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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Hudson, Borel win runoff election Jewish HOLIDAYS
students celebrate Passover
By Mandy Francois Contributing Writer
Twenty-two candidates disqualified for overspending, mistakes on expense reports By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
J Hudson and Dani Borel won seats as the next Student Government president and vice president Wednesday despite spending errors that disqualified everyone else on their ticket. Hudson and Borel of “StudentsFIRST” received 51.1 percent of the vote (2,150 votes), and Brooksie Bonvillain
and Chris Sellers of “Leading the Way” received 48.9 percent (2,057 votes). Commissioner of Elections Alexis Sarver announced the results at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Dodson Auditorium. The SG Election Board disqualified 22 runoff candidates from the “StudentsFIRST” ticket and Theo Williams and Millena Williams’ “Geauxing the Distance” DISQUALIFIED, see page 15
SG election results by the numbers: • “StudentsFIRST” received 2,150 votes, 51.1 percent, in the runoff election. In last week’s general election, they received 1,493 votes, 27.9 percent. •”Leading the Way” received 2,057 votes, 48.9 percent, in the runoff election. In the general election, they received 2,194 votes, 40.9 percent. •4,207 votes were cast in the runoff election, accounting for 16.3 percent of the student body. Source: SG officials.
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[Top] “StudentsFIRST” candidates J Hudson, left, and Dani Borel soak in the moment after winning the SG presidential election Wednesday. [Bottom] “Leading the Way” candidates Chris Sellers, left, and Brooksie Bonvillain sit stunned after losing the runoff election to “StudentsFIRST” by a margin of 93 votes.
Students who couldn’t make it home for Passover this year had the opportunity to celebrate with their University family. Hillel, the University Jewish student organization, held a sader for Jewish students and their guests Monday night at the faculty club. “We had about 60 students show up,” said Allison Harrison, president of Hillel. “The majority were Jewish students and a few non-Jewish students came as well for the educational experience.” The event was catered by LSU Dining, but Hillel had to put in special requests for the traditional Passover foods such as matza and gefilte fish. Hillel ordered extra portions so students living in dorms could have leftovers. Passover normally falls on the week of Spring Break. But Spring Break was moved this year, and many students couldn’t make it home to celebrate Passover with their families. The first two nights of Passover are the most holy days of Passover for Jews, and saders are traditionally held. SADER, see page 15
DEMONSTRATION
Performance art class holds mock protest in Quad Message, satire confuse students By Sarah Eddington Staff Writer
Onlookers were dazed and confused by a mock protest held in the Quad by the University’s performance art class. It started with two opposing groups, one dressed all in red and the other in blue, carrying blank signs and banners. Both groups marched into the Quad from opposing entrances chanting, “1-2-3-4. This is what we’re fighting for. 5-6-7-8. We are
here to mediate.” A war of words erupted when both groups met in the middle of the Quad — both sides screaming and yelling about nothing in particular. Then, a voice from a loudspeaker said, “Stop! Hammer time!” and everyone danced to M.C. Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” together. Immediately following the dance, the “angry” mob ceased and exited from where they entered the Quad — some of the blue group left with the red group and vice versa. Leo Madriz, studio art senior, said the demonstration was for his performance art class.
“Basically, we decided to do a class collaboration as a condition for a public performance,” Madriz said. “It was meant to be a parody of how society handles arguments.” The initial goal was to be loud and attract attention without anyone knowing the actual cause, he said. “We’re poking fun at society,” he said. “And the 20-second dance party indicated there may be a few minutes of unity.” Kit French, sculpture graduate student, was part of the Red Team. “There was definitely a spirit of protest going into it,” French PROTEST, see page 15
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Students confront each other in a mock protest Wednesday in the Quad for a performance art class. The event was intended to satirize the debate system.
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Ritual may explain dumping of dead babies in Chinese river
1963 letter indicates former pope may have known of abuse
BEIJING (AP) — Rural traditions of abandoning dead infants because they’re considered bad luck may have played a role in the case of 21 babies’ bodies found along a river in eastern China, apparently dumped by hospital mortuary workers. The little bodies were found floating and strewn along the bank of a river on the outskirts of Jining city in Shandong province last weekend. Police detained two mortuary workers at a hospital who were paid by the babies’ families to dispose of the bodies.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of a Roman Catholic order that specialized in the treatment of pedophile priests visited with then-Pope Paul VI nearly 50 years ago and followed up with a letter recommending the removal of pedophile priests from ministry, according to a copy of the letter released Wednesday. In the Aug. 27, 1963 letter, the head of the New Mexico-based Servants of the Holy Paraclete tells the pope he recommends removing pedophile priests from active ministry and strongly urges defrocking repeat offenders. The letter, written by the Rev. Gerald M.C. Fitzgerald, appears to have been drafted at the request of the pope and summarizes Fitzgerald’s thoughts on problem priests after his Vatican visit. A message left with the Paraclete order at one of their two existing facilities in Missouri was not returned. A number for the second
Alleged neo-Nazis register for Peruvian elections LIMA, Peru (AP) — An organization led by a man who criticizes Jews and sometimes wears a Nazistyle brown-shirt uniform has been allowed to register for elections in Peru.
facility was disconnected. The offices of the Vatican spokesman were closed late Wednesday. Tod Tamberg, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, defended the church and said it was unlikely Paul VI ever saw the letter. Witness: Crowd shot by drive-by shooter had been to funeral
WASHINGTON (AP) — The crowd of people targeted in a drive-by shooting that killed four and wounded five others had just returned from the funeral of a victim of another recent shooting nearby, a witness said Wednesday. Two men were arrested and are being charged for Tuesday night’s shooting along with a 14-year-old boy police said was driving the minivan involved. The shooting is the worst in D.C. in at least 16 years. The minivan pulled up to the crowd of people in front of an apartment building and stopped briefly. Shots were fired, then the van sped off, police said. Authorities haven’t said whether the drive-by was related to another shooting about a mile and a
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Judges overturn sex offender rule, man doesn’t have to register for life
Louisiana oyster harvest area closes Tuesday after outbreak
(AP) — An appellate court has ruled that the state cannot require a man to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life or carry a special driver’s license and identification card. The ruling by a three-judge panel of Louisiana’s 1st Circuit Court of Appeal overturns a state judge’s ruling against Jimmy L. Smith. Smith was convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile and carnal knowledge of a juvenile when he was 19. Smith’s attorney said he served his sentence for the 1995 convictions, completed his probation and complied with post-release registration requirements for a 10-year period after he was released from prison. The opinion issued Friday says Smith fulfilled his duty to register as a sex offender for the period of time that was applicable when he was convicted.
(AP) — For the third time in a week, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has closed an oyster harvesting area because of an outbreak of illness. “Area 13,” west of the Mississippi river in southern Jefferson and Lafourche parishes, was closed late Tuesday. Judge: Inmate has right to recieve religious newspaper NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana state prison can’t censor or restrict an inmate’s access to copies of The Final Call newspaper published by the Nation of Islam, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Donald Walter in Shreveport ordered the David Wade Correctional Center to deliver future issues of the newspaper to inmate Henry Leonard, who claims the Homer prison violated his right to free exercise of religion.
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SG SENATE
Sen. withdraws impeachment Members accuse judge of being bias By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
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Clarence Cazalot Jr., Marathon Oil Corporation CEO, cuts the ribbon and gives a speech Wednesday during the unveiling of Howe-Russell’s renovated atrium.
Howe-Russell’s renovated atrium re-opened Wednesday Updates are part of $2.5 million gift By Rachel Warren Contributing Writer
The atrium in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex was recently renovated and was officially reopened Wednesday. It was renamed the Clarence P. Cazalot, Jr. Marathon Oil Corporation Atrium after the contributors who made the renovation possible. Marathon Oil Corporation and its CEO, Clarence Cazalot Jr., gave a gift of $2.5 million to the University in 2008. One million dollars went to support for Basic Sciences, which led to the renovation of the atrium, and $1.5 million went to the College of Engineering. Kevin Carman, dean of the College of Basic Sciences, hosted the event, which included the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Carman pointed out the improvements made to the atrium during his speech. The skylight ceiling was redone to make the room brighter. Pictures now hang on the walls that double as acoustic panels to improve sound, and a large projection screen hangs on one of the walls. Carman said it was impossible for teachers to lecture in the atrium before the renovation because of the echo in the room. The pictures on the walls help minimize the effect of the echo and enable students to hear everything being said. Chancellor Michael Martin
made a speech at the ceremony and said he appreciated the gift to the University. He also said he recognizes the opportunities this provides to the University. “Winners bet on winners, and this provides an example for others to bet on a winner like LSU,” he said. Cazalot, a University alumnus, also spoke at the event and said the gift was a token of his appreciation for the University. “My respect, my gratitude and my appreciation for all this institution has done for me is intact and undiminished,” he said. Cazalot said the industry went through a downturn, but Marathon Oil didn’t lay off any of its employees and didn’t stop hiring new graduates. Director of the LSU Foundation Beverly Major said she believes this demonstrates the company’s trust in the University and the ability of its students. Marathon Oil recruits on campus, and the newly renovated atrium also provides a good space for that, Major said. Michael Ruiz, geology sophomore, said he enjoys the pictures on the walls and the amount of light let in by the new skylight. “It’s a lot less gloomy,” he said. Martin said the gift shows the unique spirit the University instills in its supporters. “People who love LSU love it forever,” Martin said. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
Articles of impeachment against University Court Chief Justice Sean Horridge were withdrawn by members of the Student Government Senate on Wednesday night. Sen. Drew Prestridge, College of Arts and Sciences, withdrew the legislation after presenting it at the SG meeting last week. Prestridge moved to impeach Horridge following a breach in Student Government rules regarding his handling of a complaint served to the court about last week’s SG election. The judge assigned to hear the complaint was accused of bias by SG members opposed to the complaint. Sen. Aaron Caffarel, University Center for Freshman Year, requested the judge recuse himself. The judge refused, and Caffarel requested the University Court recuse him. Horridge administered the vote for recusal via e-mail. This prompted legislation for his impeachment, Prestridge said. Prestridge agreed to withdraw the impeachment legislation when Horridge apologized for his error to the Senate. “I wanted to apologize for the procedural error,” Horridge said. “I take full responsibility and can assure you nothing of this nature will happen during this term.” Prestridge then presented legislation to censure Horridge for the breach in rules and insufficient knowledge of the rules. “We are exercising our check as Senate on the judicial branch and recognizing there were mistakes and making sure it doesn’t happen again,” Prestridge said. The Senate also passed an official opinion urging the University to change its method for awarding graduating honors to consider only cumulative GPA. The University currently considers student’s cumulative GPA and GPA accumulated at the University and uses the lower of the two to determine honors. Sen. Keely Knapp, College of Arts and Sciences, authored the legislation and said the current rules inaccurately punish students who may have a high GPA before transferring to the
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College of Arts and Sciences Sen. Drew Prestridge changes his impeachment charge on Chief Justice of University Court Sean Horridge to having him censored by the legislative branch for Horridge’s remaining time in office.
University but don’t after transfer. “Cumulative should be used because using LSU GPA is an inaccurate measure of a student’s entire work,” Knapp said. The bill was met with fierce debate by senators who felt a University honor should be considered by work done at the University. “I think using cumulative is inadequate because I feel like using LSU as the measurement cre-
ates a level playing field,” said Sen. Jared Bourgeois, College of Basic Sciences. Knapp admitted the bill was born because it benefitted her, but said it “continued through my concern for students.” The bill was passed and will be presented to the Faculty Senate at its next meeting. Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com
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FINANCES
Coordinator gives students tips for money management By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
Students considering living off campus received tips on how to balance a budget from the Student Financial Management Center at noon Wednesday in Coates Hall. The program, “Don’t Break the Bank,” outlined major cost considerations when moving off campus and provided tools to organize a personal budget. “We want students to have a better picture of costs when living off campus and how to balance wants and needs,” said Student Life coordinator Emily Burris. The event was held in collaboration with the First Year Experience division of Student Life. “We want to help students make decisions on what to buy and make sure they aren’t living beyond their means,” said Missy Korduner, assistant director for the First Year Experience. The program covered major costs, such as rent, food and transportation, and highlighted unexpected factors, such as security deposits, credit checks and home furnishings. “When signing a contract for the first time, most are not sure how much they’re taking on,” Burris said. The program promoted tools on the SFMC Web site, such as spreadsheets, checklists and calculators, to help students manage their budgets. “The program answered my questions about what to ask when looking for an apartment,” said Helen Ford, art freshman. First Year Experience and the SFMC plan to hold a series of similar programs throughout the fall and spring of next year, Burris said. The center is currently a onewoman program operated by Burris that began in August 2009. “The biggest thing the SFMC promotes is students keeping a budget,” Burris said. “If they get into the practice in college, students will be set up for success in the future.” The center is currently Webbased, but Burris will meet with students in person by request. Burris said she hopes in the future the center will include more one-on-one counseling and peer advising. The Student Financial Management Center is located in B-4 Coates Hall and can be accessed online at www.sfmc.lsu.edu.
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Better Late Than Never
SOFTBALL
Tigers tame Cowgirls, 7-2 Tigers to play No. 6 Florida this weekend By Jarred LeBlanc Sprots Contributor
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[Left] Sophomore second baseman Grant Dozar runs for first Wednesday after a hit in Alex Box Stadium. Dozar batted two men in during the eighth inning to take the lead against the Bearcats. [Right] Freshman pitcher Zach LaSuzzo throws the ball in the Tigers’ 11-7 victory.
Dozar’s two late RBIs spark Tigers’ winning rally in eighth inning By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said he wanted sophomore second baseman Grant Dozar “to play a full game” Wednesday night against Binghamton. Dozar’s first hit of the night didn’t come until the eighth inning, but it was a momentum-shifting single that drove in two runs and propelled No. 4 LSU (21-3) to a 11-7 victory against the Bearcats (6-11). Dozar, who went 1-for-4 and recorded his fifth RBI of the season, said it benefited him greatly to be on the field the whole game rather than come off the bench again. “Being a reserve you don’t get that opportunity much to be out there and get the big hit,”
Dozar said. “It really helped out seeing a lot of pitches throughout the night, knowing what to expect when you get up there.” Dozar’s fourth and fifth RBI of the season sparked a rally with no outs that included RBI singles by sophomore left fielder Trey Watkins, senior first baseman Blake Dean and junior catcher Micah Gibbs. Dozar said “it was a battle” trying to give the Tigers the lead in such a crucial situation. “I … just fouled a few balls off and then got down 0-2 early,” Dozar said. “Fortunately I got a fastball over the middle outer half and got a good swing on it.” Mainieri said his plan Wednesday was to give Dozar between three and five at-bats and “get out between the white lines.” “Sometimes when you’re sitting on the
bench you don’t feel like you contribute,” Mainieri said. “But that’s not true. When he finally gets an opportunity, he can be the big hero. He’s probably the most liked player by his teammates.” But Mainieri was not quite ready to crown Dozar as the next Gold Glove infielder. “There were a couple of plays he should have made at second base,” Mainieri said. “There was a base hit to his left that wasn’t that far from him, and there was a quality throw by Gibbs that he got his glove on and it went to center field. Before we anoint him as the next Roberto Alomar at second base, we need to be realistic and say he can play better too.” The Tigers erupted for seven runs in that eighth inning against Binghamton pitchers RUNS, see page 8
The No. 12 LSU softball team survived an early scare in Lake Charles against McNeese State on Wednesday night to pull away its 24th consecutive victory, 7-2. The Tigers (29-4, 8-0) found themselves in a 2-0 hole af- ‘Shortridge ter the Cowcame in girls (18-20, and was 6-9) came out swinging in the phenomenal bottom of the after not first inning. McNeese pitching State junior since outfielder LindFebruary.’ sey Langner drew a walk to Yvette Girouard start the bottom LSU coach of the inning. Senior utility player Liz Morvant tagged a ball over the leftfield wall two batters later to give the Cowgirls the 2-0 lead. Morvant’s home run was McNeese State’s only hit of the game. LSU sophomore shortstop Juliana Santos answered in the top of the third inning with a three-run home run to left field, putting the Tigers ahead, 3-2. “She came through with a big home run that kind of broke the ice for us and got it going,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. Santos and senior Kirsten PITCH, see page 8
TRACK AND FIELD
LSU heads to Texas Relays to compete for three days Tigers, Lady Tigers each to race in seven events By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
The LSU track and field teams have a longstanding tradition of success at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. In the meet’s 83 years of history, LSU has won 59 relays and set four records which still stand. The Tigers and the Lady Tigers both hold the record in the 4x100-meter relay. The Tigers set it in 1998 with a time of 38.91 seconds, and the Lady
Tigers followed in 2003 with a time of 42.63 seconds. The Lady Tigers also set the sprint medley relay record in 1999 with a time of 3 minutes, 44.18 seconds and the 4x200-meter relay record in 2003 with a time of 1 minute, 30.07 seconds. LSU has a chance to build on its storied history this week. The Tigers and Lady Tigers had no athletes participate Wednesday, but both teams will compete beginning Thursday until the end of the meet Saturday. LSU coach Dennis Shaver attributes the success to the elements of the track in Mike A. Myers stadium in Austin, Texas. “It’s got the European radius track
... with wide sweeping turns ... so you can run faster on it,” Shaver said. “Often times there’s a pretty good little wind blowing there in that stadium.” Shaver said the four-day meet will give both LSU teams a chance to build their confidence against good competition. Some of the teams — Mississippi State, TCU, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Baylor, Southern California and Texas Tech — participated in the NCAA Championships in 2008 and 2009. “Competition’s always great there,” Shaver said. “I think you get a little bit of a mental edge when you go in and you are successful at this meet. COMPETITION, see page 6
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Sophomore sprinter/hurdler Barrett Nugent leads off LSU’s opening leg of the 4x100-meter relay Friday.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Hightower readies for draft Guard projected as mid-first round pick By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
Allison Hightower closed the book on her storied LSU career last week, and now she is ready to start a new chapter in her basketball life. The former LSU guard is anticipating the WNBA draft April 8. Hightower said she knew her calling at a young age, when she attended Houston Comets games with her grandparents in Houston. “I saw great players and a great fan base, and it got me excited about playing professionally,” Hightower said in a teleconference. “I got to visit a lot of games and go to a lot of championship games. I saw myself one day being in the WNBA, and it was a dream for me.” WNBA mock drafts project Hightower to be chosen in the middle to late first round, from No. 5 overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars to No. 11 by the defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana Fever. WNBA analyst Carolyn Peck said Hightower’s “versatility” will make her most marketable in the WNBA. “She can shoot the [3-pointers] — she’s improved that skill — and
she has a mid-range game, which I think is a lost art,” Peck said. “She can also get all the way to the basket. She’s got a toughness about her that she’s demonstrated in leading her LSU team.” Peck said Hightower could be appealing to the Tulsa Shock, who have the No. 7 overall pick in the draft. “A player like Allison Hightower would be well-fitted for a coach like [the Shock’s] Nolan Richardson, who likes those athletic-type players who can score,” Peck said. Peck said LSU’s elimination at the hands of Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament should not impact Hightower’s draft status. “I don’t think it will matter because of the way she played,” Peck said. “Every team in the country LSU played had to prepare to defend Allison Hightower. Even as she played against Duke, she was still able to put up good numbers, and she was the main focus of their defensive strategy.” Hightower said LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor has taught her valuable skills during her college career that will propel her to succeed on whatever team selects her. “Some of the stuff he’s run here he’s run in the WNBA, like the pick and roll,” Hightower said.
“He’s prepared me for the next level. He’s given me great advice about what I need to work on, and that’s a really big advantage.” Hightower said balancing her arm strength will be crucial because she is left-handed. “I need to have a stronger right hand and most definitely work on my jump shot,” she said. Hightower said she is excited to bring her defensive game to a WNBA team. “I come from a defensive school,” Hightower said. “It’s all about adding energy to the team by ... going for loose balls getting deflections.” Hightower became the 14th Lady Tiger since 2001 to win AllAmerica honors when she earned an Associated Press Honorable Mention on Tuesday. She said she embraces the idea of continuing to being a role model in the WNBA. “College has prepared us to be great role models because a lot of the people who come to our games are little kids and a younger crowd,” Hightower said. “The WNBA is the same fan base. We have to carry out good attitudes and be responsible and disciplined, so someone can look up to you in every aspect of life.” Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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result in slower relay times. “It throws a whole new eleCertainly it doesn’t guarantee ment. When it’s that windy, you success down the road, but it does usually don’t have as many good help to build some confidence.” relay times,” Shaver said. “But The Tigers and it’s still a competLady Tigers will itive race, someboth compete in sevbody’s going to en relays during the win. You’re comcourse of the meet: peting against one the 4x100-meter, another instead of 4x200-meter, 4x400trying to run the meter, 4x800-meter, real fast time.” 4x1500-meter, sprint The Lady medley and the disTigers enter the tance medley. meet as defendDennis Shaver With so many ing champions in LSU track and field coach relays, Shaver emthe 4x400-meter, phasized the impor4x800-meter and tance of good handoffs and ex- sprint medley relays. changes. But that doesn’t guarantee “We run the 4x100-meter at the Tigers will be the team to beat 9:30 in the morning. That’s never this year, Shaver cautioned. a good time to run a 4x1 relay,” “There’s three or four teams Shaver said. “If we can get the in all of the relays that have a stick around the track, we cer- chance to win,” Shaver said. “I tainly have the people to put us in think the team that executes the the final. Then on Saturday after- best ultimately will win.” noon, well, that’s when the great performances usually come.” Contact Katherine Terrell at The stadium, known for its kterrell@lsureveille.com tendency to be windy, will likely
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Teams face Alabama, Auburn Tigers set to play Tigers travel, Lady Memphis in Tupelo, Tigers stay home Miss., on Nov. 21 By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
The only break the LSU men’s and women’s tennis teams are optimistic about this weekend is the one on their opponents’ serves. While some University students will travel to Gulf Shores, Ala., the No. 46 Tigers (5-10, 2-4) make the voyage to the same stay with hopes of trouncing the No. 33 Crimson Tide (8-10, 1-5) on Friday and No. 45 Auburn (6-9, 2-4) on Sunday. “In the matches we’ve won, we’ve found a formula, which is to fight the whole time,” said LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown. “We’re going to have to have that same mentality in both of those matches to be successful.” The Crimson Tide and Tigers both feature two ranked players, and Auburn is on a two-match win streak. But No. 34 sophomore Neal Skupski, who has dropped only one of his last six ranked matches, doesn’t put too much reliance on numbers. “Everyone in college is pretty good. A ranking is just a number next to someone,” Skupski said. Brown said the Tigers can’t afford to underestimate any Southeastern Conference opponent.
“On the road, you’re not going to be a favorite generally in the SEC, unless you’re one of the top10 teams playing against a team in the 50s and 60s,” he said. “Auburn and Alabama are both very talented in sports, and they’ve both had big wins.” Two ranked SEC foes can rarely be considered trouble-free competition. But LSU’s last three matches were against then-No. 2 Tennessee, then-No. 3 Ohio State and then-No. 7 Georgia. “We made that schedule to gain experience — win or lose,” Brown said. Freshman Stefan Szacinski has rotated throughout the lineup. Brown said Szacinski will occupy the No. 4 slot, sophomore Mark Bowtell will be at No. 2 and junior Sebastian Carlsson will play at the No. 3 spot. “In doubles we have work to do, and our No. 6 singles has been a little inconsistent,” Brown said. “The other five spots we feel like we’re playing at a top-10 level.” Brown said Skupski and Carlsson will remain the top doubles team after their latest doubles victory, but the rest of the doubles teams will be mixed up. “We’re still looking for that magic to strike in a couple of the other spots,” Brown said. The Tigers will return home to face No. 10 Kentucky on April 9 and No. 35 Vanderbilt on April 11.
The LSU women’s tennis team will remain in Baton Rouge to face Alabama on Friday and No. 50 Auburn on Sunday. Alabama (8-8, 1-5) fell out of the national rankings this week but defeated Kentucky in its last matchup. No. 24 Vanderbilt blanked Auburn (8-6, 2-5) in the Tigers’ last match, but Auburn won its previous two SEC matches against Kentucky and No. 19 South Carolina. LSU (6-12, 1-5) is on a threegame losing skid, two of which were against top-20 opponents in thenNo. 15 Tennessee and then-No. 14 Georgia. “Playing top-20 teams has been a good experience,” said freshman Keri Frankenberger. “Auburn and Alabama are both really good teams. We’re just going to go out with the same intensity.” Frankenberger and freshmen Ebie Wilson and Kaitlin Burns have all recorded singles wins in their last two matches. “I’m excited the way the freshmen have come along,” said LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis. “They’re playing the best teams in the country and also playing fairly high up.” The Lady Tigers will travel to Kentucky on April 9 and Vanderbilt on April 11. Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
Announcement made on radio station By Chris Branch Sports Writer
The LSU men’s basketball team has secured a marquee opponent for next season. LSU will play Memphis in Tupelo, Miss., at BancorpSouth Arena on Nov. 21. Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson first announced the agreement on Memphis radio station Sports 56 WHBQ. Kent Lowe, LSU senior associate sports information director, confirmed the game Wednesday. “It’s something that’s been in the works for a while now,” Lowe said. “The contract was just signed today, though.” LSU coach Trent Johnson did mention a game with Memphis in a press conference Monday but did not specify a date or location. Memphis is coming off a 2410 season under first-year head coach John Pastner. Pastner’s squad reached the second round of
the NIT, losing to Ole Miss, 90-81. Memphis finished second in Conference USA behind UTEP, marking the first time in five years the conference crown did not reside in Memphis. Memphis’ 13-3 conference record also marked the first time in three seasons the program hasn’t finished its conference slate undefeated. LSU wasn’t as successful. The Tigers drudged through an 1120 season, finishing just 2-14 in Southeastern Conference play.
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Shortridge, who started the game in center field before moving to pitcher, combined for five of the Tigers’ six RBIs in the game. Shortridge (3-0) relieved senior pitcher Cody Trahan. She earned the win after pitching four innings, allowing no hits and no runs, while striking out six batters and walking four. “We made one bad pitch on the night and paid for it,” Girouard said. “Shortridge came in and was phenomenal after not pitching since February.” The squad will put its 24game winning streak to the test when the Tigers face back-to-back top-10 Southeastern Conference opponents on the road. The Tigers will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to play No. 6 Florida (24-4, 6-2) in a threegame series this weekend. The battle at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium will be a test of juggernauts as the nation’s No. 1 LSU pitching staff clashes with the nation’s No. 1 home run-hitting Gators. “They are a phenomenal team that can really hit the ball,” Girouard said. “We’re going to have to pitch as well as we pitched all year.” Trahan, freshman pitcher Rachele Fico and sophomore pitcher Brittany Mack all have ERAs below 1.00 for the Tigers and have given up a combined seven home runs this season. No Florida pitcher has an ERA below 2.21. But the Gators can bring the bats. Florida has four players with at least seven home runs, including senior outfielder Francesca Enea, who is fourth in the nation with 14 home runs. LSU’s best home run hitters are sophomore left fielder Ashley Langoni and sophomore first baseman Anissa Young with six and five home runs, respectively. LSU will be in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for a doubleheader against No. 8 Alabama (24-9, 7-4) on Wednesday. Alabama freshman infielder Kayla Braud has the second-highest batting average in the SEC at .505. Braud is fourth in the SEC in both hits (48) and runs scored (37). The back-to-back stops will be the Tigers’ first consecutive road trips of the season. LSU will travel back home after the trip for a weekend series against Mississippi State (20-16, 2-7). The teams will play two games Saturday, April 10 and one game Sunday, April 11. Contact Jarred LeBlanc at jleblanc@lsureveille.com
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Robert Rogers and Adam Adami. Rogers took the loss, allowing two runs — one earned — in two innings, and Adami allowed five earned runs without retiring a batter. Binghamton did not make it easy for LSU, as the Bearcats led for most of the game. They answered a home run by Gibbs in the second inning with a two-run blast by junior left fielder Corey Taylor to give the Bearcats a 2-1 lead in the third inning. It would not be the last time Taylor’s name was called, as Binghamton had a monster fourth
inning against LSU freshman pitcher Zach LaSuzzo. Taylor hit a grand slam to right field just out of reach of LSU sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook with two outs to increase the lead to 7-5, part of a five-run inning. Taylor had six RBIs on the night. Mainieri said he was sure Binghamton would be a hardnosed team that would swing the bats aggressively. The first three Bearcats hitters swung at the first pitch from LSU freshman starter Michael Reed. “I know people start thinking I’m the little boy who cried wolf with some of these teams,”
Mainieri said. “I knew this team was going to be good even though I didn’t know that much about them. They’re building a brand new facility at their school, so they’re making an investment in their baseball program … Fortunately they didn’t pitch their No. 1 starter against us.” Binghamton sophomore first baseman David Ciocchi fought back from a 0-2 count to draw a walk that loaded the bases right before the home run. LaSuzzo allowed all seven of those runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings of work. Mainieri said LaSuzzo’s biggest
Thursday, April 1, 2010 fault is he is primarily “a onepitch pitcher.” “I actually didn’t think he pitched all that poorly,” Mainieri said. “He really commanded his fastball. He was down in the zone with it. He just doesn’t have quality secondary pitches … He doesn’t have anything to fool anybody with.” Dean drove in three runs on two hits Wednesday night on his way to moving into sole possession of sixth place on LSU’s alltime hits list with 280. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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Entertainment
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Home Brewed Proposed House Bill to define home brewing laws, remove reliance on federal law
By Ben Bourgeois Entertainment Writer
Students interested in brewing their own beer may soon have an easier time transporting beer from their homes to festivals or competitions. More than 30 years after Congress passed a law legalizing at-home beer production, the Louisiana House of Representatives is now considering a bill that would explicitly define home brewing in the state. The House began legislative session Monday and will consider House Bill 503. If passed, the bill would define and regulate what’s View a beerlegal in the state. Home beer brewing became federally legal in 1978 brewing video at with Public Law 95-458, but individual states were given lsureveille.com the option to enact a law either concurring with or different from federal law. Home brewing was illegal in Utah until March 2009 and is still illegal in Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma. “Home brewing is getting to be a bigger industry,” said Rep. Patrick Connick, D-Marrero, who is sponsoring the bill along with Rep. Michael Danahay, D-Sulphur. “It would make it so local officials would have an idea that this is allowed under state law instead of having to search other laws.” But home brewing has been a hobBEER, see page 10 by for some for years. George Parr, a
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[Forefront] Charlie Milan, president of Red Stick Brewmasters, brews beer. A bill aimed at explicitly defining the regulations for home breweries is before the Louisiana House of Representatives. [Behind] A lineup of of home brewer Jacob Talley’s beer collection. photo courtesy of JACOB TALLEY
MUSIC
Portland quintet Hockey displays impressive live chops Major-label band shows diverse roots By Chris Abshire Entertainment Writer
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Singer Benjamin Grubin performs with indie band Hockey at Spanish Moon on Tuesday night. The band played songs from the recently released “Mind Chaos.”
Hockey, a five-piece band from Portland, Ore., delivered a fittingly chaotic live spectacle to a small but spirited crowd at the Spanish Moon on Tuesday night. The band released its debut LP, “Mind Chaos,” in October to favorable reviews after several years of false starts as a band. “Chaos” is an apt description of the band’s overall style,
as Hockey packs an abundance of sounds that span from electro and dance to Americana and pop during the course of the record’s 12 tracks. “Our wide array of sounds is a weird thing because most bands will change their sound from record to record,” said lead singer Benjamin Grubin. “But we kind of did that from song to song, which is a risky venture as a new band.” This variety of styles is especially strange because Hockey is signed to EMI, a major label. “Most people are caught off guard at how much we packed in to our debut record, and some people are skeptical at the authenticity
of our diversity since we are on a major label,” said bassist Jeremy Reynolds. Hockey recorded most of “Mind Chaos” on a meager $3,000 budget in the basement of their house despite the major label affiliation. “It was a very DIY production and a lo-fi one too,” Reynolds pointed out. Stylistic differences on every song make “Chaos” a difficult record to categorize, but an easy one to love. “Each song is a vignette, really,” Reynolds noted. “They’re HOCKEY, see page 10
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FUNDRAISING
Amedisys hosts Thank You Concert for Heart Walk Local artists will play at The Varsity By Elizabeth Clausen Entertainment Writer
Amedisys Home Health has a solution for students looking for inexpensive ways to have fun during Spring Break. The 2010 Capital Area Start! Heart Walk Thank You Concert, presented by Amedisys, is free, and it will be held at Varsity Theatre on April 9. “It’s a thank you for the companies and individuals who helped and raised funds at the Heart Walk, and it’s a way for everyone to come together,” said Paula Dawson, regional vice president of the American Heart Association. Long Neck Society, a local party band, will play songs
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short stories rather than this cohesive novel of an album.” Tuesday’s show at The Spanish Moon showcased Hockey’s intense live show and varied soundscapes. The band’s stage demeanor served as a perfect complement to the Sprite pop displayed on “Chaos.” Grubin’s vocals matched the strained emotions of the band’s studio output impeccably, and he occasionally backed away from the microphone to bang on the drums with thunderous fervor. The rest of the band, including Reynolds, displayed a refined live style, captivating the crowd with propulsive beats and clean,
BEER, from page 9
member of the Covington-based home brewing association Mystic Krewe of Brew, regularly brings his beers to festivals and competitions for public tastings. “I’ve been brewing since 1983, and it never gets old,” the 68 year old said. “I’d never want to turn something like this into a job.” But some have just began turning home brewing into a hobby. Jacob Talley, a 28-year-old home brewer from Baton Rouge, got the idea to begin home brewing after tasting a homemade beer he didn’t enjoy. “We were drinking a strawberry beer one time and said to ourselves, ‘We can do better than that,’” Talley said. Mike Nealy, president of the Shreveport home brew club Malt Munching Mash Monsters, said the club approached Danahay last year about putting legislation together. “There weren’t any statutes governing home brewing in Louisiana, and we’re interested in trying to grow the hobby in the state and show people what’s possible if you brew your own beer,” Nealy said. “We’d like to show the public what craft beer’s all about — this bill would be good to help us in that.” The bill designates the amount
ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to South Band, whose influences zydeco. range from Mississippi John “We play a wide variety of Hurt to the Allman Brothers and music, both covers and original Lynyrd Skynyrd. stuff,” said Dave David JohnMonic, drummer son, 484 South for Long Neck Band’s drummer Society. “We get and University the same response alumnus, works from people who for Amedisys go to see our and has played shows from manin the concert evagers — they have ery year. He said a good time, and the band plays it’s always a fun everything from crowd.” ’70s classic rock Monic said to modern-day his band has perSouthern rock. Paula Dawson formed at the “Students Amedisys concert seem to like our regional vice president, for four years, original music — American Heart Association hoping to raise it’s very guitarawareness of the Heart Associa- driven, and it’s current,” Johnson tion in the local community. said. “We also do our own version The concert will also feature of some classic rock covers that original songs performed by 484 people like and are familiar with.”
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‘It’s a thank you for the companies and individuals who helped and raised funds at the Heart Walk, and it’s a way for everyone to come together.’
funky rifts. “Our shows can certainly be very chaotic,” Reynolds said with a chuckle. The band credited the album’s up-tempo style as integral to its live set. “Every show is different, but ‘Chaos’ is such a high-energy album anyway that we have to bring some intensity to our live shows to do the songs right,” Reynolds said. The band ran through most of the essentials from its discography to date, perfecting brilliant singles, such as dance-punk lead single “Too Fake” and breezy pop smash “Song Away” in a live setting while also playing fan favorites like “3am Spanish” with polished efficiency.
Critics have at times derided the band for being little more than fun dance music. The band claims to love the fun side of its sound, but Grubin also pointed out the subtleties of the band’s lyrics. “There’s issues of religion, psychology, sociology, war and so much more in my lyrics,” Grubin said. “I think there’s more depth there than some people give us credit for.” The band said the title of the record reflects this difference in opinions. “That’s what ‘Mind Chaos’ is,” Reynolds said. “It’s everybody’s different opinion.”
of beer brewers can bring to festivals, family gatherings and other events. John Church, a professor at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, said passing a law would allow the state to explicitly limit how much beer home brewers can produce and bring to events. “By adopting the limits, they’re essentially allowing it now and sanctioning it but regulating it at the same time,” Church said. A home brewer can bring up to five gallons of homemade beer to a “bona fide local exhibition, contest, competition, fair or festival where homemade beer is being tasted and judged by the general public at no cost to the person tasting the beer,” according to the current bill. That number goes up to 20 gallons if the home brewer is bringing the beer to a national event. The event is required in all cases to have been issued a special-events permit by the commissioner of the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. “We don’t know when to tell somebody ‘no’ unless we know what’s going on,” said Murphy Painter, commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. Home brewers would be permitted to bring two gallons of beer to an event not holding a special-events
permit, according to the proposed law. Homemade beer could not be sold for profit, and home brewers could not receive compensation for presenting their beer at festivals. “Home brew is exactly what it says: People have a right to consume beer for their personal consumption, inside their home and in limited quantities and for limited benefit,” Painter said. “Once it expands from there, there are plenty of laws that make it illegal.”
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Twain Pigott, 484’s guitarist, said the band moved from covers to original songs, making the music “a lot more specific to our experiences growing up.” Dawson said the Capital Area Start! Heart Walk, which was held last weekend, has been going on for more than 20 years. Kaci Lato, compliance coordinator for Amedisys, said this year’s Heart Walk had a great turnout, with 13,000 walkers and donations of $950,000. “It’s all about getting people to start walking,” said Karen Spears, spokesperson for the Heart Association in Baton Rouge. “Everything that we raise stays in Louisiana and goes mostly toward research, education and funding — life-saving research to fight the number one killer of Americans — heart disease.” Amedisys, a home health and hospice company, plays a major
role in sponsoring the Heart Walk every year. “The concert actually started as a way to thank to our employees ... [Amedisys was] in the top five companies in the nation for funds raised for the Heart Association,” Lato said. Amedisys has put on the Thank You Concert every year since 2007, although it was originally held as a benefit for the Heart Association, said Lato. The show will be for ages 18 and over, and admission is free. Doors open at 8 p.m. “It’s a good time,” Lato said. “People can have a night out without paying a cover.”
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MGMT
AutoKratz
Sony/Columbia
Phantom Sound and Vision
MGMT claims it has changed its sound on follow-up album “Congratulations,” but the album is still highly reminiscent of the duo’s previous top-notch effort “Oracular Spectacular.” “Congratulations” offers the same fun rock-dance vibes, splashed with stylishly trippy energy and smooth hipster synthetics. Some of the album sounds a bit too noisy for its own good, but the majority is an appealing blend of ’70s Pink Floyd-style rock and mellow dance vibes. The band tops itself with “Someone’s Missing” and the title track, and the album serves as a flourishing follow-up for the now wellestablished indie-rock band.
Following the duo’s 2008 EP, “Down & Out in Paris and London,” released by a growing Parisian record and fashion label, David Cox and Russell Crank have once again created catchy digital electronica and pop for the masses. Cox’s vocals take the backseat to the pounding synth noises. The music would get people dancing at a club, but the band’s approach is not the most creative. The songs are repetitive and often uninteresting, and the insistent banging quickly gets old. Just as the title of one track suggests, the music tends to “Stay the Same,” and listeners will feel like they have already heard it before.
Universal Motown
M. JACOBS
E. CLAUSEN
B. BOURGEOIS
Congratulations
Animal
Erykah Badu
New Amerykah, Part Two: Return of the Ankh For her fifth studio album, Erykah Badu decided to trade the processed beats of her previous work for acoustic instrumentation. Layered with harps, strings, drums and piano, “New Amerykah, Part Two” effectively closes the gap between her studio sound and her live performances. After enjoying her performance at Voodoo Fest in 2008, I was disappointed in her then-current album “New Amerykah, Part One.” But this album shows both maturity and an experimentation into soul and R&B — both fans of her previous work and her live shows will enjoy “Part Two.”
[B+] [C-] [B+] Greenberg Focus Features
C. ABSHIRE
“Greenberg,” the latest film from quirky director Noah Baumbach, is a brutally upfront comedy about coming of age — middle age. Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is a former musician on the brink of greatness who left the music business to become a carpenter before having a nervous breakdown. In his late 30s and faced with an uncertain future, Greenberg struggles to value much in his life, as his cynicism constantly alienates others and hinders his ability to mature. Stiller plays an unlikable man with remarkable clarity. Despite Greenberg’s offputting personality, you’ll likely still find yourself rooting for him.
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Usher
Raymond v. Raymond
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LaFace Records
“Raymond v. Raymond” is only Usher’s second record since his hit 2004 album, “Confessions,” and it exudes little of the glorious pop sheen that spurred the success of that smash. “Raymond” often features Usher sexily wooing females and sensually praising the female figure as he tries to recapture his status as a player after a recent divorce. But, noticeably absent is the use of the ubiquitous-of-late R&B and hip-hop tool, Auto-Tune. Instead, Usher opts for an organic sound in both his singing and the album’s pulsing beats. The album fails to produce a top-notch single, but “Raymond” still stands as a solid album of modern R&B-tinged pop music.
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Editor’s Pick Chocolat
(2000)
Miramax Now’s the perfect time to reexperience this gem of a film about the comical personal struggles of Lent and the release of Easter in uptight 1959 rural France. Nominated for five Academy Awards and celebrating its 10th anniversary, “Chocolat” features an impeccable Dame Judi Dench, a graceful Juliette Binoche and an Irish Johnny Depp as a different kind of hot pirate. Binoche — a colorful single parent and artisan of ancient Mayan recipes — stirs heat in a tranquil French-Catholic village when she opens a chocolaterie at the start of the Lenten fast. A crusade between the rigid mayor of the tiny town (Alfred Molina) and
Binoche’s truffles ensues. The film is perfectly done with French scenery and sumptuous food spreads with an addicting soundtrack that mixes Mayan pipes and French rhythms. Based off a book of the same title, “Chocolat” is about indulgence and coming around — and it may inspire random urges to cook.
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OUR VIEW
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Congratulations, SG winners - now it’s time to work
LSU, meet your new Student Government president and vice president, J Hudson and Dani Borel. The election results won’t be official until April 12, but we’d like to congratulate them for the apparent victory and to everyone who ran a clean campaign season. Our newly elected representatives deserve a short break after a few grueling weeks of campaigning, but we hope they are immediately looking to the future. The issues they will deal with upon assuming office are many and important. We’ve seen innova-
tive ideas from all the platforms this campaign season that would greatly benefit students, and we hope the winners will be gracious enough to consider them. The first and biggest priority has to be budget cuts obviously. It will be their responsibility to be our voice to the state leadership, and it will be their duty to lobby as persuasively as possible to mitigate the damage these cuts will deal to the University and the students they represent. But, while absolutely essential, budget cuts aren’t the only pressing issue facing the campus.
We fully expect our new representatives to continue moving the University forward even during these tough times. For example, SG has to find some way to fight widespread voter apathy about its affairs. Only 19 percent of students voted in the primary election, while only 15 percent voted in the runoff — this is a sad, unacceptable state of affairs, and SG needs to be taking concrete steps to make its business something of interest to its constituents. Every candidate runs on a platform of “getting students
involved.” We hope J and Dani will take concrete steps to actually do so, allowing our SG to more effectively represent student interests. There’s a common perception SG is just a place to pad your résumé. We don’t believe that’s necessarily true, and we expect our new representatives to change that perception. There’s a reason students don’t vote, and it’s our leadership’s job to prove the value of SG and its relevance to the student body. SG jobs require a great deal of time and effort. We trust those
who have been elected are willing to put as much or more effort into their work as they have in campaigning, so they can do the maximum good with their offices. We look forward to see what the new administration and other newly elected officials will to do better the lives of students. But on an unrelated side note, be safe and have a happy Spring Break, LSU.
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Which rights to protect: Free speech or the mourners’?
Messages of our eternal damnation and punishment for our sinful nature bombard the ears as we walk across Free Speech Alley. Most students find the the spectacle mildly amusing. After all, it is Free Speech Alley. Freedom of speech, religion and peaceful assembly, which does not harm others, should be protected by the state. The United States Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to hear the case of Snyder v. Phelps. At the heart of this case is whether or not the First Amendment protects the Westboro BapNathan Shull tist Church’s Columnist picketing of the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who died March 3, 2006 in Iraq. The protestors displayed signs reading “Don’t Pray for the USA,” “God Hates Fags,” “Semper Fi Fags,” “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 911,” “Thank God for Dead Soldiers” and “Thank God for IEDs.” I despise people who disrespect our fallen soldiers. I must confess my desire was to write an article condemning the WBC’s actions, while attempting to prove its protests should not be protected at a funeral where, in my opinion, the family is a captive audience. Actions and speech should be restricted only when they harm others. My initial reaction was that the church’s picketing caused harm to Snyder’s father.
Does it matter that Mr. Snyder was unaware of the protest during the funeral? He became aware of this information from the news following the service, according to the York Daily Record. In addition, the protestors complied with all of Maryland’s laws pertaining to demonstrations at funerals. The protestors vacated the site prior to the funeral service, according to their Brief In Opposition To Petition For Writ of Certiorari. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit states: “The First Amendment serves to protect statements on matters of public concern that fail to contain a ‘provably false factual connotation.’” Furthermore, “rhetorical statements employing ‘loose, figurative, or hyperbolic language’ are entitled to First Amendment protection to ensure that “public debate will not suffer for lack of ‘imaginative expression’ or the ‘rhetorical hyperbole’ which has traditionally added much to the discourse of our Nation.” After reading the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit — which overturned the decision of a lower court — I am obliged to admit, to my intense dissatisfaction, that this ‘free speech’ by the Westboro Baptist Church is protected — although I still question whether it should be. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider three questions when it hears the care: “(1) Whether the prohibition of awarding damages to public figures to compensate for the intentional infliction of
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emotional distress, under the Supreme Court’s First Amendment precedents, applies to a case involving two private persons regarding a private matter; (2) whether the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment trumps its freedom of religion and peaceful assembly; and (3) whether an individual attending a family member’s funeral constitutes a “captive audience” who is entitled to state protection from unwanted communication,” according to onthedocket.org. The decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit — that the speech is constitutionally protected —
may be legally correct. But protesting at a private citizen’s funeral is akin to desecration for the family who remains behind. Therefore, there is a dilemma: Who is protecting the family’s right to peacefully assemble to honor the memory of its loved one? Many states have taken measures to restrict these protests. In Maryland, the protestors were required to maintain a distance of 1,000 feet from the funeral. States should perhaps be allowed to enact harsher restrictions on protesting at funerals to protect the rights of the individual. Should the expression of
potentially inflammatory free speech at the funeral of a private citizen — even if for a public purpose — be protected? The irony is that our marines, soldiers and sailors are sworn to faithfully protect the right of citizens to spit on the graves of their fallen brothers. Nathan Shull is a 35-year-old finance junior from Seattle. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_nshull
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”
Edith Sitwell Britsh poet Sept. 7, 1887 — Dec. 9, 1964
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Megachurch buildings are a complete waste of money We’ve all see them — churches where attendance numbers mirror a Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. They usually speak really “dope” dialects when talking about their cooler-than-your God and dress like it’s always casual Sunday. You can see their pastors on television — preaching the prosperity gospel to droves of hypnotized have-nots. Guitars rightly replace pipe organs — and emotion replaces common sense. Megachurches, as they’re called, have become increasingly popular in recent years. The largest church in America, Lakewood, currently accommodates the faith needs of 43,500 attendees each week. And while Joel Osteen, pastor of the church, has absolutely no ministerial training, the man sure can sell himself, his books and his feel-good theology of ignorance. But while there isn’t anything really wrong with supply and demand in the religious world, notice needs to be given to the luxuriant
structures that have come to typify the modern megachurch. Not too far from LSU’s campus, a mansion for God on Highland Road currently nears completion. The cost of Healing Place Andrew Church’s aweRobertson inspiring strucColumnist ture? A whopping $36,232,121. But wait — for this enormous amount of money we get beautiful landscaping, a spacious lobby area, fountains and of course, a coffee shop. The current colossal building doesn’t have all of the above, so naturally a bigger and better house of God was necessary. And while the money was donated for the specific purpose of constructing this behemoth basilica, one cannot help but wonder what else $36 million could have accomplished — aside from
temporarily solidifying HPC’s status as Baton Rouge’s premier place to go and meet the American Jesus for coffee. One could do any of the following with $36 million dollars: Feed 480,000 children in Ghana for a year, build 1,440 schools in Tanzania, buy 180 million pounds of rice at wholesale cost, give more than 1 million starving children a Plumpy’nut malnutrition treatment, sponsor more than 1 million children through World Vision for a month, pay one year’s tuition for 288,000 school children in Tanzania through Village Schools International, send 3.6 million Kisii water filters to Kenya, buy more than six billion bananas for the poor or supply 20 million 5x7 tarps to Haiti. Any of the aforementioned beneficence would change the world for countless lives. But in place of these potential philanthropic miracles, we now have yet another mansion built for Jesus’ followers — which doesn’t really
go along with the whole “afflicted” motifs of early Christendom. In addition to this incongruity, it should be noted there is no such thing as a Christian church building in the Bible. Each of the 114 references to the ekklesia, or church, in the New Testament never once describes a building. And while one can’t necessarily condemn or conceal the vast amounts of pagan ritual that transgressed into Christian liturgy and practice — including the church building — I just can’t imagine Jesus of Nazareth ever promoting a building over charitable deeds. In all honesty, Healing Place Church is one of the greatest charitable organizations on the planet. And while I do not agree with much of their theology, or lack thereof, they have done much good in the world. But that which has been done in the past does not overshadow the present waste that is their new Christian coliseum. To whom much is given,
much is required. And for $36 million, I believe God expects more than just an earthly hot spot for generation X coffee drinkers and their hipster parents seeking solace from a hurting world of trapping desk jobs and lost tennis matches. Perhaps in place of altars, pews, steeples and lavish ziggurats — we might one day again see a Christianity that does not “conform to the patterns of this world.” Rather, this non-religious faith would bear witness to the immaterial, atypical words of Jesus. A congregation without a $36 million dollar Jesus stadium would be better for it, as would the needy the world over. Andrew Robertson is a 23-yearold religious studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_arobertson.
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Formspring.me: an easy gateway for pervy stalkers “The Empire Strikes Back.” “The Dark Knight.” “The Godfather Part II.” These three movies are fantastic sequels, and are arguably even better than their originals. I’m not sure if columns can have sequels, but if they can, this will be one of them. I wrote a column six Adam Arinder weeks ago Columnist touching on Internet anonymity and how Webbased trolls can ruin a pleasant surfing experience. I’d like to extend those thoughts today with a new Web site I recently stumbled upon called formspring.me. Formspring.me is a very simple site that allows users to sign up and “ask questions, give answers and learn more about your friends.” Users can set privacy settings on who is allowed to post: anonymous viewers, only users with an account (although there is a choice to ask anonymously or provide your user info) or only users with their screenname present. Sounds fun and harmless, right? Of course. But this is the Internet we’re talking about here — nothing is harmless. I had never signed up for the Web site until I decided to write this column (primarily because I
thought if anyone had something to ask me, they should just ask it to my face), but I had a few friends who would link it on Facebook. And being the curious cat that I am, I decided to check it out. I should point out, the few people’s pages I originally looked at were all girls, which I think changes the dynamic of the Web site. The questions were pretty tame at first. Some questions about hobbies and interests, some joking questions and so on. But some of the questions started getting more risqué and personal after a while: Questions about virginity, how they are in the bedroom and how many people they’ve slept with are a few examples. Mind you, users have the ability to delete or block any questions they choose not to answer, but it just amazes me how bold people can get with their identity protected behind a keyboard. Going back to my “Internet trolls” column, these are the kinds of people who can really break someone’s self-esteem. One person’s page I went to had people absolutely bashing the poor girl, saying things (I would hope) they would never say to this particular person’s face. If you’re good enough friends with someone to ask these types of questions, then by all means do it. But you really have no right to ask it via some “honesty box” Web site if you’re not. Just because the site allows the user to choose which questions
to display or not doesn’t mean they still won’t see them. Don’t be a coward behind your computer, if you have a problem with someone, have the “Lesticles” to say it to their face. By no means am I saying this Web site is bad — not at all. Just like life, there are certain people who can ruin fun things for everyone. I signed up for the site to see what it was all about and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I
didn’t get any creepy, pervy questions to report in this column. Maybe because no one cares or maybe because I’m not a girl with creepy 15-year-old stalkers. Also always remember whatever you post on the Internet will never go away if you do use the site. Just be smart with what you allow other people to know about yourself because you never know who is actually watching. But enough lecturing for one day. Today is the last day before
Spring Break, so I’m sure people will have plenty of fun questions to answer when returning from their wild week. I can’t wait. 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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PROTEST, from page 1
said. “We didn’t know what we were fighting for. We were just bonded by color.” The intermingling of blues with reds at the end was no accident, French said. “We were trying to show that there’s often more commonalities between two opposing parties than we know,” she said.
SADER, from page 1
Moshe Cohen, interim director of Hillel, said sader meals are similar to Easter and Christmas meals. “Everyone has their own special traditions,” Cohen said. Passages are read from the Haggadah, a Jewish religious text, at the beginning of each sader. The passages deal with the history and the story of Passover. Saders are deeply rooted in ritual, and a place is always set for the prophet Elijah, who is associated with the coming of the Messiah. “Judaism teaches us to work for a heaven on Earth,” said
DISQUALIFIED, from page 1
ticket for overspending in the final week of campaigning. Nine of the disqualified candidates would have won their runoff elections if they had not been disqualified. Sarver said “StudentsFIRST” didn’t overspend as a whole, but individual candidates spent more than the allowed $29 per candidate. Hudson said he wrote $32 as each candidate’s expenditures when the ticket only spent $29 per candidate. Hudson said his campaign only spent $1,112.07 of its allowed $1,156 expenditures. The ticket spends as one entity, therefore an individual candidate cannot overspend unless the entire ticket overspends, Hudson said. But Hudson did incorrectly fill out each candidate’s expenditure report and had each candidate sign. He said he computed it wrong
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But the message was lost on many who watched the performance. “I didn’t know what they were doing,” said Kavaughn Henry, mechanical engineering freshman. Hezy Washington, mechanical engineering freshman, said he knew the groups were protesting something, but he didn’t know what. Brandi Batiste, human
relations education sophomore, said she heard the screams and decided to sit in the Quad to see what was going to happen. “I was confused,” said India Phillips, sociology sophomore.
Cohen. “Some believe that the Messiah will visit Passover saders once this is achieved.” Passover is a celebration of freedom from oppression. There has been a modern to trend to include excerpts from works such as Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream Speech” or from “The Diary of Anne Frank” in the readings before a sader. Passover commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Passover gets its name from the angel of death “passing over” the houses of enslaved Israelites. Passover lasts eight days. Passover started at sundown March 29 this year and will end at
sundown April 6. Jews aren’t allowed to eat any products with yeast during Passover, including leavened bread and beer. Most American Jews also observe the tradition of not eating anything that may have been contaminated by leavened food. This includes foods like rice, beans and corn. Corn syrup is also forbidden under this tradition. “I know a few people who get really excited about sugar cane soda at this time of the year,” Cohen said.
because he “worked in reverse.” “What I should’ve done is divide among the candidates, and then divvied the rest into Dani and my budget,” Hudson said. The “Geauxing the Distance” campaign did overspend as a whole, and all their runoff candidates were disqualified. “The election code says, ‘This is how much money you can spend,’” Sarver said. “They spent over the amount they were allowed to spend, so they were disqualified.” Hudson said he doesn’t know how to feel after winning the election but having all of his candidates disqualified. “That’s the first thing on my mind before we can celebrate a victory,” Hudson said. Borel also said the victory was bittersweet. “In light of recent events, it’s hard to be happy right now,” Borel said.
Sellers said he and Bonvillain might have lost because they assumed they had it in the bag. “I congratulated them,” Sellers said. “If it couldn’t be Brooksie and I, J and Dani would be the ones I would’ve chosen.” Of 89 “Leading the Way” candidates, 81 officially won their elections — a “91 percent win rate,” said Sellers. “The election code is black and white,” Sellers said. “Ignorance of the rules does not excuse them from following them. Our candidates are the winners.” Arts and Sciences Senator Drew Prestridge said he believes Bonvillain and Sellers should have won the election. “If you cannot put together your expense reports, you’re nowhere near ready to be SG president and vice president,” Prestridge said. Hudson and Borel won the runoff election by 93 votes after Bonvillain and Sellers received 701 more votes than “StudentsFIRST” in the general election. SG officials said 4,293 votes were cast in the runoff, accounting for 16.3 percent of the student body, based on spring 2010 enrollment of 26,261 students, according to numbers from the Office of Budget and Planning. The 5,636 votes in last week‘s election represented 21.5 percent of the student body. Students also voted 77.4 percent (2,730 votes) to approve the changes to the SG Constitution. “I am extremely excited students still felt the need for our changes,” said Aaron Caffarel, Arts and Sciences senator and author of the amendments. The election results will become official two school days after the election results, or April 12. Any students can file a complaint with Sarver or the SG Election Board until then.
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