’ THE LION S ROAR S O U T H E A S T E R N L O U I S IA NA U N I V E R S I T Y
Hammond, LA
March 21, 2017
Guest performers’ master classes open Guitar Fest ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter
The Guitar Festival is a musical tradition that has been held for 18 years showcasing classical guitar. “Guitar Fest is what we do every year,” said Instructor of Guitar Patrick Kerber.. “It’s just an opportunity for the community and the students to experience guitar at a level that ordinarily we don’t. The classical guitar is the most refined way of playing music on the guitar. The guitar is one of the most popular instruments in our culture, but mostly it’s seen as a pop instrument. Very few people know that we can actually sit down with this box with two strings and do something like what you heard tonight.” To start the festivities, a guest performer from Oklahoma performed a solo concert. “I was very happy with most of it. It was a very nice hall,” said Matthew Denman, guest performer at Guitar Fest. “Well, I wanted to Matthew Denman performed a solo concert for the opening of Guitar Fest in start with traditional repertoire because I think Pottle Hall Auditorium. He performed a mix of traditional classical songs and that’s what most people want to hear when songs of his own composition. Annie Goodman/The Lion’s Roar they come to a classical guitar concert. Then
University Police to host women’s self-defense class
I’m kind of in a luxurious position where I get to program the pieces that I write. So, I like to sneak those in and hopefully people will enjoy it.” Denman writes his music from everyday inspirations. “I often have things like my home and Oklahoma and my family,” said Denman. “My father is where the spiritual tunes come from. He was a minister. ‘Blood Moon’ is about an evening with my family where we were watching the moon change colors and the fireflies came out, and there’s a section of the piece called ‘Dance of the Fireflies.’ So, it’s very much based on moments in time.” Guitar Festival is a month long event that presents performances once a week. Kerber explains that one of the main goals of Guitar Fest is to bring different teachers to show students different musical perspectives. “It’s something that we do every year. I’ll play a recital next week. Then, the following week we’ll have the all styles night where the kids get to let their hair down and play whatever they want. Local artists will come and play as well. Then finally, the guitar
ensemble, which we’ll have towards the end. That’s where every semester all the students get together on stage and play.” While at the university, Denman also taught a masterclass for guitar students. “It was very good,” said Denman. “The students are very talented here, and professor Kerber is doing an excellent job. There’s lots of diversity, lots of great musical things happening. It was very exciting to be a part of it.” Though Denman has traveled to various places to perform, this was his first visit to Louisiana. “Oh, I love it,” said Denman. “It’s so interesting. I’ve never seen a real swamp before. So, it’s neat seeing all of the wildlife, and it’s such an amazing ecosystem. The people seem incredible.” Kerber feels Guitar Festival is about showcasing classical guitar to the Hammond area. “Basically, just to bring to the campus, to the students, to the community guitar at its highest form. That’s really what it’s all about,” said Kerber.
Students take a break to pie their professors
Students encouraged to send contact information for priority enrollment for next class NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter
The University Police Department is organizing a Rape Aggression Defense program this weekend. The program hopes to empower women and offers them selfdefense tactics and techniques. Sergeant William Smith, instructor of RAD tells how students can register for the classes. “It’s gonna be coming up next weekend,” said Smith. “Now, what I did was I put out fliers on social media through the university through the police department. All that’s required for a currently enrolled student was to give me their name, WNumber and contact phone number in an email at RAD@selu.edu. Send me that information and sign for the class.” However, the classes for this week have filled up, but Smith has created a solution for the students affected. “Unfortunately, the coming up class is at capacity,” said Smith. “What I’ve told everyone who wants to come is that since I’ve had your info, you go to the top of the list for the next class. The more names I get coming in, the more I keep compiling to the roster. I like to be able to do this as often as I can. Even though the class is at capacity, send me an email your name will get added to the list.” RAD provides women attending the class with awareness, prevention techniques, risk reduction and avoidance and hands-on defense training. RAD is the country’s largest and fastest growing self-defense program for women and children with over 4,000 certified instructors and over 150,000 participants trained. Smith explains the objectives behind creating this course. “It’s a twofold thing,” said Smith. “We promote situational awareness for ladies on campus, things they can do to make them safer at campus, at home or at where they work. Social media, that’s one of the aspects we go over. Things we can do to change their mind sets to be better prepared for what might happen. In the physical aspect, you go on the RAD website,
and it’s a very basic selfdefense program. It’s basically designed to help if someone is assaulting them or any kind of physical situation. It teaches them to disengage from the situation and get away.” Currently enrolled students can attend the RAD class free of charge. Non-student guests have a $25 registration fee to attend the program. The names and information of women registered for the program is kept strictly confidential and is used only by the instructor. Smith stated that he believed that the program began in 2005 and explained how participants can benefit from the course. “It’s been going on for quite a while,” said Smith. “The women that I’ve seen that go to the class love it. Several of them go though it multiple times down the years past. Once you go through your RAD class, you get your RAD certification. You can take a RAD class anywhere in America free of charge. I have yet to meet someone who is disappointed with it.” The 12-hour course is spread over two days. The sessions are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 12 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Women attending the course will be contacted a week before the class to tell them about the location of the course. They do not need to have previous experience in physical skills training. The RAD classroom is not open to guests for the safety of the participant. Only women taking the course are allowed in the area of the class. Smith believes the RAD classes are beneficial for women even though they may not face any adverse situation in their lives. “A lot of times we speak to these ladies who have signed up for it,” said Smith. “They never have been involved in any kind of physical altercation in life, and we give them a sense of empowerment.” The students or guests interested in the course can take further information from the RAD System of Physical Defense website or from the University Police website.
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Freshman business administration major, Shane Saragusa, pushes a pie tin of whipped cream into the face of Dr. Michael Budden, a marketing professor at the Pie Your Professor fundraiser. This fundraiser held by the Southeastern Marketing Association was successful and surpassed their $100 goal. Proceeds will be used for future events by the organization. Jalina Fourcade/The Lion’s Roar JALINA FOURCADE
gentle during the pie smashing. Meghan Russell, a senior Staff Reporter marketing major, expressed her concern for the professor she Students passing through chose to pie. Garrett Hall were given a “I pied Dr. Budden, the unique opportunity to take part marketing professor,” said in the Pie Your Professor event on Mar. 14. This is also known Russell. “I had him last as Pi Day due to its congruence semester. He was one of my with the value of Pi. favorite professors and the This event hosted by the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. Southeastern Marketing It was really fun pieing him, Association, offered students but I tried to make it really the chance to smash a pie tin soft so I wouldn’t hurt him or of whipped cream into their anything.” professors’ faces for $3 a pie. Dr. Michael Budden, a Proceeds from this event marketing and supply chain will go toward events SMA is management professor was one of 10 professors who volunteered to be pied for this cause. He expressed pride in the accomplishments of SMA and looks forward to seeing them continue to impact their community. “I want to see them do great things, and they’ve done great things,” said Budden. “They need money to do more good stuff. So, I’m glad to do this.” This event surpassed its goals and was a fun detour from the stress many students encounter mid-semester. “Our goal was to make over $100,” said Grace. “We ended up making $159 and selling 53 pies. The event was a success and a fun way to promote SMA and to create a fun atmosphere for students and staff.” The officers of SMA hope to see an increased turnout at their meetings. Upcoming events for SMA include their second Preston Norton, a senior marketing major, smashes a pie tin of whipped cream into the face of Dr. Tará Lopez, a marketing social at the end of April and a professor. Norton wanted to be sure to get his three dollars worth, so he held the pie and spread it across her face, fully marketing breakfast at the end covering her in the sticky substance. Jalina Fourcade/The Lion’s Roar of this semester. hosting this semester as well as a gift from the association to give back to the department. “The marketing association is raising money for our second social this semester,” said marketing senior Lindsay Grace, an officer in SMA. “We’re also raising money to give a gift back to Garrett Hall from SMA.” Despite funding these events, the bigger motivation for SMA was raising awareness of the club and encouraging students to be more active in this organization. “We’d like to bring more
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Campus Life.................................2 Opinions.....................................3 A&E............................................4
Horoscope, Crossword, Sudoku....5 Sports.........................................6 News..........................................8
awareness to SMA and get more students involved so they know what SMA is about,” said Grace. Students had trouble deciding which professors they wanted to pie, awhile others pied multiple professors. Many were excited to pie their favorite instructors from previous semesters. “I’m excited to see Dr. Jones participate,” said Grace. “Just because he’s so funny and outgoing, and I think that it’ll be really awesome to see him get pied.” Overall the students were
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