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LSU lands No. 9 seed in NCAA Tourney

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The LSU men’s basketball team can breathe a sigh of relief.

For the first time in six years, the Tigers are going dancing.

LSU (22-10) was selected as a No. 9 seed in the East Region and will face No. 8 seed NC State in the second round of the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament, the NCAA Selection Committee announced on Sunday.

The Tigers will tip off against the Wolfpack (20-13) at 8:20 p.m.

Thursday at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. If LSU wins, it will play the victor between No. 1 seed Villanova (32-2) and No. 16 Lafayette (20-12).

It’ll be the first NCAA Tournament appearance for the Tigers since the 2008-09 season and only the second in the last nine years.

But it’ll be the third NCAA Tournament appearance for LSU coach Johnny Jones, who took the

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EDUCATION

Obama signs presidential memo for college affordability

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com

With budget cuts and the possibility of student fee increases on the horizon, Louisiana college students are preparing for the worst. President Barack Obama’s new Student Aid Bill of Rights might help relieve that burden.

Obama signed a presidential memorandum on Tuesday highlighting his plan to make college more affordable. Obama outlined the plan to students at the Georgia Institute of Technology that same day and in his weekly

online address to the nation posted on Saturday.

“I believe that America is not a place where higher education is a privilege that is reserved for the few,” Obama said in his Georgia Tech speech. “America needs to be a place where higher education has to be available for every single person who’s willing to strive for it, who’s willing to work for it.”

Section 1 of the memo calls for a complaint and feedback system. Section 2 entails helping borrowers repay their loans and avoid default. Section 3 asks for

fair treatment of struggling and distressed borrowers.

Obama’s memo says the complaint and feedback system would allow borrowers to file complaints regarding federal financial aid.

Users could also monitor their complaints they are resolved.

Part of the plan for helping borrowers repay their loans is to “provide enhanced disclosures to borrowers and strengthened consumer protections,” according to the memo.

To ensure fair treatment, the

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Student Aid Bill of Rights

Presidential Memorandum I. State-of-the-Art Complaint and Feedback System II. Helping Borrowers Repay Their Loans and Avoid Default III. Fair Treatment for Struggling and Distressed Borrowers

Read the full memo at whitehouse.gov.

Read President Obama’s editorial on college affordability on page 9.

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Students who have earned an associate’s degree in computer science from Baton Rouge Community College can now transfer to the University’s College of Engineering to complete a bachelor’s degree, according to a press release from LSU Media Relations and the College of Engineering.

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The LSU sand volleyball team split its pair of Sunday matches on the final day of the UNF Sand Invitational in St. Augustine, Florida, after losing both its matches Saturday.

The Tigers (3-6) fell to Florida International, 5-0, but prevailed in

their next game against College of Charleston, 3-2.

Against FIU, the team lost five straight sets for the first time this season. Two-seed senior Cati Leak and sophomore Callan Molle were the closest to winning a set but fell, 21-18, 21-19.

Men’s tennis stays perfect at home, defeats Vandy, UNO The LSU men’s tennis team defended W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium again Sunday, picking up a 4-1 win against No. 11 Vanderbilt and a 7-0 sweep against the University of New Orleans to preserve its perfect home record.

The doubles pair of junior Tam

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Conference celebrates, educates LGBT people

BY HAYLEY FRANKLIN hfranklin@lsureveille.com College students and community members from across Louisiana celebrated the strength of the state’s LGBT population and its allies at the Louisiana Queer Conference Saturday at the Business Education Complex.

The annual conference, organized by Spectrum, Equality Louisiana, the LSU Office of Multicultural Affairs and other LGBT organizations, was an opportunity for LGBT people and their allies to learn from and network with LGBT leaders in their state.

This year’s conference’s theme was Bold Not Broken: Queer Resilience in the South.

Spectrum’s Louisiana Queer Conference co-coordinator and political science junior Michael Beyer said the strides being made by the LGBT movement in the South should not be taken for granted.

“We’ve been doing this work for decades,” Beyer said. “It’s really about talking about how do we combat this narrative about Northern groups coming and taking over and not sort of giving credit for what people have been able to do here.”

Numerous sessions were held for college students throughout the day to help them understand how to understand the LGBT community.

Sessions explored various topics, including how to invoke change on campuses and in communities, how to understand different sexualities and what to know about the legal side of same-sex marriage.

Some sessions focused on spirituality and religion.

Donald Hoppe, a clinical and forensic psychologist, taught the session “Our Place at the Table: LGBTQ Spirituality.” He explained the difference between spirituality, an experience, and religion, an institution.

Hoppe also said it is important to understand religious teachings on homosexuality.

“It’s important that people be really informed and find out what is really said in the Bible and in other religious writings and what people currently are really teaching about religion and homosexuality,” Hoppe said.

Conference keynote speaker Jen Jones said it is important to

understand and speak with southern faith-based communities.

Jones, an LGBT advocate, ran on foot across her state of North Carolina to combat a bill preventing same sex marriage. She said she hosted 75 events in four weeks, and initiated 10,000 personal conversations on the legislation. The bill passed, and her experiences taught her the importance of speaking with faith-based communities to create long-term change.

“A lot of the times, it’s just about listening to their concerns,” Jones said. “When they are biblical, it can be more difficult because these are hard and fast rules — tenants that people live by — but they’re also ones that bleed into loving and care, and justice and fairness. And a lot of times basic fairness is the key, the gate-way drug, to having that person open up and know an LGBT person for the first time.

That’s the first step.”

Jones said it is important to remember the change taking place in some faith-based communities.

“We forgot that they’re evolving with us and that we may want to go back to the table and have the conversation with people who were unmovable before — who, we might be surprised, might be with us today,” Jones said.

Film and media arts sophomore Camille Boechler said they see a greater acceptance of gays and lesbians, but they hope society might also come to understand other sexualities and gender identities.

Boechler said the conference was eye-opening in regards to social issues they need to be more informed on, but said it would have been helpful for the conference to have more sessions on specific gender identities like the non-binary gender identity, an umbrella term including many gender identities.

“It can include a lot of really different, specific identifies,” Boechler said. “You have people who would identify as bigender, so they would identify as both male and female. And then you have some people who are gender fluid where their gender moves back and forth.”

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(From left to right) Bruce Parker, Courtney Sharp, Julie Thompson, Dorian Alexander and S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal speak Saturday at the fifth annual Louisiana Queer Conference in the Business Education Complex.

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FUNDRAISING

Wedding dress roadshow raises funds for breast cancer awareness

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Weddings, dresses and beating breast cancer — two things that unite most women — were present at the Brides Against Breast Cancer event in the Renaissance Baton Rouge on Sunday.

With rows of new and gently used wedding dresses to peruse, more than 50 bridesto-be attended the VIP event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with more arriving until 5 p.m. that evening.

Short or long, simple or ornate, dresses in every shade of white came in sizes 4–20, so each bride could find her perfect gown.

All dresses for sale were donated to the Sarasota-based travelling fundraising organization.

Some came from shops and boutiques around the country and others came from brides who wanted their used dresses to help a good cause.

More than 75 percent of the profits from a Brides Against Breast Cancer roadshow helps fund healthsupportnetwork.org, an online resource that provides cancer-related resources such as nutritional programs and exercise routines.

“Just another chance to see dresses at a good price, and it’s for a good cause,” said bride-tobe Angela Paumen. “It’s amazing.

Women helping women is always a good thing.”

When Paumen selected her dress Sunday, she was treated to cheers, applause and ringing bells while being paraded around the vendor floor.

“I have bells in the fitting rooms that I come out shaking them, and we’ll get the DJ to announce their name and maybe where their honeymoon is going to be or what their venue is,” said show manager Erin Roundtree.

“We just like to kind of usher them out to the vendors, let them throw on a necklace with the gown they chose or something like that that’s very fun and exciting.”

Thirteen local vendors set up in the hotel outside the bridal fitting rooms.

Kim Esposito of Sew Sweet Alterations & Vinyl Creations, a bridal salon in Prairieville, said the event was a great way to introduce their home-based shop to more customers and to let shoppers know they do more than alterations.

“We have a lot of bridal shops that refer us [for alterations], but they don’t always know that we do these kind of things, so this is a way to get that out there,” Esposito said. “We’ve given a lot of cards, and the bouquets — everybody stops to at least look at those.”

The average going price of a dress at the fundraiser is $600, Roundtree said, with prices as

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Bride-to-be Jane Nguyen tries on a dress Sunday at the Brides Against Breast Cancer event at the Renaissance Hotel. low as $75 and as high as $1,800.

Just more than three years old, the organization has grown from one truck driver and three show managers to a staff numbering more than 28 people, Roundtree said.

Sunday’s event included volunteers from all over Baton Rouge who helped brides and their entourages shop, carry and accessorize.

“Some brides like to just do their own thing, but most of the time the dresses are really heavy, so they would like some help,” Roundtree said. “We’re just trying to make it the best experience.”

Volunteers also passed out breast cancer self exam cards to shoppers and kept overwhelmed brides at ease.

“It’s chaos,” said volunteer Jessica Ingram. “We had this whole wall up because [the brides] weren’t supposed to go in until 11:30. They wanted them to meet the vendors, and they were all just standing there waiting on the dresses to be revealed. It was crazy.”

Rachael Hopkins, who brought her mom with her to the event, was looking for the perfect gown for her Dec. 19 wedding.

Hopkins said the Sunday was the first time she had been dress shopping for her big day, but she already has a few style details in mind.

“I know I want strapless and like a sweetheart neckline and that’s pretty much my basic,” Hopkins said. “Oh, and I definitely want beading.”

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MUSIC

BUKU festival features big-name artists, lesser-known shows

BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com

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Offerings, including artwork and food items, sit on the St. Joseph’s Altar on Sunday at the Cypress Springs Mercedarian Prayer Center.

Local prayer center celebrates St. Joseph’s Altar tradition

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Holy relics and homemade pastries filled every nook and cranny of the St. Joseph’s Altar at Cypress Springs Mercedarian Prayer Center on Sunday as more than 2,000 visitors from all walks of life went to celebrate a longheld Catholic tradition.

The Prayer Center’s St. Joseph’s Altar tradition, now in its sixth year, employs more than 70 volunteers who contribute to the altar, each in their own way.

Charles Gendusa began his hobby of crafting rosaries eight years ago when he moved to Baton Rouge from New Orleans.

The 75-year-old has been heavily involved with the Prayer Center since he and his wife moved to Baton Rouge.

Gendusa said his Italian heritage and upbringing instilled in him the desire to give back to others, which he said is the spirit of the St. Joseph’s Altar.

“My mother used to put altars in the house when I was a little boy,” Gendusa said. “I make the beads red, white and green because of the Italian flag.”

Gendusa made 300 rosaries the year of the first altar. He said they were all gone within an hour.

Now he is up to 1,000 rosaries for the ceremony.

Gendusa said he loops a small string, lines it with beads and attaches the image of Christ and the crucifix to make each rosary.

“I make 15 or 16 a day, depending on when I start. It’s a long procedure,” Gendusa said.

In addition to the rosaries, Kathleen, Charles Gendusa’s wife, bakes hundreds of cookies for the altar. The process takes about a week to complete.

“I think any time we can give something back, it’s a blessing for us,” Kathleen said.

Debi Grymes, who planned and organized Sunday’s St. Joseph’s Altar, said about 2,000 cookies were donated from prayer partners of the convent,

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other churches and community outreach. Volunteers stuff these treats — typically figs and biscuits — into 1,500 goodie bags.

Cakes, fruits, fish, pasta and other foods were donated by local providers such as Chef John Folse.

Grymes said once everyone is fed, their ministry begins.

“We have a committee that goes to homeless shelters, nursing homes, battered women’s associations and boys’ and girls’ homes ... and bring them tons of food,” Grymes said.

Aside from the rosaries, treats and outreach, youth are involved in the celebration by reenacting a holy family meal. Children and teenagers dressed up as Mary, Joseph, Jesus and angels sit around a dinner table and perform a scene in remembrance of the holy family.

Visitors watch the performance, put a piece of their faith on the altar, enjoy the donated food and serve the many leftovers to the less fortunate.

Sister Dulce Maria, a healing nun from Corpus Christi, Texas, started the Prayer Center 12 years ago as a way to help the sick and dying.

“There was nothing but forest here,” Maria said. “And when I first started, it was in a little makeshift trailer house.”

From that trailer off of George O’Neal Road, Maria gained a following that would grow to roughly 13,000 people. Her services have reached 68 countries worldwide.

She said she speaks with at least 100 patients every Thursday night when she offers prayer consulting.

“I have babies that come in, little children, young adults, older adults,” Maria said. “I have the gamut.”

Maria said the St. Joseph’s Altar brings the community closer together as they work for a common good.

“Without paying, they share,” Maria said.

Brought together by the power of bass, fans of electronic, indie and hip-hop music crowded into Mardi Gras World this weekend for the fourth annual BUKU Music + Art Project.

Festival-goers from near and far made their way to New Orleans for the sold-out, two-day festival that featured both crowd favorites and lesser known artists.

Day one treated fans to performances by artists such as A$AP Rocky, Empire of the Sun, and Die Antwoord, but every stage had something to offer anyone willing to make the rounds.

Die Antwoord closed out the Float Den stage around 1 a.m. after a performance complete with music videos and strobe lights.

Roughly 15 minutes into its set, the group disappeared and the stage went black, leaving the packed crowd full of suspense. The South African duo made its return to an excited audience decked out in American flag jumpsuits.

Before Die Antwoord hit the stage, there was a long list of performers who captivated audiences just as well. The Ballroom stage hosted rappers Run the Jewels and Boosie Badazz, who both drew a decent crowd.

Between sets, it was the street performers who held the audience’s attention. Light-up hula hoops were an especially popular trend, and every stage had a group of performers entertaining all day long. During STS9’s Power Plant set, the BUKU Breakers took turns showing off their break dancing skills in the middle of the crowd.

The street performers weren’t the only alternative option to the festival’s music scene.

Those in attendance had the chance to peruse local vendors’ booths for a variety of custom jewelry and clothing. BUKU’s “Front Yard” offered everything from novelty items to local food vendors, like Dat Dog. As the sun set along the river, many artists were diligently working on their graffiti masterpieces while the illuminated works had individuals stopping for a quick picture on their way to a show.

These artists begin working on their murals at the beginning of the festival, which went up for auction during the two-day stint.

Day two of BUKU featured popular artists across the board, many drawing relatively large and energetic crowds. Power Plant’s headliners were TV On The Radio, Passion Pit and Bassnectar. Passion Pit’s frontman, Michael Angelakos, said it had been too long since the band visited New Orleans and he was glad to be back.

While Passion Pit’s turnout was large, Bassnectar’s was even more impressive.

DJ and producer Lorin Ashton, who goes by the stage name “Bassnectar,” took the stage around 9:45 p.m. By this time, the

crowd was full of bass fans both young and old.

Once again, Back Alley featured several local artists, such as SFAM, Klutch, Hyphee and Carneyval. Their crowds didn’t compare to that of other stages, but they made a point to interact with the fans in attendance.

Back in the Ballroom, “BasedGod” chants broke out while the crowd anxiously waited for Lil B’s set. Lil B came out dancing, unable to contain his excitement to finally be performing in New Orleans.

Hudson Mohawke followed and played some of his lesser-known material, as well as “Chimes,” the song popularized by Apple’s Mac-

book Air “Stickers” commercial.

The Ballroom sets came to an end with G-Eazy’s midnight performance. Those who weren’t a fan of G-Eazy headed over to Porter Robinson’s set in the Float Den. Robinson also had a midnight set and managed to fill the room as well. He thanked his audience and proceeded with a performance complete with a changing video backdrop and coordinated lighting. Fans were too busy dancing and jumping in sync to the music, as was true for most of the festival.

You can reach Greta Jines on Twitter @TheGretaJines.

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Music fans dressed up for performances at the BUKU Music + Art Project this weekend.

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LSU’s seeding favorable for Sweet 16 run LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist

Torina. “We had some question marks coming in here. We understand a lot more about ourselves now ... We know a little bit better what we are made of.”

From start to finish, the Tigers had success against a Gator

I’ve seen some “March Madness” in my life, but LSU’s seeding in this year’s NCAA Tournament might be one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.

Following the Tigers’ loss to a bad Auburn team on Friday, it looked like LSU added the terrible loss to its résumé that would send the Tigers on a trip to Dayton, Ohio, for the First Four or give them a No. 1 seed in the NIT. A No. 9 seed was the last thing anyone expected.

But the NCAA Selection Committee stunned the college basketball world by giving LSU just that.

The narrative for most of today in Baton Rouge will be the simple question, “How did LSU get such a high seed?” followed by, “Yeah, but now the Tigers have to play a No. 1 seed in the second round.”

For starters, it doesn’t matter they got such a high seed. It happened, and questioning it won’t give you the answer. Secondly, slow down the doom-and-gloom negativity train. This draw is actually pretty good for the Tigers.

The Tigers open their title chase with No. 8-seeded North Carolina State.

The Wolfpack has RPI top-50 wins at home against Duke and on the road against Louisville and North Carolina, but it also suffered terrible losses against Wake Forest and Boston College. As Kentucky showed last season, the

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Sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry runs home Saturday during the Tigers’ 14-10 win against the Florida Gators at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium in Gainesville, Florida.

No. 3 softball team clinches series against No. 1 Florida

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com

After coming a pitch away from stealing a series from the top-ranked Gators a year ago, the No. 3 LSU softball team clinched a 2-1 series victory Sunday afternoon against No. 1 Florida with a 10-3 comeback win in Game 3 in Gainesville, Florida.

Although Florida (28-2, 1-2

Southeastern Conference) earned a 4-3 victory Friday night on a passed ball in Game 1, the Tigers’ (27-1, 5-1 SEC) offense came back with a vengeance in Game 2 and Game 3 to outscore the Gators, 24-13.

“It was a great weekend for our team,” said LSU coach Beth

BASEBALL

Tigers demolish Ole Miss following Saturday breakdown LSU records 19 hits in blowout win

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 1 LSU baseball team fought off early rust Sunday to rout Ole Miss, 18-6, and win its first Southeastern Conference series of the season.

The Tigers (18-2, 2-1 SEC) shook off the cobwebs of a four-hour, extra-innings affair against the Rebels (10-9, 1-2 SEC) Saturday night to string together 19 hits and three home runs to win the 15th of their last 16 games.

“I challenged the kids after the game [yesterday],” said LSU

coach Paul Mainieri. “If we pout and feel sorry for ourselves and not come ready to play on Sunday and then lose the series, that would be the real crime of losing that 14 inning game. I knew by challenging them that they had a lot of pride. We have a lot of veteran leadership.”

The Rebels jumped on multiple Tiger mishaps for an early 1-0 advantage. LSU freshman pitcher Jake Godfrey struggled right off, walking two of the first three batters he faced while throwing only nine strikes on 25 pitches in the first.

With runners on first and second and one out, Godfrey got the double-play ball he needed from Ole Miss first baseman Sikes Orvis. But a low throw to first by

LSU junior shortstop Alex Bregman after tagging the bag at second helped Orvis reach first base safely, putting runners on the corners with two gone.

Godfrey added salt to the wound during the next at-bat, throwing a pitch out of the reach of LSU freshman catcher Michael Papierski, scoring the runner from third to give Ole Miss the early advantage. Godfrey finished the first with two walks and an earned run.

“Godfrey didn’t have good stuff today,” Mainieri said. “His arm wasn’t sore, it was just a little dead. He didn’t have a good fastball.”

Ole Miss faced much of the

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LSU senior infielder Conner Hale hits a home run Sunday during the Tigers’ 18-6 victory against Ole Miss at Alex Box Stadium.

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LSU track and field finishes the 2015 indoor season with a pair of top-10 national finishes and a slew of individual awards.

Men, women produce indoor top-10 finishes

BY MARIO JEREZ mjerez@lsureveille.com The LSU track and field teams took home one NCAA event title, one NCAA silver medal, six All-American honors and one school record at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, this weekend.

The men’s team finished seventh, marking its ninth top-10 finish in the past 10 indoor seasons. The Lady Tigers finished in a tie for ninth, improving from 12th a year ago.

The defending champion Oregon Ducks won the men’s title after scoring 74 points throughout the weekend, while Arkansas won its first women’s indoor national championship with 63 points.

Senior Vernon Norwood led the way for the men as he won the 400-meter national title with a personal best of 45.31 seconds.

Norwood’s effort gave LSU its first indoor 400-meter national title since Xavier Carter in 2006.

The Morgan City, Louisiana, native is LSU’s third national champion in the event. He improved from a silver-medal finish in 2014.

“I just felt that I executed better than I did last year being in that same position,” Norwood said in a news release. “It just shows that the work and the execution I did and the preparation I had helped me to come out here on top.”

Seniors Quincy Downing and Aaron Ernest also earned All-American honors with Downing finishing fifth in the 400-meters and Ernest finishing fourth in the 200-meters.

The Lady Tigers were led by senior Tori Bliss, who broke her own indoor shot put school record and won the silver medal with a throw of 60 feet, 7.25 inches. The performance made Bliss the Lady Tigers’ top indoor national finisher in program history.

“I had a goal at the beginning of the season to be over 60 feet indoors, and I did that three different times,” Bliss said. “To be at my best at the NCAA Championships, I can’t ask for much more than that.”

Coach Dennis Shaver said both of the teams’ work ethic and mental preparation were key in their performance.

“I’m so very proud of the way our athletes stepped out there and competed throughout this meet, and to bring home two top-10 team finishes says a lot about their preparation and mindset coming into the weekend here at NCAA Indoors,” Shaver said. “I’m especially proud that our teams improved both their number of points and the final placement from a year ago at this championship.

With the 2015 indoor season over, LSU begins its outdoor season on March 20-21 at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette.

You can reach Mario Jerez on Twitter @MJerezIII.

Monday, March 16, 2015 SOFTBALL, from page 5 rotation that came into the series with the second-best ERA in the nation (0.76).

LSU out-hit Florida in every game of the series and 36-17 in the three games combined. In 20 of the 21 innings in the series, LSU had at least one batter reach base.

Sunday’s finale was no exception as the Tigers out-hit the Gators, 12-4.

The Tigers’ lineup excelled during the weekend, but LSU did not convert on scoring opportunities until the fifth, sixth and seventh innings in Game 3. Instead of relying on their offense to control the game early, the Tigers looked to sophomore pitcher Kelsee Selman (6-0).

Although she gave the Gators a head start in Game 3 when she gave up a three-run homer in the third inning, Selman shutdown Florida’s talented lineup in the remaining four innings, finishing her second complete game against an SEC opponent this season.

Selman notched a career-high 11 strikeouts in an SEC game and allowed only four hits in seven innings pitched. She recorded three three-up and three-down innings. “[Selman] was phenomenal,” Torina said. “She did exactly what we needed her to do [in Game 3]. She was tough in the upper part of the zone. She did a really good job keeping us in it the whole way.”

In the top of the fifth, the Tigers’ lineup began clicking, starting with a bunt single by sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry, who has notched a hit in a program-record 20 straight games.

After junior shortstop Bianka Bell singled and sophomore

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The biggest difficulty LSU faces from NC State is the Wolfpack’s tempo. It averages just less than 67 possessions per game. LSU prefers an up-tempo, run-and-gun style.

For the Tigers to be successful in the first round, they need to get stops and run in transition.

If LSU can dictate the pace, it should beat NC State and face a really tough Lafayette team. That’s a joke, of course. If No. 16-seeded Lafayette beats No. 1-seeded Villanova, I’ll buy the first five people to call me out on Twitter a meal at the Chick-fil-A in the Student Union.

But seriously, LSU’s secondround opponent is without a doubt Villanova if the Tigers get that far, and that’s easily the best matchup of the four No. 1 seeds for the Tigers.

Villanova likes to shoot from the outside with more than a third of its possessions resulting in 3-pointers. It isn’t a team that likes to bang bodies on the inside, and with sophomore forward Jordan Mickey looking shaken up for the last few weeks, that should be a good thing for LSU. Shooting teams have games where they go cold from the

third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish reached on an error to load the bases, junior first baseman Sandra Simmons cut the Gators’ lead to one run with a 2-RBI single down the right field line.

LSU’s lineup continued to heat up in the sixth and took the lead by scoring four runs on two hits.

Sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn led off with a single to left center and advanced to second after a sacrifice bunt by freshman left fielder Emily Griggs. Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews drew a walk, and both runners moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.

Landry drove in the tying run and reached first base with a fielder’s choice. Bell came to the plate with runners on the corners and one out.

Bell broke the game open with a three-run home run to extend the Tigers’ lead to 6-3 after the Gators replaced freshman pitcher Aleshia Ocasio (9-2) with senior Lauren Haeger (12-0).

“Wow, [Bell] is just in a great spot,” Torina said. “What a tough out for everybody. She does such a great job for us.”

The Tigers added four more insurance runs on three hits with two outs in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach.

After Andrews drove in a run with a single through the right side, Landry singled to left field to bring in LSU’s eighth run. Bell capped off the Tigers’ scoring with a double that drove in Andrews and Landry.

LSU’s series win marks first time the Tigers have beaten Florida since 2006 and the first win for the Tigers in Gainesville since 2005.

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR. outside, and Villanova is no different. In the Wildcats’ two losses this season, they were a combined 12-of-47 from the 3-point line, or just better than 25 percent.

If sophomore forward Jarell Martin and Mickey can lock down Villanova’s big men, LSU’s wing defenders can play tight on the 3-point line and not have to sag off to help in the paint. After the Tigers force the difficult shots, Mickey and Martin need to secure the rebounds and limit the Wildcats to one attempt per possession.

Facing a one-seed is never easy. Villanova has only lost two games all season, but its style of play puts pressure on LSU’s perimeter defense, which ranks No. 41 in the country in opponent 3-point percentage.

Regardless of seeds and who LSU lines up against, this Tiger team has proven on countless occasions this season it can beat the best of the best and lose to the worst of the worst.

Which LSU team shows up Thursday is anyone’s guess. But if they can avoid beating themselves, I can see the Tigers dancing to Syracuse, New York, for the Sweet Sixteen.

Brian Pellerin is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.

The Daily Reveille BASEBALL, from page 5 same misfortune in the bottom half of the inning. Ole Miss starting pitcher Sam Smith had a nightmarish outing, getting yanked after only one-third innings pitched. He gave up five runs on three hits with two walks and threw only 10 strikes on 25 pitches.

Bregman got the Tigers on the board in the bottom half with an RBI double down the left field line to score LSU junior right fielder Mark Laird from first.

The Tigers continued to pour on the runs with three more singles to plate four runs and give LSU a 5-1 lead after one.

Godfrey settled down after his shaky first inning for his fourth win, finishing the day at 5 and two-thirds innings pitched

page 7 with three runs on five hits and four walks.

“I just needed to get in the zone and settle in,” Godfrey said. “I just needed to find the fastball, get that fastball command and then work off my other stuff.”

LSU senior third baseman Conner Hale continued to stay hot, notching his team-best 18th RBI in the inning while reaching safely in 19 of LSU’s first 20 games. Hale extended his RBI total to 19 in the third on a solo shot to right field, which gave LSU a 6-1 lead.

Hale finished 3-for-4 on the day with two RBIs and three runs scored. His hot-handed teammate, senior designated hitter Kade Scivicque, continued his dominant stint in the batters box as well, going 3-for-4 with

two RBIs of his own, including a run-scoring single in the third. Scivicque’s third hit in the fifth inning tied his career high.

Bregman extended LSU’s lead to 8-1 on a solo shot down the left field line in the bottom of the fourth for his team-leading fifth home run on the season.

Ole Miss held LSU scoreless in only the second and eighth innings of the Tigers’ 18-run outburst. LSU capitalized on the majority of its opportunities to seal its first SEC series.

“We’re back on the horse,” Mainieri said. “We’ve lost two games in our first 20. If we lose only two games in our next 20 we’ll be in pretty good shape.”

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Louisiana Queer Conference unites LGBT community LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME

of LGBT community leaders and in the hands of the court.

Instead of only talking about marriage equality, an issue LOGAN ANDERSON that has held the full attention Columnist of many queer rights groups for years, panel members and “Bold Not Broken: Queer attendees introduced their Resilience in the South” served plans for what they believe will as the passionate theme for this be the next hurdle to overcome year’s Louisiana Queer Confer- on the journey to total equality. ence. Instead of focusing on That doesn’t mean marany one issue, such as marriage riage equality was not disequality, LACQ aimed to show cussed during the day — two queer rights organizations in of the breakout group sessions Louisiana have been working involved discussions on the lehard on a number of issues gal battle happening in Louisifor years — and have no inten- ana because this state remains tion of slowing down any time one of the few that has yet to soon. rule on the legality of the sameThe day cenBy the end of the day, sex tered around marriage two panels and a ban. all conference-goers keynote speaker.

However, seem to have knitted In between, parpeople seemed themselves together ticipants had the much more inas partners in a terested in the opportunity to universal struggle sessions that foattend a series of for civil rights. cused on improvgroup sessions, ing things for with topics ranging from incorqueer students porating queeron college camness into religion to the history puses. These group sessions of HIV and its effect on the gay didn’t just give listeners a community. chance to learn. They also alFrom the moment the con- lowed leaders of organizations ference began, the theme to introduce new ideas into the of resilience could be seen movement. everywhere.

One concept introduced at The first panel of the day, this conference was “mobile “State of The Movement,” gave safe spaces,” an idea created people an opportunity to hear by Joseph Coco, a speaker from leaders of progressive on the intersectionality pancommunity organizations, in- el, which gives people the cluding Equality Louisiana, power to become safe spaces Planned Parenthood, Break- themselves.

OUT!, the Louisiana AIDS Ad“A safe space is not a room vocacy Network, the INCITE! with a rainbow sticker on it,” National Organizing Collective Coco told attendees. “It is and the Women’s Health and something that is alive and is Justice Initiative. constantly changing in order to These groups have fought remain safe. You can be a safe hard over the last year and space, and everywhere you go have plans to fight even harder you can take that safety with in upcoming years. you.”

A message emerged during Coco’s ideology was introthe panel that would persist duced during a panel on interthroughout the day: The fight sectionality, a session with the for marriage equality is nearly incredibly high attendance. over, and now the movement This panel mirrored the entire has to begin looking at what the conference — engaging, educational, are allowed for a dianext battle will be.

The Supreme Court will de- logue and answered questions cide this summer whether mar- honestly and earnestly. riage bans invalidate the guarWhen someone asked about antee of equal protection under the difference between black the law, thus making them un- and white female sexuality, the constitutional. The case will be room let out a collective sigh, heard in April and decided on but multiple people began answering.

Recommendations toward the end of the session.

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‘It was really interesting to see the conference from a presenter’s perspective. I wish I had the opportunity to attend more sessions and learn from these great speakers!’

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to read were written on the whiteboard and copied down.

A second question, about how to be a white ally in an intersectional space, was met with one participant simply saying “Listen to us.”

The conference also served as a launching pad for the Louisiana Queer Student Leaders Network, a group that will allow students who lead equality groups at colleges across the state to work together and learn from one another. The members of this newly formed coalition sat on the second conference-wide panel of the day and immediately addressed the climate of various campuses.

This panel of students represented every aspect of the racial, sexual and gender spectrum and spoke openly and passionately about the importance of intersectionality, safe spaces, trans-inclusion and working together.

These leaders supported one another during the discussion, reinforcing each other’s views. Support systems like this are important for the queer community. With all of these students collaborating, sharing strategies and offering support to one another, queer college organizations statewide will have a much

Blaire Elizabeth Brown history junior

‘It’s so great to see Spectrum embracing QROMA as a part of the campus community.

It demonstrates tremendous growth on campus.’

‘It’s normally really hard to find information for any of these groups, so to have them all here at once and get to connect with all of them is really great.’

better chance of achieving riling up the audience with her their goals. inspirational story of running This is not to say that there through North Carolina to camweren’t some issues with the paign against the state’s consticonference. Some participants tutional ban on marriage equalwere upset that there was a ity. At the end of her speech, $10 entry fee for non-students, she turned to the audience and which they thought served as a asked them if she could get an barrier to attendance for some. amen.

“Amen,” the audience reMore than a few people voiced disappointment at the lack of sponded enthusiastically.

The Louisiana group session commudevoted to men- ‘A safe space is not a room queer tal health in the with a rainbow sticker on nity is bold, unqueer commuit. It is something that broken, and more nity, a large and is alive and is constantly resilient than persistent issue ever. This conchanging in order to ference created and a couple felt remain safe.’ new connections that the “plus” that will make identities in LGJOSEPH COCO, BTQA+ weren’t the community LAQC speaker given enough stronger, spread attention. awareness of But those major issues problems didn’t stop attendees and educated people on the from enjoying the conference, next frontier of equal rights networking with other allies and issues. learning as much as they could.

The ambitious theme gave Throughout the day, a feeling of this conference a lot to live unity settled over the Business up to — and the groups that Education Complex. By the end came together to make LAQC of the day, all conference-goers 2015 happen delivered in seem to have knitted them- every way. selves together as partners in a universal struggle for civil Logan Anderson is a 21-yearrights. old mass communication seJen Jones, the keynote nior from Houston, Texas. speaker for the conference, fed You can reach her on Twitter off of this sense of community, @LoganD_Anderson.

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Quote of the Day ‘Spying among friends is never acceptable.’

Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany July 17, 1954 — present

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Higher education must become more accessible In an economy increasingly built on innovation, the most important skill you can sell is your knowledge. That’s why higher education is, more than ever, the surest ticket to the middle class.

But just when it’s never been more important, it’s also never been more expensive. The average undergrad who borrows to pay for college ends up graduating with about $28,000 in student loan debt.

That’s why my Administration has worked hard to make college more affordable. We expanded tax credits and Pell

Grants, enacted the largest reforms to the student loan program in history, and fought to keep interest rates on student loans low. We’ve acted to let millions of graduates cap loan payments at 10 percent of their incomes, so they don’t have to choose between paying the rent and paying back their debt. I’ve sent Congress my plan to bring the cost of community college down to zero, because two years of higher education should be as free and universal as high school is today.

Last week, I unveiled another way that we can help more Americans afford college. It doesn’t involve any new spending or bureaucracy. It’s a simple declaration of values – a Student Aid Bill of Rights.

It says: Every student deserves access to a quality,

affordable education. Every student should be able to access the resources to pay for college. Every borrower has the right to an affordable repayment plan. And every borrower has the right to quality customer service, reliable information, and fair treatment, even if they struggle to repay their loans.

That’s it. Just a few simple principles. But there’s a lot that colleges, lenders, and the people you send to Washington can and should do to live up to them.

Consider the other actions I took last week. We’re creating a way for borrowers to ask questions about their loans or file a complaint and get a fast response. We’re going to require businesses that service loans to provide clear information about how much students owe and their options

for repaying it, and help them get back in good standing if they’re falling behind, with reasonable fees on a reasonable timeline. We’re also going to take a hard look at whether we need new laws to strengthen protections for all borrowers, wherever their loans come from.

If you believe in a Student Aid Bill of Rights that will help more Americans pay for a quality education, I’m asking you to visit WhiteHouse.gov/ CollegeOpportunity. Sign your name to this declaration. Tell your families, friends, and fellow students. I’m going to ask Members of Congress, and lenders, and as many business leaders as I can find. Because making sure that students aren’t saddled with debt before they even get started in life is in all

our interests.

This issue is personal to me.

My grandfather had a chance to go to college because this country decided that veterans returning from World War II should be able to afford it. My mother was able to raise two kids by herself in part because she got grants that helped pay for her education. And Michelle and I are where we are today because of scholarships and student loans.

We didn’t come from families of means, but we knew that if we worked hard, we’d have a shot at a great education. That’s what this country gave us.

In America, a higher education cannot be a privilege reserved only for the few. It has to be available to everyone who’s willing to work for it.

President Barack Obama

Indifference to NSA practices costs Americans their freedom GREEN CARD APPLICANT MARKUS HÜFNER Columnist To preserve the right of its users who visit the website on a monthly basis, Wikipedia announced Wednesday it was suing the National Security Agency. This announcement made me question why more people and organizations aren’t doing the same.

Americans seem to love their amendments, but nobody really cares that the NSA violates the Fourth Amendment, which states every citizen has the right to privacy, and the First Amendment, which vows freedom of expression and association.

We were told the NSA was mainly created to prevent terror attacks by spying on people and figuring out their evil plans as early as possible. And because terrorism is such a scary topic, if the government argues something could help get rid of it, people seem to support it even though it might be bad for society.

However, this isn’t really the case in other countries. When it came out that the NSA tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone, I looked at German news, talked to my family that lives in Berlin and hoped the Germans would not start World War III. It seemed like the U.S. forgot who, they are spying on because, even though Germany has a pretty bad history, the country has changed and does not have any reason to launch terror attacks on anybody.

That scandal changed Germany. Not only did Germany’s

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The lawsuit between Wikipedia and the NSA says the agency violates American privacy rights by tapping into the U.S. internet backbone to monitor online communications. leaders feel betrayed by a good friend, but German citizens became more paranoid online. All of my German friends and family started using fake names on social media and were careful about what they wrote in text messages and said during phone calls.

It’s funny how the U.S., a country that basically has a whole song about freedom, cares less about having it taken away than a country that has been completely free for only about 25 years.

A report about the uselessness of the NSA was published in January by the

nonprofit think tank New America Foundation. After investigating the 227 Al-Qaeda-affiliated people or groups that have been charged for committing an act of terrorism in the U.S. since 9/11, it found just 17 of the cases were credited to NSA surveillance. Just one of these convictions came out of the government’s extra-controversial practice of spying on its own citizens. The other 210 threats were detected by old technology and law enforcement methods like tips, informants and the CIA. It should frustrate people that this surveillance project,

which was created to protect us, mostly violates America’s amendments and harms good relationships with other countries. As if that wasn’t enough, it also hurts the American economy.

Many companies have reported declining sales overseas and lost business opportunities, especially as foreign companies turn claims of products that can protect users from NSA spying into a competitive advantage.

China, for instance, does not want to take any chances and is going to mostly rely on Chinese companies when it comes to communication technology,

according to a report published

by Reuters in February.

The only thing the American government really gains from the NSA is the useless private information of non-terrorists. It does not make the world safer.

It only makes people more paranoid to share drunken photos of themselves on Facebook.

The country that pretty much defined freedom is now the reason it is limited.

Markus Hüfner is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Kristiansand, Norway.

You can follow him on Twitter @MHufner_TDR.

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The goal is to create transparency among lenders, provide flexibility for recent graduates and ensure borrowers are treated fairly, according to the memo.

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TOURNAMENT, from page 1 University of North Texas to the Big Dance twice during his 11 years with the program.

“With our body of work and being in one of the top conferences in the country and finishing in the top three in the league, I think warranted for a lot of consideration,” Jones said. “With that, I was hopeful that on Sunday at 5 o’clock something good would happen for us.”

Entering last weekend’s Southeastern Conference Tournament, experts believed the Tigers needed to collect one more win to solidify their spot in the tournament.

But LSU’s 73-70 loss to Auburn was its fifth of the season to a squad ranked worse than No. 100 in the RPI, putting the Tigers’ chances of making the tournament in serious jeopardy.

Prior to Sunday’s selection show, ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi had the Tigers pegged as one of the “last four in,” meaning they would’ve had to win an additional game Tuesday or Wednesday in

Rights falls in line with his free community college plan announced at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tennessee on Jan. 9.

The community college plan would eliminate tuition for students who attend at least halftime, maintain a 2.5 GPA and make steady progress toward completing their programs, according to a fact sheet released by the White House.

The average undergraduate student who borrows money to pay for college graduates with $28,000 in student loan debt, the president said in his weekly Dayton, Ohio, to make the round of 64.

CBS bracketologist Jerry Palm looked more favorably on LSU, pitting the Tigers as a No. 10 seed going against Iowa in Charlotte.

But LSU’s 12 top-100 wins — including road victories against top25 clubs West Virginia and Arkansas — were perhaps too much for the Selection Committee to ignore, Jones said.

“People know the challenges [we present] and how tough that we’ve been,” Jones said. “Although we’ve had some setbacks because of the inexperience on our team, our guys have done a tremendous job of bouncing back and getting ready for their next outing.”

Jones will confront a familiar face on the opposing bench when his Tigers meet the Wolfpack and coach Mark Gottfried.

Jones coached under Gottfried for one season at Alabama in 200001 and said the two spoke on the phone and gave each other words of encouragement the morning of Selection Sunday.

“When I saw [NC State] come

The Daily Reveille address. More than 40 million Americans have student loan debt, according to the memo.

Obama is asking citizens to sign on to an online declaration in support of the measure at WhiteHouse.gov/CollegeOpportunity.

“I’m going to ask members of Congress and lenders and as many business leaders as I can find,” Obama said in his weekly address. “Because making sure that students aren’t saddled with debt before they even get started in life is in all our interests.”

Obama’s announcement came weeks after Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed $581 million, or 81

page 11 percent, cut to higher education funding. Other states, such as Colorado and Iowa, could be without state higher education funding in the next 20 years, LSU President F. King Alexander previously told The Daily Reveille.

When state funding is cut, student fees and tuition usually rise to compensate, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Student Aid Bill

up, I was excited for him and where they were, and then our name popped up underneath, so it was kind of ironic.” Jones said.

“It certainly will be an interesting game for the both of us.”

Four other SEC squads will join LSU in the NCAA Tournament: Kentucky earned the No. 1 overall seed and will play in the Midwest Region, Arkansas was named a No. 5 seed in the West Region, Georgia earned a No. 10 seed in the East Region, and No. 11 seed Ole Miss will play a “play-in” game against No. 11 seed BYU in first round Tuesday.

After an up-and-down season, Jones doesn’t think he’ll need to do much to get his team motivated for the Big Dance.

“When they sign on for college and you’re sitting in the living room talking to them, one of the things you’re talking about is not just postseason play, but you’re talking about playing in March Madness,” Jones said.

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of Rights seeks to make that increase a little more manageable.

“Every student should be able to access the resources to pay for college,” Obama said at Georgia Tech. “Every borrower has the right to an affordable repayment plan. Every borrower has the right to quality customer service, reliable information and fair treatment, even if they struggle to repay their loans.”

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THE Daily Commuter Puzzle ACROSS 1 Luau dish 4 Run __ of the law; commit a crime 9 Facts & figures 13 Hotels 15 Honking bird 16 Cosmetics brand 17 Actor Gregory 18 Levels, as a building 19 Intellect 20 Unabashed 22 Crematory shelf supplies 23 Golf pegs 24 __ and flow; tide movement 26 Mother superior 29 Become pregnant 34 Scorches 35 Was crazy about 36 Marino or Fogelberg 37 Late singer Mama __ 38 Lubricated 39 Hairless 40 Sept.’s follower 41 Knight’s metal coat 42 Lake near Reno 43 Actor 45 Write in a log 46 Chicken piece 47 Faucet problem 48 Drink made with ice cream 51 Hugeness 56 Border on 57 Unsuspecting 58 Lunchtime 60 Cowboy Autry 61 VP Spiro __ 62 Lady __ of the music world 63 Open-__; alert 64 Is fond of 65 Short swim DOWN 1 __-squeak; little twerp 2 Change for a five

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Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

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50 Sound mound 52 Epiphany visitors 53 Soft-furred weasel 54 Frog’s cousin 55 Cartoon bear 59 Afternoon rest

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LSU HAS A NEW CAMPUS

The Daily Reveille

Monday, March 16, 2015

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