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“And it won’t be the last,” Sam Jr. said. Sam Jr., 58, and Sam III, 30, will receive their doctorates May 14 after going through the program under the same adviser, taking the same classes and working together at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center. After graduating from the University in 1980, Sam Jr. moved to
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The Student Government Senate saw a busy spring 2015 semester, with 15 passed finance bills, 29 passed resolutions and 19 passed concurrent resolutions, according to its legislative docket. The senate budgeted $45,700 in expenditures through finance bills this semester. Four finance bills allocated about $4,478 to send engineering students, graduate students and the Food Science Club to competitions and conferences in Florida. SG’s “It’s On Us” campaign and an anti-hazing campaign set to begin over the summer were allocated $5,700 for handouts and production costs. SG also addressed student seating issues during its legislative term, allocating $7,757
Father, son both to receive doctorates in civil engineering this spring hen civil engineering doctoral student Samuel Cooper Jr. walks across the stage on Commencement Day, he said he’ll wait for his son — civil engineering doctoral student Samuel Cooper III — so they can walk down the stairs together with diplomas in hand. “I told him not to because he’s trying to steal my thunder, but whatever happens, happens,” Sam III said. “It’ll embarrass me, but it wouldn’t be the first time.”
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Legislators push to memorialize civil rights leader with statue BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Local civil rights leader the Rev. T. J. Jemison died in 2013, but a bill making its way through the Louisiana Legislature aims to keep his memory alive and well at the State Capitol. If passed, Senate Bill 57, sponsored by 49 Democrat and Republican members of the Louisiana State Senate and Louisiana House of Representatives, will allow for a statue of Jemison to be placed in a prominent location at A.Z. Young Park near the Capitol building.
The bill also designates a private fund to be set up for the statue’s establishment and maintenance, and the account will be managed by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. In addition, SB 57 will establish a commission made up of Jemison’s children and grandchild, or their designees, two ministers of his children’s choosing, state Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb and state Rep. Patricia Haynes Smith. The commission will be responsible for making recommendations for and approving the statue’s content, design and location.
Herman Kelly, a University humanities and social sciences instructor and pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, said he knew Jemison personally, both as a civil rights and religious leader. He said he first interacted with Jemison during David Duke’s campaign for Louisiana governor in 1991. Though he wasn’t living in Baton Rouge at the time, Kelly travelled from Mississippi to attend a rally of African-American clergy organized by Jemison.
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Things didn’t go as expected for the LSU sand volleyball pair of freshman Mandi Orellana and senior Katie Lindelow, as Orellana was not able to finish the match against Pepperdine due to leg cramps at the AVCA National Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
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“I was both ecstatic and relieved when I learned that I was selected as a PMF finalist,” Brock said in the release. “Although the entire application process wasn’t easy, I strongly feel that LSU’s MPA program enabled me to be as prepared as I possibly could for such a process.” “Being named as a PMF finalist is a great honor, but it will be a greater honor to serve the American public once I begin the PMF journey,” Tressler said in the release. “I was encouraged to broaden my horizons and challenged to excel while under the direction of truly excellent professors, both from the Department of French Studies and other departments in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences.”
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Music students perform Broadway tunes for final exam in ‘Singo de Mayo’ BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com While most students will spend this week memorizing pages of notes for final exams, 39 classmates had to memorize only music notes for their final grade. The “Singo de Mayo” Broadway showcase Sunday in the Union Theater served as the final exam for students in MUS 4005, Musical Theatre Singing: Technique and Repertoire. Terry Patrick-Harris, professional in residence of voice in the School of Music, created the class in 1999 to provide an outlet for students interested in musical theater who may be pursuing other majors. The performance was named “Singo de Mayo” after the first show fell on May 5. Patrick-Harris’ students suggested the title, and since then, the name has stuck. The show includes 24 solos, duets and group numbers from Broadway shows like “Wicked,” “Hairspray” and “Into the Woods.” The class met three times a week for 50 minutes and sometimes held rehearsals outside of class to perfect their songs. Because students wanted to impress the audience, Patrick-Harris said, they focused more on putting on a great show than worrying about their grades, which made for a less-stressful final exam. “I knew right away that this was the best way to get the best out of them, as far as their final
presentation, to have an audience,” Patrick-Harris said. Students submitted about 165 requests for the numbers included in the show, all of which PatrickHarris had to listen and pick for the final show list. The students choreographed and sung all of the musical numbers and were accompanied by a band of students and alumni. Human resource management sophomore Makayla McManus has taken MUS 4005 twice and said the class gives her the opportunity to pursue a passion outside her major. “While getting an education and your degree, you can still take a class at LSU that is outside of that,” McManus said. “For me, it’s great because it’s that one class where I can relax and I don’t have to spend hours and hours studying, and I actually enjoy being a part of it.” Even though the final exam may be the most fun for her, McManus said the class still comes with its challenges, like learning many different musical numbers in a limited amount of class time. She said though some students are primarily singers or dancers, the class allowed students to explore new skills and fill all roles in the show, even if it means not being the center of attention. “You learn to step outside your comfort zone a little bit, and you learn not to be in the spotlight — you learn to be in the chorus,” McManus said. “You get to do everything.”
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Musical theater students perform Broadway classics Sunday at the Union Theater. Patrick-Harris said the class’ strength is its ability to bring together students from different majors who may have never met one another. In grading students for their performance, Patrick-Harris said the biggest factor is class attendance, and she also considers memorization skills and technical advancement. But instead of worrying about their final grades, she wants the students in MUS 4005 to gain an understanding of what is required in the professional field of musical theatre. “I want them to have more appreciation for what it takes to be a performer,” PatrickHarris said. “Some hard work and discipline and a little bit of sacrifice sometimes.”
When the spring semester began, two things loomed over the University: Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prayer rally and budget cuts. Jindal’s rally, “The Response,” on Jan. 24 drew heat from students and the Faculty Senate. The event itself did not live up to the expectations set by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s 2011 event in Houston, failing to fill the PMAC’s seating capacity of 13,215. The event was held weeks before Jindal unveiled his plan to combat the $103.5 million midyear budget shortfall. The plan, announced Feb. 6, included $60.66 million in departmental cuts, though higher education was not affected at the time. The midyear cut was caused by a shortfall in the current year’s budget. The cuts currently being discussed by the Louisiana Legislature would take place in the next year. Higher education was expected to take a $200 million to $300 million hit in the next fiscal year to reduce the $1.4 billion budget deficit. “These cuts would be devastating if they are to the extent indicated,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope in January. “I would say that everything would be different. It would be amazing if the University could even stay in business.” Currently, the state’s budget deficit is approximately $1.6 billion. According to LSU Budget Hub, cuts to higher education total $608 million, but the governor’s budget proposal in February highlighted $372 million in tax credit changes that could help offset the reductions. In addition to Jindal’s executive budget, there are many bills currently being considered by the Legislature that could affect higher education. Proposed legislation deals with
tuition autonomy, allowing the state higher education boards to set tuition and fees for its universities. House Bills 61, 62, 66, 152 and 168, as well as Senate Bill 155, all relate to tuition autonomy. SB 18 would help the University reduce the amount lost to retirement payments by creating a more predictable pay schedule, allowing administrators to better plan the education budget. HB 323 would amend the state constitution to create a baseline for higher education funding. The appropriations for higher education could not dip below the 2013-2014 mark without legislative approval, ensuring student tuition increases go toward bettering the University and not covering cuts. There is some opposition to protecting the higher education budget, said Jason Droddy, University executive director of policy and external affairs, in April. He said he expects the Legislature to make some headway during the current session. “I will say that there is a lot of groups against dedication,” Droddy said. “However, there is a lot of sympathy for higher education and for students, so where a lot of dedications might not be considered, this one probably will make it at least halfway through the process, if not all the way.” The bills, as well as the final budget, will be decided on by the end of the current legislative session, which adjourns June 11. With Jindal’s term ending in 2015, the state will elect a new governor Oct. 24. Declared Republican candidates include Sen. David Vitter, former Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle and Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne. The declared Democratic candidates are state Rep. John Bel Edwards and minister Jeremy Odom. A poll by MarblePort Polling conducted in March showed Vitter leading with 34 percent and Edwards in second, at 31 percent.
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Patrons attend Crawfish King Cook-Off, an annual fundraiser for the Big Buddy program and Junior Achievement of Baton Rouge, on Friday.
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Crawfish King Cook-Off benefits two local nonprofits BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell bounced from tent to tent Friday offering pep talks and gave a motivational speech to a crowd of about 2,000. Though Caldwell was in a coaching mindset, she was not at the PMAC. Instead, she was in North Boulevard Town Square. Her audience was not watching players shoot basketballs either — they were boiling crawfish. Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge and Acadiana partnered with the Big Buddy program to hold their second annual Crawfish King Cook-Off fundraiser on May 1. The nonprofits teamed up to raise money for their respective organizations. About 50 corporate teams competed for the coveted title of Crawfish King. By the end of the evening, Next Level Solutions was crowned the winning team. Executive Director of the Big Buddy program Gaylynne Mack said their joint effort is a rare occurrence for nonprofit fundraising. “Just working on a fundraiser anyway, plus adding two different entities ... I think it’s a
miracle,” Mack said. Mack said Big Buddy does not have the staff capacity to organize an event of such magnitude by itself. Junior Achievement President Kathy Arnes said the two groups partnered because they have similar missions in helping youth in Baton Rouge. The Big Buddy program offers mentoring to approximately 1,000 at-risk youth in the area per year. About 500 volunteers give their time to extended learning and after school opportunities, positive youth development and workforce development for the children and teens in the program. Junior Achievement prepares young students for success from an economic standpoint. They offer programs on financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. “Our missions coincide,” Arnes said. “We work really well together.” Sponsoring teams included BASF Chemical Plant, Entergy, Regions Bank, Whitney National Bank, Postlethwaite and Netterville, Zachry Group, Mockler Beverage and Tin Roof Beer. Attendees paid $25 for an all-you-can-eat crawfish buffet. Local chain Raising Cane’s gave
away free cups of its signature Cane’s sauce. Guests engaged in a People’s Choice Award where they picked their favorite crawfish, while children played games in a Regions Bank-sponsored Kid Zone tent. Aside from the cook-off, live music hummed in the background, Caldwell inspired patrons and a panel of judges taste tested the different culinary preparations of the popular crustacean. Last year, the fundraiser earned approximately $55,000, with a net profit of about $30,000. Though they do not have the numbers yet, Junior Achievement and Big Buddy representatives said they anticipate to raise slightly more this year. Mack said 2,000 people were set to attend the event this year, compared to last year’s 1,700 guests. Arnes said last year’s success inspired them to make the Crawfish King Cook-Off an annual event. The nonprofits’ rocksolid partnership creates a sense of community for the area, she said. “We think it’ll continue for many years to come,” Arnes said.
The LSU Faculty Senate had an eventful semester, passing resolutions on everything from environmental quality to free speech. As its first piece of legislation for spring 2015, the Faculty Senate approved a resolution expressing its discontent with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prayer rally, “The Response,” held at the PMAC on Jan. 24. The event was sponsored by the American Family Association, an organization classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Though it did not pass unanimously, many senators were outspoken against “the anti-scientific, anti-intellectual, and prejudiced ideology of the AFA,” according to Resolution 15-01. In a different matter concerning free speech, the Senate also approved a resolution for March 2017 to open talks with LSU President F. King Alexander about seeking removal from the American Association of University Professors censure list. The AAUP is a non-profit organization that holds the rights of instructors and professors, including academic freedom and free speech, as its top priority. Alexander sent a letter to the AAUP in January stating he would take no further action toward removal. Resolution 15-05 aims to reopen those talks. Students will feel the direct effect of Faculty Senate legislation when plus/minus grading
begins next semester. Though the resolution did not pass this semester, students received a broadcast email reminding them of the upcoming change to the grading scale. A subsequent resolution could change the attendance policy as well, but there is no timeline as to when such a resolution would be brought to the Senate or when the change would be implemented. “There is a fairly salient problem with regard to attendance at the entry level classes, particularly the general education classes,” Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope told The Daily Reveille in March. “This does have a serious and adverse effect on student success, graduation rate.” The Tubal-Cain Marine Services barge-cleaning facility potentially to be constructed near the University also gave some senators alarm. Though the Faculty Senate passed a resolution in February 2015 urging Alexander to invite the Department of Environmental Quality to hold a public forum on campus, no meeting has been scheduled. University Museum of Natural Science Curator Judith Schiebout, an author of the resolution, attributed the standstill to Alexander’s attention being directed at closing the potential 82 percent cut to higher education. “I know that this has been brought to the attention of President Alexander, who’s probably a little short on attention right now,” Schiebout told The Daily Reveille. The Faculty Senate also introduced legislation in April 2015 which would again bring it into the statewide conversation on Jindal’s executive budget. Resolution 15-10, to be read again at the May meeting, urges Alexander and members of the legislature to “find budget solutions that will allow for the full funding of the entirety of Louisiana higher education.” The Louisiana State Legislature is currently in session and balancing the budget is high on the agenda. The last meeting of the semester will be held Thursday May 6 at 3 p.m., in the Student Union International Room. Representatives of Student Government will present their findings on limiting the number of midterms given in a 24-hour period. Many members of the Faculty Senate were skeptical after reading the bill in April, and it is unclear what the fate of the resolution will be.
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The NFL Draft took place over the weekend. Four Tigers had their names called while five others signed undrafted free agent deals. One remains unsigned.
JALEN COLLINS (CB)
DANIELLE HUNTER (DE)
Atlanta Falcons: Round 2, Pick 10
Minnesota Vikings: Round 3, Pick 24
Some expected Collins to go late in the first round, but a foot surgery in March and reports of prior failed drug tests at LSU pushed him into Day 2 of the Draft. Collins fits the big physical corner mold new Falcons head coach Dan Quinn loves. The Falcons needed secondary help, so Collins figures to start in Week 1 against the Eagles on Monday Night Football.
Hunter is an insanely athletic defensive end who could also play outside linebacker at the next level. He won’t be a three-down starter role right away with the Vikings, but he is also only 20 years old. He’ll probably only find the field on obvious passing situations or special teams, but he’ll have plenty of time to grow into a more consistent player.
KWON ALEXANDER (OLB)
KENNY HILLIARD (RB)
LA’EL COLLINS (OT)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Round 4, Pick 25
Houston Texans: Round 7, Pick 18
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The Buccaneers traded a seventh-round pick to move up four spots to grab Alexander in the fourth round. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs’ general manager Jason Licht said the team felt he was one of the best outside linebackers in the draft. He’ll have a chance to compete immediately for the starting strongside linebacker position opposite 2013 First Team All-Pro linebacker Lavonte David.
For the second consecutive year, the Texans selected an LSU running back on the final day of the draft. Hilliard joins former Tiger Alfred Blue in Houston. While Blue has cemented his spot as the No. 2 back behind Arian Foster, Hilliard has an uphill climb to make the team. The Texans currently have Foster, Blue, Hilliard, Jonathan Grimes, Ben Malena and Chris Polk. He’ll probably have to carve out a goal-line back role to make the final roster.
I don’t want to even begin to speculate on the off-field situation surrounding Collins. He was a top-20 player in the draft but went undrafted because no general manager wanted to take a chance of risking their job on him given the circumstance. If he has no involvement in the incident, he’ll be signed immediately and probably start in Week 1. If not, then he’s got bigger problems than finding a football team.
BASEBALL
Stallings ends recent struggles against Mississippi State takes — he was. “As long as I can put my pitches where I want to put them, I’m It had been more than one going to have success,” Stallings month since freshman closer said. “I haven’t been doing that much lately.” Jesse Stallings In the No. 1 last picked up a ‘It’s not that I’ve lost my Tigers’ seriessave before headagainst ing into LSU’s sharpness or edge — I just opener three-game se- have to make my pitches ... the Bulldogs on ries against As long as I hit my spots, April 30, the wild was Mississippi State. I’m going to do well and Stallings back in control, But even have success.’ retiring three though the fistraight Missisery Stallings JESSE STALLINGS, sippi State batters had cooled down LSU freshman closer on 10 pitches to after a pair of help LSU overblown saves in recent weeks, he said the hitters come a 14-inning marathon for a weren’t responsible for his mis- 5-3 victory. BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com
It was the first save for Stallings, the Southeastern Conference leader in saves, since March 31 against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. LSU coach Paul Mainieri pointed to a single reason for Stallings’ recent struggles — pitch location. “He’s had three blown saves in conference play, and if you look at the reasons why, it’s been because of the location of his pitches,” Mainieri said. “It hasn’t been because he doesn’t have the stuff.” After racking up 11 saves in
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LSU freshman pitcher Jesse Stallings (27) stares down third base April 23 during the Tigers’ 4-3 win against the Aggies at Alex Box Stadium.
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Tigers salvage final game against Auburn, clinch No. 4 seed 1 on Friday night, Hoover shut down Auburn’s offense in Game 3 by notching 12 strikeouts, Everything finally clicked which ties her career-best, defor the No. 6 LSU softball team spite surrendering a run in the in its 7-1 win against No. 8 Au- second. After Hoover allowed a walk burn in the Tigers’ home finale and a single in the top of the Sunday afternoon. After dropping its second- second, junior left fielder Tifstraight Southeastern Confer- fany Howard put Auburn on the ence series for the first time board with an RBI single to cenin 2015, the Tigers (44-10, 15-9 ter field. In the next five innings, SEC) avoided a sweep with a gem in the circle by fresh- Hoover battled back by tallyman pitcher Carley Hoover ing seven strikeouts looking, (14-4) coupled with a dominant including three in the third inning alone. Hoover’s dominance offensive performance. With the win, LSU clinch- in the circle fired up her dees the fourth seed in the SEC fense, which played error-free behind her after Tournament and committing three will play the winin Game 2. ner of No. 5 seed ‘Honestly, it was a “My defense Tennessee and playing No. 12 seed Ken- must-win in my opinion.’ was amazing and tucky at 5:30 p.m. that drives me,” on Thursday at Hoover said. “It’s Tiger Park. BETH TORINA, really hard to go “Honestly, it LSU softball coach out there and not was a must-win compete when in my opinion,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. we’re putting up runs like we “It made us not play on the did today.” Despite tallying only one first day of the SEC Tournament. It bumped us to Day run on seven hits in the first two 2, got us the bye and got us games against Auburn’s (46-9, 18-6 SEC) pitching staff, LSU’s momentum.” After allowing two earned lineup rebounded by scoring runs on three hits against Au- seven runs on 10 hits after Auburn’s powerful lineup in Game burn got on the board first. BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com
The Tigers’ lineup came alive with four-straight hits in the bottom of the third to take their first lead in the series. Freshman left fielder Emily Griggs started the rally with LSU’s first hit of the day, a single to left field. Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews and sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry loaded the bases with back-to-back bunt singles, bringing junior shortstop Bianka Bell to the plate. On the third pitch of the at-bat, Bell smashed a double deep to the outfield wall in right center, driving in two runs while Auburn picked off Landry at home and Bell at third. “I thought it was a home run,” Torina said. “I wasn’t sure, so I was trying to round the baserunners as quickly as I could.” In the bottom of the fourth, junior first baseman Sandra Simmons added another run with her third homer of the season, her second in the last five games. The Tigers’ lineup blew the game open with three consecutive RBI singles to left field in the fifth, even after Auburn replaced starting junior pitcher Marcy Harper (10-4) with junior Rachael Walters (16-3).
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LSU junior infielder Sandra Simmons (3) hits a home run during the Tigers’ 7-1 victory against Auburn on Sunday at Tiger Park. After Griggs and Landry drew walks off Walters, sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish ripped a single and drove in Griggs for her 67th RBI of the season. Junior catcher Kellsi Kloss and Simmons drove in two more runs with singles, extending LSU’s lead to 6-1. Landry capped off the Tigers’ scoring with an RBI single in the sixth. The Tigers’ win sends out
the senior class with a win and gives the team momentum heading into the SEC Tournament. “These seniors mean so much to this program,” Hoover said. “They’re a huge reason why we are sitting where we’re at today and why we won this game today.” You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.
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LSU excited to host SEC Tournament for first time since 2008 BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com The No. 6 LSU softball team has hosted ranked teams all season. The Tigers (44-10, 15-9 Southeastern Conference) have played home games against five ranked teams at. The number of elite teams that have played at Tiger Park will increase this week when the SEC Tournament takes place starting Wednesday in Baton Rouge. “To me, other than the College World Series, it’s truly the premier event in college softball,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “Having that many ranked teams competing together in one tournament, it’s really special. It’s exciting for the game. It’s exciting for this league. We’re thrilled to be the host of that event.” LSU will face the winner of No. 5 seed Tennessee and No. 12 seed Kentucky at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The SEC boasts nine teams ranked in the latest NFCA poll and eight in the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll. The SEC has four teams ranked in the top 10 of each poll. LSU went 15-9 this season when matching up against ranked teams. The Tigers also
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LSU freshman outfielder Emily Griggs (8) scores a run during the Tigers’ 7-1 victory against Auburn on Sunday at Tiger Park. compiled a 15-9 league record while playing in one of the nation’s elite conferences. Sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello said the Tigers are able to handle the increased level of competition. “Everyone is really excited
for the SEC Tournament,” Corbello said. “We really step up whenever we play teams of that caliber.” This season is the first time LSU has hosted the SEC Tournament since 2008, when LSU fell to Alabama in the
semifinals. It will also be the first time LSU has hosted the event at the new Tiger Park, which opened in 2009. Junior catcher Kellsi Kloss said the team was thrilled when it found out the tournament would be in Baton Rouge
in 2015. “That was one thing I was upset about coming in here was that I wasn’t going to get a chance to host the SEC tournament,” Kloss said. “So when we found out that we were this year, I was so incredibly happy.” Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews said the SEC’s passionate fan bases coming together will create an “unreal” atmosphere, and the people who don’t attend this season’s SEC Tournament will be “missing out.” LSU boasts a 32-3 record at home. Its only series loss at home this spring came against No. 8 Auburn on May 1-3, but Kloss said LSU can draw on its strong home record as it heads into the tournament. The Tigers will look to claim their sixth SEC Tournament title, and junior shortstop Bianka Bell said the tournament will be a good gauge for the postseason. “It’s a good place to see where we’re going to be coming into postseason, regionals and all that,” Bell said. “So playing against the best teams and getting us prepared for regionals is going to be a good look for us.” You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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Teams sweep LSU Invitational in final regular season meet BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com
With one last chance to compete at Bernie Moore Track Stadium, LSU track and field senior thrower Tori Bliss made the most of the opportunity. The LSU men’s and women’s track and field teams swept the competition Saturday at the LSU Invitational, with the No. 2 Tigers and No. 8 Lady Tigers each earning victories in the regular season finale. Bliss headlined the Lady Tigers’ 146 points with a school and stadium-record throw in the shot put. Bliss eclipsed her own school record of 57 feet, 5 ½ inches she set April 11 at the Jim Click Shootout with an NCAAleading 60-8 on her fifth attempt of the meet. The reigning NCAA Indoor silver medalist is now the favorite to win the NCAA title going into the postseason, as she jumped Southern Illinois’ Raven Saunders and Missouri’s Jill Rushin for the No. 1 ranking in the country. “To be at that mark right now is great,” Bliss said in a news release. “We’ve still got a lot of season left … We’ll get some weeks off in between meets now, so to be out over that mark at this
point with so much time left, I feel like I’m in a good spot right now.” Sophomore distance runner Morgan Schuetz took the track for the Lady Tigers, where she crossed the line with the No. 3 time nationally in the 800-meter race. Her winning time of 2 minutes, 3.12 seconds is nearly four seconds faster than her previous outdoor-best. LSU coach Dennis Shaver said it was a great way for Schuetz to cap off the regular season. Freshman sprinter Aleia Hobbs and junior sprinter and hurdler Chanice Chase followed Schuetz onto the track with event titles in the 100-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles, respectively. While Bliss catapulted herself into the No. 1 spot in the shot put, senior thrower Rodney Brown put his No. 1 ranking in the discus on the line against Alabama’s reigning NCAA Champion Hayden Reed. Brown unleashed a winning throw of 207-6, finishing the regular season a perfect 7-for-7 in the discus and leading the Tigers to victory with 158 team points. “For [Brown] to win that again here and keep his undefeated season going is pretty exciting for him,” Shaver said
in a news release. “Rodney has thrown over 200 [feet] this year in every meet, and that’s not an easy thing to accomplish. It’s that kind of consistency we need from him as we go into the championship season.” The Tigers already boasted three of the top 10 runners in the 400-meter dash entering the meet and added another Saturday. Senior sprinter and hurdler Quincy Downing took the tape with a personal-best time of 45.70, the seventh-best time in the country, while junior sprinter Fitzroy Dunkley eclipsed his personal-best by four-tenths of a second. Dunkley emerged with the No. 10 time nationally in his first season running the 400-meter dash full time. The Tigers closed out the regular season with “tremendous” performances in the distance races, Shaver said. Middle distance runners sophomore Blair Henderson and senior Julian Parker each raced out to personal-best times in the 800-meter dash, posting nationally ranked times. Henderson’s time of 1:47.03 is the seventh-best time, and Parker accounts for the No. 10 time at 1:47.33. Meanwhile, senior Philip Primeaux clocked in at 14:47.34
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LSU senior thrower Tori Bliss throws the discus during the 2015 LSU Invitational Battle on the Bayou on April 4 at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium. for a first-place finish in the 5,000-meter race. “That was just a tremendous effort, some pretty good racing from those guys today,” Shaver said. “Both Julian Parker and Blair Henderson got in the right kind of race. This is the second
time that they’ve been in races where they really needed to step their game up to be competitive, and I felt like they have done it both times.” You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.
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Monday, May 4, 2015 STALLINGS, from page 5
demise in Pittsburgh as the lasting memory of a rocky season in Baton Rouge, but Jones is confident he has his program on the upswing after a year of growth. “We’re always teaching our guys,” Jones said. “The thing is we have to allow at times our guys to play through certain things to mature and get better. You can’t save them from everything all of the time, and that a part of growing up. When you have a young team, sometimes they have to go through some things to get better and to learn those lessons so that in the future they have a better understanding.”
the first month and a half of the season, Stallings struggled to reach No. 12. Since collecting a save against ULL, the Colfax, Louisiana, native surrendered hits in four of his next six appearances, including three games with at least two. Opponents scored in three of those six outings, and Stallings was credited with a blown save against Alabama on April 2 and thenNo. 2 Texas A&M on April 23. Stallings can still recall every pitch of his one-out outing against the Aggies, when he surrendered a leadoff triple in the ninth inning of a game the Tigers ultimately won in walk-off fashion. “The first pitch I threw against Texas A&M was a strike on the low outside corner,” Stallings said. “If I had hit that spot three times in a row, if he would have hit it at all, it would have been a dribble or a pop-up. He wouldn’t have done anything with it because of the location.” But Stallings’ location was off, and Texas A&M junior outfielder J.B. Moss hit the ball off the wall in deep centerfield. Without quality pitch location, Mainieri said there isn’t much Stallings can do on the mound. “It’s no secret that he doesn’t have the best secondary pitches, so that puts more pressure on him to put the fastball where he wants it,” Mainieri said. But Stallings hit his spots in the Tigers’ 5-3 win against Mississippi State in extra innings April 30. Filling in for freshman pitcher Jake Godfrey, Stallings forced a one-pitch pop out, struck out freshman infielder Ryan Gridley swinging and got sophomore outfielder Cody Brown to fly out to right field to end the game and pick up his SEC-leading 12th save. Location was once again the difference for Stallings. “It’s not that I’ve lost my sharpness or edge — I just have to make my pitches,” Stallings said. “As long as I hit my spots, I’m going to do well and have success.”
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[Left] LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman (55) and sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) celebrate after a play Feb. 21 during the Tigers’ 70-63 victory against Florida. [Right] LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) dribbles the ball down the court during the Tigers’ 71-69 loss Feb. 10 at the PMAC.
SEMESTER IN REVIEW
LSU reaches tournament despite inconsistency BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com With a one-point lead and 13.9 seconds to go in the second half, all of the LSU men’s basketball team’s fears stared it right in the face. In a game they dominated for most of the way, the ninthseeded Tigers let a 16-point, second-half lead slip away against eighth-seeded North Carolina State on March 20 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. “As a competitor, you always want to remember [that loss],” said LSU coach Johnny Jones in his post-season press conference. “You talk about being able to break the rearview mirror, and you remember that experienced that you shared. What it does is keeps you hungry. It leaves you an empty feeling when that happens.” Fans saw similar characteristics in many of LSU’s defeats in the 2014-2015 season, but the losses only tell part of the story. A story that has yet to be completed under Jones after his third year. In fact, this season may have ushered in a new era for the Tigers on the hardwood even if the tournament loss was final game for All-Southeastern Conference forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin. Jones acknowledged there has to be balance between recruiting players who will leave
early and role players who will stay longer. “It’s important that you are recruiting at a certain pace and a certain level and have a balance of your recruiting in meaning that you’ve got to have some [players like] Jarell Martin, Johnny O’Bryant III, Shaquille O’Neal and guys of that nature,” Jones said. “At the same time, you have got to have someone that is going to be around the program for three or four years because that is where your nucleus of guys. Those role players are so significant.” Even with the noticeable improvement for Jones’ 22-11 Tigers, in retrospect, this season was a learning experience for the head coach and his returning players. After racing out to an 11-2 start in non-conference play, LSU couldn’t find consistency against SEC opponents, finishing 11-9 down the stretch. The team was young and lacked depth but managed to be one of the top teams in the conference with only six regular contributors. The team had baffling losses to bottom-tier SEC teams — one of which came in its only game in the league tournament — but overcame a 13-point, secondhalf deficit in the Feb. 10 loss to then-undefeated and Final Four participant Kentucky. For as many frustrating defeats as it had, the team had several gritty wins, including two victories against ranked teams
on the road and a double-overtime win against Georgia, another NCAA Tournament team. The team loses Mickey and Martin but keeps three starters and one transfer on top of acquiring a top-five recruiting class, including the consensus No. 1 overall prospect, Ben Simmons. “We are glad that a guy like [transfer forward] Craig Victor is already here,” Jones said. “He will be a difference maker. We know we will have Ben Simmons coming in and the nucleus of guys we have coming back in the offseason with Elbert Robinson III and Aaron Epps — those guys who are real quality players and will certainly make an impact while they are here.” It’s easy to take LSU’s
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Entertainment
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Film festival helps students prepare for careers
BY KAYLA RANDALL krandall@lsureveille.com
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University alumna Jane Middleton holds her graduation photograph from 1941 on April 29 at her Baton Rouge home. BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com The LSU alma mater. For some students, the words are ephemeral, but others take them to heart, excited to show their Tiger pride long past their college days, including one alumna and Baton Rouge resident — Jane Middleton. Middleton enrolled at the University in 1937, around the same time as the arrival
of the first Mike the Tiger, but the campus offered a college experience much different than the now fast-paced, digital age students find so familiar. Cheering on the Tigers at football and baseball games since she was seven years old, the now-94-year-old attended the University to earn an undergraduate degree in English and a master’s in
library sciences. “I wouldn’t have gone anywhere else,” Middleton said. “I love LSU.” She carried on about her schooling the same as many students, but as an agricultural and mechanical university, the campus and its students were functioning in a time of war. On the brink of World War II, Middleton’s daughter, Jayne, 64, said all
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The Louisiana International Film Festival is a huge event for filmmakers — not only in Louisiana, but across the United States. This year, it’s all about future filmmakers. The 2015 Louisiana International Film Festival begins this Thursday. Through the films shown and opportunities offered, LIFF will attempt to give University students more chances to learn and prepare themselves for their careers. LIFF executive director Chesley Heymsfield said she wants to see a huge turnout from University students, as the infusion of youth into the festival is important now and for the future. “The reason we founded the film festival originally was so we can provide additional opportunities for students at LSU,” Heymsfield said. “So they could interact with professionals and veterans of film, music and technology.” These opportunities come in the form of LIFF’s Mentorship Program. Not only does the program allow students to communicate with experienced artists, it also gives students a chance to
see LIFF, page 15
ART
Metal fabricator hopes to add welding work to city’s art scene BY GERALD DUCOTE gducote@lsureveille.com It’s no secret how hot it can get in Louisiana. In an environment so unforgiving to the cold-natured, the last profession one would think to pursue is working with torch and steel in a boiling workshop every day. Artist Nathan Logsdon doesn’t let the heat get to him, even when he’s busy building intricate scrollwork and welding large metal sculptures. His artistic fabrication company, The Metalsmith, has existed in Baton Rouge for 13 years. Logsdon has been working with metal for 22 years, having an interest in fabrication since a young age. “The first time I saw a red-hot piece of steel when I was eight, I was like, ‘OK I want to do that,’” Logsdon said. Before learning the ins and outs of metal work, Logsdon worked for a knife manufacturer. He later
earned an art degree from Eastern Illinois University. Since graduating, Logsdon has filled his days with torches, steel and plenty of hammering. Logsdon moved to Louisiana in 1999, hoping to make a living in metal work in New Orleans. Between New Orleans’ cost of living and other moving factors, he decided to stay in Baton Rouge with a local iron worker, building his own pieces in his apartment. The works Logsdon created on his own time were his step into the professional world as an independent metalsmith. Soon, Logsdon discovered the money made from his own work was more than his employment. Upon first opening The Metalsmith, Logsdon balanced a workload of contracted construction work and art fabrication. Following the 2008 recession, Logsdon figured it would be smarter to keep art as his main production, seeing as it got him the response he ini-
tially sought. An education in jewelry design, combined with works from the Art Nouveau movement, are what shaped Logsdon’s work and style sensibilities. His appreciation of craftsmanship and industrial shaping manifest themselves in his work as scrollwork, sharp angles and ornate molding. “I didn’t know how to weld at all when I first moved here,” Logsdon said. “It was a learning process. That’s the key tie-in to the Art Nouveau movement — just the extreme craftsmanship.” With 22 years under his belt, Logsdon prides himself on the speed of his fabrication and his ability to cut down production costs. This reputation comes from his ability to form shapes without heating the metal, instead using force and leverage. The demand in Baton Rouge for metal work lies strongly in the
see METAL, page 15
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Nathan Logsdon, owner of The Metalsmith, forges and shapes metal for commission and personal pieces.
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FINALS
WEEK
PLAYLIST The best songs to keep you motivated while studying
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SONG/ARTIST
The 1975
“Your Hand In Mine”
Explosions In The Sky
Adele
“Be Still”
The Fray
“I’m On Fire”
AWOLNATION
“Someone Told Me”
Jake Bugg
“The Funeral”
Band of Horses
“Medicine” “Hometown Glory”
compiled by ASHLYN ROLLINS arollins@lsureveille.com
With finals week approaching, students are dusting off their books in preparation for long nights of studying — or at least study attempts. Often, students use music as background noise to stay motivated while reviewing material. These are some of the songs that could create the calmest and most productive atmosphere.
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“Skinny Love” “Four Walls” “Viva La Vida”
“Home”
Lights & Motion
Birdy
“Blood” The Middle East
Broods
Two Door “Something Good Cinema Club Can Work”
Coldplay
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Fashion fans should accept wearable tech THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer Think back to some of the science fiction movies of the ’70s and ’80s, riddled with ridiculous futuristic outfits that provided a bit of comic relief for the viewers. “Back to the Future Part II” may be one of the most classic examples of Hollywood dramatically exaggerating the fashion of the future with Marty McFly’s auto-tying shoes and self-adjusting sports jacket. Though McFly’s ensemble merits a brief chuckle from a more modernized society, it’s a little alarming to realize the year he visited was 2015. The fashion industry shouldn’t be held to the standards of Robert Zemeckis’ view of the future in 1989, but it begs the question of whether fashion and technology are on the right track to advancing. Wearable technology was the vision of several movie directors in the late 20th century, and it seems there is finally a surge of new inventions that revolve around the same idea. An article by Bloomberg posted on The Business of Fashion website discussed the importance of the growing wearable trend, and cited March’s South by Southwest Interactive conference as one example of how fashion and technology are becoming intertwined. “We are slowly getting to the point where technology can keep the promise that science-fiction authors have made,” said Roger Entner, an analyst at Recon Analytics LLC, in the story. “And you are seeing these first steps. We are at that stage where the reality catches up with imagination.” The story explores multiple wearable options, such as necklace pieces that transform into drones that hover and deflect rainfall when necessary. The article also mentions designer Pauline van Dongen’s work with 3-D-printed items that stretch boundaries of traditional fabric. Inventions like Google Glass and the upcoming Apple Watch have started to pave the way for
fashion technology to gain attention, but shoppers are still the ones who will decide the fate of these items. However, the biggest concern many people have in trying out some of these new innovations is how they will look when they wear technological pieces, thinking they look silly or too noticeable. But think back to some of the staple pieces of today’s fashion industry and why they were created. Take wallets for example. Though the early origin of the item can be traced back to ancient Greece, the wallet, or billfold, was invented in the Renaissance period to conceal and protect paper currency. Wallets were even used in the 19th century to carry small provisions of dried meat or tobacco. First and foremost, it was a technological invention with a specific purpose, not a fashionable item. Yet, in today’s fashion world, a wallet is a small but integral piece of a man’s outfit. Imagine seeing a businessman, draped in an extravagant, custom Armani suit, whipping out a black polyester wallet and hearing the annoying static of Velcro echo through a quiet boutique — it wouldn’t happen. Why? Because the man would probably be carrying a beautifully handcrafted Italian leather billfold to accompany his Italian suit. Many fashion items, such as belts, suspenders and shoes, have similar stories, but it doesn’t stop them from being key aspects of wearable and fashionable technology. But again, it’s up to fashion consumers. Without anyone to take the plunge and be the first to try out a new item, fashion technology will fade, and Marty McFly will have nothing exciting to wear in his next visit to the future. For this reason, keep an open mind and experiment. Don’t be scared to sport a new version of tomorrow’s norm, and set an example as someone who is not afraid to advance in their own fashion sense. Michael Tarver is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.
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Consumers must accept wearable technology to keep fashion moving forward.
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Monday, May 4, 2015 LIFF, from page 11 apply and go beyond what they’ve learned in the classroom. “LIFF’s Mentorship Program is like an amazing classroom extension in which students will be able to have meet-and-greets and network with people from around the country,” Heymsfield said. This year’s LIFF Mentorship Program will feature workshops in film, innovation, technology, music and more with industry professionals. The workshops are free Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The workshops are part of LIFF’s attempt to appeal to young filmmakers, particularly University students. However, it’s not necessary to be a film student to be a part of the Mentorship Program’s festivities. Heymsfield said college students are a vocal, energetic group of people who can be very passionate about film. The reason for a film festival is to spread interest by word of mouth, and she said University students are experts at doing so. “It’s a really ideal partnership for us to have with students from LSU and their energy, interest and participation in what we’re doing,”
Heymsfield said. As an incentive for University students to attend the festival, Heymsfield said LIFF and its Mentorship Program are honoring the hard work all students and faculty members have done throughout the school year by rewarding students, teachers or affiliated school employees who have a valid identification card with three free movie tickets. They will be called “Golden Tickets,” and each has a value of $10 for admission into any film screening at the festival Thursday through Sunday at Cinemark Perkins Rowe, including gala premieres based on availability. Golden Tickets may be picked up at the LIFF Box Office located inside the Cinemark lobby during the festival and are redeemable at the Cinemark Box Office for any of the more than 50 international films screening during the fourday festival. Heymsfield said though it is a film festival, it isn’t all about film. LIFF crosses boundaries among disciplines, and has something for every student interested in working in the entertainment industry. You can reach Kayla Randall on Twitter @kay_ran21.
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The 2014 Louisiana International Film Festival kicks off at Cinemark Perkins Rowe.
METAL, from page 11 need for contracted metalsmiths, Logsdon said. However, in recent years, he said he’s seen a sizeable shift in the city’s attitude toward art. When compared to the substantial presence of nearby New Orleans, Logsdon said he sees the ability to make and sell art in Baton Rouge, especially metal work, as a challenge. “In the last two and a half, three years, the emphasis on art in this town has drastically changed,” Logsdon said. “Art has always been a difficult sell. Craft is easy to sell for the most part. When dealing with the scale of the pieces I’m working with, it’s really difficult to … sell at a price where people will actually bite.” Logsdon has worked to remedy this pricing issue with the construction of his own Computerized Numerical Control cutting machine. The machine uses computer programming to cut out special designs out of metal, which Logsdon uses in his work. By building his own machine, Logsdon saved roughly $14,000. University engineering department research specialist and machinist Nicholas Dinecola worked for nearly seven years with Logsdon while studying art, concentrating on metalsmithing and jewelry. Through a friend, then employed by Logsdon, Dinecola
found work fabricating, grinding and other jobs at The Metalsmith. Dinecola said he enjoyed working with Logsdon, whose work is what initially attracted him to the job. Dinecola shares Logsdon’s view of metal work in Baton Rouge’s art circles, noting that it is present, but only slightly. “He was very talented,” Dinecola said. “[He had] good designs. We got along. I think [metal work] is growing. I don’t think it has a huge presence right now, but I think it’s definitely growing. You’re starting to see more stuff pop up here and there. I think art in general is growing in Baton Rouge.” The long hours, hands-on work and potentially dangerous environment are not enough to deter Logsdon from coming into work every day. He is currently working on getting his piece and name known in the public eye. By building more sculpture pieces and refining his technique, Logsdon hopes to forge a future in Baton Rouge’s art scene as a premier local talent in metal working. “The mystique that clients convey to me is about the torch work… the hammer work,” Logsdon said. “It’s that age-old blacksmith mystique. You have to know an awful lot about an awful lot of things … to be able to do this and do it well.” You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.
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MIDDLETON, from page 11 freshman males were required to join ROTC as part of the draft. While some students still make the decision to serve their country and remain informed of controversy, the participation isn’t mandatory as it once was, which is a difference reflected by the changing times. The demand to join ROTC wasn’t the only change in the University’s history. While many new students wander around campus, phone app map in hand, that wasn’t always the case — not because there weren’t cell phones, but because the campus was much smaller. Many of the buildings, dorms and even the current Student Union didn’t find their place on campus until much later. With less of a physical campus came fewer students and parking troubles. Unlike most students at the time, Jane had a car and said she spent time driving her friends everywhere or staying at their dorms because she didn’t live on campus. Instead of staking out the nearest parking spot, many students walked wherever they needed to go. Just because Jane didn’t live on campus didn’t mean she wasn’t involved. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority, served as the chapter’s president and was on the board to build the sorority’s house. While sorority row is currently home to a large population of Greek women, her sorority had roughly 85 members at the time. Jayne, who was also a member of Chi Omega at the University, said Greek life and its parties were formal when her mother attended, and many events came with an official invitation. “The parties back then were very different,” Jayne said. “They
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Jane Middleton shows a student ticket from 1941. all dressed up for everything, and the guys wore coat and tie or tux for every party. Talk about different.” One aspect of the University that’s remained consistently popular throughout the years is its athletics. While football has always seemed to reign supreme, Jane said boxing was also prominent, but it wasn’t her favorite. She preferred attending other sporting events on the weekends or the different parties held in the Huey P. Long Field House, which used to serve as the Student Union. Jane also met her late husband, Frank W. Middleton, Jr., during her time at the University, which she said was her favorite part of college. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and involved in the Pershing Rifles, a military organization. He left for the war before graduating, but later returned to earn his degree. Even though Jane graduated in 1941, she still has a love for the Tigers. She is often a spectator at the baseball team’s games, but that’s not where her dedication
stops. Jayne said her mother has attended several BCS National Championship games, bowl games and three College World Series. Throughout the years, the University has continued to change and evolve into the school students know today. In light of the recent budget information, it may change even more. Jayne said she’s well aware of the situation and is concerned about the University’s future. “I think the thing [Jane] and I would say is we’re both concerned about losing faculty, which is going to decrease the quality of education,” Jayne said. “You lose your best faculty because they’re enticed away, which in turn, is going to affect the quality of students.” The University is different, but that’s true for almost any college campus during the past 74 years. Jane said she felt she grew up with the University changing, the same feeling current students may have years from now. You can reach Greta Jines on Twitter @TheGretaJines.
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WEB COMMENTS In response to Clarke Perkins’ column, “Mistrust grows as law enforcement becomes unreliable,” readers had this to say:
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Fighting Tigers
Take a little time to think before you submit these articles. Half of what you write about is factually wrong and there is a massive amount of assumption. Guess what, cops don’t hate black people. A few weeks ago a black cop killed an unarmed white teen. Was it heard about on the media? No, because it’s not popular. Did you hear about the white male shot by police in Denham Springs, right down the road? Get you news from somewhere else. I wish the Reveille staff would read this before it’s posted. Also, how do you know they were innocent? We’re you there? I have no idea what happened in Baltimore and no one seems to. That’s why it’s being investigated. The guy was being arrested for his 16th (or was it 17th) drug charge by the way. And judging all police because of a few bad ones is awful. I might as well say all black or white people are bad... and hey, a few priest fondled a number of kids, they must all be bad to. In the case in New Orleans, not all calls were responded to because there were so many and police can’t always just storm into a situation. But I’ll leave that alone for now. Police are there to protect and serve your a$$, not kiss it. – LS308
Maybe before you write this stuff you should look at the facts. It is a fact more white people are killed by police than black people are. In 2014 alone, 414 white people were killed by police while 233 black people were killed by police in the same year, that s almost double the amount! I can’t believe the Reveille still allows stuff like this to be printed and this most likely won’t make it past the admins to even be posted so Im gonna save a copy of this. – football5 The Daily Reveille wants to hear your reactions to our content. Visit lsureveille.com/daily, our Facebook page and our Twitter account to let us know what you think.
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The recent march to the Louisiana State Capitol Building highlights the best parts of the LSU community.
Recent budget cut protests inspire school spirit THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist LSU was not my school of choice three years ago. I never grew up wanting to be a Tiger. I even convinced myself I would never attend such a large school for college. During my last year of high school, I had my heart set on Furman University in South Carolina. But like many in-state students, TOPS became the deciding factor on where I went after high school. Driving up on move-in day my freshman year was not a happy moment. I didn’t want to be here. My freshman and sophomore years at LSU passed by, and I still wasn’t emphatic about being a Tiger. Then the threat of budget cuts landed on our front door. I thought of all the teachers who positively affected my life here. What if previous budget cuts had forced LSU to fire them? How would my life be different? I thought of all my classmates and friends who would have trouble getting into the classes they need to graduate. What if they had to leave and go to another school to finish their degrees? I thought of my sister, who is coming to LSU next year, and the rest of the University’s future students. Would students come to a university in financial crisis? I realized these are the people who make LSU a great school. The
teachers, students, administrators and facility services employees are the faces of LSU. It’s not the sports teams that make our university great, but rather the men and women within our institution. When cuts began to threaten the University, I learned to bleed purple and gold. I marched up the steps of the Capitol last Thursday and saw the men and women who will hurt the most in years to come if higher education funding crumbles. Every member of the Senate Finance Committee promised LSU students after the march that higher education is their No. 1 priority. After next week’s finals, a mass exodus of thousands begins as students move back home. By default, there won’t be enough students left to rally on the steps of the Capitol during the final weeks of the legislative session. The only voices fighting for funding our future in Baton Rouge will be the legislators who have dedicated themselves to our cause and the University administration. They will pick up a torch we helped light, and we can only hope they keep the flame from burning out. The only avenue we have when we go home is to continue to write letters and emails and to call our local legislators. Hopefully, through our actions last week and letter writing, the legislature will have the popular support required to confront Louisiana’s constitution and open up other areas to cuts currently protected and supported by special interests.
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I’ve written columns blaming Gov. Bobby Jindal, legislators, Louisiana citizens and even my fellow students’ previously held silence for the disaster that lies ahead. But now it’s time to take some of the blame. I wish I’d acted sooner. I wish I would have rallied the Tigers in the first weeks of the legislative session to march the Capitol, and then march on it again — but I didn’t. Actions speak louder than words, and it took me four months, 10 columns and the urging of a friend to realize that colloquial truth. On the steps of the Capitol, I looked upon the faces that made me love LSU. Behind them, a Louisiana state flag waved in the wind. As we sang the alma mater, I stopped, looked out at the picturesque view of downtown Baton Rouge and couldn’t help but smile. That moment was greater than any night in Tiger Stadium. That moment was my proudest as an LSU Tiger. I fight against budget cuts so that others may learn to love our university as I did and others may yell “Forever LSU.” My battleground isn’t a football field or basketball court, it’s Louisiana politics. But just as our athletes give everything they’ve got in the name of LSU, I’ll work just as hard to protect our beloved university. That’s a promise. Geaux Tigers. Justin DiCharia is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.
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Bernie Sanders realistic alternative to Clinton in 2016 ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Hillary Clinton might be the front-runner for the Democratic primary, but the media shouldn’t write off other candidates. Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, announced he is running for president in the Democratic primary. He is one of two Independents in the U.S. Senate, but he caucuses with the Democratic Party, and party rules allow Sanders to run for president as an Independent in the Democratic primary. Elections for the 2016 presidency haven’t happened yet, but the media is all but declaring Clinton as the winner. Salon published an article titled “Bernie Sanders really matters: He doesn’t have to win to build a progressive movement.” MSNBC published an article titled “Why Bernie Sanders matters, even if he can’t win.” U.S. News and World Report published “Bernie Sanders 2016 bid is great for Hillary Clinton.” In almost every article written about Sanders, news reporters say the most he can do is push Clinton more to the left. In other words, he can’t win. He can only help Hillary Clinton win. While Sanders might lose the Democratic primary to Clinton,
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, announced his candidacy in the Democratic Primary for the 2016 Presidential election. that’s not for the media to decide. The media are treating Sanders like a dark horse candidate who’s no real threat to Clinton, and the more the media treat Sanders as such, the more people will believe it. There’s no reason why Sanders shouldn’t be treated as a threat. The Elizabeth Warrenloving Democrats should love Sanders because he’s just as progressive. Both Senators want to tackle income inequality and Wall Street. Warren advocated for refinancing student loans, and
Sanders proposed making the first two years of college tuitionfree for everyone. Sanders is also against taking corporate money for his presidential race. His biggest financial supporters are unions, while Clinton’s biggest supporters are bankers like Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. Clinton’s close ties with Wall Street mean she’ll most likely do as President Obama did and support big banks over the American people. She’s not going to regulate the banks if she’s getting money
from them, and we desperately need more banking regulations so we won’t have another recession like the one in 2008. Sanders, on the other hand, supports American citizens over banks and corporations. His disclaimer at the bottom of his campaign website even says, “Paid for by Bernie Sanders 2016 (not the billionaires).” Okay, so his disclaimer might make him sound like a crazy old man from the Northeast — which he might be — but his political positions support the American
middle class. He wants to raise the minimum wage, make college more affordable, provide universal health care and rebuild our infrastructure. Franklin Roosevelt proposed some of those things with his New Deal, and that seemed to work out well for America. The media won’t talk about his policies and the issues he wants to address. They’re only focused on the fact that he’s an Independent who describes himself as a democratic-socialist. Who in America would vote for socialism? America hates socialism, which is why all of our school systems are privatized, seniors hate Medicare and Social Security and TOPS is Louisiana’s least-popular program among instate college students. Maybe Sanders can’t win the Democratic primary, but we’ll never truly know until that day comes. The media are painting a picture that says, “If you don’t vote for Hillary Clinton, you’re throwing your vote away.” Don’t get me wrong: Hillary Clinton would make a much better president than almost any Republican running or who is planning on running, but Sanders can bring about the reform we need. Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter at @CodySibley.
Campus ideals on minority issues are changing for the better LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME LOGAN ANDERSON Columnist LSU and its students have changed substantially over the past four years. My senior year of high school, I told my mother I didn’t think racism, sexism or homophobia existed in my generation. Of course, there were still racist, sexist and homophobic people in America, but they were all older and ignorant to the strides millennials had taken toward true equality. Nobody my age could possibly still be clinging to ancient stereotypes about women or minorities. A month into my freshman year, I called my mom and admitted that I had been devastatingly wrong about my generation. Both my high school and my hometown were filled with liberal, open-minded people who eagerly learned about the world around them and paid special attention to the struggles minorities face in this country. I assumed LSU and Baton Rouge would be the same. I was wrong.
At this school, I have watched racist stereotypes perpetuate themselves on campus in a way that I wouldn’t have thought my fellow millennials were capable of. I have seen women and members of the LGBT community face the kind of discrimination that can only be sustained by willful ignorance. At the end of my junior year, I couldn’t wait to finish my last year of college so I could escape this school forever. I watched graduating friends post Facebook statuses about how much they were going to miss LSU and rolled my eyes — there wasn’t a single thing I was going to miss about this place. I scoffed at the closing words of the alma mater. I was not going to let my worth in life be this community’s worth. The spirit of hatefulness and ignorance that I witnessed on this campus would not live on within me. But over the course of this year, I have watched LSU change. Minority communities on campus have reached their boiling points and are fed up with the way they’ve been treated at this school. People are making sure their voices are heard, regardless of whether LSU wants to listen. Students have organized
demonstrations, rallies and marches to raise awareness of the issues minority communities face. Administration members have been called out for allowing people who conserve stereotypes to speak on campus. Campaigns have been waged against traditions that some members of the LSU community cling to, despite the inherent racism and sexism of those traditions. Most surprisingly, I have received an outpouring of support from my fellow students for writing honestly about the problems this student body has. When I began writing for The Daily Reveille, I expected to receive nothing but vitriolic and reductionist responses to my opinions. I was ready for them. I would be leaving LSU at the end of the semester, and my last acts as a student would be to defy the status quo and shake the foundations of a community I had come to deeply resent during my time here. I did receive many hateful messages for the things I wrote. Most of them came from anonymous commenters, but some were coming from people that I had been in close-knit organizations with — people I previously considered friends.
But that hate never left its online sphere. On campus, I was met with such a substantial amount of support that it stunned me. Every time I introduced myself as the opinion writer that everyone hated, I expected people to shun me like the pariah I had purposely made myself out to be. Instead, students told me they appreciated my writing and enjoyed seeing articles that called out discrimination on campus and throughout Louisiana. LSU is changing. The community is evolving. More people are joining minority communities in solidarity. These groups no longer have to face the rest of LSU alone and more people are supporting causes that have been dismissed in the past. Through four years, this campus has become a more welcoming place for those who want to show LSU students that they must evolve past their own biased ideals. It is more activist-friendly, more open to demonstrations and more willing to let minority voices be heard. In the coming years, this evolution will gain momentum. Students will be able to speak louder and louder, until their voices drown out old and ignorant stereotypes. I’m going to miss standing in
solidarity with my fellow students against injustices and discrimination. I’m going to miss the demonstrations in the Quad, the conversations about how to amend people’s preconceived notions of minorities and the culture of change that I have watched grow during the last year. Revolution is coming to LSU. This campus cannot and will not remain the way it is. I’m sad this revolution didn’t occur during my time here. But I’m glad I will leave LSU knowing that students constantly will be pushing for change and won’t stop until that change comes to LSU, Baton Rouge and the entire state of Louisiana. I now embrace the closing words of the alma mater. Even after graduating, I will continue to fight for equality on this campus in any way I can. I will carry the fierce will of activism I have watched bloom over the last year everywhere I go. I thought I wouldn’t miss LSU. I was wrong. Logan Anderson is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Houston, Texas. You can reach her on Twitter @LoganD_Anderson.
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Monday, May 4, 2015 SENATE, from page 1 to fund the addition of 30 new seats in the Student Union. An additional $2,144 will go toward four new tables for the Business Education Complex Rotunda. Senators passed a bill to allocate $10,000 for the purchase of an e-textbook platform and
database for the LSU Libraries. For the fourth year in a row, the SG Senate passed a bill to fund the Olinde Career Center’s Going Global program. Representatives from two student-run events, Senior Stride and Tigers for Tigers’ Coalition Summit, went before the SG Senate for funding and were allocated a combined $9,464.
still learn after 26 years of being out.” Alexandria, Louisiana, to work Sam III received his bachin construction for the Louisiana elor’s degree in civil and enviDepartment of Transportation ronmental engineering from the and Development. He said he University of Central Florida in always pictured himself going 2008. back to school, though. He arrived at the University He returned in August of that to the classroom year after discuss‘I like being back at 26 years later, in ing it as a direct school. It keeps your 2006, to complete pathway between brain fresh. We can his master’s dehis undergradustill learn after 26 gree. He graduate and doctoral ated in December degrees with civil years of being out.’ 2008 and started engineering proworking on his fessor Louay MoSAMUEL COOPER JR., Ph.D. right away. civil engineering doctoral student hammad. “I came back He earned his to LTRC [in 2002], master’s degree and [the University] is right while on this academic path. across the big parking lot, so I Sam Jr. and Sam III chose thought, ‘It’s time,” Sam Jr. said. topics of national interest to pur“I like being back at school. It sue for their dissertations, Mokeeps your brain fresh. We can hammad said.
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STATUE, from page 1 As a young clergyman, Kelly said, he looked up to Jemison as a religious leader. “I’ve been to his church several times, and he always encouraged me in my ministry, in my life’s work, and I think ... that his statue’s well-deserved,” Kelly said. Jemison was born in Selma, Alabama — the “hotbed of civil rights,” according to Kelly. During the ’50s, at the height of the civil rights movement, the country saw three major bus boycotts, the first of which occurred in Baton Rouge. Jemison served as its organizer, arranging car pools to get people to and from work and holding church rallies to discuss strategy. Kelly said it’s a historical fact Jemison passed the “blueprint” for the first bus boycott on to Martin Luther King Jr., who then organized a similar effort in Montgomery, Alabama. “His role here was to fight for civil rights and equal opportunities for African-Americans,” Kelly said. “He was one of the people who stood up for equality, for people in this community, the African-Americans living in this community.” Jemison was a prominent member in the religious community, Kelly said. Jemison began serving as the pastor of Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge in 1949. Beginning in the ’80s, he took on the role of president of the National Baptist Convention, overseeing the establishment of the organization’s headquarters, the Baptist World Center, in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Five water bottle fountains to be installed in new locations across campus will cost $2,516. SG also passed a bill to purchase Macbook-compatible VGA adapters for the first floor of Middleton Library. SG passed a bill to allocate $420 to purchase clickers to be used at its meetings. Other resolutions mentioned
the need for rain ponchos in vending machines, biker and pedestrian safety programs and a policy for rescheduling midterm exams when three fall within a 24-hour window, similar to the one in place for final exams. Four resolutions thanked different officials on campus, while other resolutions expressed
Sam Jr.’s research focused on sustainability — specifically, on repurposing asphalt shingles by mixing them with roadbuilding materials while making sure the material’s quality is unaffected. Sam III looked at how factors in mixture design practices affect the production of the material used to build roads. “The findings of the research ... performed by the Coopers will contribute to changes in specifications for road construction,” Mohammad said. “It was imperative to understand the problems and provide systematic methodology that will yield a framework for the change of engineering practices in road construction, ensuring [a] long-lasting, durable and sustainable pavement infrastructure.” While they haven’t taken
classes together since 2011, Sam people take that privilege for Jr. said he remembers writing granted, he said. his name as “Sam Cooper ‘The “[Sam Jr.’s] got all the expeFather’” on tests rience, as far as and homework ‘The expertise [my father] knowing practiassignments to cally how things has from 30 years of avoid confusion. will apply,” Sam “I’d just tell doing this helped play into III said. “The ex[professors] to put what’s important for my pertise he has the higher grade research. I guess I helped from 30 years of on mine,” Sam III him because I know how doing this helped said. to use all the machines. play into what’s Sam Jr. is a He breaks the machines, I important for my section leader at I guess fix them and then he goes research. LTRC in charge of I helped him beback and breaks them cause I know how technology transagain.’ fer and training. to use all the maSam III works chines. He breaks SAMUEL COOPER III, as an asphalt rethe machines, I civil engineering doctoral student fix them and then search engineer. Sam III said he goes back and working and studying alongside breaks them again.” his father has highs and lows, but After graduation, Sam Jr. and he appreciates getting to spend Sam III plan to continue working time with him. Many young at LTRC.
(From left to right) The Revs. T.J. Jemison, C.K. Steele, F.L. Shuttlesworth and Martin Luther King Jr. lead a conference of southern black leaders studying bus integration Jan. 11, 1957, in Atlanta. courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
support for the Faculty Senate’s resolutions and new programs on campus, like the College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ 3+3 Pre-Law Program. The SG Senate’s concurrent resolutions approved 16 new senators, an attorney general for the Executive Branch and two justices for the University Court.
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