The Lion's Roar 02/21/2017

February 21, 2017 Volume 88, Issue 20

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Krewe of Omega keeps spirits up despite downpour Governor

wants TOPS reinstated

By Riana Braselman Staff Reporter

Despite rainy weather, the Krewe of Omega rolled out onto the streets of Hammond for the 31st time to celebrate Mardi Gras with a parade.

On Feb. 17 at 6 p.m., the crowd felt the excitement as the parade began.

“The parade is magical,” said Soline Holmes, former Queen Omega XXIX. “While riding on the floats is fun, being in the crowd and watching the parade is a real treat too.

There is a general excitement as Omega rolls through the streets of Hammond. The krewe is known for being very generous with its throws.”

The stormy weather posed a possible drawback for the krewe’s plans to roll on Friday evening.

“I was obsessively checking the weather on my phone,” said Holmes. “The weather was looking better, so we all loaded the floats. Around 6 p.m., half an hour before our

By Regina Pergola Staff Reporter

Richard Carbo, the Communications Director at the Office of the Governor and Shauna Sanford, the Press Secretary at the Office of the Governor took questions from student media on behalf of Governor John Bel Edwards concerning higher education budget cuts.

“Where we are right now, is the governor has made his proposal to the legislature to solve the $304 million shortfall,” said Carbo. “He’s in regular conversation with members of the legislature on how we’re going to do that if they object to his own plan. And recognizing that this is a very short-term solution to a long-term problem, the governor and the legislature that was led by the Republican Nikisun Shrestha / The Lion’s Roar taskforce over the last year or The Krewe of Omega had a total of 10 floats appear in the parade. The floats used in the parade are some of the same ones used in the New Orleans parades. The so are getting to a point in April rain did not stop the krewe from rolling out into Hammond, throwing beads, trinkets and snacks to parade goers from the top of artistic and light-up floats. This is see OMEGA pg. 8 the 31st year that the Krewe of Omega is bringing the Mardi Gras spirit to Hammond. This was the third year the parade ran despite rain. see BUDGET pg. 4

Harlem Globetrotters are coming to campus

By Regina Pergola Staff Reporter

The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that originated in Chicago, Illinois over 90 years ago. They perform a combination of athleticism, theatre and comedy.

They will come to the university on Mar. 6 to perform.

They have had over 26,000 exhibition games in 122 countries and territories. The Globetrotters play over 450 live events each year all over the world.

“The Globetrotters put on a fantastic show for all ages,” said University Center Director Duane Shafer. “Their antics entertain guests for the entire game.”

The Globetrotters are debuting a four-point line in their upcoming tour.

“This is just something that will add to the entertainment value of the game,” said Shafer.

“Trick shots and long shots are a big part of the team’s personality.”

The university is involved through Nathaniel Lofton, who is a university Hall of Famer and now performs with the Globetrotters.

“Yes, Nate Lofton was on Coach Billy Kennedy’s 200405 team that won the Southland Conference Championship and advanced to play Oklahoma State in the first round of the NCAA Championships,” said Shafer. “He joined the Globetrotter organization about 11 or 12 years ago. When we hosted the Globetrotters in 2008, Nate was supposed to be here for the game but at the last minute, he was reassigned to the team’s European tour.”

Shafer expressed his gratitude and anticipation for the former university player being able to come to the university to play.

“We’re excited that he’ll be able to play in this year’s game at SLU,” said Shafer. “Nate is a worldwide ambassador for his family, the state of LA, his

Lions look to build momentum early after first loss

By Jonathan

rhodes

Staff Reporter

Lions baseball started the season off with a win against Hofstra University 11-1 and a loss to Murray State University 3-1. The first three games of the season were part of the Tangi Tourism Baseball Classic that the Lions are hosting at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.

The game against UL Lafayette was postponed Monday due to rain.

The Lions only had five hits out of 27 at bats and only one run batted in against Murray State. Head Coach Matt Riser saw a difference in the pace and attitude in the first two games.

“It’s real simple, I mean you watch how fast and aggressive we played Saturday compared to how bad we played today (Sunday), just passive on our heels,” said Riser. “It’s not about getting up there and getting hits, it’s about getting up there and

see GLOBETROTTERS pg. 7

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competing, putting pressure on defense and we just did not do that today. If we want to have success, we better get back aggressive.”

The Lions had one home run batting the ball against Hofstra and eight runs batted in.

Junior pitcher Mac Sceroler pitched for five innings against Hofstra. Sceroler had 11 strikeouts out of the 15 batters he faced.

“It was fun, those games are fun obviously,” said Sceroler. “Being opening night, I was just locked in and just wanted to give these fans something to cheer about.”

Riser does not believe the rescheduled UL Lafayette game had any effect in the team’s play this weekend.

“If we are that mentally weak, if that throws off anything, then we are gonna have a long year,” said Riser. “Obviously, we have been waiting a long time to get

back on the field kind of felt like we picked up right where we left off with all of the rain. Mother Nature is going to win every time and we talked about how any time, anywhere, anybody, it doesn’t matter who it is, we have to be ready to play. We did that Saturday night and we didn’t do a good job of bouncing back Sunday. But, the good thing about this game is it’s day to day. From here on out, it doesn’t get any easier.”

The Lions are used to playing a fast paced game on offense and defense.

Hitting the ball and getting runs constantly on offense, while striking batters out quickly on defense.

Sceroler believes this is the key to victory for the Lions in every game for the rest of this season.

“I think it’s all about tempo,” said Sceroler. “It’s all about the pitcher setting the tone early because if the pitcher sets the tone early then the position players

and hitters feed off of that tempo.”

The ultimate goal for the Lions is to return to the College World Series.

However, in order for it to happen the Lions must be consistent on how they play each opponent.

“I think the best thing someone said the other day, ‘Man, if you want to be the best you got to play the best’ and I said ‘No, if you want to be the best you have to beat the best. It’s not about playing somebody,” said Riser. “It’s going over there and competing and winning no matter who it is. If we lull ourselves to sleep and end up losing a game to a team like Murray State and then show up against Lafayette, we can’t just do that when we feel like it. We have to make sure that we come out every single game with the right energy because we don’t know which game is going to be the one that gets us in or keeps us out.”

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The Lions hosted the Tangi Tourism Baseball Classic which Hofstra , Murray State and UL Lafayette participated. Attendance at each of the games were over 1000 for the Lions as they won the first game against Hofstra 11-1, but lost to Murray State 3-1.

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Reminders Wednesday H 76 L 49

Mardi Gras Break is Feb. 27 to Mar. 3.

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Valentine’s Day covers campus in red, pink and love

BY ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter

For Valentine’s Day, multiple groups were set up inside and outside of the Student Union allowing students to partake in festivities.

The Campus Activities Board had a booth where students could create flipbooks as well as one where they could get cupcakes and make cards.

They also collaborated with the University Counseling Center and the University Health Center.

“We had a Valentine’s Day event,” said CAB member McKenzie Tolson, a junior marketing major. “It started out with the flipbook booth. Then we decided to have cupcakes and Valentine cards for everybody.

Then we wanted to add to it, so we partnered with the Annie Goodman / The Lion’s Roar Health Center. They’re talking Campus Activities Board set up a photobooth that made flipbooks for students. about safe sex and handing out They also had a table handing out cupcakes and allowing students to make condoms. We partnered with the Counseling Center, talking Valentine’s Day cards.

about healthy relationships, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.”

The University Health Center had a table set up discussing condoms and sexually transmitted diseases.

“We’re promoting safe sex for Valentine’s Day,” said Marlise Eschete, a health and kinesiology graduate student and a graduate assistant at the University Health Center.

“We’re teaching proper condom usage and we’re also informing students that we do STD testing at the Health Center.

This is important because our statistics show the STD rate at Southeastern is increasing every year. So, we want to educate students to let them know that there are ways to prevent STD’s from happening and to prevent early pregnancy.”

The University Counseling Center hung up hearts with people’s definition of a healthy relationship on them.

“We’re doing a little outreach

program to try to educate people on healthy relationships and raise awareness for domestic violence,” said Emily Toloudis, a graduate student in the counseling program.

“Basically, what we’re doing is we’re having people write little messages about what is healthy in relationships or inspirational things for people that may be going through a bad relationship.

I think it’s important because whenever you’re in college, is when you start getting into those serious relationships. A lot of times we don’t know what healthy relationships look like, so it can be easy to get into an unhealthy situation that’s hard to get out of.”

The Southeastern Sociological Association had a table inside the Student Union.

“We have the I Love You Challenge table,” said Katie Simmons, a senior psychology major. “We are challenging people to text or call someone they love and tell them they

love them because you never know when it’ll be your last chance to tell them. Then we’re also doing Valentine’s Day cards. Everyone can make their own Valentine’s Day card. Then we have the little photo drop background for people to take pictures.”

Student Outreach and Advocacy Representatives set up a wall of love for people to express their opinions on love.

“Wall of Love is basically where people can come and express what does love means to them in their own way,” said Tynesha Hall, a freshman biology major. “Nobody’s judging them. Just being free.

You get to express how you feel.

I feel like some people aren’t able to express themselves.

They can’t say what they really feel like without somebody judging them. Then, they can come here and express they self without anybody judging them.

I feel like everybody needs that in life.”

In the Lion Light: A spotlight on campus organizations

New organization, Lion P.A.W.S. to help animals and shelters in need

BY ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter

Sophomore biology major Angelica Schiffer is starting up a new club on campus called Lion P.A.W.S. “Lion P.A.W.S. stands for People for Animal Wellness Support,” said Schiffer. “Our goal is to serve as a resource for animals in need.

We are committed advocates for animal rights and wellness engaged in regular fundraising and volunteering. It is an upcoming organization that reaches out to people with an interest in the wellness of all types of creatures.”

Schiffer has plans to accomplish multiple things with the club.

“I hope to have regular fundraisers and volunteer opportunities such as group-wide volunteer trips, dog washes, donation bins, et cetera,” said Schiffer. “There is even hope to bring animals to the campus for a time period during exams to help students take a break and let off stress.”

This club is being organized to help animals.

“We will have different events each semester that will be focused towards our club goal,” said Schiffer. “The goal is to get people involved in the community to make it a better place for us and our furry, scaled and feathered friends.”

The club will present more awareness of service opportunities in the community.

“I hope to spread awareness around the campus to allow more students the opportunity to serve,” said Schiffer. “This club allows students a closeknit community to bond with the animals and each other. The more individuals come together,

Delta Alpha

Omega

Delta Omega Alpha is a preprofessional honors society on Southeastern’s campus designed to aid students with preparation towards a career in health care. The organization brings in representatives from a number of fields and graduate schools to provide information on pursuing a graduate level degree, including, but not limited to medical, Nursing, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Physical or Occupational Therapy,

the more knowledge that is spread to better equip ourselves to help the animals in our community.”

Schiffer believes there is more to animal welfare organizations than people realize.

“Many appreciate the animal welfare organizations and shelters, however, forget how much effort is really put into helping these animals,” said Schiffer. “These people give animals temporary homes rather than leaving them on the streets. They protect the community by improving the overall health and well-being by taking them in and preventing the spread of various diseases among these animals and even humans. Fundraising allows shelters more options for their animal care, as well as providing the community with vouchers for veterinary care many can’t afford. This can drastically help with overpopulation and reduce the amount of homeless animals we see. Funds and volunteers are limited, and not only is it a way to serve your community, but to better yourself as well. We are trying to make a difference in animals’ lives just as they have made in ours.”

Members must uphold certain requirements.

“Members are required to pay semester dues, attend meetings and events,” said Schiffer. “Three hours of volunteer service for each semester will be required as well. These hours can be earned individually or with the activities Lion P.A.W.S. is active in.”

However, the club is meant to be enjoyable for members.

“People that join just need to know that this club is about service, but it is also about having fun,” said Schiffer. “Coming together to give animals a safe environment allows us to make a difference while enjoying the work we do.”

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For Valentine’s Day, Student Outreach Advocacy Representatives set up a table with a Wall of Love. The Wall of Love allowed students to write what love means to them and hang it on a poster for everyone to see. They also handed out miniature chocolate cupcakes and pretzels covered in white chocolate.

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Mardi Gras floats into town Morgan Ledet Editor in Chief

When I think of Mardi Gras, I think of floats, beads, trinkets, screaming and a lot of drinking.

Mardi Gras is made for all of those things. You are always going to have floats and beads.

That is a given, but some people question whether people party too much. Mardi Gras can also be called Carnival. A carnival is all about having fun. So, why does it matter that people party too much? This is probably the only time it is socially acceptable to drink before lunch.

I will warn my readers now.

Reader discretion is advised for the rest of these paragraphs. 21 and over only. Thank you.

As a person who is over the age of 21, I am allowed to drink.

What bothers me is when I see these kids who do not look over

18 flaunting their to-go daiquiri cups. I think these kids party too much. Where are these kids’ parents when they are walking St. Charles Ave. with their alcohol?

On the other hand, there are always the frat guys or the just-out-of-college-still-wannabe-cool people who are always drinking. As long as they aren’t being a complete nuisance to anyone around them, let them do what they want. I can understand people getting annoyed if they are crazy drunk and causing a ruckus, but if they aren’t, who cares what they are doing?

Carnival is basically a party. I don’t think you can party too much at a party. That is what it’s there for and known for.

I think, when you see police breaking up a fight, is when people get too crazy. People let their alcohol do the talking and they think they can do anything.

There are many times that my dad has pushed someone out of the way after their drunk-self spilled

beer or some type of liquor all over me. There was another time when I was standing on a ladder and a drunk guy knocked my ladder. If my dad had not grabbed the ladder, I would have fallen and who knows what bones I would have broken. The moral of this story is when you become a hazard to someone else, that is when I think you are “partying too much.” If you can’t control your alcohol intake, don’t drink it. Those people are what ruin everyone else’s fun.

Drink responsibly people.

Have fun, but don’t get crazy.

Party, but don’t party too much.

Drink, but not too much. “Liquor before beer you’re in the clear.”

Don’t forget to drink water in between every drink. If you drink a glass of water in between every alcoholic drink, you can drink more without getting grossly intoxicated. Literally, take my advice. I’m helping you out. One more piece of advice, laissez les bon temps rouler. Happy Mardi Gras.

SPEAK OUT

What are you doing for Mardi Gras break?

For Mardi Gras, it’s actually one of my best friend’s birthday. So, we are going to New Orleans, obviously, and we’re going to get lit and have a lot of fun.

Going to a few parades in New Orleans.

Over Mardi Gras break, I will be working.

For Mardi Gras, I’m going to New Orleans because it’s my birthday.

My family from California is coming into town, so I am going to parades pretty much just hanging out in Louisiana.

Going to New Orleans and studying for midterms.

Destiny Garrett Sociology, Freshman

Jada Williams Biology, Freshman

Kaitlyn Bach Marketing, Freshman

Hailey Howard Social Work, Freshman

Rachel Sullivan Nursing, Freshman

Allison Davis Communnication, Junior

Passable movies disrespect the art of film and its audiences Riana Braselman Staff Reporter

Movies are an evolving art form developing through the ever-changing lenses of growing generations and often historically framed by the decade and time they are filmed in. For viewers, watching movies can sometimes be like experiencing a showcase of art all at once as music, acting, animation and storytelling are just the various tools films can utilize to get across a particular message or idea. To me, this makes film a very powerful medium. It can be such a powerful way to communicate ideas to each other as human beings, so I become disappointed when I see how movies can be misused or wasted as an art form specifically in the form of “passable movies.”

Let me be clear. I understand that with any art form, there is

going to be unavoidable bad qualities in the product. Yes, I know there are just straight up bad movies, which may be due to bad acting, poor pacing, lack of character development or just overall awful quality.

I also realize that different films serve to fulfill different functions, but sometimes we just want a film that is purely entertaining. Though, I will say even though some movies serve to make us laugh or scare us, all good movies have one underlying component. They use these functions to serve the overall purpose of teaching us something about ourselves as human beings. Therefore, as a movie lover, I know bad movies are inevitable but passable movies frustrate me.

Simply put, a passable movie is one that falls in the middle of good and bad quality. A threeout-of-five-stars kind of film. It’s usually the kind of movie you walk out of kind of shrugging your shoulders acceptingly saying “Well, that was pretty

good, but I dunno if I want to see it again.”

Passable movies are more disappointing to me than bad ones because they often manipulate the audience into wasting our time watching a movie and leaving with nothing in return. It’s frustrating witnessing an art form being wasted, not just by wasting my own time and money, but in watching something that had the potential to be powerful or life-changing and being reduced down to just being “passable.”

What makes it passable is that it usually does have a relatable message or idea about life that’s just real enough that we can relate, but as viewers, we’ve usually seen this idea before.

Sure, we were entertained for a little while, but have I as a viewer really learned anything new about myself, my culture or the world?

To understand a passable movie better, we have to see MOVIES pg. 9

Take a journey to the past and make our ancestors proud Nathaniel Callaway Staff Reporter

Most of the time we like to forget where we came from. Actually, I’d say just about all the time we forget. We don’t even think about it. And no, I don’t mean where you were born or where you moved from. I mean where, as humans, we came from. We, as a race, were created, or evolved, to live in unity with the natural world.

It makes sense, whether you believe in a god or not, you can’t deny that we are a species. We adapted to live in nature and to be a part of it, not just on it. To me, and I’m sure to many of you when you look at the evidence, we were not meant to live in this modern world we have created for ourselves.

I commute to school all the way from Slidell.

So, I spend plenty of time in my car. Not only do I have a lot of time to think, but a lot of time to think about my car. I know I might sound weird, but hear me out. Very often we don’t even think twice about our lives. We get up, go to school or work, maybe have some fun and go home.

Whether your life is more exciting or more boring is irrelevant. But, I want you to look at the details of it. Everything from the cars we drive to the roads we drive on to the buildings we live in to the food we eat is all artificial. And if it’s not artificial, it comes to us in unnatural ways. We have come to live in a society that we were not made for, and because of it, we are losing what makes us, us.

Now, what am I saying here? I’m saying that this world we’re creating for ourselves is not one that we are supposed to live in. A few days ago, I saw this thing that was talking about how the proper way to poop is not sitting down

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but squatting. Yes, I am writing what, I’d like to say, is a relevant and serious opinion, and I just talked about the proper way to poop. But, think about that. Even the more comfortable, helpful invention that is known as the toilet doesn’t help us because it’s not what we were designed for. Now, think about if you went to a gym. You want to get fit, so the instructor says you have to eat healthy. What kinds of food does he tell you to eat? Natural food. In order to be healthy, he tells us to lay off all the other stuff and stick to the natural food vegetables, fruits

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‘Why Are You Nowhere?’ premieres in Vonnie Borden Theatre

By Annie Goodman Staff Reporter

The theatre department put on the world premiere of “Why Are You Nowhere?” written by Ethan Warren, the 2016-2017 Inkslinger winner.

The play was presented from Feb. 14 to Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

“God, it was great,” said Payton Core, a sophomore elementary education major with a minor in theatre. “It was amazing. It was so much fun. There wasn’t ever a day where I was like ‘Ugh, I don’t want to go to rehearsal’ or ‘Oh, I really don’t like this show.’ Not a day. Not a thought. Nope, I loved it.”

Despite some personal mistakes, Core feels opening night was successful.

“A few things went wrong for me,” said Core. “If you know the show, you would notice. If you don’t know the show, you wouldn’t really notice. Other than that, I think it went pretty well. It went really well actually.

Everyone was really into it, which is great. Everyone was in character and everything.”

Core believes the characters fit

the cast well.

“It’s very different,” said Core.

“It’s pretty crazy. It’s probably not the craziest show I’ve done, but it’s really crazy. I think everyone’s character fit them oddly well. My character fit me unfortunately well. Which is probably why Chad thought I would do a good job with it.”

Core loved getting into her character, the grandfather’s assistant, for the show.

“Personally, I love bringing out the crazy in myself and other people,” said Core. “I’m a method actor, so I got this whole intricate playlist where I went through scene by scene, mood by mood ,and picked songs that fit the character, the characters around her and the mood of her and the scene. I listen to it over and over and over again while I’m getting ready.”

Opening night is actor Harlan Thorpe’s favorite night. She played the role of the mom in the production.

“It’s a great feeling,” said Thorpe, a freshman marketing major. “You get the nerves, but it’s one of the best nights ever because you get to show everybody who

shows up to the first night your talent just right off the bat. They’re lucky they’re the first see-ers because the first night is usually the best night you could ever have ‘cause everyone’s just going through all these emotions, and it just puts on a great performance.”

Thorpe also enjoyed playing her character in the production as well as interacting with the cast.

“Being this person is definitely a challenge,” said Thorpe. “She is up and down. You can tell when you watch it. She is probably the most difficult person I’ve ever had to play. I’ve struggled with her a lot. Kind of understanding what it is she’s gotta do. In the end, it’s worth all the time and effort, and I’m so glad I got the opportunity to play this person.”

The play left many viewers confused to the delight of Thorpe.

“I love it,” said Thorpe. “It’s very interesting. It’s different, but that’s what I like about it. It doesn’t tell you your answers right off the bat. You kind of have to look for it. It’s very weird. People left kind of confused. I said, ‘You’re supposed to. It’s normal.’ I think that’s the fun of it because I know what’s going on, but they don’t.”

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“Why Are You Nowhere?” premiered on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The play was about a mother, played by Harlan Thorpe, a freshman marketing major and her mute daughter, along with a troubled youth she had taken in, visiting her parents’ home. The mom had a strained relationship with the grandmother, which the grandfather tried to mediate.

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The play was written by Ethan Warren and directd by Chad Winters. The play “Why Are You Nowhere?” was chosen as the 2016-2017 Inkslinger award winner. For the prize, Southteastern’s theatre program premiered the play. The writer did a Q&A after one of the performances to answer some questions the audience members had. The cast enjoyed the roles and how well they fit each other.

BUDGET continued from pg. 1 where they can try and make some structural budget reforms that will kind of minimize the blow that some of these institutions and budget items feel every year.”

Edwards has advocated on behalf of education, and the plan he has proposed does not call for any more financial education cuts.

“Obviously, this governor, if you’re not familiar, is highly invested in education, and not just K-12, but higher education,” said Carbo. “It’s been a priority of his to turn the page in Louisiana and put us in a position where we can reinvest in higher education.”

The governor called the legislature together for a special session to discuss multiple matters including higher education. Edwards has proposed a plan at this special session to take money out of the Budget Stabilization Fund to apply to higher education for the easing of the financial burden on universities and students.

“He came into office with a real budget crisis that’s kind of limited what he can do in the short term, but knowing that there is a long-term strategy in place to try and put us in a position to reinvest not just in higher education, but also in the TOPS program,” said Carbo.

“That’s where we are right now.”

The governor is willing to address the issue of the vulnerability of the education funds, but with the current set up of the law, he would have to revamp the entire state budget and the laws protecting specific programs.

“I think part of that longterm strategy is stabilizing the budget first, but the only way to really do that is by making some structural budget and tax reforms, eliminating where some funds go within the budget,” said Carbo.

“For example, if the legislature wasn’t in special session right now, the only place they could cut would be higher education, healthcare, the Department of Corrections or DCFS, which

handles child abuse prevention and foster care and things like that.”

Edwards is aware of the common student’s struggles and plans to follow through with his plan to restructure the budget.

“What the strategy is for this regular session that starts Apr. 10 is to just do a complete overhaul of the tax code, an overhaul of the structural budget problems that we have right now that will allow us to bring in enough revenue to fund the programs in the state, that you know, a lot of people consider to be priority,” said Carbo. “Because those funds right now are just tied up in tax expenditures and just other areas of the budget.

Because it hasn’t been done in so long, the state budget has been a mess with where funds have to go for statutory dedications and everything.”

After this, Carbo believes the governor is confident that adequate funding will be easier to come by.

“He thinks you’ll bring in sufficient revenue to fund programs like TOPS and higher education, but right now, the state’s hands are kind of tied, given that he came into office with two large deficits and then he’s only going mid-year cuts which you have to do,” said Carbo.

“The plan that the governor has

right now for the special session it does not include cuts to higher education and that’s something he’s really proud of.”

The Press Secretary, Sanford, encourages concerned citizens, specifically students, to get involved and talk to their legislators, through writing letters, calling them or even going to the state capital to speak face to face with them.

“I think you need to be consistent with your involvement, with your educating your peers,” said Sanford. “I think that when session is in be here, come up here, talk to the legislators and the lawmakers. Make your wishes known. You have to keep doing it, you cannot let up because the situation is what it is and you want to affect change and sometimes change takes time, but you have to keep pressing forward.”

Unfortunately, another plan was proposed by the House of Representatives Republican Leadership to withdraw less funds from the “rainy-day” fund, and cut education more to account for the rest of the financial shortfall.

This bill, proposed by Republican House of Representative member Cameron Henry, was scheduled for debate on the floor of the house on Feb. 20. The special session is scheduled to conclude no later than Feb. 22.

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Annual jazz festival honors alumnus Bill Evans

By Nathaniel Callaway Staff Reporter

Bill Evans’ musical influence has been far and reaching and his own university hosts a festival in his honor annually.

Evans was a 1950 graduate of the university and went on to join Miles Davis’s sextet.

In 1959, Evans and his band recorded “Kind of Blue,” the best-selling jazz record of all time.

The annual festival was held Feb. 15-18 in the Ralph R. Pottle Music Building. A variety of bands and guests performed over the duration of the festival.

Guest artist Mike Esneault, a piano player and composer, performed on the last day and shared some of his inspirations for writing a few of his pieces.

“I was teaching a class, the regular ensemble that I teach, and we got into the discussion of one of the true privileges of being a musician from South Louisiana and getting to study music down here is getting the feel of the music and the musicians that come from here,” said Esneault. “Particularly New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and Hammond. In this discussion, one of the students asks if there was a big band chart that sort of fit this style, and I couldn’t think of one, so I wrote my own. So the point of this original composition is to sort of bring out a kind of New Orleans second line feel.”

Esneault also spoke about his time working as a composer for a jazz orchestra.

“This one was originally a Duke Ellington song, one called ‘Come Sunday,”’ said Esneault.

“Over the years, I did a number of arranging for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and

they did an album a few years ago with Jamie Bridgewater, a great vocalist, and they asked me to do an arrangement to feature her, so we did a more instrumental piece for today.”

Derek Stoughton, the Director of Bands, also talked about how he felt about the festival and what it was like getting to participate in an event such as this one.

“It’s been terrific being able to honor a legendary musician such as Bill Evans, and one that has such deep ties to this university is a great enjoyment,” said Stoughton. “And getting to work with professional players such as Mike Esneault and him coming to share his knowledge with our students and staff was just great. Everything he’s done this week has just been a treat, and we have learned just as much as the students have from getting this work done.”

Stoughton shared some of his favorite moments of both the festival and working on the festival although he couldn’t pick just one.

“I can’t put one thing above another,” said Stoughton.

“Everything in the festival has just been so different. But, we have had all the different aspects of jazz like the Alumni Band. The Alumni Band was just really cool. Having all the alumni of this university come back to perform a concert was just outstanding, and having the different performances from the week and seeing all the hard work our students put in was just incredible, you just really can’t put one thing above another. You just can’t.”

All of the pieces performed were chosen with a purpose, mostly based on what guest performers would be playing.

“Part of it was we knew

we were gonna have Mr. Esneault here and so we asked him, ‘Hey, we’re going to be doing some of your tunes.

Which ones would you like?’

Of course, we were going to feature our regional player, so that’s really how we chose our tunes,” said Stoughton. “We thought it would be great to expose our students to a couple of more styles of music, such as the Gershwin Team, but it was mostly just we asked Mr. Esneault what tunes would complement his song choices.”

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Jazz band members performed a large number of pieces throughout the Bill Evans’ Jazz Festival. Below a soloist performs his piece along with his fellow band members. The songs selected to play were chosen specifically with their guest performers, such as Mike Esneault. All pieces were either originals or new arrangements.

Aquila Theatre performs “Murder on the Nile”

By Regina Pergola Staff Reporter

The Aquila Theatre returned to the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts to perform Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Nile.” Three Aquila Theatre

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The two and a half hour production was held at the Columbia Theatre on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Executive Director of the Columbia Theatre Roy Blackwood welcomed the Aquila Theatre with praise and foreshadowed their return.

“They are a fabulous troupe,” said Blackwood. “We always have them back, year after year, they always do great things. Next year, I’m having them back. It’ll be wonderful.

It’s a wonderful troupe, very professional.”

Each character had to assume

the identity of several persons represented in the retelling of the Nile murder mystery.

“It’s amazing how many characters they do with three people,” said Blackwood. “Of course, there are people behind the scenes. It’s six people that travel. It’s sort of ironic that they have six people and they portray six people on stage.”

“I think it’s very enjoyable,” said Linda Wiesinger, a patron of the play. “I’m a little confused sometimes with the English accent, but it’s very enjoyable. It’s amazing how they can change characters midstream.”

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“I always like it when it starts to reveal itself,” said Blackwood. “I like to figure things out early. I did, but I wouldn’t say anything to anybody. It’s always fun to figure it out. I had read the book.”

The Aquila Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary with the “Murder on the Nile” production.

“I wanted to honor this play as a work intended for the live stage, and in doing so, create a new production that places the

act of playmaking as the central driving force of how the piece is delivered,” said Aquila Theatre founder Peter Meineck. “My aim is that we get to enjoy this brilliant classic murder mystery once again while also being thoroughly entertained in the finest style and traditions that the Aquila Theatre has become so well known for.”

The Columbia Theatre will present the Southeastern Opera/ Music Theatre Workshop: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” next on Feb. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m.

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Senior Day ends with Lions third at home loss

By Nikisun Shrestha Staff Reporter

The Lions basketball team was defeated at home for the second time in a row by Stephen F. Austin State University on Senior Day. On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Lumberjacks handed the Lions a 60-52 loss to make the Lion’s record 14-14 for the season.

“Very perplexing game,” said Head Coach Jay Ladner.

“I thought defensively, particularly first 15-16 minutes of the game, we were locked in and prepared. But, you gotta make free throws. We’re 1428 from the line. We weren’t shooting the basketball particularly well. We were a little bit limited in that area at times. We got some guys that can shoot the ball, but we’ve been incredibly inconsistent recently. It’s either feast or famine. Tonight was one of those times when we were not shooting very well. Turned the ball over a few too many times.

Just soft play.”

Ladner thought the team lacked toughness during key moments in the game.

“We out-rebounded them, but by the same token, there were some key rebounds where we got out-toughed on,” said Ladner. “They wanted it more than we did. We preached to the players it’s going to be a tough

man’s game. I thought, for the most part, we were in the right spots but we just didn’t get it done.”

Before the game, senior center Dominic Nelson was honored by the university for his services on the occasion of Senior Day. Ladner congratulated Nelson on his contributions for the team.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player improve as much as he has in such a short period of time,” said Ladner. “I even called him last year, about the second week. I said, ‘You got to do better.’ I am very proud of him. In a short period of time, he has developed closer to his potential. I say that in great admiration for him.”

On the same day, fans saw former players and coaches came together to form an Alumni Reunion. One former player and long time official Charlie McCarthy was present in the reunion. McCarthy spoke of his time at the university and about Lions basketball.

“It’s wonderful,” said McCarthy. “I haven’t been back here for quite some time and probably I’m the oldest one. I came to Southeastern in 1942 on a basketball scholarship from Quincy, Massachusetts. I was recruited along with nine football players from Boston.

The people were wonderful.

They accepted me, and I got to

enjoy living here. I officiated in the Southeastern conference for 26 years. That is major basketball. Southeastern is what we call mid-major, but the level of play is very, very good.”

The Lions have three

games left to advance in the Southland Conference. Ladner spoke about the challenges and his hopes from the games remaining.

“At this point of the year, teams are going to find you

out,” said Ladner. “I’m proud that we’re still playing important games at this point of the year. That’s great progress for our program. These are key games in the conference race.

One of our big goals was to

have a winning season. That hasn’t happened in a while.

We’re sitting there in a position to control our own destiny.”

The Lions host Central Arkansas next on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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Junior guard Davon Hayes, left, shoots a free throw. The Lions were 14-28 from the line. Before the game, senior center Dominic Nelson, right, was honored on Senior Day for his contribution to Lion basketball.

Lady Lions softball wins three games in Lion Classic tournament

By Nikisun Shrestha Staff Reporter

The Lady Lions softball team go 6-2 in the season with an impressive showing in the Lion Classic II. The team won against University of Buffalo 9-1, University of Middle Tennessee 6-5 and Morehead State University 4-2 but lost against Southeast Missouri State University 2-0 while their game against University of Texas at Arlington was incomplete due to rain.

“I’m very pleased with the performance of our team on the weekend,” said Head softball Coach Rick Fremin.

“We played extremely well at home. Of course, we would have liked to get last night’s game, but we faced a really good pitcher, and I think our outfield did a phenomenal job this game. Just locking down our defense and a lot of balls hit to them, but they closed the gaps. So, I am really proud of them and our pitching staff.

All weekend, I think they did a fabulous job no matter who we put out there.”

Junior pitcher Lacey Hill was pleased with her performance in the tournament.

“I felt like I did really good,” said Hill. “I struggled last night a little bit, but I came back today, and I just had a new mindset. So, that helped me out really good and my defense is always behind me and my outfield was amazing.

We’re making plays we should make and plays that other people might not make. So, it’s really encouraging to have them behind me.”

Hill praised Coach Fremin and his decisiveness in the tournament.

“I felt we had a lot of adversity and he does a really good job of knowing when to put people in,” said Hill. “Like last night Nielson came in for just two batters and she did her job and she was done. I just feel we can go in and out, and we have confidence in every one of pitchers. It’s just a good start this year.”

Fremin thought the team was consistent throughout the tournament but feels there are areas they can improve on.

“I think we were very consistent throughout this weekend and that was probably a key factor in us winning two of the games,” said Fremin.

“We got to do a better job in pitch selection, hitting early

in the count and we gotta do a better job at our short game.”

Hill also feels the team needs to improve going into the season.

“Overall, I think we can improve on scoring early,” said Hill. “We’re doing a good job of running the bases. We can clean up our defense a little bit.”

The Lady Lions are facing a tough run of games ahead of their conference games.

“For the next month, we’re about to hit a gruelling schedule and I really feel it’s gonna test our team in a number of areas,” said Fremin.

“We’ve put that schedule together for a reason. Just to prepare them for conference.

So, the next month is gonna be extremely tough for us.”

Hill says that the team is expecting a good season ahead.

“I’m expecting a lot out of this season,” said Hill.

“Coming from a juco that did really well for two years and then other people in the team are also from the jucos that did very well, I’m just expecting us to do big things this year.

We have a special team.”

The team will face Louisiana Tech University on Nikisun Shrestha / The Lion’s Roar Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. Junior outfielder Maddie Edmonston steals a base in the game against Morehead State. The softball team won three games, lost one and had one game cancelled due to rain during the Lion Classic II tournament.

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Junior pitcher Lacey Hill, left, has 12 stike outs in the season so far. She has the best record in the team when it comes to batting average against her by the opponents at .119. Freshman outfielder Mattie Ort, right, at bat, has played all the games so far and is averaging .222 at the plate this season.

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Lions take home five wins at LSU Twilight

By Nathaniel Callaway Staff Reporter

The Lions track & field team walked away Friday night with five wins. The LSU Twilight competition was held at Louisiana State University indoor track on Feb. 17.

One happening of the evening was junior pole-vaulter Devin King breaking a record. King tied his school indoor record with a vault of 17 feet, 11.25 inches. He had reached this height before at the 2016 Southland Conference Championships and is currently the best in the conference and ranks 10th in the nation.

Sophomore thrower Marcell Kecskemety took home the first win for the Lions with a shot put throw of 53-11.75. However even with the wins from the day, assistant track and field Coach Rocky Capello was pleased with his runners, and mentioned freshman Grant O’Callaghan and his performance.

“I think it’s going well,” said Capello. “I’ve been mostly paying attention to the distance runners not so much on the sprinters or the field events, and I’m happy with what they’ve been doing. Grant ran a 4:20 and came in second, which is nine seconds faster than he ran last meet. He knocked about two seconds off his PR, and indoor is usually a few seconds than outdoor, so I think he’s got the shot to go 4:08 in the mile if he keeps training.”

O’Callaghan also felt pleased with his run and shared some of his hopes for the season.

“I think I was doing really performance.” well,” said O’Callaghan. “I can Senior Andre Colebrook feel my workout really coming won his 400-meter run in 47.81 along as the seasons gone on, seconds. That time is the fastest so I’m proud of my PR. I’ve in the Southland Conference never really done indoor before. currently in the season.

So, I’m pleased with how it “This was actually my first came out. Hopefully I get to run indoor 400 in college, and I’m in conference. I’m definitely a senior in grad school,” said feeling pretty good and I’m Colebrook. “I think this went feeling pretty good about this pretty good. I gave it my all, but season.” at some points I think I should Overall, Capello is excited have made a move instead of and looks forward to the staying behind, but this was my upcoming meets. first 400, so I’m pretty proud.

“Our cross country season Usually I run an 800 and I’m was great,” said Capello. “Our running that in conference next average time was about a minute week and try to represent my and five seconds faster than the school it’ll be my last one so average for the 8k last year, hopefully I go out with a bang.” so we’re definitely going in the right direction. I’m pretty excited. We’re trying to build a really strong program. We’ve got some really great recruits coming in so we’re going in the right direction.”

Head Coach track & field Sean Brady shared some of his thoughts on the meet and how he felt the team was doing so far and what he expected.

“So far, I think it’s going great,” said Brady. “This meet was kind of a last minute entry ,so we had a short time to prepare for it, but you know every time you put on the uniform it’s a competition, and I really wanted my kids to feel that way getting ready for today. We have trained all this week, we expect to be good but not great today, and we Nathaniel Callaway / The Lion’s Roar expect to be great next week. I have really high hopes for this Hurdles, sprinting and pole-vaulting were all events that were included in the LSU Twilight meet Friday. The Lions took home a total of five wins from the evening season because if we don’t have and other placements from throughout the competition, including shot put, distance running and high jump. The athletes prepared rigorously for the meet, and high hopes it bleeds over into the the coaches and competitors alike were pleased with the results.

Stephen F. Austin defeats Lady Lions on Senior Day

By Annie Goodman Staff Reporter

The Lady Lions basketball team lost their game against Stephen F. Austin 92-62 on Senior Day. “Disappointed in the outcome obviously,” said Head Coach Errol Gauff. “Big day for Chey Stewart, our only senior, and we didn’t have our ‘A’ game. We knew it would take an ‘A’ performance from us. Stephen F.’s a very good team.”

The team fought till the end but Stephen F. Austin proved to be too strong.

“We played our heart out, and that’s all I can ask for from my team,” said Chey Stewart, a senior forward. “We stuck together till the end.”

After graduation, Stewart plans to join the military.

“To go to the airforce as a general officer,” said Stewart.

This loss brought the team to an overall 5-21 and 3-12 in conference.

“We had to make it a five on five game, so we had to protect the ball,” said Gauff. “Too many turnovers especially in that first half where the game got away from us sort of. Thought our young ladies came back the first few minutes of the third quarter and responded. Then

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On Saturday, Feb. 18, The Lady Lions basketball team lost against Stephan F. Austin. They lost 92-62 on Senior Day. This game brought their overall record to 5-21 and their conference record to 3-12. Junior guard Taylin Underwood, right, scored 20 points during the game. Junior guard Bre Warrren scored the next most points with 13 points. once again, turnovers and a couple bad things happened on the offensive end. I’m always proud of our young ladies and their effort and the resilience that they show in the games.

Today, we just did not execute the way we needed to execute.”

Gauff believes the team needs to work together and continue to play hard.

“We have to keep working hard,” said Gauff. “Continue

to always remember we gotta do everything as a team. We cannot do anything with any type of individualism. When things go wrong, we have to keep playing hard. Understand the game is 40 minutes, so if something goes wrong early, keep playing, and it’ll balance itself out.”

Stewart also feels the team needs to work together.

“Just get back on defense,

talk more and just play together,” said Stewart. “That’s all we can ask for.”

Although the season has not gone well, Stewart is grateful for her team in her final season as a Lady Lion.

“I feel like this season has been one of the best seasons I’ve had since I’ve been a Lady Lion, and I can’t thank my teammates more for this joyous ride,” said Stewart.

Gauff, who is new to this team, feels he has learned plenty from this season, the team and the staff and remains hopeful for the remainder of the season.

“I’ve learned a lot,” said Gauff. “I’ve learned a lot from the young ladies, the other coaches. I understand we have a lot of work to do, but I’m glad to be the coach. It’s been disappointing. I felt we

probably have a few more wins.

Maybe I should say we should have a few more wins, but the reality of the situation is what it is. I don’t mind work, and we have a lot of work to do, but we have a good group of young ladies.”

The next game for the Lady Lions basketball team is against Central Arkansas. They will play on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at home.

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The history of the Globetrotters originated when several player left the Savoy Big Five, a group of African American basketball players who performed exhibitions in 1928. Led by Tommy Brookins, the Globetrotters were formed and began to tour. By 1929, Abraham Saperstein selected Harlem, New York as their

home city due to the ties it had with their heritage. Today, the Globetrotters perform shows worldwide. In addition, the Globetrotters participated in three seasons of “The Amazing Race,” which is a reality competition show. Lofton was a part of the Globetrotters while they were on “The Amazing Race.”

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hometown of New Orleans and for the Southeastern family.”

The team’s mascot is a cartoon globe called “globie,” who travels with the team.

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TRACC hosts In The Zone before Krewe of Omega Parade

By Annie Goodman

“Different agencies are invited to participate, and we have to provide some sort of Before Friday’s Mardi physical activity for kids along Gras parade, Tangipahoa with a non-candy prize,” said – Reshaping Attitudes for Baldwin. “Not only is this an Community Change Coalition alcohol tobacco free zone, but hosted an event for children we also encourage healthy called In The Zone. This was behaviors and physical activity to provide a safe place for before the parade.” children to have fun while Organizations present waiting for the parade. included TRACC, AmeriHealth “It’s promoted as an alcohol Caritas Louisiana, Southeast tobacco free area that kids Advocates for Family can play and parents can not Empowerment, Student worry so much about the pre- Outreach and Advocacy parade waiting,” said Annette Representatives, Mothers Baldwin, President of Junior Against Drunk Driving, Auxiliary of Hammond.

Tobacco-Free Living and At this event, various Southeast Community Health organizations set up tables Systems. with games for children.

“It is a alcohol, drug and smoke free environment for kids set up just for the Omega Mardi Gras parade in Hammond,” said Lisa Locascio, a member of Southeast Advocates for Family Empowerment. “It’s for vendors to put on games, they can have food and I think they give out bottled water too for kids and families.”

Locascio feels it is important for children to have a personal space.

“We are SAFE,” said Locascio. “We are a domestic violence nonprofit located in Hammond. We are out here today because this is In The Zone that TRACC is putting on, and it is a drug free, smoke free and alcohol free area for Annie Goodman / The Lion’s Roar family and kids. It’s important In The Zone, which took place Friday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m., is a pre-parade event hosted by Tangipahoa - Reshaping Atitudes for Community Change Coalition as a because it’s important for kids tobacco and alcohol free area for children to enjoy. There were games that engaged the children physically with non-candy prizes. There were tables with games to have an area that’s theirs set up by multiple organizations to entertain the children. The children participated in these games while waiting for the Krewe of Omega Parade. where they can feel safe and Staff Reporter

OMEGA continued from pg. 1 parade was to roll, the skies opened up. We were all really sad and nervous that the parade might be cancelled.”

Captain of the Krewe of Omega Joyce Smith explained how the weather was an obstacle in possible cancellation of the parade, but the krewe decided to roll anyway due to expenses and loyal parade goers.

“We really could not plan to reschedule because of the cost,” said Smith. “The floats that we used are used again and again, so the rescheduling thing, not only would we have to pay again, we would have to take a date when they weren’t being used. We had to make a decision that night as to whether to roll or not roll. And since the rain was a steady, slow rain, we decided that we would roll, but also because there were people out there waiting for us.”

Parade goers caught beads and trinkets in rain ponchos and underneath umbrellas.

“Of course the rain did affect the crowd numbers, but we were amazed at the number of people that braved the weather to view the parade,” said Queen Omega XXXI Cathy Roberts. “Those die-hard parade goers were rewarded with tons of beads, stuffed animals and our signature decorated Aligras. Naturally, I

would have preferred to have had a beautiful night for our parade, but rain can’t dampen our reign. I felt I had an obligation to our krewe and all the faithful parade goers to set the tone of the parade Friday night, and that was rain or shine the good times will roll.”

Roberts has been a part of the krewe for 11 years. Being an experienced member of the Krewe of Omega, she related her experience from being Queen XXXI to previous years.

“I have been on the Board of Directors for the past three years, serving as secretary for two years,” said Roberts. “It is extremely difficult to compare this year to any other year.

Being Queen of Omega has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life but also totally unique in itself.”

Smith, who has been a member of the krewe for 20 years, praised the quality of this year’s parade.

“This was an exceptional parade,” said Smith. “It was longer than any we’ve had before. We had a lot of local participants that I’m very, very happy we had. It was the very best route. We had more parking than ever. And our members were so excited about the parade that they just couldn’t wait to get on the road.”

The floats lined up at the University Center and the route traveled down North General Pershing Street, going through the university, passing through Friendship Circle, making it’s way into Downtown Hammond and then finally returning back where it started.

Those who had intended on going, but were not able to make it, still have a chance to watch a video of the event online.

“I have someone who films the parade,” said Smith. “We hopefully put it on Youtube, that if our members wanted to see the parade, which is something we don’t see, we could always roll it and see it on Youtube.”

Smith believes that despite the wet weather the parade was an overall success.

“I would like to say it went as smoothly as it could possibly go,” said Smith. “The Hammond Police Department are the ones who made it happen that way. They were the ones who stood out there in the rain and they are the ones who have been there for 31 years who have worked this parade without incident. I would say, I wouldn’t change anything we’ve done.”

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The Krewe of Omega prides themselves in putting on a parade that is fun and safe for families to attend together. Many of the float themes covered types of media including a Disney themed float and a float dedicated to several iconic video game characters. Riders threw generously to those standing along the parade route.

enjoy the parade without having to worry about anybody that’s drunk or anybody that’s smoking around them.”

Stephanie Solar, an organizer of the event believes it is important for the parents not to have to worry about negative influences.

“It’s important because it’s an alcohol, tobacco and drug free zone that allows parents to come out and celebrate Mardi Gras without having to worry negative influences that they may be exposed to elsewhere,” said Solar.

SOAR is an organization of the university that also attended the event.

“In The Zone is where the kids can come and play games and be educated and be great right before the parade,” said Breshawn Russell, a freshman social work major and a member of SOAR. “Just to kind of amp them up.”

SOAR set up a bead throwing game for the children. Other games included ring tosses, jump rope, face painting, bowling and more. There was also a concession stand set up with popcorn.

“This is important because it’s us connecting with the community especially since SOAR’s an outreach advocacy representation,” said Russell.

“We’re just out here dealing with the community and giving back. We are doing a jester game. We made a jester and you have to ring the jester’s neck with Mardi Gras beads.

We’re giving away rulers.”

An inside look into the history of Southeastern’s Grad Fair

By Nikisun Shrestha Staff Reporter

The Grad Fair is an event organized every semester where graduating seniors can sign up for various activities leading up to their graduation.

“We host it every semester,” said Julie Perise, Interim Director of Alumni Association. “We partner with Gamma Beta Phi. They are still very involved and we basically co-host the event.”

Perise explains the history of the Grad Fair and about how it was formed.

“It started years ago, and it was a project of Gamma Beta Phi,” said Perise. “Jackie Dale Thomas started it to provide a one-stop shop for graduation. They wanted to provide that for the students. Well, it got to be very difficult. They held it on South Campus in the Student Union and got to be very difficult for the students to get in and out of there. So, they decided to move it over here to the Alumni Center and we’ve held it over here for probably 12 years.”

Thomas was the Director of Leadership Development and was an integral part of Gamma Beta Phi. “My involvement started in 2007-2008,” said Amanda Robbins, advisor of Gamma Beta Phi. “The event had been happening a decade before that. Jackie Dale Thomas was very involved in getting the program started. She was a Gamma Beta Phi advisor for 30 years. So, she had a very long history with the organization and with all of the programs they did.”

The fair has developed over the years as more services were added to the mix.

“We have added different services over the years,” said Robbins. “Vendors that we thought would be helpful to our students. Some of those would be Liberty Mutual because the alumni has a relationship with them. The Lion Legacy program started participating four years ago, whenever the Lion Legacy campaign kicked off with selling their bricks and students who get to wear the special cords.”

The university’s graduate program has also

shown more involvement over the years.

“I think that we’ve added things such as the graduate school,” said Perise. “It is now a part of it. They try to speak to the graduating seniors about furthering their degrees and maybe coming back to get their Master’s degrees. Departments have become more involved in interacting with the graduates. So, it has grown over the years. It used to be a lot smaller with less people involved but it definitely has grown.”

Along with these additions, the fair is providing the usual services.

“The standard ones have been the bookstore to sell cap and gowns,” said Robbins. “Enrollment Services is always there to double check that the student’s diplomas are spelled correctly and that they will be sent to the right location. Balfour is the official ring sales representative. The Document Source will be there to sell announcements. The Candid Campus photographer, they’ll be there to take official portraits. So, there’s a lot of activities they can do on that day and I really hope that they leave feeling that we’re celebrating their graduation ‘cause it’s a big milestone.”

The graduating seniors are getting more involved with the fair as well.

“One thing that we’re proud of is that we usually have a 70 percent rate of graduating seniors that visit Grad Fair,” said Perise. “So, we feel like that’s a great number. We’re seeing that that’s definitely a benefit to them and they’re making every effort to be there.”

Robbins believes the program could still grow and the students can be provided with more services in the future.

“I would love to get some more departments involved in,” said Robbins. “Also, to connect them with specific alumni groups. Right now, they can sign up for an Alumni Chapter. I think it would be great if they could also be provided a way to connect with the alumni groups that are already formed.”

This semester, the fair is held on Mar. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Mar. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alumni Center.

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SSA spreads love through setting up water drive for St. Joseph

By Regina Pergola Staff Reporter

Governor John Bel Edwards declared a public health emergency in St. Joseph, Louisiana when water in three buildings was discovered to be contaminated with lead or copper. The water supplies had been viewed as unsafe for several years but when three separate buildings tested for lead or copper, residents were told not to use their running water.

Their water system was contaminated and unable to provide constant clean water. While the Emergency Preparedness Office issued three liters of water to over 1,000 residents, there was still a shortage of drinkable water.

At the university, students began raising awareness and accepting donated bottled water to bring to the residents of St. Joseph.

Vice president of the Southeastern Sociological Regina Pergola / The Lion’s Roar Association Robert Nelson, The Southeastern Sociological Association set up an I Love You challenge table in the Student Union, but this table dou- a sophomore business bled as a drop off for SSA’s St. Joseph Louisiana Water Drive. St. Joseph has been experiencing water contaminated with administration and marketing lead or copper and SSA decided to receive bottled water donations to bring to the residents of the affected areas. major, was a part of the

organized water drive for St. Joseph’s residents. Nelson believes that this is a social issue that more people need be aware exists.

“What inspired us was a Facebook bill that we saw and the lack of awareness that’s going on ‘cause like, so many people in Louisiana don’t even know that this is happening in our own state,” said Nelson.

Nelson manned the I Love You Challenge table in the east side of the Student Union, along with other members of SSA. The table doubled as a drop off point for the St. Joseph water drive.

“While the same thing that’s happening in Flint, Michigan is getting so much press right now, something that’s happening in our own state is getting none to little press,” said Nelson. “That made us want to give awareness and help out.”

Water donated by the public will be accepted and held by SSA until it is transported to St. Joseph in early March. SSA has provided for the transportation of water.

“We’re doing this through

personal connections,” said Nelson. “The president, Dequar, his dad’s a truck driver.”

SSA wants to spread the awareness across the state.

They are looking to expand this project to continuously help St. Joseph and other affected areas.

“We’re also going to other universities to try to get them involved” said Nelson. “We’re trying to make this event as big as possible just to help a small city out.”

The members of the SSA have to wait for approval before expanding their community service project.

“It just depends on what the Eboard wants,” said Nelson.

“We’re going to try to continue to spread it out.”

The association was founded to help people around them by maintaining the environment and spreading awareness of social issues.

“That’s what SSA is for, trying to help the environment and helping out our state as best as possible,” said Nelson.

To find more about donating water or helping SSA, contact SSA at rcastro@selu.edu

Giving kids and their families a head start for a healthy start

By Nathaniel Callaway Staff Reporter

The Louisiana Head Start Association is an organization that helps kids and their families around Louisiana with education needs. They serve children of a wide age range.

“Head Start is a program that raises opportunities for low income families or a family that may need assistance in providing early childhood education for those children and their families,” said Ashanti McLaurin, a family advocate for Head Start and a university alumnus. “We help with all kinds of things, including any health issues and even getting them acquainted with jobs, and anything we can do to help them. It is a non-profit organization and it helps families with their babies and little ones and even teens get an education kinda early, starting them off as early as kindergarten.”

McLaurin talked about the purpose of Head Start’s events, in particular their Mardi Gras Ball that was held at their facility in Robert on Feb. 16.

The Head Start program receives its funding through IN-KIND, where for every five dollars from state funding the organization receives, they match it with one dollar in money or services.

“Because we were affected by the flood, we have something called IN-KIND,” said McLaurin. “Every year we get in-kind from our families coming to participate. Because we don’t get any funds, this support comes from the kids in attendance and how many come. Our IN-KIND numbers are pretty low this year because we just got back to our center in November, so this is an event to just kinda improve some of those numbers and to just give the kids a chance to get to know each other.”

McLaurin also talked about the main benefits of their Mardi Gras Ball and what it does for the community and those involved.

“We have a lot of new kids this year,” said McLaurin. “Because of the flooding, they didn’t even come to school the first day, and they didn’t even know what this was. This was just a way to bring our family together just like SLU Head Start. We have our own kind of intimacy, but we’re all under the same umbrella. We do curriculum planning, planning strategies and all that. A lot of people view us as a daycare, but we’re actually run off of a school setting.”

McLaurin graduated with an education degree and shared what it means to her.

“I got involved with the Head Start on campus and I’ve been wanting to help out ever since,” said McLaurin. “I just really enjoy getting to help these families out.”

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Above right two girls dance and play together as the music is played in the background. The kids and their families could dance, play and eat during Head Start’s Mardi Gras Ball. Live music was provided by a DJ and volunteers helped with the serving of food. The night was mainly put on to give the kids time to socialize and get to know each other, and give the parents the chance to get to know what Head Start is about.

SOCIETY continued from pg. 3 and sometimes simple meat. It’s what our ancestors would have eaten.

Honestly, I believe that this alone should prove to us that the modern environment we have created for ourselves is doing more harm than good. Trust me, I’m not saying we should give up all technology and live in the forest because I know I definitely don’t want to give up air conditioning.

MOVIES continued from pg. 3 understand what makes a movie better than “pretty good.” In a video done by Nerdwriter1 on YouTube discussing what he calls the “Epidemic of Passable Movies,” he defines good storytelling, the fuel of all films, saying “great stories are always the ones that observe people truthfully, the ones that capture human experience with nuance and insights.

The best stories make such acute observations about ourselves that

What I am saying is maybe we should take more trips outside, look at the stars or go for a walk in the natural world we were made for. Maybe even make some changes to our lives to be more accommodating of our nature, like eating more naturally or, yes, even going to the bathroom more naturally. Putting aside all the jokes, this really is very important.

The further away we drift from our past, the further away we drift from who we were meant to be. we didn’t even know.” In my own life, I love how movies can teach me things about myself, society or the world around me. I love how movies have the ability to move me emotionally or even get me to change my way of thinking about life.

After watching a movie, I want to sit down and wonder, “What did I take away? Did I laugh harder than expected? Did I catch myself crying? Perhaps, how did this movie change the way I view the world around me or even myself?”

University to sponsor Sustainability Day with tours The Southeastern Louisiana University Sustainability Center will celebrate “Sustainability Day” Wednesday, Feb. 22, with educational tours of the hightech facility for junior high and high school students.

“We offer tours to area schools as a hands-on learning experience on alternative energy techniques, providing students with an opportunities to learn more about the sustainability techniques that are available,” said Carlos Doolittle, manager of grounds, landscaping and recycling at Southeastern.

The 90-minute tours will be offered at 9 a.m., 11 a.m, and 1 p.m. at the center, which is operated by the Southeastern Office of Physical Plant Services. The center is located at 2101 North Oak Street. Schools are asked to pre-register for the free tours on Sustainability Day or any other day by emailing

sustainability@southeastern. edu or by calling 985-5495172.

The center opened several years ago to provide an educational facility for university students as well as generate financial savings for the university. The awardwinning center, which also is now a teaching resource available to the public, is a demonstration site to assist students in learning more about renewable energy, recycling and waste reduction, plant biology and other sustainable technologies.

Features include a plant propagation area that uses rainwater runoff for irrigation; technologicallystrong classrooms for energy engineering technology study; and an educational outreach center powered by solar, wind and hydrothermal energy.

The facility also features

projects that demonstrate biofuel technology, a mobile gasification unit that turns woody products into electricity, and a rainwater collection

unit for non-drinking water purposes.

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Elementary school students learn about solar power and other alternative energy methods at a tour of Southeastern’s Sustainability Center. The center will offer educational tours for junior high and high school students on the university’s celebration of Sustainability Day, Wednesday, Feb. 22. Tours on that day or at other times can be arranged by calling 985-549-5172

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ecord All-Star: Davis scores 52, West tops East 192-182 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis had an All-Star Game for the record books.

And on a night when Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant provided a glimpse of the past, Giannis Antetokounmpo showed he’s clearly part of the future and a midcourt lob attempt from James Harden even went in, Davis absolutely stole the show.

He scored 52 points, 10 more than Wilt Chamberlain’s All-Star record that had stood for 55 years, and the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 192-182

on Sunday night — the highestscoring game in league history.

Davis made 26 shots and took 39, both of those also AllStar records. He even outdid Westbrook, who had 41 points in just 20 minutes — which ordinarily would have been enough to merit him what would have been a third straight MVP award.

Not this time. It was Davis hoisting the trophy, to the delight of his New Orleans fans.

“It was a lot of fun,” Davis said.

“My teammates did a great job of looking for me.”

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Children of all ages, teenagers and adults were able to participate at the Rock ‘N Roar Fest, which had a variety of games, foods and tables from different departments. Activities such as Twister, bouncy houses and face painting were available at the festival held for Literary Rally by the Student Union while tables from multiple colleges with demonstrations were inside the Union and student organizations were fundraising by selling food outside.

By Regina Pergola Staff Reporter

The Rock ‘N Roar Fest is an opportunity for visiting high school students at the Literary Rally to participate in food, activities and games.

The festival was held in the Student Union on Feb. 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Alumni Association has hosted this event 15 times, and this year it’s attendance grew.

“We are actually experiencing a very large increase in the number of schools and the number of students,” said Interim Director of the Alumni Association Julie Perise. “We actually brought in some of the New Orleans schools. In the past, New Orleans has done their own rally in their area, but they did not host their rally this year. And so, 21 of those schools that were originally in New Orleans have decided to partner with us on our rally.”

Inside the Student Union were tables and demonstrations for the different departments within the university.

“It is a lot of fun, our faculty

get involved as well,” said Perise. “They do displays. They have these great interactive displays where students can find out the great things that are going on in the classroom here at Southeastern as well. They are located inside the Student Union, our student orgs. are on the outside of the Student Union selling their food or their sweets or whatever they’re selling.”

From psychology to business to biology, high school students had a chance to interact with the various colleges available at the university. The biology department had a representative reaching out to visitors with demonstrations.

“It’s a good outreach program,” said Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Dr. John O’Reilly. “I try to entertain people and get them thinking about science, specifically biology but other stuff as well.”

Rock ‘N Roar had various foods for sale and other entertainment for the students.

“We have a DJ out there, we have some inflatables, our student organizations are able

to participate,” said Perise.

“They’re able to not only fundraise for their organization, but they’re also out there meeting these high schoolers that may be Southeastern students one day.

And, they actually can recruit for their organizations as well. It’s not just about the classroom. It’s about all the extra opportunities they have here as a student.”

Student organizations were able to raise money and showcase their organizations to the students.

“We’re selling doughnuts for our sorority,” said Bailey Watts, a junior business major. “We’re just here to make sure all the kids are having a great day testing and are well nourished.”

Different sections of the university work together to present the event.

“Admissions is working really hard,” said Perise. “They do the rally part of it. They take care of all the testing, they schedule the rooms, they coordinate all of that. We do the fun part. We do the Rock ‘N Roar, the festival atmosphere.”

The university is able to advertise its programs to these students.

“We want the students who come in,” said Perise. “We realize they are probably the highest achieving students at these schools, and we want to make sure that they consider Southeastern.

That is why we want to put our best show on for them. We want them to see everything great about Southeastern.”

The Literary Rally and the Rock ‘N Roar Fest are community events with various children’s camps and university organizations coming together to showcase their respective aspects.

“So, it really is a very large campus effort, we all kind of team up, and we have a great time doing it,” said Perise. “We have a great time showing all of the great things that are available at Southeastern to these students.”

For the university, the rally and the festival are a way to expand the universities outreach to students that may not have visited otherwise.

“We want to give them a reason to come back,” said Perise. “We want them to consider enrolling at Southeastern, and so, we enjoy doing this every year.”

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Trump seeks national security adviser, health care strategy WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s holiday weekend featured a raucous campaign rally, a health care strategy session, interviews for a new national security adviser — and even a few holes of golf.

Trump brought four contenders to his private club Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Sunday as he seeks a replacement for retired Gen. Michael Flynn, who was ousted last week. Trump says he wants to make a decision in the next few days.

The president also drilled down on policy during his working weekend at Mar-a-Lago, attending a strategy session on how to repeal

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and replace the Affordable Care Act, with top aides including newly-installed Health Secretary Tom Price and Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House budget office.

After weeks of tumult in Washington, Trump returned to Florida and his private club for a third straight weekend. On Twitter Saturday, he defended his young administration against reports of dysfunction, saying: “The White House is running VERY WELL. I inherited a MESS and am in the process of fixing it.”

At the top of the president’s agenda is filling the job of national security adviser.

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N. Korean envoy blasts Malaysians, calls for joint probe KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — North Korea’s top envoy in Kuala Lumpur on Monday denounced Malaysia’s investigation into the apparent killing of the exiled half brother of North Korea’s ruler, calling it politically motivated and demanding a joint probe into the death.

The comments from Ambassador Kang Chol came amid rising tensions between North Korea and Malaysia over the death, with Malaysia recalling its ambassador to Pyongyang over what it called “baseless” allegations.

Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean ruler

Kim Jong Un, died last week after apparently being poisoned in a Kuala Lumpur airport.

Security camera footage obtained

by Japanese television appeared to show a careful and deliberate attack in which a woman comes up from behind him and holds something over his mouth.

Pyongyang demanded custody of Kim’s body and strongly objected to an autopsy. The Malaysians not only went ahead but also conducted a second autopsy, saying the results of the first were inconclusive.

Malaysian authorities say they were simply following procedures, but Kang questioned their motives.

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At the Rock ‘N Roar Fest on Feb. 18, various departments were able to show high school students demonstrations about their respective colleges. Daniel Guillot, left, demonstrated at the math department table and Dr. David Feldbaum, right, shows students an electricity demonstration at a science department table. The Rock ‘N Roar Fest includes a literary rally which allows local students to comepete in a variety of categories in order to win prizes including scholarships.

Southeastern professor receives LEH Literacy Award Southeastern Professor of English Richard Louth was selected as recipient of the 2017 Light Up for Literacy Award by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

It is the second LEH award Louth has earned. He was recognized in 2001 with the LEH Special Humanities Award.

As director of the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project, an initiative he founded in 1992, Louth is devoted to improving the teaching of writing at all academic levels. The SLWP

is part of the National Writing Project, a network of “teachers teaching teachers” about writing in all grade levels and disciplines. The program works with teachers through annual summer institutes, as well as through workshops, writing retreats, and writing marathons held each year.

Louth is also founder of the New Orleans Writing Marathon, where participants under his guidance write across the city in small groups for hours or days at a time.

New Orleans-style writing marathons now take place in

schools, cities, and National Writing Project sites across the country, and have been an annual feature at the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans for four years.

A member of the Southeastern faculty since 1978, Louth is a recipient of the Southeastern President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, one of the highest honors the university presents to faculty. He also received the College of Arts and Sciences’ award for Teaching Excellence the first year it was offered in 1991 and served as

Southeastern’s Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences from 1997 to 2000.

The LEH is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities for all residents in the state. The award will be presented April 13 at the 2017 Bright Lights Award Dinner at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge. The event is sponsored by Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and Entergy Louisiana.

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