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The LSU Hilltop Arboretum was recently named by BestCollegesOnline.org as one of the ‘50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S.’
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BY JUSTIN DICHARIA jdicharia@lsureveille.com In 1929, Emory Smith, a Baton Rouge postal worker, and his wife, Annette, purchased 14 acres of land on a hilltop off Highland Road. Together they would farm and use the land as a country retreat, eventually building a house on the property during World War II. Smith planted under a canopy of trees he called “The Cathedral” on the corner of Hilltop and began a legacy still remembered today. Thirty-four years have passed since Smith donated the property to LSU, a decision inspired by his longtime friendship with LSU School of Landscape Architecture then-Director Robert Reich. Hundreds of thunderstorms and a multitude of hurricanes later, “The Cathedral” no longer has the shade from the canopies of towering trees, but LSU Hilltop Arboretum Executive Director Peggy Coates has made an effort to reform the canopy. Coates, a native of Morgan City, Louisiana, has been the executive director for eight years and has master’s degrees in landscape architecture and urban forestry. Under her direction, with the help of community volunteers, her administrative assistant and a site manager, the arboretum has gained considerable national attention. In early July, BestCollegesOnline. org named the LSU Hilltop Arboretum among the “50 Most Amazing University Botanical Gardens and Arboretums in the U.S.” The scoring system determined rank by looking at Hilltop’s different awards and recognitions, types of species, conservation programs and work with University degree programs.
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Kappa Sigma to close house for renovations
BY JUSTIN DICHARIA jdicharia@lsureveille.com The University’s chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity announced it will close its on-campus house Aug. 1 to begin $7 million renovations, and the chapter will move into the vacated former Acacia house for the next two years. The fraternity began fundraising for house renovations in early February after an engineering report by Southeast Engineers LLC found the building in violation of building codes and electrical and HVAC deficiencies. LSU Kappa Sigma President Aaron Rogers said the renovations were in the works prior to the engineering report. “It did not put the plan into action as much as it just catalyzed it,” Rogers said. “Everyone understood that the house was not in great shape, but it really showed from a professional point of view the dire status of our house. It’s
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Glassell Gallery hosts magic-themed exhibit at Shaw Center BY ZOE GEAUTHREAUX zgeauthreaux@lsureveille.com Enter a world of local magical realism as the LSU School of Art hosts its 14th Annual Summer Invitational Art Exhibition, “Into the Mystic.” Held in the LSU School of Art Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts, the show features work from local artists who have submitted pieces based on their interpretation of the prompted theme — mystical, magical or mysterious. This theme was inspired by the work of
Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez and classic rock artist Van Morrison’s song “Into the Mystic,” said Malia Krolak, gallery director of the LSU School of Art. Both sources of inspiration contributed to Krolak’s theory on magic within reality. “There’s magic going on all the time if you just watch for it,” Krolak said. “So I wanted to translate that into an art show — about the magic you have in your regular life that you just have to have your eyes open to see.” The show contains work from 52 artists who have responded to the theme. Some of which are University
faculty such as Kelli Scott Kelley — who had recently shown her work in the Shaw Center for a children’s fairy tale she created. Some are faculty emeritus, meaning they have retired, such as A.J. Meek, Edward Pramuk and James Burke. However, for most of the local artists featured, being affiliated with the University was not a prerequisite. This, in contrast to the gallery’s usual educational showings of work from students, professors and visiting artists, is the only time of the year that the gallery
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‘Moon Rabbit (aka Buddha Bunny)’ by artist Therese Knowles sits in the LSU School of Art Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Exhibition Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts as part of the ‘Into the Mystic’ art show.
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‘Minions’ shows personality, embraces cute appeal THREAUX DOWN
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ZOE GEAUTHREAUX Photographer, Writer There are few words that can be used to describe “Minions,” seeing as the movie’s dialogue is spoken primarily in the gibberish language of the plot’s three protagonists — Kevin, Stuart and Bob. But, as expected, this movie was painfully cute. Painful because my abdominal muscles weren’t given a break from this humor packed spin-off of the “Despicable Me” series. Cute because, well, they’re short, quirky, round-eyed creatures that make weird noises. That pretty much fits the formula, right? The story follows the evolution of the unnaturally unlucky tribe of tic-tac shaped henchman whose inexplicable goal in life is to serve the baddest villain around. The beginning takes viewers on an amusing journey through time as the minions are juxtaposed into the lives of history’s most notorious creatures and villains — all of whom suffer an accidental death at the hands of their well-meaning yellow followers. The tribe is eventually exiled to a remote cave where the minions live a peaceful life of songs, games and solitude. This would be a nice conclusion to an extremely brief film if it weren’t for the fact that the minions cannot be truly happy without a villainous boss around. Thus, the tribe enters a state of depression as they long for a leader. In order to restore happiness to their comrades, Bob, Stuart and Kevin, all voiced by the film’s director, Pierre Coffin, venture to an outside world at the peak of its groovy ’60s era. This throwback element is a nice touch, in addition to being chronologically correct. The trio travel to Manhattan, New York, where it stumbles upon a commercial for a secret convention, VillainCon International, in Orlando. They also learn about the most popular evil villain to date, Scarlet Overkill, voiced by actress Sandra Bullock. With ambitions of recruiting the perfect boss for their tribe, the trio hitchhike to Orlando for the convention with a seemingly normal bank-robbing family, the Nelsons. As the minions bond with mom, dad and the kids, viewers, especially the youngsters, are left questioning the morally ambiguous nature of villains. Take the Nelsons, for example. Aside from their lawbreaking habits, they’re actually a kind and welcoming
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Actress Sandra Bullock, the voice of Scarlet Overkill, attends the world premiere of ‘Minions’ in London on June 11. family. So what really defines a villain? Scarlet Overkill is the answer to that question. At the convention, after a freak accident lands the minions a job with the biggest, baddest, most intelligent and talented villain around, Scarlet, the trio move in with her and send word to the tribe. The tribe, who had come to learn that they had been living in a Yeti cave, found work with the returning homeowners. Unfortunately, with the status of their luck, they kill off yet another leader and are chased out by the remaining Yetis. With the good employment news they received from their journeying heroes, the group sets off on its own adventure — traveling the world and landing in the wrong places. The trio, eager to prove themselves to Scarlet, are tasked with a seemingly impossible request: stealing the Queen of England’s crown. Equipped with technical gear from Scarlet’s inventor husband, voiced by “Mad Men” actor Jon Hamm, the minions make an attempt to please Scarlet and fail. As they are chased around Great Britain, Bob unknowingly pulls King Arthur’s legendary sword, Excalibur from the rock, and is crowned King of England. Livid, Scarlet targets the trio, while the rest of the minions show up and chaos breaks out as Scarlet tries to steal the crown and escape. She is stopped short by a freeze ray which turns out to be the work of a young Gru. Amazed by this invention, the minions follow Gru into the sunset, and the rest is history.
The story was nice, and I think the movie did well in giving personalities to the protagonists, even if they didn’t speak a comprehensible language. But I feel as though more layers could have been added. It would have been cool if Scarlet ended up being the mother of Gru’s arch
nemesis in the first film because her husband’s personality reflected that of Vector. Aside from the unreached potential in the plot, it was a funny movie.
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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In “Grant funds program for students statewide,” The Daily Reveille referred to Thomas R. Klei as interim vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development. Klei left that position in 2013. He is currently a Boyd Professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathological Sciences. The Daily Reveille regrets this error.
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In conjunction with the 2015 Southeastern Conference Media Days, this is the second of a three-part series looking at LSU’s SEC opponents for the 2015 season. The opponents will appear in chronological order of the 2015 schedule.
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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Last year’s results: 7-5, 4-4 SEC; Defeated East Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl
Last year’s results: 12-2, 7-1 SEC; Lost to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Returning starters: 4 on offense, 6 on defense
Returning starters: 4 on offense, 7 on defense
2015 date with LSU: Saturday, Oct. 17, Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge (TBA)
2015 date with LSU: Saturday, Nov. 7, Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (TBA)
Last meeting with LSU: Oct. 11, 2014: In a game LSU desperately needed, a 50-yard,
Last meeting with LSU: Nov. 8, 2014: The word “gut-wrenching” probably doesn’t
Major storyline facing Florida in 2015: Can new coach Jim McElwain get the
Major storyline facing Alabama in 2015: Is it Jacob Coker’s job to lose? After transferring from Florida State, many thought the senior quarterback was the heirapparent to A.J. McCarron, who led the Tide to two national titles. But the more seasoned Sims won the job in 2014 and led Alabama to the College Football Playoff Semifinal. If Coker is ready for the leap in 2015, he’ll need to beat out a stable promising young gunslinger in Tuscaloosa, including redshirt freshman David Cornwell. If coach Nick Saban gets the kind of quarterback play he’s come to expect, the Tide will once again be a force to be reckon with in the SEC West.
career-long boot from Tiger kicker Colby Delahoussaye, who still has three seasons left at LSU, was the difference in a 30-27 win against the Gators at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The Tigers, though, needed an interception by cornerback Rickey Jefferson to kill a Florida drive with less than 60 seconds remaining. But the story of the game was LSU running back Leonard Fournette’s coming out party, as he rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns. The win was the first SEC victory of the year for the Tigers and was coach Les Miles’ 100th win at LSU.
Gators back on track? Former Florida coach Will Muschamp’s days in Gainesville were numbered before the 2014 season began. By the final two games of the regular season, the athletic department was ready for a change. Now, McElwain, a former Alabama offensive coordinator, steps in with a young team lacking depth. Question marks still remain concerning the quarterback and offensive line, but the majority of their tough games come at home. It could be a rough year for McElwain, but, in the SEC East, anything is possible.
best describe the Tigers’ fourth straight loss to the Crimson Tide last season. After an Alabama fumble inside the 10-yard line, LSU appeared to be in position to slam the door on the Tide in a 10-10 game. But a personal foul penalty pushed the Tigers outside of the red zone, resulting in just a field goal. Alabama was then able to drive down the field after an errant kickoff and send the game into overtime with a field goal of its own. On the first overtime possession, Tide quarterback Blake Sims tossed a 6-yard touchdown pass to DeAndrew White, providing the difference for 20-13 win.
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Greg Sankey opens SEC Media Days Apex creates ‘wearable’
BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com
HOOVER, Ala. — For the first time since 2002 , Michael Silve did not open Southeastern Conference Media Days with a speech riddled with Winston Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower quotes. Instead, new SEC commissioner Greg Sankey took to the podium and ushered in a new era by quoting Bob Dylan’s song “The Times, They Are A-Changin.” When a reporter asked about the difference between his and Silve’s source material, Sankey joked, “I’m better at Google.” But all kidding aside, Sankey’s first State of the SEC address showcased his different approach to leading the conference by defining the student-athletes’ roles as scholars, champions and leaders. SCHOLAR Although the definition of scholar is usually reserved for those who achieve a certain GPA, Sankey used the term to
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stress the importance of players earning their degree no matter what their athletic achievement. “For the word scholars, we want to graduate every studentathlete,” Sankey said. For the elite athletes who walk the halls of SEC institutions, the opportunity to play their sport at the professional level represents the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. But Sankey emphasized the fulfillment of this dream isn’t mutually exclusive. Sankey illustrated this by commending a variety of professional athletes who have returned to their SEC schools and received their degrees. Sankey’s list included LSU’s own basketball legend and fourtime NBA Champion Shaquille O’Neal. CHAMPION For a conference steeped in athletic excellence, Sankey’s characterization of the SEC student-athlete as a champion is self-explanatory.
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New SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey kick starts SEC Media Days on Monday in Hoover, Ala., with an opening speech followed by a Q&A.
Apex Resistance and Conditioning LLC was one of Louisiana Business and Technology Center’s newest startups just a few months ago. The Baton Rouge-based business was without a website and without inventory in February, but that is no longer the case. Apex recently announced the launch of its fully-functioning website and posted a series of videos providing details on the “Bionic Resistance Suit,” Apex’s flagship product aimed to revolutionize fitness. Business partners Adrian Cornish and Nathan Roy said their focus is now shifting to marketing and educating people about the product. “Now we’re faced with the daunting task of marketing,” Cornish said. “We took it into
consideration, but we didn’t know how expansive that would be. To get the product out there to the general public is very expensive” The website boasts plenty of information about the suit and its effectiveness. It explains that the suit is made of neoprene shorts with nylon webbing. Neoprene enables the suit to withstand high amounts of resistance while still providing comfort and trapping heat to keep muscles warm and prevent cramping. The website also explains the functionality of the suit, allowing users to adjust the amount of resistance to the upper body and lower body during workout routines. Users can adjust resistance on each arm from 10 pounds to 100 pounds. Resistance on each leg can be
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STRONG FINISH University student creates afforable, durable jewelry line
BY JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ jfernandez@lsureveille.com “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a general rule, especially when meeting Louisiana native and University photography junior Ashleigh Shannon. Shannon recently created her own line of metal jewelry called “Stardust Metals” — the name coming from her admiration of musician David Bowie. The line is a refreshing and eccentric collection that ranges from rosaries and chokers to earrings, bracelets, rings and more. Shannon said the idea of starting her own line came from ordering her own jewelry. Most of her jewelry kept breaking, and Shannon would have to fix it. Her boyfriend, University alumnus Casey Stallcup, noticed and suggested she begin making her own jewelry. Last year, Shannon decided to take her hobby to the next level and created her own line when she started making rosaries. After getting an order for 10 rosaries, she said she felt her skills had improved from making the chains and decided to move on to a wide variety of items and styles. “My style is all over the place, so I try to make a little bit of everything,” she said. Shannon picked metal because she loves bending wire, and she also liked the quickness, flexibility and versatility that wire and metals give her.
Most of “Stardust Metals” pieces have some type of gemstone or rock incorporated into them. “I really like crystals a lot,” Shannon said. “I like the way the light looks when it goes through it, but I do rocks because I’d always liked rocks.” She advertises her product mainly by word of mouth and on Instagram and said she receives messages from people who are interested and will then ship the product to their addresses. She also does custom orders and receives junk jewelry to give it a twist and does something funky with it. Most of Shannon’s influence when creating jewelry comes from items she has been in contact with. “Sometimes I’ll search for things and kind of see a style and morph it to what I have. I’m not going to go order special stuff that they have,” Shannon said. “I’ll make bits and pieces of something and go back to it later and add a little bit more to it and kind of see where it goes.” The specific type of items that “Stardust Metals” currently has available are slave bracelets, necklaces and rings. Shannon recently had her first show at Atomic Pop Shop on July 8 where she displayed her products across the stage, while a few local bands such as Jamie and the Fine Divine were playing. Shannon said she considers “Stardust Metals” as her second job. She is about to start working as a full-time photographer. However, she still concentrates much of her time on creating elaborate pieces for her line.
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“It depends on how eccentric I get in it,” Shannon said. “When I was doing the rosaries sometimes I make a necklace where I make the whole chain instead of just adding the chain to it, so that takes a lot longer. When I make the whole chain, it will take, like, 10 hours sometimes to do one piece.” “Stardust Metals” caters to any type of personality and style, Shannon said. Her products range from $5 to $20, an affordable product with lasting quality for students.
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University photography junior Ashleigh Shannon displays her jewelry line ‘Stardust Metals’ at Atomic Pop Shop during the performance of several local bands on July 8 in Baton Rouge.
FACULTY
LSU Press poet wins Author of the Year at Kennesaw
BY RILEY KATZ rkatz@lsureveille.com
LSU Press poet Anya Krugovoy Silver was presented with the Kennesaw State University Author of the Year poetry award for her book of poetry, “I Watched You Disappear.” The book of poems explores an appreciation for life, but it also holds heavy themes as Silver wrote about her experience with cancer. But before her battle with the illness, Silver started writing poetry in the 11th grade. “I had this wonderful English teacher, Ms. Baker, and after getting assigned a book of poetry to read, I knew this is what I wanted to do,” Silver said. Silver was pregnant at the time she was diagnosed with cancer, and she turned to poetry to put her feelings down on paper and help herself get through the experience.
“I never expected it to happen to me because I was always healthy,” Silver said. “I felt as though I had to make sense of the experience somehow, and writing made me feel in control of my life … like I could find meaning in this meaningless event.” Silver said she wanted to share her experience with the illness because she felt it would make a negative situation more positive. At first the amount of time she spent writing dropped because the treatment was overwhelming, but the volume increased as she focused on writing about the illness. As her time with cancer progressed, her writing evolved as well. Her poems’ tones changed as she had better days and worse days with the disease. She described living with cancer as a rollercoaster. “Living with a chronic illness is an up-and-down experience,” Silver said. “No one has one
single response to diseases like that.” Her book, “I Watched You Disappear,” is dedicated to those who are going through their own diagnoses and illnesses, as Silver knows first hand what it is like to live through such tough times. She said she hopes her poems help give peace of mind to those with cancer and other chronic diseases. But in contrast, Silver said she does not like the sugarcoating of cancer in the nation nowadays. “There is a certain narrative in America today perpetuated by certain foundations with pink ribbons and balloons,” Silver said. “They say that there will be a struggle with the illness, but you will get over it and move on. I feel as though this is a false narrative, especially for the women that do not survive. “Cancer affects your life forever. It is not a big party where
people give you presents. I am disturbed by that ‘pink-washing’ we see in our culture.” As some advice to young writers, Silver recommends waiting until writers find their individual style and voice before publishing anything. While there’s a lot of pressure on young writers to get their stuff out there, making the work the best it can be is most important. “For me, making the book was a four-year process,” she said. Silver also recommends that writers be self-critical of their work and be prepared for plenty of rejection. “I remember when I brought one of the first drafts of the book to my poet friend, thinking he would like it, and he told me it was not right at all,” Silver said. “At the time I felt terrible and that he was so mean, but I would be mortified now if that was the version that was published then.”
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Anya Krugovoy Silver’s writing in “I Watched You Disappear” evolved as she underwent cancer treatment.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 ARBORETUM, from page 1 “What a fabulous surprise it was,” Coates said. “When I read what they were looking for, to me, it couldn’t be more perfect for Hilltop because it talked about how these botanical gardens and arboretums are not only beautiful places, but they serve as classroom opportunities for universities and students, links them to the larger community with a place that is beautifully maintained and has interesting plant collections.” Hilltop is home to more than 200 Louisiana plant species, including aquatic plants surrounding the pond and large cypress trees edging upon the four ravines located on the property. Coates can name almost all the plants, explain their blooming patterns and provide the history
of how they arrived at Hilltop. “The Silver Spring is one of my favorite trees, but if you listen to me long enough, they’re all my favorite,” she said. The arboretum maintains a healthy relationship with the University by offering internships to landscape architecture students and encouraging classes to come out and use the facilities for studies. The complex is home to the University’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified building. With the help of The Friends of Hilltop Arboretum, a nonprofit organization that helps preserve Hilltop, the arboretum has raised $2.8 million in the past two decades to build its state of the art complex, built by world renowned architects at Lake|Flato. On top of private donations, Hilltop brings in nearly $35,000
The Daily Reveille annually from the Hodge Podge Nursery, selling rare Louisiana plants throughout the year but making most of its income during Plant Fest in October. Hilltop will bring in more than 600 species of plants from around the South, along with landscape architects, contractors, designers, arborists and horticultural specialists to aid customers in plant selections and keep-up questions. Coates said she believes Emory would look proudly upon the growth of Hilltop and its involvement with the Baton Rouge community. “He wanted a place where people could come and be in nature, could experience the beauty of nature, the spiritual connection to nature and a place where people could come and learn and share information about plants,” she said.
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The University’s chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity will close its on-campus house (left) Aug. 1 to undergo $7 million in renovations. While the fraternity awaits the finished project, plans of the house pictured right, Kappa Sigma will move into the vacated former Acacia fraternity house for the next two years.
KAPPA SIGMA, from page 1 really just falling down around us every day. We showed all of the alumni that it wasn’t the chapter complaining about little things that have gone on, but it was truly something that needed to be done if we were going to remain competitive on campus.” According to a news release, demolition cannot begin until the fraternity raises the full $7 million. Mike Busada, co-chairman for the Kappa Sigma house steering commission, said the fraternity has raised $4.4 million at last count and should reach its target before the end of the year by
EXHIBIT, from page 1 displays work from members of the community, making it a rare spectacle. “The ultimate goal is just to celebrate the artists that are in our community,” Krolak said. “It’s my chance to reach out to everyone and invite them in for a hug because I really do love them.” As the participants were prompted with a theme that was open to interpretation, the mediums used to reflect the mystical, magical and mysterious were just as diverse as the artists themselves. Traditional forms of painting, sculpting and ceramics
continuing its fundraising efforts. “We’ve gone to different cities throughout the state and have gone to Texas where we have a lot of alumni,” Busada said. “We have had informational receptions and fundraising events to explain the project to all our alumni outside of Baton Rouge and to answer questions. They’ve been very successful. We’ve had one in New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Shreveport, Lafayette, and we will have one in Baton Rouge on Aug. 27.” The new house plans include three floors with nearly 23,000 square feet and the ability to house 53 people. Rogers said both undergraduate fraternity
members and alumni members have participated in the planning process for the new house. “We think that it will be the premier fraternity house on campus,” Busada said. “We did a lot of research and looked at a lot of fraternity houses around the country and a lot of our competitor schools in the SEC as well. We really took the best practices from everything that we saw.” Rogers said the experience of working on the new house has motivated him in working toward creating a lasting legacy. “We’re planning on building a house that lasts a century,” he said.
grace the walls and floors of the gallery next to pieces that involve unconventional mediums such as petrified wood, stained glass, vintage pieces of fiber, origami and doilies. Artist Kevin Duffy, who received the Michael Crespo Award for Excellence as determined by judges Leslie Charleville and Scott Finch, broke out of traditional photography with his piece “Sister Trees” — a digitally manipulated panoramic piece shot on an iPhone. “Kevin has been in our show for years and years,” Krolak said. “So I was really happy for him to win something and get
some attention.” Michael Crespo was the director of the School of Art when Krolak first started the show. When he died a few years ago, his widow, artist Libby Johnson decided she wanted to offer a prize in his honor for the piece that’s done well, adhered to the theme and exhibited creativity, Krolak said. At least 300 people attended the show’s opening on Saturday. Krolak expects that by the show’s closing on August 12, at least 1,000 visitors will have explored the magic. The exhibit is closed on Mondays, but open every other day until 5 p.m. and is free to the public.
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APEX, from page 3 tweaked from 10 pounds to 150 pounds. Although the University’s School of Kinesiology is still testing the product, it’s already being endorsed by several wellknown names, including LSU football strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt. Moffitt praised the suit’s ability to enhance drills “Whether you are working out indoors, in the gym, on the court or outdoors running on the track, the Apex training pants offers the user unlimited means of training for fitness or sport,” Moffitt said in a news release. “The Apex Bionic Resistance Suit is well constructed and is manufactured with quality parts that will stand up to the abuse of hard core training.” Roy said LSU football’s team was one of Apex’s first targets and that it was exciting the Tigers were giving the product a try.
no matter where life takes No matter where life takes Apex’s bionic resistance suit is being used by the LSU football team to enhance you this summer, players’ strength and conditioning. you this summer, Roy and Cornish aren’t athletes aren’t the ones responklsu is spinnin’ up your resting despite receiving posi- sible for pushing the product — KLSU is spinnin’ up your tive feedback from fitness ex- Roy and Cornish are. perfect soundtrack 24/7 perts and athletes. They said on although the feedback is en- You can reach Jack Woods perfect soundtrack91.124/7 FM couraging, fitness gurus and Twitter @Jack_TDR. photo courtesy of NATHAN ROY
MEDIA DAYS, from page 3 “For champions, we want to win every championship,” Sankey said. Just 72 hours into Sankey’s tenure as commissioner, the conference added two more titles to its trophy case with the LSU men’s golf team and Florida’s softball team both winning their respective national championship on June 3. Throughout the summer, the league’s athletic dominance was showcased on a variety of platforms with the conference featuring five of the eight Women’s College World Series teams, four of the top women’s track and field teams, three of the top four men’s track and field teams and four of the eight College World Series teams. Part of Sankey’s characterization of “champion” reflects the importance of achieving on the field success in compliance with NCAA regulations. To Sankey, this also means “to never return a championship, never pull down a championship banner, never vacate any wins and never have a team banned from postseason competition due to NCAA infractions or the lack of academic success under the NCAA’s academic performance program.” LEADER Finally, Sankey described the goal of the conference to create leaders, “to literally influence the world.” Instead of focusing this goal on the role of student-athletes as leaders, Sankey outlined how the conference is at the forefront of development in many areas, including the formation of the SEC Network. “It has been an incredible 11 months for the SEC Network, and it is, at least for me, hard to believe that it’s not even a year old,” he said. “It seems as if it’s always been with us. We enjoyed a remarkable commitment from
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Florida senior defensive lineman, Jonathan Bullard (90), sits for a Q&A during SEC Media Days on Monday in Hoover, Ala. our athletics department in campuses in supporting this launch.” Although he clearly differentiated himself from Slive, Sankey praised the former commissioner’s 13-year tenure, even if they do have different inspirations.
“We’re different, but I learned a lot from Mike,” Sankey said. “Those quotes and observations are really about setting a tone, both for him and for me.” You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.
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