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Baton Rouge ranks seventh on list of cities with most fast food restaurants Celeste Ansley Staff Writer
When University students want to satisfy their drunken munchies, finding a quick, greasy meal isn’t hard, according to a recent study by The Daily Beast. The study, compiled using research conducted by AggData and Technomic, found
that of the 30 largest fast food restaurant chains, Baton Rouge has 216 locations, meaning there are 95.8 fast food restaurants per 100,000 residents. The Daily Beast, a news and opinion website, compared the 30 largest fast food chain restaurant locations in about 500 cities with more than 200,000 residents to come up with the top 40 fast
food-filled cities. Baton Rouge ranks seventh. The No. 1 city was Orlando, Fla., with 196.3 restaurants per 100,000 residents, followed by Louisville, Ky., with 147.1 restaurants. Richmond, Va., ranked third with 134 restaurants. Miami was in fourth CHAINS, see page 6
Most fast food restaurants per 100,000 reisdents: 1. Orlando, Fla. 2. Louisville, Ky. 3. Richmond, Va. 4. Miami, Fla. 5. Las Vegas, Nev.
6. Tampa, Fla. 7. Baton Rouge 8. Cincinnati, Ohio 9. Spokane, Wash. 10. Birmingham, Ala.
Late sleepers got a wake-up call Wednesday morning when Information Technology Services sent out a test text message at 9 a.m. through the University’s emergency notification system. John Borne, chief IT security and policy officer, said he considered the test successful. He said the message was sent to everyone subscribed to the system — more than 35,000 people — and nearly all received it. “It was comparable to the one in the fall,” Borne said. “The success rate was in the 97 or 98 percentile.” Borne said IT schedules a test every semester, and the one in the spring is usually conducted in February. He said IT hasn’t found any obvious problems with the last few tests conducted — a sign it is doing something right. Borne said subscribers usually receive messages five to seven minutes after the texts are sent out. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
FACILITIES
Cogeneration Plant provides power, steam to campus Energy comes from massive jet engine Matthew Albright Staff Writer
If there’s one thing students can appreciate at the University, it’s air conditioning. But perhaps few students realize just how much machinery is necessary to make that possible. The University’s Cogeneration Plant, adjacent to Johnston Hall, produces much of the electricity and steam that powers campus. “We call it a ‘cogeneration’ plant because it produces both
electricity and steam,” said Bobby Pitre, executive director of facility and utility operations for Facility Services. Pitre said the plant’s maximum capacity is 20 megawatts, or 20 million watts. Most days, however, it usually produces about 18 megawatts. That translates into about 65 percent of the campus’s energy in a year. The rest, Pitre said, comes from Entergy, the regional electricity provider. The plant’s effectiveness changes seasonally. During the winter, when cold, dense air allows the machinery to operate at peak efficiency and when air conditioning needs are lower, the facility can provide most or all power
to campus. During the summer, however, hot air makes the plant function less efficiently — and air conditioners draw more power to deal with the sweltering heat. Air is actually fundamental to the plant’s power production. Huge vents surrounded by jets of cool air constantly suck air into the facility, drawing it into the massive engine that drives campus. “It’s basically an aircraft engine,” said Peter Davidson, director of Energy Services in Facility Services. “It’s like the one you’d see on a C-130 airplane.” The engine roars inside a containment chamber in a spacious PLANT, see page 6
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Peter Davidson, Energy Services director, describes the control room of the Cogeneration Plant, which generates power for the University.
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Britain to let gays couples have civil partnership ceremonies in churches
Montana Gov. to allow residents to shoot wolves harassing animals
Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Trey Songz headline Essence Fest
LONDON (AP) — Gay couples are to be allowed civil partnership ceremonies in churches, Britain’s government said Thursday — erasing some of the last remaining distinctions between gay partnerships and traditional marriages. Although marriage and civil partnership are already similar under British law, civil partnership ceremonies are currently not allowed to have religious references and are banned from churches.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says the state will defy federal protections for gray wolves and kill packs that have been hurting elk herds. Schweitzer also told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he is encouraging livestock owners north of Interstate 90 to shoot wolves that harass their animals. He says state game wardens would stop investigating wolf shootings in that part of the state.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fan favorites Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, Jill Scott and rapper Kanye West are among the headliners for the 2011 Essence Music Festival, which looks this year to celebrate the roots of rhythm and blues. Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc., says the lineup also will include Charlie Wilson, Fantasia, Boyz II Men, Stephanie Mills, Macy Gray, Dwele, Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle, Mint Condition, Kelly Price, M.C. Lyte and George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic. Ebanks said Wednesday that the lineup includes musicians whom fans asked to see. Lawsuit challenges 200-year-old unique Louisiana sex crime law
Papal visit cost British taxpayers $11M without security costs LONDON (AP) — The government says Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Britain last year cost taxpayers 7 million pounds ($11 million) before security costs. The figure includes 3 million pounds for media facilities and 34,000 pounds for transporting the Popemobile. The government was criticized earlier this month when it disclosed that 1.85 million pounds for the trip came from Britain’s foreign aid budget. The pontiff met British political and religious leaders and addressed large crowds in London, Scotland and central England.
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Bahrainis shout slogans in Pearl Square, Manama, Bahrain on Tuesday. Protesters demand sweeping political reforms from Bahrain’s rulers.
Protest wave grows after Egypt: Bahrain, Yemen and now Libya MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The swelling protests against Bahrain’s rulers gained momentum Wednesday with huge crowds calling for a sweeping political overhaul and the kingdom’s stunned leaders appearing to shift tactics after attempts to crush the uprising stoked rage on the streets and sharp criticism from Western allies. The widening challenges to the Arab world’s political order also flared in Libya for the first time, with riot police battling protesters.
Hawaiian Legislature approves bill for same-sex civil unions HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to allow civil unions for same-sex couples, marking an end to what the governor called an “emotional process” for a battleground in the gay rights movement. Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s office said he intends to sign the bill into law within 10 business days. Civil unions would begin Jan. 1, 2012, making the state the seventh in the nation to grant essentially the same rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s 200-year-old law against solicitation of oral and anal sex is archaic, discriminatory and unconstitutional. So says a coalition of lawyers and social activists who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s “crimes against nature” law, which makes solicitation of such acts illegal. In Louisiana, prostitutes do not have to register as sex offenders unless they are charged more than once.
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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
FUTUREBR unveils plan for streetcar Project focuses on transportation Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer
FUTUREBR unveiled its plan Wednesday for the future functionality of Baton Rouge, focusing on public transportation that would reduce congestion and the revitalization of poorer areas and those that had once flourished. The 20-year plan, which has been a year in the making, was a collaborative effort between “citizen planners” — normal citizens who attended open houses and filled out surveys suggesting things to change in East Baton Rouge Parish — and a firm hired out of Portland, Ore. “This is an exciting day for Baton Rouge,” said East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden. “Today we begin the next phase of a conversation.” Holden said one of the goals of FUTUREBR is to attract and retain young people and help them become financially successful. Holden enthusiastically announced the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, along with a number of other coalitions, have agreed to work together to create a public transit system that “our community deserves.” The draft will become available to the public in April, when it will be open for revision, and will be submitted in May to a committee, who will begin getting its final approval. The next stage of development for the plan will be interactive, allowing ideas to be tracked and answered online, said John Fregonese, lead consltant for the FUTUREBR project. Fregonese said 1,500 citizen planners were involved with 16 open houses across the parish and another 3,350 people took the survey. Fergonese also said 30 percent of the people who took the survey were younger than 30 years old — the group’s target audience. Fregonese said the areas around LSU and Southern
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John Fregonese, lead consultant for the FUTUREBR project, speaks Wednesday about the project’s goals of improved transportation and neighborhoods.
University were key areas strategically. The initial draft of the plan has a streetcar line running from downtown to LSU and a railroad built from Baton Rouge to New Orleans in an effort to streamline transportation. Fregonese said the streetcar has the potential to carry 24,000 passengers a day, a number that surpasses the current CATS system. Despite all the congestion, the core of Baton Rouge is well suited for transit, according to Fregonese. The results of the survey showed 53 percent of those surveyed thought it was important to widen existing roads. The FUTUREBR draft would also build up the area around Baton Rouge Community College and Southern University and focus on building new neighborhoods to accommodate retirees and students who want to live near campus. Fregonese said it was important to revise the zoning plan. “If you have a green light [from the plan], you should have a very quick turnaround,” said
Fregonese, who was met with applause and murmurs of approval. Fregonese envisioned that MidCity had the potential to become the heart of Baton Rouge. The plan would attempt to revamp aging shopping malls, like Cortana, turning the shopping mall into a multi-block shopping center. Fregonese expressed his agreement with Holden that Baton Rouge is becoming one of the next great American cities. Rachel Graham, director of communications for BRAC, said that as a transplant to Baton Rouge, she was excited about the plan. St. Gabriel resident Lillian Holliday said she is enthusiastic about the plan’s benefits. “I live south of LSU, and I can’t tell you how many miles I’ve driven,” Holliday said, referencing the streetcars that would run to LSU and bypass traffic congestion.
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BUDGET CUTS
Women’s and Gender Studies opts for consolidation of program Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories looking at 34 University programs under scrutiny. The Board of Regents, the body that oversees the state’s higher education system, labeled those programs “under-performing” Jan. 26.
Sydni Dunn Staff Writer
The department of Women’s and Gender Studies has opted to consolidate the Bachelor of Arts degree program to a concentration after a roller-coaster ride of evaluations by the Board of Regents. WGS Director Michelle Massé said the department decided to consolidate the program by converting the current Bachelor of Arts to a concentration in the liberal arts program under the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Massé said she doesn’t know yet when the change will occur. The decision to consolidate came after the Regents began evaluating a list of “low-completer”
programs around the state in Janu- programs in January, despite the ary. WGS was one of 34 University elongation. programs the Regents identified as “It’s been a strange series of having low graduation and enroll- events,” said Gaines Foster, dean ment rates. of Humanities and Social Sciences. According to Massé, WGS has “We were surprised to see it on the 35 students currently list.” enrolled in the major Massé agreed, WGS Graduates and minor programs, 2007-08: 4 graduates saying the process has and it has graduated 13 been a game of “peek2008-09: 4 graduates students since 2007. a-boo.” “This has been 2009-10: 5 graduates “Every time the our fifth low-completer Board says we are at report in the last two risk, we try to recruit,” years,” Massé said. Current Enrollment she said. “But when “It’s hard for me to Total enrollment: 35 students hear the proeven total the number Majors: 16 gram is at risk, we lose of faculty hours that them. The students ask, have been spent on this Minors: 19 ‘Why would I want to that may have been betspend that much time ter spent recruiting students and pro- and energy in a program that’s cleargram initiatives in the classroom.” ly not going to survive the next six The WGS program was termi- months?’” nated after its evaluation in January Massé said the situation is emo2010, but the Regents reinstated it tional and frustrating for a number of in August, giving it an extension of reasons. three years. “When we become a concentraBut the degree tract reap- tion, the same courses are taught, the peared on the list of low-completer same requirements will be there, and
Senate discusses misconceptions about Flagship Coalition plan Police presentation also reviewed Celeste Ansley Staff Writer
Staff Senate cleared up misconceptions during its meeting Wednesday morning about the Flagship Coalition, a group of influential businessmen working to lobby for the University’s interests. Lisa Verma, Staff Senate president, said the two misconceptions about the Flagship Coalition’s plan are that the plan will harm other institutions and it will change the status of civil-service employees and their retirement plans. Verma said the plan could help other Louisiana institutions. During the president’s report, Verma also discussed the active shooter presentation, given to faculty and staff by the LSU Police Department on Jan. 26. The presentation and video, “Shots Fired, When Lightning Strikes,” is part of LSUPD’s new website, lsu.edu/police. The website allows for increased communication between LSUPD and the University, according to a news release. Verma also discussed the Provost’s Symposium, which was held Feb. 8. Verma said the symposium, hosted by the Faculty Senate, Academic Affairs and the Retention Committee — a new committee with a broad range of University areas represented — discussed student learning and retention. Verma said the Retention Committee is broken down into four subcommittees — academic, engagement, institutional and personal.
“The Retention Committee is a group of people that has been put together to improve retention until graduation,” said Saundra McGuire, assistant vice chancellor for learning, teaching and retention in Academic Affairs and chairman of the Retention Committee. She said 62 percent of students who begin as full-time freshmen
graduate from the University within six years, and the goal of the committee is to raise this number. “We are looking at why students aren’t graduating at a rate we would like them to be,” McGuire said. Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com
the same faculty will teach — there’s not a nickel that will be saved,” she explained. “It’s a paper change. It’s something that looks like something decisive has been done — nothing has.” Massé said students currently enrolled in the degree program will be able to graduate with the degree, but there is a risk of their degree being diminished. Students who planned to major in WGS in the future will have to follow the concentration. One of these students is MaryDevon Dupuy, a political science senior with a minor in WGS. “I’m a minor who is planning on becoming a major, so this would affect me a great deal if it happened before I was able to declare WGS as my second major,” Dupuy said in an e-mail. “The elimination will affect currently enrolled majors by further decreasing campus awareness for women’s issues and funding for causes which benefit women.” Massé said the change is detrimental to the status of the
University and to the state. “We were the 50th flagship university to have a WGS program. We are among the first to start cutting significant portions of it,” she explained. “It takes 10 minutes to cut a program, but it takes 10 years to restore a reputation.” Robin Toler, WGS junior, said Louisiana needs the program. “I am embarrassed to tell this to my friends who live in Seattle, Boston and Ontario that Louisiana State University is cutting their WGS program,” Toler said in an e-mail. But all argued the bigger issue at hand is the quality of education, not the number of graduates. “You know, we’re not McDonald’s,” Massé said. “The point is not how many units we get through. It’s how well our students are prepared to do all the things we talk about for the mission of LSU.”
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Hudson addresses spending tactics Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
The Student Government Senate meeting Wednesday brewed with questions about the spending tactics of J Hudson, SG president. Sen. Zac Lemoine, Manship School of Mass Communication, grilled Hudson about his funding for the basketball bus trip and funding for Groovin’ on the Grounds. Lemoine asked if Hudson thought spending $8,000 for 40 students to attend the basketball bus trip was reasonable in light of other expenses SG could cover. “Do I believe that’s too expensive? Yes I do,” Hudson said. “But we were already in the process. There was no going back. As leaders, we have to honor our commitment to students.” The SG executive branch
athletics staff announced at Wednesday’s meeting a baseball pep rally will occur on April 28 for the LSUKentucky game. The game will air on ESPN, and SG is going to ask if ESPN will also cover the pep rally. Brandon Briggs, SG director of athletics, said the SG baseball bus trip will be to the LSU-Tulane game in New Orleans on April 5. Dani Borel, SG vice president, reported she met with Todd Jeansonne, assistant director of athletic facilities and grounds, who agreed to pay student organizations for baseball cleanup like organizations that are paid for stadium cleanup after football games. Organizations will need 10 people for baseball cleanup, which will start this semester. The SG Senate passed a resolution to “urge and request the administration of LSU to support
reformation of the [Programming Support and Initiatives Fund] and [Organization Relief Fund] funding committees.” Sen. Cody Wells, University Center for Advising and Counseling, has been advocating this merger for years and has joined with members of the executive branch to streamline the funding process. “It’s going to be student controlled, but we’re going to have the necessary faculty and staff members on there,” said Sen. Chris Sellers, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Senate also passed a resolution to congratulate the Golden Girls and Tiger Girls on their Chinese New Year’s performance.
Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com
PR team teaches financial basics Josh Naquin Contributing Writer
The Bateman Team is teaching students how to manage their finances once they’ve brought home the bacon. The five-student team is part of a national intercollegiate public relations competition with upward of 100 teams participating. Each team is partnered with a business and tasked with completing a public relations campaign. The University’s team has been paired with Ally Financial Inc., and launched its campaign titled “Fatten Your Pig,” inspired by the concept of a piggy bank. The campaign is dedicated to teaching people in the Baton Rouge area how to better manage their finances. “With students we are teaching how to build good credit and live off of a budget,” said team member Alicia Haefele, mass communication senior. In addition to Ally Financial Inc., the Bateman team has garnered the support of a curly-tailed friend. Dr. Pig E. Banks, a real-life pig, has been hitting the campaign trail with the team to draw attention to the cause. The pig was lent to the campaign by the roommate of a team member. At an informational session held Wednesday night, the Bateman Team gave students pointers on how to act responsibly regarding finances. “I learned how credit originates and how to maintain a good credit score,” said Hannah Hebert, psychology freshman. Students who attended the meeting were provided with literature discussing basic guidelines to follow to “fatten their pig.” “Only spend 30 percent of your credit limit,” Haefele said. “Check your credit score every three months to know where you stand.” Finances are one area to which students should pay serious attention, Haefele said. More students drop out of college because of credit-card debt than poor academic performance, according to the team presentation.
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Dr. Pig E. Banks helps the LSU Bateman Team promote financial literacy Wednesday in Broussard Hall as part of its “Fatten Your Pig” campaign.
Students are also encouraged to build a budget to which they can adhere. One area students tend to trip up when budgeting is considering savings, according to team member Kelly Glymph, mass communication senior. “Each month save 5 to 10 percent of your income to have money to fall back on in case of an
emergency,” Glymph said. “Fatten Your Pig” has one more session geared toward college students in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24. Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com
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page 6 Health report,” Frentress said. Vanessa Richard, regisplace with 123.5 restaurants, and tered dietitian in the Student Las Vegas rounded out the top Health Center Office of Health five with 120.3 restaurants. Promotion, said health problems The states linked with eating with the most cita large amount of ies on the list were fast food would Florida and Virgradually develop ginia, both with in an individual’s four cities in the lifetime. top 40, according “Regular to the consumption of report. foods high in Jennifer calories, fats and Vanessa Richard Frentress, nutrisodium, includtional sciences dietitian, Student Health Center ing fast food, can senior, said she lead to difficulty was not aware Baton Rouge had maintaining weight, heart disease such a high number of fast food and diabetes,” Richard said in an chains. e-mail. “That perhaps is a contribRichard said eating foods uting factor to why Louisiana is high in sodium and fat can conranked the fifthhighest state in tribute to heart disease risk facthe country in obesity based on tors, like high blood pressure, the 2010 Trust [for] America’s elevated blood cholesterol and
CHAINS, from page 1
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‘Nutrition habits one adapts to in college usually transfer into adulthood.’
triglycerides. She said fast food is low in healthy nutrients, like unsaturated fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. Ben Faulk, sociology senior, said he doesn’t typically eat fast food because he likes to stay in shape and be healthy. “I cook a lot of tuna,” Faulk said. “I get tuna steaks at the store for $4.” Faulk said he goes to Subway when he needs a quick meal. While the caloric density is similar, Frentress explained the differences between eating at Subway and McDonald’s. “The nutrient value of consuming a Subway sandwich is much more practical than say chicken nuggets from McDonald’s,” Frentress said. The Daily Beast report found Subway was the most common fast food restaurant in 32 of the
PLANT, from page 1
warehouse in the center of the facility, using natural gas to burn the pumped-in air. Just outside the chamber is the control room, where the huge roar of the engine is reduced to a constant dull whine. Two operators monitor the plant at all times, checking six monitors that display charts and diagrams measuring operations. They periodically leave the room to check display panels on the sprawling maze of fat multicolored pipes that weave throughout the warehouse. The engine’s fire shoots into a stack of huge turbines that use its force to generate electricity. That electricity flows across the street to the central campus power hub, the “Champion Building” — built right after LSU’s 2003 national football championship win. That building directs the electricity from the plant and from Entergy to the buildings throughout campus. But the work doesn’t stop at the turbines. The superheated exhaust from the engine, which can reach temperatures greater than 1,376 degrees Fahrenheit, is capable of making a lot of steam. The plant harnesses this potential by funneling the flames into a vast vat of water. The resulting steam — more than 80,000 pounds
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The Cogeneration Plant generates power for the University. It also houses the air conditioning machinery that cools much of campus.
of it — is piped out of the facility into underground steam tunnels, from which it flows into the various buildings around campus. Most of that steam is used for heating purposes. The facility is capable of heating most of campus even during the winter, although cold snaps can sometimes push it. “A week ago, when it was cold, I was using everything I had,” Davidson said. The exhaust from all these processes funnel out of a black exhaust stack, causing puffs of white smoke to float up past Tiger Stadium. The big brick stack, a remnant of the plant’s older, smaller past, is no longer operational. In addition to producing electricity and steam, the plant houses the air conditioning machinery that cools much of campus.
Water-chilling towers in the plant’s backyard cool water that is pumped into the buildings throughout campus. But how much does it cost to operate all this machinery? There’s no simple answer. “It’s hard to say,” Pitre said. “Natural gas prices determine [cost] mostly.” Sometimes the University is making serious profits, while sometimes it’s only breaking even. Sometimes natural-gas spikes force the University to rely more on Entergy, which buys its power from a diverse array of fuel sources. “We try to look ahead in the future’s market,” Pitre said. “Right now, natural gas prices are quite low, so we’re doing pretty well.” Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 top 40 cities. Other chains making frequent appearances on the top-40 list include Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts, Wendy’s, Sonic, Arby’s, Pizza Hut and Dairy Queen. Baton Rouge, along with No. 4 Miami, have more Burger King locations than any other restaurant meeting the report’s criteria. Baton Rouge has 10 Burger King locations, including two on Bluebonnet Boulevard, two on Florida Boulevard, one on Highland Road and one on Perkins Road, according to the Burger King website’s restaurant locator. Melissa Normand, art and painting freshman, said she eats fast food meals often but plans to cut back one day. “Soon I’ll start watching what I eat,” she said. “But I won’t worry about it just yet.” Normand said she doesn’t
believe freshmen consume more fast food than other University students because her older siblings also frequent fast food joints. Richard said college students often have difficulties maintaining a balanced diet because of time constraints, low food budgets and limited exercise. “Nutrition habits one adapts to in college usually transfer into adulthood,” Richard said. Frentress said she isn’t sure if a college diet is unhealthier than an average adult diet but believes being in school makes fast food more tempting. “Unless nutrition education takes place, our state will continue to consume fast food and rank high in these statistics,” she said. Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com
Today in sports: Men’s basketball takes on Alabama in the PMAC at 8 p.m.
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BASEBALL
Tyler Jones suspended for first weekend Rowan Kavner Sports Writer
Once again, Mainieri didn’t disappoint. He compiled a .714 winning percentage and led the Irish to 11 forty-win seasons and nine NCAA Regional appearances in his 12-year tenure. “If I had a son who wanted to play college baseball, and I could send him anywhere I wanted, I’d send him right here to LSU under Coach Mainieri,” Lasorda said. Lasorda called Mainieri the Joe Paterno of baseball and said he can see how Mainieri’s players respond positively to his coaching. “Players like him because he likes them,” Lasorda said. “When you give respect, you’re going to get respect.” Lasorda and Mainieri’s friendship is mutual. “Tommy Lasorda means everything to me,” Mainieri said. “He’s helped me personally
The LSU baseball team lost three players before the season began, and active players continue to dwindle. LSU coach Paul Mainieri said Wednesday that pitcher Tyler Jones, who was projected to start Sunday’s game against Wake Forest, is suspended for this weekend’s series because of a “disciplinary issue.” “He won’t even be dressed out,” Mainieri said. “He won’t be in the dugout. He’ll be sitting in the stands watching the game, and he’ll be returning to the team on Monday.” Mainieri said Jones is still a candidate to pitch in Tuesday’s game against New Orleans, and freshman pitchers Kurt McCune and Ryan Eades both have chances to fill in for Jones on Sunday. “We’re going to have to see how the first two games go,” Mainieri said. “If I need to use one of them or both of them to win a game on Friday or Saturday, we’re going to do that.” Mainieri said freshman outfielder Spencer Ware has hit the ball as hard as anyone during the past week and could find himself in the lineup after sophomore outfielder Mason Katz’s injury. He said sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes may also have an opportunity for playing time in the outfield. Katz missed the last few days
LASORDA, see page 10
OPENER, see page 10
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LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri, left, and former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda chat Wednesday. Mainieri and Lasorda have known each other for more than 20 years.
Mainieri’s mentor
Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda helped guide Mainieri’s path to LSU Rowan Kavner Sports Writer
Through every major coaching change LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri made, Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda was there. Mainieri’s four seasons at LSU include a national championship and three straight Southeastern Conference tournament titles. It’s possible Mainieri never would have set foot in an LSU dugout without Lasorda, a two-time World Series champion manager who coached the Los Angeles Dodgers for 20 years. Lasorda was a close friend of Mainieri’s father, a baseball manager at Miami-Dade North Community College and the first junior college coach to win 1,000 games. Lasorda said he immediately took to Mainieri when they met. “He’s an outstanding friend,” Lasorda said.
“He’s almost like a son to me.” Lasorda said he told Mainieri early in his career that if he ever needed any help he would always be there. So when Mainieri inquired about coaching at Air Force, Lasorda delivered on his promise. Lasorda was a friend of the athletic director at Air Force, so he gave him a call. “He said to me, ‘Tommy, I’ll hire him right now if you tell me to,’” Lasorda said. The rest is history. Mainieri’s career has skyrocketed since accepting the Air Force coaching job in 1989. The Falcons averaged 26 wins a year in six seasons with Mainieri after averaging just 15 wins in the six years before Mainieri’s arrival. When Mainieri wanted to move on to Notre Dame, the pattern continued. Lasorda said he called the athletic director for the Fighting Irish, and Mainieri was hired soon after.
SOFTBALL
Fico pitches third no-hitter in school history in Tigers’ rout
Tigers defeat SLU, remain unbeaten Hunter Paniagua Sports Contributor
The No. 18 LSU softball team put up nine runs on Southeastern Louisiana, but sophomore pitcher Rachele Fico only needed one. The Oxford, Conn., native pitched a perfect game Wednesday night as LSU (7-0) cruised to a 9-0 five-inning victory against Southeastern Louisiana (3-3). Fico (3-0) struck out seven batters en route to the third no-hitter in LSU history. Fico credited her teammates and the Tiger Park atmosphere for
getting her through the game. “Being in this atmosphere, surrounded by my teammates, it’s a great day to be a Tiger,” Fico said. “I love it here. My teammates mean the world to me. It’s amazing I was able to accomplish something like that with them behind me.” Fico showed up defensively, as well, snagging a hard-hit line drive to record the 14th out of the game. Freshman third baseman Tammy Wray said she saw Fico’s perfection coming after the third inning. “I didn’t say anything, but I knew that she was going to be pitching a perfect game,” Wray said. “No matter where I am on the field, I love playing behind her.”
Wray replaced injured senior Jessica Mouse and has played admirably in Mouse’s place. Wray, who boasts a .450 batting average so far this season, recorded three RBIs in the victory. Wray’s night included her first career home run, a two-run shot that sailed over the left field wall in the first inning. “I don’t think it’s going to be the last of Tammy Wray’s home runs,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “She’s a very powerful young lady. I’m hoping she has a ton of confidence now.” Wray’s blast gave the Tigers a 3-0 first inning lead, which has been a common theme for LSU NO-HITTER, see page 9
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The LSU softball team celebrates Wednesday after LSU junior infielder Anissa Young (19) hit a home run. The Tigers defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 9-0, in five innings.
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Baseball team still faces high pressure heading into season Reporters ask terrible quesThis is a young team with only tions sometimes — and I’m not im- two seniors, a theme that seems to mune. Wednesday at LSU Baseball be running through all LSU sports. Media Day, the This season stupidity bug hit SCHWEHMMING will hinge on how me hard. a young team will AROUND Me: “Two respond to the Andy Schwehm years ago, y’all pressure of simply Sports columnist were preseason participating in No. 1, and you LSU baseball. opened up a new stadium. Last Their biggest test will come year, y’all were coming off a na- just four weeks into the season, tional championship. This year, do when the team will have a weekend you feel there’s not as much pres- series at home against No. 8 Cal sure?” State Fullerton before going on the LSU coach Paul Mainieri: road to face No. 1 Florida. We’ll “Pressure at LSU — is that what find out quickly how this team reyou said, Andy? You should go sponds to pressure. talk to Joe Alleva, Mike Martin or I’m expecting this to be an the 9,100 season ticket holders.” eventful season that could see a few Let me try to explain myself downs before this young team gets and my stupid question. LSU is it together. In other words, it could ranked No. 22 nationally to start off be a season just like 2008 with a the year. They have a young team team that struggled in Southeastern and few expectations, outside of Conference play before making the being picked to win the Southeast- run to Omaha. ern Conference Western Division. Do I think this team will make In comparison to past years, it to Omaha? Probably not. that’s no pressure. And relatively But not many people thought speaking, LSU is under the radar. the 2008 team would make it. But I forgot one component in This team is filled with more the equation: This is LSU baseball. power arms than any other LSU Pressure is normal. team Mainieri has had.
He estimated eight pitchers on the team can chuck their fastball in the 90s, a rarity in college baseball. There’s nothing better than watching someone hit the mid-90s on a fastball — that will be something to watch out for. I’m also excited about junior Tyler Hanover making a return to third base. Don’t get me wrong, he was a great second baseman, and he will likely play there at the next level, but LSU had way too many problems at the hot corner last year. Placing Hanover at third will help the Tigers immensely on defense. Plus, Mainieri is the brains behind this move. I’ve learned not to question anything he does (for example, starting Austin Nola two years ago at the halfway point of the season). Offensively, the big question will be how much effect the new bats will have on the “gorilla” brand of baseball LSU has been known for in the past. I’ve always enjoyed the long ball, but I enjoy doubles in the gap just as much. With this LSU baseball team, it will be more like “cheetah” ball. The team is going to turn a good bit of singles into
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Tigers earn first season victory Sophomore Burns clinches final match Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor
The LSU women’s tennis team ended two streaks Wednesday afternoon against Tulane. After dropping all six of its doubles matches in the young season, LSU (1-3) won two of three doubles matches and the doubles point Wednesday en route to a 4-3 victory against Tulane, the Tigers’ first of the year. After freshman Ariel Morton and sophomore Ebie Wilson won the first doubles match, 8-2, freshman Yvette Vlaar teamed up with senior Kylie Adamek to win, 8-5, and secure the point for LSU. “We worked on doubles a lot
this week, and maybe it hurt us in singles because all we did was doubles,” said LSU coach Tony Minnis. “[Sophomore Keri Frankenberger] was hurt, and Kylie Adamek stepped in and did an outstanding job.” LSU picked up its second point of the afternoon when Wilson knocked off Tulane’s Elizabeth Hamlin in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. Tulane (2-5) would even the score at two after Frankenberger and Morton each fell in two sets. Vlaar bounced back from a set down to defeat Hila Elster, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, moving the Tigers one point away from an elusive first victory. Junior Whitney Wolf dropped the first set of her match with Tulane’s Mariam Kurdadze on court one, but rebounded, winning the second set, 6-3. Kurdadze
outlasted Wolf in the final set, 6-2. LSU sophomore Kaitlin Burns split sets with Tulane’s Lindsay Dvorak, forcing a third, decisive set — not only for the individual match, but for the team match. With all eyes in the stadium focused on the match, Burns stole the third set tiebreak to propel LSU into victory for the first time this spring. “That was about as good of a comeback as I’ve seen,” Minnis said of Burns’ effort. “She was down several match points and had every opportunity to quit, but she just kept hanging in there.” The Lady Tigers look to continue their winning ways Sunday in Dallas against Southern Methodist. Contact Hunt Palmer at hpalmer@lsureveille.com
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Junior shortstop Austin Nola attends LSU Baseball Media Day on Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium. The young No. 22 Tigers face a tough season with two seniors.
doubles and doubles into triples by pure speed. I’m ready to get it under way. Baseball season is my favorite time of the year, and this is my last one at LSU. As Mainieri put it, “the great tiger in the sky” has blessed us with perfect baseball weather this week. I hope that same tiger smiles on me and delivers some good
baseball in my last season as a student in Alex Box Stadium. Andy Schwehm is a 21-year-old English and psychology senior from New Orleans. You can follow him on Twitter @TDR_Aschwehm. Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Lapses late in games costly for LSU Tigers host ’Bama tonight on ESPN Michael Lambert Sports Writer
The LSU men’s basketball team had Ole Miss on the ropes Feb. 9 until what has come to plague the Tigers during the Southeastern Conference schedule — the final three minutes. “We had the lead the whole game against Ole Miss until the last couple of minutes, which just kills me because that was our game,” said freshman guard Matt Derenbecker. The Rebels outscored LSU in the final three minutes, 6-0, to take the game, 66-60. LSU junior forward Storm Warren and freshman point guard Andre Stringer missed jump shots. Two other Tigers failed to connect on desperate 3-pointers as LSU blew an eight-point advantage from earlier in the second half. “Having the ball with 30 seconds left in high school is totally different than having the ball with two minutes left in college,” Derenbecker said. “Coming here as freshmen, we’re not used to being in that situation where the eyes are all on us from a collegiate standpoint.” LSU (10-15, 2-8) will host rival Alabama (16-9, 8-2) tonight at 8 p.m. in the PMAC, pitting the SEC West leader against a team near the bottom of the division.
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this season. The Tigers have scored in the first inning in five of their seven games and have totaled 13 first-inning runs. Fico said scoring early eases the pressure on the pitchers. “We came in, and we slammed the door on Southeastern,” Fico said. “You could see their faces drop in the very first inning, and
Executing down the stretch next day in practice,” Johnson said. has proven to be the difference beMissed opportunities have futween wins and losses in SEC play. eled LSU’s losing streak, which The Tigers have been limited currently sits at eight games. to four or fewer points in the final Alabama doesn’t appear to be three minutes in six out of their 10 an easy target, already having anconferences games, all of which re- nihilated LSU on Jan. 29, 70-46, sulted in defeats. with an effective press defense. LSU scored eight points in the The Crimson Tide have rolled final three minutes of the first two through their SEC competition unSoutheastern Conference games der the leadership of second-year against Auburn and Arkansas, the coach Anthony Grant. team’s lone wins of the conference “They have a nucleus of guys schedule. that are really good athletes that “It’s going to take guys get- have been together and were part ting confidence of [former coach] and knocking Mark Gottfried’s redown shots,” cruiting,” Johnson LSU coach said. “Now they have Trent Johnson really bought into said in a teleGrant’s system.” conference. Thursday night’s “The more you game will be the first are put in those of two consecutive situations, the nationally televised more you will games for the Tigers Trent Johnson hopefully be this week. Sunday’s LSU men’s basketball coach able to break noon tipoff against through. As Florida will also be hard as it is sometimes, you have on ESPN. to tip your hat to the opponent.” “If we can go out there and The lack of production in the play against Alabama and Florida waning minutes proved costly tough and come out with wins ... against Ole Miss, South Carolina that can raise the fanbase and the and Mississippi State. LSU had the support,” Derenbecker said. “It lead in the second half against all would be huge for us to get two three teams. wins on ESPN.” Johnson has repeatedly said his squad, which has returned to Follow Michael Lambert on Twitan all-freshman starting backcourt, ter @TDR_Lambert makes mental mistakes in crucial situations. Contact Michael Lambert at “Have they struggled at times? mlambert@lsureveille.com Yes, but they’ve come back the
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‘[Has the team] struggled at times? Yes, but they’re come back the next day in practice.’
we kept it up all game. We played the Tiger way.” Junior first baseman Anissa Young belted a two-run home run in the third inning to boost LSU’s lead to 5-0. Junior catcher Morgan Russell drove home Wray two batters later to give the Tigers a sixrun lead. LSU added three more in the fourth inning before Fico shut down the Lions in the fifth to
secure the victory. The Tigers will now head to Houston this weekend for the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic. LSU will face No. 20 Oklahoma State, Houston, Southern and Nicholls State during the tournament.
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in my own career, and he’s always been there, whether it be for advice or to help me get a position.” Mainieri said he admires Lasorda as a humanitarian, as well. Lasorda recently traveled across the country to help raise money for college and high school
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of practice after smashing into a wall, and Mainieri said he may not be available for Friday’s home opener. “We’re hoping he’s going to be ready to go,” Mainieri said. “If he’s not, it could be sooner [rather] than later as far as Ware getting in there.”
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baseball programs. “We were up in Seattle where we helped raise money for a Catholic high school, and we raised $206,000,” Lasorda said. “I just went back up to [Seattle University], which had dropped baseball 28 years ago, and I came back and helped them raise a lot of money.” Mainieri said the values he
learned from the storied major league coach stay with him today. “I give a lot of talks and lend my time to a lot of different causes, and people wonder why I do that,” he said. “Well, Lasorda’s my mentor.” Mainieri said he feels guilty saying no to anyone who needs his help in the community, because he
thinks about what Lasorda would say. “My relationship with him is far reaching,” Mainieri said. “He’s really like a second father to me.” Lasorda maintains contact with Mainieri and traveled to Baton Rouge this week to meet with the LSU baseball team. “Not too many teams can say
Tommy Lasorda came and talked to us for a couple days and hung out with us,” said LSU junior outfielder Mikie Mahtook. “It’s an awesome experience to be able to take from a big league manager like that.”
Mainieri said the rest of the outfield will remain the same as it was in the fall with junior Mikie Mahtook in center field and junior Trey Watkins in left field. He said sophomore Alex Edward will be at first base and junior Austin Nola will return to shortstop. However, the second member of the double play combination
most Tiger fans have grown accustomed to has changed positions. Mainieri said junior Tyler Hanover, who played second base last season, will switch to third base, while freshman JaCoby Jones will play second base. “I wanted to solidify our thirdbase situation,” he said. “It’s no secret that last year that was kind of our Achilles’ heel.”
Mainieri also said he wants to take advantage of Jones’ speed at second base. “The further away from a hitter a player is, his athleticism shows up a lot more,” he said. Hanover said he played third base occasionally in the Cape Cod League during the summer, so he’s comfortable with Mainieri’s switch. “He feels that’s the best way
the team’s going to win, and I agree completely,” he said. “Third is definitely a hard position, and I think it will be easier for JaCoby since he did play in the middle in high school.”
Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
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MUSIC
Snoop Dogg to play at Varsity Tickets available for $42.50 Grace Montgomery Deputy News and Entertainment Editor
King of Cakes
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The Bite Club Challenge Series kicked off Wednesday at Hollywood Casino, where a 12-judge panel voted on the best king cakes in Baton Rouge. A Coffee Truck won in the non-traditional category, and Calandro’s Supermarket took the traditional category.
Students will be able sip on gin and juice with iconic rapper Snoop Dogg on March 14 when he performs at the Varsity Theatre. “We have tried several times in the past to get Snoop Dogg at The Varsity,” said Chris Lundgren, talent buyer and marketing director at the Varsity Theatre. “In the past, Baton Rouge has generally been a consequence of tour routing or preference to play New Orleans. This time, the routing and availability was in our favor, and we were able to lock in the date.” Tickets are available for $42.50 to customers 18 and older, according to a Varsity news release. “It’s awesome. Snoop is definitely considered a legend, and the fact he is coming to Baton Rouge is something special,” said Justin Kirk, kinesiology senior. Lundgren said he hopes the notoriety of acts at the Varsity continues to grow. “We have some huge acts coming this semester: Flogging Molly, Ice Cube, Pat Green and House of Pain, just to name a few,” Lundgren said. “We think this is one of our biggest and most diverse lineups in quite some time.” Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com
MOVIES
Nick Swardson talks about working on ‘Just Go With It’ Actor: film appeals to men, women Kittu Pannu Entertainment Writer
Comedian Nick Swardson, most famous for his portrayal of Jeff from cult classic “Grandma’s Boy” and Terry from Comedy Central’s “Reno 911,” plays Jennifer Aniston’s fake love interest in the box office hit “Just Go With It,” also starring Adam Sandler. Swardson conducted a conference call Friday with college newspapers, including The Daily Reveille, about his experience working on the film.
Swardson said he got involved in the production through Sandler, who saw Swardson’s stand-up comedy routine when Swardson started out in Los Angeles. “[Sandler] just called my manager and was like, ‘I want to meet this guy,’” Swardson said. “And he gave me a movie to rewrite, and that was ‘Grandma’s Boy,’ and he liked what I did with the script. And we basically ... have been working together ever since.” Swardson began his career performing stand-up routines and in small movie roles in Los Angeles, but things changed once Sandler noticed his abilities. “I had already been working and stuff, but the transition [from standup to acting] wasn’t hard,” Swardson
said. “When I started working with Sandler, I started getting more and more comfortable, especially working with bigger actors. I got more relaxed and was able to find my voice. Adam gave me the freedom to do that.” Working with co-star Jennifer Aniston, Swardson said he was not surprised by her comedic chops. “She didn’t surprise me because I always thought she was funny on ‘Friends.’ She is somebody who really had great timing,” Swardson said. “This is a movie that showcases her really well and kind of makes people ... remember how funny she is and how talented.” Joelle Fabian, biology SWARDSON, see page 15
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Comedian Nick Swardson and actress Jennifer Aniston film a scene for the movie “Just Go With It.” The film debuted at No. 1 at the box office last weekend.
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FASHION
Faculty Senate rates ‘10 Best Dressed Men on LSU Campus’ appear comfortable with their fashion choices?” One candidate in particular exemplified these traits. Former vice-provost Chuck Wilson, now the executive director of the LouiKittu Pannu siana Sea Grant College Program, Entertainment Writer combines exotic attire and casual University men now have an appearance to rank at No. 2 on the incentive to dress to impress with list, Cope said. “Chuck Wilson has a natural the creation of a new “10 Best Dressed Men on the LSU Campus” ease and is the perfect candidate for the list,” Cope said. “It is sort list. List creator and Faculty Sen- of ‘resort chic’ with an air of natuate President Kevin Cope said he ral competence.” Wilson was happy but surwanted to make a list that honored those who don’t necessarily have prised to find out he made the cut. “If you knew me, you’d be to dress well. “LSU has many people who completely surprised also,” Wilson dress in different ways. Then there said. “It’s nice to be recognized are those, like Eric Monday, Jack for one’s individuality and apparel Hamilton and others, who are re- statements.” Wilson’s fashion choices are a quired to dress well at all times,” Cope said. “This list addresses result of habit and the taste of his those who are not required but most strict fashion critic: his wife, Loula Wilson. choose to dress well.” “Over time, you recognize The list shows University faculty can dress nicely and represent through children and parent suggestions, and it the flagship status becomes habit,” with confidence, Wilson said. “My Cope said. wife, Loula, is “Academia my greatest critic, have been known though. She alto be shabby,” ways has to apCope said. “It is prove what I wear time we declare before I walk out our pride in LSU Kevin Cope the door.” on a sartorial level Faculty Senate president Once the and other ways.” list was released, The list rates Robert Kuhn, associate vice chan- many faculty members were concellor for the Office of Budget and fused as to why they were not conPlanning, as the best-dressed man sidered for the honor. “You wouldn’t believe how on campus. He said many of his friends were surprised when they many people inquired why they weren’t on the list,” Cope said. heard the news. “One of my friends told me “Ultimately, no one was left off he thought it was an early April because everyone had a chance Fools Day joke,” Kuhn said. “He to be on the list. Many people are couldn’t believe that someone who concerned because this list turned owns only three white button-down out to be an attention-getting pheshirts ... could be the best dressed nomenon.” Graduate School Associate on LSU’s campus.” The list represents the varied Dean Malcolm Richardson, No. styles of campus faculty, Cope 4 on the list, agreed with Cope’s statement. said. “In January I published a new “The list ranges from casual dressers to business formal dress- book. In February I was named ers,” Cope said. “I chose people to the ‘Best Dressed’ list,” Richwho dress well and have overall ardson said in an e-mail. “Guess integrity. Does the person fit well which event got the most comment with their clothes, and do they from the faculty?”
List encompasses various ‘styles’
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‘You wouldn’t believe how many people inquired why they weren’t on the list.’
No. 1
No. 2
“Knowing when to put on and take off a jacket, [Kuhn’s] use of clothing to send comforting social cues is the material of legend.”
“Wilson sports an astounding array of high-level ‘Hawaiian’ shirts that, in the amalgam, seem to suggest the underwater wonderland of Polynesia.”
Robert Kuhn
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Budget and Planning
No. 3 Rick Koubek
College of Engineering Dean
“Koubek evidences a natural grace and nonfussy precision that not just any button-twister can pull off.”
Chuck Wilson
Former Vice-Provost
No. 4 Malcolm Richardson
Graduate School Associate Dean
“[He] might well become a new sort of administrator, neither a dean nor a coordinator, but rather a Dean of Coordination.”
Comments from the Faculty Senate monthly newsletter
With all the attention the list has attracted to the newsletter, Cope said there will be more to come. “This was the first time for the best-dressed list, but it won’t be the last,” Cope said. “Every faculty member will be reconsidered in about six months to a year.” Contact Kittu Pannu at kpannu@lsureveille.com
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LITERATURE
Delta Journal hosts bimonthly Highland Coffees readings Jeanne Lyons Entertainment Writer
Literature plus beautiful weather creates the perfect ambience today at 7 p.m. for the Delta Journal’s Highland Coffees Reading Series in the coffee shop’s courtyard. The Delta Journal literary magazine publishes University undergraduates’ writing and artwork every spring. Delta Journal’s Highland Coffees Reading Series on the first and third Thursday every month started last February thanks to Anna Hurst and Sam Oliver, former Delta Journal editors. Oliver, Latin and history senior, said he and Hurst, English senior, wanted more programs and activities associated with Delta Journal. “Since the journal prints once a year, building a community among creative students presented a challenge,” Oliver said. Oliver and Hurst conceived the idea of the reading series with Clarke Cadzow, Highland Coffees owner. The series has since drawn large audiences and delivers quality work, Oliver said.
“People read and exchange ideas in coffee shops everyday, so a quality reading series naturally fits the atmosphere,” Cadzow said. Tommy Jacobi, English senior, and Blake Stephens, English and French senior, are current editors of the Delta Journal. “The Highland Series prides itself on presenting only the most unique and cutting-edge writing,” Jacobi said. “We have readers from all over the map, and even though we
hand-pick them, we can never quite predict what’s going to happen.” Jacobi said the series collaborated with River Writers, a bimonthly master of fine arts reading at Boudreaux and Thibodeaux’s, and together booked four exceptional writers for today’s reading. Jacobi said Alison Pelegrin, author of “Big Muddy River of Stars” and “The Zydeco Tablets” and winner of the Akron Poetry Prize, will read. Vincent Cellucci, author of “An
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Sam Oliver, former Delta Journal editor, enjoys a reading at the fall Delta Art Party on Nov. 18, 2009. Oliver helped organize the first Highland Coffees Reading.
FOOD & DRINK
New Pepsi can stirs up controversy Tyler Balkom
Q: Does the new can promote negative body image?
Entertainment Writer
Drinking diet soda can help cut calories and stir up controversy. PepsiCo’s new, slimmer Diet Pepsi can is undergoing scrutiny across the nation and the University’s campus. Unveiled at New York’s fall 2011 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the can is said to celebrate “beautiful, confident women.” “Our slim, attractive new can is the perfect complement to today’s most stylish looks,” PepsiCo Chief Marketing Officer Jill Beraud said in a news release. “We’re excited to throw its coming-out party during the biggest celebration of innovative design in the world.” However, some draw different meaning from Pepsi’s campaign. Lynn Grefe, president and CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association, said it’s pathetic that a company as massive as Pepsi needs to “denigrate the majority of women in this country to sell their products.” “PepsiCo’s comments are both thoughtless and irresponsible,” Grefe said in a news release. “Their shameful misdirection is further exemplified by tying the launch of this offensive marketing campaign to
Maggie Justice
‘I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. People get offended over everything.’
communication disorders freshman
Fashion Week, where women’s body types are atypical at best ... [and] fatal at worst.” Grefe said while the campaign probably won’t make anyone suddenly develop an eating disorder, it may push people with a low body image to start obsessively dieting. “That’s kind of weird,” said Sara McManamon, communications disorders junior. “That’s supposed to make me want to be skinny?” Fred Garrett, history sophomore, agreed the marketing is flawed. “It’s not exactly promoting healthy body images,” Garrett said. However, a few students thought the campaign wasn’t meant to imply that skinnier women are prettier. “It kind of makes sense,” said Laura Durio, chemical engineering
‘It’s not exactly promoting healthy body images.’ Fred Garrett
history sophomore
freshman. “People drink diet drinks because they want to lose weight.” Maggie Justice, communication disorders freshman, said the effect of the campaign has been exaggerated. “I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. People get offended over everything,” Justice said. Pepsi has responded to the outcry, saying it never intended to equate beauty with thinness. “This interpretation ... is definitely not our intent,” a Pepsi spokeswoman said in a news release. The skinny can is set to launch in March, alongside the original Diet Pepsi can. Contact Tyler Balkom at tbalkom@lsureveille.com
Easy Place to Die,” and University undergraduates Lindsey Hopton and Michael Glaviano will also read. Following the reading, listeners can share writings at the Open Mic Guerrilla reading at the Greek Amphitheatre. Jacobi said anyone can read without being critically judged, and it is a great way for writers to showcase their work. The Delta Journal accepts submissions from the University community and chooses works from
various media, including poetry and fiction, Oliver said. “If you think poetry is boring and stupid, come to a Highland Reading and get proven wrong,” Jacobi said. “Writers from all over the country have been blown away by the scene we have here at LSU.”
Contact Jeanne Lyons at jlyons@lsureveille.com
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ART
Veterans turn uniforms into paper “Every Wednesday was time for Drew to tell stories,” Matott said. “We both talked about militarism in American culture and how militarism has been a part of our lives.” Cameron began sharing stories Andrew Price and making paper with other veterEntertainment Writer ans and friends. It’s amazing what a piece of Eventually, Matott suggested paper can become. It’s also amazing Cameron turn his old uniform into what can become a piece of paper. paper. The Combat “Drew took Paper Project travthe initiative, cut els to campuses his uniform up and across the country, a few weeks later inviting veterans to showed me his pashare their stories per,” Matott said. while making paper “I was looking at from old military ways we could uniforms. strengthen the paDrew Camper, and looking at Drew Matott eron, a U.S. Army its physical compoVeteran, and Drew sition. Meanwhile, co-founder of Matott, a paper artDrew [Cameron] The Combat Paper Project ist, founded the was telling me Project. about how there was a sense of relief Matott, who received his mas- for him. He said that the moment he ter’s in book and paper arts, met started cutting up the uniform he felt Cameron after he returned from Iraq. more and more free.” The two met weekly at Matott’s Matott said the conversation studio, where he taught Cameron moved Cameron to tears, and the two 16th century papermaking. decided to create a workshop where
Combat Paper helps former troops cope
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‘The moment he started cutting up the uniform he felt more and more free.’
other veterans could have a similar experience. After an extensive search for a willing university host, Matott and Cameron traveled to St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. “They gave us lodging, paid for everyone’s travel, and a small honorarium to come in and work with veterans,” Matott said. Matott sent information about the workshop and testimonies from veterans who participated to several other universities. The positive response he received resulted in the Project’s first tour. As they traveled, Matott said veterans would often ask to tour with the group to share their stories. Matott said the Project organizes chapters at campuses they visit, ensuring veterans can continue to make paper and heal. Matthew Lunn, anthropology senior, served in the Marine Corps and recently turned his uniform into paper. Lunn said he was drawn to the idea of creating a work of art out of his memories. Though his uniform held deep meaning, it had been sitting in his closet unused.
MUSIC
Miss. man is oldest Grammy winner The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Add another title for bluesman Pinetop Perkins: oldest Grammy winner. Perkins, 97, snagged a statue Sunday for best traditional blues album for “Joined at the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith.” With the win, Perkins edged out the late comedian George Burns as the oldest Grammy winner, said Stephanie Schell, a spokeswoman for the Grammy organization. Schell said Burns was 95 when he won a 1990 Grammy in the spoken category for “Gracie: A Love Story.” On Monday, Perkins slept in. “After we won, they took us to the media tent, and Pinetop took photos,” said Patricia Morgan, Perkins’ manager. “It was a lot of excitement. He was very excited about winning. I think it all came crashing down. We had to tuck him in last night.” Morgan said the award “fulfilled my dream to give that old man one more Grammy.” Perkins won a 2007 Grammy for best traditional blues album for his collaboration on the “Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas.” He also received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2005. Perkins is preparing for a trip to Jackson, Miss., next week to be honored by Gov. Haley Barbour, and to perform with Smith on Feb. 25, Morgan said. He’s on a list to receive the 2011 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts. Perkins was born in Belzoni, Miss. He now lives in Austin, Texas, and is believed to be the oldest of the traditional Delta blues musicians still performing.
In an 80-year career, he has played at juke joints, nightclubs and festival stages with the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson and Muddy Waters. But he didn’t start recording in his own name until he was in his seventies, Morgan said. Perkins played for years as a side man. He has released more than 15 solo records since 1992. The win was a first for Perkins’ collaborator, the 75-year-old Smith, who has been playing blues music since 1954. “This is the first, but it won’t be the last. I’m in there now,” Smith said Monday.
Smith said he and Perkins had been working together for years, and when they decided to record the album, “we weren’t thinking about” winning a Grammy. “We had no intentions of it going that far,” Perkins said. There could be more to come. “We’re talking about another CD together now,” Smith said. “Once you’ve got something going, record companies are not going to let you stop.” Contact The Daily Reveille’s entertainment staff at entertainment@lsureveille.com
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Stephanie Landry, sculpture and photography junior, peddles a bike Wednesday in n Free Speech Plaza to grind old military uniforms into pulp to make paper.
“It still holds the value that it did before, but now it has a new value, too,” Lunn said. “I took something that I was going to throw away and made something with it.” Studio artist and facilitator Margaret Mahan said the Project is preparing to go overseas to work with veterans of other countries. “We’re going to Australia this
summer,” Mahan said. “In the fall we’re going to the Balkans and Sarajevo.” The Project will be in Free Speech Plaza through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Andrew Price at aprice@lsureveille.com
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Lady Gaga, “Born this Way” (Single)
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Streamline Records
By popular demand, Lady Gaga released her first single to her upcoming album “Born This Way” two days prior to the announced release date after her “little monsters” got a preview at the Grammys. “Born This Way” follows the new electronic trend but differs somewhat with its hints of disco, pop and rock with a thumping bass and dancing beat. Gaga has caught some heat for the track sounding like Madonna, but her distinct individual style still remains present throughout and is a great comeback for the “Queen of Pop.”
[A+] DEVON WALSH
Dr. Dre, “I Need a Doctor” (Single)
Aftermath Entertainment
Dr. Dre’s new single, “I Need a Doctor,” details the mentorstudent relationship between he and rapper Eminem, who is featured in the song. Eminem spins his lyrics beautifully, as usual. His ability to rap so quickly and pronounce every word so well is truly spectacular. Skylar Grey’s voice is perfect for the refrain of the song. The only lackluster portion is Dr. Dre’s only verse. It’s a good, catchy song overall, but Dre’s not-so-hot rapping at the end keeps the song from getting a better score.
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TAYLOR BALKOM
Nicole Atkins, “Mondo Amore”
Razor and Tie Records
Nicole Atkins’ second full-length album is another wonderfully unique blend of old and new sounds that continues to set her apart. “Mondo Amore” has less spunky pop than “Neptune City,” and Atkins instead explores darker, more volatile sounds and themes. Her new band, The Black Sea, does a spectacular job of backing Atkins while still making its own individual marks on the songs. The album has a psychedelic blues feel that is entirely pleasant and makes Atkins’ hauntingly powerful vocals sound all the more fantastic.
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ANDREW PRICE
“No One Killed Jessica”
UTV
A movie about corruption within India’s judicial system, “No One Killed Jessica” is not the most unique plotline featured in Bollywood cinema, but its intricacies are what make it better than the rest. Viewers will not realize how long the movie runs with its action and drama. The movie showcases differences in class and power and how these factors can aid people in getting away with the most heinous crimes. With songs that actually work well with the content of the film, “Jessica” will have you chanting “Justice for Jessica.”
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KITTU PANNU
Sonic Youth, “Simon Werner a Disparu”
Interscope Records
The beautiful, gaping mouth of Sonic Youth has opened wide to swallow whole all the band’s devotees who dare to kneel at the altar of their new, dynamite album, “Simon Werner a Disparu.” Climb aboard the eccentric ship and take a ride on the waves of the band’s subtle yet earth-shattering melodies. It’s easy to fall from a worldly existence once lost in the depths of the album’s tunes like “Escapades” and “Alice et Simon,” but it’s hard to choose which drift to catch when all the tracks are so utterly enticing.
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CATHRYN CORE
“Rabbit Hole”
Lionsgate Entertainment
“Rabbit Hole,” a vividly honest and occasionally witty drama, paints a portrait of a broken family eight months after the tragic death of its young son. Faced with memories and guilt surrounding his death, Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie Corbett (Aaron Eckhart) seek solace in different ways and through different people. “Rabbit Hole,” adapted from David LindsayAbaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, takes audiences through the depths of human conflict and finds hope at the light at the end of the rabbit hole.
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JEANNE LYONS
EDITOR’S PICK: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake” Island Records
Indie rocker PJ Harvey offers an eclectic and inventive music experience on her eighth studio album “Let England Shake.” Harvey shows off her unique and style voice on tracks like “Written on the Forehead” and “Bitter Branches.” Her bright, quirky melodies contrast deeply with her grim, introspective and often violent lyrics that explore the duality in nationalism and war.
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GRACE MONTGOMERY
sophomore, agrees with Swardson’s assessment of Aniston. “I love both Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. I think they’re funny,” Fabian said. “I like the movie because it seems lighthearted and doesn’t demand too much attention.” Swardson said his “Grandma’s Boy” character helped the most in preparing him to play Eddie Simms. “There’s no real Terry in this guy. There’s more Jeff than Terry,” Swardson said. “It’s kind of a hybrid between Jeff and myself and Meryl Streep.” Lying is an integral part of the plot, according to Swardson. His best lie comes out at dinner. “There’s a scene where my character is drunk at the dinner table, and I’m kind of talking about my past and my history. I kind of
page 15 snowball these lies about me being an Internet sheep herder,” Swardson said. “I kind of just started improvising.” Swardson’s improvisation isn’t always welcome. “They’re always yelling at me to get the lines right because I’m constantly like making stuff up and raving like a lunatic,” Swardson said. “I mean, we always make sure we get the script, but we fool around a lot.” Swardson also had to interact with live animals in the film. “I just remember screaming ‘roll it’ because I just didn’t want to get mauled by the sheep,” Swardson said. “It would be really embarrassing to have to go to my friends and they’d be like, ‘How did your balls get cut off?’ And I’d be like, ‘Oh, the sheep just smashed them.’” Swardson’s favorite line from
“Just Go With It” stems from a scene in which he gives a sheep CPR. “It’s when I come home drunk, and I just gave CPR to a sheep and saved his life,” Swardson said. “I’m hammered, and I’m trying to tell Sandler’s character about it. I’m so drunk that I start crying, and I go from happy to sad in like two seconds.” Swardson said the film is a chick flick both guys and girls will enjoy. Swardson discussed strategies for men to get their girlfriends on board. “There’s hot chicks in it, and if you tell your girlfriend like, ‘Hey, you wanna go see a romantic comedy,’ your girlfriend will be like, ‘Oh cool, that’s really sweet,’” Swardson said. “There’s a lot of bikinis and stuff for guys that they’d really like.” Contact Kittu Pannu at kpannu@lsureveille.com
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Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011
Attend tonight’s forum, demand answers from student reps
The Daily Reveille has bombarded you with coverage. Student Government has bombarded you with petitions. Campus administrators have bombarded you with e-mails — all about the budget crisis for higher education in the state. But if you’re just tuning in to the debate over the fate of the University, there’s no better time than now to get involved. This semester is when it’s
actually going to go down. The future of our University’s finances is starting to take shape as the legislative session moves along and Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget is finally approved later this spring. We’ve seen other schools in the LSU System — namely the University of New Orleans — wait for tough decisions like its new chancellor and a possible merger with Southern UniversityNew Orleans to cut costs.
But tonight is all about LSUBaton Rouge. The State of the University forum event, hosted tonight by The Daily Reveille, TigerTV, KLSU and the rest of Student Media, is the perfect opportunity for you to ask SG President J Hudson and Vice President Dani Borel about their insight into the conversation on our university’s future. You can ask them what’s being done inside the University to
protect its programs. And you can ask them what they plan to do themselves to advocate for LSU. Until this spring, most of the talk about our University has been just that — talk. It’s the coming months that will tell if these budget exercises come to fruition. And more importantly, you’ll find out what people at this University are doing to mitigate the damage — and what you can do as well. E-mail your questions for
Hudson to yoursource@tigertv. tv, tweet them using #stateoflsu, watch the live broadcast on campus channel 75 or come to the forum at 7 p.m. in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building. We guarantee everyone in attendance tonight is there to protect your college experience. Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
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Students should be aware of conflict in southern Sudan Anusree Garg The Lantern
COLUMBUS, OHIO (UWIRE) — Last week, thousands of Southern Sudanese, eagerly anticipating the final results of January’s referendum on South Sudan’s secession from its northern counterpart, waited to hear President Omar al-Bashir announce the status of the remaining votes. Despite the population having generally surmised the overall outcome of the vote to be in favor of the secession, the announcement generated a sense of relief among the anxious crowds since it signaled al Bashir’s almost uncharacteristically cooperative acceptance of these results. In this vote, 98.83 percent of Southern Sudanese, an overwhelming majority, supported an independent South Sudan, which will be formally declared as the world’s newest country in July, according to The New York Times. Though the announcement of the future partition was met with a resounding celebratory reception, there are evident points of discord and matters for hard deliberation that will need to be addressed during the six-month wait until South Sudan is permanently established. The most obviously basic of these concerns is the creation of a new government. South Sudan will need a president — and he will come in the form of the cowboy hat devotee, Salva Kiir, the current vice president of Sudan and leading proponent of Southern secession. Admired for his role as the unifying voice among different Southern ethnic groups, Kiir, with his highly militarized background, has yet to be tested out in presidential waters. Accordingly, an accountable and competent new government is not automatically ensured. A second, more dramatic issue relates to the North and South’s
heavy dependence on oil revenues. However, only the South possesses the majority of the oil fields. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005, that engendered the recent referendum, also calls for equal oil distribution between these two regions. Noting the aridity of the North and the visibly and comparatively lush greenery of the South, the paucity of oil in the North becomes more apparent and teeters on precariousness. This friction is demonstrably reflected in the currently contested oil-rich area of Abyei. The CPA initially proposed a joint referendum for the vote on Southern secession and the decision of Abyei to stay with the North or join the new South. Yet, since voter eligibility in this area is still being disputed, Abyei’s referendum is attached to an undetermined date. The latest wave of violence that challenged the mood of jubilation in South Sudan was in the Jonglei state. Clashes between Southern Sudan army and a rebel group has left 211 people dead, many of whom were civilians ensnared in the fighting, according to an Associated Press report. Nevertheless, nowhere is the conflict more pervasive than in Darfur. The paramount reason for the insurrection in Darfur involves ethnic clashes between the governmentbacked Arab militia, the Janjaweed, and the rebel forces comprised of Christian and traditional Southern Africans. Stephanie Sobek, a third-year in political science and Middle Eastern studies and president of the Ohio State chapter of STAND, an anti-genocide coalition, explains that the incumbent president of Sudan, al-Bashir, “hired the Janjaweed militia, and they systematically killed all the African descendents in Darfur.” She goes on to elaborate on the scale of the atrocity: “It’s so brutal. The Janjaweed militia would
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burn villages and rape the women and children and run the men off the villages. A lot of those refugees moved to Chad.” Recently STAND held a fundraiser to help raise awareness for the ongoing conflict in Darfur. Sobek, sporting a shirt with the club’s motto, “don’t stand by, stand up,” introduced the comically radiant 8th Floor Improv troupe as it helped generate a commendable amount of donations that will go directly into assisting people displaced by the Darfur genocide. Still, since Darfur will remain a part of Northern Sudan, the prospect of a dissolved insurgency seems grim. As South Sudan’s secession
moves forward, a changing paradigm may take hold in Africa. Sudan has redrawn its own borders — the first to do so in a continent encumbered with the arbitrarily defined borders of its colonial past. Countries, such as Niger or those in the Ivory Coast with similar tensions, may look to Sudan as setting a precedent. Secession could become the go-to solution. However, partition is no panacea: It does not ensure ethnic homogeneity, fair resource distribution or transparent leadership. Last week, The UN Security Council met to discuss the ongoing situation in Sudan. In the presidential statement released, the Security Council encouraged “the
international community to lend its full support to all Sudanese people as they build a peaceful and prosperous future.” With a complementary stance, Sobek urges OSU students to get involved as the conflict ensues in Sudan. Outlining a primary goal of STAND, Sobek says, “We educate ourselves about different areas and spread that education.” Though, as Sobek advises, a good starting point for all students “is just becoming aware of the problem.”
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Quote of the Day “Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”
Bruce Lee Actor and Martial Artist Nov. 16, 1940 — July 20, 1973
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Aguilera, Gaga two divas caught up in oversinging Sunday’s Grammy Awards marked the end of a seven-day span in pop culture I can only summarize as “the week of the diva.” On Feb. 6, Christina Aguilera flubbed the lyrics to “The StarSpangled Banner” in her pre-Super Bowl rendition while trying to break the record for Most DrawnOut Single-Syllable Words. Friday, Lady Gaga released her long-awaited new single, “Born This Way,” which sounded more reminiscent of Madonna than ever. And two days later, both Gaga and Aguilera attended the Grammys, paying homage to the oversingers who came before them. The latter joined some of current music’s most talented songstresses in a show-opening tribute to Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul.” The former dedicated her performance to Whitney Houston, whose version of “I Will
Always Love You” solidified her standing as the most long-winded of them all. The goddess-like status of these vocal powerhouses and the constant attempts of aspiring artists to emulate them are proof that our culture appreciates melisma. This ability to embellish simple notes and melodies has, r e g r e t t a b l y, become the trademark of a Kelly Hotard Columnist great singer. Our ears can expect such dramatic spectacles at the Grammys, an award show meant to celebrate and showcase musical talent. We can even anticipate many aspects of the Super Bowl to be equally as overdone, given it’s essentially the event of the year in American culture. Perhaps this lofty expectation explains why the Black
Eyed Peas’ halftime performance underwhelmed so many of us. Unfortunately, we’ve come to apply these same theatrical standards to celebrities who sing the national anthem. Aguilera is not the first superstar to butcher the song, and she won’t be the last. As one ABC News article suggested recently, these recurrent mishaps might be sufficient basis to change our national anthem to an easier song, like “America the Beautiful.” I’ll admit “The Star-Spangled Banner” is vocally challenging, especially when performed at such a major venue. Therefore, props must be given to Aguilera for at least singing it live. But the problem lies not with the song or the issue of stage fright, as Aguilera herself professed she’d been singing it since she was 7 years old. We don’t need a more diva-friendly national anthem.
We need virtually unknown singers who don’t have to live up to a reputation for oversinging. It’s natural to lose your lyrical bearings when you repeatedly insert syllables where there shouldn’t be any. But on that note, I also think our society needs a bit of an adjustment in the way we approximate vocal skills. Aguilera is one of many modern superstars who take the idea of melisma, originally mastered by bluesy icons like Aretha Franklin, too far. Today’s wannabe divas don’t know when to quit, but singing the national anthem seems like a pretty good place to stop. Such a performance is unique from other musical events. It isn’t — or at least it shouldn’t be — about trying to promote yourself or your lung capacity. It’s also not the proper platform to outdo your predecessors. Singers build their entire careers on the premise of
showing everything their voices can do. An artist’s true talent lies in exploring all facets of his or her repertoire and exercising restraint when the occasion calls for it. The national anthem represents something much bigger than even Aguilera’s vocal range. As such, it deserves respect, which is something the “Queen of Soul” knows a little bit about. Kelly Hotard is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Picayune, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_khotard.
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South Dakota abortion bill unnecessary, possibly dangerous The South Dakota State Legislature is currently considering a bill to broaden the state’s definition of justifiable homicide to protect killing in the defense of an unborn child. As of Feb. 9, House Bill 1171 modifies existing legislation on justifiable homicide to include any attempt to murder “or to harm the unborn child of such person in a manner and to a degree likely to result in the death of the unborn child.” The bill Andrew also extends Shockey this protection Columnist to the person’s “husband, wife, parent, child, master, mistress, or servant, or the unborn child of any such enumerated person.” Abortion defenders claim the bill encourages violence against abortion clinic doctors by extremists or family members, while the bill’s advocates claim their goal is protecting a woman’s right to self-defense. When asked about the intention of the bill, its sponsor, State Rep. Phil Jensen, replied, “Say an ex-boyfriend who happens to be father of a baby doesn’t want to pay child support for the next 18 years, and he beats on his exgirlfriend’s abdomen in trying to abort her baby. If she did kill him, it would be justified. She is resisting an effort to murder her unborn child.” I don’t think anyone would argue with a woman’s right to defend herself in this situation, and although I was unable to
locate any instance of this specific situation ever happening in South Dakota, women should have the right to defend themselves and their wombs. Luckily, women in South Dakota are already protected in this situation, as the current justifiable homicide law in the state reads, “Homicide is justifiable if committed by any person while resisting any attempt to murder such person, or to commit any felony upon him or her, or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person is.” So if the hypothetical girlfriend kills her boyfriend she is still protected under the law, because at the very least she was subjected to aggravated assault. Most abortion defenders take issue with the second clause, which extends protection to close relatives who protect an unborn child from harm. They assert it could be used to justify the murder of abortion clinic doctors. In May 2009, anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder shot and killed Dr. George Tiller while the abortion clinic doctor was attending church in Wichita, Kan. During his trial, Roeder defended his actions by saying he was protecting the lives of unborn children, but was promptly convicted of first-degree murder. Defenders of abortion rights argue if House Bill 1171 passes it would set a precedent for a justifiable homicide defense in the prosecution of criminals such as Roeder. Jensen asserted, the bill “only deals with illegal acts. Abortion is legal in this country. This has nothing to do with abortion.” Jensen neglected to mention
the state’s two failed attempts to ban abortion in the state in 2006 and 2008. Both initiatives were defeated by more than 10 points. He also failed to reference the “trigger law” South Dakota passed along with five other states, including Louisiana, which would immediately make abortion illegal if Roe v. Wade is ever overturned. Thankfully, Jensen is considering changing the wording
of the bill to specifically protect abortion doctors, or even drop the bill entirely. This bill should be retracted because its intended purpose is already accomplished under existing laws, and it could potentially promote violence against doctors. South Dakota only has one abortion clinic as it is, and if this bill passes, the legislature might just get its wish and scare
Planned Parenthood out of the state for good. Andrew Shockey is a 20-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey.
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ARE YOU AS BORED AS I AM? Male looking for lady friend to do the following activities with: Relaxin’, adventures, cuddling, and maybe(hopefully?) more. Super serious and uptight need not apply. Contact me at adventuresforus@ gmail.com PS: Don’t worry about baggage. I’m willing to defeat a maximum of 4 evil exes, just to get to know you.
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PLAYERS NEEDED. Dungeons and Dragons players needed. A dungeon master especially. No experience required. Email dtempl3@tigers.lsu.edu, or call or text 318.355.3425 EVER WEAR CAMO? Love the sound of whispering wings in the dawn? Want to help restore our wetlands? Volunteer for Tiger Chapter Ducks Unlimited. Organizational meeting Monday, February 21, 6 p.m. at Walk-Ons. Contact Luke Laborde @ llabor2@tigers.lsu.edu 225.281.0711 XBOX 360 LSU student looking for XBOX 360 players to form an online group. No commitment needed, just looking for casual players willing to play multiplayer on any XBOX game. No specific games required, just looking for others looking to play. Email me at kmoran4@lsu.edu if you are interested, and feel free to include any games and gamer tags you want to ad to the list. WATER SKI TEAM/CLUB!!! Lots of Fun & hanging out on the water, whether your competitive or recreational !! If interested CONTACT Jaime Wallace =) @ Jwall28@tigers. lsu.edu or 318.381.5078 NORMAL GUY LOOKING for a girl who enjoys playing Frisbee Golf and appreciates spending time outdoors. Bonus points for brains. If interested, email lsucetiger@gmail. com SEEKING HILLARY LOOK-ALIKE I love the environment, vegetables, recycling, books, gays, and protesting everything, so pretty much just a normal, run-of-the-mill democrat. If you want to meet up over a non-fat, dairy-free, sugar-free, caffeine-free latte’ and talk about how much we love taxation just send me an email at bdonne3@lsu.edu
Lost and Found DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING LOST Large reward for the return of a diamond engagement ring that was lost, Monday evening, February 7th, in Peabody parking lot. Please call 225-235-2543
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