time.” Contact Rob Kitchen at rkitchen@lsureveille.com
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pieces of art and donate them ack to the school to e raf ed off to raise funds for art and mu sic programs. Tickets will be distributed for sale starting Aug. 28 followed y a live raf e of sculptures ec 13. Growing up poor as one of children from a farming fam ily in issouri, il ert takes ad vantage of the ability he now has to give back to the community. escri ed in one word, il ert calls his project “pure” because it s the children who profit, and no one else. t s time for us to take over traight up, il ert said, wearing his Captain merica tee shirt un derneath his leather apron. hen visiting ufroc months ago, il ert e plained his mission to the student body and asked the children to bring any scrap metal they could find he participation was more than il bert could have hoped for. n the front lo y of u froc , there now stands o ot ufroc , which was sculpted y il ert e clusively using what was brought to him by the students. m a green artist hat you throw away, sculpt away to a neater, greener arth, he said il ert s materials are typi cally picked up on the side of the road or dropped off at his shop by fans. There was no blueprint to what he would uild s he rum maged through the buckets of scraps, o ot ufroc , the fe male golfer, came to life with a skirt made of rusty trampoline springs and a frog hopping on her head. mily ope , a ufroc teacher and coordinator for “Art eek, said she hopes to sell at least a couple thousand tick ets ccording to il ert, all pro ceeds, to the penny, will go to the school s art program he plans don t stop there, though he ne t idea il ert plans to e ecute is uition ues days, which will involve col lege students uying raf e tickets to win the profits from a il ert sculpture to pay tuition fees.
always tell people, ow can I help you to help me help us il ert said ccording to il ert, he was selling handmade toys as a five year old he older he got, the more intricate his toys ecame, particularly when he began welding. Countless hours go into his work, sometimes la oring through the night just to avoid the combined heat of welding and Louisiana humidity. Ask him a out the scars covering his arms,
The Daily Reveille though, and he will say they are his “trophies and awards.” rtists are typically recog ni ed as passionate people, ut il ert has taken his artistic pas sions from the workshop and into the Baton Rouge community. il ert said he hopes to take this project from Louisiana and bring it to a national scale.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013 MILEY, from page 7
the menu. Reactions to the MTV Video Music Awards performance also prove the slut/stud double standard is alive and well. The thick layer of societal disgust was slathered on Cyrus while Robin Thicke walked away clean. While Thicke received backlash earlier this summer for rape culture lyrics and a music video for “Blurred ines that o ectified women, few pontificated a out his participa tion in the performance. He danced with someone who is nearly half his age and also wore a ridiculous outfit, yet these acts were met with silence. When male stars strip down and writhe provocatively, it s rarely news. owever, the real crime, yet the one most overlooked, was Cyrus use of cultural appropriation. For those who don t know, cultural ap propriation is when a dominant culture adopts elements, styles or characteristics that elong to a mi nority culture often without credit or knowledge of where the borrowed components originated. Cyrus has been using various components of frican merican culture to revamp her image and shed her squeaky clean persona. She reaps the enefits of eing edgy and “hip” without the repercussions of being perceived as “ghetto” or “ratchet” as many black performers in her position would be. She has become the “queen of twerk” even though the dance has frican merican roots he has
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Robin Thicke (left) and Miley Cyrus (right) perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
dehumanized black women by using their bodies as props for her personal gain. She has been collaborating with hip hop and rap artists recently reportedly working on a song called with ike i ade t, uicy and i halifa, which appears to e a tri ute to ichael ordan t s happened all throughout the history of music, white people steal pieces of lack culture, profit and never give credit to the original creators. e have to start fighting slut shaming, ody policing and cul tural appropriation. So even though many were outraged a out the per formance, it was most likely for the wrong reasons. opefully, we can stop Contact Taylor Schoen at tschoen@lsureveille.com
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Joseph Jilbert’s piece is displayed with artworks from other local artists Aug. 21 at Circa 1857 in Baton Rouge.
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said. “I just try to give those guys confidence et them know they are here for a purpose.” Mills has embraced his role as a leader. When he talks, people listen. Welter said he has used his leadership skills to infuse his work ethic into his fellow defensive backs. “He’s really taken a hold of the defensive backs and doing extra drills with them,” Welter said. “He came out here and brought up the young guys. ... There’s no doubt he knows what he’s talking about. He’s worked hard to perfect his skill.” Mills said the most important improvement he made in the offseason was to his confidence That’s not to say he lacked confidence in , ut the initial itters of going up against 11 players with more experience than him has dissipated. is confidence was pretty high as a freshman, but now it is even higher,” Welter said. “That’s how you have to be at cornerback. The spotlight is on you, and if you do bad, people know. He’s not scared. He goes out there and lays it on the line.” Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @NunezTDR
LONGTIME COACH, from page 5
“I’ll never forget,” Bahnsen said. “We had a team golf bag, and that’s about it. No uniforms. I remember us, being girls, wanting to have uniforms like everybody else, so we went on our own to the Student Union and bought matching shirts. Those were our first uniforms That was the beginning. Now the head coach of the team she pioneered, Bahnsen is still swinging 29 years later. Her team’s recent accomplishments have been outstanding, finishing third in the C ivision Championship in oth 2011 and 2012. Bahnsen guided ustin rnst to an individual C Championship win in 2011 and coached Tessa Teachman to third place in the 2012 C Championship But her journey with LSU
MISLEADING POLLS, from page 5
t is impossi le for any voter to see every one of these teams, and aside from a few national reporters, no one gets to see the teams practice in person before the season starts. This effectively means every pollster’s preseason vote is based only on the team’s 2012 record and some speculation. The same logic applies to the Coaches oll It’s hard to imagine any decent coach diverting any attention away from game planning for their opponent to watch enough film for their vote to e significant n most cases it seems the coaches simply mirror the poll and there have even een reports that the coaches don’t even cast their votes themselves. These polls are as useless as the mail. They come
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LSU cornerback Jalen Mills (28) celebrates with LSU safety Craig Loston (6) after tackling a Washington player Sept. 8, 2012, during the Tigers’ 41-3 win against the Huskies in Tiger Stadium.
started much earlier. In fact, Bahnsen’s LSU career began before the C even recogni ed women’s golf. The LSU women’s golf team was governed y the ssociation of ntercollegiate thletics for Women when it made its debut in t the time, the was one of the major advancements for women’s athletics on the collegiate level, but Bahnsen and her teammates did not receive the same scholarship enefits as their male counterparts. “We weren’t funded, at the time, to eat at roussard Cafeteria where the male athletes were allowed to eat,” Bahnsen said ith , we had to pay for our own visits. But once we ecame part of the C , that’s when things started to turn around.” Bahnsen took no time in doing just that. The year after her
golf career ended in 1984, she became the team’s head coach and was named outheastern Conference coach of the year just two seasons later. In her 29-year coaching span, she has led the Lady Tigers to 11 C Championship appearances — three in the past four years and one C title ut creating a talented team year after year was no easy task, especially in her earlier career when help was lacking. hen first started, for the first years or so, it was ust me recruiting,” Bahnsen said. “I didn’t have an assistant coach. nd that was hard, especially when I had two little babies.” That dedication led to her induction into the National Golf Coaches all of ame in Still, after almost three decades of coaching, Bahnsen shies away from the accolades and
every year and we all look at them, but we all know nothing important has happened until computers get involved. It’s been almost two decades since Seinfeld’s Newman famously said “when you control the mail, you control ... information!” Since then, the Internet has made the mail obsolete ust like the C has made the preseason polls insignificant Just look back to last season’s preseason polls C egan the season surrounded by fanfare and a No. 1 ranking, but six losses left the Trojans unranked and nothing more than a footnote on the season t the same time, Notre Dame, who began the season unranked, had an undefeated regular season until walking into the la ama u saw in the C ational Championship ame The team that began the season No. 1 hasn’t hoisted the crystal ball
since ete Carroll s ro ans pounded klahoma in the range owl So don’t worry. If the LSU offense grows and the defense’s talent shows more than its relative ine perience, the igers will find themselves much higher than No. 12 when the dust settles in January. LSU began last season ranked o in the and o in the Coaches efore finishing outside the top in the C The opposite could happen just as easily in 2013. James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, NY.
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spotlight and is most proud of an intangible reward. “I feel really proud in trying to mentor these young ladies,” Bahnsen said. “I want to show them that they could do it all. It’s hard, but you can do it all.” The LSU women’s golf program has come a long way since searching for uniforms to where they are now. Karen Bahnsen has been it’s backbone, and she’s still
not finished “I fell in love with LSU as a first year program, ahnsen said. “We’ve put it together and we’ve come a long way, but I still want to win the national championship since we’ve been so very close.” Contact Trip Dugas at tdugas@lsureveille.com
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Why care about Egypt? BRACE YOURSELF RYAN MCGEHEE Columnist As this week draws to a close, most of us are enjoying syllabus week shenanigans and gearing up to watch the Tigers rip TCU a new one. Halfway around the world, though, there are massive protests, violent clashes with authorities and large numbers of people dying in Egypt. As isolated as we like to think we are in our bubble here at LSU, what is going on in Cairo and other parts of Egypt is going to e directly in uenced y what our lawmakers decide to do in the coming weeks, and it may or may not set the stage for yet another ma or iddle astern con ict The Egyptian military is in power after the coup that ousted former President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood-led government, and we need them firmly on our side they are our only friends left in the country. We should in no way cease our aid, military or otherwise, to the Egyptian military. In fact, we should embrace their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Now, you may be asking yourself, “Why in the world should I care?” Well, besides the fact that it is ultimately us, the voters, who decide what we do in foreign affairs, Egypt just so happens to be a vital strategic partner in the region. So take your eyes off Miley
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Cyrus twerking for five minutes and pay attention to something that will actually have lasting repercussions for the country. In 1978, when President Anwar Sadat signed the Camp David ccords, gypt took the first steps toward becoming a close ally of the United States. They then went on to sign a peace treaty with srael in , the first Arab nation to do so. For a time, Egypt was our model of a “functioning” (USfriendly) Islamic democracy to the rest of the world. Now, we all know that the regime under Morsi was forci ly removed from office y the Egyptian military in response to “the will of the Egyptian people,” which was a series of massive protests against Morsi attempting to consolidate power to himself. Critics of the coup argue that the government was democratically elected, and should not have een removed from office regardless of what the president was attempting to do. But this was basically what the Nazis tried and got away with in Germany after they passed the Enabling Act. So the Egyptian military stepped up to the plate and removed the would-be despots from office and arrested them n fact, leaders are being tried right alongside former President Hosni Mubarak, the strongman that ruled Egypt for decades. Killing two dictatorial birds with one stone, if you will. Few things, however, are cut and dry in Middle East politics. In recent weeks, the Muslim Brotherhood has responded to
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Morsi’s ouster not just with mass demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, but with several violent clashes with Egyptian security forces as well. This string of violence is what has prompted the Egyptian military’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood members, particularly the leaders. These clashes have led to scores dead, and even more injured. The political response in the
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US has been a mixed bag, ranging from “We’re deciding to not decide” to shrill calls for all aid to Egypt to end. The policy makers in Washington need to commit themselves to supporting the military’s efforts to root out these extremists before they gain a stronger foothold, and the region is engulfed in a second civil war, and we, the citizenry, need to stay informed enough that we send
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Penalties not severe enough for Wall Street MR. FINI JOSHUA HAJIAKBARIFINI Columnist t s een almost five years since the greatest financial crisis since he reat epression, ut punishment doesn t seem to e coming for those who caused this crisis ssentially, this reat eces sion was sparked not y a ma or macro economic force like war or an oil em argo, ut y several anks who got greedy and put the financial health of the nation at risk ne of the anks in ues tion is organ Chase t is the largest ank in the nited tates and last year, the ank s infamous trader runo ksil was responsi le for a illion loss on a ad de rivative trade ksil, also known as the on don whale, is now cooperating with the authorities in a deal to avoid prosecution ow two other traders are on
the hook for falsifying records on investments and committing wire fraud and falsifying C filings t appears that after authorities let traders like ksil off the hook, ustice is finally eing done nd y the way, the trading loss of illion didn t even stop organ Chase from reaking its annual profit record, while students con tinue to pay overdraft fees and in terest on student loans his is ust one speck on a ma or epidemic of financial crimes that led up to the cri sis and eyond efore the crisis, oldman achs sold mortgage acked securities to investors and pitched it as a grade investment is the safest investment grade fter the sale, oldman achs then placed ets that the they sold to the in vestors would go down in value hey even set it so the more the investors lost, the more oldman achs would make s e pected the investment tanked and old man made a killing fter two years of waiting for ustice, the C fined old man achs million for those
trades rom the company s per spective, this is usiness as usu al o us, million is a huge fine and ustice has een done, right ut oldman achs makes that much in ust under three weeks erhaps the most shocking e ample is that of C, a ritish multinational ank, which calls into uestion the ustice system itself ast ecem er, C was fined a record illion for laundering million for two drug cartels his seems great for ustice, ut it s misleading hen a college student is caught with an illicit drug, the case is often harsh for the pur pose of setting an e ample oday, we know that C laun dered hundreds of millions in drug money, and they are only fined hy have there een no indictments he ustice epartment had responded and stated that they didn t want to charge the ank e ecutives ecause they would have to revoke their anking licenses y doing this it may cause another
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Trader Gregory Rowe, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
anking crisis o now anks aren t ust too ig to fail , they re too ig to ail ith two former organ Chase employees facing ustice, can t help ut feel ittersweet ut un fortunately, ustice now is ust too little, too late
Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-yearold political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge. Contact Joshua Hajiakbarifini at jhajiakbarifini@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JoshuaFini
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maximize the number of species you get given the amount of time you spend at each location.” Each team was assigned a van and driver to race them to different checkpoints along their route. The mornings started early
and the days were long and hectic, as eyes and ears were constantly at attention to spot birds in every corner of the passing jungle. “The rally was planned in such a way that we had to keep moving,” Seeholzer said. “We had so much ground to cover and
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page 15 make after moving ack home to finish his last semester at the University. The Broussards also said they believe alcohol was involved that evening, but toxicology reports will not be ready for another two weeks to confirm any suspicions Aimee Lestage, a communication disorders senior, said Chris was one of the first people she met in college. She had last seen him Friday. “He was the most genuinely sweet person you’ve ever met. He had a radiance about him,” she said. Chris’ parents praised the outpouring of support they received from friends and family during the difficult time “I haven’t gone to work, haven’t eaten, haven’t slept,” Lisa said. “Just pushing on.” Minutes after Wednesday’s announcement, Chris’ Facebook page was ooded with support, prayers and love from friends in support of the Broussard family.
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mother, Lisa, that he was headed back to the family’s Geismar home soon. That was the last time Lisa had contact with her son. Assuming Chris had decided to sleep at a friends’ house, his parents didn’t worry until he didn’t show up for his erfit o the ne t day hey filed a missing persons report with the Baton Rouge Police Department Tuesday afternoon. By Wednesday, no one had heard from Chris. Family and friends met at 4:30 p m that afternoon to pass out iers at Bogie’s. The bar’s security videos show Chris falling behind his friends to help another man into his vehicle. Chris’ father, Mike, said this was telling of his son’s character — always trying to help others. Sunday was the last time Mike and his wife saw their son. But when Chris needed help, none was to be found. Chris’ parents said they were told their son had asked for a ride before attempting to drive himself home. He had a twenty-mile drive to
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