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FOOTBALL

Miles stresses spring pass game

BY JOSHUA THORNTON @JoshT_TDR

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Nearly three months ago, LSU football coach Les Miles was being carried off the field at Tiger Stadium, many believing it to be his last time in Death Valley.

Fast forward to March 7, and now Miles is preparing his team to make a championship run in the 2016-17 season, meeting with the media following the Tigers’ first spring practice.

As with every season, competing for a championship is always expected among the Tiger faithful. But expectations will be even higher this season, as a top-five recruiting class comes in and a wealth of experience returns.

If there’s one recurring problem, it’s the quarterback, so Miles and company are making the passing game a priority in the spring.

The Tigers only averaged 180.4 yards per game, throwing the ball last season.

“We’re headed toward the opportunity to throw the ball better,”

Gun regulation on U.S. college campuses is not a new issue, especially in the South.

But the passage of time has not hindered the ongoing, nationwide debate over safety versus citizens’ rights.

A February letter from the President of the University of Texas at Austin showed compliance with the Campus Carry legislation passed in June, allowing students to carry concealed weapons to classrooms and other parts of campus.

The new policy, which prompted the UT-Austin School of Architecture dean to resign in late February, will take effect in August.

Louisiana is not among the nine states to allow guns on campuses, according to ArmedCampuses.org, a

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RESEARCH

Professor studies recommendation services, data visualization

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano When assistant computer science professor Mingxuan Sun sees data, it’s more than a string of numbers.

Sun is researching how data can be used to increase accuracy in online recommendation systems and how data visualization can assist in assessing information. With a background in academia and the tech industry as a senior scientist for Pandora, Sun said she enjoys the applicability of studying data.

“The research can be applied

to real world data and can have an impact on real people,” Sun said.

Ensuring accuracy in recommendation systems is important because it impacts users’ search satisfaction and affects their online experience. Her research aims to improve accuracy by cross-comparing content recommendations and collaborative filtering, while balancing disparities in numerical based ranking.

There are a number of ways recommendation systems produce their results, she said. A common approach, content recommendations, compares the

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content and features of a user’s search and produces similar recommendations.

Another method, collaborative filtering, analyzes data from users who purchased the same product to recommend similar products they also rated or viewed frequently, she said.

In addition to studying the methods behind recommendations, Sun said she is also working to limit the disparities between online ranking systems.

Explicit systems, like a oneto-five user satisfaction scale,

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page 2 GUNS, from page 1 website that maps and analyzes U.S. college campus weapon regulations.

According to the Louisiana State Legislature’s Office, two bills concerning concealed carry were pre-filed in the House of Representatives in January, though neither apply specifically to college campuses.

Both proposed by Rep. Barry Ivey, R-Baton Rouge, for the upcoming regular session, HB4 provides that the right to keep and bear arms includes the right to carry a concealed handgun without a permit or license and, HB6 excludes

MILES, from page 1 Miles said. “I want to throw the football 15 times just like we did today. We’re taking an inordinate amount of time at the beginning of practices, technically on our throwing game.”

Along with returning starter Brandon Harris, a new quarterback will be looking to fight his way up the depth chart.

Danny Etling, a transfer from Purdue University, sat out last season but practiced with the team throughout.

In two seasons as a Boilermaker, Etling threw for 2,490 yards, 16 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

Miles said he should be in competition with Harris and the other quarterbacks for the starting gig.

“There’s some competition, certainly,” he said. “Talented guy that can play. You put another good player in the room, and that’s an issue. Creates some competition.”

There’s also been a few staff changes — LSU had to replace three different coaches this offseason.

Dave Aranda will be the third defensive coordinator for the Tigers in three years. Ace recruiter

DATA, from page 1 include a significant amount of bias on the part of the user.

While one person may rank everything as a five, more conservative users may not rank products or services above a three, she said.

Sun said she is working to take into account each individual’s ranking style on a more graduated scale, to remove bias in recommendation systems.

Finally, the information from each recommendation method

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

concealed carry rights because officers would have to consider that the subjects of any of their pursuits would legally be able to carry a weapon.

LSUPD has not had issues with campus gun control, though Scott said he expects people are illegally carrying concealed weapons. He said gun-related incidents occasionally occur, such as when firearms stored in vehicles during games are stolen.

The counterargument, Scott said, is personal protection and the right to protect oneself at all times. To that, he said LSUPD can be “anywhere on this campus within 60 seconds.”

Last month, a gunman in an on-campus dormitory at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst prompted the university’s 23,000 students to take shelter. No one was injured and the university does not permit concealed carry.

There have been 27 mass shootings in the United States during the month of February, and five this March, according to the Gun Violence Archive’s web database.

Scott said an active shooter situation would require the attention of every responder on

campus, regardless of their capacity. He said LSUPD has a series of procedures they test regularly, should such an event occur.

LSUPD has never had an active shooter incident on campus, Scott said. Even the Dec. 13, 2007 double-homicide case at the Edward Gay Apartments on campus did not count.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Justin Miller said he would feel a lot safer if a student had a gun rather than a criminal. If a student has the ability to use a gun, he said, he should be able to carry it.

“If students had the ability to carry on campus, it would be a safer place,” he said.

The thought of students being able to have guns, he said, would deter a criminal from going into a classroom and shooting people.

Neurobiology PhD student Philip Adeniyi said he heard about UT-Austin’s concealed carry policy. He said he does not believe students should have a weapon on campus — a belief he thinks stems from his Nigerian background.

“It’s not a battleground,” he said about campus. “It’s a place where everybody goes to learn.”

and running backs coach Frank Wilson departed LSU for a head coaching gig at University of Texas at San Antonio and was replaced by former Louisiana Tech running backs coach Jabbar Juluke.

Along with a new wide receivers coach, Dameyune Craig, who the Tigers plucked from Auburn to replace Tony Ball, there will be a few personnel holes to fill, as well.

A big void will be at linebacker.

Senior Kendell Beckwith is the only starting linebacker returning for Aranda’s defense, but a newcomer, freshman linebacker Devin White, is eager to get on the field.

The Springhill, Louisiana native was recruited as a running back but also played linebacker in high school. He started spring ball working with Aranda and the linebacking corps.

With an already loaded backfield that features Heisman Trophy candidate Leonard Fournette, White figured he would get on the field faster if he played linebacker, Miles said.

“We went around the room and we talked about [White’s] lower body skills and his contact,” Miles said. “He texted and said, ‘Maybe

if I played linebacker, I could get on the field sooner.’ I said ‘That might be true.’”

With the departures of NFL prospects Jerald Hawkins and Vadal Alexander, the offensive line will also have two new starters.

Miles said sophomore offensive tackle Maea Teuhema spent time practicing at left tackle and sophomore offensive tackle Toby Weathersby spent time at

right tackle.

Miles said at least 10 or 12 players were missing from practice because of previous injury or academic reasons, but he said none of the absences are related to discipline and all should be ready for fall practice.

Sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings and sophomore running back Derrius Guice were two notable absentees from practice.

can be combined to improve recommendation algorithms to enhance the user experience.

“Increasing accuracy of the algorithm can impact millions of users’ search satisfaction,” Sun said.

Sun is interested in applying this information to online students’ educational experiences.

Students learn at different paces and in different ways, so improving how recommendations produce learning material can help individual students in their development, she said.

Improving the user experience isn’t limited to improving recommendation systems. Sun’s research also includes translating data into visual representations to inform users and help researchers learn about the applications of data.

Her current visualization study involves illustrating search engine algorithm dissimilarity. Sun is comparing a number of search engines to determine the variations in their search results.

The results are then trans-

carrying a concealed handgun from the crime of illegal carrying of weapons for certain persons, according to the Louisiana State Legislature’s Office.

LSUPD spokesperson Lieutenant Kevin Scott said the issue of concealed carry on public Louisiana college campuses routinely emerges in legislative sessions during non-fiscal years.

LSUPD spokesperson Lieutenant Marshall Walters said Louisiana lawmakers have pushed the policy for the past six or seven legislative sessions.

Scott said LSUPD prefers students not be granted

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Don’t Look Back Fargas, Lady Tigers look to future as team rebuilds depth

BY JARETT MAJOR

LSU head coach Nikki Fargas yells from the sidelines on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 during the Lady Tigers’ 57-56 victory against Tennessee in the PMAC. EMILY BRAUNER / The Daily Reveille

This time last year, LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Fargas was getting her team ready to participate in the NCAA tournament in Tampa, Florida.

This year, the Lady Tigers are just glad to make it through the season after several season-ending injuries forced LSU to venture deep into its bench.

Next season, the Lady Tigers will have more depth after bringing in three freshmen recruits and two transfers, to go along with the return of junior guard Raigyne Moncrief and freshman forward Ayana Mitchell.

“You look at seven additions to our roster, you’re almost putting together an entirely new team,” Fargas said.

This new team will have to replace several key players in the post after LSU is loses three forwards to graduation.

Fortunately, the Lady Tigers will have several options in the paint next season, including leading scorer and rebounder junior forward Alexis Hyder.

LSU is adding 6-foot-2 sophomore forward Tatum Neubert, a transfer from Oregon, and freshmen centers Faustine Aifuwa and Yasmine Bidikuindila, who are 6-foot-5 and 6-foot-6,

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Neubert, who left Oregon after a coaching change, played 23 games as a Duck, three of which she started. As a high school athlete, Neubert was nominated a McDonald’s All-American and was the top scorer in the state of Colorado.

Aifuwa is ranked by ESPNW’s Hoopgurlz as the No. 15 center in the 2016-17 recruiting class. As a high school athlete for Dacula High School in Dacula, Georgia, she recorded over 1,300 points and 1,200 rebounds, along with nearly 500 blocks.

Aifuwa told her hometown paper, the Gwinnett Daily Post, that she chose LSU over programs like Texas A&M and Louisville because of the players and coaches.

“I really liked the people, and I got along with the coach and the players really well,” Aifuwa said.

“A lot of weight comes off my shoulders, knowing I’m at a place I feel wanted and will love to be at. It feels really good.”

Along with Aifuwa, LSU had another big signing in Bidikuindila.

Bidikuindila, a Canada native, had originally signed with Providence College but decided to sign with the Lady Tigers. In Canada, she played for Quebec in Canada’s provincial tournament.

Along with the front court additions, LSU is also adding two guards, which will provide depth for the Lady Tigers.

Sophomore guard Chloe Jackson is a transfer from North Carolina State. As a high school athlete for Riverland Baptist High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Jackson was an honorable mention on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-American team and won a National Association of Christian Athletes championship game.

see LADY TIGERS, page 8

SOFTBALL

Tigers not overlooking midweek doubleheader

BY MARC STEVENS Marc_TDR

Southeastern Conference play is just around the corner for the No. 5 LSU softball team.

No. 4 Alabama will come rolling into Tiger Park for a top-five matchup between conference foes on Friday night.

The Tigers (19-2) have their work cut out for them.

The Crimson Tide (20-2) have been the dominant team, making the Women’s College World Series the past two seasons.

But if LSU wants to win the series this weekend, it can’t afford to overlook any opponent, such as Longwood on Tuesday at Tiger Park.

“It’s kind of difficult not to [look ahead],” junior infielder Constance Quinn said. “You want to look to the SEC opening, but you have to take it dayby-day. You can’t really jump to that because you will overlook [Longwood].”

With 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. start times, the Lancers (9-5) will come to Baton Rouge for a rare midweek doubleheader. If the Tigers glance toward Alabama, they could quickly find themselves in trouble, players said.

Longwood has been a consistent team, posting at least 34 wins in each of the last three seasons, including two 40-plus win campaigns. The Lancers have also been in the postseason two of the last three seasons.

In 2016, they are one of the best teams defensively, allow-

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SOFTBALL

Dependable Hoover shines in Tigers’ sweep of LSU Invitational

BY MARC STEVENS Marc_TDR After a perfect 5-0 weekend at the LSU Invitational, the No. 5 LSU softball team extended its win streak to 15 as the squad dominated the three-day event. Coach Beth Torina saw her squad hit multiple home runs, freshman Sydney Smith threw a perfect game and the team scored at least eight runs in each of the five contests.

But sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover stole the show for the Tigers (19-2).

The Clemson, South Carolina native didn’t pitch Friday and watched as freshman hurler Sydney Smith completed a flawless five-inning game. Hoover started the first game of Saturday’s dou-

bleheader against Liberty and was commanding from the first pitch.

She made quick work of the Lady Flames (8-11) striking out 10 batters and walking just two in a one-hit shutout.

“When she goes out and competes and forgets about the rest of it, she’s pretty much unbeatable,” Torina said. “They feel differently when she’s on the mound ... She commands something different by the way she carries herself.”

After her impressive performance in Game 1, Hoover was thought to be done for the day. But the way game two unfolded called for an encore.

Smith started Saturday’s nightcap against Louisiana Tech and all seemed well for the first two innings. On the freshman’s watch,

three runs crossed the plate and she allowed five hits.

LSU responded with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame, but the damage had already been done. The Lady Techsters (15-5) had taken the lead and chased Smith out of game.

Junior Baylee Corbello entered the circle to start the fourth but was quickly sent packing as well by the visitors. Three runs scored on two hits putting the TWigers in a 6-2 hole in just 0.1 innings of work. Hoover entered the contest and her impact was felt immediately as she struck out the two remaining outs.

She finished the contest striking out 9-of-13 batters and allowed

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LSU sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover (21) catches the ball during her first career no-hitter in the Tigers’ 16-0 victory against Tennessee Tech in five innings on Sunday, in Tiger Park.

Entertainment

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Theatre-goers have the opportunity to disappear into the woods this week, to the dreamlike fantasy world of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The show is premiering March 8 as a production of the LSU Lab Theatre, and is running until March 13 in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building Studio Theatre.

All performances run at 7:30 p.m., with an additional 2 p.m. performance March 13. Tickets are $10.

“Midsummer” is theatre senior Erin Sheets’ second show directing in her undergraduate career.

Sheets said learning Shakespeare is a process that’s never really complete.

“You can spend your entire life studying Shakespeare and never really have a full grasp of it,” she said. “So it’s really important that you start your experience and relationship with Shakespeare as early as humanly possible.”

While rehearsals have been underway for little over

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Cast members of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” rehearse Sunday in the Music and Dramatic Arts building’s Studio Theatre.

Chili Cookoff to benefit Our Lady of the Lake

BY ALLIE COBB @alliecobbler Charity, cooking and chili all combine for a one-of-a-kind Baton Rouge weekend at the International Chili Society’s cook-off, Chili for Children on March 12 - 13. One-hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Our Lady of the Lake children’s hospital.

The cook-off, in conjunction with the LSU Spring Garden Show, is taking place in front of the University’s Parker Coliseum.

Each day, 60-70 teams will compete. Most teams have two people — a head and a helper, but some are solo.

“It’s definitely a lot of work,” event coordinator and co-chairman Jason Blevins said. “It takes several months of planning and organization.”

Blevins took over planning three years ago after winning the cook-off in 2011. He said there are fewer than 10 people on the committee, all of whom are volunteers.

People are encouraged to buy tasting tickets to taste the chili and vote for their favorite. For every five dollars, customers receive six tasting tickets and one vote for the People’s Choice Award.

The International Chili Society also offers first, second and third place awards in Traditional Red Chili, Chili Verde and Salsa categories.

The entry fees vary per category. In the Traditional Red Chili category, members can enter for $40 and non-members

see CHILI, page 7 RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT

Canefield Tavern offers $20 prix fixe, three-course menu

BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker For four months, Canefield Tavern Southern Kitchen & Bar has offered homemade southern comfort food to students and Baton Rouge locals alike. Customers can purchase a three course meal for $20.

Canefield Tavern opened in October 2015 as the seventh restaurant venture from joint owners David Smith and Doug Hary. The two decided to begin the prix fixe “country comfort menu” during this year’s Baton Rouge Restaurant Week and said

they noticed how successful it was during the evening.

Smith said the restaurant is consistently busy on weekends, lunch and brunch, but their nighttime business was fluctuating. Implementing the threecourse menu permanently was done to keep the increase in dinner business going.

“We saw that Restaurant Week was so successful, and we’re trying to make it stick,” Smith said.

The prix fixe value is three courses for $20, including an appetizer, entree and dessert.

Entrees are accompanied by a

choice of two sides and a biscuit.

The portions are smaller compared to the regular menu items, but still offers a filling meal.

Hours for the special menu are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and weekends from 2 p.m.-10 p.m.

The restaurant replaced Brew-Bacher’s, which had been at the Nicholson Drive location for more than 30 years.

Smith and Harris renovated the old eatery and expanded the space. Those who frequented Brew-Bacher’s wouldn’t recogJAVIER FERNÁNDEZ / The Daily Reveille

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Canefield Tavern offers various dishes in its three-course prix fixe menu on Saturday.

Opinion

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Pop music stuck in comatose state with complacent artists HARP ON IT JOHN GAVIN HARP @SirJohnGavin In 2016, the state of pop music is about as lifeless as the rotting corpses from “The Walking Dead.” I don’t know what’s more depressing: a zombie apocalypse or Meghan Trainor being a Grammy Award winner.

Listen to the radio at any given moment, and you’re likely to hear one of three Justin Bieber songs, Fetty Wap doing his rap-yodeling thing or Rihanna drunkenly stammering through lyrics to the current No. 1 song in the country, “Work.”

Rihanna’s songs have never been insightful, thought-provoking forms of artistic expression, but I literally cannot understand her in this latest offering.

“Work, work, work, work, work, work / He said me haffi / Work, work, work, work, work, work,” she mumbles in an inebriated fashion.

To be fair, Rihanna can move to the top of the charts with little effort simply because there isn’t

really any competition right now.

The current top-10 songs on iTunes feature Justin Bieber’s overplayed “Love Yourself,” a live rendition of Kelly Clarkson’s nearly 13-month-old “Piece

by Piece” and, the latest unfortunate offering, Flo Rida and Meghan Trainor’s new song, the aptly-titled, “No.” Meghan Trainor is the woman who unleashed the miserably catchy “All About That Bass” to the masses in 2014. Unfortunately, Meghan Trainor and her unique brand of tackiness just won’t go away.

Trainor’s current relevance is surprising when looking at her fellow one-hit-wonder, Carly Rae Jepsen. Jepsen had one of 2015’s most critically acclaimed pop albums, the 80’s pop-tinged, “Emotion.” Unlike Trainor, she’s an impressive songwriter who writes catchy songs that just happen to be high-quality. However, Jepsen failed to generate popular interest again following her inescapable 2012 hit, “Call Me Maybe.”

We need someone like Jepsen in 2016. Honestly, 2016 needs anything remotely exciting.

Taylor Swift is releasing her

seventh single from her monstrous — and now Grammy Award-winning album — “1989.”

She is squeezing the last bit of juice from her album, as “New Romantics” was a bonus track featured on the deluxe edition.

Granted, “New Romantics” is arguably Swift’s best chance at another hit. It also happens to feature some of her best writing, in line with the brilliant “Blank Space.”

“We show off our different scarlet letters / Trust me, mine is better,” Swift slyly snips in a verse.

This doesn’t overrule the fact that she’s peddling out a song from 2014.

As Swift dusts off nearly 2-year-old songs from her shelf of potential hits, Ariana Grande is preparing for the release of her untitled third studio album.

Grande’s latest single, “Focus,” failed to generate any steam when it came out in late October 2015. Thus, her album was likely pushed back so she could record new material.

Grande is expected to debut new material, pulling double duty as the host and musical

guest of this week’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Her performance will be too predictable to be exciting.

Grande will likely just dance around in a skimpy outfit while belting out notes so high, they sound like whistles.

This sounds almost as boring as LSU’s Student Government debate last week.

Like Student Government, pop music needs to “Restart” or move “Forward” or some other cheesy, inspiring phrase.

I just need Lady GaGa to glue some crafts to her face again or Miley Cyrus to twerk on some creepy, middle-aged man. Better yet, maybe someone new can step onto the scene to offer something fresh and exciting.

When it’s done right, pop music can be fun and offer interesting social commentary. Swift’s “Blank Space” and its mocking of Swift’s tabloid persona is a perfect example.

But, as of now, we’re stuck in this weird limbo as we anxiously await the unexpected.

Maybe we should all fast until Beyonce blesses us with another surprise album.

“Are you there Beyonce? It’s

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United Clinton coalition is only option left to stop Donald Trump BURNT TO A CRISP GARRETT HINES @GarrettH_TDR Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential election.

The time for hoping for a different outcome is long gone. We need to prepare for the most likely result.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, did well on “Super Saturday,” but his victories won’t change the race.

As Matt Yglesias pointed out on Vox, “the most Cruz-friendly parts of the country have already voted.”

Cruz’s weekend surge correlates with his strong Evangelical support, helping him win Kansas, the Westboro Baptist Church’s backyard, and tying Trump’s delegate count in Tony Perkins’ Family Forum Louisiana stronghold.

The media are hyping up

these wins because they’re drooling for someone to shake up the GOP race. Trump’s appearance of inevitability has become an old and tired story.

The Republican side of the race has devolved from the Real Housewives of Debates into a more intimate affair among two clueless Cubans and a man whose “hands” haven’t grown since freshman year of high school.

One would think the Democratic race would garner more attention.

It hasn’t.

People only seem to be interested in the race when former Sec. of State Hilary Clinton wears the same pantsuit twice or industrious Googlers find videos from the ’90s to smear her reputation.

The only people able to defeat Trump in November will be either Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont.

If everyone is as outraged about a President Trump as Facebook and Twitter timelines

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suggest, it’s time to abandon the GOP circus and pay attention to the other side.

I am an ardent Clinton supporter, and the world reminded us why her extensive foreign policy experience is important for our country.

American warplanes struck down 150 al-Shabab insurgents in Somalia on Saturday. CNN reported the insurgents were in the final stages of planning a large-scale attack.

War isn’t pretty, but, at times, we need to take decisive action. I’m glad President Barack Obama knows this and protects our people.

The Sanders campaign made a strong appeal to Democrats’ dovish strains, constantly bringing up Clinton’s vote for the Iraq war.

My father served in Iraq for a year during the war’s peak, so I, of all people, should have an axe to grind against politicians who sent soldiers in harm’s way.

But the information provided at the time to officials was biased toward getting them to authorize the war. Diplomacy was failing, and the vote wasn’t easy to make when put in the correct context.

Sanders’ reasoning for voting against the war, whether it be because he is a principled dove or because he was appealing to his liberal bastion of Vermont, is something only he knows.

His vote in favor of regime change in Libya, with the cover of having both Clinton and Obama in office, points to him being more shrewd in his political calculations than he is given credit for.

Regardless, I would still take a Sanders-led foreign policy any day over the incoherence of a Trump presidency.

The Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics found, “Sanders backers are notably more disaffected, a fact which might explain their reluctance

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to back a longtime insider like Clinton.”

I hope they put their problems with her aside and vote for her in November, if the likely outcome holds and she is the Democratic nominee.

Clinton had 18 million pledged supporters in 2008, but she asked her voters to put aside their differences and saved the country from a possible Sarah Palin vice presidency.

Accepting defeat can be tough, but even worse is knowing you could have changed the outcome if only you tried.

The Clinton coalition is broad.

Different perspectives can only enhance it and even disaffected Republicans are welcomed. As she moves forward and the wind catches in her sails, Americans can rest assured we are in stable hands.

Garrett Hines is a 21-year-old political science senior from Monroe, Louisiana.

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016 THEATRE, from page 4 a month, pre-production on the show has been in process for a year.

Sheets worked with Mallory Osigian, the show’s dramaturg, to cut the script over the summer. Osigian cut the three hour script down to a 75-minute running time, while maintaining its script’s integrity, with rhyming and iambic pentameter.

The director and the cast recognize the challenges in producing Shakespeare’s work, primarily with the language barrier.

“Clarity becomes really important because we have to realize that our audience won’t be as well-versed in it,” Sheets said.

Sheets said that “Midsummer” is one of Shakespeare’s lighter, more approachable works.

“What we want people to take from it is remembering what it was like to be stupidly in love when you’re young and the ridiculousness of it, but also having an appreciation for the innocence and purity of that,” Sheets said.

Sheets wants to create a lasting impression of Shakespeare on students and change their perspective of the English playwright, as most think of his work as boring and incomprehensible.

“I think the thing about creating a compelling piece of theatre is having something that people can listen to and identify with,” Sheets said.

Theatre sophomore Meg Grey plays Titania, the queen of the fairies and the royalty of the realm.

“She represents a freedom of spirit that a lot of people don’t possess any longer,” Grey said.

CANEFIELD, from page 4 nize the open, rustic and casual atmosphere.

Along with the prix fixe menu, Canefield Tavern plans on offering a later happy hour to appeal to student customers. Smith said the restaurant also offers an already successful brunch menu.

Smith said Sunday brunch is by far the busiest time for the Tavern, especially with their make your own Bloody Mary bar being a huge hit. They also offer an espresso bar and happy hour specials. “[For] Weekend breakfast, when we open the doors we have

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“She’s a force to be reckoned with, a wild tsunami of power and womanhood.”

Grey has been in Shakespearean productions before and cites the powerful language as a double-edged sword; the dialogue is so strong that it helps to remember it.

“I really think he writes about the epitome of human experience. He knows how to get to the heart of what really matters,” she said.

Grey said acting out Shakespeare is so difficult not only because of memorization and tricky lines, but also because of the connections the actors have to make to survive.

“When he writes, he writes in the rhythm of a heartbeat.

That’s what iambic pentameter is,” Grey said. “So his characters are always living, always in the moment, always surviving by what they say.”

Watching the ensemble grow together has been one of the best parts about the production for Grey.

Grey said she hopes to instill a love of Shakespeare within the audience, and for them to be more lenient with themselves. In “Midsummer,” the characters are able to live life to the fullest once they go out into the woods, she said. She wants the audience to have fun with it and “to go out into the magic of the woods every once in awhile,” Grey said.

English and theatre junior Caitlin Brimer plays the infamous Puck, a mischievous fairy who sets most of the plot in motion.

“What’s a misconception is that you can just build your character by yourself,” Brimer said. “When you’re in an ensemble part you have to play off

the other people to find the connection and then build your own personality with them.”

Brimer said the cast has been open to trying new things and taking positive suggestions from one another. They’re constantly working together to improve the production and increase the learning experience. Their acting has to be especially expressive to make up for the language disparity.

“More so than learning the language and memorizing it is being able to translate it for the audience,” she said.

Like Grey, Brimer hopes to give attendees a new outlook on Shakespeare’s writing.

“I want them to have fun,” she said. “I think that’s what the show is all about. I want the audience to feel that Shakespeare can be fun and can be understandable and relatable.”

All of the cast plays two or more characters, except for Puck.

Carleton wants students to gain something from seeing the play, especially if they’re there as part of a mandatory class assignment.

“I hope people who come here for a class take it as a positive experience,” Carleton said. “That’s our biggest goal because we know our audience and we hope that we can change their mind a little bit about Shakespeare and about going to see plays in general.”

Carleton elaborated on the relevance of “Midsummer” to University life today.

“Our whole production is set on love, and what’s the difference between love and lust, and that’s a very prominent theme in college life,” Carleton said.

Sheets said that the cast his a mix of experience levels, and

customers,” Smith said.

All of the food served at Canefield Tavern is made from scratch by an in-house chef. The dishes’ prices vary, but stay reasonable with the most expensive meal priced at $16.

“Everything is in house from scratch,” Smith said. “We pickle our own vegetables, we make our own sauces, all of our dressings are homemade.”

Dishes on the course menu include: fried green tomatoes, deviled eggs, house-made pickles, a gumbo and salad combo, meatloaf, chicken, seafood etouffee, chocolate sundae, bundt cake and fruit cobbler.

Smith said that Canefield Tavern wants to emanate a rustic, casual and nice ambiance. The eatery is not country, but has a simple, earthy charm. The tabletops were made in New Orleans with reclaimed marge board, and the furniture and shelving was made from reclaimed cypress wood.

“We want to be a place to bring the parents that’s not expensive and close by, Smith said.

Smith said that for the future, he hopes for the restaurant to begin hosting live music with local artists, a low-key entertainment to add to the experience.

Canefield Tavern is open from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. every day.

The event also offers live bands and a vendor village with food, drinks and shops. On Sunday, a car show will be held during the event.

“We want everyone to come out and have a good time,” Blevins said.

Thirteen different states and three countries — United States, Canada and Mexico— are all being represented in the competition.

There is also a local division comprised of Louisiana chefs only. There are several spots remaining in this category. Participants are not only encouraged, but needed.

Blevins said he is looking forward to raising money for the children’s hospital. He hopes people recognize the importance of supporting Our Lady of the Lake.

“They treat over 100,000 children over a year, whether they have the ability to pay or not,” Blevins said. “That’s the main reason I’m involved. This is really important to me and I think it’s great.”

Volunteer judges are needed, as are more participants. If interested, contestants can contact the organizers on the Louisiana Chili Cook-off website or Facebook.

page 7 that the production has been a learning experience for all involved.

“They’ve all worked really well together to educate each other and help each other grow.

They’re all so invested and so involved and they’ve all worked so hard,” Sheets said. “I think that especially going into opening night, we’re going to be in a really good place.”

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page 8 LADY TIGERS, from page 3 “Chloe Jackson is an unbelievable guard who suffered an injury at NC State but has four years of eligibility, so we’re excited that we can have her for that long of a period of time,” Fargas said. “She too will bring that athleticism, that scoring, and she’s one of the best rebounding guards.”

The last addition to the Lady Tigers is Jaelyn RichardHarris, a point guard from Houston, Texas. Richard-Harris is rated as the No. 27 point guard in the nation by ESPN Hoopgurlz.

Richard-Harris guided

SOFTBALL, from page 3 ing just 2.29 runs per contest.

But the LSU offense has been on fire lately.

The Tigers have run-ruled seven of their last 10 opponents and are averaging 9.3 runs per game during that stretch.

“We can’t try to sneak past them,” senior infielder Bianka Bell said. “They’re going to bring their best effort at us and we have to go full force, and it’ll definitely prepare us for this coming weekend against Alabama.”

The Tigers’ hurlers are averaging just 1.08 earned runs per game and have averaged 7.1 strikeouts. LSU will be without sophomore Allie Walljasper, the team’s de facto No. 2 pitcher, who is recovering from an undisclosed injury on her throwing arm.

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Spring Dekaney High School in Texas to a University Interscholastic League state championship game, a promise she made to her coach in middle school, before finishing as runners up. “[Richard-Harris] is just an unbelievable person,” Fargas said. “She only stands at about 5-foot-4, but she reminds me of [former LSU guard] Temeka Johnson in her ability to lead a team and her quickness and athleticism. She too can shoot the three. She was the assist leader in her Houston area.”

Although the class lacked a Louisianian, Fargas said LSU needs to be able to expand be-

yond the state to continue to compete nationally.

Fargas said she hopes next season will bring in more Louisiana players like Tameka Johnson and Semoine Augustus, who helped bring the Lady Tigers to five Final Fours from 2003-2008.

“We want to make sure we’re expanding our reaches,” Fargas said. “The state of Louisiana has really picked up as far as the quality of prospects that are in the state ... so we are definitely keying in on our state and making sure that we focus in on the upcoming talent in the state of Louisiana.”

LSU head coach Nikki Fargas yells from the sidelines on Feb. 21 during the Lady Tigers’ 57-56 victory against Tennessee in the PMAC.

in ERA with a 0.42, but Torina said the sophomore’s ailment is not severe and that she should be available this weekend against Alabama.

After sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover threw nearly 200 pitches in the Tigers’ last three games, freshman Sydney Smith and junior Baylee Corbello will likely be the LSU starters in the circle. But Hoover could come in as a reliever if one of the other two struggles.

Smith is coming off her first career perfect game, the fourth in program history, on Friday. She is behind only Walljasper, with a 0.78 ERA, and has tallied 31 strikeouts in her six appearances.

The freshman hurler has the second-best team batting average allowed. Batters are hitting just .196 off the freshman, and she has earned 4

wins with no losses.

“Our mentality is just to continue doing what we’ve been doing and get better every single day,” Hoover said. “[Smith] works extra in the bullpen with Baylee Corbello almost every day while the rest of the team is hitting, and I think it’s paying off.”

Corbello brings the most experience to the LSU bullpen in her third season with the club. She has a team-high 2.07 ERA and is also a perfect 4-0 on the year.

LSU coach Beth Torina has received nothing but praise for the Farmville, Virginia squad.

“Longwood is a quality opponent,” Torina said. “They are a team that has done a lot ... Our kids understand that it may not be a household name in college athletics, but in the sport of softball, it is.”

LSU junior infield Constance Quinn (5) hits the ball during the Tigers’ 5-3 victory against Texas Tech on Feb. 28 at Tiger Park.

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HOOVER, from page 3 just one hit changing the direction of the ballgame.

“This game is a lot about momentum,” said junior infielder Sahvanna Jaquish. “When she took back the momentum for us, I feel we had a lot of confidence in our at-bats.”

Hoover still wasn’t done.

After 134 pitches on Saturday, the sophomore ace started the the final game of the weekend versus Tennessee Tech on Sunday and picked up right where she left off the day before.

Hoover struck out seven more and walked two as she no-hit the Golden Eagles (5-13) — her first career no-hitter.

“Those were the best performances of the season I’ve seen, so far,” said senior catcher Kellsi Kloss. “She has such a good mentality going in there every single game ... She such a big competitor, and I have so much confidence in her when she goes in.”

Hoover’s performance was one for the ages and earned her Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week honors.

She collected three wins for the Tigers to remain undefeated, only allowing seven baserunners over 13.1 innings thrown and earning her first career no hitter, all in less than 24 hours.

Her showing was arguably the best of her career, but Hoover was dismissive, focusing instead on the

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LSU sophomore pitcher Carly Hoover pitches during the Tigers’ 16-0 victory against Tennessee Tech Mar. 6, 2016 in Tiger Park.

team.

“It was a really fun weekend of softball, it’s hard to say what’s the best,” she said. “[We] played really well this weekend.”