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Volume 119 · No. 88
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PMAC goin’ up ON A TUESDAY
Tigers stay composed as Fans should pack PMAC they host for biggest game in No. 1 Kentucky recent memory BY james bewers jbewers@lsureveille.com
LIFE OF BRIAN
No one needs to remind the LSU men’s basketball team about who has touched down in Baton Rouge. In fact, LSU coach Johnny Jones perhaps best described his team’s Tuesday-night foe. “[We] have an opportunity to play against one of the best teams ever assembled in college basketball,” Jones said. Jones often talks about opportunity, but none is greater than the nationally-televised, sold-out matchup between the Tigers (176, 6-4 Southeastern Conference) and No. 1 Kentucky at 6 p.m. tonight in the PMAC.
The sun will soon find its home in the western sky, and it will be Tuesday evening in the PMAC. That’s a corny start, but for the first sellout in more than five years, nothing is over-the-top. By now, you know what’s happening. No. 1 Kentucky is coming to Baton Rouge to face the LSU basketball team for a game carrying more weight than any other in the Tigers’ recent history for a number of reasons.
see Kentucky, page 15
see hype, page 15
BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist
photos by RAEGAN LABAT / The Daily Reveille
LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (left) shoots the ball, and junior guard Josh Gray (right) dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ 71-60 victory against Alabama on Sunday at the PMAC. student organizations
University students organize flash mob club BY William Taylor Potter wpotter@lsureveille.com What started as a birthday surprise turned into a saving grace for all the students sharing their weakness — they can’t resist the urge to dance. The University’s flash mob group, Kryptonite, started last year after a few students put together a flash mob for a friend’s birthday. Though it was originally a one-time event, the group created a registered
student organization. One of the group’s founders was a big fan of the “Superman” comic series, and the catchy name of the hero’s only weakness stuck. The club has about 15 members specializing in everything from ballet to Bollywood, said kinesiology junior and Kryptonite choreographer Kirkland Green. The group scheduled two rounds of upcoming auditions after meeting interested students at the Student Involvement Fair last week.
“It’s exciting. It should be a really good turnout,” Green said. “We’ve had such a great reception, and now we have so many people emailing us about auditions.” Being a Kryptonite member is a major time commitment, said biology junior and club secretary Kaylee Gross. The group typically meets at least twice a week. Members are required to sign a confidentiality
courtesy of KRYPTONITE
The flash mob group Kryptonite officially became an LSU student organization last see kryptonite, page 15 year. Originally starting with six members, the group has grown to 15 members.