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SG
Hudson, Borel sworn in as SG president, vice president
Future of $30 class gift fee uncertain
By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Student Government leadership changed hands Wednesday with a ceremony beneath Memorial Tower and an official swearing in during SG Senate. J Hudson and Dani Borel were inaugurated as SG president and vice president after several weeks of controversy surrounding accounting issues during the campaigns. Hudson said during his speech he will fight as SG president to be the voice of students and to have them use their own voices to solve the University’s problems. “I have learned that students want to express their opinions on matters affecting the University but do not know how to,” Hudson said. Hudson and Borel are currently reviewing applications for next year’s executive staff, and Hudson said next year is promising. Once the executive staff is chosen and approved by the SG Senate, Hudson said he will start working on the initiatives the StudentsFIRST ticket promised throughout the campaign. Hudson said he will start working on those initiatives this summer, including a commuter lot for Tiger Band members and covered bus stops. He said there will also be an SG presence at the Louisiana State Legislature this summer as student officials continue developing bills and budgets impacting higher INITIATIVES, see page 19
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[From left] University Court Chief Justice Sean Horridge inaugurates SG President J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel on Wednesday beneath Memorial Tower.
TAKING THE TORCH
The fate of the controversial class gift fee is still uncertain. Chancellor Michael Martin chose to neither approve nor disapprove the fee and sent it back to students to resolve. The Student Government Senate endorsed a mandatory $30 fee for graduating seniors to fund a walkway of engraved bricks surrounding the Parade Ground. “I know that there are many people who have wanted me to intervene on one side or the other,” Martin said. “But this is one of those cases where I think good student governance should be handled by good students.” SG Class Gift Committee Chairperson Tiffany Compagno said she didn’t want to speculate on the future of the project until she meets with Martin. “He doesn’t want it to be his decision,” Compagno said. “I don’t DECISION, see page 19
THEATRE
Aerial silks provides unique challenges for students Professor brings new art to campus By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
Students don’t need to travel long distances to see acrobatic shows like Cirque Du Soleil. Students can practice aerial silks three times a week in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building under the guidance of theatre assistant professor and movement specialist Nick Erickson. Aerial silks is an acrobatic performance while suspended on a long piece of fabric. “It requires a lot of focus,” said Ryann Pinkerton, theatre sophomore. “You have to be aware of your body and where it’s
moving at all times.” Erickson was a founding member of the world-famous Diavolo acrobatic dance troupe before coming to the University in 2001. He began to experience “withdrawal symptoms” from performing and in 2003 participated in a physical theatre camp in Los Angeles where he worked with aerialist Dreya Weber, who choreographed pieces for Madonna, Pink and Michael Jackson, Erikson said. Erickson brought silks to campus in 2003. He hung a silk in the movement studio in Hatcher Hall while the Music and Dramatic Arts building was undergoing renovations, but the low height of the ceiling made it difficult to fully perform moves. “It was tough in Hatcher,”
Erickson said. “The MDA ceiling makes it possible to take training up a notch.” The course was initially offered as an independent study to students interested in the art, but Erickson said he now wants to offer an open forum for anyone to try silks. “Many beginners are nervous, so I learned how to break down the basics,” Erickson said. “I try to put them into bite-sized pieces people can digest.” Aerial silks require intense mental and physical exertion. But this intensity is sometimes what attracts students to the art. ART, see page 19
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Maurie Hooton, sociology senior, practices climbing, stretching and twirling Tuesday on strips of silk hanging from the ceiling in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
Nation & World
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NATIONAL
Sri Lanka ruling party increases gains in revote
US court gives government victory against ACORN
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Veteran politician Dissanayake Mudiyansalage Jayaratne took the oath of office Wednesday as Sri Lanka’s 20th prime minister after the ruling party won a large parliamentary majority.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has handed the government a victory by temporarily blocking a judge’s finding that Congress shouldn’t have halted federal funding to the activist group ACORN. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan issued the order Wednesday, a day after the government lawyer argued the stay of the ruling was necessary.
Iraqi prisoner testified he was beaten by US troops BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding an attack that killed four American contractors testified Wednesday at a court-martial of a Navy SEAL that he was beaten by U.S. troops while hooded and tied to a chair. But defense witnesses for Petty Officer 1st Class Julio Huertas on the trial’s opening day cast strong doubt on the testimony by the terror suspect and that of a fellow sailor who claimed he saw the assault.
Utah woman sentenced in ‘surprise’ hammer beating SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has been sentenced to 30 days at home with an ankle monitor for blindfolding her husband and promising him a surprise before hitting him in the head with a hammer three years ago. Amy Teresa Ricks also was sentenced to probation and community service Monday in 3rd
District Court. The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault in February. Prosecutors have agreed to reduce the conviction to a thirddegree felony after Ricks completes probation. They also agreed to let Ricks seek expungement of the crime after seven years. Bill would shun Obama birth cirtificate requests HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are moving closer to passing a measure allowing the state to ignore repeated requests for President Obama’s birth certificate. A conference committee unanimously voted Tuesday to advance the bill to final votes in the House and Senate. The proposal allows state government agencies not to respond to follow-up requests for information if they determine the subsequent request is duplicative or substantially similar to a previous request.
STATE/LOCAL
Oil rig explodes off Louisiana coast; 11 missing
State shows 6,500 no-farm job gain over month
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescuers in helicopters and boats searched the Gulf of Mexico for 11 missing workers Wednesday after a thunderous explosion rocked a huge oil drilling platform and lit up the night sky with a pillar of flame. Seventeen people were injured, four critically. The blast Tuesday night aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig 50 miles off the Louisiana coast could prove to be one of the nation’s deadliest offshore drilling accidents of the past half-century. The Coast Guard held out hope that the missing workers escaped in one of the platform’s covered lifeboats. Nearly 24 hours after the explosion, the roughly 400-by-250-foot rig continued to burn, and authorities could not say when the flames might die out. A column of boiling black smoke rose hundreds of feet over the Gulf of Mexico as fireboats shot streams of water at the blaze.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana experienced some post-recession economic rebound in March by adding 6,500 non-farm jobs — a figure that was held down by a big loss in construction, the state Workforce Commission reported Wednesday. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the service-providing sector picked up 9,700 jobs.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Final Senate session held By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Wednesday was a night of welcoming new changes and saying goodbye to seniors during a double Senate session. This past year’s senators held a regular session first to hear bills and resolutions. Current executive staff members gave their final executive staff report, and graduating seniors tearfully delivered their closing comments to the Senate in the final session of the semester. Senate passed a resolution supporting Biological Sciences Dean Kevin Carman’s firing of Biology 1001 Professor Dominique Homberger. Carman fired Homberger after her midterm grades showed a 75 percent failure rate. Basic Sciences Sen. Ben Clark authored the legislation, which shows SG support for Carman’s decision. “I think he did something for the students, something very important,” Clark said.
Business Sen. Emily Landry debated against the resolution. “Telling people how to do their job is not integrity – it’s politics,” Landry said. But Clark said the senate’s support of Carman’s decision supports the students’ best interests. “What Dean Carman did was something that’s clearly for the students,” Clark said. During executive staff reports, former President Stuart Watkins and former Vice President Martina Scheuermann said their final words as leaders of SG. “Standing here I feel like I’m at a loss of words,” Scheuermann said. “It has been a blessing and a humbling experience.” Watkins spoke on the attention SG paid to student safety and to gathering student input. “We changed the way in which students reached out to other students,” Watkins said. President-elect and former Director of External Affairs J Hudson spoke on his work on executive staff.
“Sponsorship went up to $40,000 this past year,” Hudson said. “We went to the Legislature quite a bit this summer.” Chief Financial Adviser Greg Upton also spoke about the work he and the executive staff did. “This past year we really started off trying to provide legitimacy to the voice of SG,” Upton said. Senate heard several bills which spend the remainder of funds in the Senate Contingency Fund, and it allocated $200 to the Graduate School to put on a “black and white night,” a celebration for graduating seniors. Senate also allocated $2,091.45 for business student group Students in Free Enterprise to attend a national competition in Minneapolis. The money will pay for lodging for 10 students. “We need to let the Tigers show the rest of the country what people down here can do,” said UCFY Sen. Cody Wells. During the second session, University Court justice Sean Horridge administered the oath of office to
ENVIRONMENT
Admiral to discuss clean energy McGinn: dependence a national security risk By Joanna Zimmerman Contributing Writer
Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn will discuss America’s energy use as a national security risk with University students today. McGinn said the U.S.’s dependence on fossil fuels is a threat to national security, and it poses a problem in the national economy, politics and military. “The United States cannot continue to have a ‘business as usual’ approach and hope the problem will somehow go away,” McGinn said. The U.S. reliance on fossil fuels gives power to those who wish to do the country harm, McGinn said. The changing climate also can influence severe weather and affect societies and military operations. McGinn is a member of the Center for Naval Analyses’ Military Advisory Board. The board released a report entitled “National Security and the Threat of Climate Change” in 2007. McGinn also cites evidence from a more recent MAB report entitled “Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security.” “We are looking to increase our energy portfolio,” McGinn said. “There isn’t a silver bullet solution.” McGinn doesn’t believe the U.S. should switch to a single clean energy source. He said the solution lies in using a combination of clean energy sources in various degrees depending on the environment. “One size doesn’t fit all. Solar solutions may work well out west but won’t work in, say, New England,” McGinn said.
McGinn said the changes should be made soon, because it will continue to become more expensive as time passes. He also said individual citizens should try to move toward clean energy themselves. The CNA MAB is composed of retired generals and admirals from various branches of the military. Their reports were among the first to report problems between the U.S.’s energy needs and national security. The Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review has addressed climate change for the first
time this year as a result. McGinn’s visit to the University is part of a two-state tour and will also include a visit to New Orleans. He is also meeting with political, military and academic leaders. The discussion will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Dalton J. Woods auditorium in the Energy, Coast and Environment Building on Nicholson Extension.
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Student Government Basic Sciences Senator Ben Clark discusses one of the bills at Wednesday night’s final Senate session of the semester.
President-elect J Hudson and Vice President-elect Dani Borel and to all the newly elected senators. The new senators took their seats and debated the appointments of a new speaker of the senate The two candidates for speaker were current Speaker Pro Tempore Brooksie Bonvillain and Arts and Sciences Sen. David Jones. Several speakers debated on behalf of Bonvillain and Jones, and
senators voted for Bonvillain by silent ballot, 45-6. Senate also approved Hudson and Borel’s executive charter. Senate will reconvene Friday to elect a new speaker pro tempore and legislative staff.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
STAFF SENATE
Possibility of furloughs discussed $40 mil. will be lost from budget in 2012 By Jacob Most Contributing Writer
The Staff Senate met Wednesday to discuss the University’s budget outlook and the possibility of furloughs by the end of the academic year. Staff Senate President Chad Gothreaux said he feels proposed furloughs and construction postponements on the new band hall before the end of the academic year could be avoided. He said Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan for balancing the budget for this fiscal year, which would include a spending freeze, would
help the University avoid furloughs and construction postponement. Gothreaux also discussed concern about the University’s budget outlook after 2012 when federal stimulus funding will no longer be available. “2012 has been referred to as a cliff,” Gothreaux said. “Approximately $40 million is going to fall off the budget.” Gothreaux said he’s maintained consistent and constant communication with Chancellor Michael Martin throughout the budget crisis. “The chancellor has been very clear and honest about his support for the people of LSU as he attempts to help the University through the current budget crisis,” Gothreaux said.
The Staff Senate also discussed the University’s employee benefits packages and discussed Wednesday’s employee benefits fair. Staff Senate Member-atLarge Donna Torres encouraged attendance as it was “a rare opportunity to have everyone associated with employee benefits in one room.” The benefits fair was held Wednesday in the Student Union from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The Staff Senate also discussed the University changing its HMO provider from Humana to BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana next year. Contact Jacob Most at jmost@lsureveille.com
ATHLETICS
Bill may allow season tickets to be resold at higher prices
Concern expressed over scalping By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
Season ticket holders may soon be able to scalp tickets for more than face value to regain part of the required foundation donation, but students still won’t be able to profit from their tickets. Louisiana House Bill 155 would allow season tickets to be re-sold at face value plus an allocated portion of the required donation to the Tiger Athletic Foundation Tradition Fund all season ticket holders are required to make. For example, if there were seven home gameson a schedule, season ticket holders would be allowed to add one-seventh of the contribution cost to the face value of the ticket. University administrators have expressed concern about selling tickets at a higher price. “Any time legislation is introduced that would permit tickets to athletic events to be sold above face value, we have great concern for the good of the ticket-buying public,” said Joe Alleva, vice chancellor and director of athletics. The proposed law applies only to in-person ticket sales. The present law allows resale at a higher price on the Internet with some restrictions. “Today’s change that would introduce the requirement of
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tickets to be sold face-to-face elevates the concern over counterfeit tickets, which have become more prevalent at premier college sporting events the last several years,” Alleva said. “It would make on-the-street re-sale of tickets even more risky for LSU fans.” Tickets for the upcoming football season cost between $40 and $70, depending on the game, according to the LSU sports Web
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Required contributions range between $210 and $950 depending on the location of seats. The bill would not affect laws regulating the sale of student tickets. The bill will next move to the House floor for debate. Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com
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FIRST-ROUND FUTILITY
2010
LSU could send record class to NFL, but consecutive first-round pick streak will likely end in today’s draft
2010 Draft Projections Chad Jones - late second, early third round Brandon LaFell - late second, early third round Al Woods - fourth round Perry Riley - fourth round Ciron Black - late fourth, early fifth round Charles Scott - late fourth, early fifth round Harry Coleman - late fourth, early fifth round Trindon Holliday - sixth, seventh round Chris Hawkins - sixth, seventh round Rahim Alem - sixth, seventh round Charles Alexander - seventh round, free agent Other possible draftees: Keiland Williams, Jacob Cutrera, Richard Dickson source: Mike Detillier, local NFL Draft analyst
2004 Michael Clayton
2005 Marcus Spears
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2006 Joseph Addai
2007 JaMarcus Russell
2007 Craig “Buster” Davis
Tupac may see no changes, but local NFL draft analyst Mike Detilthe 2010 NFL Draft is full of them lier sees that record being surpassed for LSU. this year. A former Tiger has been selected “The crazy part about all this is in the first round of the that in the year the streak NFL draft every year ends with the first-round By Rowan Kavner since the Tampa Bay picks, it could be the Sports Contributor Buccaneers drafted record class,” Detillier Michael Clayton with the 15th pick said. in 2004. That streak will likely come At least nine or 10 LSU players to an end this year, barring some- are projected to be taken in the draft. thing incredible. Big 12 powerhouses Texas and OklaYet it could still be a historic homa have an opportunity to eclipse draft for the Tigers. that number, according to Detillier. LSU had six players selected in The only two Southeastern last year’s draft and seven players in Conference teams to send at least each 2004, 2006 and 2008. The TiDRAFT, see page 15 gers sent a record eight in 1948, and
2007 LaRon Landry
2007 Dwayne Bowe
2008 Glenn Dorsey
2009 Tyson Jackson
LSU has had at least one athlete picked in the first round of the NFL draft every year since 2004.
Priority-point BASEBALL Nola goes 2-1, leads events attract LSU to 8-6 victory more fans Late Demon error Special games increase small helps Tigers to win program awareness Editor’s note: This story is the second in a five-part series involving attendance at LSU athletic events. Tiger Stadium is full every Saturday in the fall, By Rob Landry Sports Contributor
no matter the opponent. Alex Box Stadium is the same way in the spring. But football and baseball games in Louisiana are more synonymous to religious rites than a fun night in town. Smaller sports at LSU must find ways to entice fans, especially students, to support their teams. NICHE, see page 15
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By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri made an instinctive decision to insert then-freshman shortstop Austin Nola into the starting lineup last April 21. Mainieri is still reaping the benefits of his switch a year later as Nola led LSU (32-6) to an 8-6 victory against Northwestern State (25-12) on Wednesday at Alex Box Stadium. Nola went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs to propel the Tigers to their sixth straight win. The Baton Rouge native is now hitting .321 with three home
runs and eight RBIs during the win streak. “Oh man, has he been hot,” Mainieri said. “He’s got a lot of qualities that make him the best shortstop I’ve ever coached in 28 years.” With the game tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Northwestern State shortstop Joshual Gardiner threw the ball into the stands on a ground ball by Nola to give the Tigers the lead for good, 7-6. Senior first baseman Blake Dean tacked on an RBI single to score Nola to extend the Tigers’ lead to 8-6. The normally sure-handed Nola committed two errors in the field. His second error in the top of the seventh inning allowed Northwestern State left fielder Eric
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LSU senior first baseman Blake Dean swings Wednesday in the ERROR, see page 15 Tigers’ win against Northwestern State in Alex Box Stadium.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
FOOTBALL
Former Tiger defenders to learn draft fates Friday, Saturday Woods, Coleman, Riley may go early By Chris Branch Sports Writer
Players like Harry Coleman, Al Woods, Perry Riley, Rahim Alem, Chris Hawkins and Charles Alexander didn’t have high profiles while patrolling Tiger Stadium. Yet scouts think this crew could have a distinct impact at the next level. WOODS’ MEASURABLES HAVE HIM MOVING UP Woods, a former LSU defensive tackle, was heralded as the second coming of Glenn Dorsey. But he never reached the hype, only amassing 73 tackles and 3.5 sacks in his Tiger career. LSU coach Les Miles said Tuesday that Woods would be “a wise pick” for any NFL team. Scouts are a little more cautious. Woods’ lack of production, along with a seeming lack of instincts, seem to be a red flag for potential suitors. “Teams are going to pick him on potential, not on production,” said local NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier. “The one thing you see more and more with him is that he’s not the most instinctive defensive tackle around. There’s some hesitation in his play.” Woods’ size and measurables may make up for any instinctual deficit. Standing 6 feet 4 inches and weighing 314 pounds, Woods is an imposing figure. Pair that frame with quick feet and the ability to stuff the run, and Detillier projects Woods as a fourth-round pick. “Physically, he looks the part,” Detillier said. “He’s a really good athlete, he runs the field well,
he has a huge wingspan and he ties up blockers real well.” COLEMAN’S VERSATILITY APPEALING TO TEAMS Teams like multi-faceted players. Coleman, a Baldwin native, spent the 2009 campaign playing linebacker after toiling for three seasons at strong safety. It couldn’t have worked out better. Scouts are excited about Coleman’s combination of coverage skills and LaRon Landry-esque hitting brutality. “I think he’s going to get picked in the fourth or fifth round,” Detillier said. “He’s a heck of a football player. He’s going to play strong safety in the NFL.” But Coleman said teams are telling him both linebacker and safety are in play in his professional future. “A lot of teams, when I talk to them, say they’re in between whether to play me at linebacker or safety,” Coleman said. “They keep telling me I’m going to make a living on special teams.” RILEY’S INSTINCTS, COVERAGE IMPRESS Riley doesn’t have prototypical linebacker measurables. At 6 feet 1 inch and 245 pounds, Riley isn’t as tall or as heavy as the Bradie Jameses and Patrick Willises of the world. But he still stands out. “I like Perry Riley a lot,” Detillier said. “He’s really turned out to be a good football player, and he plays bigger than that 6-foot, 245-pound frame. He’s football smart. He’s a downfield guy, and he’s hell on wheels.” Riley’s weak point seemed to be his lack of coverage skills, evidenced by his lack of reps in passing situations last season. But he’s apparently doing
something about it. “Somebody’s worked with him on that because he really looks smooth,” Detillier said. “I’ve talked to a lot of different scouts that say he’s really improved in that category. Before, he seemed a little choppy with his footwork.” ALEM TRYING TO FOLLOW WARE’S MOLD Alem was never heralded for his run defense. The former Tiger defensive lineman and brother of fellow draft prospect Chad Jones made a living terrorizing opposing quarterbacks as a pass-rush aficionado. Said specialization, though narrow, could earn Alem a lateround draft pick. Alem will try to emulate Dallas Cowboys defensive terror DeMarcus Ware as a versatile pass-rushing specialist. “He’s not going to be an every-down player in the NFL,” Detillier said. “He’ll probably come off the board in the sixth or seventh round. A big part of this game is to put the quarterback on his keister as many times as possible and give him the best aerial views of stadiums across America.” EXPERIENCE COULD PROVE VALUABLE FOR HAWKINS Opposing quarterbacks used to pick on Hawkins. Playing across from Tiger cornerback Patrick Peterson will do that. It could be an advantage. Hawkins has been tested plenty. “[Hawkins] held up mentally well,” Detillier said. “He’s really developed pretty good coverage skills. Most of these guys don’t get
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Former LSU defensive tackle Al Woods crouches before the snap against Miss. St. last season. Woods is projected as a fourth-round pick in part because of his size.
tested in college. The guys who get tested I think make a quicker adjustment to the league for the fact that they’ve been through that.” INJURIES A RED FLAG FOR ALEXANDER Alexander, the elder statesman of the 2009 squad, might only have a physical in the way of his NFL dream. The Breaux Bridge product missed most of his redshirt freshman season and his junior season because of ankle and knee injuries,
respectively. Scouts are worried. Detillier thinks the injuries will push Alexander into the free agent realm. “The injuries have mounted up, and he’s not the same player as he was a couple of years back,” Detillier said. “Does he get drafted or not? That’s a good question. He has to pass a physical.”
Contact Chris Branch at cbranch@lsureveille.com
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TENNIS
LSU attempts to earn Tigers travel to SEC tournaments teams to face third-straight Super Six Both ’Bama in first round Tigers in nationaltitle contention By Rob Landry Sports Contributor
The LSU gymnastics team has come close in the past but has never been able to bring home the hardware. Now the Tigers are staring down another opportunity to win a national championship. LSU (15-8-1) is in the NCAA championship for the ninth-consecutive season and has a chance to earn a spot in its third-consecutive Super Six. The NCAA Championship is composed of 12 teams split into to two six-team groupings. LSU is in the first group, along with UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Nebraska and Utah. The group will begin competition at noon today in Gainesville, Fla. The Tigers defeated Oregon State, 196.925-195.525, earlier this season at the PMAC in the Etta James Memorial Meet. The only other team in the group LSU has seen this season is Oklahoma, who competed with LSU in the Penn State Regional two weeks ago. Oklahoma finished in first place in the regional, nearly a full point ahead of LSU. The Tigers need to finish in third place or higher in their group to advance to the Super Six and have a shot to compete for the national crown. Senior Susan Jackson said LSU has focused on polishing the little things during practice the last couple weeks. “Hitting handstands and sticking landings are what is going to get us to Super Six and help us excel,” Jackson said. “So this week we have been focusing on just doing our routines as usual but focusing on everything and perfecting them and making them as good as they can be.” The Tigers will begin on the floor exercise, where they began the regional meet, and will end the meet on the balance beam. Ending the meet on beam will be an advantage for the Tigers, said junior Sam Engle. “We’re the last thing the judges see, and beam has been a really good event for us this year, so we’re going in there pretty confident,” Engle said. If the Tigers advance past the championship grouping, they will move on to the Super Six at 5 p.m. Friday in Gainesville. They would compete against the other top two teams from their group, as well as the three teams that advance from the second group, which includes Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri and Stanford. The second group will begin competition at 6 p.m. tonight in Gainesville. The Tigers are confident they can return to Super Six, Engle said.
“If we go in there and do everything we can do, that’s all that really matters to me,” Engle said. “We’ve got three other really good teams in our session, and I know we can beat them. So we need to just keep a level head.” Jackson would love nothing more than to end her career with another appearance in Super Six. “It would be incredible to have made Super Six three times in a row,” Jackson. “We made it the first time my sophomore year, so I think that making it three times would just be icing on the cake. It would be a really good ending to a great career.”
Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com
By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
It’s time for the LSU men’s and women’s tennis teams to put their rocky regular seasons behind them. Both teams will face Alabama today at their respective Southeastern Conference tournaments to begin their quest to secure NCAA tournament bids. The No. 9-seeded Tigers (714, 3-8) face No. 8 Alabama (1312, 4-7) at 5 p.m. in Lexington, Ky., and the No. 8-seeded Lady Tigers (9-14, 4-7) take on No. 9 Alabama (10-11, 3-8) at 9 a.m. in Athens, Ga. The Tigers lost, 4-3, to the Crimson Tide on the road April 2, and LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown
said he expects a similarly tight match today. “They don’t really have any weak spots,” Brown said. “If somebody happens to be off, we need to capitalize and get that guy off the court.” LSU sophomore Neal Skupski, who has defeated nine nationally ranked opponents this season, checked in at No. 52 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released Tuesday. Skupski and junior doubles partner Sebastian Carlsson are ranked No. 55 with a 4-2 record in dual play. “[The SEC tournament] is going to be really tough because the SEC has some of the best tennis players in the country,” Skupski said. “The doubles point is going to be very crucial.” The Tigers were swept in doubles in their first match against Alabama. “Certainly our doubles were
horrible that day,” Brown said. “But the one team who has been playing really well over the last few matches has been Sebastian and Neal. It will come down to a point or two in a couple of particular matches.” Brown said they are motivated by their chance to advance in the postseason despite the team’s losing regular season. The Tigers will face No. 1-seeded Tennessee if they beat Alabama. “We’re happy we still have an opportunity to make the NCAA tournament with a win,” Brown said. “It’s worth fighting for.”
See what the Tigers are doing to prepare for the SECs at lsureveille.com. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
Today on KLSU: 8 p.m. Greek Show, 9 p.m. I want my KLSU!, 11 p.m. The Kitchen Sink
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Laughing Matters Students find humor at many local comedy clubs Quickly approaching finals may be se- variety of topics,” Medrano said. “It’s barious, but they haven’t stopped the sound sically anything and everything that goes of laughter from echoing in bars around on in my life or that I find interesting.” Baton Rouge every week as students enjoy Medrano said she finds comedy in local and national stand-up comedy acts in everyday occurrences, such as dating, the their free time. opposite sex, food and even her own apStand-up comedy is gaining popu- pearance. larity around Baton Rouge, and bars are “I’ve found that if you can relate to encouraging the trend by offering weekly your audience through your material, comedy nights. they’ll understand you and The Station Bar and be able to see the funny in By Matthew Jacobs Grill, Phil Brady’s, The things,” she said. Entertainment Writer Funny Bone and BouAnd Medrano is just dreaux & Thibodeaux’s offer weekly open one amateur comedian bringing humor to mic nights during which amateur and pro- students. fessional comedians take the stage to proCameron Brexler, University alumnus vide stressed students with the opportunity and host of Above Ground comedy nights to laugh. held Wednesdays at The Station on BenStudents also use the local venues to nington Avenue, said the bar offers amafind their own places in the comedic spot- teurs the opportunity to hone their skills light. and prepare their comedy résumés. Sylvia Medrano, mass communica“[The bar] has that energy that they tion junior, said she enjoys making people would have if they went to Denver, New laugh and doing something outside her York or L.A.,” Brexler said. comfort zone. COMEDY, see page 14 “When I do stand-up, I touch on a ERIN ARLEDGE / The Daily Reveille
[From top] Comedians Joe Barber, Caroline Anderson and Jesse Smith try out their material on the crowd at Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s Tuesday night.
‘I love knowing that I made someone laugh.’ Sylvia Medrano, mass communication junior
Dream-pop duo to play Spanish Moon
By Chris Abshire Entertainment Writer
Acclaimed dream-pop duo Beach House will roll into the Spanish Moon on Saturday night on the heels of its new album, “Teen Dream.” The pair — Alex Scally and vocalist Victoria Legrand — hails from Baltimore and combines fluid percussion with delicate piano and hazy reverb into a wholly unique sound. “Teen Dream,” the band’s third album, is its most fully realized effort to date, featuring 10 tracks of melancholy, soaring melodies and lush beauty. “The writing process for the record was eight to nine months of intense writing in Baltimore, and then we headed to upstate New York for three weeks,” Legrand said. There the band worked with heralded New York City producer Chris Coady, who has worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Grizzly Bear, and recorded the bulk of “Dream” in an old church. “We had more time with this record, so through the entire process, we were able to get our vision across for this record,” Legrand said. A DVD featuring a music video for every song on the album is included in the packaging of “Dream.” A different director produced each video. “The videos have been something we wanted to do for a long time, and they are meant as a visual complement and an artistic expansion of the songs from the record,” Legrand said. Legrand, whose gorgeous vocals may be the most appealing aspect of the band’s sound, also noted DREAM, see page 12
THEATER
‘The Seafarer’ sails into town Dark comedy deals with good and evil By Elizabeth Clausen Entertainment Writer
When brooding Sharky Harkin prepares to endure a night of booze and poker organized by his older brother Richard and his alcoholic friends, he thinks putting up with one of those friends, Nicky, will be the worst of his problems. But his luck takes a turn for
the worst when Nicky brings along a mysterious stranger named Lockhart, and Sharky realizes his soul is on the line. “The Seafarer,” a dark comedy set in a shabby Dublin home on Christmas Eve, opened at Baton Rouge Little Theater’s Second Stage last weekend. The play has five characters: Sharky and Richard Harkin, Ivan, Nicky and Mr. Lockhart and centers around their fateful poker game. Lockhart says, “Time slows down in a card game.” And the first act was like playing cards.
“This play is all about the little moments,” said David Coley, the play’s director. “The first act is naturalistic … It provides a slice of life. The big challenge is to bring all that out and make it interesting.” Written by Conor McPherson, “The Seafarer” premiered in September 2006 before being performed on Broadway the next year and receiving multiple Tony Award nominations. The play starts slow, with little or no action in Act 1, focusing BROADWAY, see page 12
photo courtesy of Keith Dixon
[From left] Thomas Daniel as Mr. Lockhart, Dave Besse III as Richard and Kevin Harger as Sharky perform in “The Seafarer,” which opened at Baton Rouge Little Theater last weekend. The dark comedy was performed on Broadway in 2007.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
THEATER
Students watch for Tigers, Fantasy and reality bars offer NFL draft specials combine in ‘The Double First round airs at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN By Ben Bourgeois Entertainment Writer
Students eager to see how former LSU Tigers like Brandon LaFell and Charles Scott fare in the NFL have options for watching the draft in Baton Rouge. The first round of the 2010 NFL Draft airs live tonight at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN. The second and third rounds air tomorrow at 5 p.m., and the remaining rounds will air Saturday at 9 a.m. The Tigers have 18 players eligible for the draft including 2008 standouts like running back Keiland Williams and safety Chad Jones. No LSU players are expected to be drafted in the first two rounds, according to college recruiting Web site Scout.com, but many students are excited to see where the former Tigers go. “I always watch out for the LSU guys and also for the [Pittsburgh] Steelers because I’m a Steelers fan,” said psychology junior Ben Abramsky. “I think LaFell’s going to be a
second-round pick, and the others won’t go until the fourth or fifth [rounds].” Abramsky said he watches the draft every year and has a few friends getting together to watch the later rounds this weekend. Bars around campus are also offering drink specials and special viewings for people who want to watch the draft. The Varsity Theatre on Highland Road is offering drink specials during the first round of the draft for the first time, said general manager Brent McClellan. “We call it first and 10 — $10 gets you a Varsity souvenir mug, red beans and rice and all the Bud Select you can drink until the end of the first round,” McClellan said. “I think there will be a lot more interest with the Saints winning the Super Bowl this year.” Other local bars are offering their normal Thursday-night specials with the draft airing on projectors. The Bulldog on Perkins Road will discount microbrew pitchers by $2 and has happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m., said general manager Andy Tamburo. Mike Labat, owner of Puncher’s Sports Bar on Third Street, said the bar will offer $1 draft beer specials during the draft as well as
$.25 wings. Lauren Trusty, bartender at Bear’s Grill and Spirits on Lee Drive said the bar will offer $4 double-call drinks and will feature live music from Bob Browning. Aaron Saulnier, owner of Bogie’s Bar on East Boyd Drive, said there will be $2 well drinks and $2 shots, and the draft will be aired on the big screen. John Blunt, general studies senior, lives in a fraternity house and said he and his fraternity brothers plan to watch it together. “We’ll all have it on in there,” Blunt said. “I’ve been watching all the draft stuff on TV, and I’m looking to see how Lyle Hitt and Chad Jones do in the draft.” Broddick Johnson, education sophomore, said he’s excited to see where former LSU players end up in the draft, though he plans to watch it at home. “I look for the LSU players and some of my favorite college teams,” Johnson said. “I think Sam Bradford will be the firstoverall pick.”
Contact Ben Bourgeois at bbourgeois@lsureveille.com
Life of Dr. Dapertutto’ Performances to be held in Coates Hall By Elizabeth Clausen Entertainment Writer
Fantasy and reality are combined onstage in “The Double Life of Dr. Dapertutto,” which opened Wednesday at the University’s HopKins Black Box Theatre. The play tells the story of a renowned doctor and features a play within the play based on the fairy tale, “The Love for Three Oranges.” Ruth Bowman, associate professor of communication studies, adapted the play from several sources and is also serving as the director. “The external plot is about an artist type who uses tricks of theatricality to write a play, a fairy tale which takes up the bulk of the show,” she said. “It’s very lively, fun and strange.” Dapertutto’s play is the story of a man who is cursed and falls madly in love with three oranges. The play involves trickery,
physical action and dancing. “It’s complex,” Bowman said. “We have all these things that we place in opposition — good and bad, love and hate … They are far more intertwined and complex than that. It’s not one extreme or the other.” Bowman said the play was inspired by old Italian fairy tales and the comedy of improvisation tradition, as well as the work of an early twentieth-century Russian theater practitioner, Vsevolod Meyerhold. “I thought it would be interesting to compose a show based on his principles of theatricality, like those used by silent movie greats Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton,” she said. Performances will be held in 137 Coates Hall today through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door, though admission is free. Follow Elizabeth Clausen on Twitter @ TDR_EClausen. Contact Elizabeth Clausen at eclausen@lsureveille.com
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JAZZ FEST 2010
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FIRST-WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS Friday, April 23
• The Revivalists, 11:30 a.m. on the Gentilly Stage • Deacon John, 2:05 p.m. on the Acura Stage • George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, 3:45 p.m. on the
Congo Square “My Louisiana” Stage
• Lionel Richie, 5:30 p.m. on the Acura Stage
• The Black Crowes, 5:30 p.m. on the Gentilly Stage
Saturday, April 24
• Tin Men, 11:25 a.m. on the Acura Stage • Bonerama, 12:40 p.m. on the Gentilly Stage • Cowboy Mouth, 1:50 p.m. on the Acura Stage • Better than Ezra, 3:35 p.m. on the Gentilly Stage • Simon & Garfunkel, 5:15 p.m. on the Acura Stage • My Morning Jacket, 5:30 p.m. on the Gentilly Stage
Sunday, April 25
• Marc Stone, 11:10 a.m. on the Acura Stage
• Louisiana LeRoux feat. Tab Benoit, 12:25 p.m. on the Acura Stage • Wayne Toups and Zydecajun, 2:50 p.m. on the
Gentilly Stage • Allman Brothers Band, 5 p.m. on the Acura Stage
AFTER-HOURS SHOWS
Friday, April 23
• Trombone Shorty plus Jon Cleary, 10 p.m. at
the House of Blues on Magazine Street
Saturday, April 24
• Patti Smith, 9 p.m. at Tipitina’s on Napoleon Avenue
Sunday, April 25
• Tim Reynolds of Dave Matthews Band with Special Guests
TBA, 9 p.m. at Tip’s French Quarter on Napoleon Avenue • Benjy Davis Project, after Tim Reynolds at Tip’s French Quarter on Napoleon Avenue. Daily Reveille file photo
Visit NOJazzFest.com for a full lineup.
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WRITING
University hosts authors conference Event dedicated to Haitian activists By Sumit Kumar Contributing Writer
The University is hosting the 12th annual International Conference of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. The event, which kicked off Tuesday, will continue until Saturday and will feature sessions where writers, academics and scholars will share their works, explore aspects of Caribbean culture and discuss the audience comments. ACWWS collaborated with the LSU Program in Louisiana and Caribbean Studies to organize the conference at the University. The theme for this conference was “Caribbean Dislocations/Caribbean Diasporas”. “All of it is designed for an audience who can engage in their works,” said Rhonda Frederick, ACWWS secretary and professor of Caribbean and African American Literature and Culture at Boston College. “It’s about networking your ideas in your work and about
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mainly on establishing each of the five characters. “At first glance, I don’t think you get everything from it,” said Joshua Phillips, who plays Nicky, Richard’s friend currently living with Sharky’s ex-girlfriend. “It’s about the relationships between the characters and the interconnectedness of everything.” Combine the initially ponderous pace with the actors’ thick Irish accents, and boredom is a strong possibility. “It’s difficult for the audience to get used to hearing it,” said Keith Dixon, artistic director. But just when the play seems to be merely a long string of mundane occurrences, tempered only by constant drinking and swearing, Act 1 ends with the promise of action — Sharky realizes he stands to lose more than money in the poker game. The second act is much more engaging than the first, and the tension onstage keeps the audience glued to their seats. “As I read the play again and again, I saw that there were a lot of interesting people in this show. You can see who and what made Sharky who he is,” said Kevin Harger, who plays Sharky. Dave Besse III delivers the show’s best performance and only convincing brogue as Richard Harkin, Sharky’s blind, aging brother. “As it developed, I realized my character is really frightened … he’s not an ogre,” said Harkin. And all the characters are more complex than they seem. Chuck Davis, who plays Ivan, said he was drawn to his role because of this complexity. “The scenes between Lockhart and Sharky have visually evocative dialogue,” he said. “The play is so
your community.” The conference is dedicated to Haitian activists Myriam Merlet, Magali Marcelin, Anne-Marie Coriolan and victims of the Haitian Earthquake in January. Writers will discuss various literary works and topics related to Caribbean culture as well as works of other Caribbean writers and scholars. Professors from Vanderbilt, St. George’s, Grenda and Xavier Universities talked about national identities in anglophone Caribbean women’s literature in one of the conference sessions. Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo, associate English professor at Vanderbilt University, discussed the nature of cosmopolitanism — the idea all human beings belong to a single community, with a perspective on the history and national identity of Jamaican culture. “Cosmopolitanism as part of Jamaican culture is a constant, but it is definitely configured differently at this moment,” she said. Commonwealth Writers Prizewinning Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison was the keynote speaker on Tuesday. She has written 11 collections of poems and two short stories, many of which have been
compiled in the “Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.” Goodison’s speech centered around alienation, as faced by many Jamaicans. She described her own life experiences as she analyzed each of her poems. “All of us have coping mechanisms for staying away from home,” she said. The conference will also feature the works of distinguished Caribbean artist Deborah Jack in the LSU Museum of Art on today. Established in 1994, ACWWS strives to promote the literature and orature of Caribbean women and create an awareness about the global presence of Caribbean people, according to the ACWWS Constitution. ACWWS conferences are held every two years in areas with a Caribbean background or a connection with the culture. The conference invites the general public and Carribean writers and academics who wanted to share their works and experiences.
interwoven … all of the elements are important.” The conservative-minded might be disturbed by the pervasive strong language, but the play’s message is ultimately a religious one. “It’s not meant to be theologically sound,” Coley said. “It’s an evocative tale of good versus evil.” The struggle for Sharky’s soul, which culminates at the end of the second and final act, provides some of the most enlightening and profound moments in the play. “Richard is sort of an intercessor, indicative of the fact that we’re never going to make it on our own,” Coley said. “It’s other people who can save us and look out for us.” Despite the lengthy exposition,
“The Seafarer” is an interesting tale about the struggles of ordinary men and the ways seemingly unrelated events can bring people together. Performances will be held tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. on Sunday. “You have four human beings who are connected in a strained, broken way,” said Harger. “We all have to support and help each other, and that’s what this play is about.”
Contact Sumit Kumar at skumar@lsureveille.com
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the band’s move to the Sub-Pop label allowed them to explore various challenges, including the DVD. “The idea of the DVD was always this artistic idea that we’ve had, but with a label like Sub-Pop putting out ‘Teen Dream,’ that has added this extra facet to our album’s package.” Legrand said. Beach House, fresh off a performance at Coachella Music Festival last weekend, has a healthy live reputation, playing more than 300 shows, including two in Baton Rouge, in four years of touring. Legrand credited the rigorous touring for the band’s expanded vision on “Dream.” “We’re very comfortable touring, and it has helped us grow as performers and musicians,” Legrand said. “We love the exchange between the audience and ourselves because we learn a lot from those interactions.” The songs on “Dream” are more sonically expansive and louder than Beach House’s prior tracks, but Legrand said the songs have only enhanced the band’s live set.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 “The songs are really fun to play live, and they’ve been refined from many trials during past concerts,” Legrand said. “They have this movement and motion to them that has intensified our live performances.” The title of the album and the feel of the songs bear an uncanny connection, which Legrand called an “open invitation” for listeners. “There’s a lot of energy in the songs and that helps people form the connection themselves.” Legrand said. “The words just fell out of my mouth, and we knew instantly that it fit with what we had created with this record.” Beach House gets to show off this synergy Saturday night at the Spanish Moon, and a sold-out crowd awaits. The show begins at 9 p.m., and woozy, synthpop act Washed Out will open for Beach House. Follow Chris Abshire on Twitter @TDR_CAbshire.
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MUSIC MOVIES BOOKS TELEVISION
Jeff Beck
Kate Nash
Sharon Jones ane the Dap-Kings
Rhino Records
Fiction
One would think the 65-yearold rocker would begin to slow down. This is not the case, as after writing and performing for more than 40 years, guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck is not only still performing, but also exploring new genres. His 17th studio album “Emotion and Commotion” has mostly classical overtones, with covers like “Corpus Christi Carol” and “Over the Rainbow” being definite standouts. Though just as capable as his Yardbirds bandmate Eric Clapton, Beck hasn’t fallen victim to sticking to one style in writing well into his ‘60s. Rather, this is a musician who is still searching and has no plans to stop any time soon.
Kate Nash never fails to craft catchy tunes, but her second album cannot match the zeal of debut “Made of Bricks.” Nash is known for her risqué, expletive-filled girl-power anthems, and this album is plastered with off-the-wall musicality reminiscent of a more soprano-sounding Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The problem with the album is its hit-and-miss quality. Some songs capitalize on Nash’s unique British pop, while others’ subversive lyrics crash and burn placed amidst sometimes noisy, uneven tones. Nash’s sound is crafty and original, but this effort is not cohesive enough to serve as a successful follow-up.
B. BOURGEOIS
M. JACOBS
Death at a Funeral
“Death at a Funeral,” a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name, only hits the right note when the comedy leans toward high-brow. The movie isn’t so much remade as it is re-situated, with the setting moved from an austere British home to a rowdy Los Angeles suburb. The film begins with a corpse mix-up and ends with naked ravings on a roof. In between, the comedy ranges from outright hilarious to predictably awkward. Stars Martin Lawrence and Chris Rock mesh well on screen, but the tone of “Funeral” usually feels forced, and the comedy is mediocre throughout.
Emotion and Commotion My Best Friend is You
I Learned the Hard Way Daptone
Sharon Jones and her backing band, the Dap-Kings, continue to revive the best of ’60s Motown soul and ’70s funk with “I Learned the Hard Way.” Jones’ booming, emotive voice is backed throughout the album by lavish and gritty instrumentals, complete with horn blasts and muscular funk. She spends most of the album crooning about the woes of everything from love and scorn to money and childhood in an upfront, suprisingly intimate way. The album is certainly a throwback, but it feels uniquely contemporary, making “Hard Way” more an ultimate tribute to the heyday of soul and less an unoriginal copy of the era.
C. ABSHIRE
[B+] [C+] [B+]
Parabolic Pictures Inc.
[C]
C. ABSHIRE
The Vanguard PLAYTIME!
Rethink Pop Music
On their second EP, the New York-based quartet once again delights with six upbeat indie-pop tracks with strong intros, varied instrumentation and interesting vocals. Just like the album artwork and title suggest, the songs have a playful and whimsical feel. The band’s colorful sound has traces of the varied ethnic backgrounds of its members, hailing from Virginia, Poland, Serbia and Buenos Aires. While it is somewhat lacking in variety from song to song, the album is cohesive with a consistently light and fun sound, making it perfect for summertime listening.
E. CLAUSEN
Editor’s Pick Bobby Ray A.K.A. B.o.B.
B.o.B. Presents: the Adventures of Bobby Ray Grand Hustle, Atlantic
[B]
Like his two names suggest, Atlanta native Bobby Ray, or B.o.B., has an identity crisis. But it’s the good kind. He’s at times a reincarnation of old school Outkast, sometimes Wyclef Jean and sometimes Kid Cudi. But he plays multiple instruments, too. It’s more likely he’s worth more than the celebrity sum of his part -- and he’s only 21. Log on to read the full review at lsureveille.com
S. LAWSON
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The Station also books professional comedians from Baton Rouge and New Orleans to follow the amateur comedy as headliners for the night. The bar has featured Van Chew, who appeared on BET’s “ComicView,” and several comedians who performed at The Station are currently featured on HBO’s New Orleans-based series “Treme.” “As it’s growing, the people are getting funnier,” said Brexler, who has hosted Above Ground Comedy since August. “We give anyone who wants to do comedy the opportunity to do it.” The Student Activities Board is also continuing to capitalize on the comedic trends, as it hosts its third annual Last Comic Standing event. Auditions for the event were held Tuesday ‘I make and Wednesit a daily day. S t u d e n t s mission to performed for make at an SAB panel will select least one that the performers person who will move to the final laugh.’ on event, which will be held Sylvia Medrano May 4 in the Cotillion Ballmass communication room. junior “Comedy isn’t a venue that is explored a lot on this campus,” said Marlon Boutin, chair of SAB’s Pop Fusion Committee. “We want to put on programs to get students as involved as possible.” SAB is trying to blend the amateur and professional comedic world as well.
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Erin Jackson will serve as host of the May 4 event. Jackson was a semifinalist on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” in 2008 and has appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Boutin said Jackson brings real-world experience to the table, and she represents a small population of female comedians. “She’ll be an asset to the student comedians coming who will compete in this,” Boutin said. “A good part is that the student comedians get a chance to speak to the comedian hosting the event.” A panel of judges at the Last Comic Standing event will select the top three comedians, and the audience members will vote on the best of those three contestants. Alex Stein, a general studies junior who auditioned Wednesday for Last Comic Standing, said he was always the class clown throughout school, which inspired him to try stand-up. Stein said he would love to pursue comedy professionally if he could find a job that would allow him to do so. “I want my comedy to be bad, not PG-13,” Stein said. “I want it to be raw. I want to annihilate people with my comedy.” In addition to SAB’s upcoming event, bars are hosting special comedy nights dedicated to particular events and themes.
Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s on Third Street hosted its fourth annual 420 Comedy Show on Tuesday in conjunction with National Pot Smoking Day. The Station is also looking to host a Cinco de Mayo-themed comedy night May 5, Brexler said. Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s The Laugh Attic and Phil Brady’s Comedy Jam both attract significant audiences Tuesday nights. The Funny Bone Comedy Club attracts professional comedy acts to the Baton Rouge scene. The club is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and features headlining acts that hail from across the country. New York-born comedian Scotty K will appear at the club this weekend. He has shared the stage with such professionals as Chris Tucker and D.L. Hughley, according to the Funny Bone’s Web site. And students are becoming increasingly interested in finding opportunities for humor as the comedy scene seems to grow. Brexler said The Station receives a strong college crowd on its comedy nights, allowing students to use laughter to escape worries during the week. “I love knowing that I made someone laugh,” Medrano said. “I make it a daily mission to make at least one person laugh. That way I know that for at least one moment in the day, they were happy.”
Contact Matthew Jacobs at mjacobs@lsureveille.com
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“They’ve played at the highest level. The NFL is a very fast league, 10 players to the NFL draft were and I think our guys play that way.” Auburn in 1989 and Tennessee in The Oakland Raiders con2002. Detillier said it’s feasible fused the nation last year by seLSU will join the duo, with most lecting former Maryland wide reLSU players landing in the middle ceiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with to late rounds. the No. 7 pick instead of former “From the middle of the fourth Texas Tech All-American wide round to the sixth round, I think receiver Michael Crabtree. Miles you’re going to see a ton of LSU said predicting when athletes will players picked,” Detillier said. be selected is an arduous and often LSU coach Les Miles said perplexing task. NFL teams choose LSU athletes “What happens in the NFL because they are especially adept draft room is coaches and scouts at adapting to the speed of the NFL. arrange a draft board, and they try “The guys that come from LSU to — without the view of the mock understand the game,” Miles said. drafts and the garbage — make
their own decisions,” Miles said. This year’s NFL draft will be a three-day event, expanded from two days in years past. Round one begins tonight, with the second and third rounds Friday and the remaining rounds Saturday. The new format gives teams an extra opportunity to judge the field of athletes, which Detillier said is filled with top talent. “In 26 years for me, this is the best top 100 I’ve ever done,” Detillier said. All signs point to the St. Louis Rams selecting former Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the first pick of the 2010 NFL Draft,
though he has not yet signed. The Rams have already begun preparations for a new man under center, releasing veteran quarterback Marc Bulger on April 5. “The ghost of [Atlanta Falcons quarterback] Matt Ryan and [New York Jets quarterback] Mark Sanchez are dancing around Rams headquarters,” Detillier said. Bradford may be the best quarterback in the draft, but Detillier said he’s not the best player — Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh earned that honor from Detillier. “Ndamukong Suh is clear-cut the best player in this draft,” Detil-
lier said. “There’s a lot of players who played in that scheme, and they didn’t dominate like he did.” Suh’s mammoth performance against Texas in the Big 12 Championship Game, in which he recorded 10 tackles and four sacks, may have drawn enough attention to move him ahead of former Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy as the No. 2 pick in the draft. “I’ve never seen McCoy take over a game as dominant as Suh has,” Detillier said.
of those games were priority-point games. The LSU softball team reeled in more than 2,000 fans just once in 2009. That game was also a prioritypoint game. Women’s sports at LSU have also found another way to both raise numbers at the turnstiles and perform a public duty. LSU, along with the entire Southeastern Conference and many other schools around the country, has begun to hold annual breast cancer awareness games and events. The money raised at those events goes toward a local or national breast cancer foundation and also alerts women to the dangers of ignoring the symptoms of breast cancer. The LSU volleyball team holds an annual “Dig Pink” match to help the Side Out Foundation, an organization pairing volleyball enthusiasts with breast cancer researchers. This year’s event was held during Breast
Cancer Awareness month in October. The attendance at the “Dig Pink” match last season was 963 fans, the team’s fourth-largest crowd of the season. University Dean of Students K.C. White said in October the breast cancer matches do wonders for both the community and the volleyball team. “[These matches] are an opportunity to raise awareness, to generate support and rally behind a lot of great things to find not only a victory as it relates to volleyball, but also a cure for breast cancer,” White said. But the biggest of the breast cancer awareness sporting events is hosted by the gymnastics team. LSU’s gymnastics team has annually hosted the Etta James Memorial Meet during the last three seasons. The meet is sponsored by former LSU and current Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bradie James.
The meet honors James’ mother, who died of breast cancer in 2002. The gymnastics team has raised more than $120,000 since the meet’s inception and had a combined attendance of just more than 19,000 fans. The first Etta James Memorial Meet in 2008 was the largest crowd in LSU gymnastics history, when 7,717 people came to see the Tigers take on Alabama. “I feel like people take ownership of the event,” said gymnastics coach D-D Breaux. “The meet was about LSU gymnastics, but the whole event is about the commu-
nity.” Breaux also likes the fact the Etta James Meet helps mainly women in the Baton Rouge area. “So many cancer efforts are about the big picture,” Breaux said. “This is about Baton Rouge and our 10-parish area and the people that are in need of breast cancer awareness. For us to be a part of [James’] big picture is a blessing to us.”
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LSU’s attendance statistics during the previous decade show these sports have found a niche using the priority points system. Priority points were instituted in 2005 and have been used since then to determine if students receive home football tickets. It also determines the rank in which students are selected for away-game football tickets. Students can accumulate points by scanning their student IDs at the gate. Every home football game has a value of 20 priority points, and the Athletic Department assigns two games for every other sport as designated point games, worth two points per game. The attendance differences between priority point games and regular games are staggering. The LSU soccer team drew more than 1,000 people twice in its 10 home games in 2009. Both
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LSU freshman pitcher Michael Reed throws a pitch Wednesday night in Alex Box Stadium. Reed was taken out of the game in the first inning after giving up two runs.
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DeBlanc to score to tie the game at six. Sophomore outfielder Johnny Dishon saved Nola and kept the game tied with a diving catch on a low sinking line drive to end the frame. “I told [Nola] after the game, ‘All you did today was prove you were human,’” Mainieri said. The Tigers threw freshman Michael Reed on mound against the Demons, who entered the game with a 7.65 ERA. But Reed didn’t start the game how Mainieri envisioned. After hitting the leadoff batter, Northwestern State third baseman
Chase Lyles launched a two-run homer off a first pitch fastball to give the Demons an early 2-0 lead. Reed forked up another tworun bomb three batters later when Demons second baseman Justin Martinez ripped one into the left field bleachers. Reed never made it out of the first inning following the two home runs and was pulled in favor of junior Ben Alsup. Alsup did a masterful job in relief for Tigers. He tossed four shutout innings and struck out three batters. The only base runners allowed by Alsup were a two-out infield single by Demons designated hitter Stephen Gandy in the top half
of the fourth and a ground ball by Gardiner that barely got past Nola for a single in the top of the fifth. “You can’t really ask for anything more out of a guy coming out of the bullpen,” Nola said of Alsup, who entered the game with only 13 innings pitched all year. The Tigers got in the scoring column in the third inning with three straight doubles. Nola roped a double to score junior outfielder Leon Landry, and Dean followed with a shot down the right field line to score Nola, cutting the Demons’ lead to 4-2. Freshman outfielder Alex Edward scored on a wild pitch to trim Northwestern State’s lead to 4-3, and a sacrifice fly by Nola scored Dishon to even the score at 4-4. LSU took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth when Dishon led off the inning with a single, stole second and scored on an infield single by Nola, his third RBI of the night. A sacrifice fly by junior catcher Micah Gibbs extended LSU’s lead to 6-4. LSU freshman pitcher Jordan Rittiner picked up the win to push his record to 4-1, and junior Austin Ross pitched a perfect ninth inning to record his first save of the season. Mainieri said after the game he expects sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook, who has missed the past two games while dealing with an illness, to play this weekend against Ole Miss. Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com
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SG class gift project fee needs to face student vote Amid the confusion and debate surrounding the recent SG elections, a highly controversial issue was relegated to the back burner — the Class Gift Project. Before the election season started, the SG Senate fiercly debated the proposal, which would add a mandatory $30 fee to graduating students’ fee bills. The money would pay for a brick to be added to a walkway that would eventually encircle the Parade Ground. The senators argued the
project would not survive unless the fee was mandatory. SG voted in the end to send the proposal to Chancellor Michael Martin’s office — expressly avoiding a vote by the student body. We strenuously objected to — and still strenuously object to — this decision, which was passionately debated on our Web site, lsureveille.com. Chancellor Martin decided to send the proposal “back to the students,” perhaps partially in response to all the controversy.
Because of the time and effort the election season demanded — and because of the disqualifcation debacle afterwards — SG has not yet decided what to do. With that protracted matter finally finished, it’s time to address this issue once and for all. Students need the chance to let their voices be heard on the Class Gift Project and the fee that accompanies it. Yes, the SG Senators technically represent the student body — in theory. But given
widespread apathy toward elections and the process in general — less than a quarter of students voted in the last elections — and given the bureaucracy and arcane machinery of SG proceedings, issues that directly cost students money need direct student input. It may be too late for a vote this semester. But the impacts of this proposal will affect more than just the students graduating in May — it will affect students for years afterward. We don’t think students
would vote for this additional fee. If SG doesn’t agree with us, it shouldn’t be afraid of a student vote. But trying to bypass the students gives the impression SG really doesn’t care what students think about it at all.
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Students not enjoying college should drop out I headed to Alaska in the summer of 1993 to work on a commercial fishing boat. The realization struck me like a bolt of lightning — my heart was not in my studies. I was attending Pacific Lutheran University, a small private university near Seattle and, to be honest, sleep and parties seemed of much greater importance than the nuisance of attending class. These thoughts may seem familiar to some of you. I suppose this article isn’t written for the students who have always known without a shadow of a doubt their destiny was to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer — although I hope they at least gain some sort of amusement from it. If nothing else, they can critique and criticize this 35-year-old finance junior/senior (whatever my current classification might be). “Why is a 35-yearold a junior at LSU?” I hear it all the time. To be honest, it’s the result of the best decision I ever made, even though at the time I was hardly concerned with the wisdom in my decision. If you are just cruising through school, scraping by with D’s, C’s and the occasional B, drop out! You don’t need to go to college to party. You can do that while you work. And just think — you won’t destroy the possibility of academic opportunities in the future. In fact, if you make a few wise decisions (these can be made by default — I joined the military), you can gain valuable experience, enhance your resume and even build a nest-egg — all while you party. Let me once again state my disclaimer: This option isn’t for everyone — only for the confused,
lost and searching. Perhaps you’re here because your parents expect it, or maybe it’s just for fun. Whatever the reason, realize your grades might not matter now, and they might not matter in certain jobs. But if you ever your Nathan Shull change mind as I have Columnist and decide that someday you do want to become a lawyer or attend a decent graduate school, all your past sins will catch up with you. These types of thoughts are hard to reason through in a stupor of alcohol fumes. Which is why that realization in Alaska, elementary to some (probably those same intelligent students — you know, the ones who were lawyers and doctors before they were born) struck me so intensely. After all, I had to sober up and stay awake to work. These weren’t requirements in sociology 101. So do yourself a favor — if you are unsure of what you want to do with your life and your grades are suffering because of it, take a break! Go find yourself. You will change, grow and realize what you want in life in the process. You’ll be driven to excel when or if you do decide to return to finish your degree. When I left college nearly 15 years ago, my parents told me I probably would never return to finish my degree — if I did, they would not help financially. I accepted these conditions and travelled the world, seeing and
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experiencing things that few will ever have the privilege to see. All my experiences have added a unique depth to my resume, which no other applicants will be able to reproduce. My goals and focus in school are completely different this time. A college degree is not
required to make a decent paycheck. I will actually make considerably less money after I graduate than I did as a commercial diver. But I’m not here now to earn a piece of paper so I can get a job. I will always be able to get a job. I am here now because I actually want to learn.
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Nathan Shull is a 35-year-old finance junior from Seattle. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_nshull. Contact Nathan Shull at nshull@lsureveille.com
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.” Walter Lippmann American writer and reporter Sept. 23, 1889 — Dec. 14, 1974
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Foreign language requirement impotent, pointless One of the main reasons I’m majoring in general studies instead of English is the foreign language requirement. I’d need 14-16 hours of a foreign language to graduate with an English degree and creative writing concentration, according to my degree audit. For general studies, I only need three hours of foreign language. Interestingly, a computer programming language course counts as a foreign language for me. Sadly, it doesn’t count for my boyfriend, a computer science major fluent in Java, C, C++, C#, Scheme, SQL, Javascript, MIPS Assembly, Prologue and PHP programming languages. Do Spanish majors have to take 6-16 hours of another language? Nope. Funny how that works. I get where LSU is coming from with the language requirement. Speaking another language is a valuable skill in today’s difficult job market. Plus, lots of students
at LSU are ignorant and intolerant of other cultures, and a foreign language class might be their only venture into understanding a different kind of people. Why not require a cultural anthropology or linguistics class to encourage cultural understanding and interest? Or a semester abroad? New culture, new language — two birds, one stone. Taking two to five foreign language classes is no guarantee you’ll actually be able to communicate in that language. None of my friends who graduated from LSU with four semesters of a foreign language consider it a marketable skill they learned; they consider it a GPAkiller and study-time-sucker. I’m sure some LSU graduates value their newly-learned language as both a GPA and resume booster. I’ve just never met those people. Furthermore, the way foreign languages are taught at LSU (and many other institutions of higher
learning) is not necessarily the best way to learn a language. Many linguists and neuroscientists agree upon a “critical age” for first language acquisition, where after ages seven to 13 children are mostly incapable of acquirSara Boyd ing the ability to communicate Columnist through language. The same theory has been applied to second language acquisition, where it becomes more difficult (though not impossible, as in the case of one’s first language) to learn a second language after a certain age. Among educators, two-way language immersion is recognized as the best way to formally acquire a second language. Two-way immersion happens when all subjects are taught in two languages at
the same time — imagine a math teacher explaining long division in English, but using lots of Spanish vocabulary along the way (or vice versa). So educators and scientists alike agree learning a language in a traditional language course after age 13 is not ideal. Why do we — and a majority of other learning institutions, both secondary and postsecondary — continue doing what doesn’t work? Well, it’s hard to overhaul an entire curriculum, especially during uncertain budgetary times. Cool. I get that. I’m not really even asking for that. I’m asking for LSU to drop the foreign language requirement, or at least reduce it to only one introductory course. It will boost GPAs, reduce student stress and maybe even increase graduation rates. Those are all good things for the University. You might have to let a few teachers go since few people will
take a foreign language when they’re not forced to do so, but I wouldn’t be sad about seeing only LSU’s best-evaluated teachers kept on staff. A reduction in staff has already been tossed around different departments as a way to streamline the budget. I haven’t talked to any administrators about this because they usually write me off as a student with stupid complaints, and I rarely feel helped, listened to or taken seriously. So I’m writing about it here. What’s the deal, LSU? Sara Boyd is a 23-year-old general studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_sboyd.
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AT&T/iPhone monopoly finally has competition I’m tired of Luke Wilson’s smug face. I’m tired of hearing about how AT&T covers “97 percent of America” and how “AT&T’s got ya covered.” I’m tired of seeing Wilson on TV flipping out postcards, accepting friend requests and watching Verizon’s map “fall apart.” I’m tired of it. I fortunately don’t have AT&T. I don’t have to deal with dropped calls, poor 3G coverage or a washed-up actor as my cell carrier’s spokesperson. It’s no secret AT&T has been top dog lately when it comes to number of customers in the cell phone market. Of course, this recent stint at the top is thanks to Apple’s “Jesus phone” exclusivity to the AT&T network since its release in 2007. The smartphone market was dim at best before the release of the iPhone. Sure there were the “suits” who owned a BlackBerry and could check their e-mail and stock figures on the go. There were also phones running on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile — and that’s about all that needs to be said on “WinMo.” Let’s just say it wasn’t the friendliest platform to run on. Given that, the smartphone craze ignited when the iPhone initially launched. Everyone wanted to drop his or her carrier and switch to AT&T to play with Steve Jobs’ newest toy. And no one has been able to stop this AT&T/iPhone train until recently. Carriers tried, and carriers failed. But it may be time to start
putting the cork back in the bottle if you’re AT&T — because you’ve got some competition on your heels. In October 2008, T-Mobile released the G1 (or HTC Dream) — the first smartphone to run Google’s new phone operating system (OS), Android. More and Adam Arinder more handsets Columnist slowly supported Google’s open-source OS. But Android couldn’t climb the giant iPhone mountain — even with the support of multiple carriers and multiple handsets. Around 70 percent of the United States’ Mobile OS traffic share belonged to the Apple iPhone (and, concordantly, AT&T) back in May 2009, according to tech blog Gizmodo. That’s nearly three-quarters of smartphone users. Palm’s WebOS didn’t exist yet, and RIM (BlackBerry) held a distant second around 17 percent, while WinMo and Android both sat around 7 percent. Fast-forward to today, and those numbers have changed dramatically. The same study showed Android OS traffic in the U.S. skyrocketed to 40 percent by February 2010, while the iPhone dropped to around 45 percent. “Ruh-roh, Rhaggy.” For too long AT&T and Apple has had a stranglehold on the smartphone marketplace. For too long, I have put off buying a smartphone because nothing could really
compete with the iPhone. For too long, I have not bought an iPhone because I want my cellular network to work. For those like me who are tired of the smartphone monopoly held by the unholy union of AT&T and Apple, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Buy Android. Google’s open-source OS is where the future lies, folks. But I know there are the Apple purists out there, and, while I disagree with most of your beliefs and sayings, there is still hope for you yet. Strong rumors (remember, the key word is “rumor”) point to the
iPhone making its debut to Verizon this summer. This is huge news for iPhone users who would like a reliable 3G network wherever they go. Verizon’s 3G network is clearly superior — no matter what Luke Wilson may tell you. Sprint is also making a big push at AT&T with the release of the HTC Evo this summer — the first ever WiMAX 4G smartphone (fully equipped with Android, I might add). So if you’re tired of dropped calls and lousy 3G connections on your smartphone, know there is more out there than the iPhone on
AT&T. If you’re someone who loves his iPhone and has had no trouble with AT&T, good for you — consider yourself lucky. Competition never hurt anyone, and people love to see the underdog win. So, is it March Madness time again yet? 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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education. “I was able to speak last year [at the Legislature], and it was one of the best things I’ve ever done,” Hudson said. Borel pledged to increase SG funding from corporate sponsorship for carrying out its initiatives. “We intend on making our faces and the faces of representatives from colleges all over Louisiana a common sight at the State Capitol while we advocate against cuts to higher education and for a reformation of our governing documents,” Borel said. She made the familiar promise of increasing student involvement in SG and promised to change the image of SG to reflect the ideals and principles upon which it was founded. Former SG President Stuart Watkins welcomed Hudson and Borel to their new offices and wished them his support. “They have a great year ahead of them,” Watkins said. “Most importantly, they get to represent Louisiana’s finest — the students that attend Louisiana’s flagship institution.” Chancellor Michael Martin spoke about the importance of the inauguration. “We face some very serious times ahead,” Martin said. “There’s no doubt the economy will continue to stress this institution. The role student leadership plays in us managing our way through that is absolutely critical.” Martin commended Watkins and former Vice President Martina Scheuermann for a good year. “These two represented the
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see this coming to fruition for the [May] graduates.” The graduate walk started its long and winding road as legislation was drafted to get the fee on the ballot for the fall elections last semester, SG Senate Speaker Tyler Martin said. The fee was set to be voted on by students during that election before a misunderstanding of University rules caused SG to pull it. SG was incorrectly told a memo had to be sent to System President John Lombardi describing the fee going to a student vote, and the fee was pulled from the ballot and brought back up this semester, Tyler Martin said. The mandatory fee was then endorsed by the SG Senate two times and didn’t go to student vote before being sent to the chancellor for approval. Tyler Martin said the SG Senate chose not to send it to a student vote in the spring election because extra funds from past class gifts weren’t allowed to be used to promote the new fee and therefore would be funds to campaign for passage. He also reasoned 40 percent of students never graduate, so many students would be voting on something that had no effect on them. There is still time for a special election on the fee, but SG rules prohibit special elections just for fees, Tyler Martin said. Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com
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students well,” Martin said. “They have demonstrated to me and their colleagues that they will go on to be leaders in other walks of life.” Scheuermann said she’s excited about what’s to come for Hudson and Borel. “J and Dani have a very full year ahead of them,” Scheuermann said. “I think they’re going to raise the bar.” Melissa Guidry, former SG director of student involvement, welcomed attendees and said Hudson and Borel fared well in the recent Trial Court and University Court cases. “I hope that’s a sign of next year to come,” Guidry said. Hudson and Borel’s parents attended the ceremony.
Tim Borel said his daughter contemplates what she wants to achieve and then does it. “It’s pretty exciting. She’s always wanted to come to LSU and run the place,” Tim Borel said. “She doesn’t know how to fail.” University Court Chief Justice Sean Horridge read the invocation, but the official swearing-in was during the Senate meeting at 6:30 p.m. Hudson and Borel are accepting applications for executive staff positions until 4:30 p.m. today. Applications for executive staff, judicial staff and committees are available on the SG Web site. Contact Catherine Threlkeld at cthrelkeld@lsureveille.com
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“Because of the intense focus and dedication required, it’s something you don’t see everywhere, and so I jumped at the opportunity immediately,” Pinkerton said. Michael Martin, theatre senior, said he enjoys the challenge of silks and still participates despite his fear of heights. “I usually have an idea of what I want to do and focus on that,” Martin said. “You never feel endangered except when you look around and lose focus.” Erickson said he hopes the challenge of aerial silks will inspire students to reach other goals. “Passion is a goal in and of itself,” Erickson said. “Aerial
PAGE 19 silks gives people the realization that if they want something badly enough they can get it.” Many students who attempt aerial silks are theatre majors, and some say the skills they learn in the air can help them on stage. “It adds a new level of self awareness to a character,” Pinkerton said. “You become very aware of the way your body relates to the audience.” Students meet in the movement studio of the MDA building to practice every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com
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