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STUDENT LIFE

DESIGNATED DRIVER Proposed bill would make designated drivers mandatory

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com

Volume 119 · No. 121

It may be more difficult to get a DWI in Louisiana if House Bill 132 passes in the upcoming session.

A bill proposed in the Louisiana State Legislature would make it illegal for establishments to serve alcohol to customers without a designated driver. The bill will be

considered during the legislature’s upcoming April session, and it first appeared on the interim calendar on March 27.

The bill requires the designated driver to show a valid Louisiana driver’s license, and the establishment cannot refuse

see PROPOSED BILL, page 11

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University could see parking fee increase

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Students may see parking fee hikes next semester to fund more parking projects.

Vice President for Finance and Administration Daniel Layzell updated the LSU Board of Supervisors on the Parking Advisory Committee’s progress at the March meeting. At the urging of Huron Consulting Group, the Board formed the committee last spring.

The timeline submitted to the Board projects a new fee structure to be implemented by fall 2015 for students, faculty and staff. But Senior Director of Parking and Transportation Jeff Campbell said administrators are still working on what the fee structure will look like.

“That was kind of the goal to have everything squared

see PARKING, page 11

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Mickey opts to enter NBA draft, forgoes two seasons of eligibility Sophomore follows Jarell Martin to pros

BY MARCUS RODRIGUE sports@lsureveille.com LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey will forgo his final two years of collegiate eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, he confirmed to the media via text message Tuesday morning.

“This was a tough decision

because I hate to leave my teammates and LSU family,” the text stated. “We have been through a lot in the past two years as we have grown as a team. This is just the beginning for LSU. I’m confident great things are coming in the near future for this team as they continue to grow. I wanted things to end on a better note, but due to injuries, I was limited in what I could do for my team. Trust that I gave it my all.”

The 6-foot-8 forward

averaged nearly a double-double this season with 15.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.

Despite battling injuries for the latter half of the season, Mickey earned First Team All-Southeastern Conference honors.

Mickey follows fellow sophomore forward Jarell Martin to the professional ranks. Martin announced his decision to enter the draft March 25. The draft begins June 25.

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) jumps to dunk during the Tiger’s 78-63 loss against Tennessee on March 4 at the PMAC.

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SG Senate to discuss bill on hazing education Student Senate will hold their weekly meeting today, April 1, in the Capital Chambers.

This week, senators will vote and discuss the following bills: • A resolution to support the Division of Student Life and Enrollment in their efforts to create a campus wide campaign aimed at hazing education and prevention.

• A finance bill to allocate a maximum of $4,395 to fund five wall mounted drinking fountains • A finance bill to allocate a maximum of $4,000 to partially fund the College of Engineering Annual Year-End Crawfish Boil • A finance bill to allocate a maximum of $2,144 to fund four new tables for the Business Education Complex Rotunda

Brown, Gordon earn SEC Athlete of the Week honors LSU senior thrower Rodney Brown was named the Southeastern Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week and freshman hurdler Daeshon Gordon earned SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week following their performances at the Texas Relays last weekend.

Brown earned the award for the second week in a row, this time after finishing in first place in the discus at the Texas Relays with a winning throw of 209 feet, 8 inches. He is

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emerging as the favorite to claim the outdoor title in his final season. His seasonal-best throw, set at the Texas Relays, pits him as the No. 1 discus thrower in the nation.

Gordon claimed SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week for the second time of her inaugural season. Racing in her first collegiate outdoor meet, Gordon finished in fourth place in the 100-meter hurdles. She set her personal-best time of 13.09 seconds and surfaced as the No. 1 hurdler in the SEC.

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the March 30 story, “University student’s short film to be featured in festival,” it was incorrectly stated that Brandon Bruno’s film “Heavy Eyes” had already been selected to be featured in the Take 1 Film Festival.

Bruno’s film is still under consideration for entry into the festival. The Daily Reveille regrets this error.

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Local Mediterranean restaurant to debut hookah section

BY TOMMY ROMANACH Manship News Service

Bill Qasem smokes hookah.

No remorse. No qualms.

As a Kuwait native, Qasem grew up with hookahs and enjoys them. And he is adding an outdoor hookah section to his restaurant Zoroona Mediterranean Grill on Siegen Lane by summertime.

Hookah is an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube that draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl. As for ordinances, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden has begun an anti-smoking campaign, but it is not prohibited in all public areas. Qasem is allowed hookahs in his establishment.

There are no taboos surrounding hookah where Qasem is from in the Middle East. It’s a traditional part of the culture, and he’d like to bring it to Baton Rouge. He’s not alone.

“It brings tradition — ­ it’s all about tradition,” Qasem said.

“When you have a Mediterranean restaurant, in the same way you expect to have hummus and shawarma and other Mediterranean delicacies, you also expect to have hookah.”

There is a small number of

places selling hookah in the Baton Rouge area, but there are multiple ambiances in providing the product. Some aim for a bar-like atmosphere, while others offer a casual setting.

Others go down both roads.

Zoroona opened about a year ago, but Qasem is well acquainted with the American food industry. He has worked and owned at restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, learning along the way what works and where.

Qasem maintains Baton Rouge has the highest of number of successful Mediterranean restaurants per capita.

It’s one reason he is confident the hookah section will work.

One of the more well-known hookah establishments is Baton Rouge Hookah Lounge, which sits near the intersection of Florida Blvd. and Airline Highway. The lounge has been in business for a year and a half and is open seven days a week.

The lounge is open late every night, but owner Bilal Yousef says it keeps a casual setting on weekdays. On weekends, however, the lounge hires a DJ, provides alcohol, and charges cover like a bar or club.

Qasem wants his establishment to be perceived differently from Baton Rouge’s hookah lounge persona. No loud music, for instance.

“I want somebody to bring his wife, and come and spend their time the same way they would spend at Coffee Call — get a beignet and some nice coffee and sit outside,” Qasem said. “You would do the same thing here.”

Qasem says alcohol and hookah don’t mix well, noting some of the establishments he has seen sometimes prompt regrettable decisions on the part of the customer.

“They’ll get drunk and [smoke hookah],” Qasem said.

“It can get dangerous. You don’t want to do that. Back home, alcohol is not mixed with hookah.

You never mix alcohol with hookah. It’s untraditional.”

But Yousef sees his operation in a different and more positive light. He maintains that on weekdays, his establishment is low-key and more socially oriented, and only on weekends is there any party aspect.

Mike Jaber, the Hookah Lounge’s manager, said the lounge hosts a poetry night on the second Sunday of every month to add more of an

easygoing atmosphere. He also said he and others on staff will call taxis if they see a customer too intoxicated.

The decision to bring this culture on the weekends is an economic one, said Yousef.

He knows there is a different market on Fridays and Saturdays, and he wants to run his business as best he can.

Not every hookah lounge is successful. Lounges that were a part of Akasha Market on Bob Pettit Road and Pita Boy International Grocery on Muriel Avenue have closed their doors within the last year.

Pita Boy general manager Ismail Merhi said the workload of controlling a lounge along with his grocery was too difficult. Merhi now sells hookahs in his store.

“It just became way too much work to manage,” Merhi

said. “We were working almost 20 hours a day. The people who come to the lounges want to stay up late until times like 3 [a.m.]. We could not maintain it, and it’s easier to just sell hookah now.”

Yousef agreed the workload is long but remained positive about his business model.

Qasem, meanwhile, said the style in which he will offer hookah is different and produce a different workload.

Construction already has begun on the outdoor section of Zoroona in which the hookah will be provided. Until then, Qasem hopes the product is seen with the same simplicity he grew up with.

“It’s purely cultural habit,” Qasem said. “It’s the way I want to bring hookah to Baton Rouge — the way it should have been done.”

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[Left] Bill Qasem, owner of Zoroona Mediterranean Grill in Baton Rouge, smokes a hookah at his establishment.

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Vacant, historic Dean French House on space inventory list

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com Students strolling down Infirmary Road toward their favorite restaurants on Chimes Street pass a forgotten building — the Dean French House.

The house, along with other vacant University buildings, is part of an ongoing space inventory done by outside consultants that is trying to make best use of all the buildings on campus.

Little can be found about the building’s namesake, Arden O. French, except in brief references to a faraway time when men and women at the University were strictly separated.

“The campus was much smaller than it is now, and being a student then was very much different for girls,” said Laura Leach, a 1961 alumna and former LSU Board of Supervisors member, in the Fall 2011 LSU Alumni Magazine.

“The girls resided across the Parade Ground ­ — on the east side of campus — and boys resided on the west side. There was a standing joke that Arden O. French, the dean of men, and Helen Gordon, the dean of women, stood guard between the two sides.”

Constructed in 1926, the Dean French House served as a home for French, who joined University staff during the ’30s, according French’s 1993 obituary in The Advocate.

Gordon also has a memorial building, Building 6 of the East Campus Apartments, squarely on the girl’s side of campus.

Except for a brief leave to serve as lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, French remained at the University until 1976.

It is unclear how the building was used after his departure until the early 2000s, when the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ Speech, Language, Hearing Clinic founded the LSU Language Preschool.

The school utilized graduate and undergraduate students as well as trained professionals to give one-on-one therapy to preschoolers with autism and other communication disorders.

The school held its last semester in spring 2013.

Since then, the 3,460-square foot building has remained empty. Weeds grew around playground equipment in the fencedin backyard.

Ken Courtade, assistant director of long range planning, said Facility Services has no idea what the building’s future will be.

A 2012-13 five-year capital outlay plan allocated $2.1 million in self-generated funds to renovate the house, but the project was stalled when Facility Services decided the project would not be cost effective.

“The intent was that renovations were going to be done

to the facility, and it would be converted to use for the administrative purposes for the Student Health Center,” Courtade said.

“After the project was finished and reviewed in more detail, it just didn’t become feasible as a project because it was built as a residence originally.”

Courtade said because of building elevation and its stairs to a second story, a more comprehensive project would be needed before it could be put to use.

The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, meaning its history and architecture has been deemed worthy of preservation.

Tammy Millican, assistant director of Facility Services, said they still keep the building maintained, but on a less frequent schedule than active buildings.

“We make sure that everything is being maintained and it’s clean and that no one is accessing the building that shouldn’t be,” Millican said.

“We’re going to check everything and make sure the building’s safe, that there’s no leaks or anything in the building.

Just make sure that asset is still there if we need it.”

But aside from passing reports in alumni memories, all that remains of French’s legacy is a little-used building tucked between the Music and Dramatic Arts Building and the Student Health Center.

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Five new LSUPD officers received diplomas Tuesday at the Capital Area Regional Training Academy’s graduation ceremony.

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Three female students arrested for physical altercation, disturbing the peace LSUPD arrested three University students March 29 for disturbing the peace by fighting: Richille Kelly, 20, of Marrero; Keionne Green, 20, of New Orleans; and Earline Thomas, 20, of New Orleans, according to LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

Just after 1:30 a.m. on March 29, LSUPD officers were dispatched to East Fraternity Lane in reference to a fight in progress, Lalonde said. Upon arrival, officers saw a large group of people in the yard of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity house.

After clearing the area, Lalonde said officers were told three females involved in a fight fled the scene prior to LSUPD’s arrival and were given information on Kelly.

After locating and contacting Kelly, officers were able to locate and contact Green and Thomas. All three women admitted to being involved in the altercation and were charged with disturbing the peace.

Student arrested for battery and assault

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Built in 1926 and originally used as a residence, Dean French House now sits vacant on Infirmary Road.

Adam Waldvogel, 19, of Baton Rouge, was arrested for simple battery and simple assault on March 23, Lalonde said.

The victim notified LSUPD on March 24 that the incident took place on March 23 at the UREC, at which time the victim did not retaliate, Lalonde said. Investigators were able to identify the suspect as Waldvogel.

Waldvogel was placed under arrest for simple battery and assault and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Lalonde said.

Man arrested for cyberstalking student Miles Foreman, 28, of Baton Rouge, was arrested March 25 on 15 counts of cyberstalking and two counts of improper use of telephone communication, formerly a statute known as harassing phone calls, Lalonde said.

Lalonde said a student reported harassment by an individual she previously had a relationship with to LSUPD in January 2015.

The victim said she told Foreman to stop contacting her numerous times.

Officers were able to contact Foreman by telephone, but Foreman told LSUPD he was out of state and would contact officers upon his return to discuss the case, Lalonde said.

After receiving no contact from Foreman, LSUPD officers obtained a warrant on Foreman through the 19th Judicial District. After locating Foreman near his residence, officers placed Foreman under arrest, at which point he was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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Bennie and the Jets Brazell mentors sprinters, hurdlers after stellar, two-sport career

BY JACOB HAMILTON • jhamilton@lsureveille.com LSU track and field assistant coach Bennie Brazell always wanted to pass along his experiences to younger athletes.

Brazell, one of the most decorated LSU athletes of the 21st century, got his opportunity when he was hired as the men’s sprints and hurdles coach in 2012.

At the conclusion of the 2014 outdoor season, Brazell coached LSU athletes to 40 All-American honors, two national event titles and two Olympic berths in just three years. This season, his runners accounted for all six NCAA Indoor Championship qualifiers on the men’s team, and senior sprinter Vernon Norwood won the NCAA title in the 400-meter dash.

His success as a coach stems from the experiences he had as an athlete.

“He is extra hard on us because he did it before,” said junior sprinter Cyril Grayson. “He is not going to let us complain or be soft about the work outs. He pushes us because he wants us to be better than he was.”

Brazell’s LSU career was nothing short of record-breaking. He enjoyed success on the track and football field, and he was the first athlete in LSU history to win a national title on two different sports teams.

His first national title came during his redshirt freshman season on the outdoor track and field team. He anchored the national title-winning 4x100-meter relay team just minutes before returning to the track for silver-medal finish in the 400-meter hurdles. He also anchored the 4x400meter relay team to a bronze-medal finish in the last event of the day, clinching the national championship for the Tigers.

As a junior, he helped the Tigers win the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships, and he was a part of the 4x400-meter relay team that broke the collegiate record at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

But his athletic prowess wasn’t limited to the

Mickey loss hurts LSU more than Martin LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN

Sports Columnist Yesterday morning, LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey announced his decision to forgo his final two seasons of eligibility and enter the NBA draft. The decision came almost one week after fellow sophomore forward Jarell Martin announced he was doing the same.

Losing both players is a big hit to next year’s team, but Mickey’s choice will hurt the Tigers more.

Mickey has been a shutdown defender during his two years in Baton Rouge, totaling more than 100 blocks both years.

The only other player to accomplish that feat is Shaquille O’Neal, which puts Mickey in pretty good company if you ask me.

He started as a freshman alongside current Milwaukee Bucks big man Johnny O’Bryant III and was able to play a lurking defender role. While O’Bryant absorbed blows from the strong centers in the Southeastern Conference, Mickey rotated over and got a help-defense block. It was a perfect onetwo punch in the paint for the Dallas native.

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see BRAZELL, page 7

Fourteen-time All-American Bennie Brazell continues his career as coach of LSU’s sprinters and hurdlers.

see MICKEY, page 7

BASEBALL

Outfielder Laird shows off diverse skill set in junior season

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com There’s not much LSU junior outfielder Mark Laird can’t do on the diamond.

Laird smacks base hits all over the field, effortlessly works the bases to set up runs and makes diving catches look routine.

It helps being able to focus on one sport.

“He didn’t play that much baseball growing up,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

“He was more of a football player.”

After three years as a Tiger outfielder, the former high school football star has transformed into a true college

baseball player.

Though Laird had to balance two sports at Ouachita Christian High School before coming to LSU, he showed he was up to speed as a freshman. Laird started 59 games in 2013 and batted .307 with 74 hits, seven doubles and 18 RBIs. He also scored 48 runs and stole six bases.

Laird’s numbers took a slight dip as a sophomore, but he improved his number of self-proclaimed “loud hits.” His batting average fell to .291, his runs scored dropped by 10 to 38, and he had nine fewer hits (65). But Laird belted 10 doubles in 2014, three more than his freshman season, and secured a careerbest 27 RBIs.

Laird, however, has never been interested in numbers, and he said he doesn’t really look at his stats. But entering his junior season, Laird had one number on his mind — number of wins.

“I wanted to be the best team player this season and, any way I can, help my team win,” Laird said. “That’s what I’m basing this season on, just trying to get this team where we need to be.”

It’s taken some time for Laird to get acclimated to the wear of baseball year round, but the lefty has it down. This is Laird’s third season at LSU, and during that time, he’s played

see LAIRD, page 7

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LSU junior outfielder Mark Laird (9) sprints to first base during the Tigers’ 7-3 victory against Kentucky on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.

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Tigers survive late ULL rally for 8-6 victory

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 3 LSU baseball team avenged its series loss against Kentucky over the weekend, defeating UL-Lafayette in the Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic, 8-6, Tuesday night at Zephyr Field in New Orleans.

The Tigers (24-5, 5-4 Southeastern Conference) abused the Ragin’ Cajuns (15-11) for 10 hits, eight of them for extra bases, to erase a nightmarish weekend and pick up a muchneeded win against a bitter instate foe.

The Tigers hit the ground running. Senior second baseman Jared Foster got the Tigers going in the bottom of the first innings with a double down the left field line to put a runner in scoring position with nobody out. Foster advanced to third before junior shortstop Alex Bregman brought home Foster with a sacrifice fly.

Foster’s hit extended his hit streak to seven games, with senior third baseman Conner Hale following in his footsteps, extending his hit streak to seven games in the next at bat with a double to deep right field.

Senior designated hitter Kade Scivicque extended the hit streak of his own to 12 when he singled through the left side to drive home Hale and give the Tigers an early 2-0 lead.

After a painless first inning, UL-Lafayette got to LSU senior pitcher Kyle Bouman.

He allowed the Ragin’ Cajuns to load the bases with nobody out before giving up twostraight runs on walks to tie the game.

LSU sophomore pitcher Russell Reynolds replaced Bouman after only 1 1/3 innings pitched, getting out of the jam by forcing a double play to end the inning.

Bouman allowed two runs

on three hits and two strikeouts on the night. The senior walked three batters in his 40 pitches, hitting the strike zone only 18 times.

The Tigers responded to Reynolds’ quick outing with four runs in the next two innings.

LSU hit two home runs during the span, a solo-shot from junior first baseman Chris Chinea in the second inning and a tworun blast from Scivicque in the third.

LSU’s two homers were accompanied by a one-run triple from Bregman to extend the Tigers’ lead to 6-2.

Chinea’s home run was his first to leave the park this season after an inside-thepark home run during the Tigers’ weekend series against Kentucky. Scivicque’s home run was his fourth of the season.

The Tigers faced three Ragin’ Cajuns pitchers through the first three innings with their six hits, chasing UL-Lafayette starter Connor Toups off the mound after only an inning.

After Reynolds escaped a bases loaded jam in the fourth, Bregman earned his third RBI of the night on a double to give the Tigers a 7-2 lead before tallying his fourth RBI in the sixth with a solo-shot to left field to make it 8-2. Bregman finished 3-for-3 on the night with four RBIs and three extra base hits.

The Ragin’ Cajuns added four runs in the seventh to cut the Tigers’ lead to 8-6, but it was too little too late as the Tigers escaped victorious.

The Tigers now head to Hoover, Alabama, to take on Alabama in their weekend series beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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LSU senior infielder Connor Hale (20) throws the ball during the Tigers’ 7-3 victory against Kentucky on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.

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SOFTBALL

No. 2 LSU puts away ULM, 7-3

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com The No. 2 LSU softball team overcame a slow start to defeat UL-Monroe, 7-3, on Tuesday evening at Tiger Park.

The Warhawks (24-9) jumped on the Tigers (33-3, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) early, taking the lead in the first inning.

“They’re a good team,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “They have a high RPI. They have a great record. They’ve beat some people, some SEC teams. They’re a good team, there’s no question.”

ULM hit three doubles in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. Torina responded by pulling sophomore pitcher Kelsee Selman and turning to freshman Carley Hoover in the circle to keep the Tigers in the game until the offense came alive.

LSU managed to get three baserunners in the bottom of the first but couldn’t capitalize. The Tigers struck on their next chance, pushing two runs across in the bottom of the second to tie the game, 2-2.

Sophomore second baseman Constance Quinn doubled down the left field line and stole third when senior center fielder A.J. Andrews drew a walk. Quinn said LSU was confident it would get the offense going.

“I believed in myself, believed in the team to cheer me on and knew I was going to get that hit,” Quinn said.

Andrews followed with a stolen base of her own to give sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry a chance to drive in the tying run with two outs. Landry obliged, sin-

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LSU sophomore infielder Constance Quinn (5) hits the ball Tuesday during the Tigers’ 7-3 win against UL-Monroe at Tiger Park. gling up the middle to tie the game.

Then LSU seized control of the game with a four-run third inning.

Sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish hit a solo home run to center field, her 14th of the season, to give LSU its first lead of the game. Jaquish said she believed when the Tigers claimed the lead, they wouldn’t relinquish it with Hoover shutting the Warhawks’ lineup down.

A single from junior catcher Kellsi Kloss and a fielding error gave LSU two baserunners. After a sacrifice bunt and a fielder’s choice, an RBI single from freshman left fielder Emily Griggs extended LSU’s lead to 4-2. Another two-RBI single from Landry stretched the Tigers’ lead to 6-2.

A sacrifice fly from Jaquish in the bottom of the sixth allowed Andrews to touch home, capping LSU’s scoring at seven runs.

Hoover quelled ULM’s comeback bid in the top of the seventh.

ULM cut LSU’s lead to 7-3 and had the bases loaded with one out, but Hoover closed the door with backto-back strikeouts to end the game.

“They were kind of getting the bat on the ball a little bit,” Hoover said. “Kellsi Kloss was really working the outside corner for me and really working spots for me, so that helped.”

Hoover kept the Warhawks’ attack in-check for most of the night, scattering six hits across 6 1/3 innings pitched. She finished with 11 strikeouts, allowing just one run on 97 pitches.

LSU now shifts its focus to Ole Miss. The Tigers host the Rebels at Tiger Park in a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 the USA Rugby Sevens Squad in 2010. track. Brazell also played wide Ten years after his career at receiver for the 2003 national LSU, Brazell still owns the school championship football team. record in the 400-meter hurdles “His experience of being a and is part of the NCAA record dual-sport athlete is something in the 4x400-meter relay. But he that most athsaid the things he did letes now don’t ‘At the end of the day, just are in the past and ex per ienc e ,” this group of because you’re a great hopes said LSU track runners beats his reand field coach runner when you’re at the cords.

Dennis Shaver. school doesn’t mean you At 32 years old, “For him to can come back and be a Brazell relates to his have competed good coach. You have to runners on a personon a national work on your craft and get al level since he was championship better every day. That’s one in their place only a football team ago. He still thing I have tried to do.’ decade for LSU and has the drive and also a national work ethic that he BENNIE BRAZELL, track and field had as an athlete, but championship LSU track and field assistant coach now he uses it to beteam here is come a better coach quite unique and a tremendous every day. experience.”

“At the end of the day, just Brazell wasn’t done rack- because you’re a great runner ing up accolades — he won five when you’re at the school doesn’t NCAA Championships and was a mean you can come back and be 14-time All-American. a good coach,” Brazell said. “You But his most impressive feats have to work on your craft and came in his professional career. get better every day. That’s one Still a junior at LSU, Brazell thing I have tried to do.” qualified for the 2004 Olympics Brazell is a role model for the in Athens, Greece, in the 400-me- runners on the team, and he uses ter hurdles and finished in eighth it to promote the importance of place after making the event fi- being a student-athlete, Shaver nals. said.

“You have to realize I’m run“He does in many ways inning against guys I always looked spire them and challenge them up to,” Brazell said. “It’s kind of a on a regular basis to improve, mind blowing thing … But with but more importantly, he preachthe Olympics, I was too young to es the importance of getting an enjoy it. I was just a junior in col- education because track and field lege — I was too young and dumb isn’t going to last forever,” Shavto appreciate it.” er said. “I know they hear that a Brazell solidified his dual- lot from me, but it sure is good to sport career in 2006 when the also have an assistant coach that Cincinnati Bengals drafted him is preaching the same thing.” in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. He was in the NFL for two You can reach Jacob Hamilton years before he was selected for on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

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LAIRD, from page 5 during the fall, spring and summers in Cape Cod, which has sped up his development.

“All that adds up,” Mainieri said.

Laird said it sure has.

“Playing all summer, all fall, year round, I feel like I’ve gotten a lot more experience and become a better baseball player,” Laird said. “Not only understanding all parts of the game, but on the bases, understanding different plays and being able to pick up on things that I would have had no shot of picking up in high school.”

Though Laird is no longer an All-American wideout, he’s become an all-around star for the No. 3 Tigers.

Entering Tuesday’s contest against UL-Lafayette, Laird has LSU’s third-highest batting average on the team at .378. Prior to Tuesday, he led the Tigers in hits (42), runs (29), on-base percentage (.448) and is second in walks (11) and steals (10). He is on pace to set career highs in batting, runs, hits and has already matched his personal best in stolen bases.

Mainieri said he always believed his young outfielder was capable of such numbers. He

just wanted to see it from Laird every game.

“He’s just much more consistent now,” Mainieri said.

“I always thought he was capable of hitting .370, .400. He hit .310 and .290 just because he wasn’t as consistent as he needed to be. Now with experience and knowledge, he’s just doing everything more on a consistent basis.”

The Tigers will need that consistency when they hit the diamond against Southeastern Conference rival Alabama in an early weekend series beginning Thursday. Though the Crimson Tide started 1412 before playing UAB on Tuesday night, it split a shortened series against LSU last season, 1-1.

But if Laird reaches base, Alabama will have to keep an eye out for No. 9.

“When I get on base, whether it be a walk, a hit or an error, I’m just thinking about how can I get to the next base,” Laird said. “Whichever way — dirt ball, passed ball, stealing bases, tagging up. Just how can I get closer to scoring. It’s hard to get runs in these games, so any run will count.”

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With Mickey on roster next year, Jones would have options Mickey isn’t the big bruiser across the lineup. many centers are in the paint.

At guard, he’d have Tim His style was built more on ath- Quarterman, Keith Hornsby, leticism than Jalyn Patterson, brute force, and Josh Gray and init showed a little With Mickey gone, LSU coming five-star shootthis season. looks to be in the same freshman ing guard AntoInstead of spot up front as last nio Blakeney. Unstarting next season. decided five-star to a bigger, combo guard Mastronger center, he lined up lik Newman has as the biggest also become a real player on the court most of possibility, putting the Tigers the time for LSU. I think play- among his top choices alonging against the bigger players side Kansas, Kentucky and led to some of his injuries and Mississippi State. caused him to be more tired In the frontcourt, he toward the end of games. He could’ve played any combinajust didn’t have the frame to tion of No. 1 overall recruit Ben last as the lone enforcer in the Simmons, Mickey, Robinson, Malone and Brian Bridgewapaint.

Fans — and myself — have ter. Jones could’ve used a precriticized Mickey throughout sumedly improved Robinson the year for being soft, but re- to help keep Mickey off the big flecting back, it wasn’t a fair as- bruisers, or play up-tempo with sessment. Because of his build, Simmons and Mickey at the defending centers put him in same time. a bad position causing him to With Mickey gone, be less effective in most of LSU looks to be in the LSU’s losses, and coach Johnny same spot up front as last Jones didn’t have a player he season. felt comfortable rotating in to If he’s as good as advertised, help him.

Simmons is on another planet Freshman Elbert Robinson compared to the talent the TiIII began the season in that gers have had on roster recentrole but quickly became almost ly. But who’s going to play next invisible after the early por- to him? tion of the season. Jones tried Had Mickey stayed, the sophomore Darcy Malone, but worst case scenario for Jones he didn’t fit the bill quickly would have featured him playenough to help the Tigers win ing next to Simmons, and games and get into the NCAA LSU would be the same uptempo team it was this seaTournament.

For LSU to get that far, son if Robinson and Malone Mickey had to play out of posi- didn’t make the necessary tion and do a great job in most strides. of LSU’s games, earning First But because Mickey is Team All-SEC honors. leaving early, the Tigers need

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) attempts to score March 4 during the Tigers’ 78-63 loss against Tennessee at the PMAC. Robinson or Malone to make that jump to have a consistent paint presence.

Believing in two big men who each averaged less than one point and two rebounds per game this season will leave LSU in a vulnerable position heading into next year.

Brian Pellerin is a 21-yearold mass communication junior in Kenner, Louisiana.

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“Too many humans’ lives This issue is more relevant have been lost because of an for local governments, said service to anyone acting as a irresponsible driver who is business sophomore Manuel designated driver solely be- drunk,” Diban said.

Gutierrez, and it might not cause they are not purchasing No other state driver’s li- be necessary all across the cense would be accepted un- state. alcohol.

The University area Rep. Henry Burns, R- der this bill and no exception is Haughton, authored the bill and listed for drinkers using mass would be in need of somesaid the law would be difficult transit or walking. These issues thing like this to make sure could cause students are safe, Gutierrez to enforce at the state ‘It really comes down to the problems for said.

“Since this is a university, level, but fact that people have to take out- of-state there are a lot of young people students. he wanted personal responsibility for No other who don’t drink responsibly,” to start the their actions.’ state has a Gutierrez said. “Maybe it’s betconversation law like this, ter for them to just have this about drunk HENRY BURNS, a c c o r d i n g law here and not in other parts driving.

La. Representative, R-Haughton to legiscan. of the state.”

“It would With all the issues with the com. Burns take the help of some other right minds said the issue might be better legislation, Burns said he conand a lot of stuff to find some- solved at the local or university sidered pulling the bill. It may thing that would actually be level. not get the attention it deserves significant enough to have “I’m just not real sure that as the budget will take up most some type of enforcement that legislation, from the state side, of the session. would encapture the state,” that it could really accomplish “To be able to come up with Burns said. what it needs to from an en- what I would consider good legIn 2013, alcohol-impaired forcement side,” Burns said. islation, I just don’t know if I driving fatalities made up about “One of the suggestions was could get that done during this 33 percent of driving deaths made that maybe this should session with all the budget isin Louisiana, according to re- be more of a local issue, so sues and all,” Burns said. “My sponsibility.org. There were each college campus could hope now, my main goal, is to about 233 alcohol-impaired come up with their game plan. publicize the fact that people driving fatalities total in the Something like that might be have to take responsibility for same year. more logical.” their actions.”

Burns said people who lost loved ones to drunk driving approached him with ideas for the legislation, but no bill can change what comes down to the individual’s decision.

“It’s something that bears personal responsibility, the drinking and driving and all,” Burns said. “It really comes down to the fact that people have to take personal responsibility for their FOR RELEASE APRIL 1, 2015 actions.”

Drunk driving is a deadly THE Daily Commuter Puzzle by Jacqueline E. Mathews issue that needs to be dealt with, said general business ACROSS sophomore Roberto Diban. He 1 Chocolate said a state law is the best way substitute to make sure people respect 6 Polaris or Vega 10 Crew members’ the law.

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The Board of Supervisors Parking and Advisory Committee are currently assessing a possible new fee structure that would raise parking permit prices.

PARKING, from page 1 away this spring and then try to implement some type of fee increase, but we just haven’t been able to get the information pulled together,” Campbell said. “I think the advisory group is still trying to figure out exactly what direction they’re supposed to be going.”

The committee analyzes campus parking and implementing a more sustainable plan for growth, Campbell said. Currently, the lone source of parking revenue comes from permit sales.

Annual parking for students costs $165 for surface parking and $330 inside the Union Square parking garage.

Parking at campuses across the nation is shifting to structured parking, such as Union Square, rather than surface areas. As the University expands and builds new structures for academic purposes, those buildings take up more space that can be used for parking.

The logical conclusion is to build up, Campbell said.

“If we’re going to be able to build structures, we’ve got to figure out how we’re going to raise that type of revenue in order to build structures instead of surface parking,” Campbell said.

Parking fees have not increased since 2013, Campbell said, and the University charges far less than peer institutions.

While Campbell does not expect the University to raise the cost to match those universities, he does predict an increase in parking fees in the future.

“We can’t continue to operate the way we’re operating and make a minimal amount of revenue in order to build,” Campbell said. “The funding model for parking has got to change, so if they task us with building structures then we’ve got to look at the funding model.”

A new parking structure

typically costs between $15 and $20 million to build, Campbell said. The Union Square garage, which opened in March 2013, cost $22.5 million.

Though students ask for more parking, what the University needs is more convenient parking, Campbell said. But with one source of revenue, it is hard to replace lost spaces quickly.

Before a higher fee would take effect, Campbell said the committee would involve the campus community by talking to the Student, Faculty and Staff Senates.

“Any time you start talking about fee increases of course you’re going to get push back,” Campbell said.

“So we want to include them and make sure everybody’s on board and nobody’s going to get upset.”

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Opinion Dear white people: I’m sorry.

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A formal thanks to white people for showing me the error of my ways LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME LOGAN ANDERSON Columnist I have learned a lot of things during my tenure as an opinion columnist at The Daily Reveille.

I’ve learned that writing about social justice issues is one of my truest passions in life. I’ve learned that the community of minorities at LSU can be more supportive than I could have ever dreamed.

Most importantly, I’ve learned that white people really hate me.

When I took this job, I planned to write about the issues that I thought would be important. I quickly that my fellow students and I have a fundamental disagreement on what is and is not important.

Many commenters have said that I am just as racist as an old Southern white man for making

blanket statements about the white community as a whole.

Some have taken deep offense to the fact that I don’t represent white people fairly when discussing issues of discrimination.

A few have even told me that if black people would just stop talking about race, racism would disappear and that it is only because we continue to bring up racism that it still exists. Racists are apparently governed by the same laws as Beetlejuice.

I am a mature person, and I love constructive criticism. Being critiqued helps me to not only be a better writer, but also a better person. So, I want to thank these commenters, Facebook friends and anonymous Yik Yak posters for showing me the error of my ways.

You’re all right. I do focus on race too much. I am a reverse racist, which prior to this semester I maintained was not a thing.

I used to think that members of a minority group could not be racist against a majority group that

is constantly and consistently oppressing them. However, you’ve shown me the truth, and I cannot thank you enough for helping me come to this realization.

I want to apologize to every white person I have offended with my columns. I am sorry for saying that all of you are inherently racist. Despite the cultural indoctrination that white people are superior to all other races that has been proven to take place (by multiple scientific studies), I understand how that statement may have hurt your feelings.

You guys aren’t all racist. A lot of you have a black friend! You most likely view that friend as an exception to your preconceived notions about black people and joke with them that they aren’t “really” black because they speak eloquently and know their fathers. Just being friends with them is absolute proof you aren’t racist!

You’re also completely right — if we stopped talking about

racism so much, it wouldn’t be such a huge problem in our society. Black people are still struggling 50 years after the Civil Rights Movement to be treated as equal members of society, but that doesn’t give us a right to complain about our lives. Things could be much worse for us!

We could be getting killed in the streets for no other reason that the fact that the color of our skin makes us seem dangerous.

We could be taunted for being ourselves, called monkeys and hoodrats despite the fact that we are just college students trying our best to earn an education.

People could be singing songs about lynching us for trying to join their private organizations, and a large contingency of the public could be jumping to their defense!

But we live in post-racial America. Most people don’t even see color — just a gray, human-shaped blob that has no stereotypes assigned to it. There is a black president in office

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and people show him the same level of respect that has been afforded to all of our previous presidents, never bringing his race into discussions on policy decisions.

Our campus is more diverse than ever: an entire 12 percent of the LSU student body is black.

Though LSU is the flagship university of a state that is 33 percent black and is located in a city that’s 55 percent black according to the latest census, and as the flagship would ideally reflect the racial breakdown of the state much more closely — progress is still progress.

I am sorry for all of the pain I have caused the white community. I promise that moving forward, I will be just as sensitive to your feelings as each and every one of you has been to mine.

Logan Anderson is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from Houston, Texas.

You can reach her on Twitter @LoganD_Anderson.

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Campus reacts to Gov. Jindal’s budget cuts with delight THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist The LSU Foundation held a luncheon Tuesday honoring the Board of Supervisors for receiving an “A+ in doing absolutely nothing during times of fiscal pandemonium.”

LSU students, teachers and state politicians praised Board of Supervisors member Stanley Jacobs at the luncheon for writing meaningless words on a piece of paper. Jacobs’ vague letter to the editor described brand new information that no other news organization has yet to cover: Budget cuts suck.

Jacobs’ late arrival to the fiscal irresponsibility party included mentions of his support for

LSU Chancellor F. King Alexander’s efforts to save the University from becoming a funeral home for higher education.

To Gov. Bobby Jindal’s delight, Jacobs completely forgot about the governor’s fiscally irresponsible tax policies that threw the state into what Jindal’s presidential campaign will likely call “budgetary exuberance.”

“I think it is great that the Board of Supervisors have been so helpful in attempting to protect the Governor’s image from critics around the nation” a spokesperson for the Louisiana Governor’s Office said.

“Gov. Bobby Jindal has expressed his pleasure in the Board’s willingness to point out the obvious, offer insincere statements about the cuts and inability to blame the state’s politicians for LSU’s dismal future.”

Since 2008, students have

applauded the Governor’s numerous attempts to kill higher education’s liberal mind-washing efforts by refusing to march on the Capitol, smugly mentioning how bad budget cuts are over a vanilla latte with friends and calling quits to any protesting efforts at the first sign of required effort.

“Students here have really come out and shown astounding support for all the faculty members who will probably lose their jobs by next fall semester,” an LSU professor said.

One instructor said he understood the economic sacrifice Jindal was making by rewarding the movie industry millions of tax dollars while taking away state money dedicated to the University.

“I think I should definitely lose my job that pays less than a high school teacher so that oil

companies and Hollywood millionaires make even more money,” the instructor said. “Those billionaires give back to Louisiana by buying yachts and big houses more than I could ever give back to this state by teaching young adults how to write like they actually graduated from kindergarten.”

While LSU students follow the complacent lead of their Board of Supervisors, Republicans around the nation are praising Jindal for working toward creating a voter base that denies evolution, diversity and modern medicine.

An aide to GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Jindal’s attacks on knowledge will make the presidential race for fifth place as exciting as the 224th lap of a NASCAR race.

“Senator Cruz is a little worried that the majority of

uneducated Republicans will flock toward Jindal in hopes of an America that is both a no-go zone for Muslims and smart people,” the aide said.

In response to critics of the governor’s crusade against higher education, Jindal finally responded to The Daily Reveille’s request for comments and defended his actions as an attempt to create equal opportunity for all Louisiana citizens.

“If I cut LSU’s budget enough times, eventually our youth will all stand on the same academically inferior level to one another,” Jindal said. “It’s all about fixing economic inequality by lowering the standards of education to fight intelligence inequality.”

Justin DiCharia is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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To double your money, grab a pair of scissors, cut it in half widthwise and take it to the bank. The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 means they legally have to accept it.

When you’re worried about not having enough cash, it’s important to think of the lessons you learned from your childhood. For instance, the tooth fairy taught me I could make a quick buck for selling my body parts.

Take out as many student loans as you possibly can. You’re in college and deserve to have a good time. Go cash in that loan and make it rain in Reggie’s every night. You will be able to pay it back once you get that $100k job right out of college.

Invest all your money in Bitcoin. It’s magical Internet money that I absolutely don’t understand. Like any great investor, the less I understand it, the more money it will make me.

Remember, life is all about the money people think you have, which is why it’s important to take out as many loans as you can to afford the finer things in life. If you don’t have a house like Mark Zuckerberg, jewelry like Flavor Flav and cars like Jay Leno, are you even living life?

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Take out every kind of loan you can, get as many credit cards as you can find and start racking up the debt. Some people will tell you this is a bad idea, but they don’t have the information I do. The rapture is coming soon, so have fun and then leave the debt for those who have not been invited to board the spaceship supplied by our glorious overlord.

Low on cash? Take a part time job at Wal-Mart. Great pay, great benefits and your co-workers will be the friendliest.

Invest all your money in gold, guns and bullets. Thanks to Obama, everything in this country will be worthless in at least the next five years, and we will have to protect ourselves from roaming groups of libertarian bandits led by Reveille columnist Jack Richards and future wasteland overlord Ron Paul.

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Give loans to your friends and family. It never goes wrong. Never.

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Need to make a quick buck to pay off those loan sharks? Casinos, horse races, petty theft and prostitution are all recommended options. For further instructions, consult Grand Theft Auto V.