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The first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival ended Sunday. Check out our recap and see more photos on page 4.

Monday, April 28, 2014

CAMPUS LIFE

Center for student veterans opens Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

The University’s Veteran and Military Student Services opened its new student center in 318 Hatcher Hall on Friday, providing a space to students who did not previously have one to call their own.

The center will serve the University’s more than 400 veterans, active duty military, men and women in the military reserves and national guard members as well as their dependents to hold meetings, receive counseling and advising and study, said Adam Jennings, coordinator for the Veteran and Military Student Services, a division of Student Life and Enrollment.

Jennings said the center will be open for students on weekdays and special occasions and will focus on helping student veterans transition into civilian life.

The center was formed with the help of grants and $10,000 from the Home Depot Foundation, Jennings said. They will be buying computers with part of what is left photos by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

[Above] Treme Brass Band plays Saturday and [right] festivalgoers watch [top right] Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend sing Sunday during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

VETERANS, see page 15

FOOD AND DRINK

Wing enthusiasts flock to first annual Wing-A-Thon Jeremy Marshall Entertainment Writer

Baton Rouge natives and chicken wing enthusiasts flocked to the Baton Rouge River Center on Saturday for a day of music, community and a smorgasbord of masterfully prepared deep fried confections at the first annual Baton Rouge Wing-A-Thon.

An event for fans and connoisseurs alike, the Wing-A-Thon was a showcase of the best wings in the city, as well as a chance for local businesses to prove their

worthiness in the competitive local wing market.

For The Bulldog’s General Manager Remi DeMatteo, the event was an invaluable opportunity to show the varied aspects of his restaurant and beer garden on Perkins Road.

“Besides the fact that we’re aligned with all of these great companies, this type of event gives us exposure to people who may not be aware of The Bulldog brand, who might not know that we serve wings,” DeMatteo said.

“It’s just a great way serve the

people and raise awareness for who we are and what we do.”

More than 15 separate vendors and restaurants turned up to the event. Hundreds of patrons lined up and dug in, circling the arena one booth at a time, taking advantage of the unlimited free samples offered at the event while also enjoying live musical accompaniment provided by local band “The Prime Mates.”

“There’s wings everywhere,” petroleum engineering freshman WINGS, see page 15

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Petroleum engineering junior Travis Stevenson (left), finance senior Luke Reese (center) and petroleum engineering senior Max Carrier (right) bite into wings Saturday during the first annual Louisiana Wing-A-Thon at the Baton Rouge River Center.

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Nation & World

Monday, April 28, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Diggers find Atari’s ‘E.T.’ games in landfill Ex-clinic

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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A decades-old urban legend was put to rest Saturday when workers for a documentary film production company recovered “E.T.” Atari game cartridges from a heap of garbage buried deep in the New Mexico desert.

The “Atari grave” was, until that moment, a highly debated tale among gaming enthusiasts and other self-described geeks for 30 years.

The story claimed that in its death throes, the video game company sent about a dozen truckloads of cartridges of what many call the worst video game ever to be forever hidden in a concrete-covered landfill in southeastern New Mexico.

The search for the cartridges of a game that contributed to the demise of Atari will be featured in an upcoming documentary about the biggest video game company of the early ’80s.

As a backhoe scattered a huge scoop of 30-year-old trash and dirt over the sand, the film crew spotted boxes and booklets carrying the Atari logo. Soon after, a game cartridge turned up, then another and another.

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Producers of a documentary dug in a New Mexico landfill in search of millions of cartridges of the Atari ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,’ which has been called the worst video game in history. The cartridges were buried there in 1983.

assembled gaming fans one cartridge retrieved from the site and said that hundreds more were in the surrounding mounds of garbage.

About 200 residents and game enthusiasts gathered early Saturday at the old landfill in Alamogordo to watch crews search for up to a million discarded copies of “E.T. The Extraterrestrial” that the game’s maker wanted to hide forever.

“I feel pretty relieved and psyched that they actually got to see something,” Penn said as members of the production team sifted through the mounds of trash, pulling out boxes, games and other Atari products.

Most of the crowd left the landfill before the discovery, turned away by strong winds that kicked up massive clouds of dust mingled with garbage.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Louisiana businessman convicted of distributing oxycodone and methadone pills in eastern Kentucky will get a chance to argue for his freedom before a federal appeals court.

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati has set a June 18 hearing date for 48-year-old Michael Leman of Slidell. A jury in Lexington convicted Leman in 2011 of using medical clinics to prescribe the drugs to bogus patients. He was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

From 2004 to 2008, authorities say, runners would travel from Kentucky to Leman-owned clinics in Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio to pick up prescriptions for drugs.

INTERNATIONAL

Abbas calls Holocaust ‘heinous crime’ The Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian president on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history, voicing a rare acknowledgment of Jewish suffering shortly before Israel held its annual memorial for victims of the Nazi genocide.

President Mahmoud Abbas’ announcement appeared to be aimed at reaching out to Israeli public opinion at a time of deep crisis in U.S.-backed peace efforts. Israelis frequently claim the Palestinians are not sincere about

wanting peace.

While Israel’s national Holocaust memorial said Abbas’ comments may be a step in the right direction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed them aside.

He said Abbas’ renewed attempts to reconcile with the Islamic militant movement Hamas raised doubts about the Palestinian leader’s intentions. Hamas, a movement sworn to Israel’s destruction, has questioned the Holocaust and blocked the subject from being taught in schools in the Gaza Strip.

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STATE

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LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE

Louisiana Bible bill withdrawn, LGBT legislation pulled lagging in degree rankings Quint Forgey Staff Writer

James Richards Staff Writer

Louisiana is falling behind the rest of the country when it comes to holding college degrees, certifications and other post-secondary education credentials.

A new report published Tuesday ranks Louisiana 49th in the country in the number of college graduates as a percentage of the population, with 29.1 percent of the state’s nearly 2.4 million working age adults holding either a two- or four-year degree.

Louisiana has a long way to go to catch up with the national average of 39.4 percent and an even longer way to catch up with Massachusetts, which leads the nation at 50.5 percent — the only state in which a majority of its population holds degrees.

The report was the fourth published by the Lumina Foundation — a private nonprofit committed to getting 60 percent of Americans a college degree, certification in some field or other credentials by 2025, according to its website.

The state ranked better than only West Virginia, where 27.8 percent held a degree. The Baton Rouge and New Orleans metropolitan areas fared slightly better than the state at large, with about 33 percent of the population in both areas having some kind of post-secondary education.

The Pelican State is also lagging significantly in long-term growth prospects for degree growth, with the report projecting only 34.5 percent of the working age population will have a degree by 2025.

The report noted Louisiana has seen growth over the past four years, with 1.2 percent increase from 2011 to 2012, as compared to the 0.3 percent drop from 2010 to 2011.

Lumina’s study illuminates racial distributions of degrees, showing Asians leading the state with about 47 percent holding a degree.

Native Americans and AfricanAmericans have the smallest concentration of degrees, with about 16 and 18 percent respectively. These deficits are worse than the national average of about 27 percent for African-Americans and 23 percent for Native Americans.

The most underrepresented racial group in regard to college degrees in the U.S. is Hispanics, with 20 percent of the country’s Hispanic population having attained a college degree. In Louisiana, they’re the third best, with nearly 23 percent of the state’s Hispanic population holding a degree.

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The Bible is no longer in contention to become Louisiana’s official state book, after Rep. Thomas Carmody Jr., R-Shreveport, withdrew his provocative bill from the legislature’s docket Monday.

Carmody’s original draft of the bill only sought to designate a single, historic copy of the Bible found in the Louisiana State Museum as the official book. However, when the bill reached the House Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural affairs, the language of the legislation had been changed to designate the standard King James version of the Bible as the state book.

Though the amended bill cleared the committee and was headed to a full vote on the

House floor, Carmody pulled his legislation because he said it had become a distraction, according to NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune.

Drug penalties increased This past week in the legislature reflected Louisiana lawmakers’ evident desire to maintain strict drug penalties in the state, as the Senate voted Monday to increase the maximum sentence for heroin distribution or possession to 99 years.

The bill, by Sen. Dan Claitor of Baton Rouge, was passed by a 32-vote margin and increases the penalty from the current maximum of 50 years. Claitor’s bill now heads to the House.

In more bad news for drug rights activists, a Senate judiciary committee killed a bill Tuesday that would have decreased

penalties for marijuana possession.

SB 323, sponsored by Sen. J.P. Morrell, would have lessened the maximum penalty for any marijuana offense to either six months of jail time or a $100 fine.

after the legislature voted to uphold the state’s unconstitutional anti-sodomy statutes.

Proponents of equal rights did receive a small victory in the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday when lawmakers passed a bill aimed toward guaranteeing equal pay for women.

Sen. Karen Carter Peterson of New Orleans’ bill would make it illegal for private sector employers to unintentionally pay female workers less than their male colleagues. State law already prohibits employers from intentionally paying women less.

Peterson’s bill will head to the Senate floor for a full vote.

LGBT anti-discrimination bill pulled The legislature will no longer consider a bill that would outlaw workplace discrimination against members of Louisiana’s LGBT community.

Rep. Karen St. Germain, D-Plaquemine, withdrew her bill Tuesday because she knew she did not have enough votes to ensure a successful passage out of the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee, according to NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune.

The failure of Germain’s bill comes exactly a week

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Monday, April 28, 2014

One weekend in, Jazz Fest caters to both old and new Gerald Ducote Entertainment Writer

The first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival came to a close on Sunday, meaning that the celebration is halfway over. Many acts came through and countless pounds of delicious food were consumed in the name of fun in the New Orleans sun.

In a matter of three days, thousands of fans made memories with classic Jazz Fest returning acts as well as some new faces to experience.

Saturday opened with the opportunity to catch several original jazz acts like Treme Brass Band and the Shotgun Jazz Band, both of which packed the Peoples Health Economy Tent with dancing parades. The New Wave Brass Band took the Jazz and Heritage Stage, wowing audiences with its improvisational prowess.

With the jazz came the funk.

At the Congo Square Stage, New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia dominated with his

pulsating beats and commanding stage presence. Later that day, the same stage was occupied by none other than Robin Thicke, whose sanctimonious entrance set up the performance’s air of excellence.

Unfortunately, Thicke ended his set nearly 40 minutes earlier than scheduled, singing his 2013 hit “Blurred Lines.”

One of the day’s biggest names was Robert Plant, who is known the world over for his role as singer of the legendary rock band Led Zeppelin. Plant performed with his latest musical fabrication, the Sensational Space Shifters. To the surprise of the entire crowd, Plant and his crew snuck a few verses of the Led Zeppelin hit “Black Dog” into a Sensational Space Shifters song.

Even though the set began at 4 p.m., jam band Phish played for three hours, closing out Jazz Fest at 7 p.m. Saturday. Despite the extensive set-time, Phish was able to maintain an immense audience of devotees throughout.

This year marks the 45th

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[Top] Robin Thicke and [above] Irma Thomas perform Saturday and [above right] Royal Teeth singer and guitarist Gary Larsen belts to the crowd Sunday during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

anniversary of Jazz Fest, meaning that there are surely some lifelong enthusiasts with crowds spanning all ages.

Some acts at Jazz Fest, like Eric Clapton who performed an hour-and-a-half set on the Acura stage, appealed to the older fans in attendance. However, the third day of the first weekend was truly a day set aside for the younger people of Jazz Fest.

Sunday exhibited a slew of contemporary artists, which beckoned for the attention of teenagers and young adults from not only Louisiana but also the country. “Uncle Charlie” Wilson, who notably collaborated with Kanye West on the “Yeezus” track “Bound 2,” performed on the Congo Square Stage.

The New Orleans horn band Galactic is a Jazz Fest favorite, returning each year with new and exciting jams for its fans. The band’s 2014 appearance featured Louisiana vocalist Maggie Koerner, who performed an exciting rendition of the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.”

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Since receiving considerable attention in the last year, Louisiana indie rock band Royal Teeth made its second Jazz Fest appearance, this time to a significantly larger crowd of fans who were eager to hear what the beloved locals brought to entertain.

The day’s biggest name was New York indie favorite Vampire Weekend. Playing on the Samsung Galaxy Stage, the quartet attracted thousands of ecstatic admirers, most of whom wanted more to do with the young members of the band than the music itself. Vampire Weekend dished out hit after hit, filling out the set with tracks from its three albums.

Fans were treated to the yet-tobe-released single “Ladies of Cambridge.”

With such a focus on music and culture present at Jazz Fest, it is important to note the performances by more traditional acts.

The Fais Do-Do Stage was home to a variety of Cajun and Zydeco musicians, both young and old.

The Grandfather of Zydeco himself, Buckwheat Zydeco, held a

special tribute concert with C.J. Chenier, Terrance Simien and Rockin’ Topsie Jr. At any given time, a throng of Mardi Gras Indians was making its way through the Jazz Fest crowd. Adorned in beautiful customary colored feathers, the Indians made their way up and down the fair grounds, stopping to execute traditional dances for passers-by. The Indians’ presence helped to remind patrons of the significant Native American influence in Louisiana music and culture.

Jazz Fest’s first weekend has ended and, as always, it has yet to disappoint. Starting May 1, the festivities will begin again at the fair grounds. Some of the more highly anticipated acts of the second weekend include Alabama Shakes, Foster the People and Trombone Shorty.

Contact Gerald Ducote at gducote@lsureveille.com

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Engineers design, build Strong storms take aim at inventions to graduate Midwest, southern states Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

While her friends from other majors hit the books, mechanical engineering senior Kaitlin Simmons knocked down doors with a SWAT team in preparation for her finals.

Such is life for fourth- and fifth-year seniors enrolled in the Capstone Design Program.

The Capstone Design Program is a two-course sequence that begins with an idea for a realworld application of learned engineering skills. It culminates in the construction of a usable industrial product with practical applications.

“All mechanical engineers have to do this, and if you don’t, you fail and have to try all over again next year,” Simmons said.

In the first class, ME 4243, students are assigned to teams that work on real projects proposed by industry, nonprofit or University sources. Students then design a product that meets the specifications of the group that proposed the projects, who effectively serve as their employers, said mechanical engineering senior Jonathan Lawhun.

In the second class, ME 4202, students build the products after their designs have been approved by select faculty.

Project funding typically comes from the companies who propose the projects, but it’s the students’ job to procure the funds and allocate their budget, which typically runs between $500 and $3,000.

“Staying within budget is a real and difficult thing you have to do in industry, and you learn how to do that in this class,” Lawhun said.

Lawhun said managing a budget and working with a team were both the biggest challenges and most rewarding parts of his capstone experience.

Together with teammates Colin Blood and Yugen Ijardar, Lawhun and his peers constructed a machine that accelerates the corrosion of various materials for the University’s materials lab. Underclassmen will use the machine to perform experiments as a part of their grade for materials classes. It was difficult for the team to stay under budget, but with the advice of various professors, they built the machine even with these monetary constraints.

Simmons, who built the pneumatic door breacher for her father’s company, took a different approach to her budget. Her entire team, consisting of James Arceneaux, Jonathan Albritton and Austin Lobell, each contributed more than $500 out of their own pockets to the project.

“We all have jobs, so it wasn’t so bad,” Simmons said.

Still, the task was a difficult one, given that the project

requires between 40 and 100 hours of work per week, said mechanical engineering senior Sean King.

“My team built a plane for the SAE Aero Design team that had to carry a lot of weight, and we spent hours just watching our plane crash, and retesting and redesigning it,” King said.

For mechanical engineers, though, failure is not an option, and to demonstrate this, any team that fails to produce a working product is not permitted to graduate.

In addition to building the product, students must also produce an accompanying design notebook that details every part of the process. The notebook is checked frequently, and any omissions result in point deductions.

Students use these notes to present their projects to a board of engineering professors at the end of the semester. If their work isn’t considered adequate, they don’t graduate.

On top of these problems, which King considered “pretty standard,” some teams encountered even greater roadblocks on their capstone journeys.

Garen Armbruster, the leader of his team, said he didn’t receive his budget until March 26. Armbruster’s team designed a mobile marksman system for quadriplegics but couldn’t start building it until they received their money.

“It was really tough, but we pulled through,” Armbruster said.

All these challenges might have resulted in a giant collective headache for the seniors, but in the end, they said, it was all worth it.

“Building this plane made me realize I wanted to go into a particular discipline of aerospace engineering in grad school, so it was worth doing the project just to learn that,” King said.

Last week, Armbruster and his team watched a group of quadriplegics try their mobile marksman system, albeit without the guns attached.

“Watching their faces light up and knowing we’d made their lives better was just an amazing experience,” Armbruster said.

Lawhun cited the capstone program as integrally important to the job interview process.

“I could refer back to the project for every question they asked.

Having this real experience is important in engineering,” Lawhun said.

Simmons was just glad her product worked.

“After knocking down doors cemented in our front lawn all semester, there was no better feeling than watching the SWAT team use it for something real,” Simmons said.

Contact Panya Kroun at pkroun@lsureveille.com

The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Strong storms swept through parts of the Midwest on Sunday, spawning damaging winds, large hail and at least one tornado.

Central Arkansas, including the Little Rock area, is at the highest risk of severe storms later Sunday, The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said.

Forecasters also asked people to be alert Sunday for possible tornadoes in a wide swath of the Midwest and south, stretching from Omaha, Neb., south to Texas and east to northern Louisiana and Mississippi.

“The greatest risk for a few intense tornadoes will exist across much of Arkansas perhaps into western and central Missouri,” a weather service advisory said.

Nebraska was the first state to have reported tornado. The National Weather Service said one touched down Sunday afternoon in a rural area in central Nebraska for a short amount of time, but no damage was immediately reported.

Tornado watches — which means twisters could develop but aren’t an immediate threat — were widespread across the

Midwest and southern states Sunday, being issued in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana.

Even if tornadoes don’t form, some areas could see hail and high winds, forecasters said, warning the hail could be as big as baseballs and wind gusts could reach hurricane-force — 75 mph or higher.

Southeastern Iowa saw severe thunderstorms packing wind gusts up to 60 mph on Sunday afternoon. One person was hurt when a barn was blown over, and several buildings were damaged.

Earlier Sunday afternoon, a strong line of storms moved through west-central Missouri, bringing winds that reached 70 mph near Chillicothe, Mo., that toppled some trees.

The Missouri Highway Patrol also reported a tractor-trailer was blown onto its side on Interstate 70 about 30 miles east of Kansas City about 1 p.m. No one was injured. The weather service received a report from Plattsburg, Mo., where an anemometer measured 58 mph before it blew away. Golf ball-sized hail was reported at Overland Park, Kan., and Trimble, Mo. Severe thunderstorm watches covered portions of Iowa,

Illinois and Missouri through Sunday night. The primary threats were damaging wind gusts and large hail.

To the southeast, northern Louisiana and Mississippi were bracing for severe storms along with the possibility of flash flooding. The predictions prompted Barksdale Air Force Base near Bossier City, La., to cancel its air show on Sunday. The National Weather Service said northern Alabama could see rain and flash flooding, while central and northern Georgia could see storms and heavy rain.

Sunday was the third anniversary of a 122-tornado day, which struck parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and killed 316 people.

Meanwhile, runners in Oklahoma City took shelter early Sunday as hail and high winds delayed the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon by 105 minutes to let a severe thunderstorm pass through.

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Louisiana’s Angola Prison Rodeo celebrates 50 years The Associated Press ANGOLA (AP) — They’re often thrown like rag dolls and risk being stepped on or gored by bucking bulls and broncos. But in those few seconds in the spotlight of the Angola Prison Rodeo, the inmates feel like they are part of the world again.

Louisiana’s most violent criminals, many serving life sentences for murder, are the stars of the nation’s longest-running prison rodeo, which is celebrating its 50th year.

In a half-century, the event has grown from a small event for prisoners into a big business that draws thousands of spectators to the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Proceeds go into the prison’s Inmate Welfare Fund, which helps pay for inmate education and recreational supplies.

Only the prison’s most wellbehaved inmates get to participate, said Gary Frank, an awardwinning power lifter and former professional football player who serves as the maximum-security prison’s athletic director.

Rodeo participants have to pass a physical examination, and

thousands of others work yearround making arts and crafts to sell at the event, he said.

The rodeo is the prison’s most coveted event because it is open to the general public.

It’s held on prison grounds in a stadium that can seat 10,000 spectators.

The rodeo got its start in 1965 at a small arena built by a handful of inmates and prison personnel, but it wasn’t until 1967 that the rodeo opened to the public. Even then, attendance was limited because there were no stands. Spectators had to sit on apple crates and the hoods of cars.

The success of the 1967 and 1968 rodeos prompted construction of a 4,500-seat arena, which opened in 1969. As years passed, the rodeo added events and sponsorships, taking on a more professional feel.

The only rodeo professionals who compete are the women riders brought in for the women’s barrel racing event, said Gary Young, a spokesman for the prison. There are also professional rodeo bullfighters dressed as clowns who distract the animals once the riders are thrown.

Besides the rodeo, Frank said the prison has 18 basketball teams, 18 volleyball teams, 44 softball teams and about a dozen tackle and flag football teams.

There’s also an annual tennis tournament.

“It keeps them occupied, keeps their minds occupied,” Frank said. “It also gives them a sense of pride and accomplishment.”

The sports also serve as a motivational tool for good behavior.

“Everybody has an inner kid in them, and they just want to play,” Frank said. “If they get into a fight, they don’t get to play.

It helps take out the nonsense.”

Rodeo categories include bareback horse riding, wild horse roping and bull riding. There are comical categories such as “convict poker,” in which a bull is released while inmates sit at a table in the arena. The last man seated is the winner.

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Time to Take a Stand There’s no place for Donald Sterling in NBA

Men’s golf just misses first SEC title Kaufman’s 6-under leads third day surge Jack Chascin Sports Contributor

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The Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling. Instead, they made a silent protest. The players wore their red Clippers’ shirts inside out to hide the team’s logo.

THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist Donald Sterling is a racist.

He says things that are offensive and hurtful, and shockingly appears neither

apologetic nor embarrassed after doing so.

Comments purportedly made

by Sterling came to light this past weekend that read more like the script of an AMC period documentary than something that would come out of a billionaire’s mouth in 2014.

But to anyone who has been familiar with the Los Angeles

Clippers’ owner for longer than the past week, the report isn’t news at all — it’s really just more of the same.

In fact, as disgusting and outof-touch as the comments made on the tape released by TMZ Sports are — and if you haven’t read them for yourself, go do so — he’s said and done much worse.

In 2006, Sterling was sued

by the U.S. Department of Justice for housing discrimination due to his use of race as a factor in how he filled apartment buildings,

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STERLING, see page 11

After three days of competition, the LSU men’s golf team came just one spot away from grabbing its first Southeastern Conference title since 1987.

The Tigers were unable to catch Alabama, who won the tournament for the third-straight year, shooting a tournament score of 34-under par.

LSU finished the tournament at 18-under par in its second place finish after a final round team score of 17-under.

The Tigers went into Sunday in fourth place at 1-under, four shots behind South Carolina and Auburn, who were tied for second at 5-under.

With first seemingly out of the picture for the rest of the field due to Alabama holding on to a 17-shot lead at 22-under through the first two rounds, the Tigers set their sights on second place and their golfers delivered the required performance.

The Tigers’ 17-under final day performance was led by senior Smylie Kaufman. The GOLF, see page 11

BASEBALL

LSU offense has five-run eighth inning in 9-4 victory LSU hitters save bullpen against Vols Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

There were no easy games for the LSU baseball team in its recent weekend series against unranked Tennessee.

The Volunteers (26-16, 8-13 Southeastern Conference) strolled into Alex Box Stadium against No. 9 LSU looking to put a dent in the Tigers’ conference record, but junior Conner Hale and the LSU (33-11-1, 12-8-1 SEC) offense provided late-inning heroics in a 9-4 Sunday victory.

Sunday’s finale played out similarly to the two previous matchups — both squads wrestled with the lead until one team broke

the contest open in the later frames.

After five innings, LSU sported a 4-2 lead after chipping away at Tennessee senior starter Nick Williams.

The Tigers scored three runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined on freshman left fielder Jake Fraley’s RBI ground out and an RBI single by Hale. Sophomore right fielder Mark Laird also scored on a wild pitch.

With the two-run lead still intact heading to the top of the eighth, LSU coach Paul Mainieri turned to senior right-hander Kurt McCune.

McCune already had a sour taste in his mouth from the night before when he surrendered two hits and two earned runs in 1/3 of an inning in Saturday night’s loss.

The Norco, La., native wasn’t able to turn things around on Sunday. McCune tossed an inning, surrendering two runs (one earned)

and giving up the Tigers’ lead.

“Kurt had a couple of tough days, but he does the best he can, Mainieri said. “He doesn’t have overpowering stuff, and once he gets into a jam, it’s hard for him to pitch his way out of it...some of it has been a little bit of bad breaks for him. He’ll be all right. Kurt’s an important part of this team, and he’ll be back out there again as soon as possible.”

LSU promptly responded in the bottom of the frame.

After Fraley walked to lead off the Tigers’ turn in the eighth, Hale stepped to the plate looking to drive a pitch into the outfield gap with the speedy freshman on first base.

“In my at-bat, I was just trying to take until I got a strike,” Hale said. “He threw me a first-pitch BASEBALL, see page 10

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LSU freshman outfielder Jake Fraley (23) slides into first base Sunday during the Tigers’ 9-4 victory against Tennessee in Alex Box Stadium.

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Pine tar not prevalent in college baseball, LSU players say

Staff Writer

From a rudimentary viewpoint, it’s difficult to spot many differences between college baseball and the major league.

Sure, collegians use aluminum bats as opposed to the wooden ones swung by professionals, but pitchers in both leagues stand 60 feet and 6 inches away from the hitter.

First base is still 90 feet away in both leagues. Park dimensions vary, as they do in the major leagues. And pitchers pay for mistakes in those parks where the fences are closer than normal.

In the major leagues, avoiding those mistakes takes skill — and sometimes a shortcut.

Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda exposed one such shortcut last Wednesday when he emerged from the Fenway Park dugout with an obvious spot of pine tar on his neck. Pitchers use the sticky tar to get a better grip on the ball or to better control it when they’re

having an off night.

The Pineda incident — for which he was ejected from the game against the Red Sox and suspended for 10 more — put a bigger emphasis on Major League Baseball rule 8.02.

“The pitcher shall not apply a foreign substance of any kind to the ball,” the rule states.

Although countless managers and pitchers confess that in some form or fashion all pitchers doctor the ball — being as obvious as Pineda’s tar on his neck was too much to let slide.

While continuously used in the major leagues, it was unanimous among LSU pitchers that foreign substances aren’t used on the Tiger staff or anywhere else in college baseball.

“I’ve never seen it in college baseball,” said LSU senior Joe Broussard. “I just try to use whatever I have to make my pitches work. I’ve never put [pine tar] on my hand. I’m kind of glad I didn’t so I don’t know what it does.”

LSU coach Paul Mainieri, a college coach for 32 seasons, said he’s unaware of any instance when a foreign substance was used.

“I’ve never seen anyone do it,” Mainieri said. “These kids probably wouldn’t know what to do with it anyway.”

The same can be said for junior colleges, according to a few of LSU’s transfers.

Junior left-hander Henri Faucheux, a transfer from Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Shelton State Community College, said foreign substances weren’t among the myriad of things he saw while biding his

time at Shelton State.

“Junior college, shoot, everything flies, but I didn’t see it,” Faucheux said. “I don’t think it happens in college. Something sticky on my fingers would be weird. I think that would be awkward trying to pitch.”

Classmate and LSU-Eunice transfer Zac Person concurred, claiming he didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary while in junior college, but did say some pitchers lathered up with sunscreen before games out of necessity to avoid burning.

“That’s not really cheating

though,” Person said. “That’s part of it. I usually just lick my fingers a lot.”

All LSU pitchers interviewed were synonymous that there aren’t any foreign substances used in the Tiger dugout.

But, if there were, Faucheux has a better plan than Pineda.

“Nobody would put it on their neck or their hand,” Faucheux joked. “Maybe some people may put it on their shoe.”

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LSU completes sweep with 13-4 blowout, 10-run inning Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

In March, the LSU softball team was only four games above .500, sitting in the bottom of the Southeastern Conference with a 2-7 record.

But the softball season doesn’t end in March, and the Tigers are showing they aren’t the same team from earlier in the season.

LSU (31-20, 11-10 SEC) scored 10 runs in the second inning of Sunday’s 13-4 win in five innings against Ole Miss (22-28, 3-18 SEC).

Senior pitcher Ashley Czechner recovered after a rough first inning to complete a sweep of Ole Miss. It is the sixth win in seven games for the Tigers and their fourth consecutive conference victory.

The sweep continues the team’s late-season surge, as LSU has gone from last in the SEC to the top seven in less than a month. The win Sunday gave the Tigers a winning conference record for the first time since March 7.

The Tigers started the game aggressively, with a hit, hit batter and three stolen bases putting runners

on second and third with no outs.

Freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish hit a sacrifice fly to score junior outfielder A.J. Andrews, and the Tigers drew first blood for the third time this series.

But Ole Miss responded in the first with more runs than it had scored in the previous 12 innings of the series. The Rebels tied the game after four of the first five batters reached base, two by singles, one through a hit by pitch and one through an error by sophomore shortstop Bianka Bell.

Czechner would settle down but not before a fielder’s choice and a passed ball gave the Rebels a tworun lead heading into the second.

The Tigers offense responded immediately, with three walks and an error cutting the deficit to one and loading the bases with one out.

Junior utility player and pinch hitter Kailey McCasland followed this with a two-run single, and LSU recovered the lead as quickly as it had lost it.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the inning, the game was delayed for almost 30 minutes due to rain. But the Tigers’ rally in the

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Three walks and a pair of tworun singles by Allison and Alayna Falcon, all with two outs, pushed the LSU lead to eight. The Tigers had suddenly gone from a small deficit to a mercy rule — winning lead,

and the team would not look back from there.

Ole Miss would score a run in the third through a sacrifice fly, but sophomore catcher Kellsi Kloss hit a solo home run on the first pitch of the fourth inning to put the Tigers back

up eight. It was Kloss’s third RBI of the series and ninth home run of the season.

Czechner would pitch resiliently the rest of the way, going the final four innings allowing only three hits, one walk and one earned run.

The Tigers will play Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond on Wednesday before finishing SEC play with a three-game home series against Mississippi State.

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @tro_TDR

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Rugby closes season with trip to nationals Morgan Prewitt Sports Contributor

Following a loss to South Carolina in the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference Championship, the LSU men’s Rugby team earned a national bid to play in the 2014 USA Rugby Men’s DIAA Collegiate Playoffs and were soundly beaten by University of Central Florida.

The defending national champions, Central Florida, defeated LSU 50-19 in a lopsided affair.

“Their main strength is their strict [weight] lifting regimen, and every single player had a significant size advantage on us,” said LSU club president Daniel Clesi. “That really shows the varsity sport status of the school versus the club status.

It had a big effect on it.”

The difference between varsity level athletics and club was made very clear in this matchup because LSU dropped only one game against a club team all season — South Carolina in the SCRC Championship.

While the loss against UCF prevents LSU from continuing on to round two of the tournament, this year marks the club’s first trip to nationals in five years.

“No player on the team had been to nationals before,” Clesi

said. “It is a good way to end your career, at least your career at LSU. Some of the players are going to play for men’s clubs, but it is a good accomplishment to further your career in rugby.”

Despite losing against UCF, LSU closed out its season with a 6016 victory over Georgia on Sunday in the consolation bracket.

Ironically, LSU began its undefeated regular season with a 52-10 victory on Feb. 1 against Georgia.

Although LSU did not continue on to round two of the tournament, this season is only the first step to building the program into a national powerhouse.

In the regular season, LSU outscored its opponents 239-50 in six regular season games while in postseason play LSU outscored its opponents by only 23 points in four games.

Looking forward, LSU hopes to get stronger by creating and implementing a stricter strength and conditioning program that will help every player on the roster get stronger, Clesi said.

Contact Morgan Prewitt at mprewitt@lsureveille.com

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BASEBALL, from page 7 curveball for a ball, and I had a feeling he was going to come back with a fastball. I was ready to hit it.”

Hale drilled the inside fastball into the left field corner, scoring Fraley from first base and giving LSU the 5-4 lead.

“I felt like I was floating around the bases,” Fraley said. “I got around second, and I looked up and the dude hadn’t even gotten the ball yet. As soon as he hit it, I knew I was going to score.”

LSU never looked back.

With runners on first and third with one out, Mainieri gave senior third baseman Christian Ibarra the sign to lay down the safety squeeze bunt. He did so to perfection, increasing LSU’s lead to two runs.

Laird added another RBI on a ground ball to second base, then Ibarra scored on a wild pitch.

Sophomore shortstop Alex Bregman hit an RBI single to give LSU a 9-4 lead heading to the top of the ninth.

That was more than enough run support for junior closer Joe Broussard.

“Us hitters knew we were going to be in for a challenge this weekend, and we were going to have to match them offensively,” Bregman said. “We knew they were a good offensive team, and we would have to come to play on every pitch. It kind of lit a fire for us.”

Mainieri said the win was

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critical for LSU’s chances of hosting a Regional game, and Tennessee’s offense gave his squad the challenge it needed.

“Tennessee battled us tooth-and-nail every step of the way,” Mainieri said. “[LSU pitching coach] Alan Dunn and I both think Tennessee is the best hitting team we’ve faced

all year. They were really tough outs, and they’ve got some guys who were some real threats.

They challenged us the whole weekend.”

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including allegations he preferred to rent to Koreans instead of blacks or Hispanics. The case, which was reportedly built around a series of racist comments made by both Sterling and his wife, ended with Sterling paying a massive $2.7-million settlement, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Sterling was sued again in 2009, this time for employment discrimination by former NBA great and long-time Clippers executive Elgin Baylor. In the lawsuit, Baylor alleged, among other things, that Sterling said he wanted his team to be made up of “poor black boys from the South and a white head coach.”

Just do a Google search for “Donald Sterling” and instance after instance of racist behavior will fill up the screen.

It’s obvious a crash course in sensitivity training won’t do Sterling any good — billionaires in their 80s generally aren’t known for turning over a new leaf — so the question now becomes what the NBA is going to do about it.

More than anything, this latest incident is an opportunity for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who took over for long-time commissioner David Stern in February, to show that this type of garbage has no place in his league.

It’s the main responsibility of the commissioner to protect the best interest in the league, and make sure that no one person tries

to put themselves above it. The NBA playoffs have been outstanding so far, and it should infuriate Silver that Sterling’s antics have taken the focus off the court.

Silver vowed the league would investigate and respond to the report swiftly. Sterling agreed not to attend Sunday’s Game 4 between his Clippers and the Golden State Warriors, but if the voice on the recording is confirmed to be his, there must be real punishment before it begins to fester.

Silver would need the cooperation of the other owners to try to force Sterling to sell the Clippers, but a disingenuous public apology and a fine that’s utterly inconsequential to a billionaire like Sterling aren’t going to cut it.

Sterling’s words demean the NBA’s predominantly black work force — an especially awkward situation for head coach Doc Rivers, an African American, as well as other players and coaches on the Clippers — and Silver must stand up for them. There’s little precedent for disciplining an owner beyond a fine, but a solution like this exceeds precedent.

Right down to instituting dress codes for players, the NBA has ignited its share of racial firestorms by attempting to remove the “thug element” from its sport.

With that in mind, Silver can’t turn and run just because the person embarrassing the league is an old, white billionaire.

For all the good things Stern did for the sport during his tenure,

The Daily Reveille allowing Sterling to become the NBA’s longest-tenured owner looks like a big mistake. Stern created the mess, but it has now become Silver’s to clean up.

This will be remembered as the first real test of Silver as commissioner. If he deals swiftly and severely with Sterling, it will help solidify Silver as the man that will lead the NBA for decades to come.

If he continues the NBA policy of passing the buck on Sterling, well, don’t expect the NBA Players Association to be in a friendly mood next time the two sides sit down to discuss the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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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Alabama native came into day three at 5-under-par, leading all other Tigers.

On day three, Kaufman blew his two round total out of the water with a 6-under 64 performance putting him at 11-under-par for the tournament.

Kaufman’s performance was good enough to give him second place individually, finishing only behind Alabama’s Bobby Wyatt who finished at 18-under.

Kaufman capped off his SEC career by besting his previous 54-hole low of 2012 with his 199 overall at the SEC tournament.

Though the performance by Kaufman was huge for the Tigers over the weekend, the whole squad followed behind him, as the other four golfers all shot under par in round three to catapult the Tigers to their second place finish.

Juniors Ben Taylor and Curtis Thompson both shot rounds of 3-under on Sunday, helping them

finish tied for 13th with a tournament total of 2-under-par.

The biggest mover on day three for the Tigers besides Kaufman was sophomore Zach Wright. Wright came into Sunday at 10-over-par, noticeably struggling on days one and two.

On day three, he settled in and shot an impressive 5-under-par to move him from 60th to tied for 36th, giving the Tigers the performance they needed to secure second place.

The Tigers finished with a seven-shot lead over third place Auburn and an 11-shot lead over fourth place Georgia.

LSU’s strong performance in the tournament greatly improves from an 11th place finish in last year’s tournament and gives the Tigers plenty of momentum heading into the NCAA Championships beginning on May 27.

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Michael Tarver’s article, “Study blames Internet for religious affiliation,” one reader had this to say: “Thank you for this article. I welcome all comments on my work, including substantive criticism. Prof. Finley, points out that ‘defining religiousness is difficult because affiliation is no longer defined by attendance in traditional religious institutions.’ That’s true: religiousness, affiliation and attendance are three different things. My paper talks only about affiliation and says nothing about religiousness or attendance. The definition of ‘affiliation’ I used is consistent with standard practice in sociology of religion: it is based on respondents answer to the question ‘What is your religious preference?’ Between 1970 and 1990, the fraction of people answering ‘None’ was constant at about 8 percent. Between 1990 and 2010, it rose to about 18 percent. That change is a surprising event that naturally raises the question, ‘What factors might have contributed to this change?’ That’s the question my paper tries to answer. I don’t think there is anything hegemonic about using survey data and statistical analysis to try to answer that question. I wonder if Prof. Finley could explain how my analysis would have been improved by collaboration with religious authorities.”

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Art students have protested, crime-concerned policemen have spoken and now the entire LSU community is coming together to demand a change. #fixLSU is a project with the potential to make LSU, well, fixed. I desperately want to believe this will be the final blow to our school’s shortcomings and force those in charge to listen. But the reality of the situation leaves me a little less hopeful.

The campaign lasted eight weeks, and concluded last Friday with a Free Speech Plaza table sit. That’s all. A table sit. Talk about radical reformers.

To be honest, all the buildup and blog posts led me to believe the #fixLSU end would be a bit more climactic.

We have everyone’s complaints in order — now what are we going to do about them?

It would be too easy to expect the LSU President and Student Government to listen to all our pleas and actually try to #fix them. But we know such a request is too much to ask.

So instead of playing the waiting game with the higher powers, I think it’s time for some good, old-fashioned

student problem solving.

And no, to answer your question; the #fixLSU campaign was not student problem solving. It was only the base for what we have to do next.

It’s easy to put in your two cents and then be done — which is what the #fixLSU campaign asked of students — but that’s not enough.

We love to complain. That is why the campaign generated so many student responses.

Anyone can tweet or yik yak a complaint about their current frustration, but when it comes to ending that frustration, that’s where people fall off the boat. No, they jump out the boat, refusing any responsibility or involvement that could take away their beloved ability to complain.

Trust me, I would love to let myself rant about problems and then collapse back into my sofa, exhausted from constructing carefully worded complaints and generalizations. But if I’m passionate enough about something, I’ll get off my comfortably sunken-in couch and do something about it.

I wish I could say the same about University students.

Stating the obvious won’t get us anywhere. Yes, the parking problem is atrocious. Yes, the unidentified package bomb threats need to stop. But if we as students can’t come up with some realistic solutions to these problems, how can we expect anyone else to?

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Never mind that there are people whose job it is to keep LSU safe and up-to-date. They obviously can’t be held accountable. Clearly, it’s time to take matters into our own hands.

If an issue can be fixed through student action, then form a focus group dedicated to it — or a group created to nag the right people until the job gets done. Either way it’s a step up from simple complaints on a WordPress account with a nifty hashtag.

But let’s be clear, the #fixLSU campaign deserves credit for uniting the student body toward a common goal.

Even if that goal is just for a broad improvement of LSU, it’s at least showing onlookers that we’re fed up.

Maybe that attitude will get noticed, maybe not. It’s too soon to tell.

But students are taking a small initiative that will hopefully not go unnoticed by others in charge.

Every solution has to have its start. #fixLSU is the start to a lot. It’s up to students where we take it from here.

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Bill would empower educators in their classrooms BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist Being mature young adults pursuing higher education, we’ve reached the point where acting out in a classroom makes you look less like James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and more like Zach Galifianakis in “The Hangover.” You just look stupid.

I like to think that if someone were to disrupt a class that I paid a large sum of money to sit in, a classmate would assist me in dragging said individual outside the building.

Unfortunately, this is not the case for our younger counterparts in middle and high school, where idiots who act out and occasionally get into fights are in abundance. Class gets disrupted by a few knuckleheads, and every student suffers due to the time it takes to discipline them.

This is why Republican state Sen. Elbert Guillory has introduced the Classroom Protection Act, or CPA. Guillory’s CPA would empower teachers to remove problematic students from their classes if they feel they are “in reasonable apprehension that he or a student in his classroom is in danger of receiving a battery or other form of imminent physical harm from a student.”

According to the senator, who spoke at a meeting of the LSU College Republicans last

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LED lighting cheaper, more efficient If you’re reading this, odds are you’re a college student.

Now, if you’re a college student, odds are you’re always looking for a way to save a couple bucks, am I right? I thought so.

I’m going to take one more guess here and assume that if you’re living off campus, you’re probably living in an apartment or house paying rent. What if I told you that you could reduce your utilities bill for the next 17 years by making one small change?

That got your attention, didn’t it?

Well here’s what you can do — switch out the light bulbs you’re using for LEDs. I’m sure by now you’ve heard of LEDs. You probably even know a good bit about them and how environmentally friendly they are. They’re eco-friendly because of how energy efficient they are. Where an incandescent

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Empty desks fill a classroom in Audubon Hall on October 14, 2013.

week, if a student decides that they are going to be “Billy Badass,” then the teacher can have police remove the student and bring them before a judge, who then calls in both of the student’s parents, and a course of action for the rehabilitation of the student is decided. It is then up to the teacher that removed them whether the student is allowed to come back to class.

Billy is going to have to do

some groveling.

If it happens twice, that student will be remanded to an alternative learning facility for the remainder of the year.

The best part? There would be no extra bureaucracy added to the system.

It is about time a bill like this has come along in the legislature. Louisiana is consistently one of the worst states in terms of education, with only

bulb needs 60 watts to light up a room, an LED only needs six.

Just switching out one incandescent bulb for an LED would save you nearly $20 a year on energy costs alone.

That’s not all though. LED bulbs will last you 50,000 hours.

That means instead of having to go buy a new incandescent bulb every few months, you could use an LED for 17 years, and that’s if you use the LED for eight hours a day every day.

To put that LED’s lifetime in perspective, you could buy an LED light bulb and have a baby tomorrow, and the LED would last all the way up into that baby’s senior year of high school.

Mind blowing, I know.

But hey, maybe you don’t use incandescent light bulbs. Maybe you use compact florescent bulbs (CFLs). Those are more efficient than incandescent bulbs, however they still use more energy than LEDs — usually around 14 watts compared to the LED’s six. They also have shorter life spans, close to 7,000 hours, but you know now that LEDs last 50,000 hours — nearly eight times as long!

So instead of thinking about

your light bulbs as utilities, think of replacing them not with new bulbs, but with LED investments.

If you’re still using incandescent bulbs, then you really don’t have any excuses to upgrade.

They’ll burn out before summer’s over.

CFLs won’t last you much longer either, maybe through a bit of next year if you’re lucky.

Maybe you need one last push. An LED bulb costs just a bit more than $40 over its entire 50,000 hour life span. If you wanted to run CFL bulbs that long, it would cost nearly $150.

Don’t even get me started on trying to run incandescent bulbs for 50,000 hours — it would cost you close to $400. You’re literally burning money by not using LEDs. Make the switch.

Mississippi doing worse than us.

The CPA would give educators the power to send highly disruptive students somewhere besides the principal’s office, where they often receive only a slap on the wrist.

If passed, the provisions of the CPA would put the fear of God in them.

One who misinterprets this bill may cry foul if they think students removed are placed into

the criminal justice system, but the fact of the matter is that there are no charges filed at all, provided the student did not commit a crime in the first place. It does not criminalize acting out, it just gives teachers more opportunity to maintain authority in their own classes.

Because we live in a state where an educator’s career now lives and dies by how well students perform on standardized tests, teachers need all the help they can get in terms of relaying a year’s curriculum by late March. It would give teachers in underperforming schools a fighting chance. Areas like Zachary, where my mother is a middle school science teacher, don’t really have an issue with students battering each other.

However, I can remember that when she taught in downtown Baton Rouge years back, fights and threats of violence were commonplace. If anything, the CPA would act as a nuclear deterrent for any student thinking about stepping out of line.

I’m just thankful that these measures aren’t necessary at the collegiate level. Maybe with the bill’s passage, Billy Badass might find himself at LSU one day.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old political science, history and international studies senior from Zachary, La. Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee

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Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic is looking for a full-time Cast Tech to assist physicians in preparing, applying and removing casts and orthopedic appliances. Qualified applicants send resume and reference list to hr@brortho.com. ________________________

Capital City Grill Downtown is now hiring energetic and enthusiastic people for servers! Come fill out your application and get your interview today! ________________________

$10/hour. Nice retired professor needs patient helper for organizing home office, papers and projects. A plus if you can help organize my Apple computer.

15 minutes from LSU by car. References needed. doclevy1@gmail.com ________________________

Fun and energetic pediatric dental office seeking a part-time dental assistant. Competitive pay! Email your resume to office @pdsbr.com. ________________________

Chimes Restaurant 3357 Highland Road Hiring wait staff. Apply in person Monday through Thursday, 2pm to 4pm. ________________________

25 Hours a week with WEEKENDS OFF! ABL Management, Inc. Baton Rouge is seeking qualified people to grow with our company that provides food service throughout the U.S. Immediate Openings for Corporate Office Support Staff. e-mail resume with 3 business references and salary requirements to humanresources@ablmanagement.com ________________________ HIRING AT *THE GRILL* A NEW FINE DINING RESTAURANT. WAIT STAFF BARTENDERS HOSTESSES BUSBOYS APPLY IN PERSON @ 17451 PERKINS ROADv 225-802-6484 ________________________ Morning aides and PM teachers needed now and for the Summer. Send your resume to parkviewbps@gmail.com or apply at 5750 Parkview Church Rd ________________________ ASSOCIATED VETERINARY SERVICES HIRING FOR PART TIME/FULL-TIME VETERINARY ASSISTANTS, EXPERIENCE WANTED BUT NOT REQUIRED. APPLY IN PERSON AT 7807 GREENWELL SPRINGS RD, BATON ROUGE, LA. ________________________ Gino’s Restaurant is seeking part time evening hostesses. Please apply in person Monday and Friday between 2-5pm. 4542 Bennington Ave. Off College, across from the post office. ________________________

We are looking for reliable, energetic, dog and cat loving individuals to add to our team. Please come by our Jefferson Hwy location to fill out an application. ________________________

Hampton Inn I-10 & College Drive is now hiring for part-time/full-time Front Desk Agents 7AM to 3PM and 3PM to 11PM. Weekends shifts are a must. Previous service industry experience is a plus. Apply in person today at 4646 Constitution Avenue! ________________________ Summer Camp Counselor positions for boys and girls groups needed. Swimming, baseball, fieldtrips. Full & part time. Mon-Fri. (225) 336-9030 ________________________ LOOKING FOR A FUN AND EXCITING PART TIME JOB? WE ARE HIRING GYMNASTIC COACHES AND CAMP COUNSELORS.THE ONLY JOB REQUIREMENT WE HAVE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOVE KIDS!!!

PLEASE CALL ELVIRA FOR MORE INFORMATION:225-252-7592 ________________________ Small Child Care center hiring afternoon teacher for summer M-F 2:30-5:30. email resume to cdshighland@gmail.com ________________________ Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo is looking for a part-time data entry clerk. Must be able to work on Saturdays and Sundays. Salary $10-$12/hour.

To apply or for more information: www.brzoo. org/career. ________________________

The License Coach (www.licensecoach.com) is seeking a new team member to join our customer loyalty team. The following skills are required for this part time position.

-Work in a fast paced environment -Have the ability to multi-task -Personable -Handle a large amount of inbound and outbound calls -Internet Savvy -Strong Work Ethic If you feel that you have the skills listed please forward your resume.

Location: Baton Rouge Compensation: 12.00 an hour Nights and Weekends Please contact me at blake@licensecoach.com ________________________

camp counselors and pet sitters! Must not have a fear of dogs and must be able to work weekends and holidays! Please stop by to fill out an application! 7195 Pecue lane, 70817. 225-810-3647 ________________________ Part-time courier/runner needed for small law office. Must have reliable transportation and excellent driving record. Send inquiries to tssecretary@tslegal.net ________________________ PT student worker wanted for legal office off of Essen. 20-25 hours per week.

Must provide availability when submitting resume. resume@transfinancialco.com ________________________ UpLIFTD is seeking temporary experienced team leaders to surpervise lawn maintenance crews. Call (225) 388-5834 between 9am-12pm M-F ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE LAWN CARE. ________________________ YMCA SUMMER DAY CAMP COUNSELORS NOW HIRING! Counselors responsibile for care and supervision to campers as well as facilitatin games, activities, arts & crafts, and field trips.

Monday-Friday, flex schedules and FREE Y membership. Dependable and motiviated individuals, exper. in working with youth and children agest 4-16. Apply in person at any YMCA location: A.C. Lewis, Paula G. Manship, C.B. Pennington, Jr., Dow Westside, Baranco-Clark, Southside, ExxonMovile, and Americana. ________________________ WORK FOR THE FUNYON: Writers/Graphics Editors needed. Paid positions with very flexible hours. You must be quasi-funny. Email for more info: funyongang@outlook.co ________________________ Looking for a film coordinator! Must know Adobe Premier or Final Cut Pro and have a creative eye. To apply, fill out an application at www.lsureveille.com/advertising/application ________________________ Are you interested in working for KLSU? Are you passionate and knowledgeable about music?

Apply today! We are hiring for the following shows into the summer and next fall: Underground Sounds (Underground Hip-Hop), Creative Native (Local Music), a Classic Hip Hop Show, The Revival (Classic Rock), Burning to Babylon (Reggae), and Front Porch Fais Do-Do (Cajun Music). Visit http://www.lsu.edu/studentmedia/ to apply or contact Ryan at programdirector@ tigers.lsu.edu for more info!

Mover/Driver for TWO MEN AND A TRUCK. Great summer job. Pays 10-12/hr plus tips and bonuses. Apply online at www.twomen.com ________________________

Camp Bow Wow BR is now hiring responsible

MOTHER IN LAW QUARTERS-1930’s/2 BR/ renovated/walk to LSU/Tall Ceilings/All Appl/Pvt Yd/ Aug/$850/Mth/955-1757 ________________________ FOR RENT Brightside Estates Condo 3-bedroom,2-bath,Gated complex,pool,volleyball,on LSU bus route Call Paul 225-266-9063 (900 Lee Drive) ________________________ Homes & Townhomes for lease. Reserve your home for FALL $1225-$1600 per mo. Only 15 min. from LSU. Text 225-937-6816 or Call 225-291-3888. ________________________

2 ROOMMATES NEEDED: 4/2 House/Garage EXTREMELY NICE Close to LSU, $600 month/$200 Deposit, No pets, Utilities pd. Call 225-270-6034 ________________________

STORE YOUR STUFF - STUDENT SPECIAL Get first month FREE. Climate Control of Louisiana and Stor-it Mini Warehouses. 3147 College Drive just past the RR tracks. Enter through College Creek Shopping Center (FedEx store).

Various sizes, covered loading, video cameras, and alarms. 24/7 with our 24 hour Insomniac kiosk (rent a unit, make a payment, buy a lock) – very cool. We love students. 927-8070. www. selfstoragebatonrougecollegedrive.com. ________________________

Charismatic, bearded young professional (Gemini) seeking bunk bed companion. I enjoy watching Pitch Perfect repeatedly and incessant sarcasm. Get at me (804) 267-0527. ________________________ Strapping young lad looking for workout partner for bouldahs fah shouldahs day or beefy arm day. My current partners can’t hang. Preferably rugged bearded young fellas, John the Baptist types, or if you’re a yogalates type of girl HMU at bouldahsfahshouldahs@gmail.com

Burbank Drive 4118, 4065, 4243 from $525 to $550. NO PETS. $300 deposit. Near Mellow Mushroom, Taco Bell and Walk-Ons. brrentnow@cox.net for more information. ________________________ $AVE $ WALK TO LSU! LGE 1 BR APT. 225 266-8666 / 225 769-7757 / 225 278-6392 ________________________ 2-BR Condo near LSU, with W/D, $750/mon.

Call 225-278-6622 ________________________ Sharlow Subdivision – Brightside Area 3BR/2BA, $975 per month with W/D. Available June. No pets.

Call (225) 383-4064 ________________________ Accepting Deposits for Summer/Fall Move Ins Lake Beau Pre Townhomes, Arlington Trace & Summer Grove Condos 2 & 3 Bedrooms Dean & Company Real Estate 225-767-2227 www. deanrealestate.net ________________________ 4bed,4 bath Townhomes for lease. Washer/Dryer included,Private yards with patio area.Call Mike 225-802-6898 ________________________

Roommate Needed Large townhouse on Alvin Dark on LSU bus route. $400mo plus 50%utilities and cable. No pets. Text 713.254.9034 ________________________

LOOKING FOR 3rd ROOMMATE SOUTH BRIGHTSIDE VIEW DR. CONTACT @ krisco95@ymail.com ________________________ Gates @ Brightside 3 bedroom/2 bath condo; needs two roommates. $580 month includes all utilities and internet. Phone 337.802.6936.

$AVE $ WALK TO LSU! LARGE 1 BR APT! ON SITE MGR. 225 769-7757 / 225 266-8666 / 225 278-6392 ________________________ STUDIO [Furnished] Summer Sublet Jun 1st - ON LSU - The Venue - CLEAN end unit, 1st floor, $830/mth 985-705-8335 ________________________

Part time customer service reps needed. Great for students especially for a summer job. Welsh’s Cleaners 4469 Perkins rd. Apply in person. ________________________ Need immediately; sales associate for The UPS Store on Coursey Blvd.; 20-25 hours per week; must be available to open/close store and work independently. Salary DOE; send resume to store2305@theupsstore.com. ________________________

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Accepting Deposits for Summer/Fall Move Ins Lake Beau Pre Townhomes, Arlington Trace & Summer Grove Condos 2 & 3 Bedrooms Dean & Company Real Estate 225-767-2227 www.deanrealestate.net ________________________ 3 BR, 3 bath gated townhome. Burbank/Bluebonnet area. $1500/mo. No pets. (225) 752-8842/ (225) 752-4825 ________________________ Wanted: Female Sub-letter. Northgate Area. 660/ month plus electricity. Mid-may through midaugust. Start date negotiable. Contact ejohn59@ lsu.edu. ________________________ Garden District Living:1 BR, 1 Full BA. Private APT 2 miles from LSU. Walking distance to lakes and City Park. $775 per month /one month’s rent deposit.Call 225.287.6645

The School of Social Work students in the grief and bereavement class are putting on the annual honoring & remembering ceremony on campus by the Indian Mounds @ 1pm on Monday, April 28, 2014. This event is open to anybody (student/ faculty/on-campus visitors). We will be playing music, reading poems, and having quiet moments to remember those who we have lost in life. It will be a beautiful day and we really hope to see you out there. ________________________ 10% off Costa Del Mar Sunglasses with a valid college student ID. Contact Spillway Sportsman. ________________________ The Melting Pot in Baton Rouge will be open at noon on Graduation Day. Graduation specials starting at $24.95.

For reservations call: 225-928-5677

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VETERANS, from page 1

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Event workers prepare wings for hungry attendees Saturday during the first annual Louisiana Wing-A-Thon at the Baton Rouge River Center.

dunking for wings, where contestants donned ponchos and Matthew Waguespack said at the goggles and dove headfirst into event. “I just love wings, and this a salad bowl of ranch, a celebrity is great because it’s just a little bit eating contest featuring DJs from 100.7 The Tiger of everything.”

W i n g - c e n - ‘It’s going to be bigger and a best wings prize delivered to tered events are a mainstay of many and better every single the vendor with the most patron cities across the year.’ votes. country and pro“It’s going vide a fun opporJessi Mapes to be bigger and tunity for people marketing manager, better every sinto interact and Baton Rouge River Center gle year,” Mapes enrich the comsaid. “If folks munity.

Seeing ­ this type of experience in other couldn’t come out this year — markets was what inspired the don’t worry we’re going to have River Center to host what might another one this time next year. become a yearly Baton Rouge They definitely shouldn’t miss it.” tradition.

“We saw events like this all over the place and thought, ‘Let’s bring that here,’” said Jessi Mapes, Baton Rouge River CenContact Jeremy Marshall at ter marketing manager. “It’s a jmarshall@lsureveille.com way to engage with people and the community. Also it helps that 20 bucks for wings doesn’t suck.”

As folks sampled their way through the parade of varying wings and sauces, they were given the chance to compete in contests to test their courage, moral fiber and general lack of regard for their taste buds.

The first event was a classic hot wing eating contest, where five contestants sat before a crowd of onlookers and chowed down on the hottest wings in the land.

One of the contestants, incoming freshman Andrew Badeaux, was particularly equipped to take the heat.

“I don’t eat a lot of hot wings, but I’m from really south Louisiana, and we eat a lot of hot stuff,” Badeaux said. “So I loved it.”

The stalemate was broken, however, once the event’s emcee brought out a new level of hot wings, enough to where Badeaux had to bail.

“It wasn’t too hot until those last two wings,” Badeaux said.

“It was a different taste and I just wasn’t used to it. But I’m definitely beginning to feel the after burn right now.”

Other events included

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of the money, adding to the functionality of the study room in the student center.

“This space is the first step as we develop comprehensive support and services for veterans, active duty military, reservists and dependents,” said Darrell Ray, assistant vice chancellor for Student Life. “It also provides a foundation for educating our campus community on the rich military history of LSU.” When Nick Trapani, president of the Student Veterans of LSU, came to the University after 8 1/2 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, he didn’t know anyone and had trouble connecting to people.

Trapani said his first semester at the University was rough, and he didn’t want another veteran to go through what he did. He wants them to be able to connect with others.

One of the hardest things for veterans going to the University, Trapani said, was connecting and relating to other students because they lived such different lives and had so many experiences the typical University student coming right out of high school hasn’t had.

The Student Veterans have meetings twice a week during the semester, tailgates during football season and crawfish boils, Trapani said. There are usually about 40 to 50 members at each meeting, but Trapani said he was in contact with about 100 veterans each week.

LSU President F. King Alexander said he wanted the University to be one of the best schools for veterans and invited those who were graduating this year to his house for a dinner. Alexander said the student center was the first step in providing better services for students who have served the country.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

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A poster is displayed Friday during the opening of the new student center for veterans in Hatcher Hall.

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