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BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Though President Barack Obama sat in the Oval Office on April 20, 2010, his thoughts were somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig had just discharged 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf, costing 11 people their lives. The Obama administration issued a new set of regulations for offshore drilling on April 13, five years after the disaster. The new regulations have two goals: improve offshore drilling equipment and ensure out-ofcontrol wells can be sealed in an emergency. Officials blamed the spill on a defective blowout sensor. Lawmakers plan to fix this glitch by creating stronger regulations to prevent oil and gas from overflowing the sensors. One such rule would mandate the blowout sensors in wells to have two shear rams instead of one. These rams would cut through the drill pipe and seal the well, achieving both policy goals. The proposed regulation’s estimated price tag is $880 million over the next decade. However, these policy changes are not the first. University professor David Dismukes is the executive director for the Center for Energy Studies in the Department of Envi ron menta l Sciences. He has also written several essays on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Dismukes DISMUKES said a moratorium, or freeze period, was established immediately after the accident, suspending all new drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico when oil prices were starting to increase. It lasted six months. “It did force the entire oil and
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THE AFTERMATH Immediately after the blowout, University faculty applied their diverse fields of expertise to advise BP to contain the spill. They also executed research to assess the consequences of the disaster, as well as to predict long-term environmental effects. Biological and agricultural engineering professor Chandra Theegala made national headlines when his research team developed a new oil skimmer, facilitating separation of oil and water for spill pickup, in a record time — eight days. At the time of the oil spill, separating oil and water was a slow process because water had to be hauled back to the shore for the separation process, according to Theegala. Building a boat strong enough to carry equipment used get the oil and dump the water into the sea instantly, Theegala changed skimmer technology that May. “We made [the whole system] in eight days, and this wasn’t like in an industrial plant where you have many workers,” Theegala said. “The motivation for this, I’d say, was the timing. If we delayed it further, then there wouldn’t be a need for it, so we [couldn’t] take two months.” Theegala’s team applied for a oil skimmer patent in 2011 and expect to hear back soon, as the process takes several years, he said. Despite the new technology’s effectiveness, Theegala considers the oil skimmer a
The brown pelican is an iconic symbol of the Gulf Coast, home to a thriving ecosystem and booming economy. Five years ago, the species became the face of a much more sinister environmental disaster. Images of pelicans slicked in oil pulled at the heartstrings of Americans as millions of barrels of petroleum gushed into the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon rig exploded five years ago today. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported 58 percent of all dead and injured birds collected from the time of the explosion to July 2010 were brown pelicans. Veterinary students, graduate students, faculty and University School of Veterinary Medicine staff jumped to get hands-on disaster response experience. The workers, who were paid by BP, helped take in animals needing medical care at the rehabilitation centers at Fort Jackson in Buras, Louisiana, and later in Hammond, Louisiana. The work days were long — 12 hours most of the time — with workers dressed in personal protection equipment in muggy May temperatures. They stabilized the animals, provided medical attention and washed them before releasing them into their natural habitats. The Vet School’s Wildlife Hospital of Louisiana also provided medical attention on campus to 34 non-oiled and injured birds, two oiled birds and a sea turtle. Oil-soaked birds were unable to fly or cool themselves and often lost their natural skin oils when the petroleum washed off. Veterinary medicine Rebecca McConnico, who organized the team of workers from the
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Deepwater Horizon: 5 Years Later BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com
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n the fifth anniversary one of the largest environmental disaster in American history, today oil industry professionals’ and government officials’ minds are tainted with high-pressured memories from years ago. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig took the lives of 11 workers and released nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. University faculty and students assisted in the aftermath of the blowout, giving expert advice on research initiatives, developing new methods of containment and volunteering to help with cleanup. Five years later, the College of Engineering’s commitment to relief, research and prevention remains a valuable asset for industry professionals and government officials eager to assess the damage done by this unexpected, but preventable, tragedy. “One thing that everybody should realize is how much research LSU has helped in not only containing the spill but also helping to understand the magnitude of the effects it has had on the biota [biological makeup] and everything else, including the economy,” said Kalliat Valsaraj, chemical engineering professor and University vice president of research and economic development. “[The University] has played a major role in understanding the catastrophic spill and working toward applying those lessons for any future accidents that we might encounter.”
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LSU’s IFC and Panhellenic greek chapters perform choreographed routines in the 94th annual Songfest competition and Order of Omega Awards Ceremony on Sunday at the PMAC. The group consisting of Delta Delta Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Phi Kappa Psi [top, right] were eventually crowned the winners with their “’80s Kings and Prom Queens” routine. EMILY BRAUNER /
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Vietnamese students reflect on fall of Saigon BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com
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Young the Giant [top, left] and Parachute [right] performed at LSU Students on Target’s Groovin’ concert at the Baton Rouge River Center.
What did you think about Groovin’? ‘I thought it was a lot of fun. I didn’t know who COIN was but I love Young the Giant.’
‘I thought it was really good. I really like Parachute.’ Hannah Lukinovich
When Vien Wheeler left Saigon, South Vietnam, by boat in the middle of the night, the bombs destroying her city looked like fireworks to a 15-year-old. That was 40 years ago, just hours before Saigon — now Ho Chi Minh City — was captured and South Vietnam was reunited with the North under the Communist Party. Wheeler shared her story Friday at Voices of Vietnam, a panel sponsored by the Asian American Ambassadors in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. But Wheeler’s was not a new narrative to many of the Vietnamese students in attendance. Most grew up hearing similar stories at home. “My parents have told me their stories of coming here,” said Thanh-Thanh Pham, president of the Vietnamese Student Association. “It is the day where they all had to flee from their country to come here and seek freedom. It brings a lot of emotions back. Brings a lot of memories — most of them not so good memories.” “Black April,” as it is sometimes called, is often a time of mourning. Observers wear all black and remember the things they left behind. When her boat was rescued by a U.S. Navy ship, Wheeler said she and her family climbed aboard with nothing but each other. But in exchange, she found something far greater, Wheeler said. She left behind all her possessions for freedom. “The harder the situation, the better the opportunity,”
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Wheeler said. But the effect of Saigon goes beyond those who immigrated in 1975, Wheeler said. Coming to the U.S. shaped the lives of many generations of Vietnamese Americans. “Most of our parents came here from Vietnam, so we are all first generation,” Pham said. “If they had never left Vietnam, then obviously, a lot of us wouldn’t be here today.” Voices of Vietnam is one of several events on campus observing the anniversary. VSA will host its second annual VSA Entertainment Gala and Awards night April 23. The semi-formal event is open to all students, and Pham hopes the evening will expose others to Vietnamese culture. Along with the usual song and dance performances, the club will have a special presentation to commemorate the fall of the city. “There are a couple people in our club who have parents that used to be a part of VSA,” Pham said. “It would just be something really nice to have because they can give us background on how it was back then and how stuff has changed and evolved throughout the years and then just talk about their own experiences coming here to America.” Wheeler and all six of her sisters who immigrated with her obtained college degrees despite the original language barrier. She continues to promote the importance of education and diversity while working as a pharmacist. “Diversity is opportunity,” Wheeler said. “And don’t ever give up.”
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Ceramics art students show works, raise money at spring sale BY ASHLYN ROLLINS arollins@lsureveille.com Students looking to add a new spin on home decor may not have to look further than the front of the Student Union. The annual spring LSU Art + Pottery sale will take place in front of the Student Union today through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event, hosted by the Ceramics Artist Student Association, aims to enhance the art department through fundraising. Each year, the association holds two sales, one during winter and one in spring, which are the primary sources of fundraising for the program. Naomi Clement, a first-year graduate student from Canada, serves as co-president of CASA. “Most people don’t know that the grad program here is ranked in the top 10 nationally for ceramics,” Clement said. The sale will feature works by more than 30 students and faculty,
ranging from mugs and jewelry to large statement pieces. Half of the proceeds go to the students, and the other half goes to CASA to fund the Visiting Artist Program and student participation in the Ceramic Arts annual conference. The Visiting Artist Program allows the Studio Arts program to invite nationally and internationally renowned artists to the University to provide demonstrations, artist lectures and studio visits for students. The prices of the works vary from $10 to hundreds of dollars, depending on size and detail. For students with pieces in the sale, having people purchase their items or give feedback is a rewarding experience. Clement also has some of her works featured in the sale. “I love bright colors, but I also love food, and making objects for the table is really important to me,” Clement said. “I love to cook, so I like to make pieces that can celebrate that and people coming
together over the table.” Mechanical engineering senior and ceramic arts minor Ransome Little also has works available for purchase in the sale that have helped him explore his craft. “I make all functional ceramics — mainly cups, mugs, bowls and plates,” Little said. “I also feel like more science students should seek out involvement in the art department.” Much of the students’ time and effort went into the pieces,and a variety of methods were used to finish them, such as using a soda kiln in addition to gas and electric kilns, potter’s wheel and slip casting. The soda kiln is a new addition to the Studio Arts Building, built by students last year and boasting a more labor-intensive routine to fire the pieces. A mixture of soda ash and a water solution is sprayed into the kiln when the internal temperature reaches 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit, giving the ceramics their
POLICY, from page 1 gas industry to rethink their approach to safety and performance accountability and safety accountability in the Gulf of Mexico,” Dismukes said. Professor James Richardson, director of the Public Administration Institute at the E.J. Ourso College of Business, agreed with Dismukes that the moratorium was a time of reflection and reconsideration for the federal government. “It made them look at different offshore activities off the coast of
finishing glaze. The slip cast method is used for shapes not easily made on the potter’s wheel. In this method, a clay slip is poured into a plaster mold to
form the cast used to produce the desired shape. These techniques and more were used to create a variety of textured and differently sized pieces. for help. Though the damage is still devastating to the Gulf Coast, he said it could have been even worse had the well not been capped. D’Elia said the Gulf has the ability to reboot after a disaster like the oil spill. “We knew from experience that an oil spill can be bad, but a place like the Gulf has a certain resilience and ability to absorb some insults from oil spills,” D’Elia said. “We knew there was going to be damage, but we also knew it wasn’t going to be, in all likelihood, cataclysmic.” Still, despite speculations made about the oil spill’s effect on the Gulf’s ecosystem and wetlands, the long-term effects are still unknown. D’Elia said it will be years until long-term trends show the true results of the BP oil disaster. “They have seen lasting effects, the researchers that are working in the marshes, of oiled marshes, but I don’t think that the jury is in yet on this yet,” D’Elia said. “We still have a lot to learn, and we know from previous experience with oil spills it takes a very long time to be fully certain of the ecological effects.” model on what’s the right number — it’s what we as society feel comfortable with,” Dismukes said. Richardson said the fishing industry and oil and gas production suffered minor setbacks. He also said though the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was devastating, it was a once-in-alifetime occurrence that is not expected to happen again anytime soon. “It cost 11 men their lives,” Richardson said. “That’s the irreversible error.”
“My biggest concern is that there is some sort of a change in the food web of coastal Louisiana that will negatively affect species that we like to eat — shrimp populations, oysters,” D’Elia said. “Some people say that there have been changes, other people say that there hasn’t been.” The controversial use of 1.84 million gallons of dispersant is also a possible concern
to the well-being of wildlife in the Gulf, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Dispersants are chemicals that do not reduce the amount of oil but break it into smaller droplets that easily mix with water so the slick is less visible on the surface. School of Renewable Natural Resources professors Sabrina Taylor and Philip Stouffer are currently studying the effects
of the oil spill on seaside sparrows, native to salt marshes, and marsh rice rats. Their research is part of the Coastal Waters Consortium, funded by the $500 million Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative administered by BP. The duo is looking at the population sizes of both species and the activity of genes that metabolize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, a toxic component of oil, in animals at oiled and unoiled sites. Taylor said their findings so far show more seaside sparrows at unoiled sites, and fewer nests and chicks at oiled sites. The BP oil disaster also further degraded the already-atrisk coastal wetlands of Louisiana. According to a report by the National Wildlife Federation, at least 490 miles of marshes were visibly oiled at the time of the spill, and 80 miles of shoreline were still oiled in May 2013. The same report said oiling of coastal marshes seems to kill vegetation, which speeds erosion and land loss. D’Elia said the University played an important role in the response to the oil spill. It was the first academic institution contacted by BP
Brazil, off the coast of Argentina,” Richardson said. Before the spill, the U.S. had 33 rigs off the Brazilian coast. Now there are 60. Richardson said the addition of a Marine Well Containment System was also a smart move. In the Marine Well Containment System, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell teamed together and planned to build and deploy a rapid response system to capture and contain oil in case of another blowout. He said BP was on its own
when the blowout occurred. Having a system of oil giants working together will serve as a checks and balances, Richardson said. “That will be a nice feature,” Richardson said. “I think they’ll learn from each other, too.” Dismukes said dramatic changes in offshore drilling and gas production activity were the greatest political implications of the spill. He said the incident reduced the scope of offshore drilling activity and as a result opportunities were effectively lost.
“Prior to the spill, the federal government was looking at a relatively expansive program of opening up new areas for offshore drilling off the coast of Florida and the Atlantic Seaboard,” Dismukes said. “Those came to a complete standstill after the spill.” He said he considers the new policies to be successful, as they comply with what the public deems a reasonable room for error. But, Dismukes said, safety and environmental standards are relative. “There’s no mathematical
PELICANS, from page 1 University, said it was a moral responsibility to rehabilitate affected animals. “I think it’s the right thing to do ... because it was a manmade situation that humans are responsible for, and it’s wildlife protection,” McConnico said. “It did cost a lot of money, and it continues to, but I just think it’s the right thing for us to do ethically, to take care of them.” Pelicans weren’t the only species affected by the oil spill. In 2011Scientists found half of the dolphins in the heavily oiled Barataria Bay were sick and expected 17 percent to die soon after, according to a 2013 study led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The spill occurred at the peak of spawning season when many species release their eggs. The oil could have possibly erased entire generations of various animals, upsetting the Gulf ecosystem. School of the Coast and Environment Dean Christopher D’Elia said a change in the food chain could have serious, yetto-be-seen effects on not just the species in the Gulf, but also on the seafood industry that drives Louisiana’s economy.
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Oiled pelicans were taken to a rehabilitation center at Fort Jackson in Buras, Louisiana, where they were treated and washed.
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Tigers capture first SEC title in 28 years Sagstrom places 3rd in women’s competition BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com
first three passes on the White Team, capping the drive off with a 35-yard touchdown pass on a leaping grab from Dupre. Harris recorded his final touchdown in the second quarter, connecting with junior wide receiver Travin Dural on a wideopen route for 41 yards and the score. Jennings matched Harris in the fourth, connecting with Dural on a fade route from eight yards out. “Hopefully, I’ve shown that I’ve improved since last year,” Harris said. “I just wanted to come out and show that I can run
The No. 7 LSU men’s golf team did something Sunday it hadn’t done in almost three decades: win the Southeastern Conference Championship. The Tigers rallied from a three-stroke deficit on the final day to capture the league championship for the first time since 1987 with a score of 13-underpar 827 through 54 holes at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. LSU headed into Sunday facing No. 25 Alabama and No. 5 Vanderbilt and trailed each team at different points in the final day. But the Tigers were ultimately more consistent on the back nine to clinch their 16th conference championship. Sophomore Brandon Pierce bolstered the Tigers on days one and two, shooting a combined 5-under-par 135 that put him in a tie for fourth individually after Saturday. But senior Stewart Jolly delivered the clutch performance LSU needed on day three with a 5-underpar 205, which tied him for fourth place. Junior Zach Wright finished the tournament tied for sixth at 4-under-par 206, and Pierce ended up tied for ninth
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LSU sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris (6) runs the ball Saturday during the White Team’s 45-6 victory against the Purple Team in the annual National L-Club Spring Game in Tiger Stadium.
NECK AND NECK Quarterback battle still undecided after spring game
BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com Act one is over, but the battle is far from won. Junior quarterback Anthony Jennings and his competitor, sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris, got their first opportunity in 2015 to showcase their development and get a leg up in the quarterback battle in the National L-Club Spring Game — but it all stayed the same. Neither Jennings nor Harris greatly distanced themselves from each other Saturday, splitting relatively equal snaps on both the White and Purple teams
while throwing two touchdown passes each. Jennings finished 13-for-20 for 237 yards, while Harris finished 11-for-17 for 178 yards and an interception, tacking on 37 rushing yards on 10 attempts, excluding sacks. “Our quarterbacks are more confident, more capable,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “They’ll continue to improve and continue to execute at a very high level. I don’t know if they’re ready to execute at quite that level, but they’ll certainly be good enough for us to win. I’m going to let the competition play out, but I think both guys distinguished themselves as capable of
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LSU junior quarterback Anthony Jennings (10) throws the ball Saturday during the annual spring game in Tiger Stadium.
running the offense.” Both Jennings and Harris showed the glimmers of promise LSU fans have been waiting to see since last season concluded. Jennings began the first offensive drive for the White Team, completing both of his passes on a 70-yard drive in which he connected with wideopen sophomore wide receiver Malachi Dupre for a 37-yard touchdown. Jennings cooled down after his hot start, misfiring his next four passes on the White Team before Harris got his first chance on the White Team later in the quarter. Harris completed his
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Tigers return home from NCAA Championships empty-handed 6 gymnasts qualify for individual event finals BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL cboutwell@lsureveille.com
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LSU senior all-arounder Lloiminicia Hall waits for the judges’ final score Friday during the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas.
FORT WORTH, Texas — After the LSU gymnastics team imploded at the NCAA Semifinals on Friday, the six Tigers who qualified for the individual event finals failed to take home a national championship Sunday at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Freshman Myia Hambrick began the day on vault for LSU (25-6, 7-0 Southeastern Conference). She was followed by senior Rheagan Courville, junior Randii Wyrick and sophomore Shae
Zamardi on bars. The Tigers then moved to beam and floor, where senior Jessie Jordan and sophomore Ashleigh Gnat competed, respectively. A panel of six judges calculated the scores on each event, and their tallies were averaged together to form an overall score for each gymnast. Hambrick finished in eighth place on vault by tallying a 9.8167. She qualified for the event finals with a vault score of 9.950 at the semifinals. The team then moved to bars, where Courville turned in the final performance of her illustrious LSU career. She led the trio of bars performers in a tie for fifth place with a score of 9.900.
Zamardi and Wyrick followed at 9.8625 and 9.2875, respectively. Jordan joined Courville in their last performance for the Tigers, scoring a 9.8250 for an eighth-place finish on beam. Despite Jordan’s inability to take home the national beam title, LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux called her the “most consistent gymnast in school history.” Breaux said Jordan was out of her element because she was competing as an individual rather than for the team. “As many times as she was All-American, as many times as she has closed a beam lineup for
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The No. 3 LSU softball team defeated No. 24 Texas A&M, 6-3, on Sunday to claim the series in front of 2,070 fans and a considerable number of dogs at Tiger Park. The Tigers (41-5, 13-4 Southeastern Conference) jumped on the Aggies (33-14, 8-9 SEC) early, scoring in each of the first four innings at LSU’s ninth annual “Bark in the Park” game. “That’s something [LSU coach Beth Torina] talks about all the time, is score every inning,” said junior catcher Kellsi Kloss. “If you have that goal of scoring every inning, then you’re going to get a lucky break where you score in big bunches in innings.” Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews worked for a walk in the game’s first at-bat and stole second to get into scoring position. Junior shortstop Bianka Bell singled to right center, scoring Andrews and giving LSU a 1-0 lead. Texas A&M answered immediately, tying the game, 1-1, in the top of the second. Two singles, a sacrifice bunt and a fielding error by LSU sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn allowed the tying run to score. LSU reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the second by pushing three runs across. Back-to-back singles from junior first baseman Sandra Simmons and junior third baseman Jenna Kreamer gave LSU two baserunners. A wild pitch allowed Simmons and Kreamer to advance to second and third. Freshman left fielder Emily Griggs’ RBI single gave LSU the lead again, and sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry cleared the bases with a triple to the wall in center field, stretching LSU’s lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the third inning, Kloss hit a solo home run to left field, good for her 10th of the season. Kloss’ home run was the her fourth in LSU’s last two SEC series. “I’m telling myself to be very patient and just wait for a pitch I know I can handle,” Kloss said. “In the beginning of the season, I got a little impatient. I just was anxious and tried to swing out [of] my shoes at pitches that weren’t really mine. Right now, I’m seeing it really well, and I’m so comfortable just knowing I don’t have a lot of pressure on me because my offense is so good.” Texas A&M junior first baseman Breanna Dozier answered with a solo home run of her own in the top of the fourth to trim LSU’s lead to 5-2. LSU stretched the lead to four again by adding another run in the bottom of the fourth.
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LSU freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper (25) pitches the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 6-3 victory against Texas A&M at Tiger Park. Freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper allowed back-to-back singles to lead off the fifth but eventually pitched out of a bases-loaded jam without allowing a run. However, after allowing back-to-back base hits again in the sixth, she was unable to escape unscathed. A double from freshman catcher Ashley Walters cut the Tigers’ lead to 6-3. With runners on second and third and nobody out, the Aggies were poised to continue chipping away at LSU’s lead. But Wal-
ljasper closed the door again, recording three consecutive outs to preserve the Tigers’ three-run lead. “I liked how [Walljasper] just continued to fight throughout the game,” Torina said. “I was really impressed with how she continued to do that. She battled. They did a good job, too, with their offense of making some adjustments, but Allie just continued to battle and let her defense play, and they were able to keep us in the game.”
Walljasper allowed a base hit to start the seventh, but a strikeout and a double play ended the Aggies’ comeback bid. She allowed three runs, two earned, on nine hits in seven innings of work. Walljasper said she focused on hitting her spots and relied on her defense behind her to get the job done. LSU will go for the sweep at 6 p.m. tonight. You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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us and saved us, this was her first time here,” Breaux said. “The feeling of ‘I am out here doing it for myself’ was strange for her. I was so proud of her.” Gnat grabbed the lead in the individual floor finals with a 9.9125, which kept her in first place until Florida’s Kytra Hunter tallied a 9.9625. Gnat finished in a tie for fifth place. Breaux thought it was good for LSU to be able to compete Sunday after her team’s season ended on beam in the semifinal. The Tigers, who were in third place after two events, suffered a 48.275 on beam, the team’s lowest event score of the season. “It was mostly mental,” Hambrick said. “We had trouble in warm-up, but instead of brushing it off, they just kind of let it sit on them a little bit. But there is nothing we can do about it now.” The collapse on beam put the No. 4-seeded Tigers in a hole too deep to climb out of. After spending the entire regular season ranked in the top three nationally, LSU failed to place third or better in the six-team semifinal and missed the cut for the Super Six. Breaux said she did not have much to tell her team after its collapse on Friday. Her main message was the semifinals did not define the team’s
SPRING GAME, from page 5 a complete offense and lead my team to a touchdown, whether it is passing or running. It’s about just getting the ball off and getting us in the right play.” The game gave the two a chance to showcase their improvements, but neither were completely satisfied. Jennings said he would give his performance a grade of “B or C” because of missed opportunities throughout the contest. “There’s so many things I can improve on that maybe you all don’t see that [offensive coordinator] Cam Cameron and this offense sees,” Jennings said. “I
success this season. “I told them not to hang their heads,” Breaux said. “Let me be angry. Maybe I made a lineup judgement that I should not have made. But the main message was that this does not say how our season was.” Though the Tigers fell short of their goal and will lose one of the most decorated senior classes in program history, Breaux said LSU gymnastics still has a
bright future. “The future is so good,” Breaux said. “Our team is going to be very youthful next year. We are very excited. Our recruits have been texting us not to let Friday night define our season. They have said, ‘This does not define us, our future will live on.’” You can reach Christian Boutwell on Twitter @CBoutwell_TDR.
with a score of 3-under-par 207. Entering Sunday, LSU trailed by three strokes only to tournament-leader Alabama. The Tigers were in that position because of a secondround team score of 8-underpar 272, which was a Saturday best. With a lead of 17-underpar 543 after Saturday’s round, the Tide plummeted into a tie for fourth place after shooting 10-over-par 290 on the final day, closing out the tournament 7-under-par 833. The Tigers played most of the back nine behind only No. 5 Vanderbilt, which held a one-shot lead against LSU. But as a team, the Commodores struggled in the final four holes, shooting 5 over par, allowing the Tigers to grab the lead. After Jolly provided an eagle on 15th hole, he, Wright and sophomore Eric Ricard all birdied the 17th hole to aid the Tigers’ 2-under-par performance on the final four holes. Despite bogeys from Ricard and Pierce on the 18th hole, Vanderbilt freshman Theo Humphrey and junior Carson Jacob also bogeyed the final hole, and Vanderbilt junior Zack Jaworski hit a double bogey, giving LSU the three-stroke victory.
missed some throws that could have been big touchdowns, and I just have to continue to put the ball where it needs to be. I’ve come far from where I’ve started, but there’s still so much more that I could improve on. I didn’t complete every pass. I wasn’t perfect in this game. That’s where I’m striving to go.” With the spring game over, both Jennings and Harris will continue to work toward their individual goals before reconvening with the team when they report back to campus June 8. Jennings and Harris both said they plan to use May as a time to sharpen their footwork. Jennings
said some of his overthrown balls to Dural in the spring game were a result of faulty footwork, which he plans to fix and study while away from the team. Harris is taking the month to work with quarterbacks coach Dennis Gile at The Quarterback Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona, to improve his footwork and technique in time for 7-on-7 in the summer. “You just can’t take any time off,” Harris said. “I’m trying to chase my potential. [Cameron] tells me all of the time, ‘We get this right, the sky’s the limit.’ That’s what I try to do, chase my potential. I’m not worried about
hoping a guy throws a pick or hoping a guy fumbles, or whatever the case may be. If you ask any guy, I’m just a positive guy. I don’t believe in all that type of stuff.” Miles said though he doesn’t take any option off the table, he hopes to find a quarterback who can emerge into an every snap role instead of using a two-quarterback system. This statement comes much to the delight of Harris, who said he has reservations of sharing the position. “I don’t want to share a position — I want to be the starting quarterback,” Harris said. “When you’re having to share
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LSU sophomore all-arounder Shonacee Oliva wipes away tears Friday after the Tigers’ elimination from the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Championships.
In the women’s SEC Championship at the Greystone Country Club’s Legacy Course in Birmingham, Alabama, the No. 4 Lady Tigers were forced to battle inclement weather as they finished seventh with a score of 25-over-par 889 through 54 holes. Despite a final round score of 9-over-par 297, there was a bright spot in their performance. No. 2 overall senior Madelene Sagstrom finished in third place individually, shooting a 5-under-par 211 for the tournament. Sagstrom propelled herself into the top five with a strong performance in the back nine in the final round, including two birdies and an eagle on the final hole. No. 12 overall sophomore Caroline Nistrup finished tied for 12th with a 2-over-par 218. No. 13 Texas A&M secured the overall crown with a score of 13-under-par 851. The Aggies were led by the top two overall finishers of sophomore Bianca Fabrizio (9-under-par 207) and No. 21 overall freshman Maddie Szeryk (7-underpar 209). The men’s team will find out where it will play in the NCAA Regionals on May 4, while regional announcements for the women’s team will take place on April 27. You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR. time, it kind of messes up the continuity where you can’t go in there. We both throw two different balls, and it’s just a big difference. I want to be in rather than sit on the sideline.” While the spring game was indecisive on the state of the quarterback battle, the Tigers’ talent throughout the starting lineup could give great aid to whomever emerges under center. “If we get good quality quarterback play, we’ll like where we can be,” Miles said. “We will be where we want to be based on our development and how we do it.” You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.
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“I’ll have to just stop you right there and really disagree. Regardless of how your home country handles it, prison should not be treated and ran like it is some vacation get away. Especially, if you take someone’s life in cold blood, why on earth do you deserve to be treated like a law abiding citizen? If you think America’s prison system is inhumane, I recommend checking out some of Russia’s prisons, Black Dolphin to start. I don’t think you truly understand how brutal and savage some of these international prisons are.”
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Fast food workers in cities around America joined together in protest for a $15 per-hour minimum wage, and while our minimum wage does need to be higher, America should also focus on imposing a maximum wage. Congress established the minimum wage in 1938 under the Fair Labor Standards Act as a way to help stabilize post-Depression America. Before the FLSA, workers had virtually no rights in America. They were subjected to the will of their employers. People often worked in terrible conditions for mere pennies a day. The FLSA helped protect workers from exploitation. Unfortunately, most employers have found other ways to exploit their workers and the American people through tax breaks and loopholes, causing the wealthiest Americans to make substantially more than middleclass Americans. According to a study by the Harvard Business Review, American CEOs get paid 354 times more than their average-paid employees, which is among the largest pay gap in the world. The next highest country, Switzerland, is less than half that. Swiss CEOs get paid 148 times more than their average employees. Whoever is going to be our next president, whether it’s Hillary Clinton or one of the many Republicans running for office, will have to address this gross income inequality. The future president will have to figure out how to reduce what is probably the highest disparity between average Americans and the top 1 percent. There has been talk about raising the minimum wage or revamping our tax system, but the best way to reduce income inequality is to create a maximum wage. It makes no sense that we have a pay floor but no pay ceiling. This maximum wage doesn’t have to be a set number, but there needs to be some boundary. There’s no reason for hoarding all the money in America, especially when most of that money goes to offshore banks to evade taxes. We can make a set ratio of pay. For example, CEOs and business owners can’t get paid more than 150 times their lowest-paid employee. Business owners who make over that threshold will either have to invest the excess money or the government will tax it all. This might sound like an
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Protestors march in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of an expanding national movement known as Fight for 15, Wednesday in Miami. anti-capitalist, anti-market rule, but it’s what we need to sustain our capitalist system. Our economy will fail if we keep allowing corporate over human rights. People have a right not to be exploited. And people who work for a company have a right to that company’s wealth. Places like McDonald’s can’t survive without the cashiers and cooks, and companies need janitors and repairmen. They’re the ones who are directly making money and keeping a corporation afloat, so they’re the ones who deserve a larger portion of a company’s wealth. CEOs and business owners are the job creators of America. If they’re not using their profit and salaries to invest and create more jobs, then why should we pay them so much money? Wealthy Americans who hoard their money or hide it overseas are hurting our economy. A maximum wage isn’t a new concept. Louisiana’s polarizing, yet fascinating former Gov. Huey P. Long suggested imposing a maximum wage. When he was a U.S. Senator in the ’30s, Long proposed capping all personal fortunes at $5 million to $8
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million, which would be about $60 million to $90 million today. While we are in similar circumstances as we were in the ’30s, perhaps it’s time to revive some of the proposed policies of that era. People have argued fast food workers don’t deserve $15 an hour. They do unskilled labor, so they shouldn’t be compensated like skilled workers. Fine, if that’s the standards by which we’re going to live, then CEOs and business owners don’t deserve to be paid 354 times their average-paid employee. Their role is important in the business, but not 354 times more important. What do American CEOs do that’s more important than Swiss CEOs? The fact is all full-time workers contribute to businesses. We need the unskilled labor as much as the skilled labor. At the end of the day, Dominos is always going to need someone to deliver pizza, and Walmart is always going to need cashiers. Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @CodySibley.
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Thousands of participants from across the world pass through the notorious gate with the letters “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) during the annual March of the Living at the start in the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp memorial on Thursday.
RESPONSIBILITY OF A GENERATION Tragic situation of hate prompts March of the Living participants to stand up for their religion
COLLEGE CANDY JEN BLATE Columnist April 16 is a very important day to me and many Jewish people across the globe, because it is Holocaust Remembrance Day. But not everyone takes the issue of the Holocaust as seriously as it should be. On Thursday, two high school students in New York wore swastika T-shirts to school with the word “Auschwitz” and the phrase, “hit the showers.” The sheer thought of this makes me sick to my stomach, and quite frankly, engulfed with anger. It’s sickening to know students, especially in New York, which has a very large Jewish population, can make light of this situation or find some type of humor from it. Nevertheless, I do feel these
high school students knew exactly what they were doing, and even specifically planned the T-shirt reveal around Holocaust Remembrance Day. There is no way that was a coincidence. These situations are more fuel for Jewish students around the globe to show how important it is to have a voice and stand up to the tragedy that affected our ancestors many years ago, because unfortunately, anti-Semitism is still relevant today. At the moment there are thousands of Jewish teens, adults and Holocaust survivors, as well as people from other faiths that are participating in the March of the Living in Poland. The March of the Living is a 3-kilometer walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau. It is silent tribute to all of the victims of the Holocaust. It coincides with death marches that took place many years ago, in which approxi-
mately 750,000 prisoners, Because honestly, the almost half of which were March of the Living is not the Jewish, were forced outside to most joyful of trips, but rather march by the Nazis. a more solemn program to commemorate lives However, the This is a program that I lost during such March of the Living serves as a feel is extremely crucial a horrific mosymbol of strength, to any Jewish individual, ment in history that reminds us perseverance and faith to many but mainly Jewish teens to never forget. This is a people around the because it allows them world, especially to physically see what program that I feel is exthe Jews. However happened and immerse tremely crucial the real symbolism to any Jewish of this program them in a rather lifeindividual, but lies behind the changing experience. planning. mainly Jewish For the first teens because half of the March of the Living, it allows them to physically see participants are in Poland hon- what happened and immerse oring the many lives lost during them in a rather life-changing the Holocaust, which overlaps experience. The emotion and paswith Yom Ha’Shoah. But for the second half of the March of the sion that is exuded during the Living, the participants in Is- March of the Living is beyond rael are celebrating their Israeli palpable. And from the many Independence Day — a rather friends, family, and educators exciting, uplifting and heartfelt I have known that have gone on holiday to help end the trip on a the March of the Living, it’s life much lighter note. changing as well.
The March of the Living can teach us a lot about people of all faiths, not just Judaism itself. If the Holocaust happened to the Jews, it can happen to any specific group of people — no matter their race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or even a handicap. And as sad and tragic as the Holocaust is, it can also be used as a learning experience to help show students what shouldn’t happen again in the future. How you want to look at it is up to you. We should always remember that something tragic like this can happen to anyone, and it is the responsibility of our generation to take on the task of educating the ones around us. Are you up for the challenge? Because I know I am. Jen Blate is a 24-year-old sociology junior from Miami, Florida. You can reach her on Twitter @Jblate_TDR.
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Monday, April 20, 2015 OIL SPILL, from page 1 contribution to the entire oil industry rather than to oil spill relief because BP focused on an alternative method to deal with the spill. He said BP’s interest was not in collecting and separating the oil but in using dispersants to keep the oil from coming to the surface. Valsaraj and his team worked to assess the effectiveness of this technique, as well as to determine the long-term effects of dispersant use on the atmosphere. “The extent of oil that came up to the surface was not as large as one would’ve expected if all of the oil [released during the spill] had reached the surface, so we know much of the oil was dispersed into fine droplets … and therefore ended up dispersed in the sea,” Valsaraj said. “... If all the oil had appeared on the surface, the wind and wave currents would take it to [the coast, but] we didn’t see as much as we thought. ... To that extent, we know the dispersant helped.” There are still many questions in need of answers, he said, such as whether the dispersed oil diluted into the water dropped to the ocean floor or if it’s still in the Gulf. Scientists at the University and all over the U.S. continue work to this day to answer these questions.
“The most basic cause, from all the public information available that has come out since, is that this was [human error]. At least from a well control perspective, that was the critical cause,” Bourgoyne said. The commission found other causes for the incident, Bourgoyne said, but he believes a failure to correctly execute the well control test led to the blowout. Since retiring in June 2013, Bourgoyne is still a well control consultant for oil and gas companies. Petroleum engineering junior Aaron Barbato, who has worked at the PERTT lab since his freshman year and is taking the blowout prevention class, said he feels fortunate for the opportunity to get experience in a high-stakes industry. Barbato said taking this class after the spill gives him a greater appreciation for the importance of learning about well control. “These techniques and the
THE PERTT LAB Since the early ’80s, the University has offered hands-on experience in well control and blowout prevention that no other institution in the U.S. offers to students. The Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory lets University students learn concepts and theories pertinent to securing oil wells for drilling and apply them in simulations and real-life scenarios. Former PERTT lab director Darryl Bourgoyne was in charge at the time of the oil spill and provided information to the media, industry and government officials on oil wells, drilling and well control. Bourgoyne said he was an information resource for The National Commission on the BP/ Deepwater Horizon and Offshore Drilling as it investigated the cause of the explosion.
The Daily Reveille warning signs they teach us, they all work, and you don’t hear about the successes because [they happen] daily,” Barbato said. “When I’m an engineer and people say, ‘This guy graduated from LSU,’ and they put me on location, if I don’t know my stuff well enough, someone might get hurt, someone might die.” Petroleum engineering students are required to take Prevention of Oil and Gas Well Blowouts before graduating. Aside from serving as a facility for student learning, the PERTT lab also serves as a location for oil companies to safely test new technologies and conduct drilling research before field use. THE FUTURE On Sept. 19, 2010, BP successfully sealed off the ruptured well, five months after the explosion. While oil stopped flowing that day, relief efforts like cleanup, research and new regulations on offshore drilling will continue for
page 11 subsurface disasters. years to come. He said oil companies set up Theegala said he struggled to find a facility to test his oil skim- new safety precautions that hadn’t mer technology, given that the been established before because only testing facility he could use of the belief that well control prewas Ohmsett, The National Oil vention mechanisms were accuSpill Response Research and Re- rate enough to stop disasters from newable Energy Test Facility in happening. New Jersey. Valsaraj said while scientists “I’d like to see a facility com- are still trying to predict the pared to the Ohmsett at LSU or in long-term effects of the spill, he the state,” Theegala said. “I think believes the Gulf will eventually BP — if they still have the funding recover. — should build this facility. [The “I’m one of those people that University] is a top-notch institu- believes nature has a way of healtion. So we should have something ing itself much better than what like it.” we can do for [it],” Valsaraj said. Valsaraj said the inci- “The area will recover, but whethdent made the oil industry er it’ll happen now or ... in 30 years more mindful aboutFORpossible ... we’ll have to wait and see.” RELEASE APRIL 20, 2015
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The Daily Reveille
page 12
Monday, April 20, 2015
Les Miles needs to rejuvenate boring LSU spring game LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist Finish the game before the rain? Check. Both quarterbacks look like superstars? Check. Avoid injuries? Check. That’s not LSU coach Les Miles’ exact checklist from Saturday’s National L-Club Spring Game, but it’s got to be close. This column is supposed to be about my takes from the game, but I don’t have any. I alluded to such in my “Three Up, Three Down” column from Saturday. Pinning the first team offense and defense against the reserves made for an incredible blowout. This game was a nonsensical scrimmage. One person in the press box compared it to watching the Green Bay Packers play a college team. I couldn’t agree more. After the third or fourth possession, I was ready to leave. Hats off to those of you who stayed for the whole game without being required to do so. You earned a purple and gold medal because you have to be the biggest Tigers fans out there.
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LSU coach Les Miles talks to sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris after his touchdown pass during the team’s spring game. For those of you who missed the barnburner, the White Team — also known as the starters — throttled the Purple Team composed of mostly second and third string players. If LSU can play each team’s reserves this fall, it will go undefeated and bring home the program’s first national title since 2007. Unfortunately for the Tigers, that won’t happen. Nobody learned anything
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about LSU yesterday, and that’s what Miles wanted. College football coaches are constantly guarding their team’s secrets like they are nuclear launch codes. It’s the reason we won’t find out who the starting quarterback is until the day before the first game. Brandon Harris and Anthony Jennings will probably split snaps in that game to ensure Mississippi State won’t know what to expect in the
second game. If it was up to Miles, the spring game probably wouldn’t exist. I’m right there with him after yesterday. It wasn’t the team’s first scrimmage, so it doesn’t hold any significance to the football team. It doesn’t draw anywhere near the 100,000 people Tiger Stadium can hold or even the 99,000 that showed up to Ohio State’s spring game
this year. After minutes of careful thought, here’s what I came up with to replace the current spring game. First, the game could have two captains, preferably players in a position battle, who pick their teams similarly to the NFL Pro Bowl. Don’t you think 99,000 people would show up to watch Team Harris take on Team Jennings? That would at least be intriguing. My favorite idea is a gigantic Big Cat drill tournament. Miles loves him some Big Cat, and so do the fans. It’s just two players using raw strength to be manlier than the other. It’s the modern day version of jousting or gladiator fights. Miles could put every player in a giant bracket, each matchup can go head-to-head at the 50-yard line and Miles could pick the winner of each competition. The overall winner gets a trophy. It would be a great watch. It’s highly unlikely to happen, but so is entertainment from a starters-against-backups game. Brian Pellerin is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.
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