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GELATO GEMS City Gelato expands product to local supermarkets

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BY BETH CARTER @bethie_carter City Gelato, a downtown Baton Rouge staple for three years, is expanding its business to 14 Rouses supermarkets across the state this month, which means that now, 40 stores across the state will carry the six flavors.

Owner Mario Lozanov started City Gelato in 2013 from a single stand downtown. Now, there are three City Gelato carts around the city, including one in front of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on Goodwood Blvd. Although City

Gelato is already sold in 22 locations in the Baton Rouge area and three in New Orleans, Lozanov says expanding to Rouses is a big step for his company.

“With Rouses, we’ll be able to have a bigger presence in New Orleans,” he said.

“It’s a way for people to embrace gelato as an alternative option to ice cream.”

Lozanov never planned to make gelato for a living. He has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, but said he fell in love with the gelato business after managing Bacio di Roma Italian Café, a gelato shop on West Chimes St. He says his scientific knowledge comes in handy when

measuring the right amount of flavors to add to his gelato.

“It’s not rocket science, but it’s still a science,” he said. “If you don’t know all your ingredients and all the exact ratios, you won’t be making a good product.”

After managing the shop on West Chimes, Lozanov felt inspired to open his own gelato business. To do so, he turned to the LSU Food Incubator, which helps local culinary businesses make products for mass markets.

Gaye Sandoz, the Food Incubator director and coordinator, oversees over 30

companies that utilize the Food Incubator, which includes equipment to make salad dressings, hummus, baked goods, and, of course, gelato. She said the Food Incubator can be an important tool for culinary entrepreneurs who are looking to get a leg up in the business.

“Our incubator is very popular,” she said. “We started with 10 tenants in 2013 in a lab on campus ... and have 34 now.”

Sandoz added that since the Food Incubator was introduced at LSU, 90 tons of products have been produced there.

see GELATO, page 7

RESEARCH

Scientists discover alternative to high-sodium food products

BY BETH CARTER @bethie_carter Thanks the work of scientists at the LSU AgCenter, Louisiana’s salt intake is about to get microscopic.

Marvin Moncada has been working to develop “nanosalt” for the past three years. This new development is still salt, just smaller. The nanosalt is a powdered form of salt particles that are approximately 1,000 times smaller than a normal

grain of salt.

Because nanosalt is just smaller salt particles, consumers are able to cover the same amount of food surface area with less salt. As of now, nanosalt only works with topical food products, or foods that add salt after the product has been made, because the particles are too small to be mixed with water during the actual baking process.

The nanosalt is made using a nanospray dryer, which

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sprays and heats saltwater until the water evaporates and the salt crystals are broken up into a powder. Because each nanosalt crystal is smaller than a normal crystal of kosher salt, the same salty taste can be achieved with fewer salt crystals.

Moncada became interested in nanotechnology while working on his Ph.D. three years ago.

Nanotechnology is used in everything from making clothes to developing medications, but

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there had not been much work with nanoparticles in the food industry when Moncada and his fellow scientists started their research.

According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nine out of 10 Americans eat more salt than the daily recommendation of 2,300 mg. Louisiana’s adult obesity rate of 34.9 percent, making it the fourth fattest state in America, and much of that is caused by too much salt

in Southern food. In fact, crawfish season is one of the busiest times for cardiologists in Louisiana due to the large amount of salt used in seafood seasoning, according to a spokesperson from the LSU Health Sciences Center.

Excess salt in the body is one of the leading causes of heart disease, high blood pressure and strokes. Moncada says people spend too much

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Thursday, June 16, 2016

University researchers engineer water purification system

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 663 million people lack access to improved water worldwide. Kevin McPeak wants to change that.

McPeak, a chemical engineering assistant professor, is developing a method to successfully disinfect water using visible light, metal nanoparticles and oxygen. When complete, McPeak said the innovation could be used to combat water related illnesses in developing countries.

The research involves combining a semiconductor such as titanium dioxide or zinc oxide with engineered metal nanoparticles. The metal nanoparticles have a greater absorption capacity and can extend energy absorption into the visible light spectrum, he said.

Semiconductors in current disinfection systems can only absorb ultraviolet light, which constitutes only 5 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum, McPeak said. By expanding the potential absorption spectrum to include visible light, the rate of disinfection will be noticeably increased.

The disinfection occurs when oxygen is introduced to the system. The oxygen reacts with the semiconductor-nanoparticle complex to produce a reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide, McPeak said. The reactive oxygen species will then convert the carbon based

bacteria and viruses into carbon dioxide, neutralizing the threat, he said.

The challenge is engineering the semiconductor-nanoparticle pairing that will produce the most successful form of reactive oxygen. Certain reactive oxygen species can combine with sinks, such as anions or sulfates, and convert back into traditional oxygen before reaching the pathogen, destroying the system’s efficacy, he said.

Chemical engineering graduate student Daniel Willis said engineering the optimum semiconductor-nanoparticle complex is the team’s primary focus at this stage. Willis said he and other researchers spend eight to 10 hours a day prepping the samples for testing in the lab’s microreactor.

The microreactor allows the research team to test the complexes in a controlled and observable environment, McPeak said.

After tests in the microreactor, adjustments to the nanoparticle structures and arrangements are made to increase the complex’s efficacy, Willis said.

Despite the intensive testing process, Willis said the opportunity to learn and help others is the greatest reward.

“I was working in a microbrewery in Texas and that was fantastic … but at the end of the day think about what you contribute to the world at large,” Willis said. “With something like this you can come in with full confidence and say, ‘yes, I actually am improving the world.’ It’s nice to be a gear in a cog that’s advancing and progressing strong

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McPeak said the goal is to run initial disinfection testing using bacteriophage MS2, a virus that mimics Hepatitis and the Adenovirus, by the end of the summer. The team hopes to have a testable commercial prototype within nine months to a year, he said.

The prototype will most likely resemble a bottle, and would be filled with glass sand or a polymer coated in the semiconductor-nanoparticle complexes.

The jar would then be filled with water and oxygen, shaken and left in the sun to work its magic, he said.

McPeak said the finished product’s simplicity is the key to widespread distribution.

“If we can lower the barrier of entry to obtaining clean water in the developing world, I think we could have a major social impact with this technology,” McPeak said. “It is a staggering number to think in 2016 that a billion people don’t have access to clean water, but that’s reality.”

McPeak isn’t the only person concerned about the world’s clean water supply.

BASF, a multi-national chemicals manufacturing corporation, selected McPeak and his team as the first researchers in residence for the $1 million BASF Sustainable Living Lab in the redesigned Patrick F. Taylor Hall, said BASF Southeast Regional Communications Hub’s external communications director Blythe Lamonica.

Lamonica said sustainable practices are a cornerstone of BASF’s business culture and the company aims to leverage the work of innovative researchers pursuing sustainable solutions to global issues. Clean water availability is a main focus for the company, and McPeak’s scaleable solution spoke to the company, she said.

McPeak and his team will occupy the lab for two years. In addition to being a functioning lab, the work space’s interactive television screens and tablet features also double as an outreach hub to educate students and the public about BASF’s sustainability mission and the progress of McPeak’s research, Lamonica said.

Having a dedicated workspace will be a big moral boost for the team, McPeak said.

“Oftentimes, the grand idea is easily lost when you’re in the trenches and things aren’t working out,” McPeak said.

Having a dedicated space signals to both the researchers and the public that the research is significant, and acts as an everyday motivation to continue pushing forward, he said.

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Sports

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Experience a strong suit for 2017 team JUST JOSHIN’ JOSHUA THORNTON @JoshT_TDR photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LSU shortstop Kramer Robertson [left] and pitcher Jake Latz [right] after LSU lost in the bottom if the ninth inning of an NCAA college baseball tournament Super Regional game on Sunday.

OUT of LUCK Inexperience, miscues doom LSU baseball in Super Regional

BY JOSHUA THORNTON @JoshT_TDR A season that had its fair share of ups and downs ended in large part because of a lack of experience. The Tigers had to replace eight starters from last year’s College World Series team and ran into a Coastal Carolina team with the perfect blend of youth and experience.

But LSU still ended up with its fifth straight national seed and advanced to the Super Regionals for the third-straight season.

Not too many national pundits pegged LSU as a host site after opening Southeastern Conference play by losing a home series to Alabama for the first time since 1996 and getting

swept by Tulane for the first time since 2007.

Despite those bumps, LSU pulled things together at the right time. The come-from-behind win against Arkansas brought about a new attitude for the Tigers and marked a turning point for a team that started SEC play 2-5.

The Tigers went on to finish the season, winning 17 of their last 22 games and were 7-2 in one-run games. During that span LSU also beat the No. 1 ranked team (Florida, Mississippi State) four times.

When LSU returns next season, the Tigers could be loaded.

If things go LSU’s way, junior center fielder Jake Fraley will be the only starter LSU will have to replace. Fraley was drafted 77th overall by the Tampa Bay Rays and has said he will sign with the Rays and play in the major league.

All-American freshman right fielder Antoine Duplantis, who posted a 19-game hit streak to start his freshman campaign, returns.

LSU could return its entire infield, with sophomore first baseman Greg Deichmann, the team leader in home runs and RBI’s and AllAmerican junior shortstop Kramer Robertson, coming back next year. All-SEC defensive team junior second baseman Cole Freeman is likely to return.

Twin sophomores left fielder Beau Jordan and designated hitter Bryce Jordan will be back after combining to hit nine home runs and 72 RBI’s.

While the pitching rotation may have to be figured out, the anchor of the team, sophomore pitcher Alex Lange, will be back in possibly

see LOSS, page 7

Junior closer Hunter Newman jogged back on to the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning in a win or go home game against Coastal Carolina.

The game had all the makings of another LSU rally that fans had become accustomed to the past month. A dramatic game-tying score that included a gutsy play by junior centerfielder Jake Fraley, where he collided and flipped over the man covering first.

Newman was sent out save the Tigers’ season, but instead he watched it end when Coastal Carolina junior shortstop Michael Paez hit a chopper that was too high for freshman third baseman Chris Reid.

Moments later, Coastal Carolina sprinted and dogpiled on the field after beating the No. 8 national seed and crushing the hopes of a young LSU team.

“It’s obviously a very painful thing for a season to come to an end,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said after losing 4-3 against the Chanticleers.

Painful losses to end a season is something Mainieri has been through before in his three-plus decades, but it’s something his young team had yet to experience. Though this team experienced many low points this season, it hadn’t

see EXPERIENCE, page 7

SOFTBALL

Six LSU softball players named to All-Louisiana teams

BY MARC STEVENS @Marcstevens_TDR

Six LSU players were named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association 2016 All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball team and two more were selected as honorable mentions.

Senior third baseman Bianka Bell, senior first baseman Sandra Simmons, junior designated player Sahvanna Jaquish and sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover were all named to the First Team.

Junior outfielder Bailey Landry and sophomore utility Allie Walljasper were selected for the Second Team, while senior catcher Kellsi Kloss and freshman hurler Sydney Smith were both tabbed as

honorable mentions to round out the Tigers picked in the poll released Sunday.

Kloss, Bell and Simmons have each played their final games for LSU and advance onto the next step of their careers. But the rest of the honorees return after being huge contributors for the Tigers in 2016.

Hoover, who served as the team’s ace in the circle, was arguably the most impactful player this season. She finished the season with a 22-8 record and held batters to a team-low .210 from the plate.

In addition to her first team selection, Hoover was Co-Pitcher of the Year after finishing tied in the poll with Louisiana-Lafayette’s junior Alex Stewart.

Walljasper was named as utility because of her prowess from the circle but also her evolved swing throughout the season as well.

She was the de facto No. 2 pitcher and won both Super Regional games for LSU to advance into the Women’s College World Series.

The Manteca, California, native earned 11 wins and maintained a .222 average from the plate.

Her performance alongside Hoover and Smith added a 1-23 punch to the Tigers’ pitching rotation.

Jaquish will return in 2017 as the star of the LSU batting order.

In 2016, the junior infielder had the third best batting average on the team with a .343 and notched

a .632 slugging percentage clip, second-best on the team. She’s currently second behind Bell in career home runs and RBIs, but if she keeps her averages will easily overtake Bell in both categories, in 2017.

Landry returns to lead an experienced Tiger outfield alongside sophomore Emily Griggs and freshman Elyse Thornhill.

Griggs started each of the team’s 70 games this season and Thornhill ended the year as the left field starter.

Overall, the team is losing three seniors, which impacted the team throughout their careers, but with the foundation of returning Tigers leaves the team ready for 2017.

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Senior infielder Sandra Simmons hits the ball during the Tigers’ 2-0 victory against South Carolina on April 24 in Tiger Park.

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The photography exhibit can be viewed throughout the summer in the Student Union

a moment of movement Local photographers display work in Student Union Gallery

BY DOLLION LOWE | @d_lowe96

All summer long, the work of local contemporary photographers David Humphreys and Aaron Hogan will be showcased at the LSU Student Union Art Gallery.

The exhibit will be open every weekday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until August 22.

Both artists work as commercial photographers in Baton Rouge.

Hogan is newer to the artistic photography scene, with this being the second art exhibit of his career.

“I did this project to push myself in an artistic direction,” Hogan said. “Everything I’ve done up until this point has been to make money. Even if this project didn’t make a single dollar, I’d be feeding my own soul.”

Humphreys, on the other hand, has been working with fine art photography for 38 years, and one of his pieces is on permanent display at the LSU Museum of Art. “I was the one that was offered the show at the LSU

Student Union Art Gallery,” Humphreys said. “I thought of Aaron because I felt that his work was very cohesive with mine. They worked well together.”

At this summer’s exhibit, Hogan will be showing a collection of works depicting both male and female dancers performing underwater — an aesthetic he described as “ethereal.”

Humphreys’ works will depict large-scale photographs of insects and animals, although you may not instantly recognize them as photographs.

“Most people look at my work and say, ‘How did you paint that?’ They don’t get it,” the artist said. “I’m very happy to transcend that, and be able to show it as art and not necessarily a photograph.”

While there isn’t any inherent link between the two artists’ work, Humphreys added that the pieces are cohesive due to a similar sense of motion.

“Aaron’s interested in movement and fluidity, and insects in general are very fluid,” he said.

Humphreys encouraged any University students pursuing a similar hobby to remain committed to their art through thick and thin, adding that there were times when he questioned his own artistic career.

“Sometimes the things you create aren’t the ones you love the most, but if you continue to work at it you’ll eventually find that piece that you’re very happy to share,” he said.

Hogan stressed the importance of getting hands-on experience before graduating, and added that his studio, Eye Wander, is eager to offer internships to any aspiring photographers in the University’s student body.

All of Humphreys’ work is available on his website fabphotos.com, and Hogan’s work can be viewed on his eyewanderphoto.com.

Summer Sounds

With the summer heat now upon us, many students are heading to the beach, throwing parties by the pool or relaxing before school picks back up. Here are a few songs that will be great for any summertime occasion.

BY JOSHUA THORNTON | @JoshT_TDR

Drake - Controlla

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A cut from his recent album ‘VIEWS,’ this is one of the standouts from his 20-track LP. “Controlla” gives off the perfect summer vibe with its Caribbean-style drums and is an ode to dancehall music.

Rae Sremmurd - Look Alive

Flume ft. Kai Never Be Like You

Chance The Rapper ft. 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne - No Problems

Alessia Cara - Wild Things

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Looking to follow the success of singles “No Flex Zone” and “No Type,” the Atlanta duo released their third single from their upcoming album “SremmLife 2.” “Look Alive” continues their release of strong singles with this one by Mike Will Made It.

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This smooth track from Australian musician Flume is the perfect song to cruise around listening to on a Saturday afternoon.

In one of the more up tempo tracks from Chance The Rapper’s latest project “Coloring Book,” 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne lend a hand to the Chicago MC. This song is sure to turn up any party and is a great feel-good song.

courtesy of alessiacara.com

Most fans know Alessia Cara from her hit single “Here,” but the 19-year-old singer’s followup single is just as good, if not better. The Canadian singer takes a trip to the wild side with her song “Wild Things.”

Anderson .Paak ft.

ScHoolBoy Q - Am I Wrong

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California singer and rapper Anderson .Paak released his second album “Malibu,” and has been on the rise since.

In his second single, “Am I Wrong,” he teams up with ScHoolboy Q for this smooth jazzy single.

Opinion

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Second Amendment requires regulation after Pulse shooting HUMAN BEAN BETH CARTER @bethie_carter On June 12, outside a popular gay bar in Orlando, Florida, 49 people were killed in a massive shooting. But so were five people in Albuquerque, three in Chicago and one in New Orleans. In fact, there were 42 shootings around the country on June 12.

According to the Gun Violence Archives and Vox, in addition to those killed outside of Pulse nightclub, 18 people, including five children, were killed by gun violence that night. In the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern history, “thoughts and prayers” won’t do enough to fix this nation’s massive gun problem. Regulation will.

Omar Mateen, the Pulse shooter, had previously been interviewed by the FBI: once in 2013 and again in 2014. Mateen was still able to purchase a military-grade weapon. In fact, he used the same kind of gun used by the shooters in San Bernadino, California; Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut.

The Second Amendment protects Americans’ right to bear arms, but that right is not absolute. Nothing in the Bill of Rights

is. As an American, you have a right to free speech, but not if you endanger the well-being of another citizen or threaten national security. America regulates the Bill of Rights every single day. What makes the Second Amendment any different?

Gun control is a touchy subject, but the fact of the matter is that no one should be able to own a military-style assault weapon, especially if that individual has a questionable mental health status, previous criminal charges or has been interviewed by the FBI (twice). A shotgun used for killing deer is different from an AR-15. The United States can regulate the Second Amendment without abolishing it.

So far this year, the United States has witnessed 136 mass shootings — ­ that is, a shooting where four or more people are wounded or killed. That’s almost one mass shooting per day. Something needs to change. But if twenty 6 year-olds being gunned down by an assault rifle in their elementary school classroom hasn’t made us change anything about this nation’s gun policies, will anything?

Pulse was a safe space for the LGBT community. It was a place where people could feel comfortable with their sexuality and relax without being judged

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Vigils, rallies and marches were held around the country on Monday for the victims of Sunday’s deadly attack at the gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando. or mocked. Being gay is not an easy lifestyle in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, LGBT teenagers are twice as more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

Being a person of color is also hard in this country. In 2010, African Americans were 55 percent of homicide victims, but only 13 percent of the population, according to the Pew Research Center.

Being LGBT and a person of color is especially difficult. In addition to having to deal with the pressures that our society places on them every day, members of

these communities now must also deal with the possibility of being shot for simply existing.

“Radical Islam” is not to blame for this tragedy. A religion cannot take an assault rifle and shoot 49 people. Lawmakers who treat the Second Amendment like one of the Ten Commandments and constantly reject gun reform policies are to blame.

Responsibility for the death of these innocent people falls on all of us.

Beth Carter is a 19-yearold mass communications sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Second Guessing: a guide to changing your major Changing your major senior year is enough to make any of us have one last undergraduate panic attack. Doing so adds to the belief that we need to graduate in four years and get an adult job, but making the leap could change your life for the better.

Here are some tips and encouragement to make the transition easier.

Follow your heart

Do your research

Think about grad school

Consider your grades

As cliché as it sounds, you know in your heart what you want to do.

Sometimes you have to turn your brain off and just go with what makes you happy. Ignore the money and time for a second and think about your future.

Changing your major can be scary no matter when you’re doing it. Make sure you educate yourself on the major and figure out what classes you need to complete the degree and if there’s any prerequisites for the upper-level classes.

Taking the Graduate Record Examinations and applying to grad school could be the next best thing other than changing your major now.

There’s many graduate programs and there’s no rule says you have to graduate in one major to pursue a different one in grad school.

If your grades are suffering, it could be a sign that you aren’t interested in the material. Changing your major to something you love will make you love learning again, trust me.

Drop in on a class

Talk to your new college

Ignore the extra semesters

Visit the Career Center

If you’ve only thought about a different major but haven’t had any experience with the classes or environment, drop in on a class. The professors won’t mind, especially if it’s a large class. If it’s small, just email them.

Just don’t show up on test day–that would be awkward.

Go to the senior college that houses the major you’re considering and ask them to go through a degree audit with you. These people are trained to know the ins and outs of every major in that specific college. They can answer all of your questions and help you come up with a game plan for changing your major.

Don’t let the extra semester or two stop you. An extra year of college is better than a lifelong feeling of unhappiness and doubt. A study done by Complete College America concluded that only 36 percent of students graduate in four years and most undergraduates take six years. So focus on the long term goal.

The University’s career center has tons of resources that can help make the decision easier.

One of my favorites is the personality assessment that gives you career suggestions based on your interests and possible majors. It could provide the reassurance you need.

THE GREAT GIBSON ARI’YANA GIBSON @gibstionary

Talk it over with close friends and family Don’t let anyone influence you negatively when changing your major. This can halt your progress and make you second guess yourself. If you’re upset that they don’t agree, it’s probably a sign that you really want to change your major anyway.

No one can live your life for you, so don’t chose a path you didn’t pave yourself. Your happiness could suffer.

Ari’yana Gibson is a 21-year-old English senior from Slidell, Louisiana.

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Letter to the Editor: LSU should have warned students about potential Middleton shooting Recently, a note was found in an undisclosed bathroom on campus that said there would be a shooting at 12 p.m. on June 14. I was in the library from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. studying, completely unaware that there could be a shooting any minute. The only reason I was made aware of the note and the potential threat is because I noticed that, as opposed to the normal security guard, they had multiple police officers.

Upon inquiry as to why they were there, a man quietly told me about the note and even made a hand gesture, making his fingers look like a gun. He said that the officers arrived at the library at 11, only an hour earlier than the time the alleged shooting was to take place, and have been exchanging shifts ever since. He explained that they would continue to do so for a couple more hours to ensure that nothing would happen.

The officer went on to say he found out from one of his fellow police officers in essentially was a casual conversation. He said he assumed that the University was keeping it pretty “hush hush” as to not cause a panic, especially in light of the recent Orlando shooting.

I have received dozens of emails from LSU, reporting crimes and giving us directions to keep us safe. Though pestering at times, it is a necessary precaution that the University and LSUPD have to take for obvious reasons. Why wasn’t that done this time? The University has the power to almost instantly connect with the entire student body and inform them of danger, yet I and many others were left in the library, completely oblivious to the fact that we could have been shot at any time. The only time I was able to find out anything about the planned shooting, aside from the police officer, was online in the school newspaper that was posted an hour after the shooting was supposed to happen.

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his last season dressed in purple and gold. The pitching staff could lose junior Jared Poche’, who still hasn’t decided if he will sign with the San Diego Padres.

In spurts, freshman pitcher Jake Latz flashed his full

potential, but LSU coach Paul Mainieri still limited his outings in fear of injury. Mainieri and his staff are expecting big things from the southpaw for next season, if he can return healthy.

Along with Poche’, junior pitchers Jesse Stallings and Parker Bugg were drafted by the

Cincinnati Reds and Miami Marlins respectively and still haven’t announced if they will return.

The bullpen will lose pitcher Riley Smith who decided to sign with the Diamondbacks. Overall, the Tigers will return five relief pitchers, including Alden Cartwright, who had Tommy John sur-

gery, and closer Hunter Newman, who had eight saves last season.

After a year when the SEC received seven host sites in the NCAA Tournament, next season could be a weaker field. Top-ranked Florida might have to replace seven players, all whom were drafted in the top-ten rounds of the MLB Draft.

Conference champion Mississippi State could also lose ace pitcher Dakota Hudson, who was selected 34th overall in the MLB Draft.

Next year’s team will could not only be one of the more experienced teams in the SEC, it could be one of the best in the country.

GELATO, from page 1

NANOSALT, from page 1

EXPERIENCE, from page 3

Lozanov approached the Food Incubator to help him obtain a pasteurizer for his gelato that would be approved by the Department of Health and Hospitals. Because of a grant the program had recently obtained, they were able to pay for a pasteurizer that helps Lozanov produce large quantities of gelato for sale to larger markets.

Lozanov said the Food Incubator has been there to support every step of his business, not just the pasteurization stage.

He says that Luis Espinoza, manager of services at the Food Incubator, has been especially helpful in ensuring City Gelato’s success. “[Espinoza] has been pivotal in providing the knowledge without which no food company could operate safely and in compliance with state and federal regulations,” Lozanov said.

As his company expands, Lozanov wants the original gelato carts to remain an integral part of his business. He said they are a way to connect directly with his customers and a way to remember how far the company has come.

“It’s really hard to start your own business from scratch,” he said. “The company is successful now, but it hasn’t always been easy to do.”

time worrying about how much sugar they are consuming and not enough time looking at their sodium intake.

“What we really should be worrying about is how much salt we are eating,” he said.

“Salt is harder to get out of the body because it gets into the bloodstream, and sugar doesn’t do that.”

Moncada tested the nanosalt on cheese crackers made in AgCenter kitchens. During a blind taste test, consumers said they couldn’t tell the difference between the crackers with 25 percent less, 50 percent less and the normal amount of salt.

LSU is currently in the process of patenting the nanosalt technology and hopes it can soon begin working with food companies that can use the technology on their products. Moncada said this breakthrough can be one of the first steps in lowering the state’s obesity rates.

“Louisiana has these types of problems in our society, and if we have a better knowledge of the dangers of having a high amount of sodium in our bodies, we will be able to save a lot of lives and a lot of money for our health systems,” he said.

experienced a loss at this level.

Playing in the rugged Southeastern Conference prepared LSU for the NCAA Tournament, but it didn’t prepare them to play against a team like Coastal Carolina that was determined to get to Omaha.

“They outplayed us; they just were hungrier than we were this weekend,” Mainieri said. “They get to get the trip to Omaha and we get to put the bats away.”

This season could’ve been a rebuilding year. Mainieri and his staff coached and strategized this youthful team as much as they could.

But there’s one thing you can’t teach — experience. The Tigers will have plenty of it next year.

While it’s never good to dwell anything and many of these young players probably won’t forget the feeling of watching another team celebrate going to the College World Series, inexperience was eventually going to catch up to LSU. The Tigers ran into a team that was just as, if not more talented, and more experienced, eight players in the LSU lineup played division baseball for the first time.

Next season the defensive and fundamental issues that

plagued LSU most of the season and against Coastal Carolina could be fixed with a year of playing baseball under their belts.

Even though the Tigers had their fare share of come-frombehind victories, they’ll know how hard and grueling it can be to play from behind next season.

When the returning LSU

players lace up their cleats for next season, they’ll remember everything they went through this season, especially the stinging loss to Coastal Carolina.

“But you take it and you deal with it and you move on,” Mainieri said. “I feel for these kids. I feel for our fans. Feel for everybody. It’s just a tough thing. But we’ll rise again.”

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