The Daily Reveille - April 16, 2015

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irouettes and pointe shoes, turn-outs and tutus. Three hours a day, five days a week.

Between her classes, oncampus job and strict dance schedule, biochemistry freshman Katie Rose DeLeo said she doesn’t have much free time.

Despite the added pressures and commitments of dancing in the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Company, she wouldn’t have it any other way.

“It’s what I’ve always loved to do. It’s my place to go and

relax and just take a break from the world and anything that’s going on,” DeLeo said. “I just go to dance.”

DeLeo is one of 24 dancers in the “Beyond Ballet” show presented by the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Baton Rouge River Center Theatre, one of three shows put on by the theater each year.

The spring show varies in genre every year. “Beyond Ballet”

see BALLET, page 19 Students from across the state protest higher education budget cuts Wednesday outside of the Capitol building.

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Volume 119 · No. 126 UNIVERSITY

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BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series dealing with faculty research and budget cuts to Louisiana higher education.

Each school year, countless University researchers compete for funds, but recent trends show federal funding applicants might benefit more from collaboration than competition.

While budget sequestration — a process that places limitations on the size of the federal budget — has played a major role in making sources of federal research funding less available, vice president for research and economic development and chemical engineering professor Kalliat Valsaraj said collaboration among various academic disciplines and institutions makes obtaining federal funds easier.

Valsaraj said, in recent years, federal sources of money for research projects have been shifting away from providing funds for single-discipline projects and moving toward increased funds for multi-institutional and multidisciplinary projects.

For fiscal year 2013-14, which ended in June, 58.2 percent of the University’s external funding for research came from federal sources. With 23.6 percent of the research money coming from the state and 18.2 percent from other sources, such as industry and private donation, federal funds make up the largest portion of the University’s external research funding.

“Federal money for simple, single projects are becoming more and more difficult, but

see FEDERAL MONEY, page 19

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The National Tigers for Tigers Coalition is a group of nationwide collegians who rally behind their tiger mascot together. Since its inception at Clemson University in 2012, T4T has grown to 12 universities across the United States.

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The Bulldog implements new smoke-free policy Local bar The Bulldog will now offer a smoke-free environment, congruent with the New Orleans location, after a City Council ordinance passed earlier this year prohibiting smoking in bars and casinos.

General manager Remi DeMatteo said the change will provide a cohesive experience between the Bulldog locations.

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DeMatteo said today’s announcement received multiple comments from guests eager to return to The Bulldog in its new, smoke-free state.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 BUDGET CUTS

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University student support lacking at higher education rally

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com As students from across Louisiana showed up at the Capitol on Wednesday to support higher education funding, turnout from the flagship campus was noticeably weaker than the rest.

Students were encouraged to wear their school colors, but when the rally kicked off, LSUAlexandria had a monopoly on purple and gold.

But all state university systems were represented, and the show of solidarity was not lost on some legislators.

Rep. Wesley Bishop, D–New Orleans, among other legislators, spoke to demonstrators on the steps of the Capitol before the start of the day’s legislative session.

“Students are here to make sure we get it right the first time,” Bishop said. “If we gut higher education there is no reason for anyone to come to Louisiana.”

Democratic representatives from Baton Rouge, Patricia Smith and Ted James, criticized Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed budget.

The University resides in Smith’s legislative District 67, but she said she felt a connection not just to LSU but all students in the state.

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Students from across the state protest budget cuts for higher education outside the Capitol building Wednesday.

“We cannot fund higher education with a willy-nilly budget, and that is what the governor proposed,” Smith said. “I represent every student behind me because they are my future.

Smith said she wanted to return to the increased higher education funding the state claimed during the years of former governor Kathleen Blanco.

James echoed the signs of protesters by saying, “We don’t have a revenue problem in

Louisiana. We have a priorities problem.”

And while students from all systems and walks of life lined the steps Wednesday, there message was the same — “No funds, no future.”

Demonstrators cheered when speakers proclaimed they would not vote for leaders who did not vote for higher education.

Representatives from each university system also spoke

to the crowd. Brandon Crain, an LSUA student, represented the LSU System and Kenneth Barnes, an LSU Law student ,represented the law center.

Both Crain and Barnes are members of the Council of Student Body Presidents, the rally’s organizing group.

Barnes said during his time on the main campus, he was in jeopardy of graduating late because necessary classes were cut.

His former roommate dropped out of school because she could not graduate on time and ran out of funds, Barnes said.

“With it being such a personal issue to me, and seeing what I’m going to be leaving to the students who I represent now, who will be there after me, I have to be here,” Barnes said.

“There’s nothing else I can do.

If I am in this position and allow these cuts to go through without advocating on their behalf, then I am derelict of my duty.”

Barnes was happy with the students who showed up to the Capitol, but said no number would be enough to stress the importance of the issue.

“I don’t think we can ever have enough where I’ll be satisfied,” Barnes said. “If we had every student out here, I’d be like we need to get the admitted students out here, but I’m happy for the students that we do have and the dedication they have to be here.”

There is a long road ahead before the fate of higher education is decided. Legislators will meet 45 days during the 60 calendar-day session set to convene June 11.

“If we don’t take care of higher education,” Sen. Gerald Long, R–Winnfield, said, “We don’t need to go home until we do.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

DIVA Lab researchers use 3-D technology to study underwater artifacts increasing inventory of equipment, as well as the archaeology lab next door, which houses lots One of the first questions she of collaborative research.

From printing 3-D replicas of asks her student researchers is, ancient pottery pieced together “Can you swim?”

Geography and anthropology from the shards of the original to professor Heather McKillop is creating 3-D images and printed the director of the Digital Imag- models of skeletal remains, the ing and Visualization in Archae- DIVA Lab research team has ology Lab, a University research been involved in projects across facility where anthropology the spectrum of archaeology.

Although the DIVA Lab is not students use 3-D scanning and printing technology to study an open access lab like the CxC Art+Design Studio, McKillop ancient artifacts.

Anthropology freshman said she and her students are doAmelia Juneau spends her days ing more work with outside parin the lab surrounded by tupper- ties, such as high school students.

The walls of the lab are lined ware bins filled with murky water and chunks of wood, the ru- with posters of student projects, ins of ancient buildings gathered but the pinnacle of McKillop’s from underwater sites in Belize research efforts sits in a glass display case to the

by DIVA Lab sci‘We do some things for left of the foyer on entists. Juneau is fun, but also to show the first floor of assisting in a project to preserve students that, you know, Howe-Russell.

It’s a 3-D printthe wood and deyou can do all sorts of ed replica of a termine the spethings.’ wooden paddle. cies.

HEATHER MCKILLOP, “Everybody is For now, she geography and anthropology interested in 3-D diligently perprofessor printing now, but forms the duties my interest came of her work-study assignment, but McKillop has big because I work underwater in plans for students like Juneau — Belize,” McKillop said. “We researchers with patience and a found below the seafloor wooden buildings, the one and only ankeen eye for details.

McKillop regularly brings cient Maya wooden canoe paddle a group of undergraduate and dated to the classic Maya civiligraduate students with her on zation, but as soon as you bring an archaeological expedition those things out of the water they to Belize to snorkel beneath the begin to decay.”

With the addition of their depths of age-old bodies of water in search of ancient Mayan arti- growing supply of software and equipment, the DIVA Lab refacts.

In 2009, McKillop received search team is now able to run a grant from the Board of Re- 3-D imaging equipment on a gengents to purchase 3-D imaging erator at their campsite during and printing software and equip- trips to Belize. Once the artifact ment. With the receipt of that ini- is brought to the surface, McKtial funding, McKillop launched illop and her students are able the DIVA Lab in a small room to create a 3-D image on-site and in the Howe-Russell Geoscience safely return the artifact to its underwater resting place.

Complex.

The 3-D image is then brought When one of McKillop’s colleagues retired, she jumped on back to the DIVA Lab to be printthe opportunity to take over his ed, recorded and studied.

However, in instances like the vacated lab space and expand case of the wooden paddle, McKher research operation.

Today, she oversees the illop is able to get a permit that expanded DIVA Lab and its allows her to temporarily bring

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the artifact back to the states for imaging and printing. In addition to the 3-D replica housed in Howe-Russell, McKillop also set up an exhibit with a 3-D model in Belize. “[Belizean] people feel ownership of it, and even though it’s not their heritage, it’s the Maya and most of the people in town are not Maya, but they feel it’s part of their cultural landscape,” McKillop said.

But working in the DIVA Lab is not all about underwater ruins and ancient artifacts. Sometimes it’s more about the creativity of experimentation.

In addition to scanning and printing artifacts, McKillop said she and her students also create 3-D prints of headshots and are now working on full body scans.

They are also experimenting with a new photorealistic 3-D printer purchased for them by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which allows researchers to print in color rather than painting a model after printing.

“We do some things for fun, but also to show students that, you know, you can do all sorts of things,” McKillop said. “Just use your imagination.”

When geography and anthropology graduate student Victoria Harrington-Burns returned to the University for her Ph.D, she joined the DIVA Lab after realizing what a strong presence and valuable resource it was in anthropology.

“When I came into anthropology, I was an undergraduate in 2005, and I had no idea 3-D systems or 3-D imaging was going to be what it was,” HarringtonBurns said.

In the fall, McKillop will teach ANTH 4997, 3-D Digital Imaging — a brand new class she hopes will inform students about the purpose of 3-D technology in archaeology and how to produce quality images and prints.

Even though the class is already full, McKillop said she wants to continue teaching the course each semester. If there is

enough interest, she said she will even look into adding additional sections.

“We scan,” McKillop said.

“We print. We manipulate. We do it for research, but there’s obviously educational outreach and exhibit potential.”

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Spring Game full of marquee position battles LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Columnist With the LSU spring football game Saturday, here are some important positions to keep an eye.

bined to complete just more than 52 percent of their passes, much talk surrounds the Tigers’ inability to execute in the passing game.

The Tigers finished dead last in the Southeastern Conference last year in passing offense, averaging only 162.9 yards per game on 21.2 attempts. Thirteenth place Vanderbilt averaged about 17 yards more per game than the Tigers.

QUARTERBACK If this is surprising to you, I can’t help you because you should know the drill by now. It’s the same one that was happening this time last year, except the fans are more restless than optimistic.

Ridiculously high expectations surrounded freshman Brandon Harris heading into last year’s spring game, leading most to believe Harris would beat incumbent Anthony Jennings for the starting spot.

Harris went 11-for-28 for 195 yards with three passing touchdowns and one on the ground, while Jennings posted 9-for-17, 157 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. The eye test was obviously in favor of Harris, but it was Jennings who started 12 of LSU’s 13 games.

I’m not recommending anyone to watch which quarterback separates himself from the other and looks like a potential starter. The stats from this game mean nothing and Les Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron won’t decide on a starter until sometime during fall practice anyway.

Instead, watch for progression from last season’s mistakes, like going through progressions, reading defenses, checking at

see QUARTERBACKS, page 10

see SPRING GAME, page 10

BACK AT IT

Jennings, Harris improve on fundamentals, leadership skills for upcoming football season

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The battle rages on.

Junior quarterback Anthony Jennings and sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris head into the 2015 National L Club Spring Game much like they did in 2014 — as running mates.

After a disappointing 8-5 finish, in which the two quarterbacks comMEN’S BASKETBALL

Tigers announce Treloar as Musselman’s replacement

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com Former LSU basketball coach John Brady has known his former assistant, John Treloar, as a fierce competitor since their days playing at Belhaven University.

Current LSU coach Johnny Jones must have seen the same thing.

Treloar, current director of player personnel for the Phoenix Suns, will return to LSU to fill the associate coaching vacancy,

the LSU basketball program an- al Runner-Up finish before Brady nounced Wednesday. hired him to work in the same caTreloar, who is in his fifth year pacity with the Tigers in 2004. In his four years with LSU, it with the Suns, will replace reached the NCAA TourEric Musselman on Jones’ nament in 2005 and 2006 staff, effective July 1.

— including another Final Musselman was hired as Four appearance — before the new head coach of the Brady was fired in the midUniversity of Nevada on dle of the 2008 seaMarch 25 after one season son. with the Tigers.

“I’m looking forward Treloar is an experiTRELOAR enced assistant coach in to rejoining the LSU basthe collegiate ranks. He aided In- ketball family and working with diana University to a 2002 Nation- Coach Jones and his staff in help-

ing these young men who wear the purple and gold be the best they can be,” Treloar said in a news release. “My goal is to serve and assist Coach Jones any way that I can in whatever areas he feels I can help. I will do all I can to help him achieve and sustain excellence.”

After beginning his career as a graduate assistant at Alabama in 1980, Treloar had head coaching stints with professional teams in Germany before moving on to the Continental Basketball Association, where he coached three

teams in eight seasons. This included a championship with the Wichita Texans in his first year in the CBA. While he hadn’t talked to Jones about the hiring, Brady, currently the head coach at Arkansas State, spoke highly of the job Jones has done at LSU and the “courageous” decision to bring Treloar back to Baton Rouge.

“One mark of a good head coach is to hire good assistants,” Brady

see TRELOAR, page 10

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LSU jumps ahead early, defeats Lamar, 11-2, with 13 hits

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com

in Athens, Georgia,” Chinea said.

LSU senior pitcher Kyle Bouman (1-1) picked up his first vicIt was batting practice for the tory since May 24, 2014, after LSU baseball team Wednesday allowing one earned run on five hits in a season-high five innings night.

The No. 2 Tigers shook off a of work. He retired six of the first weekend-long slump and jumped eight batters he faced and didn’t on visiting Lamar from the first walk a batter for the second consecutive start. pitch, storming Bouman threw 60 ahead in a six-run ‘We came out today first inning en swinging the bats pretty pitches and finwith three route to an 11-2 well, and it’s going to roll ished strikeouts. victory in Alex us into a big weekend in “If [LSU coach Box Stadium.

Athens, Georgia.’

Paul] Mainieri It was the calls my name, it’s ninth win in 10 CHRIS CHINEA, just go out there games for LSU, LSU junior first baseman and get outs and which handed the try to get a win,” Cardinals (17-19) their second consecutive loss and Bouman said.

Bouman didn’t need much third in the last four.

After totaling just 20 hits in help after the Tigers’ higha three-game series with Au- scoring first.

LSU ripped Lamar junior burn last weekend, LSU (32-6) cranked out 13 hits in 36 at-bats starter Billy Love (0-1) and (.361) against Lamar, including chased the right-hander off the nine through the game’s first mound before the inning’s first out. Love surrendered five runs three innings.

Junior first baseman Chris on three hits and two walks Chinea, who put LSU ahead 9-0 before being pulled for junior with a two-run home run in the pitcher Will Hibbs.

LSU junior outfielder Mark third, said it was a good outing heading a crucial Southeastern Laird started the onslaught with Conference set at Georgia this an RBI single up the middle and scored two batters later to give weekend.

“We came out today swinging LSU a two-run edge. Senior the bats pretty well, and it’s go- designated hitter Kade Sciving to roll us into a big weekend icque and Chinea tripled the

Tigers’ lead with a pair of tworun doubles to put LSU up 6-0.

Scivicque’s double, his 12th of the season, extended his hitting streak to 21 games.

“That first inning was really outstanding,” Mainieri said.

Junior shortstop Alex Bregman added to the Tigers’ lead with a solo home run in the second. It was the eighth homer of the season for Bregman, tying him with senior second baseman Jared Foster for the team lead.

Chinea launched a two-run bomb, his fifth of the season, over the left field bleachers in the third to build LSU’s lead to 9-0. The Tigers added runs in the seventh and eighth while Lamar scored in the fifth and ninth innings.

Mainieri announced after the game that freshman pitcher Alex Lange would start Friday against Georgia. Lange, who was recently named to the 60-player midseason USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list, was scratched from his start last weekend due to tightness in his arm.

Sophomore pitcher Jared Poche’ has been the Tigers’ Game 1 starter all season.

“Alex is ready for it,” Mainieri said.

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LSU senior infielder Conner Hale (20) slaps a double on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 11-2 win against Lamar at Alex Box Stadium.

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Tigers use home runs to blow out Cowgirls, 13-4

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com After earning its fourth Southeastern Conference series victory over the weekend, the No. 3 LSU softball team continued to roll with a dominant 13-4 win against instate opponent McNeese State on Wednesday night in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Despite tallying three errors in the first two innings, LSU’s (39-5, 11-4 SEC) bats caught fire, exploding to score four or more runs in the second, third and fourth innings and loading the bases in each of those innings.

The Tigers’ defensive struggles put their lineup behind by two runs against McNeese (26-18, 12-5 Southland) heading into the top of second after the Tigers allowed two uncharacteristic errors.

In the second, the Tigers’ lineup found rhythm at the plate by taking advantage of Cowgirls’ junior starting pitcher Emily Vincent’s (10-6) three straight walks to lead off the second inning.

After freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper popped up to record the first out, senior center fielder A.J. Andrews drove in the Tigers’ first run of the game with a sacrifice fly to left field.

On the next at-bat, sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry loaded the bases again by drawing the fifth walk from

McNeese. Junior shortstop reach base, Falcon stepped up Bianka Bell closed out the in- to the plate and took the fifth ning with a two-RBI single pitch she saw the distance up the middle, which scored for a back-breaking grand another run on the throw and slam.

While the Tigers created allowed LSU to take a 4-2 lead. individual highDespite tallying three light reels at the Sophomore plate, Walljasper third baseerrors in the first two man Sahvanna innings, LSU’s (39-5, 11-4 kept the CowJaquish drew SEC) bats caught fire, girls’ lineup in Despite a leadoff walk, exploding to score four or check. struggling with junior catcher Kellsi Kloss sin- more runs in the second, walks, she fingled and junior third and fourth inning and ished with three first baseman loading the bases in each walks to only Sandra Simmons one strikeout in of those innings. singled to the four innings of work. pitcher to stack In the fifth, LSU coach Beth the bases for the secondstraight inning with no outs in Torina gave sophomore pitcher the third.

Baylee Corbello an opportuSenior designated player nity to pitch in front of her Dylan Supak and junior left hometown crowd.

After putting away the first fielder Alayna Falcon drove in runs with a sacrifice fly two batters she faced, Corbello and a ground out, respective- allowed a walk, bringing Mcly, to extend the Tigers’ lead Neese’s home run leader, freshto 6-2. man catcher Erika Piancastelli, After the Tigers loaded the to the plate. bases again in the third inning, On the third pitch of the Andrews scored on an illegal at-bat, Corbello missed her pitch by Cowgirls’ freshman spot in the zone and Piancaspitcher Jolie Trahan (10-5). telli made her pay with a twoLandry then drove in two runs run bomb, for the fifth homer with her second RBI hit of the Corbello has allowed this day to close out the Tigers’ season. five-run third inning.

The Tigers return to Baton Falcon stole the show Rouge this weekend to host No. in the fourth inning with 24 Texas A&M, starting with her first home run of her Game 1 at 6 p.m. Saturday at career.

Tiger Park.

After Jaquish doubled, Simmons and senior pinch hitter You can reach Morgan Prewitt Kailey McCasland singled to on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

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LSU sophomore outfielder Bailey Landry (26) awaits the pitch at home plate during the Tigers’ 10-2 victory against Oklahoma on March 21 at Tiger Park.

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page 8 MEN’S TENNIS

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Tigers set for first round of SEC Tournament against South Carolina

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com Taking a glance at the LSU men’s tennis team’s Southeastern Conference slate on paper, one may be fooled into thinking it struggled down the stretch.

After a 4-2 start in the league, the Tigers (16-7, 6-6 SEC) went 2-4 to finish, dropping the final two matches of the year. But five of their six conference losses came to teams currently ranked in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association top 25, and the Tigers went scoreless in only one match against SEC regular season champion No. 6 Texas A&M. “Winning and losing isn’t always the indicator of how well you’re playing,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown.

But as the seventh-seeded Tigers head to the Aggies home in College Station, Texas, for the SEC Tournament, which begins today at 9 a.m. against tenthseeded South Carolina, Brown’s club is more focused on the present.

Despite LSU’s losses to Texas A&M on April 9 — which Brown acknowledged may have been a result of the Tigers running “on fumes” — and Mississippi State on April 12, Brown said the recent losses shouldn’t have a bearing on their performance in

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LSU senior Chris Simpson hits the ball during the Tigers’ 6-1 victory against Arkansas on March 29 at the W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Stadium. the tournament.

“We’ve played so many at this point in the year that every match is separated pretty quickly from whether you’ve won or lost,” Brown said. “We’re certainly focused on our next match against South Carolina. We’ve got to play better than the last time we played against them, and we’re looking forward to that.

“The focus has been on

adding to our résumé more than it’s been thinking about anything in the past.”

LSU faltered in doubles for only the second time on the year in its March 6 meeting with the Gamecocks (15-14, 3-9 SEC), dropping its first SEC match of the year, 4-1. But the circumstances were a bit different in their lone non-top-25 conference loss.

Due to temperatures dropping below 50 degrees, the match was played at the Gamecocks’ indoor facility, an environment LSU hadn’t had much experience playing in.

“It’s not so much that [South Carolina] is necessarily better indoors or outdoors,” Brown said.

“But they were better than we were at the time indoors. It was just a unique situation with them

having only four courts. They designed their team around that aspect a little bit more than we have. Whether they intentionally have or not, that’s just a natural situation for them ... They put a lot of pressure on you to try to get the doubles point.”

The Tigers are aiming to start fast in doubles this time around against the Gamecocks, starting with the No. 20 doubles team of Jordan Daigle and Boris Arias.

As a team, the Tigers are 16-7 in doubles points this season but have dropped the last four doubles points, leading to a 1-4 overall match record in that span.

Today’s match was originally scheduled for noon but moved up because of impending weather in the area. At the time of print, the forecast calls for 35 percent chance of rain at 9 a.m.

With a lineup that’s “as healthy as they’ve been all year,” the Tigers hope to capture their first SEC Championship since 1999.

“I don’t feel there’s really been many points in the season where we’ve not been completely dialed in,” Brown said. “There’s been a match or two, but I think this team is playing pretty well right now.”

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 TRACK AND FIELD

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Henderson overcomes injuries to set personal-best times

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com Sophomore middle-distance runner Blair Henderson came to LSU with a promising career as one of the premier distance runners in the nation.

Texas Christian University nearly lured the Lake Charles, Louisiana, native outof-state, but Henderson said he didn’t want to run away from the stiff competition the Southeastern Conference offers. Henderson committed to LSU, and senior middledistance runner Julian Parker said he had potential even as a freshman.

“I saw he had a lot of potential,” Parker said. “He listens to coach, and he’s a really hard worker. I see him possibly running [one minute and 45 seconds in the 800-meter race].”

But things didn’t go as Henderson planned for his freshman season.

Henderson experienced a stress reaction in his left tibia in the fall 2013, stunting his progression before the indoor season. He spent a month rehabbing in a pool and was healthy for the start of the season, but he said he didn’t improve as much as he wanted.

Despite finishing in ninth

place at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships, Henderson was left disappointed with his freshman campaign.

“My main goal was to make it to nationals in the 800,” Henderson said. “I didn’t get where I wanted because I was battling [injuries], and I didn’t want to injure myself again. We were at a stand still. It was a pretty tough season for me.”

Harping on those negative experiences, Henderson spent extra time on the track during the offseason and entered his sophomore season in the best shape of his life. But a hamstring injury hindered him during the indoor season.

For the start of the outdoor season, Henderson is finally healthy, and he is running faster than ever. He clocked the fastest time of his career in the 800-meter race at the Battle on the Bayou meet April 4 at 1:47.91.

“That could be a breakthrough race for him,” said LSU track and field coach Dennis Shaver. “I like the way he competed in that particular race. It’s a good sign.”

Henderson followed it with a seasonal-best at the Jim Click Shootout on Saturday in the 1500-meter race with a time of 3:52.48.

He has also emerged as a

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LSU sophomore middle-distance runner Blair Henderson walks off the track during the 2015 LSU Invitational Battle on the Bayou on April 4 at the Bernie Moore Stadium. leader for the freshmen, passing down his experiences as a freshman to prepare them for the high-level competition they will face during the postseason.

“A lot of people don’t realize how competitive it is and how

big of a deal it is to be running on this level, especially for LSU and the SEC,” Henderson said.

“It’s really important for me to stress the fact that everyone needs to be focused and know what they’re getting into before

the season starts. We need to be physically and mentally fit to make sure we can execute the plan that coach has put for us.”

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page 10 QUARTERBACKS, from page 5 The question marks surrounding LSU’s quarterback play cast a dark cloud over a prominent program and put immense pressure on Jennings and Harris to improve upon their mistakes.

“LSU is national,” Jennings said. “Having to be the quarterback, obviously I wasn’t good enough last year, just to put it simple. I have to get better. We have to get better as a room and have to get better playing the quarterback position, so I’m not surprised people talk about that. I just have to come in, keep talking to the coaches and getting better.”

Jennings, who started 12 of the Tigers’ 13 games last season, was the focus of much of the blame and criticism directed toward LSU. The negative tension against Jennings reached a boiling point after Jennings threw two picks in only five pass attempts in an eventual 63-7 victory against New Mexico State on Sept. 27, 2014.

After being benched in a 41-7 blowout loss to Auburn, Jennings took over for the remainder of the season, remaining sloppy and inconsistent in his play leading to doubt over the future fate of LSU’s quarterbacks. “[Last year] is going to push me

TRELOAR, from page 5 said. “I was fortunate enough at LSU to hire some outstanding assistant coaches that have gone on to do really well, John Treloar being one of those.”

Brady remembered Treloar, who also coached two years in the NBA Developmental League, as a tenacious defender, as a player and as a supervisor of various aspects of the program as an assistant.

“He oversaw a lot of things —

to do even more things,” Jennings said. “Everybody’s talking about it. It’s going to make me better, it’s going to make Brandon better and it’s going to make [freshman quarterback] Justin [McMillan] better.

I’m just going to continue getting better and use it as fuel.”

The fuel has been burning since the Tigers’ season ended. Both Jennings and Harris are beaming with confidence and comfortability at spring practice, which could never be found a season ago.

LSU offensive coordinator Cam Cameron taught both Jennings and Harris a lesson on how to be a good quarterback. He taught them not only does a quarterback have to be talented, but intelligent, confident and a leader. “[My relationship with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron] has grown a lot,” Harris said.

“Now it’s more so. When I was a freshman I wouldn’t ask the same questions I’m asking now. I’m feeling comfortable. I understand why we run this for this reason.”

Teammates have noticed the increased confidence and intelligence of the quarterbacks.

LSU junior wide receiver Travin Dural said he has seen change in both Jennings and Harris already with only a few practices under their belt. scouting, gameplans, breaking down of tape, working out players,” Brady said. “He had a big input offensively in what we did. He and I were on the same page defensively, something I really like coaching.

His influence of offensive was important on our team. We did a lot of pro things, where we involved [former LSU forwards] Brandon Bass or Glenn Davis in some pro set that he brought to the table with his experience in the CBA — now even more since he’s been with Pheonix

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Junior quarterback Anthony Jennings (left) and sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris (right) run through drills during practice on March 19 at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility. film and working out with the receivers to get on the same page and improve. Jennings set a goal for himself to up his completion percentage by at least 10 percent, with 60 percent as his ultimate goal for the upcoming season.

Jennings still has to win the job, however, and Harris has identified his own obstacles. Harris said the biggest factor holding him back was himself. Harris acknowl-

to help Johnny.”

Brady said Treloar contacted him last year about returning to the bench in college but wanted to be in a situation where the team could contend immediately. With incoming five-star prospects Ben Simmons and Antonio Blakeney joining a team a year removed from the NCAA Tournament, Brady acknowledged this is the right fit for his good friend.

Like Musselman, Brady said Treloar’s NBA experience will

only booster Jones and assistant head coach David Patrick’s strong recruiting record.

“All of that helps entice a young man,” Brady said. “John Treloar can talk to him about the NBA, his experiences in the NBA and what a young player may anticipate in the draft and where he fits. John has contacts. He can pick up the phone and help a young man get himself evaluated.”

Brady also said Treloar, 58, would probably coach another

“four or five more years” but would most likely stay at LSU in that time.

“Shoot, that will bring me to Baton Rouge more often,” Brady said. “Coach Treloar will be there July 1. He and I will probably be in Ruth’s Chris two weeks after that, having a steak and maybe even sharing a bottle of wine together.”

D.J. Chark.

Early in the spring season, the name I heard most was Chark’s and rightfully so. Rising junior cornerback Tre’Davious White called him one of the fastest guys on the team and Miles said he “just seems to makes plays.”

I’m excited to see the talk of spring practice and who else has made the most progression under Ball.

Notre Dame.

Personnel-wise, LSU has to replace defensive ends Jermauria Rasco and Danielle Hunter, linebacker Kwon Alexander, safety Ronald Martin and cornerbacks Rashard Robinson and Jalen Collins. I’ll focus mostly on the number two cornerback spot and both defensive ends.

Having to find two new pass rushers is going to be difficult for Steele and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron. Keep an eye on rising junior Lewis Neal, rising sophomore Sione Teuhema and rising junior Tashawn Bower as top contenders.

At corner, the competition between rising junior Ed Paris and freshman Kevin Toliver II will be on full display this weekend and should continue until the season starts. Toliver is an early enrolled five-star recruit who has all the physical skills to be the next great LSU corner, but Paris is the favorite and just as capable of being something special.

Paris will probably hold off Toliver, but watching them compete for the job on Saturday should be well worth your time.

the line of scrimmage, pocket awareness, etc.

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LSU senior defensive back Jalen Mills (28) and LSU junior wide receiver Travin Dural tackle each other on March 17 at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.

49ers, and Miles brought in Georgia wide receiver coach Tony Ball to replace him. I tend to favor more on the side of change is good than vice versa.

Ball is a great teacher by most accounts, stressing fundamentals with a hands-on approach.

With the lapses in fundamentals

edged he had difficulty learning the playbook and the nuances of the offense for much of last season while nursing a high ankle sprain.

The sophomore said he didn’t utilize his coaching staff enough in 2014. He wasn’t asking questions and handling himself in a professional demeanor.

“I wasn’t doing enough as an overall quarterback, and that’s one thing I want to do in 2015 is handle myself more like a professional,” Harris said. “If I have a question, don’t be afraid to ask it.

If I mess up, admit the mistake and improve, and that’s one thing I’ve done going into this spring in these two practices.”

Both quarterbacks are working on improving themselves and their games in hopes of being named the starter in September. But as the battle rages on, they hope to improve each other as well.

“Everybody wants to talk about [the competition],” Jennings said.

“Me and Brandon know where we both have to improve drastically from last season. We help each other in the film room and on the field.

We want the best from each other and we’re going to keep pushing each other on and off the field.”

“They’ve grown a lot,” Dural said. “They’ve both grown as leaders. They’re throwing the ball real well, and they really know the playbook. As opposed to last year they weren’t really vocal. They didn’t really speak too much, but now they’re taking control of this offense.”

Both Jennings and Harris went back to the drawing board after the season completed, watching

SPRING GAME, from page 5

WIDE RECEIVER This is the most interesting position on the offensive side of the ball by a long shot.

That’s because LSU has enough offensive linemen to be great across the front regardless of who plays where. Meanwhile, rising sophomore running back Leonard Fournette could rush for six yards in this game, and I wouldn’t be concerned.

But wide receiver is a different story.

Last year, Travin Dural, John Diarse, Malachi Dupre and Trey Quinn had to replace the production of Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, which just wasn’t going to happen. My expectations for the position were low because of an obvious dip in experience.

Out of the gate, Diarse and Dural looked primed for big years. Instead, Diarse faded to the back of the receiver rotation as Dupre became the number two man. The position hit rock bottom in the Alabama game, losing 50/50 balls and dropping passes.

Former wide receiver coach Adam Henry left LSU for the

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the receivers had a year ago, I expect progress from the entire receiving corps.

The big question remains who starts out wide. Dural made a good case to remain a starter a year ago as did Dupre and Quinn. But don’t leave out the big, physical Diarse and sleeper

DEFENSE I could take you through each spot individually, but as a unit, this is the most important part of the LSU team.

New defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will have his first public game since taking over in Baton Rouge and he’s still a bit of a mystery.

In the last game he coached as a defensive coordinator, his Clemson team allowed 70 points to West Virginia in the Orange Bowl. That’s bad. Add in the pressure of taking over a defense that ranked No. 1 in the Southeastern Conference in yards allowed per game last season, and he could be in over his head.

But he’s better than the blowout to West Virginia, and the defense still had its pitfalls a season ago, failing to hold onto leads against Alabama and

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Entertainment

VINYL VALUE Annual Record Store Day celebrates independent record stores

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FOOD AND DRINK

New fine chocolate shop also offers gelato

BY ASHLYN ROLLINS arollins@lsureveille.com

An early morning, long lines and dedicated music fans can mean so many things, but this Saturday, these elements are coming together to celebrate Record Store Day. After months of preparation, Record Store Day is being celebrated around the globe by vinyl lovers young and old. Local fans are in for a treat — this year, Baton Rouge has three stores on the scene.

In the past, customers woke up bright and early in an effort to get their hands on the day’s limited releases, special editions or giveaways at record stores Atomic Pop Shop and Lagniappe Records. But this year, Capital City Records is participating in its first ever Record Store Day. While the premise is relatively the same at each shop, each store’s owners are celebrating the day a little differently.

Local veteran shop Atomic Pop Shop is celebrating its fourth Record Store Day, and after successful previous years, co-owner Kerry Beary said they have a system that keeps their event running smoothly.

“People start lining up at ungodly hours,” Beary said. “People will be here at 7 a.m., and we’ll hand out numbers that will hold their place in line for when doors open at 9 a.m.

That way, they can go get breakfast or take a nap.”

Aside from the day’s releases, the store is giving away a record player, T-shirts, tote bags, offering a sale on its vintage collection and raffling off two pairs of tickets for

While going to local convenience stores may be an easy way to cure a sweet tooth, one local sweet shop offers more than a simple chocolate bar.

Zocalisa is a fine chocolate and gelato shop that was opened in October by University alumni Jeff and Alissa Dickey. The couple operates the store with their son, sociology senior Jamie Dickey, who acts as the general manager, as well as a small staff of University students.

Inspiration for the shop came from Jeff and his wife wanting to make a trademark of their own.

In the past, they owned and operated a PJ’s Coffee franchise in Hammond.

However, the idea to produce fine chocolate came from a wedding anniversary trip the couple took last year to Costa Rica.

“We overheard a couple talking to our hotel owner about trying to source some local cacao beans,” Jeff said. “Then, we saw a cocoa tree growing wild in the forest on one of our trips, and we became interested in fine chocolates.”

When they returned, they began searching for a space with a commercial kitchen to be able to prepare their chocolates. At first, there wasn’t much luck, until they stumbled upon their current location at 3930 Burbank Drive, previously the location of a Cold Stone Creamery.

Once the space was secured, the previous owner left his

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BY GRETA JINES • gjines@lsureveille.com

Lagniappe Records [top], Atomic Pop Shop [middle] and Capital City Records [bottom] will celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday.

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ART

The Foyer sells eclectic mix of old and new merchandise

BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com Most stores operate with a specific inventory, but one Baton Rouge shop thrives on an ever-changing supply when it comes to the shopping experience.

Nestled in a Perkins Road shopping center, The Foyer offers a little something for all of the customers within its 80-booth business, featuring everything from home interiors to original works of art.

Laura Brignac, the store’s owner, took over the business seven years ago, when it was

formerly known as Montage Marketplace. Brignac said the store’s current concept is the same as in the past, but the business is now operating on another level. The store’s merchants set up booths displaying their items, whether they’re original artwork, antiques, furnishings or home interiors.

“The Foyer was an entrance to beautiful interiors, so that was the thought behind the name,” Brignac said. “It’s definitely higher-end, more upscale merchandise.”

The Foyer also houses an antique collection, which Brignac said is composed

of four different dealers: French, English and two dealers with an assortment of antiques.

While exploring the store, customers may even stumble across Heather V’s Cafe tucked away among the art. Individuals can take a shopping break to dine on soups, salads and sandwiches without having to leave the store.

Sadler Ward, The Foyer’s marketing and merchant manager, said the store’s concept allows the community to become involved more easily, and with so many merchants

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Shown is one of The Foyer’s 80 merchant booths inside the store located on Perkins Road.

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STUDIO SPOTLIGHT

RANKS INTO THE WILD LIFE Halestorm Halestorm’s third album “Into the Wild Life” is a perfect lesson in how to make great modern rock music. “Into the Wild Life” is as fun, smooth and edgy as the lead vocalist’s style, full of suggestive lyrics and devil-maycare attitude.

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INSTANT GRATIFICATION Dance Gavin Dance “Instant Gratification” marks the first time in eight years two consecutive DGD releases have featured the same vocalist duo. DGD also proved pop and hardcore can coexist with an album sure to gratify listeners across the music spectrum.

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CROWN The-Dream Maybe “Jewel” will be better, but the effort to have two separate EPs come together for a seamless LP is impossible at this point.

‘Cherry Bomb’ strays from formula

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

The first impression of Tyler, The Creator’s “Cherry Bomb” is bars on bars on bars.

The second is, “Wow, this is great.” Tyler has created an album that combines rap with rock, R&B and other layered elements for a listening experience like none other.

A prime example is the title track, “CHERRY BOMB.” The track opens with a child’s voice and heavy guitar riffs.

It morphs into Tyler rapping over loud guitars and drums. Later in the track, the song adds female back-up vocals. The song is the epitome of what this albums does — it combines what shouldn’t work well together and makes it sound better than you’d think.

“DEATHCAMP” is the opening song to the record and another example of combining different elements. Tyler includes background vocals, screams, bells, clapping and guitars all in a three-minute song.

“DEATHCAMP” is also an example of Tyler’s clever verses where the rapper actually creates lyrics with thought instead of just focusing on money, women and drugs. It’s also a nod to retro Pharrell Williams, one of

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There are songs where she is uplifted, liberated from old heartache. Others, she is scarred and languishing over a conveniently-placed piano where she can recite all of her fears and pains.

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makes the song transition from slower to faster to keep it from getting boring, but the overall song gives a relaxed vibe.

“F------ YOUNG / PERFECT” is another slow track where Tyler sings more than raps to a softer instrumental.

The lyrics are also a bit controversial with Tyler leaning towards a desired relationship with an underage girl.

“Cherry Bomb” is an album that makes you think more while you listen to it since a lot of it is very different from what is currently out in rap.

It’s also impressive Tyler produced the album himself and got to stick to his own creative vision. It’s complex and full of effort, which is something not seen everyday anymore.

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STUDIO SPOTLIGHT

New Sparks film fails to stand out

BY GRETA JINES gjines@lsureveille.com

— ASHLYN ROLLINS

Tyler’s inspirations.

Many of the tracks on “Cherry Bomb” feed into one another, making it feel less like an album of 13 songs and more like one continuous, complex number.

“PILOT” and “RUN” are two tracks that mesh so seamlessly, you have to check which one is actually playing.

“PILOT” starts off very upbeat and aggressive and ends a bit slower with female backup vocals and a softer beat. Then the music stops, and the song just plays seven repetitive beats. “RUN” begins with those beats with music overlay and then Tyler’s vocals.

“SMUCKERS” is the only collaboration on the album and features Kanye West and Lil Wayne. It’s an impressive song that makes the three rappers cohesive instead of fighting for the best verses and quickest rhymes.

However, not all songs are as aggressive as the majority of the album. “Cherry Bomb” includes softer, more R&B songs into the latter end of the album.

“2SEATER” is seven minutes long and veers more toward the R&B side with a slower tempo and dramatic female vocals. Because the song is rather long, Tyler

Nicholas Sparks is at it again with another tear-jerking film adaption of one of his famous romance novels, which means viewers should prepare for sniffles and a few whistles.

Sparks’ “The Longest Ride” came to life under the direction of George Tillman Jr., and like most of his stories, this one is sure to tug on the heartstrings of any movie-goer. While the film isn’t the next “The Notebook,” it still follows that classic Sparks formula — a lot of love, drama and plot twists.

This creates a problem that’s been consistent throughout Sparks’ career. If viewers think about it, every movie faces the same kind of struggles with the same good looking characters.

As far as the storyline goes, it’s pretty predictable. Apprehensive, mild-mannered sorority girl Sophia Danko, played by Britt Robertson, ventures out with her sorority sisters to a local rodeo where she inevitably locks eyes with bull-riding babe Luke Collins, played by Scott Eastwood. From there, the two stumble into a relationship, but for how long is unknown. Danko has an internship lined up at a New

York art gallery, and Collins is determined to conquer the bull that nearly ended both his career and life.

The two struggle to mesh their opposite worlds, but in the meantime, the audience is treated to an awkward montage of bull riding, romance, longing stares and ridiculously large belt buckles, but then again, the story does feature a cowboy.

Unlike most of Sparks’ stories, this one offers a “two for the price of one” deal. At the end of their first date, Collins and Danko rescue an older man and his mysterious box of letters from his crashed vehicle. Danko befriends the man, Ira Levinson, played by Alan Alda, and spends time reading the letters he wrote to his wife, Ruth, while he’s recovering.

Each letter is matched with a flashback chronicling Ira and Ruth’s relationship and marriage decades earlier. Young Ira, played

by Jack Huston, and Ruth, played

by Oona Chaplin, build their love story around their admiration for one another and Ruth’s passion for art.

This proves itself to be true with the majority of the relationships in the film. Viewers may find themselves rooting for the movie’s other friendships and love stories when Collins and

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Danko’s drama gets to be too much, at least until the ending, which ties itself and each story up quite nicely.

“The Longest Ride” is a sweet and sappy romance, no doubt, and the cast, which features a few relatively new names, puts on a good show and isn’t half bad to look at. If viewers are looking for Sparks’ signature style, it certainly shines through. The film won’t be winning an Oscar soon, but it’s a feel-good feature.

You can reach Greta Jines on Twitter @TheGretaJines.

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Local museum to host American Civil War commemoration

BY KAYLA RANDALL krandall@lsureveille.com

It has been 150 years since the American Civil War, but the West Baton Rouge Museum will never forget it.

This Saturday, the museum will open its “When the Cannons Fell Silent” exhibit commemorating the sesquicentennial end of the Civil War. The exhibit features expansive Civil War collections, including prints, original items and huge replica cannons and projectiles.

Exhibit curator and former University instructor Angelique Bergeron said the museum has been commemorating the war leading up to the sesquicentennial for years now and must continue to do so in order to honor history.

“We have to remember the history of what happened and what the causes and effects of the war were,” Bergeron said.

“As a society, we don’t focus on the real reasons behind the war enough, and I tried to tell that story with this exhibit.”

Items marking the Battle of Baton Rouge will be featured heavily in this exhibit, more so than any of the previous Civil War commemorations at the museum. Bergeron said this time, she wanted to concentrate on what went on in East and West Baton Rouge during the war.

Most of the items featured are exclusively from Baton Rouge or from collectors in

the area.

“We’ve done several exhibits over the past four years for the sesquicentennial,” Bergeron said. “For this one, we’re focusing more on the devastation, loss of life and the aftermath of the war in Baton Rouge.”

A big part of this exhibit is Sarah Morgan, a woman who chronicled the Civil War in Baton Rouge in her diary. Morgan and her diary have since become a historical staple of the war, and the exhibit will feature her personal rocking chair, which the museum borrowed from exclusive state archives.

Bergeron said the war was a dark time for people living in Baton Rouge. Union troops were ravaging the area, which the exhibit will display through the more than 150 prints and sketches illustrating life in the South during the time period.

The exhibit will also feature Confederate money and rare Civil War hair necklaces made from the hair of dead loved ones. Bergeron said many people are unaware of the hair necklaces and the meaning behind them, but they were a custom during the era.

“They would make jewelry from soldiers’ hair to remember them, by braiding the hair together to make a broach or a necklace,” Bergeron said.

“They’re amazing, and they’re made out of actual human hair.”

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Artifacts, artwork and diary displays will be part of West Baton Rouge Museum’s ‘When the Cannons Fell Silent’ exhibit, which opens Saturday and ends August 16.

Photography was new technology during the war, and the exhibit will feature some of the first images of slaves gathering together trying to escape to the Union side of the battle to be free. Other images include Civil War ships, soldiers and Confederate General Henry Watkins Allen, where Port Allen gets its name.

“It’s been said many times before, but if you don’t know your history, you’re doomed to repeat it,” Bergeron said. “The

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Civil War is something I hope we never repeat, and I hope people come to the exhibit and understand that.”

Bergeron said she believes exhibits like this are important for young students to see, as they make the war seem more real and not like something from the distant past.

She said people can learn a lot from this — more than they ever could in a classroom.

“The exhibit is to make the war not seem like something

that happened 150 years ago, but making it more real today and something you could imagine going through,” Bergeron said.

“When the Cannons Fell Silent” opens April 18 at the West Baton Rouge Museum and closes August 16. Admission for students and seniors is $2 per person, and regular admission is $4.

You can reach Kayla Randall on Twitter @kay_ran21.

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Alumna makes costume jewelry from repurposed items

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

Brooches, missing jewels, unpolished coins and broken strands of pearls are treasures to jewelry designer Lauren Weiner.

As designer and owner of HEAVYMETALbyLW, Weiner makes costume jewelry out of repurposed materials — primarily older antiques and broken jewelry pieces.

Weiner started designing in 2009 after graduating from the University with a degree in philosophy. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and said the job search there wasn’t working out. After unsuccessfuly handing out résumés, she turned to another activity.

“I was bored one day and decided to pick up an old pair of pliers, and I had this old J.Crew necklace that had broken, and I was like, ‘I’m just going to try and take it apart and put it back together,’” Weiner said. “I just kind of played with it and started adding pieces to it and then ending up giving it to my cousin, and she wore it to a party where a stylist in Nashville saw it and asked her if I had anything else.”

Weiner said she quickly designed another piece to send to the stylist and it ended up being used in a music video for country band Steel Magnolia. Later, Weiner

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Lauren Weiner, local owner and designer of HEAVYMETALbyLW, displays her collection of necklaces on Wednesday inside her home in Baton Rouge. moved back to Baton Rouge but continued to design.

All of Weiner’s jewelry design skills are self taught. She said she learns better through active learning, and being able to pull things apart helps teach her how to put pieces back together. Everything for HEAVYMETALbyLW is made out of repurposed items from flea

markets and what people give her.

She said she’ll receive items like broken necklaces and items with missing jewels. A lot of people don’t like the idea of keeping things that can’t be worn around, so Weiner gets the opportunity to turn it into something new and updated.

“One of the first pieces I made, my grandfather was a lieutenant,

and it was his old badge. So I made a bracelet out of it,” Weiner said.

When designing, Weiner takes things apart and puts things together continuously. She said sometimes she’ll take a piece and only add to it, but others she’ll completely dismantle to create something new. There is a set of polished, outdated coins Weiner has used at

least 20 times in jewelry by designing them one way and then pulling it apart to create another look.

“A lot of times, the vision that I have in my head starting out is nowhere near what I end up with,” Weiner said.

Most of the orders for HEAVYMETALbyLW are custom.

Weiner said sometimes the stylist from Nashville will still call her for pieces for clients, but most of her customers are now local. She’s also a wardrobe consultant and said she thinks both professions go hand in hand. Customers can see her work as a designer and trust her more as a stylist.

She’s also seen an increase in local consumers buying the style of items she creates.

“When I started doing what I was doing, nobody really, especially in Baton Rouge, was into that whole chunky, costume jewelry.

They were very into just kind of more of like a safer [look],” Weiner said.

In the last year, she’s put more energy into her business to really get back into the swing of things after taking some time off. She said her older pieces focus more on pastels and dark colors, but recently she’s been experimenting with brighter colors.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015 RECORDS, from page 11 Benjamin Booker’s upcoming show at the Varsity Theatre.

Those in attendance will also be treated to Modern Meals’ morning coffee and waffles, a performance by Louisianabased producer AF THE NAYSAYER and a second screening of Riot House Pictures’ “Records Collecting Dust.”

“It’s our one day where we know that pretty much everyone that leaves is going to be really happy,” Beary said. “It might be their first time coming here, and they might go hit another shop hoping to get something that we didn’t have — kind of bouncing between each store.”

Lagniappe Records has participated in Record Store Day and Black Friday events in the past, but this is its first time hosting the event at their new location near downtown.

Tess Brunet, who owns the record shop with her husband, Patrick Hodgkins, said they still have plans for a big event, but instead of having a live band, they have arranged for KLSU DJs to be this year’s entertainment.

“They’re all spinning Lagniappe Records’ records,” Brunet said. “They spin a lot of our used stuff and some of their own, too.”

Hungry event-goers can prepare to chow down on City Pork specialities and Love At Phirst Bite’s organic popsicles and vegan cupcakes. There also will be a keg sponsored by The Radio Bar. Lagniappe typically opens at noon, but it’s opening early at 10 a.m., so customers can take full advantage of the plethora of releases, limited edition Tshirts, giveaways, gift cards and a mystery Record Store Day release giveaway.

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Owner of Zocalisa, Jeff Dickey, offers a wide variety of gelato and truffles at the store’s 3930 Burbank Drive location.

With a color scheme not to be confused with a Mexican restaurant, equipment, and Dickey thought Zocalisa tediously captures the to make use of it by also learning essence of a wild cacao bean with how to make gelato in conjunction its dark red, yellow and green with the chocolates. hues.

The menu includes truffles, In the center of the space, molded chocolates, chocolate there is a large crafted cacao bars and gelato. tree, which enhancSome of the gees to the vibe of the lato flavor offer- ‘I always like to tell people shop. It was origiings are choco- it’s half the fat and twice nally a post unable to late hazelnut, the flavor.’ be removed, so Jeff butter pecan, had fellow University amareno cheralumnus Wes Hanson JEFF DICKEY, ry and straccreate the design. owner of Zocalisa ciatella, a vaThe story behind nilla gelato with the shop’s name fits chocolate shavings, while also in- it perfectly. Zocalisa comes from cluding some tart flavors such as a play off of the Mayan word for lemon, raspberry and mango. chocolate, xocalati, and Jeff’s Every food item is made from wife’s name. scratch in-shop with fresh ingreJeff hopes Zocalisa will work dients, such as the strawberry its way up to being a central part truffle. Strawberries are taken of the Baton Rouge community and pureed so they can be cooked and also wishes to expand the down, and the mixture is mixed business to downtown and Towne with white chocolate, which is Center in the future. then dipped in dark chocolate.

With its close proximity to The same attention is given campus, Jeff hopes students will to the gelato, as the shop boasts take to it as a place to relax. its own pasteurizer to mix the “We want to be a quiet break flavors. from the everyday where stu“I always like to tell people it’s dents can taste a truly fine chocohalf the fat and twice the flavor,” late and appreciate a well-crafted Jeff said. gelato,” Jeff said.

Walking into Zocalisa, customers are greeted immediately by You can reach Ashlyn Rollins on the mellow ambiance of the shop. Twitter @ash_r96.

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Brunet said she and Hodgkins planned the kind of event they would want to attend, and they encourage customers to stay as long as they’d like, even once they’ve made their purchases.

“I think what sets us apart is you’re not just a number,” Brunet said. “You don’t just get in and get out. If you want to stay and hang out to enjoy all the fun and cool stuff, you can. It’s a big party.”

Last but not least, Capital City Records owner Dana Labat is participating in the event for the first time, calling himself the new kid on the block.

The store, which opened in November 2014, quickly gained a following, and while preparing for the day has been busy for all three locations, Labat said he hopes the day will be a success.

“I think it’s kind of a cool thing to celebrate independent

record stores,” Labat said.

“We live in a world of big-box stuff and the Internet, so it’s nice to still have mom-andpop shops, whether they’re hardware stores or record stores.”

Labat’s opening the doors at 9 a.m. and is raffling off an Audio-Technica turntable to one lucky customer in line when the store opens. He said it’s the least he could do for someone who shows up early. Along with additional raffles, there will be gift certificates, limited edition T-shirts and other miscellaneous giveaways.

As far as the day’s entertainment, Labat said he doesn’t want to make the small store feel more crowded, and he shares a parking lot with several other stores, so he said it just wasn’t the right fit to have a band.

An avid music fan, Labat said it makes him happy when

someone digs through his collection and is excited with their find. Because each store is only allotted a certain amount of releases, he said he also hopes he receives his orders and that people are happy with the selection.

Record Store Day is dedicated to the fans of vinyl, and all three store owners agree it’s a day to give back to the customers. Though they have all been diligently working and awaiting arrivals, they said they’re looking forward to celebrating the community of independent record stores, rather than making it about giant retailers.

Whether customers visit one store or all three, they are sure to leave with memories and maybe even a few new vinyls to add to their collection.

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some jewelry — is tax free because of the store’s location in an art district, Brignac said. A percentage of any of the sales made throughout the store goes back to its respective merchant as well.

With a variety of gift options, Ward said many University students shop there for Mother’s Day, Easter or simply to buy a birthday present for a friend and said they usually don’t hesitate to stop in for a bite to eat at the cafe “A gift doesn’t have to be a plastic tumbler with a ‘B’ on it,” Brignac said. “It can be this really great 4x4 piece of original art.”

Aside from its sales, The Foyer also hosts open houses and an annual Champagne Stroll, where all merchants and artists are present and is catered by Heather V’s Cafe.

Brignac said many

customers are shocked when they discover the store for the first time because the building’s outside doesn’t quite match the inside shopping experience, but those who venture inside find themselves leisurely browsing on a regular basis. Merchants change their stock fairly regularly though, so if customers find a piece they really like, Ward said it’s worth buying when they see it.

Both Brignac and Ward encourage shoppers to visit and see what the store has to offer because they never know what they may find.

“Every day is different,” Brignac said. “If the customer can come in and have a great time and go away with something special that they love, that fills me.”

participating, customers never know what they may find.

“You’ve got 80 different people with different tastes, so it brings an interesting factor to it,” Ward said. “Somebody’s take on a Louisiana swamp might be different than someone’s who grew up farther north. It just lends itself to different kinds of interiors and art.”

Ward said they’re working on obtaining an eclectic mix of art for the gallery section, which mainly showcases local talent but also includes several artists from outside the state. Customers needn’t worry about not being able to afford these pieces though.

There’s a little something for every art fan with prices ranging from as little as $15 to the thousands.

All of the store’s original art — its canvas art, pottery and

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OH, THE HUMANITY

WEB COMMENTS In response to Justin DiCharia’s column, “LSU students must fight to save faculty,” user Cody commented:

U.S. prisoners deserve to be treated like people

“Justin, your passionate opposition to this existential threat facing Louisiana’s higher education is the exact kind of attitude we need at LSU. I feel that the shortcoming of our protest organizing is not a matter of student apathy. We care! I think it simply is not marketed correctly. The Spirit of LSU must be imparted into our protest, and simply picketing at the state capitol is simply too generic for a university that measures on the richter scale. There is no better expression of spirit and pride in your university than tearing down a goalpost.

President F. King Alexander, give us a goalpost. We will march it down to the capitol building and give you the protest that our education system so desperately needs.”

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– Cody

In response to Logan Anderson’s column, “April Fool’s: A Formal Apology to White People,” user Ignorancemustbebliss commented: “Reverse racism is not a thing sweetheart it’s just racism. I hope that one day you will meet people that will change your perception of the world.

Maybe then you can be happier and have some restored faith in the human race. Maybe someone will help you see that white people are not the devil and the root of all evil. The maturity you say you have I have not seen yet.

This whole article is you complaining about the criticism you have received.

The contradicting statements you make in this piece are also another one of the regular things I have come to expect from you. I hope one day your pieces won’t be so predictable and that you will keep people guessing about what you will write. The only way to do that is to stop contradicting yourself, express your opinion in an educated way so that people won’t get upset but may disagree with you, and don’t write so that it sounds like you are so angry and then maybe your writing career will flourish.”

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Editor in Chief Co-Managing Editor Co-Managing Editor News Editor Deputy News Editor Opinion Editor

Thursday, April 16, 2015

How much should a human being be punished for doing something wrong?

America certainly believes all criminals are freedom-hating traitors because if you commit a firstdegree murder here in Louisiana, the prison capital of the world, you might receive the death penalty. If not, you will definitely spend some serious time treated like your life is worthless behind bars.

America loves to imprison its citizens. In fact, the U.S. has had the highest incarceration rate in the world since 2002, according to the Population Reference Bureau. But it’s the recidivism rate, a person’s relapse into criminal behavior, that is the most shocking.

In a 2014 study, the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 67.8 percent of prisoners released in 2005 were imprisoned again within three years and 76.6 percent within five years. After a person has been imprisoned, he or she should get out with a new mindset and try to change themselves for the better. But America’s prison system makes it seem like criminals miss it so much that they cannot wait to get back in there.

Norway’s recidivism rate is 20 percent, which makes it one of the lowest in the world. The biggest difference is inmates are actually treated like people. If you compare the circumstances to American prisons, it’s like comparing heaven to hell.

Most cells in Norway have a minifridge, a flat screen TV and an attached bathroom. Prisoners also share a kitchen and a living room with each other where they can relax and eat together. Some prisons even have organized “free time,” where prisoners can play basketball on an indoor court, make use of a rock-climbing wall or play soccer on a field. Prisons also have a well-kept yard, which provides great places to relax.

And maybe the most important part, prisoners do not get yelled at or experience any kind of violence from security guards.

The Committee of Ministers in Europe made it illegal for security guards to offend the prisoners’ “worthiness.” In a calm environment like Norwegian prisons, there is also no

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[Top] At Halden Prison, a maximum-security prison in Norway, murals and other art are used to boost prisoner morale. [Bottom] Rooms at Halden include en-suite bathrooms with ceramic tiles, mini-fridges and flat-screen TVs. reason for guards to yell. It would simply result in making everybody uncomfortable.

A person often commits a crime because he or she is mad about something. This hatred only increases in an environment like American prisons and when they are released, the only thing that might have changed is the amount of brotherhood tattoos.

In Norway, however, prisoners experience a kind of rehabilitation while they wait for their sentence to be over.

When they then get out, they are not mad at society. They might go up to random people on the street to thank them for the taxes they paid that

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changed their life. But they are not looking for revenge.

We are always complaining about crime in this country that we forget criminals are people as well.

Prisons are isolating and provide a place for bad guys to share their hatred with other hateful people. It is a place where it seems inevitable for them to go insane. And freshly released insane people do not decrease crime rates.

Markus Hüfner is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Kristiansand, Norway. You can reach him on Twitter @MHufner_TDR.

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‘If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.’

Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President Oct. 14, 1890 — March 28, 1969

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Student participation shameful as legislation session heats up THE DAILY REVEILLE EDITORIAL BOARD editor@lsureveille.com If you and your friends don’t show up for the Spring Game in Tiger Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday, nothing will happen.

You won’t miss a spectacle for the ages — it’s a meaningless scrimmage where nothing is set in stone and, no, you won’t get an answer on who will start at quarterback.

The same goes for Groovin’.

Young the Giant will play “Cough Syrup” to starstruck students’ screams, but if you miss out, it’s not the end of the world. Your college experience won’t be drastically altered.

But it will be drastically altered if you don’t stand up for yourself and your fellow students.

Yesterday, only a handful of University students showed up on the steps of the State Capitol to protest budget cuts to higher education in an event organized by the Council of Student Body Presidents.

Now-former SG president Clay Tufts was there. He testi-

fied at the appropriations hearing alongside five others shortly after Tufts handed his title to new president Andrew Mahtook at SG’s inauguration.

That’s right — instead of celebrating the end of his term, Tufts was lobbying for his schoolmates.

What a way to repay him, LSU. Despite attendance from Southern University, Southeastern Louisiana University and LSUAlexandria, you couldn’t be bothered to take the 15-minute drive downtown to 900 North 3rd Street.

Let’s again review the carnage of these proposed cuts if they are enacted.

You won’t get to take some of the classes you scheduled. You won’t get the academic advisers and tutors previously at students’ disposal.

You will watch professors and students walk away. You will see buildings continue to fall apart.

And if graduating on time was hard enough already, you can kiss a four-year exit from LSU goodbye.

This isn’t the Spring Game.

This is our future.

This legislative session holds

a lot of stock. The fate of our land grant university is about to be determined.

Whether we will be spared from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s crippling budget cuts or allow the door to shut as we go home is a fight University students are seemingly unwilling to take up.

For all students who have the audacity to cry “Love Purple, Live Gold,” yet do not show up to protest when we need it most, shame on you. And, yes, we’ve heard the excuses.

“We’re just students. Legislators won’t listen to us.”

How can we know if we don’t try? LSU President F. King Alexander’s frequently quoted battle cry throughout this funding debacle has been “Be annoying,” relentlessly encouraging students to contact legislators to mitigate the cuts.

This isn’t the first time we haven’t shown up.

In March, the Higher Education Forum, organized by Geaux Vote LSU, also garnered an embarrassingly slim audience. Administrators and lawmakers made themselves available to educate

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Students from across the state protest higher education budget cuts on Wednesday outside of the Capitol building. students and discuss cuts, but even then, no one seemed to care.

Letter-writing campaigns are underway. Demonstrations have been organized. But instead of a tiger’s roar, we hear crickets.

We’re not asking for school pride. You don’t have to love the football team, be a member of a student organization or send a Snapchat of Mike the Tiger on your morning stroll to class.

We simply ask you to be invested in the future of your

education, as so many of your tireless administrators, professors and instructors already are.

Alumni before us took up fights, big and small, to make this University a better place — whether it was A.P. Tureaud calling for racial integration on our campus in 1953 or the outspoken students who protested similar cuts to higher education in 2008.

They understood there was something at stake.

Do you?

Now, ethnically diverse emojis are no longer ‘exclusive’ COLLEGE CANDY JEN BLATE Columnist

New same-sex family emojis also introduced What would life be like without our emojis? I know mine would be exceptionally boring, but has it ever occurred to you that our emojis may be normalizing our bias behavior?

It didn’t cross my mind until Apple came out with the iOS 8.3 update, which added 300 new emojis.

This update, which includes a variety of ethnically diverse emojis and same-sex couples, has been long-awaited. After many people reached out on social media and signed online petitions expressing an interest for more multicultural emojis, Apple is delivering.

As someone who had been actively following the release of this update, I was very pleased to see the new emoji keyboard. And if you haven’t updated your iPhone yet, you are seriously missing out.

There are some noteworthy changes in the addition to the emojis keyboard — including faces with five different skin tones to choose from, 14 couples, 10 of which are now same samesex families with a variety of offspring, and five different skin tones for the variety of hand symbols as well.

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Apple’s iOS 8.3 update for iPhone added 300 new and racially diverse emoji.

And instead of Apple using the “white” emoji characters as the default for all emojis, they have now switched all of the faces and hand signs to the most basic, nonhuman yellow that is used for the smiley face emojis.

Apple’s emojis are based on a Unicode standard, which is necessary for them to be displayed across a variety of platforms.

Because of this, when Apple was developing new ethnically diverse emojis, it had to work closely with the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization that is devoted to developing the integration of text in all modern software products.

This process wasn’t a walk in the park for Apple, which is why it has taken a little over a year to finalize these changes in the new software update.

Some people feel these diverse emojis have made matters worse because people have recently been using the colored emojis to make pejorative statements to people of color and different sexual orientations.

I certainly disagree.

But in all honesty, I feel people will always find anything that is racially, culturally or sexually diverse politically incorrect.

Nevertheless, these diverse emojis are a step in the right direction, especially for our fu-

ture generations. For children growing up, they now don’t have to be faced with the ever so daunting question, “Why is white skin always the default?”

Now it isn’t, and props to Apple for being racially inclusive.

But the variety of hues are not the only thing Apple included in this update. They also included same-sex families with children that are not gender exclusive, as in not only male or female children.

In 2012, Apple introduced the same-sex couple emojis. But it was only a matter of time until the same-sex couples emojis included same-sex families with a

single male or female child, both a male and female child, two male or two female children.

And the sports emojis are also diversified too.

The update didn’t just cover the human diversity element with racially diverse face emojis and same-sex families, but they also have included dozens of new flags in the update as well.

There are now 285 diverse people emojis to pick from, with 14 new families, 60 updated people and 198 new flags in the update, so people have a variety of options to pick from.

But this update to the emoji keyboard isn’t just an addition with a bunch of fun new colors to pick from. White people are no longer the default, and people of color are no longer being erased from our culture — if you want to pick a “I’m getting my haircut, look how fabulous I am” emoji in a darker hue, you can.

Or if you want to use a family emoji, you now have the option to pick one with two dads or two moms because we are making this all part of the norm.

Our emoji keyboard is redefining how we express family, races and cultures on our mobile devices. And as subtle as it may seem to some, this update to our emojis has some real-world benefits.

If that isn’t revolutionary, I’m not sure what is.

Jen Blate is a 24-year-old sociology junior from Miami, Florida.

You can reach her on Twitter @Jblate_TDR.

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In 2013, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities kicked off its “Close the Innovation Deficit” campaign, a coalition of organizations dedicated to promoting increases in federal funding for research and higher education. The University is one of APLU’s 238 member institutions.

The University’s main sources of federal research funds include agencies such as the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, National Institute of Health, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Valsaraj said.

On March 16, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, announced the American Innovation Act, a bill geared toward increasing investments in federal science agencies and programs.

The bill aims to provide a steady stream of increasing funds for basic scientific research over the next decade by maintaining 5 percent annual budget increases for the bill’s five designated federal research agencies: the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Defense Science and Technology Programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science Directorate.

Valsaraj said many of the recent projects that have received federal funds focus on significant research ventures, such as finding a specific cure or developing sources of renewable energy.

“They’re all centered around some very important, what I would say, most pressing problems,” Valsaraj said.

In fall 2009, the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling project, led by University associate biology professor Brent Christner, received almost $381,000 from the National Science Foundation. However, Christner didn’t do it alone.

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The WISSARD project consists of a team of researchers from institutions across the globe including the University of Venice in Italy, Montana State University, Northern Illinois University and Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Christners’ team of experts focus on subjects ranging from microbiology and biogeochemistry to sedimentology and climate change.

In August 2014, the group published a paper in the scientific journal Nature documenting its discovery of microbial life 800 meters beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, which could provide insight into the possibility of life in other harsh environments, such as those on other planets. In a previous report by The Daily Reveille, College of Science Dean Cynthia Peterson said the potential budget cuts facing higher education could bring University hiring to a halt, which would have a negative impact on the University’s research productivity.

However, to maintain its income of federal research money, the University must retain its faculty researchers, as well as continue to recruit.

In a previous report by The Daily Reveille, College of Science Dean Cynthia Peterson said the potential budget cuts facing higher education could bring University hiring to a halt, which would have a negative impact on the University’s research productivity.

“LSU is a research university,” Peterson said. “A big part of our mission is research and that certainly is at risk if we have to take some draconian cuts that are projected. In order to bring in research dollars, we have to have faculty on the payroll doing the research and writing the grants.”

The Daily Reveille BALLET, from page 1 is a fusion of classical ballet and contemporary and modern dance.

DeLeo has been dancing since she was 3 years old at Dancers’ Workshop, the official studio of the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre.

The Baton Rouge native joined the Company in 8th grade and starred as Marzipan in a performance of “The Nutcracker.”

Though she has been part of the Company for almost six years, it’s still a juggling act balancing her dance career and academics.

“It’s a lot of work. You really have to manage your time well.

There’s no time for goofing off or anything. It does sometimes limit your social life a little bit ... but I consider it like another job,” DeLeo said. “You’ve got school. You’ve got an actual job, and then dance takes up about the same amount of time. It’s pretty involved.”

DeLeo said her love of dance sparked an interest in the human body, and she chose biochemistry as her major. She said she may pursue medicine or physical therapy.

Though she gets paid a small amount as a professional dancer in the Company, she doesn’t want dance to be a full-time career.

Still, DeLeo is in the Company because dance is what she loves to do.

“It’s not like I’m in it for the money. Our company and our studio has trained dancers who go on to be professional ballet dancers.

So, it’s really an excellent school and everything,” DeLeo said. “But you do it because you love it, and you have a passion for it.”

Development and communications director for the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre Christy Benoit said the theater has seen many of its dancers find success in performing, but others choose different paths.

An alumna of the Company, Helen Daigle dances for the Lou-

page 19 isville Ballet. She is returning as a guest artist for “Beyond Ballet” along with Brandon Ragland.

“Some of our dancers have gone on to professional careers.

Some of them have gone on to major in dance at different universities,” Benoit said. “Then, some of them continue to love dance all their lives. But they go on, and they become engineers or scientists.”

DeLeo said dancing teaches her self-discipline and time management — two skills that help her in her classes.

Dancing also keeps her in tip-top shape.

“It’s an art form, and it’s also a sport. So, it’s like two-in-one. It’s really athletic, it’s really intense.

I don’t need to go exercise at the UREC or anything. I’m dancing three hours a night,” DeLeo said.

DeLeo said members of the Company must attend dance class at least five times a week. When a performance is approaching, rehearsals are every day for a couple weeks, usually for three hours a day leading up to the big night.

Though her schedule is

rigorous and the skill required for dance is technical, DeLeo doesn’t forget what dance really is — an art.

DeLeo said dancing goes beyond moving. A dancer must have passion.

“It’s more than just movement, positions. It’s self-expression. You really have to put more into it than just exercising,” DeLeo said. “It’s performance art.”

Benoit said dancing prepares members of the Company for any career they choose, even if it isn’t dance.

The amount of time and energy demanded by membership in the Company teaches the dancers the importance of hard work.

“I think dancing is really great preparation for really whatever you want to do. I think even our dancers who go on to major in things other than dance ... learn a really serious work ethic from dance,” Benoit said. “Discipline, dedication to detail. These dancers are so dedicated. They’re here at rehearsals and in class six days a week sometimes. They learn a lot of teamwork.”

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