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Legislative candidate petitioning to remove Confederate flag from license plate BY ZOE GEAUTHREAUX zgeauthreaux@lsureveille.com
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Construction for new CAA shelter to begin in 2016
BY DAVID LAPLANTE dlaplante@lsureveille.com Companion Animal Alliance and its four-legged residents may soon have a new home on the University’s campus. The LSU Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the shelter’s lease of seven acres of campus land June 19, according to a CAA newsletter. The shelter will be built near the LSU Veterinary School, which Director of Development Kathy Scherer said will benefit both the school and the shelter. She said the organization plans to begin construction in 2016. Scherer said the organization will begin a fundraising campaign in the fall and donors have already pledged significant sums. She said that no fundraising events had been scheduled, but CAA would keep the University informed about the ongoing
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Smoothie King’s Student Union location to open in August BY ZOE GEAUTHREAUX zgeauthreaux@lsureveille.com This fall, Smoothie King will be making its way back onto the campus dining scene with the opening of its newest location on the second level of the Student Union. Although the location’s opening day has yet to be determined, it will be the week of Aug. 17, before school starts, said Smoothie King marketing and communications manager Katherine LeBlanc. The space that was formerly occupied by Jamba Juice will now be renovated to include customized Smoothie King finishes and feature a new floorplan that only one other Smoothie King location in Baton Rouge has, said
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The Student Union location of Smoothie King, which will take the spot of Jamba Juice, is expected to open the week before school starts.
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DAVID LAPLANTE Writer “Trainwreck” is an over-thetop comedy that is detached from Amy Schumer’s recognizably vulgar comedic spaceship to float somewhere in a strange romantic comedy orbit for some time before getting back on track. The film was funny, but jarring periods of serious plot expansion came as a surprise and did not mesh with the movie’s tone. Schumer and director Judd Apatow should have picked a genre because “Trainwreck” was painfully vulgar for a romantic comedy but too dark to be a flatout comedic success. Schumer’s character battles a childhood divorce, a problem with alcohol, issues showing affection, an estrangement from her sister and finally, the death of her father. The cast of “Trainwreck” included numerous famous actors and several professional athletes, some of whom lingered on the screen a bit too long. Co-star Bill Hader, famed “Saturday Night Live” comedian, has achieved success after leaving television and carried “Trainwreck” as the only constant main character. Several other “SNL” cast members appeared in the film as well. “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe even made a hilarious cameo. John Cena, professional wrestler known by many to be funny, was excellent in “Trainwreck,” despite a strange personality written for his character. Miami Heat center Amar’e Stoudemire also contributed but didn’t overstay his welcome like the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James. He pressed on as a quasi-realistic character tied to some romantic plot loops. Schumer brought her familiar comedic routine to the screen as promised, but the hilarity was
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sidelined by the forced emotional developments of the movie. Schumer’s brand would have fit well into a light hearted comedy, but her vulgar humor did not make for a tactful or insightful dissection of serious emotional issues characters faced in “Trainwreck.” The movie was enjoyable, but don’t take it seriously. Grin and bear the vulgarity and brush off the melancholy to find the even keel the supporting cast provides. “Trainwreck” is a good start for Schumer in a leading role on the big screen, but she needs to find her strengths and stick to them. Other actors, especially Hader, shined throughout and proved their worth in big movies. David LaPlante is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge.
‘Trainwreck,’ starring Comedy Central’s Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ was released July 17 and has grossed more than $33 million domestically as of July 20.
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The Southeastern Conference’s unofficial mantra of “my conference can beat your conference” is falling on selectively deaf ears outside of the South heading into year two of the College Football Playoff. Despite reigning supreme with seven-straight national championships from 2006 to 2012, the SEC is at a crossroads coming into the 2015 season after the league’s elite took a step back in 2014, including the Tigers, who finished with their worst record (8-5) since 2008. “For our team, eight wins is certainly not enough,” said LSU coach Les Miles at SEC Media Days last week. “We played some really good ball clubs in that eightwin season and played them very close, but our goal is the playoffs, our goal is the SEC championship. We’re shy of our goals, and we want more.” During the BCS era, few questioned the SEC’s ability to dominate other conference’s top teams with the league posting 88 wins in 152 games since 1998, according to saturdaydownsouth.com In its 8-1 record in BCS nation-
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Recruiting, especially in college football, is already a fickle practice. In a battle to secure the nation’s elite prospects, programs go as far as they can to cement themselves as the premier entity to suit up for, including continually updating facilities after only a few years of use. But one thing programs, in theory, could not sell a recruit on was how much a full scholarship would afford them outside of tuition, books, room, board and fees — until now. Starting Aug. 1, NCAA schools in the Power Five conferences, which include the Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12, Big 10, and Pac-12, will now offer an additional stipend to a full athletic scholarship,
accounting for the full cost of attendance at any particular university. Essentially, a full cost of attendance scholarship is worth what living expenses would cost, including transportation, personal supplies and groceries. While SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey indicated this concept has been around for quite some time, it is something SEC coaches such as Alabama coach Nick Saban are embracing. “I think this is an outstanding thing that we’ve done to improve a scholarship for a young man, student-athletes in general, to be able to have a little better benefit as a league and as a coach,” Saban said at SEC Media Days. “We’ve always advocated a little better quality of life for the players relative to what they do for their institutions, and I’m glad to see this.”
The full cost of attendance, though, differs at each school, which rely on federal restrictions to come up with its number. For example, a school like Tennessee, which has the highest cost of attendance value of any Power Five school at $5,666, can offer roughly $2,500 more than a school like LSU, according to a breakdown by the Chronicle of Higher Education. When the vote was passed in January, the only school to vote down full cost of attendance was Boston College, which was wary of how it would affect recruiting. But Tennessee coach Butch Jones doesn’t believe it will be a factor. “At the end of the day, a young man, I believe, is going to pick a school because that’s where he wants to go to school,”
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LSU senior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander (74) sits before the media July 16 during SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.
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Hotard and Stallcup met during high school and have collaborated with music for the past 10 years. The Fine Divine’s mindset came from a system of philosophy seeking direct knowledge concerning the nature of divinity. “The divine self is just talking about the spirit within, not sort of religious but more like spiritual,” Hotard said. Stallcup and Hotard were
Fans of entertainment venue Quarters won’t have to worry about running into their kid sisters on Friday nights anymore. To draw a more mature crowd, Quarters, 4530 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., is hosting a “Sweet Southern Heat” music series on Friday nights through August with an 18 and up age restriction. The goal of the music series is to shift the demographic of Quarters, which also offers laser tag, billiards, bowling and an arcade, to a more adult centric group of attendees. The music series was named after the opening band, Sweet Southern Heat. To bring new talent into the local spotlight, Quarters head of sales and marketing Kendrick Alford and Quarters entertainment liaison Toderick Lee set out to find bands that have not yet been discovered by the public. “We wanted to give them the platform to show Baton Rouge what they have,” Alford said. Part of the reason Quarters is hosting these new bands is to create something new that the Baton Rouge community would not normally see at local music events.
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Baton Rouge band Jamie and the Fine Divine is working on its second album.
Local band’s chemistry reason for its success BY JAVIER FERNANDEZ jfernandez@lsureveille.com
Unlike many Baton Rouge bands, Jamie and the Fine Divine isn’t afraid of being related with pop music, it does so by bridging the gap between pop and grunge. About a year and a half ago, Jamie Hotard began a transition that led to the creation of Jamie and the Fine Divine. The band started as a solo project, but soon Hotard asked longtime friend, University alumnus and drummer Casey Stallcup, to join him on this new journey.
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LSU CCT hosting Programming Summer Music Camp BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com The LSU Center for Computation and Technology is giving high school and middle school students interested in music and programming a chance to combine their passions at the Programming Summer Music Camp from July 27-31. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and Friday’s session is extended from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jesse Allison, LSU assistant professor of experimental music and digital media, will teach the students how technology and the arts can come together during the $115 program. “It’s a pretty big endeavor, but we’ve got it set up now that it’s going to be really fun,”
Allison said. “We’re going to be teaching them how to make their own instruments inside of web browsers. They’ll learn some programming, some user interface stuff, some stuff about music theory and composition.” Students will have the chance to “learn to program in javascript to live code music in a web browser,” according to the camp’s information page on the Center for Computation and Technology’s website. According to the website, the camp is a beginner course, but even students who possess a background in programming or a background in music will be able to learn new skills and apply their knowledge throughout the week.
“It would be incredibly rare if we had any students who had any background in actually programming for music,” Allison said. “There might be some people who have done music and there might be some people who have done programming, but for the most part, everybody is going to be a beginner in some area.” The week finishes with a live concert on Friday where students present their final projects. Students will have the opportunity to display their work in front of family members, who are invited to attend the concert. Allison said the concert is the best part of the week. He said seeing the students learn
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Students compose works with music technology during a previous Programming Summer Music Camp.
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The local band Jame and the Fine Divine is working on its second album. The band consits of Jame Hotard, University alumnus Casey Stallcup and Zak Ocmand.
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the only members of the band until September 2014, when the band stumbled upon bassist Zak Ocmand, who also plays in local band The Patsies. Hotard was working at Spanish Moon when he saw Ocmand play bass with The Patsies. He said he thought Ocmand was phenomenal and asked him to play a live show with them, and after that show, the chemistry was so pure they asked him to stay for good. Hotard said that for the band, it was like finding the missing piece of the puzzle. Jamie and the Fine Divine is currently working on recording its second LP which will feature 10 songs. Fans sometimes have a hard time describing the style of music Jamie and the Fine Divine creates. Some call it poprock or post punk, but the style that describes the group best is pop-grunge. Most of the band’s songs are about love, heartache, hope and perseverance. “In the first album there were quite a few songs that dealt with philosophies on life and existence,” Hotard said. “I’m kind of trying to stray away from that on this [next] album, a lot of it is stories put together to be metaphors on overarching philosophies.” Hotard said the main difference between the first album and the upcoming one
is angst about growing up verses the hope of getting past that phase and moving forward. Most of Hotard’s influence comes from playing music with Stallcup. They were the rhythm section in death metal band Cattle Drive. Collectively, their influence is derived from jazz and big band concerts, but the band’s music also mixes happy beats and choppy melodies. The band also is influenced by Queen, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nirvana, John Paul Jones and Foo Fighters. Making their influence both jazz and rock. “It’s kind of like an eclectic mix more on like the rock side of things,” Hotard said.” For Stallcup, one of the strongest elements of the band is its chemistry. Hotard and Stallcup have known each other for so long, they said playing together comes naturally, and Ocmand’s versatility and chameleonesque abilities to adapt to new sounds and styles help the trio perform as a whole. The eventual aim for the band is to tour nationally and play music for a living. Ocmand is currently attending BRCC, and that will give the band time to branch out. Because the band is focused on recording the new album its next show will be Aug. 22 where they will be opening for BradyStock III at Phil Brady’s Bar & Grill.
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Quarters is hosting its ‘Sweet Southern Heat’ concert series through Aug. 28.
QUARTERS, from page 4 “We sought out bands that we saw were doing things new. If you go out to some shows and see bands that perform all the time, you start to see the same songs and the same covers. We wanted to open up the catalogue of music by finding new bands that have not gotten their name out,” Lee said. In addition to new musicians from the area coming out, there will also be trunk shows and pop-up stands for local
businesses, such as record and clothing stores. A wine tasting will also be offered to those who are interested, with other drink specials going on from Happy Hour starting at 8:30 p.m. through 2 a.m.. The drink specials on Fridays are $3 Miller High Life pints and $3 shots of Fireball. Lee said that part of the music series is to give adults something to do that is out of the ordinary. “We have learned that the more layers you add to an event will bring more and more peo-
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ple out,” Alford said. “Through having these stores present, we can show people what local boutiques and businesses have to offer.” When the concert series kicked off with Sweet Southern Heat, a crowd of 200 people came to the show. Quarters hopes to draw a similar crowd each Friday night. This Friday night, The Easy Band will play with doors opening at 9 p.m.. The Sweet Southern Heat concert series will be running
Girls perform during a Girls Rock! Sound Engineering Camp.
MUSIC CAMP, from page 4 and try things out is fun, but seeing the kids display their work to an audience is really cool. “Everyone is really excited at that point,” Allison said. “They’ve put a lot of hard work into things and want to show what they can do.” The students’ work mixes programming and music, something Allison said is evident in his own work. Allison
said he was a programmer first and began to bring elements of programming along when he studied music. He said today’s music displays a mix of the arts and technology. “As far as the music nowadays, it’s incredibly rare to find music that hasn’t been blended technology in some way or other,” Allison said. You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015 SEC DOMINANCE, from page 3 But all that changed in 2014 with the implementation of the College Playoff where Ohio State took the first title under the new system while the SEC stumbled with ranked teams tallying five losses, including Alabama’s 4235 loss to the Buckeyes in the national semifinal. Despite postseason losses, the SEC’s depth shined during the regular season with the emergence of Ole Miss and Mississippi State after each posted just a 3-5 conference record the year before. The Rebels rattled off seven wins to start the season, includ-
ing a 23-17 win against thenNo. 3 Alabama, before falling after a 10-7 loss to LSU on Oct. 25, 2014. After finishing no better than fourth in the West in coach Dan Mullen’s first five years, Mississippi State exploded on the scene, climbing to No. 1 in the polls and earning the second spot in the SEC West behind Alabama. “The Western division certainly, really top to bottom, is as good as there is,” Miles said in an interview with ESPN’s Mike and Mike on Monday. “There was a point in time where some of those schools could not compete with the higher end. Acrossthetop...theycompetewith
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everybody, so it’s exciting.” The growth of the historically lower teams in the conference, such as the Bulldogs, and their ability to challenge the traditional powers on a weekly basis during the conference schedule continues to make the SEC the hardest conference to play in. Within the playoff system, the grind of the SEC will be crucial to preparing teams to compete against the rising elites from other conferences, such as the 2014 National Champion Buckeyes. You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.
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STIPEND, from page 3 Jones said. “He wants to be a part of that institution. He likes the academics there, and he has a rapport and a great relationship with the coaches, and he wants to be a part of something special. So as coaches, we have no input. We have no say in any cost of attendance issues or formulas that they have.” As many of the SEC coaches acknowledged, they have not used the cost of attendance scholarship as a selling point for their program. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema, while excited for what his players will be receiving, brought up potential consequences with the extra money. “What I’m happy for is young men get to have a little money in their pocket to do some great things,” Bielema said. “But I’m going to also share with this room, you give a young man, 18, 19, 20, 21, with a little bit of pocket change, with a lot of money to make bad decisions, things can go sideways in a New York minute. “So you got a kid that’s never had $1,000 in his pocket, and all of a sudden he’s got $2,000, that’s dangerous. That leads to dumb decisions. I think we have to monitor that as coaches and be aware of that.” This issue will certainly be monitored as a greater sample size of recruits weigh their
options, potentially factoring in the new scholarship. But for players already on campuses, such as LSU senior offensive lineman Vadal Alexander, the additional stipend is something they are taking in stride, planning to put it to its best use. “My mother and father raised me to appreciate what I have and be grateful,” Alexander said. “It’s a blessing just to have a scholarship. I know a lot of my friends are paying
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loans right now. It’s just crazy. But whether we get paid or not, I’m happy about it. Whether we get paid, I’m happy. Whether we get paid less, I’m happy too because it’s a platform to do bigger and better things with my life. Regardless, I’m grateful. I’m definitely not going to say no to more money. So, I like that.” You can reach James Bewers on Twitter @JamesBewers_ TDR.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
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SHELTER, from page 1
Although Schumake said she believes the Confederate flag is a symbol of hate and intolerance, according to the petition website, the petition itself is not designed to protest the controversial symbol, but rather its presence within government. “As a representation for an ideology of violence and discrimination, having that being state sanctioned, by using it as a license plate emblem, [the] state sanctions those ideas — even if that was not the intention,” Schumake said. “I think that’s problematic.” As it was first posted on Change.org in late June, the petition has since gained the support of 645 people, as of Wednesday, with an overall goal of collecting 1,000 signatures by a tentative deadline of July 31. The petition acts as a way to show that this measure matters to a significant amount of people, Schumake said. “For every one person who says something or does something, it represents 10 to 100 people who just don’t engage,” Schumake said. “So, it’s not about how many [signatures are collected], it’s just about giving people a platform to say, ‘I don’t like this.’” Jindal received a similar request in the form of an open letter from NAACP Louisiana State Conference President Earnest L. Johnson last month, asking that he immediately take steps to oppose, abandon and remove the Sons of Confederate Veterans specialty plate, which he referred to as a symbol of racial oppression
process. CAA expects the new facility to be more expensive to operate, Sherer said, and the organization will have to reach out to a broader support base to fund its operations. The facility will house a slightly higher number of animals, but Scherer said she expects the number of required staff members to be similar to the current shelter. CAA plans to build a “stateof-the-art” shelter to house its animals and partner with the Vet School to get assistance from veterinary students while helping them gain valuable experience with the animals. Scherer said the organization is thoroughly researching shelter designs to ensure it takes advantage of the opportunity and builds the best facility possible. The organization’s leaders met with members of the Oregon Humane Society, which works with Oregon State University, in a model CAA wishes to emulate. This partnership is the only one in the country, Scherer said. Vet School students are already active at the CAA shelter. “We have a great relationship with Vet school students who do a two-week rotation and often return on their own time to help with spay and neuter surgeries,” Scherer said. Scherer said the current shelter was built the better part of half a century ago and does not provide the appropriate environment for the organization. “Being able to move our operations from where we are now to a more centralized and attractive environment will definitely help in our ability to draw a
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and terrorism. The governor has made statements in the past saying he would not push to remove the Confederate flag from plates. But, this isn’t concerning for Schumake, who said she sees this petition as an opportunity to get gubernatorial candidate’s position on whether or not they support the state sanctioning of the license plate. “It doesn’t end with [Jindal],” Schumake said. The idea for this now controversial license plate was first introduced as a house bill sponsored by then Louisiana Rep. James J. Donelon — which passed during the 1999 Regular Session, with a unanimous vote in the Senate and two opposing the measure in the House, according to the Louisiana State Legislature website. The plate clearly displays the Sons of Confederate Veterans organization’s symbol, a Confederate battle flag wrapped in text that reads “Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896”. There are approxi-
the space.” Unlike the UREC Smoothfranchise owner Sean Cange- ie King location, the Student losi. Union location will offer a full “It’s going to be a complete menu of smoothies, brand name overhaul,” Cangelosi said. snacks, protein bars and more. “They’ve got some fancy deThe new location also plans signs, so it will on staying open look nice.” as long as the According to a Union will allow, poll published by which means it The Daily Revcould possibly be eille, 63 percent open for breakfast, lunch and of the 102 students surveyed dinner and offer were happy late-night snacks about Smoothie to students in the King taking the area, Cangelosi place of Jamba said. JASON JUAME, Juice. Approx imately 18-20 em“The LSU Student Union ployees, mainly students made a Smoothie King manager college students, push for it,” Cangelosi said. “They will be hired by saw how well we did at the the location, Cangelosi said. UREC.” “We’re hiring as we speak Chartwells, a company but don’t have a set number that provides campus dining on how many [employees] we services to the University, ap- need,” said Student Union proached the franchise with Smoothie King manager Jason the idea of expanding to the Juame. “It’s really just going to Student Union. The two entities depend on how busy it is.” already had a previous sevenCangelosi said the UREC year relationship through the Smoothie King will continUREC Smoothie King location, ue to remain after the facility’s renovation project is Cangelosi said. “I’ve been interested in complete. “That’s a big renovation the food court for a long time,” Cangelosi said. “It so it’ll be a while, but we’ll be was a no-brainer taking back,” Cangelosi said.
mately 160 of these out of the 4.5 million license plates issued in Louisiana, according to Nola.com | The Times-Picayune. Since the recent murder of nine members of a black church in South Carolina by white supremacist Dylann Roof, who is seen in photos posing with the Confederate flag, there have been calls for the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols across the country, such as in Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina. “This [symbol] represents something very ugly,” Schumake said. “And if we want to be able to move forward collectively, then we need to be able to address the wounds that are current.” Schumake is a candidate running for State Representative of District 70, East Baton Rouge Parish. Information and updates on both the petition and her campaign can be found on her Facebook page “Shamaka Schumake for Louisiana State Representative - District 70.”
larger audience of adopters and supporters,” Scherer said. “The CAA staff and community members have been very resourceful in coming up with creative solutions,” and the new shelter’s design will “improve on the current one in every aspect.” Scherer hopes to get undergraduate students involved in the adoption and caretaking programs the shelter provides its residents. CAA relies on volunteers to fill its ranks, and Scherer said she anticipates University students’ energy and enthusiasm will greatly enhance the organization’s programs. The group hopes having a large pool of young people nearby will be an advantage for recruiting volunteers. CAA took more than 800 animals into its shelter in June, according to quarterly statistics published on its website. The shelter released more than 460 animals alive to rescues or new homes over that period. Scherer said the goal for the new facility is to take better care of the animals housed there, not to increase size or staff. Scherer stressed CAA is a high-performing shelter. She said since 2011, when CAA assumed control of the facility from Baton Rouge Animal Control the rate of adoption in the shelter’s animal population has increased from less than 20 percent to more than 65 percent. She said 5,200 animals were adopted through CAA and its affiliate foster groups. Though the new facility will house more animals, Scherer said she hopes the real benefit of the shelter’s proposed location will be an uptick in adoptions and participation in foster care programs.
SMOOTHIE KING, from page 1
‘We’re hiring as we speak but don’t have a set number on how many [employees] we need. It’s really just going to depend onhow busy it is.’
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