The Daily Reveille - February 9, 2015

Reveille

baseball Ibarra mentors successors as assistant coach page 5

The Daily

Monday, February 9, 2015

lsureveille.com/daily

thedailyreveille

opinion eSports could one day overtake traditional sports page 12 @lsureveille

thedailyreveille

university

Students skirt around University tobacco policy with e-cigarettes BY will harrison wharrison@lsureveille.com

blowing

smoke

Volume 119 · No. 87

The poster tacked to mass communication professor Judith Sylvester’s office door reads, “We’re Tobacco Free.” But a walk around campus might seem otherwise.

Sylvester is the founder of Smoking Words, an organization that pushed for the University’s tobacco ban in 2014.

She said students smoked fewer cigarettes in the six months since the policy hit the books but acknowledged their electronic counterparts are still a trend on campus.

According to her most recent survey on campus tobacco use, more than a third of University students didn’t realize e-cigarettes were prohibited on campus.

“It’s more than just being smoke-free,” Sylvester said.

“We’re supposed to be completely tobacco-free.”

While all of Louisiana’s public colleges and universities have smoke-free rules in compliance with state law, the University’s policy goes one step further.

In August, the University joined the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals’ “Well

photo illustration by EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille

see VAPOR, page 15

CMDA works to keep music graduates in La.

BY Amanda Capritto acapritto@lsureveille.com Music could be considered one of the biggest parts of the culturally rich South, but legislation and average citizens alike don’t seem to express concern for the programs that develop local talent.

Music education senior Matt Murray said the University has one of the best programs in the state.

However, he can’t say the same for elementary and high school music programs, which is why many students at the College of Music and Dramatic Arts choose to leave after graduation.

“It’s actually one of the most renowned music programs in the country,” Murray said. “I think if we’re talking specifically music ed, meaning whether or not these music students want to go and teach in Louisiana, then the main reason they wouldn’t want to stay is because of the actual

see music, page 15

student life

Engineering freshman founds wooden watch brand

BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com

Watches keep mechanical engineering freshman Reed Stephens up at night.

Not because they tick in his ear, but because designs and ideas for his new watch brand, Ambici, run through his head long after his school day is over.

Stephens got the idea to start Ambici, a company selling watches with faces and bands made of natural woods, with his 16-yearold brother Riley last summer.

The months since then have been a race of juggling his first year of college, designing watches and learning how to finance a business.

“My family went on vacation over the summer and I had nothing else to do, so I started looking into how you start your own name brand, and I found a manufacturer,” Reed said. “[My brother and I] were looking into wooden watches because it’s a small market, but there’s few competitors.”

He said they were also into wooden products because the Stephens’ father and grandfather

were carpenters. Some of Reed’s earliest memories were of woodworking with his father, and he’s always liked making things.

“I like the moving parts, that’s something that’s intriguing,” Reed said. “On the outside it’s just ticking, and on the inside it’s all these moving pieces. For guys, we don’t really have anything we wear.

Girls have jewelry, necklaces — but guys, we have watches. I just thought it would be cool.”

Reed jokes about being a nerd and asked for a 3-D printer for Christmas last year, which he

then used to build an engine he’d worked on for months using the program AutoCad. He said his friends tease about not having much fashion sense. “[Making] watches is never something I expected myself to get into, but now this is just the start,” Reed said. “We are looking at making other wooden accessories, too.”

Reed started emailing a manufacturer based in China who develops the watches for Ambici based on designs the brothers

see watches, page 15

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

LSU mechanical engineering freshman Reed Stephens poses Sunday with watches of his and his brother’s design.

Nation & World

page 2 nation

Friends endorse ‘Mockingbird’ author’s lawyer

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Retrace the suddenly tangled legal saga of Harper Lee and her legacy, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and a pivotal moment emerges.

As her longtime protector, older sister and attorney Alice Finch Lee turned 100 and stopped practicing law a couple years ago, another lawyer in Alice’s small firm became the point person for the “Mockingbird” brand.

Tonja Carter had worked in Alice Lee’s office before graduating from the University of Alabama law school in 2006 and becoming Alice Lee’s partner. Her ascendance brought more aggressive legal tactics: A lawsuit over the rights to “Mockingbird.”

Another to stop the town museum from selling “Mockingbird” souvenirs. A note telling a longtime friend of Harper Lee to keep his distance.

Carter, 49, soon became known around the sisters’ home county, where she too grew up, for jealously protecting the writer from visitors and perceived threats to her business interests.

And it was Carter who was the lynchpin in the stunning Feb. 3 announcement that a sequel to

“Mockingbird,” titled “Go Set a Watchman,” would be published, according to the arm of HarperCollins Publishers that announced it. Carter found the unpublished novel, written in the mid-1950s but locked away since, and negotiated the deal, the publisher said.

The news baffled many.

Harper Lee has been intensely private in the decades since she picked up honors for her 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner. She had told friends and relatives for years that she didn’t plan to publish another book.

Speculation quickly swirled over whether the elderly writer’s wishes are being honored, particularly after friends and townspeople told The Associated Press they were troubled by her condition when she appeared at her sister’s funeral in November.

But others close to Carter and the Lee sisters cautioned against misreading Carter’s legal maneuvering.

Connie Baggett, a former newspaper reporter and a longtime friend of Carter, said Friday that the attorney was trusted implicitly by Alice Lee and in turn

by Harper, whom locals call by her first name, Nelle.

WINNER OF #POWLSU

Presented by

1211 Sharywood Drive

225.276.7658

Partly Cloudy

74 42

Reveille B-16 Hodges Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, La. 70803

Newsroom (225) 578-4810

Advertising (225) 578-6090

Chandler Rome Editor in Chief Erin hebert Co-Managing Editor rebecca docter Co-Managing Editor rob carr / The Associated Press

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee smiles Aug. 20, 2007, during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor in Montgomery, Ala. “She’s not some interloper,” said Baggett, who came to know Carter and the Lees during two decades of covering southwest Alabama for the Mobile PressRegister. “She’s been part of the inner circle for years.”

Harper Lee used to split time between New York and Alabama but has lived full-time in Monroeville, halfway between

Montgomery and Mobile, since suffering a stroke in 2007. She was last seen publicly at her sister’s funeral, where she talked loudly to herself about seemingly unrelated things in a manner that alarmed those present, according to several who were there but insisted on anonymity for fear of upsetting those close to the family.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Police detained six suspected extremists in southwest France on Sunday in the second such sweep in five days, part of an effort aimed at snuffing out networks of Muslim radicals sending fighters abroad — stepped up since January attacks in Paris.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the six, arrested around Albi and Toulouse, were suspected of helping to finance jihadi networks that recruit youth for fighting in Syria or Iraq. Recruiters and others who help French residents travel to battlefronts also are being targeted.

The arrests came on the demand of anti-terrorism judges investigating a case involving terrorism financing, a ministry statement said.

Eight people were arrested last Tuesday in the Paris and Lyon regions. Five of the eight were handed preliminary charges and four of them jailed, the statement said. It wasn’t immediately clear if those arrests were part of the same investigation.

There was no indication whether there were links between the arrests and the three gunmen behind the Jan. 7-9

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez News Editor quint forgey Deputy News Editor Joshua Jackson Entertainment Editor marcus rodrigue Sports Editor tommy romanach Deputy Sports Editor Jennifer Vance Production Editor Ryan Lachney Deputy Production Editor sidneyrose reynen Opinion Editor

France detains 6 suspected extremists in jihadi network

Congratulations @aamede3

TODAY’S FORECAST

The Daily

world

LL

Monday, February 9, 2015

zoe geauthreaux Photo Editor marylee williams Radio Director Sam ACCARDO Advertising Buisness Manager paige roberts Marketing Manager

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS The Daily Reveille holds accuracy and objectivity at the highest priority and wants to reassure the reporting and content of the paper meets these standards. This space is reserved to recognize and correct any mistakes which may have been printed in The Daily Reveille. If you would like something corrected or clarified please contact the editor at (225) 578-4811 or e-mail editor@lsureveille.com.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Remy de la Mauviniere / The Associated Press

French investigating judge Marc Trevidic says Europe’s mix of experienced extremists and young jihadis poses new dangers for a continent ill-equipped to trace hundreds of people newly radicalized and trained in warfare. attacks in Paris that left 20 dead, including the gunmen.

Police arrested five people on Jan. 27 in the small town southern town of Lunel, the departure point for some 20 people headed to Syria or Iraq. Six Lunel residents have died on the battlefronts.

France has the highest number of citizens among European countries joining the jihad, mainly with the Islamic State group.

The Daily Reveille (USPS 145-800) is written, edited and produced solely by students of Louisiana State University.

The Daily Reveille is an independent entity within the Manship School of Mass Communication. A single issue of The Daily Reveille is free. To purchase additional copies for 25 cents, please contact the Office of Student Media in B-39 Hodges Hall. The Daily Reveille is published daily during the fall and spring semesters and semi-weekly during the summer semester, except during holidays and final exams.

Second-class copies postage paid at Baton Rouge, La., 70803. Annual weekly mailed subscriptions are $125, semester weekly mailed subscriptions are $75. Non-mailed student rates are $4 each regular semester, $2 during the summer; one copy per person, additional copies 25 cents each.

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Reveille, B-39 Hodges Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, La., 70803.

The Daily Reveille

Monday, February 9, 2015 Student life

page 3

Students get first-hand medical experience on mission trip to Panama BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com On May 23, when most students settle into summer jobs, classes or vacations, 37 students will board a plane to practice their medical skills in Panama.

The University’s Global Brigades Medical Chapter was founded a year and a half ago, and each year since, volunteers have gone to under-served foreign countries on their annual medical mission trip.

At the recent Student Involvement Fair, the chapter recruited new students to join the club or go on the mission.

The student-led health initiative spends the year fundraising and collecting supplies for the seven to 10-day trip.

“We have to gather enough money and supplies so we can hire the doctors, the dentists, the pharmacists, the nurses,” said club president and biological sciences senior Danielle Raslan. “We have nearly a 10page list of medications that we bring on the brigade, like multi-vitamins and various antibiotics.”

While they try to recruit American doctors, Raslan said it’s difficult for them to take off work for the length of the trip.

Instead, the group hires bilingual, in-country physicians.

She said after touching down in a country, the team unpacks and prepares for the next few days. It sets up a mobile medical clinic with various stations including intake and triage, pharmacy, gynecology and dental.

“We have education workshops; we have doctor consultations,” Raslan said. “It’s like a little mini hospital.”

Students and doctors see hundreds of patients per day and treat more than 1,000 patients over the course of the trip.

Students oversee the triage and patient intake sections of the clinic, where they sign in patients and assign the degree of urgency to wounds.

They also shadow doctors, take vitals and help diagnose patients.

Throughout the year, club members are taught how to take temperature, use stethoscopes and other basic necessities so they are prepared once in the country.

Sometimes, though, students will get an even more hands-on experience.

“The physicians over there, they actually let you do some work that you’re not supposed to, so you get the experience,” Raslan said. “For gynecology, me and other students were actually able to perform a Pap smear ourselves. We had a couple of students who actually did extractions for dental.”

In their most recent trip to Nicaragua, Raslan said there was little students did not do, with the exception of prescribing medication.

The trip also included a public health aspect where students went into the community to meet needs outside the doctor’s office.

The group provided concrete floors and a bathroom with a shower to two homes in the town.

“They would have to walk a lot of miles just to go use the

Hello, Mr. Senator

bathroom,” Raslan said. “We were able to provide families with things like that.”

There are more than 60 members in the chapter this semester, but not all will go on the summer trip. Raslan said most members are looking to gain experience for a career in medicine after college, but the trip itself was rewarding.

“You’d be surprised — They didn’t have anything,” Raslan said, “But we were able to help them like that.”

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille Emily Brauner / The Daily Reveille

The Global Brigades Medical Chapter’s executive board [above] is planning a mission trip to underprivileged communities in Panama this summer.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., stops to talk with bikers near the LSU Lakes along Dalrymple Drive.

FEBRUARY

EVENT CALENDAR

9

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015 3:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM

EnvironMentors - Energy, Coast & Environment Building Southern Women's Basketball - F.G. Clark Activity Center Move Your Mountain, Low Impact - Gus Young Park EBR Libertarian Parish - Louis DeAngelos Southern Men's Basketball - F.G. Clark Activity Center Music Video Overlaod - George's Place

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

The Daily Reveille

Monday, February 9, 2015 faculty

Ethics panel discusses Brian Williams, Charlie Hebdo, ‘The Interview’

BY Amanda Capritto acapritto@lsureveille.com National Public Radio Ombudsman Edward SchumacherMatos handles complaints from individuals to the company. On Feb. 6, he participated in a panel discussion with Manship School of Mass Communication Dean Jerry Ceppos, Lamar Family Visiting Scholar Steve Buttry and mass communication professor Judith Sylvester.

The discussion covered the state of ethics and social responsibility in today’s mass media.

The panelists spoke on topics ranging from the recent case of Brian Williams, an NBC Nightly news anchor who falsified an account of war in 2003, to a heated discussion of Sony’s recent production of “The Interview.”

The event focused on unethical behaviors like dishonesty, disrespecting religion and privacy invasion.

All four panelists agreed dishonesty is the most prevalent of problems with Brian Williams, but also considered the weight of adrenaline in those types of situations.

“Human memory is fallible,” Buttry said. “If you are in a highadrenaline situation, you are going to misremember things, but the journalist’s job is to get the facts right.”

Sylvester emphasized when a journalist is charged with dishonesty, the whole publication is opened up and has to face the question, “What else has this reporter gotten wrong?”

In terms of religion and religious offense, Ceppos didn’t think the media should “protect” readers by not publishing material they think may be offensive, and universities in particular should be a place where students and faculty can feel free to show

this content.

A discussion of “Charlie Hebdo,” a French satirical magazine recently attacked by French Muslims because of its publication of controversial depictions of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, also dominated the conversation.

While the French were shocked to see such a bold move from the media, Sylvester said it would be foreign to Americans if the media didn’t publish any offensive cartoons of our leaders­— religious or not.

Ceppos said the issue isn’t black and white.

“Who really knows what should you show, what shouldn’t you show?” Ceppos said.

Schumacher-Matos said it’s one thing to criticize the temporal leaders of region like the pope, priests and rabbis, but criticizing a god is crossing the line.

“Going after somebody’s god has been the source of murder throughout history. It is the source of wars,” SchumacherMatos said. “As an ethical violation of something you shouldn’t do, I think you just shouldn’t do it.”

Ceppos led the discussion on Sony’s “The Interview,” a film about two journalists who travel to North Korea to assassinate the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un.

Ceppos and Buttry said they are glad the movie was distributed despite threats of terrorist attacks and the cyberattack on Sony’s headquarters.

Buttry said the offensiveness of the movie is in the eye of the beholder, just as it is with the offensive cartoons published by Charlie Hebdo. Not everyone was offended by the cartoons, nor the movie.

Schumacher-Matos disagreed. He was opposed to the

idea of producing a film where the assassination of a real, live person is acted out.

“What if it had been about killing President Obama by name?” Schumacher-Matos said.

“What if the North Koreans had made it, and actually showed an assassination of Obama by name?”

After an hour of debate on how well the media is covering current events, the panelists explained how ethics in the mass media translate into other aspects of life and business.

While journalists abide by a specific ethical code, Buttry said he thinks each profession has to develop its own code of ethics based on its own situations.

“As journalists, our ethical code is to seek the truth and report it,” Buttry said, “But I’m undergoing chemotherapy, and if my doctor reported the ‘truth’ about me, it would be an invasion of my privacy because the ethics of the medical profession are different than the journalism profession.”

Buttry said the goal is to be part of a conversation about living more ethically, but the term “ethical” is situational.

Ceppos agreed with Buttry but said in some ways, everyone’s ethics are the same — there is a universal simplistic way to apply mass media ethics all around.

Sylvester said she enjoys teaching ethics in mass communication, but thinks ethics should be enforced in all courses.

“The reason I like to teach ethics here is because I feel like we instill two things in students,” Sylvester said. “One is examination of their own ethical makeup.

The other thing that I think is important is that we do introduce you [students] into the ethics of different communities.”

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

Mass communication leaders meet in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building to discuss recent ethical issues.

page 4 Academics

Studio gives students fashion resource CxC studio used for fashion photo shoot

BY Emilie Hebert ehebert@lsureveille.com Studio arts and French studies freshman Malarie Zaunbrecher and mass communication sophomore Ashley Monaghan had a photographer, a concept, a hair and makeup artist, models and a wardrobe. Everything they needed for a December photo shoot.

But they were missing perhaps the most essential element — a studio.

That’s when Zaunbrecher suggested the Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC, Art & Design Studio.

Located in the Design Building, the studio is a resource for art and design students to help build their required portfolios.

It’s an area equipped with professional photography, videography and lighting equipment, tutors for various software or writing assignments such as research papers, PC workstations and 3-D printing and scanning.

The studio gives driven students an opportunity to develop their ideas into real projects with the help of staff and faculty advisers.

“We’re very goal-oriented and project-oriented, so we try to help people really define that and accomplish things that will benefit them for their career,” said studio manager Vincent Cellucci. “We have fun along the way.”

Zaunbrecher and Monaghan wanted to build their portfolios and express their creativity with the help of the studio.

Zaunbrecher photographed many families, weddings and high school seniors in Lafayette but had no studio space when she moved to Baton Rouge. She and Monaghan met through a mutual friend, and soon the idea for the shoot was born.

After seeing a Prada ad of a red-haired girl wearing a coat backward, Monaghan, the creative director, looked for help to carry out her vision.

Zaunbrecher volunteered as photographer. Three University students offered to model, and another offered to do hair and makeup. Time Warp Boutique loaned the clothes for the shoot.

“Within 12 hours we were in CxC shooting,” Zaunbrecher said.

The studio is available to students Monday through Friday for no charge.

The pair spent six hours in the studio watching their concept come to life and said they plan to use the studio for future projects to continue adding to their portfolios.

“It was a really great setup,” Zaunbrecher said. “It was really conducive to being able

‘We’re very goal-oriented and project-oriented, so we try to help people really define that and accomplish things that will benefit them for their career.’

Vincent Cellucci, CXC STUDIO MANAGER

to shoot and review and set things up. It was an all-in-one space that we wouldn’t have been able to find anywhere else.”

The Art & Design Studio is part of Communication across the Curriculum, a one-of-a-kind program available to all majors that aims to improve the written, spoken, visual and technological communication skills of undergraduates. Launched in 2005, CxC offers communication-intensive courses and a Distinguished Communicator certification.

CxC houses two other studios on campus, Studio 151 and the Engineering Studio.

Cellucci and Sarah Liggett, CxC director and University professor, both expressed the need for developed communication skills in graduates entering the workforce.

“If you look at the statistics or the surveys, what they tell you ... is the No. 1 thing they [employers] look for in students is communication skills,” Liggett said.

She said students can find help with any project through CxC, from designing a web page to practicing a presentation in Studio 151’s presentation room.

Cellucci said the power of CxC is its ability to cater to every student’s original ideas, like the recent fashion shoot, while reaching campus-wide to all disciplines.

“It’s very much catered to the individual student and their professional goals and desires. We’re not interested in creating cookie-cutter students or anything like that,” Cellucci said. “We’re here to say, ‘who are you, what do you want to do the most in the world and let me help you do it.’”

Sports

Monday, February 9, 2015 football

page 5 men’s basketball

Tigers return to aggressive identity against Tide

Receivers coach Adam Henry departs for NFL

staff reports sports@lsureveille.com LSU wide receivers coach Adam Henry is leaving the University to take a job with the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette confirmed to The Daily Reveille on Sunday.

Henry joined the Tigers in spring 2012 after a five-year stint with the Oakland Raiders as offensive quality control coach and tight ends coach. He served at McNeese State University, where he played college football, henry from 1997-2006 prior to his tenure with the Raiders.

While at LSU, Henry developed current NFL receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, who stand as the only receiver duo to post 1,000 receiving yards in the same season.

Henry joins new 49ers head coach Jim Tomsula and former LSU special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey in San Francisco, where he holds that same position.

Henry had a two-year extension on his LSU contract approved by the Board of Supervisors at its Jan. 30 meeting, an extension that included a salary bump from a $320,000 salary to $375,000.

Follow The Daily Reveille on Twitter @TDR_sports.

BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com

“[The home run] was just my fault,” Corbello said. “I just left it in the middle, just a dropball that was kind of flat. You can’t make that mistake against any batter, first or ninth.”

Corbello responded by striking out two of the next three batters to bring LSU into the bottom of the first, trailing NC State by one run.

Bell stepped up to the plate with one out and sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry on first.

Bell took the game into her own capable hands on the fourth pitch of the at-bat when she smashed a home run over the hill in left field, driving in her 10th run of the season.

LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones challenged his team to play with an edge against Alabama.

Junior guard Keith Hornsby felt the heightened intensity before the Tigers tipped off.

“Ever since we started warming up, you could just feel the energy between us,” Hornsby said.

“We knew what we had to do. We didn’t have to say anything.”

After squandering two games against teams with losing records, a rejuvenated LSU let its intense play do the talking against Alabama.

The Tigers (17-6, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from their first losing streak of the season and returned to their inside-out identity with a 71-60 victory against the Crimson Tide on Saturday at the PMAC. After settling for 40 combined 3-pointers in the last two games, LSU relentlessly attacked the rim against Alabama, outscoring the visitors 28-20 in the paint.

The Tigers’ constant drives to the basket resulted in 38 trips to the free throw line, 19 more than the perimeter-shooting Tide.

Conversely, Alabama hoisted 26 3-pointers, 16 more than LSU. “I thought the big difference in the game was that we shot less 3-pointers — we only shot 10,” Jones said. “We got to

see softball, page 9

see alabama, page 9

javier fernández / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore pitcher/utility Baylee Corbello (19) pitches Sunday during the Tigers’ 4-2 victory against North Carolina State.

WEEKEND WARRIORS No. 19 softball team caps Tiger Classic sweep with 4-2 win against North Carolina State

BY morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com The No. 19 LSU softball team closed out the 2015 Tiger Classic with a 4-2 victory against North Carolina State on Sunday afternoon, finishing the opening weekend undefeated for the first time since starting 6-0 in the 2011 Tiger Classic.

The Tigers (5-0) swept the field, picking up two wins against the Wolfpack (2-3) and one against Memphis, Eastern Illinois and Tennessee State.

LSU’s power shone early as it did all weekend, highlighted by junior shortstop Bianka Bell’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first. After the first two innings, the Tigers relied on

stellar defense and a combination of solid outings from sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello and freshman pitcher Carley Hoover.

“It’s a great start,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We’re excited about it. We saw a lot of good things out of our team. We saw a lot of things we still need to work on, so we’ll make sure we get after it in practice this week and keep getting better.”

Both lineups came out swinging in the first two innings, scoring five of the combined six runs.

After not surrendering an extra base hit in her first start against Memphis on Friday, Corbello gave up her first home run of the season in the top of the first to NC State’s junior third baseman, Lana Van Dyken.

baseball

Former third baseman Ibarra develops successors Assistant coach mentors potential replacements

BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com Some things are easier said than done.

The LSU baseball team saw two seasons of consistent production and reliability at third base by Christian Ibarra. Now, it’s time for the Tigers to find his successor, and it won’t be easy.

“Christian Ibarra has become the standard-setter,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “He is greatest third baseman I’ve ever coached. It would be like replacing Brooks Robinson with the Orioles — everyone tries, but no one was ever quite like him.

I don’t think we will ever have someone like Christian Ibarra.”

Ibarra averaged a .933 fielding percentage in his two-year stint with the Tigers, along with earning 2013 First-Team AllSoutheastern Conference and 2013 SEC All-Defensive Team selections. His steady glove at third earned him 125 games played in his career and an everlasting trust with his teammates and coaches.

Now, Ibarra is on the other side. He’s an undergraduate assistant coach, leaving the hot corner to watch sophomore Danny Zardon and freshman Bryce Jordan compete to fill the void left in his absence while helping them to become what Mainieri believes Ibarra was for his team in the past.

“With Ibarra, there are some big shoes to fill, but it’s good that he’s around and he can offer us tips,” said freshman Greg Deichmann, who was vying for third base before injuring his foot.

“Coach [Mainieri] is real helpful.

He got us out here in the first couple days of spring, just making sure we were doing some stuff at third, getting us a lot of reps and stuff. It’s big shoes to fill, but we’ve got some guys around that can help and offer some tips.”

Ibarra’s role in the clubhouse has shifted, but his love for the game — and his position — hasn’t. Ibarra has become a part of the process of helping the team keep up its consistency on the field, helping out with

see ibarra, page 9

THE DAILY REVEILLE ARCHIVES

LSU then-senior infielder Christian Ibarra (14) swings at a pitch Feb. 15, 2014, during the Tigers’ 7-4 victory against the University of New Orleans at Zephyr Field.

The Daily Reveille

page 6

Monday, February 9, 2015

MEN’S TENNIS

Tigers’ Arias on win streak to begin season

LSU dominates Jackson State, Alcorn State in triple header BY james Bewers jbewers@lsureveille.com

Raegan labat / The Daily Reveille

LSU men’s tennis player Boris Arias returns a volley during practice on Thursday.

BY Jack Woods jwoods@lsureveille.com The only thing that can slowdown junior tennis player Boris Arias is rain.

Arias is 6-0 in singles matches this spring. The only match he failed to win was called off due to rain against Wisconsin. Since dropping the first set of the season to Nicholls State’s Bernard Wezeman, he has not lost a set.

“I’m pretty excited about this. It wasn’t like this my freshman year and sophomore year,” Arias said.

“Always winning gives you confidence, and I feel very confident for the upcoming matches.”

That confidence has been on full display the entire season.

Arias’ streak of 35 consecutive games won ended in the second set of Saturday’s second match against Jackson State.

LSU coach Jeff Brown attributes the successful start to an increase in Arias’ overall focus.

Senior Chris Simpson also noticed Arias is more locked in this year than in seasons past.

“His mind used to wander a little bit in practice, but now he knows what to do,” Simpson said.

“He’s got a couple seasons underneath his belt, and he knows what’s happening this season.”

Brown said Arias maintained periods of dominant play in the past, but a lack of focus sometimes prevented him from sustaining it.

“He actually has played at that level at different times, but sometimes he would take a set off,” Brown said. “After he played a set like that, then he would kind of go out into walking around a little bit and then all of a sudden he’d drop a set.”

Arias has changed his mindset now. He said he knows he needs to be focused during every point of every game in order to help his team.

Part of Arias’ dominance has been evident in his ability to jump out to early leads, leaving opponents unable to overcome.

By refusing opponents any hope at the beginning of a match,

Arias doesn’t offer his foes many footholds to get back in a match, something which has been clear in four consecutive straight-set victories in singles play.

Brown said Arias has not only improved in his mental game, but his overall game as well.

“I think everything has gotten better,” Brown said. “He’s consistently working on a few things.”

He said several of Arias’ strokes have picked up pace, as well as his understanding of how to use his strokes to hurt opponents.

The fast start has heightened Arias’ ambitions.

“In the past years I don’t think I thought about my personal goals,” Arias said. “But now, because of this, maybe my goal is to not lose a single match this season,” You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

The LSU men’s tennis team completed a dominant performance in three dual matches Saturday, shutting out Jackson State twice and Alcorn State once, 7-0, 7-0, 7-0, at ‘Dub’ Robinson Stadium.

LSU (7-1) won all seven completed doubles matches and dropped only one set in 18 singles matches.

LSU won seven sets without dropping a game between both matches against Jackson State, including freshman Simon Freund’s 6-0, 6-0 victory against Hernan Geria in the second match against Jackson State.

Freund and sophomore Justin Butsch each won a set without dropping a game against Alcorn State in the final match of the day.

“The focus was great,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown. “The concentration was great. Guys have something to prove as far how well they can keep that focus throughout the course of a match. You don’t always have the opportunity to dominate an opponent, and in a few spots today we were able to do that ... A lot of guys picked up wins.

We certainly didn’t lose any confidence today, and a lot of people gained quite a bit from it.”

After LSU took the doubles point in the first match of the day, Butsch (6-1, 6-2), junior Harrison Kennedy (6-2, 6-1) and junior Tam Trinh (6-0, 6-1) secured the first match victory with singles wins.

In the second match of the day, LSU again won the doubles point and captured the match win with singles victories by Freund (6-0, 6-0), Butsch (6-2, 6-1) and senior

Chris Simpson (6-0, 6-2).

After it won the doubles point for the third time on the day, LSU grabbed its seventh win of the season when Freund (6-1, 6-0), Butsch (6-2, 6-0) and sophomore Eric Perez (6-1, 6-2) achieved singles victories.

The lone set loss was in sophomore Jordan Daigle’s singles match against Alcorn State’s Ernesto Santillan in the final match of the day. After Daigle won the first set, 6-2, Santillan battled and tied it in a 7-5 second-set victory. Daigle ultimately won the match on the third set, which was determined by the first to 10 points, 10-3.

The triple-header allowed some variations in LSU’s doubles and singles rotations, including a doubles pairing between Freund and Perez in the second match against Jackson State. Normally, Perez and Trinh form LSU’s No. 1 doubles tandem.

Although Freund and Perez did

not complete their match against Styllanon Gkontsaris and Miguel Gomez Martin because the doubles point was secured, Freund said he enjoys playing with Perez.

“I played with Eric before in a couple matches, and he is a great player,” Freund said. “[He’s] a really good doubles player. He’s a perfect partner. He’s really supportive even if you make some bad errors.

I wasn’t playing the best match of my life. I was actually struggling pretty hard in that doubles match, but Eric was really doing his best to help me get back on my feet.”

Sophomore John Michael Busch also gained more experience with his partner, Kennedy, in a 6-3 doubles win against Jackson State’s Geria and Federico Mendletta in the second match of the day.

You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

Chris Simpson returns the ball during the Tigers’ 7-0 victory against Jackson State.

EPIC AMENITIES CALL TODAY 225.238.3844

The Daily Reveille

Monday, February 9, 2015 women’s basketball

page 7

Lady Tigers hold off SEC rival Alabama for 4th straight win BY stanton vignes svignes@lsureveille.com The LSU women’s basketball team handed Southeastern Conference rival Alabama its fourth loss in a row Sunday with a 51-39 victory at the PMAC. The victory was LSU’s (149, 8-3 SEC) fourth win in a row and added to its longest winning streak of the season. It was also the Lady Tigers’ fifth consecutive home win.

LSU contained an Alabama (12-13, 1-9 SEC) comeback after the Lady Tigers led by 12 at halftime. LSU went through similar scenarios in its previous three games, allowing Auburn and Missouri to make runs early in the second half of games to shrink LSU leads.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said any matchup in the SEC can be difficult, regardless of the rival’s rank.

“The SEC is such a competitive conference,” Caldwell said.

“No matter what the records of our opponents are, it’s going to be a fight. We knew Alabama was going to come in here and was going to play hard. We knew they were going to play aggressively, and they did just that. I’m proud of our team for staying the course.”

The Lady Tigers hit an

offensive dry spell early in the second half after shooting 50 percent from the floor throughout the first. They allowed the Crimson Tide to come out of halftime on a 7-0 run, during which LSU shot 0-for-4. The Lady Tigers finished the game shooting 38 percent from the floor and only 29 percent in the second half.

Alabama eventually pulled within four points, but LSU never gave up the lead the entire game and ended the second half on a 12-4 run.

Freshman forward Stephanie Amichia said she and her teammates stuck to the game plan and didn’t allow themselves to look back. “[Caldwell] says this all the time: Everything is zero-zero,” Amichia said. “After every segment, going into every game. It doesn’t matter what the stats are.

Everything is equal.”

The Lady Tigers were led by junior guard Danielle Ballard and sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief, who each had 11 points. Moncrief finished the game with a double-double, pulling in a career-high 13 rebounds.

Alabama was led by its season-leading scorer, sophomore forward Ashley Williams, who had 15 points and four rebounds on 7-of-12 shooting. Alabama’s remaining four starters had a

combined eight points and didn’t score a field goal until the midpoint of the first half.

Moncrief said even though the Lady Tigers stagnated, they were able overcome another conference opponent.

“We were being complacent,” Moncrief said. “The starters were not getting us off to a great start. We were not playing great defense. They are a good team and they were going to get their runs, but [Caldwell] was encouraging. We have to be a great defensive team to even be in the SEC.” The win kept LSU tied for third in the SEC standings after Mississippi State’s overtime win against Texas A&M earlier in the day. Alabama remained 13th in the SEC rankings, with its ninth loss in 10 SEC games.

Caldwell said she is proud of where her team is in its growth, but there’s always room for improvement.

“We’ve grown tremendously as a team,” Caldwell said. “We are just playing very unselfish.

To me, that is the sign of a mature team. We’ve got to continue to work on some areas that challenged us tonight, but we have time.”

You can reach Stanton Vignes on Twitter @StanVignes_TDR.

raegan labat / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief (11) dribbles the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 51-39 victory against Alabama at the PMAC.

The Daily Reveille

page 8

Monday, February 9, 2015

TRACK AND FIELD

LSU stands out at Hurdler Moore wants to be football New Mexico Classic walk-on after transferring from TCU BY mario jerez mjerez@lsureveille.com On day one of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, senior All-American Aaron Ernest sprinted to the NCAA lead in the 200-meter dash.

On the following day, the LSU track and field teams had three members finish in the top 16 of the national rankings.

After beginning the competition outside the top 10, Ernest shot himself to the top of the national rankings with a season best time of 20.73 seconds. Ernest, a former Southeastern Conference indoor champion, is looking to cap his collegiate career with his first national title and is currently No. 1 in the NCAA. “Aaron is running with a lot of confidence right now, and he pretty much assured himself a spot in the NCAA meet with his performance,” said LSU head coach Dennis Shaver in a news release.

Fellow senior Rodney Brown threw a personal best 69 feet, 3.25 inches to win the men’s weight throw title. The throw gave Brown his first victory in the event this season and puts him at No. 16 in the country.

LSU swept the top four spots in the event as senior Jeremy Tuttle, junior David Collins and junior Patrick Geers finished in second, third and fourth place, respectively.

Sophmore Nataliyah Friar won the women’s long jump event with a leap of 20 feet 5 inches, and sophomore Ka’Lynn Jupiter came out on top of the unseeded 400-meter dash with a time of

55.59 seconds to lead the Lady Tigers on the first day.

Sophmore Treymayne Acy and freshman Aleia Hobbs each sprinted to a personal best in their respective 60-meter dash while TCU transfer Jordan Moore achieved his best time as a Tiger in the 60-meter hurdles to lead LSU on the second day.

Acy crossed the finish line in 6.63 seconds, the best time of his career, to finish 0.1 seconds short of the first place time set by Texas sophomore Senoj-Jay Givens.

Hobbs ran a time of 7.27 seconds to take home the bronze medal in her event.

She is now ranked No. 10 nationally.

Moore moved to No. 8 in the nation in his event with a time of 7.80 seconds.

The team finished the weekend with five NCAA top 16 rankings, three LSU alltime, top-10 performances and 14 indoor personal bests.

“We’re very pleased with what we were able to get done as a team here this weekend,” Shaver said. “We came here to Albuquerque with some things in mind that we wanted to get done, and I think both teams did a pretty good job of that over the two days. There is still a lot of work to be done, so we look forward to another opportunity to compete next weekend.”

LSU will return to the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas next weekend for the Tyson Invitational from Feb. 13-14.

You can reach Mario Jerez on Twitter @MjerezIIITDR.

By Jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com

As a three-time Georgia state champion in the 110-meter hurdles, LSU sophomore hurdler Jordan Moore was ranked No. 3 in the nation in the event. He had scholarship offers to run track at any college of his choice.

But Moore is a two sport athlete, and he wasn’t ready to give up football.

The 6-foot-3-inch, 221-pound Moore was rated as a four-star recruit and the No. 15 safety in the nation by ESPN. Although he was interested in LSU, he was only offered the opportunity to run track for the Tigers.

Moore committed to TCU where he played football for three seasons, but only ran track for one.

“We recruited him heavily out of high school, and he was going to come here to run track, but TCU came in towards the signing period and offered him a football scholarship,” said LSU track and field coach Dennis Shaver.

“As a result, he went to TCU so he could play football and run track.”

In his one season on the track team, Moore established himself as one of the premier hurdlers in the country winning the 2014 Big 12 Championship in the men’s indoor 60-meter hurdles and outdoor 110-meter hurdles, while earning Second Team All-American honors in both.

In football, Moore was buried on the Horned Frogs roster. After switching positions multiple times, he finished his career at TCU with seven receptions for 50 yards and 20 carries for 87 yards with one touchdown.

“I didn’t get the opportunity I thought I should have gotten for football,” Moore said. “But everything works out for the better

at the end of the day. I had a good experience. I just had to take my talents elsewhere, where I feel like they could be amplified.”

Moore decided to transfer to an environment which would provide stiffer competition and strengthen his running abilities, and the Southeastern Conference and LSU was his first choice.

Shaver’s notable career and the opportunity to have a high profile training partner like senior hurdler Joshua Thompson for the first time in his career appealed to Moore’s desire to succeed in track.

“He is a great training partner,” Thompson said. “He will

probably push me more than I will push him, but I think we will have a great time this year.”

Since arriving at LSU, Moore has been contacted by the football coaches about playing as a walk-on for the Tigers.

Moore has one year of eligibility remaining to to his roots at defensive back. “[The coaches] said they have a deficit at receiver, but I’m thinking about playing defensive back,” Moore said. “I came out of high school as a defensive back.

I feel like that’s what my bread and butter is.”

You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

Valentine’s Day! Saturday, February 14th

Call 225-272-ROSE Or Click

visit us at the

LIVING EXPO FEB. 11 TH • 10AM–2PM • ROYAL COTILLION BALLROOM

272ROSE.COM

10812 N. Harrell's Ferry Rd

225-272-Rose 272Rose.com

SIGN A LEASE BY 2/22 & GET A

$100 GIFT CARD +

SAVE $245 WITH ZERO DOWN

uclubcottages.com • 5689 River Road • 225.364.2922 Fees & deadline subject to change. Gift card applies to first 25 leases only. See office for details.

Monday, February 9, 2015 alabama, from page 5 the line 38 times. I thought we were much better and aggressive of trying to get the ball to the rim.”

Leading the charge inside for LSU were sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin, who totaled 40 points on a combined 13-of-21 shooting from the field. It was the first time both Mickey and Martin shot better than 50 percent from the floor since Jan. 3 against Savannah State.

In particular, it was a bounceback game for Martin after some recent struggles. The Baton Rouge native hadn’t made half his field goals in the six games prior to Saturday’s contest, and he said Jones challenged him to be more assertive on the offensive end.

“Coach [Jones] has been on me the last couple of days about attacking the basket,” Martin said. “He was saying in [non-conference] I was averaging at least eight free throws per game. In conference play, I wasn’t averaging that many free throws, so he was saying I wasn’t attacking the basket enough. I wanted to come out this game attacking the basket.”

All six of Martin’s field goals came in the paint, including a crowd-lifting, two-handed slam that kickstarted an 8-0 LSU burst after Alabama cut the deficit to two with 8:48 left in the game.

All four of LSU’s field goals during the game-sealing run came in the paint.

Almost as noticeable as the Tigers’ new-found aggression was the change Jones made to the starting lineup. Sophomore Tim Quarterman and freshman

Jalyn Patterson both started in the backcourt alongside Hornsby in place of junior guard Josh Gray and sophomore center Darcy Malone.

The result: All five of LSU’s starters made a field goal in the game’s first seven minutes, and four of the five reached double digits for the first time since Jan. 14. “[Jones] switched some things up and changed the lineup a little bit, and it worked out for the better,” Mickey said. “Guys accepted it and moved on, and guys came in and played hard.”

Patterson was the lone starter to not reach double figures, but he filled up the stat sheet with six points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals in a career-high 35 minutes of action. “[Jones] just told me to go out there and lock up and do what I’ve been doing all year,” Patterson said. “He basically told me to go out there and play, and that’s what I tried to do.”

Despite shooting just 32.8 percent from the field, stingy Alabama never let LSU pull away completely. Tide senior guard Levi Randolph poured in 17 points, and freshman swingman Riley Norris came off the bench to add 12 while hitting three 3-pointers.

But unlike the previous two games, in which the Tigers stumbled down the stretch, LSU was able to finally put the game away with timely free throw shooting.

LSU missed 14 of its first 27 free throws but made 10-of-11 in the game’s final three minutes to seal the win.

After securing a much-needed victory, LSU can now turn its full attention to No. 1 Kentucky

The Daily Reveille

page 9 softball, from page 5

raegan labat / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman guard Jalyn Patterson (15) passes the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ 71-60 victory against Alabama at the PMAC. (23-0, 10-0 SEC), which remained undefeated with a 68-61 victory at Florida on Saturday. The Tigers and Wildcats tip off at 6 p.m.

Tuesday at the PMAC, and the game will be televised on ESPN. Based on Saturday’s performance, Kentucky will likely see an attacking and aggressive LSU squad, not the 3-point-shooting one.

“We needed this type of game,” Mickey said. “It was a bounce back. We played together as a team. We didn’t really settle too much, we got to the goal a lot, shot a lot of free throws. We just played great. I’m proud of my team. We bounced back from an extremely tough loss, and it’s something we needed.”

You can reach David Gray on Twitter @dgray_TDR.

geaux Get Hired!

2015 SPRING CAREER EXPO February 12, 2015 10:30am to 3:30pm PMAC THIS EVENT WILL BE A ONE-DAY ALL MAJORS CAREER EXPO! 225.578.2162 | lsu.edu/careercenter |

SPONSORS:

audubon

After Bell showed the power of the Tigers’ lineup in the first, LSU completed the one-two punch of power and speed in the second by relying on the quickness of sophomore infielder Constance Quinn and freshman outfielder Emily Griggs to score two runs, extending its lead to 4-1.

In the top of the third, the Wolfpack tallied its second run when junior infielder Maggie Hawkins grounded out into a double play, scoring senior shortstop Renada Davis.

At the top of the fifth, LSU made its first pitching change of the 2015 season after each of its pitchers threw complete games in its four previous games.

Hoover (1-0) came in relief for Corbello (2-0), who finished the day with four strikeouts, two walks and two earned runs in four innings pitched.

Although Hoover hit the first batter she faced, she turned it around immediately, striking out five of the next six. Hoover leads the Tigers with 15 strikeouts through the first five games.

Corbello and Hoover combined to allow the Wolfpack only one hit in the last four innings.

“Most good teams start hitting around the fifth inning,” Corbello said. “It’s great to have someone to come in and close out.

We offset each other really well.”

Throughout the weekend, two

ibarra, from page 5 fielding drills in practice and working with both the third and first basemen.

Mainieri said Ibarra’s attitude and involvement is already being felt within the clubhouse and on the field, and he expects to see Ibarra continue developing the third basemen.

“He had a unique style of fielding,” Mainieri said. “Not necessarily a style I would teach a kid. He has got a lot of flash to him, but the one thing about him is that he was very loose, and a couple of our infielders are a little stiff and nervous and unsure of themselves. Him trying to give them a little flair, maybe, helps them loosen up a little bit, which I think is a positive.”

With the season opener against Kansas on Friday, the Tigers have a little more than a week to decide on their opening night starter at the hot corner.

Ibarra said he is impressed

by Zardon and expects him to be a key contributor for the Tigers at third. “[I’m impressed with] the way [Zardon] plays the game,”

aspects of the Tigers’ game stood out: pitching and power hitting.

Coming into the season, Torina stressed the importance of using every pitcher on staff.

Through the Tigers’ first five games, each pitcher has thrown a complete game, and as a rotation, all four have posted a combined 41 strikeouts compared with only seven walks.

“I’d be interested to know if there’s another team in the country that’s got four pitchers that have thrown four complete games and that’s 4-0, that’s even used four pitchers to the extent we have,” Torina said Saturday after LSU’s first win against NC State.

After breaking a singleseason program record with 65 home runs last season, LSU looks well on its way to having another lineup stacked with power hitters.

Through the first five games, Bell leads the Tigers with three home runs after hitting 14 last season, trailing only then-freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish for the team lead last year.

“It’s a really good feeling,” Bell said. “I know that I still have a lot to work on, so I’m going to go really hard this week at practice, and hopefully it comes around this coming weekend so I can do the same thing.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR. Ibarra said. “He knows when he’s messing up. He knows when to bring up his game. Zardon has always been that kind of competitor. He has always hit the ball hard everywhere. He’s going to field the ball and throw the ball as hard as he can because he has a good arm. He’s just a competitor.”

Zardon, a former teammate of Ibarra, knows all about what it means to replace a player of his caliber. He has learned under Ibarra since joining the Tigers as a freshman last season.

Zardon played in 28 games with 13 starts, including five starts at third base. He finished the season with a .984 fielding percentage and only one error. While it remains to be seen if he’ll win the starting spot, Zardon has the support and confidence of Ibarra. “[Ibarra]’s definitely a hardworking guy,” Zardon said. “You learn a lot from seeing a guy over there at third base. Big shoes to fill over there, obviously, but I’ll be comfortable over there doing it.”

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

The Daily Reveille

page 10 gymnastics

Monday, February 9, 2015

Jordan’s injury negated by Tigers’ depth in Georgia win

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com

When LSU senior allarounder Jessie Jordan suffered a back injury during warm-ups Friday night, LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux knew she could count on someone to step up against No. 9 Georgia in place of the No. 4 all-arounder in the nation.

But she didn’t expect it to be LSU football coach Les Miles, who was sitting courtside with his youngest daughter Macy.

The crowd of 7,722 — the third-largest in school history — erupted during senior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall’s floor routine, when she and Miles simultaneously did his famous clap.

“We invited [Miles] to come see [Hall’s] routine,” Breaux said. “To be a part of what she is doing to mimic some of the things that he does, and to try to bring the crowd into her performance. It really worked.”

Despite Jordan’s injury,

the No. 3 Tigers set the second-highest score in the nation and eclipsed a 198 team score for the third time in program history with their 198.075-196.850 win against the Gym Dogs.

Miles wasn’t the only one to chip in after Jordan pulled a back muscle during vaulting warmups.

The injury, which Breaux said is minor, forced Breaux to change the lineup less than an hour before the competition started.

“We told the kids, ‘we got a lemon, now we’re going to make some lemonade,’” Breaux said.

“We decided to create some emotion to offset a bit of a hitch in our giddyup, and the kids rose to the occasion and did a tremendous job.”

The Tigers combined to set or tie seven career-highs, one season-high and the crowd chanted “LSU” more than 10 times during LSU’s dominant performance.

“It shows how much even the freshmen on this team have

so much maturity and confidence,” said senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville. “We don’t look at any spot differently.

They’re all interchangeable.

That’s how much depth and talent we have on this team.”

Courville put together the best all-around performance of her career and the second-best in school history in the wake of Jordan’s injury.

Courville accounted for three scores of 9.950 and wrapped up the highest allaround score in the nation, a 39.825, by tying her careerhigh on floor with a 9.975.

“It’s owed to how much energy we had coming off this week of practice,” Courville said. “We knew we were going to come out here and not leave anything behind … I fed off such a great lineup in front of me on everything.”

Freshman all-arounder Myia Hambrick filled in for Jordan on several events, leading to her competing in the all-around for the first time since the season-opener

against Iowa.

Hambrick made the most of the opportunity by earning a career-high on vault and beam, scoring a 9.900 on both.

“I did compete in the allaround one time this year so far, so it wasn’t really a lot of pressure,” Hambrick said. “I felt that I owed it to [Jordan] to give it my best. I did my best, and the team did our best with her there cheering [for] us on the sidelines.”

Breaux also praised the performances of sophomore all-arounder Sydney Ewing and freshman all-arounder Erin Macadaeg.

Ewing tied her career-high on vault with a 9.900 and set a new season-high on floor by scoring a 9.875.

Macadaeg performed her best beam set of the season, causing the fans to demand a perfect score and resulting in a new career-high of 9.950.

“What they did is they saw the No. 1 team in the country [Oklahoma], and saw what we needed to do,” Breaux said.

“They answered that call …

This team is drinking each other’s Kool-Aid.” You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

Javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville performs her floor routine Friday during the Tigers’ 198.075-196.850 victory against Georgia at the PMAC.

apply today @ baton rouge student living.com

VISIT US AT THE LIVING EXPO Wednesday • February 11th • 10am-2pm • Royal Cotillion Ballroom

SAVE $245 WITH ZERO DOWN

&

ENTER TO WIN A GO PRO HERO 4 + OUTDOOR KIT BUNDLE

Fees & prizes subject to change. Limited time only. See office for details.

The Daily Reveille

page 11

Monday, February 9, 2015

c a l e P L i o k N e s ’ H e o r m e e Th

LIVING EXPO

Presented by: LSU Student Media LSU Student Union | Royal Cotillion Ballroom February 11, 2015 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Free Admissions, Giveaways and Raffles

Sponsored by:

exchange T H E

A

T

B

A

T

O

N

R

O

U

G

E

Fairway View I&II Cambridge Apartments Max Fitness Simple Bills Indigo Park Campus Crossings University Edge Cort Furniture Beau Chene Oakbrook Place Du Plantier

Opinion

page 12

Monday, February 9, 2015

leveling

UP

eSports are growing, still far from traditional sports

WALLY SANTANA / The Associated Press

Visitors use PlayStation gaming products during the Taipei Game Show in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, Jan. 28.

SMASH THE HATE JAMES RICHARDS Columnist Screams come from the crowd, players hold their head in their hands as the challenger reluctantly picks up his …

GameCube controller?

Strange though it might seem, high-level video game competitions, called “eSports,” are on the rise and have the potential to become as widely accepted as traditional sports.

The numbers look good so far. Information analytics firm IHS Technology reports people watched 2.4 billion hours of eSports online and on TV in 2013, and it’s expected to more than double by 2018.

It estimates the video market for eSports will be worth $300 million annually by that year. eSports is still a fly on the wall when compared to traditional sports like football and soccer, though. ESPN was valued at over $50 billion last year, and unlike the oil market, sports entertainment is booming. It doesn’t help that

ESPN president John Skipper compared eSports to checkers and said he’s “mostly interested in doing real sports.”

If eSports is ever going to become a “real sport,” the scene will have to model itself after South Korea. There, fans regularly fill stadiums to watch the top Starcraft players go head-to-head in matches that are as entertaining and unpredictable as football.

Things are moving along for the fledgling communities.

Last week was Apex 2015, the largest Super Smash Bros. tournament in history. More than 1,000 entrants showed up to play Super Smash Bros. Melee and around 100,000 people tuned in at 3 a.m. to watch the grand finals.

Smash Bros. can’t compete with the big players in eSports, though, with games like League of Legends and DotA 2 reaching tens of millions of people. Last year these games had multiple milliondollar prize pools, with 32 million people tuning in for the championship events.

Those numbers have to start somewhere. To see what all the fuss was about,

Will eSports ever reach the level of traditional sports like football?

The Daily Reveille Editorial Board

Chandler Rome Erin Hebert Rebecca Docter Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez SidneyRose Reynen

Editor in Chief Co-Managing Editor Co-Managing Editor News Editor Opinion Editor

I went to see what a grassroots video game tournament looks like.

The smell of Chick-fil-A and determination was in the air Saturday afternoon in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union for Smash Club at LSU’s monthly tournament. Gamers of all stripes and smells packed the room, where old-school CRT TVs sat alongside HD displays. The tournament pitted seasoned veterans against newcomers across four different Smash Bros. games.

Despite the level of success gaming tournaments have generated, I don’t see eSports getting to the level of traditional sports anytime soon. The real roadblock to video games becoming a competitive, watchable event lies in the relative lack of mass appeal.

Physical sports have their roots in the Olympic Games and other really old traditions.

They’ve been in our culture for so long, it would be unfair to expect something like video games to catch on so quickly.

The next problem is understandability. If I turn on

March Madness and see some skyscraper of a human being dunk a ball into a hoop, I understand it pretty easily. He scored points and the other team will beat his team if it can score more points by the end of the game.

This is not always the case for eSports, where a much larger part of the fanbase actively plays the games they watch andwhose intricacies they understand.

Try explaining the nuances of a 3 teleport roving gank squad composition in League of Legends to somebody who still can’t figure out how to send an email, and you’ll quickly see my point.

Another problem is more apparent at the events themselves. There was a distinct lack of female representation at the Smash Bros. tourney.

I’m not going to get into the myriad of societal factors that subtly influence women to dislike video games, but let’s just say the only girls I saw were taking pictures of the event.

Traditional sports at least make an attempt to market themselves towards women.

Did you really think Katy Perry was dancing awkwardly

with people in shark costumes at the Super Bowl to attract male viewers?

The fighting games community in particular, which plays arcade-style games like Soul Calibur and Street Fighter, has a bad reputation when it comes to gender equality. Prominent female members of the community regularly speak out against the harassment they field everywhere they turn. Women are regularly called out for not being a “true gamer,” and that they’re only in it for the attention.

While I saw none of the misogyny exhibited Saturday at the tournament, it’s a problem that needs to be addressed. eSports will only overcome the social stigma of a bunch of sweaty nerds gathering to beat each other up on a TV screen if the participants can be good sportsmen and make their communities accessible to all kinds of people.

James Richards is a 20-yearold mass communication sophomore from New Orleans.

You can follow him on Twitter @JayEllRichy.

‘Physical ability doesn’t matter to sports. Steve Nash styles on guys more athletic than him.’

‘Only if we can get rid of the social stigma of playing video games.’

Brian Pierre

Diego Kaptain

electrical engineering sophomore

mathematics sophomore

Editorial Policies & Procedures

The Daily Reveille (USPS 145-800) is written, edited and produced solely by students of Louisiana State University. The Daily Reveille is an independent entity within the Manship School of Mass Communication. Signed opinions are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the editor, paper or University. Letters submitted for publication should be sent via e-mail to opinion@lsureveille. com or delivered to B-39 Hodges Hall. They must be 400 words or less. Letters must have a contact phone number so the opinion editor can verify the author. The phone number won’t be printed. The Daily Reveille reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns for space consideration without changing the original intent. The Daily Reveille also reserves the right to reject any letter without notification of the author. Writers must include their full names and phone numbers. The Daily Reveille’s editor in chief, hired every semester by the Louisiana State University Student Media Board, has final authority on all editorial decisions.

Quote of the Day

‘Kids don’t even read comic books anymore. They’ve got more important things to do, like video games.’

Ang Lee director, screenwriter, producer Oct. 23, 1954 — present

Monday, February 9, 2015

Opinion

page 13

Like IS, but in Africa: U.S. media largely ignore terrorism SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED ALEX MENDOZA Columnist The Islamic State grabbed headlines yet again last Tuesday when militants released horrifying video footage of a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive. You might not know that two days later, Boko Haram fighters shot and burned to death about 90 civilians in Cameroon.

Last spring, Boko Haram was the target of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign. The campaign was a viral protest meant to raise awareness of the group’s abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. The movement, though largely ineffective, helped spread much-needed awareness of Boko Haram’s cruelty.

But since then, news and awareness about the group seem to have died down despite the group’s continued atrocities.

Thursday’s massacre failed to make the front page of many major news sites. I had to learn about it from BuzzFeed News, embarrassingly enough.

The disparity in news coverage between IS and Boko Haram

is perplexing because the groups are similar in many ways. Based out of Nigeria, Boko Haram (which means “Western education is forbidden”) seeks to capture territory, create a Nigerian Islamic state and institute Sharia law. Like IS, Boko Haram releases video propaganda and images of terrible acts of violence against civilians.

I can’t help but get the feeling one reason Boko Haram flies under most Americans’ radars is it fits the stereotype of Africa as a broken, dangerous place. Rather than a vast and varied continent, American media tend to portray a uniform land of disease, poverty and violence.

This portrayal does wonders for viral justice campaigns like #BringBackOurGirls or Kony 2012, but it does little to educate Americans about what really happens in African countries.

Another reason for the lack of Boko Haram coverage may be the group does not appear as threatening as IS. According to AfricaCheck. org, Boko Haram killed at least 9,000 people in Nigeria between 2009 and 2014. Meanwhile, according to a UN report, IS killed almost 9,000 Iraqi civilians in the first eight months

of 2014 alone.

Similarly, estimates put Boko Haram’s strength at between 7,000 and 10,000 fighters in Nigeria. The CIA estimates IS may have up to three times as many fighters in Iraq and Syria.

But try telling someone whose house was burned down by the group or whose children were killed or kidnapped that the group poses less of a threat than IS. We owe it to Nigerians to tell their stories just as we tell those of Iraqis.

More cynically, American media’s relative apathy to the plight of Nigerians may be political.

IS is a goldmine for talking heads. The group is notorious for taking hostages, at which point political pundits can argue about the efficacy of negotiating with terrorists. And they’ve got the word “Islamic” right there in the name, a buzzword in the newest wave of Islamophobia.

But more importantly, IS provides armchair critics the perfect opportunity to evaluate U.S. policy in Iraq.

Everything old is new again, from Bush’s post-9/11 response to Obama’s exit strategy. Some analyses go all the way back to

wesley fleming / The Daily Reveille

Europe’s divvying up of the former Ottoman Empire to explain the rise of IS. Nigeria does not offer the same opportunity, unless it is to critique our relative failure to act in the country.

But don’t news organizations have a responsibility to cover important events, regardless of ulterior motives? Last year’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign seems proof enough that many media outlets only care to cover a story when it is fashionable.

After all, once all of the fuss died down, did you find out what happened to those girls?

They were forcibly married off to Boko Haram fighters, according to a few non-U.S. reports.

Responsible media follows a story through to the end, whether it is currently trending or not.

Alex Mendoza is a 22-year-old political science and international studies senior from Baton Rouge.

You can reach him on Twitter @alexmendoza_TDR.

Vaccination decisions affect more children than your own MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist Yeah, you’re the parent, and you call the shots. We know. But your beliefs shouldn’t put your child or anyone else’s child in jeopardy.

The discussion of child vaccinations was rekindled after President Barack Obama recently said in an interview he believes parents should have to vaccinate their children.

Religious reasons are always valid excuses, just like with anything else, to opt out of getting your child vaccinated.

Outside of religious and medical reasons, every state requires that, before a child enters elementary school, he or she receive his or her vaccinations to avoid outbreaks of measles, mumps and rubella.

But in 2003, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry passed a law making it easier for parents to opt out of getting their children vaccinated.

The law allows parents to skip vaccinations for “reasons of conscience, including a religious belief.” Texas is unfortunately one of the 20 states that allows these exemptions.

That means for some, everything from believing getting vaccinated will make

your child extremely sick to believing the doctors are trying to take your money is a good enough reason to opt out of vaccinations.

These states need to reconsider their laws regarding vaccinations for children. According to Anne Schuchat, the director of the National Center for Immunization, 79 percent of the people that caught measles in 2013 were unvaccinated because of personal belief exemptions.

In a story published by The Huffington Post, president and CEO of the Immunization Partnership Anna Dragsbaek explained the problem is not the number of people opting out.

The problem is the parents that are usually opting out are all in specific areas, clumped together.

The same story said, according to the Immunization Partnership, there are some areas in the country that have a non-vaccination rate of more than 50 percent. If an outbreak were to occur, the schools in these populated areas would have a huge problem on their hands.

Parents have beliefs on why they’d prefer not to vaccinate.

Regardless of what your beliefs are, all children need to be vaccinated.

Those people that wear the extremely clean white coats don’t have “M.D.” behind their

Damian Dovarganes / The Associated Press

Pediatrician Charles Goodman poses for a photo with the MMR vaccine, an immunization vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, at his practice in Northridge, California, on Jan. 29. names for nothing. They’re pressuring you to vaccinate your children for a reason, and it’s not to take money from you.

Scientists have carefully reviewed vaccinations for years and found them to be extremely safe.

Diseases that kill and injure thousands, such as polio, are no longer found in the U.S., but these diseases still exist in underprivileged countries where vaccines aren’t as easy to

receive.

Parents who are anti-vaccine are not only putting their own kids at risk, but they are also putting other people’s children at risk. Some mothers believe if your child is vaccinated, then you shouldn’t worry about what she does with her kids, because it’s impossible for your child to catch anything.

This mother is forgetting about infants under the age of one who can’t receive

all of their vaccinations yet, people with cancer or children or adults with weak immune systems.

No, vaccines are not 100 percent effective. But it’s safer to get a vaccine that is 99 percent effective than to not get one at all.

Clarke Perkins is a 19-year-old political science freshman from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.

The Daily Reveille

page 14

Announcements

Employment

Housing

Monday, February 9, 2015

Merchandise

Transportation

Classif ieds

To place your ad, visit www.lsureveille.com and click classifieds

For Rent Fully Furnished Private Bedroom with 3 closets and individual bathroom located in a 3 bedroom Town for sub-lease til July 2015 at The Woodlands of Baton Rouge. $665/mo plus utilities. Pet Friendly- Female Only - Call 225-214-2350 ________________________

MOVE IN SPECIAL! $25 off per month for 1st lease term!

Gated community on Sharp Rd near Florida Blvd. Call Park Regency at (866)932-0036 to schedule a tour! ________________________

Help Wanted

Looking for a fun part-time Job Come in and APPLY at RIGSBY FREDERICK Salon and Gallery We are looking for fun, fashionable, upbeat, friendly coworkers to join our team! ________________________ Customer Service Representative Join our Customer Loyalty Team( Full Time and Part Time positions) The License Coach

Now taking Applications for Pizza Makers and Waitresses.

Apply at RZP ________________________ CASH paid Daily!!!! PLUCKERS is now hiring DELIVERY DRIVERS and SERVERS. Earn $12-$15/hr. Apply at 4225 Nicholson or Pluckers.com ________________________ WANTED: SWIM INSTRUCTORS: Crawfish Aquatics; Louisiana Total Swim Program Afternoons-April. Full Time Summer. If you are highly motivated, great character, hard working, we can teach the rest. Send resume to:swimminglessons@crawfishaquatics.com WANTED: CAMP COUNSELORS: Exerfit Family Fitness Part Time, Full Time Summer If you are highly motivated, great character, hard working, we can teach the rest.

PJ’s Coffee Downtown Now Hiring Baristas! Please apply at 100 Lafayette St. 225-381-0055 ________________________

ACT Tutor paying $400 apiece for 2013-2014 or 2014-2015 student directories from Lafayette High, Teurlings Catholic, and St. Thomas More. E-mail John at john.burford@magnoliaprep. com. ________________________

clerical & household helper needed by retired prof near campus. 10 flex hr/wk. $8.50/hr. apply sims1166@bellsouth.net. ________________________

Hiring ACT tutor for New Orleans. Paying $40 per hour.

We require a 32 ACT composite or higher. E-mail John Burford at john.burford@magnoliaprep. com. ________________________

PRIVATE CLUB RECEPTIONIST (Downtown BR) Part-time Flexible hours $10 per/hour Email resume: Elise@CamelotClubBR.com ________________________ Looking for a tutor for our 7th grade student for english, literature, science and social studies.

Would like someone for Monday through Thursday from 5:30 pm for 1 or 1 1/2 hours per day.

Please contact Alisa O’Connor at 225-753-3788 or 225-2293781. ________________________

Preschool near LSU hiring parttime teachers, 2:30-5:30, Monday thru Friday. Email resume to cdshighland@gmail.com or call 225-766-1159.

PERSONALS I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

PERSONALS I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine? I want a valentine oh so badly! Will someone please be mine?

LS

ONA

PERS

PER

y! Will a so badlI want ? e oh ntin be mine someonee oh ? ntin t a vale se y! Will I wan eone plea so badl t a valese be mine e oh ? I wan plea y! Will som ntin vale se be minesomeoneso badl want a I eone plea y! Will ntine oh mine? som e oh ? so badlt a vale se be y! Will ntin I wan eone plea so badl t a valese be mine e oh ? I wan plea y! Will som ntin vale se be minesomeoneso badl want a I eone plea y! Will ntine oh mine? som e oh ? so badlt a vale se be y! Will ntin I wan eone plea so badl t a valese be mine e oh ? I wan plea som ntin vale se be minesomeone plea y! Will so badl

SON

I wa som nt a va valen eone lentin plea tine please e oh so se be oh so be m so ba I wa badly! mine? badly! ine? dly! W som nt a va Will so I wa Will I want ill valen eone lentin meo nt a va someo a plea tine please e oh ne plea lentin ne so ba se be oh so be m so badl se be e oh I wa dly! mine? badly! ine? y! W mine? som nt a va Will so I wa Will I want ill valen eone lentin meo nt a va someo a plea tine please e oh ne plea lentin ne so ba se be oh so be m so badl se be e oh dly! mine? badly! ine? y! W mine?

Will I wa Will I wa ill som nt so nt a eone a va meo plea lentin ne se be e oh min e?

PERSONAL

S

I want a valenti ne oh someone please be so badly! Will valentine mine? I want oh please be so badly! Will someo a mine? I want ne so badly! a valenti Will I want a valentisomeone please ne oh be mine? ne oh someone please be so badly! Will valentine mine? I want oh please be so badly! Will someo a mine? I want ne so badly! a valenti Will I want a valentisomeone please ne oh be mine? ne oh someone please be so badly! Will valentine mine? I want oh please be so badly! Will someo a mine? I want ne so badly!

Will someo a valentine oh ne please be mine?

Will oh so badly! a I want a valentinebe mine? I want please someone Will someone oh so badly! a valentine oh valentine mine? mine? I want please be please be someone Will so badly! Will oh so badly! a I want a valentinebe mine? I want please someone Will someone oh so badly! a valentine oh valentine mine? mine? I want please be please be someone Will so badly! Will oh so badly! a valentine a I want I mine? want please be someone Will someone oh so badly! a valentine oh valentine mine? mine? I want please be please be someone so badly! Will

PER

ALS

SON

PER

SON

I wan som t a vale vale eone pleantine plea ntine oh se beoh so bad so badse be min so bad mine? ly! Will I wan ly! Will e? I ly! Will I wan wan som t a som t a vale som eon t a vale eone vale eone pleantine e plea ntin plea ntine oh se beoh so bad se be e oh so badse be min so bad mine? ly! Will mine?

I wan ly! Will e? I ly! Will I wan wan som t a som t a vale som eon t a vale eone vale eone pleantine e plea ntin plea ntine oh se beoh so bad se be e oh so badse be min so bad mine? ly! Will mine? ly! Will e? I ly! Will I wan ta som want a someon eon vale e plea ntin e se be e oh min e?

ALS

ALS

...

A Personal’s More You! Place yours today at lsureveille.com Bakery Sales Clerks needed at Baum’s Fine Pastries on Perkins Rd. PT 30 hrs/wk assisting customers, taking cake orders, cashiering. Apply in person at 10550 Perkins Rd or email resume to baums@bellsouth.net. ________________________ SELA Aquatics now hiring lifeguards, swim coaches, instructors, managers for country club pools in BR, NOLA, Lafayette.

Red Zeppelin Pizza now accepting applications for Pizza Makers and Waitresses. Apply at RZP ________________________

l ! Wi badly nt a e oh so ne? I wa meon oh ntine be mi ! Wil so entine mine? l vale nt a e please so badly nt a va ase be l on oh I wa e ple ! Wi some entine mine? meon so badly want a e val ase be Wil so ne oh ne? I meon oh ple badly! lenti be mi ! Wil so lentine mine? so nt a va please badly a va be l I wa one oh so ? I want e please ! Wi some entine mine meon so badly want a e val ase be Wil so ne oh ne? I meon oh ple badly! lenti be mi ! Wil so lentine mine? so nt a va please badly a va be I wa one oh so ? I want e please some entine mine meon val ase be Wil so ple badly! so

I wa

PERSONALS

LS

Next to LSU 2/1 house $700, 2/1.5 townhouse $650. 1/1 $425 pets ok.McDaniel Properties owner/agent 388-9858

Behavioral Intervention Group (BIG) is a team of dedicated therapists focused on providing the skills, teaching environments and learning opportunities necessary to improve the quality of life for children with autism and other developmental disorders. BIG provides children with a highly individualized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program that is continually modified to meet the child’s needs as they progress. As a BIG line therapist, you’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable experience providing ABA services. Our therapists receive intensive training and are taught to be scientists, decision-makers and leaders. This is a full time position starting with an hourly rate of $14.00 hour plus benefits. Although this is an entry level position there is room for advancement at BIG. The job is fun, flexible, and offers a rewarding experience for both the therapist and the child. To apply send resume to admin@ big-br.com. ________________________

Apply at www.selaaquatics.com. ________________________

Send resume to: jennie@exerfitbr.com ________________________

ONA

2-BR condo near LSU, W/D in Unit, $700/mon, Call 225-2786621. ________________________

(www.licensecoach.com) is seeking a new team member to join our customer loyalty team.

The following skills are required for this position. -Work in a fast paced environment -Have the ability to multi-task -Personable -Handle a large amount of inbound and outbound calls -Internet Savvy -Strong Work Ethic If you feel that you have the skills listed please forward your resume. blake@licensecoach. com ________________________

PERS

Sublease at Woodlands, Female only, $590/mo, 214-2350 ________________________

Costs: 35 cents per word a day, personals free for students Deadline: 12 p.m., two school days prior to the print publication date

I wan som t a valentin eon valentin e plea e oh so se badly! please e oh so be min Will e? so bad be mine? badly! Will I want a I wan ly! Will som I want a someon someont a valentin eone pleavalentine e oh se valentin e plea e oh so se badly! be mine? please e oh so be min Will be min badly! e? I wan so bad ta Will e?

I wan ly! Will som I want a someon someont a valentin eone pleavalentine e oh se valentin e plea e oh so se badly! be mine? please e oh so be min Will e? so bad be mine? badly! Will I want a ly! Will I wan som someon t a vale eone e plea ntine oh se be mine?

LSU Library Apartments. 1 & 2 bedroom flats & townhouses. Gated, crown molding, wood floors, some have w/d, laundry on site. On site manager $450.00-$675.00. Call (225) 615-8521 ________________________

Services

Part Time Physical Therapy Technician Openings Kleinpeter Physical Therapy, an outpatient physical therapy clinic with locations in Zachary and Baton Rouge, has two openings for part time Physical Therapy Technicians. One opening is at our Baton Rouge location, and the other is at our Zachary location. We are seeking outgoing, compassionate, customer service oriented individuals. Please send your resume via e-mail to information@KleinpeterPT.com, or via fax to 225-658-7751 Attn: Leah. ________________________ Companion for young adult with intellectual disability Perfect for Spec Ed, Kinesology, or ComD majors Non-smoker M&W or T&Th 9:30-4:30 $12.70/ hr 225-335-6219 or resume to chzgil@cox.net ________________________ Horticulture and Landscape Architect Students! Harb’s Oasis Garden Center on Coursey Blvd. is looking for immediate in store sales positions in bedding plants, trees & shrubs, and watergardens. $10.95 per hour and up. To apply, email: harb. oasis@gmail.com ________________________

Brain Trainers needed! Are you fun, smart and good with kids?

10-20 hrs/wk, $13+/hr. Call LearningRx: 225-663-5600. ________________________ Looking for tennis teaching pros to help with Junior programs and clinics. Some tennis playing experience required. Please contact Ryan Dornier at ryandornier@aol.com. Start @ $10/ hr but can get up to $40/hr ________________________ SHORT FILM SEEKS EXTRAS on Monday, Feb. 16 from 2 to 5 pm at the Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts.

Each extra gets entered to win a $125 Visa gift card - a 1 in 50 chance to win! For more info visit asymptotepictures.com

Personals Interested in Drones? Multirotors, quadcopters, etc. Shoot me a text, and let’s go fly. 225-3724420

catch an h more st this bead i Gras Mard

Place a classified AT LSUReveille.com

Monday, February 9, 2015 watches, from page 1 come up with.

They narrowed it down to four main designs with different types of wood to start Ambici. The inside of the watches are cased in metal, because the wood shrinks over time and could break the crystal part of the watch.

To make their first 500 watches, which will come in a few weeks, Reed needed $12,500. Using a KickStarter campaign pre-selling the designs, he and his brother gathered $21,000, and Ambici was underway.

The name of the company, its slogan and logo all come from the word ambition, one of Reed’s favorites.

“The word Ambici is actually Albanian for the word ambition,” Reed said. “The logo, it’s called a

Music, from page 1 state of music programs in schools in Louisiana, the funding and poor administrations.”

Murray said the exodus of music majors in Louisiana has more to do with job prospects and student origin.

Pay for music education jobs in Louisiana doesn’t compare to that of nearby states.

While the jobs in other states are more attractive for music students, the students themselves hail from all over.

“I think also a lot of it has to do with where they are from.,” Murray said. “The school of music is one of the most diverse in terms of where people are from.

We have a lot of international students and a lot of out-of-state students, so I think those people are probably more inclined to leave Louisiana.”

Dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts Todd Queen said making a career out of music in Louisiana depends on what people define as a “music career.”

The traditional route would include getting an orchestra gig or working with an opera company, and there are few positions open in the world for those jobs, Queen said.

The goal is to create a job market in which students with music degrees can do more than what is traditionally expected of them.

A musician’s main outlet would be to play in bands, especially around New Orleans, but there are jobs in music production, recording, music promotion and a small market for composing, Murray said.

Murray said he sees some prospects in the area but still doesn’t plan on staying. There’s hope for those who do want to stay, but it isn’t enough.

Despite budget cuts within the last few years, Murray is optimistic.

“Funding for the entire University has been dire in the past few years, and it’s affected all departments of the school, music being no exception,” Murray said. “But we’ve got a new dean who is doing good things and spending money for the school, and I’ve heard people are optimistic. You could say we’ve done more with less.”

Greek triskelion. It’s a symbol for competition and human progress, and we like that because part of the profits we make goes to Alzheimer’s research.”

In 2004, the Stephens’ grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She moved in with the family six years later because she needed help with most aspects of taking care of herself.

That’s the best part about starting his own business, Reed said.

The brothers decide where their profits go. The brothers officially signed Ambici into existence less than a month ago and will focus on growing their business for the next several months.

Each batch of the watches that comes in will go to fund the next batch until they have enough cash flow to produce more styles and types. Reed said they hope to have Though funding is important, Queen said he doesn’t think the University does enough to celebrate Louisiana’s music culture.

But he said the School of Music is thinking about creating a course on the state’s culture and arts in hopes students will embrace it, wanting to stay in the area upon graduation.

“We need to get the message out that we are not an elective,” Queen said. “We are not a support system for other majors. We are vital to the American culture and as fundamental as any other course on campus.”

Murray said people should express more concern for music education programs — not the University’s specifically, but high school and elementary programs.

The lower level programs lack funding and have fallen by the wayside in past years, Murray said.

“I can definitely attest to the lack of funding and care from state legislation toward high school music and state programs in general,” Murray said.

“There’s too much emphasis on

The Daily Reveille them in some local stores and online.

Their first few watches shipped from the manufacturer while Reed was already at school, so he drove home to Mandeville, Louisiana, as soon as possible to see them.

“Its cool to see everything that you’ve been doing on a screen actually become reality,” Reed said.

He and his brother share the duties of Ambici, almost they way they shared chores growing up.

Reed said he knows Ambici shouldn’t take precedence over schoolwork, but sometimes it does.

“I’ll be like ‘ah, physics homework or watch design,’ and I’ll push the physics homework off,” Reed said. “The night before last, I couldn’t sleep. It’s almost an obsession at this point. Before it was just something I wore on my wrist, and now it’s a business.”

standardization that music, and the arts in general, are falling to the side. I think it’s a tragedy for a thing like that to happen.”

Funding for state programs at the high school and elementary level is what drives a lot of University students out of Louisiana, Queen said.

“The music ed program in Louisiana is not as strong as we would hope, and the pay scale is certainly not as strong as we would hope,” Queen said. “So they know if they go hop over to Texas, they’re going to make a lot more money.”

Murray said as long as teachers continue to instill a lifelong love of music in their students, music programs will stay alive and people will start careers in and around Baton Rouge.

“What we’re talking about now with our students is opening up the job market a little to redefine what is a successful musician or a successful artist looks like, and that there are multiple career paths that you could choose, and that the skills you develop as a musician actually helps in many career paths,” Queen said.

page 15 vapor, from page 1 Ahead” campaign. Non-FDAapproved nicotine products are prohibited on campus — not just traditional cigarettes.

Sylvester said a lack of enforcement holds the ban back.

“People decided they really couldn’t get through their midterms without cigarettes — and no one did anything about it,” Sylvester said.

Many smoke sensitive students avoid where smokers congregate, like the front of Middleton Library.

Sylvester said students should smoke in their cars on study breaks, not outside of Middleton.

But some studying smokers can’t be bothered to take their habits outside.

Mechanical engineering junior Cameron Hopewell said it’s not uncommon to see clouds of e-cig vapor floating around the fourth floor stacks.

“There’s no doubt that vaporizing is cleaner than traditional smoking,” Hopewell said. “And I don’t think anyone could get addicted to nicotine through secondhand vapor, but in close quarters… it can be kind of annoying, like

somebody who sits next to you wearing too much cologne.”

Health officials in California recognized vaporizers as public health risks, claiming the products threaten to renormalize nicotine.

“They appeal to the same type of people that cigarettes always have … but now they can say that e-cigs are cleaner and safer,” Hopewell said. “I don’t like to use the term gateway, but I guess you could call it that for nicotine.”

While the FDA is still investigating vapor cigarettes, little can be said about their effects with confidence.

“I’m not convinced the FDA wouldn’t do something,” Sylvester said. “They get a lot of pressure from big tobacco companies.”

She said the University might be forced to revisit the policy if e-cigs earn FDA approval. But until findings are released, tobacco companies have free rein to advertise e-cigs as a healthy alternative.

“Maybe [e-cigs are] safer than being exposed to hours and hours of secondhand smoke from a regular cigarette,” Sylvester said, “But their purpose isn’t to protect people … it’s to keep smokers smoking.”

Hot Breakfast Served Daily!

(Monday - Friday During the School Year)

Call us today! 888.726.7718 3000 July St. • Baton Rouge, LA 70808 TigerManor@BHManagement.com www.BHManagement.com

EQUAL HOUSING

OPPORTUNITY

FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 9, 2015

THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Breathing organs 6 Happy 10 Church service 14 “Carmen” or “Aida” 15 Uncle Ben’s __ 16 Qualified 17 __ over; studied intently 18 Sups 19 Destroy 20 Put at risk 22 __ out; got rid of gradually 24 Tush 25 Dallies 26 Mean woman in a fairy tale 29 __ up; bungle 30 John __; unknown man 31 Special U.S. Navy force 33 Camera brand 37 Marino and Rather 39 More bashful 41 Athletic shoe brand 42 Unflinching 44 Come afterward 46 “__ Van Winkle” 47 Noise from an old floorboard 49 Regret 51 Beer stein 54 Long sandwich 55 Citrus fruit 56 Umbrellashaped fungus 60 Trait transmitter 61 Cranky person 63 Do penance 64 Sothern and Landers 65 Grave 66 Demolishes a building 67 “__ who?”; skeptic’s query 68 Remain 69 Lock of hair DOWN 1 Easy stride

2 “Once __ a midnight dreary...” (Poe) 3 Brainy social misfit 4 Solid Crisco 5 Misery 6 Say hello to 7 Fib teller 8 Read the riot __ to; berate 9 Tyrant 10 Footrace 11 Mistreat 12 More devious 13 __ on; forwards 21 Argon & neon 23 Jethro Bodine, e.g.

25 Misplaces 26 Chances 27 Billy or nanny 28 City near Lake Tahoe 29 In the __ of an eye; instantly 32 Leading, so far 34 Urgent 35 __ to; like 36 Held on to

by Jacqueline E. Mathews

Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

©2015 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.

38 40 43 45 48 50

Disease Reigns Precipice Aviator Amelia Builds Bricklayer’s plaster 51 Old Roman robes

52 Amphitheater 53 Child’s caretaker 54 Married man 56 Baby’s cry 57 Leak out 58 Dollar bills 59 State of clutter 62 Decay

page 16

The Daily Reveille

Monday, February 9, 2015