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Volume 119 · No. 96 ADMINISTRATION
Faculty senate discusses budget cuts
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[Left] Sophomore all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat (left) poses with her father Ray Gnat (right). [Right] Ashleigh Gnat performs her floor routine Feb. 6 at the PMAC.
Gymnast Ashleigh Gnat shares special bond with father BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com
LSU gymnastics sophomore all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat spotted her father in the record-breaking crowd of 12,217 fans with tears in his eyes during the Tigers’ victory against Florida on Friday night. With her biggest fan in attendance, Gnat competed in the all-around for the fifth consecutive meet and tied her career-high, 39.550. It’s not a coincidence Gnat is a staple on the No. 2 gymnastics team in the nation. Genetics have a large influence on Gnat’s athletic abilities. Her father, Ray, was also an All-American gymnast for LSU; her mother, Joan, was on the 1972 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team; and her sister, Jeana Rice-Helms, was the 2004 all-around national champion at Alabama. Ashleigh, whose nickname is Bugs, lived up to the family name by earning First-Team All-America honors on vault and Second-Team All-America honors on floor during her inaugural season at LSU.
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At their Tuesday meeting, LSU President F. King Alexander once again told Faculty Senate members not to panic at Friday’s budget cut announcement. “Don’t let Friday scare you to death — don’t panic,” Alexander said. “As we learn more and we get some guarantees and contingencies as we go forward, including seeking a whole range of autonomies for our university, we’re looking at every possible option at this time.” Alexander told Faculty Senate members they were trying to mitigate the “cartoon-like” numbers in different areas, but in the mean time, the University would have to make concrete decisions, including which classes to offer or slash for next semester by April’s scheduling period. Alexander said he was confident positive change was coming. “I think we’re going to see a special session when a new governor comes in January,”
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SG candidates Scotton, Ahsan aim to do ‘More for LSU’
BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a three-part series showcasing the Student Government presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The stories will run in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the presidential candidate. Unlike others running for Student Government presidential positions, David Scotton said his campaign is not a ticket, but a movement to change the status quo of SG. The “More for LSU” campaign aims to address college affordability and the lack of fair representation in SG.
After a negative experience Unlike Scotton, his running during his time as a UCFY sena- mate Moe Ahsan said before their tor his freshman year and seeing campaign, he had no interaction how SG has operated since, Scot- with SG. ton said it is time for “I was never apchange. proached by them, “I kind of came in never connected, with a new mindset never talked to them, and new ideas, like knew what they did, communication and didn’t know their meswhat we should be dosage, didn’t know what ing, and it wasn’t takthe purpose of them en very well,” Scotton was,” Ahsan said. said. Learning what SG ELECTIONS Scotton said while was capable of motirunning independently for Student vated Ahsan run with Scotton. Senate, his peers in SG did not Before their campaign, Scotapprove of his new way of doing ton and Ahsan said they learned things. He said other SG members that 89 percent of student felt tried three times to disqualify him SG did not do enough outreach. from the race and tried to force his support of a ticket. see MORE FOR LSU, page 11
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Political science junior Moe Ahsan (left) and mass communication junior David Scotton (right) are running for Student Government office under the ticket ‘More for LSU.’
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Seniors Courville, Hall receive SEC weekly awards After defeating No. 2 Florida at the PMAC on Friday, two LSU senior gymnasts were honored by the Southeastern Conference league office Tuesday. All-arounder Rheagan Courville was named SEC Gymnast of the Week, and floor specialist Lloimincia Hall was named Specialist of the Week. Courville posted an allaround score of 39.625. She earned scores of 9.90 on vault, 9.95 on the uneven bars, 9.90 on beam and 9.875 on floor, which
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was enough to capture the all-around title in the Tigers’ 197.950-197.425 against the Gators. This is Courville’s third SEC Gymnast of the Week honor this season. Hall posted a 9.975 on floor, granting her the event title in the meet. Friday’s night floor title for Hall was her 28th floor title, and she surpassed former LSU gymnasts April Burkholder and Ashleigh Clare-Kearney for most in LSU history.
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ACADEMIC
Drones could reduce Law students reach out to community mosquitoes, pollution BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com
BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com University doctoral candidate Charles Malveaux has a project in the works that could change the way to combat every southerner’s foe — mosquitoes. Malveaux comes from a diverse background, said Steven Hall, a University associate professor and Malveaux’s co-adviser. Malveaux graduated from McNeese State with a bachelor’s in sociology, not something typical of students pursuing a doctorate in engineering. However, Hall said Malveaux passed tough engineering coursework and classes such as thermoand fluid dynamics and statistics with ease. “We’ve had a student come through in psychology and sociology, and I can tell you Malveaux surprised me,” Hall said. Malveaux’s innovative research focuses on mosquito control and disease prevention. He’s creating remote-controlled aerial drones with the potential to make the current control processes — ground and aerial spraying and larviciding — more efficient in both cost and time. Todd Walker, director of East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control, said he thinks drones will become a big part of mosquito control in the future. “It’s just going to happen eventually,” Walker said. “It’s new technology, and it could potentially really help. But it’s still in the ground works.” The budget for MARC in East Baton Rouge Parish usually falls between $4 million and $5 million each year, Walker said. At least $1 million is spent on chemicals, and another large portion goes to overtime pay for employees. Mosquito abatement chemical costs range from $185 per gallon to $800 per gallon, and aerial spraying costs $4,000 a night, Walker said. Malveaux’s new technology would save money on chemicals because the drones would allow MARC to detect specific areas that need to be treated rather than treating huge land masses to get to smaller areas. The drones also have the ability to reach areas MARC can’t target with traditional land and aerial spraying. Hall said there are still many details to work out in the research, but he thinks drones are becoming an integral part of the science world. “I think the whole world is opening up to the idea of these automated vehicles. It’s just a matter of what you do with them,” Hall said. “I don’t see this replacing the other technology they [MARC] already use. I see it as more of a complement, something they can use to do things they couldn’t before more efficiently.” Hall said he thinks the most important impact the drones
could have on the mosquito-spraying process is the new potential to avoid spraying excess chemicals into the environment. “I think there’s two things about these [drones]. Number one is reducing mosquitoes … number two is reducing the impact of the chemicals,” Hall said. Walker said the actual use of drones and this new technology will come down to public opinion. “They are the taxpayers,” Walker said. “We need to spend their money frugally so they get the best bang for their buck.” MARC Assistant Director Randy Vaeth said residents are wary of the idea of drones flying around their residences. “People are afraid of the privacy aspect, and they get anxious,” Vaeth said. In regard to mosquito-borne diseases, 2014 was an active year, Vaeth said. There were 20 reported serious cases of West Nile Virus, and for every serious case that shows symptoms or leads to death, there can be up to 150 other mild cases. Other types of diseases MARC looks for and treats are Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Chikungunya, Dengue Fever and St. Louis Encephalitis — but West Nile is the most prevalent. Walker and Vaeth said the East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement district does public outreach to educate the public about mosquito-borne diseases and will analyze and treat individual residences, not something a lot of other districts do. They treated 13,000 individual homes in 2012. Hall said he has been consistently impressed with Malveaux’s research, and he has a feeling he’ll see more great innovations from the doctoral candidate in coming time. “He’s one of a kind,” Hall said. “He’s come a long way, and he comes from a diverse background … I think the sky’s the limit for him.”
Members of the Public Interest Law Society are finding their way in the legal world through a process of trial and equality. PILS is an organization for Paul M. Hebert Law Center students who are dedicated to making equal-opportunity legal services available to all Louisiana demographic groups, especially low-income and minority groups. The organization serves the community through volunteer service and partners with the Law Center administration to offer a fellowship, providing funding for law students doing uncompensated public interest work. “We help attorneys, and we help other organizations who are attempting to help people with free legal services,” said PILS president and law student Ashley Plunkett. Plunkett said many students join the organization because of their passion for public interest law — the practice of legal services on behalf of broad public interests like discrimination and domestic violence. “It does provide some entrance into the legal world to what’s going on to get some experience before you actually graduate law school, which everyone is always looking for 100 percent of the time,” Plunkett said. “I also like to think they do it because it’s fun.” The organization also gives law students an opportunity to make new friends and participate in service projects alongside their peers, Plunkett said. Its largest service projects are Fall Day of Service and Pause for a Cause. During the fall semester, the organization contacts several local community service organizations, like Habitat for Humanity and Volunteers in Public Schools, to organize Fall Day of Service where PILS sends law students out in groups to participate in various volunteer opportunities throughout the day. Pause for a Cause is a similar day of service occurring in the spring semester in partnership
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LSU Public Interest Law Society president Ashley Plunkett (far left), treasurer and secretary Michelle Luong (left), pro bono chair Gabrielle Alessi-Friedlander (right) and community service chair Lauren Bradberry (far right) focus their organization’s values on community service and pro-bono work. with the Student Bar Association. One of the organization’s smaller volunteer projects is the Angel Tree Program. PILS collects gifts from Law Center students and donates them to be distributed to underprivileged children. “I do a lot more with the community service,” Plunkett said. “I enjoyed Habitat for Humanity before I even went to the law school, so it’s allowed me to continue doing that.” Some of the organization’s pro bono opportunities include Live Help Navigators, an online chat service directing Louisiana residents to affordable legal services, and Ask a Lawyer, a free walk-in legal clinic where law students can assist attorneys.
While law students are not allowed to provide legal services on their own, participating in pro bono work allows them to assist and learn from attorneys and legal organizations, said PILS pro bono chair and law student Gabrielle Alessi-Friedlander. “One of our judges came last year and gave a sort of lunch conference during one of our meetings, and she explained that with a legal degree comes great responsibility and that many of us have come to law school because we want to change the world,” Alessi-Friedlander said. “And while that may not actually be possible, we can all change a life or change some lives with this degree.”
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Symphonic Winds ensemble plays cartoon-themed concert BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com For many, Saturday morning cartoons provided a first taste of classical music. The mischievous antics of Tom and Jerry wouldn’t be the same without the score of “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” to add drama and excitement. The LSU Symphonic Winds ensemble evoked memories of these classic shows in its concert Tuesday in the Union Theater. Conducted by Associate Director of Bands Dennis Llinás, “Saturday Morning Cartoons” was the first of two concerts this semester by Symphonic Winds. The music included popular songs featured in animations and ended with a cartoon skit performed by members of the ensemble. Llinás said he came up with the idea behind the concert and skit from the group Mnozil Brass, which tours the world performing funny sets while playing its instruments. He wanted to show his students a unique way to play music. When he presented the cartoon theme, Llinás said the ensemble was hesitant at first but bought into it and even contributed its own jokes for the performance to add to the playful atmosphere. “At first, when I told them, they
were a little skeptical,” Llinás said. “We traditionally sit in chairs and dress up in tuxedos, and we play. But I’ve earned a little bit of trust with them in telling them, ‘Look, I’m not going to let you down — you will be proud of this by the time we finish it.’” Llinás said the ensemble was most skeptical of having to memorize all of the music for the skit — about 600 measures lasting 17 minutes. Traditionally, the ensemble has music on stands in front of them, but the skit required them to travel across the stage, removing the convenience of printed music. Music education sophomore Emily Staniszewski, who plays bassoon, said she has never heard of another university doing this type of concert. “It’s really out-of-the-box. We all didn’t know what to expect, and we were all kind of nervous,” Staniszewski said. “It [is not] like anything anyone has ever seen.” To remember the sounds and feelings, Staniszewski said Llinás encouraged the ensemble to watch classic cartoons on YouTube. Llinás said he believes most people are first exposed to classical music through cartoons. He hoped the concert allowed the
audience to enjoy classic masterworks in a fun, lighthearted way. Computer science freshman Kinsley Lesperance said he was studying all day, so he wanted to see the concert to relax and support a friend in the ensemble. “It was amazing,” Lesperance said. “It’s cartoony. I really haven’t expected all that actually, so I really enjoyed it.” The concert began with “Cartoon” by Paul Hart, a piece not found in cartoons but meant to resemble the sound and effects heard in Saturday morning toons. Six musicians performed William Walton’s “Façade Entertainments” while voice professor Lori Bade provided narration from Edith Sitwell’s poetry. Llinás said the tongue-twister poetry combined with the cabaret-style music created a funny feeling that fit with the cartoon theme. The first half of the concert closed with the popular “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” featured in many cartoons like “Rhapsody Rabbit” with Bugs Bunny and the “Tom and Jerry” short “The Cat Concerto.” “Saturday Morning Cartoons” re-opened from intermission with “Barber of Seville Overture,” which was featured in the short “Rabbit of Seville.” During the song, the cartoon starring Bugs
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Symphony members act out a final skit at the end of the Cartoon Concert on Tuesday in the Union Theater. Bunny played on the screen behind musicians to provide an audio-visual experience for the audience. The original skit at the end of the concert was accompanied by “A Day in the West” arranged by Llinás. It followed the a typical cartoon story line — the main character visits a saloon where he tries to woo his love interest while the police chase a villain. The ensemble interacted with the audience as laughter echoed the theater. Staniszewski played a policeman and alternated between acting and playing the bassoon. But some students, like a trumpet player whose role was the villain,
played their instruments as part of the story line. Llinás hopes the experience opened his students’ eyes to a different kind of performance. He said despite their original hesitations, the students grew to love the theme. “Really, that’s the most rewarding process of this,” Llinás said. “The fact that they buy into it and that they take ownership of it and then they go running with it because it’s really all about them.” In true cartoon fashion, “Saturday Morning Cartoons” closed with a projection of Porky Pig’s classic farewell — “That’s all folks!”
HEALTH
Nurse teaches University’s first CPR leisure course
BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com
Firefighters, doctors, babysitters and engineers might not appear to have the same skill set. However, there is one trick to every trade all future professionals should know, whether utilized on the playground or in a technical plant. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, is a prerequisite for the aforementioned occupations and many more. The University will welcome a series of new Heartsaver leisure classes, with the first beginning Saturday. The classes will teach interested students basic lifesaving techniques. University Leisure Classes hired registered nurse Brigid Durel to train students interested in learning lifesaving skills after she reached out to the University and offered her expertise. “Before [Durel], we never had a Heartsaver-certified person approach us about doing First Aid, CPR and [Automated External Defibrillator] classes,” said Heather Bilodeau, marketing communications coordinator at LSU Auxiliary Services. “We thought it was a great idea and a great service to LSU and the Baton Rouge community as a whole.” Durel will teach three courses: Basic Life Support, First Aid/ CPR/AED and Advanced Life Support. She said BLS is geared toward
health care providers, including doctors, respiratory therapists, nurses and dentists. This type of training is essential for medical school and other higher education in this field. The First Aid, CPR and AED class will cater to babysitters, elderly caregivers, special needs aides and even engineers who work in plants. Durel said besides the basics of CPR, students will learn how to operate and locate AEDs in airports, malls and health clubs. “They shock the heart to hopefully bring it to a normal beat,” Durel said. Durel’s pulse education group will also teach advanced classes to instruct doctors, ICU nurses and ER nurses on how to run codes, which attempt to effectively control emergencies. The language in this course will be more technical and aimed at professionals. American Heart Association guidelines for CPR have helped Durel in many situations. One such instance was when a gentleman passed out in the middle of church. Durel laid him down on a pew, called 911 and performed CPR. She said the man woke up as soon as EMS arrived. “His heart rate was 27 beats per minute,” Durel said. “That’s very, very slow.” Doctors discovered the victim needed a pacemaker. After he received one, he was back in church the following Sunday.
“I was happy,” Durel said. “I feel like even the little thing I did helped a lot.” Though Durel said she thinks CPR is important for a number of reasons, she said her courses also touch on choking — a lesson not typical to CPR classes. When someone is choking and cannot upchuck whatever it is they are choking on, Durel said they are more likely to go into cardiac arrest. She said she hopes to educate her students on the proper procedures when it comes to choking. Durel will also work to promote healthy living and eating well in an effort to prevent emergencies like heart attacks.
“The skills I have really do work,” Durel said. Inspired by one of her CPR instructors who did not seem to have her heart in the job, Durel sought to teach a class of her own and make it impactful for students. Durel said she believes everyone needs to learn CPR, regardless of their careers. “You’re more likely to do CPR on someone you love — your mom, your dad, a friend — it would be nice to be able to do CPR to save a life,” Durel said. The First Aid/CPR/AED class starts Saturday. Students can register for the course until then.
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Brigid Durel perfoms CPR on a child mannequin Tuesday to show what she will be doing during Heartsaver classes where she will teach lifesaving techinques.
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LSU crushes Auburn in rematch, 84-61 BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com
The pitching staff features four players who all bring something special to the rotation. They have combined to go 16-0 with a 1.03 ERA, striking out 109 batters and holding opponents to a .194 batting average. The pitchers aren’t shouldering the load alone, with the LSU lineup holding up its end of the bargain. As a team, the Tigers are hitting .352, boasting a slugging percentage of .574 and an on-base percentage of .428. Even the players at the bottom of the lineup are contributing. Freshman outfielder Emily Griggs often hits ninth in the
AUBURN, Ala. — Revenge can be sweet, but revenge in dominating fashion can be even sweeter, as the LSU men’s basketball team discovered Tuesday night in Auburn, Alabama. Nearly three weeks after falling to Auburn at home, LSU emphatically returned the favor, shooting a seasonbest 57.8 percent from the field while never trailing during a 84-61 victory in Auburn Arena. The victory gave LSU (20-8, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) its second consecutive victory and its third in four games. It also gave LSU coach Johnny Jones his second straight 20win season, but it’s only the third for an LSU coach in the last nine years. Auburn (12-16, 4-11 SEC) struggled from 3-point range after scorching LSU in its 81-77 victory Feb. 5 at the PMAC. LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin and his teammates watched highlights of that game prior to Tuesday night, and memories of Jones criticizing his team for not playing with an “edge”
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LSU junior infielder Bianka Bell recieves praise after hitting a home run Feb. 6 during the Tigers’ 7-2 victory against Memphis at Tiger Park. story BY jack woods | jwoods@lsureveille.com
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he No. 7 LSU softball team is loaded with individual talent. Last season, sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish was named an All-American. Sophomores Baylee Corbello and Bailey Landry joined her on the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team for the 2014 season. Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews was named All-SEC First Team in 2013. But the players aren’t focusing on personal pursuits this season. The team’s motto, “The Power of One,” means its focusing on how a group of individuals can come together in pursuit of a common goal. “We all realize that we would rather be
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a part of something this big rather than be our own person,” said freshman pitcher Carley Hoover. After starting 16-0 for the season, the end goal for the Tigers is a national championship. Sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn said it’s important for everyone to come together because it’s not possible to do it alone. “No matter where you come from, no matter what kind of talent, skill, ability that you have, you can’t do it by yourself,” Quinn said. Through 16 games, LSU is seeing contributions from a wide range of players.
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Inclement weather threatens midweek game against Southeastern BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 2 LSU baseball team will look to put the nightmare of its midweek loss to Nicholls State on Feb. 18 in the past when it takes the field against in-state foe Southeastern Louisiana at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Alex Box Stadium. “Southeastern has been impressive for all of the years I’ve been here,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “They beat us 6-1, or something like that, the first year I was here. We’ve always had great games with Southeastern. Southeastern has had a good program for many years under Jay Artigues and now under Matt Riser.” The two teams will reportedly decide if this morning they will move the game to Thursday because of inclement weather.
The Lions (5-3) are a familiar foe to Mainieri and the Tigers (6-1). The two teams’ last meeting was the opening game of the 2014 Baton Rouge Regional, a game the Tigers won 8-4 after storming back from a 4-2 deficit after six innings. LSU will trot its freshman Doug Norman onto the mound for his second career outing after he was the pitcher responsible for the Tigers upset loss to Nicholls. Norman went 4 2/3 innings, giving up nine hits and five runs with four earned on 70 pitches. “We’ll get to see Doug Norman get a second start and hopefully go out there and show some improvement,” Mainieri said. “Hopefully, he’ll pitch a little bit better and, we’ll play a little bit better than we did in the
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LSU senior catcher Kade Scivicque (22) scores a home run Feb. 13 during the Tigers’ 4-1 victory against Kansas in Alex Box Stadium. The No. 2 Tigers look to redeem themselves after a midweek loss to Nicholls State by playing Southeastern if the weather permits.
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Women’s lacrosse starts season 3-0 BY mario jerez mjerez@lsureveille.com
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The LSU women’s lacrosse team is off to a 3-0 start for the season and has obtained the No. 5 national WCLA ranking. The unbeaten start is the best in program history, and the team has qualified for the Texas Women’s Lacrosse League playoffs in each of its three years of existence. The team opened the season with three consecutive home games at the LSU UREC fields, scoring wins over Sam Houston State, Houston and Baylor. The team won its first three games in dominating fashion, outscoring its opponents, 49-15. Team president Suzanne Nibley credited the strong start to multiple factors including contribution from firsttime players new to the sport. “We’ve had to teach some girls how to play, but they’ve really stepped up,” Nibley said. “These girls have never picked up a stick before, but now they’re helping us win.” The team’s leading scorer is junior Taylor Reeves, who has scored 14 goals, including seven in the team’s last game against Houston. Reese Gassie and Alaena Gadwell have also made an offensive impact, scoring 12 and 10 goals, respectively. The team’s offensive onslaught has been complemented by a stout defense to begin the season. Junior goalkeeper Kaci Rogers has saved 60 percent of shots fired against her and has yet to give up double-digit goals in a game
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The LSU women’s lacrosse team starts its season with a 3-0 record and a No. 5 ranking. this season. Rogers was new to lacrosse when she joined the team at LSU her freshman year. In three short seasons, she has become one of the best goalkeepers in the country. “Sixty percent is usually unheard of,” Nibley Said. “Goalies usually shoot for about 35 percent.” However, Rogers said the strong start has been a total club effort. “The team’s dedication to lacrosse has helped us win,” Rogers said. “Being a club sport, we have to basically pay to play, so we need the dedication from not only our players, but our coaches and all of the other people that support us.”
The team will travel to Dallas this weekend for two important games against North Texas and TCU. LSU can clinch a playoff spot with another weekend sweep. Nibley said lacrosse is growing as a sport at LSU given the success of both the men’s and women’s teams. The men’s team is also undefeated at 5-0 after its victory at TCU last weekend. “With both teams playing well, it’s getting a lot bigger and I think we’re making our presence known,” Nibley said. “We want to show LSU that we’re a big competitor, and we deserve to be a varsity sport.” You can reach Mario Jerez on Twitter @MjerezIIITDR.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 win, from page 5 flooded back. Martin said Tuesday’s game was about “payback.” “They walked into our home and beat us, so it was a must that we come into their home and beat them,” Martin said. LSU got its payback against Auburn, holding it to 28 percent (7-of-25) from beyond the arc and 37.7 percent (20-for-53) from the field. LSU also shut down Auburn guards Antoine Mason and KT Harrell, who entered the contest as the SEC’s leading 3-point shooter. After combining for 52 points and eight 3-pointers in the first meeting, Harrell and Mason went 2-of-8 from beyond the arc and totaled 20 points. LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman — who finished with eight points and six assists — was the primary defender on Harrell, and he stymied the sharpshooter to 33.3 percent from deep. “I just wanted to play physical and make sure he didn’t start scoring early,” Quarterman said. “On every screen, I just had to stay attached to him and make sure I didn’t lose him on the floor.” While LSU controlled the tempo on the defensive end, it lit up the nets on the offensive side, especially in the second half. LSU shot 62.1 percent from the floor after halftime, which helped turn a three-point game into a rout. After senior guard K.C. Ross-Miller hit a jumper to pull Auburn within three, LSU exploded on a 15-0 run. Freshman guard Jalyn Patterson said an animated Martin was the trigger behind the explosive burst. “They did bring it in within three, and I remember Jarell [said], ‘We have to get some shutouts. We’re not trying to lose,’” Patterson said. “We all just dug in defensively and did what we were doing all game.” Nine of the 15 points came off 3-pointers, and the other six were the result of old-fashioned three-point plays from Martin, who scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season. LSU also got threes from junior guard Keith Hornsby and Patterson, who finished with career-highs in both points (16) and assists (seven). Jones wasn’t surprised by Auburn’s late run, but he said he also wasn’t surprised by his team’s response. “It did not take a whole lot of trying to get prepared for [Tuesday night’s] game,” Jones said. “We knew in the second half they were not going to go away. They came back out energized and played well. We’re fortunate that our guys came back out, executed, made plays, were poised against the pressure they put on us and were
able to finish plays.” Four of LSU’s five starters reached double figures. LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey tallied 14, while Hornsby chipped in 13 to go along with the high-scoring performances from Martin and Patterson. Auburn junior forward Cinmeon Bowers banged bodies down low and did all he could for Auburn. But his 16 points and six boards weren’t enough to erase the shooting struggles of his teammates, who missed 26 of their 39 attempts. However, Bowers was the recipient of a Mickey block in the second half that put the All-SEC forward in rare territory. With three blocks against Auburn, Mickey became the second player in LSU history to record 100 swats in back-to-back seasons. But Mickey’s historic night was overshadowed by his team’s big performance. LSU’s 23-point win was its largest margin of victory in SEC play and second-largest of the season. More importantly, the win also kept LSU within reach of a top-four seed for this season’s SEC Tournament. If Ole Miss (19-8, 10-4 SEC), which is tied for third place, falls to Georgia tonight , then Saturday’s contest between the Rebels and LSU would give the victor the tiebreaker and an easier path toward securing a top-four seed and first-round bye. But Jones isn’t thinking about that yet — he’s just happy his team came away with a win. “We are very fortunate to come in and play the way we did,” Jones said. “We needed to get a victory here at Auburn.” You can reach David Gray on Twitter @dgray_TDR.
The Daily Reveille unity, from page 5 Tigers lineup, and she’s batting .348. LSU coach Beth Torina said her team understands each player contributes, no matter what role she plays. “I do think this team understands the team concept,” Torina said. “They understand it takes all 20 of them to win a ball game. They understand that they contribute whether it’s by cheering, pinch running or hitting the game-winning home run.” Hoover said the Tigers will be distinguishable from their opponents throughout the season by the bond the team shares. She said the players on the team genuinely care for
page 7 each other and play for each other. The players are putting the team first with the hope of winning a national championship. Jaquish said the legacy of a claiming a national title is greater than anything a player could achieve individually. “The accolades are great, but they fade away. You don’t remember who was an AllAmerican five years ago — you remember who won the national championship,” Jaquish said. “And I feel like our team really understands that, and this year, we really want to get the national championship.” You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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LSU junior infielder Bianka Bell (27) and sophomore infielder Constance Quinn (5) share a handshake before the start of an inning Feb. 6 during the Tigers’ 7-2 victory against Memphis at Tiger Park.
southeastern, from page 5 midweek game last week.” It wasn’t the start to his career Norman envisioned. After the game, he said he may have thrown too many strikes, getting ahead of most of the batters he faced but not challenging them while ahead in the count. “I have to keep the confidence I had going into the first start,” Norman said. “I know it didn’t go the way I wanted it to, but you just got to let it go, which I have, and get ready to compete and do my thing Wednesday.” The Fort Mill, South Carolina, native has the faith of Mainieri, who said he expects to see Norman go out and pitch a good ball game after an unfavorable first outing, which Norman has been itching to improve upon since it ended. “Coach says we have until midnight to think about the game we just had before letting it go,” Norman said. “If I let it linger and just get pissed about it, it’s not going to do anybody good. It’s not going to do me or this team any good, so I got over it pretty fast, and I’ve been looking to get out there ever since.” The Tigers faced their fair share of in-state opponents early in the season, and with the success of Nicholls State, the state of Louisiana has experienced baseball success early on. Mainieri said it might be the best year for in-state teams he has seen since taking over the program in 2007. “These midweek games are not easy games, believe me,” Mainieri said. “And this time of year, when they’re not playing conference weekends, they’re especially tough because they can gerrymander their rotation. Let’s go. Let’s play the game. Let’s have some fun, and let’s see what happens. It’s good for our development.” You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.
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COLLEGE CANDY JEN BLATE Columnist Mornings are not a prime time for many people, myself included. The sight of a sunrise is so bright it makes my eyes bleed. And I can guarantee I’m not the only one who wakes up cranky 100 percent of the time. I set an average of 12 alarms within a 15-minute time frame just to wake me up in the morning, starting at 6 a.m. But the key to waking up early and feeling rested starts with a not-sosimple task — going to bed early. As college students, our
brains are constantly running a mile a minute. There is always an assignment that needs to be completed, an email that has to be sent, or a phone call that has to be made. And it never stops. Many of us know how important sleep is, but very few of us actually make our time between the sheets a priority. But there is a lot more happening with our body when we don’t get enough sleep, besides feeling like a zombie. I’m not just talking about the nights when we’re cramming, but also the nights when we just decide to stay up late because we’re binge watching “House of Cards” on Netflix. According to the National
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Sleep Foundation, lack of sleep can affect almost every part of the body, including stomach, brain, heart, nose, eyes and skin. During their 2011 bedroom poll, 71 percent of Americans said they get a better night’s sleep on sheets with a fresh scent. Maybe if our sheets didn’t smell of Cheetos and ramen noodles we would have an easier time falling asleep at night. Who would have thought? But the caffeine-induced allnighters become much more prominent during one of my second-least favorite time of the year — midterms. I hate to break it to you, but midterms start next week. Fortunately, we have the Internet, which is a beautiful
thing, and Web-Blinds.com offers a really cool sleep calculator tool and some pretty amazing features. With this site, you can enter what time you need to wake up, and the site will tell you what time you should go to bed. If that isn’t spiffy enough, you can also use the feature that will tell you what time your alarm should be set for if you are sleepy at that current moment. Mind blown. The app “Sleep Cycle” is also available for smartphones. Sleep Cycle uses the accelerometer in your phone to identify sleep phases by tracking your movements in bed, and then wakes you up with an alarm within a 30-minute window according to your lightest sleep cycle. That way you don’t wake
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up feeling groggy or sleepy. But there are some not-soobvious, reasons you may have trouble falling asleep at night that have a surprisingly quickfix. These vary from rich dinners all the way to having your bedroom at the wrong temperature at night. And these are just a couple from the plethora of problems that exist. So next week when midterms roll around, we should all try and make sleep a priority and put Trivia Crack, Candy Crush Saga, Snapchat and Twitter on the back burner. But only temporarily of course. Jen Blate is a 24-year-old sociology junior from Miami, Florida. You can reach her on Twitter @Jblate_TDR.
Quote of the Day ‘Dying is not a crime.’
Jack Kevorkian American pathologist and Euthanasia activist May 25, 1928 — June 3, 2011
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Access to legal euthanasia is a necessary human right ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Earlier this month, the Canadian Supreme Court overturned a 21-year ban on euthanasia. It’s time for America to do the same. The unanimous ruling won’t actually take effect until 2016, so lawmakers have time to rewrite current laws to conform to the new ruling. The court said the ban infringed on the “life, liberty and security of individuals in Canada’s constitution.” Euthanasia is officially illegal in America, but some states have opted for an alternative method — assisted suicide. Louisiana is not one of those states. The main difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide lie in who administers the “mercy killing.” Under euthanasia, doctors administer the medication that causes death. They’ll either give the patient drugs or simply withhold treatment. Under assisted suicide, doctors have more of a passive role. They
prescribe medication to their patients meant to end their lives. I understand doctors not wanting to play God with their patients. Having to play an active role in taking the life of one of their patients is stressful to say the least, but assisted suicide shouldn’t exactly give doctors a clear conscience. The end result is the same, and they’re just as responsible either way. But legalizing euthanasia would make a huge difference for the patients. While assisted suicide produces the same result, it’s daunting for patients to have to go through with it. Imagine if someone had an illness with only months left to live. They could either go through treatment that would make their last few weeks on Earth miserable, or they could opt out of treatment and go on their own terms. They might stay alive for a shorter period of time, but at least they’ll go peacefully and comfortably. It’s a difficult, morbid decision that can’t be taken lightly. Now imagine the stress that person would go through if they had to administer their own death. I couldn’t do it. I would need a doctor to pull the plug. Heck,
anyone could administer my death as long as it’s not me. Outlawing euthanasia in America goes against our philosophy of personal liberty. It tramples bodily autonomy of the individual to make the general public feel comfortable. Doctors may find it wrong to just “kill off” one of their patients, but some patients would rather die peacefully than spend their last few months on Earth in pain. Perhaps my way of thinking is backward, but I find it more humane to give a cancer patient with no chance of survival the option to die rather than to make said patient go through months of chemo for minimal, if any, results. If someone has a chance at a full physical and psychological recovery, then of course we should do everything in our power to help them. And if someone wants treatment, we shouldn’t deny them that right. But if someone is going senile, he or she has the right to die with dignity before the mind completely goes. They shouldn’t have to prolong a forgetful life under constant supervision. But instead, we allow our cancer patients to suffer and to go
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Linda Jarrett reads through notes at Dying with Dignity offices in Toronto on Friday. Canada’s highest court on Friday unanimously struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses. through painful treatments even when they won’t work. Our elderly become senile and fragile, and are reduced to being cared for like infants. That’s not living, nor is that humane. That’s just prolonging the inevitable. Euthanasia should be a decision made between patients and their doctors. And that’s where the
people involved in the procedure should end. No spouse, friends, family or government should have anything to do with what people decide to do with their lives. Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter at @CodySibley.
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This organization helps out children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The beads are cleaned, sorted, repackaged and then sold for 80 cents per pound.
LASM uses donated and recycled beads for children’s art projects. You can drop off your extra Mardi Gras or St. Patrick’s Day goodies at the front desk.
The closest drop-off location is at Metro Enterprises 3950 Prescott Road.
100 South River Road.
Goodwill Baton Rouge Goodwill locations will also be accepting recycled bead donations. You might even get a tax deduction! Drop off your beads at any of their stores: there’s one on College and Burbank Drives.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 GNAT, from page 1 She has garnered numerous accolades during her gymnastics career, but the best thing she gained through gymnastics is a close relationship with her dad. “My dad and I are really close,” Ashleigh said. “He is my best friend. I can talk to him about absolutely anything. We just have a very open and close relationship.” Ashleigh’s first memories are of gymnastics. Her parents opened their own gym, Ace Gymnastics, in Longwood, Florida, when she was 2 years old. The duo spent a lot of time together in the gym, where Ray coached Ashleigh until she left to compete at his alma mater. Ashleigh wasn’t successful in her early years, having always been undersized. As she grew and got stronger, Ray witnessed her signature blend of power and skill coalesce. “It definitely brought us closer together,” Ashleigh said. “Most people have a hard time with their parent as a coach, but me and my dad had a good balance of our coach-gymnast and our father-daughter relationship. What happened in gym and at home never mixed.”
FACULTY SENATE, from page 1 Alexander said. Cliff Vannoy, president of the Alumni Association, encouraged faculty members to join the Tiger Advocates network, advocating strength in numbers. “With the great things that LSU does, there’s no way that they can’t listen to us,” Vannoy said. Apart from talks of budget cuts, the Faculty Senate addressed other items. Senators approved Resolution 15-06, inviting the Department of Environmental Quality to hold a public forum at the University discussing a barge cleaning facility construction along the new levee bike trail. “LSU students would be at the top of my list of people I don’t want to poison,” said resolution sponsor and associate geology professor Judith Schiebout. The facility, proposed by Tubal-Cain Marine Services, would be less than a mile from Tiger Stadium, said sponsor and associate geology professor Sophie Bart Warny. The project would increase traffic along River Road and add air pollution. “I think that alerting the LSU community to the impact is extremely important,” said English professor Lillian Bridwell-Bowles. “Baton Rouge already has some of the worst air quality in the country.” Three other resolutions were introduced during the meeting. Resolution 15-02 “Rationalization of the Spring Holiday” was advanced to a reading at the March meeting. The resolution aims to move future Spring Break holidays prior to March 31, regardless of the Easter holiday. Chemistry professor William Daly, the resolution’s sponsor, found 15 peer institutions including Texas A&M University and Mississippi State University
They spent a lot of time together outside of the gym as well. Joan, who judges gymnastics meets, spent many weekends judging competitions, leaving Ray and Ashleigh alone. They spent most of the time driving to and from competitions, during which they grew together through long talks. “When Joan was away judging competitions, I had daddy duty,” Ray said. “We spent a lot of our time in the car growing our relationship. We are very close ... Joan has three other children from her first marriage, but it’s just Bugs and I.” They have more in common than a mutual love of gymnastics. Ashleigh looks like her dad, and their personalities bear a striking resemblance to one another. LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux remembers Ray as the nicest, most outgoing person when he was at LSU. Junior all-arounder Jessica Savona said the same can be said about Ashleigh, and the chemistry radiates when father and daughter are together. “[Ashleigh] doesn’t talk about [their relationship] that often, but it is very well understood because of their presence and how they act,” Savona said. Last year was a transitional scheduled their holiday similarly. The Faculty Senate will vote at its next meeting to establish a committee with Alexander’s office to remove the University from the American Association of University Professors censure list. According to the Faculty Senate website, the University has been under AAUP censure for over three and half years. Alexander questioned whether raw rankings are a proper measure of institution quality and informed the AAUP the University does not plan further action to remove the censure. But the resolution claims the University “suffered reputation damage and nationwide opprobrium,” since its addition to the list.
The Daily Reveille year for both father and daughter. Ray said it was hard acting as cheerleader instead of coach for the first time. But in Ashleigh’s sophomore season, he has settled into the role and acknowledges it’s more fun just being the dad. They are still separated by more than 700 miles, but they regularly talk on the phone, and he goes to her meets when there isn’t a scheduling conflict with his competition schedule at home. He has attended three this year, including LSU’s victory against Florida on Friday night. “[Him being there] is awesome,” Ashleigh said. “When I go on the floor I look up at him, and he gets tears in his eyes. I can tell he is really proud.” Ray has a club competition during the NCAA Championships April 17-19, but he said Ashleigh can count on seeing him in the stands at the Fort Worth Convention Center because his relationship with his daughter comes first. “We have a relationship that I will savor for the rest of my life,” Ray said. You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee sponsored a resolution for graduate education improvements. Mechanisms to create and maintain graduate faculty have not been updated since the 1970s, according to the resolution. Calling for the graduate school to realign with the Office of Academic Affairs to solve department problems, the resolution said one third of graduate applications never get a response. Some senators said the resolution would not solve the issues. “It is often the case in the present times that we are satisfied to get a 40 percent solution,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.
page 11 MORE FOR LSU, from page 1 Scotton said if SG is supposed to represent the student body, this figure is pathetic. “We’re seeing an organization that’s not reaching its potential, especially right now in this time of budget cuts,” Scotton said. “We need to end this popularity contest.” “More for LSU” has released three initiatives so far: “Professional Job Shadowing,” “Patrolling the Lakes” and “Text Notifications.” “Professional Job Shadowing” is collaboration between SG and Career Services to allow students to get hands-on experience in their future careers. The “Patrolling the Lakes” initiative wants to rotate police patrols around the lakes to provide a better sense of security to joggers, according to their website. Ahsan said a part of their campaign’s goal is to let students know what SG is doing — optional weekly texts from SG will help with their efforts. To incite political change, Scotton, Ahsan and a small group of students stood on the Capitol steps
Feb. 20. With them was a petition signed by more than 1,000 students calling for constitutional protection for higher education. “Why were they (SG members) not out there getting student signatures? Where are they? That’s why we’re running,” Scotton said. “We have the working relationships and the ability and mindset to begin to properly organize and gather student opinion and send it to the legislator. And we just did that and we’re not even elected.” Scotton said SG needs leaders with real-life, outside experience, not just backgrounds in Student Senate and said “More for LSU” has that experience. The campaign will address college affordability by turning SG’s “wasteful spending” into 42 new scholarships. “It’s time for us together to break the status quo of student government,” Scotton said. “It’s time that we represent the entire student body. And it’s time that we fight the real issues. And it’s time to take this seriously. We are not a ticket, we are a movement. And that’s why this election season is so important. We can set a standard for future years.”
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LSU fans can learn from Kansas St. court storming LIFE OF BRIAN brian pellerin Sports Columnist The score is 71-69. There’s 6.6 seconds left on the clock. More than 13,000 fans hold their breaths as their team has one last chance to win the game or force overtime. LSU forward Jarell Martin inbounds the ball to guard Tim Quarterman, and the clock begins to run. Guard Keith Hornsby springs free after a screen for a split second, but he rushes the shot. It clangs off the rim, gets tipped around and falls to the ground without a second shot attempt before the clock strikes zero. Game over. Most fans stood still, shocked their team couldn’t hang on down the stretch to secure the victory. This was the final sequence from the LSU-Kentucky game from Feb. 10 at the PMAC. Many of you probably realized it because you were there and saw it live. You were probably part of the near capacity crowd standing there stone-faced. But what if Hornsby found a way to make the off-balanced 3-pointer with seconds left, or someone else got the rebound and tipped in a tying shot leading to an LSU overtime victory? Would you still have stood there in disbelief and disappointment? We both know the answer is not a chance. Most of you, including myself, would have stormed the court. It’s what you’re supposed
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Kansas State fans celebrate victory following an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas on Monday at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan. to do when your team upsets the No. 1 team in the country. Storming the court is the biggest cliché in college sports. It’s just fun for the student section to celebrate with its fellow classmates who just accomplished a difficult feat. Now, before we get the Twitter machine going calling me every name in the book, understand a few things. I’m not the same person who wrote the “Don’t storm the field” column after the Ole Miss game last semester, so don’t think I’m just some guy who sits around finding a way to lecture you every chance I get about not having fun. I agree with the other writer, but we’re
different people. Also, I’m not condemning you for thinking storming the court is cool and exciting. If I could’ve stormed the court after the Kentucky game, I would have. I wouldn’t have been first, but if others were going, I would’ve been behind them. I even wrote in my pre-game column that Athletic Director Joe Alleva may need to write another check to the Southeastern Conference if LSU wins the game. And lastly, relax and keep reading. I still haven’t made my point. On Monday night, unranked Kansas State defeated in-state rival No. 8 Kansas on its homecourt. And keeping with the
tradition surrounding college basketball, the Wildcat fans littered the court to celebrate with their teams upset. But it didn’t stop there. The large group that swarmed center court migrated to the scorer’s table, trapping Kansas coach Bill Self and Kansas State coach Bruce Weber while they were shaking hands postgame. It looked like Weber tried to pull Self out of the way to get him away from the mob. Other fans ran into Kansas players. Before you say it was an accident and they didn’t mean to hit those players, look at videos. One person deliberately dove into a Kansas player as he was walking off the court. Another
fan taunted the Kansas bench, leading an assistant coach to put that fan in a pro-wrestling style headlock to get him away from the bench. That’s ridiculous. Any student who thinks attacking a college athlete is a good thing deserves to have his tickets taken away forever — if not kicked out of the university. It’s embarrassing to your school and to yourself. Banning court storming isn’t the answer because people are still going to do it. The proof comes from our own conference. Despite the SEC’s rule against it, the conference’s fans have made it about themselves numerous times. LSU beats Ole Miss in football last season. Auburn’s “Kick-Six” Iron Bowl victory from 2013. South Carolina defeating Kentucky in basketball in 2014. Banning it doesn’t work. The answer for the athletic departments is to immediately get security around the opposing team and get them out as soon as possible. And fans, be respectful of the other team. It’s not about belittling the other team, it’s about celebrating with yours. So the next time LSU takes down the No. 1 team or you find it necessary to run around the playing field after a win, take notes from the Kansas State celebration. Keep your act together before you ruin it for everyone. Brian Pellerin is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.
women’s golf
Lady Tigers capture first team win at Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic BY christian boutwell cboutwell@lsureveille.com The No. 17 LSU women’s golf team captured its first team victory of the spring campaign on Tuesday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Classic Championship at the English Turn Golf and Country Club in New Orleans. The Lady Tigers shot a 10over par team score of 874, granting them sole possession of first place as tournament champions. LSU took an early lead in the competition at 4-under par on the first day and lost its position throughout the tournament. “The tournament was great since we won,” said LSU coach Karen Bahnsen. “I was really proud of the girls. We played very well on the first day, had a lot of birdies. It was fantastic.” LSU’s first-round score of 4-under par 284 put it seven strokes in front of Tulane and completed its round at 3-over par. LSU tallied a tournament-high 19 birdies on the day. The Lady Tigers faced tough
weather conditions on the second day but shot for their highestround score of the tournament. “Obviously, the weather was tough and made it difficult,” Bahnsen said. “I don’t know if the weather was the whole reason — it didn’t help — but we just didn’t putt well on the second day. You could tell from the whole field because the scores were high.” LSU had to regather itself in preparation for the final round of the tournament. The team shot a 286 on Tuesday, good for its first victory of the spring season. “Then today, the team just went out there, had a really good mindset and just worried about golf and not the things around them,” Bahnsen said. “It was a total team effort. I was really proud of them for stepping up, especially for the way they did today.” Senior Madelene Sagstrom, who is No. 29 in Golfstat rankings, led LSU by locking down the individual leaderboard on the first day when she shot for a tournament-low 68. Her tournament score was connected by a total of nine birdies, one eagle
and seven bogeys. She shared the tournament individual title with sophomore Caroline Nistrup, each completing the tournament with a score of 4-under par, 212. Nistrup added a score of 1-under par on the first and final rounds. She ended with a score of 2-under par 70 on day two, helped at the latter half of the course where she landed four birdies and one bogey for a score of 3-under par 33 on the back nine. “Co-champions for two of our players is really special,” Bahnsen said. “They were given the opportunity to have a playoff, but they both said ‘No.’ They did not want to play against each other. They wanted to share their individual championship with a teammate. I am really proud of them. They are just playing such great golf. They have been working really hard, and their success just reinforces that we are working on the right things.” You can reach tian Boutwell on @CBoutwell_TDR.
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LSU then-sophomore Madelene Sagstrom focuses on the ball March 24, 2013, on the last hole of her game during the LSU Tiger Golf Classic at the University Club golf course.