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Chemistry professor receives grant to study three-toed amphiumas

Chemistry professor John Pojman holds Chrissy, a three-toed amphiuma, on Tuesday in Choppin Hall.

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com

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hemistry professor John Pojman dreamed as a young boy of one day owning a “conger eel.” Today, he not only has one named Chrissy, but he also leads the longest-running research study in the animal’s history.

Pojman has studied three-toed amphiumas for the past six years with Southeastern Louisiana University biology professor Cliff Fontenot, and they recently secured a $12,445 grant from the Coypu Foundation to continue uncovering the mysteries of this common but rarely seen amphibian.

Three-toed amphiumas belong in the aquatic salamander family. They live in water, but because they have lungs, they can survive in dry mud for months.

The critters can be found in swamp areas and bodies of water along the Gulf states.

“What’s fascinating to me is that [amphiumas are] so common, yet so little is known about them,” Pojman said. “This is an animal that lives right in the city, right on campus, but almost nothing is known about their lifestyle.”

Since moving to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina, Pojman set trap sites all over the city to catch amphiumas. He caught Chrissy five years ago in a ditch

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on Burbank Drive, and she now resides in an aquarium in his office.

Pojman’s research started when he and his son, John Jr., were hunting for frogs in a pond near his house one night, he said.

He noticed a snake-like animal, picked it up and recognized it as a three-toed amphiuma.

C h r i s s y, along with alligator snappers and alligators, will be featured in the New Orleansinspired episode of “Nigel Marven’s Cruise Ship Adventure,” Pojman said.

The show, set to premiere in early May in the U.K., highlights the flora and fauna of port cities across the world.

Pojman said he became interested in herpetology — the study of reptiles

see AMPHIUMAS, page 16

BUSINESS

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Center preserves La. Student Incubator awards $24k to student entrepreneurs history with recordings

BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com

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Management senior Todd Mashburn presents his MashBall campaign on Thursday during the Venture Challenge.

“It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it” is an idea four University student entrepreneurs and one University graduate kept in mind at the Venture Challenge, where they had only 10 minutes to present their business plans to a panel of judges.

The Student Incubator, a University program that offers to help students create their own businesses, hosted the final round of the Venture Challenge on Thursday at the Lod Cook

Alumni Center.

Entrepreneurs, local business owners and University faculty made up the 17 judges who evaluated the first round of 17 business plan submissions.

Four finalists were eligible to pitch their business plans in the live, final round.

Each participant had 10 minutes to woo four judges with PowerPoints, followed by a 10-minute question-and-answer session with the panel.

The judges determined how

see VENTURE CHALLENGE, page 16

BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com

Jennifer A. Cramer loves to tell stories.

Her favorite is about a man named Joseph Dupont Jr., a World War II veteran she met in 2001.

Though he has since passed away, the tales of his time as a prisoner of war in the Philippines live on through the preservable recordings Cramer made of her conversations with him.

“He was providing a testimony for people who didn’t make it and couldn’t tell their story,” Cramer said. “That was a big part

for him to help memorialize the people who couldn’t make it, who died at the hands of their captors or through starvation or through other wartime events.”

Cramer is the director of the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, a University research center on the second floor of Middleton Library. Established in 1991, the center documents Louisiana culture and history by recording and preserving firsthand narratives.

She said she thinks of oral histories as “hidden gems” that al-

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For the second part of the College of Engineering’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Sen. Bill Cassidy will discuss bioengineering and the future of medicine at 2 p.m. Friday in 1502 Patrick F. Taylor Hall. The event is free and open to all students.

The first installment of the lecture series last year featured Sen. David Vitter. College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek said the idea is to have prominent thinkers address engineering issues.

Cassidy graduated from the University in 1979 and earned his M.D. from the LSU School of Medicine in 1983. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, according to his LSU Health biography.

While running for U.S. Senate, Cassidy pushed for lower insurance costs, access to high-quality care and patient-centered insurance solutions, according to his website.

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as students make both career decisions and educational choices here at LSU.” Cassidy will explain how engineering can improve the quality of healthcare, Koubek said. It goes along with the Fast Path program the engineering school established in conjunction with the medical school in New Orleans.

The Fast Path initiative will allow students to be enrolled in both the College of Engineering and the medical school for an eight-year program. Students in the program would earn joint B.S./M.D./Ph.D. degrees. The program will begin fall 2015.

The medical school allocates five to 10 slots each year for students in the Fast Path program, Koubek said. Students are admitted through the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering with the expectation they will be simultaneously admitted into medical school.

“They’ll do three years here at LSU,” Koubek said. “They’ll do their fourth year actually in medical school. The credits that they accrue at medical school will count towards their degree requirement at LSU.” The lecture series aims to provide students with a broader view engineering principles and the future of the industry, Koubek said.

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Hill Memorial Library presents John James Audubon exhibit

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com John James Audubon traveled cross-country to draw detailed illustrations of domestic and exotic bird species, but he’s known to have dubbed Louisiana as his favorite state.

Hill Memorial Library curator of books Michael Taylor said Audubon’s French heritage may have given him a biased opinion about Louisiana, but it doesn’t stop art-loving Louisianans from boasting the artworks Audubon created here.

The University’s library of archives owns four of the 120 known volumes of Audubon’s books from their original printings between 1827 and 1838, and will show them April 25 in an interactive exhibit.

The three-foot-tall books are filled with “elephant-folio” paper, which measures 29.5 inches by 39.5 inches.

Because of the value and fragility of the books, a stackturner

at each of the four books will turn pages as visitors observe.

Audubon’s “The Birds of America” will be shown in four one-hour sessions. Taylor said each book takes about one hour to sift through.

“People are always surprised to hear we actually have a lot of repeat guests,” Taylor said. “People will come back year after year to look at a different book each time until they’ve seen them all.”

“The Birds of America” series offers more than simply a look at birds, he said. The event attracts not only art majors and nature lovers, but biology majors, photographers and even people with no affiliation at the University.

“The special thing about this event at Hill Memorial is that we’re taking advantage of these books,” Taylor said. “Many libraries or schools own copies of the prints, too, but they don’t give people the opportunity to really look at them.”

Taylor said some museums keep the books in glass cases and turn a single page every day.

Hill Memorial Library’s goal is to give attendees an interactive and educational experience. Guests can ask staff members on hand any questions about the books, he said.

The University’s collection of Audubon’s prints is one it’s most proud of, Taylor said. One of the volumes at Hill Memorial Library was owned in the early 1800s by the Duke of Northumberland, one of the original subscribers to the books.

Taylor said a volume of “The Birds of America” is valued around $12 million, but Hill Memorial Library bought its copy for $65,000 in 1964 with the help of a grant from the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in St. Francisville.

Audubon is said to have gotten his start in St. Francisville as an art teacher, and he later increased the state’s popularity with his drawings.

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Onlookers view a section of ‘The Birds of America,’ which will be fully displayed in a free series event.

“Like so many artists, Audubon got his rise to fame after his death. He drew more pictures here [Louisiana] than in any other state, so that’s why

he’s so important here,” Taylor said.

The event is free and open to the public, but guests must register in advance as space is limited.

MUSIC

Festival International artist talks about upcoming performance

BY GERALD DUCOTE gducote@lsureveille.com The 2015 celebration of Festival International de Louisiane began Wednesday, and fans have been flocking to Lafayette to hear various artists perform Cajun, Creole and American music.

A newer act to join the festival is the duo of Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate. Driscoll is based out of England while Kouyate is from Guinea. After meeting at the 2010 Nuits Métis music festival in Marseille, France, the two felt a connection that would be best expressed through music.

The Daily Reveille spoke with Driscoll about his partnership with Kouyate, one that is made more interesting due to the fact that Kouyate speaks only French and Driscoll speaks only English.

The Daily Reveille: How did you know you wanted to work with Kouyate?

Joe Driscoll: The festival organizers knew us both and just threw us together for a jam session. Within the first two days of us goofing around together, I felt the vibe. When you stumble on good chemistry, you know right away. I moved to France shortly after that, and we made our first album together.

TDR: Is it difficult working together with the language difference?

JD: It’s kind of a 50-50. There are lots of times I wish we communicated better. I think … there’s a tendency to over discuss things and overthink things. You can definitely … get into a headspace where you just question everything. We never really had that option. We just

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Duo Joe Driscoll (right) and Sekou Kouyate (left) will bring their international sound to Festival International de Louisiane tonight in Lafayette.

kind of have to go more by instinct and whatever feels good or works in a situation, you follow. So I think it has its disadvantages when we’re trying to organize logistics. But … overall, it’s been kind of a fun experiment to have music be the primary method through which we speak.

TDR: What do you think that inability to second-guess yourselves or each other does for the music?

JD: I think it makes it more of an intuitive process than a thought process. I think … music is that balance of head and heart. I think it challenges us both in that way.

TDR: How would you describe the music that you two make?

JD: That’s always been a really hard question. When we’re driving in our van … we’ll go from The Beatles to Buju Banton to Herbie Hancock … and I feel like the albums are like that, as well. You see an influence [from] hip-hop, but I wouldn’t call us hip-hop. There’s an influence from reggae, but I wouldn’t call us particularly reggae. There are some influences of world [music], which is, I guess, where we sit the most. That’s like the first question people ask, and I honestly don’t know how to answer.

TDR: Have either of you ever performed before at Festival International?

JD: This is our first time at Festival International and our first time in Louisiana altogether. It’s pretty much our first tour down South.

TDR: Since you’re new, how are

you feeling about the show?

JD: This festival in Louisiana, I am very much in love. I’ve only been here a few days, but it’s just an amazing outpour of good vibes. I’m just really impressed and blown away by the amount of culture here in Lafayette. Maybe I haven’t traveled enough, but I feel like it’s a really rare thing to encounter.

Instantly, you have the flavor … of the culture in the air in Lafayette. Whether they’re 60 or

20, there are diverse audiences.

It’s like warm bathwater. I’m jumping in.

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyante will be performing at Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette. Their show is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. tonight at the Scène Stabil Drill International stage.

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.

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Hee Haw Show SWBC - Old South Jamboree Louisiana State Baseball - Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Boeing, Boeing - Baton Rouge Little Theater Imagine - The Varsity Theatre-Baton Rouge Nice Dog - The Spanish Moon Fawn Lawson/Kevin Sekhani - Chelsea's Cafe The Real-Life Experience - Baton Rouge Gallery for Contemporary Art

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BRAF holding second public meeting for lakes project

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com As part of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s master plan to revamp the LSU lakes, the organization will hold a public meeting May 12 at the Lod Cook Alumni Center where designers will unveil a draft for the lake renovations.

The organization released their original working designs at a meeting Jan. 29. Over 300 people attended and offered feedback.

The final plan will be revealed in July, according to a BRAF press release, though a specific date has not been set.

“This next meeting, the idea is to actually show a draft master plan,” said Kinder Baumgardner, president of the SWA Group

and one of the project planners.

“It takes all those systems and starts to give them life, starts to create a vision for what the lakes will look like once the master plan is implemented.”

Community members are able to provide feedback through an online forum opened last year. Suggestions included porch swings, a boardwalk and a swimming hole, among others.

BRAF director of communications Mukul Verma said beautifying Dalrymple Drive, building a boathouse and reworking the road system around the lakes to reduce traffic issues are options for the master plan.

Comments from the public have been positive and supportive for the most part, Verma said.

The community understands something needs to be done to fix

the lakes.

Water quality has been one of the major concerns, Baumgardner said, though aesthetics and recreation make up a portion of the public’s desires.

“After the water quality is taken care of, it’s clear that people would like to see the area designed so it could accommodate all the activities that people are interested in doing there,” Baumgardner said.

The community is divided on what the lake system should do, Baumgardner said. The designers have to strike a balance between those who live close to the lakes and those who visit.

Those living close to the lakes want to minimize disruptions in the area, but those living away from the lakes would like to see bigger projects such as parking

areas or cafes, Baumgardner said.

“There are two very different sets of criteria about interests and concerns,” Baumgardner said. “I think the thing we keep trying to remind everyone is that’s why you do a master plan like this, so all those concerns and interests can be put together.”

This meeting’s draft master plan will start to put the concerns together, Baumgardner said. This will also be the last big opportunity for public comment.

“The idea is to put in front of the public a plan that responds to all the comments that we’ve received and to all the technical research that our team has put together,” Baumgardner said.

“It’s by no means the final plan, but it’s getting close to that.”

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Red Stick Roller Derby hopes to break stereotypes

BY TOMMY ROMANACH Manship News Service Three times a week at Leo’s Rollerland on North Airline in Baton Rouge, bodies hit the floor, strategies are improvised and female warriors’ endurance is tested. They are, after all, the rough-and-tumble members of the Red Stick Roller Derby team.

“We break bones; we tear ligaments,” boasts Red Stick president Stacy “Jams” Sullivan.

“This is a real thing, and we do it because we love it. It’s not for anybody else’s entertainment. It’s for bettering ourselves and bettering the group we are with. That’s what makes it worthwhile.”

Red Stick Roller Derby, established in 2007, entered a new season in March with promise of another year of team progression and player development.

Sullivan said she hopes the team can improve its play without losing the love of the game.

The organization is broken into three teams: All-Stars, the “A” team; Capital Defenders, the B squad; and a team just below them for players who couldn’t make it. The All-Stars and Capital Defenders mostly compete against various roller derby teams within the state and according to the latest rules and clarifications from the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.

WFTDA clubs within the state are also located in Houma, New Orleans and Lafayette.

Sullivan had little skating experience when she joined Red Stick in 2010, relying mostly on experience from other sports to help her with the transition.

She’s one of many who joined the team with little know-how on the rink.

Capital Defenders co-captain Jo “Mad Hitter” George was once just a fan, watching her sister’s friend practice and compete.

“One day I was just like, ‘I

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Co-captain Stacy “Jams” Sullivan talks to her team prior to a scrimmage at Leo’s Rollerland skating rink in Baton Rouge. want to wear my own jersey.’

And she was like, ‘Come to practice.’” George said. “I had to go do it.”

George was named one of the captains in March, but she says she said is ready to echo selflessness to her teammates, continually preaching to team members to look out for more than themselves if they want to be an asset.

The selfless attitude is, in Sullivan’s mind, the biggest change she has seen with the team since its inception. The club has shied away from the Roller Derby stereotypes of crowd-pleasing hits and showmanship in order to concentrate on synergy and strategy.

“The focus has moved gradually,” Sullivan said. “It was theatrical when it started, and now it’s more athletic and team-oriented. It’s far more empowering as a women then just putting on

fishnets and do something for people to just laugh at and enjoy.”

Erin “Poison” Belledy had never played a sport before joining RSRD, but she wanted an activity where teammates would push her to keep working without making excuses. After graduating from her training class, Belledy broke her ankle and went into rehab for the next nine months, but that didn’t stop her from returning to the rink.

“It was scary, but at the same time we put in a lot of effort, and I wanted to see it through,” Belledy said. “It’s just such a fun game. You have to push through the pain and do what you can.”

The team has attendance requirements for its TuesdayThursday-Sunday practice sessions that can last three hours.

Their roller derby season begins in early March and runs through November. Home games are

held at Leo’s.

The objectives of roller derby are relatively simple. Each team chooses a single point scoring skater, or “jammer,” with one objective: lap as many opposing skaters as she can.

The remaining skaters work both on offense and defense — ­ to block the opposing Jammer and to clear a path for their own Jammer.

Any woman is eligible to join the team once she turns 18, and the team is comprised of women of various ages and backgrounds.

“It’s amazing to have such a diverse group of women out here,” Belledy said. “Everyone from government officials to nurses, attorneys, to women in college. Some have children, some are married and some are single. We come from all walks of life, just for the love of the game.”

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NFL needs its own D-league LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist

It was the sixth time in seven games LSU (36-6, 13-5 Southeastern Conference) and the Aggies (36-6, 12-6 SEC) had a contest decided by one run, with the Tigers going 4-3 during that span.

“If you’re a fan of college baseball, how does it get any better than this?” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

When the Broncos drafted Tim Tebow in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft, the world was in shock.

The former Heisman winner was a star college quarterback, but few believed his game could translate well enough to the professional level. There was no question he had the leadership, toughness and passion to be successful, but his arm was shaky at best.

In week five of the 2011 season, Tebow took the starting job from Kyle Orton and helped the Broncos to the playoffs. Denver knocked off the Steelers thanks to Tebow’s game-winning 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in overtime. A week later the Patriots dismantled the Broncos with a 4510 victory in the divisional round and all but ended Tebow’s career.

That offseason, the Broncos signed Peyton Manning and traded Tebow to the Jets. He sat behind Mark Sanchez, throwing only eight passes the entire season. The Jets let him go in the offseason. He tried out for the Patriots but ultimately didn’t make the team.

But Tebow Time is back.

The Eagles signed the Florida product to a completely non-guaranteed contract earlier this week.

Many say Tebow is better than he’s ever been after working on his throwing mechanics in his spare time for the last two years while

see VICTORY, page 11

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An Unlikely Hero Zardon’s 9th inning RBI lifts Tigers past Aggies in Game 1 nailbiter

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com

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he first battle of the nation’s top two clubs lived up to its billing in a wild night at The Box. After the squads traded leads throughout an evenly-matched contest, LSU sophomore pinch hitter Danny Zardon delivered a gamewinning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the No. 1 Tigers to a thrilling 4-3 win against No. 2 Texas A&M on Thursday night at Alex Box Stadium.

SOFTBALL

No. 3 LSU travels to Missouri for top-15 weekend series

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com

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LSU sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello pitches the ball on April 20, during the Tigers’ game against Texas A&M at Tiger Park.

The No. 3 LSU softball team hits the road for a series against No. 15 Missouri beginning tomorrow at 2 p.m. at University Field in Columbia, Missouri.

LSU (41-6, 13-5 Southeastern Conference) lost its last game to No. 25 Texas A&M but still claimed the series by winning the first two games. Missouri (3210, 11-7 SEC) is riding a sevengame win streak, with six of the wins coming via the mercy rule.

“They can run, they can hit for power, they can hit for average, they can pitch,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “It’s going to be a tough, tough challenge for us, and playing at their place this weekend is going to be really tough as well.”

Missouri has compiled a batting average of .325, has an onbase percentage of .434 and has hit 56 home runs this spring.

Junior shortstop Sami Fagan leads Mizzou with a .390 batting average to go along with 11 home runs, 54 RBIs and 98 total bases.

Junior outfielder Taylor Gadbois is hitting .366 and has been a terror on the base paths. Her 30 stolen bases are enough for second in the SEC. Mizzou also has two accomplished pitchers in the circle to go with its lineup.

Sophomore pitcher Tori Finucane leads the team in wins (17), ERA (2.98) and opposing batting average (.246). Finucane is righthanded and is complemented by freshman left-handed pitcher Paige Lowary. Lowary is 14-3 and with an ERA of 3.06. Lowary

leads the team with 117 strikeouts.

Missouri’s pitching staff will test LSU’s potent lineup. LSU is hitting .352 and has outscored opponents 332-98.

Junior shortstop Bianka Bell leads LSU with a .477 batting average. She has hit 13 home runs and has 57 RBIs. Sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry is batting .456, has an on-base percentage of .512 and has racked up 36 RBIs in the No. 2 spot in LSU’s lineup.

Bell, sophomore third baseman/catcher Sahvanna Jaquish and junior catcher Kellsi Kloss have combined for 40 home runs and 154 RBIs in the 3-5 slots in the lineup.

LSU is still receiving solid

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Trio of talented freshmen plays key role for Lady Tigers surprised as well,” Brisco said.

“It’s big accomplishments for us, but it goes beyond that. We After the LSU women’s track know that we have to be better and field team finished in sixth than just SEC freshman of the place at the 2014 NCAA Out- week. We have to become nadoor Championships, it gradu- tional champions.”

All three freshmen qualiated four sprinters and hurdlers fied for the 2015 who combined for NCAA Indoor 16 All-American honors during ‘[They are] good additions Championships, Brisco their four-year to the team. It’s always where scored for the careers. good to get new, faster Lady Tigers with But LSU coach people because it pushes a fifth-place finDennis Shaver rethe whole team to work ish in the 60-mecuperated during harder and run faster. ter dash. the offseason, and During the the Lady Tigers Together as a 4x100 relay, competientered the 2015 we’re going to be good.’ more tive outdoor seaseason with a trio son, the trio had of freshmen who continued to imcombined for 43 JADA MARTIN, press Shaver. state titles in high LSU sophomore sprinter In fact, Gorschool. don opened the Freshman sprinter Mikiah Brisco, fresh- outdoor season with a faster time man sprinter Aleia Hobbs and than Lady Tiger great Jasmin freshman hurdler Daeshon Stowers’ career-opening time.

Gordon have been key con- Gordon claimed SEC Freshtributors for the Lady Tigers man of the Week honors for the during their first season in second time after setting a personal-best time of 13.09 seconds college.

Brisco and Gordon both in the 100-meter hurdles at the earned Southeastern Confer- Texas Relays, faster than Stowence Freshman of the Week ers’ freshman outdoor seasonhonors within weeks of running opening mark of 13.15.

“That was a big deal to me,” for LSU, and they used it as motivation to work toward getting Gordon said. “Not only did I progress in a major way, but I even better. “[Gordon] was really sur- won it. Winning my first race prised when she got it, and I was let me know I was doing what

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com

I needed to do. I also knew that just because I won, I still have to get better.”

With just two meets remaining before the postseason, Gordon is the third-fastest freshman in the 100-meter hurdles, and Hobbs is third in the 100-meter dash.

Brisco and Hobbs are also a part of the 4x100-meter relay team, which has the second-fastest time in the nation, while Gordon is on the No. 7 4x400-meter relay team. “[They are] good additions to the team,” said sophomore sprinter Jada Martin. “It’s always good to get new, faster people because it pushes the whole team to work harder and run faster. Together as a 4x100 relay, we’re going to be good.”

Despite their accomplishments, the freshman trio is not satisfied with their early success. Brisco said the freshmen know they are not the best in the nation, and they won’t stop working until they are crowned as national champions.

“My teammates challenge me and push me every day,” Brisco said. “They motivate everybody to work hard at practice because there is somebody out there that’s faster than we are. We have to push every day.”

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You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

LSU freshman hurdler Daeshon Gordon participates in the hurdles on Jan. 9 at Carl Maddox Field House.

SAND VOLLEYBALL

Serbian native Raicevic adjusts to Louisiana culture

BY MALCOLM POREE mporee@lsureveille.com For sophomore Katarina Raicevic, coming from halfway across the world to LSU wasn’t always in the plans.

Raicevic traveled thousands of miles from her hometown of Belgrade, Serbia, to attend the University. She experienced quite the culture shock, right down to the spicy food.

“It was a really big difference moving from Serbia to Louisiana,” Raicevic said.

“The worst part about moving was the food, everything was so spicy and I wasn’t used to that.”

Both of Raicevic’s parents were professional runners in the former nation of Yugoslavia.

Despite that, volleyball has been the focus for Raicevic in her household.

“Growing up, I used to hear how good my parents were at track, but they didn’t want that pressure for me,” Raicevic said. “Since I was 9 years old, my mom has had me involved with volleyball, especially when she realized I’d be really tall, I made it my focus.”

LSU began recruiting Raicevic her senior year of high school, when she sent them a tape of her playing

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LSU sophomore Katarina Raicevic (11) hits the ball during the Tigers’ 5-0 victory against Spring Hill on March 21 at Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club. volleyball. Even with a impressive highlight film, Raicevic wasn’t offered a position until very late in the process.

She said she had been speaking with associate head coach Jill Wilson during her process of coming to LSU, but nothing was confirmed until April

or May. A big part of Raicevic’s decision to move from Serbia to Louisiana for college was the opportunity to continue playing the sport she loves.

“LSU gave me an opportunity Serbia didn’t,” Raicevic said.

“In Serbia, school and volleyball

do not go together because we are not allowed to have student athletes.”

The high level of competition at LSU startled Raicevic a bit, not to mention the campus.

“Playing volleyball in college changed me a lot,” Raicevic said. “The difference of

speed and the attention to detail you need to play here is so different from Serbia. When I go back home, people are amazed at how much I’ve improved my game. Before I arrived at LSU, I had no idea it was a big campus, but its one of my favorite things about this campus now.”

For Raicevic, LSU became obvious once she spoke with her coaches. Her biggest concern was having a family-like environment such as she did back home. Wilson became like a mother to her in the process, making her feel comfortable, not only worrying about her as a player but being concerned with her personal life as well.

Traveling to and getting to compete against teams around the country was another convincing reason to choose LSU. “Going around the country to compete on a high level is very enjoyable for me,” Raicevic said. “Traveling to places like Florida to compete in tournaments like the Fiesta on Siesta Key is a big part of why I came here in the first place.”

You can reach Malcolm Poree on Twitter @MalcolmP_TDR.

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UEFA Champions League semifinals can’t be missed INTO THE WOODS JACK WOODS Sports Contributor The NBA Playoffs and the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been a joy to watch.

It’s hard not to be mesmerized as Golden State’s Seth Curry and Klay Thompson jack up threes at a stupidly high success rate, or as Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin finds a way to viciously dunk on anyone inside the three-point line.

Not to be outdone, the Stanley Cup Playoffs have provided plenty of drama already.

Whether it was the Chicago Blackhawks’ triple overtime Game 3 triumph against the Nashville Predators or 23-yearold Blues right winger Vladimir Tarasenko carving up the Minnesota Wild for his first playoff hat trick, it has been must-see TV for viewers.

Although both playoffs deserve attention, the greatest ongoing sports drama has been unfolding since September and has taken place halfway across the world.

The UEFA Champions League includes the top soccer teams from leagues across Europe in one giant, epic competition. This season, the winner will earn its crown when the final takes place on June 6 at the Olympiastadion in

Berlin. But the real winners are people who have been following along.

The first match day of the group stage occurred September 16 and the last quarterfinal wrapped up Wednesday. Everything in between those dates has been pure theater, a thrill for everyone who has tuned in.

If you haven’t watched a match since you pretended to care about soccer during the World Cup this past summer, don’t worry. Now is the perfect time to end the hiatus. Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Juventus remain in the competition, meaning Friday’s draw for the semi-finals will provide can’t-miss matchups.

The semifinals are separated into two legs, with each team playing a match at home and aggregate scoring used to determine which team advances.

If the aggregate score is tied after two legs, the team that scored more away goals goes through to the next round. If the sides are still not separated, extra time and penalties loom.

The first legs are scheduled for May 5-6 and the second legs are scheduled for May 12-13.

This is not March Madness.

There are no Cinderellas left in the field. The teams remaining are European heavyweights, and global brands.

A Barcelona versus Bayern Munich semifinal would pit Bayern manager Pep Guardiola against his former side,

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FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez (left) celebrates after scoring against Valencia with his teammate Lionel Messi during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on April 18.

the team he guided to 14 trophies in just four seasons. A Barcelona versus Real Madrid matchup would mean “El Clásico,” the name reserved for meetings between the fierce rivals, would take an even bigger stage.

The viewers will be the true winners of every match because not only will the matches be mouth watering, but each team has players who will go down as some of the best in history.

Barcelona boasts Argentine Lionel Messi who earned four straight Ballon d’Or awards from 2009-2012 for being the world’s best player. Messi just scored his 400th goal for Barcelona and is the top goalscorer in the history of Spain’s La Liga.

Messi is the focal point of a Barcelona attack also featuring Neymar and Luis Suárez.

Real Madrid is the most expensive team in history. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most physically gifted players to ever lace up a pair of cleats, and Iker Casillas is one of the game’s most accomplished goalkeepers. Los Blancos feature stars such as James Rodríguez, Gareth Bale, Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric.

It isn’t just the remaining Spanish sides that have a monopoly on star players. Bayern Munich features seven World Cup winners and had 14 players in Brazil last summer, the most of any club.

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer

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Juventus players celebrate their advancing to semifinals after defeating Monaco in aggregates, following the Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match between Monaco and Juventus at Louis II Stadium in Monaco on April 22. has revolutionized the position, and Philipp Lahm is one of the most versatile players in the world. Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry are lethal on the wings, Mario Götze scored the World Cup-winning goal and 25-year-old Thomas Müller has the chance to become the leading goalscorer in World Cup history with a realistic chance to play in the 2018 and 2022 installments.

Juventus has accomplished goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon between the sticks. Andrea Pirlo has the world’s best beard and pulls all the strings in midfield, and Arturo Vidal provides

seemingly endless energy as he drives forward from the middle of the park. Paul Pogba is one of the game’s brightest young stars but faces a race to be fit in time to play alongside Pirlo and Vidal.

No matter how the draw pans out, each semifinal will feature so much talent that even those who are critical of the beautiful game will start to see the beauty after all.

Jack Woods is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Ruston, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

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LSU freshman closer Jesse Stallings entered the ninth inning with a 3-2 Tigers' lead, but he blew the save opportunity as Texas A&M pulled even. But the Tigers struck back in the bottom half of the inning on sophomore pinch-hitter Danny Zardon's game-winning RBI single. The teams will resume their top-two series at 7 p.m. tonight.

MISSOURI, from page 5 performances from its pitching staff. The rotation is 41-6 with a 1.70 ERA and has held opponents to a .205 batting average.

Torina said LSU needs to cut down walks and errors heading

into this weekend’s series. LSU committed two errors and allowed 8 free passes in Sunday’s 5-2 loss to Texas A&M, and LSU has scattered 12 errors across its last five losses.

“We need to improve giving people things for free, giving

away free passes both defensively [and] on the mound,” Torina said. “If we could take away a lot of those things we’re giving them defensively, we change several of the last losses we have.

We save ourselves a lot of runs if we can make plays and we can

make quality pitches and throw strikes.”

Jaquish stressed the importance of minimizing mistakes because the teams on LSU’s schedule take full advantage of any free gifts.

“We really need to focus on

making less errors, if any at all because teams really capitalize that, especially teams as good as the teams that are in the SEC,” Jaquish said.

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Friday, April 24, 2015 VICTORY, from page 5 After senior second baseman Jared Foster singled and advanced to second base on a wild pitch, Zardon pulled a 2-1 slider down the left field, inches away from being ruled foul.

“As soon as I hit it, I was just hoping it was fair,” Zardon said.

“Thank God it was.”

Foster hesitated for a moment before turning the corner around third base and crossing home plate for the game-winning run. Still standing on the field, Zardon then screamed and pointed toward his teammates, who poured out of the dugout to celebrate taking the first game of this weekend’s top-two showdown.

“What you saw was a battle between two very evenly-matched teams,” Mainieri said. “[Thursday’s game] shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody.”

Despite not getting the win, LSU sophomore starter Jared Poche’ delivered a strong outing for the Tigers.

After struggling early, the southpaw found his groove as the game wore on, firing five scoreless frames after giving up two runs in the first two innings. Poche’ retired the sides in four of the seven innings he pitched, surrendering one earned run and six hits on a season-low 65 pitches.

Poche’ retired 10 of the 11 batters after his rocky start and worked through the order in the third and fourth innings on a combined 13 pitches. At one point, he forced outs against nine straight Texas A&M batters.

Poche’ didn’t allow a runner to reach scoring position after the second inning and picked the Aggies apart in a six-pitch seventh before Mainieri went to his bullpen.

NFL, from page 5 working for ESPN. But why should Tebow have to work out on his own? Why aren’t there developmental leagues in the NFL like there are for the MLB and NBA? Many will say the college game is the minor leagues of the NFL. But with most of college football shifting to an up-tempo, wide-open style of play, players are having a harder time transitioning to the slower, more systematic professional game in one offseason.

Tebow faced the difficult jump.

Many others, like last year’s Saints second round pick cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste or Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, had a hard time getting on the field in their first seasons and struggled once they did.

With the win-now attitude of fans and owners, coaches don’t have time to give playtime to players who don’t help the team win.

The struggles these players face make a separate developmental league necessary to help them grow into an NFL-ready player.

There are current attempts create such a league like the Fall Experimental Football League, which is a four-team league with a six-week regular season. But without support from the NFL and its billions of dollars, the FXFL stand

“I gave up too early against them last year,” Poche’ said.

“They’re a good hitting team. You can’t blow by those types of guys.

You have to execute pitches, locate and let the defense work. I was able to do that after the second inning.”

But while Poche’ struggled early, Aggies junior pitcher Grayson Long had early success against an LSU lineup that entered the series ranked No. 3 in the nation with a .320 batting average.

Long mowed through the Tigers through the first three innings, giving up just a pair of twoout singles while retiring nine of 11 at the plate. But Long’s night unraveled in a game-tying fourth inning.

With runners on the corners and one away, junior outfielder Andrew Stevenson hit a ball to sophomore second baseman Ryne Birk, who tried to set up a 4-6-3 double play.

But Texas A&M senior shortstop Blake Allemand’s throw to first base was too late, which allowed Stevenson to reach base and the runner on third to score. With the crowd coming alive, LSU junior first baseman Chris Chinea then smoked a single to left field, driving in Stevenson from second base and tying the game, 2-2.

The Tigers went ahead, 3-2, in the seventh inning thanks to a throwing error by Aggies junior reliever Ty Schlottmann, which allowed sophomore outfielder Jake Fraley to score from third.

But LSU’s lead didn’t last long, as Texas A&M junior outfielder J.B. Moss led off the ninth by banging a triple off Tigers freshman closer Jesse Stallings to deep centerfield. He scored one batter later to tie the game at 3.

LSU sophomore pitcher Collin Strall (3-0, 4.20 ERA) picked up the win and the last out of the little to no chance of survival and won’t get NFL capable players on their teams.

The NFL used to have the World League of American Football, later named NFL Europe and NFL Europa. You may have seen it in “Madden,” or at least that’s where I remember it from.

It existed from 1991 to 2007 and did everything I’ve laid out in this column, like development of players and showcasing American football on an international stage.

Since the closure of the league, the NFL has played 11 games in England, has three more set for this upcoming season and is mulling the option of putting a team in Europe full-time.

Now that the NFL is more popular than ever in Europe, why not try to reboot the NFL Europe league instead of putting a real NFL franchise? The league could be self-sustaining overseas and give players like Tebow, JeanBaptiste and Manziel an avenue to become better suited pros.

The NFL owners make enough money to help these players become better, and it’s about time for them to care about their employees.

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

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“As soon as I took a step and saw the umpire say ‘fair,’ I was like, ‘That’s game,’” Foster said.

But Thursday’s game was just the first of what’s expected to be

page 11 a back-and-forth series between the nation’s top two ball clubs.

The teams will square off again at 7 p.m. tonight at Alex Box Stadium, and LSU freshman pitcher Alex Lange (7-0, 1.40 ERA) will get the starting nod against the Aggies.

Mainieri said it’s time to look

toward Game 2. “[On Friday] the game starts 0-0 again, and I very much expect the same game tomorrow night as well as Saturday,” Mainieri said.

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microphone MISOGYNY Hip-hop must improve its treatment of women

“Kill sports funding. Hold the tiger hostage. Demand your legislators fix the problem instead of making it worse. Demand an end to business subsidies until actual tax paying citizens see their commonwealth protected, not sold off. Building your own legislature.”

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In response to Markus Hüfner’s column, “Excessive patriotism limits America’s ability to improve,” one reader had this to say:

“Feel free to make your way back to Norway if you don’t like the way things are done here. I’m pretty sure no one begged you to come here from Norway and complain about this great nation.

I’d like to note that your English is very well written for someone whom could be speaking German as their primary language, and not Nynorsk. Perhaps the reason you are able to do so is because of when these United States of America, and it’s patriotic people, took up arms and liberated your countrymen in the second Great War. Overall, your people didn’t even have the courage to help their neighbors in the first Great War, even though some 2,000 of your countrymen were killed at sea when they were attempting to deliver supplies to Britain. We, on the other hand, traveled great distances to save your neighbors, and by doing so, saved your home country from the imminent takeover by the Germans and their allies.

Your welcome.”

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While artists like Rapsody show signs of reform in the hip-hop industry, others such as Nicki Minaj often resort to an overly sexualized and domesticated image of themselves to propel their careers.

SMASH THE HATE JAMES RICHARDS Columnist Hip-hop is ubiquitous in American culture today. Rolling Stone films videos about Waka Flocka Flame running for president and Kanye West and Jay Z have more Grammys than old white guy staples like Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney.

Hip-hop is probably the most American music genre, at least for this generation. Run-D.M.C.’s version of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” represented, in many ways, a handoff of power from shreddin’ guitar solos and big hair to dope rhymes and tennis shoes.

While rap stars replaced rock stars as the objects of our attention, one fact remained true: The music industry continued to be a bastion for often violent misogyny. It doesn’t matter whether you’re listening to AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” or Dr. Dre’s “B------ Ain’t S---,” violence and degradation of women are easy themes to spot.

It’s not just a phenomena of the past, either. In some cases, rappers have gotten even worse. Chief Keef raps about threatening to kill a girl if she doesn’t blow him in “You,” Jasper Dolphin from Odd Future talks about punching a girl in the mouth “just for talkin’ s---” in the appropriately titled “B---- Suck D---.”

I know what the response from many will be: I’m plucking out the worst examples, while most rockers and rappers aren’t nearly as bad as I’m making them out to be. What I’m presenting isn’t just anecdotal evidence or me cherrypicking the worst offenders — it’s a trend.

A 2009 study found nearly a quarter of rap songs surveyed had misogynistic lyrics. It was still bad, but it was lower than researchers expected. What’s really bad is the artists who sell the most music often have the worst reputations.

Eminem is the perfect example. A 2001 study of gangsta rap found 78 percent of Detroit’s finest wordsmith’s songs had lyrics with violent misogyny in them.

His “The Marshall Mathers LP” was certified diamond, and nine of the album’s songs had references to killing women.

Not only are women degraded in the lyrics of male rappers, female rappers often have to buy into misogynistic stereotypes to find any commercial success.

The best example is, of course, Nicki Minaj. She’s one of the most talented and successful rappers of any gender in the game right now, with a sling of slick tracks under her belt. She helped make Cash Money Records the powerhouse it is today.

Unfortunately, her success has been propelled by an overly sexualized and domesticated image of women. Take her massively popular single “Anaconda,” where her drug dealer boyfriends

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keep her around by buying her designer clothes. The music video is a twerk-tastic softcore porn set to the song which sampled “Baby Got Back,” another sexually objectifying tune.

I won’t pretend that there hasn’t been serious reform on this front. Hip-hop has had an undercurrent of strong women rappers. Going back to Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill, Trina and today with PTAF, Rapsody and — I shudder to say — Iggy Azalea.

Beyond the mere presence of female rappers is the shift in the treatment of women in lyrics. Girl group PTAF came out with the most recent female empowerment anthem in “Boss A-- B----,” which blew up after Nicki Minaj remixed it.

Male rappers have gotten in on what some like Sway from MTV News have called the paradigm shift in how hip-hop handles women.

Rappers like Drake, J. Cole and Childish Gambino have received acclaim for their positive portrayals of women in their songs. Even hometown hero Boosie BadAzz has a song singing the praises of independent women.

Hip-hop has come a long way, but if it wants to cement itself as the American art form that will stand the test of time, it needs to stop alienating half of the population.

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

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‘I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That’s my goal — to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to.’

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White people must acknowledge that they benefit from slavery OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDNEYROSE REYNEN Opinion Editor We all have something we’d like to hide and keep secret. With that one sentence, many of you probably tensed up and thought, “Yeah, man. I hope no one finds out about that talking zit on my back!”

But sometimes our secrets are spilled and our feelings are hurt.

This is what happened when actor and director Ben Affleck made the news a few days ago. No, he wasn’t finally caught kissing Matt Damon on the mouth (unfortunately), but he was caught keeping his family secrets, well, secret when he appeared on the PBS genealogy show, “Finding Your Roots.”

Along with a variety of embarrassing emails from other celebrities or otherwise rich weirdos, the 2014 Sony hack provided us with leaked emails that suggested Affleck had lobbied the producers of the show to omit a certain blunder in his family’s past.

That blunder? Oh, just a little thing called slavery.

That’s right. One of Ben Affleck’s distant relatives owned slaves. After learning this, Affleck said in a Facebook post that he was “embarrassed” by this fact, but he was also “happy that aspect of our country’s history is being

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Ben Affleck’s attempt to hide his heritage denies that he continues to benefit from his ancestor’s slave-owning. talked about.”

With racial tensions flaring up yet again in our country, this relatively tame celebrity story has greater implications than anyone might have thought.

I don’t have to take the time out to say that American slavery was an atrocious, inhumane and despicable crime. We should all know and accept that by now.

However, there’s still a thought in many oblivious white people’s minds that usually sounds like

“But how is America racist?

Slavery is over!”

But what people like that don’t understand about this whole slavery and oppression of African Americans thing is that white people are still benefiting from this system today.

White people benefit from the privilege of having never been owned and treated like property.

White people benefit from this pervasive attack on the rights and livelihoods of people of color, but oftentimes they don’t recognize it.

As a white person, it’s quite easy to respond to African Americans’ cries of oppression and racism with a simple, “But I didn’t own slaves! I have a black friend!

I’m not racist! I love Young Thug!”

And that’s the problem right there. No, not Young Thug, but the idea that current non-slaveowning white people had nothing to do with slavery and are therefore blameless when it comes to our country’s issues with race.

Affleck attempting to hide this part of his family’s history follows this trend. What he (and all white people) should have initially done was own up to his family’s past and attempt to recognize how it affected his life today.

Although he later addressed this issue in the aforementioned Facebook post, we can learn from his problematic behavior of trying to hide and ignore this horrible part of his family history.

I’m white and my family is from southern Louisiana — I’ve come to terms with the fact that one of my distant relatives most likely owned slaves or worked on a plantation. We all need to own up to this sometimes shocking or embarrassing possibility and understand that it still affects our lives today.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued only 152 years ago.

Due to recent cases of police brutality and racial profiling, it’s clear that America still has a long way to go.

Nevertheless, it is up to current generations of white folks to admit that they still reap the benefits of this inequality that stemmed from our ancestors literally owning other people. The situation in our country will not fix itself.

SidneyRose Reynen is a 20-yearold film and media arts and German sophomore from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @sidneyrose_TDR.

Clinton will receive similar presidential biases as Obama MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

CLARKE PERKINS Columnist The announcement of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid has filled many Democrats and feminists nationwide with overwhelming excitement, as it should. But if she’s elected, I hope this enthusiasm remains when it becomes unnecessarily difficult for her to succeed at her job — and it will.

As president, you automatically sign up to be the recipient of a great deal of ignorance. But as we have learned through Obama’s presidency, if you’re not a white man, you have to deal with triple the amount of ignorance.

Obama’s election gave many black Americans a sense of pride and hope for the future. That is the same feeling many women have knowing they may soon have a female president. President Obama’s election was thought to have broken a racial barrier, and there was hope that African Americans would finally be treated as equals.

But today, we have a black president who doesn’t receive the

respect he deserves. Innocent black men are still being killed by law enforcement, the criminal justice system is still inherently unjust, and we are still continuously fighting for our alleged “God-given rights.”

We are in the same position we were in seven years ago.

Yes, we have a black president, but he has also undoubtedly had to deal with undesired circumstances because of the color of his skin.

During Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the BBC, she said “There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs, in some cases — and maybe even many cases — because he’s African American.”

When former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu was asked by NBC News’ Chuck Todd why President Obama was so unpopular in Louisiana, she answered, “I’ll be very, very honest with you. The South has not always been the friendliest place for African Americans.”

This is no secret. People can deny it a million times, but what Winfrey and Landrieu stated will always be in the back of people’s minds.

Obama has often experienced prejudice in his presidency, from

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to students and faculty during a campaign stop at New Hampshire Technical Institute on April 21. being called the called the “Food Stamp President” to being yelled at and accused of being a liar by a Senator in front of Congress.

Some people figured that level of disrespect would come with being a black president and others didn’t see it coming at all.

So, while it is great to possibly be able to make history two presidencies in a row with Clinton fighting for the chance to be our first woman president, feminists

need to know this isn’t all it’s made out to be. Having a woman as the leader of the free world looks good, but it doesn’t mean that we’re one step closer to having the women’s work dollar equal the man’s.

She could be the perfect president, but it won’t matter because she’s a woman. Congress will treat her as if she were incompetent because she’s a woman, and an extremely influential person

(ahem, Donald Trump) may even insult her by asking for her birth records and insulting her education.

Because of this, there is a chance Clinton won’t be able to accomplish many things that she has promised. Many times, this may be because of a Republicancontrolled Congress that’s more interested in partisan politics and throwing tantrums on FOX News at the thought of possibly having a woman president than political action.

Even though they have given President Obama a rough time, I still haven’t lost hope. I still like to believe that one day a little black girl or boy will grow up and become president, and that they will receive the respect they deserve.

So if a woman is elected president and times start getting rough, which they will, don’t give up hope. Continue to fight for what you believe in. One day we will live in a world where we can have a black or female president and who will be equal to all of their white male predecessors.

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

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Friday, April 24, 2015 behind the big wigs and get the juicy details that maybe aren’t in low people to develop original and people’s memoirs or in people’s compelling research projects by papers, so we interview everygathering information from sto- body,” Cramer said. ries that have never been told or The center is home to 5,000 written down before. The center’s hours of oral histories, roughly collection is available to students 4,000 of which are analog recordings. Cramer, her colleagues and and the local community.

Cramer said recording oral her students are in the midst of histories is an ideal method for what she says is a 10- to 15-yeardocumenting cultures traditional- long project to digitize them. ly excluded from the mainstream, Several of the collections’ resuch as African Americans, La- cordings are already available tinos, women and the working online, but Cramer said she and class. It allows interviewers to her students and colleagues are catalogue primary sources for working to make all of the catalogued records Inothers to reference.

‘I don’t like to say that ternet-accessible.

When work- we give voice to people, From Universiing on large-scale ty history to milibecause people have tary history, the projects to record voices. We’re just center’s records the oral histories making sure that those cover more than of particular comvoices are recorded.’ munities or those 50 topics, including the histories who lived through JENNIFER A. CRAMER, of specific areas certain historical director of the T. Harry Williams of Louisiana, such events, Cramer Center for Oral History as West Feliciana and her colleagues Parish and Bayou look for people with stories to tell that are likely Lafourche.

“I don’t like to say that we give not written down anywhere else.

“It’s also well-suited to go voice to people, because people

ORAL HISTORY, from page 1

AMPHIUMAS, from page 1 and amphibians — because it is research that can be done by an amateur.

“I really liked biology, but I decided I didn’t want to do it as a career,” Pojman said. “Biology is too easy, and physics is too hard, so I decided on chemistry.”

Some of the areas Pojman monitors have as many as 50 amphiumas in one place.

Pojman captures the amphiumas, measures their sizes, tags them with radio transmitters and

releases them back into the wild to measure the animals’ movements.

He will use the Coypu Foundation grant to buy more traps, set up a PIT tag reader that monitors where tagged animals swim and set up underwater cameras to get footage of amphiumas in the wild.

Pojman said he hopes to have the new equipment set up within a month.

“It would be exciting to get actual footage of these animals in the wild,” Pojman said.

The Daily Reveille have voices,” Cramer said. “We’re just making sure that those voices are recorded.”

Much of the collection’s growth occurs through partnerships with individuals or groups interested in initiating projects to document particular histories.

While Cramer keeps a prioritized waiting list of individuals to be interviewed, she also trains people to go into the field using the center’s equipment and record the stories themselves.

Cramer said she is often approached by individuals who know someone elderly with interesting stories to tell. Because she and her staff are often unable to reach out and conduct the interviews immediately, Cramer encourages those individuals to allow her to train them.

“Of course we look for elders, because as soon as they pass all the information that they had, it’s gone,” Cramer said.

Prior to Hurricane Katrina, a woman from the New Orleans Ninth Ward neighborhood came to Cramer wanting to record the stories of elders in her community who remembered living “Almost every nature show, the scenes are staged. Now with inexpensive underwater cameras, we can do this. I’m optimistic we will be able to see the mysteries because nobody really knows the most important thing of [the amphiuma’s] life cycle, which is breeding.”

Chrissy may see new friends too, Pojman said. He also said he would use some of the grant funds to hire a student worker to keep track of traps and the tag reader and to review camera footage.

page 15 through Hurricane Betsy in 1965.

Mossville is an African AmerCramer worked with the woman ican community established after by providing research tips, equip- the Civil War. Today, the town is ment and sample questions to being displaced by growing inhelp her conduct effective, pre- dustry, and as it slowly begins to servable interviews. disappear, the center is working Recent projects undertaken to document its stories. by the center include recording “We’re looking for people who the histories of the Louisiana have information about LouisiCooperative Extension Service, ana culture and history that is individuals affected by coastal unique,” Cramer said. “A lot of erosion and members of the people don’t realize that they have that information.”

Mossville, Louisiana, community.

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page 16 VENTURE CHALLENGE, from page 1 to split $23,500 between the four finalists — $15,000 being the most a plan could earn and $1,000 being the least — based on how investable they believed each business to be.

Business senior Todd Mashburn won $10,000 in first place with MashBall, his patent-pending party game.

To pitch MashBall, Mashburn noted the hundreds of millions of tailgaters and beach-goers who looked to beer pong and washer toss for entertainment.

The idea for MashBall came to Mashburn when he watched friends battle wind and sand during a game of beer pong at the beach.

MashBall’s buoyant, lightweight design houses 10 stationary goals in each half of the kit and includes wind-resistant balls.

Mashburn said his winnings from the Venture Challenge will go toward production of the game.

Construction senior Clinton Conroy and University alumnus Taylor Jacobsen presented United Aerial LLC, which placed second with $7,000.

Based in Dallas, their business is an on-site, aerial monitoring company that tracks the progress of construction sites.

Jacobsen, who works in Dallas, and Conroy, a student with a 20-hour work week, said they had nightly, hour-long phone

conversations for the last four months to prepare for the Venture Challenge.

University Ph.D. candidate Niki Marie Hansen took to the stage with her three-legged dog, Bob, to present her plans for a line of veterinary prosthetics she started in 2012, called Impossible Innovations.

Hansen’s plan for prosthetics won $4,500.

Business management freshman Daniel Edward presented Daniel Outdoors LLC, winning $2,000.

Daniel Outdoors LLC designs and sells hunting equipment, including deer stands, buck brackets, game camera stands and squirrel skinners.

Some of the equipment will be featured on “Country Buck$,” an A&E television show, later this year.

Student incubator members who didn’t make the final cut had the opportunity to compete in the Student Incubator Startup Showcase. They set up their presentations on tables around the room to be voted on by the audience for a chance to earn money for their businesses.

Annie E., a fashion-design business created by University textile, apparel and merchandising alumna Annie Etzel, won first place in the Startup Showcase and $1,000.

Ambici, a wooden watch company run by mechanical engineering freshman Reed Stephens and his younger brother, placed second, winning $500.

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Ph.D. candidate Niki Marie Hansen and her dog, Bob, present her campaign Thursday at the LSU Lod Cook Alumni Center.

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