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Faculty Senate seeks relief from AAUP censure

After falling to Houston in last year’s regional, LSU set for top-10 showdown with Cougars

BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com

BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com Less than a year ago, the Houston baseball team ended LSU’s season.

After dropping the first of a best-of-three series in the NCAA Regional last June, the Cougars crushed the Tigers’ dreams of going to the College World Series, knocking them off in consecutive games after LSU was six outs from clinching.

But 2015 is a new season.

“Last year is last year,” said LSU junior shortstop Alex Bregman. “This is the next team on our schedule, and we have to show up and play.”

No. 2 LSU (12-1) will look to end a two-game losing skid against No. 8 Houston (8-5) when the clubs meet at 7 p.m. tonight in Minute Maid Park in Houston.

Six teams will compete in the Houston College Classic this weekend, but the marquee game of the three-day tournament will the top-10 matchup between the Tigers and the Cougars.

The Tigers, who have won nine consecutive games, will also face Baylor at 3:30 p.m. Saturday before concluding the weekend tournament with a match against Nebraska at 11 a.m. Sunday.

LSU sophomore pitcher Jared Poche’ (3-0, 1.96 ERA) will get the starting nod against the Cougars, who will likely go with sophomore pitcher Andrew

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LSU junior outfielder Mark Laird (9) attempts to steal second base during the Tigers’ 16-2 victory against Boston College on Feb. 21 at Alex Box Stadium.

student government

Candidates answer for initiatives

BY chloe huff chuff@lsureveille.com Candidates for the top positions of Student Government have passively and actively made promises to students to gain their votes on March 9.

At the annual SG debate Thursday in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building, candidates were held accountable for their proposed initiatives.

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Opening remarks reiterated each campaign’s motto.

Vice presidential candidate Moe Ahsan said “More for LSU” wants to diversify SG. Presidential candidate Andrew Mahtook told the audience “Here and Now” wants to make tangible changes students can see during their time at the University, no matter how short.

“Make It Matter” wants to create a better relationship between

SG and individuals, said vice presidential candidate Wesley Davis.

National Pan-Hellenic Council Vice President Darnell Theriot kicked off the debate, questioning the vice presidential candidates on

Visitors to the University Faculty Senate website see two timers ticking upward, one second at a time.

One timer, now up to more than 1,329 days, expresses how long the University has been under censure by the American Association of University Professors.

The University is under censure for two academic freedom violations. Resolving a third matter, better working conditions for longterm contingent faculty, would remove it from the list.

The AAUP believes instructors, who are not eligible for tenured positions, cannot exercise academic freedom if under constant fear of dismissal. Those fears often lead to conformity, said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.

AAUP censure has no legal bearing on a University, but the Faculty Senate contends its effects are far-reaching, and the senate

see censure, page 11 Candidates from the Student Government presidential tickets prepare for the 2015 debate on Thursday in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building.

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Read one columnist’s take on the presidential race on page 8.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

LSU sand volleyball team begins season this weekend The LSU sand volleyball team is beginning its season by traveling to Tucson, Arizona to compete in the Arizona Invitational, which starts today and ends Sunday.

The Tigers have three matches in this weekend’s tournament, beginning against Tulane at noon today. They will follow that with a match against Arizona State at 6 p.m. before facing Arizona at noon Saturday.

LSU will then move to Phoenix, Arizona on Sunday, where it will finish the weekend against Grand Canyon at 11:30 a.m. and

New Mexico at 1:30 p.m. at the GCU courts.

“Going into it, we always have high expectations,” said coach Russell Brock in a news release. “We’ve done everything we can to play well this weekend. We’re going to use this tournament to compete, be successful and train. Our trips are business trips. We’re going to get work done.”

The Tigers will compete in pairs, and the matches will be a best-of-three series with the winner having to be the first to reach 21 points in each match.

Senate passes three finance bills this week Student Senate passed three finance bills at its meeting on Wednesday.

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A finance bill to allocate a maximum of $560 to fund the Food Science Club to compete in the College Bowl Competition in Florida.

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Friday, March 6, 2015 BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Local garage sale gives back to community

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com What started as an average garage sale in 1988 has turned into one of the Capital City’s biggest charity fundraisers, earning over $1.7 million for 50 different charities since 1990 and attracting hundreds.

Not only is the Attic Trash and Treasure Sale a product of the Inner Wheel of Baton Rouge, but the local chapter of Inner Wheel could be considered a product of the sale.

The Rotary Club of Baton Rouge held a garage sale in 1988 as its main fundraiser to support PolioPlus, which was Rotary International’s main focus in the late ’80s and ’90s. Rotary Club members didn’t plan on making the event annual, but after continued support from the club, held small sales again in 1989 and 1990.

Virginia Bogan, current president of Inner Wheel, said spouses of local Rotary Club members took over the sale after Rotary didn’t want to host it and chartered the Inner Wheel club of Baton Rouge.

The first Inner Wheel club was a spouses’ organization to Rotary Club and was formed in 1929, Bogan said. The spouses of Baton Rouge Rotary Club members created the local Inner Wheel chapter in 1990.

The annual sale continued to grow, and now Inner Wheel has to use a department store-sized building to house all of the donations it receives.

“It really did begin as this ittybitty garage sale,” Bogan said.

“And now look: we have trailers and trailers of stuff to unload every year and this entire building is full of donations.”

Sale chairwoman Lauren Ragland said finding a location is a challenging because the club never knows how much merchandise it will receive. This year, Inner Wheel had enough merchandise to fill 30 units.

“We sell more almost every year,” Ragland said. “The last three years have grossed more than $150,000, and we’ve been able to help so many charities.”

Inner Wheel donates Trash and Treasure Sale profits to multiple charities, but each year one charity is selected as the club’s main focus and receives 50 percent of the profit.

This year’s main charity is

Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge.

The other charities benefiting from the sale this year are the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Youth Coalition, Gardere Community Christian School, Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center, Greater Baton Rouge Hope Academy, Louisiana Key Academy, Louisiana LUPUS Foundation and Youth Oasis.

Bogan said it’s the volunteers who keep Inner Wheel going.

“We wouldn’t be able to do it without them,” Bogan said. “We have people who come in every day, all day, even on the weekends.

Can you believe that? These people really just want to help.”

MBA student Olivia Olinde, daughter of Inner Wheel Vice President Cheryl Olinde, began volunteering at the sale this year and brought several friends to help.

“You just never know what you might find,” Olinde said. “It’s in a room as big as a Dillard’s, or a J.C. Penney … It’s especially great for college kids because there’s some things there that we would consider luxury and couldn’t afford elsewhere.”

Olinde said the incentives of low prices, rare items and giving back to the Baton Rouge community draw a lot of people to the sale.

Olinde intends to continue volunteering after this year and is hopeful to keep her friends involved as well.

Bogan said many of the volunteers eventually become Inner Wheel members, and some have helped with the sale for more than 10 years.

Ruthie Kean, a member since the original 1980s garage sales, is still helping with Trash and Treasure sales every year and now has her children and grandchildren involved too.

Bogan described Kean as dedicated and incredible as both a worker and a person.

“It’s so great to still have her with us,” Bogan said. “And now we have her kids and grandkids, too, and they’re all a great help.”

The Inner Wheel of Baton Rouge is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Attic Trash and Treasure Sale this year. The sale will take place March 6, through March 8, in the old Mervyn’s department store building at Cortana Mall.

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The Attic Trash and Treasure Sale raises money for local charities by selling donated items.

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STUDENT LIFE

Student organization created for women in computer science at the university

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com A new student organization thinks computer science is not, and has never been, just a boys’ game.

Women in Computer Science at LSU, founded by computer science junior and club president Alexandra Willis, along with club officers and computer science juniors Sarah Baldwin and Kayla Thurman and computer science sophomores Samantha Fadrigalan, Kristen Barrett and Kaitlyn Devillier, will serve as a space to foster academic and professional development for women who share the major.

Alena McDuff, coordinator of undergraduate initiatives and the group’s adviser, said she believed the computer science department needed an organization where women could give support to one another in the field while also building friendships.

“In an effort to help them network and connect, I took some girls to the Grace Hopper Conference in Phoenix in October. It was just amazing to watch this group of girls come together and bond,” McDuff said. “One of our seniors, Morgan Hargrove, really helped out. Having her provide mentorship to the younger ones that came along and seeing the impact she had on the students and the reward that she got out of it just made me think ‘OK, we need a peer mentorship program.’”

It wasn’t until Willis approached MCDuff about starting the organization that their plan was set in motion.

University Campus Life has yet to approve WICS LSU (Willis is still finalizing the organization’s bylaws), but the group started a mentorship program and hosted tutoring sessions, which are key activities the group will host, Willis said.

“I think there’s a lack of women in computer science because it’s historically been a male-dominated field,” Willis said. “When you’re joining a profession being a minority, you’re less likely to know other people, so when things start to get tough, you’re less likely to have support networks like everybody else. That’s one of the things our group is trying to help solve, actually creating that support, creating networking opportunities and friendships.”

Willis said she saw organizations like the Society of Women Engineers, as well as a an organization similar to WICS LSU at the University of Houston, and decided there was a need for a group specifically for computer science students.

For the big sis, little sis program, WICS LSU pairs women who have the same concentrations within computer science, so younger students can learn from the experience of their older mentors.

Willis said she wants anybody interested to participate, the group is not strictly female following University organization rules.

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Women in Computer Science at LSU members Sarah Baldwin, Kayla Thurman, Alexandra Willis, Kristen Barrett and Samantha Fadrigalan stand in the Architecture Quad.

“Whenever I have moments where I’ve said ‘I don’t think this is for me,’ I’d go and talk to Alexandra [Willis], or Samantha [Fadrigalan] or Morgan [Hargrove] and that would make me remember that I love this major and I love what I do,” Barrett said. “If one day we can have more than one girl in a computer science class, or we can keep one girl from changing her major, I say our goal is accomplished.”

Willis said she hopes Campus Life will approve WICS LSU by the end of this semester, allowing the group to recruit members and kickstart their initiative in the fall with the new freshman class.

Until then the group is scheduled to host a career exploration panel for all computer science students, where members of the department’s advisory board will share stories about their professional experience and answer questions on March 20.

“The most exciting thing for me is what this group might be 10 years down the road,” Willis said. “It really just starts with one woman or six women recruiting two more girls and then those girls doing the same and then it snowballs. I’m excited to see what the potential future for this group could be. Fall is going to be an exciting time.”

MARCH

EVENT CALENDAR

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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2015 3:00 PM

Birmingham CC Baseball - Pete Goldsby Field

4:00 PM

LSU Women's Tennis - W. T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium

5:00 PM

Funny F'n Friday's - George's Place Birmingham CC Baseball - Pete Goldsby Field

6:00 PM 6:30 PM

Louisiana State Softball - Tiger Park - LSU Softball Field

7:00 PM

Monster Jam - Baton Rouge River Center Arena Sweet Crude, Prom Date - The Spanish Moon

Arts, Craft, and Classic Car Show - Greenwell Springs Baptist Church

Press 1 for English - Superior Grill

LSU Gymnastics - Pete Maravich Assembly Center

7:30 PM

Carrie: The Musical - Reilly Theatre Company - Baton Rouge Little Theater The Drowsy Chaperone - Essanee Theatre

8:00 PM 10:00 PM

Waka Flocka Flame - The Varsity Theatre-Baton Rouge Naughty Professor - Chelsea's Cafe A World of Dreams - Louisiana Art and Science Museum and Planetarium Preston Gilchrist and Theresa Herrera - Baton Rouge Gallery for

ALL DAY

Contemporary Art An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy LSU Museum of Art Brave Steps: The Louisiana Native Guard - West Baton Rouge Museum

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

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Book Bazaar raises money for LSU Libraries endowment

BY DEANNA NARVESON dnarveson@lsureveille.com Each year, more than 300,000 books are printed in the U.S. They are brought home to be cherished, forgotten, given or dicarded.

Between 60,000 and 80,000 books land among donations to the Friends of the LSU Libraries Book Barn, tucked away off Skip Bertman Drive. The books in the barn are sorted and priced by volunteers who pack them in boxes.

The books sit in the barn all year waiting to be sold at the Friends’ annual Book Bazaar from March 5-7, in the 4-H Mini Barn and the Nelson Memorial Auditorium located near the John M. Parker Coliseum.

The Friends of the LSU Libraries is a group of volunteers who have worked to support the LSU Libraries by service and fundraising since the 1960s, and the Book Bazaar is its largest fundraising effort.

Anne West, chairperson of the Book Barn and Book Bazaar, said every book donated to the barn is checked for its age, condition and rarity by a team of volunteers, often retired professionals

with expertise.

While prices start at $1, every valuable book is researched to find its correct price.

A majority of the books come from community members near Baton Rouge, West said.

“If you see a $25 book, you know that somebody has looked online to see what it runs at thousands of bookstores,” West said.

“And then we price lower than those so we can sell it to you. The more pricey books tend to be either very special or much newer.”

How the books are priced is important, West said, because all proceeds from Bazaar go into an endowment for the LSU Libraries.

The annual interest on the now roughly $2 million endowment is available to use for projects and book acquisitions the libraries couldn’t afford otherwise, said Stanley Wilder, dean of the LSU Libraries.

West said everything the Book Barn does in preparation for the bazaar is on a low budget, so the majority of funds from the sales go to the endowment. The barn sells used textbooks throughout the year and packs the books in hand-me-down boxes from Barnes

and Noble Booksellers to combat the costs.

“The only thing we have to pay for is getting the books moved to the Bazaar location,” West said.

West said sometimes alumni who live far away bring books when they visit Baton Rouge, and professors donate boxes when they retire.

Occasionally, rare, first-edition books find their way into the barn, hidden in the bottoms of boxes.

West said she makes a point to check out interesting finds because people are willing to pay top dollar for first editions or other hard-tofind books.

This year West is bringing a first edition of Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and a first edition of “Lafayette in America” by Louis Gottschalk, bound in buffalo skin and inlaid with 14 karat gold.

She is still researching how to price the Gottschalk edition.

There are books about every topic, and even those who don’t collect books can find something, West said.

Biology freshman Sarah Labat said she visits the bazaar with her

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Donated books sit on the shelves of the Friends of the Library Book Barn on Tuesday.

Books are donated for the annual Book Bazaar. father every year. She said she never goes with a goal in mind but keeps an eye out for interesting reads.

“We found a bunch of cookbooks one year, homebound ones,” Labat said. “We still use one of them all the time, it has this recipe for biscuits that will change your life.”

Labat said she is also happy to find novels she wanted to read but couldn’t afford to buy from other places.

When people drop off books at the Barn, West always reminds them to come to the Bazaar to refill the new empty spaces on their shelves, so the books will have new lives again.

AGCENTER

Dairy Store expands menu, offers breakfast, lunch items

BY JULIAN SCHARDT jschardt@lsureveille.com Offering more than its famous Tiger Bite ice cream, the LSU AgCenter Dairy Store has expanded its menu.

The Dairy Store now sells smoked sausage dogs, boudin dogs, smoothies and breakfast items to students looking for alternative places to eat besides the Student Union and University dining halls.

The smoked sausage and boudin used in the store’s sandwiches comes from pigs raised, butchered and processed on campus by the LSU AgCenter’s Meat Lab. LSU AgCenter Meat Lab manager Manuel “Boo” Persica said cattle, swine, goats and sheep are raised at the AgCenter’s Central Research Facility on Ben Hur Road and provide hands on experience to animal sciences students.

The animals are then brought to the AgCenter’s Meat Lab in Francioni Hall and butchered to serve as teaching tools for meat processing classes and for research purposes.

Some of the meat is packaged and delivered to the Dairy Store.

Numerous cuts of meat, including goat shanks, lamb chops and ground beef, are available for students to purchase.

Persica said the amount of meat processed and packaged in the Meat Lab varies every semester due to offered classes. On occasion the Meat Lab delivers meat to the Dairy Store that has been prepared using halal methods, a traditional Muslim butchery style.

Dairy Store manager Emily Shields said the meat is popular with students, and new shipments usually sell out within a day or two.

“People are starting to find it.

When stuff goes, it’s gone. They buy it quick, partly because it’s a little bit cheaper than the grocery store,” Persica said.

Shields said the Dairy Store has definitely seen an increase in the amount of business from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. because of to the addition of lunch items such as the smoked sausage, boudin dogs and pre-packaged sandwiches.

There is a high demand for lunch items, and the Dairy Store would like to offer more choices to its customers, but it is plagued with space issues, Shields said.

“This is a very convenient spot

for people between classes. We always have people asking for it [lunch],” Shields said.

The Dairy Store also has added smoothies and breakfast items, such as oatmeal and muffins, to their menu, Shields said.

Milk from the University’s cattle herd was once pasteurized, bottled and sold at the store, but it is no longer offered due to lack of popularity and the low number of workers the Dairy Store employs.

“It was common knowledge that we had it, so we stopped.

Right now with the budget cuts, we don’t have the manpower,” Shields said.

Despite being famous for their ice cream, milkshakes take the crown for top seller, and the Dairy Store will sell about 100 to 150 on

a hot day.

The Dairy Store sees its share of business, but animal sciences professor Charles Boeneke said

the Dairy Store breaks even with their profit due to maintenance and repair costs of the machinery.

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Sports

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LSU sports fans are too fickle, unfaithful LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist

get that loss, it’s very frustrating.”

In a season full of ups and downs, LSU reached another low Wednesday night in a 78-63 loss to Tennessee — the largest margin of defeat all season — ending the Volunteers’ five-game losing streak.

But the Tigers once again have a chance to get off their back with a critical road test against No. 18 Arkansas at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bud Walton Arena, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman said Wednesday

Last fall, freshman safety Jamal Adams flashed speed, strength and savvy through his big hits and occasional flops to make a name for himself on the LSU football team.

His play style quickly made Adams a fan favorite. Every time they looked up, Adams was making a tackle and getting the team and the stadium fired up.

But what did Adams see when he looked up after he made those tackles? Empty seats.

Excluding the Ole Miss and Alabama games, Tiger Stadium was a ghost town all season long. LSU unveiled the new-look, 102,321seat Tiger Stadium against Sam Houston State, but no more than 60 or 70 thousand people were there despite the attendance number released.

Most fans used the rationale that they didn’t have to go to those games because LSU is a top-tier program and they don’t need to show up for a game that’s below them. This mindset has spread from football to the rest of LSU sports, excluding gymnastics.

On Wednesday night, my roommate and I went to the LSU men’s basketball team’s final home game against Tennessee. It was the

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LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) makes a shot on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 78-63 loss to Tennessee at the PMAC.

Razor’s Edge

Crucial late season win up for grabs as Tigers face No. 18 Arkansas

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones hopes his players didn’t buy into the hype too early.

Just when the Tigers seemed destined for their first NCAA Tournament in six years, LSU (21-9, 10-7 Southeastern Conference) took a shot to the face in its home finale.

“Everyone is very emotional,” said LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin. “Everyone realizes winning is very important. We know where we are trying to get to at the end of the year. For us to WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers open SEC Tourney with TAMU rematch

BY STANTON VIGNES svignes@lsureveille.com The LSU women’s basketball team will play its first game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament in a quarterfinal matchup against No. 18 Texas A&M today at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas, shortly after the conclusion of the South Carolina and Arkansas matchup at noon.

The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

LSU (16-12, 10-6 SEC) will face Texas A&M (23-8, 11-6 SEC) for the third time this season and for the Lady Tigers’ second game in a row. LSU split the regular season series, winning the last matchup for its final game of the season in a 80-63 blowout on Sunday.

The Lady Tigers earned a double-bye in the tournament after defeating Texas A&M to clinch

the fourth seed in the SEC Tournament. Texas A&M dropped to the fifth seed with the loss and dropped six spots in the national rankings after being the No. 12 team in the country.

Senior forward Sheila Boykin said the team will try to look at the game as if the two teams haven’t faced each other.

“It’s going to be a new game,” Boykin said. “Of course they’re going to go back and watch film and see what they can do better. We’re going to do the same. It’s going to be a new game. The score is 0-0.

That last game doesn’t matter anymore. It’s on to the next.”

The first time the two teams faced each other — Jan. 11 in College Station, Texas — was the last loss the Lady Tigers suffered before rewriting the course of their season beating two top-15 teams back-to-back. Since the loss, LSU

has gone 8-4, including a six-game home winning streak.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said her team has shown what it is capable of during that stretch and they can play with the best in the country.

“This has been a very interesting past few months when you look at the path this team has had to take to get to this place,” Caldwell said. “They have really shown they are resilient, and they play with a lot of courage. They have the passion and the determination to be one of the best teams in the country.

“They have proven that through their play and through their record. We’ve got to continue to take this momentum that we have into the SEC tournament.”

Texas A&M skipped the first

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LSU sophomore guard Rina Hill (13) dribbles the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 80-63 victory against Texas A&M on Sunday at the PMAC.

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Friday, March 6, 2015

SOFTBALL

No. 5 Tigers host Razorbacks in first SEC series tonight

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com Southeastern Conference play is finally here.

The No. 5 LSU softball team will open league play at home with a three-game series against Arkansas, starting with Game 1 tonight at 6 p.m. in Tiger Park.

The Tigers (22-0) look to continue their best start in program history against a Razorback (12-7) squad riding a nine-game winning streak, including a sweep of the Lion Classic Scramble in Hammond, Louisiana, last weekend.

“We’ve gotten to spend some time getting to know to Arkansas, which is nice having only one opponent versus five on the weekend,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We’re making sure we are prepared to the type of pitching they’re going to show up with. We’re prepared to attack the strong offense that they’re going to bring.”

Throughout the early season, LSU has dominated with depth in its pitching rotation and lineup. But the Tigers’ pitchers will be tested by the top of the Razorbacks’ lineup that features senior utility player Devon Wallace, senior infielder Kasey Fagan and junior outfielder

Stephanie Canfield.

Wallace sparks the Razorbacks from the leadoff spot with a .434 batting average and a .605 on-base percentage.

She is second in the SEC behind LSU senior center fielder A.J. Andrews with 22 walks. Wallace has been on fire, hitting .733 in her last five games.

Fagan leads Arkansas in hits (27), run scored (16) and RBIs (17). She ranks third in the SEC with seven doubles.

Canfield’s speed has achieved nine stolen bases, which is the best mark on the team. At the plate, she leads Arkansas with three triples.

Wallace, Fagan and Canfield have combined to hit an average of .406 this season and have driven in 44 of Arkansas’ 87 total RBIs. Through their first 22 games, the Tigers’ pitchers have dominated by posting a combined 0.99 ERA, .191 opposing batting average and have allowing only 10 extra-base hits. The rotation’s success has earned it the nickname “Fantastic Four” among its teammates and coaches.

Unlike most coaches who have determined rotations, Torina said she can go with any one of her four pitchers depending on their matchup against the

opponent’s lineup.

“You’ll see a different pitcher every night,” Torina said. “I don’t think it will be the same order this week as it is next week necessarily. We’re going to take one game at a time. Honestly, if somebody comes out and just dominates them early in the weekend, I’m not opposed to throwing them again on Sunday.”

The Tigers’ pitchers have posted 17 complete games, which leads the SEC. Freshman pitchers Carley Hoover and Allie Walljasper have combined to tally LSU’s only three saves.

For the freshman pitchers, the start of conference play means adjustment to an entirely different form of play with weekend series, making a pitcher’s job harder because hitters have the opportunity to get to know her weaknesses.

“Obviously it’s tough [because] it’s one of the best conferences [in softball],” Walljasper said. “I’m more excited to go out and see really good competition in the next few weeks.”

LSU has outscored its opponents 176-27 and notched 11 wins by mercy rule. The Tigers’ productivity at the plate stems from their dynamic combination of speed and power.

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LSU sophomore Kelsee Selman (6) pitches during the Tigers’ 14-0 victory against Stephen F. Austin on Sunday at Tiger Park.

Andrews, the reigning NFCA National Player of the Week, leads the Tigers with .529 average. She tops SEC rankings in walks (23), on-base percentage (.658) and triples (7).

Power hitters junior shortstop Bianka Bell and sophomore catcher/infielder Sahvanna Jaquish have combined for 16 home runs and 68 of the Tigers’ 162 RBIs this season.

Sophomore pitcher Sydney

Wright leads the Arkansas rotation with a 2.66 ERA while striking out 50 batters and walking only 16.

The Tigers will continue the series with Arkansas with Game 2 Saturday at 4 p.m. at Tiger Park. LSU will conclude the series against the Razorbacks on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

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Balance of power and speed pervades LSU’s batting order

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com The No. 5 LSU softball team has not found runs hard to come by during its non-conference slate.

The Tigers’ (22-0) offense has managed to put up 176 runs in 22 games. LSU’s high-powered offense, coupled with a pitching staff that has not given opponents much to capitalize on, has led to the Tigers outscoring opponents 176-27, a 149 run margin.

Junior catcher Kellsi Kloss said the Tigers’ lineup is diverse, and each player brings something different to the lineup.

“Every single person, every single piece of our lineup is doing something different,” Kloss said.

“We all bring something different to the table.”

So far, LSU has managed to blend speed and power to form a devastating effect on opponents.

It starts at the top of the order with senior center fielder A.J. Andrews and sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry. LSU hitting coach Howard Dobson described them as “table-setters” because of their ability to consistently reach base.

Both Andrews and Landry have reached base more times than not this season, sporting on-base percentages of .658 and .542, respectively.

When they’ve reached base, both Andrews and Landry have been base-stealing threats. Andrews has stolen 12 bases on 12 attempts, and Landry is per-

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Bianka Bell hits a home run on Feb. 6 during LSU’s 7-2 win against Memphis at Tiger Park. fect as well with four steals in four attempts.

Although Dobson said both Andrews and Landry can swing through the ball with power, junior shortstop Bianka Bell and sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish have driven in the most runs, thanks to the batters in front of them consistently reaching base.

“It’s really nice to get those kids on base and all of a sudden those RBI producing people are just licking their chops just to get a pitch they can hit into the outfield,” Dobson said.

Bell has packed power her whole career. She is one home run shy of surpassing former LSU outfielder Rachel Mitchell’s 33 blasts to become LSU’s career home run leader.

This season is no exception for Bell, who is hitting .485 with seven home runs and 29 RBIs. She leads the team in slugging percentage (.924), total bases (61) and doubles (8).

Jaquish is batting .365 with a slugging percentage of .905. She leads the team in home runs (9) and RBIs (39).

It isn’t just the top of LSU’s

lineup that has been getting the job done in the batter’s box. Kloss said every person in the order is contributing in some manner.

“It’s pretty crazy just thinking we don’t have one person that’s doing it all,” Kloss said.

Kloss and junior first baseman Sandra Simmons sit in the middle of the Tigers’ lineup. Kloss is hitting .373 and has displayed some power, hitting three home runs and driving in 14 runs.

Simmons is batting .385 and has an on-base percentage of .500, proving to be a tough out. But she also displayed power in LSU’s 14-0

win against Stephen F. Austin on Sunday by hitting her first home run of the season.

At the bottom of the lineup, freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper is featured as the team’s designated player and has also batted for the Tigers when she pitches.

Sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn and freshman left fielder Emily Griggs frequently bat eighth and ninth, respectively.

Walljasper is hitting .229, but she is a home run threat. She recorded one of LSU’s two grand slams in 2015. Quinn has raised her batting average to .275 after struggling at the plate for the first few games.

Griggs has become a familiar name in the nine-spot, but she is far from an easy out. Jaquish said having Griggs bat ninth is like having another leadoff hitter batting at the bottom of the order.

Griggs is batting .400, has an on-base percentage of .512 and has stolen 10 bases in 12 attempts.

LSU also has players who have stepped in to start games, pinch hit or pinch run who have made timely plays for the Tigers. Griggs said LSU’s depth is not something many other teams have.

“I don’t think a lot of teams can say that they have this much depth with their lineup,” Griggs said. “It’s very unique, and I can’t wait to see what everybody can do the rest of the season.”

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Friday, March 6, 2015 FANS, from page 5 dreaded 6 p.m. start, and when I walked in 5 minutes before tip-off, fans were nowhere to be found.

By halftime, it was a more respectable half-full (or half-empty) PMAC. But once LSU went down 62-44 with eight and a half minutes to go, the fans there picked up and started heading for the exits.

The Tigers ended up going down to the Volunteers, 78-63, but it was Adams who made the headlines postgame.

He took to Twitter to express his disappointment in the fans leaving early, saying “I can’t hold my tongue. LSU fans show no loyalty. You expect so much from us athletes, but won’t stay and support throughout the whole game.”

He followed that up seven minutes later with, “LSU has been known for having such prideful and loyal fans, and I hate to see people ruining that image. The game’s not over until it ends.”

You can’t see, but I’m applauding right now. Bravo, Jamal. You’re right.

LSU fans have become spoiled in the big three sports.

Football fans quit attending the games against inferior opponents. Baseball fans expect their Tigers to win every time they take the diamond, and if they don’t, somebody needs to be fired or have their scholarship taken away.

For those sports, I can understand the privilege attitude. LSU has the national championships to make them feel better than most

TOURNEY, from page 5 round with a bye and defeated a 13-seeded Auburn to advance to the quarterfinals. The Aggies will be without their starting junior point guard Jordan Jones, who they lost for the season after she tore her ACL and meniscus in her right knee. She ranked 11th in the nation in assists per game with 6.6.

Junior guard Courtney Walker, who is tied for second in the SEC in points per game with 14.8, will lead Texas A&M against the Lady Tigers.

Caldwell said she is looking for-

opponents. But basketball?

LSU’s last national title was 80 years ago. The program has four Final Four appearances in its history. The basketball team isn’t the high and mighty powerhouse LSU fans apparently think it is.

But regardless of the championships and whatnot, how can an adult look at a bunch of 18-to 23-year-olds and criticize their mistakes?

You probably wouldn’t like it if the players followed you to your waitress job and talked bad about you every time you didn’t refill the customers’ drinks. Or to your warehouse job and said you were being lazy every time you weren’t working your hardest to get an order done on time.

These students athletes put more effort in behind the scenes than most of you in everything you do.

You’re probably thinking, “but they get a scholarship to play these sports, they should be great.” But they’re amateurs, not professionals. Get off their backs. These student-athletes are giving everything they have out there. The only person who can convince me they aren’t is them because they’re the only ones who know.

Get off the fence, Tiger fans.

Support your team or find a different one because Adams and the rest of the athletes are tired of the waffling.

Brian Pellerin is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR. ward to starting the tournament and is excited about her team’s chances.

“I feel like this is a tournament for anyone when you look at the wins and the losses and who has beaten who and how close the games have been,” Caldwell said.

“It’s going to be a great tournament. It’s been a great season for our fans to just watch SEC women’s basketball. I know we don’t underestimate anybody in our league.”

You can reach Stanton Vignes on Twitter @stanvignes_TDR.

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ARKANSAS, from page 5 night’s loss was more about the Vols’ execution and less about the Tigers’ focus.

“We were not thinking about that,” Quarterman said after the game. “Every team in this conference is tough. You have to go out there every night like it’s your last game and leave it out on the floor.

They made a ton of good plays tonight. They made many contested threes. They made tough shots around the basket. Unfortunately, we couldn’t do the same.”

LSU now finds itself back on the bubble, according to ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi and CBS Bracketologist Jerry Palm, who both have the Tigers listed as No. 10 seeds in their projected bracket.

If there’s any consolation, Jones’ club has a chance to erase the loss with a win against the Razorbacks (24-6, 13-4 SEC), which is ranked 17th in Ratings Perentage Index according to ESPN. With a 7-3 record on the road, including a win at No. 20 West Virginia on Dec. 4, LSU guard Keith Hornsby said the Tigers may benefit from the trip to Fayetteville.

“There’s not as much pressure on the road,” Hornsby said. “Sometimes, mistakes hurt a little more at home, but I don’t think that’s been the case all year. We’ve been road warriors at times. We’ve really just taken advantage of the road environment … [It has] said a lot about this team.

But Saturday’s matchup will be no small task. The Razorbacks rank ninth in the nation in points per game (79) and sixth in assists per game (16.8), led by sophomore forward Bobby Portis.

The 6-foot-11 Portis ranks

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LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) lays up the ball during the Tigers’ game against Tennessee on Wednesday at the PMAC. second in the conference in scoring (17.7) and fourth in the SEC in rebounds (8.5) — just behind LSU sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin. Mickey, who suffered a shoulder injury Wednesday but is expected to play Saturday, and Martin struggled defending the interior against Tennessee, losing the points in the paint battle by 16.

On the other end of the floor, Tennessee swarmed Mickey and Martin in the post out of its zone defense, holding the Tigers to just 37.5 percent clip from the field in the second half.

But the key to Saturday’s matchup will be the similar, uptempo styles between LSU and Ar-

kansas. Arkansas frequently uses a full-court press and is 20-0 when forcing 15 or more turnovers. LSU averages 14.6 turnovers per game but hasn’t given it away more than 11 times in the last three games.

“We have to play how we play,” Jones said. “We’re better when we’re an up-tempo team ... We get a lot of fast break opportunities be it steals or turning people over.

[Arkansas] plays the same way ... We’re hopeful because of their press, if we handle it the right way, that we can attack instead of pulling the ball out.”

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“But MSNBC and CNN are all truth? Each news outlet has its own agenda and own political leanings. To think that Fox News is the only news source that has a problem in this country shows your ignorance and bias. They are no more overdone than the other outlets, but for the sake of this article, the object was to attack the more conservative leaning outfit.

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Drama during SG debate disappointing

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[Left to right] Student Government presidential candidates Helen Frink, David Scotton and Andrew Mahtook take questions Thursday during the 2015 Student Government Debate held in the Holliday Forum.

SMASH THE HATE JAMES RICHARDS Columnist Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this column do not reflect the views of the entire staff of The Daily Reveille.

Student Government debates have traditionally gone like a bad first date. The participants are desperate to make a good impression, end up agreeing on everything to avoid awkward silences and leave you feeling like you wasted an hour listening to promises nobody will keep.

In stark contrast, this year’s debate was more like a high school prom. Metric tons of drama, that one guy who makes a complete fool of himself and the woman who is clearly too excited about it. Plus, there’s the sassy English teacher trying to prevent a fight, but who ends up throwing a punch anyway.

Every seat in the Holliday Forum was packed, which seems impressive until you realize they were packed with campaign volunteers and smaller candidates. The Daily Reveille’s SG reporter Chloe Huff and I stole chairs from Manship School of Mass Communication Dean Jerry Ceppos’ office lounge so we didn’t have to type notes standing up.

Among my notes were “When did SG gain the ability to pass amendments to the state constitution?”

You’ve got to hand it to them: Moe Ahsan and David Scotton were easily the most passionate candidates in the room last night. Unfortunately, they were also the most embarrassing.

The viewing public rarely sides against the moderator of a political debate, and especially not when he

handles himself as well as Tiger TV reporter Mitch Rabalais. After Scotton cried about how he wanted to talk about “real issues” instead of the questions he agreed to answer, Rabalais snapped and told him they had talked about “real issues” all night.

Can the League of Sassy Broadcasting Majors give Rabalais an award or something? I wish that had happened at the end of the broadcast so he could do a proper mic drop and leave the crowd in a daze.

During Helen Frink’s responses, my notes read “Yeah, she’s way too excited about this.”

Despite being the most put-together and well-spoken ticket, “Make It Matter” didn’t sound like it had anything substantial to offer. The ticket also repeated its points as much as “More for LSU,” which is saying something.

Yes, we understand you interrogated students about what they wanted to make your platform. Yes, we understand you want to establish a million and one communication channels. We get it, your parking initiative is “cutting edge.”

They didn’t really make the debate matter much. I just wasn’t impressed with what they brought to the table.

It’s the same sort of SG ticket, except this time they put the woman in charge.

At the beginning of the debate I wrote “Did Knight forget her responses at the sorority house?”

“Here and Now” had the worst public speaking skills the entire night. Vice presidential candidate Hannah Knight was speechless after a question about how the ticket would help minority students, and it looked like Andrew Mahtook was writing her answers for her.

If there’s any truth to the claim that this year’s tickets were different, it wasn’t apparent. “Here and Now”

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sounded like current SG president and vice president Clay Tufts and Taylor Lambert. If you don’t know the dynamic, the frat guy presidential candidate does all the talking while the lady VP tries not to get in his way.

However, they had the most substantive responses to every question after the first flub.

Mahtook had the best answer to any question last night when he said SG can never pay enough attention to the problem of sexual assault on campus.

Heck, even Joanie Lyons, who ran the “Here and Now” Twitter account, was on point. During the debate, she called me out on my snarky tweet about their legal advice initiative.

It’s kind of sad that an SG election with more diversity than nearly every past year will probably be won by the candidates who seem so much like what SG has always been.

I’d really like to have better options for my representative than “guy who thinks reflective stickers would go a long way” and “woman who wants more reminders about UREC construction progress.”

Maybe it’s the structural inability of SG to deal with issues other than picnic tables and parking. Maybe it’s the overwhelming catering to Greek system students. Maybe it’s Maybelline.

It’s a tough decision, but after considering the ins and out of the debate, I’m left with only one choice.

“The Other Option,” the fake ticket from Tiger TV’s satirical show “The Funyon” didn’t say anything that made me shake my head in shame, so he’s got my vote. Plus, he took a selfie with me.

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

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Quote of the Day ‘Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.’

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Sexual objectification causes women to doubt who they are COLLEGE CANDY JEN BLATE Columnist When’s the last time you saw a commercial that actually focused on the product a company is selling? Our television, magazines, Internet and billboards are full of so much clutter that it’s hard to know what they’re actually talking about.

According to Daily News, on an average day, Americans watch around five hours of TV. Roughly one-quarter of that programming is advertising.

Do you ever stop to think of what all of these advertisements are doing to get people to buy products? Probably not.

The objectification of women in advertising has skyrocketed, and that doesn’t make them too happy.

Sexual objectification is viewing people exclusively as depersonalized objects, rather than as real individuals with intricate personalities and feelings. This is done mainly with women, in which they focus on only the body or specific parts of the body to sexualize them and make them feel

like objects.

Last week, the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority banned a cellphone commercial in the U.K. for objectification of women.

For the first 40 seconds of the commercial, it’s hard to even know what the commercial is talking about. All you see is a half-naked woman joyfully prancing around in lingerie. She then proceeds to iron a long-sleeve button-down shirt and miraculously finds her phone in the shirt pocket. Then they continue on with the actual content of the commercial, which was for the new, “slimmest” phone, Kazam Tornado.

Because we are so desensitized to it, we don’t realize that this is only one of thousands of advertisements that objectify women.

Sexual objectification is so common that even women struggle to realize how damaging it is to them. This can cause women to feel as though it is empowering.

But being a sex object is anything but that.

Women, more so than men, have constant societal pressure to look, act, and perform a certain way. Exposure to the “ideal” body images has been found to lower women’s happiness with their appearances.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, girls are more likely than boys to experience depression. And, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, the mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-24 years old.

If you don’t see how objectification in the media directly harms women, one look at these statistics should prove you wrong.

So does sex actually sell? As much as we would all like to think this isn’t the case, it does work.

Advertisers use sex because they know it is relevant, effective and attracts attention. People can relate to the idea and it’s appealing to an audience because it’s exciting. As humans, we are hard-wired to notice sexual material.

“I definitely think sex sells in advertising, otherwise they are not going to use it,” said University associate professor of advertising Yongick Jeong. “But how, that is more important. Creating in advertising has to be new, and it has to be relevant.”

In advertising, there are other methods used besides sex and sexual objectification, Jeong said.

In the U.S., the three Bs are used:

beauty, baby and beast.

“These are all very popular and widely used. But the more accepted ideas are family or social relationships, justice, confidence and independence, and there are other ways too,” said Jeong.

“Especially these three Bs, they work here, but they may not work in other cultures. But there are ones that are common in all of the cultures, like friendship and family.”

But there is some light at the end of the tunnel for women and advertisements.

In the past year especially, a fairly new type of advertising, called “femvertising” has been on the rise. Femvertising ads contain feminist messages that try to empower women, and it’s great for all the right reasons.

Just in the past year, ads that celebrate women rather than objectifying them have become widely popular.

Always’ #LikeAGirl ad, which showed the damaging stereotypes that are associated with being female, garnered a lot of positive feedback after people saw it during the Super Bowl.

“SheKnows,” a women’s lifestyle website, polled 628 women about their thoughts on femvertising and how they think it impacted

women and the products they are purchasing.

They found that 91 percent of respondents found that the way women are portrayed has a direct correlation to a woman’s self-esteem, and 94 percent agree demonstrating women as sex symbols in advertisements is damaging.

Even Jeong agrees with the ideas of femvertising.

“Femvertising is way bigger these days,” Jeong said. “It started mostly from last year. Always, Lego, Dove, they all used the idea of femvertising. So femvertising works way better.”

In the past year, we have had a huge focus on authenticity. When something is authentic, then it is really relatable. Femvertising has strived to provide its viewers with a sense of authenticity that people can relate to.

Sex is slowly being replaced with these core-value ideas that everyone can relate to, and they are not damaging to women’s sense of self as well.

Maybe one day we will value women’s self-esteem over ad-generated revenue.

Jen Blate is a 24-year-old sociology junior from Miami, Florida.

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Republicans miss the mark on Clinton’s email issues ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Republicans recently found dirt they can use on Hillary Clinton, and they’ve already managed to blow the situation out of proportion.

While Clinton was Secretary of State, she used her personal email account to conduct business instead of her official email address. What a scandal!

The Republicans are desperate for a comeback in 2016, so they have to wear down Clinton as early as possible. They know they can’t get her on her policies, so they have to resort to turning everything into a scandal.

Clinton used her personal email account because she legally could. The Obama administration recommends using a government email account, but government agents can use personal accounts as long as they keep a record of all the emails sent.

Clinton should have done a better job keeping a record, but this seems like more of a slap-on-the-wrist issue than anything.

If we’re going to attack Clinton, let’s focus on real policy

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Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. issues instead of dramatized fluff.

She’s a war-hawk corporatist whose interests are in the wellbeing of her wealthy donors.

She supported Bush’s failed foreign policy, and she told Wall Street bankers they’re “misunderstood.” These bankers are the same people who drove us into a recession in 2008.

They’re not misunderstood at all. They’re criminals who robbed the American people.

Clinton also doesn’t support

major progressive issues until the polls are high enough in favor of it. She waited to support gay marriage until a majority of Americans supported it.

And she’s still on the fence over marijuana legalization and reform.

Back in 2005, Clinton supported a bill that made it harder for families to pay off credit card debt. And let’s not forget about how Clinton gave milliondollar speeches because she was “dead broke” after they left

the White House in 2000.

There are so many things people could use to attack Clinton. She works in the interest of corporations and the elitist class in America first, with middle-class Americans coming in a distant second.

The GOP won’t attack her on these issues, though. Republicans agree with her corporate, pro-war, anti-middle class policies. Clinton is basically a levelheaded Republican.

They’d be hypocrites if they disagreed with her policies.

And they can’t attack Clinton on her few progressive stances because those issues are extremely popular among voters in America.

Polls have shown that Americans are in favor of typically progressive issues such as raising the minimum wage, increasing Social Security and supporting gay marriage.

America is a progressive country because people see how well those policies work.

Our politicians, on the other hand, aren’t progressive. Democrats are slightly more progressive than Republicans, but our politicians are overall much more conservative than their constituents, and they have to be that way because of their donors.

Wall Street bankers and corporate owners don’t want to increase the minimum wage

or give Americans income equality. They want to rig the political game to favor their interests, so they pay off Democrat and Republican politicians to do their bidding.

That’s why the Democrats don’t have anyone other than Clinton running for president in 2016. She took all the Democrats’ major donors because they know that she’ll set proestablishment policies into place.

And even if Clinton does run a progressive campaign, she’ll be just like Barack Obama.

She’ll rally people over the ideas of “hope” and “change” to get her elected. When she becomes president, she’ll immediately run closer to the center.

If Clinton wins, she will just be another pro-establishment president who’s on the right of the political spectrum, and America doesn’t want that.

Clinton’s emails aren’t a big deal. Her relationship with Wall Street bankers is the problem, and anyone who calls bankers that collapsed our economy “misunderstood” shouldn’t be our next president.

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

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frequently takes steps to be removed from the censure list.

“There is no direct penalty — however, such a censure can have an effect with regard to accreditation,” Cope said. “It certainly has an effect with regard to the way that the rest of academe sees an individual institution, and that of course has a bearing on whether that institution attracts grants, contracts, research support, federal government support, whatever.”

The senate’s most recent attempt at seeking relief from the censure comes after a surprise letter from LSU President F. King Alexander to the AAUP stating the University “does not plan to pursue any further action regarding removal of censure.”

Resolution 15-05, to be voted on March 17, resolves to establish a committee of Faculty Senate members and presidential designees to bring the University into AAUP compliance.

“The president did a little bit of surprise act on Jan. 27 and announced that he, on behalf of the University, was pulling out from negotiations from the AAUP,” Cope said. “This was a shocker for the faculty, and it was also disappointing that this was done in such a lowkey, almost undercover fashion.”

The censure’s effect on faculty could bleed into the lives of students, Cope said.

While the censure does not stop instructors from working, the AAUP serves to point out what it sees as poor working conditions.

“Most generally, the offenses that lead to censure in modern times are either impairments of academic freedom or inappropriate and demeaning working conditions, rules and contracts,” Cope said. “In the judgment of the AAUP, that is the case at LSU.” Subpar working conditions could induce higher faculty turnover and stop students from forming beneficial relationships with instructors.

“LSU did make a little bit of progress insofar as it created a special designation of ‘senior instructor,’” Cope said. “But the fact remains that somebody who is a contingent position, even somebody who has been here for a long period of time ... can be dismissed — some at will, some at the expiration of their contract.”

Cope also pointed to recent three-year, rather than annual, contract renewals for instructors as improvements to the policy, but said it would take adding a hearing and other due process considerations for instructor dismissal before censure can be lifted.

The AAUP draws its power from its large membership base and century-old reputation. The institution, started in 1915, now has more than 450 university-based chapters.

But Alexander, who is in favor of a federal rating system, questioned the validity of raw rankings and metrics as a measure of a quality institution, according the resolution.

The Senate has not had discussions with Alexander regarding AAUP censure since before his withdrawal from negotiations.

what SG could do about to provide more scholarships.

Although “Here and Now” vice presidential candidate Hannah Knight said SG would not be able to provide more scholarships, she said her ticket could better inform students through their senior colleges about scholarships available.

Even though increasing scholarships may not happen for “Here and Now,” Mahtook and Knight aim to change the University’s declining minority student population.

Mahtook said he wants to create “programs that can guide and assist students who may be struggling with the transition [to college].”

Ahsan said SG could in fact provide more scholarships. If elected, Ahsan said he would take SG money spent wastefully and create new scholarships. Ahsan said the $24,000 spent to purchase eight picnic tables for Memorial Oak Grove, passed by the SG Senate in fall 2014 was wasteful.

Davis said “Make It Matter” would look to outside firms to create new scholarships.

Student services, such as the UREC’s expansion, also dominated the debate.

Greek Board of Directors Vice President of Administration Caroline Broussard questioned

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The LSU baseball team watches the final moments of the Tigers’ 12-2 loss against Houston on June 2, 2014.

baseball, from page 1 Lantrip (3-0, 0.46 ERA) on the mound as they try to score a third straight win against the Tigers.

Poche’ didn’t pitch against Houston in last season’s NCAA Regional, but he said he’s not discouraged by facing a team that exploded for 17 runs over the final 13 innings to end his club’s season.

“Things like that happen in baseball,” Poche’ said. “It was last year. We try to put things like that behind us. It’s a new year.”

Unlike Poche’, Lantrip pitched in last season’s series between the Tigers and Cougars.

Lantrip pitched 2 2/3 innings and gave up two first-inning runs to LSU in Houston’s regionalclinching victory June 2, 2014, but the right-hander has been nearly untouchable in his second year with the Cougars.

Lantrip has given up one earned run on 13 hits in 19 2/3 innings of work this season. He also struck out 16 batters against just three walks and hasn’t allowed a run in his last 9 2/3 innings.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri remembers watching Lantrip on the mound in Alex Box Stadium in the regional, but he said the sophomore pitcher has improved in his first year as his club’s ace.

“He’s a strike-thrower who mixes his fastball and slider really well,” Mainieri said. “He’s going to

be a challenge. You don’t expect to score a ton of runs against a guy like that, so we’re going to have to pitch great ourselves, play great defense. If it’s a low-scoring, onerun game, we have to put ourselves in position to win a game like that.”

But the Tigers, who have outscored their last nine opponents by 53 runs (80-27), are up for the challenge. LSU has batted .343 during its nine-game winning streak and has cranked out at least 10 hits in six of those games.

The Tigers have nine players batting at least .300 this season, led by senior catcher Kade Scivicque, who’s batting .448 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. LSU has four players with at least 10 RBIs through 13 games, and Bregman has driven in a team-high 11 runs on 17 hits.

But all those runs came in the Box, and now the Tigers will be tested on the road against a team playing in its own city. Bregman said LSU will have to lay everything on the line to notch its first top-10 win of the season.

“They’re a very competitive team, and we’re going to have to match their energy,” Bregman said. “We’re playing in their hometown, and we‘re just going to go out there and give it everything we got.”

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Ahsan about safety during UREC construction. He said informing students about safety would keep students safe.

Knight said updating students on the UREC’s construction and making sure pathways to the entrance are secure will increase safety.

Davis said his ticket wants to install more lighting around the UREC and across campus. Until then, he said he and presidential candidate Helen Frink will distribute reflective stickers to students using the facility at night.

Residence Hall Association President Hope Roberts asked candidates how they could help student smokers cope with the tobacco-free policy.

“We would definitely have smoking areas,” Ahsan said.

Complying with the policy, Knight said SG could partner with the Student Health Center to help smokers kick the habit.

SG President Clay Tufts brought up budget cuts and asked candidates if they would support an increase in student fees.

After discussing his ticket’s platform of constitutionally protecting higher education, Ahsan finally said he would not support an increase.

“I would accept an increase,” Davis said.

Knight said it was a decision she could not make then.

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No. 2 LSU seeks perfection against Minnesota on senior night BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com Perfection is the next step for the No. 2 LSU gymnastics team.

LSU (10-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) finished its SEC schedule undefeated by beating Alabama, 197.350-197.225, on Feb. 26, but LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said the team still hasn’t had the perfect meet.

The Tigers will work toward the goal of perfection in their final home meet of the season on senior night against No. 16 Minnesota at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the PMAC. “We’ve held ourselves at a high standard all season,” said senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville, who will be honored during senior night. “We don’t plan on backing down yet. We have a lot more to do this season. We’re just going to work on getting better, fixing our little details and perfecting every little thing we need to bring us into the postseason.”

The Golden Gophers (8-5, 2-4 Big 10) are outmatched as they travel to Baton Rouge. LSU is ranked in the top six on every event, while Minnesota’s

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LSU senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville prepares for her beam routine Feb. 6 during the Tigers’ 198.075-196.850 victory against Georgia at the PMAC.

highest ranking is on floor at No. 14. LSU’s regional qualifying score of 197.485 dwarfs Minnesota’s 196.010.

But Breaux didn’t discount the Gophers’ chance to knock off the second-ranked Tigers. Junior Lindsay Mable, the nation’s best all-arounder who boasts an RQS of 39.585, leads Minnesota into the meet.

Breaux said the key to victory this week is consistency, a concept LSU has not had a firm grasp on this season.

“We’re constantly repeating the message, ‘Consistency wins,’” Breaux said.

LSU has been remarkably inconsistent in the last month. LSU blew out its competition in two home victories with high scores of 198.075 and 197.950, but injuries to two of the nation’s top-four all-arounders derailed its chances to keep up the big scoring.

Auburn and Alabama nearly knocked off LSU after it lost senior all-arounder Jessie Jordan against Auburn and Courville in the last two rotations against Alabama.

Despite the close victories, Breaux was impressed with her team’s resilience and ability to

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overcome the loss of two perennial All-Americans.

Breaux said winning close meets will help the team overcome any obstacles it will face in the SEC Championships on March 21 and NCAA Championships on April 17-19.

“We’re making some little mistakes along the way, but what team doesn’t?” Breaux said.

“This team has rallied and answered every battle cry we have sent out. They have roared up the hill and planted their flag. We’re just very confident as to how they conduct themselves and how they compete.”

Although LSU has been inconsistent, it won the battle of perception. Breaux said teams know they have to bring their “A-game” every time they compete against the Tigers, whether it’s at the PMAC or on the road.

“I remember when I first got here, LSU was known as the sleeper team,” said senior allarounder Lloimincia Hall. “Now, LSU is the threat. It’s amazing to see how different teams look at us now.”

You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.