Volume 64, Issue 14 - April 8 Issue

Decision 2014: Students’

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Meagan L. Williams Editor -iN-CHiEf The student body at Southern University has spoken, and the results are in. To recap the top offices, Shanice Mae Sam, a 20year old Biology major from Marice was voted the 84th Miss Southern University and A&M College, Nicholas Harris was voted SGA President, and Sara Ann Martin was re-elected as SGA Vice-President. Announcements were made outside of the SmithBrown Memorial Union after a full day of voting on Monday.

Sam, The Southern Sweetheart, won the hearts of 709 students while Erin Prestage followed behind with a total of 664 votes.

“I sat in my car to wait for the results because I was feeling overwhelmed. When I found out that I won I couldn’t stop crying,” said Sam. “I’m proud that the students came out and really supported me.

There were times during the week

Courtney Jacobs/DIGEST Nicholas Harris, the newly elected SGA President and Shanice Sam (middle), the newly elected Miss Southern celebrate their victorys outside of the Smith Brown Memorial Student Union on April 7, 2014.

when I was feeling down, but my campaign team was really solid. I could not have made this a victory without them,” Sam ended.

Sam’s platform includes implementing the Keeping Southern Beautiful campaign, SU Against Violence,

and Promoting African American Health initiatives.

Students voted Nicholas Harris, a 20-year old Biology major

from Rosedale, as their 20142015 SGA President who won against his opponent Charissa Carroll in a 933 to 438 vote.

RESULTS Continured on P.3

CATS strikes again!

Marchandrea Seals Staff WritEr A Capitol Area Transit system (CATS) bus struck the side of a parked white Highlander in front of the John B. Cade library on the morning of April 7. The Highlander that belonged to Murelle Harrison, an Associate Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences is now missing the entire front bumper, which started to rip from the left side of the vehicle. A lady leaving from Augustus C. Blanks saw the vehicle and left the scene to notify Harrison.

The young lady repeated to Harrison “It’s not good.”

“The accident really did not bother me much”, said Harrison. ‘Those are material things and

the car is a year old but it can be replaced.”

Harrison went down to the scene soon afterwards.

“Well, right now they are waiting for the Chief Justice to come and I would know rather I am going to get a car,” said Harrison.

“I hope it’s a rental.”

The police [SUPD] handled the accident very nicely Harrison commented. The police told Harrison that the man who drove the bus is a responsible and good driver. CATS’personnel told Harrison that the male bus driver was a very responsible driver and just had an accident that morning.

“I think he just came over to the side a little to much,” said Harrison.”

The male bus driver

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did not apologize or speak to Harrison.

Students gathered around the accident and took many pictures, putting them on social media websites.

A freshman Criminal Justice major from Kentwood, La Darius Williams discussed what he witnesses when the accident occurred.

“I was standing outside campaigning and then heard a lot of noise, said Williams. “ I looked up and saw the bus hit the car.”

“Everyone’s reaction was that they ran to the bus, took pictures and put them on Instagram, “ said Williams.

“While the bus driver just sat there in shock.”

More information will be provided in the next issue of The Southern Digest.

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(DIGEST FILE) A Capital Area Transit System bus struck the side of a white Highlander in front of John B. Cade Library. While the front bumper was completely torn off, no one was injured in the accident.

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SGA President

Miss Southern

SGA Vice President

Chief Justice

Nicholas Harris

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Sara Martin

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Shanice Sam

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Trenton Holt

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Charissa Carroll

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Vance Mitchell

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Erin Prestage

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Mark McGee

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Men’s Federation President

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Joshua Ross

Jerry Kinchen

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Travante Johnson

RESULTS from P.1

“I’m glad to have the students on my side, but now I know that it is my job to keep the students on my side,” said Harris.

“I am dedicated to finishing my year out as Junior Class President, but I will start planning now to reconstruct SGA, get students involved, but overall, I’m just ready to start working,” Harris ended.

Harris’ platform includes remastering the “Blue P.R.I.N.T of SU.” His acronym: P-Pride, R-Recruiting and Retention,

I-Integrity, N-Networking, and T-Transparency.

Sara Ann Martin, a 21-year old Political Science major from Denham Springs was re-elected by the students to be the 20142015 SGA Vice-President. Her platform is, “improving campus issues with a hands on approach.”

The student body continuously referred to Martin as, “The one they can count on.”

“I’m overwhelmed with the amount of student support because that means that they still believe that I can

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give them the change that they need,” said Martin.

Students had numerous opportunities throughout last week to meet and get to know the numerous candidates who were running for various SGA positions.

Along with voting for the three overall positions, students also voted for their class President, Class Queen, Chief Justice, and four referendums.

These referendums included: 1) Support of a new self-assessed non-refundable fee of ten dollars for a Campus Security

** (Junior Class President) John Carmouche and Lydell McClemore will be in a runoff election held Wednesday in the Cotillion Ballroom from 9a.m. to 5p.m. ** (Miss Junior) Alexis Calhoun and Mar’Lesha Hollins will be in a runoff election held Wednesday in the Cotillion Ballroom from 9a.m. to 5p.m..

Enhancement, 2) Support of a new self-assessed non-refundable fee of ten dollars for Campus Beautification, 3) Support of a non-refundable fee of ten dollars for Southern University Sustainability Initiative Fee, and 4) Support of a selfassessed non-refundable fee from one dollar to three dollars for the Jaguar Ambassadors.

Students voted “no” to all referendums except for Referendum 2.

Garry Williams, a senior criminal justice major from

Shreveport served as this year’s election commissioner.

Williams took on the extensive task of overseeing this year’s candidates and their campaigns.

“My job was very difficult at times, but the candidates made it great.

All of the candidates loved what they were vying for so seeing the expressions on their faces after the election results was the most enjoyable part,” Williams ended.

Runoffs will take place on Wednesday April 9th in the Cotillion Ballroom.

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Devin Jenkins places 4th in the nation Felix Cunningham III Sports Editor The blast of smoke begins the race and the hungry eyes of the racer sees one thing; the finish line.

To watch these runners of Southern University’s track team is to see pure talent at its greatest peak. Honorably noted is the Southern University’s sprinter, Devin Jenkins.

Hawaii native, Jenkins is a 20-year-old sophomore Mechanical Engineering major from Kapolei High School, located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

The most memorable race for Jenkins is when he ran in the Junior Olympics, in his junior year of high school and with no seed time he finished seventh overall before his career at Southern.

He is a 6’0 sprinter that specializes in 10 meter and 4x100 meter races under the tutelage of Coach Brian Johnson.

“I am very proud of my runner and to see that Southern is on the map for

Astavven Cotton/DIGEST SU Sophmore Devin Jenkins readies for his practice run at Roscoe J Moore track. Jenkins ran the fastest seed time

at the Texas Southern relays in Houston

my program,” said Johnson.

Johnson approached Jenkins when he was in high school and made him welcome to be apart of the track team.

“Coach Johnson doesn’t teach me to be a better athlete but to be a better person because he wants me to graduate and hey, I want to graduate too,” said Jenkins.

On March 21,, Jenkins claimed the highest achievement in track, by becoming number one in the nation when he ran the fastest seed time of 10.18 seconds at the Texas Southern relays in Houston.

“When you play in the SWAC, I run with men of my caliber and I was very grateful to be placed at number one

because of the hard work I put in to get that.” said Jenkins.

Then came the holy grail of sports, the Texas Relays, where competition and schools from abroad compete to claim that spot and that they did. Jenkins representing Southern placed fourth in the finals on the 100-meter race with a time of 10.19 seconds. This now places Jenkins fourth place in the nation.

“This race was more of a push for me because of runners that were at my caliber or faster than me and that put me out of my comfort zone.” said Jenkins, “And I exerted a lot more energy because there was lot more competition for me to face.”

Gerald Phiri from Texas A&M took the number one spot at the Texas Relays in 2011 and still holds the record with 10.06 seconds.

“Track is an unpredictable sport and anything can happen because at one point you could be number one and then plummet to lower numbers.” said Jenkins.

Last Friday was the Pelican Relays where once again Jenkins was placed in a crowd that he was aware of. Jenkins was at home at the Roscoe J. Moore Track. He was elated to be back at home where the crowd enjoys him and has people supporting him and felt the warm ambience of home.

“It really felt good to be back on the track that I practice on but I

was still nervous and had loads of pressure on me,” said Jenkins.

Jenkins zoomed past his competition at home and procured a first place spot with 10.30 seconds while his stiff competition from Grambling State University, Kameron Cowan following his lead, came in at second.

Jenkins supports the future and the competition that will come in behind him. His motto is to stay healthy and balancing work and play. Most of all he reinforces discipline and the strict ruling of how to apply it in another student’s life.

“I will be practicing to reclaim that number one spot.”

Southern’s baseball coach Roger Cador takes a stand Felix Cunningham III Sports Editor Southern University’s baseball team is scheduled to battle against Texas Southern in Houston in a makeup doubleheader on May 9.

In their last conference bout, which was held on March 16 in Houston, Texas, the jaguars won 9 to 5 against Texas Southern.

This score made for Southern’s lone conference victory in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The other two games could not be played due to the rain.

But there is a roadblock for such an action called a budget tying in with the “100 percent rule.”

Thus, TSU may not receive vengeance.

For those two games, Jaguars coach Roger Cador said that those games and the expenses that follow are not in the approved budget and is against playing.

“When money becomes a decision, it is better to act upon what is necessary and we can’t play games with money we don’t have,” said Cador, “So it is therefore pointless and better to forfeit.”

Besides a low budget, students have final exams on that week. Cador does not want to strain the students by playing the games during finals. That is also the day of

spring commencement at Southern. Cador also wants the parents to understand his situation. “Student athletes are students first and have to achieve with their education first,” Cador said, “I also want the parents to know that I mean the best for the kids.”The players follow the coach’s lead and take heed to such understanding. The Southwestern Athletic Conference abides by the 100 percent rule and that in turns means that all teams within the conference must play all divisional games despite anything that in turn would get in the way.

Other conferences are not affected by the 100 percent rule. Nine out of ten coaches within the SWAC voted against this ruling three years ago. It was presented to the commissioner of the SWAC, Duer Sharp, and each time the same result remained unyielding. Sharp was unavailable for comment of such affairs.“This ruling does not affect the ‘richer’ conferences so why does it involve the poorer conference,” said Cador, “I’m going to be the voice for the SWAC by not playing these games, even if it doesn’t make us play in the tournament. I have to make a stand.”

Texas Southern (9-4) is placed second in the Western Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference after their doubleheader wins against Grambling.

Southern (1-9, 5-16) is placed at the bottom of the Western Division but did come out on top against Nicholls State, which are first in their division.

Cador said that the proactive athletic director, Dr. William Broussard, backs him up, understands the situation and in turn will help him in those matters alone.

DIGEST FILE

“This is more than me, others are being affected financially by the 100 percent rule and I’m here to say that the ruling sucks and it needs to change now. I am a law-abiding citizen and I’m sending a message that it is 2014 and it is time for a new change.”

Check out your favorite Jaguar Sports online at gojagsports.com for news, stats, and more.

Photos of the week Alliyah Moore/ Digest Shanice Mae Sams cries tears of joy after the results

Courtney Jacobs/ Digest Southern University students anxiously await the results of Spring 2014 Elections outside of the Smith Brown Memorial Student Union.

Alliyah Moore/ Digest Director of the Southern University Gospel Choir performs an original song during Gospel Night hosted by Southern University Residential Life and Housing held in the Cotillion Ballroom.

Courtney Jacobs/ Digest Shanice Sam, the newly elected Miss Southern University 2014-2015, is stunned to hear the news that she has won the title of Miss Southern.

Alliyah Moore/ Digest Members of the Southern University Gospel Choir perform during Gospel Night hosted by Southern University Residential Life and Housing held in the Cotillion Ballroom.

Joshua McKnight/ Digest Members of the Beta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. celebrate with Nicholas Harris after winning the position of SGA President for the 2014-2015 school year.

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The Style Script: Dress YOUR Shape

Sage Edgerson Staff Writer

With the plethora of new spring styles coming in, it’s getting a little overwhelming to stay trendy. But we have to remind ourselves that somethings we just can’t wear. What looks good on a size 4 may not look as fabulous on a size 12.

Harsh reality yes, but an easy fix nonetheless. Lucky Magazine categorizes our different shapes into four sections: Hourglass, Apple, Flute and Dewdrop.

The Hourglass shape is pretty self-explanatory.

If broad shoulders, small waist and full hips are you,

find your curves and not hide them. Dresses with a cinched waist, a line or “skater” skirts should be your go to bottoms and even high waisted shorts and pants to accommodate your waist to hip ratio. Tailored tops handle your bust line and highlight your waist. Be mindful of oversized looks unless you plan to belt it!

Broad shoulders, full midsection and slim legs sum up your Apple shape figure. Your key is to keep it loose at the top to bring less attention to your midsection and show off your slim legs! Avoid

pleated pants and opt for flat front printed pants and bottoms. Say yes to flouncy skater skirts and miniskirts to give you a waist. For your bust, boxy tops will be perfect to mask your midsection. Your perfect dresses that will flatter you are shift and trapeze shirt dresses. Those alone will balance out your broad shoulders and highlight those slim legs!

Are you slim all over?

Small bust line, slim waist and hips make you a Flute figure. The key to dressing a flute shape is to have garments that flow and

swirls! Tanks, trapeze mini dresses, wide belts, and accordion pleated skirts will soften your boyish figure and make you appear more feminine. It’s all about creating a shape you’re a flute.

Lastly, the Dewdrop figure which entails of narrow shoulders, a slender waist, and wider hips.

Summer time fashion is perfect for dewdrops as crop tops are your staple and summer time trend.

Another staple is fitted short sleeved shirts. Fitted shirts give the illusion of the alignment of shoulders

and hips resulting in an hourglass shape. Fit and flare dresses bring focus on your tiny waist, pleated skirts, shorts, and pants flatter your wide hips and big thighs when structured.

Remember to accentuate your waist so everything balances out and flows beautifully!

All in all flaunt what you most love about your shape and down play what you’re not too fond of. Stay Fashion forward! Xo

The 83rd Miss Southern will be involved in the Ebony Campus Queen Competition against other HBCU 2013-2014 Campus Queens to featured in the September issue of Ebony.

Voting begins April 10th & ends May 16th

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Erratic B.B. King performance makes fans blue alan SCher Zagier aSSoCiatEd prESS At 88, blues guitarist B.B. King is a living legend, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with his own satellite radio channel and a string of blues-themed restaurants in New York, Las Vegas and several other cities.

Slowed by age and infirmity, including diabetes, King continues to tour — with sometimes painful results.

In St. Louis, some fans are singing the blues after an erratic weekend performance led to a stream of audience catcalls and early departures.

Concertgoers said King’s rambling Friday night set at the Peabody Opera House featured just a handful of complete songs amid meandering musical snippets, long-winded soliloquies, an 8-piece backup band that missed its cues and a 15-minute sing-along of “You Are My Sunshine.”

“Is he a living legend?

Absolutely. Do I love his music?

You bet,” said digital marketing executive Larry Goldstein, who paid $150 for a pair of tickets plus parking. “But when you’re paying that type of money, you expect to see a show.”

The experience at King’s concert highlights an increasingly common occurrence as musicians in their 70s and 80s take the stage in front of nostalgic audiences.

A recent St. Louis concert by 87-year-old rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry was also marked by missed chords, forgotten lyrics and a backing band’s persistent efforts to cover Berry’s missteps.

St. Louis record store owner Tom “Papa” Ray did not attend the King concert, but said audiences should know to adjust their expectations when watching beloved musicians whose peak is well in the past.

“If your 88-year-old father or grandfather was great in a particular art or craft, and his performance was disappointing,

(AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sarah Conard) In this April 4, 2014 photo, B.B King performs at the Peabody Opera House on April 4, 2014 in St. Louis, Mo. Some St. Louis music fans are singing the blues after an erratic weekend performance by 88-year-old guitar legend B.B. King led to a stream of early departures and audience catcalls. Concert-goers say King’s rambling

would you heckle him?” said Ray, owner of Vintage Vinyl. “It totally saddened me to hear about that.”

Brad Goodman, King’s Los Angeles-based agent at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, declined to comment through an assistant.

Peabody Opera House executives and King’s Las Vegas promoter did not respond to

multiple interview requests.

Other recent King performances have also struck sour notes. During a November concert in North Texas, the bluesman’s voice “was weak and ragged, and his trademark guitar style had dissolved into a parade of sour notes,” a Dallas Morning News review said.

Bob Johnson, a retired IRS agent who attended the St.

Louis concert with his adult daughter, said the dissatisfied audience members were trying to encourage King more than criticize him, suggesting specific song titles or urging him to “Play some music” during the long interludes.

“Everybody was trying to be respectful that this guy is 88 years old,” he said.

“It was painful to watch.”

Question of the Day What do you think about Senator Mary Landrieu being the Spring 2014 Commencement Speaker?

KEITH TAYLOR ANIMAL SCIENCE FRESHMAN MINDEN “I think that’s a great idea for Senator Landrieu to be the speaker for graduation.

I feel she will touch on topics that will further students in their jounrey post-graduation.

JASMYNE WILLIAMS SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY CHICAGO, IL “I don’t have a problem with her being our speaker.

When it’s all said and done commencement is about the accomplishments of the graduates.”

ASHLEY JUSTICE ELEM. EDUCATION SENIOR BATON ROUGE “I think that Mary Landrieu will be a phenomenal speaker for commencement. She displays great leadership skills along with great ambition. She is dedicated to fighting and winning for Louisiana. A great speaker is always good but a phenomenal speaker will touch the lives of not only the graduates but the SU community as well.”

O’SHEA BRAGGS FINANCE SENIOR BATON ROUGE “I don’t mind her being the commencement speaker.

She wouldn’t be my first choice, but I’m not against it either.”

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Weed, Health Care and “The Spring Break Blues” State Money Woes

I guess it is about that time again; it crept up on me so smoothly and I am beyond disgusted. You guys know exactly what time I am referring to.

That time of the year where aiSiriuWa eghareVBa we ditch our Staff WritEr heavy coats, scarves, boots and cotton warm ups in exchange for those itty-bitty, tiny-winy little polka dot bikinis and sandals. That time we have patiently waited all school year for and prepared for three or four months in advance: spring break. With a mass amount of the student body running off to the pearly-white beaches and clear waters of Panama City, I will be here; pulling double shifts at work in hopes to save money and studying like an L 7 square. I am stuck in Baton Rouge.

Unfortunately, I will not be fist pumping to sounds by DJ Pauly D, getting “crunk” with Lil’ Jon and the Ying Yang Twins or even making it rain with Travis Porter.

I will be right here, in the soon to be deserted city of Baton Rouge. I may as well act like a tumbleweed and roll around town en route to wherever I am trying to go because that is exactly how

I am going to feel in the week to come.

But to those who already have their outfits purchased, plans decided, road trip buddies determined, bags packed and hotels booked, please do not feel sorry for little ole me. If your destination is Panama City, the Spring Break capital of the world, be sure to go parasailing, jet skiing, banana boat riding or surf boarding. Enjoy the weather and get involved in all the different parties that will be taking place every day and every night. Music Festivals, foam parties, glow paint parties and anything else wild and crazy that you can image are infamous in the capital. Panama City welcomes at least 500,000 visitors a year during the Spring Break season alone, so deserted it will not be. Try the “Panama City Fly Board”, run into a few celebrities and snap it up, go snorkeling, rent a kayak!

Do any and everything under the sun and above that hot white sand that your imagination can possibly stir up within that long and lovely week. Heck! Even swim with some dolphins. There is a first time for everything. Do not limit yourself to the basics while attempting to have a great time this coming spring break my fellow college students but above all, be safe and make it back to campus in time for final exams. Let’s not turn this into the Hangover Part 4 people! Save all that jazz for this summer… if you do not plan on attending summer school that is.

Fare thee well my darlings, I’ll be waving good-bye from my second floor bedroom window.

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Louisiana Sherriffs Shutdown Changing Marijuana Possession Laws A bid to bring Louisiana’s marijuana sentencing laws more in line with national norms was unexpectedly CaeSar SmiTh, Jr. opposed by Staff WritEr the Louisiana Sheriff’s Association in a House committee hearing on Thursday, leading to a tense and at times angry meeting yesterday, reports the Advocate. Bill sponsor Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, said he had been told the sheriffs would remain neutral, according to nola.com.

Louisiana incarcerates more people, on a per-capita basis, than any other political jurisdiction on earth. That’s in large part due to drug sentencing laws that are among the toughest in the country. It’s a problem that everyone from the American Civil Liberties Union to libertarian policy groups, the TimesPicayune’s conservative columnist to district attorneys have recognized. But reform attempts have traditionally run aground at the Legislature after opposition from the law enforcement community. Badon’s House Bill 14 would have reduced the punishment for a second pot conviction from five years to two, and the punishment for a third conviction from 20 years to five. It also would have removed pot possession from being used as part of the state’s “habitual offender” law. Eighteen people serving life in prison in Louisiana have a marijuana possession as one of their “three strikes.”

On the budget front, the Fiscal Office found the change would save taxpayers $48.6 million dollars over five years - money that would otherwise flow to sheriffs, who get paid to house more than half of all state inmates. Next year’s budget includes $177 million for sheriff’s housing, and any laws that reduce sentences for non-violent drug offenders would cut into that cash flow.

Current surveys show thar Obamacare is reducing number of uninsured Americans

The PBS NewsHour reports on a survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which found that 5.4 million Americans gained access to health insurance between the end of September and the beginning of March as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The survey was conducted March 6 and did not include most of the last month of open enrollment in the new health exchanges when sign-ups surged, meaning it almost certainly undercounts the number of newly insured. Coming after the president’s announcement that more than 7 million people bought insurance plan through the new health exchange - in line with the original goal, despite massive technical problems the survey is another reason for optimism amongst ACA supporters.

The survey also notes that states that expanded Medicaid saw more dramatic decreases in the number of uninsured adults.

Unfortunately, Louisiana’s continued opposition to Medicaid expansion will not only leave many adults uninsured and at risk of bankruptcy, but could contribute to as many as 500 or more avoidable deaths every year, according to a letter to Times-Picayune from two local physicians.

Gov. Bobby Jindal orders state spending “freeze” Chances are pretty good that you missed the announcement sent out by the governor’s office at 6:30 p.m. on Friday a time traditionally reserved for releasing bad news - that state spending has been “frozen” for the remainder of the fiscal year. Administration officials described the freeze as a standard precaution, and the main effects will be to curb discretionary travel and spending on things like office equipment and repairs by executive-branch agencies. While such freezes were common during the depths of the Great Recession, the latest version is sure to provide fresh fodder to the justifiable complaints that the state’s recent spate of new job announcements has failed to produce positive returns for state revenues. In my honest opinion, Jindal should stay here in Louisiana and deal with the issues instead of attempting to run a fruitless bid for President of the United States, but that is not new, Jindal never has never successfully completed any particular job since working for Louisiana State government.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions in this column are not directly those of the other Staff and Administration of The Office of Student Media, it is the sole opinion of the writer.

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