The Lion's Roar 03/14/2017

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Hammond, LA

March 14, 2017

Harlem Globetrotters trot to the Lion nation JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

Former Lion basketball player and current Harlem Globetrotter Nate “Big Easy” Lofton returned to the university along with the world famous Globetrotters to dazzle and entertain in the University Center. This was the first time the Globetrotters have visited Hammond and Lofton’s first time back since the end of his college basketball career.

“It feels great to be back,” said Lofton. “A lot of great people here in Hammond. It’s a family atmosphere and I play with a team that is all about making families happier. So, I’m happy to return and to show what I have been doing for the last 12 years.”

Before the show on Mar. 6, Lofton talked to the current Lions basketball team about persevering to reach their goal of a second NCAA Tournament appearance.

“I had dinner with the team and encouraged the guys to keep going and keep pushing,” said Lofton. “You can’t do nothing overnight. It took Coach Kennedy a couple of years to get the program where he wanted it to be and I think it was his third or fourth year when I came in. I just was part of the process. We were blessed to have great guys who wanted to be a great team, and I think they have the same thing here. I can’t wait to watch them in the tournament one day.”

It was announced prior to the game that Lofton was being honored and he will walk this upcoming graduation ceremony to receive his degree.

“It was actually fun to go back and do homework,” said Lofton. “The reason I went back was, before my dad passed away in 2009, he said the one thing he wanted was for us to

be great fathers, me and my brother, but I never finished my degree. So, I made a promise to him, and I want to make sure that I fulfill it. Also, as my children get older, I want them to see that education was important, so I don’t just tell them to do it I can say I did it, and their mother got a doctorate.

So, it runs in the family.”

The Globetrotters have been mixing entertainment and basketball in unique ways for 91 years. Through dancing, teasing the referee or sprinkling water on the crowd, the Globetrotters put on a show that everyone can enjoy.

“We are family entertainment,” said Lofton. “You come to watch a basketball game but it’s entertainment also. We get to interact with the crowd and do some amazing things that have never been done before. We also do the things that you expect at a Globetrotters’ game. I think we are the greatest traveling family show on earth and what you saw on Monday night was an example.”

The Globetrotters might make Hammond a usual stopover for their tours.

“Hopefully the turnout was great enough so that the Globetrotters can come back and do another show,” said Lofton. “We will let them know that it was a great show and that they should have been there.”

Lofton’s wife, son and other family members came to watch him perform in the University Center. Lofton was glad to finally return home and meet with family and friends after traveling around the world with the Globetrotters.

“I’ve been in over 90 countries, I’ve been on ‘Amazing Race’ three times.

I’ve been around the world and did a lot but there is nothing like home,” said Lofton. “There is nothing like getting

boudin, crawfish, some jambalaya and just people saying ‘How you doing, baby?’ It’s awesome to interact with the people and see my family.”

Lofton believes that his time at the university helped to prepare him to entertain with his basketball skills, his personality and to travel the world with his talents.

“It’s been amazing,” said Lofton. “If you watched me play when I was here, you know I was always boisterous and animated and had a lot of body language. Sometimes the refs liked it, sometimes they didn’t. But, it always was a good time for me, and I always like to have fun.”

The transition from college basketball to Harlem Globetrotters style of basketball was not difficult according to Lofton. Half of the job is being able to play basketball the other half is personality.

“With the Globetrotters we have some of the best athletes and basketball players in the world,” said Lofton. “It’s basketball first with the Globetrotters, then you get to learn all of the tricks and everything that comes along with being a Globetrotter. But, you got to be a great person first, which I definitely learned here.”

Lofton was given the nickname “Big Easy” the same year he joined the team in 2005 because of his love for his hometown of New Orleans.

“After the hurricane, I always talked about home and how much I missed home while traveling the world and they just called me ‘Big Easy’ because that was all I talked about,” said Lofton.

The career of a National Basketball Association player is similar to that of a Harlem Globetrotter, but Lofton does not think the two should be compared.

“We have been around for 91 years, so if anything, any other league would

The Harlem Globetrotters performed in the University Center for the very first time on Mar. 6.

Globetrotter Flip, above, decided to block a shot by climbing on top of the goal. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar

have to compare itself to us,” said and enjoys the game basketball is our Lofton. “We have training camps, brothers. We don’t compare or compete tryouts and workouts. We definitely with anybody we think we all stand have much respect, those are our see GLOBETROTTER, pg. 7 brothers. Anybody that is playing

Young wins 2nd NCAA national title Be aware that cyber crime is on the rise NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

Young threw his personal best of 78 feet, 9.75 inches on his fourth attempt to win over defending national champion Colin Dunbar by a margin of 11 inches to clinch the title. The two-time All-American and 2016 Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field StudentAthlete of the Year plans to start his season at the Hurricane Twilight Meet on Mar. 25 and also looks ahead to the outdoor season.

“My plans this outdoor season really are to make it back to the outdoor national championships for my final season,” said Young. “Make it out there and try to win this thing. Try to win another NCAA National Championship, and I

know it will be tough. Hopefully, I would go far enough in the world standard and be able to compete in team USA in the world championships.”

Now on his final season, Young talks about his experience at the university and about his plans after college.

“My time at Southeastern has been really good,” said Young.

“Nice and easy environment, very conducive to learning.

Definitely, overall has been a great experience for me. In the Kinesiology department, I’ve had great professors there. As far as my plans after college, I haven’t quite decided yet. I don’t know if I want to continue to pursue education or I want to work.”

Graduate student and thrower Alex Young has won a national championship for the second time in two years.

Young was victorious at the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships last Sunday at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

“It feels pretty good,” said Young. “Definitely, I wouldn’t be there if I didn’t have my coaches. You know, the resources that I have here in order to train. It’s been really good to get the support.”

Young also spoke about his past two national championship wins.

“These are two different championships,” said Young.

“Last year, I won 2016 National Indoor Championships, NCAA National Championships, that’s for all the collegiate athletes.

This time around it was USA Indoor National.”

Young explains what it takes to win national championships and expresses his gratitude towards his coach.

“Honestly, it’s just dedication and perseverance,” said Young. “Time and time again, just be kinda doing the same thing over and over again.

You just have to find new ways to make it far each and every day. At this level, you know it gets harder to do that as you done it for thousands and thousands of reps each and every day over years. There comes a point in time where it just becomes a mental game.

You’re playing with yourself trying to figure out how you can beat yourself. What can you do to accomplish as many goals that you have? So it’s just one of those things where as you get more experience, you have to find ways to keep training Graduate student Alex Young threw a 78 feet, 9.75 inches throw in his far, and I think my coach does a fourth attempt that helped him win the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championship, his second national championship in two years. File photo/The Lion’s Roar good job of that.”

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NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

The university recently released a notice on their website regarding cyber crimes. The notice comes on the back of an increase in the rate of various cyber crimes through emails that have affected both students and faculty members alike.

“Email is the preferred method for the hackers, spammers and scammers to contact faculty and students,” said Ray DeJean, the Client Connectivity Team Leader. “The improvements in the socially engineered content is really what hurts us the most.”

This is not just a problem restricted to the university but is carried out around the world.

“What’s happened here is the same thing that’s happening everywhere in the United States or around the world,” said Lt. Patrick Gipson from the University Police Department. “So people with poor intent or some people who are trying to scam others, they’re sending emails out.”

These carefully crafted emails can cover a wide range of things, from notifying the recipient that they are winning something, to offering job offers, to making the reader think their account is running out of space or expiring. All of this is done to gain access to information or money. The cyber criminals also adjust their emails from time to time.

“It is currently tax season,” said DeJean.

“Many people receive emails and phone calls from someone purporting to be an IRS agent. The ‘agent’ either says you owe taxes and must pay right now, or they have your IRS refund and must deposit it into your bank account right now. Either way, they ask for banking account numbers or credit card information. This is always a scam. The IRS will never call and ask for banking information.”

The university is working to protect its various members from falling into this trap.

“The Office of Technology has multiple layers of security in place to help protect the campus from cyber crime,” said Mark Hemel, Network Specialist for Client Connectivity. “We’ve implemented

Alumni Association prepares for Golden Silence HAMMOND -The Southeastern Louisiana University Alumni Association will host its annual Golden Silence ceremony to honor deceased Southeastern alumni, students, faculty and staff or their family members, on Monday, April 3.

The annual event will be held at 6 p.m. in the Pottle Performance Circle on Ned McGehee Drive in

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encryption on secure sites, intrusion prevention systems, firewalls, email filters, DNS filters, antimalware.”

However, the best form of defense against this problem is to educate everyone on what to look for in emails. The readers need to know whether they are expecting an email requesting or offering information. They should also check if the email makes sense and look at sender’s information.

While examining where the email has come from, look at the domain and the return address.

The email belonging to the university will read @ selu.edu or @southeastern.edu. The readers are also requested to check if the webpage they are about to login belongs to Southeastern. The university’s webpages have .southeastern.edu at the end of the address.

Other preventive measures are also suggested by the Office of Technology to prevent users from being victim of cyber crime.

“If for any reason you suspect something wrong within your account, change your password immediately,” said DeJean. “Any email can be sent to Help Desk or postmaster for inspection. We’ll gladly verify authenticity.”

The University Police Department is also joining the effort to tackle with cyber crime.

“Our role in this is to help the technology office track down who has done it, where these messages come from, get information out to the community to let the community know this is going on,” said Gipson. “We do press releases, we do public notices, and we assist the university in sending out press releases and public notices.”

Cyber crime can be mitigated through the joint effort of the community. The community needs to be aware of the risks involved and preventive measures of cyber crime.

“It’s not something the police do by themselves,” said Gipson. “We work with a team. We work with the rest of the university. We work with the community. It’s something that really everyone has a role to play in trying to prevent.”

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Friendship Circle.

“We invite the campus and the public to let us know if someone from the Southeastern family, such as students, faculty and staff or graduates, has passed away during the past year so that they can be honored at Golden Silence,” said Interim Alumni Association Director Julie Perise.

Perise added that the association

also hosts its Eternal Chapter online, which memorializes all deceased alumni on an ongoing basis. The web site can be accessed at southeastern.edu/alumni.

For more information, contact the Alumni Association at 985549 2150, 1-800-SLU-ALUM or slualumni@southeastern.edu. The event is free and open to the public.

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In the Lion Light: A spotlight on campus organizations

Nepalese Student Association encourages the bonding of cultures for students LARSHELL GREEN A&E EDITOR

The Nepalese Student Association began about 10 years ago with the purpose of bonding together students from various walks of life, especially hoping to aid students that hailed from Nepal.

English professor Dr. George Gibson noticed an unusual pattern of Nepalese students that received what he calls extremely high grades and high levels of attendance during the first month of the term. The trend continued as the students passed the course with high grades and returned to be instructed by Gibson the following semester.

“I think it was the year of 2007 or 2008 we had our first group of Nepali students that came to the university,” said Gibson.

“I’m not sure, but I think there were maybe eight or ten that year. I’m not sure how that happened, but quite a few of them ended up in the class I was teaching.”

The students gathered Gibson for a meeting and asked him to be the Faculty Advisor for NSAS. He immediately obliged.

“I agreed because of the Nepali people I knew, not only were they smart, but they also had very good hearts and that combination is really too scarce,” said Gibson. “I wish I saw it more.”

Due to his leadership skills obtained from other organizations, junior computer science major with a minor in mathematics Aabishkar Timalsina was inspired by a friend’s recommendation to run for the president of NSAS. He is currently serving as president for the second semester in a row.

“Every year when freshman come from Nepal to attend Southeastern, we encourage them to join the Nepalese student organization,” said Timalsina.

“They could hang out, make friends and see the campus life. I was there from the beginning. When I was a freshman, I was already a member. In my sophomore year, I got involved in different activities for NSAS. I was like, ‘If I’m serving for the SGA, why not serve for my own community?’”

Timalsina previously obtained leadership skills

from serving as the Director for the Multicultural Affairs for the cabinet of the Student Government Association.

“I learned a little bit of leadership skills, and how I could get involved on campus and talk to people, and that’s where it all started,” said Timalsina.

Timalsina stated that events involving giving students Henna tattoos and the Holi Event, otherwise known as The Festival of Colors will return this semester. The Festival of Colors is intended to cherish the beginning of spring and is celebrated by throwing colored powder.

Timalsina currently has a possible joint venture in the works with SGA to host an event that connects the American students with the Nepali students, as well as other international students around campus.

“I’m planning to have such as event to create an opportunity for both students to share their cultures and experiences here and becomes friends,” said Timalsina.

Gibson encourages students who are not Nepali to join the organization in order to share their culture and learn about the cultures of others.

“We’ve got students here who are not Nepali, who see that they don’t fit in with a sorority or fraternity or football team, or honor society, or whatever, but they do for some weird reason fit in with our organization,” said Gibson. “We have quite a few members who are non-Nepali. Our only qualification to join now is you have to be a student of Southeastern, you have to be willing to share something of your culture, ethnicity, beliefs or religion with everybody else and you have to have some belief in the interest of others.”

To join NSAS, there is an annual membership fee of $15 for new members. The membership renewal for old members that have become a member in the past year is $10. Meetings are usually held once a month on Saturdays or Sundays based on the availability of members.

For more information, contact the organization by email at nsas.slu@gmail.com, at 985-215-7282 or on Facebook at Nepalese Student Association at Southeastern Louisiana University.

High school students rally at Vonnie Borden Speech Festival REGINA PERGOLA STAFF REPORTER

festival and has for over two decades.

“This event, it’s been going on for decades at this point,” said Narro. “This is actually Mrs. Terri Miller-Drufner’s 24th year handling it. I’ve been around for about 10 of those. She is dynamite at it. She knows this thing like the back of her hand and does a great job at it.”

College students judge the high school students’ performances as a part of their own schoolwork. Both types of students can use this rally to forge ahead in their academic pursuits but also to express their interest in the various arts.

“Dutchtown has a very large drama department and they always compete in theater tournaments,” said Bria Sosa, a junior at Dutchtown High School. “Since I am going to be a senior next year, they were like, ‘Well, you’re probably going to compete next year, so you should come this weekend just to get a feel of it.’ We do tournaments every weekend at every kind of different schools. Whenever I got

Semiannual Grad Fair welcomes spring graduates to Alumni Center NIKISUN SHRESTHA STAFF REPORTER

Graduating students, staffs and businesses assembled at the Alumni Center to take part in the Grad Fair for the spring semester.

The two-day event was held on Wednesday, Mar. 8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, Mar. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Representatives from the Alumni Association, Lion Legacy, Balfour, Career Services, Student Publications, Candid Campus Photography and the University Bookstore were involved in the event.

Students had a positive response towards the event.

“I think it’s very well organized and it’s a great atmosphere,” said Brittani LeBlanc, a senior management major. “It has everything I need to get taken care of. I think it’s great that we can get all of our announcements together.”

LeBlanc also shared the things she learned from the event.

“I learned about graduate programs,” said LeBlanc. “We learn about the Career Services about how to get jobs. They have services that allow us to find jobs once we graduate, and getting all of our gear we need to get across the stage.”

Balfour was one of the businesses involved in the event that sells the students their rings and graduation announcement. Pat Malone, promotion specialist for Balfour, expressed her experience with the event.

“I have been involved with the Grad Fair for about 15 years,” said Malone. “It’s always well attended and students have enjoyed their one-stop-shopping. They can take care of everything regarding graduation at one time.”

Balfour provided two styles of rings to choose from for men but had more options for the women.

Malone explained the process of getting the ring for graduating students.

Madison Knapp, a senior family and consumer sciences major is assisted with her gown before taking her graduation photo at the Grad Fair. NIKISUN SHRESTHA/THE LION’S ROAR

“They have to have completed 90 hours to be eligible to get a ring,” said Malone. “They are presented to them at the ring ceremony, which is May 3.”

President of Candid Campus Photography Joey Fasullo described how the event has grown over the years.

“We’ve been involved probably since about 1998,” said Fasullo.

“They have progressively become more organized. Just better events, learned from one year to the next and improve upon it. The main thing is Southeastern has really grown Grad Fair. We had over 700 students in the past two years. It’s pretty extraordinary.”

Sarah Brown, a senior criminal justice major shares what it feels like to graduate.

“I guess it’s just a feeling of relief,” said Brown. “After being through school so long and studying for the past four years here, I guess it’s partially just a relief to be finally graduating.”

Brown thought the Grad Fair was of great use and suggested more students to take part in it.

“I think it’s been pretty helpful,” said Brown. “It’s definitely something that the students should take advantage of. I liked how they had the Career Services and the way we can have cap and gown as well.”

into it, I loved the teacher and like it just went from there. So, I absolutely love it.”

The size and details of the festival does not fluctuate much due to restrictions on how many schools are allowed to compete.

“We are following the same steps as we do typically every year,” said Narro. “It is a district rally, so there are only so many schools that can participate because we are limited by the size of the district.”

Because the Literary Rally is an event that begins with district sized competitions before moving on to state competitions, Graduating students had to fill out forms before taking their graduation photos. They also visited various tables that competitors are limited in venues belonged to the Alumni Association, Balfour, Career Services and University Bookstore. NIKISUN SHRESTHA/THE LION’S ROAR to hold the festivals.

“I don’t think we had many options,” said Howell. “I didn’t Organizational News is due on have a selection. She was like, the Friday before publication by ‘It’s at SLU.’ I did a poem that 10 a.m., with a limit of 150 is called ‘I Just Sued the School words.

System’ by Prince Ea. I was definitely nervous. Last year, I was nervous too, walking in and or Occupational Therapy, Anesthesiology, Pharmacy, seeing all these people and you’re Dental, Veterinary, Pathology, Ophthalmology or like, ‘Are they nervous? Are they Optometry and Public Health, Medical Technician, Scribe going to do good? How good are or Volunteer. We meet every other Monday at 5 p.m. in they? What do they got?’”

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As part of the ongoing Literary Rally, high school students had the opportunity to visit the Vonnie Borden Theatre and participate in various theater competitions. This event, titled the Vonnie Borden Speech Festival, is in its 33rd successive year of being held.

From 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 10, high school students participated in several rounds of different forms of brief theater performances. These performances included spoken word, poetry, skits and more.

11 different high schools participated.

“The festival is part of Literary Rally, but it is part of an event to send people to the state competition,” said Dr. Amber Narro, an associate professor of communications and co-chair of the event. “This is a qualifier for the State Literary Rally.

College students help judge the competitions. They’re trained as part of their coursework that they are taking this semester.

So, this is their big thing. They come in and judge this event or are participants’ reviewers of the presentations, as well as skits and plays and dramatic interpretations and prose interpretations.”

Students from surrounding high schools who participate in the Literary Rally attend different schools and universities to compete. High school theater teachers encourage students to become involved in the Literary Rally and the Speech Festival.

“I competed last year,” said Abby Howell, a student at Albany High School. “My teacher was like, ‘Hey, you need to do this, you’re in a speech class, and you’re a really good speaker.’ And so, I was like, ‘Oh, okay.’ So, I did it and I liked it. I High school students participated in the Vonnie Borden Speech Festival by was like, ‘This year I’m going to competing in rounds of literary presentations. These students were able to perform lyrical and prose interpretations, poetry readings and skits. REGINA PERGOLA/ do it again.’”

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hour, and food is provided. Total dues are $15 a semester, which includes T-shirt, food, raffle prizes, etc. and are due at the second meeting of each term. If you are interested in joining Delta Omega Alpha for the Spring 2017 term, or would like additional information, please feel free to e-mail us at: doaselu@gmail.com https://doaselu.wordpress.com/ http://doaselu.org/

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Thoughts on the duties of media outlets Editorial: In times like today, both small and large media are under constant scrutiny. Fact checking and honesty are a must and bias seems to run rampant. In the days where even our president constantly calls out various media outlets for being too biased and spreading misinformation, whether his claims have a basis or not, one can’t help but ask themselves, “What job does the media have?”

Zachary Billiot If you were to ask the everyday Staff Reporter person, they would just tell you that unbiased truth is all there is to it. To their credit, that’s very much the case. But like everything else, it’s usually specific to each situation and comes with a variety of grey areas. To put it as plainly as I possibly can, all I have to do is reiterate this statement: the job of the media is to inform the

people of the truth in an unbiased manner and give them a platform to have their voice heard.

But, what if your media source is small-scale and only limited to a certain area like The Lion’s Roar?

Do they have to report on the same things that outlets like CNN and the New York Times who report on national and global events do? To an extent, I would say yes. Many things happen that affect people around the country and the world. Should the Lion’s Roar have to report on a recent story about an event that happened on the other side of the world? Well, no, not really. They could, but it falls well out of their range in terms of how many people will see it. There are so many things that happen in each community that big outlets will not cover. It’s up to the smaller media outlets to spread the news about what’s happening in their communities because it is a huge guarantee the larger outlets won’t even touch it. When they do, it’s

almost always a bad situation that occurred.

Well then, if the smaller outlets have to focus on their communities, how do they compete with outlets like Huffington Post or CBS? In short, they don’t. It’s not their job to compete with them. As I said, their main focus is on their area and what’s happening there, not around the world. Global and national news sources focus on just that: global and national events. Outlets like The Lion’s Roar or The Times-Picayune have smaller goals, and that’s what they need to keep their aim. If they stray out of that range and focus on too many larger issues, then how do the people find out what’s happening in their area?

That said, feedback is always helpful. If a local outlet isn’t reporting enough on the local events, then they need to be made aware of it. I’m sure constructive criticism and feedback is a good way to keep local outlets reporting on local news.

Readers with a careful eye will notice changes in the appearance of The Lion’s Roar beginning this week. The editors have been working on designing a new look for the paper. We decided to do this to improve the layout and readability of the content we work so hard to present to the Southeastern community each week. We want to succeed in making sure all the information you need is in the paper. During the Mardi Gras break, we began with minor changes throughout every page. These small changes are just the beginning of our new look that will be finalized for the Fall semester. Have no fear, everything you have come to expect in The Lion’s Roar is still here.

We have just organized them in a way that allows for more room on each page. This is all designed keeping our readers in mind. We hope you take this journey with us as we continue to design The Lion’s Roar to become the best newspaper it can be.

College can be a time where we, as students, become more educated by learning about ourselves and the world around us. We can grow as individuals exposed to new experiences and opportunities unique to life on campus.

It also may be many of our first times experiencing stress in a more intense way than we’ve known in high school.

Riana Braselman The culprit could be many Staff Reporter different things. For example, someone could be coming to college knowing absolutely no one and this could be a new form of social pressure that they’ve never experienced in the past. College also presents us with more advanced material and concepts academically, causing many of us to spend more time studying than ever required in high school.

All of these stressors and positive interactions may have caused us to become more aware of those around us as we mature or college may have caused us to learn about the darker sides of ourselves we didn’t even know were there.

Personally, I have found that college has caused me to become a more selfish person due to the amount of focus and time required to stay successful in college.

I have definitely seen a change in my character since entering college. My personality thrives on helping others and being generous.

Doing something good for someone else is when I am feeling most fulfilled. Many times I have found that in college I have to pass up opportunities to help individuals, strangers, friends, family, even myself, in order to stay on top of my academics or work. For example, there have been instances where I have to choose to complete an assignment for class instead of visiting and talking with a lonely

friend. In this way, I have slowly found myself disconnecting from my morals in some ways. I find if I disconnect, I don’t have to hold myself accountable in that moment and feel guilty that I have chosen say schoolwork over a friend’s needs. Realizing that I am disconnecting from the very values that I feel make me who I am is sort of a scary thought!

So, I figure, being able to acknowledge this change in me is a good first step in tackling it and improving what I perceive to be a problem.

I don’t like this growing quality of selfishness inside of me. Like I mentioned earlier, college is a time of growth whether it’s negative or positive. College is absolutely a time of new opportunities and in this way, may open up ways to help others that haven’t been presented to me before college. For example, the age ranges and cultural diversity are drastically different in college than it was at my high school. So, for me personally, I have come across new types of emotional or social problems that I can help my friends through. The university itself also has clubs aimed to help the community that are available to me as a student to join that didn’t exist on a high school level. Additionally, college has given me a new amount of independence that I didn’t have in high school; if I use my time wisely and effectively, I can use this to my advantage, giving more time and caring attention to those around me.

In discussing this, I also want to encourage fellow peers to take some time to look at themselves and maybe examine how college has affected their character. “What am I learning about myself in college? Am I becoming the type of person I want to be? If so, what are some qualities in myself I am proud I have acquired during my time at university? If not, what are those qualities I don’t like and what can I do to maybe guide myself in the direction I desire?”

Learning about yourself inside and outside the classroom

SPEAK OUT

Largest human trafficking bust in US history should inspire Have you been warned about the dangers of human trafficking? you to spread awareness Personally, whenever I plan to go significant distances away from home by myself or with friends, I am always given the same warning: “Be careful.”

But, my mom made sure that I was exposed to statistics Regina Pergola and reports of Staff Reporter incidents such as assault and human trafficking. This was a way for her to prepare me for the outside world.

When I moved away to go to college, I gained this information in different ways, from my mom sending me articles and police reports to my friends talking about prevention tactics in everyday conversation. This escalated until I did my own research and discovered countless instances that supported what I had already been told.

One specific example that I want to use is human trafficking.

I would like to share what I have found out. However, I don’t want to just spew facts out without reason. Understand that this is a combination of statistics and facts which serve as a call to action.

Don’t let this information go to waste, but rather spread the news that this is a serious problem and there are numerous ways to prevent it locally, statewide or

nationally.

The realization of slavery as a modern-day action is essential to understand the importance of human trafficking. Slavery is not an action of the past. Instead, it is rampaging throughout the world and specifically within America.

Human trafficking, which is the purposeful exploitation of persons in either a sexual or working sense, is a serious issue around the world. Between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked per year in the United States alone.

These are mostly women and children. This is also a localized issue with 104 reported cases of human trafficking in Louisiana in 2016. According to federal statistics, all trafficking victims are used in a form of slavery, 80% of which are abused in a sexual nature. Other victims are used for slave labor. California has one of the highest human trafficking rates in the nation, with 1,323 human trafficking cases reported in 2016. Other states and cities have staggering statistics.

I personally feel as though most people are not aware of improvements in trafficking busts. Since Inauguration Day, the amount of arrested traffickers is over twice as many arrested traffickers in 2014.

On Jan. 29, 474 arrests were made, 27 adults and 28 sexually abused children were rescued.

“I work at a hospital, so at night, they tell us not to go in the parking lot unless a security guard is there.”

“I’ve seen warnings, mainly in newspapers, about it being an issue in Hammond and New Orleans.”

Angelle Elwood Freshman, Nursing

Alec Dunham Freshman, Psychology

“I’ve been told to be careful going out and with the clothes I wear. That if you show too much skin, someone might try to get you.”

“I’ve seen stuff in pamphlets and help groups.”

Deztinee Stanley Freshman, Accounting

Olivia Nesom Freshman, History

“When I go to New Orleans, for like Mardi Gras, my mama was like ‘Make sure you stay with friends, because they take people and they’ll ship you off.’ It’s not as big as people think it is, but if they take you and the police can’t find you, then you’re just gone.”

Alexis Jones Sophomore, Psychology

“I’ve heard a lot about it from just people talking to me and saying it’s a risk.”

“I don’t think I’ve actually been warned about it, but I am aware of it.”

Na’Vae Markey Sophomore, Communication

Nicholas Adams Freshman, Biological Sciences

“I took a criminal justice class in high school, and they said Baton Rouge had one of the highest human trafficking rates in America.

So, that’s kinda scary.”

The operation spanned over 30 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles, California. This is the largest human trafficking bust in the history of the United States. I question why this information has not spread farther and faster than it has.

Now, the issue has been

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addressed and readdressed by different organizations. Some of these organizations are federal, some are statewide and some are localized to cities. There are countless protection courses available nationwide. Even at the university, we have a University Police Department sponsored Rape Aggression Defense classes.

The next class will be held Mar. 25-26 and is free to students and faculty, but is also open to guests for a fee.

This is a great opportunity to educate oneself or one’s friends on defense against assault. But is this enough? I say that it is not. More people need to become involved and help prevent this issue. Help

support these RAD classes, or even just share the information.

Explore the abundance of research, and bring it to light.

More lives might be saved if more people were passionately involved in extinguishing the horrors of human trafficking from within this country, this state and this campus.

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The Lion’s Roar | Arts & Entertainment

The Michael Brothers Jazz Trio performs at a faculty concert NATHANIEL CALLAWAY Staff Reporter

Michael Brothers is the founder and CEO of Girod Records and currently plays in a group called The Michael Brothers Jazz Trio. His comembers are pianist Andy Nevala and bassists Jeff Carswell and Chris Kozak. For their past performance, he performed with Nevala and Kozak.

The recital was held in the Pottle Music Hall on Mar. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the recital hall.

The group played many of their original songs from their upcoming album and Brothers shared how the group originally came together and the making of their new album.

“Believe it or not, it actually started as a joke,” said Brothers. “Andy and I were in Florida working on a regional theatre production for a friend of ours and we were messing around in the pit one day. I was kind of playing around with this New Orleans street beat thing and the bass player just kind of joined in. This particular album is called ‘Three Times Two.’ There are eight tracks on the album, four with one bass player and the other four with Chris.

The other bass player lives in Miami, but we were just goofing off, and what developed out of goofing off was the original track, ‘Life in the Fast Lane.’ We got about ten minutes into it when we went ‘Hey, we should really try and do something with this.’”

The process involved in making “Three Times Two” took a little over a year, with many trips to different studios and even more work being put in by the band.

“So, at the beginning of the summer of 2015, we spent two different times that summer in a

studio in Miami when we got the first part of the album done,” said Brothers. “And then we went over twice over last summer and last fall to a studio in Birmingham, Alabama and that’s when we finished. Then Andy and I just went back last week and finished the vixen.”

Brothers stated that it was both business and pleasure for him and that because of his job, he gets to have a bit of both.

“I actually own a record label, and when this album comes out, it’ll be the fifth release on the label,” said Brothers. “So I mean, it is a business venture, but at the same time it’s a pleasurable business venture. This is what I do for a living.”

Brothers originally got into the jazz scene when he was much younger attributing his parents for his first inspiration to perform in the art.

“I don’t know if this story is exactly true, but my parents tell a story that when I was a child they had gone to see a jazz performance in Lake Tahoe,” said Brothers. “But they couldn’t get a babysitter at the hotel they were staying at so they had to take me to the show along with them. I think I would have been about two or three. We sat down front, and apparently, I saw the drummer playing. This was the early sixties, so at that point, they had the whole big band on stage, you know the strings, piano, all that just a really classic thing for that time and apparently I just went home and started banging all over anything and everything in sight.”

Brothers also said that their album, “Three Times Two,” will be released around the end of October or at the latest, because of business issues and the Christmas season, by the beginning of 2018.

Andy Nevala, above, performs piano during the Michael Brothers Trio recital. The trio only plays jazz music. The Michael Brothers Trio has been playing for a number of years, and has ventured to multiple states to record in the studios. Nathaniel Callaway/The Lion’s Roar

The band is preparing to release an album. Michael Brothers, far right, owns a record label. Their album “Three Times Michael Brothers, right, has two percussion degrees and forty plus years of experience. Chris Kozak, left, simultaneously Two” will be released under his label. The trio’s album is expected by October, but may not arrive before 2018. The delay plays the bass and cello during performances. Brothers performs both leisurely and professionally with his other two band would be for business reasons. Brothers stated that he wished it could be released sooner. Nathaniel Callaway/The Lion’s Roar members, Kozak and Andy Nevala. Nathaniel Callaway/The Lion’s Roar

Theatre students network at KCACTF

Chefs Evening provides good food and scholarships

ANNIE GOODMAN

NATHANIEL CALLAWAY

Staff Reporter

The theatre department traveled to Texas for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VI 2017.

The festival took place from Mar. 1 to Mar.4. Madison Paulus, a stage manager at the university used this event as an opportunity to network.

“I think KCACTF is important because it forces us to network and branch out,” said Paulus, a junior business administration major. “Now, theatre professionals know my name and have seen my face. Now, I have contacts in two other states. This festival is important because I learned new and improved ways to do my job. I am now able to introduce new techniques to SLU and train other stage managers with them.”

The four-day event included a variety of workshops for students to attend.

“The thing I liked most about this event was the variety of workshops,” said Paulus. “We had the opportunity to choose whichever ones we wanted. It allowed me to meet an entirely new group of people. So, even though I am a stage manager, I was able to take acting and dancing classes. In the dance class, we learned the opening number to Broadway’s ‘Big Fish’ from the choreographer himself. It was almost surreal.”

Paulus felt she connected even more with her colleagues during the festival.

“The most memorable thing about KCACTF was actually not even at the actual festival,”

said Paulus. “It was at the hotel, being able to grow closer with my colleagues. Staying up until 2 a.m., just laughing and learning about each other.

It’s one of those things that we will still talk about 40 years from now, and that excites me more than anything I could’ve learned in a workshop.”

Students also had the opportunity to compete for a chance to win an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship.

“My experience at KCACTF was very interesting,” said Jordin Jones, a sophomore education major. “I guess one word to explain my experience would be exhilarating. I appreciated everything.

I attended festival as an Irene Ryan partner to Judah Fabre.

He was a nominee for the Irene Ryan award, and I was his partner for his two scenes that he had to do in addition to his monologue. I was very grateful to have been chosen to be his partner because otherwise, I would not have had this amazing experience to be a part of the competition. Judah and I made it through prelims into semifinals, which is a huge deal, but unfortunately, we did not make it to finals. They take 16 actors and their partners to finals and Judah and I were 17th. 17th in the region isn’t bad, but next year the goal is to make it to finals.”

Jones feels everyone at the festival was passionate about his or her craft.

“What was most memorable about this event was how supportive everyone was,” said Jones. “Even though it was a competition, our competitors were so easy to talk to and

make friends with. They would congratulate us and were genuinely happy for those of us who made it through the rounds and vice versa. I think that just shows how passionate everyone was about theatre and about their work that the award part of it was just an added bonus. So, the most memorable thing from this experience was just the passion that was so obviously evident in everyone.”

Jordin feels KCACTF allows students to learn from each other.

I think KCACTF is important because celebrating the arts is important,” said Jordin. “I think it is important for students to mingle amongst other thespians so that we can learn other techniques and so we can start networking, and getting our names out there, especially if wanting to do theatre professionally. I also think it is important that the Festival has something for everyone. There were things for Stage Managing, Costume, Lighting, Props, Directing, Acting, it is just so diverse.”

KCACTF inspired Jordin to work harder through seeing what fellow competitors had to offer and to consistently strive for excellence.

“The thing that I feel has stuck with me the most is just the desire to want to work,” said Jordin. “After watching our competitors and being in that environment, it made me want to improve and to always remember to not get comfortable or complacent with where I am at, acting wise. I just want to always work harder than my last rehearsal.”

Staff Reporter

Chefs Evening is an annual event hosted as a fundraiser in order to raise money for different departments and scholarships for students. This night has been held since 1984, and is considered to be one of the most important fundraisers held at the university.

“This is the 33rd annual Chefs Evening,” said University President Dr. John L. Crain.

“We’ve been doing this every year to raise money in support of academic programs and student scholarships. So, this is one of our biggest fundraising events.

It’s really to raise funds for our academic programs, like I said, and it has been really successful.

Over the years, it’s been more successful every night. We keep kind of raising it a notch and more and more people come, and it is just a wonderful event.”

This event has been a school tradition in its 33 years, and many of the school’s patrons attend.

Ruth Kenelly, wife to the late Pat Kenelly, the namesake of the baseball diamond, also attended this. Kennelly shared some of her memories of her husband and the event.

“He started out as the girl’s softball coach, and he eventually became the athletic director for the university,” said Kenelly.

“He’s known as Coach Kenelly, and I remember coming to these events every year with him and how much we enjoyed it. And let me tell you, the food just keeps getting better and better.”

Wendy Lauderdale, Vice President of University Advancement, talked a little bit about the benefit of the night and how it’s been so successful over the years.

“The money goes into scholarships and into all the different departments,” said Lauderdale. “Last year was the most ever. We had over $100,000 and this year we really hope it’ll be over $100,000. This event is a tradition, and so what we provide

is an opportunity for Southeastern family and friends to come back and get reacquainted. And people tell me all the time that they just like to come just to see people they haven’t seen all year long.

The cause is also great so it’s kind of a dual win-win. And the restaurants and just so many people come together and help it be successful.”

Eric Summers, Vice President of Student Affairs, shared some of his thoughts on the fundraiser as an attendee.

“I think it’s wonderful,” said Summers. “All this great food and they’re all here to help us help students raise money for school with scholarships. So wonderful food, wonderful people, great door prizes, just a great event.”

The main sources of money for the fundraisers were a live auction and a silent auction.

Prizes for the live auction included Bruno Mars tickets, a

see CHEFS EVENING, pg. 08

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HRAC spins reception for art of the youth ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter

In honor of national Youth Art Month, the Hammond Regional Arts Center is hosting their annual Young Artists Exhibition.

The exhibition opened Friday, Mar. 10 and will be on display through Mar. 31.

“Young Artist Month is celebrated nationally every March,” said Executive Director of HRAC Katherine Marquette.

“That’s why we like to have this exhibition in March in conjunction with those national celebrations, and we honor all of the talented artists that we have here in this community. This show has gone on for years. It predates me by years and years. I can’t give you an exact number of years, but decades for sure.”

K-12 teachers from Tangipahoa Parish were given a quota of students to select to have their artwork displayed.

“It was a class that I got to take that I wasn’t very interested in at first, but then as I started taking it, I got more interested in art,” said Esbon Perry, an eighth grade student whose art was selected. “I got chosen out of 10 kids out of my class and was able to be put in the art center in Hammond. It’s exciting. You don’t really understand how good it is to have your picture in an art museum.”

Marquette got her start in art when she was featured in the Young Artists Exhibition at HRAC when she was in high school.

“Well, this exhibition is super, super important to me personally because it’s actually how I found out about the Hammond Regional Arts Center,” said Marquette. “I was a student that had a

piece of artwork displayed here at the Hammond Regional Arts Center when I was in high school. I was a high school student in Baton Rouge and having my work on display at the Hammond Regional Arts Center totally changed the trajectory of my life. I went to college to study art.

I got a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree and now it’s like I’ve come full circle. It’s a wonderful end to that story now that I’m the executive director at the place where I had my first piece of artwork displayed.”

The exhibition has a variety of art that displayed a variety of perspectives.

“It’s wonderful,” said Ryan Reeve, the mother of an artist. “I was just talking with my husband. There’s so many diverse topics and pictures so many different medias that they utilize. It’s just amazing to see. Nothing makes you feel the way that art is gonna make you feel. I didn’t pursue art as my career, but I still love to do it. There is no fear when producing something beautiful. It has so much emotion in it.”

This exhibition is different from others being that the artwork is not for sale.

“Usually, it’s part of our mission that we support, promote and coordinate visual, performing and literary arts in Tangipahoa Parish and the surrounding parishes,” said Marquette. “Typically, those exhibitions that we put on are professional exhibitions.

So, they’re professional working artists, the work that’s on display at The Hammond Regional Arts Center is usually always for sale. Obviously, this is a little bit different.

These are young, talented up and comers.

So, they’re not necessarily professional, but also the work is not for sale.”

Marquette hopes this exhibition can

enlighten people to the importance of art and creativity in schools.

“Especially, right now while art education in the classroom is something that’s unfortunately being chipped away at,” said Marquette. “I think it’s really, really important that we shed a light, and have a window into what’s going on in the classrooms and what our art educators are doing for the students in this area and obviously it’s so important to promote and support what those kids are doing in terms of becoming young artists.”

Hammond Regional Arts Center is hosting an exhibit to showcase K-12 student’s art. Above, two parents observe the art hanging in HRAC. Teachers selected the art shown by their students. Annie Goodman/The Lion’s Roar

Above, Mikael Jarrett, a featured artist in the Young Artists Exhibition, looks at another student’s art. This was Jarrett’s third art show he displayed his art in.

For the Young Artists Exhibition, a painting of his was chosen. The Young Artist Exhibition will be up through Mar. 31. Annie Goodman/The Lion’s Roar

WLVD hosts upcoming local search for prospective members LARSHELL GREEN A&E Editor

futures. The current members are a wonderful, diverse and multi-talented group of ladies, but it’s time to build on that. We want more talented individuals to take part in this opportunity that we have as performers to build confidence in ourselves as artists and to entertain and even potentially inspire those who watch.”

Prospective members who are accepted into the group will undergo various styles of shows and events that will be held in and around Southeast Louisiana.

“New members will be surrounded by the support, encouragement and positive reinforcement of all other group members,” said Schayot. “They should also be ready to learn and grow as an artist in whichever form they are striving to be successful in.”

Although being a talented performer is considered an asset to the group, Schayot looks for members whose top qualities are their passion, attitude and reliability.

“Positivity, encouragement and togetherness are things

The Wicked Little Voodoo Dolls, a New Orleans-style inspired burlesque group that performs various shows, has begun a new search for prospective members.

“We have been trying to expand the group for a while now,” said Artistic Director for the WLVD Crystal Schayot.

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we strive to have as part of our image and what makes us the group that we are,” said Schayot.

“We always try to push each other to do our best and bring each other up. Our members are scattered across Southeast Louisiana, so reliability is extremely important. In order for rehearsals, shows, photo shoots or any other various events we do as a group to be successful and productive, reliability is the key to making it all work.”

When WLVD was first created in March 2015, Schayot admits that it took a multitude of organization, communication and creativity to form the image and goals of the group.

“As far as our guidelines and values go, that has stayed very consistent,” said Schayot. “We have stayed very true to who we are and what we stand for despite the many changes the group has undergone since its creation.”

Schayot has recently noticed what she considers a growing connectivity among new and old members.

“The glue that has kept certain members together and the bonds

we have created are what have kept the group motivated and heading in the right direction,” said Schayot. “We act and treat each other like a family in the best possible way. Everyone is now even more motivated and driven to accomplish goals that they have set for themselves and to be successful artists.”

With the addition of more members, the possibility to do more shows and events are available.

“The goal is to be able to perform more frequently in different cities, including nonlocal locations,” said Schayot.

“In fact, we recently accepted a performance opportunity that was presented to us that will be more of a contemporary-styled piece to be created about the flooding that occurred back in August. The more variety we can incorporate into the group, the more options we have and the more opportunities we can say yes to just like this one.”

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The Lion’s Roar | Sports

Lions baseball reclaims the Pontchartrain Bowl trophy REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

The Lions baseball team won the third annual Pontchartrain Bowl by defeating the University of New Orleans three times in a row following eight other wins and four losses this season.

From Mar. 10 to 12, the Lions played UNO in the competition.

In each of these three games, the Lions won resulting in them reclaiming the Pontchartrain Bowl trophy.

The Lions won the Pontchartrain Bowl first in 2015. UNO won it the following year. This competition is named after Lake Pontchartrain, which lies between Hammond and New Orleans.

“It’s a good rivalry we have with them only being 45 minutes away from us,” said Head Coach Matt Riser. “A lot of these guys have played against each other or with each other growing up. Coach Dean has a good program over there. We have a good program.

There’s a good rivalry especially in conference.”

Riser was elated that the Lions took the Pontchartrain Bowl trophy home at the end of the triple game series this year.

“We’re excited to get it back home where it belongs,” said Riser.

“They came in here last year and got us at our place twice, so it’s good to have it back at our home.”

During the Pontchartrain Bowl, the offensive line batted well. Riser

accredited junior infielder Taylor Schwaner with contributing a significant portion of the offense’s success.

“Taylor Schwaner stepped up,” said Riser. “Obviously, the kid swings a hot bat right now. He’s had four home runs just this week.

Also, he had two again today. He was the guy of the moment to get the big hit. Without him right now, offensively, we would have been pretty anemic. I think the six RBIs and the two home runs restored the ball game.”

Sophomore pitcher Corey Gaconi, a sophomore marketing major also gave credit of the win to the offensive line.

“Pontchartrain Bowl is a cool little thing,” said Gaconi. “We’ve got a little trophy to win the series.

Today, our offense really came along towards the end of the game and that helped.”

Gaconi played hard and relied on his teammates to help bring the team to success during the second game of the tournament.

“I don’t think I had my best stuff out there, but I just went out, tried to throw strikes while my defense played behind me,” said Gaconi. “Then Schwaner had those two huge bombs. That was nice. It really helps us out. So, I thought overall we had a pretty good day and got to look to sweep tomorrow.”

Schwaner shared that he appreciated having a goal to look forward to and to motivate him to

play better while still having fun.

“It’s a rivalry, so I was amped up for it,” said Schwaner. “We ended up getting two wins and taking it home, so that’s good. I just take it one game at a time. I don’t take any game differently. It’s definitely more fun playing for something.”

The Lions won their previous game against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Mar. 8. These teams were supposed to play more than once but were rained out on Mar. 7. They play University of South Alabama next on Mar. 14 at Mobile, Alabama.

Sophomore Pitcher Corey Gaconi had a 12 inning scoreless streak going into this game againts UNO. Regina Pergola/The Lion’s Roar

Junior third baseman Taylor Schawner, left, scoring one of his two home runs in the game. Schawner’s hit also sent teammates Carson Crites and Evan Pace home. Regina Pergola/The Lion’s Roar

King hopes to learn from his ninth place Updates made to campus parking rules and regulations finish in the NCAA Championship

Devin King reached a 17 foot, 10.5 inch height at the NCAA Indoor National Championships. Before the championships, he was undefeated this season. File Photo/The Lion’s Roar

ZACHARY ARAKI Staff Reporter

Junior pole vaulter Devin King finished ninth with at 17 feet and 10.5 inches at the NCAA Division I Indoor National Championships.

King, a junior general studies major has accomplished a series of achievements in pole vaulting.

Before the NCAA championships, he was placed first in every meet this season. In high school, King broke the U.S. national indoor pole vault record. He qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials. He has been named the Southland Field Athlete of the Week six times and has received the first team All-Southland Conference honors twice. King started his

journey in seventh grade.

“Me and my friends were at track practice one day, and we saw some guys jumping, and we thought it would be fun to just go mess around with it,” said King.

“That’s what we did.”

Though the NCAA championships fell short of expectations, King accepted it as a learning opportunity. He intended for it to help him achieve his ambitions.

“It’s always been my goal to be one of the top pole vaulters in the NCAA,” said King. “You know, my biggest goal is to make it to the Olympics. So, I’m gonna work towards that until I actually make it.”

From the start, King has pushed himself to be a better pole

vaulter and has reached greater heights.

“I’m satisfied as to what I’ve accomplished but then again, I’m not because it would have been nice to make it to the Olympics,” said King. “But that’s just part of the process of staying hungry with moving on to better meets and it motivates you more.”

One step towards that goal was becoming a college athlete.

“He was unquestionably the best high school athlete that we’ve ever had the chance to get at Southeastern,” said track & field Head Coach Sean Brady.

Graduating from high school to the collegiate-level pole vault led to more intense competition for King.

“I wasn’t used to the environment,” said King. “But now that I’ve been to numerous meets over the past three years, I think I have more confidence with myself and what I can do at each meet because I know what’s going on and what to expect.”

Junior year has been a transition year for King as he advanced to using longer poles.

He prepared for each meet by training hard and planning.

“The day before the meet, I’ll just think about what I can do going into the meet,” said King.

“I’ll visualize myself in the meet and the outcome of the meet, and I’ll just think about all the right things I can do when it comes to the day of the meet.”

Brady has seen King grow physically as an athlete and a man since recruitment.

“Devin is pretty quiet,” said Brady. “He holds his cards close to his vest. People may see that as him being reserved and maybe almost arrogant, and that’s far from the case. He’s down to earth and as good a teammate as you’re gonna find. He cares about his team. He cares about his school.”

People recognize King as a promising, successful athlete, but his life revolves around more than just the sport.

“Sometimes, I paint,” said King. “Sometimes, I go fishing.

Sometimes, I just wanna hang out with my friends. Sometimes, I like to go home and play with my brothers.”

King offered advice to anyone interested in becoming a pole vaulter.

“I would tell them to not get discouraged,” said King. “You’re going to be bad sometimes but don’t let that bring you down.

Don’t let it consume you. Keep your eyes on the prize and work towards that goal each day that you have the opportunity to. And you gotta focus. You can’t let things distract you ‘cause there’s a lot of distractions that will come at you, but you can’t let that take your eyesight off what you’re looking at.”

King hopes to compete in this summer’s U.S. national meet and the 2020 Olympics.

Lions basketball eliminated by Lamar in Southland Conference JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

The Lions basketball team lost to Lamar 77-65 in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament. The loss on Mar. 8 eliminated the Lions from any chance of making the NCAA Tournament.

“Very hard fought game,” said Head Coach Jay Ladner. “Final score certainly does not show the closeness of the game.

At the fourteen-minute mark of the game, we were up by five and then Marlain Veal picked up his fourth foul. I’m not going to debate the quality of the call, but it was certainly a questionable call. That forced us to take him out and that was the turning point of the game.”

The Cardinals outscored the Lions off the bench 44-22, shooting 47.9 percent from the field.

“That was an incredible effort by their bench team. I thought we did an outstanding job in defending their All-conference player Colton Weisbrod, and we held him to only eight points. Our defensive game plan was strong for most of the game, but in the end, it came down to it. Those guys made some

critical shots. You got to give those guys credit.”

The Lions faced injuries to three key players early in the season that made the road to the Southland Conference Tournament even tougher. Senior guards Keith Charleston and Joshua Filmore never got to play this season and forward Jordan Capps was injured in the game against Tulane on Nov. 14.

Ladner expressed his content with the team despite the injuries of three starters.

After finishing with their best record since 2010-2011, he explained that the other members of the team need to step up and play better roles in order for them to make it to the conference tournament.

“It gives us a lot of positive momentum going into next season,” said Ladner. “We were very difficult to beat at home and some of our losses were only a few possessions away. We will learn from those experiences and tighten up the little things for next year, and we will be able to compete for the conference championship.”

The success the team has had with injuries to three of the four seniors on the team begs the question of how far the Lions would have

gone had they stayed healthy all season.

“The fact that the injured players were all players with such significant experience,” said Ladner. “Jordan Capps gives us a much stronger presence inside. Keith Charleston gives us a long forward and Joshua Filmore will go down as one of the best player to ever play at Southeastern before it’s set and done. Considering we accomplished so much without those guys, it really does make you wonder, ‘Hey what if we had our whole team?’ But the other part of it is those three guys will be able to come back next year. Hopefully they come back in the fold healthy. In fact, they are already making progress in their recovery.”

Technically, the season is not over for the Lions since they have been invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational and the College Insider Tournament.

“Both of them reached out to us Thursday morning to extend the invitation,” said Ladner. “It is exciting to have other people recognize what we have accomplished this year. This is only the second time since the automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament that the men’s basketball program has received an invitation for postseason play.”

Parking Operations has updated its Parking Rules and Regulations to insure the campus community has a clear understanding of the parking rules and regulations that are enforced daily on Southeastern’s campus. These regulations were placed on the Parking Operations’ website on February 8, 2017 and can be found at: http://www.southeastern.edu/resources/policies/assets/traffic_ parking_regs.pdf All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to review these regulations. For more information about parking and traffic rules on campus, please contact the University Parking Office during regular business hours at 985-549-5695 or email at parking@southeastern.edu.

Student Government Association elections now open The election process for the 2017-2018 Southeastern Louisiana University Student Government Association is now open. Students interested in running for president, vice president, chief justice, justice, or senator should contact the Office of Student Engagement for an election packet with complete information on each position.

To be eligible to serve a student must have a 2.75 semester and cumulative GPA, be enrolled full time at Southeastern, and attend one of the two mandatory candidate meetings. Specific

position requirements are listed in the packets.

Mandatory candidate meetings will be held on March 20th at 4:00PM, and March 21st at 5:00PM in the Student Union Room 2305. All interested students must attend one meeting to be eligible to run. All packets and related information are due March 24 at 12:30PM in the Office for Student Engagement located in the Student Union Room 2305.

The Office of Student Engagement can be reached at 985-549-2120 or online at www. southeastern.edu/admin/ose

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McBride begins practice for Lady Lions soccer

JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

Soccer Head Coach Christopher McBride has started practices and has begun molding the Lady Lions under a new regime.

McBride had only nine players when he started earlier this semester,.

“It has been going great since we started on Feb. 13,” said McBride. “We had a week off for Mardi Gras break but it has been going good. We had only nine healthy bodies and now we are back up with 14 for practice. So players are getting healthier. They are getting fitter and stronger. Technically,

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they are getting better with more touches on the ball. So, we are happy with progress right now.”

The Lady Lions are developing their identity in practice and trying to build momentum going into the season. McBride is trying to teach the team to be stronger mentally and physically.

“The girls buy into the identity we are trying to build,” said McBride. “It is not just me giving them an identity. It is what we want together as a team. They buy into what we developing in practice and what we are trying to work for the games and for the fall as well.”

Freshman Midfielder Linda Karlsson likes how McBride runs the team and his vision for the Lady Lions.

“I feel like he really has a good style in the way he wants us to play,” said Karlsson. “He wants to get us there and we are learning how to work well as a team. He has a good idea of where he wants us to be.”

As practices go along, the players are building their relationships on the field and hoping that it will show once the season starts. Junior defender Lauren Babcock believes individual goals and team goals are one in the same.

“I think a lot of our individual goals are to be working as a team,” said Babcock. “I think

every single person has that in their mind. We are a team. We are going to work together. We are going to score together and we are going to win together.

Our individuals goals match our team goals.”

Throughout the next two months, the Lady Lions will have intrasquad scrimmages and will face Mississippi College on Apr. 8 at home.

“We start our first game next Thursday,” said McBride. “So we’ll get to open it out and get to dissect the game and analyze the game and see how they perform. They are a very athletic group and are very willing to work hard. They really want to improve. Right now, the biggest strength of the team is that we want to get better. That’s a great asset to have on a team, and it’s great for me as a coach because the harder they want to work, the easier my job is.”

As of right now, the coaching staff is complete according to McBride. Assistant coach Mary Mancin brings a lot of experience after being goalkeeper coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin last year and at Belmont University the year before. She also served as the graduate assistant coach at her alma mater Columbus State University.

“Primarily, she will be working with the goalkeepers, but she will have a heavy hand in coaching the field players as

Head Coach Christopher McBride teaching his players and helping them to develop their identity as a team. McBride started practices with only nine players, but now that the roster has filled up, he wants them to come together for one goal to win the Southland Conference Championship. Jonathan Rhodes/The Lion’s Roar well,” said McBride. “She is very experienced for a young coach. She has been at several good successful programs and she has a lot of hunger. She wants to do better we are lucky to have her and the girls really like her as well.”

The Lady Lions wish to look forward and change the program in a positive way. All

of the players are united in achieving one goal as a team and are united in achieving their personal goals.

“The team themselves set their own goals,” said McBride.

“They have individual goals as well, but as a team, they have set their own goals. We try not to dwell on last year or the years before that because

every single year, you get a different squad. So, we set new goals based on that. Last year, there was a team that went undefeated in conference.

So, that is a big target on their backs. When the fall comes, we will take it one game at a time, see where we go and make sure that we peak at the right time of the year.”

Gauff resigns due to health concerns Consecutive losses spoil softball record JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

Lady Lions basketball Head Coach Errol Gauff has resigned from the women’s basketball program due to ongoing health issues. Director of Athletics Jay Artigues made the announcement on Mar. 9.

“We want to thank coach Gauff for his contributions to Southeastern Athletics,” said Artigues. Errol Gauff “Errol’s health has to be his number one priority right now, and we wish coach Gauff and his family the best.”

Gauff started having health issues during the season and endured them until the season ended on Mar. 2.

“I guess it all started in January or so,” said Gauff. “I want people to know that I will be okay. I just need time to get healthier. I have lost a lot of weight, which is unexplained. I could have stood to lose a few pounds but instead I lost like 40. Unfortunately, the girls on the team saw me pass out a couple of times. So, there are just a few issues that I got to get corrected. As time goes, if there is something you can do for me, I would say just keep me in your prayers and keep supporting the Lady Lions. Those are my two requests.”

Gauff believes some time

away from coaching might be the solution to his health issues, or at least give him the chance to find out what is wrong with his health.

“We do believe that stress is playing a part in it,” said Gauff.

“In talking to coach Artigues, I’m thankful that the school understood. Southeastern gave me a great opportunity and I appreciate it. This was one of the hardest decisions I ever made. There is nothing I want to do more than coach and there is nothing I want to do more than coach this team.”

The Lady Lions finished with a 5-24 record overall and 3-15 in the Southland Conference.

Gauff was looking forward to seeing the team improve next season.

“I know our record didn’t show it, but I really think we were on the verge of turning it around,” said Gauff. “We have a good enough group returning next season, along with the young ladies we are bringing in, that we were getting closer to being one of the better teams in the Southland Conference.”

Assistant Coach Ayla Guzzardo will take Gauff’s place as head coach of the team. This is the first head-coaching job for Guzzardo. Before coming to the university, she worked in Akron University for four years as an assistant coach.

“Unfortunately we are losing one player, who is a senior.

We have a lot of freshman, sophomores and juniors,” said

Guzzardo. “So we definitely have the experience from the younger kids on the team. We’re bringing in some pretty good high school players and junior college players, hopefully. We are going to continue building on what we accomplished this year and hopefully accomplish more each year into building a championship program.”

Gauff has faith that Guzzardo will keep the team on track and propel the program to new heights.

“Ayla will do a great job,” said Gauff. “We really thought we were gonna have a nice turnaround next season. I think the coaches and the players on the team will still have a nice turnaround next season.”

The athletic department is not in search for a new permanent head coach at the moment. Gauff hopes that after next season the athletic department will hire Guzzardo for the position.

“I’ve known coach Ayla for years now,” said Gauff. “I know it’s going to be coach Artigues and the administration who decide who and how to move forward, but I would like to see coach Ayla continue to be the coach. I think that is what’s best for the young ladies, and it would also keep the staff intact.

Coach Lee and coach Gibson worked tremendously hard for me and for the team this year.

It’s a good staff and they are good coaches but better people and that is who you want in those positions.”

NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

The Lady Lions softball team visited Abilene Christian to play a three match series this past week. They lost all three games 3-2, 7-0, 12-5 which reduced their overall record to 9-14 this season.

“Well, we had a tough road trip at Abilene and we lost two close games out of the three game series,” said softball Head Coach Rick Fremin.

This was the team’s first conference series of the year.

Junior outfielder Kinsey Nichols thought the Lady Lions were better prepared. However, the results did not follow as she hoped.

“Well, I think we kinda stepped into the conference with an idea that we would do better than we did,” said Nichols. “It was kind of a fresh start for our team and our program to build on last year’s team. We just expected more.”

The softball team went through a difficult run of fixtures this past month. Fremin believes these games would make the team stronger going into the

second half of the season.

“There has been a lot of tough games throughout the month span,” said Fremin. “And we’re hoping that we can learn from our experiences so that it helps us towards the end of our schedule.

I think that they’re learning to play the game at a higher level and know what is expected of them will hopefully get them ready for conference.”

Nichols is currently the team’s leader in terms of hits and runs batted in. She states that the team’s performance is more meaningful to her than the individual accomplishments.

“Personally, I could do more,” said Nichols. “But on the other hand, my teammates, they’re just as important as just one individual. I don’t see it as an individual performance but as a team and I think that everyone has a role and everyone does their part. So, it’s hard to point out just a single performance.”

One of the areas that Nichols believes the team can work on is being able to take time when the team is having a bad run during games and regroup.

“I think that once errors start to fall in, we just need to regroup

and kind of remember why we’re here, what we’re doing versus just letting it continue,” said Nichols. “Like I said, we came into the conference thinking we got it but the game kind of showed some grey area that we needed to work on.”

Fremin looks to change some of his plans for the upcoming games and wants to see a change in results.

“We’ll probably rotate our pitching staff some,” said Fremin. “We’ve also moved around our batting line up a little bit. Just trying to find out what works best for us. I look forward to the second half of the season.”

From here on, Nichols believes that it is all about taking steps into the right direction progressively.

“You never know,” said Nichols “You don’t have control over the game, and I think you just take it game by game. You have to have a little short term memory. A win is just for that one game. You can’t let that affect the next game or the next week’s game.”

The Lady Lions roadtrip continues as they play University of Mississippi on Mar. 15 at 6 p.m.

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Bob Hayes Challenge marks second outdoor meet REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

Track & field attended the Bob Hayes Challenge in Lake Charles, where they competed against McNeese State University.

“Much like Tulane, the Bob Hayes invite is an opportunity for us to prepare for bigger meets coming in the season,” said Head Coach Sean Brady. “We try and compete every person on the roster to find out who will be ready moving into a more competitive portion of our season.”

The invitational is a diverse event that took place on Mar. 11.

“Many of the state universities compete at this event as well as several of our conference members we will see at the outdoor championships in May in addition to the other teams,” said Brady.

The participants battled with nature as well as their opposing teams.

“The weather was a challenge as well,’’ said Brady. “It rained almost the entire meet.”

The players rose above rainy weather and timing of the meet to personally succeed.

“You would expect at an early season meet remarks would be low and times will be slow,” said Brady. “However about a dozen athletes set a personal best.”

The track & field athletes put forth effort in their training to compete during CHEFS EVENING

continued from pg. 4 $100 gift certificate to any John Besh restaurant, some vacation time in a condominium in Destin, Florida or a Napa Valley trip. All of these things come together to give students, faculty and alumni a way of expressing both their pride and fondness of the university.

“People are proud of Southeastern,” said Lauderdale.

“Southeastern’s continued to grow. Our students are so successful. But they need scholarship dollars.

The departments need money too, so this all helps around. But really, our number one goal is scholarships. And so, we have many different scholarships. We have the completer scholarship

both the outdoor and indoor seasons.

“Andre Colebrook dedicated himself in the fall season to becoming an elite track athlete,” said Brady. “His focus heightened and he really started committing himself every day to becoming the best athlete he could. Consequently, he had an amazing indoor season.”

Colebrook is a middle distance and hurdle athlete. In his previous indoor season, he broke his own school record in the 800 meter run.

“He’s become a real team leader and one of our most dependable athletes,” said Brady. “This indoor season laid the foundation for what is to be an amazing outdoor season for him. He has done everything you expect from a fifth-year senior.”

The Bob Hayes Challenge was the second outdoor meet of the season. Brady anticipates and encourages the athletes involved to understand that they may be hindered in pursuing their goals, and to still rise above these obstacles.

“Every athlete faces individual challenges, adversity, injury, loss, success, physiological and psychological ups and downs throughout the year,” said Brady.

“We hope that their coaches and staff members help them to grow emotionally and become physically the best they can be.”

Brady also described goals that the track & field team aspires to obtain.

“Some team challenges will be moving up the national power raking list, performing well at the Southland Conference Championships and advancing to the regional and NCAA National Championships,” said Brady. “Our immediate goals are to be better each week and focus on the process and move closer towards winning championships.”

While admitting that each member is individually talented, Brady looks forward to them working in a cohesive group to attain their goals.

“We expect our men’s team have a real shot at being the outdoor conference champions as well as a national level team that can finish in the top 25 in the country,” said Brady. “These teams may be the most talented on paper that we’ve ever had. However, we will see if they can come together as a group and become something special.”

Brady is confident that the staff and the athletes will pursue their prospective future with eagerness and dedication.

“I’m very lucky to have such a great staff and believe they will have our men and women at their best when it counts in May,” said Brady. “The athlete’s role is to take advantage of every opportunity in front of them and to capitalize when they are placed in situations and expected to perform.”

for students who have 10 hours left and they are out of TOPS. And we really just try and be as creative as we can.”

Chefs Evening gives to students through funding of scholarships and also through several departments.

“It’s a fundraiser, so it’s really about raising those resources for our students but it’s also a great opportunity for Southeastern people and alumni to reconnect,” said Crain. “There are plenty of people who have never been here before, and I met several individuals who hadn’t been back to campus in a long time.

One gentleman hadn’t been back for over 30 years. So, it’s really a good opportunity for them to reconnect, and rekindle that love for the university.”

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UNICEF says 2016 was worst year yet for Syria’s children BEIRUT (AP) — In Syria, last year was the worst yet for the country’s rising generation, with at least 652 children killed in 2016, the United Nations’ child relief agency said Monday.

There was no letup to attacks on schools, hospitals, playgrounds, parks and homes as the Syrian government, its opponents and the allies of both sides showed callous disregard for the laws of war.

UNICEF said at least 255 children were killed in or near schools last year and 1.7 million youngsters are out of school. One of every three

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schools in Syria is unusable, some because armed groups occupy them. An additional 2.3 million Syrian children are refugees elsewhere in the Middle East.

The figures came in a UNICEF report released ahead of the sixth anniversary later this week of the 2011 popular uprising against President Bashar Assad’s rule. The uprising, which was part of the Arab Spring movements across the Mideast, quickly escalated into full-blown civil war.

Children were among the first victims of the government’s brutal crackdown.

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McCain to Trump: Provide wiretap evidence or retract claim WASHINGTON (AP) — The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged, a request reinforced Sunday by an influential Republican senator who says the president must either come up with the evidence or retract his claim.

“I think the president has one of two choices: either retract or to provide the information that the American people deserve, because, if his predecessor violated the law, President Obama violated the law, we have got a serious issue here, to say the least,” Sen. John McCain said.

President Donald Trump asserted in a tweet last week: “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is

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McCarthyism!” He continued the allegation against former President Barack Obama in other tweets but offered no evidence.

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by Monday was made in a letter sent to the Justice Department by the House committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a senior congressional aide said Saturday. The aide wasn’t authorized to discuss the request by name and requested anonymity.

Obama’s director of national intelligence, James Clapper, has said that nothing matching Trump’s claims had taken place, but that has not quelled speculation that Trump’s communications were monitored by the Obama administration. Trump has asked Congress to investigate..

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Legislature to tackle state criminal justice laws BATON ROUGE, LA. — In addition to the weighty task of taxes, Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers will be trying to tackle a rework of Louisiana’s criminal justice laws in the upcoming legislative session.

A roadmap of recommendations will be released this week, with the aim of putting fewer people behind bars and getting more people

drug treatment and job training instead. It’s a tricky subject in this “tough on crime” state, but the political forces may be aligning just right to make it happen.

Louisiana has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the nation, and it’s both a drain on the state’s workforce and the state’s treasury.

Green resigns from U.S. Attorney post

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NEW ORLEANS — With Monday’s announcement that Baton Rouge-based U.S. Attorney Walt Green has resigned, all three Louisianabased U.S. Attorneys have announced their departures following last week’s call for mass resignations by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “I wish

to thank my incredible staff and law enforcement family for all their support over the years as I respectfully submit my resignation as United States Attorney,” Green said in a news release stating that his resignation was effective as of Friday of last week.

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WLVD will be hosting an open audition on Friday, Mar.17

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Dancers, singers, actresses, musicians, comedians, visual artists and performers with other variety talents are welcomed.

Private auditions will be available for those that cannot make the open auditions, but must be done with prior approval of Schayot in order to determine availability.

For those who cannot audition in person, a video or online audition option is also available. General

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