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Coroner confirms LSU students died of accidental drowning

BY FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ news@lsureveille.com East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark gave a preliminary cause of death of accidental drowning for the two University graduate students who were found in a pool near Tigerland early Sunday morning.

The students were 25-year-old Anton Joe and 28-year-old Ishita Maity. In the LSU Directory, both students were listed as graduate assistants in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy chair Michael Cherry expressed his grief in a news release.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the unfortunate and tragic accident involving Anton and Ishita,” Cherry stated in the release.

Toxicology samples were taken, but results will not be available for three weeks, Clark said.

LGBT

Honors College completes Safe Space training for LGBT students

BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College might be best known for fostering academic excellence within its select group of students.

But these days, Honors College Dean Jonathan Earle is proud of a different kind of accomplishment, one that will make the college a safe haven for all students.

On April 20, the 13 members of the Honors College staff completed Safe Space Training through the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ LGBTQ Project and Safe Space Campaign, making it the University’s first fully safe space-trained college staff.

Safe Space Training is designed to teach people, including faculty, staff and students, the basics of understanding and interacting with the LGBT community.

“I think it sets a really good and productive precedent for other departments on campus,” said mass communication graduate student Tucker Barry, the University’s LGBTQ Project and Safe Space Campaign coordinator. “That way, you know, students that interact with all of the staff of the Honors College are going to be interacting with folks who are sort of culturally competent and are a safer space for LGBTQ students to confide in, to seek guidance from.”

Barry conducted the Honors College training.

The training is constructed to give people an opportunity to ask questions they might think are otherwise inappropriate, Barry said. It creates an environment that allows trainees to learn and grow as supporters and allies of their LGBT students without fear or hesitation.

People are often intimidated by the idea of talking about LGBT issues because they fear whether they are being “politically correct” or not, Barry said.

“People have different amounts of knowledge about things like this, so sometimes it’s great to get everybody together on a staff and kind of review what we know, and in a really safe environment, talk about things that maybe we don’t know,” Earle said.

University faculty and staff are interacting with LGBT students during a critical point in their lives when they are beginning to understand who they are, often for the first time, Barry said.

Earle said he considers it to be a difficult time for LGBT students in Louisiana. While the University is welcoming and safe, it exists

see TRAINING, page 15

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The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College staff completed the Safe Space training program as part of the Office of Multicultural Affair’s LGBTQ Project.

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CHERUB to perform at Varsity Theatre tonight Tennessee electronic-indie music duo CHERUB will return to Baton Rouge tonight when they perform at the Varsity Theatre.

Jordan Kelly and Jason Huber came together while studying music promotion in college.

Since beginning five years ago, CHERUB has gained a heavy underground following.

In February 2014, the duo released its most popular song “Doses and Mimo-

sas.” In May of the same year, CHERUB released its debut album, “Year of the Caprese.”

Touring heavily, CHERUB still finds time to create new music that is often incorporated into its sets.

Doors for CHERUB’s show open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. It is only available for those ages 18 and up. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased at The Chimes Restaurant or over the

Women’s golf earns No. 2 seed in Regional Tourney The No. 7 LSU women’s golf team will travel to Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the No. 2 seed for its 2015 NCAA Division I Regional Tournament on May 7-9.

The Lady Tigers will face a field of 18 teams, including four Southeastern Conference opponents — No. 1 South Carolina, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 5 Florida and No. 8 Alabama.

Six teams will advance from all four regional sites, which will be hosted by North

Carolina State, Notre Dame, San Antonio and BYU. The regional tournament will serve as a prerequisite for the national championship on May 22.

“I like [the selection],” Bahnsen said. “I don’t really know that golf course. This is the first time they have sent us east in a really long time. The field is strong, but any regional you go to is going to have a great field. It’s not like we could control the selection, we were just curious, but I think [the team] is happy with it.”

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Severe weather pummels through Baton Rouge, LSU classes canceled STAFF REPORTS news@lsureveille.com In a week often plagued by prefinals gloom, University students received a windy Monday morning wake-up when severe weather barreled through Baton Rouge.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for East Baton Rouge Parish on Monday morning until 10 a.m. The University canceled classes for the rest of the day soon after.

Facility Services Assistant Director Tammy Millican said Facility Services crews are responding to a series of work orders placed by faculty, staff and students located throughout campus regarding leaks and flooding in buildings, as well as assessing the storm’s damage.

“The issue is that when rain comes that hard and that fast, you are going to have that type of issue, so that’s not something that’s unexpected, so we’re just responding to that and getting that water out of the building and protecting the contents of the building,” Millican said.

Besides a power outage at a University warehouse on River Road, Millican said she was not aware of any other campus power outages.

“We don’t have a complete picture yet of the damage from

the storm, but that’s what we’re ground before removing the out there working on,” Millican water.

As the worst of the storm hit, said. “We’re responding to calls from our students, faculty and LSU Tiger Trails confirmed buses remained at a standstill because staff.”

During the storm, wind caused of flooding. The University sent an emergency power lines to fall text shortly after, as debris cluttered roadways near ‘We don’t have a complete warning that roadcampus. A tree hit picture yet of the damage ways were flooded the ground near from the storm, but that’s and not passable as wind speeds the French House. what we’re out there remained high.

Kinesiolworking on.’ ogy senior Robert Meanwhile, Schneider said he other buildings on TAMMY MILLICAN, was in the basecampus continued ment of Lockett facility services assistant director to flood, including Hall when the Dodson Hall and storm hit. the Music and Dra“Some guy comes into our matic Arts Building, where sturoom and he’s like ‘They think dents were evacuated to the basethere might be a tornado outside. ment. In the Journalism Building, We’re about to send some people students huddled in the Holliday into this room.’ That’s when ev- Forum. erybody started freaking out,” “This is intense,” said mass Schneider said. communication freshman DaEven though there was a “black vid Wroten. “No one knew it was wall of rain” outside the building, coming.”

Students in Residential College Schneider said he still felt safe Complex South Hall gathered in sheltered in Lockett’s basement.

For students entering Lock- the hallways, away from the winett after the worst of the storm dows, around 10:20 a.m. but were passed, it was useless to wipe their allowed to return to their rooms feet because doing so sent ripples shortly after. of water into the stream flooding LSU Dining shut down all dining operations except the The 5 the hallway.

Facility Services crews Dining Hall and the 459 Comworked to move equipment mons, according to its Twitter within Lockett Hall to higher account.

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Sports facilities suffer damage from thunderstorms

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It may never rain in Tiger Stadium, but that doesn’t mean Alex Box Stadium is spared.

Severe thunderstorms struck Baton Rouge on Monday, and Alex Box Stadium suffered its fair share of damage. Both foul poles down the left field and right field lines toppled during the storm, which also damaged the fence above the right field bleachers.

But LSU coach Paul Mainieri confirmed Monday afternoon the Tigers will play Alcorn State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. as scheduled. The game will be played with temporary foul poles after damage to Alex Box Stadium knocked the two down.

“We’re actually going to play with modified foul poles,” Mainieri said. “They’re going to rig something up where maybe we get a little 20 foot extension. Something temporary. By the time we play Missouri in almost two weeks, then they’ll have the foul poles up again. For tomorrow night we’ll get by with something more modified.”

Alex Box Stadium wasn’t the only LSU sports facility affected by the weather.

The Bernie Moore Track

Stadium, particularly the throwing circle, sustained damage from the heavy thunderstorms.

Associate Sports Information Director Will Stafford told The Daily Reveille via text message Monday the throwing circle is currently “unusable” but will be ready for the LSU track and field teams’ next home meet.

The Tigers and Lady Tigers will host the LSU Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Members of LSU Athletics Facilities attempt to pick up the fallen left-field foul pole at Alex Box Stadium on Monday after a severe thunderstorm passed through Baton Rouge.

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Kids' Orchestra Neighborhood Showcase Series - Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School Dance Class - Gus Young Park

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WBA School of Planning & Event Institute - Old Governor's Mansion Happy's Running Club Weekly Run - Downtown Baton Rouge Basic Beading 101 - Cajun Bead Crafts

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Water collects in Atkinson Hall on Monday after a severe thunderstorm passed through Baton Rouge.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

ExxonMobil Collection chronicles influence on the state

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Approximately 70 years of Exxon’s past and present now rest in cardboard boxes in Hill Memorial Library.

The library’s newest special collection includes archives chronicling the formation of Shreveport’s Standard Oil plant in the ‘20s and its impact on Louisiana. The archives range from 1924 to 1999.

Hill Memorial received the collection in 2009 from ExxonMobil’s public relations department, which donated it to the University on the hundred-year anniversary of the Shreveport plant’s opening in 1909.

LSU Libraries’ Photographic Processing Archivist Mark E. Martin and Curator of Manuscripts Tara Laver worked together to organize all the provided materials. After six years of curation, the stack is complete.

Martin said the company changed the business landscape of the state.

“Exxon is such a part of the history and development of Baton Rouge and the nation that it’s really important to be able to show that component of history,” Martin said.

Standard Oil made its way to Louisiana’s capital during the Roaring Twenties. Since then, Martin and Laver said the corporation drastically changed the state’s economic and political climate. As a surrounding city, Baton Rouge benefited from the plant, as well.

Martin said prior to Standard Oil, Baton Rouge did not have significant manufacturing, economic growth or development. The population leveled out to a steady 5,000 people following the end of the Civil War, he said.

He said Standard Oil created a number of new jobs and a stable industrial basis for the economy when they built a refinery.

“They brought in people from all over the country and around the world,” Martin said. “They caused a growth in housing.”

While the economic expansion contributed to the state’s reputation, a streetcar system also expanded the community and transported workers to the plant. Laver said the system’s effects added to the sense of community within Standard Oil. “They did a lot of recreational activities together …

and they would have a lot of events for employees,” Laver said.

She said community activities included Standard Oil baseball, bowling, shooting and swimming teams.

The corporation also held an annual “Miss Esso” pageant in the ‘50s. “Esso” is the phonetic version of Standard Oil’s initials, S.O. Martin said the refinery forced the city to make strides toward the 21st century.

“They introduced basically a number of foreign ideas to Louisiana ­ — things like having a black and white workforce working together, and health care — they had a clinic for the employees on the work site,” he said.

Historical anecdotes are captured in still photographs, newsletters, posters and advertisements.

The images show the transition of Standard Oil to Exxon in 1972 and beyond.

Martin said viewers can see the changes made over time through a series of photographs. There are aerial images in the collection showing the plants and surrounding cities, he said.

Laver said students can come to the reading room in

courtesy of Curator of Manuscripts for LSU Libraries Tara Laver

The special collection donated by ExxonMobil in 2009 includes historical anecdotes captured in still photographs, newsletters, posters and advertisements from 1972 and beyond.

Hill Memorial Library if they want to research the collection or just learn more about the history.

Martin said the materials in the stack would be ideal for research because they are a genuine representation of the

time period. Because the photographs are reasonably unfiltered, he said they offer an accurate portrait of the era.

“You get a firsthand experience with primary material, and you can draw your own conclusions,” he said.

STATE

Education Committee approves several higher ed. bills

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com

After the Senate Committee on Education’s deliberations last week, several major higher education bills were approved and will be considered by the entire Senate later in the session.

Senate Bill 155 by Sen. Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, is one of several bills to give higher education boards the authority to set tuition and fees for the institutions under them.

This bill cannot proceed without the passage of Senate Bill 48, Donahue said during the April 22 meeting.

Senate Bill 48, also by Donahue, would establish a base amount for the TOPS program. The measure would ensure that each student receives the same amount each year, protecting them from losing scholarship money.

TOPS cost the state around $104 million in 2001, and the state will pay out about $250 million this year. This isn’t his first go around with this idea, however. Donahue said he introduced a bill last year to cap TOPS, but the bill was defeated on the Senate floor by three votes.

“There is an obvious need for the cost control in TOPS based on the growth curves we’ve seen,” Donahue said in his presentation to the

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Members of the public await their turn to speak to the House Appropriations Committee about their budget requests for next year on April 14 in Baton Rouge. committee. “This bill sets a baseline, not a cap. It ensures the viability of TOPS in the future.”

Board of Regents Chairman Roy O. Martin III sat with Donahue as he presented his bill to the committee.

Donahue said Louisiana is one of three states where the legislature controls public

higher education tuition. Of the three, Louisiana is the only one requiring a two-thirds majority. He said approximately half the states have governing boards with the power to change tuition.

“I’m sure each of us know the governing boards and the universities in our area are made up of top-quality

people,” Donahue said. “They understand the university they represent. They understand the kids they’re trying to educate. I think that I trust them to legislate in matters of tuition.”

Student Government President Andrew Mahtook supported the bill in front of the committee. Mahtook gave

three reasons the management boards should handle tuition.

Mahtook said since the boards are closer to students, have a student representative, and have less topics on their plates, they should be trusted with tuition authority.

“This is a group that lives and breathes with education,” Mahtook said. “The policy they are concerned about is education. They know the ebbs and flows of LSU.” Senator J.P. Morrell, DNew Orleans, presented Senate Resolution 11 and Senate Bill 255 as part of sexual assault package. SR 11 would establish a task force to study sexual assault on college campuses. SB 255 requires postsecondary institutions to administer a sexual climate survey to its students, faculty and employees.

The package does not deal with any disciplinary actions for campus sexual assault because it’s such a complicated issue.

“What I seek to do this year is to take that working group, add membership from the various systems, and work on the disciplinary piece over the next year,” Morrell said.

“There are many universities across the country dealing with this, and it’ll help to have some time in deliberation on that issue.”

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BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Mainieri, players react to stadium damage

BY JAMES BEWERS jbewers@lsureveille.com

photos by CHARLES CHAMPAGNE / The Daily Reveille

[Left] LSU junior outfielder Andrew Stevenson (8) catches the ball during the Tigers’ 6-0 victory against Tulane at Alex Box Stadium on April 21.

[Right] LSU junior outfielder Mark Laird (9) looks on during the Tigers’ 4-3 win against Texas A&M at Alex Box Stadium on April 23.

Laird, Stevenson spotless in dominant Tigers outfield

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 1 LSU baseball team’s outfield is almost perfect.

The Tigers’ (37-7, 14-6 Southeastern Conference) unit has been a topic of discussion for the past few years. Junior outfielders Mark Laird and Andrew Stevenson have seen and heard all of the hype by now, but it hasn’t slowed either of them down.

Laird and Stevenson have had another dominating season guarding the fences of Alex Box Stadium, combining for no errors on the season in the Tigers’ 44 games played. Laird and Stevenson have been on the field together for 41 of those games.

While primarily known for their playmaking ability, their efficiency as defenders has gone relatively unnoticed. Laird has never committed an error in his time with the Tigers, while Stevenson has committed only

three in his three seasons.

Their sure-handedness in the gaps has made it nearly impossible for hitters to stretch a double in the right-center field gap, and their skills have only grown.

“It was clear from the start that Andrew Stevenson could run balls down in the outfield as good as anybody I’ve ever known. His hitting needed a lot of work,” said coach Paul Mainieri. “Mark Laird had tremendous hand-eye coordination and a very consistent swing, but I don’t think many balls were hit 350-400 feet at Ouachita Christian High School, so he wasn’t really challenged defensively the way Stevenson probably was.

“To see the way both of them have improved during their time here has been very rewarding for me as a coach because I do believe they’re still great athletes, but they’ve become much more polished baseball players during their time here.”

Laird and Stevenson are no strangers to each other.

They both arrived at LSU in the same year and have since

see OUTFIELD, page 8

While Monday’s severe thunderstorm didn’t ravage Alex Box Stadium, it made its presence felt inside the ballpark on Nicholson Drive.

At the very least, the storm put into question whether the LSU baseball team would play its scheduled home game against Alcorn State at 6:30 p.m. tonight.

But LSU coach Paul Mainieri had something else in the works before the storm rolled through and dislodged both the right and left field foul poles from their bases.

“One second, I’m talking to the coach from Alcorn State to see if he wants to play a doubleheader tomorrow, and the next minute, I’m standing out there at the doors by the Champion’s Club, watching a storm like you rarely get to see,” Mainieri said.

“Then I came out here, and I said, ‘Something looks different about the field.’ Then I said, ‘Where did our foul poles go?’”

STORM HITS MULTIPLE PARTS OF STADIUM The stiff wind gusts didn’t just knock down the foul poles, but also undid the black screen above center field wall, tore the tarp that lies over the infield, bent the fencing around the Diamond Deck in right field and blew off the advertisements above both outfield bleachers.

While Mainieri’s intention to play a doubleheader was

see STADIUM DAMAGE, page 8

SOFTBALL

Tigers enjoy dominant, historic season in Tiger Park

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com It’s the Eye of the Tiger painted in center field.

It’s senior center fielder A.J. Andrews’ voice echoing through the stadium as she delivers her pre-game speech in the intro video.

It’s LSU power-hitting duo sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish and junior shortstop Bianka Bell setting yet another home run record with a long ball to the berm.

These traditions are just a part of the legend the No. 3 LSU softball team has built within the confines of Tiger Park in

its historic 2015 season. But for the Tigers, the most important tradition comes postgame when they head to outfield fence to sign autographs.

“I could not ask for a better fan base from any school that I would’ve picked in the country,” said junior catcher Kellsi Kloss.

“Seeing so many fans every single day, whether it’s a weekend or a midweek or whether we’re playing Alabama or McNeese State, it’s amazing.”

From the best start in school history to the countless individual records set at home this season, LSU dominated in Tiger Park behind the energy of the Tiger faithful, posting a

30-1 record.

The Tigers have outscored their opponents 228-41 at home, including 12 of their 16 wins by mercy-rule.

Bell and Jaquish have rewritten LSU’s home run records at Tiger Park this season.

In Game 2 against Arkansas on March 7, Bell broke the Tigers’ career home run record.

Jaquish set the program singleseason RBI record at 64 against then-No. 24 Texas A&M on April 20.

While the Tigers’ lineup lit up the scoreboard, LSU’s pitching has allowed only 10 homers

see SOFTBALL TEAM, page 8

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LSU sophomore outfielder Bailey Landry (26) rounds first base during the Tigers’ 5-2 loss against Texas A&M at TIger Park on April 20.

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BASEBALL

LSU braces for final leg of tightly contested SEC race Tigers currently hold SEC West lead

REMAINING SEC OPPONENTS

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said it before his club began a three-game showdown against then-No. 2 Texas A&M, and he said it after the No. 1 Tigers clinched the series.

No matter what LSU (377, 14-6 Southeastern Conference) did in a heavyweight fight against the Aggies last weekend, the Tigers still had a long way to go in the SEC race.

“Whether we had won all three, whether we had won two out of three, whether we had lost two of three or whether we had gotten swept, there are still three weekends to go in this league,” Mainieri said. “That means nine tough games.”

By losing the series finale to Texas A&M, LSU dropped a half game behind No. 6 Vanderbilt (33-12, 15-6 SEC) for first place in the SEC with nine conference games to go.

The Tigers haven’t won the SEC regular season title since 2012, a drought junior shortstop Alex Bregman would like to see end.

“We want to win the league,” Bregman said. “But we’re in a good spot. We know we have our work cut out for us the next couple of weeks.”

The Tigers’ three remaining SEC opponents — Mississippi State, No. 20 Missouri and South Carolina, respectively, have gone a combined 28-35

4/30 - 5/2 Mississippi State 23-21, 7-14 SEC

5/8 - 5/10 Missouri

26-18, 12-9 SEC

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LSU sophomore pitcher Collin Strall winds up for the pitch on April 23 during the Tigers’ 4-3 win against the Aggies at Alex Box Stadium. in conference play, and two of the three have sub-.500 records (South Carolina and Mississippi State).

However, all three clubs have won at least one top-25 series this season, meaning LSU can’t afford any slippage if it hopes to bring home its third SEC regular season crown since Mainieri arrived in 2007.

SOUTH CAROLINA (26-19, 9-12 SEC) South Carolina, which spent time as a top-10 club this season, is perhaps the most puzzling team of LSU’s three remaining SEC opponents.

The Gamecocks swept Kentucky in their SEC-opening series and reached the No. 6 spot in Baseball America’s

rankings March 16. But South Carolina plummeted after that, losing four consecutive series before ultimately falling out of the poll.

The struggling Gamecocks bounced back from a sweep against No. 10 Florida by stealing two games against thenNo. 4 Vanderbilt but quickly returned to their prior form, losing two of three to an 18-21 Tennessee club last weekend.

South Carolina is the SEC’s worst-hitting team, batting .254 on the season. But the Gamecocks have one of the league’s top offensive threats in senior outfielder Elliott Caldwell, who is among the SEC leaders in batting average (No. 11 at .353) and on-base percentage (No. 6 at .451).

South Carolina

26-19, 9-12 SEC

MISSISSIPPI STATE (23-21, 7-14 SEC) Like the Gamecocks, Mississippi State — LSU’s next SEC opponent beginning Thursday — has also been ranked in the top 10, surging to a No. 9 ranking on March 2 after a smoking 13-0 start to the season.

However, the Bulldogs have cooled off since, going 10-21 in their last 31 games and dropping out of Baseball America’s polls on March 23 after a series loss to Kentucky.

Pitching woes have plagued Mississippi State this season.

The Bulldogs rank in the bottom five in the SEC in ERA (4.06), opponents’ batting average (.258), strikeouts (329) and hits allowed (379).

Mississippi State’s three weekend starters — senior Lucas Laster, junior Preston Brown and sophomore Austin Sexton — are a combined 1312 in 31 starts this season, and all three rank outside the SEC’s top 14 in ERA. The Tigers swept the Bulldogs in Baton Rouge last season, including a 17-4 rout in the series finale. LSU could be in for another high-scoring night against Mississippi State, which has given up at least eight runs in seven SEC games this season, going winless in those outings.

MISSOURI (26-18, 12-9 SEC) Missouri never reached top-10 status like Mississippi State and South Carolina this season, and the SEC East Tigers won’t get there anytime soon after a winless week.

After holding the No. 14 spot for back-to-back weeks, Missouri fell to No. 20 after going 0-4 last week with a loss to No. 14 Missouri State and a threegame sweep against the Commodores.

Vanderbilt outscored Missouri, 26-6, last weekend and held Missouri to two runs in each of the three games.

Against the Commodores’ deep pitching staff — which holds opponents to an SEC-low .212 batting average — Missouri went a woeful .222 (22for-99) at the plate en route to being swept for the second time this season.

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No. 1 Tigers ride momentum into Alcorn State matchup

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 1 LSU baseball team hopes to take its momentum from a series win against No. 3 Texas A&M when it takes on Alcorn State tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium.

The Tigers (37-7, 14-6 Southeastern Conference) used plenty of late-game dramatics to defeat the then-No. 2 Aggies on back-toback nights to secure the series and put the Tigers alone atop the SEC West standings.

“Two out of three ain’t bad.

But when you win the first two, you get a little bit greedy,” said coach Paul Mainieri. “I can’t say you’re satisfied completely, but you’re proud of what your team did this weekend.”

LSU racked up 35 hits during the weekend series, keeping its SEC leading offense rolling further into the race for the regularseason title. The Tigers continue to lead the SEC with a .320 batting average and a .476 slugging percentage.

After the weekend, the Tigers took a commanding lead in the

hits category (520) as well as the league lead in doubles with 98.

Junior shortstop Alex Bregman helps set the pace for the attackhappy squad with a team-high 15 doubles to go along with a .335 batting average.

Of the nine routine starters in the LSU lineup, only one player contains a batting average under .300. Senior second baseman Jared Foster currently holds a .296 batting but makes up for it with eight home runs, which is tied with Bregman for most on the team.

Senior Kade Scivicque continues to lead the pack with a .380 batting average to go along with 13 doubles, five home runs, 32 RBIs, a .567 slugging percentage and a .415 on-base percentage.

The Tigers’ potent attack should play into the hands of Alcorn State’s (11-36) shaky pitching staff. The Braves currently hold the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s second-worst team ERA at 8.86 and are last in fielding percentage at .931. Alcorn State allows a .334 batting average to opponents.

The Braves surrendered 420

runs this season, while 337 of those runs being earned and allowing 101 doubles, giving a double-heavy Tigers lineup the potential to put up big numbers in the midweek matchup.

“We just have to come out and grind out at bats,” said junior first baseman Chris Chinea. “We have to get good pitches to hit, and it’s the same thing — hit the baseball no matter how hard it’s coming.”

With LSU winning 14 of its last 16 games and seven of its last eight, the streaking Tigers hope to continue their winning ways heading into an eventual meeting with Mississippi State beginning Thursday.

Senior third baseman Conner Hale said it’s important to take each game with the same intensity as the last.

“We just have to take it one game at a time,” Hale said. “We have to come out and play our best game.”

As a result of heavy storms throughout the Baton Rouge area Monday, the foul poles were knocked down leaving the Box without any when they take the

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LSU senior outfielder Jared Foster rounds third base on April 23 during the Tigers’ 4-3 win against the Aggies at Alex Box Stadium. field tonight. But Mainieri said the team will play with makeshift poles until it can get them fixed within the coming weeks.

“We’re actually going to play with modified foul poles,” Mainieri said. “They’re going to rig something up where maybe we

get a little 20 foot extension.

Something temporary. By the time we play Missouri in almost two weeks, then they’ll have the foul poles up again. ” You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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National League needs to implement designated hitter Pitchers risk injury with at-bats

LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist There’s a reason fewer people are watching Major League Baseball — the league is stuck in its ways.

Just look at how the league handled instant replay.

The first time umpires used it was in a 1999 regular season game between the Cardinals and Marlins. Florida’s Cliff Floyd hit what appeared to be a home run off the top of the wall, but the umpires ruled it a double. After deliberating, they changed the call to a home run but then changed it back to a double after one of the umpires saw a television replay.

In typical MLB style, the National League decided the umpires made an error in looking at video replay.

You’re probably thinking that because the umpires made the right call, the league decided to implement instant replay following the incident, right? Wrong, you fool. It took nine more years for the league to add instant replay reviews of

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[Left] New York Mets’ Bartolo Colon bunts during the third inning of a game against the Miami Marlins on April 17 in New York. [Right] St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (50) is helped off the field after getting injured while batting during the fourth inning of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday in Milwaukee. just home runs.

With the MLB being this stubborn about something as basic as replay, it should come as no surprise that the NL is still clinging to it’s rule against designated hitters.

I know it’s tradition. Growing up a Cubs fan, I have

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watched non-DH baseball in the MLB my whole life because they used to only play a handful of games in American League ballparks. I was just as snobby as the NL with my opinion of the DH. If you didn’t field, I didn’t think you were a baseball player.

But since the league moved the Astros out of the NL Central and into the AL West and every team began playing more interleague games, I’ve grown to enjoy the AL’s style.

In a world where offense is king and people want to see more runs, pitchers have no business ever stepping into a batter’s box. Some players, like the Cubs’ Travis Wood or the Yankees’ CC Sabathia, can really hit the ball — or at least have in the past — but not to the level of an everyday Major League hitter.

Pitchers batted .122 last

season. That’s laughable. If any regular hitter produced that low of a clip, he’d be on his way back to the farm system instead of picking up a bat every fifth day.

I even see the joy in watching pitchers try to hit. It’s like when Will Ferrell played in spring training. You watch, hoping for a bat to go flying, a twirl or two in the box or Bartolo Colon to have to run. Colon moving his feet is alone worth the price of admission to any MLB game.

But as Nationals’ ace Max Scherzer told reporters this weekend, “Who’d people rather see hit: [David Ortiz] or me?”

Call me crazy, but I’ll take the designated hitter with 470 career home runs over the pitcher.

The biggest blow to the traditionalist argument occurred Saturday when Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright suffered a

season-ending Achilles injury while trying to jog to first base on a pop-up on Saturday.

Losing its star pitcher should be a devastating blow to the NL Central leader. It could end the Cardinals’ chances of reaching the postseason, but they’ll somehow acquire a top pitcher for a bucket of rain water from yesterday’s storm because they’re still the Cardinals. But at the end of the day, St. Louis shouldn’t have to try to replace Wainwright.

Logistically, pitchers have no reason to hit, even if it is funny.

It’s time for the MLB to throw tradition to the wind, catch up with the times and get the DH in both leagues.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.

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good sign, but I haven’t heard any too big of damage.”

to make up the third game of the Georgia series, which was LATZ HOPEFUL TO RETURN TO MOUND scheduled on April 19, he imFreshman pitcher Jake Latz mediately scrapped the plan was a key piece to the baseball after assessing the damage. program’s No. 1 recruiting “I had to defer to our ad- class in 2014, with a chance to ministration as to whether or be a starter in 2015. not we’d even be allowed to Now, he’s just trying to fit play,” Mainieri said. “Anyway, into any role the Tigers need the decision was just made in their chase for a national that they’re going to have to championship. really hustle and The lefty has do some cleanup ‘Then I came out here, and missed the enwork. The idea I said, “Something looks tire year due to of playing two reaction different about the field.” ainstress games tomorrow, his throwing Then I said, “Where did elbow, but things we had to trash our foul poles go?”’ that idea.” are finally startWith the extra ing to turn in the PAUL MAINIERI, game, Mainieri rookies’ favor. In LSU baseball coach would have given fact, after a bulljunior pitcher pen tomorrow, Hunter Devall a start before Mainieri is hopeful Latz could the regular season ended, but see action by the May 12 midhe said he doesn’t believe it week game against the Univerwill be possible with travel sity of New Orleans. restrictions and final exams “The last 10 days to two approaching. weeks have been really posiAlthough the adjustments tive for Jake,” Mainieri said. “A to the stadium shouldn’t have couple of weeks ago, I wouldn’t an effect on the game tonight, have given a 10 percent chance players were just as surprised that we’d see him this year. by the storm’s damage as But the last two weeks, it’s Manieri was. been improving. His arm feels “I knew there was going to great. His throwing motion is be some trouble around, but stronger. His arm action is getI didn’t know the foul poles ting better.” would go missing,” said second While Latz hasn’t played baseman Jared Foster. this season, he’s optimistic he With a threat of a tornado could possibly fill a bullpen in the area, senior pitcher role down the stretch.

Kyle Bouman, who will start “I haven’t pitched in a tonight, said Monday’s events while,” Latz said. “It was an reminded him of weather he injury that was tough to figexperienced in his hometown ure out at first. Coming back, of Ferguson, Missouri, where you just feel a little discomfort he’s seen at least two tornadoes here and there, and you don’t in the last decade. know if it’s soreness or pain.

“That was crazy, getting So, it has been making sure those alerts” Bouman said. “I you’re doing the right things. felt like I was back home, see- I finally got to that point now, ing the tornado warnings. I and I’m taking big strides right thought it was a joke at first, now.” but I took a step outside. Hopefully, everyone is safe. Seeing You can reach James Bewers on a lot of the damage, it’s not a Twitter @JamesBewers_TDR. said the fans and the atmosphere have reached an entirely at home and recorded a 1.20 new level this season.

ERA. As LSU prepares for its last Freshman pitcher Carley regular season conference seHoover, a transfer from Stan- ries this weekend against Auford, said she relishes every op- burn, the seniors and company portunity to step in the dugout say they hope to fulfill the skyor into the circle at Tiger Park. high expectations of the Tiger In her freshfaithful. man campaign, “The at‘The atmosphere is intense Hoover has mosphere is this year. Everyone believes eight wins and intense this that we can make it to has a 0.83 ERA year,” Anthe World Series this year. drews said. at home this seaEveryone is telling us that they “ E v e r y o n e son. are buying their tickets for b e l i e v e s “Stanford was like anthe World Series, and they’re that we can other field,” make it to going to see us there.’

Hoover said. the World “Tiger Park is Series this A.J. ANDREWS, a stadium. The year. EveryLSU senior center fielder nicest stadium one is telling in America. us that they Just to be able to practice here are buying their tickets for the every day, we don’t just play World Series, and they’re gogames here. We get to practice ing to see us there...The fans here. Empty or not, it’s still a are just so excited, and they’re beautiful place, and we’re very so hyped every single game, so blessed to be able to work here.” ready for us to beat everybody.

Although Andrews and se- It’s only adds to our fire.” nior designated player Kailey McCasland recorded 99 career You can reach Morgan Prewitt wins in Tiger Park, the pair on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

SOFTBALL TEAM, from page 5

OUTFIELD, from page 5 developed alongside each other to become the ball-hawking duo standing today.

Laird said it makes playing right field a lot easier for him when he knows the strengths and weaknesses of who is playing in center.

“It helps to play with a guy who has been beside you for a while so you know what ball he can get to, what he can’t get to and what balls you know, ‘Okay, I know he’s not going to be there backing me up,’” Laird said. “It certainly helps knowing you have a smart and experienced defender beside you. We try to help, especially with our young bullpen going into the year. It builds confidence in them to throw strikes. That’s something we hope to do.”

While the duo can make it look easy at times, there’s plenty of hard work going into every jaw dropping play they make throughout each season.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Laird, who has 91 putouts and one assist in his 92 chances, said both him and Stevenson have learned a lot through their three years in Baton Rouge, helping them adapt to more high-stakes situations.

“We’re really experienced so we have gotten plenty of chances to run down balls, so our routes have improved. We’re getting to the ball quicker,” Laird said.

“Just practice wise, we practice hard all through the fall and the spring. We go over every play you can imagine: balls off the wall, jumping catches against the wall, trying to rob balls. It’s something we take pride in, me and Andrew both.”

Stevenson has made the most outs of the three starting outfielders with 97, including assists on three outs for a total of 100 chances. Laird praised Stevenson for being “one of the best, if not the best, center fielders” he has ever seen.

While there’s plenty of nice words to go around, there’s a

good bit of competition between the teammates, as well.

“We kind of challenge each other. When someone makes a big play we kind of want to make one too,” Laird said. “We kind of joke around with each other, but it’s something we take pride in. If he makes a big play or Jake makes a big play, then it’s like, ‘All right, when’s it coming.’

You’re just waiting for it to happen, so you don’t miss your opportunity to make one.”

With both starters sporting a 1.000 fielding percentage, their playmaking ability is invaluable for the No. 1 Tigers. The combination of speed and efficiency in the outfield has helped shut down opposing offenses this season.

“We certainly take pride in running down balls in every corner of the field. We try to not let anything drop,” Laird said.

“That’s a big part of our game and we certainly use it.”

You can reach Jack on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

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perfectly taylored

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University student and designer Peyton Simms has created an ambassador program called PTC Stylist to promote her clothing line, Perfectly Taylored Collection.

Designer Peyton Simms begins Perfectly Taylored Collection Stylist program

BY MEG RYAN mryan@lsureveille.com

The first step to starting a clothing line is designing the product. The second is getting the product on consumers.

Perfectly Taylored Collection, a T-shirt clothing line created by textiles, apparel design and merchandising junior Peyton Simms, has now expanded her product from the University campus to surrounding southern campuses through her program PTC Stylist.

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Simms created the Perfectly Taylored Collection as a line for college-aged women who wanted affordable T-shirts with cheeky sayings. When she started marketing the brand around campus and the local area, she said she was contacted by students from surrounding campuses asking for trunk shows.

This is what got the ball rolling on PTC Stylist, a program started about two months ago

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A reliable knife set is probably the most important aspect of a chef’s collection. These are usually the tools professional cooks spend the most money on, and single knives can reach hundreds of dollars in price. For a beginner’s purposes, one good chef’s knife will do. A paring and carving knife are also extremely useful, but a sharpener of some sort is absolutely necessary for maintaining any good knife.

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for which Simms selects women at nearby campuses to become “stylists” for the brand. She said they act as a representative or ambassador but with a much better title.

“To me, the word ‘ambassador’ or ‘rep’ just sounds so dull,” Simms said. “So, I wanted it to be something more fun. And they’re not just telling people

see PTC, page 11

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In any Hollywood depiction of life in a professional kitchen the large boiling pot is usually one of the first items seen in the bustling atmosphere. This is because the pot almost embodies what is to be a cook. The large boiling pot can bring pasta to a perfect texture, house a delicious jambalaya or prepare a warm soup just like grandma used to make.

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The top 4 items every college student needs in their kitchen

BY MICHAEL TARVER mtarver@lsureveille.com

PHOTOS BY RAEGAN LABAT Staff photographer

Every cook, amateur or professional, needs a few essential tools for creating any culinary masterpiece. Though these items can range drastically in price, it’s more or less financially painless to compile a fair kitchen collection kit to begin building a respectable cooking portfolio.

The spatula, though it is a simple item, performs multiple important tasks in preparing a delicious meal. It is used to stir, flip, pry and even scape delicate or tough ingredients in the saute pan. Most importantly, the spatula is an extension of the chef’s hand, so the type of spatula a cook prefers is often intensely individualized. Hard plastic, metal or wood spatulas are among the most common options, and each provide excellent assistance for different dishes.

Long before “Top Chef” or “Chopped,” chefs competed not only against each other, but against their family matriarchs and patriarchs who paved the way for their culinary career. And the ancestors of the great chefs today often used cast iron to create their perfect meals. Cast iron pans are heavy and more difficult to clean and maintain, but they are unparalleled in holding heat and being versatile in the kitchen.

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OPEN

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

FRED’S BAR General manager Jason Nay said the bar opened at noon because the weather had passed and looked like it was going to be a nice day.

There were no drink deals, he said, because the objective of the day was to offer patrons a place to hang out and eat. Nay said he had some burgers he was going to grill throughout the day for employees and their friends because many people lost power.

BAR

THE HOUSE Manager Blake Nolan said The House opened at 12:30 p.m. and planned to offer drink specials.

He said they’ve taken advantage of cancelled school days before, such as with the snow days last year.

Nolan said he expected a heavy turnout of students who wanted some relaxing time for the beginning of dead week for later in the afternoon.

After the tornado warnings and pouring rain subsided Monday, local bars opened for students seeking shelter. Fred’s Bar, The House and Bogie’s Bar all decided to take advantage of students who were now free of classes by opening early. The three bars offered no cover to any patrons who decided to come out.

BOGIE’S BAR Head bartender C.J. Burke said the bar started opening at 11:30 a.m. They hooked up generators when the power first went out, he said, but the power had returned once everything was hooked up.

Bogie’s Bar offered $3 wells and domestics to customers who came out to relax. Burke said the bar did the same thing two years ago when the University closed because of a bomb threat. He said they received a good turnout then and hoped for something similar Monday.

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Head to Head

To stream or not to stream?

No, emotional attachment lost with constant TV streaming sites.

THE STYLIN’ PEACOCK MICHAEL TARVER Entertainment Writer The nature of television is changing.

People are no longer required to spend their week in a constant state of agony wondering what will happen to their favorite TV show character.

Millions across the globe turn on their laptops, Google a movie or show they’ve been wanting to see and stream, sometimes illegally, and choose whatever type of entertainment they desire.

Instant gratification is rewarded. No work, dedication or loyalty required — just instant results.

While streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu make it convenient and cheaper to enjoy the latest TV shows and movies, they may be destroying an American cultural phenomenon.

My father was born in 1956. He often recalls watching “Bonanza” and “M*A*S*H” when he was younger, sitting in front of the tube once or twice a week to see what his favorite characters were going to do next.

He built a relationship with several TV personalities, and when the shows aired their final episodes, a small part of my dad’s social life ended. It wasn’t because he was obsessed with TV. That’s just what people did on weeknights after a long day of school or work.

Similar to the radio in the ’30s and ’40s, TV brought people together and was often a conversation point for family members of all ages.

Instead of growing up with “Bonanza,” I had “The Office.”

Every Thursday, I would turn to NBC and receive an update on Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly’s relationship status, or watch Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute tackle their next hairbrained idea.

When the final episode aired in 2013, nearly nine years had passed, and I was invested in each character’s well-being. Needless to say, the finale was an emotional roller coaster.

But part of the reason I had such an attachment to the show was that I shared it with friends and family members who sat next to me each week and experienced the same happiness and frustration I felt.

So, would I, or anyone else, have felt that same connection if I spent a week streaming the entire show in my room alone? Maybe, maybe not.

The point is that waiting week after

PTC, from page 9 about the brand, they’re wearing the brand. They’re talking about what they enjoy about the brand.”

The stylists are women from large universities with a big population to pull from and sell to. Having friends at other campuses, she got the word out that she was accepting applications and was surprised by how many responses she got.

She said she had women submit résumés and looked for

week forced a loyalty and dedication to a half-hour time slot that could have otherwise been spent watching another show. At the end of it, the unbearable anticipation created a viewing experience unlike any other.

Though Netflix original series like “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black” are great pieces of work, do they create or satisfy the same level of tension of “Breaking Bad?” Of course cable television is overpriced, and more often than not, an extreme inconvenience, but it also offers more than just too many commercials and high package prices.

It forces TV fans to once again gather around the couch with a bowl of popcorn and escape from life for an hour or so.

My advice is this: Don’t be so quick to cut traditional TV viewing methods out of your life. Though it might not be the easiest route, think about what you’re missing out on.

Even if you only use streaming services, try limiting the number of episodes of a series you watch to one or two a week.

Yes, temptation and crippling curiosity will incur, but at least a new appreciation will develop. Good TV has not ceased to exist. So please, take advantage of the time you still have left before all of TV is overrun by the Kardashian-esque reality garbage that could soon be streamed online.

Michael Tarver is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Houma, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @michael_T16.

Yes, streaming offers demand with same nostalgia as traditional TV. FERN GULLY FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ News Editor TV is my constant, especially when I stream it. I can watch whatever I want whenever I want.

Every night when I get home from work, I pet my roommate’s dog, find my comically small Apple TV remote and watch another HBO Go, Netflix or Hulu Plus show.

I know I’m blessed to have passwords to the three major streaming websites. I also have Amazon Prime, but I didn’t want to make you too jealous.

Although I have a pretty lofty and expensive DirecTV package, I almost never use it except to watch Bravo.

I love TV. It’s almost always on in my house as background noise, and while my roommates may grow tired of hearing Michelle Duggar talk to her children like a kindergarten teacher on “19 Kids and Counting,” I never do.

With streaming, I don’t have to plan my day around Sunday night’s scheduled gems such as “Mad Men,” “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

No matter what happens, I know my mission to rewatch the second season of “Weeds” on Sunday night is possible. No special broadcast, commercial or cable network schedule can stop me. If Nancy Botwin’s suburban marijuana dealings are what I want, it’s what I’ll get.

That’s the difference between me and my mother. I’m specific, demanding

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Streaming services like Netflix no longer require family and friends to spend their weekdays around the TV.

applicants who were primarily sophomores and juniors with an interest in fashion and public relations.

Currently, Simms has 11 stylists representing schools such as The University of Alabama, The University of Mississippi and Virginia Tech.

Right now, there is no stylist for the University because Simms said until she graduates, she sees no need.

The stylists’ jobs are to promote Perfectly Taylored Collection on their campuses

through handouts and social media. Simms said the women create online trunk shows through Facebook and invite their friends to use exclusive promotional codes for 10 to 15 percent off.

She said this opportunity is something she wants to act as a public relations internship for the women, especially for the ones who want experience in the fashion industry.

“It’s been a learning process for me trying to figure [it] out because I want it to be

and grossly impatient, especially when it comes to TV. Blame capitalism or being a “millennial.” I don’t care.

When my mom, Gabriela, watches a telenovela, she likes to wait all day, texting me potential plotlines in all caps as she anxiously awaits her nightly TV show. Gabriela enjoys waiting. I think it’s called patience, but I’m not sure.

I have an emotional attachment to streaming, too. I have pretty bad taste in TV, and when I stream, the shows are all mine.

I don’t have to keep up with culturally relevant programming as friends make small talk at a pregame party.

No one can make me feel bad for my bad taste, and no one needs to find out about it. With streaming, I’m under a cover of protection.

Also a literal cover. I like to snuggle when I stream.

Streaming also reintroduced me to the wonders of the early 2000s. When I received my first Hulu Plus password — thanks to my best friend’s ex-boyfriend — we binged on “The Hills,” “Laguna Beach” and “The City” together. There was no baby-T and low-rise jean filled show we missed out on, all of the headband-era Lauren Conrad golden days were ours.

Early-2000s MTV reality shows may not be considered official TV classics, but for me they are. And these valuable cultural archives wouldn’t see the light of day without streaming capability.

TV’s undeniable ability to bring people together still holds strong with streaming.

My deputy news editor Quint Forgey and I used to watch Amazon’s original series “Mozart in the Jungle” together on my laptop. In the Hodges Hall basement during our downtime making a newspaper, we’d split ear buds like 13-year-olds on a school bus and watch the campy show.

We would watch the show every night and talk about ridiculous plotlines after.

Sure, we weren’t in a living room waiting for “The Brady Bunch” wearing sweater vests and penny loafers, but the effect of watching TV together was the same.

We even doled the show out, allowing ourselves to only watch an episode a night, giving us a real old-timey feel.

So, whether you’re in the mood to binge, or watch TV like an old person, stream it.

And, whether you’re into good TV or trash like me, let’s revel in it and stream forever.

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach her on Twitter @FernandaZamudio.

worth their time,” Simms said.

“I want it to be something that they can really build their résumés [with], especially if they’re in fashion. It’s something that I would have wanted to do.”

Right now, everything involving PTC Stylist is run through Simms’ Perfectly Taylored Collection website, perfectlytayloredcollection.com “For now, we’re going to keep it on the website,” Simms said. “What I’m starting to work on is a page for them though that does have their

picture on it [and] their contact information if they’re at your school.”

For Simms, the stylist program is a marketing campaign that allows other women to get public relations and fashion industry experience. She said while it’s still too early to tell how much the program has increased brand exposure, she’s seen a spike in sales and social media.

You can reach Meg Ryan on Twitter @The_MegRyan.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to SidneyRose Reynen’s “Opinion: Current generations must accept problematic history” one reader had this to say:

While you do make the valid points that improvement is needed in the United State’s race relations and that current problems won’t fix themselves.

You can’t possibly believe that this “ancestral guilt” argument will really win anyone over. All that that method of persuasion does is either A. those that already agree with you will pander themselves with useless guilt in a masochistic display that achieves nothing, or B. it will cause resentment, which will make people stubborn and dig in their heels. Should we go back and shame the African tribes that sold their enemies to Europeans in the first place?

Or perhaps you suggest that we find the merchant families in Italy that encouraged the crusade that burned Constantinople to the ground so that they can go apologize to the descendants of its inhabitants? Heck, while we’re at it, there are probably some families whose ancestors owned factories in the North that should apologize for having some other peoples’ ancestors sucked up into some machinery. I can imagine that had some lasting repercussions on the welfare of a few families in the United States.

While as you say it is appropriate to not ignore travesties that occurred in the past; I argue that our primary lesson should not be useless guilt, but hopefully something a little more, and that our primary focus should be moving forward to fix the problems that we have before us today.

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TANKING TOPS

TOPS reform only a necessity under current revenue structure THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist Louisiana’s First Political Commandment: Taketh away TOPS and thou shalt perish.

It is Louisiana’s most valuable entitlement program, and, according to data from Louisiana Transparency and Accountability, legislators might have to sell the sacred cow to the butcher within the next few years.

TOPS is the largest source of state spending within higher education. Next year, it will likely transform from the largest source of state spending on higher education to nearly the only source.

We’ve milked the proverbial cow as much as we could under the current revenue structure. The cost of maintaining TOPS has gone from $87 million in its inaugural year, when adjusted for inflation, to more than $250 million during the 2014 fiscal year. The legislature predicts the program will reach $387 million by 2018.

If our elected officials fail to find long-term funding solutions for higher education during this legislative session, TOPS will eventually find itself under threat of severe cuts.

Even if the bill of state Sen. Jack Donahue, R-Mandeville, becomes law and caps the amount of money given to students, the program will still end up on the next governor’s dinner plate with the state constitution force feeding it down his mouth.

Louisiana’s constitution stops legislators from cutting two-thirds of the state budget, leaving higher education and health care in the sacrificial final third.

The first step in cementing long-term viability for TOPS is to clearly define the program’s goals.

The Louisiana Board of Regents lists one of the program’s goals as keeping Louisiana students in state for college.

In 1996, prior to TOPS, 87 percent of Louisiana students remained in state for college. $2.2 billion in TOPS scholarships later, the statistics haven’t changed.

To keep the highest achieving students in state and prevent a brain drain in the sportsman’s paradise, TOPS would need to match or increase the amount of any scholarship offered by

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out-of-state universities — which will never happen.

Rather than simply keeping students in state for college alone, legislators could implement policies that keep TOPS recipients in state post-graduation. They could theoretically tie scholarships to contracts that have recipients work in Louisiana for a minimum amount of time or pay a percentage of the scholarships back.

Granted, that wouldn’t account for out-of-state graduate school or law school, but it’s a possible method ensuring the completion of one of TOPS’ goals.

If the goal of TOPS is to help “children of need,” as Phyllis Taylor, the widow of the program’s founder, Patrick F. Taylor, said in an interview with The Advocate last summer, then means testing TOPS would satisfy the founder’s intentions.

The issue with means testing (determining imbursements by income) is that once the state creates incomebased scholarships, people begin to see the program as welfare, the program becomes easier to cut and in no time, TOPS is in the slaughterhouse.

The third and most realistic goal in Louisiana’s political climate is using TOPS as a college affordability program. Donahue’s bill can fulfill this goal.

Students from lower income families would suffer the most under a scholarship cap that puts the burden of increasing tuition on students rather than the state. However, the upside is that college would still be more affordable than out of state for most students,

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despite the cap.

These possible solutions in satisfying TOPS’ various goals are worthless if the state’s revenue structure remains the same.

In 2014, Louisiana gave away $1.08 billion in tax incentives to big businesses, according to The Advocate’s in-depth review of the state’s revenue system.

Wal-mart does not pay income taxes in Louisiana. The cash cow corporation also receives tax credits from the Enterprise Zone designation program and 10-year property tax exemptions in that state.

Taxpayers pay 30 percent of all local costs for movies made in Louisiana.

The state paid $35 million to help make “Green Lantern.” The taxpayers only saw $8 million after the film crashed in the box office, losing $27 million.

Ryan Reynolds’ unspectacular “Green Lantern” in 2011 received more money than UNO did in 2014.

TOPS consists of approximately 1.7 percent of the state budget, yet because of our lack of tax revenues from giant corporations and the movie industry, legislators feel the need to curb TOPS’ rising costs.

Reform the tax incentive program and amend the state constitution to unprotect certain budget dedications and legislators could save TOPS and higher education from becoming the sacrificial lamb of Louisiana politics.

Justin DiCharia is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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Lowering the U.S. drinking age would benefit society GREEN CARD APPLICANT MARKUS HÜFNER Columnist I talked a lot about the major differences between Europe and the U.S. throughout the semester. Although the cultures are similar, things like patriotism, public transportation and police brutality are aspects every foreigner has a hard time getting used to, but in the end it is the drinking age that might actually be the most frustrating.

It seems like the only reason for the high drinking age here in America is to hand out MIPs to college students. Fiji, Indonesia, Micronesia, Palau, Sri Lanka and the United States are the only countries in the world where you have to wait 21 years to drink alcohol. Lowering it to 18 would put America on a list with more modern and powerful countries such as France, Great Britain and China.

The mentality surrounding alcohol consumption differs a lot from culture to culture. That is why I do not even want to look at eastern European countries who abuse alcohol way too frequently like Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Romania, and also rank among the top five

heaviest-drinking countries in the world, according to USA Today. So let’s ignore those vodka-loving cultures and look at countries that actually are successful, while having a low drinking age instead.

Germany is one of the biggest alcohol-loving countries in Europe. In fact, the drinking age for beer and wine is 14 as long as the child has permission and is in the presence of their legal guardian. But don’t worry, you have to be 16 to buy and drink beer and wine by yourself, like it is in other European countries such as Denmark, Portugal, Switzerland and Austria.

I guess it is normal to assume that all 16-year-old Germans get hammered every weekend simply because they can, but in reality, the low drinking age results in something completely different. It has changed the view on beverages with a low alcohol content to more than a way to intoxication. Beer is almost looked at the same way as a non-alcoholic beverage and costs less than a soda some places.

You are also allowed to drink it in public whenever you want.

Society only asks to put the empty beer bottles on the side of the sidewalk, so the homeless can pick them up to recycle them. Because in Europe the government motivates you

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to recycle by giving you some of your money back, if you put recyclable bottles in a machine you find in every grocery store.

So in the end public drinking even benefits the homeless.

People also are more exposed to alcohol. Teenagers do not grow up looking forward to be as cool as college students and count down the years until they are old enough to drink.

If you force a person to wait as long as 21 years to being able to get intoxicated, the whole concept of drinking is becoming way more exciting than it really is. And when you then somehow get alcohol although you are five years below the drinking age, you are the coolest guy around because you are doing something illegal.

By the time you can legally buy beer in Germany, you have most likely already tried it. When you then have your first bad experience with alcohol, throwing up and blacking out, you most likely are not older than 16. You get to know your limits and how alcohol affects you at a very young age.

The driving age is 18. By the time you have your license, you are done with getting blackout drunk and drinking more than you know you can handle. That is a teenager-thing.

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hand, some people are not really exposed to alcohol until their freshman year of college.

They are unfamiliar with their limits and have a driver’s license. The result is more drunk driving among underaged students.

If we lower the drinking age, I expect the result to be the same as it was in Colorado once marijuana was legalized.

Everybody would abuse the new law at first and bars, clubs and restaurants would make more money. But sooner or later I would expect it to be like

Summer is finally around the corner. If you’re like me, the next two weeks will be long and painful with plenty of time to think about summer plans.

Whether you have an internship or a full-time job, everyone is going to need to earn a little cash to make it through the fun parts of summer or to save funds for the next school year.

Europe. The mentality of low percentage alcoholic beverages would change, people would be calmer with drinking and society wouldn’t make young teenagers hyped about getting old enough to drink.

So when college freshmen go out, fewer people would get carried out of bars crying and throwing up at the same time.

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

You can follow him on Twitter @MHufner_TDR.

There are several ways to make money outside your job you may not have thought about, so I’d like to share with you six summer money-making tips.

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

1. RIDESHARING

2. CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS

3. LAWN CARE

You’ve probably heard of the taxi industry-destroying apps Uber and Lyft. These apps allow normal people to become taxi drivers in their area, more formally called ridesharing. All you need is to download the app and have a four-door car to start making money.

On average, an Uber driver will receive $15.97 and Lyft drivers $11.48, according to NerdWallet.com. Of course the amount of money you can make in a night depends on the size of the city you’ll be in. Even if you are in a big city, there still might not be a market for these apps.

When I go home for the summer, I try to sort through the old possessions I have sitting around at my house. It doesn’t take much time for you to go through your closets and pick out what you no longer wear. Selling your old clothes or anything else you own will not only make you some extra cash, but also help declutter your life.

Some of you, like me, may have worked as a landscaper during high school. If you never had the pleasure of doing manual labor in 100-degree weather, it’s a great experience, and it’s also an easy job to learn.

If you have family and friends with houses, buy a lawn mower and offer to mow their lawn for them. It may sound like a cliché, but it’s a great way to pick up extra cash.

4. TUTORING

5. FREELANCING

6. SELL YOUR TALENT

During the summer, there are plenty of high school students who need help studying for the ACT or to catch up in high school. As a college student, parents will trust you to help their kids continue their education. Tutoring is a great way to help people who are in the same situation you were in a few years ago. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s profitable, too. Check local community centers like the YMCA to see if they need tutors. If you will be on campus over the summer, put flyers around campus to tutor students in college courses like calculus.

If you like to make your own work schedule or work at odd hours, you should look into doing freelance jobs. There are plenty of jobs for freelancers including writing articles, blogging, programming, photography and more. If you have a skill, there is probably a job out there for you. I have personally used the website Elance.com to do freelance work, and I suggest you go there to find a job that suits your skill set.

If you’re one of the lucky few who have a talent, you can make money off of it during the summer. If you have an artistic talent like painting, you should try selling your work. If you know how to play an instrument, there are plenty of parents looking to find something for their kids to do over the summer. Try teaching people your talent. Go on Craigslist and see if there is a market for your talent. If you are really brave, you can even try performing at local venues.

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Nepalese Student Association raises relief funds

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com As the death toll in Nepal continues to climb to more than 4,000 people Monday, one University organization is trying to localize the relief effort for the country hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday.

The Nepalese Student Association will be in Free Speech Plaza on Thursday collecting money to send to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

“These donations are going to go to the medical emergency relief account of the government of Nepal, the Prime Minister’s disaster relief fund,” said NSA President Sunil Paudel.

NSA also will host a candlelight vigil Thursday at 6 p.m. on the Parade Ground in memory of those who died.

At the time of press, at least 4,000 people had been killed, with the death toll possibly rising more once officials inspect the damage in mountain communities, according to USA Today.

The earthquake struck at noon

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within a local community where a different kind of attitude is present, such as the one represented by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent op-ed in support of House Bill 707, the Marriage and Conscience Act, he said.

If the act passes in the current Louisiana legislative session, it will give people the freedom to discriminate against the LGBT community, as long as they are acting on a religious or moral conviction regarding marriage.

This is Earle’s first year working at the University, coming from

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People gather on Monday in New York at a memorial for the victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal that hit the country on Sunday.

four years back, so my whole family is over there,” Paudel said.

Fortunately, Paudel’s family was in a different part of the country than Kathmandu, the most devastated area of the country, at the time of the quake.

With a Nepalese community in Baton Rouge of more than 200 people and 80 in the NSA, the club encourages students to remember how personal this is to some of their classmates, neighbors and friends.

“We have a diverse group of people at LSU,” Paudel said. “If something happens to other communities, we all decided to help each other in need. That makes us unique and makes us more involved.”

It is not just heritage and history Nepalese students left to come to the U.S., but family and friends as well, Paudel said.

NSA also plans on reaching out to the greater Baton Rouge community to raise more funds than they could on campus alone.

“Everyone should be concerned about what’s going on,” Paudel said.

local time Saturday about 50 miles northwest of Kathmandu, the capital city. Several aftershocks followed, including one at 6.7 magnitude according to USA Today.

Now, 29 districts in the country are designated crisis zones.

Though it may seem to some like a global disaster, members of NSA have family and friends directly affected by the earthquake and subsequent avalanche on Mount Everest.

“I just came to the U.S. like

the University of Kansas, where he said he was always surrounded by students within the LGBT community.

He said the timing of the Honors College training is crucial to reminding LGBT students they have allies throughout campus.

“No matter where you are on the political spectrum, you know, on gay marriage, or on adoptions or on trans issues, I mean, the important thing is we’re in the education business, and you can only learn if there is a climate conducive to learning,” Earle said.

To create that type of

learning environment, Earle said ing and implement it in their the University needs to be proac- interactions with students. tive in making classrooms spaces “I’m just going to make sure where students do not have to fear that every person on this cambeing outed or are made to feel un- pus that is LGBTQ feels that the comfortable or subjected to hostil- Ogden Honors College is a place ity. where they can go and learn and He said each staff member hang out and discuss issues of will find their own way to take anything with any of my staff,” what they learned fromFOR theRELEASE train- APRIL Earle 28,said.

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