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SG disqualifications reflect shortcomings of process
The results of the Student Government spring elections were announced before students left campus for spring break. The results ignited controversy that has continued largely unabated during spring break.
StudentsFirst presidential and vice-presidential candidates J Hudson and Dani Borel pulled out a narrow victory in a runoff against Brooksie Bonvillian and Chris Sellers of the Leading the Way ticket. Bonvillian and Sell-
ers were early favorites in the runoff, having earned 40 percent of the votes in the general election, as opposed to Hudson and Borel’s 27.9 percent. But the real controversy arose about the disqualification
of 22 StudentsFirst candidates. Many of these candidates had the most votes, but their election filing paperwork indicated they had spent too much money, taking them out of the race. These candidates have loudly
University may need to cut $11 million Band hall construction faces postponement By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
Hill to access the library’s unique collections. The three main collections are the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, the Rare Book Collection and the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection. “They all have different focuses,” Smyth said. The LLMV Collection includes books, periodicals, maps, prints, state documents and newspapers documenting the history and culture of the region. The collection is the largest accumulation of materials on Louisiana and the lower Mississippi Valley in existence, Smyth said. “Anyone interested in Louisiana is going
The University could be forced to indefinitely postpone construction of the new band hall or implement widespread furloughs because of further midyear budget cuts. Chancellor Michael Martin recently weighed the possibility of utilizing these options for the last two months of the fiscal year in a savings assessment preempting announcements of budget cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year. An income tax revenue shortage could force the state to implement further funding cuts before the end of June. The University’s share of the cut could be about $11 million, said Jason Droddy, assisDownload tant vice chancellor the chancellor’s of Legislative and budget savings External Affairs. assessment at The State Rev- lsureveille.com. enue Estimating Conference is scheduled to meet Wednesday to issue a revised forecast for the fiscal year revealing the severity of the cut, said James Richardson, University economics professor who sits on the estimating council. In the saving assessment, Martin said indefinitely postponing construction of the new band hall — which would yield $4.5 million in savings — is preferred to implementing furloughs.
COLLECTIONS, see page 15
ASSESSMENT, see page 15
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Mary Ann Frenzel shows and explains the photographs and documents she is donating to the Hill Memorial Library as part of the “Gebelin-Walsh-HynesFrenzel family papers” collection. Frenzel said the collection serves as a visual record of five generations of her family, dating back to the 1860s.
Funded by donations, the Hill Memorial Library preserves Lousiana history Staff Writer
The Hill Memorial Library has been part of the University for 85 years, but many students still don’t know the history in its stacks. Funded completely by donations, the Hill — also known as Special Collections — stores a wide array of rare and valuable historical materials, ranging from a first edition of Samuel Johnson’s “History of the English Language” to the manuscripts of Louisiana natives. The library requires a certain amount of security because the items are rare, said Elaine Smyth, head of Special Collections. Visitors must sign in at the front and wear an ID badge at all times. Personal belongings
are stored in a locker, and no materials can be taken outside the building. People aren’t allowed to roam the stacks. Visitors instead request certain items the staff retrieves and brings back to the Reading Room. The temperature must remain at 70 degrees, and the humidity levels are kept between 50 and 55 percent. Lighting is also highly regulated to protect the materials. “A lot of people might get turned off by our security,” said Tara Laver, curator of manuscripts. “But if they knew what was in here, I think they’d understand.” WHAT’S INSIDE People from all over the world visit the
PAPERWORK, see page 12
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History at the Hill By Sarah Eddington
protested their disqualifications, claiming the paperwork does not accurately reflect the money they spent. “As president of the
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Afghan leader promoted as ‘commander in chief’
Magnitude 4.4 quake, others shake San Diego area
KABUL (AP) — After days of discord, U.S. officials Sunday went one step further in their new gentler tact with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, expressing sympathy for the pressure he faces and promoting him as commander in chief of the warring nation.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A cluster of moderate earthquakes near the U.S.-Mexico border is continuing to rattle southern California one week after a magnitude 7.2 quake slammed the area. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck at 9:42 a.m. Sunday, about 11 miles west of downtown Calexico. Six other quakes above magnitude 3.0 were also reported in a three-hour period. No damage or injuries have been reported.
Al-Maliki bloc says 750,000 Iraqi votes in doubt BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s political party claimed Sunday its investigation into the March 7 parliamentary election has thrown into question some 750,000 votes, enough to change the results of the nationwide poll. The State of Law alliance trailed by just two seats behind former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party in the vote, which produced no clear winner.
Census response rates lag because of lack of state funding OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — State and local governments hammered by the recession have cut spending on outreach for the 2010 U.S. Census, leaving hard-to-reach neighborhoods with response rates that may fall behind the count from a
decade ago, officials said. The funding cutbacks have come at all levels, and at a cost. California, for example, dedicated $24.7 million to the Census 2000 campaign. Although an undercount could cost the state billions in federal funding and a Congressional seat, this year’s outreach budget is only $2 million. Phil Mickelson tops Tiger Woods for first place at Masters Tiger Woods garnered a lot of the attention at this weekend’s Masters in Augusta, Ga., in his first tournament of the year. But Phil Mickelson took home the green jacket Sunday when all was said and done. The lefty rode a 5-under 67 on the final day to a 16-under 272, edging out second-place Lee Westwood by three strokes and third-place Anthony Kim by four. Westwood, earned the runnerup spot. Woods tied K.J. Choi for fourth.
Seven shot, wounded near New Orleans’ French Quarter
Chilean president on disaster recovery tour in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A weeksold dispute boiled over in a shooting on the outskirts of New Orleans’ French Quarter, leaving seven with non-life threatening wounds, police said Sunday. New Orleans police said in a release the shooting happened Saturday outside a fast-food restaurant around 9:15 on Canal Street, which runs along the edge of the neighborhood at the heart of the city’s tourism industry. Investigators believe one of the victims, a 17-year-old boy, was the gunman’s target because of a dispute during Mardi Gras, Feb. 16. He was expected to be kept overnight at the hospital. The others wounded ranged in age from 15 to 50 and were to be treated and released. Detectives say the gunman was given a handgun by another man and then opened fire, sending bystanders running in every direction.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chile’s new president has come to New Orleans to learn lessons in disaster relief from Mayor Ray Nagin. President Sebastian Pinera toured the city on Sunday. He said it would take years for his nation to recover from a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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Free Street Painting Worshop with Internationally Renowned Street Painter Lori Escalera 1p.m.-4p.m., Wednesday, April 21 on LSU Parade Ground Visit Foster Hall Art Gallery or www.lsu.edu/union for an application and details
New Orleans officer fatally shoots 39-year-old man NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department says an officer fatally shot a 39-year-old man. The department says Brian Harris refused to drop a knife after officers issued verbal commands and shot him with a Taser. Police were called to his house late Friday after his Harris’ wife called to report he was threatening suicide.
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LOCCOC hosts Dog Agility Trial Area pets compete in Parker Coliseum By Sumit Kumar Contributing Writer JAMES WEST / The Daily Reveille
Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets volunteer Pat Reily takes a ride on Dan Duhon’s homemade bike during Velo Louisiane on April 11.
First bicycle festival held in Baton Rouge Velo Louisiane to raise awareness By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer
Louisiana holds many music, food and art festivals each year, but now bicyclists are riding their way into the tradition. The Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets sponsored the Velo Louisiane bicycle festival Saturday and Sunday at BREC’s City Brooks Park. Mark Martin, B.R.A.S.S. founder and president, said the festival spread awareness of the meaning of bicycling. “I’m trying to get people past the basic idea that a bike is a child’s toy or a poor man’s last choice,” he said. Velo Louisiane began Saturday with East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden leading a family fun ride with about 150 other riders. Evening festivities included a stationary bike race competition, a bicyclethemed art show and viewing of bicycle-themed films. Martin said nearly 250 people attended the night festivities. A bike parade, bike polo, BMX ramps, bike safety training and races continued Sunday after the Queen song “Bicycle Race” echoed in the opening ceremony. More than 200 people attended the festival throughout the day. “This is a culmination of people who enjoy biking,” said Mike Guy, construction management senior. “It’s nice to see people come out and better their community.” Martin said the bicycling culture and community has grown a lot in the last couple of years. He said this growth contributed to the organization of the festival. Baton Rouge was declared a bronze level bicycle-friendly community last year by the League of American Bicyclists, Martin said. He said Holden’s bicycle program is starting to mark bike routes, paint sharrows and construct bike facilities in Baton Rouge. Martin also said the Army Corps of Engineers will pave the levee top from Baton Rouge to New Orleans as part of the larger Mississippi River Trail. The importance of bicycling as a form of
transportation is being recognized on a national level as well, he said. The University has also made improvements to accommodate the increasing number of bikers on campus. More than 700 new bike parking spots were constructed around Middleton Library and next to Lockett Hall this year as part of the University’s parking master plan. Phase II will introduce bike lanes and share the road arrows or sharrows on campus. Student Government also created LSU Bikes, a Web site dedicated to bicycling advocacy where students can map safe biking paths and look up the rules regarding bikes in the state and on campus. SG’s bike auction raised $4,050 by reselling abandoned bikes left on campus. “Baton Rouge has a lot of challenges when it comes to biking,” said Rosanne Scholl, mass communication and political science professor. “The facilities are substandard compared to other cities of its size, but we’re improving a lot.” Clayton Weeks, mathematics senior, said the LSU Cycling Team has returned as an active student organization on campus with 15 members. He said members compete in road races and criterium races in Louisiana and the surrounding states. Anyone interested in bicycles should “get brave and go ride a bike,” Weeks said. More people coming together in the biking community means more attention paid to the needed biking facilities, he said. Martin said what once was a community of cycling racers has evolved into a community of people riding bicycles for many reasons. Bike polo was set up on the tennis courts at Brooks Park with BMX ramps in the grass nearby with teenage bikers doing tricks in the air. “Celebrating bikes for other reasons goes to show it’s not a competition sort of thing, but it’s also enjoyable, and we have to celebrate it,” Martin said. The festival was created to increase bicycling awareness and to build camaraderie among the bicyclers, he said. Contact Mary Walker Baus at mbaus@lsureveille.com
The University was treated to an enduring display of canine agility during the weekend in the ninth annual Dog Agility Trial held by the Louisiana Capital City Obedience Club. The event, organized in the Parker Coliseum, showcased the athletic abilities of dogs running timed obstacle courses of four difficulty levels. The dogs competed at four agility levels — novice, open, excellent and masters — set by the American Kennel Club, a registry of purebred dog breeds in the United States. After signing up for the events, dog handlers were briefed by the judges on the rules and walked the course to plan strategies. The dogs then ran the numbered courses in the correct orders, following their handlers’ verbal and hand signals. The handlers weren’t allowed to treat dogs during the run. Winning dogs were awarded rosettes while those qualifying for later events received dog toys. Judges set the number of obstacles and time for each event, depending on the level and size of dogs. The competition arena was divided into two rings — the “standard” or “fast” ring, consisting of contact obstacles, tunnels, weave poles and jumps, and the “jumpers” ring, which had no contact obstacles and was the ultimate test of the dogs’ agility and speed. Penalties, including disqualifications, were given for wrong courses, hitting a jump bar, missing an obstacle or exceeding the time limit. Handlers were eliminated if they hit their dogs or if the dogs escaped the arena. Mary Welpton, dog handler from Biloxi, Miss., who is a frequent competitor at state- and national-level dog agility trials, said she trains her 9-year-old poodle Happy at least an hour every week in her backyard. “I really enjoy running my dog,” she said. “Winning is not all that important.” Dog handlers adopt different strategies to guide their dogs through the course. “It is important how fast and
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Christine Woods, dog handler, and Andre, a papillon, compete in the ninth annual Dog Agility Trial held by the Louisiana Capital City Obedience Club.
how well you can communicate,” said Michele Fry, LCCOC publicity coordinator. “An excellent dog with a mediocre handler would be a mediocre dog.” Randall Miller, dog trainer from Sulphur, La., who trained his border collie Tatchy, said body language and positioning are very important, as the dogs follow them for directions. He also said he cuts back on the number of obstacles if he sees his dog isn’t running at his best. “The basic rule is to never take your eyes off the dog,” said Christine Woods from Ruston, who competed with her dog Andre, a papillon from Shreveport. Andre also practiced with Woods once a week and won the Master Agility Competition on Jan. 26 in Texas. One of the hardest parts of the obstacle course is the weave pole because dogs can get disoriented while maneuvering across them, Woods said. She also emphasized the
importance of maintaining a good rapport with the dog. Aggressive behavior, to which rescue dogs are vulnerable, could permanently disqualify them from all AKC competitions. “We’ve already won, so I wanted to have to have fun with him and gain his confidence,” she said. “After all, he is a stray puppy who was rescued.” Contact Sumit Kumar at skumar@lsureveille.com
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Renee LaCoste, apparel design senior, finishes her design March 30 in the Human Ecology Building. LaCoste used eco-friendly material as part of a “green” textile science, apparel design and merchandising project.
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Bikers start the Gold Springs race Sunday during Baton Rouge’s first Velo Louisiane bicycle festival. The event was held at City-Brooks Park to promote bicycle awareness.
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Rose, a Shetland sheepdog, and owner Dottie Brooks compete in the Dog Agility Trial. The trial was held during the weekend in Parker Coliseum.
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HUEC goes fashionably green Students produce eco-friendly clothes By Mallory Logan Contributing Writer
Americans throw away an average of 68 pounds of clothing and textiles each year, according to the Council for Textile Recycling. University students in the textile science, apparel design and merchandising concentration are learning how to use environmentally sustainable materials and techniques in making garments. Lisa McRoberts, human ecology assistant professor, has pushed for eco-friendly techniques in apparel design during her tenure at the University. “I have been wanting to teach sustainability since before I came to LSU,” McRoberts said. Her dream became a reality when McRoberts met teaching assistant and graduate student Stefanie Ramirez, who is specializing in sustainability. Ramirez assists McRoberts in her synthesis class, which consists mainly of undergraduate seniors working on their showcase collections. “I measured the students’ knowledge on environmentally conscious materials as a consumer as well as a designer,” Ramirez said. She plans to assess students again at the end of the semester after she teaches them about the
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The textile science, apparel design and merchandising seniors show their eco-friendly designs March 30 in the Human Ecology Building.
materials to see how much information was retained. “Besides informing the students on environmentalism, I am also looking to see if their feelings have changed on being an environmentally responsible designer and consumer,” McRoberts said. She asked nationally recognized handbag designer Claire Sanchez, who has a background in surface design, to teach the class “green” dyes and dye techniques. Various dyeing techniques taught included straight dyeing, ombre, shibori, mokame, plangi, kumo and batik. Following informative presentations and demonstrations, McRoberts said her students chose to apply the knowledge to their garments.
“The majority of the students chose to use organic or sustainable fabrics, but were only required to use 50 percent cotton or more,” McRoberts said. Debbie McAdams, TADM senior, said the fumes were easier to handle when using organic dyeing techniques, but the process took time to complete. “It took seven hours straight of dyeing,” McAdams said. She said she feels more knowledgeable now that she knows about eco-conscious materials and techniques. “I didn’t know anything about it before,” McAdams said.
Contact Mallory Logan at mlogan@lsureveille.com
SURVEY
Age strongest factor for census Young adults not likely to complete By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
College students fall in the demographic least likely to participate in the census, according to a March survey by the Pew Research Center. The survey found 44 percent of people who might not or definitely won’t participate in the census are aged 18 to 29. “College students are a transient population and thus have low response rates,” said Laura Moyer, political science assistant professor. Age is the demographic most strongly associated with participation, the survey said. The median age for those not likely to participate is 31 while the median age for those likely to participate is 47. The second-strongest predictor is education. The probability of not participating is 5 percent for those with a college education and 11 percent for those
with a high school education, ac- attitudes about the census. cording to the survey. Twenty-one percent of those “I heard about the census a who might not participate think good bit, but not about where to it’s not important for the United go to fill it out,” said Rory Green, States. Eighty-four percent of economics sophomore. those who plan to participate think Blair Naquin, human resourc- it is a civic responsibility. es management senior, said she The Pew group also studied filled out the cenvariables such as sus at her home gender, political in Baton Rouge party and income because she was but found they unsure where to made no significomplete it in the cant impact on dorms. predicting particiHome ownpation. ership might also The repreplay a role in willCENSUS camLaura Moyer ingness to compaign promoted political science assistant professor census awareness plete the count. Sixty percent on campus of those uncertain about partici- throughout the month of February. pation are renters or have another RepreCENSUS was comarrangement, such as living in a prised of five mass communicadorm, according to the survey. tion students participating in the “I thought they would bring national Bateman competition it to the dorm or tell us where it held by the Public Relations Stuwould be,” said Jeb Barr, English dent Society of America. literature junior. “Had I been informed, I would have been happy to fill it out.” Contact Grace Montgomery at The survey found gmontgomery@lsureveille.com participants had a variety of
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WORLD
Divisions arise over push for adoptions from Haiti By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Logistical challenges and potentially bitter disputes lie ahead as passionate advocates of adoption press for changes that might enable thousands of Haitian children affected by the earthquake to be placed in U.S. homes. The obstacles are daunting, starting with a need to register Haiti’s dislocated children. If done correctly, this would enable authorities to distinguish between children who might be good candidates for adoption and those with surviving relatives who could care for them. There also will be efforts to overhaul Haiti’s troubled child protection system, update its adoption laws and boost support for family reunification programs in Haiti. But even before those goals are pursued, there are sharp divisions over how vigorously and quickly to seek an expansion of adoptions. A prominent leader of the campaign to bring more orphans to American homes is Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who believes some of the major aid organizations active in Haiti — including UNICEF — are not sufficiently supportive of international adoption. “Either UNICEF is going to change or have a very difficult time getting support from the U.S. Congress,” Landrieu said in a telephone interview.
Landrieu and a few other members of Congress visited Haiti last week, meeting with top Haitian officials to discuss the plight of the devastated nation’s orphans. Since the Jan. 12 earthquake, about 1,000 Haitian children have been brought to U.S. families who had filed adoption applications before the quake. That pool of children in Haiti is dwindling, and adoption advocates are now ratcheting up their efforts to get a new, larger stream of adoptions in the works. “There is great support in the United States to begin to open up opportunities for adoption as soon as possible,” Landrieu said. “There are thousands of children who don’t have parents or even extended families to be reunified with.” UNICEF says a time may come when large-scale foreign adoptions would be appropriate — notably for older children and those with disabilities. But the U.N. agency and like-minded groups are asking for patience, saying the next priorities should be to register vulnerable children and try to improve conditions for them and their families in Haiti. “It’s complicated,” said Susan Bissell, UNICEF’s chief of child protection. “We’ve got to get a registration system in place. Once we have that, we want families for children — and that includes adoption. We are not against intercountry adoption, but we are against
exploitation.” Bissell said she was frustrated by the hostility toward UNICEF commonly expressed by leading supporters of international adoption in the United States. “I find myself saddened by it, but it’s not going to take the wind out of our sails,” she said. The chief operating officer for Save the Children, which is deeply engaged in helping Haitian orphans, said the tensions and disputes were likely to revolve around timing — with some groups seeking to resume large-scale adoptions much more quickly than other groups. “It’s hard to know how big the problem is without taking the time to go through this registration process, and I know for many it’s an excruciating process,” Carolyn Miles said. “There are no records,” she added. “To be sure that a child is an orphan, that will be difficult — going back to their villages, trying to find people who know their families.” An estimated 40 percent of Haiti’s pre-quake population was under 14, including about 50,000 living in orphanages and more than 200,000 others not living with their parents. It’s been commonplace for poor parents to abandon their children, and some are taken in by wealthier families who use them as household labor. Hundreds of thousands of
Haitian children lack birth certificates or other identification, which could complicate adoption efforts. The Organization of American States is proposing a plan to provide all Haitian minors with ID cards, but estimates this wouldn’t be completed until 2013. Landrieu hopes significant headway on registration can be made much faster than that — but says the many groups working on the task need to coordinate better. Looking ahead, she hopes for a sizable number of new foreign adoptions by the end of this year — compared with just a handful at present now that the backlog of pre-quake applications has been largely dealt with. In recent years, about 300 Haitian children annually were adopted by Americans. Landrieu believes that number could rise to several thousand a year in the future. “Children belong in families, not in orphanages or in some amorphous kibbutz,” she said. “Americans take this call very seriously.” Landrieu and other members of her delegation to Haiti came away convinced government officials there would support expansion of
adoption as long as steps were taken to guard against trafficking and ensure that children weren’t being sent away from parents who wanted them. Indeed, Haitian authorities say they are now accepting new adoption applications, though it isn’t clear how long these might take to process. The head of Haiti’s child welfare agency, Jeanne Bernard Pierre, has conveyed some skepticism about efforts to speed up adoptions, saying Americans have taken advantage of the disaster to flout Haitian adoption laws. “Since the earthquake, the U.S. Embassy has said, ‘If you see a kid you like, here’s the paper, you can take them with you,’” Pierre told The Associated Press. Michele Bond, one of the U.S. State Department’s senior officials dealing with international adoption, firmly disagreed, saying the postquake transfers of Haitian children to the United States were rigorously monitored. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
Sports
Monday, April 12, 2010
SWIMMING & DIVING
Coach resigns after weak season
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Safe at Home LSU finds success in Alex Box during break, struggles on the road
By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
LSU swimming and diving coach Adam Schmitt has resigned from his position, Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced April 6. “I want to thank Adam for his efforts during the time that he spent here as the head coach of our swimming and diving program,” Alleva said in a news release. “We wish Adam and his family success in any of their future endeavors.” The announcement of Schmitt’s resignation came a week after the end of a swimming sea- Adam Schmitt son in which LSU swimming the No. 19 Ti- and diving coach gers and No. 25 Lady Tigers each had 0-4 records against Southeastern Conference opponents. The Lady Tigers ended the season with a 6-6 record and a 30th place finish in the NCAA Championships. The Tigers had a 3-6 record and finished 29th in the NCAA Championships. Schmitt, a 1989 LSU graduate and former Tiger swimmer, coached the team for six seasons. The Lady Tigers had two top-20 NCAA finishes during Schmitt’s tenure, finishing 17th in 2007 and 16th in 2009. Senior captain Sean LeNeave said Miriam Segar, associate athletic director of student services, met with team members several times about their personal feelings about Schmitt.
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LSU sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook slides to third base on a wild pitch Feb. 21 during the Tigers’ 4-0 win against Centenary at Alex Box Stadium.
By Johanathan Brooks Sports Writer
There was no place like home for the LSU baseball team during spring break. The rest of the LSU student body traveled to various locales, but LSU found most of its success at Alex Box Stadium during the last 10 days. The road was a little more harsh to LSU. The Tigers (26-6, 8-4 SEC) lost two of three games to Auburn (22-11, 7-5) last weekend after winning its series against Georgia during the first weekend of the break. LSU also picked up a blowout of a non-conference opponent in midweek action. LSU coach Paul Mainieri said after LSU’s midweek home game the Tigers would have four “very tough ball games” after the home contest. He was correct. LSU faced stiff competition from both Auburn and Southern Miss and emerged from the four-game road trip with two wins and two losses. The two road losses came against Auburn at Plainsman Park. LSU took the first game of the weekend
series with a 14-10 victory but dropped the next two games. It was the first time LSU has dropped two games in a row since April 18 and 19 of 2009 against Tennessee when LSU last lost a Southeastern Conference series. LSU lost, 11-7, on Saturday and dropped Sunday’s game, 6-5, in the ninth inning after Auburn junior right fielder Justin Fradejas bunted for a single, allowing sophomore shortstop Casey McElroy to score. The series win was the first for Auburn against LSU at home since 1998. “It was a hard-fought game, and I credit our players for the way they competed the whole day,” Mainieri said in a news release. “We’ve established a very good record in SEC series play, and we’re very proud of what we’ve accomplished over the past couple of years. We’ll build from this experience and move forward.” LSU defeated Southern Miss (16-14, 1-5 C-USA) on April 6 in the Wally Pontiff, Jr. Classic, which took place at Zephyr Field in New Orleans. The Golden Eagles and the Tigers battled for 12 innings until LSU redshirt BREAK, see page 11
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LSU catcher Micah Gibbs hits the ball March 12 in LSU’s 9-11 loss against Kansas in Alex Box Stadium.
SCHMITT, see page 11
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Hightower picked No. 15 overall LSU star slid into draft’s second round By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
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Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault, left, and general manager Chris Sienko, right, introduce four of the team’s five 2010 WNBA Draft picks, including former LSU guard Allison Hightower (23), Friday during a news conference.
Former LSU guard Allison Hightower celebrated her 22nd birthday two days before the 2010 WNBA Draft on April 8. Hightower received a different birthday present this year when
she was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the second round of Thursday’s draft. Her No. 15 selection came later than some projections predicted her to go. The Arlington, Texas, native said living in Connecticut will be a thrilling move for her. “It’s crazy because I’ve never lived up north or anything like that,” Hightower said. “It will be an exciting experience for me to play for the Connecticut Sun and live in Connecticut.”
Many draft projections had Hightower being drafted as high as No. 5 in the first round to the San Antonio Silver Stars, but she said falling 10 spots lower did not bother her. “I understood it was a guardheavy draft, and everybody in the draft is talented,” Hightower said. “That’s just how it played out. I’m just blessed to be able to be selected.” HIGHTOWER, see page 11
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GYMNASTICS
Tigers lock NCAA spot with second-place regionals finish LSU to compete for ninth-straight year By Rob Landry Sports Contributor
The LSU gymnastics team’s dream of a national championship is still alive and well. The Tigers (15-8-1) finished second in their regional meet Saturday, securing a spot in the NCAA Championships for the ninth consecutive year. Undefeated and top-seeded Oklahoma won the regional with a team score of 197.250. The Tigers followed with a 196.400. Penn State, New Hampshire, Ohio State and Maryland rounded out the rankings, respectively. “You want to win this meet, but this team showed so much character,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “The team took charge of the second half of the meet.” LSU had a slow start after posting a 48.825 on the floor exercise in the first round. But the Tigers picked up the pace on the final three apparatuses. LSU moved to the vault after the floor exercise and posted a team score of 49.250, thanks to senior Susan Jackson’s 9.95 and senior Kayla Rogers’ 9.875.
“Vault is an event that you can 49.175 and locked up the second go to mad and knock out some re- spot in the championship meet. ally high scores, and that’s what “The kids did a fabulous job we did,” said LSU senior Sum- and represented LSU in the best mer Hubbard. “We stayed moti- manner possible,” Breaux said. “I vated, we stayed within ourselves am so proud of their efforts and and we conquered the event.” how they took charge of their LSU and Penn State were gymnastics.” neck and neck after two rotaJackson finished third in the tions, with LSU holding on to a all-around standings despite an 98.075-98.050 advantage by the uncharacteristic fall on the floor smallest possible difference in exercise. gymnastics. She also walked away from Both teams had a bye in the the meet with individual titles on third rotation, and the Tigers took the vault and uneven bars. Her command of the 9.95 uneven bars second spot in score tied her cathe third rotareer high on the tion by scoring apparatus. a 49.150 on the The fall in the uneven bars. first event gave The Nittany Jackson extra motiLions scored a vation to finish the 48.775 on the meet on a strong Susan Jackson balance beam in note. the same round. “I was furiLSU senior Jackson ous after the fall,” delivered her second 9.95 of the Jackson said. “I didn’t want to let meet and Hubbard posted a 9.875. down my team.” “After Susan hit her routine The NCAA Championships [on the uneven bars], we were will consist of two six-team all feeling good,” Hubbard said. meets, and the top three teams “We were relaxed after that and from each meet will move on to ready to go to beam and ready to compete in the Super Six meet just do what we do.” for the national championship. If The Tigers’ final event of LSU advances to the Super Six, it the day was the balance beam. will be the third consecutive year Led by Jackson’s 9.90 and junior it has done so. Sam Engle’s 9.85, they posted a Jackson said the key to suc-
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‘Like we’ve been saying all year, it’s the little things that matter.’
cess at the NCAA Championships is staying in the process they have been in all season. “We need to focus on the little things. Like we’ve been saying all year, it’s the little things that matter,” Jackson said. “Everyone now is as good as every-
one else, and the winners are going to be the people that go out there and nail their landings and hit their handstands.” Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com
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SOFTBALL
LSU struggles during break, losing five of eight games Tigers week with series sweep By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor
The break was not kind for the No. 14 LSU softball team. The Tigers played three Southeastern Conference opponents during the week and could not maintain their 24-game winning streak, losing five of eight games. “It was a tough week for us,” said LSU freshman pitcher Rachele Fico. “We played two of the best teams in the country.” LSU (32-9, 11-5) lost a combined five games to No. 4 Florida and No. 6 Alabama, but the Tigers salvaged the week by sweeping Mississippi State (22-21, 3-12) in the weekend’s three-game series. The Tigers won a come-frombehind victory Sunday in game three, 6-1. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when senior catcher Chelsea Bramlett doubled to lead off the inning, stole third base and scored on a throwing error by LSU sophomore catcher Morgan Russell. LSU answered by scoring six unanswered runs and by shutting out Mississippi State through the next six innings. LSU sophomore first baseman Anissa Young highlighted the Tigers’ scoring surge with a solo
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Rachele Fico, freshman pitcher, throws a pitch March 23 in the Tigers’ 7-0 win against Nicholls in Tiger Park. The Tigers lost five of eight games during the break.
home run to left-center field. Senior right fielder Rachel Mitchell enjoyed her second straight game as leadoff hitter for the Tigers by going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. “We had bad luck on the road,” Mitchell said. “It feels good that we can get back into the groove of winning.”
Fico (12-4) picked up the victory after pitching seven innings, striking out three batters and giving up four hits, one run and three walks. Senior pitcher Cody Trahan (9-2) shut down the Bulldogs in game one, when she limited Mississippi State to two hits during her seven innings to lead the Tigers to
a 2-1 victory. “We’re playing good defense,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “We still have some bats struggling, but hopefully all those will start coming around.” Bramlett picked up both of Mississippi States’ hits against Trahan and went 8-for-10 during the series, increasing her SEC-leading hit total to 76. LSU gave up 12 hits in game two against the Bulldogs but still managed to pull out the 8-3 victory. Young and sophomore left fielder Ashley Langoni went a combined 4-for-7 for five RBIs in the win. LSU started the week on the road against Florida (30-4, 12-2) and lost three straight games in Gainesville, Fla., to the Gators. Florida struck early in game one, racking up two runs in each of the first two innings on its way to a 4-1 victory. Florida senior outfielder Francesca Enea led the Gators with two RBIs in game one, and she leads the SEC with 48 RBIs on the season. The Tigers almost came away with a victory in game two, but two late runs by Florida gave the Gators the 2-1 victory. LSU scored a run in the third inning, but the Gators used three singles to score a run in the sixth inning to tie the game. Florida took the lead for good in the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk-off home run by senior third baseman Corrie Brooks.
“Everybody was so down after the weekend, especially the way we lost when we were ahead and with a walk-off home run,” Girouard said. “Everyone was extremely disappointed.” Florida ran away with a 7-1 victory in game three. The Gators combined for 10 hits and held the Tigers to four. Florida powered six hits in the bottom of the sixth inning to score the team’s final four runs. The Tigers traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday and lost two games to Alabama (31-9, 124), 3-1 and 4-3, respectively. Alabama junior pitcher Kelsi Dunne (18-4) dominated game one from the circle. The Port Orange, Fla., native pitched seven innings, struck out 14 batters, walked three and gave up one hit and one earned run. LSU carried a 3-2 lead into the final inning of game two against Alabama. But the Crimson Tide came up big in the bottom of the seventh inning when sophomore center fielder Jennifer Fenton hit a two-run walk-off home run to give Alabama the 4-3 victory. The Tigers slid into second in the SEC West following the week’s losses, but LSU won’t face its next ranked opponent, No. 15 Georgia, until April 29 when the Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge. Contact Jarred LeBlanc at jleblanc@lsureveille.com
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TRACK AND FIELD
Junior Walter Henning takes consecutive hammer titles Tigers, Ladies grab 15 wins in two meets By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
LSU junior Walter Henning had a successful spring break. Henning won two hammer throw titles last week. He became the first Tiger to win the event at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a throw of 236 feet, 1 inch on April 2. “I’m really happy getting a win here at the Texas Relays. This is a
big win for me,” Henning said April 2 in a news release. “I’m also really happy that both [sophomore Michael Lauro] and myself were able to get out there and compete well today against some great competition.” Henning followed the performance with another personal best throw Saturday at the Miami Elite Invitational. His throw of 239 feet, 5 inches broke both the nine-year-old Cobb Stadium facility record and the 15-year-old meet record. The Southeastern Conference named Henning the Male Field Athlete of the Week for his efforts. The Tigers and Lady Tigers picked up 10 event wins at the Mi-
ami Elite Invitational and five wins at the Texas Relays. The Tigers won their third 4x800-meter relay title at the Texas Relays, and junior All-American Brittani Carter won the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 1/2 inch. Both teams won the sprint medley relay titles — only the second time in meet history one school has done so. “That is how you compete,” LSU coach Dennis Shaver said April 2 in a news release. “I am proud of each and every one of those kids for the heart they showed out there in two unbelievable races. You could just see how much each one of them
wanted to win.” Sophomore Lady Tiger Rachel Laurent won the pole vault in Coral Gables, Fla., with a season best height of 13 feet, 11 1/4 inches. Senior Josh Dominguez won the men’s event for the Tigers, clearing 17 feet, 6 3/4 inches. Junior Mark DeBlanc won the javelin with a throw of 206 feet, 2 inches and sophomore Samia Stokes won the discus, throwing it 158 feet, 8 inches. Junior Zedric Thomas won the long jump with a jump of 24 feet, 3 3/4 inches, and Carter took her second high jump title of the week with a jump of 6 feet.
On the track, senior Richard Jones won the 800-meter run in his outdoor debut with a time of 1 minute, 47.95 seconds. Junior Alan Sticker won the 1,500-meters in 3 minutes, 52.42 seconds, and senior Armanti Hayes won the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.28 seconds. “We saw some tremendous individual efforts today by our athletes that will be a key for us as we start to build the kind of consistency we need down the stretch,” Shaver said Saturday in a news release. Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com
GOLF
Tigers wrap up regular season, prepare for SECs Maggio competes in first spring event By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor
The No. 23 LSU men’s golf team wrapped its regular season Tuesday with an 11th place finish at the 44th Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas. Texas hosted the tournament at the par 71 University of Texas golf course. Seven teams in the Golfstat Top 25 rankings competed, includ-
ing No. 1 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Texas A&M. Junior All-American John Peterson was the top finisher for the Tigers. Peterson put together a 54hole score of 13-over par 226, good enough for a tie for 32nd place. Peterson’s final round score of 7-over 78 was the Tigers’ best score of the day. Gusty conditions on the course derailed the Tigers’ scoring efforts during the final round. After opening up with rounds of 8-over 292 and 14-over 298, the Tigers closed tournament play with a 38-over 322. Georgia junior Harris Eng-
lish’s 6-under 65 final round sealed Georgia’s one-stroke victory against Texas. The Tigers finished their 200910 regular season with three team wins to their credit, including a stretch of two wins in three tournaments leading up to the Morris Williams tournament. The Tigers travel to St. Simons Island, Ga., for the Southeastern Conference men’s golf championships this week. The Tigers finished fourth in the SEC championships last season with nearly the same roster. The No. 17 LSU women’s golf
team scored well in its final regular season round as it concluded its regular season in Greensboro, N.C., at the Bryan National Collegiate tournament. The Lady Tigers finished the first round behind on the leaderboard after an 18-over 306. But the team rallied nicely in the final round to post a 1-over 289, the field’s second-lowest final round team score. “We learned some lessons in the first round,” LSU women’s coach Karen Bahnsen said in a news release. “We played solid golf the last two days, especially [Sunday]. I’m very pleased with a round like that
going into the SEC tournament.” Freshman Mary Michael Maggio competed in her first event this spring after recovering from shoulder surgery. Maggio couldn’t find her stroke for much of the first two days, but she recovered to post a 1-over 73 in the final round. The Lady Tigers will take on the rest of the SEC’s women’s golf teams for the SEC championships Friday, April 16, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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TENNIS
Lady Tigers gain three wins Southeastern Conference match, 6-1. Sophomore Whitney Wolf picked up her third win against a nationally ranked opponent this season with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, victory By Sean Isabella against No. 98 Megan Broderick. Sports Contributor LSU’s three-match winning Revenge is sweet, especially streak came to a halt Sunday in for the LSU women’s tennis team. Nashville, Tenn., with a 6-1 loss to LSU (9-13, 4-6) won three Vanderbilt. of its four matches during spring The Lady Tigers used their break to snap a three-match losing momentum from the previous skid, including a 5-2 victory last three matches to squeak out the Sunday against Auburn. doubles point, highlighted by a The victory 8-6 doubles vicagainst Auburn tory from Wolf was especially and freshman Keri sweet for LSU Frankenberger coach Tony Minagainst No. 25 nis, whose team Chelsea Preeg and was blanked by Jackie Wu. Auburn, 4-0, Jan. But LSU fal29 at the ITA tered in singles, Jeff Brown Kickoff Weekend. losing all six LSU men’s tennis coach “I’m really, matches. really proud of LSU returns this team,” Minnis said in a news home Saturday to wrap up its regurelease after the win against Au- lar season for Senior Day against burn. “We’re playing at a whole Arkansas. different level and intensity.” The No. 51 LSU men’s tennis LSU started the break with team suffered four losses during a 5-2 victory against Alabama on the break, pushing its losing streak April 2 in what Minnis believed to to seven games. be LSU’s strongest match of the “I sure hope we’ve gained year. experience through all these close “That was our best effort this losses,” LSU coach Jeff Brown season,” he said. “We played hard said after a 4-3 loss Sunday to No. up and down the line in both sin- 32 Vanderbilt at W.T. “Dub” Robgles and doubles.” inson Stadium. The Lady Tigers went on the LSU (5-13, 2-8) had opporturoad following the sweep at home nities to take the match from Vanand surged past bottom-dweller derbilt on several occasions after Kentucky, who has yet to win a trading blows in singles to notch
the match at 3-3 but fell short when the Commodores Adam Baker knocked off LSU freshman Stefan Szacinski in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. The Tigers started the match with a doubles win from junior Sebastian Carlsson and sophomore Neal Skupski, but the Commodores stormed back with two doubles wins of their own to clinch the doubles point. Brown was adamant about how anemic the Tigers doubles play has been all season. “We certainly haven’t developed any consistency at No. 2 or No. 3 doubles, and that’s where you get hurt so much starting every match down 1-0,” Brown said. LSU dropped a pair of road matches last weekend to Alabama by a slim 4-3 decision, and Auburn, 5-2. The Tigers’ home-court advantage was nonexistent Friday as the they returned home, losing to No. 11 Kentucky, 5-2. The loss to Kentucky marked the 10th time LSU has lost to a top-25 team this spring, with the only victory coming March 19 against then-No. 23 Wake Forest. LSU hosts South Florida on Tuesday in a non-conference match that had been originally scheduled for March 9 but was rescheduled because of inclement weather.
assistant coach David Geyer would win the vote “100 percent” if the team picked the next coach. “The team in its whole entirety has the most confidence and respect for Dave as a coach and a person,” LeNeave said. “He is the one to hold most of the team together in hard times. He teaches the necessary discipline without going a step overboard. His passion is the swimmer and their best interest, and he has showed that to every single
athlete who has been under him.” Alleva said in the release that a search for Schmitt’s replacement would begin immediately. Attempts to reach Schmitt, Segar, Alleva and Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette were unsuccessful.
cycle in the Tigers’ 17-5 win against the Braves. Mahtook was the first LSU player to hit for the cycle since 2003. The Tigers started their spring break with a series win against Georgia (11-21, 3-9 SEC). LSU started the series with a 4-3 win against the Bulldogs on April 2. The Tigers ran into some trouble in the second game of the series. LSU came up six runs short and lost to the Bulldogs, 12-6, in a game where the two teams combined for 27 hits. “This was just not our day,” Mainieri said in a news release following the game. “Georgia played a great game, and they deserved to win. We swung the bats pretty well, but a lot of balls were hit into the teeth of the wind. I’m certainly not taking away anything from Georgia. They have a lot of talented ball players, and they outplayed us today.”
But LSU rebounded on Easter Sunday. LSU pushed across 15 runs on 17 hits and took its third SEC series of the season. Following the Georgia series, LSU had a seven-series winning streak dating back to the 2009 season. LSU junior catcher Micah Gibbs was the most effective Tiger at the plate during the Georgia series. He batted .636 with one double, one RBI, two runs and two steals in the series. Gibbs leads the Tigers with a .403 average with 33 RBIs and five home runs. Mahtook currently sits at No. 2 on the team in batting average with a .348 mark.
Tigers’ losing streak hits seven matches
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SCHMITT, from page 7
LeNeave said the announcement did not come as a shock to the team. “For the program to excel further, it was in the team’s best interest to have a head coach that everyone trusted, subscribed to and believed in,” LeNeave said in an e-mail. “Unfortunately, the majority of the team no longer saw that in Adam.” LeNeave said fifth-year
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freshman third baseman Wet Delatte hit a walk-off single to give LSU a 6-5 victory. “It was a great college baseball game, and I’m very proud of the way we competed against a tremendous Southern Miss team,” Mainieri said in a news release. “I’m especially pleased for [freshman infielder] Mason Katz and Wet Delatte; they’re two young guys who took advantage of opportunities, and they came through for us in a big way.” Katz hit a double off the outfield wall earlier in the game and later scored to tie the game at five. The night before that, LSU picked up its third home win during the break when the Tigers met Alcorn State for a midweek game. LSU sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook went 4-for-4 and scored five runs as he hit for the
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Hightower finished her LSU career as the 13th all-time leading scorer with 1,509 points. She was also named an Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and received 2010 All-Southeastern Conference First-Team and SEC All-Defensive Team honors, among other accolades. LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor called Hightower “the ultimate teammate” last week, and he predicted an illustrious career in the professional ranks for his star player. “I came to LSU in 2007, and if Allison Hightower had transferred, LSU’s program goes rock bottom,” Chancellor said. “There’s no question Allison’s best days are ahead of her. She’s such a hard worker, listener and a joy to coach. She’s going to have an outstanding WNBA career.” Hightower will join the Connecticut Sun with former University of Connecticut center Tina Charles, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft and AP women’s college basketball Player of the Year. The Sun, which finished sixth
PAGE 11 of seven teams in the Eastern Conference in 2009, also chose former Kansas forward Danielle McCray with the No. 7 pick and acquired former Nebraska forward Kelsey Griffin in a draft-day trade with the Minnesota Lynx. Hightower was one of 14 players in attendance for the draft in New York, and she said starting her career with her fellow Sun draftees will help make the transition smooth. “[Charles] is a great player, a dominant post player who was one of the best in college basketball,” Hightower said. “She’ll continue to be one of the best in the WNBA, so I’m very excited.” Hightower’s schedule will not lighten anytime soon. After she returns to Baton Rouge, she will travel to Storrs, Conn., to participate in training camp April 1518 for the 2010 USA Basketball Women’s Select Team. The Sun kick off the WNBA season May 15 at home against the Chicago Sky.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Healing Place Arena not a waste It is with great sadness that I read Andrew Robertson’s column “Megachurch buildings are a complete waste of money,” concerning our new building over at Healing Place Church, affectionately called The Arena. The cost of The Arena has been a subject of great concern for us over the past five years. We broke ground two months before Katrina, with a budget of $12-$14 million. That’s no small amount, mind you, but we worked hard to be as frugal as possible. For example, we have concrete floors throughout our sanctuary.
PAPERWORK, from page 1 campaign, I’m like the CEO. Everything came across my desk.” Hudson said. “I take full responsibility. It was definitely my fault.” Apparently clerical errors within the StudentsFirst campaign led to campaign finance reports that represented a sum higher than what the candidates actually spent — and higher than the maximum allowed. The candidates will challenge their disqualifications in University Court today. “I’m fighting to get the people on my ticket back in,” Hudson said. “We have everything you can think of to prove they didn’t spend that much.” Bonvillian said she’s “disappointed” in the results and applauds the candidates for their hard work, but thinks the candidates should not be allowed to take office. “The rules are the rules,” she said. “In the end, the candidate that plays by the rules deserves to win. And I would have that stance even if our candidates weren’t going to get the positions.” There has been some rancor about the debacle in the open time during spring break, especially in the comments section of our Web site, lsureveille.com. Some say Hudson’s handling of the issue has reflected poorly on his clerical and leadership skills. A few go so far as to say he should resign. “I took accountability for my candidates,” Bonvillian said.
However, post Katrina construction prices escalated our cost wildly, for us and everyone else building anything since then. Consider the LSU Union by comparison — last I heard, those cost were $72 million for renovation. We built an entire building for half that price, by exercising frugality. I know The Arena gets all the attention, but have you seen our other churches? There’s one in Donaldsonville where the congregation is too poor to donate enough to sustain it. So we pay for it all out of The Arena. There is a second one like that in inner-scity Baton Rouge called the Dream Center. There is a third in Mozambique, Africa, and a fourth in Swaziland, Africa. All are paid for by The Arena. And that happens because we can all come together in one place where we give and learn together. “I would be very hesitant to take office [in the same situation] because, at the end of the day, it was my fault.” For his part, Hudson has accepted the criticism. “I have seen and internalized theses comments,” he said. But he has no plans on resigning. “People were saying this while there was a lot of confusion,” he said. “We are going to make mistakes. But I will do everything in my power to minimize them.” It’s true this debacle was a huge mistake on Hudson’s part, but we support his efforts to make amends — and we don’t believe he should resign. More importantly, we believe the court needs to seriously consider the facts of these disqualifications. If the StudentsFirst campaign can provide evidence they did not spend more than the allowed amount and therefore did not gain an upperhand, they should be able to take office. Yes, rules are rules. Yes, the paperwork was filled out wrong. SG already suffers terribly in the student consciousness as an insular bureaucracy more concerned with rules and procedures than real progress. Less than a quarter of students voted in the runoff election — not even 20 percent voted during the general election. This apathy is a direct result of exactly this kind of highly technical, arcane machinery that makes students think they aren’t SG’s concern. Students need to know their
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Most importantly though, Healing Place Church has never taught prosperity. We teach Jesus inspired service to you and our community, as outlined in our Pastor’s Book, “Servolution.” You can spot our red shirts all over the community serving the people anyway we can. Not one mention of prosperity from any of them. I’d love to invite you to a service where you can see for yourself. Just let me know, and I’ll even get you a cup of coffee. Mathew Falcon Healing Place Church Technical Team
Big churchs needed for big crowds votes count. And it’s kind of hard to say they do if the representatives students voted for don’t win simply because of paperwork problems. But perhaps the bigger issue at stake here is systemic. It’s unacceptable that a few errant pieces of paper can put representatives that lost the election into
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I’m writing in response to Andrew Robertson’s editorial on the Healing Place Church (HPC) arena. Perhaps the best way to answer his critiques of HPC in particular — and megachurches in general — is with a question. Why would a church need a large building? My best guess would be that there are lots of people that want to go there. If a ministry isn’t concerned with reaching people, then what’s the point? The message is what’s holy, not the method. God is the same today as he was when time began, but people and culture are not. Why shouldn’t the church relate to people where they already are? A big church or well-mowed lawn won’t help anyone. But fill a building with a group of people willing to serve others and tell people that God really does love them with no strings attached, and that
might change the world. Is 36 million dollars worth saving one person’s life? As a Christian, I follow the teachings of a man named Jesus. And he said a good shepherd would leave his 99 sheep, just to find the one that was lost. We reach the world by serving one person at a time. It’s never about the money. It’s about the people we are able to reach. So with great love and grace, I humbly disagree that “megachurch buildings are a complete waste of money”.
office. We aren’t saying the StudentsFirst candidates deserve their jobs more than anyone else. And everyone involved in the fiasco needs to be humbled by his or her mistakes — especially Hudson. But we have a serious problem when bureaucracy can
overpower the will of the student body. And the current situation is a sad example of exactly that.
Caleb Brown University alumnus
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Partisan problems imperil nuclear weapons progress “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” These words are taken from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu text. They are the words of a wrathful god preparing to seek bloody vengeance on humanity. But the quote is now irrevocably attached to something less mystical, but no less fearsome: the consuming fire of a nuclear detonation. J. Robert Oppenheimer, considered the “father of the atomic bomb,” uttered this quote as he watched the fiery bloom from the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb rise over the testing grounds in the middle of a New Mexico desert. His words would prove frighteningly prescient the next month when a similar warhead was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing 60,000-80,000 people. Thousands more would die painful, horrible deaths from radiation sickness in the following months. A different type of warhead obliterated Hiroshima days earlier, killing as many as 166,000 people.
Someone had indeed become death, the destroyer of worlds, but it was no god — it was us. The United States has a stockpile of nuclear weapons today approaching 10,000 warheads. And as nuclear science has pushed forward with breathtaking pace, so has the terrifying power of that arsenal — today’s nukes dwarf the power and killing potential of the two that snuffed out so many lives in Japan. In the era in which we students are growing up, we tend to forget the mind-numbingly destructive power of nuclear weapons — and the stark reality that they could conceivably be used. But our parents grew up in a world in which the U.S. and the Soviet Union played chicken with their arsenals and schoolteachers prepared elementary schoolchildren for impending nuclear holocaust. So perhaps that’s why it’s surprising — and disgusting — to see the apathy with which the American public has greeted recent progress in removing these horrifying tools of destruction from the world. Just before University students
left for spring break, President Obama signed a new treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in which both countries agreed to slash their nuclear weapons stockpiles by a third. The world’s two dominant nuclear powers are making unparalleled progress Matthew toward the presAlbright Opinion Editor ident’s vision of a nuclear-free world. That vision, outlined in a 2009 masterwork of oratory in Europe garnering worldwide acclaim, was part of the reason Obama was given his much-maligned Nobel Peace Prize. But, whatever right-wing pundits may say about it, our president’s commitment to the cause is the stuff that makes history. Nuclear disarmament shouldn’t be a partisan issue, but it is. People on the left, on the right and in the middle should all be committed to
removing these machines of apocalypse, but they aren’t. You can hear it in partisan echo-chambers everywhere: “This president is weakening America,” or “This president is tying the hands of our military,” and on and on ad naseum. The administration’s recent decision to alter nuclear strategy is attracting the most vitriol. The new plan says the U.S. will not use nuclear weapons on any state that has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Opponents predictably responded by saying the effort would hamstring the country’s ability to punish states abroad. Such a view is dangerously ignorant of the truly devastating power of this arsenal. Nuclear weapons shouldn’t be a response to attacks on sovereign nations, especially in an era in which attacks generally come from non-state actors. And opponents seem to forget the treaty very specifically leaves nuclear options open to states that do not abide by nuclear treaty conventions
— which, by the way, are the only states foolhardy enough to openly attack the U.S. Partisan pundits unfortunately aren’t the only ones opposing Obama’s efforts. It’s entirely possible the treaty Obama has put together — which doesn’t even involve the controversial strategy decisions — will not pass congressional approval. If Congress kills this treaty, history will undoubtedly frown — or, rather, scowl — upon it. Calling the forces involved here apocalyptic is by no means a stretch, yet partisan battles are sadly still going on strong as ever. They’re playing with fire here — the kind of fire that religious texts reserve for the end-times. Matthew Albright is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright. Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
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Journalists rejoice in miserable occurrences
Journalists rejoice about tragedy. It sounds bad, I know. But I don’t blame them for it. The world didn’t get worse — it’s the news coverage that got much better through the years of that crazy 20th century, moving faster in this first decade of the 21st. And there’s a morbid feeling of excitement when something bad happens that gets journalists high (but professionally, it’s all professional). I’m not accusing journalists of mercilessness, nor do I think they’re cold-blooded people (well, not all of them). But then again, I pity them. Their living depends on the vicious craft of looking for tragedies, finding out what’s wrong and displaying that for the people daily. They take pride on their professorial speech as if such service would make society better, warning us of how evil mankind is and how unsafe the world in which we live is. That’s how they garner a legion of readers or viewers ready to drop their jaws and lose their hopes. I remember a story from a friend in Brazil who worked as an intern in one of the country’s greatest newspapers, Folha de Sao Paulo. He marveled at the “routine” inside a big newsroom, excited to have a hint of a journalists’ life. Then it was Sept. 11, 2001. Madness took over the newsroom and everyone inside the building. That was major news as never before — it would profit through weeks, months and years.
That’s when my friend realized something was wrong. The frenzy he was witnessing turned his stomach. I bet he saw some journalists smiling that afternoon. Here, in Brazil and everywhere, Marcelo Vieira e a r t h q u a k e s , attacks, hunger, Columnist big and small tragic events justify the journalists’ lives and make them shine. There’s another point to this sad truth that I’m not sure if journalists/reporters don’t realize or just ignore: Their dramatic will to broadcast and write about mistakes and mishaps doesn’t make the world better — quite the contrary. I don’t know who sponsored the absurd idea that a constant stream of information would make people more educated or more aware of what to do to grow as a society. That’s clearly not what the daily vomit of “news” is achieving. How can you fight violence by showing violence? When does the insistent show of terror and drama helps us feel safe? I know, of course, that we need to be informed. We grew to be connected and to consider reality and facts as guides to our actions. And life is not always made of flowers and butterflies. Tragedies happen, and we struggle to deal with them every day of our lives. Reflecting on
facts and events is necessary — being informed is essential. But I believe we have unfortunately passed that point. The omnipresent and powerful media are impressing our perception with the fault notion that life is something else — maybe it is. Reality forges reality. There’s a subtle blend of actuality and literature with which we intuitively identify ourselves in the stories told everyday, by journalists of
all kinds. And I can assure you this is not “privilege” of the American media. There’s a modus operandi in journalism everywhere that shapes the news to its best cinematographic aspect. And we buy the tickets to the show at the price of that strange feeling that what is happening in the news becomes our own helpelss lives. As we remain like spectators of today’s showrnalism,
emancipation lies far away. May we someday be able to make our own news, rejoicing on truth rather than the crude weakness of our self-pity. Marcelo Vieira is jazz cello graduate student from Brazil. Follow him on twitter @TDR_mvieira. Contact Marcelo Vieira at mvieira@lsureveille.com
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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010 ASSESSMENT, from page 1
“In good conscience, I cannot furlough staff and faculty for weeks/ months or institute massive layoffs while constructing a new band hall,” Martin said in the assessment. He outlined a plan in which $3.55 million from campus revenues including trademark licensing, IT equipment funds and fringe benefits could be saved. Another $3 million in savings from a spending freeze and postponing band hall construction meet the $11 million in projected cuts.
COLLECTIONS, from page 1 to find we have great resources for them,” Smyth said. “We frequently have people from France and Frenchspeaking countries use our materials.” The collection includes a set of letters written to William Claiborne, the first governor of Louisiana, detailing the encounters with the Spanish as America was trying to establish a government. The Rare Book Collection is an accumulation of rare and valuable materials of various topics. “The collection focuses on older books,” Smyth said. “The oldest one we have dates back to 1476.” Shakespeare’s “Second Folio” is also in the Rare Books Collection. “Shakespeare is this iconic figure in the history of English literature,” Smyth said. “You could say he’s ‘The Man.’” One item that receives a lot of attention is known as the “bloody book.” The book, written by JeanBaptiste Labat, is believed to have the bloodstains of Jean-Paul Marat, the French revolutionary stabbed to death in his bathtub. “It’s very odd, and there’s no way to know for sure if it’s really his blood,” Smyth said. “It will always be an interesting story.” The McIlhenny Collection contains botanical and ornithological illustrations and materials. This collection houses the single most expensive item in the library: the “Elephant Folio” in John James Audubon’s “Birds of America.” “It’s a great work of art and historical document,” Smyth said. “It took a monumental effort to publish it and 11 years to produce.” Smyth said individual plates of the folio can cost as much as $100,000, and a copy of the publication sold for $8 million in an auction. Smyth said there are few copies in circulation, and the Hill owns 120 separate plates. DONATIONS The Hill operates solely through donations. Smyth said the library usually receives donations from 30 to 40 people and organizations a year, and most of the donations are “in kind” – donations of books and manuscript collections. She said monetary donations range from $25 to $99,000, and the largest donation was $3 million from Mary Garrett Hauer, former faculty member. Most donations are manuscripts to the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Laver said. “It’s amazing some of the routes these things take to get here,” Laver said.
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LSU System Spokesperson Charles Zewe said the assessment was preliminary and cut options will not be finalized until the extent of the cut is known. The System Office also asked Martin to outline furlough scenarios that could save $11 million. Each scenario exempted employees making less than $30,000 a year and requires higher-paid employees to take a greater hit. Martin said the furlough option is not reasonable because it would require employees missing a substantial amount of work during May
and June. “It is clear that the University cannot achieve the projected $11.05 million cut through the implementation of any reasonable, equitable and appropriate furlough,” Martin said in the assessment. “The immediate financial impact on LSU employees along with the disruption of campus services would be too great a burden, bordering on disaster of only a twomonth period.”
She said donations come from all over the country, although most come from the Baton Rouge area. One such donor is Mary Anne Frenzel, a Baton Rouge resident who donated a set of family papers to the Hill in 2008. Frenzel said the collection serves as a visual record of five generations of her family, dating back to the 1860s. The majority of the material documents the life and times of Elizabeth Hynes, Frenzel’s mother and University alumna, including her childhood, marriage, travels and family, as well as the social life of Baton Rouge. “It’s just been exciting because for the first time, I have my whole family together pictorially,” Frenzel said. “Now it’s up to my children and grandchildren to continue this record.” Frenzel and her husband, Michael, are currently working on their second donation to the Hill. “Michael was in the Air Force for 20 years, so this collection tracks a Louisiana couple through the military,” Frenzel said. Laver said the collections are a good historical documentation of the social life and customs in Baton Rouge over time. “It gives the donators comfort that their materials will be taken care of here,” she said. “If they put their stuff here, it’s like their family will always be here.” Laura Mullen, English professor, has also donated materials to the Hill. Her donations were intended for academic purposes, Mullen said. “The books are inspiring texts
whose authors took risks in order to shed new light on a subject or discover a whole new approach to writing and reading,” she said. “If students can use these books, they are likely to feel encouraged to take risks also, and that’s how innovation happens.”
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DIGITAL AGE The Hill began digitizing some of its collections in 1998 because of the high demand for some materials. “We put them out into the digital world to make them more available in more places,” Smyth said. Gina Costello, digital services librarian, said digitized files are added to LOUIS — the Louisiana Library Network — which combines collections from 19 other institutions around the state. The Hill is the largest contributor to the network with 35 collections of various sizes already digitized, Costello said. “We digitize to provide wider access, but also to preserve the items,” she said. Costello said people’s ability to access the digital copy of a work extends the life of the original item. “But we don’t consider this a permanent means,” she said. “There are so many unknowns with the digital world, and file formats can change over time.” Smyth said the overall goal is to preserve the library’s rare and valuable materials for as long as possible. “Knowing our past is part of what makes us human,” Smyth said.
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