The Daily Reveille - April 2, 2014

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LAWSUIT

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CRIME

Students arrested for video voyeurism

Deanna Narveson

Staff Reports

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The LSU Police Department received a report March 27 from a male victim who said someone posted naked pictures of him on Instagram, said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

The victim told investigators the pictures were taken during a consensual sexual encounter with his girlfriend in a Kirby Smith Hall bathroom suite, Lalonde said.

The victim said he approached Asa Wadsworth Baker, 18, of 3223 Redwood Drive, who was suspected of posting the pictures.

The victim said Baker admitted to taking the pictures and capturing the encounter on video with Xavien Rafael Riascos, 18, of 15639 Mira Monte Drive, Houston, Texas, after entering the suite because they thought they heard a female in distress, Lalonde said.

LSUPD investigators questioned Baker, who admitted to taking the pictures and posting the video online for a short time, Lalonde said.

Baker and Riascos were arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for video voyeurism.

The University appeared in the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to contest the decision that it must release the names of presidential search candidates.

The Advocate and NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune initially sued the University when it failed to release information about potential candidates for the presidential search prior to the hiring of LSU President F. King Alexander. Baton Rouge District Judge Janice Clark ruled in favor of the media outlets in April 2013, saying the documents fell into the category of public records.

Clark also ruled the University was in contempt of court in August 2013 after it failed to turn over the candidate information, imposing a $500-per-day fine from the day she made her first ruling in April. The University submitted the president’s search documents to Clark in September 2013 after racking up more than $50,000 in court fees on top of what is owed in attorney fees.

Shelby McKenzie, lead legal counsel for the LSU System, said the University would not have to LAWSUIT, see page 4

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Students study Tuesday in the computer lab on the second floor of Middleton Library. The lab is set to close next month.

Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

The computer lab on Middleton Library’s second floor is set to close in May along with one in the Student Union, and students are not happy.

Wi-Fi improvements are now a major priority for Information Technology Services and the Student Technology Oversight Fee Committee, and funds typically used for computer lab maintenance are being reallocated.

“There’s like 100 people up here right now,” said Auldyn Dantoni, mechanical engineering senior and student worker, during her Monday afternoon shift at

the Middleton computer lab. “Where are they going to go?”

At its Feb. 20 meeting, the STF Oversight Committee finalized its decision to move forward with closing the computer lab on Middleton’s second floor and in the Student Union.

Dantoni said she was shocked when she heard the news.

“I’m hopeful their take on this is correct,” said Elaine Smyth, interim dean of Libraries. “They have to make those hard financial decisions about where to put resources.”

COMPUTER LABS, see page 11

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EVENT

‘Project Runway’ star shares experiences with HIV Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

Mondo Guerra brought “A Night of Pozitivity” to University students Tuesday in the Student Union Theater, discussing his life and experiences being an HIV-positive man.

Guerra, a former contestant on the Lifetime series “Project Runway,” said he has faced many

obstacles in his professional career as a fashion designer and in his personal life, but his overall attitude of positivity is what gets him through his rigorous and hectic schedule and life.

Guerra inadvertently announced his HIV-positive status on the show after living 10 years in silence with his disease. In a press conference Tuesday, Guerra recalled his life six months prior to being

cast for “Project Runway,” describing his critical health status because of a case of pneumonia made worse

by AIDS. Jacob Brumfield, associate director of Campus Life and assistant dean of students, said Guerra’s presence on campus is not only impressive but also appropriate for University students. Guerra has multiple POZITIVITY, see page 11

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Former Project Runway contestant Mondo Guerra speaks Tuesday at “A Night of Pozitivity With Mondo Guerra” in the Union Theater.

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Nation & World

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Archbishop apologizes for posh residence Glover’s

death still not determined

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ATLANTA (AP) — Archbishop Wilton Gregory seems to have gotten the pope’s message about modest living.

Days after Pope Francis permanently removed a German bishop for his lavish spending on a new residence, the Atlanta archbishop apologized for building a $2.2 million mansion as his residence. He bowed to criticism from local parishioners and said he’d consider selling the new home in Buckhead, Atlanta’s wealthiest neighborhood.

In letters, emails and a meeting, local Catholics told Gregory the price tag was outlandish, especially in light of Francis’ frugality.

The Tudor-style mansion, stretching nearly 6,400 square feet, includes two dining rooms and a safe room. The archbishop said the new pope has “set the bar” for church leaders and others, and Gregory said he hadn’t looked at the project’s cost in terms of his own “integrity and pastoral credibility.”

“I failed to consider the impact on the families throughout the archdiocese who, though struggling to pay their mortgages, utilities, tuition and other bills,

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The former residence of Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory sits under construction Monday to be used as a rectory for six priests after Gregory moved to a nearby mansion.

faithfully respond year after year to my pleas to assist with funding our ministries and services,” Gregory wrote late Monday on the website of the archdiocesan newspaper.

It’s a challenge bishops will be facing more pointedly — and publicly — in the age of Francis.

In the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., parishioners have recently

criticized Archbishop John Myers, and withheld some donations, after they learned the archdiocese was spending at least $500,000 to expand his retirement home, adding an indoor therapy pool, fireplaces and an office library. Last week, Francis removed German bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst after he spent $43 million on a new residence and related renovations.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard said he doesn’t have any new evidence that would make him change the death certificate to “homicide” for a man who was shot and burned by New Orleans police after Hurricane Katrina.

That means the cause of Henry Glover’s death remains officially undetermined.

The officer who shot Glover has been acquitted on federal charges. Other officers were accused of covering up the killing. One was convicted; his case is under appeal.

Minyard said there’s no new scientific evidence and the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI declined to give his office additional evidence to re-evaluate the case.

INTERNATIONAL

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The ministers from NATO’s 28 member nations also ordered suspension of all “practical civilian and military cooperation” with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, though they made sure a line of communication with the Kremlin remains open at the

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On Tuesday, an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 Russian troops equipped with tanks, other armored vehicles and fixed and rotary wing aircraft remained positioned near the border with Ukraine.

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transportation

Cameras to be required in cars NHTSA mandates use by 2018

What do you think about the future requirements?

Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

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The 50th anniversary renovation plans for the University lakes will include new walking and biking paths that protect runners and walkers from vehicles.

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University lakes to receive face lift Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation will work to create a plan to preserve the University and City Park lakes, keeping them from reverting to swampland and making them a more usable public space for its 50-year anniversary.

According to a news release, the primary reason for the lake preservation is the slow increase of sediment within the lakes, which over time will turn them back into swamps.

John Davies, the president and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, said the plan for the lakes will include new walking and biking paths that protect runners and walkers from vehicles.

Davies said the lakes were first dug up from a swamp in the 1930s, and restoring them can increase the quality of living in the parish.

The foundation will hire an engineering firm to survey the lake bed’s depth and soil composition first to determine how much material will need to be cleaned out and how it can be used to build amenities like walking paths. The plan will also build on a blueprint created in 2008 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for digging the lakes to an average depth of five feet, the release said.

The foundation will need to identify sources of funding for the lake project and also design a plan for the lake’s upkeep after the preservation plan is initially completed, the release said.

The foundation plans to

begin the engineering study this month and will search for a landscape architecture firm to complete the project this summer.

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Computers are starting to take on a larger role for America’s drivers, and by May 2018, manufacturers will be required to include back-up cameras in their vehicles.

The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration issued the final ruling Monday.

The decision will “expand the required field of view for all passenger cars, trucks, multipurpose passenger vehicles, buses and low-speed vehicles with a gross weight of less than 10,000 pounds,” according to the final ruling.

This ruling will also satisfy the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007. This act combats vehicle incidents involving children and disabled individuals, according to the ruling.

The NHTSA reported 210 fatalities and 15,000 annual injuries from back-over accidents and crashes, with 31 percent of fatalities belonging to children.

The final ruling states that back-up cameras, or “rearview video systems,” outperform sensors and mirror systems.

The NHTSA estimates a total of 58 to 69 lives will be saved each year when the ruling takes total effect.

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‘When I drive my dad’s car now, I don’t think to look in the mirror because I’m spoiled to my screen.’

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Student group hosts African culture week Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

With an air of excitement, the African Student Organization at LSU kicked off its 2014 African Week with a tabling in Free Speech Plaza displaying African artifacts as well as traditional clothing worn by the organization’s members.

ASO Director of Programs Adetutu Abimbola, who was born in Nigeria, said the week will feature multiple events aimed at creating a sense of awareness among University students while developing a fun atmosphere for members and non-members alike.

Abimbola said while the organization focuses on educating students about African culture, all students are encouraged to join the organization in creating a community on campus.

Abimbola said one of the most exciting aspects of this year’s program is a movie premiere tonight in Coates Hall.

Students will be the first people in the U.S. to view “Half of a Yellow Sun,” a film based on the book by African author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

The film will premiere in the U.K. later in April, but ASO received the rights to show the movie at the event before it premieres in the U.K., Abimbola said. The movie features actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, star of the Oscar-winning film “12 Years a Slave.”

The film is set during a Nigerian civil war in the late ’60s and follows the lives of two sisters while telling a love story in the middle of war.

The African Week will present “a trip around Africa,” where five different stations will represent the five regions of Africa, Abimbola said. The main goal for this event and all the events during the week is to combat the stereotypes associated with

Africa and African people, she said.

One of the biggest problems Abimbola said she has faced when encountering students is that some think of Africa as a single country and not a continent with multiple, diverse cultures.

Saturday’s “African Extravaganza” will present African culture through multiple aspects including fashion, cuisine, dance, drama and poetry, which will hopefully educate and spread awareness of a minority student population on campus, Abimbola said.

Native Nigerian and ASO President Biola Ige said as a senior, she hopes to leave a legacy of cultivating awareness when she graduates because her experiences with the International Cultural Center and the African student population on campus have had such a major effect on her life while at the University.

“When I first came here [from Nigeria], I didn’t know anybody and was looking for a place to stay, but the people at ICC really accepted me and made me feel at home on campus,” Ige said.

Ige said one of the main focuses of ASO is to create a community on campus where African and non-African people can unite and share each other’s culture.

ASO Director of Communications Yvonne Etiaka said she is confronted by students with interest and excitement for simply learning more about different African cultures. When she tells people she is from Nigeria, she is usually berated by questions about her life and her native country, she said.

“You’ll be surprised how many people will celebrate with you,” Ige said.

Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com

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pay the court fees, should the appellate court rule in the University’s favor.

It has been 13 months since the original filing, and the issue of who else was considered for Alexander’s position is old news at this point, said Lori Mince, the media outlets’ attorney, but the goal was to prevent similar events from happening in the future. Both rulings were argued in court Tuesday.

Jimmy Faircloth, the University’s attorney, said the University originally did not release information about all of those considered for the president’s position because the search committee was advised it could be detrimental to the careers of those who were considered. Faircloth said when

the University had an official applicant, who expressed intent to take the position if it was offered, his name was released.

Faircloth also said the University was hesitant to release the candidate information after Clark’s ruling because if it was made public, it could have harmed the University’s chances of appealing successfully.

McKenzie said under case law, when the documents called to question in a lawsuit are produced, they render the appeal moot. McKenzie said he does not believe the University should be forced to pay the fines imposed by the contempt ruling because of the case law.

Mince compared the current lawsuit to one The Advocate filed against the University in 2001 in which the candidates for the

athletic director’s position were not released by the University. In the 2001 case, the University entered a settlement agreement and released the candidate’s names prior to any legal proceedings. The agreement included a promise to cooperate with the newspaper in similar instances in the future.

“This case is just another chapter in an endless case of public entities trying to keep hiring a secret,” Mince said.

A decision will be made regarding the University’s appeal of Clark’s rulings in the coming weeks.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

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‘Keep Moving’

Mainieri should shake up lineup THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist

Expedition to reach her sister, who lay in a rapidly growing pool of blood.

“As Jacy laid on the side of the highway bleeding to death, Jessie picked her up and held her until medical assistance arrived,” Shela Jordan recalled.

Jacy Jordan suffered a broken femur, lost calf muscle and needed grafts on her left leg because of the amount of skin that was scraped off when she slid across the pavement.

But her condition appeared much more fatal in the immediate aftermath of the accident.

“At first, the conversation was we don’t know if she’s going to make it through the night,” Jessie Jordan said. “Then next, it was we don’t know if she’s going to keep her leg because of how much damage that was done. After that,

Hitting is contagious.

When a few guys are swinging the bats well, confidence spreads through a lineup like wildfire, and the whole team follows suit. During those stretches, the game is fun and players can’t wait to get to the ballpark every day.

The door swings both ways.

When guys hit the skids, especially if they are some of the better hitters on the team, it can spread through the lineup and drag the whole group down into a hitting slump.

Coming off a weekend sweep at the hands of Florida, it doesn’t take a medical degree to see the LSU baseball team has come down with a serious case of the common cold. The Tigers caught the bug after spending three games facing Vanderbilt’s lights-out pitching staff on the opening weekend of Southeastern Conference play. It wasn’t cause for concern then — most teams would struggle to score runs against Vanderbilt — but two weeks later, LSU still looks like it’s feeling the symptoms.

After slumping through the first three weekends of SEC play, it’s not quite time to assume LSU’s cold spell is actually a far more

JORDAN, see page 6

LINEUP, see page 7

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David Gray

Difficult past helps Jordan put fall into perspective

Sports Contributor

Everything was happening the way junior all-arounder Jessie Jordan had envisioned when she stepped to the balance beam in the Southeastern Conference Championships.

Nearly midway through the Birmingham, Ala., meet, the LSU gymnastics squad was in the running for the conference title, and one of Jordan’s typical standout beam routines could have narrowed the slim margin separating the Tigers from the lead heading into LSU’s strongest event.

As the Crimson Tide-heavy crowd erupted to the sounds of “Sweet Home Alabama” blasting through the arena, Jordan calmly ascended the beam and gracefully nailed a series of flips and split leaps without the slightest hesitation.

But the normally steady Jordan had a split-second mind lapse near the end of her routine, and it resulted in the first fall of her AllAmerican season.

“I knew it was my last skill, but instead of just breathing like I normally do, I set a correction to myself,” Jordan said. “It was that quick mindset change that made me go off the beam.”

Jordan received a 9.325 after her fall off the beam, the second lowest score of her career, and LSU was all but eliminated from contention for the SEC crown.

But the unwavering Jordan has experienced worse trials throughout her life, and one misstep on the balance beam wasn’t going to be enough to shake her confidence.

“I would have loved to get on that beam and done the best routine of my life, but things don’t always work out,” Jordan said. “You can

only move forward and do what you can to not let those things happen again.”

Moving forward is a lesson Jordan first received when she was 10 years old.

In October of 2004, her mother, Shela Jordan, was driving the family’s Ford Expedition with Jessie, her younger sister, their cousin and a friend in the car.

The casual drive turned violent when an unknown driver abruptly merged in front of Shela Jordan on the highway. She swerved to avoid a collision, but her top-heavy SUV couldn’t withstand the sudden shift.

The Expedition flipped four times before hitting the guardrail, and Jessie Jordan’s then 7-year-old sister Jacy was ejected out of her seat belt and onto the highway.

With glass piercing her own body, a bruised yet coherent Jessie Jordan climbed out of the wrecked

MEN’S BASKETBALL

O’Bryant declares for NBA draft, will forgo senior season

Mickey’s decision still to come Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Mulling his future in his hometown of Cleveland, Miss., LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III turned to his mother, Angela Moore.

“Momma,” O’Bryant told her. “It don’t matter what round I go in. I could go in the first round or the second round. All I ever wanted was an opportunity.”

Now, the opportunity is there. O’Bryant announced Tuesday he will skip his senior season and enter the NBA draft — a

decision he reached this weekend after meeting with his family in Mississippi.

Flanked at both sides by LSU coach Johnny Jones and Moore, O’Bryant thanked the Tiger program and called the chance to wear an LSU jersey an honor.

“I just felt like I put in the time and hard work, and I was ready,” O’Bryant said. “I want to thank all the fans for their support when things wasn’t looking so good and everyone who played a part in it.”

O’Bryant toyed with the notion of declaring for the NBA draft after last season, but ultimately announced he would return for his junior season, saying he needed to improve his endurance and mid-range game before

jumping to the professional level.

After a season where he paced the Tiger offense with 15.4 points per game and added a second consecutive First-Team All Southeastern Conference honor, O’Bryant said he feels the improvements are marked.

“I was in better shape this season,” O’Bryant said. “I heard some positive things. My numbers went up. I shot a better field goal percentage and I looked better out there on the court.”

While Jones said O’Bryant’s departure creates an obvious void for his 2014-15 squad, he was excited for his newly minted NBA prospect.

“We would love to have him O’BRYANT, see page 7

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LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III speaks to reporters Tuesday during a press conference in the LSU Basketball Practice Facility.

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BASEBALL

LSU aiming for midweek recovery Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

One thing is clear since the LSU baseball team arrived back in Baton Rouge after getting swept by Florida: the team needs a confidence boost.

Heading into the team’s first Southeastern Conference matchup against Vanderbilt on March 14, LSU (20-8-1, 3-5-1 SEC) had won 16 of 18 games. Behind junior right-hander Aaron Nola, the Tigers took game one with a late offensive surge.

The next weekend, the Tigers took two of three from Georgia.

Since then, the squad has dropped further down the SEC West standings, and it now sits in last place following losses to unranked Tulane and conference-rival Florida.

But this isn’t a new situation for LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

While at Notre Dame in 2001, Mainieri’s Fighting Irish lost 10 of its first 19 contests. After a late surge, though, his squad found itself on the bus to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.

Mainieri said his current LSU squad has the same potential. He said the key to turning the season around is keeping a positive attitude both on and off the diamond.

“We’re a little bit short of where we wanted to be,” Mainieri said.

“We’re 3-5-1 [in SEC play], and we’re staring up at the rest of the league. We still have seven weekends to go, and nobody on our team is down.”

LSU has its first opportunity to shift momentum with McNeese State arriving at Alex Box Stadium today. Mainieri will send junior southpaw Cody Glenn to the mound, and fellow bullpen arms will follow the Houston, Texas, native following his short performance. Glenn won’t pitch more than a couple innings, Mainieri said.

Glenn has struggled in his limited appearances this season, going 1-1 with a 4.39 ERA with 15 strikeouts in eight appearances, including six starts.

The contest will also be a prime opportunity for sophomore shortstop Alex Bregman to break out of his recent hitting slump. Beginning with the Vanderbilt series, Bregman has struggled mightily against SEC pitching, going 4-for-41 in his past 11 games and dropping his batting average down to .291.

“I think anyone who has played the game has gone through it,” Bregman said. “It’s part of the game, and you have to deal with it. I’m not discouraged at all. It’s a team sport, and I’m not worried about myself at all.

I’m worried about us winning.”

Bregman went hitless against Florida in Gainesville, including hitting into a crucial double play in a tie ballgame Friday night.

Both Bregman and Mainieri have worked on the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year’s mechanics at the plate in a private batting practice session Monday.

“If you would’ve told me Alex Bregman would be 3-for-35, and we won three of the games, I’d say, ‘How did we do that?’” Mainieri said. “Bregman is such an important part of our offense, and the poor kid has struggled. It’s been somewhat mechanical and somewhat mental.

He’s somewhat pressing. But I can tell you this, the kid has no quit in him.”

McNeese State has won 16 games in 2014, including key victories against Missouri, Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech.

Beating the Cowboys could provide the correct dose of adrenaline needed to get the Tigers back on their feet before battling Mississippi State next weekend.

“We’ve got a long way to go,” Mainieri said. “You’re talking to a coach who was 9-10 once and went to Omaha. We’re not going to give up.”

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[doctors] went in and saw there could be movement and tissue that was still alive, so they were able to save it.”

Ten years and more than 20 surgeries later, Jacy Jordan has moved forward with her life. The effects of the wreck are still evident on her left leg, but she now has full use of her leg and is currently preparing to attend the University of Texas, her mother said.

However, Jessie Jordan and her family encountered another life-altering obstacle four years after the accident.

One Friday morning, John Jordan told his wife he had a sharp pain in his back. At first, he thought he pulled a muscle. But as the weekend dragged by, a frightened Jessie Jordan realized her father’s situation was much more dire.

“Finally, it got to the point where it actually looked like he was dying,” she said.

John Jordan was taken to the hospital the following Monday. Ini-

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 tially, the doctors thought it might have been old age or arthritis affecting his back, Shela Jordan said. He returned home that evening, but his pain worsened.

Two days later, Jessie Jordan watched her mother bring her deathly looking father to another hospital, where doctors revealed the grave magnitude of his condition.

“Right when my mom got there, one of the doctors told her, ‘You need to get in the car and follow us right now because he needs to go in immediate surgery,’” Jessie Jordan recalled.

Doctors discovered a life-threatening staph infection in John Jordan’s spine that had spread to his shoulders and wrists. Given the severity of the infection, Shela Jordan said doctors warned her there was a chance her husband might not survive.

But John Jordan lived through the dangerous procedure. After the hospital released him, he spent six months connected to an IV drip and had to relearn to walk before he was able to return to work.

Through unexpected hardships, Jessie Jordan nearly lost two people she cherished most in her life. But through all her family endured, she learned how to push through adversity instead of fixating on circumstances out of her control.

It’s why Jessie Jordan maintained a positive outlook despite her costly fall at SECs, and it’s why she fully expects to bounce back when she steps to the balance beam in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Saturday in the PMAC. “It’s hard to see people just beat themselves up and get extremely upset about things that, of course matter, but don’t really matter,” Jessie Jordan said. “The people around you and the people you love is what really matters. I guess I’ve just taken it throughout my life as bad things can happen, but it’s not the end of the world, and we’ll keep moving.”

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serious ailment, but it’s getting close.

With Mississippi State coming to town this weekend, LSU needs to get healthy in tonight’s midweek matchup with McNeese State.

Everyone deals with a cold differently. Some believe it’s best to power through it and let it go away on its own, while others take a more proactive approach and try to heal through a combination of medication and rest.

Then of course there are old-time, outside-the-box remedies for a cold spell. I’d like to offer to LSU coach Paul Mainieri one I heard often growing up in New York.

When his teams were going through the worst kind of slump, legendary Yankee manager Billy Martin would pick his lineup out of a hat to shake things up. Legend holds he did it four times throughout different stops in his career — it worked three of them — most notably to spark Reggie Jackson and the tumultuous 1977 Yankees out of an early season skid.

By letting fate choose the lineup, it takes some of the pressure off by putting people in spots they aren’t used to being in. By making players adapt to a spot they’re unfamiliar with, it gives them no time to think about the slump, which usually is a huge step toward breaking it.

On at least one occasion, Martin had one of his players do the honors of picking the names. Ideally for LSU, this honor would belong to shortstop Alex Bregman, who doubles as the team’s best player and the guy in the biggest slump.

Mainieri has tried a number of things to get his biggest bat going, from moving him up in the order to ordering a media silence, but it’s only made things worse. While those moves draw more attention and pressure to Bregman’s troubles, shaking the whole team up helps lessen the stress and shift the spotlight elsewhere.

The perfect remedy may be to give Bregman the day off entirely against McNeese tonight. It’s not a benching or a knock on Bregman.

It would be an opportunity to just exhale and take in a ballgame — something Hall-of-Fame manager Joe Torre used to call a mental health day.

But given Mainieri’s comments to the media on Monday, that probably won’t happen. Instead, it seems the two have elected to go with regiments of extra batting practice and a shot of belief.

Working harder and harder isn’t always the best way to get out of a hole; sometimes it just digs it deeper.

From time to time, it’s better to take some of the pressure off instead of piling it on.

Just food for thought. I’m not really a doctor.

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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Martin reiterated that he will return to Baton Rouge for his sophback, but we’re really excited for omore season, there is another him and know he’ll have a bright Tiger who is waiting on those future playing on the profes- evaluations. sional level,” Jones said. “He’s Freshman forward Jordan done everything Mickey said after we’ve asked him ‘We would love to have the press conferto do in terms of ence he is still him back, but we’re undecided on his preparation and getting better.” really excited for him future and is waitO’Bryant ing on feedback said he didn’t and know he’ll have a from the NBA wait on evalua- bright future playing — although he tions or grades hasn’t officially on the from NBA teams sent his requests to make his decioff. professional level.’ sion. Jones added “I’m just the junior got his playing it by ear Johnny Jones evaluations last now,” Mickey LSU men’s basketball coach season and imsaid. “My family proved upon the critiques at a will be down here next weekgreat rate. end, and we’ll talk more about While freshman Jarell it then.”

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page 7 Both Mickey and Martin were synonymous in their praise for O’Bryant, who Martin called a great leader on and off the floor.

And with the influx of transfer guards Keith Hornsby and Josh Gray, O’Bryant said next year’s LSU team has the potential to be great, further complicating his decision.

“I would have loved to play with Keith Hornsby and Josh Gray,” O’Bryant said. “But at the same time, I think it’s time for me to move on and have another guy fill my role.”

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

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I disagree with Adam, and you should, too Shut up, meg Megan Dunbar Opinion Editor Being worried about awareness of Christianity in southern Louisiana sounds like the punchline of an April Fools’ joke, but the more “I Agree With Adam” shirts I saw Tuesday, the more I realized it was a serious concern for a large group of people.

The whole campaign is based on some notion that Christianity should be talked about more, and Christians shouldn’t be afraid to show their faith.

Instead of this innocent narrative playing out, I Agree With Adam is a reminder that there is a group of people controlling most of the country who feel like non-Christians are missing a part of themselves, and those non-Christians need to ask the power-holding group what this missing piece is all about.

That’s pretty oppressive. Not violently, but mentally oppressive, and it already occurs on our campus daily.

You know those pamphletpassing Christians who yell at Indian students about their heathen worshipping of Buddha, scream about women revealing their legs and threaten us concerning our lack

of knowledge about life after death?

The Adam campaign concerns the same religion, and while the Adam-associated Christians don’t yell, their message-spreading tactics make it seem like a silent, impossible-to-ignore cult overtook campus this week, so excuse me if I react with a little sharpness.

Christianity runs so deep in our culture that it’s institutionalized.

Those behind this campaign are mistaken in their belief that thoughtful Christianity deserves more awareness than it already receives.

If Adam followers want an open discussion about the religious hegemony, let’s talk about how Christianity still influences lawmakers — the woolly mammoth debate in South Carolina most recently. And many U.S. voters would still choose not to vote for an atheist president.

How about what’s printed on our money?

Let’s also bring up how no literature can escape a Godly interpretation in the English Department.

This type of knowledge-based discussion of themes, however, is the kind of religious discussion I can agree with.

It’s a critical evaluation of the effects of religion on life, and that’s important. It can also spark discussions of the nature of religion and people’s personal beliefs, which

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A student wears a shirt reading “I Agree With Adam” as part of a Christianity awareness campaign going on around campus.

is valid.

But this campaign doesn’t promote knowledge or civil argument. What we have here is a strong movement by one side forcing the other, historically oppressed side, to approach them.

And no matter how much good the Adam campaign members think they’re doing by being available to anyone who asks, being talked at by wide-eyed, evangelizing Christians isn’t something anyone should

be forced or tricked into enduring.

That’s what this whole campaign champions.

Apparently, Thursday is the day for answers, when Adam comes to campus, and I’m not looking forward to the escalated Christian propaganda that I’m sure will spread even further afterward, due to the amount of money someone has already spent.

In capitalist America, it’s difficult to ignore the implication this

propaganda allows. Money means power, money backs Christianity, Christianity holds power.

Someone paid for the orange Adam shirts, the plane with an Adam banner that flew over campus Monday and the omnipresent Adam stickers. They don’t seem averse to handing out more materials.

I’d ask Christians participating to contemplate what they think they’re doing. I’m sure it sounds fulfilling and Biblical to passively evangelize, but the place it puts non-Christian students — and fellow disagreeing Christians — isn’t a sympathetic one.

In this way, it’s similar to the people yelling in Free Speech Plaza.

The only honest and open dialogue we need is Jesus Talks and the presence of nine churches less than a block away from campus. The resources exist, and everyone knows.

If students are interested, anyone is welcome to join groups run by the churches and attend services when they’re not attending class.

Christian propaganda doesn’t need to permeate our learning hours.

Megan Dunbar is a 20-year-old English senior from Greenville, S.C. Contact Megan Dunbar at mdunbar@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_MDunbar

La. dropping housing discrimination bill not a shock NO WAY, JOSE Jose Bastidas Columnist It’s coming down to that time in the semester when trillions of assignments from all classes are due on the same day, and every student’s anxiety levels reach a critical high while they search for new housing for the upcoming year.

There was a small glimmer of hope for the LGBT community in this last regard, as HB 804 aimed to prohibit housing discrimination from private owners on the basis of sexual orientation.

But Louisiana lawmakers squashed that hope like a caterpillar crushed on the way to spring finals.

While life isn’t getting worse but rather staying the same, there

is nothing stopping the owner of Highland Plantation from denying a student’s lease application if he considers him or her not straight enough to live there, and that is unacceptable.

It’s 2014; places like the United Kingdom have shown their support for equality by legalizing same-sex marriages.

Even Texas — one of the most conservative states in the nation – took a smaller step toward equality, striking down the state ban on gay marriage in February.

But here we are shutting down laws that would make it illegal for one group of humans to discriminate against another group of humans.

How is that asking too much?

The fact that the House even discussed — and rejected — what should be an unnamed right for every person in the state is astounding.

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Discrimination shouldn’t be a word in our vocabularies at all at this point, and the fact that it’s still legal in Louisiana is a major disappointment.

Opponents of this bill probably had the same argument as the supporters of Arizona’s “anti-gay” bill last month. “You can’t tell me it’s illegal for me to not allow someone I don’t like in my house.” And in a way they’re right.

A person has the right to discriminate in the privacy of his or her own home, and that is the American way. However, as in the case of the Arizona bill, this bill was not aimed at people’s homes.

The bill would’ve applied to large businesses and landowners with three or more units.

The bill in no way intended to force conservative people into letting gay people into their guest rooms, it simply aimed to make it

illegal for a person, like a college student, to be rejected from signing a lease because of his or her sexual orientation.

How are those two things different?

When a person buys another house, a place they don’t intend to live in, and keep it for renting purposes, they are doing so for the purpose of making a profit.

This doesn’t make the house a place of business, but it does turn it into a business venture.

If the ultimate goal of having another house is to make money, why does it matter who the tenant is attracted to as long as they continue signing the checks every month?

It’s not an issue of trust because a woman doesn’t become less trustworthy simply because she wants to marry another woman. It’s an issue of discrimination and bigotry.

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rejection, the advocacy group Equality Louisiana released a hopeful statement to the press in which the authors said that even though this bill failed, there is still hope for fair housing legislation in this legislative session, and I hope they don’t give up.

I keep saying that Louisiana has deep-rooted issues when it comes to situations that aren’t considered ordinary, and even if it takes a long time, I believe the group will be able to catch the state up to modern thinking.

Hopefully the state will catch up soon.

Jose Bastidas is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from The Woodlands, Texas.

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Quote of the Day

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”

C.S. Lewis author and Christian apologist Nov. 29, 1898 — Nov. 22, 1963

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I believe that in a game of chance, luck should be rewarded with the highest of prices. And in the random act of rolling dice, there’s really no way to cheat luck. Therefore, Monopoly should add a rule that in the event a player

Personally, a card thrown into the pile that has the word “Arsonist” written across it would make for an interesting addition. It would allow the cardholder to burn down others’ structures. If a player has a house on the same spot where the arsonist lands, the card can be used to send that structure up in smoke with no penalties.

-Justin Stafford

The biggest thing missing in Monopoly is direct bank lending.

If we apply this, it would be more possible for someone to go bankrupt from borrowing from the bank. If a person goes bankrupt as a result of failure to pay debts to the bank, the bank could take all assets and hold an open auction where all players can bid for the properties of the bankrupt player.

-Joshua Hajiakbarifini How about we introduce natural disasters into the Chance card pile? Tornado would involve all players blowing a lungful of air at the board as hard as they could.

Hurricane would require soaking the board in a sinkful of water for five minutes. Earthquake would enable a 30-second shaking of the board.

The upside? Whoever jumps in after the disaster wins all the houses and money they can grab.

-Megan Dunbar

succeeded at life and rolled three consecutive doubles, the bank, as well as every other player, should pay the lucky dice roller $300.

-Jose Bastidas

In honor of a debate on the Monopoly Facebook page about more realistic house rules for the board game, columnists thought inside the box and came up with rules that might help the game represent reality.

The vote-out rule would enable participants to vote out a player who was cheating — “Survivor” style. Yes, it’s scheming and mean, but no one wants to play a game with those jerks anyway.

-Annette Sommers

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Let’s give females 67 percent of what the males playing the game earn.

Oh, and for an added vintage feel, take away their right to own property.

-Jana King

In the spirit of capitalism, I think it is necessary for a game called “Monopoly” to eliminate the practice of doling out $200 to players that simply circumnavigate the board.

The practice of collecting $200 is tantamount to welfare and ruins the spirit of a game that champions private enterprise and sound investments. Why should the game reward the simple task of making it around without landing yourself in jail?

-Ryan McGehee

If we really wanted to make the game realistic, we would implement an adjusted income tax every single time the player rounded the board. Say, in a five player game, we have five tax brackets. The richest player pays 35 percent, the next richest pays 28 percent, then 20 percent, then 10 percent and finally 0 percent for the poorest player on the board. Then we can teach our children that if they have the same opportunities as the other players from the beginning of the game, their success will be rewarded with a penalty of 35 percent of their income every time they go around the board.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 COMPUTER LABS, from page 1

But some students aren’t happy with the decision.

“If someone has a petition to have this not happen, I’d sign it,” communication disorders senior Alanna Dumas said.

The STFOC has an obligation to use student fees responsibly, and the closure decision was made to increase and expand upon technological resources for students, said Thomas Rodgers, Student Government graduate council president, in an email.

Trey Schwartzenburg, SG Senate speaker pro tempore, said he thinks the STFOC made the right decision, which will benefit students in the long run.

Last semester, the STF Oversight Committee conducted a survey to better understand how students use technology on campus.

The survey showed more than 90 percent of the 2,339 participants owned laptops, more than 80 percent owned smartphones and approximately 30 percent owned tablets.

Jane Cassidy, STFOC chairperson and vice provost for Human Resources and Facilities Management, said the decision was unanimous and data-driven.

“This is not something we decided lightly,” Cassidy said, “and I really think the committee did its due diligence.”

Schwartzenburg said the committee feels this is a good statistic for representation of the student body.

However, not every University student will always have reliable access to a machine they own.

“When I transferred here, I didn’t have a computer.” Dumas said. “And I only got one two months ago.”

Dumas said the bottom floor of Middleton is always congested and too loud, and students have a better chance to conduct study groups on the second floor.

“I’d rather have slow Internet than have them take away the computers [on the second floor],” said Anelcia Rayford, psychology sophomore.

Rayford and Dumas said they feel like the committee made this decision without being properly informed, and the students using the lab have not had a say.

“You’re taking away one of my resources,” Dumas said.

Students are also concerned

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“I hope it doesn’t just turn into more book space,” Dantoni said.

The library should be a place where students may work and study, Smyth said, and the emptied area will be immediately available as study space once the machines are moved out.

Smyth said concerned students should make sure they know where other computer labs are on campus.

After the upper Union and second floor Middleton closures are completed, the remaining computer labs will be in 1302 Patrick F. Taylor Hall and Middleton’s first floor. The Pleasant Hall Math Lab will not be affected. “[We are] not looking at it as closing labs, we’re looking at it as diverting resources,” Schwartzenburg said.

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personality characteristics that appeal to younger people as a fashion designer, a Latino, an HIV-positive person or even just as a television star, Brumfield said.

One reason the talk is significant as well is its time proximity to the Wellness Fair put on by Student Health Services, which is today in the Student Union, Brumfield said.

“This is a day and age where we know people in our lives that are living with HIV or AIDS, and it is important to engage students about this issue,” Brumfield said.

Health promotion coordinator for the LSU Student Health Center Seirra Fowler said one of the major issues when discussing HIV or AIDS awareness is the stigma attached to it and the negative light many people adapt.

Fowler said Guerra’s famous, successful and positive status may encourage people to get tested and create more awareness of the

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“We [as a campus] are part of a bigger community that is the Baton Rouge community and this issue is too important to ignore,” Fowler said.

Baton Rouge consistently ranks in the top five cities in the country of people living with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In his talk, Guerra addressed and recalled different experiences he had gone through as a child and as a man who is HIV-positive, including his family life.

Guerra said his newest project is creating a new HIV education campaign that focuses on the arts.

While education is important, Guerra said for him it is not always about educating people but rather connecting with people who are HIV-positive or know people who are.

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Goes first Ring out Rescue You, biblically 59 Polio vaccine developer Jonas __ 62 Chop down

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