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LSU takes on Coastal Carolina for trip to Omaha

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fter a waterlogged weekend that stretched the Baton Rouge Regional to Tuesday, LSU only needs two more wins to advance to a second-straight College World Series.

The Tigers (45-19) will host mid-major Coastal Carolina in their third-straight Super Regional. Hailing from Conway, South Carolina, the Chanticleers are appearing in their first Super Regional since 2010.

Both teams won their Regional final games in dramatic fashion.

The Chants (47-16) rallied to beat Regional host North Carolina State 7-5 in

the top of ninth, 13 hours and 57 minutes after their game was delayed due to rain.

LSU overcame a 2-0 deficit against Rice behind junior pitcher Jared Poche’ and scored five unanswered runs propelled by sophomore first baseman Greg Deichmann’s home run.

“I’m glad Greg [Deichmann] got the MVP award, but really we couldn’t have won without Poche’,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. “He shut them down and gave our team hope. Hope is a wonderful thing.”

Though Coastal Carolina didn’t play in a conference that had seven Regional

Host sites like the Southeastern Conference did, Mainieri wants his team to treat them like an SEC team.

“I told our players this team that we’re going to be playing this weekend forget their names Coastal Carolina,” Mainieri said. “Think of them as Texas A&M, because that’s how talented they are.

At this point there’s 16 teams left in the country. They’re all great ball clubs.”

Mainieri’s right. The Chants aren’t just an average mid-major team.

Led by coach Gary Gilmore, Coastal Carolina has appeared in the NCAA Tournament eight of the last 10 years and

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Freshly painted walls, new carpets and a computer lab with glass doors replaced the east wing of Middleton Library in May 2016.

In 2014, the University decided to move the math lab from Pleasant Hall to the third floor of Middleton Library. The LSU Undergraduate Admissions office wanted to create more space in Pleasant Hall for admissions, and the math department was in need of a more convenient lab location.

Throughout the spring 2016 semester, contractors transformed the east wing of the third floor into an advanced, updated and enclosed lab. Students and staff had mixed emotions about the new location.

“I think it will be really convenient for the students ... because they had to go to Pleasant Hall, [but because] they moved the lab to [Middleton] now it is very convenient,” Amrat Gandhi, a student assistant at the circulation desk said.

The downside to the new location of the math lab is that hundreds of books had to be removed and shifted around the library to

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RESEARCH

Student embarks on expedition in Amazon Rainforest

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano

While thousands of bird enthusiasts venture into forests and national parks each year, ornithology Ph.D student Glaucia DelRio is taking her binoculars to a more exotic locale — the Amazon Rainforest.

Del-Rio’s mission is one of several collaborations between the University and the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Four researchers and technicians from the United States and four from the

University of São Paulo will join Del-Rio on the expedition.

The collaboration began as the brainchild of ornithologist Bret Whitney, an honorary associate researcher at the LSU Museum of Natural Science who has spent approximately 30 years researching birds in Brazil. Whitney said it’s important for young researchers to form connections in the increasingly global discipline, and the best place to do that is in the field.

That wisdom certainly holds true for Del-Rio. Whitney first met

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Del-Rio, then a graduate student at the University of São Paulo, in 2012 when he invited her to join a research expedition in Brazil.

While on the expedition, Del-Rio met her husband, fellow ornithology Ph.D student Marco Antonio Rego, Whitney said.

Four years later, Whitney is handing the reins over to Del-Rio and Rego. With both due to return to Brazil following the completion of their doctorates, it’s important for them to have the experience to lead international expeditions in the future, he said.

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Del-Rio said the mission will extend over approximately 40 days beginning June 20 and will conclude on August 1. The researchers will be primarily backpacking and caravanning along the Aripuanã River in Mato Grosso, Brazil, an area Whitney called the “single most dynamic region of the Amazon Basin.”

Del-Rio said she is thrilled to be returning to the field.

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Glaucia Del-Rio will go with a group of researchers and technicians into the Amazon Rainforest.

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STUDENT LIFE

LSU ROTC officer encouraged by Miss USA victory

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano Sunday night, Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber was crowned Miss USA 2016, the first military service member to hold the title in the pageant’s 64-year history.

ROTC senior Wendy Martin, an aspiring Black Hawk pilot and Miss National Sweetheart 2014, said the audience’s positive reaction when Barber responded passionately to a question regarding women in combat roles is encouraging.

“Beyond just her winning the crown, I’m just so proud and excited to hear that response because we live in a time when being a woman in the military isn’t just accepted, but it’s so supported,” Martin said.

The response stems from a cultural shift and the emerging understanding that people, especially women, don’t exist in a dichotomy, Martin said.

Women can be both pretty and smart, or be glamorous while pursuing a traditionally masculine interest or career, she said.

Barber’s introduction to military life began at an early age. Her father is a now-retired Army Master Sergeant, and Barber currently serves as a logistics commander for

the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit at Fort Meade, Maryland, according to the Miss USA website.

Barber isn’t the first service member to grace a national pageant stage in recent years.

She is preceded by Miss America competitors Miss Kansas 2013 Theresa Vail, a sergeant in the Kansas Army National Guard’s Medical Detachment, and Miss Utah 2007 Jill Stevens, an army medic with the Utah National Guard.

But as the first to hold the Miss USA title and advance to compete for Miss Universe, Barber is breaking the mold for women in pageants and women in the military.

Martin’s personal military career began because of a pageant. Hoping to purchase a gown for an upcoming pageant, Martin struck a deal with her father to attend junior ROTC camp in exchange for the gown.

Martin flew in her first Black Hawk helicopter while at the camp, and the rest is history, she said.

Martin said the skills she’s learned in pageants have helped her become a better soldier, and vice versa. The self-confidence, perseverance and articulation she’s learned in pageants has helped her address her platoon confidently, and the pride she takes in herself and her military career have made

Martin a more passionate and self-assured competitor, she said.

As a fellow military woman and pageant competitor, Martin said Barber’s success doesn’t come as a surprise.

“In my experience, it really doesn’t surprise me at all that there are many women involved in pageants and the military,” Martin said.

“They’re both very competitive fields, and it takes a really strong, resilient, confident personality to have success in both, I don’t see how they’re any different from one another besides the makeup and the glamour.”

Lin Warmsley, the LSU ROTC director of academic affairs and personal development, said social development is a key aspect of military life many civilians overlook.

In addition to developing well-trained soldiers, the ROTC focuses on helping members develop into responsible adults through targeted cognitive development, she said. This includes teaching cadets social graces such as how to properly shake a hand, greet a host and conduct themselves in formal settings.

Warmsley said Barber’s poise and quick response during her interview question stems from the lessons she

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“They are ready, they are disciplined, they are trained to respond at a moment’s notice,” Warmsley said. “Whether it’s in a military land operation or whether it’s in greeting the president of LSU, that’s preparation and whole person development.”

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CRIME BRIEFS

Staff member arrested for UREC Smoothie King theft

LSUPD arrested staff member ClydeGreen,54,onJune 7 for stealing energy drinks, protein bars and other snacks from the Smoothie King in the UREC, LSUPD spokesperson Kevin Scott said. Green was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Athletic staffer arrested for battery Leo Richard, 52, was arrested June 3 for one account of simple battery after being accused of physical contact with a fellow staffer. The incident took place at the Pete Maravich

Assembly Center, Scott said.

No injuries were sustained during the altercation. Richard was issued a misdemeanor summons for simple battery and released.

Students charged with Man arrested for dating violence in Student Union aggravated arson LSU students Nathan Wang, 21, and Eliot Organick, 20, were arrested June 4 after two LSUPD officers on foot patrol noticed a 4 ft. flame coming from the second floor balcony of a West Campus

Apartment building, Scott said. Organick was charged with aggravated arson and resisting an officer. Wang was arrested for trespassing as well as for the previous charges.

Student charged with theft, identity theft Student Yuneun Palomares, 35, was arrested by LSUPD on June 1 for a March 2015 warrant for theft and identity theft.

Scott said Palomares is accused of making payments of $1,100 to the LSU Bursar’s Office from a compromised bank account in June 2014.

Joshua Banks, 24, was arrested for simple battery and improper telephone communications after threatening his girlfriend, an LSU

student, over the phone and physically slapping her in the face multiple times at the Student Union in May, Scott said.

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LSU catcher Kellsi Kloss cries after Oklahoma defeated LSU in an NCAA Women’s College World Series softball game in Oklahoma City on Monday.

Stopped Short Softball poised for potential 2017 national title run

BY MARC STEVENS | @MarcStevens_TDR The LSU softball team’s 2016 season was full of ups and downs.

But ultimately the group didn’t take the next step, after being eliminated in the Women’s College World Series for the second straight season.

The Tigers’ (52-18) season ended as they could not overcome issues which plagued them earlier in the year – defensive errors and lack of clutch hits.

LSU finished the year with a .958 fielding clip, No. 158 of the 290 teams in Division I. Despite the defensive issues, the squad started the season 22-2, and its fielding errors only cost them one game.

Until they battled with Alabama.

In a mid-March clash with the Crimson Tide, the Tigers committed a season-high six errors and fell 10-3. After that contest, LSU coach Beth Torina said the issues were mental. Essentially, the team was focusing too much on the mistakes. The errors went down, but another weakness soon formed.

The Tigers set nearly every offensive program record for a game in a 30-8 rout of Louisiana Tech on March 15. But then the team’s bats went uncharacteristically quiet for the next month.

During the stretch, LSU went 3-10 in conference play and averaged only 2.5 runs per game.

However, the Tigers’ play improved, and they finished the regular season 12-1. LSU then made a run for the Southeastern Conference Tournament Final, defeating three ranked teams in three days but fell to Auburn, 7-1, in the championship game.

After breezing through its Regional, LSU hit a snag in the form of James Madison, who won Game 1 of the Super Regional. The Tigers claimed the series’ final two contests to advance to the WCWS for the fifth time in program history, but then old demons returned.

In the team’s WCWS opener against Michigan, LSU left six players on base and managed four hits throughout the contest. Against Oklahoma, the Tigers’ defense committed four errors and could not overcome the Sooners’ consistent offense, which plated runs in four of the seven frames.

The season’s end signals the close of three Tigers’ illustrious careers. Senior infielders Bianka Bell, Kellsi Kloss and Sandra Simmons all have ended the LSU chapter of their softball careers.

Bell leaves as one of the program’s deadliest hitters and currently boasts the most home runs and RBIs in team history. Kloss is a solid hitter in her own right, concluding her time as the third best home run hitter to wear an LSU uniform. Simmons finishes as an elite fielder and was named to the All-SEC defensive team during her career.

Despite the losses, LSU’s future looks bright. The team returns its entire outfield, its top three pitchers and three of the five starting infielders.

Sophomore hurlers Carley Hoover and Allie Walljasper took the bulk of the pitching duties, but as the season wore on, freshman Sydney Smith inserted herself into the starting rotation.

Junior utility Sahvanna Jaquish headlines the 2017 senior class alongside infielder Constance Quinn and outfielder Bailey Landry. Jaquish is second in team history behind Bell in both home runs and RBIs and will likely overtake Bell in both categories. Landry and Quinn have proved to be reliable bats and fielders looking to boost the team in their final year.

Freshman infielder Amber Serrett and freshman utility Elyse Thornhill both made impacts in their rookie seasons. Serrett became an everyday starter, primarily at shortstop, while Thornhill ended the season as the starting left fielder.

The big question is who will take over at third base and catcher or first. Kloss, catcher, and Bell, third base, will need to be replaced in the field.

Jaquish, who split time between catcher and first base, will likely move behind the plate leaving first base unoccupied. A couple names likely to fill those gaps are freshman Shemiah Sanchez and sophomore Sydney Bourg.

Sanchez batted .276 and appeared in 19 games and started 9. Bourg, batted 222 from the plate started 13 contests, while participating in 25 games.

The 2016 season did not have the ending the Tigers envisioned at the start of the season. But with their group of returning players, they are poised for another run at a national title.

Poche’s performance reflects the toughness of the team JUST JOSHIN’ JOSHUA THORTON @JoshT_TDR LSU junior pitcher Jared Poche’ sat watching on the bullpen bench as his team fell down 2-0 in a crucial win or go home Regional Championship game.

Three days ago, he labored through a six inning 92-pitch, eight strikeout performance in the regional opener. Now he was being called upon to save the Tigers’ hopes. He entered the game to bring balance to a sputtering LSU offense and to relax a young squad.

Accustomed to these pressure packed situations, Poche’, a veteran who’s pitched in the College World Series, delivered a six inning, one hit performance that added to the illustrious history of LSU baseball.

“I was just going out there and throwing up as many zeros as I can,” Poche, said tossing 69 pitches with 50 of them being strikes.

The clutch performance by the hurler has become a common occurrence for a squad that’s 16-3 since and 6-1 in one run game since May 6. It’s almost as if the team feeds off adversity.

These performances have become a “microcosm” of the ups and downs LSU has had

this season.

“There’s been a lot of wonderful moments this year, and there’s been some pretty low valleys too,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said after defeating Rice to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.

It feels as if every game a different player picks up the role of “Mr. Clutch.”

Recently it was sophomore first baseman Greg Deichmann, who belted a game-tying home run against Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

More recently, he hit a go-ahead home run versus Rice that was “mauled” out of Alex Box Stadium in the Regional Final.

This roster may not be littered

with former All-Americans like Alex Bregman or Andrew Stevenson, but it does have one characteristic that can not be coached — toughness and grit.

Junior shortstop Kramer Robertson, who wasn’t on LSU’s postseason roster last season, is the epitome of the grit of this team.

Some fans will name a marsupial as the key to the Tigers’ run of late, but it was Robertson who hit the game-winning single against Arkansas a few innings after he was pelted in the face by a relay throw.

His latest heroic effort was swinging on a pitch that was eyelevel to execute a perfect hit and run, igniting LSU’s 5-2 come-

from-behind win against Rice.

While it remains to be seen just how far LSU will go, it is close enough to be only two wins away from reaching the College World Series.

“We got two to go to get to Omaha,” Mainieri said. “That’s every young man’s dream. They come to LSU for three reasons, they want to get a degree, they want to Omaha and they want to prepare themselves to play in the major leagues … Omaha is sniffing distance away. It’s so close they can taste it.”

Joshua Thorton is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Jacksonville, Florida.

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Fashion 4-1-1

Although nearly two decades have passed since the years of the Spice Girls and Furby toys, ‘90s fashion trends remain in the windows of clothing stores, on the pages of fashion magazines and on the students of LSU. Summer ‘16 clothing wear has especially revealed the popularity of ‘90s pieces. Women are incorporating chokers, denim mini skirts, jelly sandals and other ‘90s garments into their wardrobe.

Nineties’ fashion trends followed an “anything goes” theme, giving the once-frowned-upon outfits and garments of the past a chance to be mixed and matched in style. Today, University students follow a similar theme, mixing modern styles with ‘90s pieces. Here are a few ‘90s pieces spotted on LSU’s campus:

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Any woman born in the ‘90s knows about the choker necklace. It was gone, but not forgotten, for some time and now has made its way back onto the streets and the red carpet.

Light and airy, these sandals are worn by all ages. They come in a variety of colors and some have sparkles. These sandals were once a thing of the past but now can be seen on many.

Classic and timeless, the denim mini skirt has been brought back many times in a variety of styles. Today, the most popular style for a denim mini skirt is to be high waisted often paired with tucked-in or crop tops.

Another classic and recreated style, the crop top has seen many lengths and extremities. The movie “Clueless” popularized the crop top in the ‘90s, and since then, the mid-section revealing top has been revamped and modernized many times.

From music to fashion, grunge styles peaked in the ‘90s. While not as popular today, ‘90s grunge influences still remain in many fashion trends. Ripped, torn, dark and baggy sized clothes can be found on artists such as Rihanna and Gwen Stefani.

Music artists, movie stars and models of the ‘90s incorporated flannel shirts in their everyday wear. Whether worn around their waist or paired with another top, both men and women wore this classic must-have.

Baton Rouge rapper uses degree for alternative passion

BY JOURDAN RILEY @jourdanr_TDR Being a doctor or lawyer are promising career choices, but senior JaCouree Bunn knew he wanted to do something different once he graduated high school.

Bunn was a growing young artist who loved to draw, so he picked a career path that best suited his interests and talent.

Bunn started at the University in 2012 as a digital art major. He was ready to hone his major into his passion, or so he thought.

As semester after semester went by, Bunn realized drawing wasn’t his true passion but a different kind of art would fit better – music.

Bunn said he had talent with

a pencil and paper when he was in high school. It was also in high school when he found a love for music and became interested in rapping.

“In 10th grade I had got a laptop for Christmas, and I had a little mic,” Bunn said. “That’s when I started recording and playing around with it.”

A relative of Bunn, Lafonda Jackson, said she has always supported him in everything he’s set out to do.

Jackson struggled to find the right words to fit Bunn’s personality and their relationship.

Nonetheless, her message was clear.

“Watch out, Baton Rouge,” Jackson said. “The next best thing is about to come out.

Jacouree Bunn.”

IRAI Ouree, Bunn’s rap name, soon started a group with friends who shared the same interests and passions, named Almighty Genius.

The group’s members take on individual projects, and they are “more of a group to inspire,” than a group that solely focuses on rapping together.

Group member Therance White, TK Osaze, said he remembered when they first started recording themselves on cell phones in high school before graduating to recording on the laptop. The group started out with just three members, but the roster has grown to six, TK Osaze said.

Their path wasn’t always so smooth, he said.

“We would spend every day

after school like it was practice just recording and making songs, and when we put our first project out, everybody clowned us on Twitter and everything,” TK Osaze said. “They were destroying us on Twitter.”

TK Osaze said the fallback made them work harder. Since then, they’ve released projects every year. The latest are Almighty Genius Cypher video, a music video where members take turns freestyling, and a JaCouree Bunn music video.

TK Osaze and Bunn’s relationship has grown and so has their talent, but Baton Rouge is full of aspiring artists. In order for them to stand out, they have to create

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unique pieces.

According to Bunn, his music is packed with emotion and relevance, something that today’s

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Bunn incorperates coursework in digital art into his passion for rapping.

Opinion

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Miss USA inspiring, not landmark for civil rights NOT LIKE MIKE

JOURDAN RILEY @jourdanr_TDR After wasting time scrolling and retweeting numerous, mostly meaningless tweets on Twitter for about an hour and a half, I stumbled on a tweet that caught my attention.

“Just cause Miss USA black don’t mean the country’s problems are solved.”

This tweet appeared on my newsfeed just hours after Miss USA 2016, Deshauna Barber, was announced on June 5.

And I agree.

Let’s not get it twisted.

Barber has great qualities and an inspiring story.

The 26-year-old Miss District of Columbia USA, is an Army Reserve officer and IT analyst, has a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s in management information systems, and is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. If that’s not impressive, I don’t know what is.

Barber’s platform is great, too. According to Barber’s profile on the Miss Universe Website, Barber is focusing on “PTSD treatment for soldiers returning from deployment and suicide prevention in the Armed Forces.”

But the last thing written about the former Miss

USA, Miss Oklahoma Olivia Jordan was, well, when she won — until she gave up the crown on Sunday to an intelligent, talented black woman.

Nonetheless, unemployment and homelessness will still be a problem, budgets cuts will still be made to higher education, crime and violence will still plague mostly poverty stricken neighborhoods, and the political candidates for the presidency will still be limited and unfavorable.

Barber will inspire many young girls to push the limits, to become more confident in who they are and to speak up against sexism, racism and colorism. Little girls and young women will line up to be in pageants. They’ll see them in a new light — less about the glitz and glam of it all, though getting all dressed up can make a girl feel beautiful, but more about the difference they’ll be capable of making throughout the process.

It’s a great step for the African-American community as well — to gain one more representative in a world that’s still struggling for equality.

As a participant in a small pageant once, I didn’t see many African Americans gracing the stage, though it’s becoming more and more common. Barber has undoubtedly

opened the door wider to allow more young girls, especially little brown and black girls, to step out of their comfort zones and seize the opportunity. Barber shows that anything is possible.

I don’t believe, however, that this win will make the dent needed to cause a major shift in racial, political or social issues. In this day and age, especially with new technology and different social

media platforms, Miss USA will all but be forgotten within the next month.

Jourdan Riley is a 21-year-old mass communications senior from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber smiles after being crowned Miss USA during the 2016 Miss USA pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Student athletes should be held accountable for their actions THE GREAT GIBSON ARI’YANA GIBSON @gibstionary We’ve seen it before — an athlete getting off easy because of their importance to a university sports team despite having committed a very serious crime. Close to home, Mississippi State’s Jeffery Simmons was given a lenient punishment for assaulting a woman because he is a five-star recruit.

Being suspended for one game, especially a non-conference game, is not justice.

In March, a video surfaced

of Simmons joining in on the attack of a woman who was laying on the ground. Simmons felt obligated to get involved in the fight because of his family, despite having a clear advantage with his size. While his intent was to defend his family, there was no need for him to add to the violence that was already occurring.

Mississippi State and the Southeastern Conference have come to a decision to suspend Simmons from one game and make him attend counseling during the summer semester.

They hope that the structure of the university will get him on the right track. They feel as

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though a 300-pound defensive lineman, who nearly knocked out a woman, isn’t a threat to students and just made a bad decision.

Suspending Simmons for one game is a slap in the face to the victim and the students of Mississippi State. Simmons has shown he is violent, especially when defending the people in his life. This can be dangerous for opposing teams. Mississippi State’s athletic department and the SEC should have given a more serious punishment.

Recently, Brock Turner, a Stanford swimmer, was convicted on three felony charges of rape and was sentenced to a

measly six months in jail. The average sentence for a first time offense of rape is 10 years. This case highlights how athletes are given the long end of the stick.

And just like Turner, Simmons is receiving it.

Those two cases aren’t one in the same, but how they are being handled is similar.

A three or four game suspension for Simmons would have been a better punishment, along with community service and counseling during the entire school year. This would have taught Simmons that his actions are punishable and not lessened because of his status at Mississippi State. These measures

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would also give him the support he might need and teach him to give back to the community that he has put fear into.

Athletes must not be given any more special treatment than they already have, especially when their “mistakes” harm others. The Athletic Departments at schools need to better understand that these athletes are real people, and not just chess pieces in their games.

They should be treated as such and be given punishments just like anyone else.

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

Quote of the Day “No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse.

Women have to feel like they are not alone.”

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Thursday, June 9, 2016 BIRDS, from page 1 day,” Del-Rio said. “You are camping with your birds, you are sleeping with your birds. That’s the best part for me.”

Aside from light clothing and camping gear, the researchers will travel with binoculars, cameras, microphones and recorders to perform an inventory of the local bird communities and gather important data, Del-Rio said. The inventory will help determine if new or understudied species are present in the region.

The researchers will also be collecting key samples to incorporate into the collections at both universities. Specimens’ skins

BUNN, from page 4 music is missing, he said.

“Musically, we’re in a day and age where it’s soulless,” Bunn said.

“It has a subject, but everybody’s talking about the same things, and there’s more to life than drug, sex and money … When I make music I try to put some livelihood into it. I try to make it touch something else ­— give emotion, give soul, give a different outlook.”

Bunn said his collegiate career hasn’t been a waste. He plans on incorporating his musical talents

will be stuffed to study the physical characteristics of the birds, and tissues from the heart, liver and muscles will be extracted and cryogenically preserved in liquid nitrogen for genetic testing, Del-Rio said.

The sacrifice, skinning and sampling will be handled primarily by Greg and Donna Schmitt, researchers from the University of New Mexico who have a longstanding relationship with the University’s ornithology department, Whitney said.

Whitney and Del-Rio said the sacrifice of specimens can be a sensitive subject for the public, but the genetic samples are critical to the study of the genetwith the skills he’s learned as a digital art major. Though it isn’t exactly what he wants to do anymore, his major courses teach him how to edit video and pictures.

In the future he wants to produce an animated music video, he said.

“There’s a good side and bad side to everything,” Bunn said. “I try to find that medium … we all have problems, we all have soul, we have goals, we all have dreams.

I try to catch people on that side of things — try to catch them where they still want it and strive for it.”

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ic evolution and survival of the various species. Tissues can help determine trends in population movements, the divergence point of various species and genetic relationships between birds, Whitney said.

More than anything, birds have an incredible impact on the animal kingdom, he said, and studying them is key to understanding the health of the world’s ecosystems.

“It’s a way for us to track actions that humans take and see the consequences play out,” Whitney said. “It’s a window into our natural world that is watched very closely. There are millions of people around the world that pay very close attention to birds and

MATH LAB, from page 1 create space for the lab, Gandhi said. The east wing, once filled with shelves of books, was cleared and reconstructed.

“The librarians actually had to go through each subject that they’re over and do what we call ‘weed,’ which is pull out books that are no longer relevant, are just old or that we have new copies of,” library associate Chad Metz said. “Once they did that, the circulation students as well as an independent company shifted the books around the third floor.”

Shifting and removing books took nearly the entire fall 2015 semester, Metz said. During the shifting and constructing process, Middleton offered ear plugs and additional quiet spaces for students to utilize due to the noise and lack of space on the third floor.

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page 7 bird populations, bird motions and movements — much more than any other vertebrates.”

The information revealed by studying the region’s birds could also be critical to the Amazon’s future.

Over the last 20 years, there’s been sizable destruction to the region as the forest is cleared for use by soybean farmers and cattle ranchers, Whitney said.

Now, the main debate is whether hydroelectric dams should be installed throughout the Amazon to improve the country’s energy infrastructure.

The dams would inundate areas of the forest and destroy habitats and species well beyond just

bird populations, Del-Rio said.

Having scientifically rigorous data to illustrate the consequences of human development is critical to arguments for preservation, Whitney said.

For Del-Rio, a native of Brazil, preserving the biodiversity of the Amazon hits especially close to home. By completing this expedition, Del-Rio hopes to expand the region’s ornithological knowledge and help protect the country’s vast natural wealth, she said.

“I’m afraid that my country is trying to advance economically and become stronger in terms of economy, but it’s forgetting about its natural heritage,” Del-Rio said.

June 2016 in time for summer session students taking Math 1021, 1022 and 1023 classes.

“I think the math lab kind of gives us this fresh face and makes us more appealing to students,” Jeremy Fontenot, night supervisor of the circulation unit, said.

Fontenot and Metz predict that the addition of the math lab to

Middleton will present new obstacles and opportunities for the fall 2016 semester.

“I think with the increased traffic, we could see after using the math lab because people are already here, they just decide to hang out here and study or visit with friends, maybe hopefully investigate some of the services we offer,” Fontenot said.

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The new math lab, now housed in Middleton Library, is open for summer classes.

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SUPER, from page 1 earned a National Seed in 2010.

This year’s team also has a veteran-laden roster, which has six junior and senior starters combined.

“It’s been since 2010 that I’ve had a team that has had a brotherhood like this one,” Gilmore said at NCAA Press Conference on Tuesday after defeating NC State.

The Chants also have one of the most potent lineups LSU will see all year. Four Coastal Carolina players have double digit home runs and have a total of 91 home runs — LSU opponents have only hit 45.

The Chants’ presumed ace Andrew Beckwith boasts an 1.82 earned averaged and hitters only have a .257 batting average against him.

But LSU’s offense has been strong as of late, particularly Deichmann. The Baton Rouge Regional Most Outstanding Player hit 8-for-15 with 10 RBI and three runs.

Only two wins away from advancing to Omaha, Mainieri is looking forward to the challenge of facing Coastal Carolina.

“We’re going to have a team coming here that is not only very talented, but very confident,” Mainieri said. “It’s going to be a great series next weekend so I’m looking forward to it.”

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