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RISING UP Marcus Rodrigue

Jordan shows improvement in junior season

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When Jessie Jordan stepped up to the beam in front of more than 4,000 fans in the PMAC last Saturday, she was only practicing.

At least, that’s what she told herself.

In reality, the junior gymnast was about to anchor No. 3 LSU’s beam lineup as No. 12 Auburn turned out a 49.300 team score on floor exercise to increase its lead.

The deficit grew larger with each Auburn routine, and LSU desperately needed to swing the momentum.

Moments later, Jordan stuck her landing, and a frenzied PMAC crowd begged the judges to award her a perfect 10. Jordan received a 9.925. The damage was done – LSU went on to post a season-high 49.525 on floor during the final rotation to snatch victory away from Auburn.

“I knew it was going to come down to me after seeing [freshman] Ashleigh Gnat take a bobble or a fall,” Jordan said. “I knew that when I got up there, I needed to hit. I’m a junior now, so I really needed to step up to the plate and show my maturity.”

While Jordan’s beam score stood out, that wasn’t the only way she contributed to LSU’s victory

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FACILITY SERVICES

Crew waits out storm to repair damages Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

But LSU tallied a 49.175 team score on the event, well below its season average of 49.403. Jordan earned a 9.825 on vault and an uncharacteristically low 9.700 as the anchor of the beam lineup.

“All I wanted to do was improve

While the cold winter storm blew through campus this week, a team of contractors camped out in the Facility Services building, sleeping on inflatable mattresses and remaining ready to fix any problems that arose during the wintry weather.

David Maharrey, associate executive director of University Facility Services, said the crew stayed from Monday night until Thursday morning, on call to complete any tasks the Emergency Operations Center requested.

“We kept about 18 people consisting of various crafts,” Maharrey said. “High voltage and electricians and utility plumbers and a couple of custodians.”

The team was responsible for campus triage activities, Maharrey said, fixing things as they were needed and spreading sand to combat the slippery ice. The team

JORDAN, see page 11

STORM, see page 11

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior all-arounder Jessie Jordan jumps on the balance beam Jan. 10 during the Tigers’ 197.2-181.275 victory against Centenary in the PMAC. Check out a preview of the Tigers’ meet tonight against Alabama, page 12.

Saturday. Jordan notched a pair of 9.875’s on vault and floor and a 9.725 on bars to finish fourth in the all-around with a 39.400.

Fans had the opportunity to revel in Jordan’s success Saturday, but her path to prominence began months ago on the heels of disappointment.

LSU capped a breakout season last year by taking second place in a national semifinal to clinch its first berth in the NCAA Super Six Championship since 2009. The Tigers trailed heading into the final rotation of the national championship meet, but they had a legitimate shot at winning the title on vault.

GOVERNMENT

Felder runs for U.S. House of Representatives Quint Forgey Staff Writer

Cassie Felder, a Republican lawyer, hopes to represent the constituents of Louisiana’s sixth district, just as she’s represented small businesses through her law firm in Baton Rouge since 2010.

Felder, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives, grew up in Hammond, where her parents started a collision parts business when she was 10. She began working for her parents at the age of 12, “doing whatever they needed me to do.”

By the time she was 15, Felder said she was practically managing a large number of her parent’s employees. Felder said her experiences growing up in a family-owned business shaped many of her current values.

“I developed a lot of management skills, learning a lot about what works and what doesn’t work,” Felder said. “You learn quickly that it’s hard to be friends with the people that work for you.”

While at Tulane University Law School, Felder became interested in tax law, enjoying the “mental gymnastics” it demands of a lawyer. After receiving her Master of Laws from Boston University, Felder dove into the New Orleans job market in 2001.

After spending two and a half years at a firm in the Texas, Felder and her husband decided it was time to return home.

“We missed crawfish boils and the people and our families,” Felder said. “My husband and I desperately missed south Louisiana.”

After roughly 18 months of

working for a large firm in New Orleans, Felder said she began to “feel the need to do my own thing.”

“I wanted to appeal to the businesses that I wanted to appeal to, do the things I wanted to do and support the kinds of businesses and people I wanted to support,” Felder said.

In Feb. 2010, Felder opened her own law firm in Baton Rouge.

Felder currently describes herself as a business lawyer who represents businesses from their “formation to termination.”

Since Felder announced her run for Congress, her husband, Matt, has taken over the administrative aspects of Felder’s firm.

According to Felder, her decision to relinquish power at the firm FELDER, see page 11

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Baton Rouge tax lawyer Cassie Felder announced in January she’d be running for a congressional seat.

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NATIONAL

TODAY’S FORECAST Ape picks Seahawks as Super Bowl victor The Associated Press

Partly Cloudy HIGH 66 LOW 53 sunrise: 6:56 a.m. sunset: 5:40 p.m.

Saturday HIGH 74 LOW 52

Sunday HIGH 70 LOW 45

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ape that has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner for six straight years predicted Thursday that the Seattle Seahawks will be the next NFL champion.

Eli the ape ran into an enclosure Thursday morning and swiftly knocked down a papier-mache helmet bearing the Seahawks logo, signaling his pick, said Erica Hansen of Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City.

“He made his pick without any hesitation,” Hansen said.

That could mean bad news for Broncos fans. The 13-year-old primate hasn’t been wrong since 2006.

Last year, Eli charged out and knocked over a papier-mache goal post decorated with the Ravens logo. Sure enough, the Ravens beat the 49ers 34-31.

Eli’s pick this year drew mixed reactions from his team of zookeepers that includes avid Broncos fans.

“They are hoping that this is his first wrong year,” Hansen said.

After he made his prediction, Eli was joined by his mate, Eve, and daughter, Acara, and was allowed to smash, play and eat the papiermache helmets.

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STATE/LOCAL

Winter weather cost state $5.2 million The Associated Press

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Eli the ape chooses a paper mache Seattle Seahawks helmet Thursday over a Denver Broncos helmet at the Hogle Zoo, predicting the winner of this Sunday’s Super Bowl.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Louisiana began to warm up, agencies were starting to tally costs and schools began thinking about make-up days.

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration said Thursday the state’s response to the blast of winter weather has cost state government about $5.2 million. The Division of Administration released the estimate, saying it includes equipment, supplies, travel and personnel.

Spokeswoman Indira Parrales said the Department of Transportation and Development is still tallying up how much overtime and salt and liquid deicer was used to clear as many highways as possible. Louisiana State Police was out in force.

INTERNATIONAL

Syria delays chemical removal The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States accused the Syrian government Thursday of using stalling tactics to delay efforts to remove and destroy chemical agents, an indication that the international community’s patience is wearing thin over the slow pace of the operation.

The comments, delivered by the U.S. representative to the international chemical weapons watchdog, marked some of the strongest public criticism of Syria’s commitment to relinquish its chemical stockpile.

Syria agreed to surrender its arsenal after a deadly chemical attack in August on a rebel-held suburb of Damascus raised the threat of punitive U.S. missile strikes. President Barack Obama has touted the agreement as a victory and a major policy achievement for his administration on Syria’s intractable civil war.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is leading the mission to eliminate Syria’s 1,300-metric ton stockpile by a June 30 deadline.

Syria’s most toxic weapons were supposed to have been removed by Dec. 31.

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCES

CONSTRUCTION

School gave out lowest grade per unit last fall James Richards Staff Writer

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The Animal and Food Science Laboratory Building is close to completion. Construction can be seen all over campus. While many projects are finishing up now, some projects are set for completion by fall 2016.

New projects visible on campus More construction set for near future Lyle Manion Contributing Writer

Campus construction will yield a variety of new facilities for housing and research, said Roger Husser, University Facility Services director of planning, design and construction.

“Currently, there are 63 projects under construction,” Husser said.

Housing construction can be seen throughout different areas of campus, with renovations of existing facilities underway and new facilities in the works.

Phase I of construction of the new residence halls on the north side of campus near Kirby Smith Hall is progressing. Husser said the new hall will be available for occupancy by fall 2015. Phase II, currently in design, should be ready by fall 2016, Husser said.

He said the cost of each hall will be around $35 million.

Husser said Annie Boyd Hall recently completed the renovation process, costing a total of $14 million. The University also plans to renovate Evangeline Hall by 2017. These renovations are “gut renovations,” Husser said, re-imagining the facilities from the ground up.

A noticeable new building on campus is the Animal and Food Science Laboratory Building on Forestry Lane. Primarily intended for research, the $20 million facility also boasts a computer lab for classes.

Husser said the largest task underway is the expansion and construction project for the College of Engineering. The project, which includes the expansion of Patrick F. Taylor Hall, will begin

construction next fall.

Other visible projects include the $80 million expansion of Tiger Stadium’s south end, Husser said, which is still slated for completion August 2014.

Construction space on the bottom floor of the Student Union will house Student Recruitment and Career Services by next fall, Husser said. That development amounts to $8 million.

Husser said the French House will undergo a renovation “within the next few months.”

UREC expansion is still ongoing. The latest detail is that a parking lot containing several hundred spaces is planned for construction near Lod Cook Alumni Center, Husser said. The renovation and expansion of the current UREC site will start later this spring.

Contact Lyle Manion at lmanion@lsureveille.com

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The College of Sciences gave out lower grades per unit than any other college in the fall 2013 semester, with the College of Engineering in a close second place, according to data from the Office of Budget and Planning.

Bernie Braun, applications consultant for the Office of Budget and Planning, said the University compiles all grades given and arranges them by college.

The average GPA of undergraduate grades awarded by unit is an average of all grades given for all courses within a college, including students whose majors are not included in that college, Braun said.

Per-unit GPA is a reflection of the grades that a college gives to all students enrolled in its courses, while average student GPA refers to the average GPA of a student enrolled in a particular college.

The College of Sciences had a per-unit GPA of 2.717 last semester, according to the data.

This means the average of all grades given in College of Sciences classes was about a B. This contrasts with the average College of Sciences student GPA for last semester, which was 3.230.

Chemistry instructor Linda Allen said the discrepancy between the College of Sciences’ per-unit GPA and average student GPA is not new, and it is likely because of the abundance of service learning courses the College of Sciences offers. Allen said the College of Sciences offers many courses not aimed at science majors, where students may be unsure of their major or looking to

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fulfill general education requirements.

Allen said although the College of Sciences is not the only college that offers classes not catered to its own students, the College of Sciences “tries to recruit the best students.” She said many “overachievers” in high school tend to go for careers in medicine or in engineering, which draws those high GPA students to the College of Sciences.

Data from the Office of Budget and Planning shows the discrepancy between per-unit GPA and average student GPA does not carry to a college with a similar area of study to the College of Sciences such as the College of Engineering, in which per-unit GPA and average student GPA is about 2.7.

Sharif Ishak, undergraduate programs coordinator for the College of Engineering, said the 2.721 average GPA for percentage of grades awarded for the College of Engineering sounds reasonable. He said his civil engineering students often have jobs on the side, which might focus their attention away from the class work.

Ansis Tobiss, physics freshman, took exclusively College of Sciences classes in the fall 2013 semester. Tobiss said the rigor College of Sciences courses have is different from something like a writing-based course. He said we all know and speak English, but being neck-deep in a calculus equation is a completely different language and thus presents a different kind of challenge.

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technology

Potential grants to bridge LSU to private sector Technology transfer crucial to research Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

The Board of Supervisors will discuss the possibility of creating a funding system for assisting with marketing faculty inventions at today’s meeting before examining the 2014-2015 Governor’s Executive Budget.

William Richardson, College of Agriculture chancellor, said technology transfer helps technology and inventions

coming from the University to become a part of the private sector.

The report and proposal will be presented by the President’s Committee on Technology Transfer.

According to the University’s website, this committee was assembled by LSU President F. King Alexander after the Transition Advisory Team determined technology transfer is an important facet of the University’s research initiative.

The new funding program called LSU Leveraging Innovation for Technology Transfer, or LSU LIFT, would establish

a new investment funding plan for commercializing Universitycreated technology.

“Funding for this type of research is difficult to obtain from government or private sources, leaving many promising inventions languishing in a funding gap,” according to the PCCT Report.

Another motivating factor for this funding is the protection of intellectual property and assistance with the patent process, Richardson said.

The new proposal for the technology transfer proposes changes to the current intellectual property policies and procedures

for clarity.

Current regulations call for the University’s equity interest to be handled by an equity committee comprised of three members of the Board of Supervisors. However, the described committee does not currently exist.

The new amendments would give Alexander authorization to manage equity interest.

The proposed amendments also break down how royalty payments for an invention will be distributed to the inventor or author — 40 percent — and Office of the President — 5 percent — and the LSU Innovation

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Investment Fund — 5 percent.

The remaining 50 percent is available for allocation by the appropriate University chancellors.

The PCCT Report states the grants will be competitive and most likely be issued twice annually in amounts of up to $50,000.

“It is the first thing that is going to be discussed,” said Ernie Ballard, director of University public affairs.

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

Knox sentenced to Ukranian protesters reject parliament’s amnesty offering 28.5 years in prison

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday passed a measure offering amnesty to those arrested in two months of protests, but only if demonstrators vacate most of the buildings they occupy.

The move was quickly greeted with contempt by the opposition.

The measure was put forth by a lawmaker from the party of President Viktor Yanukovych, who is casting about for a way to end the protests, which are calling for his resignation. The measure was a softer version of an earlier proposal to only offer amnesty if all protests dispersed.

But the opposition regards the arrests during the protests — 328 by one lawmaker’s count — as fundamentally illegitimate.

“In reality, parliament has just passed a law on hostages. The authorities have themselves recognized that they are taking hostages as terrorists so they can trade the hostages,” said Oleh Tyahnybok, leader of the Svoboda party and one of the protests’ top figures, according to the Interfax news agency.

That disdain was echoed in Kiev’s central Independence Square, where protesters have set up a large tent camp and conducted round-the-clock demonstrations since early December.

“Is this a compromise, or are these political prisoners,” said 30-year-old demonstrator Artem Sharai. “We will seize new buildings, if the authorities don’t really change the situation in the country.”

Protesters are demanding Yanukovych’s resignation, early elections and the firing of authorities responsible for violent police dispersals of demonstrators. The protests started after Yanukovych backed out of a long-awaited agreement to deepen ties with the European Union, but quickly came to encompass a wide array of

DARKO VOJINOVIC / The Associated Press

A protester walks past burning tires Saturday following clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine.

discontent over corruption, heavyhanded police and dubious courts.

Three demonstrators died in clashes with police last week, as anger boiled up over harsh antiprotest laws that Yanukovych pushed through this month. Parliament voted on Tuesday to repeal those laws, but Yanukovych has not signed the measure.

The bill would not apply to several city buildings in the center of Kiev which the protesters use as dormitories and operation centers, and are key support facilities for the extensive protest tent camp on the main square. With temperatures dropping as low as -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) during the night, continuing the protests without places to shelter would be virtually impossible.

But the Kiev city hall building, as well as regional administration ones seized by protesters in western Ukrainian cities, will have to be vacated, according to the Unian news agency.

Given how the violent dispersal of demonstrators in December only swelled the Kiev protests and how the new laws spread discontent outside the capital,

Yanukovych may have recognized that using force would set off severe new trouble and appears to be fishing around for measures to mollify the opposition without giving serious ground.

Along with proposing that parliament repeal the new laws, he also has accepted the resignation of the prime minister, one of the figures most despised by the opposition. But there have been no signs of compromise on the root issues of the protests.

Meanwhile, there are growing concerns about dissension between radicals and moderates within the broad-based protest movement.

Earlier Wednesday, one group of protesters clashed with another in a bid to free a government building that they had seized in Kiev. At least two protesters were injured.

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Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in 2009. The verdict was overturned in 2011, but Italy’s supreme court vacated that decision and sent the case back for a third trial in The Associated Press Florence.

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Knox said in a written statement that she was “frightened Contact The Daily Reveille’s news and saddened,” she “expected staff at news@lsureveille.com; better from the Italian justice sysTwitter: @TDR_news tem,” and “this has gotten out of hand.”

The University of Washington student was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison, raising the specter of a long legal battle over her extradition.

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CLUB SPORTS

65-56

STRAIGHT POUND to the

Lady Tigers defeat Bulldogs with second-half surge

Morgan Prewitt

LAWRENCE BARRECA · Sports Writer

Sports Contributor

After an abysmal start for both LSU and Mississippi State on Thursday night in the PMAC, senior forward Shanece McKinney led the charge after the half to power the Lady Tigers to a 65-56 victory.

LSU (17-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) struggled in the first half of recent SEC contests, forcing them to claw back after halftime. The trend continued as the Lady Tigers had trouble handling the ball early and often.

With 11:43 remaining in the first half, LSU and MSU (13-7, 2-6 SEC) combined for 15 turnovers – nine by the Lady Tigers – and the Bulldogs shot only 3-of-12 from the field.

When the buzzer finally sounded for the end of the first half, the teams combined for 25 turnovers, 33 percent shooting from the field and 19 percent from 3-point range.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell had to motivate her squad in the locker room to climb out of a 26-21 halftime deficit.

LATE SURGE, see page 7

LSU · MISSISSIPPI ST. SCORE BY HALVES

TIGERS BULLDOGS

1ST 21 26

2ND 44 30

Lacrosse set to play Millsaps in opener

FINAL

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STAR PERFORMER Shanece McKinney - 19 pts, 7 reb., 2 blk *7-7 FG, 5-5 FT

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LSU senior center Shanece McKinney (21) attempts a shot Thursday during the Lady Tigers’ 65-56 victory against Mississippi State in the PMAC. Check out more photos from the game at lsureveille.com.

The LSU men’s club lacrosse team begins a new era Saturday with its first game against Millsaps in Jackson, Miss.

New coach Jeff Echols has led a culture change, with more organized preparation that has the team more focused and ready for a new season.

Captain Andrew McHale said the added intensity in this offseason practice has increased player participation. The number of players attending practice has increased from 20 to 40, McHale said.

The increase in attendance preseason camp exemplifies the change Echols instilled in the program, embracing discipline as the focus of the program.

Echols extended preseason camp from a couple of days to a week of two-a-day practices.

Echols designed the camp to combine agility training and lacrosse-specific training by researching top NCAA Division I programs, such as Notre Dame, and adapting programs he had implemented other places.

Captain David Escott said there is more competition among players for playing time since the players behind them in the depth chart are putting in more effort to LACROSSE, see page 7

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Team travels to Houston for last regular season meet Lady Tigers aim to build momentum Jack Chascin Sports Contributor

The LSU women’s swimming and diving team is set to travel to Houston, Texas, for a meet against Houston, Tulane and Rice on Friday and Saturday.

LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer said this quad meet against these women’s squads has been around since he became a coach at LSU in 2006, and he said the team is looking forward to swimming against three quality opponents.

Both Houston and Rice are coming off wins in their last meets, while Tulane was on the losing end.

The Lady Tigers have had plenty of success recording wins against all three schools the past four years and are looking to make it five straight before preparing for the Southeastern Conference Championships.

“There will be some women swimming fast trying to make a spot on our conference team, and there will be others who will be a little more rested so they can try to get ready for our conference team,” Geyer said.

One of the women who will see a little more rest time than usual this weekend is freshman Kara Kopcso.

Kopcso leads the Lady Tigers with eight wins this year and is coming off a record-setting performance against Texas A&M on Jan. 18 for which she received SEC Female Freshman of

the Week.

“We probably won’t have [Kopcso] swim the [200 yard butterfly] this week just to give her a break from that mentally and physically before she heads into conference,” Geyer said.

Geyer said Kopcso has the confidence she needs in that event to take this weekend off to focus on other events.

With the Lady Tigers absent from competition last weekend, it was important for them to stay focused, while at the same time getting rest and staying healthy for the meets to come.

Geyer said even during off weeks, it’s a competition during practice. Swimmers are always racing and competing not only against one another, but against the clock.

LAST MEET, see page 7

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The Lady Tigers swimming and diving team will travel to Houston this weekend to compete in its last meet of the regular season.

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HEAD to HEAD

Is playing the Super Bowl in New Jersey a good idea?

No. It’s a disaster waiting to happen for the NFL. THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Columnist A number of NFL ventures over the past few years have successfully improved and fostered the growth of the game, but playing Super Bowl XLVIII in the frozen swamps of New Jersey won’t be remembered as one of them.

If a blizzard were to hit the Northeast this week, the decision would have went down as one of the biggest blunders in the league’s history.

Just imagine if a foot or more of snow came down Sunday. Both New York and New Jersey have the capabilities to deal with snow, but there are very few ways into the Meadowlands, and winter weather would cause bottle necking and make getting to MetLife Stadium a nightmare.

It could be even worse if the blizzard hit in the days leading up to the game, because if the airports closed, thousands of fans who fly in for the game would be stranded without a way to even get into the area for the game.

These were such real threats that the NFL had multiple contingency plans in case the game had to be moved up or delayed.

The amount of work it would take to move such a massive event is mind boggling, and the whole world would be watching and laughing as the league tried.

Luckily for the league, the forecast for Sunday shows temperatures in the low 40s to high 20s, with little chance of precipitation. Considering it’s New Jersey in February, that’s as beautiful a forecast as the NFL could have hoped for.

But betting on decent weather in the Northeast is a crapshoot with more bad outcomes than good, and the NFL shouldn’t be credited simply for getting lucky — Even though I’m sure league officials will fall over trying to pat themselves on the back for pulling it off.

And just because the weather won’t be an utter disaster Sunday, playing the game in New Jersey is still not a good idea.

If the Super Bowl kicks off without a hitch logistically, the NFL is still screwing over the ticket holders who are paying thousands of dollars apiece to spend six-plus hours sitting outside in the cold.

Corporations will gobble up a large majority of the allotment, but most of those tickets will be used by executives who will spend more time in luxury boxes and hospitality areas than freezing in their seats.

The Super Bowl is the most televised event in the world, and it won’t be a good look for anyone if there are visible empty seats around the stadium.

Tack on the fact that no tailgating is allowed in the parking lot, and I can’t imagine average fans would be willing to pony up for a ticket.

Judging by the poor attendance numbers coming out of Super Bowl week events in New York City, there doesn’t seem to be the buzz that always surrounds the event.

It’s supposed to be a week-long party that turns the host city into a tourist hotspot, and nothing kills a vibe quite like consistently freezing temperatures.

Even Mike Ditka and Terry Bradshaw, NFL icons who brought Lombardi Trophies home for their cold-weather franchises,

spoke out against playing the game at a coldweather site.

Ditka went so far as to tell the Detroit Free Press that “It’s stupid,” and I for one agree with him.

I grew up playing football in cold weather. In terms of the game itself, there is a cool mystique about seeing the NFL crown its champion in true old-school frigid conditions.

But unfortunately, the Super Bowl isn’t played in a bubble, and Sunday will be remembered as a bad idea and a mistake the NFL won’t be likely to make again.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y.

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Yes. Hatred for cold-weather games too overblown.

CURLY HAIR, DON’T CARE TOMMY ROMANACH Sports Contributor As the week leading up to the Super Bowl XLVIII rolls on, you’ll hear grumblings of how the quality of play will be diminished because of the cold weather in the New York/New Jersey area.

But the truth is, cold weather will be little more than an excuse for the losing team’s fan base.

First, let’s not act like the Super Bowl has never been played in cold weather before. When the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI in 1972 outside at Tulane Stadium, it was 39 degrees. They played the Super Bowl at Tulane again three years later, this time in 46-degree weather.

Super Bowls have been affected by other outside forces as well. Peyton Manning’s only Super Bowl win, in Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears, was played in a

torrential downpour. But, for some reason, I don’t recall anyone talking about “quality of play” after that game.

And let’s not forget last season when, after a power outage paused the game for 34 minutes, the San Francisco 49ers nearly pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. I’d be shocked if cold weather affects this Super Bowl as much as that blackout affected the last one.

Some might argue the cold weather is disadvantageous to the fans who will have to sit in the cold, but what exactly did those fans expect for a game played in New Jersey in early February?

You don’t buy cotton candy and then complain that it’s too sweet, and you don’t buy tickets to an outdoor event in the North and then complain about the cold.

But the biggest thing most pundits fail to realize is this: the rules put in play the last few seasons that have progressively made life easier for quarterbacks around the league. As the issue of concussions has become more and more serious, the league has protected the position with the most superstars.

The first rule changes seemed to come with good intentions. But each new season seems to bring a new rule with it, and it’s gotten to the point where defensive linemen probably have nightmares about breathing on the quarterback the wrong way.

Several rules have changed to make things advantageous for receivers as well.

Pass interference and defensive holding are easier to commit than ever, and the importance of positions like linebacker and safety has lessened significantly.

Nowhere are the rule changes more evident than in the history books. Before 2011, only two players had ever thrown for more than 5,000 passing yards in one season. In the last three seasons, we’ve seen six players reach that milestone.

People complain about how steroids ruined the history books in baseball, but what’s happening to passing records now isn’t that different. Maybe more people will care when Matthew Stafford passes John Elway on the all-time passing list in 10 years.

With the cold weather, Denver’s Manning and Seattle’s Russell Wilson may have some struggles throwing the ball. Suddenly the playing field becomes more even, and the game begins to resemble a league we saw 15 years ago.

So if a little cold weather and wind affects the ease a quarterback has to throw the ball, I’m in favor of it. The weather might shine light on some of the other great players in the game, such as Richard Sherman, Knowshon Moreno and Marshawn Lynch.

This game is played with 22 players on the field, not just one. It’s about time the game starts recognizing that.

Tommy Romanach is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Dallas.

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Snow falls at the Meadowlands Racetrack next to MetLife Stadium on Jan. 21 in East Rutherford, N.J. The NFL will host Super Bowl XLVIII at the stadium on Feb. 2, which is the first time the league will play its title game outdoors in a city where it snows.

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Friday, January 31, 2014 LATE SURGE, from page 5

“It was deďŹ nitely the sense of, ‘We’ve been here before, this is ridiculous, and when are we going to pull ourselves up and come out ďŹ ghting from the beginning?’â€? senior guard Jeanne Kenney said. “Like coach Nikki said in the locker room, we know we have ďŹ ght, but when are we going to put together 40 minutes?â€?

Whatever Caldwell told them, it worked.

Led by McKinney and freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief, the Lady Tigers exploded out of the locker room to obtain a 33-31 lead with 14:14 remaining in the second half.

LSU never looked back.

McKinney found herself the target of a number of Lady Tiger passes, and what resulted was a 15-point second half. She ďŹ nished with a perfect performance after shooting

7-of-7 from the ďŹ eld and 5-of-5 from the free throw line.

The senior scored 10 points in the ďŹ rst 10 minutes of the second half, giving LSU a seven-point lead with 10:22 remaining in the contest. “I just focused on making all of my layups,â€? McKinney said. “That was a big thing that we’ve been working on in practice. I feel like coach Nikki has always emphasized for me that I need to be a great offensive rebounder, and tonight [I] just kind of ourished and went with it.â€?

While McKinney posted up under the glass, Moncrief used her speed and athleticism to become a force while driving to the basket. After scoring six points in the ďŹ rst half, the freshman ďŹ nished with 17 total points.

LSU improved its shooting as a whole after halftime, turning a 36 percent ďŹ rst half ďŹ eld goal percentage into 65 percent in the second half.

The Daily Reveille When the Lady Tigers travel to No. 13 Kentucky (16-5, 4-4 SEC) on Sunday, a sluggish start could be LSU’s downside.

It will be LSU’s fourth road contest against a ranked opponent, and the Lady Tigers will look to build off the momentum generated in the second half of Thursday’s game.

Caldwell said she knows her squad can handle playing under pressure on the road. “We talk about the fact that we’ve been in this situation where we’ve had to go into a hostile environment, and we won,â€? Caldwell said. “We did it because ďŹ rst and foremost, we put family ďŹ rst, and we were very cohesive and very together. Those are the things that make the difference in whether you can go into Kentucky [and win].â€?

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prepare for the season.

Escott and McHale said during camp, the team came together not only on the ďŹ eld, but also off it. “Especially during camp, we had a lot of team get-togethers outside of practice,â€? Escott said. “We are deďŹ nitely more tight than we have ever been. We went out to a team movie.â€?

The team unity makes players more accountable to one another, encouraging them to work harder so they don’t let down their teammates.

Through more intense preparation, the team has a new conďŹ dence entering this season. “ConďŹ dence comes from knowing that the man behind you can do his job, so each player can focus instead on his own responsibilities,â€?

Escott said.

Echols’s season mantra, “winners are disciplined,â€? has his team conďŹ dent and excited for the challenges that lie ahead this season. “I am looking forward to beating teams that we have never beaten before,â€? McHale said.

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LAST MEET, from page 5

Even with LSU being closed for severe winter weather, Geyer said they were able to ďŹ t in most of their workouts this week while making up for any lost time on Wednesday during their afternoon practice.

The quad meet starts at 5 p.m.

Friday when the teams will go through the ďŹ rst half of events before beginning again at 11 a.m. Saturday for the second half.

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Coach Nikki Caldwell and the Lady Tigers took down Mississippi State tonight in a 65-56 victory in the PMAC.

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Snow days in Baton Rouge don’t happen often — and more students should have taken advantage and enjoyed the chilly outdoors.

Studies show inactivity can seriously damage the brain NO WAY, JOSE Jose Bastidas Columnist Attention LSU students: The Snowpocalypse could have ruined our brains.

Like any person who is unfamiliar with winter weather, I dedicated my Tuesday to catching up on sleep, watching 12 hours of Netflix and staying in bed. When it was announced that LSU would not open Wednesday either, I cherished the extension of my unexpected break.

By the time Wednesday morning came along, my mood had changed dramatically, and my desire to do homework and even write this column was replaced by a hollowed-out mind focused on nothing but eating and sleeping.

This kind of break can cause irreparable damage to our brains if we are not careful.

A study, recently published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, was done on rats to test what living a sedentary life can do to the mind.

The scientists at Wayne State University in Michigan concluded that being inactive for long periods of time can reshape our neurons in ways that affect

our brains and, in some cases, our hearts.

The scientists used a dozen rats as their study subjects. Half of them were placed in cages with wheels while the others were placed in cages without wheels. After approximately three months of these living conditions, the rats’ brains were analyzed for any changes in their neurons, and what the scientists found corroborated their theory.

The active rats’ neurons remained similar to the way they had been before, and their brains were working normally.

The sedentary rats’ neurons, however, had changed. The neurons associated with subconscious reactions, such as breathing and blood flow control, had grown their branches, making them more sensitive to stimuli.

This change in the rats’ brains, the overreaction to stimuli, could potentially cause them to have increased blood pressure and heart disease.

While humans and rats don’t share a lot of similarities, it has actually been proven that both suffer the same kinds of diseases, which is why scientists can prove both groups react in a similar way to inactivity.

Now, I’m not a scientist and there’s no way for me to know if during the process of these two “sedentary snow days” my sympathetic nervous system changed in any way. But I will say that,

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from personal experience, exercising turns your brain back on.

The imminent re-opening of the University, an event that I yearned for and dreaded at the same time, reminded me of the mountains of work that I had to get done and, in the back of my head, I remembered the study.

In an attempt to be a responsible adult, I fought the temptation to stay in bed, walked over to the gym and forced myself to work out.

Maybe it was the power of suggestion from the study, but my willingness to do my work resurfaced, and being active for an hour helped me refocus on my responsibilities.

So if you are still feeling unmotivated because of the snow break, get out of bed, do some jumping jacks and do some homework. Because – unlike the rats – we have to get back on that college grind.

Jose Alejandro Bastidas is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from The Woodlands, Texas.

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Quote of the Day “Inactivity is death.”

Benito Mussolini Italian Prime Minister July 29, 1883 — April 28, 1945

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Abortion politics take the emphasis off women OFF WITH HER HEAD Jana King Columnist On Wednesday, Feb. 4, state officials will hold a hearing to review the State Department of Health and Hospital’s absurd abortion clinic regulations.

In the last three years, Louisiana has been named No. 1 in antiabortion legislation and the worst state for women in the country.

And abortion politics proves that.

In an effort to make sense of things and settle some unresolved opinions once and for all, I spoke with the president of LSU’s Students for Life organization, Shellie Pergola.

From the moment Pergola agreed to sit down with me, I felt a bit nervous. Abortion is not a light subject, and for that reason the two sides can be radical.

But as soon as we started speaking, I felt more at ease. Pergola had just returned from March for Life in Washington, D.C., and she was full of ideas and talking points that were refreshing compared to the traditional anti-abortion talks I’ve heard.

“I dislike that there are sides, because we should be working together. It sounds like pro-lifers aren’t for women making choices,” Pergola said, touching on the baselessness of the argument itself.

The most radical members of any advocacy system are the ones who will be the loudest, and the abortion debate is no different. I’ve kept my space from this

debate, mostly out of annoyance for how we are handling it.

Anti-abortion advocates will pit the mother against the child, whereas abortion rights supporters claim the government is controlling the female body.

When we frame the argument to be woman versus child, the country accomplishes nothing.

We would benefit from remembering this — the women who want abortions do not want abortions like they want a new car or a present. The women who seek abortions are desperate, like animals caught in a trap.

Throughout my discussion with Pergola, I realized that yes, Louisiana is leading the country in anti-abortion legislation, and we are seeing fewer abortions, but there is little being done to help children once they are born.

If we truly were a pro-life nation, we would have free health care, education opportunities and prison rehabilitation. If we fight for a fetus’ right to life, we cannot abandon it once it is born.

Otherwise we are not pro-life, we are pro-deciding-when-theydie.

Pergola had excellent additions to this idea, and she pointed out how LSU is not welcoming to student mothers.

“There are no diaper decks or nursing stations in the bathrooms,” Pergola said. “There are no pregnancy resources in the Women’s Center or Student Health Center.”

Beyond basic pregnancy tests and limited counseling, Pergola is right. The University doesn’t provide adequate resources for pregnant students.

The largest benefit of

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Abortion opponents gather Jan. 25 in San Francisco’s Civic Center for the “Walk for Life” rally and march.

abortion for women ages 18 to 21 is being able to continue education. This is evident in the studies that show there are 145 abortions for each adoption at Planned Parenthood.

Pregnant students are gawked at or shunned, not supported.

Adoptions put women through nine months of judgement, whereas abortions allow immediate relief.

If there is one thing I never thought I would say, it is that I agree with the Students for Life organization. But I do. For Louisiana to truly be pro-life, we have to support women in all walks of life.

And we are a long way from that.

It starts by allowing women freedom. Knowing there are options gives women time to think things over and look at available resources.

In order for a real change to come about, our country needs to rethink its definition of pro-choice.

Choice defines multiple options, whether adoption, raising a child, or terminating a pregnancy.

Pro-lifers play an important role within the pro-choice community. They have the power to lobby for resources and programs to support women and their children.

The most disturbing effect of politicizing abortion is that it keeps women in limbo, never fully

aware of all their options or the resources available to them.

It’s time to accept that our current debate does not accomplish anything, and rethink how we discuss abortions.

Jana King is a nineteen-year-old communication studies sophomore from Ponchatoula, LA.

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

Grantland outrage illuminates transgender stigma 600 WORDS OF SOMMER Annette Sommers Columnist Last week, Grantland, a sports and pop culture blog, published an investigative story on the inventor of a golf putter who was, irrelevantly, transgender.

The author of the story, Caleb Hannan, exposed the inventor, known as Dr. V, for allegedly lying about her education and work experience. But that’s not where the story goes bad.

Shortly after Hannan emailed Dr. V saying he knew her secret, she killed herself. The story ran four months later.

After some initial praise for Hannan’s investigative reporting, comments turned sour, arguing that Hannan had no right to out Dr. V on the personal

matter of sexuality.

At first, I thought Hannan was doing his job, and like any good reporter he saw a story and reported it. But after assessing some of my own insensitivities, I realized Dr. V’s sexuality should not have been part of the story at all.

Melanie Stapleton, president of Spectrum, the University’s LGBTQ organization, said in an email, “Seeing something as ridiculous as a golf article reinforcing negative stereotypes is sickening. We do have the right to freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean we have the right to be free of basic human compassion.”

The rest of the country is starting to agree with her.

The federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled on Jan. 21 that juries cannot be discriminated against based on sexual orientation.

At first, people fought to end race discrimination in juries and then moved on to gender discrimination. Now we are combating sexual orientation and gender identification discrimination.

The federal court ruled that someone’s sexual orientation does not matter in a jury. So why should it matter in any other situation?

Sure, it was crucial to know that Dr. V was not actually a doctor at all and was lying about a majority of her past. But the story should have stopped there, especially after Dr. V made it known to Hannan she did not want a personal side of the story to run.

Dr. V was transgender. This shouldn’t be a factor in assessing her morals. A person’s gender identity is exactly that, his or her own. It was not Hannan’s place to out Dr. V, even in death.

Taking everything into account, I don’t think Hannan

deserved the amount of criticism he received. Yes, he was ignorant. No, ignorance is not an excuse, but it is an unfortunate trait that many Americans are guilty of possessing.

We are ignorant about one another because we don’t take the time to understand what we don’t know. We shy away from people in other cultures, claiming to not understand their way of life. We judge people who are in different social classes because we don’t understand their pasts. We are, collectively, an ignorant species.

The disturbing part is that some people will live their entire lives comfortable in their blissful stupidity, never venturing outside their own bubbles of selfishness. That is where the real problem lies.

And while Hannan and Grantland are each guilty of some of these things, they are not as guilty as the many people in

this world who refuse to admit to their shortcomings.

I believe Hannan will not spend the rest of his days ignorant about the LGBTQ community. He has probably learned more in the last two weeks than he had in his entire life thus far.

With the stigma surrounding the transgender community brought into the light, it is up to the people to decide whether to educate themselves.

Ignorance is not an excuse. It is not a way of life either.

Annette Sommers is an 18-yearold mass communication sophomore from Dublin, Calif.

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JORDAN, from page 1 for my team,” Jordan said. “We placed fifth at Super Six last year, and I’m ready for our team to take it up another notch and win a national championship and definitely place higher than that.”

Jordan’s quest to better herself didn’t go unnoticed. LSU coach D-D Breaux claimed Jordan was the most-improved gymnast during the off-season, and the junior has given credence to hear coach’s words.

Jordan’s average score on all but one event has increased since last season, and her vault total is just six-thousandths of a point shy of her 2013 mark. She is tied with senior Kaleigh Dickson for seventh in the all-around standings with a 39.425, and her 9.900 average on beam is good for fifth nationally. “[Jordan] did a great job this summer, and her fitness is at a tremendous level,” Breaux said. “She’s on top of her gymnastics, and she’s beautiful to watch. She has really led the charge for the changes that we wanted to see this team make.”

Though Jordan has shattered her numbers from previous years, she has also developed as a leader for LSU. Breaux said the junior

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made sure to solve problems, but did not necessarily complete any permanent repairs.

Maharrey said the University purchased four truckloads of sand ahead of time, costing about $1,200 total, and paid outside contractors about $800 to clear the sand off roads Thursday.

The other current operations around campus, including an asbestos cleaning project and construction on various sites, were paused as of Monday, said Tammy Millican, assistant director of Facility Services.

Millican said the different contractors working on the projects had inclement weather days built into their contracts, so the storm did not cost the University extra in

leads by example, which translates well with the Tigers’ makeup.

For all of Jordan’s success, she tries to remain unaware of the circumstances during competitions.

Jordan doesn’t watch any routines before her own, even if she’s the last gymnast in the rotation.

“I don’t watch people perform, and I’ve been doing that all my life,” Jordan said. “In some ways, it psyches me out mentally. That’s just how I compete. Usually I stand near a trainer since he has a very calm energy. I tend to gravitate toward calmer people and try to relax my mind.”

Fellow junior all-arounder Rheagan Courville was the first to embrace Jordan following her beam routine Saturday. Courville, the No. 1 all-around performer in the country, agreed with Breaux’s assessment of Jordan’s off-season improvement and showed respect for her attitude and abilities.

“Jessie has gotten so much more confident, and you can see it in every performance she does,” Courville said.

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Maharrey said the main source of extra expense to the University because of the storm was manpower costs from having to pay the crew for overtime.

“We didn’t want them on the road back and forth,” Maharrey said. “They responded to different calls through the night. Residential Life also had their own custodians.”

The exact cost of the storm is hard to measure, Maharrey said, because they were doing standard operating procedures.

“We saw the storm coming and decided to get ahead of it a little bit,” Maharrey said.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

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“It all goes back to having your governance be at a local level rather than a federal level, leaving more decisions to the people in their individual capacities, and leaving more money in their pockets to do with it what they want,” Felder said. “When you restore liberty and freedom to the individual, people will become much more involved in their communities and will reach out to women who are at a state of crisis in their lives.”

When it comes to issues of higher education, Felder said she will “fight to keep the federal government out of education as much as possible.”

Felder is a member of the NRA, and attended a concealed weapons class on Jan. 25.

On the subject of gun-related violence, Felder said she does not think the answer is more gun control.

“I think that allowing for teachers and principals to arm themselves, to protect themselves and the children that are in their classrooms, would probably put a stop to this pretty quickly,” Felder said.

Though Felder said she is running for Congress to win, she acknowledges that representing clients is her true passion.

“This is something I hope to be able to do for a couple of terms and then be able to pass the baton and get back to what it is I consider to be my career,” Felder said.

and run for Congress was not easy.

When Rep. Bill Cassidy announced he would not seek reelection, Felder said she began approaching local business people in her area, encouraging them to run.

However, Felder said “the finger kept getting pointed back at me.”

After conferring with her husband, Felder decided to pursue a congressional run.

“We just decided instead of me spending all this time screaming at the television, telling Republicans how they should be answering questions, I should be the one answering the questions,” Felder said.

Felder does not feel her lack of political experience will affect her chances in the race, and she prides herself on not being a career politician.

“So many people are ready for a change,” Felder said. “They are ready for people who are not concerned with their next election.”

Felder said she views her candidacy as a positive step forward for the Republican Party, noting that the GOP is trying to refocus its approach toward women voters by attempting to attract more female candidates.

“The Republican Party is not really attracting women to run,” Felder said. “The Democrats seem to do that and do it fairly well.”

Felder, married since 2000, said she is a proponent of traditional marriage, and she thinks her view on the issue of Contact Quint Forgey at abortion sets her apart from the FOR RELEASE JANUARY qforgey@lsureveille.com 31, 2014 other candidates.

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men’s basketball

Friday, January 31, 2014

Tigers hope to avoid letdown against Arkansas Game set for 4 p.m.

Saturday at home Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

Coming off arguably its biggest win in the still-young Johnny Jones era, the LSU men’s basketball team will have to avoid the letdown as Arkansas strolls into Baton Rouge in hopes of taking the Tigers down off their high.

The threat of a trip-up game looms as LSU’s gaze shifts from an emotional win against No. 11 Kentucky to an Arkansas team that holds a 2-5 record in conference play this season.

Jones and his squad have just three days to put Kentucky in their rearview mirror and focus on the Razorbacks, but Jones said the redirection won’t be an issue after preaching the philosophy of “next one up” all season.

“The most important game on our schedule is the next one, and certainly coming off an emotional game, they’re one of the top-ranked teams in the country,” Jones said. “But we understand the implications of our next game if, in fact, we don’t approach it the way we should.”

The mindset has evidently stuck with Jones’ players, as almost every Tiger has echoed their coach at some point in the season —

PLAYER TO WATCH Quick Hits · junior forward · Recorded 29 points, nine rebounds in the Tigers’ 87-82 victory against Kentucky on Johnny O’Bryant III Tuesday.

particularly this week when the matter seemed to have most relevance.

The win against Kentucky made Shavon Coleman one of two seniors to take down the Wildcats since Marcus Thornton, and the senior class of 2008 did so twice in the same season.

“I just told them we can’t keep all of our focus on Kentucky,” Coleman said. “We have to move on to the next game. Arkansas is an important game for us.”

Arkansas could catch the Tigers off guard if they aren’t careful. Five of the Razorbacks’ seven losses have been within single digits, and they rank first in SEC scoring offenses with 82.3 points per game.

What seems to be the most concerning factor to LSU isn’t what Arkansas can do with the ball in its hands, but rather the aggressive press it plays on defense.

“We know they like to press a lot.” Coleman said. “We just have

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LSU senior forward Shavon Coleman (5) and the Tigers will take on the Arkansas Razorbacks at 4 p.m. Saturday in the PMAC.

to break through and try to run our own tempo.”

The Arkansas defense will be gunning for LSU junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III. If there was anyone left in the conference not aware of what O’Bryant could do on the court, they learned quickly after what can only be described as

a career night for the Mississippi native against Kentucky.

O’Bryant threw down 29 points and nine rebounds in an inspired performance, after Kentucky coach John Calipari didn’t send double teams O’Bryant’s way early in the game.

Single coverage isn’t a luxury

O’Bryant expects to have again.

“After that, I don’t think anyone will try the one-on-one thing anymore,” O’Bryant chuckled.

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

gymnastics

No. 3 Tigers look to end losing streak against Alabama Alabama has taken last 11 meetings

excitement in the PMAC, and we want to get out there in front of our fans and show them what we’ve been practicing. It’s obviously a goal to beat them because we know we’re prepared enough, and Marcus Rodrigue we know we have enough confiSports Contributor dence.”

For all of the No. 3 LSU gymDuring Alabama’s streak nastics team’s success in recent against LSU, the Tide notched a years, one foe has given the Tigers 197 or higher six times, whereas trouble at every turn. the Tigers have surpassed that LSU (2-1, 1-1 Southeastern mark in the last three contests.

Conference) has finished behind Despite recent history beAlabama the last ing skewed in Ala11 times the teams bama’s favor, LSU Next up for have clashed. The coach D-D Breaux the Tigers: No. 7 Crimson Tide put no value on the (3-1, 3-0 SEC) have streak.

Who: LSU (2-1,1-1) vs. knocked off the Ti“I don’t think Alabama (3-1,3-0) gers in four straight we’re in a losing When: 7 p.m. tonight dual meets, but that streak,” Breaux said. streak will be put “Last year, we had Where: PMAC on the line tonight every opportunity to Watch or listen at home: when LSU hosts beat them, and we Cox Sports Television Alabama in the made some mistakes PMAC at 7 p.m. when we went to our The last time the Tigers de- best event. The same thing hapfeated the Tide was in 2010 when pened to us when we went to SECs then-No. 1 Alabama fell by a nar- and regionals.” row margin in Baton Rouge. Since The Tigers narrowed the gap then, the Tide has outdone LSU in last season, falling to the Tide by every meeting by an average score less than .300 in a home meet beof 197.105-196.307. fore coming up only .100 points “Alabama and LSU are short of Alabama at the SEC huge SEC rivals,” said junior all- Championship. The Tide finished arounder Rheagan Courville. “I .300 points better than LSU at know there’s going to be lots of the Super Six meet to close the

season, but the first three weeks of 2014 suggest an end to Alabama’s dominance.

In the early stages of the season, the Tigers mustered a 197.038 average team score while the Tide averaged a 196.775 through three competitions.

LSU boasts three top-25 allaround gymnasts for the first time since 2007, as Courville is No. 1, junior Jessie Jordan and senior Kaleigh Dickson are tied for No. 7.

Alabama senior Kim Jacob is the only ranked gymnast for the Tide, standing at No. 14 with a 39.275 all-around average.

Breaux said tonight’s competition is one of the midpoints of the regular season, but she couldn’t deny the importance of turning out a great performance against Alabama.

“When Alabama comes to town, does it make a big footprint? Yes it does,” Breaux said.

“It’s a target, something that we feel like we need to be our best for every time.”

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Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com

LSU all-arounder Rheagan Courville performs her balance beam routine Jan. 25 during the Lady Tigers victory against Auburn in the PMAC.