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30 percent of incoming college freshmen in the U.S. may experience similar challenges as first-generation college students.

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The University is about 7 percent below the national rate for firstgeneration students.

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First-generation students trailblaze for families

BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com Jacob Boudreaux and his older sister are trailblazers in their family — they’re the first generation to go to college.

A French and biochemistry junior, Jacob said he hopes to receive his undergraduate degree in May 2016. His sister, a graphic art senior at Nicholls State University, is set to graduate this May. “My grandparents dropped out of school in 6th and 7th grade because they had to work,” Jacob said. “Where I’m from in Terrebonne Parish, particularly the generations before me, there was no need to go to college.”

Although neither of his parents pursued

higher education, Jacob said his home was always college-oriented.

Growing up, Jacob said he heard what most first-generation students probably hear from their parents: “We had to work hard, so we want you to go to college. That way you can have a better life, have better options, better choices for when you’re an adult.”

“I live through them,” said Jacob’s mother, Patty Boudreaux.

Patty said she didn’t get the motivation to go to college from her parents, who only completed junior high.

But Jacob took the initiative to study and make good grades on his own, his mother said.

Jacob couldn’t go to his parents with questions

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The graduation rate among firstgeneration students is lower than non-first -generation students.

It is slightly higher than students who come from lowincome families. courtesy of THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS and BERNIE BRAUN

Read our columnist’s opinion on LSU’s lack of resources for firstgeneration students on page 13.

Proposed bill requires police body cameras

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com With incidents of police violence and brutality fresh in the nation’s mind, the Louisiana State Legislature will consider House Bill 183 during the current legislative session to provide more law e n f o r c e m e n t 2015 LEGISLATIVE WATCH oversight.

The bill, authored by Rep. Dalton Honoré (D- Baton Rouge), would require on-duty officers to wear body cameras to record their contact with people. According to the bill’s digest, law enforcement agencies would be required to keep the recordings for two years, though they would not be available to the public.

The bill’s digest states officers will wear a camera on the chest or at eye level at all times and should record the contact from beginning to end. Officers would be required to inform the person they are being recorded, unless it is unsafe or impractical.

Body cameras are currently used by some state law enforcement agencies, including the

see BODY CAMERAS, page 15

STUDENT LIFE

LSUPD looks to expand, update campus call box network

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com As a new measure to keep students safe, LSUPD may update emergency call boxes around campus.

The current call boxes work like telephones. Users dial 911 or the police department to speak with an officer. But newer options reach 911 or the University police department with the push of a single button.

These “code blue poles” can be found on many campuses, including Auburn and Texas A&M Universities.

The University has approxi-

mately 40 call boxes, most of them outside residential halls.

LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said 70 to 80 percent of the boxes are in working order.

Lalonde said LSUPD is working on repairing the boxes, but because some are equipped with outdated technology, the cost may outweigh the benefits. Instead, LSUPD is researching options to upgrade the boxes.

“One of the issues is that it is an older technology, so therefore the cost increases when trying to take on that older technology,” Lalonde said. “They have a lot of new technologies out there, a lot of new features and things of that

nature, so that’s something that we’re looking at.”

Lalonde said LSUPD is considering the new technology for the University, as some poles include video recording and audio broadcasting.

But, he said these features come at a hefty price.

“Depending on what type of specific equipment that you purchase and have installed and what features are on that, on the high end they can go up to $40,000 per pole,” Lalonde said.

Though Lalonde said a price cannot be put on safety, LSUPD

see CALL BOXES, page 15

LSUPD is working on repairing broken call boxes and is considering implementing new call box safety technology including video recording and audio broadcasting.

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A.P. Tureaud Jr. to speak at Hill Memorial Library University alumnus A.P. Tureaud Jr. is speaking today at LSU’s Hill Memorial Library to discuss Louisiana’s role in the civil rights movement.

Sponsored by the African and African American Studies Program and LSU Libraries Special Collections, the event begins at noon and is open to the public.

After he graduated from J.S. Clark High School in New Orleans, Tureaud sued the

University. In 1953, he became the first person of color to attend the University. For legal reasons, he was forced to withdraw.

The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled he could re-enroll at the University until a three judge court decided on his case. However, Tureaud instead enrolled at Xavier University in New Orleans.

Tureaud was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University May 2011.

James Carville to speak at Manship School graduation University alumnus and noted political strategist James Carville will give the Manship School of Mass Communication commencement address, the school announced Monday.

Carville, top strategy director during Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, received both his undergraduate degree and Juris Doctorate from the University and is currently a professor of political

science at Tulane.

“While James always is knowledgeable and interesting, he is especially appropriate to speak this year. He has been a leading voice in opposition to the proposed cuts to higher education in the state budget,” Manship School dean Jerry Ceppos said in an email.

“Whether you agree with his politics or not, you’ll find him fascinating.”

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School aims to treat animal cruelty in campus community

BY JAYCE GENCO jgenco@lsureveille.com Apart from domestic pets brought in by University students and faculty, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine also treats wildlife injured by animal cruelty.

The Vet School received two animal cruelty cases within the last month associated with geese from the LSU lakes. Associate professor of zoological medicine Javier Nevarez said the treatment of animals is for the benefit of the community.

The Vet School receives roughly 1,800 animals from Good Samaritans each year to treat, but only about 45 to 50 percent of the wildlife treated at the Vet School are safely released back into their habitats.

The school relies heavily on donations to fund the treatment and recovery of these animals “It’s a community service to all the people that work and live around LSU that enjoy the lakes,” Nevarez said. “They do enjoy seeing these birds out, and it’s a big attraction for them to come out to the lakes.”

As previously reported by The Daily Reveille on Feb. 12, a

goose from the LSU lakes was treated and released for an arrow wound to the chest.

After the first goose was released, another was brought to the Vet School clinic with injuries sustained from a blow dart to the head. After attempted treatment of its injuries, it was determined that the goose would have to be humanely euthanized.

Nevarez said the Vet School’s mission is to take care of Louisiana’s native wildlife species. Whenever a non-native species is brought into the Vet School and needs medical attention, it takes away funding and personnel used to treat other animals.

“These animals that are being brought to us from the lakes unfortunately are actually not native wildlife, but there’s nobody else to really take care of them,” Nevarez said. “We don’t have the money and the resources to be able to take care of every stray animal everybody finds.”

Louisiana law defines cruelty to animals as “every act or failure to act whereby unjustifiable physical pain or suffering is caused or permitted.”

Penalties for simple animal cruelty in Louisiana range from fines to six months of jail time, or both.

Nevarez said most animal cruelty cases are committed by a lone individual.

“Sometimes, you have individuals where these animals will come on to their property and they don’t want them on their property and might shoot them illegally, not realizing that that’s not the appropriate thing to do,” Nevarez said. “Sometimes, it’s just a vandalism type situation or a criminal act just out of malice.”

Nevarez said the majority of wildlife brought to the Vet School for treatment are injured by human interactions.

He said most human interactions are not criminal but are a direct result of human life interacting with a wildlife habitat.

“More and more subdivisions are being built, and that’s less and less habitat that they have, so it’s just a side effect of these animal’s living in areas that are getting urbanized more and more,” Nevarez said.

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Veterinary student Jamie Craine releases a goose that was hit by an arrow.

SCIENCE

Report: University behind in innovative research

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com While most innovation takes place at state colleges and institutions rather than in industry, the University is well behind its peers, according to the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana’s recent Innovation in Louisiana report released on March 30.

Colleges and universities are rising as institutions of innovation across the country, but the report states Louisiana and its colleges “rank poorly on many key innovation metrics.”

The report also claims the state has not made serious policy changes to promote innovation, and its colleges have not moved toward an innovation intensive curriculum.

“I think we’re more objective than reports that have come along in the past who have been sort of the status quo reporting on the status quo,” said co-author and PAR President Robert Travis Scott.

“We tend to think of ourselves as being from outside that, and we’re not as concerned about ruffling some feathers, and we have.”

“Innovation” is defined as research and development outcomes or jobs that focus on “intellectual property,” according to the report.

Research for the report was completed between June 2013 and November 2014 and

found the state ranked 35th in the nation for research and development expenditures at $1.5 billion a year.

Unlike most states, over half of those expenditures — $729 million — comes from state universities. Correspondingly, the industry share of research and development at 30 percent is well below the 69 percent national average.

While it spends the secondhighest amount of research dollars, the University ranks behind seven state institutions in output, three of which are in the LSU System, according to the report.

“A closer review of the state’s flagship university confirms the trend that Louisiana is not getting bang for the buck when it comes to technology transfer when measured by traditional outputs such as licenses and patents,” the report states.

Some positives point to the University engineering partnership with IBM to promote a closer tie to industry and Esperance Pharmaceuticals Inc. cancer treatment research housed at the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center.

Esperance also uses research done at the AgCenter, Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the main campus.

“I think what we see in the report is that, on the one hand, LSU doesn’t do very well in the

metrics,” Scott said. “But on the other hand, I think there’s a lot of leaders in place right now who really see a vision to want to turn this thing around and are already taking some of the right steps.”

PAR also points to the Board of Regents Support Fund as a key source of funding for research at state universities.

The Support Fund is a constitutionally dedicated source of state dollars dedicated to higher education, which does not affect the state general fund.

Dedicated from mineral revenues, the fund produces more than $23 million per year, Scott said, but he thinks Louisiana is not leveraging it in the most effective way.

“The practice has been to basically give to as many schools as you can, and as you read through that section of the report, you can see how the money is — in our view — is spread too thinly,” he said.

“You’re missing an opportunity cost being able to leverage that money to do something more dramatic.”

Scott said consolidating the money would benefit larger schools including the University and Louisiana Tech University.

While higher education leaders praise most suggestions in the report, he said, everyone has not received the Support Fund suggestions

as well.

“The Support Fund is a part of it that is more controversial, and that’s because there are a lot of ingrained ways of doing it that will be hard to change,” Scott said. “I’m not saying

some of the things the money has been spent on are not worthwhile ... but what we’re trying to say is other states would die to have this and they would put it to better use, and some of them have.”

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Baptist Collegiate Ministry travels to Canada, Hawaii, Texas

BY HAYLEY FRANKLIN hfranklin@lsureveille.com Instead of going on vacation or visiting families during spring break, students in the University’s Baptist Collegiate Ministry went on mission trips to Canada, Hawaii and Texas.

Students who traveled to Canada during spring break stayed with BCM in Alberta during Canada’s exam week. Students also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in the Alberta area.

Two dozen students stayed at BCM in Hawaii, where they helped the poor.

According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, 16 percent of Hawaiian children live in poor families.

Mass communication sophomore Tyler Stephens said Hawaii is ripe for serious mission work.

“When you tell someone you’re going to Hawaii, they automatically think you’re going for vacation, or you’re not doing serious mission work,” Stephens said. “But it is serious, just because they’re so unchurched. Just because it’s a beautiful place doesn’t mean that Jesus is present there. We’re just trying to make his presence

more known.”

In Arlington, Texas, 40 students volunteered at Mission Arlington — an initiative started by Tillie Burgin, who served with her family as a missionary in South Korea and came home to Arlington where she began helping the community’s poor.

BCM Associate Director Sarah Farley said Burgin started Mission Arlington out the back of her truck when she began collecting expired goods from grocery stores and bakeries to deliver to the Arlington apartment complexes.

Mission Arlington is now a four block complex and receives donations from nearly all of the grocery stores and restaurants in the area.

Mission Arlington serves the needs of Arlington and DallasFort Worth with a thrift store, day care, medical clinic, eye doctor clinic, GED programs and 300 different apartment ministries and outreach programs.

Numerous companies, such as Kroger and Amazon, donate to Mission Arlington to support the needy.

Farley said Mission Arlington is a great example for college students that anyone can start something to help others.

“You don’t have to be super wealthy or have tons and tons of resources,” Farley said. “Anyone can do it, but the need to volunteer is important. The need to get outside of ourselves and the need to help others is an important life skill that we’ve got to grab ahold of.”

University BCM students worked alongside Mission Arlington volunteers, helping parents find clothes for their children and organizing donations to the mission.

In the Arlington apartment complexes, students went doorto-door inviting families to send their children to Mission Arlington’s afternoon children’s pro-

gram where they can play and learn about the word of God. Chemical engineering freshman Miranda Ross said she enjoyed working with the children.

Though it was difficult because many of the children did not speak English, she said she was inspired by their curiosity.

“It’s really encouraging to see that they’re so young and so curious and interested to see what we have to say about this story that they may have never heard anything about before,” Ross said. “It’s really cool that we get to share that with them because they may never have even had the Bible around them.”

Political science and

sociology junior John Garrett Clawson said the children showed him the simplicity of the gospel, and he also loved their willingness to ask questions.

Clawson said going on the mission trip helped him reprioritize his life in Baton Rouge and opened his eyes to the poor who live in the city.

“While South Baton Rouge is one of most affluent parts of the state, North Baton Rouge is actually the poorest,” Clawson said. “The people that we’re working with in Arlington, there are people very similar, living just a mile or two from where we go to school and where we live.”

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Sports

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HOUSE OF BAIN

BASEBALL

Bullpen delivers in weekend set against Auburn

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with undefeated freshman Alex Lange in his usual spot on the mound on Saturday.

Mainieri, though, is cautious with his young hurlers and said he didn’t feel good about giving Lange the ball after he felt tightness in his arm on Wednesday.

Bain became the next man up, again.

“We prepared just in case that had to happen,” Bain said. “So, I was ready for either day.”

Bain may have been unfazed by the changing circumstances, but there was no possible preparation for his adversary on the hill, Auburn’s ace Keegan Thompson. On Saturday, Thompson was nearly perfect.

“All of [Thompson’s] pitches, he was locating them very well,” Bain said. “He didn’t mess up

Starters know they’re throwing the game’s first pitch. Closers know they’re coming in to get the last three outs.

The rest of the pitching staff?

Any situation fits.

“You have to be mentally prepared every game to possibly go in the third inning, ninth inning or extra innings,” said LSU sophomore reliever Parker Bugg.

“You never really know.”

No one ever does. But that hasn’t cost No. 2 LSU (31-6, 10-5 Southeastern Conference) much ground in the SEC race, where it currently sits at second behind top-ranked Texas A&M in the Western division standings.

In a three-game battle against Auburn this weekend, it was the bullpen that saved LSU coach Paul Mainieri’s club from a second series loss in three weeks.

“Our bullpen pitched great,” said junior outfielder Mark Laird. “All weekend they were great.”

The bullpen’s greatness has been building.

In recent seasons, Mainieri has mostly swapped relievers after an inning, giving every reliever a fresh start and not overburdening any of them.

Not anymore.

Eight members of LSU’s bullpen have at least one two-inning

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LSU freshman pitcher Austin Bain throws a pitch on March 27 during the Tigers’ 5-4 loss against Kentucky at Alex Box Stadium.

Freshman shows inexperience, signs of potential in first career start

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com LSU freshman pitcher Austin Bain found himself in an interesting spot Saturday night.

After a nine-strikeout performance in 6 2/3 innings of shutout relief against Alabama a week prior, LSU coach Paul Mainieri thrust Bain into the starting rotation in place of struggling freshman starter Jake Godfrey for LSU’s weekend series with Auburn.

The task was large for the right-hander from Geismar, Louisiana, who pitched only 15 1/3 innings prior to his appearance against the Crimson Tide.

“Pitching in the [Southeastern Conference] is a battle against whoever you are facing,” Bain said.

But Mainieri had him slated for the Sunday start GYMNASTICS

Hall, Jordan ‘excited’ to close college careers in hometown Tigers will contend for NCAA title in Fort Worth this weekend

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com The No. 4 LSU gymnastics team will compete for the NCAA title at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend, and it will be exceptionally meaningful for seniors Jessie Jordan and Lloimincia Hall.

They have a chance to compete at home for the last gymnastics competition of their careers.

Jordan grew up in Houston, but moved to Dallas — a hotspot for gymnastics in Texas — for almost two years to further her

gymnastics career. She said Dallas is a special place because it helped her fall back in love with the sport when constant traveling began to take the fun out of it.

“I love Dallas,” Jordan said. “In my eyes, a part of my family lives in Dallas because I met so many special people and a lot of girls that will be life-long friends. I’m excited to go back and excited for my family to be able to travel there so easily.”

For Hall, a Dallas native, it’s the city that made her who she is today. Hall forged countless meaningful relationships in each of the four gyms she trained at during her club career.

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LSU senior Lloimincia Hall performs her floor routine during the Tigers’ 198.375 195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC.

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Head to Head

Who should win the NBA MVP? Davis deserves MVP for all-around statistical dominance TEAM JACOB JACOB HAMILTON Sports Writer EDITOR’S NOTE: All stats and information are accurate at time of print on April 13th.

The NBA Most Valuable Player award is heavily scrutinized because there is no clear definition of what constitutes “most valuable.” Voters typically give the award to the best player in the league (LeBron James) or players with the most impressive stat line for the season (Derrick Rose or Kevin Durant).

Luckily for Pelicans forward Anthony Davis, he accounts for both of those this year.

Admittedly, I am the most biased man alive when it comes to Davis and the Pelicans. But ESPN slated him as the third-best player in the league in this season’s preseason player rankings, so it’s not a stretch to say he is the best now.

Davis has transformed the Pelicans into a playoff contender despite a roster full of misfits. Without Davis, the Pelicans are the Charlotte Hornets — a team without a true superstar and not enough talent to make the playoffs even in the Eastern Conference.

Jrue Holiday is damaged goods with a bum leg, while Tyreke Evans doesn’t have a position and shoots a horrific 29.9 percent from behind the arc as of Monday. Best of all, Eric Gordon and Omer Asik are among the most overpaid players in the league.

The Pelicans’ record proves Davis is the difference. They are 37-29 in games he played this season as opposed to 6-8 when he sat out, including embarrassing losses to the lowly Knicks and the tanking 76ers.

Davis is averaging a career-best in every statistic, headlined by 24.3 points per game with a 53.7 shooting percentage. Davis scores on par with fellow MVP candidates Rockets guard James Harden, Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Thunder guard Russell Westbrook despite getting fewer touches than all three players.

Davis’ seasonal numbers culminate in a 30.86 player efficiency rating, the best in the league by more than two points. Grizzlies Vice President of Basketball Operations and former ESPN analyst John Hollinger — the mastermind behind the PER — said a player with a rating of 30 or better is the “runaway MVP candidate.” James is the only player to complete the feat since the 20082009 season, and he won the MVP all four times.

The idea that Davis is less exciting than other candidates is also a misconception. From hitting a double-clutch, game-winning three pointer at the buzzer to recording a near quadruple double, Davis has continued to “wow” fans and one-up fellow candidates.

Davis entered this season with improved jump shot mechanics and over time, developed one of the most respected mid-range jump shots in the league.

He often draws extra defenders when he catches the ball in mid range, and his teammates benefit from the open looks. Davis’ assists per game are improved from last year, and Gordon and swingman Quincy Pondexter are shooting career-best marks in the 3-point territory.

But perhaps Davis’ most impressive feat is not trading defensive prowess for his offensive efficiency. Davis has become one of the premier defenders and the best two-way player in the NBA. His 2.9 blocks per game clip are the best in the league, and he is 10th with 10.2 rebounds per game.

Davis can do it all, something his fellow MVP candidates can’t say.

Harden is still below average on defense and leads the league in turnovers, while Curry actively avoids the opponent’s best guard on defense. Meanwhile, Westbrook leads the league in missed shots despite playing in only 66 games.

Although Davis’ body of work has separated itself from the pack, it will be forgotten if the Pelicans finish outside of the playoffs. But if Davis propels the Pelicans past the Spurs on Wednesday and into the playoffs, voters would be remiss to leave him off their ballots.

Jacob Hamilton is a 20-year-old political science junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

High-scoring Harden should win MVP LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist EDITOR’S NOTE: All stats and information are accurate at time of print on April 13th.

As the NBA season reaches the final stretch, so does the race for the league’s MVP award.

Living in Louisiana and being a former Pelicans season ticket holder, my heart says New Orleans forward Anthony Davis is the best bet. My co-worker probably has all the stats you could ever ask for — and ones you didn’t ask for — in his column that make that case, and it’s a strong one.

Davis is the best shot-blocker in the game and is currently having the one of the best seasons in NBA history, according to the player efficiency rating stat.

But before I bow to the Brow, there’s another facial hair aficionado in the NBA that deserves the league’s most prestigious individual honor: the Rockets’ bearded James Harden.

While in Oklahoma City, Harden was the sixth man while superstar teammates Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant overshadowed him. But since arriving in Houston, Harden has become a superstar of even bigger levels than that of his former teammates.

While the Thunder scratch and claw to stay in the battle for the playoffs, Harden has helped push the Rockets a half-game out of the No. 2 seed.

Davis’ Pelicans might make the playoffs, but they’ll finish at least nine games

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[Left] New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) dunks as Houston Rockets forward Terrence Jones (6) is late defending during the second half Sunday in Houston. [Right]Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket over New Orleans Pelicans forward Ryan Anderson (33) during the first half.

behind Houston, if not more.

You’re probably thinking, “That’s not fair because the Rockets have a better supporting cast for Harden than the Pelicans have given Davis,” which is true if Dwight Howard hadn’t missed half of the Rockets’ games, playing in only 40 of 80 contests.

Take Howard out of the equation, and the Pelicans and Rockets aren’t much different.

Both teams have foreign big men that aren’t exactly all-stars in Omer Asik and Donatas Motiejunas. Josh Smith is past his prime and more of a liability than anything of value. Trevor Ariza and Dante Cunningham are similar outside of Ariza’s shooting touch. Both teams have played without their best point guard down the stretch.

As a Pelicans fan, I’m aware of how injury-plagued they have been, but the Rockets have actually had it worse. They rank third in the league “Did Not Plays” behind only the Timberwolves and Lakers.

So where does the large gap between the two teams come in? With the last remaining variables of Harden and Davis.

While Davis sat out 14 games and missed time in countless others, Harden has only missed one and leads the entire league in minutes played this season.

All year, the one thing the Rockets could count on was Harden suiting up and playing more than three quarters of basketball almost every night. To make the playoffs, they needed him to play at an elite level, and he’s done just that.

The Arizona State product has carried the Rockets, scoring or assisting on 42 percent of the team’s total points this year, the highest total since Derrick Rose’s 2010-2011 MVP season.

Offensively, Harden is thought of as a pull-up 3-point shooter, but this year, he’s been just as aggressive getting to the basket, ranking first in free throws made and attempted. The new style has Harden battling Westbrook for the league’s scoring title, trailing by only fractions of a point.

He’s even gotten his teammates involved on offense more than ever, posting a career-high 6.9 assists per game.

The offensive-minded star has developed his game to be even more dynamic than ever before with the ball, but his defensive changes have helped become an MVP candidate.

While many will remember Harden for his previous lackadaisical defense, he’s stepped his game up this year as he ranks fifth in the NBA in steals per game and is tied for second with Chris Paul in total steals. His reputation as a one-way player may cost him, but his on-court performance this year has been more than enough for him to become the Rockets’ first MVP winner since Hakeem Olajuwon.

If Harden can get the Rockets back into the two-seed and clinch the franchise’s first division title since Olajuwan’s 1994 team, he should leave Davis, Westbrook and the rest of the NBA MVP candidates behind and have fans everywhere fearing the Beard.

Brian Pellerin is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 SOFTBALL

Batters try to avoid ‘pitcher’s pitches’

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com Success starts with adjustment. The best players and teams are not perfect, but their ability to evolve through circumstances separates the champions from the runners’ up.

Although the No. 1 LSU softball team boasts one of the most efficient and prolific lineups in the country this season, the Tigers have struggled at times during Southeastern Conference play to balance their aggressive approach to hitting and patience at the plate.

“Offensively, we’ve got to make sure that we are swinging at strikes and not chasing pitches out of the zone,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We’ve spent a lot of time lately hitting pitcher’s pitches, instead of the pitches we want to hit. We’re going to continue to work on that.

That’s something that’s plagued us all season long.”

The Tigers’ fearless approach at the plate has allowed the lineup to thrive under pressure in LSU’s biggest wins this season, including a victory against previously No. 1 Florida.

After dropping Game 1 against the Gators on March 13, junior catcher Kellsi Kloss sparked LSU to a 14-10 victory with a two-out, two-strike grand slam in the top of the seventh. The Tigers went on to win the series with a 10-4 demolishing of Florida in Game 3.

Against No. 11 Tennessee in Knoxville last weekend, LSU’s lineup hit a season-high seven homers in a three-game series to claim the Tigers’ first series win in program history at Tennessee.

Sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish and Kloss highlighted the series with multiple home run games in Game 1 and Game 3, respectively.

Jaquish and Kloss’ success against Tennessee exemplifies the Tigers’ mentality at the plate to hit according to their strength as a batter.

When Jaquish steps up to the plate, the Tigers’ home run leader thrives on inside pitches.

“I look for inside [pitches],” Jaquish said. “Inside is my strength. Hopefully, I start off looking inside. When I have two strikes on me, then all bets are off and I just try to protect [the plate] out there.”

When each batter approaches each at-bat with her strengths in mind, the Tigers consistently manufacture runs throughout the order.

LSU has seven players in the lineup who have recorded at least 20 RBIs this season. Junior shortstop Bianka Bell and Jaquish have combined for 116 of the Tigers’ total 281 RBIs.

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Sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish (2) bats on March 31 during the Tigers’ 7-3 win against UL-Monroe at Tiger Park.

When the Tigers let their aggressiveness take over at-bats, batters start chasing pitches out of the strike zone, which Torina calls “pitcher’s pitches,” and throw off the balance of the entire lineup.

Hitting pitcher’s pitches can create many different problems in the order, from hitting foul balls to striking out, Jaquish said.

In their only SEC series loss of 2015 against Kentucky, the Tigers tallied a season-low of five runs and did not make effective adjustments against the Wildcats’ pitching staff.

Throughout the series, LSU struggled with strikeouts. In Game 2 and Game 3, the Tigers combined for 18 strikeouts.

Against the Wildcats’ duo of left-handed pitchers in Game 2, the Tigers’ normally consistent four left-handed hitters stalled.

The four combined to go 2-for-12 with four strikeouts.

Although LSU’s lineup excelled in the first two games against Tennessee, the Tigers took a step back in Game 3.

After retaking the lead with a two-run inning in the top of the third, LSU couldn’t keep pace with the Lady Vols, who posted back-to-back three-run innings.

“The only way to really succeed is to learn from your failure,” Jaquish said. “We’re really just going to focus on making adjustments sooner. Swinging ahead in the count instead of swinging at the pitchers’ pitch.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

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LSU prepares for pressure of NCAAs

BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL cboutwell@lsureveille.com College students are faced with various types of pressure each day, including their grades, relationships and thoughts of finally living on their own. The pressure can be overwhelming at times.

But the gymnasts of the No. 4 LSU gymnastics team (24-2, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) will be confronted with a pressure most collegiate students aren’t use to seeing.

The Tigers will be competing in the NCAA Semifinal meet in an effort to qualify for the Super Six at 7 p.m. on April 17 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

LSU will be competing against an elite pairing of teams in the second semifinal group including No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 8 Auburn, No. 9 Nebraska and No. 12 Oregon State.

“It is important to treat this meet like any other one,” said sophomore all-arounder Sydney Ewing. “Yeah, there will be big teams there, but you cannot worry about a specific team because, ultimately, we are there to beat everyone.”

LSU coach D-D Breaux said she will spend this week physically resting her gymnasts, while mentally pushing her squad to the brink. She knows blunders will come during a meet, but how her team responds will determine the outcome of the meet.

“If you have a foot fault, or you have a mistake, you cannot dwell on it,” Breaux said. “Like any other sporting event, you can’t dwell on the mistake, you just have to move forward and step over it. If someone made a mistake in front of you, you cannot focus on that.

You have to step over the mess they made and focus on your own momentum.”

Breaux’s Tigers have different methods of combating the pressure they will face.

For senior all-arounder and Texas native Lloimincia Hall, composure is key.

“Stay calm,” Hall said. “We have to realize that this is just another meet. But then again, we have to understand that the details and everything we have learned along the meets throughout the season to kind of put it all together and come out with one of our best meets.”

Her hope as a senior leader is for her younger counterparts to give a complete effort.

“We have to leave with the mindset that we gave it all we had,” Hall said. “Not leaving anything else on the floor. No regrets.”

Sophomore all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat said the Tigers’ response when facing adverse momentum will carry heavy weight in where the team will finish. She said the Tigers must be there for one another mentally. When one member of the team stumbles, the entire team

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LSU sophomore all-arounder Sydney Ewing performs her floor routine during the Tigers’ 198.375 - 195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC. must convene and get itself back on track.

Ewing said the Tigers combat pressure as people normally do, relaxing and preparing for their upcoming meet.

“In the locker room, we like to listen to music and just be together,” Ewing said. “We don’t really talk about the meet much

before it happens. We just hang out with each other, and it is really relaxed. No one sits in there by themselves. Our coaches get us fired up, and that helps us relax a lot.”

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With command on his much. When he did, he got away changeup, Bain was effective with it.” through the 5 1/3 innings of Thompson, a former Fresh- work, striking out seven with man All-American and SEC four of them coming against the Pitcher of the Week, relin- leadoff hitter of the inning. But quished only one there were two run on six hits ‘[Bain] gave us a chance pitches he left against the SEC’s to win. That’s all you can up in the zone No. 1 offense as he that clouded his ask for from the kid. I p e r fo r m a n c e , recorded a complete game in Au- really liked how he was so and both were burn’s 6-1 victory aggressive and pitched to a steady hitter at a critical against LSU. with conviction.’ moment.

Thompson “I feel like I didn’t wow with ALEX BREGMAN, was controlling strikeouts, fanLSU junior shortstop ning only three my offspeed and batters, but kept locating that his pitches down in the zone very well,” Bain said. “I was as LSU grounded out 15 times trying to pitch off my fastball, in 33 at-bats. Mainieri, though, and I left it up a few times and said he was impressed by the paid for that.” sophomore righty.

With speedy nine-hole hit“That’s as good of a pitch- ter Melvin Gray at first base in ing performance as I’ve seen in the third inning, Bain served my nine years as the coach of a 0-1 fastball to Auburn center fielder Anfernee Grier, who LSU,” Mainieri said.

It may seem like Mainieri smoked the ball into left-center tossed Bain into the fire against field for an RBI double.

After a crucial two-out walk a formidable foe, but the final score is only slightly indicative to Gray in the fifth inning, Grier came up to bat again.

The team leader in batting average drove a 1-2 pitch into right field for a RBI triple, a ball that got by sliding LSU right fielder Mark Laird. “[Grier] just hit the right pitches in the right counts and looked for fastballs,” Bain said. “He got both of them when I left them up in the zone.”

While he gave up four runs on the night — the final two scoring once sophomore Alden Cartwright came on in relief — Bain seems to have gained the respect of his teammates, showing his composure and capability on a night Mainieri said wasn’t for LSU. “He gave us a chance to win,” said junior shortstop Alex Bregman. “That’s all you can ask for from the kid. I really liked how he was so aggressive and pitched with conviction. He executed a lot of good pitches.

BRANDON JOLICOEUR / The Daily Reveille They have a good team, and he Freshman pitcher Austin Bain prepares battled.”

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BAIN, from page 5

to pitch March 27 during the Tigers’ 5-4 loss against Kentucky at Alex Box Stadium.

TEXAS, from page 5 She said her signature gymnastics style is a result of learning something new from each gym and incorporating it into who she is as a person and a gymnast.

“They are excited,” said LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux. “I don’t think a moment goes by that [Hall] doesn’t think about the fact that she’s going home.”

Jordan said she and Hall have an added advantage going into the semifinal meet because they have each competed at the Fort Worth Convention Center more than a dozen times.

The duo didn’t have the opportunity to stay in Texas for college because there are no Division I gymnastics teams in the state. Hall said she became emotional when she learned she

You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR.

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Pitching coach Alan Dunn (34) talks to freshman pitcher Doug Norman (21) during the Tigers’ 9-8 victory against Southeastern Feb. 26 at Alex Box Stadium.

BULLPEN, from page 5 outing this season, and six have pitched for three innings at least once. Six relievers have thrown at least 20 innings this season while giving up 13 or less runs, and sophomore right-hander Hunter Newman hasn’t allowed a score in 18 and 2/3 shutout innings.

“Now, you go until you can’t throw anymore,” Bugg said. “It’s kind of a different confidence he has with us. He thinks we can go longer.”

The pen rewarded Mainieri for his trust in a weekend set against Auburn. Of the eight pitchers who took the mound this weekend, five were from the bullpen, not including senior pitcher Zac Person, a regular reliever who started Sunday’s rubber match.

Making his first start of the season, Person stuck to what he knew best.

“I just took a reliever’s mentality on the field,” Person said.

“That’s what they wanted me to do, to treat each inning like a one-inning appearance out of the bullpen.”

would be returning home for and friends to show up in large her last college meet because it numbers this weekend. Meanwhile, Jordan’s family is makhas always been her dream.

“When that happened last ing the trip from Houston to the year I got very emotional, heart of Texas. because there are Texas girls Breaux said she expects on just about evboth families ery [Southeastwill meet a wave ‘In my eyes, a part of ern Conference] my family lives in Dallas of purple and team, so for us to cheering on because I met so many gold end our career in the Tigers to a Texas is just won- special people and a lot chance at their derful to me,” first national of girls that will be Hall said. “It’s championship. life-long friends. I’m something that I “I know we excited to go back.’ dreamed of when have a big crowd I was a little girl. coming out and JESSIE JORDAN, We all dream of a ton of LSU LSU senior all-arounder being able to end fans so it’s going our career at to be an exciting meet for us and a little bit home.”

“For my family members, of a home team advantage,” it’s bittersweet to be able to see Jordan said. that’s where I began and that’s You can reach Jacob Hamilton where I shall end.”

Hall said she expects family on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

Of the five relievers, only LSU sophomore pitcher Alden Cartwright pitched less than two innings, and Bugg led the way with four. The bullpen went up and down the order in a longer stay, surrendering only 12 hits in a combined 13 innings of work and ending with a 2.77 ERA. Add in a three-inning shutout for Person, whose first start came on the heels of 19 appearances out of the pen this season, and that ERA drops to 2.25.

“I expect [the bullpen] to be great,” Mainieri said.

Despite the group’s collective dominance, each came to the mound in varying circumstances.

Newman replaced sophomore southpaw Jared Poche’ with two outs and a runner on second in the sixth inning Friday, Cartwright came in with runners on second and third with one away in the sixth Saturday and Bugg replaced Person between the third and fourth innings Sunday.

Any situation fits.

“Coming out of the bullpen, you have to be ready from warmups,” Newman, who pitched 3 1/3

innings without giving up a hit or a run to Auburn, said. “If you’re not, it could ruin your day.”

Little was ruined during LSU’s series-clinching, 6-2 victory against Auburn on Sunday, during which Mainieri relied on the arms of three everyday relievers — Person, Bugg and freshman closer Jesse Stallings.

The trio mowed through Auburn’s lineup, shutting out the visitors in seven of nine innings as Auburn left eight runners on base.

Auburn finished with nine hits, but none came off the bat of sophomore outfielder Anfernee Grier, who had torched LSU through the first two games of the series. Grier batted 5-for-9 with three RBIs in Games 1 and 2 but went hitless in five at-bats during Sunday’s rubber match.

Just another day out of the pen.

“I was able to give three innings, Parker was able to give a real good outing, and Jesse came in and finished it up,” Person said. “Just three relievers.”

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‘Hipster’ shouldn’t be a label for fashion experimenters THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer

When Baudry began her design business, she started as a dress designer. She worked on her own and used only her savings to start, so the multiple sizes and fabrics for dresses was too costly. She said her switch to jewelry made designing much more stress-free.

“The jewelry I can do all on my own,” Baudry said. “I can get as creative as I want to, and it’s a little bit more budget friendly.”

Savannah Jane jewelry and accessories consist of stone necklaces, beaded bracelets and suede tassel keychains. Baudry also makes infinity scarves and fur vests for her fall and winter collections. Most of the jewelry is on gold chains, but she also makes some pieces on silver chains.

Baudry said most of the necklaces are

This country has an incomparable talent for labeling social groups that emerge for various reasons and providing detailed identifiers for each of them. The American “hipster” became a colloquial term for almost any young person who stands out — particularly in fashion.

Plaid, flannel shirts, uncomfortably tight skinny jeans, mustaches and hip flasks help to define the hipster phenomenon.

But lately, the terminology has been unfortunately applied to any experimenter in the fashion realm.

“Look at that hipster,” is uttered by fashion-illiterate naysayers or more conservative members of society who tag a helpless passerby as a subscriber to the rebel or edgy lifestyle when, in reality, they just like the way slim pants and tweed ties look.

Like many past generational or social identifiers like beatnik or hippie, the word “hipster” often carries a slightly negative or laughable connotation. And being labeled in a certain capacity can impair someone in a professional or even personal way.

Columnist Eva Wiseman said in an editorial in The Guardian

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Necklaces with various charms are ensembled Sunday as part of Savannah Jane’s custom jewlery collection.

LSU alumna sells jewelry online, at local pop-ups, Pi Beta Phi sorority house

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

With a common first name and a tricky last name, LSU alumna Becca Baudry decided to pull inspiration for her jewelry line’s name from another place — her childhood family dog.

Savannah Jane, originally the name of the family’s chocolate Labrador Retriever, now takes on new meaning as Baudry’s jewelry and accessories line. She started the line in September and has taken more steps to make her brand known throughout the year.

Baudry graduated from the University in December 2012 as a textiles, apparel design and merchandising major. She said she originally started as a business major but needed more creativity and switched to interior design. But that move was overwhelmingly creative. The TAM program was the perfect balance of creativity and business.

FOOD AND DRINK

New Marksville brewery brings craft beer to central La.

BY GERALD DUCOTE gducote@lsureveille.com Sitting at what is commonly referred to as a “crossroads,” Avoyelles Parish is a place in Louisiana that exemplifies both the north and south sides of the state.

The parish celebrates its combination of southern Louisiana’s Cajun culture and northern Louisiana’s religious influence.

Recently, restaurateur Jonathan Knoll brought Avoyelles Parish into a group containing a select few — the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild.

Knoll’s operation, Broken Wheel Brewery, is a small brewing system he placed in the back of his seafood restaurant, Fresh Catch Bistreaux, in Marksville, Louisiana.

After months of education and preparation, Knoll and his brewmaster Chris Pahl officially announced their products to the

people of Louisiana in March.

Knoll learned the craft of brewing through a mixture of self-education and help from plumbing-savvy friend Gary Guillory of Big Dog Brewing. Currently, Broken Wheel operates on a small scale, brewing only three days per week, allowing Knoll to manage his restaurant.

“We’ve been reading so many books,” Knoll said. “Watching hours of YouTube videos and homebrew stuff.”

Broken Wheel brews four different varieties, each with a name that echoes the parish’s culture, history and geography — a pale ale named “Pachafa,” a “Spring Bayou Blonde Ale,” a “Muddy Waters” brown ale and “Grand Chien,” a milk stout.

Since opening Fresh Catch Bistreaux seven years ago, Knoll said he has noticed an

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Jonathan Knoll is the founder of Broken Wheel Brewery and owner of Fresh Catch Bistreaux in Marksville, La.

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photos courtesy of MARK SINDLER

Capitol Park Museum explores state history and culture

BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com Capturing Louisiana’s rich culture, layered history and allaround Southern flavor seems nearly impossible, but one Baton Rouge museum does just that.

The Capitol Park Museum, one of several Louisiana State Museums, resides in Baton Rouge but offers stories and traditions from each corner of the state.

The Capitol Park Museum opened its doors in 2006 shortly after Hurricane Katrina and has been building its presence since. With constant care and attention, the museum’s variety of exhibits entertain and inform visitors of all ages.

William G. Stark Jr., the museum’s division director, said it represents the state’s history and culture with a floor dedicated to each subject. Even though he works at the museum, he said he still enjoys bringing his family to visit when he gets the chance.

“It’s a way to have fun while still connecting with the past,” Stark said. “You can get up close and personal with these objects that are straight out of history.”

The museum’s first floor exhibition, “Grounds for Greatness: Louisiana and the Nation,” focuses on the state’s history.

Stark said the exhibits are more commonly organized by theme, rather than the traditional timeline format. They feature both props and artifacts, but it’s a matter of how you put the two together to tell the story.

Upon entering, visitors may be drawn to a large shrimp boat the Coca-J, which Stark said was one of the last wooden shrimp boats constructed. The boat’s captain pays a visit during the museum’s annual fundraiser to interact with visitors and tell the tales of life on a shrimp boat. Stark said the Mississippi River was essential to the development of Louisiana, so it was an easy decision to place it in the middle of the exhibit space.

During their first-floor exploration, visitors will also discover Andrew Jackson’s Battle of New Orleans battle flag, Zachary Taylor’s sombrero and a Civil War-era submarine. Stark said he has yet to find a Navy man willing to volunteer for service in the small submarine.

Another history display

features some of the state’s biggest personalities — Huey P. Long and Louis Armstrong.

Long’s original headstone and Armstrong’s bugle are on display alongside several other artifacts and a video of one of Long’s colorful speeches.

“This is a great little video that gives you a good example of [Long’s] personality, as well as what people thought of him at the time,” Stark said. “He’s definitely someone who has left his mark.”

The first floor closes out with the history of slavery in the South complete with a first edition of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and an original calaboose — or prison — door, which led to a place for punishment. Stark said this is one of the museum’s more powerful sections and gives visitors a sense of the brutality of the era.

The museum’s third floor is full of Louisiana culture with its exhibition “The Louisiana Experience: Discovering the Soul of America.” Visitors will find everything from a replica of a Lucky Dogs cart to self-taught painter, Clementine Hunter’s, works as they wind through the state’s eclectic traditions.

Stark said the music section is his favorite cultural display, and it’s rich with artifacts, including Fats Domino’s jacket.

The music section is well-rounded but has a major focus on jazz because of the local collecting base. Here visitors can sample the sounds of the South in a listening booth with songs from musicians like Lead Belly and Buddy Guy. Even though the music section is one of the museum’s deeper collections, Stark said its Mardi Gras section is popular with tourists. Different styles and celebrations of the holiday are represented through masks and a broad costumes and textiles collection, including Baton Rouge’s Spanish Town parade complete with a signature pink flamingo.

“By coming from the history downstairs and looking at the culture up here, you realize how many of these things are still going on,” Stark said. “It’s a living and changing culture. That’s something that’s so special and unique about particular parts of Louisiana and Louisiana as a whole.”

Aside from the museum’s two major exhibitions, it also

offers changing exhibits throughout the year. Later this month, the museum will welcome the Pictures of the Year International winners’ photographs to its gallery. Stark said the museum will be one of the first stops for the 2015 winners’ powerful images.

The museum is a popular field trip destination, but through its different programming and galleries, Stark said the museum strives to reach all ages. It used to offer interactive opportunities to the University’s students before the school’s cutbacks went into effect.

The museum’s director of marketing and public relations Marvin McGraw said the museum is much more than its educational components and offers diversity to anyone wanting to visit.

“There’s something here for everyone, and the way it’s displayed is very 21st century,” McGraw said. “It’s a unique window into the culture of the past of Louisiana, so I think it’s just a marvelous place. Let history entertain you.”

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Baton Rouge craft store offers space for beaded jewelry creation

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com Lisette Mccarroll grew up in a household with three brothers, and she always wanted to break away and stand out as the “girly girl.”

Mccarroll said she figured the quickest way to do this was with jewelry. She couldn’t afford to buy sterling silver and gemstone pieces, so she made it a goal for herself to learn how to bead. Now, eight or nine years after learning how to successfully bead from a Kirkland’s co-worker, she and her husband, Steve Mccarroll, have opened their own store.

A year ago, Lisette and Steve decided it would be worth it to open their own store. She said once Steve started noticing how much she was spending on beading supplies, he started doing research to find where she could purchase them cheaper.

The couple decided they would open their own store but would wait until Steve retired, about three and a half years from now. However, when an early opportunity came up, they decided to jump on it. They found a space they could afford and decided to move forward.

“She’s always wanted her own store, and we were thinking we were going to have to wait and do it later. Thankfully, everything just kind of fell into place,” Steve said.

Cajun Bead Crafts offers a variety of different bead strands, seed beads and other supplies.

The bead strands line the walls in color-coordinated order in varying in size and shape.

Lisette said the highest priced bead strand is about $18, but everything else is under $15. The majority of the pieces

HIPSTERS, from page 9 last month that the hipster trend is “no more” and claimed “hipster fashion companies” define the demographic ,and whatever they do is an expression of the entire hipster movement — though the only two major examples cited in the piece were Urban Outfitters and American Apparel.

Really?

“The hipster look is dying because of the failures of the fashion brands that supported it,” Wiseman said in the article. “It is dying because the things the companies do has crept too far from the lifestyle they sell.”

These two mainstream brands don’t exactly define the hipster lifestyle. They’ve just tried to market it by creating edgy, sometimes offensive pieces.

Wiseman even alludes to the idea American Apparel founder

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Various beads and bead accessories are on display March 31 at Cajun Bead Crafts, LLC located on Jones Creek Road. are between $5 and $12. Steve said with two strands of beads, a customer can make a bracelet, necklace and earrings.

“That’s our thing is that, when I was shopping, I always wanted to get the best price for my money, and there’s a certain limit I’ve learned with retail,” Lisette said. “There’s a certain [price] limit people will probably go up to.”

Lisette said the store started as a supply store, but after customers’ requests, they decided to add beading classes.

“I’m not a professional. It’s a hobby, and I’ve taught things before,” Lisette said. “I just didn’t think that was something that we were going to probably do and as we got into it more, we had more requests for it.”

On Tuesdays, Cajun Bead Crafts offers basic beading where students can learn how to string, put on a clasp and make things such as

earrings. On Thursdays, there is seed beading classes, which is beading with small beads, and Saturdays are “beading social” where beaders can bring whatever they want to work on and have a space to bead and socialize. All of the classes run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The classes are free unless beaders need to buy supplies. Lisette said they don’t need to buy supplies if they already have what they need but still want a place to learn and socialize.

Lisette said the beading classes are very relaxed and a good place to learn from others.

“It’s fun sitting around the tables with classes and seeing all the different designs and colors that everybody comes up with. It just inspires you,” Lisette said.

Dov Charney is a leader in the hipster community though he has been widely critiqued for his sleazy human presence. She portrays him in such a light but uses him as a major example throughout the article, making it slightly confusing as to whether or not he is actually a bad person or just a pinnacle hipster.

The important and explicable point to grasp is that the word “hipster” should not be solely synonymous with those who experiment with their wardrobes and take risks with the fabrics in which they choose to drape themselves.

Smaller lapels, thinnercut pants, bold colors and innovative patterns are not and should not be requirements of the hipster checklist, and society needs to recognize the distinction between following notable trends and being another rebellious millennial.

A successful, young financial

adviser who wears olive suits and the occasional American Apparel button-up is not a hipster for his choice in clothing.

His political, social or cultural attitude should not be instantly defined by his wardrobe, and neither should those who follow high-fashion trends in the U.S. and abroad.

Fashionistos and fashionistas should resent being checked in the restrictive box confining the hipster fashion community.

Before passing judgement, society should educate themselves in notable fashion trends and high-fashion influence instead of using a blanket term for anyone making a change in their otherwise normal closet.

You can reach Meg Ryan on Twitter @The_MegRyan.

Michael Tarver is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

page 11 SAVANNAH JANE, from page 9 one-of-a-kind because every stone looks different, but for bracelets, she normally makes duplicates of some.

Baudry said she buys Savannah Jane’s supplies from various sources.

She is originally from Atlanta, so some of her supplies come from the AmericasMart, a wholesale trade center in the city. She also buys items from online shops like Etsy.

For Baudry, the design process is a lot of trial and error.

“A lot of times, I’m just sitting in front of the TV and just putting stuff together and I’m like, ‘Oh, this is pretty,’ and if I put it together and I don’t like it, I’ll pull it apart,” Baudry said.

Every Savannah Jane piece is something Baudry would wear herself. She said if something doesn’t sell, it’s not the end of the world for her since she can wear it herself.

“It’s all stuff I like, I wear and I think it’s pretty,” Baudry said. “It’s hard to sell something you don’t like so that’s definitely been my whole thing. It’s all stuff I like and I would wear.”

As for getting her brand out there, Baudry has used her website and local pop-up sales.

Pop-up sales are different venues where the jewelry can be displayed among other designers, so shoppers can browse and buy as they please. Savannah Jane has been displayed at a Hemline @LSU, now Fashion

BREWERY, from page 9 increase in local interest to drink more imported, non-domestic beers over the typical domestics of rural areas. Knoll began working with the basics of homebrewing, unaware of the science and conventions of the process. Upon meeting Guillory, he improved his education to make Broken Wheel a reality.

Knoll said domestic beers such as Budweiser and Miller are prevalent in areas like Avoyelles Parish.

However, if the brewery continues to thrive, he hopes to see success as a brewery in central Louisiana, and an unprecedented presence in the region. Despite support from the surrounding community, Knoll said the introduction of craft beer is an uphill battle.

“I think there is a market for it,” Knoll said. “I think I’ve got a little niche here. I’m trying to do something nobody else is doing.

Everybody’s supporting it. The customers that have been complimenting me on it have really been flattering. It’s almost too good to be true.”

Like any self-made business owner, Knoll is looking to the future of Broken Wheel. He hopes to expand the operation into a larger facility, allowing him to meet any foreseeable demand that may come.

Because of its size, Broken Wheel is only able to produce enough beer to fill a few kegs from each batch. Knoll is now working on distribution permits, meaning all beer is sold within Fresh Catch Bistreaux and the surrounding

Association at LSU, November trunk show, as well as a pop-up sale at Blend Wine Bar in February. She is now planning to be involved in another pop-up in May. Baudry said the trunk show atmosphere helps her get the company name out there in person, rather than just online. She said it allows customers to see the jewelry in person so they can purchase immediately or at a later time online.

Savannah Jane will also be at Pi Beta Phi’s Down the Row event tonight.

Pi Beta Phi’s vice president of communications and mass communication sophomore Maggie Valdes said the event is meant to encourage community among the sororities.

The event is free to all sorority members at the Pi Beta Phi house from 7 to 9 p.m. It’s titled “What’s Poppin’ with Pi Phi” and will include foods related to “pop” like popcorn and popcorn chicken.

Valdes said Baudry is related to a member on the house’s executive board and emailed Valdes about getting involved. She said Baudry will have her own table at the event where women can look at and buy jewelry.

“It’s a great idea for Becca to get involved in this event because it’s open to all sororities so it’s great for her brand awareness,” Valdes said.

You can reach Meg Ryan on Twitter @The_MegRyan. area at public events. With these permits, Knoll said he would be able to meet an interest in his beer already established by local restaurants and surrounding stores.

Along with wider supply, Knoll is working to refine his brewing process, as well as keep resource costs as low as he can. One way he’s reducing cost is by growing his own hops.

Though Broken Wheel’s beers are now made with manufactured hops pellets, Knoll has begun growing his own, with 10 plants developing in his restaurant’s gazebo affectionately named “Der Hopfengarten,” or “The Hop Garden.”

“It’s been a really cool and fun little journey figuring out all this stuff out,” Knoll said. “We’ve taught ourselves this far. I’m willing to keep on going.”

For Knoll, Broken Wheel’s presence is what will help Avoyelles Parish’s regional image, adding another layer to the area’s persona of cultural significance. Broken Wheel’s place in the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild also puts the parish in a more public eye.

“Avoyelles Parish is a very unique place,” Knoll said. “The community that we have here is really strong, especially here in Marksville. We’ve come a long way just being a part of the [Avoyelles] Arts Council and the things we’ve done. People are rallying around that, and that’s what gives it the momentum that it has right now.”

You can reach Gerald Ducote on Twitter @geraldducoteTDR.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Logan Anderson’s “April Fool’s Day: A Formal Apology to White People,” readers had this to say: “Regarding the author’s continued editorial assaults on all things Caucasian, I would like to simply quote one of the more powerful movies I’ve seen that involves race relations, American History X. ‘…has anyhting you’ve done made your life better?’ I would invite the author to ask herself if constantly waging war with the ‘white’ students on campus with aggressive, attacking columns has truly made her life any better?

Hopefully when she asks herself this question she keeps a more open mind then she did while writing this article.”

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Proposed welfare laws promote disdain for the poor

SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED ALEX MENDOZA Columnist My biggest pet peeve about people on welfare is they always seem to spend their money on Caribbean cruises rather than food for their families.

If that statement sounds ludicrous to you, congratulations. You have more sense than Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.

Brownback is currently considering whether to sign a bill that would prohibit Kansas welfare recipients from spending their assistance on cruises, jewelry, movie tickets, swimming, psychics and casinos.

It is unclear whether the Republicanmajority state legislature has done the math on this issue. According to NPR, the average welfare recipient in Kansas receives less than $300 a month — or $75 a week — in assistance.

To me, $75 dollars a week sounds like a trip to the grocery store for one, at best. But to the lawmakers in Kansas, that money goes a long way toward hitting up the local casino or getting one’s palm read.

The bill is ostensibly designed to cut down on welfare fraud, but it’s hard to imagine many Kansans abuse the welfare system in such an irresponsible manner. Then again, it’s not hard to puzzle out the real meaning of the legislation.

For decades, many conservatives have put forward a narrative that is downright scornful toward the poor.

After all, in The Land of Opportunity, it’s assumed that anyone and everyone can rise to prosperity with a little elbow grease. So if you aren’t wealthy, you must be lazy.

An observant citizen will immediately note this is a skewed perception of reality. Poverty, lack of access to education, inadequate financial planning, disease and myriads of other factors can all contribute to a spiral of poverty that is nearly impossible to escape.

But that runs counter to the narrative of the welfare-queen, that boogeyman that encompasses everything conservatives hate about the poor. It’s the welfare queen who is destroying society, mooching off the hardworking until they decide that they, too, would like a free ride. And it’s all downhill from there.

Consider other provisions of the bill: Welfare recipients will be limited to withdrawals of $25 a day from ATMs, and families will face a three-year lifetime limit on financial aid.

In Maine, Gov. Paul LePage proposed

a bill that would prohibit people on welfare from spending money out of state.

Some Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposal that would disallow welfare recipients from withdrawing money from an ATM at all.

All of these repressive proposals should be rejected by conservatives out of hand. After all, they would contribute heavily to the “nanny state” bemoaned by so many on the right. But for these lawmakers, fear and loathing toward the pernicious “welfare state” override any idea of limited government.

And it’s not just the government. You don’t have to look far to find a regular citizen who knows poor people are out to game the system because a Fox News “expert” told them so. I’ve lost count of the number of vindictive Facebook posts I’ve seen demanding drug tests for welfare recipients.

Here’s something to think about.

LSU lists five government grant programs on its financial aid webpage. As a student, you could be a “welfare” recipient and hardly know it. The number of drugs on campus would likely disqualify half of LSU’s student body from receiving financial aid if anyone bothered to demand drug testing for students.

I get it. It’s much more satisfying to lash out on a personal level at an individual abusing welfare than a gargantuan

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bank against which any one person is powerless. But it’s time to put the blame where it belongs.

Poor people are not the enemy. Let that sink in. Those Kansans who are supposedly living lavishly on $75 dollars a week? They are not the reason our country is in trouble.

We know exactly who threatens the American economy, but it seems easier for state legislatures to focus their deliberative energies on making life harder for the poor. It should hardly come as a surprise, though. There are huge, powerful, wealthy forces that have a vested interest in making you hate the less fortunate.

For every middle class American who turns their anger toward a welfare recipient because of a sensational story on Fox News, an old, rich, white banking executive cons another sucker.

Stop falling for it. It’s time to stop letting cable news and state legislatures bully the poor into taking responsibility for the state of our nation. It’s time for those who truly endanger the well being of the U.S. to take the blame rather than allowing further oppression of the poor.

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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LSU needs to prepare to do more for first-generation students THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist In the Broadway production of “In the Heights,” Nina Rosario sits on front steps of her family’s apartment and sings the painful song of first-generation college students who fell behind in the difficulties of school and dropped out.

Nina’s emotional voice rings with the pressures put on first-generation students: “I got every scholarship, saved every dollar, the first to go to college, how do I tell them why I’m coming back home?”

In 2008, incoming freshmen like the fictional Nina Rosario began self-reporting on the graduation status of their parents. For the past five years, approximately 23 percent of each freshman class was first-generation college students.

National trends would insist that these students are left behind upon arrival at the University, graduating

at a lower rate than their classmates.

However, according to the latest University four-year graduation rate, first-generation students only graduate six percent less than the rate of all 2010 students (nearly 33 percent compared to 39.2 percent).

The University’s first generation graduation rate is slightly above the national average, granted the percentage is still lower than it should be both here at the University and nationally.

The success of first-generation students is not a testament to the guiding hand here.

Besides a question on the admissions application and a few scholarships, the University treats first-generation college students like any other student. It essentially ignores the difficulties firstgeneration students typically face.

According to Marquette University’s counseling department, first-generation students typically work parttime jobs to help pay for school expenses, face a high level of family responsibilities

that conflict with academic responsibilities and live at or attend a school nearby their home.

These students are more likely to suffer from culture shock and stress when entering college. Programs focused on providing academic support through tutoring, counseling and peer mentoring can help ease the transition process of the first-generation experience.

Sophomore Gold is a model student retention program that could help first generation students.

Students pair up with professors within their majors and concentrations, students participate in group activities to bring them closer together and older students mentor younger students through academic difficulties.

This program resides here at the University but does not focus on first-generation students. Students who have a parent who attended college, perform well in school and participate in multiple extracurriculars comprise Sophomore Gold.

The University should reallocate this program’s

resources from sophomores in already stellar academic standing to first-generation college freshmen who need peer mentors and professors to guide them through their inaugural year in higher education.

First-generation students in 2008 competed well with their classmates, but there is no way to gauge how the roughly 6,000 first-generation students currently at the University are performing academically.

Since 2008, fees at the University have increased as a result of budget cuts and are likely to do so again.

The less affordable college becomes, the more student loans increase. If student loans increase, the graduation rate for first-generation students will likely decrease.

The University last recorded its student loan default rate at an incredibly low 4.9 percent. The percentage remains low because TOPS subsidizes in-state student tuition and Federal Pell Grants help cover most, if not all, of the cost of fees.

Eventually Pell Grants

won’t pay for all of the University’s fees, and the amount of students taking out loans will increase, placing first-generation students at a greater financial risk.

Our first-generation students may withstand academic hardships currently, but there is no guarantee they will fare well when those hardships are combined with increased financial difficulties as the budget continues to shrink.

Higher education has become as much of the American dream as owning a home. The University should create programs aimed at gauging first-generation students’ academic progress and guiding them through the difficulties that college life may offer, in order that these students’ American dream isn’t lost among the thousands of students under the stately oaks.

Justin DiCharia is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

Students should start using banking apps for easy financing If there’s anything that defines our generation, it’s cellphones. I’m sure everyone has had the same experience as me, when all adults complain how much us kids need to get off our “damn phones.”

However, over the past several years, cellphones have transitioned from devices people use to communicate to devices that allow people to manage their lives in one place.

The banking industry is one of many industries taking advantage of using apps to reach out to a younger generation of customers.

In 2009 12 million people used mobile banking services, and that number was projected to be around 45 million in 2014, according to Frost & Sullivan.

I believe everyone should take advantage of mobile banking apps. You are more likely to stay on top of your finances if it’s in app form.

If you can check Twitter and Snapchat 30 times a day, you can look at your bank account at least once

a week.

I can hear you yelling right now, “But Jay, isn’t banking over a phone dangerous, and won’t I get hacked?”

You’re not alone in thinking this. In fact, 48 percent of people cited security as being their main reason for not using a banks mobile app, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve.

There aren’t any reliable statistics about security failings of mobile banking, but most of the fear of being hacked is due to paranoia.

Most banks with mobile apps have programs where they either cover 100 percent of mobile fraud losses or allow you to have zero liability if you report it in a specified period.

You shouldn’t let security stop you from using your bank’s mobile apps.

So what are the reasons you should start using mobile banking?

With your phone you can now check your account balance anywhere and any time.

You should do this to easily stay atop of your finances. For example, when you are at the mall with your friends, you can easily check how much money you have and make smarter purchases.

You can also make

money transfers, and many apps let you schedule when you want transfers to occur.

The feature most people cite as the reason they started using mobile banking is for the ability to deposit checks. Just take a couple of pictures of your check, and the deposit is made without going to the bank.

Most apps let you pay bills completely electronically — no need to mess with envelopes and stamps.

These are just a few of the features most bank apps have.

However, the real reason I encourage you to use mobile banking apps is not for the features.

Mobile banking is slowly transforming the hassle of driving to a bank into an easy one-minute action you can do while walking to class or lying in bed.

If you’re like me, the simpler something is, the more likely you are to do it. With your finances, the more involved you are, the better.

So put down this paper, pull out your phone and start banking.

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

Top 10 Banking Apps according to the Google Play Store

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USAA

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TD Bank

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Chase Mobile

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Amex Mobile

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BB&T Mobile Banking

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Wells Fargo

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Regions Bank

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Bank of America

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015 FIRST GENERATION, from page 1 about college, so he turned to online forums.

“Although they are incredibly smart and have done so well with their lives, they don’t know MLA format to write an essay” Jacob said. “They don’t know what college admissions were looking for. So for me it was something very personal that I had to go and get that information.”

According to The National Center for Education Statistics, 30 percent of incoming college freshman in the U.S. may face the same challenges as first-generation college students.

The University is about 7 percent below the national rate for first-generation students.

Bernie Braun, director of institutional research at the Office of Budget and Planning, said Jacob was with 1,349 other first-generation students in the University’s fall 2012 freshman class.

First-generation students made up more than 23 percent of the class.

Deborah Hollier, director of Student Support Services, said the graduation rate among first-generation students is lower than non-first generation students, although it is slightly higher than students who come from low-income families.

An unexpected perk of being a first-generation student was more freedom in choosing a university as opposed to having parents pressuring him into attending an alma mater, Jacob said.

Jacob planned to attend Penn State University, but while he was on a high school study abroad trip, paperwork needed to secure his scholarship was turned in late. When he learned the new tuition total, he decided to stay in Louisiana.

“I really didn’t know what the

CALL BOXES, from page 1 has to make sure the features are feasible to implement.

Lalonde said the department rarely gets emergency calls from the boxes. Instead, people use them when looking for directions or dial in as a prank.

“We don’t want to put these things out there to give people a false sense of security, although that doesn’t rule out the fact that we wouldn’t implement additional ones on campus,” Lalonde said.

“It is a situation where there is no one thing that is going to absolutely, positively, 100 percent guarantee someone’s safety.”

LSUPD recently launched the LSU Shield app to keep students and faculty safer and aware of their surroundings, Lalonde said.

While the app does not rule out the possibility of expanding the call box system, Lalonde said it is an additional safety measure already in place.

“There is no one thing out there that is going to be the 100 percent cure to becoming a victim of a crime,” Lalonde said.

“So, we want to make the community as safe as possible, and these types of things are an option.”

college experience was going to be,” Jacob said. “Coming in as a freshman, I wanted to make the most of college. So I really had a problem saying no to things.”

Jacob said involvement in Greek life and Student Government helped his transition into the new environment.

Jacob’s mother said she hopes after he is done at the University, he will want to stay close to home, but she wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t.

“He’s my social butterfly.

He’s spent the last three summers going abroad,” Patty said.

“I can see him practicing in Paris, but I hope he might stay close.”

Students like Jacob aren’t limited to online forums in high school for college-based inquiries. There are several organizations on campus to help firstgeneration students adjust.

Student Support Services is a federally funded program that offers assistance to first-generation students, students from lowincome families and students with disabilities.

Student Support Services offers academic help as well as help in applying for financial aid.

Hollier said that more than anything, Student Support Services stresses the need for involvement.

“So getting involved, but not over involved, and maintaining your academics is really critical,” Hollier said. “The more the student is engaged in the academic environment, the more likely they are to succeed, especially in terms of graduating.”

Through memberships in honor societies, participation in SG and study abroad trips, Jacob continues to take this advice in stride.

“I wanted more than go to college, come back, start a family,” Jacob said. “I wanted to see more of what America [and] the world had to offer.”

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BODY CAMERAS, from page 1 New Orleans Police Department.

Some parishes already have laws regarding police body cameras, so Honoré thinks the bill has a good chance of passing during the session.

“I see it’s a fast growing instrument around the country,” Honoré said. “It’s already in operation in the state of Louisiana in several of the parishes and local cities.”

The bill requires law enforcement agencies to establish policies and training for officers in the proper use of the cameras.

The law would also require agencies to participate in state and federal programs that provide funds to purchase and maintain body cameras.

In 2014, President Obama anDAVID GOLDMAN / The Associated Press nounced he would request Con- A police officer stands outside a news conference at the Charleston NAACP office gress allocate $75 million for regarding the shooting death of Walter Scott by a police officer in Charleston, S.C. police body cameras as part of a $263 million spending package The South Carolina incident A study published in March for police department reform. included a video of Slager shoot- 2013 by Rialto, California, Police The costs associated with ing Scott, who was running away Department Chief Tony Farrar maintenance, data from the officer. showed over a 50 percent reducstorage and the ‘I see it’s a fast growing The bill will tion in use-of-force incidents, acinstrument around the not cameras themcompletely cording to the Police Foundation. country. It’s already in stop such inci- Use-of-force is defined as the selves need to be considered, operation in the state of dents, but it is a use of physical restraint to gain LSUPD spokes- Louisiana in several of the step in the right control over an unruly person or person Capt. Cory parishes and local cities.’ direction, said his- situation.

Lalonde said in an tory junior Blair Brown said legislators and DALTON HONORÉ, email.

Elizabeth Brown. law enforcement agencies should La. state representative “An obvious “It’s a good try to fix the underlying cause concern would be measure,” Brown of these incidents, in addition to the financial imsaid. “It isn’t nec- passing the bill. pact it would create,” Lalonde essarily a cure-all. I want to be “It’s questionable why we said in the email. “We have to hopeful and say that it will pre- need to have these cameras,” wait to see if the bill would pass vent things from happening, Brown said. “It just shows how and what the final version would but at the same time, you still much trust is being lost in the be if it does become law.” have corruption and systematic system. We really need to train The issue of body cameras corruption.” these officers better.” hit the national spotlight after FOR RELEASE APRIL 14, 2015 the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson THE Daily Commuter Puzzle by Jacqueline E. Mathews in Ferguson, Missouri, and the topic flared up again after forACROSS mer police officer Michael Slager 1 Busy as a __ 4 Pierces was charged with murder after 9 Spread for shooting Walter Scott in South fancy crackers 13 Cereal grains Carolina.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

TRACK AND FIELD

CHARLES CHAMPAGNE / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior Quincy Downing competes in the hurdle events at the LSU Bernie Moore Track Stadium on May 3, 2014.

Downing looks to leave lasting legacy

BY MARIO JEREZ mjerez@lsureveille.com

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Senior and versatile athlete Quincy Downing looks to leave a strong track and field legacy at LSU. “Whether it’s a record or being an NCAA champion,” Downing said, “I want to leave a mark somewhere. Hopefully this season I can be a national champion.”

Downing has been an elite sprinter on all levels throughout his career, but has recently added hurdling to his repertoire and has excelled in both events for the LSU track and field team.

The Cleveland native is a six-time All-American and has earned All-Southeastern Conference honors three times. With many accolades to choose from, Downing considers his third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdle event at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor National Championships his collegiate career’s biggest moment.

Downing was new to the event and unexpectedly qualified for the NCAA final. Even more surprising was Downing’s third place finish, a tribute to his relentlessness in mastering the skills necessary to succeed as a hurdler.

“The most defining moment was last year when I made it to NCAAs in the final hurdles.”

Downing said. “I proved to everybody that I could be a great 400 hurdler.”

Downing also won his first collegiate national championship last year as a key part of the 4x400 relay team. Along

with Darrell Bush, Cyril Gray- Clemson coach Mark Elliot and son and Vernon Norwood, he LSU head coach Dennis Shavbrought home LSU’s first in- er for convincing him Baton door title in the event since Rouge was the ideal place for 2006. him.

The senior has an athletic “It was a hard decision,” background and Downing said. is a relative of “[Elliot] and former NBA ‘Whether it’s a record or Coach Shaver players Jan- being an NCAA champion, convinced me nero Pargo and I want to leave a mark I could beDwayne Washgreat somewhere. Hopefully this come ington. He’s also and make my related to Major season I can be a national pr ofe s si o n a l League Baseball career even champion.’ player Al Downbetter.” ing, who played After being QUINCY DOWNING, 14 years in the around sports LSU track and field senior major leagues his whole with the New life, DownYork Yankees ing is majorand Los Angeles Dodgers. ing in sports administration Track wasn’t always Down- with a concentration in sport ing’s main sport — he focused leadership. on basketball in elementary “He’s a very motivated guy,” and middle school.

Shaver said. “He has that con“I was a basketball player fidence about what it is he has throughout my youth,” Down- to get done. He’s a very detering said. “My dad took it upon mined and very dedicated athhimself to put me in track more lete, and we’re proud he’s on than basketball. I ran summer our team.” track meets and made a name Downing enters his final for myself.” season a more versatile athHowever, Downing gave up lete than when he arrived in basketball in high school be- Baton Rouge and is looking for cause the basketball season a strong finish. For Downing, overlaps with the indoor track leaving a legacy at LSU is of season. He became one of the the utmost importance. most heralded recruits in the “My high school coach country, winning three indoor taught me to always put a name state championships and four on something,” Downing said. regional championships as a “Whether it’s a record or bemember of Glenville (Ohio) ing an NCAA champion, I want High School’s relay team. to leave a mark somewhere.

Downing chose LSU as his Hopefully this season I can be a college destination after also national champion.” considering Texas A&M and Florida. He credits long-time You can reach Mario Jerez on LSU assistant and current Twitter @ @MJerezIIITDR.