The Daily Reveille - February 21, 2014

OPINION: Course quality depends on individual student participation, p. 9

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tigers prepare to face Kentucky on the road, p. 5

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TECHNOLOGY

Campus encounters wireless failure

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WIRELESS, see page 4

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GYMNASTICS

take on defending champions LSU tests Gators’ undefeated record

Staff Reports Some students had trouble accessing the University’s wireless network Thursday after one of LSU’s main wireless controllers crashed around noon because of a corrupted process.

The single crashed controller supports about a third of the University’s wireless infrastructure, said Hector Rios, University assistant director of Networking and Infrastructure.

Rios said when the controller returned to operation, it appeared to be in an unstable state, causing sporadic wireless connectivity for that third of LSU’s wireless infrastructure.

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improve safety around campus, but Graham said the most memorable issue of 1982 was the air conditioner being out.

Graham approached the job with the intention of making campus safer and easier to navigate.

The No. 3 LSU gymnastics team should be used to this by now.

For the third week in a row, the Tigers (7-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) will take on the No. 2 team in the country away from Baton Rouge. After facing Oklahoma for two straight competitions, LSU wraps up its grueling four-meet road stretch against reigning national champion Florida at 6 p.m. tonight in Gainesville, Fla. The Gators (6-0, 4-0 SEC) were No. 1 for two weeks before the Sooners scored a 198.175 Saturday at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas, to reclaim the top spot.

The Tigers finished second in the four-team field behind Oklahoma, despite setting a programrecord 197.875 team score. LSU downed the Sooners, 197.650197.325, on Feb. 9 in their first

GRAHAM, see page 11

FLORIDA MEET, see page 4

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Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking , Traffic and Transportation Services, is retiring after working 32 years at LSU.

Parking director reflects as retirement approaches

Lyle Manion

Contributing Writer

Once a student bus driver at University of Virginia, Gary Graham is now winding down a 32year run as the director of LSU’s Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation before he retires in

early April.

When Graham arrived in 1982, the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation was different from how it is today, Graham said.

Paid parking had only recently been implemented with a rate of $10 for a year for student parking.

The office was looking for ways to

STUDENT LIFE

University student opens up about modeling, eating disorder Whitney Lynn Contributing Writer

As a model, Olivia Smith was constantly fixated on the numbers on the scale.

Now a math secondary education junior, Smith was repeatedly approached her junior year of high school by a mall kiosk worker who asked if she wanted to be a model. She believed the setup to be a scam. But as she pursued the possibility further, she deemed the worker truthful. Within a month, she signed a contract and

became a model.

To prepare for modeling, she began to train in runway walking.

Smith met with ex-model-turneddesigner Adrian Alicea to perfect her strut. After purchasing six inch heels, Smith said she walked up and down an apartment hallway three hours a day for a week.

Smith also began working out more and eating healthier.

“It started out as ‘Oh, I won’t eat as much bread,’ and I started losing weight really fast,” Smith said.

Then Smith began to exercise

on the elliptical every day and was only consuming about 500 calories.

Four months after signing the contract, she booked two small runway shows in New York Fashion Week. Smith was a model for Nico and Adrian and Ivy Higa, a designer from Project Runway. For the two shows, her 5-foot-9-inch frame weighed in at 100 pounds.

“When you say ‘skin and bones,’ I was literally skins and bones,” Smith said.

MODELING, see page 11

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Olivia Smith, math secondary education junior and former model, simulates walking down a runway on campus. Smith recovered from an eating disorder while modeling.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Nation & World

Friday, February 21, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Gap decides to raise its minimum wage Group sues insurers due to AIDS prejudice The Associated Press

Sunny HIGH 67 LOW 42 sunrise: 6:39 a.m. sunset: 5:58 p.m.

Saturday HIGH 71 LOW 56

Sunday HIGH 75 LOW 58

NEW YORK (AP) — Gap’s decision this week to raise the hourly wages of workers at its stores nationwide puts pressure on other major U.S. retailers to do the same.

Following Gap’s announcement that it will set the minimum wage for workers at $9 an hour this year and $10 an hour in 2015, big store chains from Wal-Mart to Sears said Thursday that they will continue to evaluate their wages.

But ultimately, industry watchers say whether they follow Gap’s move will depend greatly on whether they decide that they need to in order to remain competitive.

“I think more people will wait on the sidelines and not take on additional expenses,” said Ken Perkins, president of RetailMetrics, a retail research firm. “It’s a gamble on Gap’s part.”

Gap’s move comes at a time when the plight of hourly workers has made headlines. Protests by fast food workers asking for higher pay last year in cities across the country made headlines. Several states are considering raising their

The Associated Press

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The nation’s largest clothing chain, which operates Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta, said it would raise the wages to $10 by 2015.

minimum wages. And President Barack Obama is endorsing a bill in Congress that includes a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2016.

There’s no question that whatever the major players in the U.S. retail industry decide to do will have an effect on the job market.

In fact, the industry supports one

in every four U.S. jobs, representing about 42 million workers.

Still, the industry has mostly shunned the idea of higher wages.

The National Retail Federation, which represents some of the nation’s largest retailers, is fighting President Obama’s proposal, saying the financial burden could force them to raise prices or reduce workforce.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the Feb. 20 article “Honors College exposes students to research,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly reported Julia Buckner said some marijuana users have a lackadaisical attitude. Buckner actually said that people may have flippant attitudes toward marijuana users.

In the Feb. 20 article “Conflicting views of smoking ban policy on campus arise,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly reported a resolution titled “Support for a Tobacco-Free Campus” was tabled for further discussion. In fact, the resolution was not tabled and will have its second reading at the March Faculty Senate meeting. The article also incorrectly reported the smoke free campus committee was comprised only of Faculty Senate members. The committee actually includes representatives from many campus organizations including the Staff Senate, Faculty Senate, Student Government, Residential Life, the Ag Center and Human Resources.

In the Feb 20 article “SG discusses budget, new Student Union features,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly reported the spring semester Student Government budget as $24,134 and the expected budget as $23,634. The spring semester income actually is $53,094.80, and the expected income was $51,994.80. The total budget for the year was $116,587.70. University enrollment is 24,134 students, and the expected enrollment was 23,634.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An advocacy group has filed suit in federal court seeking to block insurance companies from refusing to take payments from a federal program that helps HIV and AIDS patients.

Lambda Legal earlier filed complaints with federal agencies after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana said it would stop taking payments March 1 from unrelated third parties — including the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS program.

The Louisiana Health Cooperative has said it also would stop taking such payments and a third company, Vantage Health Plan, says it is considering doing so.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield spokesman John Maginnis says the company has not seen the lawsuit and couldn’t comment.

INTERNATIONAL Many people killed in Ukraine capital on Day of Protest KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country’s deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago.

The European Union imposed sanctions on those deemed responsible for the violence, and three EU foreign ministers held a long day of talks in Kiev with both embattled President Viktor Yanukovych

and leaders of the protests seeking his ouster.

But it’s increasingly unclear whether either side has the will or ability to compromise.

Yanukovych and the opposition protesters are locked in a battle over the identity of Ukraine, a nation of 46 million that has divided loyalties between Russia and the West. Parts of the country — mostly in its western cities — are in open revolt against Yanukovych’s central government, while many in eastern Ukraine back the president.

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EDUCATION

TECHNOLOGY

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Smaller Wireless improvements on the horizon classes engage students Renee Barrow

Contributing Writer

James Richards Staff Writer

Small class sizes could positively affect student learning, according to the College Educational Quality Project.

Corbin Campbell, principal investigator of the Teachers College at Columbia University, took a novel approach to evaluating educational quality, sitting in on more than 150 classes instead of focusing on student surveys and testing. Examining two selective research institutions, the study found smaller classes that engage students in discussion to be the best in terms of academic rigor and teaching quality.

Statistics on class size from the Office of Budget and Planning’s fall 2013 Common Data Set show approximately 61 percent of classes have fewer than 30 students, with only 9 percent of classes having more than 100 students. The study found the best classes had between five and 25 students.

Herman Kelly, adjunct instructor in the College of Human Sciences and Education, agreed with the study, saying smaller class sizes are better because it allows an instructor to connect with students personally instead of thinking of somebody “in a seat, trying to get a grade.”

Kelly said he does best in a class with 50 students or fewer, while a class of 75 or more students is “pushing it.” He said huge classes in lecture halls like the Bo Campbell Auditorium make it near impossible for students to connect with their professors.

The study found in 85 percent of classes, students asked questions, indicating active involvement in the coursework. On the other hand, the study found only 41 percent of classes included a class discussion of the material.

Kelly agreed engaging students in discussions and having them ask questions is essential to student learning. However, he said the most important qualities of a good class are not found in a study— like the passion of the instructor.

Kelly said he brings a passion for teaching to all his classes.

“I’ll do a dog catching class and I’d have a 200 person waitlist, because I’m passionate,” he said.

Read the opinion editor’s view on course quality, pg. 9

At Thursday’s Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee meeting, the same day the lsusecure Wi-Fi network experienced failures, a decision was reached to set aside unused Information Technology Services revenue from the 2013-14 fiscal year for wireless improvements.

Trey Schwartzenberg, Student Government speaker pro tempore, said SG received several complaints about the Wi-Fi failures and is happy about this decision.

While voting on individual components of the ITS Budget Proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, Thomas Rogers, Graduate Council president, proposed the idea.

Rogers said the priority of these projects should be decided by the number of classroom seats in each building, from highest to lowest seat quantity.

“The surplus from 2013 to 2014 from ITS projects will be dedicated to wireless for 2014 to 2015 and hopefully over the summer,” said Tommy Smith, acting executive director of the Office of Budget and Planning.

The Oversight Committee also decided to close the public access labs in the upper Student Union and second floor of Middleton Library.

Michael Smith, assistant director of ITS, said this was an aggressive approach.

“Once you close a lab, the space will get repurposed,” Smith said.

Rogers said the space should be used as a study area where students have access to power outlets for their devices.

John Woodard, SG president, said they should be careful they are not simply emptying a room.

“This committee does not have the authority to decide what happens to it,” Robert Kuhn, interim vice chancellor and CFO, said.

In addition to this decision, the STF Oversight Committee approved almost $4,420,000 in funding. This number includes the estimated $1 million in funding for the Chancellor’s Request, implemented in 2010.

Kuhn said they probably would not know the status of this $1 million until June.

The Chancellor’s Request refers to a $1 million institutional support measure taken by the University in light of budget cuts.

Misc. $38,647 Student Resources $35,300

Internet & Networking $660,608

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Computer & Machine $220,761

Academic Assistance $196,728

Labor $631,982

Kuhn said those budget cuts included taking $1 million out of ITS’ regular operations, so the STF funding was forced to make up for it.

Approving funding in a timely manner is essential so new equipment can be implemented most efficiently for student use, Kuhn said.

The next STF Oversight Committee meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. on March 20 in 135-F Thomas D. Boyd Hall.

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

FEBRUARY

21 EVENT CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Software $1,563,957

Building Technology & Maintenance $606,314 graphic by MADELINE ENGLER data by JARED KENDALL

EVENTS

7:00 PM

LSU Baseball - Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field - LSU Krewe of Artemis Parade - Downtown Baton Rouge Krewe of Excalibur Parade - Downtown Metairie Krewe of Eve Parade - Downtown Mandeville Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers - Blue Nile

7:30 PM

Stick Fly - Claude L. Shaver Theatre Once Upon a Mattress - Baton Rouge Little Theater Friday Night Lecture Series - Highland Road Park Observatory Krewe of Atlas Parade - Downtown Metairie

8:00 PM

Comedy Sportz - La Nuit Comedy Theater The Royal Rounders - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Paul Sanchez - Chickie Wah Wah Shakey Graves - Gasa Gasa Pink Slip Mardi Gras Party - Gasa Gasa Augustines - House of Blues New Orleans Bustout Burlesque - House of Blues New Orleans

9:00 PM

Shovels and Rope - Mud and Water Brother Jac - The Blue Moon 90 Degrees West - Paragon Casino Resort The Barhoppers - The Roux House Sweet Root - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's Jukebox Heroes - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's The Anteeks - Lava Cantina Ole Sole - The Station Sports Bar and Grill Mikayla Braun - House of Blues New Orleans

Grayhawk Perkins Presents History Unfolds Saturday, February 22. 10:30 a.m., Bluebonnet Regional Branch Grayhawk Perkins, of Choctaw and Houma Nation descent, will draw the audience into another time period through stories and his original compositions. Children 6-11.

For more information, call (225) 763-2260.

The African-American Read-In Sunday, February 9. 2:30 p.m., Eden Park Branch Children and families are invited to share literary works by African American authors. All presentations must be approved in advance.

Children nine and under must be with an adult.

For more information, call (225) 231-3260.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU Vice-Provost Bob Kuhn speaks Thursday during the Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee meeting in Thomas D. Boyd Hall.

10:00 PM

Dr. Michael White & the Original Liberty Jazz Band - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Bantam Foxes - The Blue Moon True Spin - L'Auberge Casino Hotel Baton Rouge Wayne Toups - Texas Club

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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fashion

Friday, February 21, 2014

Consignment store opens in BR Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Senior Reporter

Fashionistas looking for designer clothing at discount prices don’t have to stray far from the Perkins Road overpass, as Swap Designer Consignment Boutique opened its doors to Baton Rouge shoppers earlier this month.

The store — filled with colorful dresses, tailored blazers, fur coats and Ray-Ban shades — offers boutique overstock and designer consignment items, and the gently used items do not give the impression of old clothes but rather borrowing from a friend’s closet.

Consignment stores, unlike thrift stores, only take high-end pieces, and if the items do not sell, sellers have the option of donating the clothes to charity or taking them back to the original seller.

The first boutique started in New Orleans, but for owner Michelle Reinhardt, a Baton Rouge location was always the dream.

wireless, from page 1

Wireless was eventually stabilized at around 3 p.m.

Ric Simmons, deputy CIO and executive director of University Networking and Infrastructure, said problems of this type are rare, and the wireless network’s central equipment was having a “conniption fit.”

“This isn’t the norm,” Simmons said, “but equipment failures are just a part of the life-cycle of a network.”

Rios said the University’s Information Technology Services division is currently working with the wireless provider to analyze crash logs to determine the cause of the issue.

Jessica Smith, history education sophomore, said the wireless failure prevented her class from conducting

florida meet, from page 1

meeting in Norman, Okla.

The Tigers tallied a 197 or higher in six of its seven meets this season, and junior all-arounder Rheagan Courville insisted LSU’s break-out scores were no fluke.

“The performances we’ve had thus far are just indicative of how prepared we are,” Courville said.

“It’s not that we’ve peaked too soon, it’s not that we’re just doing our best now — we’re prepared. We’re ready for the end of this season, and we know what it’s going to take to end as champions. We watched other people do it, and we believe it’s our turn.”

Part of that preparation is sufficient rest, according to LSU coach D-D Breaux. The Tigers’ last three meets occurred in a span of eight days, and Breaux was mindful of the physical toll exacted by such a rigorous schedule.

Breaux said she planned to lighten the workload of junior allarounder Jessie Jordan, who has been battling a sore back. Jordan suffered her first fall of the season during her floor routine last Saturday.

Despite the challenges of LSU’s extended road trip, senior allarounder Sarie Morrison said

Caitlin Clifford, director of operations, said Baton Rouge was on their radar since the first store opened as Reinhart is a University alumna.

“We’re thrilled to be able to offer this store up here,” Clifford said.

“Everyone is so sweet and welcoming.”

Because the store has consignment goods, the store-goers make money selling their clothing, and the store profits from the sales. Owner Michelle Reinhardt opened the New Orleans store in 2008 to help citizens make money to spend within the community from selling their old clothes. She was able to set her own hours and provide for her family. It was a way to go above and beyond participating in the economy.

Each location has different items based on the area’s demographic; the Baton Rouge location is now figuring out what shoppers want in this city.

Clifford said their other locations don’t take active wear, but this Swap Boutique is starting to take

designer work-out clothes because of demand in the University area.

“We’re reworking our system to make sure it’s fitting the shoppers of the area,” Clifford said.

Although the eco-friendly consignment shopping trend has not hit Baton Rouge at full force, Clifford said the city has been welcoming, and Swap Boutique is excited the Capitol City dream has come true.

Shoppers who want to sell their clothes can book an appointment to have someone in the store look at their new, designer garments. Shoppers can choose to sell their chosen items for 40 percent commission or 50 percent store credit.

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Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

Swap Designer Consignment Boutique, located on Perkins Road, offers overstock and designer consignment items.

their online poll.

“It was a disadvantage to our discussion,” Smith said.

Linsey Groach, political science sophomore, suffered more drastic consequences from the Wi-Fi failure.

“I couldn’t turn in my geology homework that was due at midnight,” Groach said. “I couldn’t even work on it.”

Courtney Fischer, biology freshman, said she would not be able to write a paper due tomorrow because she could neither update her notes app or check her rubric.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news competition away from home has simulated the postseason and served as adequate preparation for Florida.

“We’ve made the most of every meet on this road stretch,” Courville said. “Being able to post the scores we’ve had on the road says a lot about our ability to adapt to whatever situation we’re in. It says a lot about the maturity of this team.”

Courville put the Tigers on a level playing field with the Gators, and her claim is statistically sound.

Though Florida boasts two of the top three all-around gymnasts in the nation, its average team score is only .013 more than LSU’s. The Gators post greater averages on bars and beam, but the Tigers hold the advantage on vault and floor.

Courville stressed the similarities between the two, but the Tigers are confident they’ll have the edge.

After all, they’ve been here before.

“We have to go in knowing we’re physically prepared but also physically rested,” Breaux said. “We have to maintain a real fine balance in our preparation, knowing that it’s the emotional aspect of what goes on Friday night that’s going to bring us a victory.”

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BASEBALL

Saturday, Feb. 22 3:00 p.m. CST ESPN

‘We need this game’ LSU set for must-win rematch with Kentucky

Tigers to host three teams this weekend

Chandler Rome

Lawrence Barreca

Sports Writer

Sports Writer

The road woes are still there, and the porous defense that’s plagued LSU for the last two weeks hasn’t gone away.

Although the Jan. 28 upset against then-No. 11 Kentucky lingers in the Tigers’ minds, Saturday’s 4 p.m. rematch at Rupp Arena is a fresh slate; a prime chance for the Tigers (16-9, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) to quash the questions surrounding a suddenly spiraling season.

“We need this game,” said junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III. “We need it really bad.”

Since the late-night icy showcase on national television three weeks ago, the two teams have spiraled in different directions.

Kentucky (20-6, 10-3 SEC) recovered to go 5-1 in that stretch, taking crucial road wins against Missouri and Ole Miss.

LSU, on the other hand, has crumbled on the road, limping to a 3-3 record since the upset — all of its losses coming on the road.

Though the results aren’t indicative, LSU coach Johnny Jones said he likes his team’s approach on the road, especially in front of a boisterous Bud

When LSU coach Paul Mainieri stares across the diamond into the visitor’s dugout this weekend, he’ll be seeing his share of familiar faces.

The Tigers’ weekend schedule is unorthodox — Virginia Tech, Toledo and Texas Southern will all travel to Baton Rouge to participate in a round-robin-style tournament.

It’s set up because Mainieri only wanted to play Pete Hughes, the former Virginia Tech head coach, one time in 2014. Meanwhile, current Toledo skipper Cory Mee was an assistant under Mainieri for five years at Notre Dame, and Mainieri didn’t want to play the Rockets more than once.

In the end, they were all invited down to Alex Box Stadium.

“I like to do this at least once a year, where you play different opponents on the weekends in a Regional format,” Mainieri said. “I think it’s good for our players to not only play different teams, but to also have to play games without getting to take batting practices before games.

It just kind of prepares them for

KENTUCKY, see page 7

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman forward Jordan Mickey (25) and his teammates reach for the ball amongst Kentucky defenders Jan. 28, during the Tigers’ 87-82 victory against the Wildcats.

tournament, see page 7

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Stringer accepts move from starter to sixth man

Senior guard nears scoring record books Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

LSU senior guard Andre Stringer watched the tipoff of his first game in an LSU uniform from the sidelines.

In 2010, the 5-foot-9 freshman out of Jackson, Miss., wouldn’t get his first taste of playing time under the PMAC lights until he was subbed in for former LSU guard Aaron Dotson three minutes into

the game.

By the end of the night, Stringer led LSU with 21 points through 25 minutes of playing time — fourth most on the team that day.

Stringer only watched one more tipoff from the bench that inaugural season.

Since his first start against Tennessee-Martin in November of 2010, Stringer started 79 of the 91 games he played in prior to the start of his senior season.

Fast-forward to 2014.

Stringer is now within striking distance of LSU’s top 25 all-time scorers list, and he’s No. 3 all-time with 218 career 3-pointers and No.

10 with 301 assists since giving Dotson that first breather.

“As far as my legacy goes, I just want to be remembered as a team player and someone who plays hard and is there for his team and willing to sacrifice anything for the team,” Stringer said.

Unfortunately for Stringer, that sacrifice took shape in the form of him giving up the starting role he held for three and a half seasons.

Stringer lost his starting position after LSU coach Johnny Jones made several stringer, see page 7

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior guard Andre Stringer (10) dribbles between Mississippi State defenders Feb. 19, during the Tigers’ 92-81 win against the Bulldogs in the PMAC.

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baseball

Friday, February 21, 2014

New outlook, change of major refocuses Glenn Suspension sparks self-reflection

his life.

Step one: re-focusing in the classroom.

“I talked to a few people back home while I took the summer off, and they felt petroleum Chandler Rome engineering was a profitable caSports Writer reer path,” Glenn said. “I thought Judging from Cody Glenn’s I’d give it a shot.” scouting report, he’s the same.

Previously a sports adminHe’s still a 6-foot-4, istration major “because all the 195-pound southpaw who relies other baseball guys are,” Glenn on his defense behind him, living made the leap to a more rigorous and dying by ground ball outs. curriculum and has flourished, He still employs a two-seam according to LSU coach Paul fastball and a patented sinkerball Mainieri. to keep hitters off-balance — all Mainieri, who talked to both the while refining a new curve- players and staff last season beball for his repertoire. fore ultimately deciding to reinBut looking beyond the state Glenn before the NCAA Suman on the mound, Glenn has per Regional against Oklahoma, changed. said he’s noticed ‘I’m going to give “I’ve defiGlenn’s attention nitely tried to take detail as he everything I have to to all areas of my life works to get back baseball.’ more seriously,” in the coach’s Glenn said Tuesgood graces. day. “Get focused “[He] got Cody Glenn in all areas of my great grades this LSU pitcher life and I’m gofall, is working ing to give everything I have to really hard this spring again,” baseball.”

Mainieri said. “I think he’s startAfter flirting with dismissal ing to realize something he may from the LSU baseball team fol- have taken for granted can be lowing a suspension before the taken away from you pretty NCAA Regional last season, quickly.”

Glenn returned for an unflattering He realized it because it very performance against North Caro- nearly was taken away. Mainieri lina in the College World Series didn’t mince words Monday, and had to reassess all facets of claiming he was “pretty close”

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior left-handed pitcher Cody Glenn (24) prepares to throw the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 6-0 victory against Grambling State University.

to cutting all ties with his Sunday starter and asserting Glenn has no room for any sort of error.

“The suspension certainly made him understand that he’s not bigger than the team and we’ll go on without him if he doesn’t want to do what he’s supposed to do,” Mainieri said. “It’s a gradual process and it takes a while. It’s what I’m in this business for.”

Seen as a wayward, carefree athlete last season, Glenn is admittedly more focused

Thanks

this season.

It hasn’t gone unnoticed by Mainieri and pitching coach Alan Dunn, who both saw Glenn’s sidework, bullpen sessions and pre-practice exercises improve tremendously compared to last year when he’d search for shortcuts and simply go through the motions.

Dunn said it’s a growth that manifests with time, though he said he and Glenn hashed numerous things out through sit-down meetings.

“[Maturation] happens once you’ve been in a program for three years,” Dunn said. “You learn the rules and what the program expects. He’s taken the understanding that he needs to be the leaders of the pitching staff.”

Dunn marveled at Glenn’s improvement early in counts and ability to fill the strike zone from the first pitch of an at-bat.

“Not going deep in counts is huge, especially with the type of pitcher he is,” Dunn said. “[He] knows what he needs to do. Not get outside of himself and just compete like he did last year, with a little better plan.”

As he fidgeted in front of reporters Monday, Glenn showed the focus his coaches had already noted. He talked not of the suspension, but of his new curveball and the atmosphere he expected Wednesday against Southeastern.

Inevitably, the suspension and his off-field troubles were mentioned.

With a new outlook, Glenn faced it head-on.

“It was a silly mistake I paid the consequences for and we’ve moved on,” Glenn said. “I always loved to be a Tiger and I feel like I always will be.”

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inevitabilities down the line.”

Virginia Tech is no stranger to big games — the Hokies hosted the NCAA Blacksburg Regional last season.

Mainieri was also impressed with Toledo when the squad arrived in Baton Rouge to take batting practice.

“The [Virginia Tech] pitcher we’re facing beat Florida State during the regular season, then pitched eight shutout innings in the ACC Tournament against them,” Mainieri said. “Toledo was peppering the stands out there in [batting practice], and they’ve got some physical looking guys.”

He said anything can happen in baseball, and he expects his team to perform well in the threegame event.

Junior starter Aaron Nola is slated to pitch Friday, while junior southpaw Kyle Bouman and freshman Jared Poche’ will follow up Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Also, juniors Tyler Moore and Kade Scivicque and sophomore Chris Chinea will all see time behind the plate this weekend.

The Tigers’ offense will look to build off three consecutive games where they scored six or more runs, including a 7-3 victory at Southeastern on Wednesday night.

Junior second baseman Conner Hale was moved to the cleanup role in the lineup from the No. 9 hole, and he proceeded to collect three hits and an RBI. Mainieri compared the junior college transfer to former LSU outfielder Raph Rhymes.

“I’m not trying to do too much,” Hale said. “I’m just trying to keep my same approach that I’ve had for the whole season so far. I like to drive the ball to the right side or up the middle.”

Another junior, outfielder Jared Foster, found success against SLU after he entered the game batting .077, picking up two RBI singles.

Foster said he was being overly aggressive at the plate over his first three games, and he switched up his approach against the Lions.

“I’m just swinging on the pitches I like,” Foster said. “I’m not trying to do too much and hit a homer here or there. Just don’t let the pitcher get you out, and that’s what I was doing. I’m definitely getting into my zone right now.”

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KENTUCKY, from page 5 Walton Arena crowd last Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., and last season in a three-point loss at Rupp Arena.

“In terms of growth, we unfortunately haven’t won, but we played really well in those environments,” Jones said. “If you continue to do that, some good things will happen for you, but you have to be able to compete and not be overshadowed or overwhelmed by the environment.”

O’Bryant and freshman forward Jordan Mickey teamed for 47 points while containing Kentucky freshman forward Julius Randle, holding the preseason SEC Player of the Year to just six points on 3-of-11 shooting.

In the six games since, Randle has rebounded to chip in 16 points per game, balancing the Wildcat frontcourt with freshman Dakari

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lineup changes following a devastating loss to Tennessee, in which Stringer didn’t score a single point.

It’s been the only time in his collegiate career he failed to light up the scoreboard.

For the first time in his career, Stringer has assumed the role of sixth man, coming off the bench in the last 12 outings.

“That’s just a coach decision and what we think is best for our basketball team,” Jones said.

Stringer said he and Jones didn’t have a long conversation when he received his new role.

It was explained that the move is what Jones felt was best for a team that needed a change, and Stringer accepted that with full confidence in his coach.

But Stringer isn’t discouraged by his new role. In fact, he embraces it.

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Johnson and sophomore 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein to gel an offense that at times went stagnant against the Tigers.

“I can’t back down from the challenge,” O’Bryant said. “We did a great job walling up and playing good post defense [in January]. Jordan did a great job blocking shots when he could, and we played solid post defense on him.”

The story, though, may lie on the perimeter where LSU has been suspect in its road defense, allowing opponents to shoot more than 50 percent from the 3-point line in two of its past three road contests.

Add in a slew of Kentucky freshmen guards meshing, and the task becomes that much more unenviable, according to LSU senior guard Anthony Hickey.

“I noticed they’re playing really

well now,” Hickey said. “They’re just playing [free]. They’re running the show. ... We have to match their effort. We have to do a better job of doing what they’re doing.”

For Hickey — a Hopkinsville, Ky. native who won a state championship in Rupp Arena — the venue isn’t strange. The fans and family anticipating his visit sit at the back of his mind.

It’s only about one game.

“We came up a little short last year,” Hickey said. “Don’t worry about nothing else. It’s just basketball.”

“I’ve been in the trenches a lot of times in my life, and I’ve learned that it’s better to be positive,” Stringer said. “It’s not frustrating to be coming off the bench. Coach has his decision to make and I’m behind him 100 percent any time he makes those decisions.”

In the six games that followed Tennessee, Stringer threw down 66 points, including a 23-point outburst at Ole Miss.

Stringer still receives roughly the same number of minutes he did as a starter, but instead of being just another guy in the starting lineup, he now commands the second unit.

“I don’t think it had anything to do with how I was playing,” Stringer said. “I just think [Jones] wanted to shake a few things up and try some different things, try some new lineups against certain teams. I said I’m fine with that.”

Stringer’s field goal

percentage has jumped from .398 through his first 13 games as a starter this season to .458 in the 12 games off the bench. He averages a full point more per game and, as a team, LSU is scoring four more points per game.

But even in the midst of his best statistical season, Stringer remains steadfast behind his coach’s decision.

“It doesn’t matter to me. I’m all about victories and wins,” Stringer said. “The most important thing to me is taking my role and trying to implement it for my team.

If my role is coming off the bench and trying to score when I get in, getting guys involved, I’ll be fine with that.”

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Students are planning a protest for additional funding for renovations to the College of Art and Design’s facilities.

dangerously cool Disrepair creates hip, hazardous environment

600 WORDS OF SOMMER Annette Sommers Columnist

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Word has spread, via graffiti and woodcarved messages, the buildings used by the College of Art and Design will receive an award for “being tragically cool in that decrepit, post-apocalyptic way.”

This should come as no shock to students and professors who have been privileged enough to spend even just one class in these tenderly cherished hallways and rooms.

Upon entering the tastefully scuffed and scratched interior of the Studio Arts Building, a warm breeze of a musk and chemically scented hall fills your nostrils.

Dim, flickering light radiates from the overhead lamps and shimmers on the warped floors, alluding to a rippling ocean beneath twinkling stars.

The chaotic, creatively organized rooms of the Art Building challenges students to sift through the clutter and uncover works of art stacked above every staggered floor tile. Lying in a field of dandelions on the Parisian countryside cannot equate to the level of artistic fever students feel when entering these buildings.

The award will be presented by the National Society for the Coolest Buildings Barely Standing.

Not only are the art students relieved that their buildings are finally gaining recognition for their charm and character, but the rest of campus is joining in their elation.

“I considered changing from a

business major to art major just because the buildings are so much cooler,” said Louis Styles, boyband budgeting junior. “It’s almost unfair how LSU lets the art kids work in a somewhat dangerous but very hip environment. All of our buildings are up to code and just, like, very very boring.”

While some rivalry exists between majors based on the lack of equality shown in facility management, there remains a collective sense of pride for the art buildings that serve as a “Cool Kid Clubhouse” for so many.

As some students have heard, the UREC will soon follow in the decaying footsteps of the Studio Art Building. Maintenance employees will be paid to neglect the exercise facility until a leaky moat forms around its perimeter. Blind optimists and hipsters will then advertise said moat as a lazy river.

At other universities, where administrators put more funding and passion into safe and stable educational buildings, students might have questioned the authority.

But not here at LSU. We stand by our superiors’ affinity for shabby-chic detailing and the amiable decisions they make with our tuition dollars.

“I completely understand why the University is putting so much money toward the already updated UREC facility to bring it down to par with the art buildings. I’m just glad the art students can benefit from administrators’ laissez-faire attitude,” said Missy Hubschmen, a freshman majoring in hand turkey drawing.

Hubschmen’s optimism, however, can’t be generalized for all students. Last fall when the ceiling fell in the ceramic studio, there were a few, very minor, remarks

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of disdain from those who failed to see it as the modern performance art it was.

But that theatric display, which was completely planned, is unfortunately unappreciated by parts of the LSU community.

The University allowed the destruction and debris of the ceiling to remain on display for all to enjoy.

Today, the buildings retain their grungy style more than ever, and students are overjoyed — nay — ecstatic at the freedom LSU has given them to learn in an environment that reflects the darkness of their tortured artistic souls.

However, as unsettling as it may be, a minority of art students are planning a protest for renovations.

After all the flexibility and leeway the University has given these architectural masterpieces, students have the nerve to organize a protest for additional funding for a functional space geared toward furthering their education.

Who do they think they are? Overtaxed college students with limited resources and inadequate buildings for their classes?

Whatever attitudes students have about the buildings, at least the rest of the country is taking notice of the great art facilities LSU has bent backwards to not maintain.

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

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“The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.”

William James philosopher Jan. 11, 1842 — Aug. 26, 1910

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Class quality is based on student involvement Shut up, meg Megan Dunbar Opinion Editor Class size is normally it’s the first thing to rise as schools cut budgets and tighten their belts.

It’s that or axing professors.

In the midst of dwindling funding, our University has done pretty well in keeping most classes between 10 and 29 students, numbers needed for a critical mass of inquiring minds, according to Malcolm Gladwell, author of popular books such as “The Tipping Point” and “Blink,” which apply economic principles to social issues.

And the professors remaining after the last rounds of cuts received pay raises in recognition of hard work.

So on paper, we look pretty good. But if you check in on classes, there’s another story.

Many professors complain about attendance and engagement of students with access to the Internet during lectures.

Students complain about the difficult course loads necessary to graduate within the expected four years and unfair testing policies.

No one’s happy, and something needs to change.

Solutions include making attendance mandatory via heavier grade weighting for so-called participation, grades based on takehome essays instead of taking exams and then drinking oneself into oblivion after grades are released.

But none of these address the root issue: maybe we all shouldn’t be in college.

Sometimes attending school feels like a brain drain, and if the point of college is to educate ourselves, sitting in a huge lecture hall listening to someone drone on about “study skills” isn’t the best way to carry out that goal.

Plus, we’ve all heard the refrain about how we’re training for jobs that won’t exist in five years.

That’s always a heartening one.

I’m not saying after high school everyone should retreat into the family basement and binge on potato chips until a call center job opens up. We are worth more than that.

But we’re also worth more than the college education we’re receiving, and some of that is on us. If everyone attended classes all the time and took advantage of office hours, maybe we could make something of our degrees.

But the fact that we don’t feel

obligated to do either of those things leads back to the fact that we’re not using our time well by attending college.

I suggest a 30,000-person walkout, all of us refusing to attend school next week, beginning Monday, until something changes.

Oh wait. It won’t be any different than the average University Monday.

We could call other U.S. colleges to arms as well, but they face similar issues. About 82 percent of students attend class on average in the country, but only about half are engaged during class time.

Check your average University classroom and similar patterns will show up. Try sitting in the back row of any class in the Lockett basement. Is anyone on their computers taking notes without Facebook or some shopping website pulled up as well?

That’s a rhetorical question because we all know the truth, and most of us are guilty.

To those of you blindsided by this, congratulations. You’re getting the most out of your college experience.

That’s not an arguable claim. It’s proven that students get more out of a class when not multitasking. As far as

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Students attend Sociology 2001 on Feb. 27, 2011, in the basement of Lockett Hall.

defining the college experience, I’m looking at it academically.

Partying and sleeping in on the state’s or your family’s dime is not the point.

So go to class, because most of our class sizes are optimal for learning. And engage, so you can separate yourself from the herd.

The University has a good thing going, as far as current standards are concerned. Take advantage of that so you can

overhaul the system in the future, and your children will never have to sit through inefficient general education courses.

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

Hamid Karzai is turning his back on the United States BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist In terms of international news, Ukraine and Venezuela hold the world’s attention. Antigovernment protesters are taking to the streets, doing their best to topple the regimes in both countries. Score one for Western civilization.

Thousands of miles away, President Hamid Karzai is working to undermine the hard-won gains of NATO and coalition forces in Afghanistan, while the globe is entranced by these new conflicts.

On Feb. 13, the Afghan government followed through on orders from Karzai to release 65 detainees from the Parwan Detention Facility at Bagram Air Base, some suspected of being directly involved with attacks that resulted in the deaths of 32 U.S. or coalition soldiers plus 23 Afghan security troops and civilians.

All prisoners were released without their cases reviewed, despite protest from the U.S. military. Seventeen are directly linked to the manufacture and emplacement of roadside bombs,

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Afghanistan presidential election candidate Qayyum Karzai, incumbent President Hamid Karzai’s brother, talks during an election debate Feb. 8, at the OneTV building in Kabul, Afghanistan.

which have been responsible for scores of U.S. casualties throughout the war. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul released a statement saying “The Afghan government bears responsibility for the results of its decision.”

What was once a security partner for the NATO mission is now indirectly assisting insurgent and Taliban fighters, sending the message that if you are captured by coalition forces, just sit tight,

and you’ll be out killing infidels in no time. Karzai’s decision to release these jihadists will damage U.S.-Afghan relations for years to come.

However, as painful as it is, his actions are not at all surprising. With the drawdown of U.S. and NATO forces set to be complete by the end of this year, Karzai is looking to soften relations with the nowousted Taliban, which will

undoubtedly try becoming a major player again once Western troops finally leave.

Self-preservation can lead people to do interesting things.

Much like Marshal Philippe Pétain in the French State, Karzai may very well be preparing to collaborate with the Taliban extremists upon their return, something the Obama administration inadvertently facilitated.

In 2013, the U.S. and Afghan governments coordinated with Qatar to allow the Taliban to open a political office in that state. Though it was closed little more than a month later, this act gave legitimacy to a group we have been fighting for more than a decade, putting Karzai on the out and in a serious bind, considering he is trying to run the successor government to the Taliban.

The idiocy of this move was astounding. In war, when the enemy is willing to kill themselves just to maim your troops, you don’t sit down and discuss peace with them; you confront them wherever you find them and with whatever means the situation calls for.

This is doubly true with the Taliban, which allowed Al-Qaeda to maintain training camps in Afghanistan prior to the U.S. bombardments and subsequent

invasion post 9/11 in 2001. They are fighting a total war against us and our allies, biding their time while we struggle to get a simple bilateral security agreement signed.

Questionable rules of engagement and political faux pas aside, Karzai is turning his back on years of cooperation, essentially shrugging his shoulders at the sacrifices of thousands of U.S. and NATO soldiers. He should be helping us get information out of captured insurgents, not releasing them back into the field where they can do more damage. Unless he really does want the Taliban back, it is imperative that he signs the Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States.

It would serve his and Afghanistan’s best interests. I’d bet good money the Taliban will not look too kindly on collaborators with the U.S. upon their return — Karzai included.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old political science, history, and international studies major from Zachary, La.

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Graham’s colleagues emphasized two systems employed under his direction: Easy Streets and Tiger Trails.

Easy Streets is a program comprised of infrastructural construction projects meant to make the campus safer for pedestrians to navigate.

Jeffrey Campbell, senior director of Administrative Services and Risk Management, said the Easy Streets project has vastly improved the operation of the

campus. The first phase of Easy Streets closed off the center of campus, reducing traffic while increasing safety, Campbell said.

This change, now taken for granted, was a step forward from the time when campus was constantly congested with traffic, said Adam Smith, director of parking for University Athletics.

The contract for the Tiger Trails bus system, negotiated by Graham, has made transportation on campus more efficient, Smith said.

The system before Tiger Trails

The Daily Reveille had far fewer off-campus bus stops for commuters, Smith said. This further reduced the amount of vehicles on campus, contributing to a safer walk to class.

These tweaks to the campus demonstrate Gary’s desire to make the University run smoothly, which he fulfills through collaboration with others, including the students themselves, Smith said.

Smith said Graham is open to the ideas of others, and he recalled his first interactions with Graham as a student working in the Ticket Office.

page 11 “We don’t have a monopoly on good ideas. Many ideas come from students,” Graham said, recalling meetings with Student Government regarding the Tiger Trails contract.

Smith said Graham’s knowledge eased much of the commotion on football game days where his careful control of parking stabilized the crowded environment.

This quality of organization has “made it a lot easier for any department to have events.”

Campbell believes Graham’s legacy lies in his progressive view

of the University. His contributions have made the University a safer, better-functioning place, Campbell said.

“I have no doubt that LSU will strive to be the best it can be,” Graham said.

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She saw other models act wary about what they were eating. Some went to extremes like throwing up before shows.

In March 2010, Smith recognized her eating disorder. She recalled being at a photo shoot in a swimsuit and the photographer said “If I had known you were this tiny, I wouldn’t have hired you.”

“It wasn’t until he said that that I realized my friends and family weren’t just telling me that,” she said. “I was really tiny. When you have an eating disorder, your brain is totally whack. I thought I looked 20 pounds heavier than I actually was.”

Without being formally diagnosed as anorexic, Smith began to treat herself by cutting back on exercise and eating more. She said she tried to eat things she used to eat, like bread, and she had to get in the mindset of “this is what normal people eat.”

Smith put on 10 pounds and booked nine shows in New York Fashion Week in Sept. 2010, but in her third season of walking in Fashion Week, Smith only booked three shows. She said at a fitting before one of the shows the designers referred to her as the “big girl.” After that moment, she walked away from modeling.

“Even though I was happy [modeling], I wasn’t really happy,” Smith said. “I was trying to put my happiness in the materialistic world, which is not what I needed. That wasn’t my identity. My identity is in Christ. The joy I have in Christ is far better than any joy of a runway show.”

She said her parents and the Bible were big parts of her recovery. Smith rededicated her life to her faith, and in 2011 she became a part of the University’s Baptist Collegiate Ministry.

Contact Whitney Lynn at wlynn@lsureveille.com

courtesy of OLIVIA SMITH

Olivia Smith, math secondary education junior, walks down the runway September 2010 at New York Fashion Week.

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