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University team uses Candidates funding from Bella prepare for Bowman Foundation for tonight’s cancer radiation research debate STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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he excitement of unwrapping gifts on Christmas Day was overshadowed for Trey Bowman and his family in 2010, after realizing there was something wrong with their 7-year-old daughter, Bella.

After rushing to the emergency room where doctors ran tests, Bella was diagnosed with an ependymoma brain tumor on New Year’s Day. The doctors immediately removed the tumor, and the Bowmans travelled to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, to begin Bella’s radiation therapy.

“Children with this type of cancer usually receive this course of treatment — radiation after the surgery,” Trey said. “So we went to St. Jude’s and ultimately to Jacksonville, Florida, where Bella received proton radiation. She did quite well through the treatment, and even shortly after the treatment, everything was great.”

Bella and her family returned to their Baton Rouge home in summer 2011.

For the first few months, Bella stayed healthy, but an unexpected side effect took her back St. Jude’s. “[The doctors] found tissue necrosis inside her brain stem, which is inoperable,” Trey said. “Basically the radiation was working, but it was working too well. It was killing the healthy tissue that it shouldn’t have been.”

After 60 rounds of hyperbaric oxygen treatment — intended to stop and hopefully revert the necrosis — as well as two chemotherapy treatments, the Bowmans decided to drive home for the holidays on Dec. 15, 2011.

The Bowmans celebrate at Crawfish Aquatics after a swim meet dedicated to Bella Bowman in August 2011.

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All three Student Government campaigns will sit side by side at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Journalism Building’s Holliday Forum for the annual SG debate.

The tickets will respond to questions posed by a panel of six campus leaders. Tiger TV reporter Mitch Rabalais is the moderator and will handle the majority of follow-up questions. Other panelists include SG president Clay Tufts, Daily Reveille Editor-in-Chief Chandler Rome, President of the Residence Hall Association Hope Roberts, Vice President of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Darnell Theriot and Greek Board of Directors

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FASHION

Architecture seniors prepare to launch jewelry studio, expand brand

BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com ETCH, the brainchild of architecture seniors Mallory Estopinal and Zoé Ganch, began as a casual jewelry shop on Instagram serving mostly family and friends.

The students are now preparing to launch the jewelry studio’s spring collection online Monday, following the success of their first collection last fall, selling to consumers from as far as Australia and Ireland.

The duo created ETCH last year after Estopinal made Ganch a necklace for her birthday using the free laser cutter at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center near Washington, D.C., where they were studying.

As they created more pieces, they received positive reactions and realized making a business

selling laser-cut jewelry was possible.

Marked by geometric, edgy designs with a touch of gold and leather, ETCH’s handmade pieces stand above the low-quality jewelry found at many chain stores, Ganch said.

The new spring collection, the “Alice Collection,” includes necklaces, earrings, bracelets and even tie clips and cufflinks in cool, pastel colors reflecting the whimsy of “Alice in Wonderland.”

“For this one, all of our designs are bolder, they’re brighter. We have a different color palette. We have some metallics in there, some spring, summer textures,” Estopinal said. “We’ve got this whole idea of an adventurous girl spinning around in this world of funky ‘Wonderland.’”

The pair collaborated with various photographers, stylists and

brands from metropolitan areas, such as New York and Los Angeles. After they graduate in May, they plan to make the move to the Big Apple.

“It’s something that we figured, if we’re going to go at any time, it’d be now,” Estopinal said.

Balancing full-time student responsibilities and the demands of ETCH is difficult, both said. They hope to dedicate more time to the brand in New York after graduation and produce enough jewelry for wholesale markets, possibly growing the business into full-time careers.

“We didn’t want to bite off more than we can chew and then find ourselves not being able to fulfill an order. Right now it’s profitable for how much we put into it,” Ganch said. “And once we

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Wooden rings are laser printed as part of ETCH’s new Alice Collections at ETCH studio located at the LSU Innovation Park complex.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame to perform at Varsity Theatre Rapper Waka Flocka Flame will bring his aggressive performance style to the Varsity Theatre on Friday. The stop is part of his tour promoting his upcoming album, “Flockaveli 2.”

He will be accompannied by DJ Whoo Kid, Kool DJ Supamike and Ben G.

The show is for ages 18 and up. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show will begin at 9 p.m.

General admission tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the show. Meet and greet tickets are also available and are priced at $70.

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The Women’s Leadership Symposium will be hosted on campus Saturday, March 7, at various locations.

The StrengthsQuest plenary session, two education sessions and conclusion at the Women’s Center will follow a free checkin and lunch at the Business

Education Complex Auditorium at 12:15 p.m.

The event’s keynote speaker, Lauren Thom, owner of Fleurty Girl boutique in New Orleans, will talk to participants about the needs of a growing female student population and its role in leadership.

Track and field posts 14 qualifiers for NCAA indoor championships The LSU men’s and women’s track and field teams posted 14 qualifiers for the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships spanning March 13-14 at Tyson Randall Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

The No. 7 Tigers are sending

eight runners to partake in four events, most notably the reigning-champion 4x400-meter relay team. The No. 20 Lady Tigers will be represented by seven athletes in eight events led by senior shot putter Southeastern Conference champion Tori Bliss.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

AACC honors 30-year Student org. raises awareness for autism employee with Nia award Group dedicates service

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com The University has seen five U.S. presidents, five state governors and seven chancellors over the last 30 years. Linda Smith Griffin has been through it all, tucked away in her bookfilled office in the basement of Middleton Library.

The African American Cultural Center honored Smith Griffin with the Nia award at their third annual Jazz Brunch on Feb. 21.

Nia means “purpose” in Swahili. The AACC gives the award to an individual who embodies a life filled with purpose and is dedicated to the organization.

Smith Griffin is the head of cataloging at LSU Libraries.

She has been a University faculty member for three decades and has worked with AACC for 20 years.

“It was totally unknown to me,” Smith Griffin said about receiving the award.

She is one of three AACC award recipients and the only one to receive the Nia. Aside from her faculty job, Smith Griffin works as a Faculty Senator, a University faculty adviser to the Nu Psi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and LSU Libraries’ selector and liaison for the African and African American Studies program.

She is also a member of the Black Faculty and Staff Caucus, where she served two terms as president.

“It’s not just a 9-to-5 job ... but it’s fun,” Smith Griffin said.

“I can’t think of any other environment I would want to work in.”

A University alumna, Smith Griffin obtained her master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences in 1996. Since then, she has worked as a mentor to African-American students at the University.

“It was only natural for me to become a mentor because I’ve been mentored by so many all my life,” Smith Griffin said.

Smith Griffin said she helps

students gather the necessary resources for coursework, research and special projects concerning AAAS. She also helps with decisionmaking and counsels students with issues outside the library.

“I’m helping students on demand — whatever is needed at the moment,” Smith Griffin said.

Smith Griffin assists the AACC with programming in various ways, including collaborating with the Black Faculty and Staff Caucus to bring internationally renowned speakers like Dr. Cornel West to campus.

She said her favorite AACC program is the African American Robing Ceremony in the spring.

The Robing Ceremony honors and congratulates graduating African-American students.

Smith Griffin participated in the first ever Robing Ceremony in 1996 when she was a graduate student. She has volunteered for the ceremony every year since.

“It just had such a lasting positive effect on me, so I know if it had that effect on me, it had that effect on many other students,” Smith Griffin said. “I wanted students to feel the same way that I felt at that time.”

Smith Griffin said she has been fortunate to see the AACC come to its full fruition throughout its years on campus.

She said she saw the construction of the organization’s first building and its relocation to the newly expanded Women’s Center, along with the implementation of a “laundry list of programs,” many of which she helped to jumpstart.

Though the program has undergone many changes, Smith Griffin said its core values remain the same.

“Over the history of AACC, their role and mission has always been the same — to enrich the students’ experiences while they’re here and provide a place where students can gather,” Smith Griffin said. “That has been wonderful for me to see in my career here.”

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LSU Libraries Head of Cataloging, Linda Smith Griffin, is one of three recipients who recently won an award for African-American leadership.

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BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com While some might shy away from difficult issues, members of Tigers for Autism Awareness are up for the challenge.

“We just want to help local kids in the Baton Rouge community and do some service work and raise awareness for autism,” said Andrea Chapa, the organization’s president and biological sciences graduate student.

Organization founder and University alumna Kristina Hickey said she is passionate about raising awareness for autism because it is such a challenging disability. Each case is unique to the individual, Hickey said.

She established the organization last semester after realizing there was no University group dedicated to the cause, and she recognized the need to bring students together for a common purpose in the community.

“I felt like I could relate to kids who have autism because they feel misunderstood, and I know that [as] college kids we are all looking for something to do,” Hickey said. “And I saw that autism can fit on several different disciplines such as politics, even engineering, even economics, psychology and kinesiology.”

Estelle Sklar, organization fundraising chair and biological sciences senior, said everyone has some link to autism, whether they are directly affected by it or know someone who is, and that’s what attracts so many students from various disciplines across campus to the organization.

Communication disorders sophomore Nicole Stebbins said the organization sparked her interest because she knows someone who is autistic. Today, she serves as the organization’s vice president and has found a way to link her experiences with the group to her academic career.

“I’m a communication disorders major, so a lot of autistic kids have speech problems, so I thought it would give me a greater advantage to say, hey, I’ve worked with autistic kids, like I know a little bit of what I’m doing,” Stebbins said.

While vice president, Chapa said she and Hickey were new to the experience of starting a student organization, and the two did whatever it took to get the group off the ground and running. They reached out to students through Free Speech Plaza and encouraged their friends to attend meetings.

Chapa said many students

are attracted to the club be- community and commemorate cause it is smaller and pro- World Autism Awareness Day. vides a more personal interac- The official color of National tive experience.

Autism Awareness Month is “I feel like students are royal blue. looking to get involved in Through a partnership something, and it’s a differ- with Families Helping Famient thing to get involved in,” lies of Greater Baton Rouge, Sklar said. “Inthe organizastead of those big tion will host a clubs and stuff ‘I felt like I could relate service project that you kind of to kids who have autism called Friday get lost in there Night Out twice because they feel because there’s misunderstood, and I this semester. so many people, is know that [as] college theFHFGBR and so it’s kind local branch kids we are all looking of a non-profit of a good way to for something to do.’ organization that get involved like with a smaller provides sergroup.” vices for those KRISTINA HICKEY, While she still Tigers for Autism Awareness founder with disabilities maintains active and their famiparticipation in lies. When Hickthe organization, ey heard about Hickey handed FHFGBR, she over leadership to Chapa after jumped on the opportunity to graduating. work with an organization that The organization contin- represented what she wantues to meet on a biweekly ed to be able to bring to the basis and has several events University. planned for the semester in Friday Night Out is an opaddition to its preparation for portunity for kids age 13 and National Autism Awareness up with special needs to hang Month in April. out with University students Hickey said the organiza- and their peers while playing tion is working to get Tiger games and watching movies.

Stadium lit up in blue and get Chapa said it will give kids people across campus to wear with special needs a chance to blue for Light It Up Blue on get out and make friends while April 2, an international ini- doing something that might be tiative to unite the autism outside their normal routine.

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Trach Momma Support Group - The Times Grill, Essen Lane, Baton Rouge Louisiana State Baseball - Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Franklin Art Walk - Downtown Franklin Louisiana State Men's Basketball - Pete Maravich Assembly Center Comedy Night - The Station Sports Bar and Grill Carrie: The Musical - Reilly Theatre Band Karaoke - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's Drag Bingo - George's Place Karaoke with Mohawk Mike - The Spanish Moon Cat's Ass Karaoke - George's Place A World of Dreams - Louisiana Art and Science Museum and Planetarium Preston Gilchrist and Theresa Herrera - Baton Rouge Gallery for

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Contemporary Art An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy LSU Museum of Art Brave Steps: The Louisiana Native Guard - West Baton Rouge Museum

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

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Human trafficking survivor Chong Kim speaks to students

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com The mid-’90s saw Clinton in office, feminism on the rise and an Internet emerging.

It also saw the peak of human trafficking in the United States.

Chong Kim, a human trafficking survivor, visited the Royal Cotillion Ballroom in the Student Union on Wednesday to share her story and raise awareness on the issue. The event was organized by the Student Activities Board.

Kim was 18 years old when she was abducted in 1994 for the sex trade in Dallas, Texas.

“Keith,” a young man she met at a bar, claimed to be a military official, romanced her and persuaded her to travel to Florida with him.

The pair never reached Florida.

Instead, Kim said, they settled in an abandoned northern Oklahoma house, where “Keith” handcuffed her and destroyed all her forms of identification, including her driver’s license and passport.

“I was so naive,” Kim said.

“I was most mad about him

burning up my Blockbuster After discovering she was card.” pregnant, Kim realized she Kim escaped him and met a needed to make a serious effort woman she thought could help to leave the trafficking ring. her, “Kat.” Rather than help She said typically children Kim, “Kat” sold her into the sex of sex slaves were sold in the market in Las Vegas, Nevada, black market or into slavery through an escort service. themselves.

She was raped the first night She put the child up for adopon the job. tion instead.

Kim was sold Kim was along with more ‘We need to start making able to essome real changes.’ than 40 other girls cape through a from warehouse to wealthy client warehouse. Most who bought her CHONG KIM, of the girls were 16 for an undishuman trafficking survivor and younger. closed amount Kim’s captors of money. force fed her morphine, heroin Kim found refuge in Minneand meth on a regular basis. sota in 2000 after escaping the She said she became addicted industry. Since then, she has to cocaine and meth. worked as a legal advocate proDespite the everyday tor- moting human and civil rights. ture she endured, Kim was told “We need to start making to smile. some real changes,” Kim said.

“I was told to act like a miTrafficking is the third largnor even though I was 18,” Kim est international crime indussaid. try, according to the Central Many of Kim’s clients lived Intelligence Agency. There are in rural areas. One of her most 50,000 victims each year in the frequented destinations was United States.

Lafayette, Louisiana.

Of those victims, 80 percent “I started realizing who I are women. Half of them are was shaking hands with ... dirty children. judges, attorneys, political offiHuman trafficking genercials,” Kim said. ates a profit of $32 billion per

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Chong Kim speaks about her experiences and how she survived sex trafficking on Wednesday in the Union Royal Cotillion Ballroom. year, according to dosomething.org. About $15.5 billion of that profit is made in industrialized nations like the U.S. “There isn’t enough field research on college students,” Kim said. “Because they’re 18 and older, it’s not considered an immediate threat.”

The U.S. Department of State began monitoring

trafficking of persons in 1994, the same year Kim was sold to slavery.

She said even though most of her trafficking experience was dominated by males, she harbors no ill will toward men in general.

“Men don’t do this, only monsters,” Kim said. “There is a huge difference.”

ADMINISTRATION

New LSU general counsel shaped by family pedigree CHANDLER ROME Manship News Service A necktie sits untouched on a side desk in Thomas Skinner’s first floor office in the LSU System office on West Lakeshore Drive in Baton Rouge.

It’s hideous. He’ll tell you as much. A jagged pattern poorly resembling a tiger’s claw marks run vertically, alternating between purple and gold down the fabric, with the familiar LSU “eye of the tiger” emblazoned near the bottom.

Skinner said he felt he needed to make a statement as a finalist for LSU System’s general counsel position late last year but hadn’t packed any purple or gold attire for the interview. He snagged the tie at the hotel gift shop and wore it to the interview.

A quick look at Skinner’s résumé and family pedigree suggests he didn’t need the tie to make a statement. His father, Samuel, was the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff for George H. W. Bush.

His brother-in-law is NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

But it’s the observations he’s made and experiences he’s lived that have guided Skinner to this point.

As Bush’s re-election campaign began to go south, Skinner’s father resigned as White House Chief of Staff in August 1992, replaced by White House veteran James Baker.

“That was, for my dad, a very difficult thing,” Skinner said.

“He resigned voluntarily and moved over to the Republican National Committee, but it was not something he really wanted to do. You see it a lot in politics.

They build you up and tear you back down.”

Skinner, then 30, saw the rigors of a political life. The beginning is a honeymoon, he said. After that comes the tearing down.

Perhaps no one has been torn down as much as Goodell, disparaged this season for his handling of the NFL’s growing list of abuse issues, with some calling for his resignation.

Skinner is close to his brother-in-law, speaking via email or phone at least twice a week.

They often vacation in the summers, enjoying cigars, paddleboarding and golfing — essentially anything to avoid talking about football. His demeanor may surprise some, Skinner said.

“People would be shocked, I think,” Skinner said. “He comes across as a very tough, straightforward, no BS [type of] guy.

Part of that is true, but what you don’t see is the personal warmth he has. He’s one of the few people I can look you in the eye and say he’ll give you the shirt off his back. He is a genuinely warm individual.”

Skinner sees a side of Goodell most don’t, making the constant stream of vitriolic tweets, posts and assertions about him disheartening, though it comes with the territory of being such a public figure, he adds.

“I try not to let it bother me too much,” Skinner said. “On the other hand, I know some of it is grossly unfair, and that’s aggravating.”

“I don’t think anyone’s feeling sorry for him, nor should they,” Skinner added. “He’s a guy who’s worked hard to get where he is, trying to do the best he can. He’s admitted when he’s been wrong, and I have no doubt given what I know about his work ethic and ethics in general, he’s going to be successful in the long run. It’s just a tough period right now.”

Few know his family’s notoriety. Skinner’s office has a few pictures and just one football sitting on a side table — ironically, deflated.

Skinner’s always felt drawn to education — his mother and grandmother were elementary school teachers, his grandfather a superintendent. Reading Pete Maravich’s biography in elementary school instantly drew the young sports fanatic to LSU. Then a partner at Jones Day, an international law firm, Skinner began searching for general counsel jobs in 2014 and admits he almost jumped from his chair when the LSU position came across his computer screen.

“How many institutions, how many universities in the country are known by their abbreviation by their acronym,” Skinner said. “LSU is a national brand.

It is a first-class institution in so many ways. It’s big enough that it presents a variety of

JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ / The Daily Reveille

LSU general counsel Thomas Skinner uses past experiences to adjust to his new job. challenges but it’s not so huge that it’s unmanageable.”

On the job since the first of the year, consider this Skinner’s honeymoon.

Perception-wise, he’s on a smaller scale than his family members. Work-wise, it could be a different story.

Skinner makes a list of pending matters he needs to attend to. Twenty in all, none of which he can resolve with a simple phone call.

“In some ways, I would describe myself as a firefighter,” says Skinner. “These blazes pop up all over the place, and my job is to make sure we put the fires out. Whether I put it out personally or I assign our other lawyers to put the fires out.”

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Tigers drop home finale to Vols, 78-63

trials and triumphs

BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com A win against the Tennessee men’s basketball team wasn’t going to solidify LSU’s case for an NCAA Tournament bid, but a loss would have jeopardized it.

The Tigers are now in jeopardy.

After going into halftime tied, LSU struggled to match the Volunteers’ hot second-half shooting and fell flat in its home finale, 78-63, Wednesday night at the PMAC. “When a team gets hot like that, it’s kind of hard to beat,” said LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman. “When you contest their shots and they’re still hitting, there isn’t much you can do about it.”

The loss snapped a threegame winning streak for the Tigers (21-9, 10-7 Southeastern Conference), who shot just 37.5 percent from the field in the second half compared to Tennessee’s blistering 69 percent clip. “[Tennessee] shooting practically 70 percent in the second half made it very difficult for us when we did not execute at the level we needed to on the offensive end,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones.

Junior guard Keith Hornsby led the Tigers with a careerhigh 25 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field, and sophomore forward Jarell Martin added 16 points. But the rest of LSU’s players struggled, totaling 22 points on 30

Junior all-arounder Savona nets long-term benefit from injuries BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com LSU junior all-around gymnast Jessica Savona has been at the highest level of the sport — the Olympic games.

But she also has been at the lowest level, unable to compete for more than two years combined after a pair of career-threatening injuries.

The good and the bad have made her into the gymnast she is today — the 2013 Southeastern Conference floor champion, a 2014 First-Team All-American and an integral part on the No. 2 gymnastics team in the nation.

The native of

Mississauga, Ontario, showed her potential at a young age as a multisport athlete. She was one of the premier Canadian athletes in gymnastics and soccer while also swimming and running competitively.

“I played soccer until I was about 12 or 13,” Savona said. “It was at the competitive level where I would be competing for my province against other provinces. But it got to the point where I loved gymnastics too much to give it up, so when soccer became a high priority thing and gymnastics became a high priority thing, I had to decide, and I chose gymnastics.”

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LSU junior all-arounder Jessica Savona performs her floor routine during the Tigers’ 198.075-196.850 victory against No. 9 Georgia on Feb. 6 at the PMAC.

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women’s basketball

Caldwell, Boykin share bond through rocky four seasons

by Morgan Prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com When senior forward Sheila Boykin stepped onto the court for her last home game, she couldn’t stop the flood of memories from her unexpected and difficult journey through her LSU career.

When Boykin committed to Nikki Caldwell and UCLA at the end of her junior year at Long Beach Polytechnic High School six years ago, she thought she’d be wearing her hometown colors of sky blue and gold.

But Boykin’s dreams were

shattered when Caldwell took the job at LSU, forcing her to either stay at home at UCLA or follow Caldwell to Baton Rouge.

“It was a hard decision of do I stay with the girls that I know and get to know new coaches?” Boykin said. “Or do I just go with coaches that I have a really good foundation with and just get to know new teammates? I think getting to know the new teammates was easier.”

Part of Boykin’s decision to come to LSU stemmed from Caldwell’s staff’s connection to

legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Caldwell won a national championship as a player and two championships as an assistant under Summitt. Assistant coach Tasha Butts played under Caldwell and Summitt.

Although Caldwell’s connection to Summitt was crucial for Boykin, the pair’s personalities clicked from day one.

Their respect for each other has only grown through the adversity Boykin faced during her collegiate career.

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LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell stands with senior forward Sheila Boykin (42) and junior guard Danielle Ballard (32) during the Lady Tigers’ 80-63 victory against Texas A&M at the PMAC.

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BASEBALL

Tigers developing aggressive, efficient base stealing approach

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com Off to the races.

The No. 2 LSU baseball team has slapped together an impressive nine-game win streak, and a major part of its success comes from its aggressive and alert baserunning.

“We have a different mindset this year,” said senior outfielder Jared Foster. “We’re trying to use [stealing] more to our advantage because we have a lot of guys who can run, so there’s no reason why we shouldn’t go out there and try to run more often and coach has been giving us the sign a lot more, so that helps us out too.”

The Tigers (12-1) are one of the most efficient baserunning teams in the Southeastern Conference. They’ve only been caught stealing four times out of 31 attempts so far this season, an impressive 83 percent rate.

Entering Wednesday’s game, LSU is tied for second in the SEC in stolen bases at 20, only one behind Vanderbilt. The Tigers’ four blunders on the year is among the lowest in the SEC, behind only South Carolina, Ole Miss and Alabama. Each of these teams has attempted to steal less bags than the Tigers.

The Tigers are currently in a groove, outscoring opponents 61-25 during their winning streak

and are gaining confidence by the night, both in the batters box and on the base paths.

“Yeah [we think the odds are in our favor], and then they think about it too,” Foster said. “It’s in their mind that hey this guy might run we got to be quick.”

LSU’s turnaround since its debacle in the midweek against Nicholls State on Feb. 18 has been exponential, but it hasn’t come without studying and preparation.

The Tigers worked hard with first year hitting coach Andy Cannizaro to become more aggressive on the basepaths, using their speed to make it easier for the lineup to drive in runs.

Ever since Cannizaro arrived, the Tigers have broken down every aspect of stealing the bases from the mental approach to the actual stolen bag. Junior outfielder Mark Laird said Cannizaro has taught him to always study the opponent and his approach in all situations.

“The way you steal most of your bases is in the dugout,” Laird said. “You just watch and make sure if someone gets on base see what the pitchers tendencies are, what he likes to do, what he likes to give, what kind of move he has.

“I like to know what count they throw a breaking ball in because if they throw a

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LSU senior infielder Connor Hale celebrates a safe run to second base during the Tigers’ 8-1 win against Stephen F. Austin Tuesday at Alex Box Stadium. breaking ball you don’t necessarily have to have your best to beat the throw because it’s slow to the plate. We come out here and practice a lot and try to be aggressive on the bases and it has paid off so far.”

Laird, who has five stolen bases this season, has been one of the most consistent base stealers for the Tigers in his

career. Laird has stolen 16 bases in his past two seasons with the club, while also stealing 17 bags during the summer in the Cape Cod league.

Laird’s top of the lineup status for LSU in the past two seasons has become a habit because of his consistency in the batters box and his high baserunning IQ.

“You really just want to look at his whole front side in general like what moves first, does he pull his shoulder in to go to the plate and then how he’s throwing people,” Laird said. “Is he throwing backwards breaking balls first? Fastballs first? Coming right at them. It’s a lot of things you kind of have to look at, but coach Andy [Cannizaro] does a good job going ‘You see that? Look at that right there,’ so he has been helping us out in the dugout and at practice.”

The Tigers have created a reputation for fast baserunners with their lockdown outfield and quick handed infield, which has given opponents fits for a good part of the last few seasons for LSU both on offense and defense.

And when the opponent has been shaken, the Tigers will pounce.

“If you really think about, the pitcher has to make a good throw, catcher has to get up, good transfer, good throw, so it puts a lot of pressure on them when they’re up there too,” Foster said. “So when they have a team that knows how to run they’re going to be more out of whack.

It’s good that we have that weapon this year and we’re taking advantage of it.”

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Senior guard Harden ends final home game on high note

BY STANTON VIGNES svignes@lsureveille.com

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LSU senior guard DaShawn Harden dribbles the ball during the Lady Tigers’ 80-63 victory against Texas A&M on Sunday at the PMAC.

Like the LSU women’s basketball team itself, senior guard DaShawn Harden has had her share of peaks and valleys this season. But there is perhaps no better way to end a season than with your highest peak in your final home game in college.

After a nine-game stretch averaging 6.1 points per game, Harden ended the year with a career high 28-point performance and was a major cog in the 80-63 win against then-No. 12 Texas A&M, which locked up the fourth seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Harden averaged 15.6 points per game in the Lady Tigers’ final three contests while ranking sixth in the SEC in steals per game. She said her maturity off the court allowed her to further her development as a basketball player.

“I think my off-the-court lessons have evolved me more, basketball-wise,” Harden said. “With [LSU coach Nikki Caldwell] holding me accountable with everything I do, especially in school, I get into that rhythm of constantly being consistent on something outside of basketball, and it kind of transpires into basketball. So with me being more of a consistent scorer,

I think that all comes from coach Nikki helping me off the basketball court.”

Prior to the return of junior guard and All-SEC First Team selection Danielle Ballard, who missed 14 games due to a suspension, Harden led the team in scoring and averaged 12 points per game. She went on a tear and scored in double digits in six consecutive games from Nov. 22 to Dec. 19, 2014, which is the second-longest streak on the team this year.

Harden and Ballard established a dominant frontcourt that upset then-No. 15 Mississippi State in double overtime after playing only two games together all season. In the next game against then-No. 10 Kentucky on Jan. 18, Harden suffered a concussion after taking an elbow to the eye, forcing her to leave the game and miss the following contest.

Harden said her vision was blurry for the next few weeks and was not 100 percent until a week before the team’s matchup against Ole Miss on Feb. 26.

After returning from the injury, Harden suffered her worst slump of the season and failed to score more than nine points in six straight games.

She was relegated to the bench and challenged by Caldwell after an 86-62 blowout loss to South Carolina in which Harden

went 0-for-4 with no points.

“I can rip through my entire bench, but I’m going to start with DaShawn Harden,” Caldwell said after the loss. “I think she can give us a spark in a big way on both sides of the basketball. And not too many players can do that.

She’s a player that to me is one of our more skilled guards.”

In response, Harden knocked down six 3-pointers and scored a combined 22 points off the bench in her next two games, reaching another personal peak as the Lady Tigers finished their schedule.

After Harden’s career game on senior day, Caldwell said Harden is a force to be reckoned with as long as she keeps herself concentrated.

“She’s a player that can score a lot of baskets in a short period of time especially if you get her looks,” Caldwell said. “She’s a player that can stretch you defensively because she can shoot the 3-pointer. The thing about DaShawn is when she is focused in on the gameplan, she’s a game changer. Her ability to get steals and convert those into layups. She’s a great spot up shooter [and] can catch and shoot. You have to know where she’s at at all times.”

You can reach Stanton Vignes on Twitter @stanvignes_TDR.

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GYMNASTICS

No. 2 LSU handles Tigers see improvement on beam Grambling State, 7-1

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com

Tigers’ bullpen gets job done

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LSU waited only an inning before taking its first lead of the game. Senior catcher

BY JACK CHASCIN Kade Scivicque sparked the jchascin@lsureveille.com rally as he knocked a double to right center to score a run The No. 2 LSU baseball and tie the game. Scivicque team extended its win streak would tally a run in the into nine games as it took care ning as well, scoring on sophoof Grambling State, 7-1, at Alex more left fielder Jake Fraley’s Box Stadium on Wednesday double to right field by three batters later to give LSU a 2-1 afternoon.

LSU (12-1) was helped by its lead.

Scivicque has been a steady steady pitching performances to keep five Grambling (2-9) hand for LSU at the plate so baserunners stranded and al- far this season. The 5-foot-11, low LSU to control much of 223-pound catcher leads all starters in batting average the contest.

LSU freshman pitcher (.423), slugging percentage Doug Norman’s midweek skir- (.846), on base percentage (.469) mishes fizzled against Gram- and leads the team in home bling as he went four innings runs with three coming into and allowed five hits against Wednesday’s game.

The Maurepas, Louisiana, 17 batters. Norman gets his first win of his career because native also helped spark the LSU coach Paul Mainieri’s squad’s current winning streak announcement before the after a loss to Nicholls State game stating the team would on Feb. 18.

“I’m just trying to see use at least three pitchers, a good pitch to hit and hit it making Norman eligible.

Norman allowed only one hard through the infield,” run, his lowest mark this Scivicque said. “I’m just trying to be patient and look season.

“I thought he did all right,” for a pitch I can drive and Mainieri said. “He gave up try to put a good swing on some hits, but I thought the it.”

Scivicque would finish fourth inning was his best inning. I thought he did 2-for-3 on the day with an RBI okay — handled himself all and a run scored.

LSU doubled its lead in right. Overall, I thought he the bottom of the sixth on performed all right.”

The LSU bullpen was flaw- three hits, led by senior infielder Conner less from there, Hale. Hale put muzzling the ‘We’ve gotten off to a triple to the Grambling ofa good start. I think center field wall fense for no hits we’re meshing as a to score junior while combining team really well.’ shortstop Alex for seven strikeBregman then outs. Grambling crossed the plate saw only one ALEX BREGMAN, for a run of his baserunner the junior shortstop own on a fielder’s remainder of the choice one batter game coming via sophomore Collin Strall’s hit later. Hale has hit safely in all thirteen games this season batter.

“Our bullpen is going to tell and finished Wednesday 1-for-4 the tale of our season,” Main- with an RBI. LSU tallied two more in ieri said. “So far, I like what I’m seeing. Guys are starting to set- the bottom of seventh and tle in to some roles and doing a one more in the eighth to cap really nice job, and I think a controlling victory before everybody we brought into the team heads for Housthe game I thought pitched ton, Texas for the Houston fantastic. All of the guys did College Classic.

“We’ve gotten off to a good a really nice job out of the start,” Bregman said. “I think bullpen.”

After giving up a leadoff we’re meshing as a team really single and a sacrifice bunt to well. A lot of the younger guys begin the game, Norman laid are stepping up and getting a pitch in the zone for Gram- the job done.” bling shortstop Larry Barraza, who roped it into center field to You can reach Jack Chascin on plate a run and gain an early Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said senior allarounder Jessie Jordan has ice water in her veins.

As the anchor on beam, Jordan is the last performer for the Tigers when they compete on the road.

Jordan stared adversity in the face in the fourth rotation against Auburn on Feb. 13, after senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville scored a 9.700 on beam, opening the door for Auburn to take the lead with its last performance.

She didn’t budge.

Jordan scored a 9.925 to propel LSU past Auburn, 197.350-197.300. She did it again during LSU’s 197.350197.275 victory against Alabama on Feb. 27, scoring a 9.900.

“Jessie has really personified the idea of consistency,” Courville said. “She makes everybody around her want to be as consistent as she is. She has played a huge role in making us all feel comfortable [on beam].”

But Jordan’s contributions, which include the secondmost scores of 9.900 or better in the nation and the No. 2 RQS score, only account for a portion of the team’s success on the event.

Breaux said the team benefits from having a surplus of talent on the event. Eight

gymnasts have contributed to improved routine by sophothe Tigers’ No. 2 beam score, more all-arounder Ashleigh six of which have accounted Gnat, two freshmen that comfor at least one score of 9.900 bined for four scores of 9.900 or or better. higher and two seniors.

“We like the flexibility that “Now we have a competiwe have been able to have,” tive situation where it is difBreaux said. “The notion ficult to pick the best lineup,” that we have been able to put said associate head coach Jay someone in the lineup, take Clark. “Being thoughtful and someone out of the lineup and looking at the numbers in terms not really feel a difference in of hits, misses, inter squads and what this team can accomplish all of those things are key for has built some us. The freshmen ‘The notion that we confidence in our have upped the have been able to put ante particularly depth.”

Breaux said someone in the lineup, on that event.” the team that take someone out of the Breaux said can dominate on lineup and not really feel the competition beam will have gymnasts a difference in what this the the best chance faced on the of winning team can accomplish has road this season built some confidence coupled with the the Super Six in our depth.’

Championships, friendly competition they have in and the Tigers practice forged are exactly D-D BREAUX, the lineup into where she wants LSU gymnastics coach the juggernaut them to be after making a it is today. concerted effort to separate “This is the most depth themselves from the pack on I’ve seen on any lineup, especially beam,” Courville said. the event.

They started by emu- “We have almost everybody lating the way Jordan con- competing and working for ducts herself at practice, those spots. That has really during which she emotion- shaped up into who we are beally and physically mimics cause everybody pushes each the way she performs at a other for those spots. The meet. spot doesn’t belong to anyBut the newfound depth one, it’s up for grabs every makes it hard for the coach- week, and that makes us es to pick the six gymnasts better.” that will compete each week.

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page 8 defeat, from page 5 percent shooting.

The Volunteers (15-14, 7-10 SEC) had four players reach double figures, led by senior guard Josh Richardson’s 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting. As a team, Tennessee shot 52 percent from the field, its highest mark in the last 12 games.

But the Vols’ scolding second half performance astonished Jones the most.

“I thought they spread us out and got down in the shot clock,” Jones said. “They made plays at the basket. They were extremely patient. When we did try to help, they had other guys step up and make shots They executed at an unbelievable level in the second half.”

After entering the game on a five-game losing streak, Tennessee led by 15 when Richardson intercepted a pass and raced up the court for a transition layup, prompting a timeout from Jones with 9:02 to go.

But Tennessee junior guard Kevin Punter drained a 3-pointer while drawing a foul after the timeout, giving the Vols a 62-44 lead with 8:31 left in regulation.

Quarterman pulled the Tigers within 11 with a corner 3-pointer at the 3:56 mark, but Tennessee scored eight of the game’s final 12 points to wrap up the win and avenge a 73-55 thumping to LSU in the first meeting this season.

It seemed like the Volunteers scored from everywhere in the second half, going 5-of-8 from 3-point territory and outscoring LSU 22-10 in the paint.

It was another disappointing game after the Tigers appeared on the brink of a breakout run to end the regular season.

LSU hasn’t won more than three consecutive games since reeling off eight in a row Nov. 29-Jan. 3. The Tigers haven’t won more than three straight

savona, from page 5 Savona proved she made the right choice in 2007 when she became the junior champion at the Elite Canada Championships in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

Then she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in 2008 while training for a competition.

It took a year and a half until Savona could compete again and two years until she could perform to the best of her ability.

“It seems a lot bigger now that I am looking back at it, but at the time, I just wanted to be back,” Savona said. “I did whatever I could to be back to where I wanted to be. I focused on a day at a time strengthening, working out and trying to stay fit.”

By 2010, she reminded the world of the potential she showed two years earlier. She represented Canada at the 2010 World Championships and the 2011 Japan Cup. She added first-place finishes on beam and floor and a second-place finish in the all-around at the 2011

SEC games this season or in Jones’ three-year tenure.

Hornsby said he can’t pinpoint what’s been holding LSU back from making a serious push.

“When you have another three-game winning streak and have a dip like the pattern we’ve been having all season, you can’t help but brainstorm what the real issue is,” Hornsby said.

“But it’s a competitive game, and these guys are good and are going to hit shots. It’s how you respond.”

The Tigers are now in a precarious position.

The Daily Reveille Wednesday’s loss was LSU’s fourth this season to a team with an RPI ranking of 100 or more. With a blemish against No. 104 Tennessee now on their résumé, there is more pressure on the Tigers to perform well at No. 18 Arkansas on Saturday and in the SEC Tournament, which takes place March 11-15.

With the end of the season drawing nearer, the Tigers know every game counts.

“They’re all must-wins to me,” Hornsby said.

You can reach David Gray on Twitter @dgray_TDR.

Thursday, March 5, 2015 bond, from page 5 “Each year, your relationship with your players gets better and better,” Caldwell said. “It’s just like in any relationship. It just continues to grow. Sheila is someone that I have a tremendous amount of respect for because of her fight and who she is as a person.”

Boykin started her LSU career in the 2011 season, playing only seven minutes off the bench and tallying 1.7 points and 1.9 boards per game.

In her sophomore season, Boykin played 13.4 minutes per game and averaged 2.3 rebounds per game before her life changed.

In February 2013, Boykin was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, an illness where the body’s immune system attacks its nervous system. Boykin missed the Lady Tigers’ last nine games of the season.

Boykin couldn’t walk, but Caldwell’s support made her diagnosis and treatment easier to bear. “[Caldwell] checked on me at least once a week and made sure I was good,” Boykin said. “She made herself available if I ever wanted to sit down and talk to her about anything. That’s how the how staff is, especially Tasha Butts. She also let me know what resources were available to me, as well.”

In her junior year, Boykin returned to the court and played in all of LSU’s 34 games, starting in 13. She averaged 1.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.

As Caldwell’s first four-year senior at LSU, Boykin set a high standard for the rise in offensive production in her final season.

Boykin has started 21 of the Lady Tigers’ 28 games, averaging 6.4 boards and 6.4 points per game.

The Los Angeles native is second on the team with 42 assists.

The basis of Boykin’s dramatic improvement was the effort she made on both ends of the floor that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet, sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief said.

“I know just by watching Sheila things that we can learn,” Moncrief said. “Not everything shows up in the stat book. It’s what you do for the team that doesn’t really show. She’s just a great player.”

Boykin and Caldwell have grown together in the last four years. On the court, they have led LSU back into national prominence with two-straight Sweet 16 berths and recorded 82 wins. Off the court, Caldwell and Boykin have created a friendship that will last a lifetime.

“Sheila and I have an understanding,” Caldwell said. “I don’t have to say a lot to Boykin. She gets me, and I get her ... To this day, Boykin is not a 100 percent, and she may never be 100 percent, but what I know is that this kid has done is she’s given me a 100 percent of what she does have. I will forever be a fan of Sheila Boykin.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

In the shadow of the Campanile Since 1941

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LSU sophomore guard Tim Quarterman (55) reacts to a personal foul called Wednesday during the Tigers’ 78-63 loss against Tennessee at the PMAC. Canadian Championships.

But in 2011, disaster struck again. This time, the ACL in her left knee gave out, calling her gymnastics career into question.

But Savona didn’t let the second injury compromise her determination. She recovered from the second injury in nine months, just in time to qualify for the 2012 Canadian National team as an alternate.

“It came down to how much I wanted to get back and prove my worth to myself,” Savona said.

Savona said suffering the injuries may have made her a better gymnast. She lost the ability to perform certain skills she had before, but it opened the door to try new ones.

LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux saw Savona on a recruiting trip and was impressed with her new array of skills. Breaux offered her a scholarship in spite of other colleges’ concerns about her health.

“She had the injury, but I saw what she was doing, and I saw the level of difficulty, intense level of push and the drive that she

demonstrated in that three days of competition,” Breaux said. “I knew [she] was the kind of student athlete I like to recruit.”

Now, four years removed from her last major injury, Savona is one of the best gymnasts in the SEC. She still draws inspiration from the time she was at the lowest point of her athletic career.

For Savona, the day-to-day aches and pains from a college-level training regimen are much easier to push through after what she has already overcome.

Her strong work ethic in training translates to consistency in competition. She has posted five scores of 9.875 or better on floor, including two 9.900 scores in a row.

“If she keeps mentally stable in between her ears, she’s one of the best competitors we have,” said senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville. “She brings a lot of experience, power and discipline to our team and a really strong work ethic that everybody looks up to.”

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Coffee grounds become soil conditioner

BY ASHLYN ROLLINS arollins@lsureveille.com

the University, where auditions are held before members can join.

It encompasses a few non-majors, undergraduate voice majors and choral music educators, to name a few. The diverse group meets for about six hours each week at the LSU School of Music.

Music freshman Matthew Pham first joined the choir last semester after seeing one of its previous tours while he was still in high school. He chose to attend the University for a number of reasons, but the choir’s performance quality solidified his decision. He said he can’t wait to bring the tour

Coffee grounds can now give gardens a boost too.

Grounds to Ground is a company that turns recycled coffee waste into a natural pest repellent and soil conditioner. The company, based out of Kenner, Louisiana, was started by couple Yvette Tablada and Andres De La Puente.

The inspiration for the practice came from a lecture the duo attended when they lived in Miami, Florida, about a recent practice in India to replenish the GMO-ruined soils. The program there was called “pay for pee porta-potties,” in which the country paid people to use porta-potties so soil fertilizer could then be made from the urine.

After leaving the lecture, Tablada had her own idea for an environmentally-friendly practice and began searching for ways to implement it. Through this initial research, she developed the idea of using coffee.

“We’re really hoping to build a socially conscious company,” Tablada said. “We want to deliver a green, natural product to the market.”

Coffee functions as a natural soil amendment. According to the company’s website, the grounds act as organic matter which releases nitrogen into the soil, feeding earthworms and deterring pests. As the earthworms digest the grounds and move through the dirt, the nutrients are spread through the soil, aerating it and bringing oxygen to the roots

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LSU freshman soprano Jenna Fife (left) and senior soprano Cadie Jordan (right) practice Monday for their Thursday concert, which begins their recruiting tour.

University A Cappella Choir kicks-off tour with concert

BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com It’s not just the University’s sports teams that focus on showing off their skills and recruit in the Southeastern Conference — the LSU A Cappella Choir has a few tricks up its sleeve too.

The choir will perform tonight at the University United Methodist Church to kick-off its annual spring recruiting tour, visiting different schools, churches and recital halls around Texas from March 8-14.

Director of choral studies John Dickson said the roughly 50-member choir that mainly focuses on

classical music will be performing a repertoire including plain chant, renaissance and contemporary style music.

“Every once in a while, we will dip our toes in the jazz idiom and things like that,” Dickson said. “I learned the word ‘riffing,’ so I’m learning new technical terms for some of this repertoire.”

The title of this year’s program is “Morning Songs,” which comes from Dylan Thomas’ poem, “Fern Hill,” and is composed by John Corigliano, but those in attendance shouldn’t expect to sit and watch one performance after another.

Dickson designed the show to provide unconventional a cappella

entertainment, including movement, different sets and solos.

The beginning of the performance places the choir throughout the audience and several instrumentalists who will perform on flute, oboe, double bass and cello, alongside the choir.

“I think that movement, creativity, surround sounds and pop culture, by having a soloist sing, are ways to entice or bring people into a program,” Dickson said. “I am also very textual. That is the motive behind all of my music, in rehearsal and in the pieces that I choose — it’s more than themes to me.”

The choir is a class offered at

MUSIC

BR band plans more shows, EP with growing period

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

Beyond the racks of the thrift store, Here Today Gone Tomorrow, local band Della got its start.

In the horseshoe shaped building, past the dresses and handbags, is a separate room.

Before passing away, the venue’s manager, Jason Kiefer, used to make the space available to rent as the only all-ages music venue in Baton Rouge.

That is where the then-high school students who created Della began.

“Basically, he provided you a space to play, and you’d have to get yourself together and everything. You had a PA and

microphones and that was it,” said psychology freshman and guitarist Matthew Polito.

Polito said when he first started to form the band with architecture freshman and bassist Jack Burleigh, he wanted to name the band first. Della’s name came from the name of vocalist and Southeastern Louisiana University student Sidney Nesom’s dog. Polito always heard Burleigh and Nesom talking about Della, a hunting beagle who died during a hunting trip.

Without knowing Della’s unfortunate death, he liked how the name was short, sweet and didn’t confine the band to one image.

Shortly after, Della

added SELU student and drummer Jason Guidroz and t hen -mass - c om mu n ic at ion freshman and guitarist, Ryan DeJean.

Polito said, since forming, the band has stayed true to its alternative and indie sound.

Della draws from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant and Modest Mouse for its influence. Nesom said experimental is another way the band describes its sound to avoid being confined to a genre.

Nesom writes the band’s lyrics and uses its inspirations as an example for lyrical structure. Polito writes the

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Jack Burleigh (left), Matthew Polito (center), Sidney Nesom (top left), Ryan DeJean (top right) and Jason Guidroz (right) are members of the local band Della.

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STUDIO SPOTLIGHT

RANKS piece by piece

Kelly Clarkson (RCA) Clarkson’s album isn’t worth much, but if you can make it through the album and hunt through all of the songs, you’ll most likely come out with one that’s solid at best.

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The lazarus effect Relativity Media It starts out like most movies involving a resurrection — some medical students are truly passionate about their work but quickly get carried away the moment a significant discovery is made.

— Ashlyn Rollins

Aureate Gloom Of Montreal (Polyvinyl Record Co.) “Aureate Gloom” is a formidable addition to Of Montreal’s already impressive collection of 13 albums since forming in 1997. Its only real downfall is its reliance on rock songwriting over forms typical of Of Montreal, which results in the album sounding oddly close to a Cake album with trance music played over it.

‘Focus’ rejuvenates Will Smith’s star status, film’s idea unimaginative THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer If anything, the popular new film “Focus” should reassure viewers’ confidence in Will Smith’s acting abilities after a couple stumbles in the last few years.

Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa created a notable conman film accomplishing the most basic goal of any movie, entertaining the audience from start to finish with fiendishly clever plot twists, lighthearted laughs and a dynamite love affair.

The film follows Nicky, played by Smith, a born and bred con artist from the streets who expanded his skills of thievery to fuel his extravagant lifestyle. His life is turned upside down by a bombshell blonde named Jess, played

by Margot Robbie, desperately trying to break into the business he has perfected.

Nicky tosses Jess aside after a successful con in New Orleans, but three years later, the two are reunited in unlikely circumstances when Nicky is trying to pull one of the biggest jobs of his career. Naturally,

the two butt heads and cause problems for each other when Nicky finds out Jess is dating the guy he is trying to steal from.

While the film is filled with unsuspecting twists that go unresolved until the last possible moment, most of the plot is extremely reminiscent of an “Ocean’s Eleven” storyline and could probably have made a notable sequel to the trilogy if casted differently.

There is nothing particularly groundbreaking about the idea of “Focus,” yet that doesn’t delay the audience becoming fully invested in each charming character and falling into the comfortable grooves of each scene.

Con artist plots will never go out of style, and though they usually won’t make a splash at the Oscars, people see them because they like to be entertained. “The Italian Job,” released in 2003, is a great example.

Smith rejuvenated his status as the funny, charming male icon he has embodied over the years, while providing a notable performance with a solid script.

The stunning Robbie proved to be more than just a love interest character by providing substantial comic relief throughout

Brandi Carlile (ATO Records) “The Firewatcher’s Daughter” provides an introspective look at lasting love and what it means. With her strong voice, Carlile tells the story of longing and sprawling passion with great energy, felt from the first note to the last.

the film. Robbie made her mark in Hollywood in the box office hit “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and she seems to mimic that character in “Focus” with some slight alterations. But it’s possible the budding actress will establish herself as the next major leading lady heartthrob to rival the great Marilyn Monroe.

Overall, “Focus” is a delightful viewer experience filled with the necessary aspects to entertain any viewer.

You can reach Michael Tarver on Twitter @michael_T16.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015 DELLA, from page 9 instrumental aspects of the songs and pulls from Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitar style. He said he learned how to play guitar from its songs so that specific style is heavily prevalent in Della’s music.

Along with moving on to higher education, Della’s members are making strides musically. Becoming of age allows the band to play bigger music venues.

“Now that we’re old enough to play bars and not in high school anymore, definitely places like The Spanish Moon and Chelsea’s [Café] have been really inviting towards us,” Polito said. “It’s a really good environment for us to transition out of playing in thrift stores.”

Polito said Della played Spanish Moon recently and is in the works to set up a show at Chelsea’s Cafe. Another venue on the list is Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin’ Amusement Park.

Right now, Della gets its music to locals through live performances. The band does have recording equipment at Polito’s home, where it practices, but Polito said the equipment is only of high enough quality to use as personal recordings.

Della will be recording a two-song EP with the help of friend Logan Wagner. Wagner is also a musician and plays in local band Nice Dog. Polito said the dates to use his equipment are set, and the songs should be released soon.

As for balancing school and music, the members agreed school is a first priority, but if the opportunity for music were to come knocking, they would take it.

“When we all first started college, Jack went to [University of Louisiana at Lafayette], me and Sidney went to [SELU] and [Matthew and Ryan went to] LSU,” Guidroz said. “We still stayed together and worked with it, so I guess we just kind of want to give it a shot. And honestly, if opportunity came, I would leave school to go and do music.”

Since then, Burleigh has transferred to LSU, making schedules easier to coordinate between two universities instead of three.

Polito said they don’t put too much stock in this dream currently and instead, focus on balancing course work and band practice. He said the group practices separately during the week then come together once or twice a week to practice as a band.

As opposed to the members’ course work, Guidroz said practice and performing is about having fun, writing music and seeing what comes naturally.

“We want to get it done because it’s fun. If it ceases to be fun [and there’s] too much professionalism in it, then what’s the point? You’re ruining the whole thing,” Polito said.

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Alumnus creates line of custom neon apparel

BY MICHAEL TARVER mtarver@lsureveille.com A University alumnus transformed one fashion trend into a sustainable apparel company — what was once a line of neon tank tops has grown into a line of custom products for any consumer.

Today, the main clientele of graphic design alumnus Allen Carey’s company The Neon South are fraternities and sororities, but the business also creates all the marketing material for the international transportation company Uber and makes tens of thousands of tank tops for them each year.

Carey said apartment complexes are also a major clientele for the company, including The Cottages of Baton Rouge and complexes sprinkled throughout the country.

Carey began his involvement at the University as one of the refounders of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity Louisiana Beta chapter in 2004.

Carey also walked onto the LSU football team in 2006 but was forced to quit after one season due to a back injury.

Using his knowledge in graphic design, he started designing T-shirts and eventually became the T-shirt chair of his fraternity. He said this experience

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“You get this opportunity to share your passion and what you want to do in life with all these people who, to me, aren’t new anymore, but, a few months ago, were brand new people in my life,” Pham said. “It’s so rewarding to be able to look around and know that all of these people have your same goal in mind.”

Along with a diverse group, comes challenges. Pham said it’s sometimes a struggle to find a way to unite everyone’s thought processes and specific visions for a performance, but when it comes together, the result is beautiful.

The choir will invite high schools to perform short selections before its performance, and then, several will display a piece rehearsed prior to the concert, with the choir. This strategy allows the high school choirs to prepare for upcoming contests and also ensures an audience for both groups.

Even if those in attendance aren’t sure how to feel about an a cappella choir, Dickson said he feels the experience will still be positive in today’s music-absorbed world because regardless of how often an individual listens to music, there’s something different about attending a live performance.

“It’s not going to be as perfect as a recording with buttons, knobs and things they can splice, but the human element is there,” Dickson said. “ I think there’s a depth of spirituality to what we do, in the broadest sense of that word.”

opened the door for him to work with various apparel companies and gain knowledge of the production side of the business, he said.

However, Carey said he noticed his chapter usually liked the designs he created instead of the options the shirt companies were providing. This influenced the way his company worked with customers to create custom designs made from a collaborative effort between the producer and consumer.

“Instead of just taking a template off of a website, we’ll let the chapters today tell us exactly what they want, and then, we’ll create something that’s custom just for them,” Carey said.

After graduating, Carey noticed a significant trend in the popularity of neon-colored tank tops. When he couldn’t find the neon apparel he wanted to wear to a concert online, the idea of creating his own line was born, along with his company, The Neon South.

About two months later, the company’s website was up and running. The line premiered at a music festival in 2011 and sold out within a few hours.

The company began by offering various set designs, but they kept receiving requests for customized shirts for fraternities and companies wanting to individualize their shirts.

Carey said, at that point, The Neon South became the first company in America to offer custom neon tank tops.

Once it started providing such an exclusive product, Carey said the company basically blew up overnight and has grossed more than $2 million in sales since 2013.

Though the company started with strictly neon apparel, Carey said he remained constantly aware of growing trends in the U.S., and The Neon South line has grown as well, offering multiple products, including long-sleeved sweaters, pocket tanks, custom snapbacks and fanny packs in a variety of colors.

The final design for any customer can be approached in multiple ways.

On The Neon South’s website, visitors can choose a previously made design and add their individualized customization to it, or they can submit a detailed description of what they want.

“If they have an idea in mind, we’ll work with that, and if not, we’ll start from scratch to get something that they like,” Carey said. “The goal is always to have a product that they’re thrilled about.”

Carey said orders have reached as far as Canada and the Caribbean, but pursuing interests in Europe and Australia has

Dickson said he is excited for the choir’s upcoming tour, but he’s also looking to increase the school’s choir involvements.

The University houses several choirs, including both a men’s and women’s, that are open to singers on campus who may not be majors. He’s mainly targeting those on campus who sung in their high school choirs but weren’t aware of all the University has to offer.

“I think there’s hundreds of singers that ought to be singing in the LSU choirs, all of them,” Dickson said. “Even the non music major, if they’re a good enough singer.”

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Director of the LSU A Cappella choir John Dickson conducts the choir Monday during practice.

of plants.

In the city, the coffee is picked up through the waste management system and Grounds to Ground collects it from that, keeping it from filling up local landfills.

Customers can rest easy knowing Grounds to Ground product is safe for animals, children and the environment.

It has been a gradual process of trial and error for the duo in establishing their routine of drying the coffee in the greenest way possible. First they tried using ovens and hair dryers to dehydrate the grounds, but they constantly searched for other alternative methods until they obtained their current equipment, which can hold up to 250 pounds of coffee waste.

The equipment used is made up of several trays that sit on wooden racks in the couple’s garage so the grounds can be dried in any weather.

“We are collecting that and making viable products out of it and adding different spices to it,” Tablada said.

The natural spices work to deter certain pests from the garden.

Currently, the company offers two products — one repels cats, while the other repels snails, slugs and ants.

The company is currently based out of their garage, as it is still up-and-coming. Everything is hand-stamped and hand-bagged.

The duo collects, processes, sells and distributes the products.

Grounds to Ground’s product functions as three-in-one,

been delayed mostly because of shipping costs and customers not willing to pay for 50 to 500 tank tops, for example, to be sent overseas.

Though the company’s Kickstarter was the neon idea, Carey said the two main reasons why The Neon South is still successful stem from the variety of designs offered and the quality of customer service provided.

The team of designers work with each order to create something they would want to wear that appropriately represents their client, and as opposed to companies like CustomInk, clients aren’t forced to come up with a design completely by themselves.

Carey said The Neon South tries to constantly recognize new fashion ideas and become trendsetters in casual apparel and stay on par with the times.

“Every season, every year, we’re seeing changes in what people are looking for, so it’s just trying to be on top of everybody else,” Carey said. “A lot of companies try to get into the fashion trends as they’re sailing by whereas we try to be at the very front of it and offer something truly unique.”

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Grounds to Ground is a natural pest repellent and soil conditioner made from recycled coffee waste. possessing the soil amendment, an earthworm feed, and spices which act as a pest repellent. The product is available in 10 local-area stores.

An 11th location in Kenner called Jack & Jake’s, which opens soon, will also feature Grounds to Ground products in the market.

“We would really like to scale up in the future,” Tablada said.

“Right now, our feedback is really good, and the city has really responded. So we’re getting people coming back and buying our product every few weeks.”

Since the operation began almost a year ago, the company has recycled more than 8,000 pounds of waste, which would have ended up in landfills.

Tablada and De La Puente hope to use Grounds to Ground to give back to the community with some ideas they currently have.

You can reach Ashlyn Rollins on Twitter @ash_r96.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Justin DiCharia’s column, “Budget cuts threaten undervalued instructors,” readers had this to say:

‘Mr. DiCharia, nice article.

Unfortunately, investing in teaching outcomes (e.g. investing in the best instructors) is far less possible than investing in good researchers, as LSU takes ~48% from research grants awarded to its faculty and staff as ‘overhead.’

LSU gets your financial aid regardless of how well you are learning or how well your instructors are teaching, so there is much less incentive to improve teaching quality and much more to improve research quality. It’s certainly a sad state of affairs, but that’s what it means to be an R1 university. It also means your implication that R1 universities such as LSU that don’t provide high quality instruction will fall prey to the market is unfortunately untrue, though in an ideal world, it would be.’

– DonJackson

‘If the budget cuts mean less leftists humanities research apes (professors), then they should be welcomed!’

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play versus ploy Obama must maintain legitimacy despite Russian aggression

SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED ALEX MENDOZA Columnist Conservative pundits would have you believe world-renowned bully Vladimir Putin’s blatant attacks on Ukranian sovereignty are akin to his stealing President Obama’s lunch money and giving him a noogie.

It might not make headlines anymore, but the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages both in Eastern Europe and the studios of cable news programs. It would seem that it’s somehow our president’s fault for not “standing up” to Putin.

Many critiques of Obama’s admittedly weaker international affairs persona is couched in a sort of underhanded admiration of Putin’s dictatorial behavior.

Sure, Putin comes off as stronger than Obama. He rides horses shirtless. He annexes neighboring countries. He has his political opponents murdered.

But the cartoonishly villainous things he does, while forceful, mean that his strength is not backed up by any legitimacy.

While the U.S.’s own legitimacy may have taken hits since 9/11, especially in regard to our actions in the Middle East, our international reputation is stellar compared to Russia’s.

It is blatantly obvious that Russian forces are undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty under the guise of “separatist” conflict, and that nefarious reputation colors the world’s interpretation of everything Russia does.

So why should Obama “man up” and play the game on Putin’s terms?

A full assault on Russian forces or some other show of brute strength might bring a quick end to the conflict in Ukraine. But what would the cost be to Obama’s image in the international community?

By relying on diplomacy, Obama is acting like an adult, a professional and a modern statesman. These are not words that accurately describe Putin, who might be more apt to answer to an equestrian, assassin or schoolyard menace.

That said, there are measures Obama could take to improve his image without compromising his integrity.

One would be to harness his

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unprecedented use of the Internet and social media for more than BuzzFeed publicity stunts and comedy skits. This is not to knock the president’s recent forays onto the web — which have been pretty entertaining — but to suggest that he could harness the power of the Internet in more important ways.

He could use his ability to create viral videos to explain international affairs to a young, but increasingly influential, audience and make U.S. intentions clear to a worldwide audience.

Making sure the U.S. message reaches Russian citizens is especially important. The Russian government uses propaganda to ensure strong public support for Putin as well as obfuscation of what is really happening in Ukraine. Anything the U.S. can do to undermine that control would be a boon to resistance against Russian policy.

Furthermore, some argue that it is time for the U.S. to move beyond economic sanctions to arming Ukrainian forces. But in reinforcing Ukraine, Obama could stand to demand more from the international community, especially the European Union.

The Ukraine is, after all, in the EU’s backyard.

The U.S. is half a world away, with questionable interests in maintaining Ukrainian sovereignty. European

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resistance would be much easier to justify.

International conflict is only intensifying, reaching fever pitch with Iran pushing hard for a nuclear program against a backdrop of heavy Israeli resistance. Just yesterday, President Obama rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who gave an impassioned speech decrying Iran’s nuclear program before Congress.

In light of the seriousness of recent international developments, Obama needs all the clout he can muster if he hopes to maintain a semblance of American control over global affairs.

If the U.S. can take the lead in accomplishing at least a semi-diplomatic ending to the Ukrainian conflict, it could prove a much-needed boost to our word standing. But not if a resolution occurs on Putin’s terms.

It couldn’t hurt to do more to bolster Obama’s reputation worldwide.

But only if he does it in a mature, responsible and diplomatic fashion.

Shirtless horseback riding is none of those things, but it does make for a great photo op.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @alexmendoza_TDR.

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Quote of the Day

‘Fox News is nothing if not impressive.

No matter how harsh the criticism it endures, the network somehow always manages to prove itself even worse than we had previously imagined.’

Eric Alterman American journalist and media critic Jan. 14, 1960 — present

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Fox News deceives viewers and ruins America’s reputation GREEN CARD APPLICANT MARKUS HÜFNER Columnist Just a couple weeks after the citizens of Canada voted to shut down their version of Fox News, I find myself again tuning in to the original American version and getting frustrated by the bias. It might be a popular belief that Canada is not a real country, but in this case, we should follow their lead.

Many ridiculous things have been said on Fox News, but after it declared the existence of “no-go zones” in Paris, the United Kingdom and other European countries, people around the world had every right to make fun of the United States once again.

The “no-go zones” rumor was created right after the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in Paris.

According to Fox News, Sharia law is enforced in these areas, only Muslims are allowed to enter them, and they are supposed to be set up like a country with their own court and police.

Terrorism analyst Steven Emerson went on to say in his Fox News interview that London has its own Muslim police officers who will beat up those not dressed in accordance to the Islamic religion and that the city of Birmingham is completely Muslim and unaccepting of other cultures.

This is pure comedy for

every European and anyone who has actually been to the United Kingdom and Paris recently, because clearly Emerson has not.

There is no other network here in the U.S. that harms this country’s reputation as much as Fox News.

News networks in most parts of middle and northern Europe try to be as unbiased as possible, so every time a YouTube video of Fox News goes viral, Europeans from those places cannot believe people are watching and trusting this kind of reporting.

Even my journalism teacher in Norway showed us the movie “Outfoxed,” a documentary about Fox News, and let us write a four-page essay about why such dramatic and subjective reporting is bad for our society and journalism in general.

It even hurts Fox News itself. After not researching the “no-go zones,” France has now decided to sue the network. Fox ended up apologizing for their mistake but still has embarrassed itself more than ever in front of the whole world. #FoxNewsFacts was even trending worldwide on Twitter for a good two days. Too bad the average Fox News viewer is 68 years old, so he or she most likely did not witness how great people’s use of sarcasm was while the hashtag lasted, according to Politico.

In more recent news, one of Fox News’ biggest

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personalities and host of the entertaining show “The O’Reilly Factor,” Bill O’Reilly, is in some serious credibility trouble. A report by Mother Jones magazine created a wave of investigations into O’Reilly’s former war tales and reportages.

In 2006, he stated that he was under siege in the L.A. riots. He said that protesters targeted him and his crew and that concrete literally was raining down on them. Meanwhile, six former colleagues told The Guardian that these events never happened.

He also stated that he saw people killed in both El Salvador and Northern

Ireland as a globetrotting reporter for CBS News in the ’80s. After mounting pressure in recent days. O’Reilly and a Fox spokesperson clarified the host meant he had seen photos of the carnage.

How can people like Bill O’Reilly call themselves journalists when they admit to lying on national television? He is begging to be mocked by satire shows. It is sad to think about how satire’s focus in the U.S. is to make fun of news, while the focus in Europe is to raise awareness of how dumb some politicians are. It should not be able to parody news because journalists should be factual.

In the end, there are two positive things Fox News gives the world: jobs and satire shows like “The Daily Show.”

It is a constant talk show where the conservative view will always dominate and a place where people who cannot think for themselves get their opinions.

Please, America. Fox News is part of the reason the rest of the world does not like you. Do something about it.

Markus Hüfner is a 19-yearold mass communication freshman from Kristiansand, Norway.

You can reach him on Twitter @MHufner_TDR.

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Thursday, March 5, 2015 DEBATE, from page 1 Vice-President of Administration Caroline Broussard.

Rabalais said the panel will ask about big campus issues and each campaign’s initiatives.

“We of course are going to talk about the budget cuts that are facing the University,” Rabalais said. “We’ve looked thoroughly through all the initiatives of the candidates and we will definitely bring up some questions about the initiatives — try to get specifics.”

Andrew Mahtook and Hannah Knight of the “Here & Now” campaign said they think, with the right audience, the debate is a channel to get their messages out.

“If we have a good audience base and it’s shot out through a bunch of channels, I think it would be very important,” Mahtook said. “Because at the debate, they’re going to ask the most serious questions students have that they want the answers for the most. Things like budget cuts and plus/minus grading — those are the things we feel that students want answers for.”

Along with attempts to make a Quizlet set to prepare for the debate, Mahtook and Knight took more serious measures to prepare for Thursday.

“We have some people on our staff that are helping us out and quizzing us. Just going over hot topics and what’s all important right now, making sure we’re informed,” Knight said.

ETCH, from page 1 graduate and can put more time into it, we’re hoping that it takes off even more and becomes more widely known.”

Estopinal and Ganch said they see a trend of consumers appreciating higher quality, handmade goods, especially those produced locally.

Estopinal said this means more hours at the laser cutter for them, but it’s all worth it.

“We totally enjoy the work. I would so much, in a million years ... rather be doing ETCH all day than going to the studio and going to class and stuff,” Estopinal said.

The duo, who met as freshmen in the architecture school, said starting the business with a partner made the process less intimidating.

They said their preferences in style and design reflect in their pieces and allow for a variety of jewelry that appeals to a wider demographic.

“When you’re working with someone, you can bounce ideas off of each other. You kind of work off each other’s strengths and weaknesses,” Ganch said.

Their target consumers are young, unique professionals who want more than average jewelry.

Through ETCH, Estopinal and Ganch work with many local vendors and sometimes collaborate to host pop-up shops. They said it’s great to have a support system in the Baton Rouge area that they can get advice from.

When they move to New York,

Although Mahtook said he thinks this debate will be different from past years, he said they are eager and ready.

“It’s not just going to be a Q&A session. So we’re excited for it. I think we’re prepared,” Mahtook said.

Moe Ahsan of the “More for LSU” campaign said he thinks the debate is an important tool students should utilize to better understand each campaign’s ideas.

“They see the passion, they see the whole campaign’s experience about it and it’s a really good thing,” Ahsan said. “It’s definitely needed.”

The “Make It Matter” campaign has been preparing since October for the debate, vicepresidential candidate Wesley Davis said. With their pre-campaign, Davis said he and presidential candidate Helen Frink have been learning as they go.

“We have a lot of answers to a lot of questions,” Davis said.

Davis also said he thinks the debate will be different from previous years’ debates because of the difference in the tickets.

“I’m really excited for it this year because there are three tickets,” Davis said. “The dynamic is so different this year.

Every year, people say it’s the same candidates at the debate.

That it’s not even really a debate. But this year, I think it really will surprise a lot of people because the tickets are so different.” they hope to find the same sense of family in the creative community.

“I feel like we’ve created this network of local creatives that’s been really cool to work with,” Ganch said. “Unfortunately we’re going to be leaving, but with things like this, you can meet people so easily and do work together, which

The Daily Reveille CANCER, from page 1 Bella showed symptoms during the drive back to Baton Rouge and was taken to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. She died on Dec. 23, 2011 at the age of 8.

From the moment Bella was diagnosed, Trey said he and his wife, Kim, were inspired by the support they saw from members of their community. A few weeks after Bella died, they decided to turn that inspiration into action by starting the Bella Bowman Foundation.

The foundation’s commitment to research led to a collaboration with Wayne Newhauser, University medical physics professor and director of medical physics and health physics, who, in partnership with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, was given a $75,000 research grant to look at the risks of radiation therapy for cancer patients in fall 2014.

“This is actually the second grant the Bella Bowman Foundation has awarded to us. The first was a seed grant to commence preliminary research on the several possible causes of radiation necrosis in 2012,” Newhauser said. “That study, which was completed last year, yielded results that helped set the direction of the current study, which will continue through 2017.”

Newhauser enlisted University medical physics Ph.D students Christopher Schneider, Lydia Wilson and William Donahue, as well as physics graduate student Andrew Halloran, to contribute to the research with projects for their

page 15 degrees.

“We’re simultaneously pushing the frontier of knowledge in several different areas. We have very bright young minds who are making a difference through the research they perform as part of their graduate training,” Newhauser said. “It’s our long-term goal to find ways to prevent radiation necrosis from taking another life.”

Schneider works on testing, developing and refining the radiation dose calculation algorithms — looking at how much radiation treatment is administered by the machine — in both X-ray radiation therapy and proton radiation therapy.

Halloran is applying 3-D printing technology to the research by printing what Newhauser calls “plastic phantom” replicas of patients. These phantoms posses the exact same anatomical structure as a patient’s disease, so Halloran can test different radiation treatment measurements without harming the actual patient.

Wilson, who collaborated by testing X-ray radiation treatment algorithms as a graduate student, and Donahue, who created a prototype database for necrosis cases as a graduate student, recently began their Ph.D programs and are in the process of developing projects for their doctorates on the topic.

“Working with this group of people who all have projects that

will come together to eventually make one solution for predicting, preventing or managing [radiation] necrosis is a great place for us to start a career,” Donahue said.

“The fact this affected someone who directly reached out to Dr. Newhauser and asked him to do this research is actually one of the reasons I decided to work with him, because this research is an area of interest for me and my future and it’s an area of growing interest nationwide.”

Trey credits Bella with steering him in the right direction when looking for prospective scientists.

“I thought I was going to have to go to New York, Los Angeles or the West Coast to find this team or person that would be willing to take on this research and have the experience to be able to take on this research and as it turns out, he’s one exit down from my house.”

Trey said. “We’re very fortunate to have found Wayne Newhauser.”

The Bella Bowman Foundation works to fund research on pediatric radiation treatment, to educate medical staffs on the different types of pediatric brain cancer and to provide comfort care for families in need.

The foundation will be hosting the fourth annual “Bella’s Ball” at the L’Auberge Casino and Hotel Baton Rouge at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 at the door.

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