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After more than five years in business on West Chimes Street, the owners of Chinese Combo King have shut down the restaurant.

Owners Alice and Morris Lo closed the Chinese restaurant to take care of Morris’ sick mother, who lives in Taiwan. Alice said she was looking to close in December but had no definite plans at the time with a buyer.

She sold the building to friends Lan and Vu Nguyen, who will open a restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine, Little Saigon II. During her time on West Chimes Street, Alice said she enjoyed seeing repeat customers and running the business.

“People [are] always nice right there. Students, everybody. I think most of the students know me, too,” Alice said.

The building now will occupy Little Saigon II. The Nguyens already run Little Saigon on Florida Boulevard.

Lan Nguyen said she hopes students and the community will respond well to the new

Like many college students, some collegiate athletes come to campus knowing nothing about how to prepare healthy meals for themselves.

The Tiger Athletic Nutrition Center is part of an effort by the Athletic Department to make sure athletes don’t leave school that way.

“We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to give them the nutritional needs that we expect them to have,” said senior associate Athletic Director Eddie Nuñez.

Expected to be completed in April 2016, the center will be comparable to the dining facilities already on campus and open to all students, but the main focus will be to meet the nutritional needs of student athletes.

“The approach is similar to the Cox Academic Center,” Nuñez said. “The main intent of the facility was to build it for the student athletes, but it will be available to other students.”

Nuñez said the Athletic Department is working with the University to decide the logistics of the facility, including which meal

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Community members paint murals for MLK Day of Service Volunteer Brad Smothers, a sophomore at University High School, paints over old graffiti as part of an Martin Luther King Jr. Day service project on Monday.

BY Carrie Grace Henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com With the loud rumble of cars overhead, hundreds of community members, students and internationals gathered under the Mississippi River Bridge overpass to paint with a purpose.

The Walls Project partnered with MayorPresident Kip Holden’s Love Your Block initiative to cover graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

The pattern, called “Streetquiltz,” was chalked onto the pillars before the project began. When volunteers arrived, they were handed a paintbrush and the mural process began.

“A ton of people showed up to roll some paint,

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STUDENT LIFE

AgCenter dedicates airboat in memory of late student

BY Rose Velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Family, friends, faculty and administration gathered on Friday to honor the memory of natural resources ecology and management senior Eric Fabre by dedicating the LSU AgCenter’s recently completed airboat in his honor.

Eric was killed in a hit-and-run accident in June 2014.

What LSU President F. King Alexander said he expected to be a small gathering of 10 to 12 individuals grew to more than

50 of Eric’s friends and loved ones filling the Efferson Hall conference room.

“He touched a lot of lives, and his spirit goes on and on each and every day through you and through what you’re accomplishing,” Alexander said.

From his father, Jack Fabre, to his co-worker, renewable natural resources graduate student Kristin DeMarco, to College of Agriculture Assistant Dean Leslie Blanchard, there was no shortage of speakers to convey Eric’s spirit and character.

“What this world and this

University lost when we lost Eric, was more than just a young man,” Blanchard said. “We lost all that he represented — a fantastic student, a good friend, a caring son.”

The University was Eric’s second home, where he was preparing for a career in line with his love for the outdoors, Eric’s father said. Jack said Eric was an example to all those around him for the value of hard work and kindness.

“He knew the true meaning of giving and service,” Jack said,

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Late LSU natural resources ecology and management senior Eric Fabre’s boots and hat sit on the airboat LSU College of Agriculture dedicated to him Jan. 16, after he was killed in a hit-andrun accident in June 2014.

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Fla. boy’s circumcision spurs legal battle, protests THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — An estranged Florida couple’s fight over whether to circumcise their son has become a rallying cry for those who denounce the procedure as barbaric.

The dispute between Heather Hironimus, the mother opposing circumcision, and Dennis Nebus, the father favoring it, has sparked a prolonged court battle, protests and the rapt attention of a movement of self-proclaimed “intactivists.”

Judges have ruled in favor of the father, meaning the surgery is likely to happen, but the possible closure of the legal chapter has done little to mute the case’s most passionate followers. Though many still choose to remove their sons’ foreskins at the suggestion of a doctor, for religious or cultural reasons, or out of habit, opponents have been bolstered by the overall waning popularity of circumcision, and the fact this fight has gone on so long the boy at its center is now 4 years old.

“I couldn’t speak when I was cut, but I can speak now,” said Thomas Frederiksen, a 39-yearold machinist who traveled from

Orlando to protest, wearing a red beret and “I (Heart) My Foreskin” T-shirt and speaking breathlessly about the issue.

Volumes of court filings tell the story: Hironimus and Nebus had a six-month relationship that resulted in a pregnancy, the birth of a boy named Chase, and a fight over nearly everything since. Nebus sued to prove his paternity and to get partial custody of the boy and the couple whittled out a parenting plan outlining everything from his surname to his legal address, to whom he calls mommy or daddy and, notably, what becomes of his penis.

In that document, the circumcision of the child was agreed to by both parents. When it came time to schedule the procedure, though, the mother resisted, having researched the subject further. The matter wound its way through circuit court, which ruled in Nebus’ favor, then to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which refused to overturn the lower court’s ruling. Hironimus could ask for a rehearing in the appellate court, but has made no further legal filings.

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Jennifer Blanchard, 34, of Miami, protests Jan. 10 in Boynton Beach, Fla., over the case of a little boy whose parents have been fighting over whether to circumcise him. do,” the father said of circumcision, according to the court files. “To me, it’s not worth it to put my son’s life at risk for a cosmetic procedure,” the mother said.

The parents entered an agreement on Dec. 24 to not talk to the press and to avoid any other campaigns or actions that might exploit the child. There is

no indication in the court documents the circumcision is being done for religious reasons. The attorney that had represented the mother, who lives in Boynton Beach, is no longer being retained and has not been replaced, the lawyer’s office said.

The attorney for the father, who lives in Boca Raton, did not respond to requests for comment.

Pope says Catholics don’t have to ‘breed like rabbits’ ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don’t have to breed “like rabbits” and should instead practice “responsible parenting.”

Speaking to reporters en route home from the Philippines, Francis said there are plenty of churchapproved ways to regulate births.

But he said most importantly, no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size, blasting what he called the “ideological colonization” of the developing world.

African bishops, in particular, have long complained about how progressive, Western ideas about birth control and gay rights are increasingly being imposed on the developing world by groups, institutions or individual nations, often as a condition for development aid.

“Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonized,” Francis said.

His comments, taken together with his defense of the Catholic Church’s ban on artificial contraception during the trip, signal that he is increasingly showing his more conservative bent, which has largely been ignored by public opinion or obscured

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by a media narrative that has tended to highlight his populist persona.

On the trip, he gave his strongest defense yet of the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, which enshrined the church’s opposition to artificial birth control. He warned against “insidious attacks” against the family — a reference to gay marriage proposals — echoing language often used by overwhelmingly conservative U.S. bishops.

And he insisted that “openness to life is a condition of the sacrament of matrimony.”

At the same time, however, he said it’s not true that to be a good Catholic “you have to be like rabbits.” On the contrary, he said “responsible parenthood” requires that couples regulate the births of their children, as church teaching allows. He cited the case of a woman he met who was pregnant with her eighth child after seven Cesarean sections.

“That is an irresponsibility!” he said. The woman might argue that she should trust in God. “But God gives you methods to be responsible,” he said.

He said there are many “licit” ways of regulating births that are approved by the church, an apparent reference to the Natural Family Planning method of monitoring a woman’s cycle to avoid intercourse when she is ovulating.

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Over 1,100 untested rape kits reported in Louisiana Almost 60 untested kits reported in the Baton Rouge area

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com When state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D- New Orleans, requested data from state law enforcement agencies in August, he found 1,163 untested rape kits in agencies throughout the state. Health care facilities also reported 94 untested pediatric rape kits.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 54 untested kits. Baton Rouge Police Department reported three, and the LSU Police Department had none to report.

Untested rape kits refer to the backlog of kits in police

storage that have yet to be investigated.

Act 124, passed in the 2014 Regular Legislative session, required all criminal justice agencies MORRELL to conduct a physical inventory of their unsolved rape kits and report them to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. The New Orleans Police Department reported the highest number at 200.

The deadline to submit these reports was Jan. 1, but not all agencies have responded. As of Friday, 130 police departments had not sent in their data.

Morrell said a few weeks be-

fore the deadline, a little more report for the correct committhan 10 percent of agencies tees of the Louisiana Senate had responded. and House of Representatives.

“A sexual assault kit is a The report included the piece of evidence,” Morrell number of untested sexual assaid. “If you are maintaining sault collection kits organized your chain of evidence proper- by each parish, by each crimily the moment the request was nal justice agency and the date made, you should have been the untested kit was collected. able to respond It also includwithin a day or ed the name and ‘It kind of sent the two. It kind of contact informamessage to me and a lot tion of noncomsent the message to me and a lot of people in the legislature pliant agencies. of people in the that sexual assault as a “I would like legislature that whole was not being taken to thank the resexual assault as sponding agenseriously enough.’ a whole was not cies for complybeing taken seriing with Act 124 J.P. MORRELL, ously enough.” and commend State senator The data was the Louisiana compiled by the State Police Louisiana State Police Crime Crime Lab for collecting the Lab, who, under the law, had data and putting together this until March 1 to prepare a report,” Morrell said in a news

release. “Establishing a firm number of the untested kits is only the first step in finding justice for victims of sexual assault.”

This report comes after the announcement from Morrell’s working group that they would now be focusing on climate surveys and law enforcement training in their attempt to change legislation on sexual assault on college campuses.

Morrell said the report would help shape his 2015 legislative package, and his next step would be finding out how to best handle those issues.

“I will be working diligently to develop a sexual assault legislative package that creates sound policy to address untested rape kits as well as sexual assault on state campuses,” he said in his release.

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CNN Commentator to speak in Union

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Hip-hop pedagogy and political debates seldom find common ground. However, University students will get the chance to hear both on the same night as Black History Month nears.

CNN political commentator and BET News correspondent Marc Lamont Hill will speak to University students and faculty Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Student Union.

Organized by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Hill’s speech will bridge the gap between the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration and the beginning of Black History Month activities.

“Each year we try to find a speaker that would resonate with students and our community,” said Chaunda Allen, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “[Hill] continues to be someone who engages in topics of diversity.”

Hill, a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, regularly lectures to undergraduates across the nation.

With “Inspired Leadership” as this year’s program theme, Hill is set to discuss having a voice, giving back to the community and leading others.

Born and raised in north Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hill realized he was not properly represented in the media growing up, according to his website. Since then, he has traveled the country investigating national issues, like race in relation to the media.

Allen said she hopes the speech will engage students and faculty in a “collective conversation” about these topics and allow them to talk as a campus community.

“It is also a time for us to hear about some of those pressing so-

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FEATURED EVENTS LSU 2015 MLK & BHM Commemorative Celebration Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:30 p.m.

LSU Student Union Theater Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marc Lamont Hill 2015 MLK Performing Arts Night Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:00 p.m., LSU Student Union Theater

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Marc Lamont Hill will address students Thursday as part of the Black History program. cial issues going on nationally,” she said.

Hill has been vocal about the recent deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, appearing on CNN to discuss the events.

The 36-year-old has authored three books ranging from cultural gaps in the classroom to political imprisonment.

About 470 people have already signed up to attend, Krystie Nguyen, coordinator of cross-cultural affairs, said.

The projected attendance

does not include students, although Nguyen said all who are interested are welcome to attend.

Nguyen said there will be a book signing following the speech and a fireside chat with Hill will follow.

Allen said the Office of Multicultural Affairs is looking forward to the event, as they believe it will honor the memory of King.

“He was a legacy upon himself,” Allen said.

Hill’s speech will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Student Union.

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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LAW CENTER

Law School conducts historic civil rights law review

BY JAYCE GENCO jgenco@lsureveille.com

In a time where a hashtag can spur a political movement, the LSU Law Center examined a historic law which gave blacks in America equal access to the polls.

The Law Center, along with the Pugh Institute for Justice, co-sponsored “The Voting Rights Act at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of the Right to Vote.”

The law review brought panelists from around the country to discuss the history of the Act, as well as gerrymandering issues that have affected the nation

for decades.

Law Center chancellor Jack Weiss said he is excited the LSU Law Review and faculty are engaged in a national conversation over issues of such great consequence for the nation and state.

“I’m thrilled to see such an extraordinary group of scholars and so many students and members of the community assembled here at LSU today to take part in this symposium,” Weiss said in his opening remarks on Jan. 16.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 turns 50 years old this year and is regarded as one of the most

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important pieces of legislation in modern American history and the Civil Rights era. The Act ended all forms of racial discrimination at the polls and was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Third-year law student and articles editor for Louisiana Law Review George Holmes said even though the Act is 50 years old, it is still relevant in today’s society.

“I think these are discussions that we need to be having,” Holmes said. “This is an open and honest place to have those discussions.”

The symposium’s third and

final panel discussed the controversial Supreme Court decision of Shelby County v. Holder.

In 2013, Shelby County petitioned a federal court to declare section five of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Section five of the Act requires jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to submit any proposed changes in voting procedures to the U.S. Department of Justice or a federal court district in Washington, D.C. according to brennancenter.org.

The Supreme Court determined section five was unconstitutional.

C.J. Murray, third year law

student and articles editor of the Louisiana Law Review said the Voting Rights Act will not be as effective because of the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision.

“There should be some things done at the federal level to look at the Voting Rights Act again and see what changes can be made to keep making progress,” Murray said.

Murray and Holmes agreed all opinions are valid in the discussions of important national issues.

“There have been different opinions, and that’s great.”

Holmes said. “That’s the sort of thing we wanted to achieve.”

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Students say closure of National Pan-Hellenic Council PJ’s Coffee inevitable honors MLK with candlelight vigil Students cite competing coffee houses nearby for closure

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com

BY DEANNA NARVESON dnarveson@lsureveille.com A white paper sign on the front door of the PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans in the Northgate area reads “PJ’s Coffee closed until further notice.” The semester began without the coffee house.

Dawn Simonson, a Baton Rouge native and employee at Louie’s Cafe, said she noticed the coffee house had closed more than a week ago, but no one at the diner has heard official word from the shop.

“I know it’s been closed like a week or two. I haven’t heard anything.” Simonson said. “I know they weren’t like super busy or anything. We haven’t heard anything over there.”

PJ’s Coffee company was founded in 1978 in New Orleans by Phyllis Jordan, and it later was bought by Ballard Brands LLC, according to its website. The Northgate franchise is owned by Brad Crowder, who also owns a Smoothie King franchise on Bluebonnet Boulevard.

Crowder posted to the national PJ’s Coffee website as a franchisee testimonial that he hoped to open more coffee houses and felt like he was a part of the PJ’s Coffee family.

The Daily Reveille could not reach Crowder for comment by press time.

Kevin Suazo, a digital art sophomore who lives at The Venue, an apartment complex adjacent to the coffee house, said he thinks the shop’s closing was inevitable.

“It was bound to happen either to Highland Coffees, Louie’s Cafe or PJ’s as they are those main coffee shops not including [the ones on

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Students guess the PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans in Northgate closed two weeks ago. campus],” Suazo said. “But Louie’s and Highland recently got more popular due to Louie’s new makeover and Highland Coffees almost closing.”

Mass communication sophomore Madison Whitfield, another resident of The Venue, said she didn’t think the coffee house or the other businesses by it were very busy.

“I think maybe it’s because we have Starbucks on campus, and Highland Coffees and CC’s, and so it’s just another coffee house. ... I mean, it is a popular area, but that part of it is not really popular,” Whitfield said. “Those businesses don’t look busy very often. I don’t know why.”

James Domingue, a manager of Crowder’s Smoothie King franchise on Bluebonnet Drive, declined to comment about the closing of Crowder’s PJ’s Coffeefranchise.

Candlelight illuminated the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday night as students and community members marched from Memorial Tower to the Business Education Complex Rotunda.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsored the vigil.

NPHC picked up the event from the Office of Multicultural Affairs. It was the council’s way of remembering King, said Isaiah Mayfield, graduate assistant in the Office of Greek Life.

“You really get a chance to think and reflect on Dr. King and other civil rights leaders’ legacies in a solemn way,” Mayfield said.

J.W. Vaughn, former Consultant for the Louisiana Association of Educators and founder of the Xi Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, told the crowd that “education changes attitudes.”

Diversity on campus is es-

sential, Vaughan said. Although he grew up in Baton Rouge, he knew nothing about LSU just a few miles away.

Vaughn said walking by faith is what led the civil rights activists of his generation to victory.

He urged those in the audience to do the same.

Alpha Phi Alpha member Seanil Reed took a creative twist when delivering his message — he opted to write and rap his own poem about equality.

Reed took his anger over the Michael Brown shooting and turned it into an original composition.

“I decided to put [my opinions] into something constructive like music,” Reed said. “Because everybody listens to music.”

Mass communication senior and Phi Beta Sigma member Dominique McShan said he felt honored to deliver some of King’s famous words.

“It reminds me what exactly his dream was and how far we’ve come as a nation,” McShan said.

Students from all walks of life

came together for the ceremony for several reasons.

“It’s a part of history,” said mass communication sophomore Paige Hankerson. “We may take it as just a day off, but it’s so much more than that.”

Fashion merchandising junior Kristi Condon came to support her extended Greek community. As a Panhellenic Council member, she said it was important to keep the bonds strong between PHC and NPHC. “It’s a community gathering,” Condon said.

Those in attendance passed the bonds of brotherhood on to each other by lighting each other’s candles. Once all the candles were lit, they marched on to the Rotunda.

“We have to march to so many places now,” Vaughn said, “To educational institutions, to voting booths.”

Vaughn said today’s youth need to shape the future based on the past.

“We must keep Dr. King’s dream alive,” he said.

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Members of the community gather at LSU’s Memorial Tower Monday for a candlelight vigil and celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sports

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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Men’s basketball searching for consistency against Florida BY james bewers jbewers@lsureveille.com In college basketball, especially during conference play, there are often ebbs and flows.

No team knows that better than the LSU’s men’s basketball team, which has experienced slow starts and erased large leads because of defensive lapses, turnovers and sudden poor shooting.

Even with the inconsistency, the Tigers (13-4, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) have ended up on the right side of most of their contests. But after blowing a 13-point secondhalf lead against Texas A&M on Saturday, LSU will try to fix those mistakes against Florida at 6 p.m. tonight in

Gainesville, Florida.

LSU coach Johnny Jones said he recognizes his young team has to learn how to play with leads in the second half in a competitive conference.

“The greatest teacher is being in it,” Jones said. “Playing [and] experience is the best thing for you and being a part of it. That’s the great thing from being inexperienced to being an experienced team.

Again, our veteran guys that have maximized minutes are sophomores, and other guys are new to the team.”

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The LSU men’s basketball team dreamed of going undefeated at home this season, but its hopes were thrashed when Texas A&M visited the PMAC on Saturday.

With a black mark now on their previously unblemished home record, a change of scenery is next for the Tigers (13-4, 2-2 Southeastern Conference), who will head out on a critical two-game road swing with matchups against Florida and Vanderbilt this week.

LSU has played in an opponent’s venue only four times in 17 games this season, and the next two teams it’ll face have a combined 16-4 record at home.

Despite the lack of road experience this season, the Tigers have shown an aptitude for playing away from the PMAC. LSU is 3-1 in true road games this season, with the lone defeat being a narrow 74-67 overtime loss to Missouri to start SEC play. It’s the best road start for LSU since the 2011-12 season.

Florida coach Billy Donovan, whose team will battle LSU at 6 p.m. tonight in the O’Connell Center, said this is a much different Tiger squad from the one he coached against last season.

“Their team last year, in a lot of ways, was probably

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NFL postseason overtime system in need of revision LIFE OF BRIAN brian pellerin Sports Columnist Not the fake field goal to get momentum back on the Seahawks’ side. Not the Packers’ special teams player Brandon Bostick’s drop on the onside kick. Not the two-point conversion to push Seattle’s lead to three. Not even quarterback Russell Wilson’s 35-yard walkoff touchdown pass was the biggest decision of Sunday’s NFC Championship game.

Unfortunately for football fans everywhere (excluding those wearing blue and bright green), the biggest call of the game was the Packers’ decision to call tails in overtime.

Despite the adage that “tails never fails,” it did.

The coin toss came up heads, and the Packers never got a chance to win the game. The Seahawks used six plays to go 87 yards and win the game with Wilson’s touchdown.

All because the NFL allows a coin toss to determine a championship.

After 60 minutes of great football, chance decided a Super Bowl berth. Imagine if the MLB had a coin toss in the American League Championship Series to determine who batted first and the first team to score won. Imagine the same in the NBA or the FIFA World Cup. The NFL’s current overtime rule states, “Each team must possess or have the opportunity to possess the ball

unless the team that has the ball first scores a touchdown on its initial possession.”

If the team who receives the ball doesn’t score a touchdown on its first possession, it becomes sudden death. In the regular season, this system makes sense. Regular season games don’t need to go on forever.

But ending a game in the playoffs after one possession is unfair to the other team and to the fans.

The NFL is the best league in American sports because it puts incredible athletes in position to make unbelievable plays to decide games.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a top MVP candidate, stood on the

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Seattle Seahawks’ Jermaine Kearse (15) celebrates the Seahawks’ victory win against the Green Bay Packers after the NFC Championship game on Sunday.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Poor free throw shooting hurting Tigers late in game

BY Jack Chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com Southeastern Conference play has been anything but kind to the LSU men’s basketball team.

The Tigers (13-4, 2-2 SEC) have struggled to make late free throws and close out opponents throughout their opening four SEC games. All four games were decided by seven points or less, with both losses determined in the waning seconds or overtime.

The team’s inability to close out its opponents this season is worrisome, and coach Johnny Jones said the youth on the team can be to blame.

“It has a lot to do with the youthfulness of our team and the lack of understanding,” Jones said. “If you get up 10 or 11, instead of grinding it and making the next play, we feel like we have to make a home run play on that next possession and try to put people away. You just can’t play that way. It’s possession by possession.”

LSU came into the season with three new starters and a young bench. The Tigers were expected to be hampered by their

lack of veterans, and it’s beginning to show down the stretch.

The Tigers lost veterans like forward Johnny O’Bryant III, while both sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin have run into foul trouble, causing LSU to rely on its newcomers to close out games.

One of the Tigers’ biggest problems is making free throws. In both of LSU’s SEC wins against Georgia and Ole Miss, missed free throws down the stretch kept its opponents in reach of games that should have been put away.

Against Georgia, LSU managed to squander an eight point lead with less than five minutes remaining in the game, allowing the Bulldogs to cut it to a one point game with 1 minute 38 seconds remaining.

Freshman guard Jalyn Patterson was sent to the line with 36 seconds remaining with an opportunity to give the Tigers a three-point lead. Patterson made only one of two, which eventually led to Georgia tying the game and forcing the Tigers out of a double overtime victory.

“Some guys may feel a little

added pressure coming down the stretch, but you just got to find ways to block that out,” Martin said. “Find ways to not put pressure on yourself, be confident in yourself and try to knock it down.”

The same was seen in the Tigers’ 75-71 win against SEC West foe Ole Miss. Junior guard Josh Gray went 2-of-4 from the line in the game’s last 40 seconds, allowing the Rebels to cut the lead to two before junior guard Keith Hornsby closed the game with two free throws.

Mickey said needing new guys to step up isn’t an issue, it’s a matter of confidence when stepping up to the line down the stretch.

“A lot of guys on this team have played under big lights since they were in high school, so a lot of guys on this team know what it’s like,” Mickey said. “It’s just a matter of knowing you’ve been in this situation before and you’ve got to step up and do what you know you’re capable of doing.”

The Tigers rank sixth in the SEC in free throw percentage at 71.5 percent from the char-

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) shoots a free throw during the Tigers’ 67-64 defeat against Texas A&M on Saturday at the PMAC. ity stripe, but with their recent inability to close out games, free throws become much more important down the stretch.

“I just try to take everyone the same and just try to knock them down,” said sophomore guard Tim Quarterman. “At the end of the game I really focus

on them just because that could make or break you, one or two free throws could make or break you, so just staying in the same routine and shooting it the same every time.”

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

Quarterman, Patterson form effective guard duo off bench

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com With 14 seconds to go in regulation, LSU freshman guard Jalyn Patterson approached the free throw line for a one-and-one opportunity with the Tigers leading Georgia, 67-65, on Jan. 10.

Although he already had a career-high 12 points, Patterson already had missed the second of two free throws on the previous LSU possession that would have made it a three-point game.

The Alpharetta, Georgia native missed again, allowing the Bulldogs to tie the game with a second remaining and send it into overtime.

Sophomore guard Tim Quarterman wouldn’t let Patterson become the goat in what would have been a second straight conference loss. Quarterman scored nine of his 27 points in the first overtime period, erasing a ninepoint Georgia lead to force a second overtime.

Patterson, building off Quarterman’s leadership, drained three critical free throws in the second overtime to make the difference in an 87-84 win for LSU. “[Quarterman] saved us,” Patterson said after the game.

“When I missed the free throw, he [said] ‘I got you little brother.’

So, he saved us. He came up big.

It was huge for us being from Georgia.”

Not only do Patterson and Quarterman, a Savannah, Georgia, native, share home-state ties and a friendship off the court,

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LSU freshman guard Jalyn Patterson (15) dodges defenders during the Tigers’ 67-64 loss against Texas A&M on Saturday, at the PMAC. but Quarterman also has served as a mentor to Patterson. It has paid off, and the duo has become the go-to players off the bench for the Tigers.

After averaging only 2.5 points per game in sporadic minutes last season, Quarterman, the Tigers’ regular sixth man, has been a sparkplug for LSU throughout this season with 11.9 points per game. Known mostly as a perimeter defender last season, the sophomore has matched his defense with an improved shooting stroke, going 44.3 percent from the field.

Even with improved numbers, coming off the bench is

something Quarterman is willing and able to do. “[I’ll play] any role coach wants me to play,” Quarterman said. “I’m just trying to take advantage of the opportunity. Anything that helps my team win, I’ll do it. If it’s a night I have to start, I’ll start. If it’s a night I have to come off the bench, I’ll come off the bench. It’s not about who starts. It’s about who finishes.”

But initial success didn’t come easy for Patterson, who battled injury early in the season while adjusting to the physicality of college basketball. He averaged only 2.2 points through the first nine games, but an ankle

injury to sophomore point guard Josh Gray against Sam Houston State on Dec. 13 opened the door for Patterson.

Encouragement from teammates, such as Quarterman, gave Patterson the confidence he needed to be more aggressive when the opportunity arose.

“It really started in practice,” Patterson said. “They [said], ‘Step up. Make these shots and take these shots.’ They just had confidence in me, and it was big seeing that come from them. So, it kind of helped me out.”

Patterson has responded to his 11-minute bump in playing time per game, averaging 8.4

points and almost two steals per game since the Dec. 18 matchup against UAB. For a team that averages 16 turnovers per game, his biggest contribution may be not turning the ball over once in the past five games.

Although Quarterman is more of a vocal leader on the floor, LSU coach Johnny Jones sees the similarities between Quarterman and the laid-back Patterson. Jones in the past also compared Patterson to former Tiger sharpshooter Andre Stringer.

“Sometimes you look at [Patterson] out there on the floor, and it doesn’t seem as though he is as engaged as he should be,” Jones said. “When the ball is in play, he is actually into it. He’s a lot like Tim last year. Defensively, he brings the same type of energy and mentality. What is different is his ability to shoot the ball like he has as a freshman is really big for us.”

The sibling-like relationship between the sophomore and freshman off the court has led to tangible results on the floor for the young LSU team with NCAA Tournament aspirations. “[It’s] definitely a little brother-big brother relationship just because I’m with [Patterson] everyday on and off the court,” Quarterman said. “I’m there for him on and off the court. We just go about every situation together.

I just stay on top of him and just make sure he’s doing what I do.”

You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.

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Ballard leads Lady Tigers DANIELLE BALLARD through tough schedule STATS:

BY STANTON VIGNES svignes@lsureveille.com After a slow start to the season and Southeastern Conference play, the LSU women’s basketball team has changed its course with recent quality wins.

With back-to-back victories against top-15 opponents, LSU (10-8, 4-2 SEC) is in position to turn its season around and attempt a run at the NCAA Tournament.

The Lady Tigers began SEC play with a win at Florida but suffered deflating losses to No. 1 South Carolina and then-No. 9 Texas A&M the following week.

Since then, they defeated then-No. 15 Mississippi State on its home court, where the Bulldogs had not lost all season. The Lady Tigers returned home to defeat then-No. 10 Kentucky and play their best offensive game of the season, scoring 84 points.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said she believes her team has turned the corner with a new level of optimism.

“This team has now started to believe,” Caldwell said. “We were okay with playing with South Carolina and playing with Texas A&M. When you finally turn the switch in your favor and you come out with a victory against an SEC opponent at Mississippi State, which is a hard place to play, it was hostile. They believe now.”

It’s no coincidence that the return of junior guard Danielle Ballard has made an instant change for the Lady Tigers. Her career-high 25-point performance against Kentucky was instrumental in LSU’s upset.

Since returning from her indefinite suspension on Jan. 8, LSU has gone 3-1 with Ballard coming off the bench. She is averaging more than 14 points in her first four games of the season, and Caldwell said she is capable of taking LSU to the next level.

“Ballard is an All-American,” Caldwell said. She’s one of the best guards in the country. She has the ability to make other

people around her very good.

When she does that and when she’s up there with five, six, seven assists, other people are going to shine. We talk about that, and we talk about the fact that there are times when Danielle does need to take over.”

Ballard has scored more than 20 points in the back-to-back games against ranked teams, leading the Lady Tigers in scoring on their way to the two upsets.

Her efficiency has been a welcomed addition to the team’s offense, as she is shooting 43 percent from the field for a team that was shooting less than 40 percent without her.

Ballard said watching from the sideline for months had an effect on her and she is ready to make up for the lost time.

“It was tough not being out there, but I knew my team had it,” Ballard said. “We just fell short a couple of times. I was already ready, being a leader off the court and trying to cheer my team on. I knew once I get back, they would have my back no matter if I was playing good or bad. We are all playing as a team.”

When LSU travels to Knoxville, Tennessee, to face No. 5 Tennessee on Thursday, the Lady Tigers will face their fifth ranked opponent in six games.

LSU’s tough schedule will continue for the rest of the season, and it is scheduled to face three more ranked opponents after its matchup against Tennessee.

Senior forward Sheila Boykin said the team will continue to emphasize teamwork to build upon its recent successes and believes Ballard will play a large role.

“Danielle is that aggressive offensive guard that we need,” Boykin said. “And especially on the defensive end, she makes things happen by getting on the boards. It makes other guards wanting to do the same thing, and we are feeding off of that energy.”

You can reach Stanton Vignes on Twitter @stanvignes_TDR.

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LSU then-sophomore guard Danielle Ballard (32) dribbles past a West Virginia defender March 25, 2014, during the Tigers’ 76-67 win against the Mountaineers at the PMAC.

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I believe we from you.” are a good halfIf Jones is court team,” correct, the Mickey said Jordan Mickey, Gators may go after the Texas with a similar LSU sophomore forward A&M game. zone defense “We can either Texas A&M do half court ran to limit or can get out and push the Martin and Mickey. The Agball. We just had some bad gies packed the paint, and the shot selection at the end of the Tigers shot just 7-of-23 from game. We didn’t execute our deep. plays like we should have, but Though LSU realistically I definitely feel that we can be could be 4-0 in the conference, a great half-court team and a freshman guard Jalyn Pattergreat open-court team.” son said the Tigers can’t dwell The Tigers will have to on the mistakes of their recent adapt as they face two straight contests. road games against the Gators “We got to bounce back,” (10-7, 3-1 SEC) tonight and Patterson said after the TexVanderbilt on Saturday. De- as A&M game. “Coming this spite a 3-4 start to the the sea- week, we got two tough road son and a 12-point loss on Sat- games, so we got to be focused urday to Georgia, the Gators on what’s next.” sit at second in the conference behind No. 1 Kentucky. You can reach James Bewers on Four of Florida’s seven losses Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.

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It’s not only LSU sophomore forwards Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey, two preseason AllSEC selections, who have done the heavy lifting for Jones’ crew outside of the PMAC. Junior guard Keith Hornsby leads the Tigers in road scoring with 19.6 points per game, including a career-high 24 to lead LSU past UAB on Dec. 18.

Much of Hornsby’s output has come from beyond the arc.

In LSU’s four road games, the sharp-shooting Hornsby has connected on better than 50 percent (13-for-25) of his 3-point attempts, something he hasn’t quite figured out.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 “It’s funny because I sometimes feel like I shoot better on the road, which is a good and bad thing,” Hornsby said.

Hornsby isn’t the only player to raise his level of play when LSU travels — it’s been a team effort. The Tigers tallied at least 15 assists in each of their three road wins against No. 18 West Virginia, UAB and Ole Miss. LSU finished with 12 assists against 19 turnovers in its lone road loss to Missouri.

In the Tigers’ three wins, they shot a moderate 45.2 percent from the field but lit up the nets from 3-point territory with a blistering 42.9 percent (21-of-49).

Against Missouri, LSU went just 6-for-22 from deep.

Jones said the Tigers will need to replicate their performances against West Virginia and Ole Miss if they hope to get defeat the Gators and Vanderbilt, which LSU visits Saturday.

“I thought the guys were able to lock in and play between the lines and did an excellent job in

those two venues [at West Virginia and Ole Miss],” Jones said.

“It’s going to take that type of effort, concentration and focus to have success and be able to compete at a certain level this week.”

If the Tigers are to reach the level of play Jones desires, they’ll have to forget their late-game meltdown against the Aggies.

It was a stinging loss for Jones and his club, especially given the 13-point lead the Tigers built early in the second half. But Jones said it’s the only way his young LSU squad can grow.

“You learn from the mistakes and have an opportunity to grow from them,” Jones said. “The last two games, we put ourselves in position to be able to grind it and do the things necessary there at the end. [Against Texas A&M], unfortunately, it cost us. I think that when you hurt and have pain from setbacks like that, you learn from it and get better.”

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Studio C specializes in home décor, art

BY gerald ducote • gducote@lsureveille.com

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hether it’s a young married couple fresh out of college, a 30-something living the single life or the soon-to-retire weekend warrior, people always need items to complete a home. Walls are filled with art, decorative carpets are rolled out and furniture is arranged for the quintessential feng shui.

Baton Rouge’s own Studio C arrived on the shopping scene roughly two years ago and since has hoped to bring its customers a selection of products and art for the young and old alike. Located on Government Street, Studio C opened with the hopes of helping to renew Mid City.

The shop is owned and operated by longtime business partners Damien Boisvert and Greg Vernice.

Following their return from doing design work in Costa Rica, the duo looked to open a “design studio, general store hybrid.” The store takes its name from Boisvert and Vernice’s original Costa Rican design workshop Studio Caracol. “‘Caracol’ is Spanish for ‘shell,’” Vernice said.

“We wanted to keep that, but we wanted to shorten it so that it wasn’t a weird word and everybody could understand.”

Boisvert and Vernice have extensive history in business and design. Before moving to Costa Rica, the two owned three stores in New York, which provided clothing and home furnishings. When their interest turned toward design, the three locations began to specialize in furnishings and design.

Citing the time he spent in New York, Vernice explained the use of contemporary music and products with an appeal to the younger eye are a result of his wish to be as current as possible.

“I like to be as current as you think you are,” Vernice said. “I like music a lot and always have. I kind of grew up in the East Village in the ’80s and cut our teeth in lower Manhattan. You grow older and your taste changes.”

Studio C gives customers an atmosphere filled with current, popular music and an espresso bar located behind the counter. Vernice doesn’t take the layout of his store too seriously. Studio C’s wares are displayed throughout its three rooms, most of which have handmade labels with descriptions, prices and jokey commentaries.

“The aesthetic is pretty consistent,” Vernice said.

“We like a mixture of old and new, a mixture of texture and always something humorous.”

The store bills itself as offering “provisions for

Studio C, located on 3786 Government St., specializes in home décor and art while catering to a contemporary crowd.

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Students celebrate MLK through showcase

BY greta jines gjines@lsureveille.com

Throughout history, great leaders have been remembered and celebrated in a variety of ways.

One leader being celebrated this week is Martin Luther King Jr., and the celebration is happening right on the University’s campus.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee is putting on its MLK Performing Arts Night, which begins at 6 p.m.

Jan. 21, as one of the events during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration Week. The nine-act performance will showcase talents such as singing, dancing, poetry and a short film.

Each act in is focused on this year’s theme, “Inspired Leadership: Purpose, Commitment, Action.” Coordinator of cross-cultural affairs Krystie Nguyen said the student-run committee has been preparing for this year’s event since it began recruiting acts and holding auditions in March 2014.

Nguyen’s position in the Office of Multicultural Affairs allows her to advise the MLK committee.

“Kudos to all the team leaders and the chair,” Nguyen said.

“Without the students being able to jell together, these performances and these individual programs wouldn’t come together to make it MLK week.”

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women’s fashion

Jewelry company combines employee, customer in-home trunk shows BY meg ryan mryan@lsureveille.com In today’s world of online shopping, it’s easy for customers to bring their favorite stores to their doorsteps.

Stella and Dot is a jewelry and accessories company capitalizing on this in-home shopping trend — but not through a computer screen.

Founded by CEO Jessica Herrin, San Francisco, Californiabased Stella and Dot thrives on sales made through trunk shows, which consist of a few hours of trying on jewelry and getting suggestions from stylists, hosted at customers’ homes. The hostess is paired with a Stella and Dot stylist, and the stylist brings in the jewelry and refreshments for the evening’s festivities.

The goal is to have the hostess’ guests leave with a

purchased product. Even if an order is made online, the purchase is paired with a stylist from the customer’s area.

To give women the opportunity to attend a trunk show without being invited by a hostess, star stylist Jennifer Hamilton and associate stylist Christie Baron will be hosting a Spring Rally on Jan. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at La Madeleine in Perkins Rowe. The Baton Rougebased stylists not only will show new jewelry but will discuss the opportunity to become a Stella and Dot stylist.

Hamilton has been a stylist for about 2 1/2 years, and in March 2014, she decided to make Stella and Dot her full-time job. She has become a team leader and a sponsor to many new stylists, including Baron.

Baron became a stylist in May 2014 — quickly applying after

attending her first trunk show.

“When I went to my first trunk show, I basically bought over $500 worth of jewelry because I fell in love with it,” Baron said.

Baron said to become a stylist, she paid a $199 starter fee and received a $350 credit to acquire products for her upcoming trunk shows. Some months, Stella and Dot offers a $450 credit to stylists to order products.

“Many customers become hostesses because they want everything, so they’ll buy to support their friends there and then they’ll have their own trunk show,” Hamilton said.

In the most recent lookbook, or catalog, Stella and Dot has launched the “V” icon to show a piece is versatile. This means parts of the jewelry can be clipped Charles champagne / The Daily Reveille

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A silver Pegasus necklace is displayed Friday at a Stella and Dot trunk show.

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University sculpture program inspires art student Park displays artwork from course

by thicker, swooping metal panels.

She applied to the sculpture program after the second seBY Sadie McDade mester of her freshman year. smcdade@lsureveille.com Once accepted, Burke signed up for intermediate sculpting. One A new school year means class assignment was to create a new installations in the LSU work of art that reflected someSculpture Park. This fresh crop thing intimate, and she began of artwork is created by the stu- working on the piece that stands dents of the University’s inter- in the Sculpture Park today. mediate sculpture “The asclass. Among these ‘I loved woodworking signment was students is art a personal narsophomore Suzan- and welding, having rative … I don’t those power tools in have much life nah Burke.

Burke is double my hands. I felt like experience or majoring in paintto go off the most powerful stories ing and drawing of,” Burke said. and sculpture. woman in the world.’ “So I really just While she has an start with trysuzannah burke, interest in almost ing to illustrate art sophomore every aspect of the what’s going on art world, sculptin my head.” ing is Burke’s passion.

Burke is a huge fan of weld“I fell in love with it when I ing and sculpture, but she took my first 3-D design class,” doesn’t plan to stop there. She’s Burke said. “I loved woodwork- taking printmaking and ceraming and welding, having those ics this semester, and in the fupower tools in my hands. I felt ture, she plans to learn as much like the most powerful woman as possible to pursue a career in in the world.” the art world.

Located near the Studio Arts However, Burke said she and Design buildings, the Sculp- has no desire to become an art ture Park consists of eight sculp- teacher because she finds it too ture pieces. Burke’s piece is not mundane. Her dream job would easily missed. It’s a tangled, be to work as a freelance artist, chaotic coil of wire wrapped designing sculptures for hotels

and parks.

“Honestly, I wish I could major in everything,” Burke said. “Painting and drawing is subject to change. That was just my starting point I think.”

Burke gets a lot of her inspiration from her grandfather, who is also an artist.

Known as a printmaker, he taught at LSU for many years and founded the Baton Rouge Gallery.

As a young, budding artist, Burke said one of the hardest things is getting her name out there. In a world where everything is focused around social media, she said it’s tough for her to create her own online presence.

“I swear I was born in the wrong century,” Burke said.

“I’ve tried to make a blog for my art multiple times, but I just struggle with it a lot.”

While pen and ink are her forte, Burke said she can feel a little clueless when it comes to technology. She said she realizes she needs to work on pushing herself out of her comfort zone and into her future.

You can reach Sadie McDade on Twitter @sadiemcdadie.

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LSU art sophomore Suzannah Burke poses Saturday with her sculpture titled ‘A Personal Narrative,’ which is on display in the Sculpture Garden by the Studio Arts building.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 studio c, from page 9 living.” This concept is actually one of the themes displayed within its three showrooms.

Divided into a foyer, main room and back room, Studio C makes the most of its finite floor space. These “provisions” include handy objects to service everyday needs like bottle openers, clothing hooks and a tube-wringer, a personal favorite of Vernice, which works to empty toothpaste and paint tubes. “[The room] is still really in a germination phase,” Vernice said. “That’s something we want to concentrate on this year. We have the store pretty much where we want it, so we’re looking at all

stella and dot, from page 9 off or clipped on to create multiple different looks out of one purchase.

One example is the ear jacket pieces. The earrings come with two studs and an ear jacket, a piece of jewelry that can be attached to an earring to make it appear larger. Hamilton said each stud can be worn with the ear jacket or the studs can be worn alone — basically like getting three pieces for one price. “[Stella and Dot] is up to date with the trends [and] extremely versatile,” Hamilton said. “So many of our pieces can be worn so many different ways.”

Along with versatility, Stella and Dot offers engravable lockets and bracelets to create one-of-akind items.

Baron said all the jewelry can be worn dressed up or dressed down. Both women agreed that Stella and Dot can be adaptable to every age and style. Hamilton said the products are timeless and catering to everyone.

But most importantly, Stella and Dot brings an at-home shopping experience many other

showcase, from page 9 The show features both brand new and returning acts. Sociology sophomore and committee member Brianna Doomes said the show is special to her because it honors King and helps to keep his dream alive. Doomes will be singing Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” because of its relevance and because it was written around the time of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

Each performance is special — several performers, including poets and rappers, wrote their own acts to honor King.

“It’s coming from us and how we feel about it,” Doomes said. “I feel like sometimes, yeah, we get the day off, but some people don’t even think of him today. That’s why this is so special to me.”

MLK Performing Arts Night is a tradition that dates back roughly 30 years and is constantly a work in progress. The performance will take place in the Student Union Theater, and Nguyen hopes to fill every seat. The committee will put the finishing touches on its show during a final dress rehearsal.

“The arts is a way to

the productions.”

Though Studio C is considerably smaller than the average thrift store, Boisvert and Vernice hope to take advantage of a backyard garden for social events and casual relaxation for customers. Since opening, the shop has been successful in holding book signings and showcases.

Among its assortment of potential gifts and personal knickknacks, Vernice said some of the shop’s most popular items are decorative driftwood pieces painted red and nautical watercolor paintings made by Vernice himself.

For everything else, Boisvert and Vernice rely on their design experience to find potential sale accessory companies don’t offer.

“Being a stylist, I’m not just selling the jewelry,” Baron said.

As a Stella and Dot stylist, Baron said she’s able to socialize and meet new people while earning some extra cash. She helps other women find items to add to a new outfit they bought or the finishing touch to an outfit for an event.

Hamilton said Stella and Dot also creates jewelry to benefit autism and breast cancer foundations. Stylists can donate proceeds from the trunk shows they organize to select causes, as well.

The Baton Rouge teams also have gotten involved on the University’s campus by organizing trunk shows for sorority houses, Baron said. They then donate some of the proceeds to the sorority’s philanthropy.

Hamilton said the Baton Rouge community has embraced Stella and Dot and seems to be enjoying the product. She said while the area’s number of stylists has increased, there’s still room for that number to grow.

You can reach Meg Ryan on Twitter @The_MegRyan. communicate,” Nguyen said. “The art speaks within itself. Even if you have a lyrical dance, it evokes similar attributes to Dr. King’s dreams, inspiration, leadership, call, charge, etc. There’s also that inspiration when you actually see a performance.”

This performance is just one event happening during the celebratory week. Other events include MLK Day of Service, a candlelight vigil sponsored by the National Pan-Hellenic Council and an ongoing food drive. The week will conclude Jan. 22 with the MLK and Black History Month Commemorative Celebration featuring keynote speaker Marc Lamont Hill.

Doomes said this is the first extracurricular activity she’s participated in, and she feels she couldn’t have joined a better committee.

“Not only do you meet awesome people, but you feel good about yourself,” Doomes said. “We finished the MLK Day of Service and everyone was very thankful. It’s enlightening; you get a lot out of it. It’s a great and diverse committee for people to join.”

You can reach Greta Jines on Twitter @TheGretaJines.

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“We feel like most people don’t live with everything new or everything old,” Vernice said. “Most people live the right combination of things that are brand new and things that are ready for the garbage can. We kind of want to present things the way people live.”

Vernice finds Baton Rouge to be a relatively difficult city to operate a place like Studio C. Its location on Government Street makes finding the shop a bit of

page 11 a trek, while many downtown businesses are within walking distance. Despite these concerns, Vernice sees the makeup of his customers ranging from young apartment owners to older families with larger estates.

“When we started out, we wanted to be sure and inviting for everybody,” Vernice said.

Vernice has high hopes and big ideas for the store’s future.

He hopes that with the coming opening of the nearby Chicory Coffee, the vision of a social hub will come to life. He has even considered making agreements with local food trucks to park on the open space across from Studio C to create more customer traffic.

At first glance, one can easily find many similarities between Studio C’s products and items found in the monthly care package subscription Birchbox: toiletries, a number of clothing items and even some cosmetic products.

However, Vernice sees Studio C as something more than a place to pick up your newest potholder — it’s a one-stop spot to enjoy yourself and meet, or make, friends.

“We kind of see this as a gathering place that just happens to sell things,” Vernice said. “A place to come to, have a coffee, read a book and chat.”

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.

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Hospice-inspired art collection comes to Old State Capitol BY gerald ducote gducote@lsureveille.com

For some, hospice care is an option that provides more for terminally ill loved ones than a family is capable. For others, hospice is inherently frightening and seen as an emotional severing from the sick.

Jamey Boudreaux is the executive director of the Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

As a member of this group, Boudreaux works to gather and apply information from hospice centers in Louisiana and Mississippi to improve care and resources for the terminally ill.

In 2013, Boudreaux and the LMHPCO launched an initiative for hospice centers in Louisiana and Mississippi. This plan looked to join local artists with community hospice centers in the hopes of creating art.

“We issued a challenge … asking them to go out into their local communities and find an artist that they could work with,” Boudreaux said.

“They could become part of their team — shadowing the doctors, the nurses, the social workers, the chaplains and the volunteers.”

With the knowledge of working and living in hospice, these artists were then asked to create new works from their experiences. Last July, the organization unveiled the fruits of their labor. Forty artists brought pieces to a jury at the annual LMHPCO conference. Seventeen works were chosen to be a part of a public art collection concerning hospice, titled “Art of Hospice.” The works that make up the collection are of varying mediums and subjects within hospice care.

Ranging from pottery and glass to paint, works from “Art of Hospice” show artists’ particular attention to hands, whether in prayer or in aid. Other pieces give a visual representation of mortality.

Boudreaux stressed the

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‘The Art of Hospice’ exhibit opened Jan. 20 at the Old State Capitol Building. The exhibit features volunteer artists’ work inspired by hospice professionals and patients. importance of care and compassion for the sick. Artist Laura LaHaye’s print, “Ending the Journey with Dignity,” depicts an elderly couple walking into the distance, surrounded by compasses facing all directions.

Other works like Wes Koon’s “Surrounded by the Spirit” hold a religious theme captured in a sculpture that mimics the intertwined snakes of the Blue Shield emblem.

The collection has been on an exhibition circuit for several months, starting in Lafayette and moving to Alexandria and Lake Charles. Baton Rouge is the next stop for “Art of Hospice.” Each presentation is accompanied by educational seminars for hospice workers who attend. Following the exhibition’s time in Baton Rouge, it will move on to locations in southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi. “[The exhibit] stays in each community for two to three weeks,” Boudreaux said. “During that time, we do a lot of educational programming in

that community. We have programs for physicians, nurses and social workers. All so that they can learn more about pain and symptom management or advanced care planning.”

Along with these programs, hospice workers are encouraged to attend with the incentive of continuing education. All attending social workers, chaplains and other employees receive credits for their continuing education.

One of the 17 pieces in “Art of Hospice” is a quilt made by convicts of Louisiana State Penitentiary. Donated by the penitentiary, the quilt will act as a welcoming sign to attendees as well as an art entry.

Baton Rouge’s hosting of “Art of Hospice” will be presented at the Old State Capitol. Boudreaux expects both hospice care workers and the general public to come to the opening of the exhibit. The collection opens today at 5:30 p.m.

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.

Opinion Veganism: It’s what’s for dinner

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED alex mendoza Columnist Could you give up eating meat?

What about milk, eggs, cheese, butter and everything else that comes from animals?

It sounds impossible, but going vegan has important implications for the environment, your health and your budget.

Most Americans are far removed from the sources of our animal products. Unless you hunt your own food, it is unlikely that you’ve seen where the animal products you eat came from. For

those of us with weak stomachs — and loud consciences — that is a good thing.

According to the ASPCA, more than 99 percent of America’s farm animals are raised on factory farms. Factory farmers focus on mass producing animals and usually care more about efficiency and profit than the wellbeing of the animals they raise.

This leads to horrific situations in which animals are caged in pens so small they cannot turn around.

In other cases, animals are slaughtered, boiled or skinned while still conscious.

Factory farms are terrible for people and for the environment.

Livestock and poultry consume approximately 80 percent of the

nation’s antibiotics, contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria and making human illnesses more difficult to treat. The Natural Resources Defense Council states that a single livestock farm can produce as much waste as a small city.

A diet free of animal products may seem unthinkable, but the American diet is highly unusual on a global scale. In fact, according to The Economist, the United States is the world’s second-largest meat consumer. Americans eat more meat than Italians, Argentines, and Canadians combined.

A major concern for those considering a vegan diet is nutrition, and it is true that animal products offer us some of what we need to courtesy of HOLYCOWVEGAN.NET

survive in a convenient package.

But a quick glance at the food pyramid reveals the majority of our nutrition comes from other sources, and there are plenty of options to replace what we get from animals.

Although it does take planning, you can get your nutrition from foods like beans, quinoa, hummus, nuts, fruits and vegetables, as well as a multivitamin and B12 supplement. You can even do it for less money than a diet that includes animal products. As the price of beef and pork continues to rise, the value of a vegan diet keeps growing.

Of course, even more important than value is taste, and today’s vegans have more options than ever when it comes to

cooking something you actually want to eat.

Websites like Manifest Vegan and Vegan Yum Yum offer recipes for devil’s food cake, pumpkin pecan cheesecake, eggplant lasagna and hundreds of other vegan and gluten-free dishes. And I bet you didn’t know that you can deep-fry tofu.

If full-on veganism is too radical for you, replacing even a few meals per week with vegan alternatives is great for you, the environment and your wallet.

Alex Mendoza is a 22-year-old political science and international studies senior from Baton Rouge.

You can reach him on Twitter @alexmendoza_TDR.

Fat-Free vegan Gumbo PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOK TIME: 30 minutes Serves: 8 INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons brown rice flour 1 large onion, finely diced 6 cloves of garlic, finely minced 1 green bell pepper, finely diced 2 carrots, cut into rounds 2 cups button mushrooms or crimini mushrooms, sliced 2 cups frozen or fresh okra, cut into rings 1 cup pureed tomatoes 3 cups of canned red beans, drained and rinsed

INSTRUCTIONS: • • • •

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Heat a large pot and add the brown rice flour. Roast, stirring constantly over medium-low heat until the roux is darker. Remove immediately into a bowl.

In the same pot, add onions, carrots and garlic with a quarter cup of water or vegetable stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions soften and the water has evaporated.

Add tomatoes, bell peppers and mushrooms and cook, stirring, for another 5 minutes. Add chipotle chili and adobo sauce, tamari, herbs and the Cajun seasoning and mix well.

Add beans and okra and stir well to mix. Add brown rice flour back to the pot and stir in. Add 2 cups of vegetable stock and allow the gumbo to come to a boil over medium-high heat. If the gumbo is too thick, add more water or stock. Lower the heat to a simmer and let everything cook for another 10 minutes.

Add more salt if needed. Turn off heat. You can also add vegan sausage if you like ­— cut it into rounds.

That would add a small amount of fat to the gumbo, but also send the protein content soaring higher.

1 tablespoon dry sage 1 tablespoon thyme 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning 1 chipotle chili, minced, with 1 teaspoon of the adobo sauce

Source: (Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes)

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Quote of the Day ‘I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.’

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University students need to quit drinking before it’s too late COLLEGE CANDY jen blate Columnist It’s 8 a.m. Monday and the chime on your iPhone keeps incessantly buzzing while you press snooze every 10 minutes. You are running late to class, and you are still recovering from the weekend festivities.

Before we know it, Wednesday comes around and we find a way to justify that we are starting the middle of the week with Irish car bombs, shots of Fireball and gin and tonics.

But do we ever stop to think about how alcohol may be impacting us as a university?

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, four out of five college students drink alcohol, and about half participate in binge drinking. As a student body, we have nearly perfected the concept of binge drinking to the point where we can confidently list it under our “hobbies and interests” on our resumes.

However, that doesn’t seem to phase us.

But who am I kidding?

Drinking is entertaining and the filter that slowly dis, sipates after downing a few drinks is quite amusing, or at least we think it is. But the peer pressure to drink, and especially binge drink, is constant.

Even the social stigma that exists for non-drinkers in the college bubble can be very daunting.

Consuming this much alcohol can’t be healthy for any of us, right?

The NIAA also states that, on average, more than 690,000 college-aged students are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.

Here at LSU, alcohol is nearly ingrained in our alma mater.

In basically any celebratory activity, you can almost guarantee liquor will be involved in the party.

Whether it is a football game, celebrating a good grade on an exam or even a snow day, the prescence of alcohol is as much a religion as sweet tea and Raising Cane’s.

Granted, drinking in general is pretty popular on most college campuses. But as an out-of-state transfer student,

I was not quite ready for the insanity that ensued during football season. I was shocked at the number of students I saw around me that were consistently vomiting, and I had never seen so many students be carried out on stretchers before.

I would be lying if I said that I don’t enjoy drinking.

Nevertheless, I do feel that, as a university, it is something we should take more seriously.

So what can we do to help take a step in a positive direction?

Well, there is hope. Fortunately, LSU’s Student Health Center offers some effective solutions. For example, the Tiger Education on Alcohol and Drug Matters class meets once per week throughout the semester to provide a means of

support for students who feel they may need some guidance and re-education. There are also several health links located under the Wellness and Health Promotion section of their website, and there are always one-on-one consultations available.

There are dangerous risks associated with binge drinking that can start in college and transfer into young adulthood. Binge drinking has been proven to cause long-term effects and should be taken seriously.

Now is the time to acknowledge these problems and find a definitive solution before it is too late.

Jen Blate is a 24 year old sociology junior from Miami, Florida. Jen can be reached on Twitter @Jblate_TDR.

Top 6 phone apps for saving money

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J TALKING jay cranford Columnist If you’re like me, between school, work and finding time to enjoy college, you don’t make time to think about budgeting, saving money and investing.

Luckily for us, we live in a time where all of this can be done for us using the phones we are always attached to. These apps will make it painless to save money, and they are all free to download.

Mint.com Personal Finance Intuit’s app is the most complete budgeting app out there today. Not only can you use this app to make a budget, but you can sync your credit card information to track purchases and bank information to monitor your balances. You also can include any investment portfolios, reoccuring expenses and set savings goals. All of this combined gives you a single place to track all of your finances.

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*(Available on iOS and Android).

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Your bank’s app Most major banks have a free app that will allow you to monitor your bank accounts. A quick look at the finance category shows that Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Capital One all have mobile banking apps. I encourage you to use these apps to easily monitor your bank account.

Depending on your bank, you may be able to use features such as depositing checks by taking a picture on your phone.

Level Money Level Money is a simple budgeting app. Just like Mint, you can sync your bank accounts and credit cards to track spending. The app will estimate your income and ask you what percent you want to save. You will receive reports on how much money you should be spending per day, week and month. All of this is presented in an easy-to-read infographic. *(Available on iOS and Android).

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SavedPlus SavedPlus is for people who want to easily and passively save money. The app allows you to set a percentage to be saved on every purchase you make. For example, if you set it to ten percent and you spend one hundred dollars, another ten dollars will be moved from your checking account to a savings account of your choice. I like this app because whenever you spend money, you save money. *(Available on iOS and Android)

Jay Cranford is a 20-year-old finance junior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

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Acorns Acorns is another app that will passively save you money. Acorns monitors your purchases and will round your purchase up to the next dollar. If you spend $5.79 Acorns will automatically charge your account 21 cents. Unlike SavedPlus, the money you save is invested for you and held by the app. You can also deposit money into the app to be invested. All you have to do is use this app and spend money to start investing. *(Available on iOS and Android)

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Robinhood.

Robinhood is a brand new app with a wait list to use its service. The app allows you to make trades with zero commission fees, but you can only make trades through a mobile device. I’m putting this app on the list because it could allow college students to invest in stocks without losing a large percent to commissions.

*(Available on iOS)

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 sion and a story to tell about his night as a bartender. “always going the extra mile to “When he wasn’t working to lend a hand, to reach out to those make the money, he was working to in need — a champion for the un- make the grades,” said Eric’s girlderdog through his words of en- friend, elementary grades educacouragement and senior Taylor ‘He didn’t get a chance tion more importantly Tycer. to get out on it because his actions.”

Eric passed it was in the shop for so away two weeks Not only was Eric dedicated to long, but he will get a lot before his 22nd service and the of chances for as long as birthday and was University compreparing to prothat boat is running.’ munity, but he was pose to Tycer, Jack Kristin DEMarco, also the kind of said. The two were renewable natural resources person who never together for five graduate student asked for anything years. in return, Jack “Three of those said. years were spent here together “A simple thanks, perhaps the at LSU, and let me tell you that occasional McDonald’s was all he in those particular three years, needed,” Jack said. “His real re- I heard it all — the job hunt, the ward was knowing he was doing changing of the majors, the Tiger the right thing, the good thing.”

Stadium incident, the day he disEric had two jobs — bartending covered he could make root beer at Pluckers Wing Bar and working floats in The 5, the apartment on boats with the LSU AgCenter move, the second job, the begging School of Renewable Natural Re- for the scooter, the spring break he sources. stayed at home to work, the buying DeMarco, who worked with of the scooter and so much more,” him in adjunct assistant profes- Tycer said. sor Megan Lapeyre’s research lab, In June, Tycer said she resaid every morning Eric walked in ceived a phone call at 1 a.m. letthe door with a hilarious impres- ting her know Eric was in an ac-

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NUTRITION, from page 1 plans would permit students to dine there.

The Board of Regents approved the lease for the facility to be built on the site of the old Alex Box Stadium at their January meeting. The $12 million project will be funded by the by the Tiger Athletic Foundation and donated to the University upon completion.

“They are going to help fundraise,” Nuñez said. “Reach out to our donor base and our boosters to see what the interest level is.”

The Athletic Department has been examining options for a facility like this for the last several years, Nuñez said.

“We’ve basically been re-

Restaurant, from page 1 restaurant. She said Alice was a customer at Little Saigon and has been a friend of hers for five years.

“I have a lot of customers ask for another one on this side of town, but then I can’t find [a] location,” Lan said. “But one of my customers, Alice, they come over there every Sunday, and she told me she wants to leave, and she wants me to come over here to do a Vietnamese restaurant.”

Mass communication senior Samantha Faulkner worked at Chinese Combo King for about two years and said the owners were accommodating to her schedule while she was in school.

“The owners are fantastic.

They’re such sweet, wonderful people,” Faulkner said.

“And that’s part of the reason why they have so many repeat customers because everybody loves them, and they really care. Mrs. Alice, the owner, will ask you about your day and about how your life is going.”

The Nguyens hope to open Little Saigon II on Feb. 2.

viewing and analyzing how other schools across the country, across our conference are doing it,” Nuñez said. “And actually, if you look across the country, we are probably one of the later ones to move forward with a facility of this nature.”

This comes after last semester’s introduction of fueling stations placed around campus for athletes to grab a quick bite between classes and practices.

“The fueling stations were the first phase of how we were planning on addressing the needs of our student athletes,” Nuñez said.

The fueling stations offer small, healthy snacks for athletes who may not be able to make it to the cafeteria between obligations, but the nutrition center will ex-

The Daily Reveille cident. She drove from Slidell to the scene of the wreck in Baton Rouge to find he had died on impact.

The individual who struck Eric that night has not been convicted.

Tycer was present not only to speak in his honor, but to christen the airboat — a project Eric had been working on over the summer but was unable to complete.

“They finished it, and they dedicated it to him, and they put his name on the side, so it says RV Eric Fabre,” Tycer said. “He’s gloating so hard right now, I just know.”

DeMarco, who drove the lab’s airboat, said she agreed to teach Eric to drive the airboat in exchange for lessons on how to drive the mud boats. The morning she and other members of the lab learned of Eric’s passing was the day he was scheduled to pick up the boat.

“He didn’t get a chance to get out on it because it was in the shop for so long, but he will get a lot of chances for as long as that boat is running,” DeMarco said. “I just couldn’t be happier to have a little bit of him out there with us.”

pand upon the programs already in place.

“The next phase that we are talking about now [is] the Tiger Athletic Nutrition Center that is more of a glorified dining facility,” Nuñez said.

Above all, Nuñez said, the Athletic Department wants to make sure student athletes leave the University knowing more about nutrition than when they started school.

“We are trying to make sure that our student athletes have the opportunity to enhance their experience here at LSU,” Nuñez said.

“We want to teach them how to cook and how to eat properly while they are here at LSU, but also when they go into the real world. That’s a key point in helping our student athlete experience.”

page 15 cause our fans are so amazing,” she said. “They come and support so it’s a good day,” said executive us so we try to support them.” director for The Walls Project College students painted alongCasey Phillips. “We were ulti- side those from the University mately just trying to get the first Laboratory School and Episcopal rows and it looks like maybe we’ll School of Baton Rouge. But a little go all the way to the river.” farther from home were the ChilPeople of all ages came to par- ean exchange students who also ticipate in the project, from col- came to leave their mark on Baton lege students to Rouge. grandparents with “LSU, along ‘A ton of people showed with the Lab School their families. up to roll some paint, and Episcopal, has Mass communication sophoa partnership with so it’s a good day.’ more Joanie Lya school in Chile,” Casey Phillips, ons said she and said Kenny Varher friends found The Walls Project executive director ner, assistant proout about the projfessor and director ect through LASAL, an Honors of the Chilean study abroad proCollege service and leadership gram. “They sent 20 kids here as program. part of a two-week exchange, and “We just had a function and they’re all here working together one of our advisers mentioned it to beautify Baton Rouge.” so we decided to do it,” Lyons said.

Constanza Correa, an exThe LSU gymnastics team also change student from Colegio Conwoke early to paint the town. cepción, said she was having fun “One of our teammates is as- participating in the project. sociated with community service, “I’m a bit cold, especially beand she finds out about all the cause at home I was on summer events,” said sports administra- break,” Correa said. “But I can tion sophomore Shae Zamardi, do it.” an all-arounder on the LSU gymEpiscopal School Upper Divinastics team. “So we heard it sion head David Perkinson said through our meeting, and we de- in Chile, each class has their cided it would be something good own mural, so this was a way to partake in and give back to for them to bring that custom to the community.”

Baton Rouge.

Zamardi said many members “At Episcopal we are constantof the team came to show how ly trying to find project in which important community service is our students can get engaged with to them. in the community,” Perkinson “We just try to give back to the said. “Projects that have meaning community as much as we can be- beyond just giving someone help.”

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The Daily Reveille

Tuesday, January 20, 2015