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Sophomore forward Jarell Martin dunks the ball on Saturday during the Tigers’ 70-63 victory against Florida at the PMAC.

For more on Jarell Martin’s highlight-reel dunk and career-high 28-point performance, read the story on page 5.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Frink, Davis vow to make SG matter to students

BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a three-part series showcasing the Student Government presidential and vicepresidential candidates. The stories will be run in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the presidential candidate.

Helen Frink is not in the minority among fellow Student Government leaders who believe SG can do anything, even if it’s off campus, but she is aiming to spread this sentiment throughout campus.

With her running mate Wesley Davis, she will try to spread SG’s potential power to land her

the presidential seat. who has been a senator since Frink and Davis put stu- her freshman year, made dents in their “Hot Seat” in the decision to run for SG their pre-campaign dubbed president.

“Listen,” and now, the pair will “Being in senate for so long, take feedback to jump start as well as having friends in exec their SG campaign, and hearing about “Make It Matter.” how those things go, Frink thought I know how things she would only be run,” Frink said. a SG senator dur“And I know what ing her time at the specifically needs to University, but after be fixed, and I know attending a Camthat a lot of it is just pus Life “Geaux getting people to ELECTIONS Lead” retreat, Frink work hard.” wanted to change It wasn’t until how little students knew about October that she reached out to SG. Davis, who had only begun to Frink started her junior consider a senate seat. year with her eyes on the presiFrink said she was specific dential prize. in who she was looking for, and The day before the fall see FRINK, page 11 2014 semester began, Frink,

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International trade junior Wesley Davis [left] and political communication junior Helen Frink [right] will be running for SG president and vice president during the fall 2015 semester.

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Aided by sophomore Jordan Daigle’s singles defeat of the No. 5 player in the nation, the LSU men’s tennis team outlasted Tulane, 4-3, for its sixthstraight victory Sunday afternoon at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

After the Tigers (9-1) secured the doubles point with 7-5 and 6-3 victories, Tulane evened the score at a point apiece when LSU junior Boris Arias dropped his first singles match of the season in straight sets, 0-6, 3-6, to Tulane sophomore Chi-Shan Jao.

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Daigle rebounded for the Tigers on Court 1 with a singles victory against junior Dominik Koepfer, dominating the second set en route to a 7-6, 6-1 victory.

After Tulane tied the overall match again when sophomore Sebastian Rey defeated LSU junior Andrew Korinek, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, Tiger sophomore Justin Butsch won his match with junior Ian Van Cott in straight sets. LSU senior Chris Simpson sealed the match victory with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win against freshman Constantin Schmitz.

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Film industry shows lack of gender equality Study finds women comprise less than 20 percent of movie production roles

BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com When it comes to film and television, it seems all the action occurs on screen, but it’s the women behind the scenes who might be facing the hardest battle of all.

According to a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, 17 percent of writers, directors, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers for the 250 highest-grossing domestic films of 2014 were women.

Based on numbers collected by the center in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2013, the number of women filling these positions changed little over the years, remaining below 20 percent.

The question to consider is not why the gender divide exists, but why the trend has yet to change, said English professor Mari Kornhauser.

Kornhauser teaches screenwriting and worked in both film and television as a producer, director and screenwriter.

“I think women don’t mentor women or haven’t in the past as much, and I think it’s beginning to change,” Kornhauser said.

Networking and support groups for women in the film industry are on the rise, she said. Kornhauser belongs to two groups, including Women in Film and Television Louisiana, the state branch of a national organization dedicated to empowering, promoting and mentoring women in entertainment and the media.

In her experience as a Hollywood professional, creative writing graduate student Ana Reyes said she saw the company she worked for make strides for

women and noticed more equality in the leadership experience.

“Sexism has existed for a long, long time, so I think that’s why men have dominated the field,” Kornhauser said.

As a woman in the industry, Kornhauser said she faced a number of obstacles but always picked herself back up, solving problems to work through the issues and reinventing herself to be part of the solution.

“You’re judged differently if you say certain things,” Kornhauser said. “You can lose your temper as a woman [and] you’re judged differently than if you lose your temper as a man. If I’m mentoring a female student, I might say be aware of that, because at a certain point, it doesn’t behoove you to be a prima donna about an issue. Change it by doing it, by being.”

In November 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked by a group of individuals who released confidential data via the Internet, including a series of emails between employees.

Sony co-chair Amy Pascal stepped down from her position because of the content released in those emails.

“The emails that they released portrayed just a total lunatic, you know, just nuts,” Reyes said. “I think women are more prone — especially if they’re doing something in a role of power — as being portrayed like maniacs, and not as much men, although you see that, too.”

In the classroom, Kornhauser tries to remove gender from the equation and puts the focus on the quality of the work students produce just as she would in her professional experience.

As someone who works in TV, Kornhauser said she struggles with the idea of hiring someone simply because of their gender.

While both TV and film need male and female points of view,

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Screenwriter and producer Shonda Rhimes attends the 2015 Writers Guild Awards on Feb. 14. Rhimes is considered a role model for women in the film and TV industry. the goal is to hire an individual who will make the show the best it can be.

“Some of it has to do with back in the older days — and when I say the older days, I’m saying when I was coming up in the ’80s and ’90s — you didn’t necessarily think that [women] could direct,” Kornhauser said.

She said women were much more prominent in independent film than they were in the studio system.

Reyes said she recognizes this trend but believes studios are working to undo the pattern.

She said she sees a lot of female University students in classes she’s taught who are interested in careers as writers, producers, art directors and documentarians.

“It’s not more unbalanced than most other industries at this point,” Reyes said. “At least people who are kind of entering into it now, I think that’s just kind of the way things are in this society, to some extent.”

The University hosts events

throughout the semester to provide students with opportunities to see film screenings and to discuss the industry with professionals. For all University students interested in filmmaking, Kornhauser said it is important to take advantage of the opportunities presented.

“We all had to work going to school,” Kornhauser said. “We all had student debt. There’s only so much we can do to help you in the classroom, but there’s this whole other stuff that’s going on outside the classroom that I think there needs to be dedication to do, especially if you’re going into the entertainment arts.”

Kornhauser said she sees a lot of women who are attracted to careers in the film industry, and she tries to encourage her screenwriting students to branch out and take on multiple industry roles.

For those who want to create their own shows or move up in the writers’ room, she said it’s imperative they serve in both writer and producer roles.

In a broadcast email to students on Friday, University Vice Chancellor of Student Life and Enrollment Kurt Keppler announced stricter enforcement measures of the school’s tobaccofree policy.

“Unfortunately, there have been problems in certain areas of campus that have prompted complaints that people are still using tobacco products,” the email reads.

First-time offenders, both students and employees, will receive a warning, according to the email. Any subsequent offenses will send students to the office of Student Advocacy and Accountability and employees to Human Resource Management.

The University implemented its tobacco-free policy on Aug. 1, 2014, and it has been met with mixed reactions. Student smokers spoke out at a Jan. 28 Student Government senate meeting, asking for designated smoking areas.

Mass communication professor Judith Sylvester, founder of Smoking Words, an organization that pushed for the tobacco ban, told The Daily Reveille earlier this month the problem was centered around Middleton Library.

“People decided they really couldn’t get through their midterms without cigarettes, and no one did anything about it,” Sylvester said. “It’s all just snowballed from there.”

Behind the Scenes: Women in the Film Industry

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Women comprised 17 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top 250 highestgrossing domestic films in 2014. This number is the same as in 1998.

Women made up 7 percent of these films’ directors in 2014 — up 1 percent from 2013, but down 2 percent from 1998.

Women employment by role: 2014 1998 Producers 23% 24% Executive producers 19% 18% Editors 18% 20% Writers 11% 13% Directors 7% 9% Cinematographers 5% 4%

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POLITICS

Former Gov. Edwards works toward real estate broker license

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Former governor and convicted felon Edwin Edwards added a dash of spice to Louisiana politics for more than 50 years. From casino gambling promotions to a stint in reality television, the 87-year-old has

done it all.

The Cajun kingfish’s next enterprise, however, may be the most shocking of all: real estate.

Because of his criminal background, Edwards had to go before the Louisiana Real Estate Commission to obtain a broker’s license on Feb. 19.

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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards gives a speech Nov. 4, 2014, after losing his congressional campaign against Rep. Garret Graves.

The commission decided with a 7-2 vote in favor of Edwards.

“Nothing in my life has ever been unanimous,” Edwards said upon hearing the decision.

Real estate is not a foreign business to Edwards. He worked as an agent from 1977 until 2001 sponsored by his late brother, Marian, who was a broker.

Edward surrendered his former license. Now, he hopes to obtain a broker’s license.

To do so, he will have to take a 90-hour pre-licensing course and pass the broker’s exam.

LREC hearing examiner Marsha Stafford said Edwards is treated no differently than any other convicted felon applicant in this case.

“He self-reported and said he was aware that his conviction could hinder him from obtaining a professional license, so we handled his application the same way we always do,” Stafford said.

Edwards said he also ensured he was treated equally.

“I did not ask, no one has offered, and I do not want to get any special treatment,” he said.

The former governor said the 2014 congressional runoff he wants to develop the cor- against Garret Graves proridor from Lake Charles to pelled him to move on to other Slidell along Inventures. Other terstates 10 and local politicians 12. He will be the profes‘Nothing in my life has ever left working with sion, as well. been unanimous.’ friends in enOne of gineering and the most noa rchitecture table electo make that a tions Edwards EDWIN EDWARDS, possibility. was involved former Louisiana governor Edwards in was his 1991 said his knowlgovernor’s race edge of the people in the area against neo-Nazi David Duke. and the opportunities the space Though he did not take the has to offer sets him apart from real estate route, Duke also other realtors. left the political world. He took The ownership of a license pictures of rare birds for an Inwould “facilitate [his] activi- ternet business in Austria six ties,” he said. years ago.

Former campaign intern Duke moved to Mandeville and interdisciplinary studies in 2009. senior Jon Grace said he thinks As of 2014, he is not listed as this is a good move for Edwards a registered voter in the state. as he shifts his focus away from Comparatively, Edwards is politics. taking on a more traditional “You wouldn’t really think form of retirement. he’s 87 because he’s still so “He’s been involved with full of life,” Grace said. “With politics longer than some of our real estate, I believe that’ll give grandparents have been alive,” him something to do and keep Grace said. “I would definitely him on his toes, because I don’t say he deserves a separation think he’s done yet.” from that ... he’s done a lot that Edwards’ recent loss in we still benefit from today.”

ALUMNI

University alumna dedicates non-profit to Southern storytelling my academic coaching work, New South was kind of born.”

Archer said the organizaFor many, telling stories is tion’s focus areas are writing, about reaching a happy ending, visual art and filmmaking. but blooming non-profit organiNew South Story Lab hosts zation New South Story Lab is events like free writing and turning the page on “once upon filmmaking workshops for high a time.” school students.

Last year, University alumDuring her time as a Univerna Virginia Archer launched sity anthropology and political New South Story Lab, a Loui- science student, Archer particisiana non-profit organization pated in Focusing on College “fostering Southern storytell- and Unlimited Success, or FOing through the arts.”

CUS, a Roger Hadfield Ogden Before establishing the Honors College organization organization, Archer was an that allows University students academic coach for about six to work with students from unyears, assisting high school der-resourced high schools. students through writing and High school students who study support. were interested in the arts were As her career progressed, selected to go through a twoshe developed an inclination week summer workshop with toward the arts, moving away FOCUS leaders. from her title as an academic Archer served as the philoscoach and reophy seminar ferring to herleader in her self as a cre- ‘Art is about storytelling in first year, teachative workshop general and everybody is ing students the facilitator. saying something through basics of logic “I loved the their art, and so that’s kind of and ethics. creative side In her secof things, like where the storytelling comes ond year, she from.’ helping a stutook on the role dent write a of strategic poem or write planning direcprose or even tor.

VIRGINIA ARCHER, just craft a re“That was University alumna and creator of ally strong esmy first dip in New South Story Lab say for college the arts educaadmissions, and tion pool honit was something that I just estly, and I loved it,” Archer wanted to really focus on,” Ar- said. “I love working with cher said. students, specifically under“From my tutoring work and served students. That’s kind of

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what informed this whole approach.”

As a non-profit organization, Archer said New South Story Lab is not about making money, but providing local students from under-resourced schools with meaningful educational and artistic experiences.

The group is donation-based and works with other local arts organizations, like the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and The Walls Project.

“Art is about storytelling in general and everybody is saying something through their art, and so that’s kind of where the storytelling comes from,” Archer said.

“We’re also helping young artists tap into the skill of storytelling because we believe that giving everyone in the South a voice to tell their story and a space for listening to those stories is really important.”

The current writing workshop series takes place on Saturdays at the Main Library in Baton Rouge.

With eight students registered, workshops remain small to give students a quality experience, Archer said.

“It’s a little bit different, though, than having it at a classroom in a school because there’s anonymity there,” Archer said. “It’s a little more free. We’re trying to host a creative writing workshop where the students feel comfortable exploring all territory, and that’s not always possible in an

academic setting, you know, backdrop, the students worked just because of the bureaucra- with a script supervisor and cy involved with formal educa- local actresses and volunteers tion.” to make their vision come The goal of the workshops is to life. to give students “There’s not publishing exa filmmaking perience, Artraining procher said.

‘I love working with students, gram on the In addition school levspecifically under-served high to working with el yet, so we’re students. That’s kind of writing mentrying to kind of what informed this whole fill in the holes tors, workshops approach.’ host artist talks there,” Archer given by pubsaid. lished authors “The visual who discuss the arts, there’s VIRGINIA ARCHER, industry with quite a bit of University alumna and creator of New support at the students.

South Story Lab The organigreat, well-rezation is also sourced private working to esschools in town, tablish a jourbut for people nal, featuring high school stu- who are really, really in love dents. with that activity, the formal While it will be an opportu- educational setting doesn’t renity for workshop students to ally provide all of the opportuget published, it’s not a guaran- nities that a serious art student tee for them but instead serves could possibly want.” as an incentive to strengthen New South Story Lab is still their writing skills. a developing organization, and “We want their writing to be Archer said she is looking to competitive enough and strong recruit new writing and filmenough to be published in a making mentors as well as indijournal like ours,” Archer said. viduals to serve on the board of The organization hosted a directors. recent filmmaking workshop “Anybody who’s interested with the help of Rebecca Stew- in arts education, working with art of the Baton Rouge Arm students, evolving the culture Wrestling Ladies, who worked in Baton Rouge in a way that with high school students to is accepting of everyone in produce a three-minute film the South and giving a voice to about empowering women. everyone in the South, we want Using murals throughout them to be involved with us,” downtown Baton Rouge as a Archer said.

Sports

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Beaming With Poise Freshman gymnast shows composure on beam

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com After saying she wouldn’t single out any one performer, LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux singled out freshman all-arounder Erin Macadaeg following No. 3 LSU’s 197.950197.425 victory against No. 2 Florida on Friday night.

Macadaeg got on the beam in front of 12,217 fans — the largest crowd in program history — at a critical point in the meet.

The Tigers were clinging to a 98.925-98.875 lead heading into the third rotation, but the numbers suggested LSU was outmatched. The Gators averaged a 49.342 team score on floor heading into the meet while the Tigers averaged 49.275 on beam.

An uncharacteristically lowscoring routine by freshman all-arounder Myia Hambrick strengthened Florida’s advantage. LSU needed its remaining four gymnasts to hit their routines, starting with Macadaeg.

The pressure didn’t affect Macadaeg as she maintained her composure on the beam and earned a 9.900. The remaining Tigers followed Macadaeg’s example by posting scores of 9.875, 9.900 and 9.925 to score the second-highest team total of the season in the event at 49.450. The mark eclipsed Florida’s 49.325 floor

BASEBALL

Tigers’ offense rebounds after loss

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com It started on a cold and windy Thursday morning in of LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri’s office tucked away inside an empty and shaken Alex Box Stadium.

Just one night prior, the Tigers suffered a nightmarish defeat at the hands of in-state foe Nicholls State, 6-3. The Tigers stranded 17 men on base while going 4-for-19 with runners in scoring position.

Tigers fans left the Box on Wednesday night shocked, appalled and with a sense of early panic. It was LSU’s first midweek loss since March 2014 when it lost to Tulane in 11 innings.

But while fans on the outside began to point fingers, Mainieri stayed calm.

His patience paid off as LSU’s bats exploded in its threegame series sweep against Boston College. The Tigers (6-1) scored a total of 31 runs on 42 hits to make Wednesday’s loss feel like a distant memory.

The Tigers combined for 20 extra base hits on the weekend, knocking four triples and four home runs along the way.

“He wanted us to focus on hitting the guys in when they were in scoring position, so

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Freshman Erin Macadaeg’s performance on beam on Friday helped lift the Tigers to a win against No. 2 Florida.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Highlight dunk sparks Tigers to win against Florida

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin waited months to put on a show.

He finally got his chance against Florida on Saturday.

With the Tigers and Gators tied at 26 in the first half, Florida sophomore guard Kasey Hill lobbed the ball toward senior forward Jacob Kurtz at the top of the key.

The 6-foot-10 Martin intercepted the errant pass, raced down the court and shocked the 9,203 at the PMAC with a thunderous, between-the-legs slam.

But fans weren’t the only people stunned at what they had witnessed — some of the players were, too.

“When he did that, it was like a shock wave went throughout

the building,” said LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby. “Everybody was just like, ‘Whoa.’”

But Martin’s emphatic jam wasn’t his singular highlight during the Tigers’ 70-63 win against Florida. It was only one in a career performance full of them for the Baton Rouge native.

Martin exploded for a personal-best 28 points, eclipsing his previous high of 26, on a sharp, 8-of-15 mark from the floor. Martin also grabbed 13 rebounds, giving him 11 doubledoubles on the season.

But Martin said he didn’t do anything extraordinary against the Gators. The Preseason AllSoutheastern Conference selection just did what he does best.

“That’s my strength, getting to the basket,” Martin said. “That’s something I enjoy.

[That’s how] I can impact the

game: Getting to the free throw line and making plays at the rim.”

Before playing Florida, Martin had spent more time on the bench than at the rim because of constant foul trouble. With Martin riding the pine, the Tigers split matches against Tennessee and Texas A&M while he only provided a combined 22 points.

But Martin wasn’t going to let his nine fouls in the last two games slow down his aggressiveness. He attacked the Gators from the opening tip, never relenting for fear of a potential whistle, which was precisely how LSU coach Johnny Jones instructed Martin to play.

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Sophomores Jarell Martin and Tim Quarterman (55) celebrate their win against Florida.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Poor shooting dooms Lady Tigers in blowout loss at Arkansas

BY STANTON VIGNES svignes@lsureveille.com

The LSU women’s basketball team lost its second consecutive road game in a blowout, 63-41, at Arkansas on Sunday afternoon.

LSU (15-11, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) allowed Arkansas (16-10, 6-8 SEC), which came into the game ranked 11th in the SEC in field goal percentage, to shoot 45 percent from the floor, including 42 percent from 3-point territory.

It was the ninth game in a row LSU lost after trailing at halftime.

The Razorbacks had four players score in double figures while leading the entire game.

LSU lost the contest with its largest deficit at 22 and allowed Arkansas to finish the game on a 16-2 run during the last seven minutes.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said her team struggled, but she gave Arkansas credit for its efficient play.

“Offensively, this is probably one of our worst nights,” Caldwell said in a post-game radio interview. “[Arkansas] did a nice job. [Arkansas sophomore guard Kelsey Brooks] really led the attack off the dribble-drive and her penetration was really good. She looked to get in there and get herself to the free throw line.”

The Lady Tigers struggled on both ends of the court, but

more so on the offensive end.

They shot 27 percent from both the field and the free throw line.

Arkansas started the game on fire, scoring the first 10 points of the contest. LSU came out of the gate shooting 3-of-15 from the floor and began the game trailing 17-2 through the first seven minutes of the half.

Caldwell acknowledged her team’s effort in attacking the rim but said its lack of execution close to the basket played a major role in the loss.

“We talked about not coming in and being that jump-shooting team. We settled in and got in the paint,” Caldwell said. “We got some easy looks in the paint and didn’t convert on them. But when you talk about the red zone and getting 5-foot jump shots right around the rim, we have to be able to convert on those.”

“We missed an opportunity there because we missed around 21 field goals in that range in the paint. You have to score those paint points.”

LSU crept back into the game after back-to-back 3-pointers from senior guard DaShawn Harden cut Arkansas’ lead to eight. Harden led LSU with 14 points, 12 of them scored from behind the 3-point line. She hit all of the Lady Tigers’ four 3-pointers and had three of their nine steals.

Sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief continued to attack

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LSU junior forward Akilah Bethel (3) shoots a free throw during the Tigers’ 64-52 victory against Georgia on Thursday at the PMAC. by pulling in seven rebounds but struggled with her shooting, only hitting one of 13 shots. She eventually fouled out with four minutes left in the game.

Caldwell noted Moncrief’s effort to be aggressive and the referees’ hesitancy to blow the whistle. She also said Harden’s attempt to get things going was a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing game.

“I thought Moncrief was really trying to get in there, but there was quite a bit of contact on a lot of her shots with no calls. So we didn’t go to the free throw line as much,” Caldwell said. “It was good to have that spark from DaShawn coming in and being that offensive threat for us. She did a nice job defensively as well.”

Brooks, who had 20 points on

6-of-14 shooting, led Arkansas in scoring.

Razorback sophomore forward Jessica Jackson contributed with a double-double of her own, adding 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting along with 13 rebounds.

LSU’s next matchup will be on the road against Ole Miss, which the Lady Tigers defeated 70-41 at the PMAC on Jan. 29.

Monday, February 23, 2015 DUNK, from page 5 shooting many free throws or getting to the basket,” Martin said. “I made that my main priority, coming out in the beginning of games and attacking the basket because I’ll have a higher percentage in the paint and at the rim.”

Martin tallied 16 points in the first half, scoring on a few transition buckets, a baseline fadeaway and a buzzer-beating 3-pointer before the break.

Of course, no play was more memorable than his betweenthe-legs slam, which was the No. 1 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 on Saturday night. It also helped him earn a Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week nomination.

Though Martin’s jam may have been a surprise to the fans, it wasn’t to him.

Martin repeatedly told his teammates throughout the season he would attempt the acrobatic dunk if he ever got open on a fast break. But after months went by with nothing to show, some of his teammates jokingly questioned whether he could actually do it.

“He told me that like two months ago,” said LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman.

“When that time passed, you just started not believing him. It was like, ‘Dude, you told me that two months ago and you’ve had 16 fast breaks since then.’”

Thanks to an off-target pass, Martin got the fast break he’d been hoping for and finally had his chance to dazzle the crowd.

“I wanted to give our fans something,” Martin said.

“They’ve been coming out and supporting us all year long. I wanted to give them something that would get them out of their seats.”

Not everyone was pleased with Martin’s animated dunk, including his coach. With the game tied at that point, Jones said he would’ve preferred Martin go for a safer basket rather than one with the “extra stuff.”

But after watching his team squander an early 12-0 lead and lull through a 7:38 scoring drought, Jones acknowledged it may have been the spark the Tigers needed.

“It got the students excited and it got our fans excited, but I know how it would’ve been if he had kicked it up there to the student section if it hadn’t gone the right way,” Jones said.

Florida center Jon Horford was less cordial.

“I wish I was closer,” Horford said. “I would have tackled him.”

A tackle may have been Horford’s better option.

Martin’s slam kickstarted a 7-0 LSU spurt to end the first half. The Madison Prep product capped off the run with an NBArange 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, sending the crowd into another frenzy and sinking Florida coach Billy Donovan deeper into frustration.

But after watching Martin have his way with the Gators, Donovan said there was simply nothing his team could do to slow down the future

professional baller, adding few can.

“We don’t have anyone that can handle him one-on-one,” Donovan said. “We never have and never will. He’s a terrific player. He can do it on his own.

I think there’s very few guys in the country where you can throw them the ball any spot on the floor and he can create a play for himself.”

Martin backed up Donovan’s claim in the second half.

After torching the Gators at the rim in the first 20 minutes, Martin used his much-improved shot to kill off any potential game-saving run from Florida.

Martin hit two mid-range jumpers at different points in the second half to give LSU double-digit leads. The first a onedribble, step-back jumper from the wing, and the other a deep catch-and-shoot after a pick-androll with Quarterman.

He also drained six of his career-high 11 free throws in the second half.

Whether Martin decides to attack the lane or shoot from the outside, it all depends on how teams defend him. He’s comfortable doing both.

“I take what the defense gives me,” Martin said. “If they give me a lane where I can drive and get to the basket, I’ll do that.

If they kick off of me and I have a pretty good shot, I’ll take the jump shot. It’s just a matter of taking what they give me.”

On Saturday, the defense gave him a chance to fulfill a longtime dream — a video-game like dunk few players think about doing and even less dare to attempt in an actual game.

“I would have did a crazy dunk, but I wouldn’t have went between the legs,” Quarterman said. “That’s why I say he’s the man. He’s the man right now. I’ll give it to him.”

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New University tobacco policy still unenforceable on campus SMASH THE HATE JAMES RICHARDS Columnist On Friday, everybody got an email from the University about how “certain areas of campus” with “some individuals” are not following the University’s tobaccofree policy.

Vice Chancellor Kurt Keppler might as well have Instagrammed a shoutout to the group of students in front of Middleton Library who hung empty cigarette packs in the trees alongside Christmas decorations.

The real meat and potatoes of the email comes as the claim of “stricter enforcement measures.”

After talking to Keppler myself, he said this means the University will start acting on the massive amount of complaints it has already received about smokers.

Most of these complaints are directed at a small percentage of the University’s population, with the majority of students in

compliance with the policy. Because of this, Keppler is hoping the community at large will call out tobacco users and report them.

Essentially, the University is encouraging students and employees alike to bully tobacco users into ceasing their habit. If it goes anything like middle school did for me, they might have a winning, yet traumatizing, formula.

Despite the effectiveness of peer pressure, there is still no reliable enforcement mechanism for getting smokers to stop lighting up for the occasional cigarette if they don’t care about the policy or the scorn of others.

Let’s say I’m smoking in front of Middleton and somebody asks for my ID to report me to Student Advocacy and Accountability.

Why, by any stretch of the imagination, would I give it to them?

The situation seems similar to a Resident Assistant asking somebody drinking outside of a dorm for his or her ID. If the RA is in a bad mood, he or she might call the police for failure to comply, but by the time the blue and red lights show up, the person will probably

be long gone.

LSUPD spokesperson Capt.

Cory Lalonde repeated his department’s stance that no LSUPD officers will be going around campus telling people to put their cigarettes out. They don’t have the legal authority to enforce University policy, only laws.

They will, however, respond to calls of people refusing to identify themselves and share the names of the people involved with the appropriate University office, Lalonde said. Supreme Court cases have found it’s not illegal to refuse to identify yourself to the police if they have no reasonable suspicion that you’re involved in illegal activity, but I don’t recommend refusing to talk to the cops if you can help it.

In short, the only way anybody will actually be cited for smoking a cigarette is if they refuse to provide ID and the police officer called to the scene feels like ruining somebody’s day.

This system is doubly ridiculous for those who don’t smoke, but consume tobacco in e-cigarettes or chewing tobacco. Is the

University community so uptight that it’s going to report someone because they were annoyed by the sound of spitting dip juice into a water bottle or the smell of mangopeach nicotine liquid?

None of this would be a problem if the University bothered to designate a smoking area, just like nearly every other peer institution.

Heck, the Law Center has a gazebo where all the smokers congregate.

Nearly all of the Middleton smokers I talked to said they would happily move if the University provided them with a designated area.

Keppler and other University higher-ups have said flat-out that this will not happen. Their strongest claim is they don’t want to spend money on a place to accommodate people with unhealthy habits.

What I don’t understand is why they can’t paint a line on the ground under the covered walkway behind Middleton and tell the smokers to go there instead of where everyone else walks. It puts smokers out of the way of most foot traffic and gives them plenty of room to destroy their lungs to

their hearts’ content.

Another claim, utilized in the past by mass communication professor Judith Sylvester, is the law says campus has to be tobacco free, and that’s why designated smoking areas are a no-go.

This is not the case. The law does not specify how to word the policy. It only says schools must establish some kind of smoke-free policy. University administrators could have easily written in a clause for designated smoking areas, but they chose not to.

Maybe in five or 10 years, this won’t be as big of an issue. Tobacco usage rates are decreasing among young people, and there’s a strong campaign to continue this trend.

Right now, however, people still want to smoke their cigarettes in peace and will continue to do so no matter what you think about it.

Once the University understands and accepts that fact, then some progress can be made.

James Richards is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach him on Twitter @JayEllRichy.

Media outlets losing focus to keep police accountable ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Despite their already-horrible reputations, cops are always finding new ways to worsen them.

On Feb. 12, a Baton Rouge police officer found two men having sex in the back of a car at Forest Community Park after hours. The cop booked the two men on counts of trespassing in a BREC park and “crimes against nature,” also known as sodomy.

First of all, the 2003 Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas ruled all anti-sodomy laws were unconstitutional. This ruling affected 14 states, including Louisiana. Surely, someone told the Baton Rouge cops.

The Baton Rouge Police Department received national attention in 2013 for enforcing the antisodomy laws. Officers actually took time out of their days to go undercover and convince gay men to agree to have sex with them.

If the men agreed, the undercover officer arrested them. This

happened about 12 times.

After this month’s incident, BRPD Chief Carl Dabadie issued a department-wide memo reminding officers not to arrest people on grounds of sodomy.

Lt. Johnny Dunnam then issued an apology to The Advocate, which originally reported on the case.

“The officers made a mistake,” Dunnam said. “The chief wants to send his apologies to those individuals for making that mistake and has contacted supervisors to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

No, no one made a “mistake.”

The police department was told on two separate occasions not to arrest consenting adults for having sex — once in 2003 and again 10 years later. Dunnam’s lie is inexcusable.

Either Baton Rouge is filled with senile and incompetent cops or the cops are bigoted jerks. Regardless, someone needs to be fired or reprimanded.

Publications like The Advocate, The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com and other Louisiana-based media aren’t calling out Baton Rouge’s police department for its homophobic practices of the law.

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They’re letting the cops get away with claiming this incident was a “mistake.” The media aren’t holding the cops accountable for purposely charging people with unconstitutional crimes against nature.

The media are supposed to be watchdogs and whistleblowers.

Whether crimes are committed by citizens or the police, we’re supposed to trust the media to accurately report on crimes. We’re supposed to rely on them to criticize lying public officials.

They’re supposed to be the ones to call out the government when it does something wrong, and when exposed, the government isn’t supposed to keep doing what got it in trouble.

That’s obviously not happening. After police arrested the gay men back in 2013, some Louisiana lawmakers tried to pass a bill to formally repeal the anti-sodomy law.

The cops claimed they were enforcing the “crimes against nature” law because it was still in the books. Some lawmakers figured if the law was no longer there, cops would stop arresting people.

The bill, of course, died. Here

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we are now, two years later, suffering from the consequences. Cops are still booking people on unconstitutional laws, the LGBT community still isn’t safe in Louisiana and media outlets aren’t pressuring the government for reform.

Something’s changed. Has the government become too corrupt to control its law enforcement? Or have the media become too oblivious to pressure government anymore?

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Whatever your take on this, the LGBT community has no one to turn to in Louisiana.

So if you’re gay and in Baton Rouge, you should probably delete your Grindr. There may be a cop on the other side, and you may find yourself arrested.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @CodySibley.

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‘Embracing trans women, listening to their stories, enriches what womanhood is. It expands it amd makes it even better.’

Janet Mock writer, transgender rights activist March 10, 1983 — present

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Plight of trans women of color needs more news coverage LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME LOGAN ANDERSON Columnist Yazmin Vash Payne. Ty Underwood. Lamia Beard. Taja de Jesus.

Penny Proud. Kristina Gomez Reinwald.

These are the six transgender women of color who have been killed since the beginning of 2015.

Proud, a 21-year-old New Orleans native, was fatally shot multiple times near the intersection of Ursulines Avenue and North Claiborne Avenue.

While the gay community has made huge strides toward reaching equality, its trans brothers and sisters are being murdered at an alarming rate. The acceptance the LGB community is gaining is not being shared with the T. What’s even scarier than the deaths of these women is that local and national media outlets appear to be ignoring them entirely.

The original report by The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com on Proud’s death grossly misgendered her, disrespecting her gender identity even in death. It also noted the area in which Proud was murdered is known for prostitution, even though there’s no evidence that prostitution was involved in her death.

The author of the article, Prescotte Stokes III, defended his misgendering of Proud during an interview with Buzzfeed.

“They called her a girl, but said he was a man,” Stokes told Buzzfeed. “I assume he parades around as a transgender woman, but he is actually a man.”

The article has since been edited to correctly identify Proud and remove the unnecessary comments about prostitution, thanks in large part to the New Orleans LGBT youth of color activism group BreakOUT!, which condemned the outlet in a news release regarding Proud’s death.

The news release called the media to action, asking them to respect trans people and their families by using current photographs and correct pronouns “to allow our community to maintain dignity both in life and in death.”

In that same press release, BreakOUT! also revealed some startling statistics about the state of the trans community, both nationally and specifically in New Orleans.

A story by The Huffington Post said 72 percent of all LGBT Americans murdered in hate crimes were transgender women. These women are also seven times more likely to experience physical violence from law enforcement. In New Orleans, 84 percent of transgender people reported experiencing police pro-

filing on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation, with 57 percent reporting being harrassed during police encounters.

Transgender women of color are at an intersection of discrimination. They face racial profiling, transphobia and sexism all at once. This year, that intersection is proving to be deadlier than ever.

Unfortunately, getting the media to report on the deaths of transgender women is not a direct solution to this problem, because when they do report on the deaths of transgender women of color, the results are often appalling and degrading.

Two years ago, Ce Ce Acoff was found murdered outside of Cleveland. When the local newspaper reported on her death, they identified her as an “oddly-dressed man,” listed off her past criminal record and suggested that she may have been engaging in sex work.

Nobody deserves to be disrespected in the way Acoff was. In death, she was not only stripped of her identity but also labeled as a criminal, simply because she expressed her gender identity.

However, the media are not always this bad at reporting on the deaths of trans women. Last year, 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn stepped into oncoming traffic after posting a suicide note on Tumblr. Her story was covered internationally, including a mention during the

Golden Globes telecast. She quickly became the most-talked-about transgender person in the country.

Reporters took special care to correctly gender Alcorn. No pieces of her past were brought into news stories. Her identity was respected, just as it should have been.

But why did Alcorn’s death shoot to the front page of news websites, while the six women killed this year are left as footnotes? Why was she granted the respect she deserved by nature of being human, when so many other trans people are robbed of that respect?

She was white.

Alcorn’s media-friendly photos and eloquently written suicide note made her death an easy story for news outlets to package. She was young, took her own life and gained overnight Internet fame.

She was the perfect transgender tragedy, palatable to nearly all viewers and likely to spark little to no backlash.

African-American trans women of color have the highest suicide rate in the country, yet none of them grabbed the spotlight last year. Though violence against the black community was the biggest news story of 2014, the stories of trans women were swept under the rug, ignored by national outlets in favor of reporting on the plights of their cisgender brothers.

The country rallied around the #BlackLivesMatter and #TransLivesMatter movements, but as the underreporting of these murders have shown, #BlackTransLives apparently do not #Matter.

The six women murdered this year cannot be swept under the rug. Their deaths are indicative of a national misunderstanding of trans identities and general disrespect for black womens’ lives. Their names will not go unknown. This country can’t afford to continue to dismiss the lives of people with hard-to-cover stories.

By ignoring these women, the media are reinforcing the idea that they are less than people. They can be disrespected, abused and murdered, with no repercussions, just by nature of who they are. Setting this precedent puts the entire trans community in danger.

Payne, Underwood, Beard, Edwards, DeJesus and Proud deserve to have their stories told.

These women lived rich lives that were unfairly cut short — and if national news outlets continue to ignore these women’s stories, their lives will not be the last we lose this year.

Logan Anderson is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Houston, Texas. You can reach her on Twitter @LoganD_Anderson.

Credit cards can be powerful tools when used responsibly JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist College is a time where we lay the foundation of adulthood. We get an education that will secure our careers, we meet people we will know for the rest of our lives and of course, we start building our credit.

OK, maybe I’m one of the few who has thought about my credit score. But building up credit now can save you tens of thousands of dollars later, and the easiest way to do so is with a credit card.

Let’s start from the beginning: What is a credit card?

The basics are simple: You go to CVS, pick out the booze you want, swipe your credit card and you’re good to go. Because you’re such a responsible person, your credit card lender says, “We will buy this for you now, because we know you will pay us back later.”

Think of a credit card like a bar tab. You buy drinks, and the bar will keep record and make you pay at the end of the night.

A credit card can be a great financial tool. Even with a steady income, you may not be able to afford something a couple days before payday. With a credit card,

you can buy something now, knowing you can afford to pay for it later.

However, credit cards can also be the most devastating financial tool. If you don’t pay back the money you owe, credit card companies will charge interest every month.

Your credit score will also go down if you don’t make the minimum payments. It’s a swift, one-two punch to your personal finances.

If you aren’t responsible enough to make purchases within your means or will forget to pay your bill every month, stop reading. A credit card is not for you.

However, I know you’re a smart, responsible LSU student, so now you want to know how to get a credit card.

If you’re under 21, you have three options. The first is you can show proof of income that tells the credit card company you can afford to pay them back each month.

If you don’t have a steady income, you’ll need someone to cosign for you. This means someone over 21 with good credit, usually a parent, takes the obligation to pay your debt if you can’t.

The third option is for your parent to make you an authorized user on his or her credit card. The account and card is your parent’s, so he or she can cut you off whenever he or she wants, but you still get to build your credit score.

You know which option is best for you. On to the next step: Start shopping for your magic, plastic rectangle.

Most banks offer credit cards, and there are also credit card companies. Just start searching the Internet for credit cards. The choices will seem overwhelming, but I’ll help you narrow it down.

There are college-oriented credit cards out there. They’re usually called student cards, or have “college” in the name. These usually have more favorable terms and forgiveness than normal credit cards, so let’s focus on these.

You’ll probably first see all the “perks” that are offered to you. I could fill two pages describing the different perks — like rewards programs, cash back programs and discounts on gas — but ignore these for now.

What you need to focus on are three things: the interest rate, the credit limit and the fees. You should focus on these because they tell you how much you can borrow and how much it will cost to borrow money from the credit card company. The perks are just ways to lure you in.

The interest rate, or annual percentage rate, is the amount of interest you will have to pay if you miss your monthly payment. You want to find a low APR. However, the credit card

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providers make this difficult and confusing — they may state the interest rates in different ways, and some even raise the interest rate after a certain period. Be attentive when looking.

The credit limit is how much the credit card company is willing to loan you every month. This varies by company and is based on your credit score. If you go over the limit, you might have to pay a penalty, and your credit score may go down.

Finally, look for any fees associated with the card. Some charge an annual fee, some don’t. Be sure to read the fine print.

With all this information, you should compare your options. You can now take the perks into consideration. If you need money back on gas more than a rewards program, then you might favor that card over another.

Once you’ve made your decision, call the company, get your first credit card and take one more step to feeling like an adult. Then use this new responsibility to buy Fireball and ramen.

Jay Cranford is a 20-year-old finance junior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

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Monday, February 23, 2015 FRINK, from page 1 Davis was the ideal running mate. He had served different leadership roles on campus from a UCFY senator to being an orientation leader in the summer.

“I really didn’t see myself doing it,” Davis said. “That changed.”

Frink and Davis began their pre-campaign in the beginning of the semester when they took to Free Speech Plaza to find out what students knew about SG. The turnout was better than expected and helped the team gauge what students thought and helped shape their campaign.

“It was more successful than I ever thought it would be,” Davis said. “Even if one student showed up, which much more did, that would have made me feel good because that’s one more student who knows about student government.”

Although they viewed the pre-campaign successful in turnout, knowledge about SG was not as plentiful.

The Hot Seat confirmed what Frink noticed at “Geaux Lead” — students do not know what SG is capable of doing.

“The majority of the answers we got from students — and we asked a lot — ‘What do you know about student government?’ The answer was either ‘Nothing’ or ‘Scantrons,’” Davis said.

Coming from different leadership areas on campus, the team thought they could address what needed to be changed. But between student concerns in the Hot Seat and student organization visits, more ideas came to light.

When Frink and Davis title their initiatives, they will be posted on the campaign’s website.

But Frink said they have begun to address other members of SG about student concerns, like directions of bus routes. The team met with the SG director of transportation to discuss changing the direction of some Burbank-Ben Hur routes. Their goal is to have the buses travelling in opposite directions.

In the Hot Seat, the team learned that the Muslim Student Association has a prayer room in a building on campus that gets locked at 4:30 p.m. during the week and all weekend, which conflicts with prayer times for the group. Davis said this is an issue they plan to address and would not have known about if not for their pre-campaign.

“It’s not that I want to change how student government works. It’s just the outreach. Right now, student government is an incredible organization,” Frink said. “Once they [students] realize that we have this power, this capability and this budget, they will be able to come to us and say, ‘Hey, I want this.’”

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BY HAYLEY FRANKLIN hfranklin@lsureveille.com Members and leaders from LGBT groups across Louisiana, including University students, attended Equality Louisiana’s Community Connect event Saturday at the University, learning the importance of understanding how to interact with the legislature.

EQLA is an organization that strives for equality in Louisiana for all LGBT people by advocating legislative change. The group hosts an event in large Louisiana cities called Community Connect, an initiative to educate LGBT leaders on legislative issues.

EQLA’s managing director and political communication graduate student Tucker Barry said there is confusion surrounding the legislative process and the laws that affect LGBT people. He said often times people are discouraged, but Community Connect enables people to overcome the discouragement.

“It is the best way to break barriers between people not knowing, feeling disenfranchised, and then feeling uninterested because it all feels inaccessible,” Barry said.

EQLA’s research and policy coordinator Dylan Waguespack provided the legislative education. A key speaker at the event, Waguespack explained to LGBT organization leaders and students what legislation is pertinent to the LGBT community.

Two legislations being promoted by EQLA are the Employee Non-Discrimination Act and the Fair Housing Act. The Employee Non-Discrimination Act would protect LGBT

rights by prohibiting firing and hiring workers based on their sexuality or gender identification. The Fair Housing Act in Louisiana does not currently protect the LGBT community from discrimination when purchasing or renting homes.

“People can’t be discriminated against in the rental market or in the sales market of housing based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, because everyone needs a place to live,” Waguespack said.

In addition to EQLA’s advocacy of the two new bill modifications, LGBT organizations at the event were called to combat the passing of a “right-to-discriminate” bill.

The bill, if passed, would allow individuals and businesses to discriminate against people based on their beliefs about same-sex marriage, Waguespack said.

Attendees of EQLA’s Community Connect were told the best way to combat legislations such as the “right-to-discriminate” bill, was through calling Louisiana legislators.

“It actually makes a difference because legislators truly do count the number of calls that they get before it gets to issue,” Barry said. “When we can flood legislator’s offices with phone calls, we can truly demonstrate that this is not some niche issue.”

EQLA’s coalition manager Bruce Parker advocated an organization known as Equality Core, which provides an organized method for calling legislators to influence legislation.

Parker said students and organizations don’t need to understand the legal jargon that comes along with most legisla-

tion to call and have an effect.

Equality Core sends out emails once or twice a week detailing certain legislations to designated callers or team leaders. Team leaders within Equality Core recruit small groups of about four or five to call legislators during designated times.

Numerous people at EQLA’s Community Connect signed up to be designated callers, including biomedical engineering sophomore and Young Ameri-

can for Liberty leader Cedric Conti.

Conti said he knew absolutely nothing about the legislations regarding LGBT issues, but after attending EQLA’s event, he is ready to help.

“I didn’t even know that a lot of these bills were even coming up or in effect at all,” Conti said.

“Honestly, I didn’t know anything about it before coming.

Now, I’m going to look into this and see how I can help.”

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Political communication graduate and managing director of Equality Louisiana Tucker Barry speaks to the LGBT community on Saturday at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

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that’s what we’ve really been focusing on,” said junior center fielder Andrew Stevenson.

“The past couple of games we’ve been able to do that.”

The Tigers were sparked by senior outfielder Jared Foster, who produced immediately after Mainieri put him into the leadoff spot for Games 2 and 3 of the series.

Foster led off both games with a hit to get the Tigers’ bats going early and often. Foster’s burst onto the scene comes as a huge boost for the Tigers, who got their offense going in a series in which they desperately needed it.

“Our kids are strong,” Mainieri said. “They’re good athletes, they’re good hitters, it was just a matter of time.”

Following the loss to Nicholls State, Mainieri called a meeting with hitting coach Andy Cannizaro on Thursday morning, way ahead of the Tigers’ scheduled practice time of 4 p.m., and they got to work.

The two coaches were not happy with Wednesday night’s result, but with the right adjustments, they both saw potential for a quick turnaround in their lineup.

Mainieri and Cannizaro came to the conclusion the players’ heads weren’t in the right place. They weren’t attacking the baseball and being aggressive at the plate.

“At practice on Thursday, we really emphasized being aggressive at the plate, going up there and attacking the ball,” Mainieri said. “My biggest concern, besides the clutch hitting, was we weren’t getting any extra base hits, and we’re capable. We work hard in the weight room, the kids have the talent, but they just weren’t letting it fly.”

Mainieri and Cannizaro also noticed some mechanical nuances in the swings of Stevenson and junior shortstop Alex Bregman, which weakened the contact of their swings, giving the ball a softer pop off the bat than what Mainieri and Cannizaro like to see.

The two coaches opted to make some mechanical adjustments to the two hitters’ swings.

The Tigers’ Thursday practice was centered around aggressive hitting. Mainieri said it was an “intense” session.

Players were out as early as two hours before practice taking swings in the cage, trying tirelessly to erase the mistakes from the night before.

After taking the extra time to get back in a groove, the Tigers showed just how good they can be by sweeping Boston College.

“Practice [Thursday] was really an intense practice and guys are swinging the bats with some real commitment and desire, and you could see it was going to come,” Mainieri said.

score and gave LSU a comfortable lead heading into the final rotation. “[Macadaeg] got up there and reestablished herself,” Breaux said. “She said ‘We are a great beam team. Follow me.’

Then everyone behind her followed suit. That was a real pivotal point.”

Macadaeg first learned the art of composure while competing at the club level. By 2013, she was competing alongside Olympians at the P&G Championships. A year later, her efforts at the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships earned her a spot on the J.O. National Team.

“P&G is a national compe-

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tition with the top gymnasts in the nation, so I was really excited to get the opportunity to compete there and actually place 7th on beam,” Macadaeg said. “I had two Olympians in my rotation. I was competing side by side with Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney. Just being up there with those girls made me feel so special.”

While competing at LSU, Macadaeg has improved her ability to maintain composure with the help of senior allarounder Jessie Jordan, the No. 2 beam performer in the nation, whom Breaux said is the master of composure.

When Macadaeg landed in Baton Rouge, Jordan saw her raw talent and knew she would become one of the best gym-

Monday, February 23, 2015 nasts in the nation on beam.

“I see so much more in her on beam than what I had coming in as a freshman because she has all the technical abilities as a gymnast that I wish I would have had,” Jordan said.

“Her lines are just amazing, and her presence on the beam is something that you don’t see from many gymnasts, especially not a freshman.”

Jordan wasn’t wrong.

Macadaeg posted three scores of 9.900 or better, including a career-high 9.950 during LSU’s victory against Georgia on Feb. 6.

The lone blemish on her résumé — a 9.150 after falling off the beam in LSU’s victory against Missouri on Jan. 23 — came just moments be-

fore the announcer warned fans against the use of flash photography.

Macadaeg attributed a portion of her success to the consistent advice she gets from Jordan.

The duo has formed a close relationship while traveling together for away meets.

Their friendship has translated to prosperity on the beam, the event on which LSU has the best mark in the nation with an average of 49.300.

“When she hits her routine and I see her get excited at the end of it, it’s almost personal,” Jordan said.

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