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Tobacco, retirement reforms approved James Richards

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David Dismukes, associate director of the University’s Center for Energy Studies, sat on a panel as one of four experts in the energy industry at a Grow Louisiana Coalition forum Tuesday, although the credibility of his research on the topic discussed has been under speculation since 2012.

Dismukes’ emails, obtained through a public records request by the state and the Vermilion Parish School Board, show a study he authored in 2012 used data given to him by Exxon Mobil, distorted facts to support his thesis and purposely concealed oil companies’ involvement in his research.

The study, titled “The Impact of Legacy Lawsuits on Conventional Oil and Gas Drilling in Louisiana,” was published in February 2012. The study explored the effect of the lawsuits claimed by landowners against oil and gas companies saying their land had been contaminated.

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SANDY START

The LSU sand volleyball team played its first competitive match against ULM on Tuesday at Mango’s Outdoor Volleyball. Read our story and see more photos on page 7.

Watch a video of the match at lsureveille.com/multimedia/videos.

The LSU Faculty Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a resolution pushing for retirement reform in the state legislature. The Faculty Senate also passed a resolution in support of developing a tobacco-free policy for the University, among other developments.

The retirement resolution, titled “Retirement options for LSU Faculty Members,” calls on LSU System officials to push actively for reform of the retirement plan system.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said two bills have come front and center in the debate over retirement benefits. One bill would allow faculty members in the optional retirement plan to transfer to the defined benefits plan. The other bill would establish a floor for the percentage the University has to pay to employees as a contribution to their retirement.

The Faculty Senate has been dealing with the retirement issue since 2009. Much of the stagnation on a legislative solution stemmed FACULTY SENATE, see page 6

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTION

Tufts, Lambert of The Next Step plan to advocate for service Jacquelyn Masse Contributing Writer

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series featuring the Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Student Government presidential candidate Clay Tufts said he didn’t expect to run for president when he came to the University as a freshman.

His running mate for The Next Step ticket, Taylor Lambert, played

a role in convincing him to run for the position. While Tufts attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans, he worked with Lambert for student government while she attended St. Mary’s Dominican High School.

“I thought about [running for president] but wouldn’t have done it unless Taylor asked me about it,” Tufts said.

The Next Step Ticket said one of their main focuses for their campaign is service.

“We want to hit heavy on Geaux Big Baton Rouge and set up a possible semester-long project,” Tufts said. Tufts also proposed a philanthropy project that would work with the Wounded Warrior Project to help raise money for Baton Rouge soldiers.

Tufts said his passion for service stems from helping out with mission trips back home. He has been NEXT STEP, see page 6

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Student Government vice presidential candidate Taylor Lambert (left) and presidential candidate Clay Tufts (right) are running on The Next Step ticket for the 2014 SG election.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Bawdy skit discussed in Army sex case Volunteer firefighter accused of setting fires The Associated Press

Partly Cloudy HIGH 74 LOW 50 sunrise: 7:10 a.m. sunset: 7:16 p.m.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — An Army general awaiting sentencing for inappropriate relationships with three subordinates was praised Tuesday by more than a dozen defense witnesses as a smart, inspirational leader who deeply cared for his soldiers.

But prosecutors had one more reminder that Brig Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair didn’t have his soldiers’ best interests in mind. A witness they called testified about a bawdy skit at a 2010 Army party that included dressed-up soldiers mocking the rumors that the general was having an affair with a captain under his command.

Sinclair may learn his fate Wednesday as his sentencing hearing wraps up, though it’s unclear if the judge will rule immediately. Sinclair faces a maximum of 21.5 years in prison and dismissal from the Army, but will likely face less jail time and may not be sent behind bars at all.

The general admitted he mistreated the captain and had improper relationships with two other women.

He also pleaded guilty to adultery — which is a crime in the military — as well as using his government-issued credit card to pay for improper trips

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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair shakes hands with his defense attorney Ellen C. Brotman on March 17 outside the Fort Bragg, N.C., courthouse.

to see his mistress and other conduct unbecoming an officer.

The 51-year-old general had been accused twice of forcing the female captain under his command to perform oral sex during the threeyear extramarital affair, but the sexual assault charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.

Defense lawyers spent Tuesday focusing on the 27-year Army career

that took Sinclair from the West Virginia town where he grew up poor to a position leading thousands as deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne.

They called his brother, his ROTC commander from college, a military wife whose husband served with him and a soldier who said Sinclair was the only person who believed he had something to contribute to the Army after he hurt his back.

(AP) — A volunteer firefighter from Franklinton is accused of setting 20 fires in Washington Parish over the past two months, according to the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

Johnny Erin Tarver, 23, had been a volunteer firefighter in Washington Parish Fire District No. 2 since November and had been wanted for nearly a week, according to department spokeswoman Veronica Mosgrove.

Tarver was booked early Saturday on 20 counts of arson, and is free on $30,000 bond, she said in a news release Tuesday.

He does not have a listed phone number and could not be reached for comment.

INTERNATIONAL

Radar may have tracked plane The Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Ten days after a Malaysian jetliner disappeared, Thailand’s military said Tuesday it saw radar blips that might have been from the missing plane but didn’t report it “because we did not pay attention to it.”

Search crews from 26 countries, including Thailand, are looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished early March 8 with 239 people aboard en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Frustration is growing among relatives of those on the plane at the lack of progress in

the search.

Aircraft and ships are scouring two arcs of territory amounting to the size of Australia — half of it in the waters of the southern Indian Ocean.

Cmdr. William Marks, a spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet, said finding the plane was like trying to locate a few people somewhere between New York and California.

Early in the search, Malaysian officials said they suspected the plane backtracked toward the Strait of Malacca, just west of Malaysia.

But it took a week for them to confirm Malaysian military radar data suggesting that route.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested for 28 counts of criminal damage to property On March 14, LSU Police Department officers arrested David Clark Stiltner, 19, of 6011 Double Tree, for breaking the side mirrors off 28 cars over a year’s time, causing more than $1,000 of property damage, said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

On Feb. 20, LSUPD received four reports claiming multiple car mirrors were recently broken in the area of McVoy Hall.

One of the victims informed LSUPD of a viral video featuring a suspect committing similar crimes, Lalonde said.

LSUPD investigators contacted one of the people featured in the video, who said he witnessed Stiltner commiting the crimes on Feb 20.

The witness also said Stiltner described previous occasions where he committed the same crime on LSU’s campus, Lalonde said.

Stiltner did not cooperate with LSUPD investigators at the time of his questioning, Lalonde said.

Stiltner was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for 28 counts of criminal property damage.

13 for breaking the front window of the Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity house, Lalonde said.

Members of the fraternity contacted LSUPD officers after an unknown male suspect repeatedly hit the glass on the front door of the house until it broke, Lalonde said.

Residents of the fraternity house were able to provide investigators with a description of the suspect and the vehicle the suspect drove away in.

Officers later identified a vehicle matching the given description in the parking lot of Blake Hall, Lalonde said.

The driver of the vehicle, Aviles-Hernandez, admitted to officers he broke the window when questioned, Lalonde said.

Aviles-Hernandez was issued a misdemeanor summons for criminal damage to property.

Lalonde said.

Officers were first contacted in November 2013 by a complainant who said her parking pass was taken from her vehicle.

On March 14, LSU Parking and Transportation Services employees contacted LSUPD after they discovered an illegally parked car containing the victim’s stolen parking pass, Lalonde said.

LSUPD investigators contacted the owner of the vehicle, Inabet, who admitted to stealing the parking pass in order to avoid purchasing his own, Lalonde said.

Inabet was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for vehicular burglary.

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Visiting professor discusses prospect of cloaking device Technology reliant on new equations Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

Invisibility cloaks might have been imagined at Hogwarts, but scientists have proven that such technology is feasible, and Tuesday, Jichun Li of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas visited the University to teach students and professors his approach to designing them.

Li’s talk focused on metamaterials, artificial materials that bend light and sound waves in patterns not found in nature. According to Li, the properties of metamaterials allow technologies built from them to accomplish tasks typical devices cannot. These functions include shock absorption, shielding buildings from earthquakes and cloaking visible objects.

“There’s a lot of great technology that’s been made from these materials,” Li said.

The first true instance of nearperfect cloaking occurred in 2006, when a British scientist named John Pendry manipulated the structure of metamaterials so that light bent and traveled around the object it covered until it was no longer

visible to the human eye.

Li said Pendry’s technology was too small for practical use, but that scientists are close to evolving his invention. Li emphasized that taking a multidisciplinary approach to the design of the device will be instrumental in fully realizing the technology.

“All kinds of engineers have found uses for these materials since then,” Li said.

Li himself has studied cloak models extensively, and has formulated multiple equations for differently shaped objects.

“I got the idea to make these models after I saw a talk on cloaking — math can solve real problems,” Li said.

While efforts to create a fullfledged invisibility cloak have not yet come to fruition, many organizations have developed similar stealth technologies.

In 2011, the U.S. military pioneered a thermal stealth technology called Adaptiv that allows tanks to travel past infrared night vision cameras and devices without being detected. University professors Jonathan Dowling and Hwang Lee have since improved this technology by studying the energy harvesting properties of photonic crystals and applying them to subsequent stealth devices.

Li said he hoped his talk

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Jichun Li of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas gives a presentation Tuesday in Lockett Hall on the mathmatical study and finite element modeling of invisibility cloaks with metamaterials.

would inspire University students to action and to fuel their interest in the practical applications of math and science. He said he believes that further research of metamaterials will expedite the release of commercial cloaking technology, as will engaging young people and involving them in the process.

Many of the talk’s spectators attended the talk as skeptics,

but left feeling inspired. Victoria Layne, biological sciences senior, was particularly optimistic.

“If we can make things invisible, I think we can pretty much do anything,” Layne said.

Alyssa Levisee, chemical engineering sophomore, agreed with this sentiment, and has already made plans to obtain one when they become

commercially available.

“They’ll probably be really expensive, but I definitely still want one,” Levisee said.

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Investigators examine fatal helicopter crash scene The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A news helicopter crashed into a street and burst into flames Tuesday near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute.

The chopper was taking off from a helipad on KOMO-TV’s roof when it went down at a busy downtown intersection and hit three vehicles, starting them on fire and spewing burning fuel down the street.

Kristopher Reynolds, a contractor working nearby, said he saw the helicopter lift about 5 feet off the low-rise building before it started to tilt. The chopper looked like it was trying to correct itself when it took a dive.

“Next thing I know, it went into a ball of flames,” Reynolds said.

Witnesses reported hearing unusual noises coming from the helicopter as it took off after refueling, said Dennis Hogenson, deputy regional chief with the National Transportation Safety Board in Seattle.

They also said the aircraft rotated before it crashed near the Seattle Center campus, which is home to the Space Needle, restaurants and performing arts centers.

Mayor Ed Murray noted the normally bustling Seattle Center was relatively quiet at the time. Had it been a busier day, “this would have

been a much larger tragedy,” he said.

Murray added the city will review its policies about permitting helicopter pads in response to the crash.

Investigators were working to document the scene and clear the wreckage, and will examine all possibilities as they determine what caused the crash, Hogenson said. A preliminary analysis is expected in five days, followed by a fuller report with a probable cause in up to a year.

KOMO identified the pilot as Gary Pfitzner, of Issaquah. The other man killed in the crash was Bill Strothman, a former longtime KOMO photographer. Both men were working for Cahokia, Ill.-based Helicopters Inc., the leasing company that operates the Eurocopter AS350 helicopter.

Firefighters who arrived at the scene before 8 a.m. found a “huge black cloud of smoke” and two cars and a pickup truck engulfed in flames, Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore said.

Fuel running down the street also was on fire, and crews worked to stop it before it entered the sewer, Moore said.

An injured man managed to free himself from a burning car and was taken to Harborview Medical Center, Moore said. The man was on fire, and a police officer helped him to the ground and put out the flames, police spokeswoman Renee Witt said.

Richard Newman, 38, suffered

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Investigators and emergency personnel look over the aftermath of a news helicopter crash Tuesday in Seattle, Wash.

burns on his lower back and arm, covering up to 20 percent of his body, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. He was in serious condition in the intensive care unit and likely will require surgery, she said.

Two others who were in cars that were struck by the helicopter were uninjured. One of them, a woman, went to a police station and talked to officers, while a man from the pickup walked to a nearby McDonald’s restaurant. Police later located him unhurt.

Only the helicopter’s blue tail end could be identified among the wreckage strewn across the street.

Murray said the crash site could be closed for three to five days while

officials with the NTSB and Federal Aviation Administration probe what happened.

Lewis said it wasn’t the regular KOMO helicopter but a temporary replacement for one that is in the shop for an upgrade.

KOMO is a block from the Space Needle and is surrounded by high-rise office and apartment buildings. Workers at the station rushed to the window when they heard the crash. KOMO reporters were then in the position of covering their colleagues’ deaths.

One of them, Denise Whitaker, said on the street shortly after the crash: “It is definitely a tragic scene down here. It is a difficult time for all

of us this morning.”

News anchor Dan Lewis described Strothman as someone “who really knew how his pictures could tell a million words.”

“He was just a true gentleman,” Lewis said on the air. “We’re going to miss you guys. And thanks so much for all that you gave to us.”

The Strothman family said in a statement that the former KOMO photographer was a “great man, a kind soul, a devoted husband, a loving father and brother.”

The Seattle Monorail, which runs about 50 yards away, was operating Tuesday morning and passed the scene about 15 seconds before the crash happened, said Thomas Ditty, the monorail’s general manager.

Other cities have experienced helicopter crashes as TV stations rush to cover the news from above major cities.

Two news helicopters collided in midair in Phoenix in 2007 as the aircraft covered a police chase, sending fiery wreckage plummeting onto a park. Four people in the helicopters were killed.

The crash prompted changes at the stations in how they operated their helicopter crews.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news

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The study claimed the lawsuits had hampered the industry and bolstered oil and gas lobbyists’ views of the suits. It has been used by oil and gas industry advocates like Don and Gifford Briggs of Louisiana Oil and Gas Association to back their claims that the state’s legal climate is causing the industry to leave for greener pastures, The Ind reported.

According to a March 2012 police report, Dismukes crashed his car into the car of a process server who said Dismukes was attempting to avoid being served a subpoena in connection with his 2012 study.

Dismukes said Tuesday he could not comment on the speculation concerning the 2012 study because of the subpoenas issued.

The emails show the involvement of the Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corporation in Dismukes’ research, and he said in an email given to The Daily Reveille that he was under pressure to produce the report. In another email, he said he wasn’t sure how he would “fess-up” to where some of the information used in his study came from because it was provided by an oil company.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

She said she enjoyed serving as a S.T.R.I.P.E.S. leader this past on mission trips to places like summer.

“It was great to know that I South America and helped renovate could impact stuschools in the Yu‘There’s so much to do, dents before they catan Peninsula. freshmen, “It feels so but I’m enjoying this become that’s the best regood and so right for some reason.’ ward I’ve ever to help somebody seen,” Lambert and to be involved said. in the community,” Clay Tufts The biggest Tufts said.

SG presidential candidate surprise for Tufts It’s Tufts’ third year in SG and he currently from election season is the joy of serves as the director of external af- campaigning. fairs and as a small group leader for “Its like ‘Oh my god, why do the freshman leadership council.

I like this?’ There’s so much to do, As a political science junior but I’m enjoying this for some reawith a business minor, Tufts said he son,” Tufts said. wants to either attend law school or business school in the future.

The Next Step also wants to Contact Jacquelyn Masse at reach out to more businesses in Bajmasse@lsureveille.com ton Rouge to have more sponsorships in the future.

The candidates said they have already received great student feedback.

Lambert said many of the students appreciated the proposed renewing library fund, which would add more desks and computers to the Middleton Library. Students also showed interest in campus Catholic Charities lighting and testing center parking, they said.

Lambert is a junior who is www.CrisisPregnancySupport.org currently a Center for Advising Providing help to women of all faiths for over 50 years. and Counseling council president, a small group leader for freshman leadership council and an ambassador.

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from the lack of presence University faculty had and continues to have in the legislature, Cope said.

Member-at-Large Judith Sylvester’s resolution for a tobacco free campus passed in the Faculty Senate with a close vote. The resolution recommends the University ban “any and all forms of tobacco” from campus.

Senators raised concerns prior to the vote about enforcement of the bill, saying there was no reason to pass a resolution about a policy that won’t be enforced. Sylvester reiterated the desire to create a healthy campus, regardless of what legislation compels the University to do.

Sylvester said other Southeastern Conference schools are adopting smoke-free and tobacco-free policies. Although, she was unable

to provide statistics on the success of a non-punitive policy at a peer institution.

Elliott Thompson, director of academic affairs for the executive staff of Student Government, told the Faculty Senate a draft of a proposed honor code for students will be introduced to the SG senate tonight. Thompson said pending edits and approval by the SG senate, the Faculty Senate will give input at its April meeting.

The proposed honor code is about upholding academic integrity, Thompson said. There are plans to eventually integrate the proposed honor code into the student code of conduct, he said.

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New CCT director named Tuesday Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

The University’s Center for Computation and Technology’s search for a new director came to a close Tuesday with the appointment of J. “Ram” Ramanujam.

The search began in December after previous CCT director, Joel Tohline, announced his retirement after 31 years at the University.

“We conducted a national search,” said Kalliat Valsaraj, vice chancellor of Research and Economic Development. “Out of 20 [chosen] candidates, it boiled down to three.”

The search committee had representation from every University department associated with the CCT, including humanities, and a representative from Louisiana Economic Development, Valsaraj said. “[Ramanujam] is thinking about computational issues throughout the state of Louisiana,” said Jorge Pullin, physics and astronomy professor who served as interim director of the CCT since last semester said.

Valsaraj said Louisiana’s economic development is relevant because of the growing popularity of digital media.

“Everyone’s got something

to do with computing,” Valsaraj said.

Ramanujam will replace Pullin effective May 1, pending approval by the Board of Supervisors.

Pullin said Ramanujam is a good fit for the position.

“There are several areas [of research] emerging,” Pullin said, such as coastal modeling and computational biology.

Pullin said being director of the CCT requires familiarity in high-performance computing.

He said bringing so many different people together for interdisciplinary research, like the CCT, can be challenging.

“It’s not just about the faculty position,” Valsaraj said. “But also about having managerial skills applicable in a multidiscipline situation.”

Despite this challenge, the CCT bridges varying fields of academic research together through the use of technology, especially high-performance computing and networking.

“It’s not something you can call a single department,” Valsaraj said.

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

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LAST GASP NIT gives Tigers final chance to redeem disappointing season

Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

More than a trophy is on the line when the LSU men’s basketball team kick-starts its run today in the National Invitation Tournament against San Francisco.

The NIT matchup against San Francisco (15-16, 7-9 West Coast Conference) is a second chance at salvation for the Tigers (19-13, 9-9 Southeastern Conference) after what can only be described as disappointment from not reaching the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight season.

A loss to Kentucky in the third round of the SEC tournament sent the Tigers packing for

Baton Rouge with their fate of watching the Big Dance at home all but sealed.

A fate all the worse for LSU senior guard Andre Stringer, who will spend his fourth and final postseason with the Tigers on the outside looking in. The Tigers never made an NCAA tournament in Stringer’s four years at LSU — a fact no player took harder than LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III, one of Stringer’s roommates.

“Not being able to get [Stringer] to the NCAA tournament was really hurtful for me,” O’Bryant said. “I know he felt NIT, see page 15

MAJOR MATCHUP LSU TIGERS vs.

SAN FRANCISCO DONS: Who: No. 5 LSU vs. No. 4 San Francisco When: 9 p.m. tonight Where: San Francisco, Calif.

Watch or listen at home: ESPNU, 98.1 FM

LSU should look to seniors for NIT motivation THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist It was a difficult couple of days in the apartment shared by LSU senior guards Andre Stringer and Shavon Coleman.

After returning home from an 85-67 loss to Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Atlanta — a loss that took the Tigers’ fate out of their own hands — the seniors were left twisting in the wind with nothing to do but hope and pray they’d be given another chance to don the

purple and gold.

And whether they’ll admit it or not, doubt crept deeper as projection after projection had the Tigers failing to make any postseason tournament.

Stringer played back through the regular season in his mind, thinking about what could have gone differently and dreading the thought of his career ending on such a low note. The more time that passed, the worse the uncertainty grew.

Then late on Selection Sunday, the National Invitation Tournament’s selection committee granted LSU a reprieve. Coleman SENIORS, see page 19

SAND VOLLEYBALL

LSU falls to UL-Monroe in inaugural match, 3-2 Boyle, Hatcher keep Tigers close Tyler Nunez Sports Contributor

The LSU sand volleyball team kicked off its inaugural campaign Tuesday at Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club with a 3-2 loss to Louisiana-Monroe that came down to the final set.

LSU coach Russell Brock said he obviously would have rathered the Tigers emerge victorious from their premiere contest, but their performance against a more experienced program made him hopeful for the remainder of the season.

“I would be lying if I said I couldn’t be more pleased,” Brock

said. “But we had simple goals Hatcher and Boyle said the going in, and I think we achieved home crowd gave them the boost them today. ... I can’t over-em- they needed to pull off the comephasize how much I appreciated from-behind win. how hard they played.”

“The fans were pheWith the Tigers ‘I can’t over- nomenal,” Hatcher said. trailing two matches emphasize “We need them to get our to one and the Warhow much I momentum back up and hawks a point away they definitely helped. appreciated ... We weren’t going to from clinching victory, the LSU pair of senior how hard they lose that game. We were Kaitlin Hatcher and jugoing to fight until the played.’ nior Helen Boyle kept Russell Brock end.” the Tigers in the com- LSU sand volleyball But sophomores Vicpetition late with some toria Boraski and Cati coach second-set heroics.

Leak could not hold on afAfter falling 21-14 in their ter winning their first set, and fell first set, the two rallied in the sec- 21-15 in the second set and 15-10 ond and overcame seven match in the third, giving ULM the onepoints to take the second, 29-27, match victory. before going on to win the match The pairing of freshmen with a 15-8 third-set victory to Emma Hiller and Katarina tie the competition up at two matches apiece.

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LSU junior Helen Boyle (23) tries to hit around ULM freshman Hadley Swartz (5) on Tuesday during the Tigers’ 3-2 loss to the Warhawks at Mango’s Outdoor Volleyball.

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Glenn looks to regain rotation slot against South Alabama Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

When the Tigers welcome the University of South Alabama to Alex Box Stadium tonight, LSU coach Paul Mainieri will have a crucial evaluation to perform.

For LSU’s first Southeastern Conference series, Mainieri constructed a rotation consisting of juniors Aaron Nola and Kyle Bouman and freshman Jared Poche’, but thanks to an unexpected injury, that trio could look a tad different when LSU battles Georgia in Alex Box starting Friday.

Mainieri announced Tuesday that Bouman could miss his next weekend start after rolling his ankle during warm-ups. He said Bouman jumped to catch a ball and landed on a baseball on the ground, resulting in a “pretty nasty sprained ankle,” meaning junior southpaw Cody Glenn could be counted on to take his slot in the rotation if Bouman’s injury remains a concern.

Mainieri will send Glenn to the mound against South Alabama for his first start since giving up two runs in four innings during the series finale against Purdue on March 9, and the Houston, Texas, native is expected to toss two innings.

Glenn is 1-1 with a 4.50 in

four starts this season.

“I feel fortunate to have another opportunity,” Glenn said.

“Every opportunity that’s thrown my way, I’m just going to take it and run with it. I just have to get back out there and try it again.”

Because of inconsistencies on the mound, Glenn was moved to the bullpen for the beginning of SEC play.

His first conference outing was one to forget.

In Saturday’s second game against the Commodores, Glenn entered the contest looking to limit the damage already dealt to the Tigers’ pitching staff — both Poche’ and senior Kurt McCune surrendered eight total runs.

Glenn didn’t fare much better. He tossed 1 2/3 innings, surrendering two hits and one run while walking one with the bases loaded and hitting a batter.

Because of Bouman and Poche’s struggles Saturday, Glenn could find himself being a mainstay in the weekend rotation if he performs well in his upcoming outings.

His start against South Alabama will be his first chance to reclaim a weekend slot.

“I don’t need him to prove anything to me,” Mainieri said.

“I just need him to pitch well so we can win games. We want

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LSU junior left-handed pitcher Cody Glenn (24) pitches March 9 during the Tigers’ 7-3 victory against Purdue in Alex Box Stadium.

him to pitch well. We need him to pitch well. This Wednesday, he’s the most important pitcher on our staff because he’s the one who’s going to be out there on the mound.”

Last season, South Alabama finished with a 43-20 record, including a win against Mercer University in the NCAA Starkville Regional.

The Jaguars are only 10-8 this season, but they enter their series

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Softball takes on Nicholls State Morgan Prewitt Sports Contributor

After dropping back-to-back Southeastern Conference series for the first time since 2011, the LSU softball team (18-10) is set to meet its first in-state opponent this season today in a midweek game against Nicholls State (8-21).

The Tigers start a sevengame road trip that includes this weekend’s series against No. 22 Oklahoma and a series against Alabama, but LSU has an opportunity to improve before taking on the defending national champions.

The Tigers are 2-4 in their past six games, and inconsistent play at the plate and in the pitchers’ circle has played a major role in their loses.

In the past six games, Tiger pitchers have walked 35 batters and allowed 29 earned runs.

Freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello said out-of-conference games are opportunities to become better in areas of need before SEC play resumes.

Nicholls provides an opportunity for Tiger pitchers to improve against a struggling Colonels lineup batting .250 as a team.

The Colonels are led offensively by senior catcher Brittany Marcet, who has a .333 batting average, four home runs and 18

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LSU freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello (19) winds up Sunday during the Tigers’ 10-2 loss to Florida in Tiger Park.

RBIs in 2014.

Offensively, LSU’s power hitting has been productive lately, led by senior second baseman Allison Falcon and freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish.

Falcon was a nominee for SEC Offensive Player of the Week after batting .500, hitting three doubles and a home run last weekend against No. 1 Florida.

Jaquish was nominated for SEC Freshman of the Week after her performance against the Gators, which included two home

runs and three RBIs. Jaquish leads the Tigers in home runs with eight and RBIs with 27.

“I try to focus on the game and the team and the score of the game instead of just myself,” Jaquish said. “It’s fun trotting around the bases.”

Contact Morgan Prewitt at mprewitt@lsureveille.com

against LSU after winning five of their past six contests. They won two of three contests against Arkansas in early February.

South Alabama will throw senior right-hander Matt Bell, who enters tonight’s contest with a 2-2 record and a 5.13 ERA in five starts.

“This is the first time we’ve played them since I’ve been at LSU, but we’re scheduled to play them in future years. It should be a

really good game,” Mainieri said.

“They’re pitching a guy that was their Opening Night starter and was an All-Conference pitcher last year, so it’ll be a great battle.”

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawBarreca_TDR

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Underclassmen accepting open leadership roles

Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

For the first time in recent memory, the LSU football team is without established upperclassmen on either side of the ball to lead the team.

The Tigers fell victim to the ravages of the NFL draft and graduation last season like so many other college football programs, losing 19 players from their 2013 roster, including former quarterback Zach Mettenberger, safety Craig Loston and running back Jeremy Hill.

At the early stages of spring practice, roughly eight of the 22 offensive and defensive starters came from the junior or senior classes.

That number could rise or fall in the coming months, but those eight upperclassmen are the only ones who appear to have their position locked up.

The most notable lack of experience comes under center where the most experienced option is LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings, who played one full game and some change during his freshman season.

But LSU senior running back Kenny Hilliard thinks a lack of veterans doesn’t necessarily equal a lack of leadership.

“Who said that young guys can’t lead?” Hilliard said. “Jennings is doing a great job leading us as a quarterback. A quarterback has to lead, that’s his job. … Who says you have to be young and not lead. You can lead from anywhere.”

One-fifth of LSU’s 2014 Unity Council — a player-voted leadership role among the team — is made up of sophomores and freshmen and two players who did not play a single snap in 2013, including freshman wide receiver John Diarse.

Diarse said he doesn’t think his lack of experience will affect his ability to be a leader on the offense.

In fact, he doesn’t think the two have any correlation at all.

“I believe a leader is born from inside,” Diarse said. “If you’ve been a leader all your life … it’s going to come out naturally even if you have played or haven’t played.”

Defensively, junior linebacker Lamar Louis listed sophomore linebacker Kendell Beckwith and sophomore defensive tackle Christian LaCouture along with freshmen defensive tackles Maquedius Bain and Greg Gilmore as those who stepped up early in their respective careers.

Louis said it’s difficult to view players like 19-year-old Beckwith as a young player because he’s been thrown into the fires of an LSU linebacker corps where players are forced to grow up fast or be left behind.

But Louis and several other defenders seemed more impressed with the way the defense has created a cohesive unit when it comes to leadership instead of the individual leaders of seasons past.

“It hasn’t really been a one leader or two leader type thing,” said senior defensive end Jordan Allen, who is also one of the defensive line representatives on the Unity Council along with junior Danielle

Hunter. “You’d think so with all the veterans we have on the defense, but it’s really kind of a group effort and disciplining ourselves.”

The No. 18 jersey has routinely been passed down to one of the team’s top leaders ever since former running back Jacob Hester began the tradition in the mid 2000s.

Allen said it would be an honor to have the number bestowed upon him, but knows it’ll go to whomever is most deserving.

“Realistically, it’ll go to whoever is getting it done and whoever the coaches feel like will represent that number well and carry it with tradition and pride,” Allen said.

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs_TDR

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Senior defensive end Jordan Allen (98) participates in drills March 10 during practice at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.

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Offensive rebounds, turnovers primary focus for Lady Tigers

Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell has preached two concepts since the regular season schedule came to a close: reducing turnovers and preventing opponents’ offensive rebounds.

The Lady Tigers entered Southeastern Conference play on Jan. 2 against Tennessee with two losses.

When they were bounced from the conference tournament on March 7 following a loss to that same Lady Volunteers team, their record displayed 12 defeats.

In those 12 losses, LSU has given up a 32-point swing — opponents have scored 14 points off offensive rebounds and another 18 off Lady Tigers’ turnovers.

Opponents have scored 215 points off of LSU turnovers in the Lady Tigers’ losses this season, compared to only 178 scored by LSU. The Lady Tigers have scored only 136 second-chance points as opposed to their opponents’ 172.

Two losses highlighted these issues for LSU in the final weeks of the regular season.

The first was on Feb. 23, when LSU turned the ball over 19 times en route to a 57-53 loss to Arkansas in the PMAC. The other took place in

the second round of the SEC tournament against Tennessee, where the Lady Volunteers had 21 offensive rebounds compared to LSU’s 12, outscoring the Lady Tigers 17-6 on second-chance points in a 77-65 LSU loss.

“You look at what we’ve failed to accomplish, and we’ve failed to accomplish getting that win because of turnovers and offensive rebounds,” said senior guard Jeanne Kenney. “It’s always going to go back to those two things, and we’ve really tried to work on those.”

To help combat the problem, LSU has developed a number of practice strategies to help cut down on the mental mistakes for when the team takes the court in the NCAA tournament Sunday against Georgia Tech.

LSU senior forward Shanece McKinney said the squad has been putting in extra work with the scout team, which consists of male players who help give the Lady Tigers a competitive feel on the practice court.

McKinney said Caldwell broke down the statistics for the Lady Tigers, and she took some of the blame for the team’s lack of offensive rebounds. The 6-foot-4, Mobile, Ala., native usually towers over her competition, and she is second on

the team in total offensive rebounds with 72.

“I’m one of the biggest people on the court, so I feel like it’s definitely my responsibility to clear those boards and give the guards the chance to run and not have to worry about coming in and picking up the slack from where the post-players are rebounding,” McKinney said.

With plenty of excitement buzzing around the PMAC in advance of the Lady Tigers’ third consecutive tournament appearance, Caldwell will have to keep her team focused on the fundamentals as Sunday draws closer.

She said the formula for cutting down the 32-point swing is simple.

“We talk about finishing our defense. We’re very good about guarding the play-action, and they know what they’re doing, but we have to finish out our defense,” Caldwell said. “If we can take that aggressive play in guarding the initial and having that for the entire shot clock until we secure the basketball, then we can cut [the 32-point swing] in half.”

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawBarreca_TDR

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the same way not being able to carry the team and not be able to get to the Big Dance in his final year.”

Stringer said it didn’t take long for reality to set in, spending the period before traveling to Atlanta reading a slew of articles by bracketology experts predicting LSU wouldn’t make the NCAA tournament.

“It’s been a hard, tough, tough couple of days for us,” Stringer said. “In our household, we value this game so much and put time and effort into it, when we fall short we’re really crushed by it.”

But Selection Sunday brought with it a glimmer of hope for the Tigers to leave 2014 on a high note in a trip to San Francisco for the NIT. “[The NIT] used to be the big tournament and the one everyone wanted to get into,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones. “Unfortunately, we fell short in that mark, and we’re disappointed in that, but in time, we have an opportunity to play in the NIT.” Both Stringer and O’Bryant played in LSU’s last NIT appearance in 2012, but the run was short-lived after Oregon shooters caught fire en route to a 96-76 thrashing in Eugene, Ore. LSU junior guard Anthony Hickey was the only other current player on the team in 2012.

The three combined for 24 points against the Ducks with O’Bryant leading the way with 12 points.

“That’s the great part about having veteran players is to have the opportunity to talk about past experiences,” Jones said. “That’s what we wanted going into the conference tournament. When you have that, your guys don’t go in blind.”

O’Bryant said he’s expecting similarities between San Francisco and the trip to Oregon in 2012.

The Dons are a strong shooting team with a .453 shooting clip from the field, including 249 made 3-pointers. Both numbers would put San Francisco in the top three among SEC teams.

“We just have to go up and defend because you know San Francisco is a great shooting team,” O’Bryant said. “They took a lot of 3 pointers on the year and they can probably shoot really well at home. We don’t want to let them get off to a hot start.”

This season marks the seventh time LSU reached the NIT since 1970. The Tigers lost to Army in the 1970 NIT third place game, in what was basketball hall of fame inductee and Naismith award winner Pete Maravich’s last game with the Tigers.

LSU failed to move past the second round every year since its original appearance.

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs_TDR

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Opinion Defender or Pretender?

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

WEB COMMENTS In response to Jacqueline Masse’s article, “SG candidates largely agree in debate,” readers had this to say: “I’ve been at LSU for 25 years, and for 25 years I’ve looked at pictures of SG candidates in The Reveille, and frankly I’m discouraged. Every year the pictures in the paper are the same. At the top is the Presidential candidate, a man in a coat and tie with hands separated and slightly thrust toward the camera. Below that picture is the VP candidate, always a woman with a pendant around her neck and with hands together. Are there robots from Greek Row who come out every year to pose for these pictures? Why is the Presidential candidate the man and the VP candidate the woman and not the other way around? Do female leaders on campus always settle for running for “vice president”? For at least 15 years now there have been more female students on campus than male students, and yet how many female SG presidents have there been in that time? Why is that? I’m very puzzled.”

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Defender of the NSA goes after the CIA

Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist It’s a dark and quiet night on the University’s campus, until all computers flip on and their hard drives are erased. All research files and information incriminating several companies have disappeared. Sound crazy? The way you feel reading this is how Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., felt when the CIA hacked and deleted some of her committee’s files.

Last week, Feinstein — chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee — made a speech on the Senate floor condemning the CIA and demanding an apology for the CIA hacking into Senate computers to delete incriminating evidence against the agency in regard to the Bush-era torture scandals.

Feinstein has been a staunch defender of the intelligence community for years. When Edward Snowden leaked the NSA’s PRISM program, Feinstein was quick to defend the NSA and condemn Snowden’s action.

It is only ironic how upset Feinstein is that her Fourth Amendment right to privacy was violated by the CIA, the agency she defended, yet she had no problem with, and in fact supported, the mass Fourth Amendment violations of hundreds of millions of Americans by the NSA. Feinstein is the head of the Senate investigation into torture by the CIA during the Bush era. The investigation didn’t start until 2009 because the Bush administration blocked it.

Feinstein claimed the CIA hacked into the Senate staff computers in 2009 and 2010 and deleted more than 870 files, documents and pages that would have incriminated the CIA. When CIA director John Brennan was asked about Feinstein’s claim, he responded, “As far as the allegations of the CIA hacking into Senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. We wouldn’t do that. I mean that’s … just beyond the scope of reason.”

It is insulting to the public’s intelligence to claim the CIA hacking into Senate computers is “beyond the scope of reason.”

It should have been beyond the scope of reason for the CIA to overthrow Iran’s democracy in 1953,

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein listens March 13 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., during a Senate Transportation subcommittee hearing.

Guatemala’s democracy in 1954, Chile’s democracy in 1973, to spy on journalists and activists in the 1960s and ’70s, to experiment on prisoners with LSD or to traffick cocaine to fund the Contras, who were accused

by Human Rights Watch of raping women, executing civilians including children and attacking health clinics and doctors. So this hacking accusation isn’t too far out of the realm of reality either.

After the CIA denied the allegations, they blamed it on the IT guys.

Then, they claimed the White House ordered the files to be removed, but the White House has declined to comment on the matter. Feinstein claims Brennan admitted to “searching” them.

Currently, the CIA is claiming Feinstein’s Senate Intelligence Committee should have never had access to the internal report and info in the first place. The CIA has gone to the Justice Department to see if the Senate had improperly obtained the documents and committed a crime.

Feinstein claims the CIA’s action to go to the Justice Department is a form of intimidation against those trying to investigate the CIA. Republican Senate power brokers John McCain and Lindsay Graham claimed Feinstein’s findings are disturbing. Graham said if it is true, then it is a danger to democracy and Congress should declare war on the CIA. I’m skeptical that McCain and

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Graham suddenly care about the power of the CIA and surveillance. Only time will tell if they truly do or if it is just rhetoric.

Feinstein has announced she will declassify all of her Senate committee’s documents by the end of the month. Although the leadership of the Senate seems to be leaning toward Feinstein’s concerns, it is a disturbing precedent if the allegations are true.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is supposed to be the watchdogs of the intelligence community. If the people they are supposed to watch end up watching them and deleting files that would have held them accountable for crimes committed, then our lawmakers are becoming powerless to stop the runaway intelligence community.

John Dalberg-Acton said it best when he claimed “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It is time to roll back the unchecked powers of the CIA. Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-year-old political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.

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Emphasis needs to be put on treatment for nicotine addiction BLUE COLLAR SCHOLAR Justin Stafford Columnist More and more public places are banning or restricting tobacco use, primarily smoking, on their premises, but nicotine is highly addictive and resources to help users kick the habit are too few.

Kick Butts Day, a national day of activism against tobacco, is March 19. LSU is partaking with thousands of other activists in the country by hosting a Kick Butts Day tailgate that evening. It is important to take a stand against cigarettes, but when it comes to tobacco, the real butt to kick is addiction’s.

The limited number of rehabilitation centers and support groups for those addicted to nicotine is detrimental to creating a more healthy and smoke-free society. Simply limiting or restricting the places that one can use tobacco has benefits, like reduction of secondhand smoke, but that’s not dealing with the problem at its core. Helping those with tobacco habits should be just as important and emphasized as cutting the number of places someone can light up.

According to the National Institute of Health, an individual may notice symptoms of nicotine withdrawal within two to three hours after their last use of tobacco. For those who are quitting, symptoms will peak in two to three days

without nicotine and may cause anxiety, depression, trouble sleeping or problems concentrating.

These side effects and symptoms would prove challenging to a student at a university with a smoking ban. The trials of life in academia are challenging enough on both physical and mental levels. The solution of reducing the amount of space one can smoke benefits mostly one side of a two-sided problem.

It is to get tobacco smoke clear of non-users’ lungs and to clear the smoky haze of addiction that clouds many users’ minds.

The Tobacco Control Initiative in partnership with LSU Health Sciences Centers New Orleans offers treatment to patients of LSU hospitals. The goal is to implement and evaluate tobacco cessation services.

The treatment program includes self-help material, behavioral counseling for individual and groups, quit-line support, pharmacotherapy and social support. The contact information for a Baton Rouge TCI staff member is on the center’s website.

There is also an organization called Quit With Us, Louisiana, which allows former smokers to share their story of how they stopped using tobacco on the organization’s website.

The National Institute of Health notes that millions of Americans have successfully quit smoking, and the number of cigarette smokers in the U.S. has dropped in recent years, but the number of smokeless tobacco

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The limited number of options for helping nicotine addictions is detrimental to creating a healthy, smoke-free environment.

users has steadily increased.

Smokeless tobaccos are placed in the mouth or in the nasal passage and are an allowed form of tobacco use in many places where smoking is banned. Perhaps there is a link.

Smokers are quitting their cigarette use and picking up smokeless tobacco products to satisfy their body’s dependence on nicotine. Therefore, the common denominator in helping all parties is recognizing and treating nicotine addiction.

As some might argue, there is no “out of sight, out of mind” philosophy when it comes to addictive substances. Whether a person is battling to end their dependency on alcohol, prescription medication or tobacco use, the power of addiction

in the mind makes the process more strenuous than just quitting cold turkey.

More emphasis needs to be put on support groups and counseling in nicotine treatment centers for users who have had no success with mere patches or gum. The over-the-counter nicotine aids do help alleviate withdrawal symptoms and dwindle down a body’s need for the chemical. However, it does nothing for the habitual routine of smoking after breakfast, before lunch and during the car ride home from work.

These are mental aspects that hinder ending tobacco dependency and require empathy and testimonies from former tobacco users and guidance from a medical professional.

Nearly 43 percent of adult daily cigarette smokers stopped smoking for more than one day in 2010 because they were trying to quit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Clearly, large portions of smokers genuinely want to quit, and I believe that there is strength in numbers. If people passionate about quitting tobacco use could gather together and make beating addiction a group incentive, then the number of tobacco users would decrease. However, these programs are few and are generally regarded for those with “more serious” addiction, which is not true. I have no doubt that there are individuals that would take advantage of a quitting program like this for themselves and others.

It’s the feeling of personal triumph over one’s addiction and conveying that pride to others by supporting them that will help tobacco users beat their own addiction. Advocating against tobacco usage is no good if there is no help to motivate and encourage current users to abandon their habits. More personalized and supportive programs are key to winning the battle for a healthier and happier America.

Justin Stafford is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Walker, La. Contact Justin Stafford at jstafford@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @j_w_stafford

Three ways America has failed women in March 2014 OFF WITH HER HEAD Jana King Columnist It’s not fun being the person to call out American politicians and the judicial system for their perpetuation of female oppression. But we live in a country where rape culture, female sexualization and misogynistic comments are common among our leaders and enforcers.

It’s necessary for us to look at the bigger problem at hand, and it is our responsibility to do so. But don’t take my word for it — read some highlights from the last few weeks: 1. Georgia appeals court judge Christopher McFadden overturned a rapist’s conviction, saying the accuser didn’t act like a victim.

The young woman, whose identity is being protected because she has Down syndrome, was allegedly raped three times in her mother’s home in October 2010. The judge’s explanation for repeal was that the female did not tell anyone the following day, saying she had multiple opportunities to do so.

Sexual assault against individuals with intellectual disabilities is rampant in this country. To claim any individual, much less one with

a disability, should behave a certain way after an attack is barbaric. These crimes are heinous and cause mental, emotional and physical harm. The response to trauma is different for every person.

It was my understanding that in a sexual assault case, we aren’t trying to determine if the victim acted like a victim, but if the rapist acted like a rapist.

2. The highest court in Massachusetts ruled that secretly taking photos under a public transportation passenger’s clothing — also known as upskirting — is legal.

Michael Robertson was arrested in 2010 and accused of using his cell phone to get photos and video recordings from beneath the skirts and dresses of female passengers on public transportation. It took two separate complaints from women who were harassed by Robertson before police looked into it.

Now a court has ruled that because the photos Robertson captured did not include nudity or partial nudity, Robertson did not commit a crime.

In America, we have crimes and we have rights. To say Robertson did not commit a crime when he stuck his phone underneath the skirt of unsuspecting passengers and took photos of areas of their bodies that they did not willingly show is to say

courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Girl Scouts of America, with the support of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, started the #BanBossy movement to shed light on why America is lacking in female leadership.

he had every right to do so.

3. The Girl Scouts of America shed light on why America is severely lacking in female leadership and were struck down by misogynists who claim banning a word is fascist.

When the #BanBossy movement went viral, there were many big name celebrities endorsing it.

And there were many small-minded men opposing it.

Let’s be real, here: we can’t ban a word. If we could, I would have been ruthlessly fighting to ban “jorts”

and “jeggings.” This campaign never wanted to censor Merriam-Webster, it’s simply raising awareness to how our language affects ambitious boys and girls differently and how we’re all responsible for the lack of gender equality in our nation’s leadership.

We respond positively to a young boy who shows signs of leadership, but we discourage those signs in a young girl. A female CEO would be called a bitch long before her male counterpart would, and we’d all rather her answer our phone calls

and make coffee runs.

Of course, we wouldn’t admit this outright, and after last week, it’s apparent that we wouldn’t stand to hear any arguments against our verbal harassment of strong women.

Those women are fascists, after all.

These are just three headlines from March that have discouraged me and many other women. We boast about being a land of opportunity and justice, but we won’t convict sexual harassment and we silence the women who could be making things better for women.

Headlines like these can come from Louisiana just as easily as Georgia or Massachusetts. It’s up to us to think critically about these national headlines before they become common occurrences in our own state.

This isn’t the land of the free and the home of the brave. It’s the land of the freedom for rapists and the home of those brave enough to stick a camera phone where it doesn’t belong.

Jana King is a 19-year-old communication studies sophomore from Ponchatoula, La.

Contact Jana King at jking@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @jking_TDR

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 seniors, from page 7

and Stringer pumped their fists in the air, and just like that, LSU’s season, as well as the collegiate careers of its two seniors, was reborn.

“Once we didn’t get into the NCAA, it was very stressful and we had to wait another whole hour for the NIT,” Coleman said. “But once I saw our name pop up, it was very exciting. It was a great release.”

LSU was granted a No. 5 seed and a trip out west to play No. 4 seeded San Francisco tonight.

Junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III is the third inhabitant of the apartment. As the news flashed across their TV screen, all he could think about was his two roommates and how happy he was being able to spend a few additional days with them as teammates.

“I was excited for those guys as seniors,” O’Bryant said. “Andre is like a brother to me, so keeping his career going will sit well with me once this thing is all over with.”

When teams begin the season with NCAA-or-bust aspirations, a NIT bid can be taken as an unwanted consolation prize, often making motivation a problem.

Combine that with some sluggishness from flying across the country on a short turnaround, it can be that much worse.

Lessons learned from a 96-76 thrashing at Oregon in the first round of the 2012 NIT — a game O’Bryant, Stringer and point guard Anthony Hickey started — should help deal with what O’Bryant called “a long trip.”

For a second, throw out the fact that LSU’s returning players can benefit from the experience and exposure of playing tournament games on the road. Any LSU player in need of a fire in his belly need only look into the eyes of their two brothers in arms who very well may be suiting up for the last time.

Stringer is a four-year letterman and has been a solid piece of the program during two separate coaching regimes. Coleman has only spent two seasons at LSU, but his leadership and hustle quickly melded him into the core of the team.

Neither will ever have their jersey hanging from the PMAC rafters, but they’ve been good, tough players since their arrivals

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LSU senior forward Andre Stringer (10) prepares to shoot the ball March 8 during the Tigers’ 61-69 loss to Georgia in the PMAC.

in Baton Rouge.

Both Coleman and Stringer tried to keep the focus on the team as a whole, not wanting to make themselves the center of attention or a rallying cry — they didn’t have to.

“We have to make it happen for our seniors,” Hickey said. “We have a chance to play with them again, and that’s what we’re going to do.”

LSU dropped a 69-61 clunker to Georgia on Senior Day at the PMAC. It won’t get another chance for a proper send off at home, but if they make a run to the NIT Championship in New York City, I doubt anyone will be complaining.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y. Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Moran_TDR

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Raicevic secured the first match win in LSU history in two sets, taking the first set 21-19 and the second 21-15.

“They served tough, they controlled the ball and they took good shots,” Brock said. “They did a really good job of taking care of the opportunities when they got them.”

ULM coach David Fischer said the Tigers impressed him with their talent and resolve in their first-ever competition. He said LSU’s ability to learn and improve had him continuously warning his Warhawks to stay focused.

“They’re such a dangerous team; they’re already good.”

Fischer said. “This team is going to be wicked good in a short amount of time.”

The Tigers will get a chance to see just how fast they grow as a team on April 16, when they travel to Monroe for another shot

page 19 at the Warhawks.

Until then, the Tigers will continue to treat each game as a learning experience and gain confidence and momentum along the way.

LSU will now embark on a month-long series of road games before they return to Mango’s to close out its season against UAB and Tulane for the program’s first Battle on the Bayou.”

The Tigers will begin their road trip this weekend when

they travel to Columbia, S.C., to compete in the Gamecock Invitational with other collegiate sand volleyball programs around the nation, including South Carolina and Oregon.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

CELEBRATE

National Kick Butts Day

smoke-free campus Drop by The Fresh Campus Table in Free Speech Plaza from 10 am - 2 pm. show support for an lsu smoke-free policy. get tips on how to quit smoking.

Celebrate a Fresh Campus tailgate from 4 - 6pm on the journalism building patio.

will feature jambalaya and other Lousiana specialties from Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar.

Wednesday, march 19 Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to speak up and take action against tobacco use at more than 1,000 events from coast to coast.