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Internationally acclaimed artist teaches ceramics workshop
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Experts evaluate hurricane issues
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The Engineering Shops by the Art and Design Buildings have been transformed into an interactive pottery barn this week. Internationally acclaimed studio potter and author Andrew Martin is teaching a three-day workshop that explores both his creative process and the technical process of pottery making. “I’m going to expose students to the process of making things and how I work,” Martin said. “It’s a subjective process. The foundation is based on what I find beautiful.” About 40 students and faculty came to the mold making part of the workshop, which began Wednesday with Martin’s method of designing pottery forms using paper cutouts and templates. “I start to visualize what the space, line and form will be [through the cut outs],” he said. “I’m hardly concerned where they are going. What started as paper will turn into a three-dimensional form.” Martin said by folding paper and cutting it in different ways, he can create shapes and patterns that haven’t been discovered or used before. He said he was inspired by the butterfly and mineral collections he saw as a child growing up in Colorado near the Natural History Museum and called his attraction to the various patterns in butterfly wings and the contrasting colors of the minerals “imprinting.” “Imprinting is a mechanism that humans underestimate in themselves,” he said. “I’m a big advocate of imprinting yourself with great images of art. Finding what you’re attracted to is key to understanding you as an artist.”
More than 100 hurricane experts gathered Tuesday and Wednesday in the Lod Cook Conference Center for the first Central Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Conference. The conference, held by the University and The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, featured experts and officials from all levels, including federal and state emergency managers, members of the military, forecasters and University officials. Roy Dokka, civil and environmental engineering professor, said most of the people in attendance were involved in either assessing the initial problems presented by hurricanes or in dealing with the aftermath. A number of issues were discussed, including hurricane preparedness, forecasting, coastal inundation, storm surge models and new products and resources that NOAA and the University will implement for the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1. “The most important issue is perhaps that coastal
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Williams pair comes from SG, service backgrounds Editor’s note: This story is the third in a four-part series on the Student Government campaigns. The candidates will be presented alphabetically by last name. By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Student Government election campaigns focus on reaching students, but SG presidential candidate Theo Williams said his “Geauxing the Distance” campaign will do more. “My main focus will be going to the students,” Williams said. “My competitors are talking about what they have done — not what they’re going to do.” Williams and vice presidential
candidate Millena Williams have been campaigning in Free Speech Alley and participated in the Freshman Leadership Council and Greek debate Tuesday night. The candidates discussed the importance of SG transparency, and “Geauxing the Distance” has an entire pushcard section devoted to the issue. “It’s going to be more and more important for students to be involved in the decisions being made,” Theo Williams said. “With the campaign, we’re going the distance to find students and get student opinion.” During the debate, Theo Williams said students’ most immediate need has to do with budget cuts. “We all know our classes are going to be cut,” Theo Williams said. “At the end
of the day, we need to be more proactive in our approach.” SG presidential candidate J Hudson said he agrees with Williams and said the budget cut issues are getting worse. Millena Williams said one issue on their pushcard is for an iAdvocate program in which SG would spotlight students who want to voice their opinions concerning programs they’re passionate about at the University. Theo Williams currently serves in the executive branch as SG assistant director of external affairs. SG President Stuart Watkins said Theo Williams’s presence in SG has increased commitment to community among officials. CAMPAIGN, see page 15
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Nation & World
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NATIONAL
Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm after conflicts
Police probe death of Mass. student in Rhode Island river
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine Wednesday and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. Police officers were still kept on alert.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say they’re investigating as suspicious the death of a college student whose body was pulled from a Rhode Island river this week. Gregory Hart was last seen Sunday morning in Providence, where he and friends had visited a nightclub. A body preliminarily identified as Hart’s was removed Tuesday from the 18-mile-long Woonasquatucket River.
Yemeni-American imam calls for U.S. Muslim revolt CAIRO (AP) — A Yemeni-American Muslim preacher known for his ties to extremists operating in the U.S. called on American Muslims in a new audio message to turn against their government because of its actions against Muslims around the world. Anwar al-Awlaki’s latest message, excerpts of which were aired on CNN Wednesday, described his radicalization after U.S. operations against Muslims and called on those in the U.S. to follow his path.
NY governor’s press aide quits in scandal; fourth to resign ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. David Paterson’s press secretary on Wednesday became the fourth top staffer to quit amid dual scandals, resigning just hours after her boss publicly proclaimed for the first time that he did nothing wrong when he talked to a woman who
accused one of his top aides of abuse. Paterson also said Wednesday on a radio show that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, whom he appointed to the seat, threw him “under the bus” by suggesting he might have to resign over his role in the abuse allegations. Dozens arrested in California biker gang crackdown RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California say they’ve arrested several dozen people in a statewide crackdown on an outlaw motorcycle club, and there may also be some arrests in other Western states. A spokesman for the Riverside County district attorney says federal, state and local agents began serving warrants for crimes such as drug, weapon and parole violations Wednesday morning. The spokesman, John Hall, isn’t identifying the motorcycle gang involved.
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Jury sides with New Orleans in police taping case
Death penalty ordered for man convicted of killing 2-year-old child
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday rejected allegations that New Orleans police unlawfully arrested two men who were videotaping them along a Carnival parade route in 2007. Greg Griffith and Noah Learned sued in 2007, arguing the city’s police department has a habit of arresting or threatening people who videotape or photograph officers. Several journalists also testified about their encounters with police. The seven jurors deliberated less than three hours before unanimously concluding that officers Brian Harrison and D’Meecko Hughes had probable cause to arrest Griffith and Learned and did not use excessive force. The jury did not get to weigh in on the allegation that the department “has a custom or policy of violating a person’s First Amendment right to photograph or film police activity.”
(AP) — A jury in Baton Rouge has ordered the death penalty for a St. Louis man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in 2007. The verdict was returned Wednesday against 32-year-old Dacarius Holliday, who had been convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of Darian Coon. The jury deliberated the punishment for about 90 minutes. Former DSS state employee wins benefits on state appeal (AP) — A former state Department of Social Services employee accused of disaster food stamps fraud after Hurricane Katrina has won her unemployment benefits appeal. Melody Teague, a former DSS contract grants reviewer, she was fired in October one day after criticizing government inefficiencies before the state’s Commission on Streamlining Government.
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STAFF SENATE
Mid-year cuts may be annualized By Jacob Most Contributing Writer
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Graduate School Senator Niki Hansen speaks out at Wednesday’s SG Senate meeting against the Graduate Walk bill. Hansen wants to rescind the bill.
Senate votes to leave Grad. Walk bill as is Some wanted more student opinion By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
The controversial class gift project survived a storm of criticism Wednesday night when a resolution to rescind the bill was struck down, 11 to 29, at this week’s Student Government Senate meeting. The 2010 Class Gift Project, or the Graduate Walk, gained much attention during the past week after the Senate passed bill for the Chancellor’s approval without the opt-out clause, which would have given students the choice to not purchase an engraved brick on the walk. The resolution includes a mandatory $30 fee for graduating seniors to fund a brick engraved with the graduate’s name to be placed in the sidewalk around the Parade Ground. The project would ultimately be a tradition for each graduating class and could include classes for as much as the next 20 years. Graduate School Senator Niki Hansen spoke out first against the Graduate Walk and proposed to rescind the bill and bring the resolution to a student vote. “I would rather choose how to spend my money,” Hansen said. “Students should have the right to chose how to spend their money. I don’t oppose the Graduate Walk, but I do oppose the fact that we didn’t allow them to have a choice.” The Senate debated the bill, but eventually voted down the rescindment to bring the Graduate Walk back to the drawing board. The plans to add a mandatory $30 fee, which the Senate sent to the Chancellor’s Office to approve last week, will stay with the Chancellor unchanged. Speaker of the Senate Tyler Martin spoke in favor of the Graduate Walk to not include the opt-out clause. “This is the best thing for LSU,” Martin said “The Graduate Walk would be a great recruiting tool for our University. Five-thousand to 6,000 potential students visit this University each year.” Basic Sciences Senator Brandon Jones felt strongly to rescind and
send the bill to a student vote. “We had the audacity to think we can make the decision on this without consulting the students,” Jones said. “I felt that, with the people I talked to, no one said that this idea was a bad idea. They just felt like they wanted a choice.” SG Director of Sustainability Cas Smith said he thought the $30 fee should not be mandatory. “I do know [the chancellor] won’t not sign it unless Senate rescinds the bill,” Smith said. “I know testing all these things out has been hell for y’all, but I think students should have the right to vote.” Jeffrey Wale, College of Arts and Sciences senator, also authored a bill to clarify the University’s policy on canceling school for snow days. Senate debated how much snow should qualify as being dangerous for students to drive to school and eventually tabled the bill. “We want to look out for safety of students,” Wale said. “We have to decide if you’re going to come in snow and put ourselves in danger or come on Saturday.” Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com
The mid-year budget cuts made in January will probably become annualized, said Bob Kuhn, associate vice chancellor of Budget and Planning. Kuhn took questions and discussed the University’s future budget outlook in a discussion with the Staff Senate on Wednesday. He said $12.6 million was cut in the mid-year budget cuts. The annualizing of the midyear budget cuts will probably mirror the budget cuts made last July, Kuhn said. He spoke to the Staff Senate to help them better explain the University’s budget outlook, Staff Senate President Chad Gothreaux said. “The state of the budget can oftentimes be confusing,” Gothreaux said. “It changes almost daily.” Gov. Bobby Jindal’s decision to spare the University from any more budget cuts last month was good news, but the reality is the budget cuts the University already incurred hit the University hard, Gothreaux said. “The average person on the street thinks we have been spared,
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Staff Senate President Chad Gothreaux, right, addressees the senate while President-Elect Lisa Verma, center, and member-at-large Donna Torres look on.
but we have already lost a lot,” Gothreaux said. The possibility of a furlough hasn’t been taken off the table, Kuhn said. The best way to make cuts is to have decisions made at the lowest level, and the deans and department chairs should talk with faculty, staff and students to determine the best way to make cuts without
hurting the overall goal of the college and department, Kuhn said. He added the University and the Office of Budget and Planning are trying to minimize any budget cuts at all times.
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RENOVATIONS
Old Alex Box parking lot construction underway New site to hold 500-600 vehicles By Sumit Kumar Contributing Writer
Construction of the parking lot at the site of the old Alex Box Stadium is underway. The stadium was demolished and construction workers are clearing the debris, said Herb Vincent, senior associate athletic director. The vacant plot will temporarily be used as a parking lot until the University decides on a final purpose for it, Vincent said. The demolition process of the stadium started in January, and the parking lot should be ready this fall, said Gary Graham, director of Parking, Traffic and Transportation. “The cost of demolition of the Alex Box Stadium will be about $300,000,” Vincent said in an email to The Daily Reveille. “It is being paid with private funds through the Tiger Athletic Foundation.”
TAF plans to recoup the costs about the development, but she by charging vehicles for gameday expected a parking garage in place parking in the newly built lot, he of the stadium. said. Some students The parksaid they are disconing lot is estitent with the general mated to hold parking structure on about 500 to campus. 600 commuter “There’s not vehicles. enough parking spots The project and way too many won’t cause any students,” said Ryan changes in trafJulien, biology senior. Ryan Julien fic flow or road The temporary biology senior closures, Graparking lot construcham said. tion at the stadium The 2,500-capacity stadium, site is just one of the University’s built in 1938, covered nearly upcoming parking renovation proj200,000-square feet and was ects. named after Alex Box, an LSU The new Alex Box Stadium, athlete killed during World War II. which was completed prior to the The stadium was later expanded to 2009 baseball season, is situated hold 7,760 people. 200 yards down Nicholson Drive “As long as they put memori- from the original and currently als in that place for all that it repre- hosts all of LSU’s baseball games. sented, it’s OK,” said Jared AngeThe final game played at the lo, coastal environmental science old stadium was on June 9, 2008, sophomore, who said he attended between LSU and UC Irvine in the games at the old stadium for five NCAA Super Regionals. years. Amanda Cason, interior deContact Sumit Kumar at sign sophomore, said she is happy skumar@lsureveille.com
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LAW
Jury sides with N.O. in police case By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday rejected allegations that New Orleans police unlawfully arrested two men who were videotaping them along a Carnival parade route in 2007. Greg Griffith and Noah Learned sued in 2007, arguing the city’s police department has a habit of arresting or threatening people who videotape or photograph officers. Several journalists also testified about their encounters with police. The seven jurors deliberated less than three hours before unanimously concluding that officers Brian Harrison and D’Meecko Hughes had probable cause to arrest Griffith and Learned and did not use excessive force. The jury did not get to weigh in on the allegation that the department “has a custom or policy of violating a person’s First Amendment right to photograph or film police activity.” But city attorney Franz Zibilich said the plaintiffs never proved that claim. The jury “didn’t buy it, and we commend them for that,” he said. Zibilich said Griffith and Learned interfered with officers breaking up a fight. They were charged with crossing a police cordon, but the charges were dismissed about two months later. Hughes and Harrison, who has left the department, hugged each other and their attorneys after the verdict. Griffith, now 34 and living in Cambridge, Mass., and Learned, now 29 and living in New Orleans, were seeking money and a court
order that could have required the department to change its policies. Learned was a student at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette when he was arrested. Griffith had come to the city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to volunteer at a health clinic. They met at Kent State University in Ohio, where they co-founded a “Cop Watch” program to monitor police activity. Their lawsuit cited 11 other incidents since 2005 in which police allegedly tried to stop people from taping, photographing or observing officers. Learned said he was disappointed by the verdict but grateful to hear testimony from several witnesses, including the officers, that reinforced people’s right to tape police activity. “Hopefully it will empower people to continue to pursue that activity,” he said. During the trial, several journalists described run-ins they had with New Orleans police officers. Associated Press Television News videojournalist Rich Matthews described filming an arrest with his crew in the city’s French Quarter several weeks after Katrina when an officer shoved him against a car and ordered him to stop taping. A video of the incident showed that when Matthews held up his credentials, the officer grabbed him, leaned him backward over a car, jabbed him in the stomach and unleashed a profanity-laced tirade. Times-Picayune city editor Gordon Russell said he and a New York Times photographer were driving through the city after Katrina when they encountered a group of officers in the aftermath of an apparent shoot-out. Russell
said the officers ordered them out of their car at gunpoint and briefly confiscated his notebook and the photographer’s camera. William Gamble, a student lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the journalists’ testimony showed the department’s officers routinely violate citizens’ First Amendment rights. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
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FOOTBALL
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Shepard reinstated in trial court hearing
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Tigers use fourth-inning scoring burst for victory
Forget deja vu. The LSU baseball team (13-2) overcame a sluggish start to thwart Nicholls State’s attempt at a repeat of last year’s victory in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers used a fourth-inning outburst to trounce the Colonels (11-5), 10-3, on Wednesday. The win helped erase memories from losing last weekend’s series against Kansas. “It’s always great to bounce back after a loss,” said sophomore second baseman Tyler Hanover. “You never want to continue a losing streak. After last weekend, we just wanted to come out with a win.” Sophomore starting pitcher Chris Matulis pitched three efficient innings, only allowing one run on two hits. Junior center fielder Leon Landry led the Tigers at the plate with a 2-for-3 effort with a home run. “I was particularly happy with how Matulis threw,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “That may have been as good as I’ve ever seen him throw.” Junior pitcher Daniel Bradshaw (30) earned the win on two innings pitched, two hits, one run and one strikeout. Colonel pitcher Ryan Cooper nabbed the loss after throwing four innings and giving up five runs on five hits. Cooper was stellar in the preliminary innings. Through the first three frames, only Landry was able to pierce Cooper’s armor after sending a solo home run clanging off the right-field foul pole. The Colonels took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the fourth. Their upset bid was over after that.
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LSU junior outfielder Leon Landry hits a home run during the second inning of the Tigers’ 10-3 victory FOURTH, see page 13 against Nicholls on Wednesday at Alex Box Stadium. Landry went 2-3 at bat against the Colonels.
The Student Government Trial Court reinstated sophomore Russell Shepard on Wednesday to run in the upcoming Student Government Election. Trial Court Judge Daniel Marsh ruled in favor of Shepard, reversing a decision made Monday by Alexis Sarver, SG commissioner of elections, that ruled Shepard ineligible to run Read for University Court. Russell Shepard, a Shepard’s wide receiver letter of on the football appeal at team who is on the “Geauxing lsureveille. the Distance” com. campaign ticket, missed both of two possible meetings, one of which candidates were required to attend to be put on the ballot. He missed the first meeting March 9 and the second March 15 when he went to class to take a quiz instead of going to the election meeting, prompting Sarver to disqualify Shepard. Marsh gave two stipulations for the reversal: Sarver didn’t have the authority to tell Shepard he was disqualified, and he provided proper documentation within the given time period of his absence. Article II, Section 3 of the SG Election Code states, “All actions of the Commissioner of Elections APPEAL, see page 13
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Murphy, Ridley compete for top running back spot Ford also possible to play in backfield By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
It’s like a movie. An injured veteran and a largely unknown former fullback fill in for one of the most successful athletes to take a handoff at LSU. That’s the backfield situation heading into the 2010 LSU football season, only the climax of the film won’t unravel until the fall. Former Tiger running back Charles Scott’s 32 career touchdowns are more than six times the five combined touchdowns between his replacements, senior Richard Murphy and junior Stevan Rid-
ley. But the numbers could be deceiving. Murphy has been used in moderation as a third-down back and a receiver out of the backfield. Ridley was a fullback before injuries to Scott and former running back Keiland Williams forced him into a starting tailback spot. The running game was mediocre at best last season despite boasting a potential NFL running back in Scott. The Tigers finished with 1,596 rushing yards, almost 150 less than its opponents, and ranked No. 84 among Division-I schools — three spots behind instate rival Louisiana-Lafayette. Perhaps two athletes with something to prove can right the ship. Murphy is coming off an ACL surgery after injuring his knee on a pass against Vanderbilt two games into last season.
“I’m ready for contact,” Murphy said. “It’s my last year, and I’m going to work out to prepare myself to be the guy that they want me to be.” LSU coach Les Miles said he knows Murphy wants to go all out, but its a dicey situation. Murphy, who has donned a green jersey at practice, could be held out of full contact until the fall. “We’ll see how these next two weeks go,” Miles said. “He’s chomping at the bit, I can tell you that.” Miles said he has to balance Murphy’s health while getting him prepared for a Southeastern Conference season. “We might limit his carries, but we want to make sure he gets all the carries that he’s going to need to develop his eyes and the ability to make that cut,” Miles said.
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FAMOUS AMOS
Jets’ offseason moves make them title favorites
LaDainian Tomilinson might as well get his finger sized now. It’ll be one less thing he’ll have to cross off his to-do list come winter 2011. By then he’ll probably be busy with all of the interviews, public appearances, parades and the mandatory trip to Disney World these Super Bowl champs are so fond of. To m i l i n son will be riding the wave of the Super Amos Morale Bowl victory Sports Columnist with his new teammates at the end of next season. Yes, this is an official prediction claiming the New York Jets are going to win the Super Bowl now that they’ve signed Tomilinson. Sure, the NFL Draft hasn’t happened and the NFL free agency period isn’t over, but the moves made by the Jets make them the early favorite. Tomilinson, who was released by the Chargers on Feb. 22, took less money than he could have made with the Minnesota Vikings so he could play for a team with a chance to win a championship. “At this point, it’s all about having an opportunity to win a
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The Chicago Bears introduced recently signed free agents, from left, running back Chester Taylor, defensive end Julius Peppers, and tight end Brandon Manumaleuna during an NFL football news conference at Halas Hall on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Lake Forest, Ill.
championship,” Tomilinson told USA Today. “I look at it as going from high school to college again [and] I just want to be able to have a role on this team and contribute.” Well that championship is as good as his. Without question, the Jets have made the best moves of this offseason’s free agency period. So far they have done nothing but add quality players to the
NFL’s best regular-season defense. Through a trade with the Chargers, they acquired cornerback Antonio Cromartie to play opposite field of the best cornerback in the NFL, Darrelle Revis. The Jets already allowed an NFL-low 153.7 pass yards per game, and that total can only get better with the addition of Cromartie, who was the Chargers’ best coverage corner.
Another team that has made good moves is Chicago. The Bears added defensive end Julius Peppers and running back Chester Taylor. The Bears’ main issue last season was its quarterback, who threw a league-high 26 interceptions in 2010. The Bears are sticking with Jay Cutler, but a slew of NFL teams are making moves at that position. The team that was originally thought to be the one making a splash with quarterbacks in free agency was Philadelphia. The Eagles have three quarterbacks on its roster capable of starting for an NFL franchise in Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick. But all three are still with the Eagles. The team that has made the biggest impact in the free agent market concerning quarterbacks is the Cleveland Browns. The Browns cut 2007 Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson and traded former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn. They signed former Carolina Panther and Louisiana-Lafayette alum Jake Delhomme and traded for Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Seneca Wallace. The moves let the rest of the league know the Browns are looking for a quarterback in the 2010 NFL
Draft and are not looking for many wins this season. But with all the activity of many of these franchises, one team has been curiously inactive in this offseason. That team is the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. The Saints have yet to resign any of their 29 free agents. Among these 29 are the names of some of the Saints key contributors — Darren Sharper, Pierre Thomas, Jahri Evans, Roman Harper and Mike Bell. The Saints have already lost free agent linebacker Scott Fujita to the Cleveland Browns and are in danger of losing Bell to the Philadelphia Eagles. If the Saints don’t start making moves, their chances to repeat will be terrible. But even if the Saints do make a good move in the offseason, will it really matter? The Jets are establishing themselves as the best team in the league. Maybe the Saints can tell Mr. Tomilinson where he can get his ring fitted. Amos Morale is a 22-year-old history major from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_amosmorale3. Contact Amos Morale at amorale@lsureveille.com
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FOOTBALL
Offensive line starts spring practice fresh after poor 2009 Fundamentals stressed by coaches By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor
LSU’s offensive linemen have been working on a particular blueprint during spring practices. The blueprint calls for fundamental changes after the line gave up the most sacks in the Southeastern Conference in 2009 with 35. Fourth-year offensive line coach Greg Studrawa has urged the offensive line to get back to the basics and re-learn techniques. “It’s kind of like building a house,” said senior left tackle Joseph Barksdale. “You won’t be able to make it to the attic if you can’t lay a good foundation.” Fundamentals have been stressed more than usual in spring practices, Barksdale said. “We’re focusing a lot on technique and aggression,” Barksdale said. “[Studrawa’s] been pushing us to get better.” Another area of focus has been improving the running game, Barksdale said. The Tigers were second to
last in the SEC in rushing yards in 2009 with 129.6 yards per game. “As far as the running game goes, we’ve definitely been improving this year.” Barksdale said. “If we can knock somebody off the ball, the running back will have his pick of the litter at what hole to go through.” Barksdale started 25 games the last two seasons at right tackle, but he is making the switch to left tackle after Ciron Black graduated. “It’s like flipping everything upside down,” Barksdale said. “The only way I’m going to get better at it is to keep repping it out.” Barksdale said moving from right to left tackle has been harder than switching from defensive to offensive line as he did his freshman year. The Detroit, Mich., native will have the second-most experienced LSU lineman next to him. Junior Josh Dworaczyk said he has been practicing at left guard, where he started all 12 games in 2009. Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for TigerVision and ESPN, said sophomore P.J. Lonergan has been seeing first-team action at center instead of junior T-Bob Hebert, who started every game but the Capital One Bowl in 2009.
“Lonergan’s kind of overtaking him,” Nadeau said. “P.J.’s put a little space between them.” Nadeau said junior right guard Will Blackwell and sophomore right tackle Alex Hurst are getting first team reps. Neither Blackwell nor Hurst have a career start at LSU, but Barksdale said the young guys are filling in nicely. “The young guys are balling,” Barksdale said. “The young guys look good. The offensive line as a whole looks good.” Dworaczyk said he has been impressed with some of the backups, such as junior Greg Shaw and Josh Williford, a 6-foot-7-inch, 336-pound redshirt freshman. “Greg Shaw’s really stepping up and being a leader,” Dworaczyk said. “Williford’s got the height and weight. He surely looks like a great offensive lineman.” Nadeau said highly recruited redshirt freshman Chris Faulk could enter into the equation as well. “The coaches think he could be really good,” Nadeau said. “They think he could be the next Ciron Black.” LSU coach Les Miles said he’s willing to rotate linemen in spring
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LSU sophomore center Patrick Lonergan (64) and junior offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk (68) work on blocking drills during practice Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.
practices until the best starting five is found. “There were a number of guys playing different spots,” Miles said after Saturday’s scrimmage. “We’ve improved a little on the offensive line.” Nadeau said it’s going to be tough for the offensive line to get better after losing starters Lyle Hitt and Black from the 2009 squad. “On paper they don’t look like they should be better,” Nadeau
said. “There are some unanswered questions.” But chemistry could change the fortunes of the 2010 offensive line, Nadeau said. “You can’t underestimate chemistry,” Nadeau said. “It’s like a miniteam. Being in sync can overcome some lacking in ability.” Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com
SWIMMING
Five Lady Tigers to compete at NCAA championships No. 12 LSU hopes to place in top eight By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
Whether at home or 900 miles away, opportunity awaits LSU’s female swimmers. The Lady Tigers have worked all season to get to West Lafayette, Ind., the site of the 2010 Women’s NCAA Championship. Now they have a chance to take it a step further with a strong showing in the next three days. Five swimmers – junior Jane Trepp, freshman Amanda Kendall, sophomores Mary Beck, Morgan
McGee and Samantha Goates – will represent LSU. Combined they will swim four relays and eight individual events. The NCAA meet is the culmination of a season of hard work for the Lady Tigers. “We’ve all put in a lot of effort,” McGee said. Trepp, a three-time NCAA relay All-American, will swim the 50-yard freestyle today before competing in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard breaststroke Friday. She has three top-25 seedings going into the preliminaries and is currently ranked No. 13 in the 50yard freestyle, No. 24 in the 100-yard breaststroke and No. 16 in the 100yard butterfly. Beck is returning to the NCAA
championships for the second year. She also has a top-25 seeding, ranking No. 24 in the 200-yard individual medley which she will swim Thursday. She will also participate in the 100-and 200-yard backstroke, with No. 32 and No. 41 seedings, respectively. The other Lady Tigers are swimming in their first NCAA championship. McGee said the SEC Championship is the biggest meet she’s been to so far, but said she thinks the NCAA’s will be a little more low key because it splits the men and women’s teams into separate weeks of competition. The Lady Tigers will face teams they’ve never swam against. “There will be a lot of people
I’ve swam with at SECs, but there will be a lot of teams we’ve never swam before, like Cal and USC,” McGee said. “A lot of people I’ll be racing for the first time.” McGee ranks No. 50 in the 100yard backstroke and No. 49 in the 100-yard butterfly. Goates has a No. 63 seed in the 100-yard freestyle and Kendall will race in three individual events. The freshman freestyler is seeded No. 44 in the 50-yard freestyle, No. 38 in the 100-yard freestyle and No. 58 in the 200-yard freestyle. LSU coach Adam Schmitt said he foresees a good showing if the Lady Tigers swim at the top of their game. “I believe we have a strong, talented group of women, and I could
see us making a big impact at the meet,” Schmitt said. “Of course, we need to be at our best this weekend against some very tough opponents, but I think we will represent LSU proudly.” Goates said placing in the top eight is one of LSU’s main goals, particularly in the 200-yard freestyle relay, where the Lady Tigers are ranked No. 12. The relay teams are subject to change, but all five women are expected to participate in at least one of the four relays. Preliminaries for the meet will begin at 10 a.m. each day with finals following at 6 p.m. Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com
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SOFTBALL
No. 14 LSU sweeps doubleheader Win against Ole Miss puts win streak at 18 By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
If the season is a wave, the Tigers aren’t finished riding it. The No. 14 LSU softball team swept Ole Miss in a doubleheader Wednesday night at Tiger Park, increasing its winning streak to 18 games, the most in LSU coach Yvette Girouard’s tenure with the Tigers. “The biggest difference has been our team chemistry,” said senior pitcher Cody Trahan. “On and off the field, we’re a tight-knit group of girls.” The Tigers (23-4, 5-0) outlasted the Rebels (16-12, 3-4), 2-1, in a tight contest in game two, taking advantage of Ole Miss errors. The ball didn’t leave the infield in the third inning, but the Tigers still manufactured a run. Senior center fielder Kirsten Shortridge, reigning National Softball Player of the Week, stole second base after smacking an infield single. Shortridge moved to third base on a groundout by junior right fielder Ashley Applegate and scored on a fielding error by Ole Miss senior pitcher Becky Nye later in the inning to give the Tigers a
1-0 lead. “The pitcher was so worried about [Shortridge] with two outs that she didn’t field the ball cleanly,” Girouard said. The Rebels knotted the game at 1-1 in the top of the fifth inning. Sophomore third baseman Cali Overbeck doubled to left-center field off LSU sophomore pitcher Brittany Mack, and sophomore second baseman Corrine Doornberg drove her home with a single to left field. That was the end of the road for Mack, who tossed four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Fico replaced her. Shortridge wasn’t done scoring. She reached first on an infield single and stole second base in the fifth inning in similar fashion to her steal in the third inning. Applegate hit a shot which Doornberg couldn’t handle, and Shortridge came in to score from second base, putting the Tigers up again, 2-1. “I’m confident that Apple’s going to back me up and do what she has to do,” Shortridge said. Two runs were enough with Fico (9-2) on the mound. She threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings to receive the win. “Fico’s almost like the perfect closer,” Girouard said. The road to victory was less arduous for the Tigers in the first game of the doubleheader.
The Tiger bats lit up like fireworks in the fourth inning to carry LSU past Ole Miss, 7-1. Sophomore first baseman Anissa Young doubled twice and knocked in two runs in the fourth inning. The Tigers totaled six runs in the inning, including a suicide squeeze by sophomore catcher Morgan Russell and an RBI single to center field by freshman shortstop Allison Falcon. Sophomore designated player Juliana Santos tallied the first run of the game, scoring on a wild pitch in the second inning. The Rebels scored on a solo home run by senior shortstop Lauren Grill to put Ole Miss on the board, 7-1, in the sixth inning. It marked only the second run surrendered by Trahan in 46 innings pitched. Her fourth-inning walk was also only her second walk given up this year, compared to 51 strikeouts. Trahan gave up one run in six innings, striking out six and walking one. “We know we can come in as a pitching staff and shut them down,” Trahan said. Fico shut the door in the seventh inning, retiring all three Rebel batters she faced. Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
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LSU senior pitcher Cody Trahan throws the ball Wednesday during the Tigers’ 7-1 victory against Ole Miss at Tiger Park.
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Entertainment
Rock of Ages
91.1 KLSU disc jockey celebrates his 33rd year of ‘Spontaneous Combustion,’ a Sunday morning radio show featuring ‘jazz, blues and beyond’
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BAND SPOTLIGHT
The xx to play at Spanish Moon By Matthew Jacobs Entertainment Writer
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The xx have attained international fame in the last few months, and now the London three-piece is bringing its talents to Baton Rouge. The band, which will appear at Spanish Moon on Monday, was placed on SPIN Magazine’s list of the top 10 bands to watch for in 2010, and songs from their 2009 self-titled debut album have been featured on popular TV shows such as “Gossip Girl” and “Grey’s Check Anatomy.” online for “We had download no idea or exa free pectation of song. The what would hap- xx will play at the pen,” said JaSpanish mie Smith, who Moon on mixes backing Monday. tracks for the trio, in a phone interview with The Daily Reveille. Smith said the members of The xx, now 20 and 21 years old, have been friends since childhood and decided to start recording music together when they were 16. The band’s lead singers, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim, have known each other since they were 4 years old, said Smith, who met the pair when he was 11. “The xx started when we were 16 with just Romy and Oli,” Smith said. “I made their backing tracks because I didn’t want to be on stage. Then, when I was 18, I joined fulltime.” Each member of the band FAME, see page 11
By Ben Bourgeois Entertainment Writer
Nat “King” Cole’s 1956 hit “Night Lights” boomed inside the radio booth and resonated into the hallways of the KLSU studio. “Woo! There’s only one Nat ‘King’ Cole,” the disc jockey yelled over the music as he snapped his fingers to the drummer’s twos and fours. Zia Tammami hasn’t been a student since 1980, but he is still a fixture on KLSU 91.1 FM, LSU’s student-operated radio station. His weekly show, “Spontaneous Combustion,” which airs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., has been airing Sunday mornings since May 1, 1977, and features everything from Latin jazz to Frank Sinatra. “Some people will say, ‘I know rap, and I only have 50 albums,’” Tammami said. “No, you need it all. My show is jazz, blues
and beyond.” He had his first exposure to jazz at 5 years old when he saw famed bebop trumpeter and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie. He moved to Europe as a teenager where he was exposed to British rock groups by listening to pirate radio. ROCK, see page 12 SARA SICONA / The Daily Reveille
photo courtesy of ZIA TAMMIMI
[Left] Zia Tammimi, KLSU disc jockey, produces his weekly “Spontaneous Combustion” radio show from the KLSU booth in 1989. [Right] Tammami produces his radio show this past week. His show has aired on KLSU every Sunday morning for 33 years.
MUSIC
Bear in Heaven plays lively BR show Brooklyn quartet gets crowd dancing By Elizabeth Clausen Entertainment Writer
Jon Philpot, lead vocalist for Brooklyn-based band Bear in Heaven, said Baton Rouge knows how to dance. The group played its first-ever Baton Rouge show at Spanish Moon on Monday night. “This is our first time in Red Stick,” Philpot said onstage. “It’s pretty cool.” The turnout was small before Bear in Heaven took the stage, but
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Bear in Heaven, guitarist and bassist
the dance floor was packed once Philpot took to the microphone. The up-and-coming group comprises friends Philpot, Sadek Bazaraa, Joe Stickney and Adam Wills, who have known one another for more than 10 years. All members hail from Georgia
or Alabama, but there’s no Southern influence in their psychedelic, progressive sound. “We tend to strip things out and manipulate things, so a lot of songwriting happens in the computer,” Wills said. “Some songs took two years to write, and some we wrote in a day.” The songwriting process is unique and collaborative, said Wills, who plays guitar and bass. “We didn’t start out as a band — we were all friends first,” Wills said. “I don’t think the group dynamic could get any better.” He said the band’s latest album, “Beast Rest Forth Mouth,” is more BEAR, see page 12
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(From left) Bear in Heaven members Adam Wills, Joe Stickney and John Philpot relax outside Spanish Moon before their concert Monday.
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FASHION
New company creates unique, DNA-based apparel Price of T-shirts may discourage buyers
By Kieu Tran Entertainment Writer
Lips are being puckered, cheeks swabbed and fingers printed for fashion. Identity Apparel, an up-andcoming line, has made DNA its trademark. Designers launched the line six years ago and use customers’ DNA for design inspiration, taking actual DNA and incorporating the double helix image into the T-shirt graphics. The DNA is retrieved using a simple process. “All we need is a little cheek swab inside the customer’s mouth,” said Dylan Ferguson, co-owner of Ontario-based company. The innovative DNA line debuted at the 2010 New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week earlier this month and received notable recognition, Ferguson said. He said he met a University student in New York who took notice of the edgy T-shirt lines. Identity Apparel showed two other lines at Fashion Week, including the KISS and Fingerprint lines. The customer’s actual kiss and fingerprint images are used in
the T-shirts graphic design. Each line is equipped with a collection kit for kiss prints or fingerprints, Ferguson said. The online-based company mails customers the collection kit, and the kit is then sent to a lab to determine the DNA sequencing, he said. The owners came up with the T-shirt idea after seeing an art show where an artist used DNA string lines as art. “I witnessed [the use of DNA] and thought it was unbelievable,” Ferguson said. “We played with the idea for six months to figure out how we can build this into clothing and still have an artistic and fashionable look.” Identity Apparel found its niche with college females, priding itself on its uniqueness, Ferguson said. “We are the first company to ever try and capture the physical identity of the individual and build that into the clothing they wear,” he said. The company claims to give its customers a sense of identity. “We noticed that a lot of people try to wear fashion that represents who they are, and a big problem is a lot of brands out there are not guaranteed that it is one of a kind,” Ferguson said. “There’s 10,000 similar shirts, so every time you walk down the street you will
see someone wearing what you’re wearing.” “You are guaranteed that the garment you are wearing has the basic fundamentals of you — your fingerprint, your DNA and your kiss,” he said. But Paul Dean, graphic art professor, criticized the execution of the design. “I think they have a really good concept, but the end result looks like any other shirt,” Dean said. He offered an alternative to the $90-100 T-shirts. “If people really want a unique T-shirt, they can paint some stencils onto a T-shirt,” Dean said. “[Identity Apparel shirts are] a lot of money, but some people will buy it.” Elizabeth Harvey, co-owner of Storyville on Chimes Street, is impressed by the T-shirt line. “I like the idea, and I like the concept of having your very own T-shirt,” Harvey said. She said Storyville also sells T-shirts with a story, and the Identity Apparel shirts may be too expensive for college students. University students are also intrigued by the bizarre T-shirt concept. “It’s awesome — I’d definitely buy it,” said Melissa Burd, studio art junior. “It’s a novelty.”
But some said the T-shirts cost too much. “It’s a cool idea, and I’ve actually seen something similar [in a magazine] where they used your DNA to make wall art,” said Melissa Norman, history and German junior. “But [the T-shirt] is
too expensive.”
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LITERATURE
Event to showcase two alumni authors
four-letter word.” Gilsdorf has had his stories published regularly in the New York Times, Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor. Novelist Clarence Nero will By Elizabeth Clausen showcase his fiction alongside Entertainment Writer Gilsdorf. Two alumni will showcase Nero, whose work has been their acclaimed work Sunday as praised by Maya Angelou, grew part of the LSU Readers & Writers up in New Orleans surrounded by series in celebration of LSU’s Ses- drugs, violence and poverty. quicentennial and His latest the Master of Fine work, “Too Much Arts program’s of a Good Thing 25th anniversary. Ain’t Bad,” focusEthan Gilses on fraternities, dorf, a poet, family and college teacher and jourdrama. nalist, will read an Nero has a excerpt from his Master of Fine Ethan Gilsdorf gaming memoir Arts in creative author “Fantasy Freaks writing and teachand Gaming es at Baton Rouge Geeks: An Epic Quest for Real- Community College. ity Among Role Players, Online The presentation will begin Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Sunday at 5 p.m. in Dodson AuImaginary Realms.” ditorium. Both authors will read Gilsdorf played Dungeons & excerpts of their work followed by Dragons obsessively in the 1980s a question and answer session and and finding his old D&D gear at book signing. Admission is free. age 40 inspired him to write a book about his experiences. “When I was a teen, fantasy Contact Elizabeth Clausen at gaming was on the fringes,” he said. “Today, ‘geek’ is no longer a eclausen@lsureveille.com
Reading to be in Dodson this Sunday
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records his or her part individually before they come together to revise their material in the studio, Smith said. The band’s popularity has become widespread across the indie -rock music scene, but its name recognition came gradually. “The first gigs we played were night clubs,” Smith said. “We were playing at 1 a.m.” The crowds were comprised of rowdy bar-goers, he said. “People just wanted to dance and drink,” Smith said. “But you’ve got to start somewhere.” The xx landed a spot at this summer’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, part of a lineup that includes Stevie Wonder, Jay Z and Kings of Leon “We’ve done a couple [outdoor
music festivals],” Smith said. “We were used to playing at night, so it’s quite a change, but it felt pretty good actually.” Bonnaroo is one of the later stops on the band’s international tour, which kicks off today at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. “We’ve all got really fond memories of [touring in America],” Smith said. “I think it’s the most fun we’ve ever had while touring.” Smith said the band enjoys touring in America because it’s different from their normal U.K. routine — without a language barrier. And the band may see a spike in accolades and CD sales — its debut album currently holds a spot on Tower Records’ list of top 100 bestsellers — but members still credit their live performances as the source of their love for music.
PAGE 11 “We started out writing songs to play live, so that’s what we’ve always done,” Smith said. “We didn’t expect anyone to listen to us. Everything that’s happened since has been amazing.” The xx will return to the studio to record a sophomore album after the band finishes its tour in September, Smith said. But the band doesn’t feel as much pressure this time around, he said. “We used to have no pressure and no intentions,” Smith said. “We just need to get back and do what we love, and hopefully it’ll come out well and people will like it.” The xx will perform at The Spanish Moon on Monday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $12, and pre-sale tickets are sold out. Contact Matthew Jacobs at mjacobs@lsureveille.com
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Tammami moved to the United States when he was 17 and decided to pursue a degree in geology at LSU. After a stint in public radio in Lafayette after graduating in 1980, but still commuted to Baton Rouge every Sunday to do his show at the University. “I never earned a penny except when I was at public radio in Lafayette,” Tammami said His knowledge of the music he plays has paid off. When famed Latin jazz bandleader and percussionist Poncho Sanchez came to Baton Rouge in 2007 to perform at the Shaw Center downtown, Tammami was invited to introduce him onstage. “Poncho ... played two sets, and the guy who introduced him at first mispronounced his name,” Tammami said, turning down the volume on one of Sanchez’s song only long enough to speak. “So I came out for the second set and said [his name]. He came out and hugged me onstage.” Tammami insists good DJs must offer information to the listener rather than simply “yack” on
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cohesive than its last effort, and the band underwent several lineup changes since 2007’s “Red Bloom of the Boom,” going from six members to five to four. “A lot of equipment changed — the instruments people were playing changed,” he said. “But I think we’re going for the same mood — kind of dark and weird. But we tried to make it a little bit friendlier ... you don’t want to alienate people.” And the new, more upbeat sound had the effect the band wanted — the audience at the Spanish Moon danced through the entirety of the set. The songs from the second album are stripped down to the bare essentials without being monotonous, Wills said. Bear in Heaven’s trippy blend of synth-rock and electronica was anything but boring. The band is touring the East Coast and the South to promote its album. “Beast” recently received the “Best New Music” distinction from Pitchfork. And the recognition has opened doors for the band, Wills said. “It’s done a million things for us,” he said. “In the music world, people need validation before they even listen to you — it’s unfortunate, but that’s reality.” The band held back its energy instead of playing full out on some songs, but the restraint allowed the intensity to grow by gradually increasing the tempo and adding layers of sound. “Lovesick Teenagers” was the culmination of the tension, electrifying the crowd. “We’re minimal in that we definitely always try to do less in the song. We edit a lot,” Wills said. “We’re constantly stripping things down even though everything sounds kind of big. It’s been fun.”
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the air. of protests when a former adviser “People forget the radio is an pulled Tammami’s show around the information source because 90 per- time of his 20th anniversary in a cent of it is owned by one person, campaign to eliminate the station’s and everything specialty shows. is computer“Fans of the show ized,” he said. sent more than 70 e“If you’re good, mails to the Chancelyou can get evlor’s Office,” Tamerybody’s attenmami said. “They tion and hold fired the station manthe pulse of the ager and reinstated me city.” with an apology.” There have Zia also has a been a few quesshow at Baton Rouge tions as to why High School from 3 Zia Tammami the University’s p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunstudent radio days. The last hour KLSU disc jockey station features of that show is synsomeone who dicated and played finished college nearly 30 years on KSLU in Hammond as “Dinner ago, but there are no plans to take Jazz with Zia.” Tammami works Tammami off the air any time soon, full-time as a hydrology consultant, said John Friscia, KLSU’s faculty but he hopes to continue to share adviser. his love of jazz, the blues and world “I’ve had people say [the radio music for a long time. station is] for students, but you’d be “I’ve been doing this for 33 shooting yourself in the foot by get- years,” he said. “And, God willting rid of a guy like Zia,” Friscia ing, I’ll have another 20 years left said. “Nobody’s asking to take his in me.” spot, and there’s plenty of space.” Contact Ben Bourgeois at Someone would be crazy to try. The University received scores bbourgeois@lsureveille.com
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LSU broke it open in the fourth after struggling against Cooper, notching four crippling runs and sending Cooper to the showers. “I think we kind of played the wind,” Hanover said. “It was a factor too. Everyone at the beginning of the game was still trying to hit fly balls and the wind was blowing straight in. He was a good pitcher and I think after a while, I don’t know if he tired down, but we started to hit balls on the ground and trying to get base hits instead of hitting the ball out.” Landry clubbed a single into right field that sent sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook to third. Hanover then poked a single into left field plating Mahtook to tie the game at two. Senior designated hitter Matt Gaudet took care of the rest. Gaudet blasted a Cooper offering well over the left field fence to tack on three more runs, extending the Tiger lead to 5-2. The
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must meet the majority approval of the Election Board present and voting.” Sarver made the decision without seeking approval from the board, therefore voiding Shepard’s disqualification. Article III, Section 6 of the Election Code also states “If an extenuating circumstance occurs on the night of a meeting ... the candidate must provide a written ex-
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homer was Gaudet’s sixth of the season. “That was a big blow for our team,” Mainieri said. “It looked like it was going to be a hard fought game all night, and I thought that one swing gave us a little breathing room and really allowed our pitchers to go out there and challenge hitters. It was a good combination.” Gaudet’s shot broke him out of a slump. Before Sunday, Gaudet had been hitless in his last 19 atbats. “I was very happy to see Matt get back at it,” Mainieri said. “This can be a very humbling sport, and he was in a rut there where he was struggling making contact much less getting big hits. He also had a couple of tough breaks.” LSU widened the lead in the next inning. A double from Mahtook and an error helped widen the lead to 7-2 after five. The Tigers weren’t done. LSU would score three more runs late to hang double digits on the scoreboard, while a solo home
run from Colonel senior infielder Adam Miley put another run on the board for Nicholls. The pitching effort was impressive for LSU. Mainieri trotted out seven pitchers on the night, with the crew giving up a mere three runs on five hits with no walks. “The goal tonight was to get
them all out there on the mound and get them sharp as we can and have them all ready for this weekend,” Mainieri said. “I thought it was mission accomplished. They threw very well.”
cuse to the Commissioner of Elections within two (2) class days.” Marsh determined a March 15 letter from Derek Cowherd, senior associate director of the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes, to the Election Board was sufficient evidence to document Shepard’s absence from Monday’s meeting. Cowherd, who also serves as Shepard’s academic adviser, wrote Shepard went to class for a quiz instead of skipping with
full knowledge of how strict LSU football coach Les Miles’ class attendance policy is. “If he misses a class, he has to answer to [Miles] at 7 a.m. the next morning and run sprints,” Cowherd said. Based on the facts presented in Cowherd’s letter, Marsh determined it met the criteria for a written excuse as noted in Article III, Section 6 of the Election Code. “Mr. Shepard’s submission ... of Mr. Cowherd’s very descrip-
tive explanation constitutes an excuse,” Marsh said. “It matches all necessary requirements.” Shepard’s name will be submitted to the Election Board on Thursday morning after he completed a meeting Wednesday night to make up for the meetings he missed March 9 and March 15.
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Sophomore pitcher Matty Ott throws Wednesday night during the Tigers’ 10-3 win against Nicholls. Seven LSU pitchers saw time on the mound during the game
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Ridley’s first rushing performance last season came against Tulane, when he rushed eight times for 73 yards and a touchdown. He is most widely remembered for his 8-yard touchdown scamper against Alabama to give the Tigers a 15-10 lead late in the third quarter after Scott broke his collarbone. “I’m looking at trying to hold down a starting spot,” Ridley said. “I’m going to work hard. I know that me and Richard are going to push each other.” Even the coaching is new. Frank Wilson joined the LSU staff as the running backs coach in December after serving as Tennessee’s wide receivers coach last season. “We feel like we already know him,” Murphy said. “He’s from Louisiana, and he’s really calm and collected. Everybody’s growing more attached to him.” But the biggest question mark in the backfield is freshman Michael Ford. Scout.com listed Ford, who redshirted last season, as the nation’s No. 3 running back prospect in the class of 2009. Junior left guard Josh Dworaczyk said Ford will be a reliable force by season’s end. “Just be excited,” Dworaczyk said. “That’s all I’ve got to say.” Murphy echoed Dworaczyk’s sentiments. “Michael Ford is showing up,” Murphy said. “He’s showing Coach Miles what they recruited him for.” Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
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The Crash Kings The Runaways with Jet, in concert at Varsity Theatre, March 16
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Jet did everything they could to transform the Varsity on March 16 into an arena show of 30 years ago, but the night belonged to the Crash Kings. Even though Jet had more direct crowd interaction, it seemed all too routine for the five-piece rock band from Australia. And the fact that they turned every one of their hits into a minutes-on-end breakdown with demands for applause didn’t steer the band any further from monotony. The Crash Kings, though, delivered a nonstop, searing set from the beginning.
Atlantic Records
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This retro compilation features classic music from The Runaways, plus Runaways covers performed by the film’s stars, Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. Fanning’s voice is hardly recognizable. It’s hard to believe the sweet little girl who starred in “I Am Sam” is singing about being wild in “Cherry Bomb.” Fanning and Stewart are both surprisingly awesome — they manage to sound convincingly like 1970s rock ‘n’ roll stars. There are also original songs by Joan Jett, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, The Stooges and MC5.
BEN BOURGEOIS
ELIZABETH CLAUSEN
Hot Tub Time Machine MGM Studioes
Rather than focusing on the movie’s ridiculous and intentionally inane plot, credit has to be given to how the actors make the characters come alive and become truly interesting. Just like in 2008’s “What Happens in Vegas,” Rob Corddry proves to be the main reason to see the film in his role as the drug-fueled party animal Lou. This movie is unfortunately less than the sum of its parts, as the script and screenplay largely fall flat.
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The White Stripes Gorillaz
Justified
Under Great White Northern Lights
Plastic Beach
Warner Bros.
The White Stripes return from a three-year hiatus with the release of a live album and a documentary. The album showcases Jack and Meg White’s star power as rock ’n’ roll pacesetters, but much of the music is lost to overstated instrumentals better-appreciated in a well-equipped arena. It’s nice to revisit favorites like “Seven Nation Army” and “Icky Thump,” but the duo should concern itself with recording new material instead of releasing a forgettable live album. The Stripes’ usual golden touch doesn’t quite work on this old material rehash.
This third album from Gorillaz — the cartoon-pop construct of former Blur frontman Damon Albarn — is the band’s crowning moment to date. “Beach” is sprawling in its ambition, spanning the sounds of early David Bowie, ’70s funk and modern hip-hop, sometimes within a single song. Downright eerie at times and melancholic in spurts, the album features hypnotic keyboard flourishes seamlessly complementing warped synthesizers and hyperactive drum loops. The album never feels overcooked and actually manages to feel uniquely cohesive despite the complex arrangements and varied emotions.
MATTHEW JACOBS
CHRIS ABSHIRE
FX Studios
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FX’s newest series makes its mark in the appropriately titled pilot episode “Fire in the Hole.” The show follows rogue U.S. Marshal Raylan Givins and his forced transfer to his hometown Harlan, Ky., for shooting a suspect dead on site. His reasoning? “He pulled first, so I was justified.” And Givins has no problem shooting moonshine and Jim Beam with old friends-suspected killers before shooting them. The show’s developers do a great job creating tension and giving the outlaw lawman character a welcomed depth. Similarly, the acting is on par with the better original dramas on television right now.
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Editor’s Pick She’s Out of My League Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks
After 2007’s “Knocked Up,” it was hard to find Jay Baruchel in another role as memorable as Jay, the faux-hawk wearing, pot-smoking roommate. It’s about time he got a lead. And it couldn’t have come in a more unassuming comedy. “She’s Out of My League” didn’t carry the same prepremiere comedic prowess as one of Judd Apatow’s film babies, but it’s surprisingly satisfying.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 Martin began molding wet clay into the shape of a cutout he liked for a bowl. His thick, strong hands pounded the clay into the right position and then delicately shaped the grooves and ridges of the bowl’s design. His face, hands and clothes were covered in dried clay and dust by the end of the mold making process. He then poured plaster onto the clay shapes, which dried into the molds for today’s demonstration of slip casting, or the actual making of the pottery. Andrew Gilliatt, Ceramic Artist Student Association president and ceramics graduate student, said Martin contacted the group about teaching a workshop. “It’s nice that our reputation of a ceramics program preceded us a little,” Gilliatt said. “We had to jump at the opportunity to do this.” CASA usually prepares for visiting artists a year in advance, Gilliatt said. The group funds the visiting artists with money raised at its
semi-annual pottery sales, he said. Gilliatt said CASA applied for extra funding from Student Government for Martin’s visit and received about $2,500 from the Programming, Support and Initiatives Fund. “Being an artist is an interesting thing because your livelihood comes from the things you make, and that’s a difficult thing to do,” Gilliatt said. “Andrew Martin is someone who’s been making pots for the better part of 30 years. As far as seeing the potential for the handmade object, [he] is pretty incredible.” Ceramics students benefit from visiting artist workshops because they get a chance to study the master up close and personal, he said. Adrienne Lynch, CASA secretary and ceramics graduate student, said Martin’s intuitive take on mold making and slip casting is what distinguishes him in the art world. “He doodles on paper and figures out which lines to cut out,” she said. “He uses it so fluidly for something that’s technical and precise. A lot of other people who do slip-casting are rigid, so it’s interesting to see
him do it this way.” Martin’s spontaneous process makes mold making and slip casting less intimidating for students, Lynch said. Heather Weathers, a New Orleans-based art teacher, said she had a misconception that mold making was a technical art before Martin’s demonstration. She said she came to the workshop to learn how to make her own molds. He will show students his decoration process on Friday. “I glaze them in a different way to make them not look the same,” he said. “It’s one of the more enjoyable parts of the process.” He said he will give the pieces he creates during the workshop to CASA for its pottery sale in April. Martin’s demonstrations will continue today and Friday in Room 154 of the Old Engineering Building. He will also lecture tonight at 7 p.m. in Room 103 of the Design Building.
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said.
serves as president of Volunteer LSU, an organization that provides service to the University and Baton Rouge community. “Everything I’ve been involved with at LSU, it’s been helping students,” she said. “I have a lot of experience already representing and being the liaison between students and things that need to happen on campus.”
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“He really re-instilled that within this organization,” Watkins said. “He’s done a tremendous job with taking SG off campus and making it a part of the greater Baton Rouge community.” Theo Williams also worked under former SG President Colorado Robertson as an executive aide. “Theo came in very young and got involved, learned quick and listened before he talked,” Robertson
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residents don’t fully comprehend the vulnerabilities affecting the coast, and those vulnerabilities are increasing,” Dokka said. “But the good news is that the people responsible are more aware than they were before.” John Lombardi, LSU System president, said the issues discussed were central to the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, and a hurricane’s impact can scatter throughout an entire region. A series of presentations were given Tuesday, including one by Barry Keim, Louisiana state climatologist. He said the biggest problem during hurricanes are the storm surges, which are responsible for 90 percent of deaths during a storm, and Hurricane Katrina had a storm surge of 27.8 feet, the largest surge the Gulf of Mexico has experienced in the last 100 years. Seth Gutman, NOAA researcher, discussed using atmospheric observations with GPS and the importance of improving today’s technology to better predict
Robertson said next year’s SG president and vice president will need to garner student involvement in budget cuts, including calling state representatives. “I can tell you that J, Theo and [opposing presidential candidate] Brooksie [Bonvillain] are all qualified candidates, and they all have a firm grasp on SG and how it impacts students on a daily basis,” Robertson said. Millena Williams currently storms. “We need improved observations,” Gutman said. “Timely observations provide situational awareness to forecasters, decision makers and the general public.” Joe Suhayda, civil engineer and coast and environment researcher, said storm surge patterns reflect landscape more than actual storm features and levees should be strategically placed in response. “Landforms block the flow of the water, but the water is never lost,” Suhayda said. “It’s just pushed around.” Wednesday began with a presentation from Gordon Dove, state representative and chair of national resources and environment, about the coastal restoration process. “Terrebonne Parish is the fastest eroding parish in the world, and it’s eroding at a pace that’s actually terrifying,” Dove said.
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Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com But Dove said the state is taking great strides in the coastal restoration process, and Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Legislature are committed to moving many coastal restoration projects forward. Protecting the marshes will decrease the level of surge during a hurricane, Dove said. “It’s important not only to rebuild the islands and shoreline but the marshes behind it,” he said. The project will require more funding, Dove said. “We’re currently funded by $1.5 billion, but to do it properly, we’re looking at $100 billion, which Louisiana can never really do on its own,” he said. “It’s going to be a constant fight to get this done.” Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com
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Guns and shells can’t kill the spirit of democracy
Iraqi citizens risked their lives to vote in the parliamentary elections held last week as violence erupted across the country. More than 62.5 percent of eligible voters cast their vote, according to Al Jazeera English. Proud voters triumphantly raised ink-stained forefingers for the cameras — a patriotic badge of honor. We can learn from observation of the Iraqi elections. Midterm elections in the United States only garnered 41.3 percent of eligible voters in 2006, according to a study by Dr. Michael McDonald of the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University. And if history holds true, we will witness another dismal voter turnout Nov. 2, 2010 as Senate seats come up for election. American voters battle evening traffic and the infamous couch potato syndrome to make it to the voting station, but Iraqi voters had to dodge mortar shells, stray bullets
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Public schools no worse than private schools
Scott Burn’s article “Beltway blowhards are real American idiots,” about the public school system indicates he was educated in a private institution. To start, I would like him to take a little Web trip to nces.ed.gov to find the four best statistics for predicting the academic success of a student. You should notice that, while they include parents’ disposable income, how many parents are living with the child, how many hours of television the child watches per week and the number of books in the home, they fail to include whether or not the student attends a public or a private institution, or anything about a “formal” education. Though it is just pure speculation, I guess you would like to see more school voucher programs. While you may have an opinion that, in your area, it is common knowledge that private schools are usually better than public ones, statistically, you are wrong. Nationally, there is no difference in academic success based on whether or not a student attended public or private school; just go ask an education professor. A national voucher program would destroy the schools in America by draining money from public institutions and eventually you would see the best students would
and hand grenades. As Iraqis were going out to vote March 7 to elect members of Iraq’s Council of Representatives, 38 people were killed and 89 more wounded as explosions and shootings erupted in Baghdad, Salahuddin province, Ramadi in Anbar province and Baquba in the northern Diyala province. And yet 11.7 million Iraqi citizens made their way to the polls. This is an important democratic milestone for Iraq in the face of the violence, delayed results and the allegations of possible fraud. It exhibits a strong desire by the people to exercise their long-suppressed “unalienable rights — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and “that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Yes, I know that is from the Declaration of Independence. But the internal desire to exercise these
still be the ones from the wealthiest families. With no alternative for parents, after the system has destroyed the public system, the price of a private education would increase, and most students born in a low economic class would never have a chance to attend a school with any notion of going college. By doing this, you are creating a class system where the individuals have no way of bettering their circumstances. You should look into what is the true determiner of success in America — how wealthy one’s parents are. Most of the time in America, you end up where you started, economically speaking. Finally, take a look at national literacy rates in 1852, and you will see they are well below our levels today. The schools were probably better in 1852, but guess what? The majority of people in the U.S. did not have access to any education, and those that did attended extremely expensive private institutions. We started public schools in America to give everyone a chance at an education. If we want to change the system, we should focus more on early child development and look beyond our preconceived notions of education.
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tyranny is overthrown and the masses become comfortable in their apathetic state. When comparing the political attitude of the American masses to what we see in the Iraqi and Iranian elections, we need to recognize the tendency for subsequent generations to assume, once the struggle subsides, that rights which were gained through great sacrifice are now guaranteed. In the historical scheme of things, these privileges have not existed that long in the U.S. Democratic rights and individual freedom are not guaranteed. Our collective memory is amazingly short-term. Nathan Shull is a 35-year-old finance junior from Seattle. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_nshull. Contact Nathan Shull at nshull@lsureveille.com
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Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., illustrates the importance — as one seat threatened the passage of the health care reform bill. Iraq is in the infant stages of developing a democratic government of questionable autonomy, but its individuals’ democratic spirit is remarkable. Whether this government strengthens or crumbles, we should take a moment to gauge our own appreciation for independence and freedom against such a standard. Consider the raw desperation and struggle for democratic rights in Iran under the current tyrannical regime. It is not unless these rights are forcibly withheld that the beneficiaries truly appreciate their blessings. Is the spirit of independence, freedom and democracy positively correlated to the number of bombs bursting in air and rockets’ red glare? Lying down and allowing others to rule is much easier once
Neil Thompson English-secondary education junior
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rights is burning brightly now in Iraq — more so perhaps than it is in many American hearts. We could learn something about the spirit of democracy from the Iraqis. Many Americans, living in comfortable homes, safe from the bloodNathan Shull shed and war, do not appreciColumnist ate the privileges with which they were born. “Why should I vote — what difference does it make?” is too often overheard around election time. There is a pervasive apathy — the belief that “my vote doesn’t really matter.” Midterm elections are not surrounded by much excitement or fanfare compared to the presidential election. But they are just as important. The recent election of U.S.
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AGE OF DELIGHTENMENT
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Unfriending people on Facebook can be positive I was desperate for Facebook friends when I first joined the site in the spring of 2005. It was only open to college students at the time, and I was about to start college in a new state where I knew no one. It was critically important to me that I not look like some friendless loser to my future classmates at the University of Colorado. I became friends with anyone I’d ever heard of who was in college and would have me. I stalked the girls on my floor in my dorm and friended them. Any cute boy I met received a friend request almost immediately. I browsed profiles, picking out interesting people and requesting friendship. I had amassed around 300 “friends” by the time I left Colorado the following spring. I topped out at 450 or so after a
while at LSU — especially after Facebook went global. Not even that many, compared to others’ lists, which boast thousands. After a year and a half working in “the real world,” I learned a lot about who my real friends were and the kind of people with whom I wanted to create new friendships. About 300 of my Facebook friends got cut. I unfriended people I’d known my whole life but never liked. Gone were the friends who had changed drastically since high school. Anyone I’d never had a meaningful conversation with in real life was cut. Gone were the ex-boyfriends and their current girlfriends. People I rarely saw in real life — though liked — whose Facebooks were obnoxiously overcrowded with applications and stupid status
updates were cut, too. A lot of my parents’ friends got cut, too, because that’s just awkward. A few things had changed. I’d grown up a lot, and my values had changed, and the qualities I valued in friends changed. Facebook had cerSara Boyd tainly changed, and now I was Columnist seeing information on my newfangled “home page” about people whom I’d formerly been able to be friends with but ignore, and I realized how obnoxious many of those people really were. Facebook had become a way for me to stay in touch with people I was far away from and a way for me to socialize with peo-
ple I was geographically close to without sacrificing valuable Sara time. And now I go through my friends every so often and re-edit. But you just can’t unfriend some people. Family, current coworkers and current classmates are unimposing enough that I like to avoid the awkwardness and just stay friends with them. But those people I never got to know are usually edited from my friend list once I’m done with those classes or jobs. As crazy and obnoxious as some of my family members are, I keep them around but hide most of their updates. I’ll probably see those people for the rest of my life, and holidays are awkward enough already. At this point in my life, Facebook is a semi-private place where I can say what I want — without fear of judgment — to
the people in my life that I truly like or love. I’d be worried about editing or only showing certain versions of myself if I were “friends” with a bunch of people I didn’t know. That sounds stressful and not fun. I’m entirely too old to be worried with how other people perceive or receive me, and I want to enjoy my Facebook, not be harassed by it. Unfriend some people. It’ll improve your quality of life. Sara Boyd is a 23-year-old general studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow her on Twitter @ TDR_sboyd.
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Experience in retail sales teaches about patience
I’m going to mix things up a bit this week. Those of you looking forward to my usual Google-idolizing, Apple-bashing, video-gameloving column, I’m sorry to say you’re out of luck. I want to touch on something a bit more personal this week. Take a moment to remember the last place you went out to eat or the last store where you went shopping. Think about your experience — the encounters you had with the waiter or the sales associate. Was it a good one? How did they treat you? How did you treat them? It’s safe to say everyone reading this column has gone out to eat at a restaurant or has shopped at some type of retail store. Every time a patron visits one of these places, some sort of relationship is established between the customer and the employee. Sometimes it’s a pleasant relationship — the customer leaves happily smiling, and the employee knows he did a good job. Other times, a disgruntled customer will irately inform the employee of his feelings — even if said employee had nothing to do with the customer’s rage — as he storms out of the establishment. But on the other end of the unhappy patron stands the employee who either caused the customer’s temper to flare or was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. I’ve been an employee at the electronic retail giant Best Buy for the last year. I’ve encountered many different types of people and personalities through this job.
I’ve also gained knowledge on many different types of electronics with which I was otherwise unfamiliar. But there’s one thing I’ve acquired from my year at Best Buy I could only have learned by wearing the blue shirt — a whole new of Adam Arinder meaning the word “paColumnist tience.” This patience was found at first only when dealing with the large number of customers that enter the store each day. All people are different, which sometimes means swallowing your pride in the name of the business motto “the customer is always right” — even when they’re clearly not. There are also some people out there who like to lose their cool every chance they get. This new level of patience takes over as I stand there in my blue shirt getting screamed at because it’s solely my fault the store is out of Nintendo Wiis two days before Christmas, and I’ve forever ruined Little Johnny’s Christmas. But this patience seemed to evolve outside of the workplace as well. I realized I now find myself more patient with the work staff as I shop somewhere or go out to eat because I know what it’s like to be on the other end of the “customer experience.” I don’t get frustrated as quickly as I used to because I know the employee is doing his or her best to help me.
Of course, there are always exceptions. I’ve gone places where the people working clearly don’t give a damn about anyone but themselves. That’s why I refuse to shop at certain places. But this isn’t the case at most establishments. The workers are truly doing everything they can to help their customers. As corny as the “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes” cliché
is, it’s true. If all people had to work at a retail store at one point in their life or be a waiter at a restaurant, they would understand what it’s like to be on the other end of these encounters experienced in everyday life. People could learn this same level of patience I’ve acquired wearing my blue shirt for a year. But the day that actually happens, there will be world peace,
pigs will fly and “Jersey Shore” will never plague my television again. Adam Arinder is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder. Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com
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For Sale For Sale Two Blue Recliners and a Blue Leather Sofa, Good Condition $375 Call 337-581-5627. Fd Exp XLT 1998 New tr, wh/ gr, $4,500, 130K, call 7666368. 225.766.6368 CONDO FOR SALE IN METAIRIE ATTENTION NEW DENTAL STUDENT OR MEDICAL STUDENT!!! 2BED/1.5BATH, GREAT LOCATION!!!ONLY $97,000 225.718.0964 3BD LAKE BEAU PRE TOWNHOME 3 1/2 bath. By clubhouse $198,900 Available June 1st. 713.882.5913 Tiger Manor Condominiums. UNITS READY FOR SPRING and FALL 2010!! Reserve now! Brand new 1, 2, and 3 bedroom units for sale starting at $124,900. Ask about our Guaranteed Buy-Back Program!! 3000 July St. 225-346-5055 www.tigermanor.com Location. Location. Location... Start Living.
For Rent PRE-LEASING SUMMER/FALL 2BR 2.5 BATH, POOL, BRIGHTSIDE PARK TOWNHOMES $900 588-3070 brightsidepark@gmail.com southlandpropertiesinc.co RENT 3BR T/ H w/ garage $1500 on bus route near Perkins Rowe 225.936.7541 1,2,3 BR CONDOS IN BRIGHTSIDE, SHARLO, HEATHERSTONE 225-955-6480 southlandpropertiesinc.com 2-BR Apts. near LSU, $550-$600 / month. Call Wang 225.278.6622 South Gates / W. Parker 3 br / 3 ba condo, granite, ss appl, no pets, Rent $1800 Dep Req Avl 6/1 & 8/1 Tiger Manor Condominiums. UNITS READY FOR SPRING and FALL 2010! Re-
serve Now! Brand new 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available. Reserve your unit today! Walk to class! 3000 July St. 225-346-5055. www. tigermanor.com Location. Location. Location... Start Living. 2 BED 2 BATH! UTILITIES PAID! All utilities paid in a great location right by Towne Center at the Warwick. Call us at (866) 644-0834 ASAP! Nicholson Lakes House 3bedrm. furnished, $450.mo, female grad students only 504.717.5188 3 bdrm 2 & 1/2 bath unit for lease Blox at Brightside. Controlled gate access, on LSU Bus Route, Pets welcome. $500 security deposit, $1095. Ask for Rayna 225.753.3573 Large 1 & 2 BR apt $500 and $600 respectively EXCELLENT CONDITION, FREE March rent, Water, Sewer & Trash pickup included, central A/ C & Heat, Washer & Dryer onsite, in Tigerland on Earl Gros
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Roommate Wanted 1 Roomate needed! 3br house One roommate needed, house less than three minutes from campus, corner of River Rd & Brightside Ln, $420/month plus utilities. Personal room and bathroom. For questions/information Choff12@lsu.edu or 504.202.0114
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225.772.2388 Summer grove condos Gated Community off Brightside Clubhouse with pool & work out room All Appliances Included 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Units Now Accepting Deposit for Summer Dean Flores Real Estate 225.767.2227 LSU TIGERLAND, Large Studio, 1&2 BR Apt, wood floor, pool, Spring special, $450~650, 615-8521 BLOX APT available June-May, or AugustJuly, $1300/month plus electric, 3 br/1.5 ba, includes cable & internet barishmk@ cox.net 3BR/2.5BA 1500sqft $1125/Month South Brightside View Drive: On-Site Manager, Flexible Leasing Terms, Washer & Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Central A/ C, Near Bus Stop, Small Pets Allowed, Master Bedroom has it’s own Bathroom and Walk-In Closet, Available Now 225.978.7400 3 Bed/3 Bath on Brightside Move in today or reserve now for next year. Great new pool and rec room, parking and all appliances included. On LSU bus route. $1600/ month, 1 yr lease. Rent reduction available for April and May. 310.989.4453
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JUST DANCE Sweet, tall blonde male looking for a girl to sweep him off his feet. Partial to shorter partners, but anyone who can Tango is my kind of girl. Show up
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Wednesdays at ballroom rehearsals, I’ll be the guy in heels, or e-mail me at twoleftfeet89@yahoo.com!!!
SMART ROMANCE I’m a senior in Engineering student looking for a last romance. You can catch me in CEBA wearing a fleece-vest sweater (have them in a variety of colors). I love Cane’s and I scream WHO DAT! obnoxiously. My name starts with a Z so you know I’ll be the last person you fall in love with. My dream girl is out there somewhere. She’s a cute girl who is interested in a life full of relaxing, smiling, and listening to Led Zeppelin - as well as other great music. She also enjoys eating good food, moonlit-walks around campus, and dealing with my weird sense of humor. If you might be that girl, send me an email; let’s meet at last! lonely.rocker@yahoo.com Bad Romance: Charming, witty, and handsome bachelor looking to meet a beautiful, intelligent Lady Gaga type for love games or to just dance. jjacobs2376@gmail.com
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