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UREC pool Wildlife Society preps for annual conference Rising to close for tuition up to 12 outpaces weeks federal aid

BY quint forgey news@lsureveille.com University Recreation director Laurie Braden announced via email Friday the UREC pool will close for up to 12 weeks on March 16. The update on the current UREC expansion and redesign was the first since midNovember.

In the email, Braden said the closure resulted from a leak in the pool from the installation of chilled water piping. The UREC will move lap swimming to the LSU Natatorium, which will be staffed by UREC guards.

“We have a solution and want to thank our great partners in LSU Athletics for helping us to keep you in the water,” Braden said in the email.

Braden also announced a twoweek closure of the portion of South Campus Drive directly in front of the Student Recreation Center for the installation of chilled water piping across the road. The road closure will also begin March 16.

Braden’s update included a new list of work to be completed during the UREC expansion and redesign. According to the email, upcoming projects include pouring the foundation of the MAC Gym area on March 17 and beginning renovations to the second-floor bathrooms to match the first floor on March 28.

“We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to move forward during this evolving and exciting process,” Braden said in the email. “UREC will continue to serve our members throughout the construction process.”

The Daily Reveille previously reported the UREC is currently in Phase III of its expansion plan, which is set to be complete by late 2016.

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[Above] LSU Wildlife Society members gather around a preserved alligator on March 3 to plan their trip to the Southeastern Conclave, where they will participate in competitions like archery, tree identification and bird identification.

[Right] Wildlife Society vice president Katie Bowes identifies a pine cone.

BY william taylor potter wpotter@lsureveille.com Most students wouldn’t know how to use rockets to catch ducks, but it’s common knowledge for the University’s Wildlife Society.

The chapter will leave for the Southeastern Conclave at Virginia Tech on Wednesday. The Conclave is a gathering of different chapters in the region to compete in different events.

The conference features events like archery, riflery and tree identification. There is also a team competition in which all 20 team members go to different stations for challenges like identifying

see wildlife society, page 19

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Federal financial aid money has failed to keep pace with rising tuition costs around the country, remaining stagnant or even falling in some places.

Louisiana’s tuition rose 54 percent, the highest increase in the country, from 2009 to 2014, according to the College Board Annual Survey of Colleges published in December 2014. Meanwhile, average federal aid across the country has fallen to $10,924 per student, after peaking at almost $12,000 per student during the 2010-11 academic year.

But even with the tuition increase, Louisiana ranks as one of 15 states with the lowest raw tuition for in-state students, according to the survey.

Daniel Layzell, University vice president for finance and

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Grad student attends Cuba film festival for research

BY deanna narveson dnarveson@lsureveille.com Comparative literature doctoral student Guillermo Severiche did nothing but watch movies for nearly two weeks as part of his research.

Severiche went to the 36th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba, in December. On March 6, he led a roundtable discussion with the University’s Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, telling students about how he funded his research trip and what it was like to be in Cuba.

Severiche traveled to Cuba for

his dissertation because he studies gender, the body and economics in literature and film from Argentina, Ireland and Cuba.

“I wanted to go to Cuba because I have studied in Ireland already and I am from Argentina, and the film festival in Havana is the biggest in Latin America,” Severiche said.

Severiche earned his bachelor’s degree from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina.

He came to the University in 2012, where he’s taught and performed research since.

Prior to going to the film festival, Severiche, one of 18 doctoral candidates in his field, had to apply

for a fellowship to cover the cost of getting to the festival and staying for two weeks.

“I first had to present a proposal of the trip and what I would do there and demonstrate how it applied to my dissertation,” Severiche said. “Then I had to wait for approval.”

When Severiche got to Cuba, he was shocked by how much the people living there participated in the film festival.

“People would line up outside where the films were shown,” Severiche said. “They would talk during the movie and at the movie and

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Comparative literature doctoral student Guillermo Severiche explains his film research done in Cuba on Friday.

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‘Bold Not Broken’ conference next weekend LGBT movement in Louisiana, a keynote address and a panel of queer student leaders from across the state, according to ccabatonrouge.org. A queer prom will follow.

The event will take place at the Business Education Complex from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is free and open to all students.

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The LSU sand volleyball team opened its season by winning two out of five matches at the Arizona Invitational.

The Tigers (2-3) began play Friday, splitting the two matches against Tulane and Arizona State.

They lost the first match to Tulane by a score of 3-2, but they

rebounded in the next match to defeat Arizona State, 4-1.

LSU finished Saturday with a 4-1 loss to Arizona. The Tigers wrapped up their weekend Sunday with a split, losing their first match with Grand Canyon, 3-2, before coming back to defeat New Mexico, 4-1.

Women’s golf ties for 2nd The No. 7 LSU women’s golf team finished Sunday as runnerup in the 54-hole Darius Rucker Intercollegiate tournament in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The Lady Tigers claimed the lead in the three-day tournament midway through the final round

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LSU Student Government and the Office of Multicultural Affairs will sponsor “Bold Not Broken: Queer Resilience in the South” next Saturday. It is the largest student-run LGBT conference in the South.

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but tied for second place with a team score of 15-under par, 867.

Senior Madelene Sagstrom shot a 71, 68 and 68 in three rounds. Sophomore Caroline Nistrup joined Sagstrom in the top 10.

Nistrup ended the tournament at 4-over par, 217, in a tie for seventh.

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Monday, March 9, 2015 TRANSPORTATION

page 3 CONSTRUCTION

St. Louis, St. Ferdinand streets to be LSU Foundation breaks redesigned for two-way traffic ground on new center

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com The commute to downtown Baton Rouge will be less of a hassle for University students when two of the city’s main one-way streets are converted to two-way thoroughfares leading downtown.

St. Louis Street, which turns into Nicholson Drive south of Interstate 10, and St. Ferdinand Street, also known as Highland Road closer to campus, are being redesigned to accommodate twoway traffic.

Assistant executive director of the Downtown Development District Gabriel Vicknair said the project began as an idea in 2009 when Plan Baton Rouge Phase II was released.

Plan Baton Rouge Phase II is a

Benefits of two-way traffic redesign -Easier and quicker commute to downtown for students, professors, bus transportation, etc. from campus -Safer connection from University and the Garden District to downtown on the City Bikeway System

strategic development plan to promote growth in the downtown area.

“We’ve had some recommendations in older master plans that called for two-way traffic on lots of our one-way streets, but this particular plan pressed a lot more heavily for those two streets to be changed,” Vicknair said.

Vicknair said the primary goal of the project is to increase traffic flow, but it also has potential to help residents in other areas.

“We really need to make navigating downtown a little bit easier,” Vicknair said. “This also creates a direct connection from LSU to the State Capitol and opens up more opportunities for different routes into the River Center garages.”

Vicknair said residents currently can only enter the River Center at one entrance, but this conversion will open up two more entrances.

The two-way traffic will also bring more Baton Rouge residents downtown, Vicknair said. Many people who don’t live in or visit the area often find the one-way traffic confusing, she said.

“There is a perception from people outside of downtown that navigating can be a bit tricky, but this is going to make navigation downtown a little easier,” Vicknair said, “Especially in those busy sections, visitors won’t be as

intimidated to come down here.”

The most symbolic part of the project is the direct route from the University to the State Capitol, Vicknair said.

“I think that means a lot for the city,” Vicknair said. “LSU and the Capitol building are two of the most important things in Baton Rouge.”

Mass communication sophomore Alexandra Rennhoff said she is excited for the new two-way traffic.

“I regularly go downtown just to eat or shop, and I almost always take Highland [Road],” Rennhoff said. “This’ll be good for any student or professor or really anyone living near campus who goes downtown.”

Vicknair said the project will take a lot of pressure off residents near St. Ferdinand Street by removing the flow of traffic from those areas, particularly Beauregard Town.

Baton Rouge residents can expect new traffic signals and a new road design once construction is completed, Vicknair said.

“All of the signals and street signs have been redesigned to fit the new two-way design,” Vicknair said. “It’s just going to be a learning curve.”

Weather permitting, construction is expected to be completed by March 14 on St. Ferdinand Street and March 21 on St. Louis Street.

FACULTY

Former design instructor’s lawsuit to reach settlement this month

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Margot Herster, former School of Art and Design instructor, sued the LSU Board of Supervisors in September 2013 for “discriminatory and retaliatory actions” because of her “sex and marital status.”

All parties were instructed on March 10 by Federal Magistrate Judge C. Michael Hill to attend a settlement conference on March 24 after U.S. District Judge James Brady ordered them to begin negotiations last month, according to the District Court for the Middle District office.

Herster began working at the University in 2009, but was not reappointed to her position as faculty in residence, which took effect in May 2013.

The suit also names several current and former University employees as defendants.

Those include School of Art director Rod Parker, then-Dean Ken Carpenter, human resources associate vice chancellor A.G. Monaco, College of Art and Design professor Kimberly Arp, director of employee relations Jennifer Normand and executive director of academic policy Mimi

Ruebsamen.

The suit claims Herster suffered retaliation by termination after two actions during her time at the University.

The first action was reporting illegal conduct at the School of Art and Design AVATAR programs, and the second was filing a sex discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Herster filed the suit in January 2013 against the school for the collection of unauthorized fees.

During discussions with Herster about her work expectations, Parker made “demeaning, sexist comments … about the condition of her employment and questioned her about her interest in babies,” according to the complaint.

Her husband, Scott Sullivan, who is also named as a plaintiff in the suit, is a professor at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and joined the faculty in June 2009, three months before Herster.

In October 2009, Herster claims Parker said her title and pay were set because he thought she was a “trailing spouse,” referring to another female instructor.

“I thought you were like Jackie Parker. She’s our other trailing spouse and she teaches

a few classes, takes care of her children and is happy,” the lawsuit quotes Parker as saying.

The 2013 suit led to an internal audit released Jan. 10, 2013, which found more than $55,000 unauthorized course fees charged to students. As a result, $62,590 was refunded to 620 students.

The Daily Reveille previously reported Parker began misusing fees in 2013.

The lawsuit points to a subsequent “prolonged and abusive” smear campaign against Herster by the University in an attempt to justify her termination.

“LSU as a policy does not comment on pending litigation,” said School of Art and Design communications manager Angela Harwood.

The legal answer to the complaint filed on behalf of the University and other defendants denies almost all allegations of wrongdoing.

The lawsuit calls for reinstatement to her position or reasonable front pay, back pay and compensation for loss of benefits and reparations for all damages, including mental and emotional distress.

Calls to Sullivan and Herster’s attorney Jill Craft were unreturned at the time of publication.

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Fans looking from the top of Tiger Stadium toward the Mississippi River next semester will see a new addition to the landscape beginning to take shape.

The LSU Foundation Center for Philanthropy, the foundation’s new headquarters, held its groundbreaking ceremony Friday at its location on the corner of Skip Bertman and Nicholson drives.

The project is expected to be finished by fall 2016, said Sara Crow, LSU Foundation director of communications and donor relations.

More than a decade in the making, the $10 million center will consolidate the accounting, developing and leadership teams from the foundation’s various locations across campus.

The foundation is currently housed in the Lod Cook Alumni Center, but employees are also stationed at three other spots on campus.

“We’ve had a need where we could be in a space where we could unite our team,” Crow said. “As you can imagine, there are some pretty major efficiencies to be gained from doing that.”

Crow acknowledged the project has come under criticism after the Tiger Athletic Foundation halted construction on its new Nutrition Center on Tuesday in light of upcoming higher education budget cuts and the University’s uncertain financial future.

But Crow said she believes a new center will help the foundation’s fundraising efforts.

“In addition to having had a need for our current team, we’ve been working to increase our level of fundraising on behalf of LSU, but particularly with the University’s increasing need for philanthropic work, we see a need to grow even beyond that,” Crow said. “That is going to require some growth of the organization

as well, so the new building will accommodate our current team, and it will allow some room for growth.”

Funding for the center began two years ago, Crow said, and donations have come from current and former members of the Board of Directors.

The rest will be financed through a 20-year mortgage.

The three-story building, designed jointly by local architecture firm Holden Architects and international firm HKS Architects, will include office space, a welcome center and a terrace on the third floor facing Tiger Stadium. The front side of the building will run along Nicholson Drive.

The project is modeled after similar efforts by institutions such as Texas A&M and the University of Florida, Crow said. “[Those are] two examples of very successful fundraising foundations that have their own building that are prominently located on their campuses and that are nearby premier athletic facilities,” Crow said. “They credit that location of a building and having your own space as being an important complement to your efforts to fundraise on behalf of the university.”

While students may not see the efforts of the foundation daily, Crow said the organization is important to the overall college experience.

“What that means for a student is funding for scholarships, funding for faculty who become the folks that prepare you for after graduation,” Crow said. “It means resources for things like laboratories and study abroad and a whole gamut of things.”

The foundation also hopes the building will become a space the entire campus can enjoy, Crow said.

“Having the LSU Foundation Center for Philanthropy located on that spot literally gives visibility to the importance and prominence of fundraising at LSU,” Crow said.

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page 4 film research, from page 1 after the movie about the film and whether they liked it or not. There was a lot of participation.”

Severiche said he would watch five or six films a day throughout the festival, going through the festival’s programs and selecting films he thought best suited his dissertation. He took notes about each film he watched

for research.

Each year, the festival has competitions in fiction, documentary, animation and other genres, as well as showing films from outside Latin America. Severiche’s favorite film, “La Pared de las Palabras,” or “The Wall of Words,” received honorable mentions in the competition.

The film demonstrated his studies, Severiche said, as it was about

The Daily Reveille a man with dystonia, a disease preventing him from communicating orally or with body language. The film showed his life with his family in and out of medical institutions behind a “wall of words.”

Severiche said the film showed how important the body is to communication, and unlike many independent films, it presented both a problem and a solution. He said many films he watched there

Monday, March 9, 2015 presented a problem in someone’s life or society but did not offer any hope.

Some of the other films Severiche watched applied to his studies because of gender issues, such as “Vestido de Novio,” wor “Groom’s Dress,” a film about a happily married couple whose values are tested because of the husband’s gender identity.

“So many of the films showed

how the body and gender play into the discussion of people and art,” Severiche said. “It was really cool because many of the actors and directors were at the festival, and I have been in email communication with the director of ‘La Pared de las Palabras.’”

Severiche said he will continue to work on his dissertation and use what he learned at the film festival in Cuba.

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Trash and Treasure Sale raises $200k for local charities BY amanda capritto acapritto@lsureveille.com The Capital City’s biggest garage sale, the Attic Trash and Treasure Sale, raised nearly $200,000 for Baton Rouge charities and provided a fun weekend of shopping for Baton Rouge residents.

The Inner Wheel Club of Baton Rouge hosts the Attic Trash and Treasure Sale every year as its main fundraising event and donates to several charity and non-profit organizations.

Longtime Attic Trash and Treasure Sale shopper Marcus Hoffman said he couldn’t be happier with the crowd at the sale.

“It’s been another great year, another great sale,” Hoffman said. “I’m always happy to see how many people come out here

and spend money for a great cause.”

Hundreds of shoppers roamed the aisles of bargainpriced clothes, handmade art, rare trinkets, vintage books and vinyl records.

First-time shoppers Sherry McKinley and Libby Adams said they were impressed with the number of attendees and what seemed like an endless supply of merchandise.

“There’s just so much stuff,” McKinley said. “We’ve been in the clothes section for almost an hour, and we’re still looking.”

Adams said the event’s name was fitting, given the wide range of goods for sale.

“I kind of laughed at the name,” Adams said. “It fits.

There’s some weird things here, but there are definitely

treasures, too. This dress I found was hidden, stuck between things on a rack it wasn’t even supposed to be on, but I found it, and now I’m buying it.”

All merchandise at the Attic Trash and Treasure Sale is donated by local residents and small businesses, Inner Wheel president Virginia Bogan said.

Shoppers can expect to see items ranging from gently-used dishware and furniture to designer clothing and one-of-a-kind pieces of art.

McKinley said the sale can be a bit intimidating when shoppers first walk in, and buyers have to dodge children and shopping carts.

“You have to really look around to find things you want, and when you do find them, you have to get them fast,” McKinley said.

First-time volunteer Sara Lemon said she’s glad she got involved and plans on helping with the sale year after year.

“I’ve logged 109 hours since I started volunteering, but I wouldn’t change it for anything,” Lemon said. “It’s fun and it’s exciting, and the things people give us are so incredible. I love that the amount of people benefitting from this sale is so enormous.”

Lemon said the sale gives her a good way to use her time after she retired.

“I don’t want to be mopping or sweeping or doing yard work, so I just come here, and I’m giving back to the community and having a good time,” Lemon said.

Lucas Spielfogel, executive director of the Baton Rouge Youth Coalition, volunteered at the sale this year because his

organization will receive 10 percent of the proceeds.

“This is our organization’s first year involved with the sale,” Spielfogel said. “It’s absolutely mind-blowing. It’s incredible.

A lot of things are very odd, because people just want to get stuff off their shelves, but there’s a very eclectic selection of items here.”

Spielfogel said he would encourage University students to attend the sale.

“As a college student, say, looking to furnish your dorm or apartment, this is the place to do that,” Spielfogel said.

The Inner Wheel Club of Baton Rouge donates all Attic Trash and Treasure Sale revenue to local charities and non-profit organizations, and it donates leftover merchandise to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

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Shoppers at The Inner Wheel Club of Baton Rouge’s annual Trash and Treasure Sale were able to find a variety of items to purchase, including shoes, dinnerware and books, which were all donated by local residents and small businesses.

Sports

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AWARDS SEASON

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MOST sophomore VALUABLE forward PLAYER Jarell Martin

MOST sophomore IMPROVED guard Tim PLAYER Quarterman

DEFENSIVE sophomore PLAYER OF forward THE YEAR Jordan Mickey

BEST junior guard NEWCOMER Keith Hornsby

See The Daily Reveille’s complete list of regular season award recipients on page 6.

BASEBALL

Tigers beat Nebraska, sweep Houston Collegiate Classic

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com

The No. 2 LSU baseball team completed its sweep of the Houston College Classic on Sunday with a 4-2 victory against Nebraska.

The Tigers (15-1) extended their win streak to 12 games by defeating the Cornhuskers (76) thanks to a quick start by the Tigers’ lineup.

Nebraska hopped on the Tigers right off the bat, taking an early 1-0 lead on a one-run single up the middle by designated hitter Ben Miller.

The Tigers bounced back in the bottom half of the inning for two runs of their own.

LSU jumped on Nebraska starter Derek Burkamper with a leadoff single by sophomore left fielder Jake Fraley and a

single by junior shortstop Alex Bregman, which advanced Fraley to third.

LSU junior designated hitter Chris Chinea got the Tigers on the board with a one-run single to center field, scoring Fraley from third. Senior third baseman Conner Hale kept his hit streak alive, hopping a ball over the right field fence for a one-run ground-rule double to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

But the Tigers failed to do more damage, leaving the bases loaded.

Hale got right back to it in his next at bat in the third inning, extending the Tigers’ lead to 3-1 on a groundout to third base that scored Bregman from third. Hale extended his hit streak to 16 games,

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LSU freshman pitcher Jake Godfrey pitches the ball Feb. 21 during the Tigers’ 16-2 win against Boston College at Alex Box Stadium.

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Martin, Hornsby headline LSU regular season awards

the same sentence as Shaq, unless it pertains to free throws, you’re doing something right and deserve recognition. Whenever players drive to the paint, they always look over their shoulder for Mickey. That’s fear.

BY JAMES BEWERS, DAVID GRAY AND BRIAN PELLERIN sports@lsureveille.com

With the regular season completed and the Southeastern Conference Tournament beginning Wednesday, men’s basketball beat writers David Gray and James Bewers, along with columnist Brian Pellerin, look back on the season to award players for their skills.

Pellerin: Jordan Mickey, sophomore forward This one is easy. Last year, Mickey became the only player not named Shaquille O’Neal to record more than 100 blocks in a single-season when he posted 106 as a freshman. Wouldn’t you know, he matched that total with another 106 rejections this year. Impressive for a guy who doesn’t have the build to physically dominate the paint. Instead, he stalks his prey, letting them slip into the lane, and when they think they’ve got two points, he swats it away. He’s a rejection artist.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Bewers: Keith Hornsby, junior guard There’s no question sophomore forward Jarell Martin is the best player on the team. Even though a strong case could be made that Martin’s counterpart, sophomore forward Jordan Mickey, was a candidate for SEC Player of the Year at certain points this season, Hornsby has been the most valuable to the Tigers.

He stepped in after a year of ineligibility and provided a sense of consistency this young team needed. His experience as a transfer from UNC-Asheville is noticeable, and LSU coach Johnny Jones trusts him with the ball down the stretch, as evidenced by his game-winner against Arkansas on Saturday. LSU isn’t an NCAA Tournament team without Hornsby.

Gray: Jarell Martin, sophomore forward MVPs come through when their team needs them most, and LSU’s win against No. 18 Arkansas on Saturday left no doubt — Martin is the best and most valuable player for the Tigers.

Playing without an injured Mickey, Martin may have saved LSU’s NCAA Tournament chances. He played all 40 minutes and exploded for 27 points against one of the nation’s top forwards, Arkansas sophomore Bobby Portis.

With nearly every recent game being a must-win for LSU, Martin raised his level of play, averaging 19.6 points on 61.9 percent shooting in his last eight appearances.

That’s what an MVP does.

Plus, who can forget his between-the-legs slam against Florida?

Pellerin: Jarell Martin, sophomore forward All season, this title seemed to be Mickey’s to lose, but I didn’t expect Martin to play the way he has during SEC action. Against in-conference foes, Martin leads the team in scoring with just more than 16 points per game while also averaging about nine rebounds.

Add the windmill jam he threw down against Texas Tech and the between-the-legs slam against Florida, and there’s no way he doesn’t get my vote. He’s just too much fun to watch.

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER Bewers: Tim Quarterman, sophomore guard Ask anybody who watched LSU last season what their thoughts on Quarterman were before this season began. They’ll probably tell you that he was too erratic for point guard and wasn’t accurate

BEST NEWCOMER Bewers: Jalyn Patterson, freshman guard Much like Hornsby, Patterson provides a consistency LSU needs, and he does it as a rookie. He may not score in waves every game, but he rarely takes a bad shot and is a similar defender to Quarterman. After an early struggle with confidence, Patterson began to trust his ability and hit big shot after big shot.

But what I like most is his fearlessness.

Patterson isn’t afraid to drive to the basket and use his athleticism to convert contested layups or kick it to a post player when needed. Patterson is just a cool customer under pressure.

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) goes for two Wednesday during the Tigers’ 78-63 loss to Tennessee at the PMAC. enough to play shooting guard.

But a season can change a lot.

Quarterman’s role went from the Energizer bunny off the bench to starting point guard midway through SEC play. He’s showed athleticism and poise commanding the offense while improving his shooting stroke significantly.

Quarterman improved his field goal percentage by 16 percent from last season and averages almost six assists in the nine games he’s started. Oh, and he recorded the first triple-double in more than 20 seasons of LSU basketball.

Gray: Jalyn Patterson, freshman guard This vote was originally going to Quarterman, but things changed after Patterson’s career performance against Arkansas on Saturday.

With the Tigers’ season on the line, Patterson became a star before our eyes, scoring a careerhigh 20 points and draining six of the Tigers’ nine 3-pointers.

Since Patterson became a fixture in LSU’s lineup, he’s provided a steady blend of poise and

fearlessness, which are rare qualities for a true freshman not playing for No. 1 Kentucky. No matter how this season ends, one thing is sure — Patterson and No. 1 recruit and former Montverde teammate Ben Simmons will be fun to watch next year.

Pellerin: Jarell Martin, sophomore forward Martin entered the season as the second best player on the team, which is typically the same kind of “voter fatigue” that costs LeBron the MVP every season.

But the Baton Rouge native’s progression is obvious. He was a slightly above-average player at best last season, probably because he spent most of his time on the wing, which is not right for his game. This year, he has the potential to be a superstar any time he touches the court. He’s developed into an impressive stretch forward with a respectable jumpshot.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Bewers: Tim Quarterman, sophomore guard The shot-blocking Mickey is

the obvious choice, but Quarterman is far too annoying as a defender to overlook. He’s the kid you play pick-up basketball with who plays too hard on defense and makes it no fun. If the opponent’s best player is in the backcourt, Jones gives that assignment to Quarterman. With a team-leading 43 steals, he’s incredibly aggressive with his hands and moves his feet well from sideline to sideline whether he is on or off the ball handler. If your scoring guard is facing Quarterman, prepare for few points.

Gray: Jordan Mickey, sophomore forward There are a few Tigers deserving of this award, but it would be a travesty if it didn’t go to Mickey, the nation’s shot-blocking king.

Despite not playing the regular season finale on Saturday, Mickey finished with an NCAA-leading 106 rejections, making him the second player in LSU history with back-to-back, 100-block seasons.

The other was former Tiger great Shaquille O’Neal.

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Gray: Keith Hornsby, junior guard Few knew what to expect from Hornsby entering this season, but the former UNC-Asheville product shined throughout his debut year at LSU. Hornsby scored 13.2 points per game this season and played an SEC-high 1,093 minutes. He also shot 39 percent from deep, draining a team-high 67. Of course, no shot was bigger than Hornsby’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer to topple Arkansas on Saturday. It was a microcosm of his season — Hornsby missed his first three attempts from deep but didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger with the game on the line, and he may have sent LSU into the NCAA Tournament.

Pellerin: Keith Hornsby, junior guard Finally, I give some love to the backcourt. After sitting out last season because of transfer rules, Hornsby has been the hardest worker on the court for LSU this year. He dives for loose balls, hustles for long rebounds and plays scrappy defense. When a 3-pointer leaves his hands, I believe it’s going in. That smooth stroke from outside is vital when the Tigers aren’t clicking. He’s been a spark plug on both ends of the court.

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Lady Tigers reach SEC semifinal, await NCAA selection show half, but highlighted its youth and needs to learn from the experience.

“Our game plan in the first The LSU women’s basketball team reached the semifinals of half was very efficient and disthe Southeastern Conference ruptive,” Caldwell said in a postTournament before losing to No. game news conference. “In the 3 South Carolina 74-54 at the Ve- second half, we got away from rizon Arena in Little Rock, Ar- being that aggressive team with our defensive play, and South kansas, on Saturday.

Carolina, being It marked one of the best LSU’s (17-13, 10-7 SEC) third loss ‘This team, my young teams in the counto South Carolina team, they’ve got to learn try, took advanof that. This (29-2, 16-1 SEC) and grow from this and tage team, my young this season, losing each contest understand that you have team, they’ve got to play with that same to learn and grow by at least 20 intensity for 40 minutes.’ from this and points. But Satunderstand that urday may have you have to play been LSU’s best with that same game against the NIKKI CALDWELL, top-seeded SEC LSU women’s basketball head coach intensity for 40 minutes.” team this season, After a douas it led throughout the majority of the matchup ble-bye to start the tournament, and was up by as many as 11 LSU handily defeated No. 18 Texas A&M 71-65, never trailpoints.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell ing in the game. Similar to when said after the game that her they played against South Caroteam played a productive first lina, the Lady Tigers got out to a

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quick start, beginning the game on a 13-0 run while shooting nearly 53 percent from the field in the first half.

The game was also similar in that LSU took its foot off the gas in the second half, allowing the Aggies to shoot 46.9 percent from the field and 60 percent from 3-point range in the period.

Caldwell said her team allowed Texas A&M to gain momentum and acknowledged its second half issues.

“In the second half, we struggled a little bit,” Caldwell said. “But we wanted to make an attempt at the basket, so we talked about really penetrating, getting in the seam so we could get ourselves to the free‑throw line. Offensively, they got on the glass, got a lot of second and third opportunities. I felt as though that really changed the momentum and rhythm of the game in their favor.”

In the semifinal, the Lady Tigers held the Gamecocks to 27 points in the first half while also

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LSU senior guard DaShawn Harden got off to a scorching

start in the first half, scoring 17 points after shooting 5-for-5 from behind the 3-point line, but she scored only two points for the rest of the game.

Caldwell said she pushed her players to leave it all on the court and not blame anyone but themselves for the disappointment.

“I challenged the team to really not be afraid to be successful, to really not leave anything out there and don’t make excuses for the outcome of the game,” Caldwell said. “We fell short of our goal.”

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SOFTBALL

Tigers shatter numerous records in opening weekend of conference play

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com

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LSU junior shortstop Bianka Bell crushes her record-setting 34th home run of her career on Saturday in LSU’s 6-0 win against Arkansas.

LSU completes series sweep of Arkansas

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com The No. 5 LSU softball team notched its 25th straight win and its first Southeastern Conference sweep of the season with a 7-1 victory against Arkansas on Sunday afternoon, surpassing the longest winning streak in program history.

Throughout the series, the Tigers (25-0, 3-0 SEC) relied on a combination of relentless hitting and dominant pitching to overwhelm the Razorbacks (12-10, 0-3 SEC). In the series, LSU outscored Arkansas, 23-1.

“It’s hard to beat anybody three times, so the fact that we were able to take care of anybody in the SEC three times is huge,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “It helps set them up to accomplish some of their goals. They want to win the SEC. They want to win a national championship. It’s a step in the right direction.”

Despite not scoring in the first inning, the Tigers took control in the bottom of the second by capitalizing on Arkansas’ mistakes.

Junior first baseman Sandra Simmons sparked LSU with a leadoff single up the middle before senior designated player Dylan Supak drew a walk. Simmons and Supak moved into scoring position on a wild pitch by Arkansas sophomore pitcher Grace Moll (0-3).

LSU sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn drove in Simmons with a ground out to short for the Tigers’ first run.

Supak scored on a passed ball by the Razorbacks’ sophomore catcher Shelby Hiers.

The Tigers blew the game wide open in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring five runs on three hits.

After Quinn lined out to open the inning, freshman left fielder Emily Griggs and senior center

fielder A.J. Andrews drew backto-back walks to set the table for sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry who drove in Griggs with a double to left center.

After the Razorbacks intentionally walked junior shortstop Bianka Bell, sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish came to the plate with the bases loaded and only one out.

Jaquish put the game out of Arkansas’ reach with her second grand slam and her 11th home run of the season. Jaquish leads LSU and the SEC in home runs.

“They had thrown me a changeup before and I struck out looking on it, so I was kind of like, ‘I don’t want to get out the same way twice,’” Jaquish said. “When she threw the changeup to me again, I was ready for it. I wanted to hit it hard, but I didn’t know it was going to go out. That was a plus.”

Although LSU’s lineup shined throughout the series, the Tigers’ pitching rotation kept the Razorbacks swinging the entire series, striking out a combined 22 batters while giving up only four walks.

In her longest outing of 2015 in the series finale, sophomore pitcher Kelsee Selman notched nine strikeouts while walking only two batters in her fifth complete game.

In the series, the Tigers’ pitchers did not allow an earned run and gave up only 10 hits. “[The pitchers] did a great job,” Torina said. “They kept us in every game. They threw quality pitches. They did everything we asked them to do. We have a great pitcher, [sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello], that didn’t even get in this weekend. We have a really nice staff, and they matched up well this weekend.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

The No. 5 LSU softball team’s series sweep against Arkansas gives the Tigers (250, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) a perfect start to league play. But Sunday’s 7-1 win against the Razorbacks (1210, 0-3 SEC) was much more meaningful considering this year’s team now owns the longest win streak in program history.

“It shows the strength of our team because we’re not facing weak opponents at all — this is the SEC,” sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish said. “Our offense is just on point, our pitching is on point and I’m really proud of my team.”

Today wasn’t the only time this season the LSU softball team made history.

LSU’s 10-2 win against Nebraska on Feb. 21 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic gave it the best start in program history (15-0). The win came the day after the Tigers defeated Arizona, the team who ended their season last year, to tie the record.

A 15-1 beatdown of Northwestern State extended the Tigers’ unbeaten start to 20-0.

The figure represented the best opening to a season by any LSU

sports team in history, besting LSU baseball’s 19-0 start in 1997.

The team seems to rewrite the record book every weekend, but it remains as focused as ever. LSU coach Beth Torina said the Tigers get a day to celebrate their accomplishments, but then they show up like they’re winless.

“We try to take nothing for granted and not let complacency get us, and we just try and go back to work right away,” Torina said.

Sunday’s win was the perfect testament to LSU’s ability to continue pressing on and keep working despite breaking records.

The Tigers already had the series won by claiming victories in the opening two games.

However, just winning a series is not what this team’s goals are in 2015.

“I told the team, just winning the two games is not what they’re trying to do,” Torina said following Saturday’s 6-0 win. “If they’re trying to win the SEC, they have to win every game they get an opportunity to win.”

By immediately focusing on the next game, LSU picked up the historic 25th straight win on Sunday and left its mark on LSU history once again.

It wasn’t just the team making history this weekend. Several individuals also etched their names in the LSU record book.

Sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry set an LSU record Saturday by hitting safely for the 16th consecutive game, passing the previous record set most recently by her teammate, senior center fielder A.J. Andrews. Landry extended her hitting streak to 17 games in Sunday’s series finale.

Junior shortstop Bianka Bell also made a lasting impression on Saturday with the 34th home run of her LSU career, surpassing former LSU outfielder Rachel Mitchell for the most of all time.

Bell turned around Sunday and collected a hit in her only at-bat of the game. She also drew three walks on the day.

Two of those were intentional and one set up Jaquish’s grand slam.

“I just know it’s over now,” Bell said. “I wasn’t really worried about it, and I just came back today just thinking, ‘It’s a new day, just try to stay within myself and not try to do too much and just focus on the team, not myself.’”

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Every female college student needs five wardrobe essentials BY meg ryan mryan@lsureveille.com Balancing a budget can be difficult during college.

There’s school costs, apartment costs and every little thing in between. However, starting college means spending time in meetings, internships and at events with friends. For all of these, a solid wardrobe is essential. Women should spend the time and a little bit of money to fill their closets with five essentials that will work for anything college throws at them.

The first thing is to start with the basics.

Begin a wardrobe with a T-shirt, long sleeve shirt, tank top and camisole all in neutral colors of white, black and gray.

It’s something you can always wear and always layer to make unlimited combinations of outfits. Having these items in simple colors makes creating a casual outfit or a dressy outfit easy because you can layer them or just wear them as a stand-alone item. You can also find them fairly cheap. H&M and Forever21 are the best for that. However, the more you invest in some of them, the longer they’ll last you.

The second item is a pair of black leggings.

While the leggings-as-pants argument has been discussed over and over again, this item is still a necessity because of its comfort and versatility. But there is one disclaimer to that

statement: Know your body and know your leggings.

If your leggings are seethrough, please leave them at home or treat them as tights. If your leggings are thicker, try them out however you want.

However, make sure your pair fits. Nothing should be hanging out or hanging over the leggings. Don’t be ashamed to go up a size, just because they may be a bigger size than your jeans doesn’t mean anything.

Different material means different size. Plus, you don’t want to add fuel to the anti-leggings fire.

Another pair of pants that is essential is a perfectly-fitting pair of jeans.

Two things are incredibly important when buying jeans — a good fit and a good wash. You should be able to walk, bend over, sit down and complete most other common body movements without having to unbutton or pull up the jeans. Try on multiple sizes and multiple fits to make sure you won’t have this problem.

If a dressing room dance is necessary to make sure these jeans are your soul mate, go for it.

A good wash is also just as important. While ripped up and faded denim can be cool, a non-ripped and darker pair is a must-have. They’re perfect for casual Friday at an internship, first date or college organization meeting. And remember, if all of this seems too much to

expect from a pair of jeans, ask the sales staff. Chances are if they work at a primarily denim shop, they know the product, and aiding you in leaving the store with your perfect denim is always their goal.

The fourth item is a business casual dress.

Every college student knows the words “business casual” becomes a regular in their vocabulary once organization meetings and interviews become a regular. Which is why the nice but not-too-nice dress or skirt and top combo is a needed purchase. This ensemble should be appropriate for the sorority brunch, internship interview and meeting the parents. The more versatile, the more bang for your buck. And the more often you can hit “yes” on those e-vites invading your email.

Last, a good pair of sneakers should also be in every college female’s closet.

These should be a solid pair of running sneakers that can be used for exercise and for errands. A pair is necessary for all those days you need solid footwear and the Jeffrey Campbell heels won’t cut it.

Obviously, a few other wardrobe items are needed to create a complete closet, but these will get a college student started and prepared for the next four or more years of her life. javier Fernández / The Daily Reveille

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Students should dress as adults on campus, during classes BY michael tarver mtarver@lsureveille.com Imagine for a moment you walk into class and sit in the same seat as usual. But this time, the most perfect-looking human being you’ve ever seen takes the seat next to you, and you immediately know he or she is “the one” you have been searching for.

The person catches your gaze and relinquishes a small smile on your behalf.

Now, what would you rather be wearing when that day comes — a tailored, fitted pair of pants with a casual blazer or the sweatpants you’ve spent the last three days wearing with a T-shirt stained with Hungry Howie’s marinara sauce?

This fantasy might sound like an exaggerated chapter of a young adult novel, but this kind of interaction happens all the time — or at least those of equal significance and importance.

While it may seem superficial to constantly worry about your appearance day in and day out, the truth is clothes can make an incredible first impression. Because your clothes are the first thing people see, it’s a natural human reaction to judge, even on a small level, someone based on their outfit.

It sounds shallow, but it’s the hard truth.

For this reason, Univer-

sity students should start taking the necessary time each day to compile a suitable, professional ensemble that will represent their career paths and personalities. Providing a presentable appearance will catch the eye of the people around you and allow you to stand out without really doing anything.

The only demographic that may merit an exception to this dress code would probably be University freshman.

The first year of college, especially at such a large school like LSU, can be terribly overwhelming, and trying to simply find classrooms can be a struggle. So, newbies can be cut a little slack when it comes to dressing up every day.

I know when I was a freshman, most of my wardrobe consisted of free purple and gold T-shirts and the same few pairs of shorts and jeans, all aimed at creating the smallest laundry load possible.

But once the sophomore and junior years roll around, most students have transferred their residency off campus and have acquired new responsibilities, so dressing properly should be added to the list.

Also, most second, third and fourth year students are working at jobs that are directly related to their major and are trying to build a name for themselves on campus. Most supervisors would

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rather see slacks and buttondown than basketball shorts and a sweatshirt.

And once again, you never know who you are going to meet in that work study position, so you should always be prepared for an informal, impromptu interview.

Dressing nicely each day and planning out an outfit also provides daily discipline that will force you to get up early, therefore, providing a more fresh and aware individual.

In the same respect, good taste and style can open doors to new and exciting things that you have never experienced that can better a person to be more wellrounded. For instance, if someone sees you wearing a suit, they may strike up a conversation and tell you about a fabulous restaurant that you were completely unaware of.

While dressing well can open many doors in one’s life, it will most importantly make you feel better. Looking good is feeling good, and if you don’t believe it, spend one day on campus in your best suit and see for yourself.

College students are, of course, at school to learn, but they are also adults, and adults should act as such.

Appearance can help, so try it.

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Underclassmen shine on senior night in win against Minnesota

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com Friday night was historic for the No. 2 LSU gymnastics team. It drew in the largest attendance in program history for senior night, during which it recorded the best team score in history.

The PMAC had a record 13,179 fans to witness LSU’s (11-1, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) 198.375-195.450 victory against No. 16 Minnesota. It was the last time seniors Rheagan Courville, Jessie Jordan, Lloimincia Hall, Britney Ranzy and Scarlett Williams performed in their home arena.

“We mean business this

year,” Courville said. “It’s something that we worked extremely hard for, and it’s amazing to have everybody notice how hard we’ve worked and what we plan to do. It’s awesome to have a whole community along with us.”

The senior class that brought the gymnastics program to its highest peak in recent memory recorded three perfect scores, helped set the best vault score in program history (49.825), tied the best score on floor (49.700) and accounted for seven marks of 9.900 or above.

“We came in here with so much excitement, enthusiasm and pride in what we were doing,” Courville said.

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LSU freshman Myia Hambrick performs her floor routine during the Tigers’ 198.375195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC.

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But while the seniors reJordan got the high scores minded fans of the last four rolling early with her first cayears, the Tigers’ younger gym- reer perfect score on vault. nasts showed the future is just Hambrick followed it with a as bright.

9.925, and Gnat responded with The underclassmen shined a perfect score from one judge in their mentors’ shadow, win- and a 9.950 from the other for a ning two event titles while tal- career-high 9.975. lying six scores of 9.900 or betThe underclassmen set the ter. Sophomore all-arounder pace on beam after Courville Ashleigh Gnat won the bars ti‘We are knocking led the group tle in the second on the door with our with the allrotation.

Sophoaround title. more all-arounder underclassmen, but Three Tigers Ewing again, they’re getting Sydney vied for the alland freshman allgreat leadership, and around title as arounder Erin they realize it.’

Gnat’s careerMacadaeg tallied high mark of scores of 9.875, D-D BREAUX, 39.725 edged while Hambrick LSU gymnastics head coach out Jordan, who posted a 9.900. Joralso scored a dan also earned a career-high at 39.675.

9.900, but Gnat one-upped her Courville didn’t compete in with a 9.925 to claim the event the all-around for just the sec- title. ond time in her career, but the “Little Erin Macadaeg [was] Tigers didn’t miss a beat with one little hop short of a 10,” freshman all-arounder Myia Breaux said. “[Hambrick was] Hambrick in her place. one little shoulder tilt on beam Hambrick filled in for Cour- short of a 10. We are knocking ville with the best performance on the door with our underclassof her career. She set or tied a men, but again, they’re getting career-high in all four events great leadership, and they realen route to a career-high 39.575 ize it.” all-around score Three underclassmen set or “Rheagan not doing the all- tied their career-highs in the around, [I] was very concerned last rotation on floor. about that because she has an Ewing posted a 9.925, Hamall-around frame of mind,” said brick earned a 9.875 and Gnat LSU gymnastics coach D-D received a perfect score from Breaux. “But Myia Hambrick, one judge again to end up with what a great job she did tonight. another 9.975.

[She] hit four beautiful events.”

Gnat said this class of seEvery time a senior posted a niors is responsible for forging high clip, her younger counter- the program into the powerpart answered right back. house it is today, and the advice

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LSU sophomore all-arounder Shae Zamardi during the Tigers’ 198.375195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC. it passed down is invaluable.

In a final sign of respect and appreciation for the senior class that guided them to be the gymnasts they are today, the underclassmen bowed down to the seniors as fans showered them with cheers following Hall’s perfect score in the anchor spot on floor. “[The seniors are] leaders inside and outside of the gym in everything that they do,” Hambrick said. “They will be missed.

It was us showing our gratitude, but also [saying] ‘you’ve taught us so much, now we’re going to carry it on.’ It was great to send them off like that.”

You can follow Jacob Hamilton on Twitter at @jhamilton_TDR.

Monday, March 9, 2015 SWEEP, from page 5 finishing Sunday afternoon 1-for-4 with two RBIs. The Cornhuskers stayed off the board until the top of the seventh inning. Nebraska finally got to LSU freshman pitcher Jake Godfrey, rallying for three hits and a walk to cut the Tigers’ lead

to 3-2.

Nebraska first baseman Austin Christensen drove home the Cornhusker run on a single to center field before Godfrey got out of the jam a batter later with runners on second and third.

Godfrey shut down the Cornhuskers for much of the contest with the lead in hand.

The Daily Reveille He went seven innings, allowing two runs on eight hits with four strikeouts. Godfrey came into Sunday’s game with the Tigers’ best ERA among starting pitchers with a 1.26, doing much of the same Sunday afternoon in his third win of the season.

The Tigers tacked on one more run in the eighth when

page 15 junior center fielder Andrew Stevenson reached on a fielder’s choice by freshman infielder Grayson Byrd to extend their lead to 4-2.

LSU wrapped up the weekend 3-0 after beating No. 8 Houston, 4-2, on Friday night and edging out Baylor, 2-0, on Saturday afternoon.

LSU’s weekend sweep

extends its win streak to 12 games with Southeastern Conference play on the horizon.

The Tigers now set their sights on McNeese State on Wednesday night before hosting SEC West rival Ole Miss during the weekend.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Divers travel to Iowa to compete in NCAA Zone D Regional

BY MALCOLM POREE mporee@lsureveille.com The LSU diving team will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, to compete in the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional, which starts today and ends Wednesday. The Tigers hope to secure a spot in the NCAA Championships.

They will have three days for their seven divers to individually qualify for NCAAs. “We started preparing for this meet on the first day of practice,” said LSU diving coach Doug Shaffer in a news release. “We’ve been training and looking forward to this part of the season. At the end of the day we are doing the same lists we’ve done all year.”

Going into the meet, the team’s confidence is sky-high after its impressive performance at the SEC Championship in February.

The Tigers broke multiple school records and plan to

continue the trend heading into regionals.

Seniors Alex Bettridge and Daniel Helm and junior Cassie Weil stood out the most at the SEC Championships. The divers combined to earn six medals and set three school records at the meet.

Bettridge won the gold medal on the one-meter, silver on the three-meter and bronze on the platform. She broke the school record on the one-meter and set the secondhighest marks in program history on the three-meter and platform.

Helm won silver on platform and one-meter while also setting a school record on one-meter and the secondhighest mark on platform in school history. Helm is returning to NCAAs for the first time since his sophomore year.

Weil won platform at the SEC Championships and

received First Team All-American honors at NCAAs last year.

“Going into the regionals, our ultimate goal is for all seven of our divers to qualify for NCAAs of course,” Shaffer said. “We’ve prepared all season for this time of the year.

Now we just have to go out and show it.”

The meet begins today at 11 a.m. with the women’s team in the three-meter springboard and the men following in the one-meter at 5:45 p.m. The women will compete in the one-meter, and the men will hit the three-meter springboard Tuesday. The event concludes Wednesday with the platform competition.

The Zone D region will host divers from LSU and fellow SEC competitors, including Arkansas, Texas A&M and Missouri.

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Divers watch the competition Jan. 30 during the Houston, Rice, Tulane and LSU swim meet in the LSU Natatorium.

MEN’S TENNIS

Tigers lose weekend matches at South Carolina, No. 4 Georgia

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com

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LSU junior Boris Arias hits the ball Mar. 1 during the Tigers’ 4-1 victory against Kentucky at W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Stadium.

For the first time in more than a month, the LSU men’s tennis team hit the road for two weekend matches but fell to South Carolina on Friday, 4-1, and No. 4 Georgia on Sunday, 4-2.

The Tigers (11-3, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) rode an eight-match winning streak heading into the weekend but won only two singles matches between both dual matches against their SEC foes.

LSU also suffered its first doubles defeat against the Gamecocks (10-8, 1-3 SEC) since its Jan. 25 doubles loss to TCU in the ITA Kickoff.

Due to the weather dipping below 50 degrees, South Carolina opted to play its match indoors, which LSU coach Jeff Brown said gave them a significant advantage.

“South Carolina was in desperate mode as far their intensity,” Brown said. “They were really fired up to get back home.

They had been on a long road trip.

They were able to play us indoors, where they had played all but four of their matches. It was our first match indoors all year.”

Against the Bulldogs (11-2, 4-0 SEC) on Sunday, the Tigers looked to be on their way to victory after a 6-0 doubles win by sophomore Eric Perez and junior Tam Trinh and 6-2 victory by junior Boris Arias and sophomore Jordan Daigle.

But LSU could only muster one singles win after securing the doubles point. After Georgia took a 3-1 match lead with singles wins by junior Austin Smith, freshman Wayne Montgomery and senior Nathan Pasha, LSU sophomore Justin Butsch cut the lead with a 6-3, 6-3 win against junior Ben Wagland.

But LSU junior Andrew Korinek couldn’t overcome a tight second set in his match against the Bulldogs’ redshirt freshman Paul Oosterbaan, ending the overall match with 3-6, 4-6 singles loss.

“In Georgia, we played very well in the doubles,” Brown said.

“We won 6-0 on court 2 and 6-2 on court 1 against a Georgia team that doesn’t lose a doubles point very often. In singles we had some chances ... We had some leads on a few courts, but we just weren’t able to finish.”

On Friday, the Tigers got off to a slow start when the Gamecocks

clinched the doubles point with a victory by senior Andrew Adams and sophomore Andrew Schafer against Butsch and senior Chris Simpson, 6-3.

It was more of the same to start in singles with Trinh and Butsch unable to get on the board for the Tigers with a 3-6, 3-6 loss to senior Thiago Pinheiro and a 1-6, 6-7(5) loss to Schafer, respectively. But with the Gamecocks leading the overall match, 3-0, Daigle came through for LSU with a 6-2, 7-6 win against Adams.

Daigle’s match actually ended when Schafer was penalized for knocking a ball out of play in celebration when his match against Butsch ended on court 4.

Although the Tigers got on the board after the penalty, South Carolina senior Kyle Koch finished Simpson off in the third set to complete a 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1 win and clinch the overall match victory.

LSU now turns to a home doubleheader against No. 14 Vanderbilt at 12 p.m. and New Orleans at 5 p.m. on Sunday at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to James Richards’ column, “Drama during SG debate disappointing,” one reader had this to say:

I thought the SG elections were a joke when I was a student and it looks as if they haven’t really changed at all.

The popular Greek life ticket always wins considering out of the roughly 28,000 students on campus maybe 3,000 or 4,000 even bother to vote and those that do are from Greek life. It’s basically a glorified popularity contest.

I can’t say that I’ve seen a whole lot of effectiveness from student government.

But, it wouldn’t be true LA government without sucking up funds and showing little to no progress, so in that respect, bravo.

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Fox News has already acknowledged the regretful errors in reporting. You did not mention that. You said “people who can not think for themselves get their opinions” - you are seriously biased toward the left and you do not understand the majority view in this country. This country is center - right, and just because most of the people in this country would never see the point in what you are trying to express doesn’t give you the right to criticize us. Lastly, the other news networks in this country actually try to create new by trying to instigate racism so that they have something to report.

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MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist I’mma let you finish, but every day Kanye West makes it nearly impossible for his fans to defend him.

Although West has been on the top of many people’s hate list, and according to Star Magazine is the most hated celebrity in Hollywood, I stood by his side for many years. Whether it was when his 2007 top hit “Good Life” was the ringtone on my flip phone, sitting 4th row at his “Watch the Throne” concert, attending his ultra-dramatic “Yeezus” concert or defending the artist via social media whenever he felt the need to ruin an acceptance speech.

I always saw West as the man who said what everyone else was afraid to, and that’s why I appreciated him so much. When he clearly stated on national television “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” or when he cut Taylor Swift off, making sure she understood that “Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time,” he was speaking for so many people.

Yes, you could argue that was extremely rude, ignorant and disrespectful, but at the end of the day, he said what millions of Americans were thinking.

I respect West’s outspokenness — he’s a truly intellectual individual, but lately, he seems to be losing his touch.

In a speech at Oxford University, he

claimed that classism is the new racism, later stating that clothing should never exceed $5,000. He said successful artists like Beyoncé and the nation’s first black president are proof enough that racism is a thing of the past.

How ignorant can you be Kanye?

There are numerous things wrong with his proclamation.

For starters, it’s extremely hypocritical. He’s always had a few hypocritical statements — for example, in his hit “Good Life,” he raps, “Welcome to the good life, where we like the girls who ain’t on TV,” but now he’s married to Kim Kardashian West, a reality TV star.

But I’ll give Kanye a small pass on that because the song came out in 2007, and he started dating Kim in 2012. So, there is a possibility he could have had a change in heart in those five years.

But in early 2014, he released a shoe, Nike Air Yeezy 2, that is now going on eBay for $9,000. What average person can afford to spend $9,000 on a single clothing item? Slim to none.

His plain white t-shirt may not exceed $5,000, but the average person still can’t afford to spend $120 on something they can get for $3 elsewhere.

In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, when he was asked about classism, he said, “We classist now. Classism is when they try to say, ‘You’re a rapper … your girl is on a reality show, so you’re not up here with us. We’re old money.’”

He sadly doesn’t even see that classism is deeper than his multi-million dollar wife not being accepted with the “old money.” Honestly, who cares?

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He should be arguing that a large percentage of African-Americans live in poverty and that poverty and unemployment rates for African-Americans are more than double that of whites.

When you’re not living in a multimillion dollar house, get rid of the private jets and ditch the Lamborghinis, then you can speak on how classism is a problem in America.

During his acceptance speech at last month’s BET Honors Awards, Kanye clearly said, “Part of the reason why I’m not allowed to be in power is because of race.”

There is hypocritical Kanye again because the next month at his speech at Oxford, he said classism has replaced racism.

Racism is still alive and well. Black children are still fighting to receive the same education, numerous black people are still being innocently killed by law enforcement and there are still people who disagree that “Black Lives Matter.”

He should know better. He should know that, although we have a black president, he hasn’t been able to do half of what he wanted to do. President Obama and his family have been called monkeys, and many white people don’t even acknowledge him as being black.

If anything, racism and classism have a direct relationship.

Get it together, Kanye.

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

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Immigrants are a part of American culture, its future ENTITLED MILLENIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Despite its partisan tendencies, Congress finally passed a clean Homeland Security funding bill, which means we won’t have a government shutdown.

President Obama issued an executive order at the end of 2014 essentially offering amnesty — with strings attached — to illegal immigrants in America, leading to a disagreement of Homeland Security funding.

If you paid taxes, had no major criminal record and lived in America for the past five years, the Obama administration won’t deport you. The executive order would allow about 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in America.

Spoiler alert: The Republicans weren’t happy about this executive order. They felt Obama was crossing the boundary of his authority, and they planned to combat this gross presidential overreach by passing a Homeland Security funding bill that would undo his executive order.

After Democratic filibusters and veto threats, the GOP caved and decided it would be in America’s best interest to fund Homeland Security. The alternative would have been a partial government shutdown. Thankfully they learned their lesson from the last shutdown in 2013.

The GOP’s reluctance to fund a bill keeping Obama’s executive order intact reflects an overall

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President Barack Obama signed this week a Homeland Security funding bill that helped avoid another government shutdown.

American distaste for immigrants.

Americans argue immigrants take their jobs for lower wages.

Immigrants come into our country illegally and don’t pay their fair share of taxes. They take our jobs and money and offer us nothing in return.

Whether that’s true, the simplest and most logical answer would be to make immigration easier in America.

Making immigration into the U.S. easier would boost our tax revenue while also securing jobs for Americans. Employers wouldn’t be able to get away with paying illegal immigrants lower wages, so they’d instead hire the most efficient workers.

If there was a quick pathway to citizenship, more immigrants would come to the U.S. through the system as opposed to coming here illegally. Once they’re legal citizens or legal working residents, they’d have to work at the same wages as Americans and pay American taxes.

We have a problem in America: Our debt grows every year, and we have fewer people to pay off that debt because our birth rate is declining.

People are dying faster than they’re being born in this country, and people are having fewer babies than before. Some might argue we’re already overpopulated, so the low birth rate is a good thing.

But fewer young people in America means fewer workers.

With a smaller working population, fewer people can pay into Social Security and Medicare, which means those programs aren’t being replenished fast enough. We basically won’t get to retire.

And say goodbye to programs like TOPS and Pell Grants. Because fewer people are working, the government won’t be able to sustain those programs anymore. It’ll be too worried about taking care of an aging generation.

This trend is happening all over Western Europe. The key difference, however, lies in immigration.

The U.S. still dominates the world when it comes to taking in immigrants. That’s the only thing keeping our population at a sustainable level.

America as we know it was founded by immigrants. They used to be our largest source of citizens. According to the Migration Policy Institute, about 41.3 million immigrants live in the United States, which is higher than any other nation.

Closing our borders completely and deporting all immigrants would remove about 13 percent of the US population. If you deport their children and grandchildren with them, you’re removing 80 million people, or about a quarter of America’s population.

Obviously, there are violent and destructive people that come into our country, and we should definitely not let those people stay.

However, it would be counterproductive to deny citizenship to all immigrants because of a violent minority. Most people come here for opportunities to work and get ahead in life, you know — the American Dream.

We need more working people in this country so we can pay off our debt and pay into our social safety net programs. So if Congress is going to pass an immigration law, it should pass one that allows more people to come into this country.

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

Being a neurosurgeon doesn’t excuse ignorant comments LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME LOGAN ANDERSON Columnist Ben Carson is a retired neurosurgeon who is exploring a possible run for president in 2016.

He is also an idiot.

On the surface, he does not appear to be an idiot. Carson has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, written six best-selling novels and in 2014 was the sixth most admired man in the world, according to a Gallup poll. However, his impressive resume does not make up for his ignorant views on homosexuality, which he recently shared with the nation.

In an interview last Wednesday, CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo asked the presidential hopeful if being gay was a choice.

Carson’s reply? “Absolutely.”

He then went on to “prove” that homosexuality is a choice by citing prison rape.

“A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight — and when they come out, they’re gay,” Carson said. “So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question.”

Backlash was immediate, as was ridiculue. Carson was apologizing for his statement by the end of the day, claiming CNN took his words out of context, but the damage was already done. Glenn Beck went so far as to declare Carson’s presidential run dead in the water based on the statement alone.

“It’s over,” Beck said. “There is no way to recover from that. That just sounds like a lunatic. That is a ridiculous statement on a million fronts.”

The backlash from Beck, who is known for his own outlandish statements, may be the final nail in the coffin of Carson’s presidential run. If the right-wing media is already abandoning him, he has no chance of even making it through the primaries.

Sadly, Carson’s views on homosexuality aren’t as much of a

fringe belief as they seem to be.

In a Gallup poll conducted last year, 42 percent of respondents believed that people are born gay, while 37 percent believed sexual orientation can be determined by external factors, such as someone’s upbringing.

It is not Carson’s assertion that homosexuality is a choice that is controversial. It is the evidence he used to back it up.

Prison rape is not something Americans are accustomed to taking seriously. It is most often brought up in comedic context, used to punctuate a joke about a man going to jail for a crime and becoming the sexual partner of a larger alpha-male against his will.

Prison rape is not funny. No rape is funny, ever, especially not rape that happens as a consequence of America’s deeply flawed criminal justice system. It is also, according to many psychological schools of thought, completely divorced from sexuality.

Clinical psychologist A. Nicholas Groth, author of “Men Who

Rape: The Psychology of the Offender,” said in his book all sexual assault is an act of aggression.

“It is not about sexual gratification,” he said, “but rather a sexual aggressor using somebody else as a means of expressing their own power and control.”

Psychologists are also mostly united in their belief that people are born with their sexuality predetermined. Biologists, too, have performed study after study on homosexuality, finding again and again that homosexuality is an inborn trait.

This scientific evidence is at odds with Carson’s beliefs, though.

So he chose, despite being an incredibly intelligent man, to ignore evidence and cite his own perceived explanation, doing so with the smugness of someone who believes they have solved an unsolvable riddle and finally holds an answer the world has been waiting to hear.

Nobody wanted to hear Carson’s solution to the ever persisting question of whether

sexuality is determined at birth.

Nobody wanted him to cite the serious problem that is male-onmale prison rape as evidence for an assertion with which the scientific and medical community are at direct odds with.

Carson may have been the first surgeon to ever separate twins conjoined at the head, but he won’t be our first black Republican president. His candidacy is over, and he hasn’t even officially declared he’s running yet.

But Carson was the first presidential candidate in the 2016 race to say something ridiculously backwards and ignorant about the gay community.

Unfortunately, as gay rights become more of a “hot button” issue for the right, and as the highly contested race for the Republican nomination heats up, he will undoubtedly not be the last.

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

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Monday, March 9, 2015 LSU Wildlife Society members examine a deer jaw bone March 3 outside the Renewable Natural Resources Building as they plan for Wednesday’s trip to the Southeastern Conclave at Virginia Tech.

duck wings and aging deer jaw bones, said renewable natural resources senior and club president Anna Claire Ferchaud.

“It’s been a lot to plan, but we’re all really excited,” Ferchaud said.

“It’s a bunch of random stuff, but it’s really fun.”

The club was not officially registered until a couple months ago, Ferchaud said. The Wildlife Society is a non-profit organization with student chapters nationwide.

Ferchaud said the club hit a lull after last school year, and no one knew what was going on for a stretch of time.

She ended up inheriting the leadership position, she said. The group’s adviser is new as well.

“We didn’t really have any information about what to do,” Ferchaud said. “We’re just basing it off of old things and trying to get more of a solid membership.”

Everyone in the club is a student in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, and the club is trying to branch out to different majors, Ferchaud said.

Because the RNR school is small, most of the club members know each other from class, she said, and the familiarity can make things intimidating for potential new members.

“It’s kind of the same thing with freshmen when you come in and everyone is already friends, and they don’t really know how to get into that,” Ferchaud said. “It’s not that people aren’t friendly.”

Most of the members come in with basic knowledge of some wilderness skills, Ferchaud said.

A lot of the expertise comes from taking classes within the department, so the club relies on upperclassmen to teach the younger members, and that dynamic is what makes the club special, she said.

“That’s what I want, is to build relationships through the club,” Ferchaud said. “That’s why I’m so passionate about the club in general.”

Ferchaud said the annual conferences offer a chance for building relationships, and some of the members’ favorite memories were made at these events.

Renewable natural resources senior Kayla Smith said her favorite moment in the organization was being trapped at a Conclave conference at Clemson University in South Carolina.

Layzell said he thinks federal budget priorities prevent financial aid administration, said many stu- from keeping up. dents have TOPS as an additional “Certainly, we advocate for buffer to fluctuations in federal more funding, but I think it’s other aid. demands on the federal budget,” “We’re buffered a little bit by Layzell said.

TOPS,” Layzell said. “But any flucAs budget priorities change, so tuation in financial aid affects in- will what is available to spend. dividuals more than it affects the Higher education is taking budgetary blows elsewhere across the University overall.”

Some students don’t have that country. Last month, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker buffer. More than 11,000 University ‘The more investment you proposed a $300 students received make in higher education million cut to the federal aid total... it has an impact on University of Wising more than $116 the overall state of the consin system. million last semesWith Louisieconomy and the nation, ana’s ter, according to similar budthe Fall Facts re- so it’s a great investment getary concerns, for federal and state leased by the Unihigher education governments.’ versity Office of could face more Budget and Plandependency on fedDANIEL layzell, ning. One in five eral money. vice president for finance students receives a “When you get and administration Pell Grant, Layzell financial aid, it said. doesn’t show up as Layzell said the University’s a separate pot of money, because Pell Grant numbers have re- it shows up through the student,” mained steady because they are Layzell said. “But you know it’s determined by two vital factors. still a sizeable amount of money.” “[The first determinant is] by Layzell, LSU President F. King student need, and the student need Alexander and other department profile doesn’t change significantly heads recently returned from each year,” Layzell said. “It also Washington, D.C., where they depends on what Congress and our spoke with legislators and advocated for higher education spending. federal government provides.”

“That’s part of what we adBecause federal grants and loans are based on student need, vocate for,” Layzell said. “The Layzell said lower numbers could more investment you make in be a reflection of fewer student ap- higher education ... it has an implications rather than less funding pact on the overall state of the by the government. economy and the nation, so it’s a With tuition rates up 17 percent great investment for federal and on average across the country, state governments.”

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“We ended up taking a field trip to one of the state parks, and we lost the keys in the waterfall,” Smith said. “We ended up having an impromptu trip to go to the bat caves, which is really cool. That was an adventure.”

The club is more than just the Conclave, however. Members have gone on behind-the-scenes tours of zoos and aquariums, said education graduate student Jocelyn Miller.

Duck banding is another fun activity, Miller said. It involves launching rockets to drop a net over a flock of ducks.

“I didn’t know rocket nets were a thing that you could catch ducks out from under nets, stick them between your legs and put bands on them,” Miller said.

The club also tries to get different speakers for its meetings. If there is not a speaker, the club will divide into groups to work on different skills, Ferchaud said.

“I’ll have one team of learning how to tie knots, one team learning how to age deer jaw bones, trying to get experience in anything RNR related,” Ferchaud said.

The club goes on camping and canoeing trips, Ferchaud said. The

society keeps it educational by practicing activities like identifying trees and animal excrement.

RNR classes play a role in the club, too. The department and club are good for getting students experience, Ferchaud said.

“I pride my school in the fact that we have a very, very hands-on major,” Ferchaud said. “We get to do so many things that apply to our jobs. It’s things that really come in handy later on.”

Many members go on to work for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or similar agencies in other states, Ferchaud said. She said she hopes to study how trash affects wildlife.

Smith said she is attending the School of Veterinary Medicine next semester and wants to be either a wildlife or zoo veterinarian. Miller said she wants to teach middle or high school.

The skills members learn in the club carry over to their future careers, Ferchaud said.

“I’m going to go to grad school,” Ferchaud said. “I’m going to try to get seasonal jobs just doing random stuff, travel as much as I can, then go to grad school to study how trash impacts the environment.”

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THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Terra __; clay pot material 6 Like water __ duck’s back 10 Late singer Mama __ 14 Publicized 15 Has a bug 16 Candid; frank 17 Sparkle 18 Tight, as a rope 19 Diminish 20 Vision 22 Like the voice of one with laryngitis 24 Makes a mistake 25 More intelligent 26 Small shapely tree in a pot 29 Plank 30 Spanish one 31 Memorize 33 Undergarments 37 Say no more 39 Whips severely 41 Days of __; yesteryear 42 Pick-me-up 44 High-powered surgical beam 46 Even score 47 Was crazy about 49 Overhaul 51 Type of steak 54 As stubborn as a __ 55 High standards 56 Monotony 60 Snake’s tooth 61 Element whose symbol is Fe 63 Wall recess 64 “...Sweet land of liberty, of __ I sing...”

65 Wants nothing __ with; spurns 66 Lake near Reno 67 Female pigs 68 Night twinkler 69 Makes a mess at table

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 32 34 35

DOWN Hamster’s home Greasy Yule purchase Ribs High naval rank Sworn statements Italian auto Common ailment Breathing disorder Spineless Take __; undo Good judgment Derisive smile Deep sadness Rowers’ items Melodies Arrest Aware of the shenanigans of Lunchtime Wide Woody or Tim Smidgen Overly proper

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36 Ooze out 38 Plunders; loots 40 Watery part of the blood 43 “Groovy!” in today’s world 45 Gives in 48 Drops in on 50 Like lesser sins

51 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 62

Uses a sieve Boise’s state Reinvigorate Estate home Ice cream treat Resound Small store Looks at Decompose

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