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April 4, 2017

Volleyball tournament, cupcake eating open Greek Week NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

Greek Week began with a volleyball tournament and cupcake eating competition last week. The contest took place in Greek Village. President of Order of Omega Katie Williams explained how the events started. “Order of Omega puts on Greek Week and Greek Week decides on what events we’ll do and sets the rules of the events,” said Williams. “Order of Omega is an honor society full of the top three percent of the Greek life, juniors and seniors. They organize the event and come to events.” Phi Mu, Kappa Sigma and Theta Chi won first place in the volleyball tournament followed by Sigma Sigma Sigma, Kappa Alpha Order and Alpha Phi Alpha in second place while Alpha Omicron Pi, Sigma Gamma Rho, Pi Kappa Alpha and Theta Xi placed third. President of Kappa Sigma Alec Jones described how he felt with the victory in the volleyball tournament. “It feels good to win when all the organizations and teams are even, especially with how close

the competition is this year,” said Jones. “We’ve had a lot of times in the last couple of years where Greek Week was really close and we didn’t expect the winners to be who they were. Winning is definitely a good start to the week. I’m honestly surprised we beat Alpha Omicron Pi ‘A,’ which is very good for us but that is the challenge we had. We came out on top and I’m proud honestly.” In the cupcake eating competition, Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi Alpha took first place. Alpha Sigma Tau, Sigma Tau Gamma and Phi Mu Alpha came in second and Delta Tau Delta, Theta Phi Alpha and Zeta Phi Beta got third. Third place winner David Nicoletti of Delta Tau Delta explains his experience. “It was my third time doing it,” said Nicoletti. “So, I had a good time. I came in third, so I was a little bit disappointed. It was definitely overall a good experience. I was happy to participate. Hopefully, I take the W next year, final time, I’ll be a senior. Hopefully, I’ll win that time.” Williams described the objective behind hosting such an

event. “Our main goal for this week is raising the money for Southeastern Food Pantry,” said Williams. “Monday night we do Give Back at La Carreta and also just to encourage positive Panhellenic involvement. It gives you the chance to meet people you’ve not met before in Greek life.” This year Greek Week will see one major change. “This year, the only big change we had was we made the dodge ball tournament,” said Williams. “We were originally gonna do kickball but the rain affected it. So we kept the dodge ball tournament and we added another fraternity to participate this year. For most part, it’s been the same.” Jones describes this event as a very enjoyable experience for him. “Every year I love it,” said Jones. “This is probably my favorite part of the year. Just to see everyone bring out their stuff and coming together to have fun, it’s definitely a lot better than what most schools have. All of us at Southeastern are very close

President of Order of Omega Katie Williams, right, looks to block the ball in the volleyball tournament that kicked off

see GREEK WEEK, pg. 2 Greek Week. Phi Mu, Kappa Sigma and Theta Chi won first place in the tournament. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar

Lady Lions sweep series against Cardinals Student Government NIKISUN SHRESTHA Staff Reporter

The Lady Lions softball kept their undefeated record at home against Southland Conference opponents intact with a series sweep against Lamar. The 2-1, 6-3, 5-3 victories pushed their overall record to 17-18 while their conference record improved to 6-6. “I’m just really proud of the team, able to pull off another sweep and remain undefeated in conference at home,” said Head Coach Rick Fremin. “I just thought it was a total team effort this weekend. I thought we were extremely consistent, all three games. We did a great job of staying even kill regardless of uncontrollable. So, I was really pleased.” Senior pitcher Kasey Nielson also credited the Lady Lion’s team work for the victory. “Throughout the series, I felt like we did a great job of working together as a team, picking each other up,” said Nielson. “Whether we get a bad at bat or we misplay a ball, we just knew we had each other’s back. The energy was so live that it was just an amazing feeling knowing that we had each other.”

The Lady Lions hit a home run in every game of the series. Junior outfielder Kalyn Watts continued her hitting form with a fifth home run of the season in the second game. She was joined by junior infielder Mahalia Gibson, junior outfielder Maddie Edmonston and freshman infielder Ali McCoy, who each hit a home run. Fremin was pleased to see the team execute big plays during crucial situations. “I challenged them this series to have fun with the things in the game that make it special: a diving play, throwing out somebody on a steal, a diving catch, timely hitting, a home run, catching a foul ball,” said Fremin. “The double play at the end of the game was just huge specially when they were pressing.” McCoy drove in two runs and scored two runs to seal the series sweep. She felt she needed to do something special in the third game. “It felt great, especially after my performance at the plate yesterday,” said McCoy. “I came back and I was determined to get a hit. It feels awesome to be there for my team and hold the rope as we say.” Fremin switched around the

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Freshman infielder Ali McCoy hit her first home run as a Lady Lion in the third game of the series against Lamar to help the softball team complete the sweep. McCoy drove in two runs and scored two runs in the third game. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar

pitchers throughout the series and thought they put on a great effort. “Rachel Hayes did a phenomenal job in game one,” said Fremin. “Hill came out in game two, wasn’t her best day. Nielson came in right behind her and just was through lights out. Her ERA, she just keeps getting it where we want it and I’m really proud of her. Rachel got the nod again today, but it wasn’t her day. So then we go to Hill and told her to fill up the zone, just play defense behind. We had everybody else ready in the staff ’cause we thought we might use all seven pitchers today. I’m really proud of the bench and their attitude in the game too.” Nielson was also delighted with her performance in the second game. “I thought I did my job, what I’m supposed to do,” said Nielson. “I felt that once again my team had my back no matter what. It was a pressure situation but those are the situations I’m meant for and my team helped Junior outfielder Kalyn Watts continued her hitting form with yet another me without a doubt achieve the home run in the second game of the series against Lamar. This was her fifth goal.” home run of the season. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar This series was the first time

the team had a full, healthy roster. “This is the first time in game one that we had a full team healthy,” said Fremin. “21 players were healthy for this series and that’s the first time all spring we’ve had that.” After the series victory, McCoy is expecting for a great second half of the season. “I’m expecting a lot from us,” said McCoy. “I have high expectations from this team. We have so much potential and talent. I think we showed this weekend how hard we worked. We just put it all out there.” Fremin explains his plan for the rest of the tournament and for the week leading up to the game against Houston Baptist on Friday, Apr. 7. “As far as the tournament goes, we just have to keep winning series,” said Fremin. “We’re off again this midweek so we can let our bodies heal up. Probably go on a mid week scrimmage within the team, work on some things we need to clean up and we’re on the road in Texas. Looking forward to that series to keep the momentum going.”

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The 2017 Student Government Association General Elections are currently taking place online. Students can vote by following a link on the SGA section of the university website. Voting began Apr. 3 at 8 a.m. and will continue until Apr. 5 at 4:30 p.m. To cast their ballot, students will need to log in using their WNumber and account password. This year, students are running for president, vice president, chief justice and senators for the different colleges. While many candidates are running unopposed, Caleb Kerstens and Seth Leto are both running for SGA president. The position of SGA president includes duties and responsibilities such as holding the executive powers of SGA, coordinating and directing the cabinet’s duties as well as appointing justices and senators. SGA president also can call special sessions, approve or veto any legislation originating from the senate and help or be on committees and positions that the university has deemed necessary. The cabinet includes the vice president, chief justice, senate pro tempore, associate chief justice and the chief of staff. Kerstens is a junior who has is currently serving as chief justice. His platform is “Putting Students First.” Leto, also a junior, is a current SGA senator and was awarded the Most Outstanding Freshman Male by the Division for Student Affairs in 2015. His platform is “Keeping Pride 2017.” Richard Davis Jr. is sole candidate running for vice president, with a campaign platform called “Reformation Transformation Restoration.” Ali LeBlanc, a junior political science major is the candidate running for chief justice. She has been involved

with SGA since 2015 and has already served both one year on the senate and one year as associate chief justice. The chief justice and justices are part of the Student Supreme Court which is the judicial branch of SGA. The chief justice’s duties include presiding over the judicial branch, serving as the Election Board Chair and meeting with the Office of Student Conduct to serve on the Student Conduct Hearing Board. The student senators of different colleges are part of the legislative branch which helps complete duties as instructed by the president of SGA and proposes and passes legislation. Senators are selected from a majority of each academic college in the university. There is a ratio of one senator to each 500 students enrolled in the college at that time. Anna Crawford, with a platform geared towards giving students more chances to interact with the senate and revising the bylaws, and Brittany Calecas, with a platform aimed at making herself available to students in her college for anything they might need, are both running for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences senator position. Cedric Dent Jr. is also running for a senator position and has a platform with phrase, “One team, one goal, and one vision!” as his slogan. For the senator of the college of Science and Technology, Binisha Karki, Marianna Carter and Pawan Shrestha are running for available spots. When logging in to vote students will be able to view each candidates bio and platform prior to casting their ballot. While all students are able to vote for president, vice-president and justices, the senators they are able to vote for will vary depending on the college of the major. Election results will be announced by the in the Student Union after voting closes on Apr. 5.

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‘Out of the Darkness’ brings awareness to prevention JALINA FOURCADE

faculty members and student organizations. “We’ve been planning this walk for almost a year now,” said Meyers. “We have built a planning team of volunteers which include Dr. Peter Emerson. We have the REC center director Dollie Hebert-Crouch, Assistant Dean of the School of Nursing Dr. Ralph Wood, employee wellness committee members, the Peace and Purpose Initiative and several student organizations campuswide.” The walk brought in an estimated $4,000 in proceeds that allow AFSP to invest in creating educational programs, research, advocating for public policy and supporting survivors of suicide loss. AFSP has set a goal to reduce suicide rates by 20 percent before 2025. “I feel it was very successful, much more than I could have imagined,” said Meyers. “Our goal was to raise $3,000 and we were hoping to have about 100

participants. So, we had 255 participants, and we raised $3,655. Staff Reporter Plus we made some additional money from the merchandise According to the Centers of that we sold, so I think overall, Disease Control and Prevention, it was close to $4,000 which is Suicide is the second leading cause extraordinary for the first year.” of death in 15 to 34-year-olds. On The National Alliance of Saturday, Apr. 1, the School of Mental Illness on Campus group Nursing hosted the university’s participated in this walk as their first American Foundation for founding had close ties to the Suicide Prevention Out of the cause. Darkness Campus Walk to bring “Our NAMI on Campus awareness on suicide and mental Southeastern group was actually health on campus. formed in response to several The walk was followed by an Southeastern students committing acoustic and electric performance suicide in 2014, so this is an by Impaired Faculties, a issue particularly close to us,” band composed of university said senior social work major professors. Also following this and NAMI on Campus president event was the university’s Faculty Chad Cashio. “We host a Mental Field Day. Health Fair the week before This walk was initiated by finals, and we always include a nursing professor Mitzie Meyers’ suicide awareness wall.” own involvement in the AFSP’s Senior psychology major and walks and events and has had former NAMI president Stephanie immense planning since she Ellzey attended the walk with pitched the idea in June of 2016. her family and shared how the From its proposal, the planning smallest amount of concern for team has grown to include several people experiencing depression can make a difference. “One of the things we do in NAMI is try to do a lot of education to bring awareness and make it easier to talk about it,” said Ellzey. “It is one of those things that if no one talks about it and no one knows, then you may have a friend who is suffering with suicidal thoughts and a week later they are gone. So, maybe you could’ve seen the signs and maybe you could’ve helped out, even if its just a ‘Hey, can I do something for you?’ and that can make all the difference.” Meyers believes this walk filled a need for an outlet for students as suicide and mental The AFSP featured a suicide wall where attendees could post who they walked health issues carry a stigma in for at the event. They also distributed beads that were color coded for different today’s society. types of loss. Jalina Fourcade/The Lion’s Roar “I wanted to do this to shed light

on an issue that sometimes still carries a stigma and that people maybe don’t want to talk about,” said Meyers. “Many feel isolated because they feel depressed or they know someone who has taken their life, so I wanted to just bring some awareness to mental health.” The community has lost many individuals to suicide, many being university students. “I know our campus has had incidents of suicide and I also have heard of some from the community,” said Meyers. “Dr. Emerson from the counseling center has shared with me that Tangipahoa Parish has one of the highest attempt rates for suicide in our state. We also have statistics from the Center for Disease Control, and the 2017 statistics state that suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-30 year olds. The college age population is in that age group. It has been that way for a long time. It is not a new statistic. I felt like I wanted to not only try to erase the stigma but bring awareness to the importance of mental health and fill a real need within our student population as far as health statistics.” Meyers’ involvement stemmed from her own experience with loss as she had lost a close family member to suicide. “I have had a personal loss,” said Meyers. “I lost my sister to suicide at 24 and she was a college student. So for me, I think being surrounded by other people who are passionate about the cause, for people who have either had a loss of a loved one or they suffer from depression or mental illness themselves, are very powerful and very healing.” Statistics state that for every person who dies as a result of

The Out of the Darkness Campus Walk was led by volunteers with decorative umbrellas. Volunteers from the student body and community played a major part in the success of this walk. Jalina Fourcade/The Lion’s Roar suicide, it affects 12 other people. The state of Louisiana lost 722 people to suicide last year. That leaves over 8,500 people affected by suicide in the state, and Meyers hopes that this walk can bring some light to this issue. “My hope in doing this walk for our campus and our community is to bring awareness and to help boost people who have suffered in one way or another to get some healing and to come together with other people who care about the cause,” said Meyers. Students can become isolated and depressed due to the stress of adulthood and education. “When it comes to getting help, a lot of people either choose not to or don’t know how to or they just don’t have the resources,” said Meyers. “There are so many

things that students are juggling and struggling with in addition to pursuing their education, and I think one of the reasons that we see a high rate is people begin to feel hopeless and isolated or are in a great deal of emotional pain and they don’t know how to fix it.” Individuals struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a secure and confidential line that is available 24 hours everyday, at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or through their online chat at chat. suicidepreventionlifeline.org. The university also provides a free, confidential counseling center for students located in the union. Donations to the Out of the Darkness walk are still being accepted until June 30.

Southeastern marketing breakfast to feature media adviser for Trump campaign HAMMOND – A Baton Rouge marketing and advertising professional from Baton Rouge who served as a media adviser for President Donald Trump will serve as the guest speaker at Southeastern Louisiana University’s annual Marketing Breakfast on Tuesday, April 11. Jay Connaughton, founder and partner of the Baton Rouge firm People Who Think: Innovative Advertising, Innovative Politics and Fridge, will speak at the event at 8 a.m. in the Southeastern Student Union Ballroom. The breakfast is sponsored by the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, the Southeastern Marketing Association, and G. Dean Brunson, CPA, of Richmond, Va.

The program is open to students and the general public. Tickets are $10 and can be ordered and prepaid online at tinyurl.com/marketingbreakfast2017 or at the door. A native of Louisiana and graduate of LSU, Connaughton founded People Who Think with the intent of combining high design standards with a deep understanding of the client’s needs. His wide range of experience in both corporate and political brands across multiple industries provides the perspective needed to use deep data to address client challenges. He was selected to serve as a media advisor to the Trump campaign based on his work over the last 20 years on numerous major campaigns. His

strategies have helped shape and win elections for Republican U.S. senators, congressmen and other elected leaders at all levels of state government. His firm has earned numerous awards, including more than 100 Addy Awards. For more information on the lecture, contact the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at 985-549-2277.

Jay Connaughton, a former media advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the annual Marketing Breakfast on Apr. 11 in the Student Union Ballroom. Photo courtesy of UCCS

GREEK WEEK

continued from pg. 1 and that’s what I like.” The week began with on a good note. If the weather does not intervene, the plans are set for the week. “I think Greek Week definitely started off with a good showing,” said Nicoletti. “Usually, I’m not gonna lie, a little bit bigger. I think the inclement weather threw things off out of bounds. There’s still a good number of people here having a good time. We have some new ones out here just enjoying themselves. Starting Greek Week of Spring Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Phi Alpha won the first place in the cupcake eating competition which took place on Sunday, Apr. 2. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar ‘17 on the right foot.”

Delta Omega Alpha

Delta Omega Alpha is a pre-professional honors society on Southeastern’s campus designed to aid students with preparation towards a career in health care. The organization brings in representatives from a number of fields and graduate schools to provide information on pursuing a graduate level degree, including but not limited to medical, Nursing, Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Physical or Occupational Therapy, Anesthesiology, Pharmacy, Dental, Veterinary, Pathology, Ophthalmology or Optometry and Public Health, Medical Technician, Scribe or Volunteer. We meet every other Monday at 5 p.m. in Meade Hall, Room 112. Meetings last approximately one 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/

Reconnect

The last Reconnect Farmer’s Market will be Wednesday, Apr. 5, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in front of the Student

Greek Week began this past weekend with the volleyball tournament. Following the competition, participants of various Greek organizations took part in the cupcake eating contest. Nikisun Shrestha/The Lion’s Roar

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Union. Come enjoy live music and good company while shopping for fresh produce, handmade jewelry, soaps, beauty products, art and more. Come participate in the enrichment of our campus community and learn about the importance of sustainability while supporting the local economy.

Alpha Kappa Delta

Alpha Kappa Delta is hosting a book drive for Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners. This organization accepts book and monetary donations providing Louisiana inmates with reading and educational materials. More information regarding this nonprofit organization and the books they are in need of can be found on their website lab2p.org. Donations can be brought to one of our two remaining tabling events Apr. 4 from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or Apr. 6 from 12:15 to 2 p.m. outside of the Student Union. Donations can also be dropped off between now and Apr. 14 to Fayard Hall Room 354. AKD also has a petition available to sign for those that are interested. This petition hopes to eliminate Louisiana’s habitual offender law. The “three strikes law” paradigm eliminates judges’ discretion in hearing criminal cases and providing them with limited sentencing options. For more information, contact martha.sibley@selu.edu.

Opinions | The Lion’s Roar

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Readers respond to reporter’s vaccine opinion piece Editor’s Note: Thank you for your responses to the article. Additional letters will be printed next week. I would like to address the recently published article titled “I personally don’t believe in vaccines.” First of all, I’d like to say that I respect the right of the author to have her own opinions. However, I believe that publishing such an article could potentially be dangerous to those who read it. Based on scientific evidence, vaccinations have been found to

be beneficial and not dangerous. There are many misconceptions surrounding vaccines. However, none of them are backed by scientific evidence. Vaccines are so important and spreading. Myths and misconceptions about them is detrimental to humankind. For example, many believe that the chemicals found in vaccinations are harmful, but this is so far from

Hello, I am currently in Psychology 204 and we recently learned about vaccines. I read an article by Regina Pergola titled “I Personally Don’t Believe in Vaccines,” and I feel as though this article shouldn’t have been posted because she did not have an understanding of the group dynamic of vaccines. By her not being vaccinated, I should be concerned about getting infected because of herd immunity. Once herd immunity is lost, due to people not getting vaccinated, a community is susceptible to having an outbreak. Hey Regina, I just read your article on vaccines and even though everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I would love to inform you on why vaccinations are important. The main reason for the vaccine is not to get you sick but to expose your immune system to the deadly disease. Only a small percentage is injected into you allowing your body to identify this agent and

The purpose of a vaccine is to inject tiny amounts of a dead or dying disease into the human body to stimulate antibody production. Once the vaccination is administered, the body begins training itself to fight against the actual diseases just in case they are contracted. Vaccinations do not completely protect against contracting said diseases/

2000’s, a lot of people started getting less vaccines and from there on you can see the rise in these cases show up. I would suggest that you dig into some more information concerning the importance of vaccination and also ask your physicians on why vaccines are important to our health. Savannah Joseph Sophomore, Nursing

else to get vaccinated rather than lose your life or someone else’s ‘cause you refused to go through a needle stick to prevent you from infecting everyone else with whatever you are the carrier of. For example, one year I didn’t get the flu vaccine. Can you guess what happened that year? Yes I got the flu. There is a reason vaccines have been invented. It’s to protect the public from harmful diseases. Nicole McLean Freshman, Nursing

sicknesses; however, the chances of contracting them are little to none. There are many myths that come with the discussion of vaccines, I will list them out: vaccines cause autism, infant immune systems can not handle so many vaccines, natural immunity is better than vaccine-acquired immunity, vaccines contain unsafe toxins, vaccines alter the biological

I have recently read the opinion piece by Regina Pergola, “I personally don’t believe in vaccines” and would like to share my own thoughts on the “facts” used in this case. First off, people do not get vaccinated solely to protect themselves from a disease. There is a certain phenomenon known as herd immunity, which requires majority of a community to be vaccinated to prevent exposure to those who cannot be vaccinated, such as infants or individuals with compromised immune systems. Another point that the original writer made was that

see CASANOVA pg. 8

An example of this is the mumps outbreak in Baton Rouge and other places across the country. Since people have decided to stop vaccinating a few years ago, multiple diseases that could’ve been eliminated all together have made a come back because people refuse to get vaccinated. I just feel this should have had actual scientific backing to prove her points in this article. Lindsay Wilson Freshman, Nursing

kill it effectively. By doing this, when exposed by someone who may have an illness or disease, your body is able to respond effectively completely protecting your immune system from being compromised. Therefore, you are right. There are so many cases of mumps and other disease spreading but that is because of this misunderstanding when it comes to vaccinations. In the

Although it is a personal decision to get vaccinated, the issue is if you don’t get vaccinated you put everyone around you at risk, which means you are possibly the one carrying the virus inside your body. If you come in contact with another person that isn’t vaccinated, you both are carriers of the disease or virus and can infect other people that have not gotten vaccinated. If you get vaccinated, it prevents the virus from entering your body and making you sick. It is safer for you and everyone

the truth. These chemicals are there to help you, not harm you. People allow a few flukes to cloud their judgment when it comes to vaccines and that is simply absurd. Herd immunity can be defined as “The resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if

makeup of one’s body, vaccines are not worth the risk, we do not need to vaccinate because infection rates are already so low, and the list goes on and on. Can you believe that there is actually no evidence proving any of these myths to be true? Contrary to popular belief, vaccines are completely safe,

see PAYNE, pg. 8

vaccines are filled with chemicals. Yes, vaccines do contain chemical preservatives such as formaldehyde and aluminum, both of which can be found equally in apples and antacids. Did you know water is also considered to be a chemical? Wouldn’t it be a shame to protest drinking water because it would be a chemical entering your body? I understand that this writer was personally affected by vaccines. However, every individual’s reaction to vaccines are

see PICOU, pg. 7

Stop jumping to conclusions, no one said you can’t wear leggings in the airport I’ve recently noticed three large problems that all humans have: we don’t listen, we don’t pay attention and we jump to conclusions way too quickly. I would say that this is a modern Larshell Green issue that has A&E Editor stemmed from the plague of social media and fake news, but I suppose it has existed since yellow journalism was a big issue in the 1890s. Recently while scrolling through my Facebook news feed, I saw a headline that said something along the lines of passengers not allowed to board plane because they were wearing tights. So, I immediately begin to rant about how unfair it is that women are held to greater social constraints by being criticized about the way they looked or behaved in public. I was going to mention a lot of topics that arose because of those problems, like breastfeeding in public and girls having stricter

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called a pass rider or traveler that typically allows family members of employees to travel with the perks of a free ticket, or one at a highly discounted ticket price. In order to utilize this benefit, there is an additional dress code policy that must be followed. This dress code policy restricts pass riders from wearing leggings. Could this policy still be viewed as sexist? I would be surprised if it wouldn’t be. But, make your decision about this policy after you are informed of the whole story beyond what I have stated in this opinion. Both men and women are expected to uphold the professional appearance of the employees whom they received the pass rider status from. Is it okay for airlines to tell you what you can and cannot wear whether you paid for your ticket or not? The easy answer is no. However, there must be rules and procedures for all businesses, especially airlines. If you don’t agree with these rules, there are several alternative modes of transportation available.

SPEAK OUT

How do you celebrate April’s Fools, and what do you think is going too far with jokes? “I do celebrate April Fool’s Day, but I feel like any prank that threatens physical or mental health or well-being is definitely going too far.” Ashlyn Ellender Freshman, Biology

“One time, going too far, I had my car stolen.” Keely Johnson Freshman, Engineering Technology

“It’s fun. I like it, but if it hurts somebody in the process, that’s definitely taking it too far.” Daniel Moore Senior, Business

“Usually, I’m the one that waits to be pranked by my friends.” Zachary Savoy Sophomore, Business

“Normally if I were to play any jokes on someone, it would be simple, harmless things.” Taylor Meng Freshman, English Education

“I usually prank my parents or something like that, and I guess going too far is getting someone hurt or something.” Bailey Gill Freshman, Social Studies Education

Keep your pranks clean and your fake pregnancy off my feed

I’m embarrassed to see the newspaper of my I thought we were better than that here at SELU. Let me be the first to say I love university giving any thought to such an article that Jarod Hopper spits in the face of modern science and medicine. Graduate Student, Business Administration April Fool’s Day. It has always been a day of puns, pranks Hey Regina, I read your consider protecting yourself antigen, your immune response and laughter article regarding vaccinations from disease. Let’s take the will develop antibodies to fight in my family. I and wanted to provide some influenza vaccine, a common that foreign invader. This is done am especially insight on how vaccinations vaccination received by many within seconds of exposure. excited for actually work. Although I respect each winter season. Those who So, if a patient who received an this one as my your view on vaccinations, I felt get this vaccine have the live influenza vaccine is exposed to Jalina Fourcade Staff Reporter 10-year-old the need to share some points strand injected into their arm. see SOLAR, pg. 8 brother is finally to hopefully encourage you to When your body is exposed to an old enough to be the victim of the In response to “I personally don’t believe in vaccinated to prevent deadly or disabling diseases year, and my 1-year-old daughter vaccines” on March 30, 2017: The writer clearly from penetrating a community. Herd immunity has gets to see what it’s all about. Our does not understand herd immunity - the fact that recently been lapsing thanks to the anti-vaccine tradition includes rigging up pranks vaccines work not only on an individual level. movement. This movement is largely based on a in almost every room of the house Not everyone has the privilege of which the writer poor grasp of science, a single fraudulent study by and just waiting to hear a frustrated has chosen not to take advantage. Infants and yell when our victim has fallen into the immunocompromised rely on others getting see SOHR-PRESTON, pg. 7 the trap. I also love seeing how I 100 percent disagree with I don’t understand why someone people! Don’t think about companies release their gag the publication about vaccines wouldn’t want to get vaccinated? yourself...think about the other advertisements like last year not being important. First off, I honestly feel like that is so people in this world that you when Netflix made every movie category about John Stamos. I I want to say that vaccines are selfish. What’s the worst it would could be saving. probably one of the safest things do? Hurt for two seconds...that’s Haley Porter really enjoyed watching movies you could do to protect your life it. So, I don’t understand the big Junior, Nursing from “New Releases Which Suffer From A Distinct Lack of and better yet the lives of others. issue!! Get your vaccinations Stamos,” one of many categories Your article about vaccines is very poorly written against one or several diseases. The vaccines itself that spawned from this glorious due to the fact of bad science. Everything you’ve will not make you worse than the actual infection. prank. Redbox’s mood-match talked about is myths and opinion based when Also, the reason a lot more people are still alive and prank advertised that the machines now give you the option of putting you should’ve done more research on vaccines. healthy is due to them taking vaccines. Vaccines are substances used to stimulate the Shanika Bontemps your hand on the screen and having production of the antibodies and provide immunity Freshman, Kinesiology it “detect” what movie you are in Policies and Procedures

dress code rules in order to not distract boys in school. All of these problems may very well exist, but at that point, I was getting ahead of myself in a topic that I knew very little about. I made the decision to pay attention to the details of what was actually going on. The truth is, passengers were not banned solely because they were wearing leggings. Time magazine published an article on Mar. 26 that addressed the social media controversy that arose over the alleged leggings ban and then told the truth of the situation towards the end of the article, despite a somewhat misleading headline. Here’s what really happened: A United Airlines gate agent in Denver refused to allow multiple women to board a flight. There is a general United Airlines rule that states that gate agents can prevent passengers from boarding if they are barefoot and are in attire that they consider improper clothing. This is not necessarily defined on their site and could be easily be misinterpreted. However, there is something

the mood for. They had more than a few complaints as people did not understand why their local box didn’t offer mood-matching technology. It was ridiculously funny. I myself have doled out some great pranks over the years. From wrapping my ex-roommate’s phone in rubber bands and watching her try to figure out why she had a giant ringing rubber band ball on her nightstand to covering my ex-boyfriend’s car, a 1964 Chevy Biscayne, in hundreds of post-it notes and watching him drive it to work. With the help of coworkers, we wrapped two of our supervisors’ cars in plastic wrap, a prank that gets increasingly harder to remove when the temperature is high. All in all, I’ve had some successes and some failures over the years, but I try to keep them as harmless and goofy as possible. But let’s get serious. This trend of pregnancy announcements as April Fool’s jokes is lame. Pregnancy announcements are not a joke. Have you ever been pregnant? It’s nine months of mood swings, aches and peeing yourself. I was kind of lucky to be surprisingly fertile and get pregnant

with no intention or struggle. Many women are not so lucky. According to the Hope Xchange, one in four women will experience a miscarriage in their lifetime. We share a lot of good news on social media. My time line is almost always filled with engagement announcements, happy family photos and travel pictures. What we don’t see is the pain. The pain of losing a wanted baby shakes you to the core, and it’s insensitive to joke about your mythical bundle of joy while someone is bawling their eyes out at the loss of their own. One of the many glorious achievements of the Internet is that new content is just a click away. Feeling uninspired? Want to really prank them good? Type your heart’s desire into that search bar and click through all 30 pages of that Buzzfeed article to find that awesome prank you’ve waited all your life to utilize. No need to make anyone ugly cry because you can’t show a little compassion for the struggles of a woman mourning a loss. Keep the jokes classy and the pranks clean. You’ll be sure to have all your victims peeing themselves laughing, pregnant or not.

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All Styles Night features student and faculty performances REGINA PERGOLA Staff Reporter

All Styles Night of the 18th annual Guitar Fest saw faculty members and students perform a variety of music genres. “This concert went a little bit longer,” said Patrick Kerber, instructor of guitar and festival coordinator. “Usually, I keep all the concerts at an hour. Tonight, I had so many people who wanted to play” Guitar Fest is spread out over a month with performances from Mar. 14 to 28, and then a final ensemble on Apr. 25. Kerber believes that this structure of the festival allows the opportunity for guest artists to visit campus in order to perform. “It’s a structure of there’s always one guest artist, someone from out of town,” said Kerber. “Someone with some sort of stature in the performance community. Typically, someone who has a university position but not always. Just to bring an outside influence for the community and the students to see. Then, I ask a faculty member to do a faculty recital. It’s a template.” The Southeastern Guitar Ensemble is the last performance of Guitar Fest. “The guitar ensemble always closes out,” said Kerber. “Sometimes

the All Styles is at the end depending on the schedule. So, this time we had to play it now, and the ensemble will close us out in a couple weeks. Because their concert that they play every semester anyway is going to be a part of it.” Performers had a chance to play whatever they wanted to at All Styles Night. A careful planning of the different events and the forecast all played a part in how the event would be structured. “This night has become successful,” said Kerber. “We used to do it outside, but we couldn’t trust the weather. It’s just a really neat night. People get to expand and play things other than what typically gets heard in the recital hall.” The structure of spreading performances out for Guitar Fest was determined by the needs of the performers playing and the audience members’ availability. “Usually when people do festivals, they clump them together,” said Kerber. “Put it Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, that kind of thing, and I was doing that. Then I had a lot of people say, they were polite about it, ‘I really can’t take off three nights a week.’ So, I decided to spread it out and do it every other week.” However, Kerber expressed his idea of reverting back to the original format in the future.

“It’s getting to the point where I think I’m going to try it next year, clumping them all together,” said Kerber. “Here at Southeastern we have this problem of success in that our music school is so successful, we have so many performances that it’s getting difficult to bring audiences in. For instance, tonight before we played, there was a graduate trumpet recital. So, it’s not uncommon to have two performances a night.” Faculty members that played included Dr. Joseph Burns, Dr. William Robison as well as Instruction Librarian Ben Bell. Joseph Burns also performed a song with his wife Tammy Burns. Students such as Dominique Roubique performed at Guitar Fest. This is the second year that Roubique has played in Guitar Fest, and she performed in a group of three. She described the benefits and challenges that came with playing during the festival. “Really, just working with the other people,” said Roubique, a sophomore music major with a concentration in guitar. “They’re great. I wish I could have done something by myself, but we got together, started practicing.” The Guitar Ensemble will play on Apr. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Pottle Auditorium. This will be the final performance of this year’s Guitar Fest.

Member of Impaired Faculties and communication professor Dr. Joseph Burns and his wife Tammy Burns sang a duet at All Styles Night of Guitar Fest. Their two children attended the performance as well. Regina pergola/The Lion’s Roar

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Students performed together at the All Styles Night of Guitar Fest, which was the last performance of Guitar Fest in March. The next performance will be the Southeastern Guitar Ensemble in April. Dominique Roubique, a music major with a concentration in guitar, center, expressed that she would be interested in performing by herself as well as in a group in future Guitar Fests. She has been performing in Guitar Fest for two years. Regina pergola/The Lion’s Roar

Latin Dance Night helps raise funds for Spain study abroad trip ANNIE GOODMAN Staff Reporter

To enrich students’ learning, a Latin Dance Night has been held every year for the past 18 years. “It is an event for our students from Spanish class to show them how the music is important to us as far as a culture,” said Mariela Sanchez, a Spanish instructor. “We have different kinds of music; Slow, fast-paced, you name it. It basically tells a lot about love mostly, and that’s what we are, loving people.” Natalia Montgomery, a junior communication major felt Latin Dance Night was a fun way to further what she learned in class by emphasizing Hispanic culture and the vernacular of Spanish rather than the grammar taught in the classroom. “Usually in Spanish class, we learn about the grammar but this is a little fun,” said Montgomery. “We all like music, so also, we get to know the verbiage and how it’s really used and get to know each other. Talk our little Spanish

that we learned.” Latin Dance Night was held on Tuesday, Mar. 28 from 6-8 p.m. and is used as a fundraiser for the Language and Culture in Spain study abroad program. Sanchez also offered extra credit to her students for attending “Actually, the idea of Latin Dance Night is to build some funds to send our students that qualify for the study abroad program to Spain,” said Sanchez. Sanchez is also the program coordinator for the study abroad program going to the cities of Salamanca and Madrid in Spain. Throughout Latin Dance Night, Sanchez played Spanish pop music videos displayed with a projector for students to enjoy and dance to. Sanchez gave gift certificates to local restaurants, such as La Carreta of Hammond, as prizes to the best and worst dancers to motivate students to dance. Sanchez sees Latin Dance Night as an opportunity to show students how the people within the Hispanic culture prefer to socialize.

“When you have them in the class room, everybody is so quiet,” said Sanchez. “They don’t even talk to each other. This is just an opportunity to see how we, the Hispanics, can celebrate. We love to socialize. We love the people. That makes us so happy.” In previous years, Sanchez has seen students become more friendly at Latin Dance Night. Her students would later express their enthusiasm about Latin Dance Night to her. “The students, after we do Latin Dance Night, they always make comments, ‘Oh, that was so fun,’” said Sanchez. “That’s why we do this. Everybody is a friend here when they come altogether.” Montgomery feels Latin Dance Night is a good way for students to become more involved on campus as well as to learn more about the Hispanic culture. “Well, it’s important to get involved on the campus and everybody get together,” said Montgomery. “Then also, it’s a great cultural experience to learn a little bit more about Spanish.”

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DDD hosts ‘Name Our Event’ contest with promise of an upcoming intimate, downtown event LARSHELL GREEN A&E Editor

The Downtown Development District has decided to create an intimate event in order to showcase artists and local businesses. There’s only one thing missing: a name for the event. DDD decided to hold a contest called Name Our New Event which ended on Mar. 31. The new event will officially begin on May 18 and will continue on the third Thursday of every month. Participating shops and businesses will offer extended hours and specials for participants until 9 p.m. The Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will also participate and showcase performances by artists. Executive Director of the Downtown Development District Chelsea Tallo admits that the idea for the contest came from not finding a name that was loved during one of the monthly merchant meetings. “While we had a few suggestions, nothing Chelsea Tallo became DDD’s Executive Director in July 2016. Larshell Green/The Lion’s Roar really stuck,” said Tallo. “You can’t have an outstanding event without an outstanding name. I think one of the business owners suggested holding a contest and then others proceeded to offer prizes to the winner and it took off from there. I think the contest is a great idea. It engages the public and makes them feel connected to the event before it even starts.” Tallo explains that minimal planning was required for the creation of the event because of the interest and initiative of local retail stores. “I met with Cassie Ragan, owner of Ruby, and her employee Becky Mannino,” said Tallo. “Becky had a whole plan written out DDD was created in 1986. Since becoming Executive Director, Chelsea Tallo has led and made it really easy for us to implement.” Budgeting for the event was mainly events like Hot August Night with the help of the community. Larshell Green/The Lion’s Roar

centered around advertising which mostly took place on social media. Music that will be heard throughout the event will be done on a volunteer basis. DDD is no stranger to holding events that showcase local businesses and the local art community like Hot August Night. Tallo explains that the event will be more intimate than Hot August Night which she describes as a big Downtown party. “This event is more focused on just the businesses,” said Tallo. “We won’t be doing a wine walk, closing off any of the streets or having any stages. While we will have musical artists in the stores and on the street corners, it will have a different feel. One similarity I would say is, like Hot August Night, the stores open up and offer one-night specials and cocktails. This is no different. All our participating retail stores will be open with specials you can only receive every third Thursday of the month and some will be offering you a glass of champagne or two while you shop.” Tallo said that for some events like Hot August Night, DDD books a band and hosts a wine tasting. DDD relies on the community to set up other attractions. “It’s the community that does the rest,” said Tallo. “SLU hosts a pep rally, restaurants and bars team up to host more live music, Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center hosts the kid zone, non-profits set up vendor booths, local schools volunteer, the city workers, the Police Department and Fire Department all do their part as well. DDD events are no one-man show, I can tell you that. Without the involvement and support of the community we wouldn’t have the events we do today. Our parish truly is blessed to have such an involved and active community.”

To enter the Name Our Event Contest, participants were required to like the Downtown Hammond Facebook page, share their post and then comment the desired title on the same post. Participants were eligible to enter as many titles as preferred. The winner of the Name Our Event contest was Kristina McBride, a Tutor Coordinator with Student Support Services at the university. McBride came up with the name Downtown Sundown and will receive a gift basket of goodies from local Downtown businesses for her contribution. McBride explained that she chose the title based on the feel that DDD hoped to have for the event, a party that patrons do not want to leave. Her additions were also based on her love of words. “I entered the contest because I love words and playing with puns, rhyme and alliteration,” said McBride. “I really wasn’t expecting to win, but had fun coming up with different titles for the event.” Tallo explained why McBride’s entry was selected. “We picked the name because it portrayed everything we wanted it to say,” said Tallo. “People know it’s Downtown and it sounds like an afternoon event using the word sundown, plus it’s catchy.” Tallo explained how imperative community involvement is to the success of events. “Without the community, there would be no events,” said Tallo. “Yes of course, I could set up a band in a parking lot, but it’s the community that comes out to support it. All our events are community based. I’m not just referencing the public community that comes out to support the events, but it’s the community that really takes the events and makes them more successful.”

HRAC brings New Orleans to Hammond with April reception

ZACHARY ARAKI Staff Reporter

The Hammond Regional Arts Center will host “The Roots of Memory” exhibition by Gina Phillips from Apr. 7 to 28. The opening reception will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Apr. 7. The exhibition’s focus will be on Phillips’ artwork by Hammond Art Guild member and mixed media artist Shanna D’Antonio will also be displayed in the Marjorie Morrison Annex Gallery. “We are thrilled to be

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showcasing the artwork of Gina Phillips throughout the month of April, which also happens to be Membership Appreciation Month at HRAC,” said HRAC Executive Director Katherine Marquette. Phillips is a New Orleans artist, originally from Kentucky. Her artwork has been on display in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Asheville Art Museum, Pepperdine University, Ballroom Marfa, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art and 21c Museum Hotels. Initially a painter, Phillips some communication problems in the workplace, but they should be resolved soon. Meanwhile, that “tip” from a friend should be checked out. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new relationship appears to need more from you than you might be willing to give right now. Best advice: Resist making promises you might not be able to keep. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) That restless feeling encourages you to gallop off into a new venture. But remember to keep hold of the reins so you can switch paths when necessary. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A demanding work schedule keeps the high-spirited Goat from kicking up his or her heels. But playtime beckons by the week’s end. Have fun. You earned it. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You’re beginning to come out from under those heavy responsibilities you took on. Use this freed-up time to enjoy some much-deserved fun with people close to you. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Before you get swept away by a tidal wave of conflicting priorities, take time to come up for air, and reassess the situation. You might be surprised by what you’ll find. BORN THIS WEEK: Your leadership qualities are enhanced by a practical sense of purpose that keeps you focused on your goals. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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has developed her style to involve threads and fabrics. “Phillips is known as a New Orleans premiere mixed media narrative artist and is a huge deal in the contemporary art world,” said Tara Bennett, the HRAC media coordinator. “She was selected as one of 27 international artists featured in the Prospect.2 Biennial of Contemporary Art curated by Dan Cameron, and her collection of fabric portraits was exhibited as a solo project at VOLTA8 as part of Art Basel, Switzerland. That’s merely a glimpse of her impressive resume.” Artwork selected for the exhibition will be tied together with a theme recalling “The Roots of Memory.” “Her work utilizes a traditional craft but turns it into a piece of contemporary artwork that possesses a living, breathing quality to it,” said Bennett. “A primary theme that will be seen is the passage of time, whether it is

in the form of baby teeth or cutout depictions of trees. These images are used as multi-scale tapestries consisting of fabric mixed with paint. It’s truly a sight to behold her work up close.” HRAC designed the April exhibition as an opportunity for students and Hammond residents who cannot make it to New Orleans to experience the city’s artwork. “Work of this caliber is a sight to behold anywhere, but being able to see it here in Downtown Hammond, is a particularly special opportunity,” said Marquette. All opening receptions at HRAC are free and open to the public. Bennett encourages those interested to attend the exhibition and see what it has to offer. “If you’ve ever wanted to see what a $10,000 quilt looks like, now’s your chance,” said Bennett. More information can be found by contacting HRAC at 985542-7113 or on their Facebook at Gina Phillips will present “The Roots of Memory” at the Hammond Regional Arts Hammond Regional Arts Center. Center which will include pieces centered around the theme of time. Courtesy of Gina Phillips

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Lions baseball returns to winning form JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

The Lions baseball team looked like their old selves after defeating UL Lafayette 5-4, 15-3 and winning the first and last game of the series against the second best team in the Southland Conference McNeese State 10-2, 1-4 and 5-4 on Super Lion Saturday. Their record is now 18-10 overall and 7-5 in the conference. Coming off a five game losing streak, the Lions were motivated to correct the mistakes they made two weeks ago and get back to playing Lions style of baseball. “I actually think the LSU loss was a big part of the reason why we got swept,” said Head Coach Matt Riser. “I think that the ULL win this past week was a big part of the reason why we got back on track. We did a good job of identifying what the mistake was. When you get in adversity, you got to identify the problem. We talked about it even that night that we got swept in Houston, that we have to find one solution and don’t make a thousand excuses and just find the solution. I think a big part of that was our attention to detail. The focus level of practice and at warm-ups have been much better, and it is showing on the baseball field.” Senior outfielder Jacob Seward running for one of his two runs against McNeese State last weekend. The Lions failed to Riser gave credit to McNeese sweep the Cowboys after losing the second game of the series 4-1, but quickly bounced back to win the final game of the as one of the top teams in the series in a nail biting 5-4 victory. Jonathan Rhodes/The Lion’s Roar Southland Conference and was

glad to see his team compete with the best. “That is a really good club,” said Riser. “Nobody is going to slow them down besides the defending champs. I thought we did a fantastic job. It was a heavyweight bout. They are gonna throw punches and we are gonna throw punches. I told our guys that if we hang in there and throw the last punch, we would have the result that we want at the end, and our guys did it.” The Lions lost the second matchup of the series on Super Lion Saturday but bounced back on that same day by winning the final game by a walk-off single. “Honestly, the second game didn’t define who we were,” said catcher Evan Pace. “We just stayed with the plan that coach Riser told us. We fought our way and they battled back with us. We gave it all we got and they gave all they have, and it turns out that we are the ones who came out on top.” Junior pitcher Mac Sceroler is now 5-0 at the mound this season. He pitched against McNeese in the first game of the series last Friday and set the tone for the pitching team. “I did not expect to start the season 5-0 but a W is a W,” said Sceroler. “We got swept by Houston Baptist and that fired everybody up in the dugout. Once we beat UL Lafayette, we just carried that momentum into the games against

McNeese. Hopefully, we can just keep carrying this confidence and see how far this streak can go.” Redshirt senior outfielder Ryan Byers in the first game managed to hit a home run over the centerfield wall in Alumni Field. “I’ve tried to hit one over center wall ever since I have been here,” said Byers. “I didn’t think that hit was going out. I thought it was going to hit top of the wall. I’m happy it went out though.” Junior infielder Taylor Schwaner had 3 runs batted in for the final game against McNeese despite a minor injury during the game. “I was able to get through it,” said Schwaner. “I stubbed up my finger a few times but I was still able to fight through it and drive in some runs for the team which was huge.” The Lions will play South Alabama tonight in Alumni Field to attempt to keep their momentum and win more conference games. “We just got to keep it rolling,” said Riser. “When we go about things the wrong way and the wrong energy, we get beat by whoever is in the dugout. When we go about it with the right energy and the right attitude and the right fundamentals in practice then we are having success. It’s a week to week deal but I don’t want it to be a week to week deal, I want us to learn from our mistakes.”

Colebrook and Young shine in Texas NATHANIEL CALLAWAY Staff Reporter

At their meet at the University of Texas, the Lions’ track and field team not only broke several records but also had a successful meet overall with their wins. These included freshman thrower Ashley Davis and her school record in the shot put. Junior pole vaulter Devin King and the 4x4 relays set their second best records in their respective events. Head Coach Sean Brady talked about how he felt on Saturday, Apr. 1 about the past meets that week and the one he was currently at. “We had a fantastic meet, and it was a big competition for us,” said Brady. “It was a really important meet, it gave us a good opportunity to check the other teams’ progress and to know what we’re up against and to know what teams we really

had to look out for. But overall it was a great meet. We had many season bests, personal records and even some national records broken over the last few days.” Out of the records and bests beat that week, senior hammer thrower Alex Young, broke his own school record throwing 235 feet, 5 inches and senior distance runner Andre Colebrook rose above the rest in their performances. Brady spoke about how he felt about them and their events. “Andre and Alex both performed great at these meets,” said Brady. “It was probably the biggest meet for the both of them and it was a great competition for them.” Colebrook broke his personal best when running to qualify for the 400-meter hurdles, and Young went on to break the university’s record in hammer

throw for the second week in a row. Brady talked about how he was looking forward to seeing his run despite the weather and was also expecting some good work from King that day. “Andre will come back for the 4x4 relay this afternoon,” said Brady. “He actually placed second for his division for the qualifying rounds. But really he wanted to save himself the 4x4 hurdles, and I really think he did a good job. So assuming the weather holds out we’re looking forward to his performance at these meets, along with Devin King we think we’ll see some pretty great things.” Brady had much to say about how proud he was of Colebrook’s and Young’s performances inside the classroom as well as on the track and the field. “Alex and Andre are both poster children when it comes

to athletics,” said Brady. “As coaches we are always really happy to have the opportunity to coach athletes such as these fine young men. They’re both grad school students, so they’re both taking grad student classes and they’re really doing well in school and I’m really pleased with them. So they’re great team members and very mature athletes.” Overall, Brady was very happy with Colebrook and Young and talked about how he looked forward to seeing them in the rest of the season as well as how he was pleased with the team as a whole. “Students like these are always a complete pleasure to coach,” said Brady. “They are very pleasant and nice during practices and always ready to give it their all. Athletes like these are sadly not the norm, but really their not unique on

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They make coaching them a real pleasant experience, and I’m really looking forward to what they do next.”

Annual spring game caps off Lions football practice till the fall SARAH HESS Staff Reporter

The Lions football team sharpened their claws and tested their skills for the upcoming 2017 football season with a scrimmage match at Strawberry Stadium. The game was held on Apr. 1 as one of the many events for Super Lion Saturday. Many spectators and participants joined in for events such as the Green and Gold 5K and Fun Run, Lady Lions softball game and Lions baseball game. The football game kicked off at 2 p.m. where the team was pitted against one another to test the players’ skills and showcase their improvements from their training regimen. The team was strategically divided with offense and specialists in Southeastern Gold and defense in Southeastern Green. Assistant head coach Brandon Lacy discussed the main goal of the scrimmage. “The big thing today was to get better than you were last week,” said Lacy. “Become a better team. Become a better unit. If one team comes out strong, then we’ll see the other team respond. You saw right there, we came out defense going a little bit, then what happened the offense came back with a couple scores. That’s what you want the back and forth battle. Coach Roberts says all the time, ‘Iron sharpens iron.’ So, that’s the only way you get better. If I bring my best and you bring your best and we bring

our best, collectively together, then we’re going to get better as a team and that’s what we want to do in these games.” The final score of the game resulted in the gold team beating the green team 44-11. This game was an evaluation on potential starting linemen and an opportunity to assess the things the team needs to work on for the upcoming season. Head Coach Ron Roberts believes that the team has improved and states the areas of improvement. “Well, now it’s time for us to get back in the weight room and we’ve got to get stronger,” said Roberts. “Hopefully, we’ll tackle the spring and summer with a little different mentality. I really love our attitude right now and how our guys are tackling things. They’ve really grown up in the last three weeks.” Roberts believes the team is ahead of schedule. “Right now, schematically, we’re ahead,” said Roberts. “We’re a lot farther ahead than we were last year”. One key element that the team stated is consistency. Lacy also explained this problem and how they’re addressing it. “The biggest thing is trying to be consistent,” said Lacy. “The big thing that we’ve tried to harp on this season is being consistent and giving max effort. If you’re consistent and giving max effort, then you’re putting your best product out there. So just trying to coach that up every day,

correct little mistakes. But as long as you’re being consistent in your play and giving max effort whether it’s running to the ball, blocking down field, trying to do your best every play, completing every play, we’re pretty satisfied with that.” Junior quarterback Donovan Isom talked about working on consistency to prepare for the

upcoming season and how he has done personally in training. “Staying consistent just getting better in all areas of the offence and just keep moving forward,” said Isom. “It’s preparing me well and I just got to stay consistent. Consistency is the biggest thing in our offense as long as they keep doing that offense is going to be okay, and

Junior quarterback Donovan Isom threw 5-10 and had 106 passing yards. The battle for the starting quarterback position will heat up as the Lions prepare for the 2017 season. Sarah Hess/The Lion’s Roar

we’ll keep looking forward.” Assistant coach Matt Barrett felt the team responded well during the scrimmage. “We were putting guys in situations to evaluate them, and we learned a lot about what we

got today,” said Barrett. “Some guys performed really well in situations they were put in. They did really well and responded, and then we made some mistakes

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Former Lion Robert Alford returns home JONATHAN RHODES Staff Reporter

Atlanta Falcons cornerback Robert Alford returned to the university for Super Lion Saturday. Alford along with his family greeted fans during a Meet & Greet in the Victory Club in Strawberry Stadium. Alford reflected on what it means to be back home. “I feel good when I come back here,” said Alford. “Hammond is my hometown and I was able to stay right in my hometown and play at Southeastern. Once I got here, there were people that were telling me that I could not make it from here. So, once I got drafted, it made me real proud to come back and show the kids here that they can make it from here. They don’t have to go to these big name quality schools. You can stay right here at Southeastern and make your dreams come true. All you have to do is keep pushing and grind each and every day.” Alford played in Super Bowl LI against the New England Patriots where he put on a MVP worthy performance with 11 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception returned for a touchdown. The pick-six from a pass by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was a defining moment for Alford in his career.

“It was an experience like no other,” said Alford. “Being on the biggest stage that you can be on, you know that everyone is watching the game. For me to get that pick from one of the greatest quarterbacks that probably ever played in this game. It was real heart reeling.” Despite the 34-28 loss in overtime, Alford is proud to have played in the Super Bowl and believes his team will be there again this upcoming National Football League season. “To be able just to get to that point and just understand the hard grind me and my teammates had went through this past year to get to the Super Bowl and fall short of your team goal that you set, it pushes you that following offseason to get back to that point,” said Alford. “To make sure that when you get to that Super Bowl that you don’t lose the game the way you lost the prior year. I’m just using that as motivation and keeping in the back of my mind that feeling that I had and to make sure I don’t feel that way again.” Prior to the Meet & Greet, the Lions football team had their annual spring game. Alford likes the potential that the players on the team have of making it to the NFL and continuing the legacy that he started. “They have some talent out

there that can play in the league,” said Alford. “All they have to do is stick to their dreams and just know that it is possible. When I come to visit Southeastern, I hope I show them that if you stick to that dream, it will come true.” For his contributions to the university and to Hammond, Mayor Pete Panepinto presented Alford with a key to the city. “To see somebody be so successful, it’s just exciting and I’m extremely excited for him,” said Panepinto. “He is doing what he loves. All football players as kids from grad school up wish to be like Robert and he actually made it to that pinnacle. As I told him, I’m a Saints fan who has never ever been a Falcons fan but I am now because of him and when he is playing. It’s exciting to watch him.” Athletic Director Jay Artigues was proud of Alford’s accomplishments and how he has represented the university. “So many people are proud of Robert and what he has done in his career here, and obviously what he is doing in the NFL and what he did in the Super Bowl,” said Artigues. “He exemplifies what being a Lion for life is all about.” Alford stated during the question and answer portion of the meet and greet that his father was the biggest influence on his career

as a Lion. “When I first got here, people were telling me that I could not make it from Southeastern and when I would tell my dad he would say, ‘Son, at the end of the day, it’s on you. It’s about how much you want to do it,’” said Alford.

“Ever since I chose to play the game of football, he was always with me. I remember when I was 12 years old, we would always go on the side with the most stairs in Strawberry Stadium. He never wanted me to short change myself. He built that mentality with me

when I was a child and it is still with me today. I hate to just stay at home. He instilled in me to never just sit back because there is always someone out there who is working harder than you. He was always there for me and he is still there for me today.”

Robert Alford, left, helped his team the Atlanta Falcons to reach Super Bowl LI and had a standout performance with 11 tackles and a interception returned for a touchdown. Alford spoke at the meet and greet about leaving a legacy of achieving your dreams regardless of where you come from or what school you go to. Jonathan Rhodes/The Lion’s Roar

Lady Lions tennis continues without a win this month KRISTEN WILLIAMS Staff Reporter

Following the losses of the past month, the Lady Lions fell to the University of the Incarnate Word during Super Lion Saturday at the Southeastern Tennis Complex, bringing the team’s overall record to 3-12. Although the team is short handed with juniors Ceci Mercier and Dalina Dahlmans out on injuries which may leave them out all season, they continued to fight through every game. “My team is a great team and no matter what, no one can take that away from us,” said Dahlmans. “We keep working hard and that is all we can do. Junior player Madina Vorotnikova, above, won the doubles match along with Everyone played as hard as they junior Fleur Holtkamp against the University of the Incarnate Word. This match could even though we did not win marks 12 losses in a row. Kristen Williams/The Lion’s Roar and all we can do is keep working SPRING GAME

continued from pg. 6 in those situations as well. So, a lot to learn from and a good way to finish it off with the physicality that was played with here today. It was a physical game and it was a good way to wrap up the spring ball.” There are three potential players that have been discussed for the position: Isom and sophomores Chandler Eiland and Lorenzo Nunez. Barrett feels the three contenders have improved since the start of spring training. “They all did some things well,” said Barrett. “They all did some things that we certainly have to work on to become more sound and

more crisp, but they’re all approaching things with the right mindset and all working hard and we’re a lot better than we were three weeks ago and we’ll continue to improve.” Barrett sees the new recruits of the football team progressing and believes they will only get better. “Once they learned how we practice and the tempo we practice at, they really started to improve quickly and that’s the encouraging thing,” said Barrett. “A lot of times with new players it takes a few days before you really learn the tempo at which we practice with and they’ve responded well, and we’ve got some new guys that will help us we’re excited about that.” In regards to the new

recruits, some of the seasoned players are excited at the team’s current mentality and what all the new players have to offer the team. “They’re just bringing the hunger ‘cause they just want a spot like we all want the spot,” said freshman linebacker Ja’Hmal Macklin. “So, they’re trying to come in and make their name felt and make their name known. They came in did some good things had a nice receiver come in, a nice D-linemen. They all came in and did some good improvements, linebackers we always came in and worked, everybody wants to work and get better.” Senior defensive back Max Lyons feels new players are bringing some heat to the team.

until we win.” Leveling the playing field, juniors Madina Vorotnikova and Fleur Holtkamp finished with 2-0 record with victory in doubles play. However, that was not enough to have the Lady Lions score catch up to Incarnate Word. Despite recent games, not one loss has taken away the drive for the Lady Lions to win or has taken spirit from any of the players. “Overall, this was a tough match as well as the past few and we continued to play hard,” said junior Natalie Duran. “I always run and watch my footwork to make sure I am in a good position. I try to keep focus and not think about the score and just play. Sometimes things just do not work out for us but we never give up and that is what makes us who we are as a team.” “Really, they’re bringing in competition,” said Lyons. “No spot is safe, so everybody coming in they got to compete. You can’t come to practice one day and have a bad day and expect to have that same spot, even me even guys that been here, so bring in a lot of competition so that’s better for us as a whole team.” With new players and a new training regimen, the Lions are gearing up for the football season. Senior defensive back Max Lyons says this year’s training and the Super Lion Saturday scrimmage is helpful. “Putting everything into perspective seeing what we’re good at, what we need to work on, which is everything really,” said Lyons. “That’s how it’s helping us and the coaches get to see and evaluate us. It’s really an evaluation in spring SOHR-PRESTON

continued from pg. 3 Andrew Wakefield and willingness to listen to the loudest voices instead of the most compelling and numerous empirical evidence. Anti-

With the continuous losses, the team has yet to lose morale. The players felt that the loss on Mar. 28 and this one were still well fought games that they fell short in. Head Coach Jason Hayes is still optimistic for the Lady Lions future success as a team coming together on the court. “We have a lot of fight,” said Hayes. “They play hard. We just make too many mistakes. The problem is this season we have been up against some really good teams either equal to or better than us. They have scholarship players just like us that have to fight.” When asked about the loss, it was certain that his faith in the team remained the same regardless the score or the outcome. “We have really been playing

hard and they have so much pride in what they do,” said Hayes. “When we make as many mistakes it’s difficult to beat a team equal to or better than us.” Hayes also explained how proud he is of the Lady Lion’s ability to push through a difficult season. “Not once has their effort been 99 percent, it’s always 100 and that is amazing,” said Hayes. “I’m not mad. I’m disappointed. If anyone knows, I know how hard these girls work. It’s disappointing because of the amount of talent we have. I know that we can do this.” Hayes thinks that support from the fans is necessary. The Lady Lions continue their season this week with a game against Alcorn State today at 2 p.m. at the Southeastern Tennis Complex. PICOU

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Junior wide receiver Jake Ingraffia falls back to catch a 39-yard pass from quarterback Donovan Isom during the spring football game. Sarah Hess/The Lion’s Roar

to see how everybody can do when there’s people around and people watching. So this was a big evaluation day for our coaches.” vaccine arguments often rely on anecdotal evidence such as the account of the sister’s supposed adverse reaction to vaccination. These single accounts are vastly outweighed by large data sets of carefully collected observations by scientists and they can largely

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be explained by unfortunate coincidence (a shot happens to be given around the time a health problem appears or becomes diagnosed). The story of the sister is so vague that I cannot address the evidence for or against such a reaction, but there is overwhelming evidence for the lifesaving effects and overall safety of all recommended vaccines. Frankly, I am alarmed that the writer are attending classes without having had all recommended shots. Southeastern is an institution of higher learning. This is one place where critical thinking is encouraged and often required. If this opinion piece had been submitted as an essay in any of my classes (I teach developmental psychology and research methods), it would receive an F. Sara Sohr-Preston Assistant Professor, Psychology

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Green and Gold 5K Fun Run shows community’s Lion Pride REGINA PERGOLA

ran with them. That kind of got my heart up and running stretched out Staff Reporter and ready for the second 5k. The 5k is fun. I’ve run it a few times. Members of the Hammond It’s my third time to run it. I kind community gathered to participate of knew the route and knew the in the Lion’s Athletic Association course. It’s fun to be out there with Green and Gold 5k Run and the one-mile Fun Run. the other runners.” Assistant Athletic Director for Scott Henderson’s daughters, Marketing and Development Tom Hannah Henderson and Leigh Dawsey elaborated on the runs Henderson both ran the Fun Run as well. The two girls shared their which took place on Apr. 1 from running experience with their 8 a.m. until the last participant father, and expressed interest in reached the finish line on the south following his university choice. end zone of the football field. “We had a blast,” said Hannah “Basically, the Fun Run and Henderson. “We did this one about the 5k are an opportunity for us two years ago. Every race we do, to kick off Super Lion Saturday,” we always come in holding hands. said Dawsey. “We have all of our It’s just kind of our thing we do. But spring sporting events. Softball, it was kind of fun, these hometown races. We’re definitely coming to Southeastern.” Leigh Henderson expressed that she and her sister ran with their father despite personal misgivings. She elaborated that she enjoyed running the Fun Run with her family members. “I don’t really like running, but I think these are fun,” said Leigh Henderson. Participants included members of Lady Lions teams as well as Hammond residents ranging in age Participants in the Green and Gold 5k run were able to come from around the from a 51 and older group to a 14 Hammond community to run on the university’s campus. Regina Pergola/The Lion’s Roar and under group. Other runners tennis, baseball, our spring games all taking place today. This event kicks Saturday off, and it’s an opportunity for folks to see our campus. We’ll run around a lot of our athletic facilities. So, folks get to enjoy that and also see the beautiful campus. This year’s route will be a little bit different, actually start and finish in this football stadium.” The first participant to complete both runs, earning the title of overall winner, was Scott Henderson, a 1996 graduate. “The one mile was a lot of fun,” said Henderson. “It was really just a warm up. There weren’t a lot of people running, so I decided to run it. My daughters ran the race, so I

The participants of the 5k Green and Gold Run held on Super Lion Saturday began their race at 8:30 a.m. on the south end zone of Strawberry Stadium. Participants ran around campus and had the opportunity to view various facilities. There were several age groups sectioned within the participants that ran. Regina Pergola/The Lion’s Roar came back to run the Green and Gold 5k Run after not running it in recent years. A resident of Hammond and husband of a university graduate, Mark Seale, participated in the 5k. He described the run as something

he had previously enjoyed and rejoined as a result of running with his wife. “I just run the 5k,” said Seale. “I ran the first one that they ever had, but I’ve been doing other things and now decided to just come back

and run it again for fun. I’ve been running for about five years. My wife got me started. She started running, and I saw she was just having too much fun, so I decided I said, ‘Well, I’ll get back running again.’”

Louisiana universities celebrate creativity and academic success ZACHARY ARAKI Staff Reporter

The university hosted the 6th annual University of Louisiana System Academic Summit. The summit was held from Mar. 23 through 31. The exhibition for the summit opened Mar. 23. Performances in the Pottle Auditorium opened the summit, followed by an art exhibit in the Contemporary Art Gallery. Students selected to represent the nine attending universities were not limited to their discipline. “So what if we’re science, computer science or engineering majors?” said Shisir Acharya, a performer in “Scent of a Woman Reenactment” and sophomore mechanical engineering major from the University of New Orleans. “Let’s do this. Let’s just

follow our passion, you know? It doesn’t mean we just have to stay within engineering.” Friday, Mar. 30 was devoted to poster sessions displaying undergraduate research selected by each university. “This gives them the chance, just like my undergraduate research conference in the fall, to go to a conference, meet other students who are doing similar things to have a chance to get the feel of going to a larger conference but in a better setting that’s more friendly to an undergraduate who’s never done this before,” said Dr. Julia Frederick, the Director of the Honors Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. “It’s like easing into the professional field.” Service-learning composed another aspect to the summit. During a break for lunch, Professor

of Philosophy Dr. Barbara Forrest gave a talk titled “From Plato to Public Service.” “I really enjoyed the breadth and the extent to which it was multidisciplinary,” said Academic Summit Coordinator and Department Head of Psychology Dr. Susan Coats. “I could go see a talk about computer programming and robotics and then go to another one and learn about the biology of turtles and go to another talk and learn about student driving habits with texting.” The size and range of the summit differentiated it from other research meetings. “We have a similar conference hosted at the school earlier in the fall semester, and it’s nice,” said Matthew Furka, a junior electrical engineering major from UL Lafayette. “It’s a similar thing, but

the problem is that with all of the poster sessions, there’s only one and there’s only one presentation session. If you’re giving a poster presentation or you’re a part of the poster session, you don’t get to walk around and look at other people’s research.” The summit served to connect students from around the state. “It kind of makes you step outside of your bubble,” said Sarah Prescott, a senior studio art major from Louisiana Tech University. “I think a lot of times we think, especially in our departments, there’s nothing really outside of what we do or people we interact with every day. So, it’s nice to know that there’s other programs doing the same thing or like better things to challenge you and push you to do your best.” The focus on undergraduate

work aimed to shift university expectations. “These summits give you the opportunity to see it’s not just graduate students doing all the work,” said Furka. “The undergrads are equally responsible.” Participating undergraduates were not the summit’s only intended audience. “It’s important to show people making those budgetary decisions and the community the value of research and creativity at universities which has really been one of the major purposes of the university is to be a place of exploration, research and

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creativity,” said CAG Director and Interim Department Head of Fine and Performing Arts Dale Newkirk. The primary objective of the summit was to celebrate student success and develop the interest of undergraduates. “I think it’s a real, tangible, strong experience that they would have,” said Coats. “You know, it’s one thing to read about an experiment that was done in a textbook but to actually see it and to see that people like them do this. I think it would be very, very inspiring for a lot of people.”

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Opposition grows to Iowa bill making many 911 calls secret DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights groups, media advocates and some lawmakers are opposing an Iowa bill that would end public access to many 911 calls, a broadlyworded measure that also could shield some police videos. The bill declares that 911 calls involving injured people are confidential “medical records” and exempt from Iowa’s open records law. The secrecy would apply to audio and video “not limited to” the call recordings themselves, a clause that critics fear could

apply to videos documenting the aftermath of officerinvolved shootings. Calls made by minors under the age of 18 or about minors would also become secret. The bill passed the Iowa House unanimously with little debate, with backers saying it would protect medical privacy and the privacy of children. But a chorus of opposition has emerged as the Senate considers whether to schedule it for a vote, the final approval needed before going to Gov. Terry Branstad.

Attendees of the UL Academic Summit enjoyed a buffet style lunch in the Each of the nine UL system universities selected five students to exhibit their Student Union Grand Ballroom. Boards displaying undergraduate research best artwork in the Contemporary Art Gallery. Attending professors, students outlined the perimeter of the room. Zachary Araki/The Lion’s Roar and their families visited the exhibit. Zachary Araki/The Lion’s Roar

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to develop autism? No. Getting vaccinated is very important not only for your individual health but others in the community that are not able to receive their vaccinations due to age or other health issues. It is not the idea of one person butting into another person’s business but a matter of protecting those who can not protect themselves. Did you know that the MMR vaccination actually does not cause autism? I mention this particular vaccination because we almost completely eradicated measles, mumps, and rubella here in the United States until a researcher named Andrew Wakefield published a study in the Lancet claiming that he had evidence that the MMR

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continued from pg. 3 harmless and do not cause autism or any other conditions or disorders. Vaccinations work best in herd immunity. What this means is that there are enough members within the community who are vaccinated; therefore, the disease or sickness does not enter the community to begin with. In order to have herd immunity, people must actually get their vaccinations. Imagine a parallel universe where vaccinations actually did cause disorders and potentially harmful reactions within the human body. Would it be better to die of the disease than SOLAR

continued from pg. 3 the flu, they can still get the flu; however, their body stands a better chance of attacking the foreign invasion because of the antibodies formed from the vaccine. This decreases their chances of becoming ill or potentially dying from the flu but doesn’t 100 percent protect them from the illness. Those who are vaccinated against measles,

chicken pox, etc., are still at risk for those things, but because their bodies have the antibodies from the vaccines, their chances of infection are drastically reduced. There are side effects to getting vaccinated like arm soreness or fever which usually resides in a day or two. We are concerned about those who aren’t vaccinated because we still are at risk for disease. A mother is vaccinated for whooping cough when she delivers a child to protect the

vaccination caused autism. It was later found that his research was fraudulent. He in fact did not have evidence to prove his findings, and his article was retracted. Before researchers found the study to be fraudulent, many people quit getting their MMR vaccinations, and we began to see the disease rates rise again. Please, for the sake of your health and others around you, get your vaccinations. Most importantly, please do research before spreading untrue or biased opinions that could potentially cause others to fall victim of the myths regarding vaccinations. Kelsey Payne Junior, Psychology

child from respiratory distress and coughing. This vaccine saves newborns. For those who can’t receive vaccinations, for example, someone with leukemia or infants (up until they are age appropriate), they can be protected from a disease because of something called “Herd Community.” If those surrounding the leukemia patient are all vaccinated, they create a barrier against disease for the patient. Immunizations have been

proven not harmful by highly trained and educated medical professionals and their research. Any information regarding vaccinations should only be considered if it is from a peerreviewed medical journal where knowledgeable medical staff states objectively what research has proved or not proved. Cecily Solar Sophomore, Nursing

vaccination.” This is so incredibly important. If by scientific evidence are published. Please more people would trust scientific facts, deadly consider a counter-piece and spread the benefits diseases could potentially be eliminated in the of vaccinations! a sufficiently high proportion of individuals future. Unfortunately, that can’t happen when Sydni Casanova are immune to the disease, especially through anti-vaccination articles that are not supported Junior, Psychology

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