The Daily Reveille - March 17, 2014

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POLITICS

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Data reveals University balanced politically

Faculty Senate president reveals party loyalty

College campuses are home to traditions, free thinkers and political action. And while some universities are regarded as liberal havens, LSU’s faculty maintains a relatively neutral political affiliation.

According to data compiled by The Daily Reveille, the University’s faculty is comprised of about 28 percent Republicans, 38 percent Democrats and 33 percent independents. The data was macro-retrieved through yellowpages.com and the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Voter Portal.

These numbers do not reflect every professor on campus. The data shows the faculty members with registered political affiliations.

He might never be a royal or pledge his alliance to a specific crown, but Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope is a registered monarchist — the only University professor registered as a monarchist according to data compiled by The Daily Reveille.

Twenty years ago Cope swapped his indeKEVIN COPE pendent party registration for the Monarchist Party, a party he said reflects Louisiana’s monarchical structure.

Although never asked about it before, he

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COPE, see page 15

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Quint Forgey Staff Writer

Week one of the 2014 legislative session kicked off last Monday as Gov. Bobby Jindal introduced his proposed legislative agenda to lawmakers, characterized by an emphasis on higher education in the state. .

“Our top priority this legislative session must be making sure we have the resources to prepare our students and train them for the jobs of the future,” Jindal said.

Jindal touted the fact that next year’s state budget will increase total higher education funding by $141 million.

Jindal also advocated his support for human trafficking reform in the state, announcing a legislative package “to prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law, and protect the vulnerable and often forgotten victims of these terrible crimes.”

Two days later, the House’s Health and Welfare Committee passed legislation that would prohibit the use of tanning beds for those under the age of 18.

State Sen. Dan Claitor of Baton Rouge also was in the legislative spotlight Wednesday when the Senate Education Committee approved Claitor’s bill to repeal the Balanced Treatment for CreationScience and Education-Science Act, deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court 27 years ago.

The unenforceable act requires that Louisiana public schools give “balanced treatment” to the teaching of both creationism and evolution.

Among the various bills scheduled for floor debate this week is HB 244, which could allow fundraising events at public universities to sell firearms.

According to the bill, “if property at a public postsecondary education institution is leased to a nonprofit corporation or association for the purpose of holding a fundraising event, the lease may authorize and provide for the auction and sale of firearms at the event.”

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PARTY AFFILIATIONS 37.60% Democrat 33.29% Independent 28.41% Republican 0.31% Libertarian 0.25% Green Party 0.06% Monarchist 0.06% Socialist

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Models wear fashions designed by LSU students Sunday at The Felicity Methodist Church in New Orleans as a part of NOLA Fashion Week. Read the story on p. 4.

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Nation & World

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Monday, March 17, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Services mourn those lost in NYC blast Mayoral

candidate arrested and jailed

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Partly Cloudy HIGH 56 LOW 40 sunrise: 7:12 a.m. sunset: 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday HIGH 70 LOW 48

Wednesday HIGH 75 LOW 48

NEW YORK (AP) — As workers cleared some of the last of the rubble Sunday from the site of a massive explosion this week in New York City, a pair of congregations gathered to mourn — one for its lost church and one for two members who were killed in the blast.

At Bethel Gospel Assembly, tears mixed with the sounds of gospel music as the congregants remembered Griselde Camacho and Carmen Tanco, two of the eight people killed in the massive East Harlem explosion that leveled a pair of five-story buildings on Wednesday.

“We feel the void,” said Michelle Robinson, the church’s business administrator. “Both women were very active members.”

Tanco often served as an usher at services and would greet her fellow congregants at the door, Robinson said.

“We are a family and we’re all just missing the big hugs she used to give,” she said.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the women “were examples to all of us” because of the

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Parishioners mourn the Spanish Christian Church that was destroyed by Wednesday’s explosion in East Harlem during Sunday services at the Church of God of Third Avenue.

faith and spirit they demonstrated.

“We will not let you fall,” de Blasio said, speaking at a podium with a screen above him displaying photos of the women. “We are all a family in the end.”

De Blasio also praised the emergency responders who felt the explosion and “ran into the fire, ran into the danger because they knew they might be able to save one life.”

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A fundraising drive will be launched to help those affected by the explosion, De Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, told the crowd.

The money will support a relief plan that includes a victims’ assistance fund to go toward funeral arrangements, rent and household expenses. The plan also includes counseling and outreach to immigrant communities.

PORT ALLEN (AP) — One of the four candidates seeking to be Port Allen’s new mayor has been arrested and jailed in the mistreatment of animals. The Advocate reports Larry Bell, 63, had been issued multiple written and verbal warnings about the undernourished appearance of his horses before he was taken into custody last week by the parish’s Animal Control division. Bell was booked Thursday on charges of cruelty to animals and on a bench warrant for having an animal at large.

“We were just getting multiple complaints about the horses from people who were driving by and seeing them looking malnourished,” said Richard Summers, superintendent of West Baton Rouge Parish Animal Control.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 16 people were killed in stampedes for government jobs in Nigeria when hundreds of thousands were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 positions, officials and activists said Sunday.

Interior Minister Abba Moro held the applicants responsible, saying they “lost their lives through their impatience.” Activists blamed his ministry and called for him to be fired. Emergency officials said the death toll could rise.

Nigerians are desperate for

work, with official statistics putting the number of unemployed at nearly 41 million of the 170 million population. Unemployment among young people aged under-24 is even higher — 38 percent according to official statistics and nearer to 80 percent, according to the World Bank.

Moro was quoted as saying by the official News Agency of Nigeria that many of the applicants “jumped through the fences of affected centers and did not conduct themselves in an orderly manner ... This caused stampedes and made the environment unsecured.”

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Monday, March 17, 2014

EVENT

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TECHNOLOGY

TEDxLSU 2014 theme is ‘enact’ LSU selected for Summer of Code Christian Rachal

Speakers at TEDxLSU 2014

Special to The Daily Reveille

Community leaders from LSU and Baton Rouge will gather to share their ideas for social, civic and commercial progress in Louisiana at TEDxLSU 2014.

The event, which will take place at the LSU Shaver Theatre on March 29, has undergone improvements after the success of last year’s inaugural TEDxLSU event.

TEDxLSU is an evolution in the Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC’s, effort to highlight innovative thinkers from LSU and the greater community. Before TEDxLSU, the student organized LSU Digital Media Fest provided a platform to share work in digital media from the most recent generation of LSU students.

Rebecca Burdette, Associate Director at the CxC, said that TED sponsorship was an opportunity to take the event to another level by setting a higher standard for ideas and inviting speakers from different disciplines rather than just digital media.

“LSU is our flagship for the state, we are an incubator for knowledge, training and developing students to be informed and productive citizens,” Burdette said. “When you have passionate people like at LSU, it creates the opportunity for a great event.”

Burdette said the first TEDxLSU event was planned and executed in only 75 days.

This year Communication across

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the Curriculum had more time to plan and strategize.

“Anyone who came to last year’s event will see the difference,” Burdette said. “This year the event will be more focused, with fewer speakers giving higher quality talks.”

Last year, the event sold out at 250 tickets. This year, the CxC managed to reduce the price to $75 for general admission and $50 for students and is on course to sell all of its 400 tickets. Burdette said that the extra time for planning also gave the event’s Curator, Joey Watson, an opportunity to work individually with speakers and cultivate their speeches.

The event comprises three 60 minute sessions with two 30 minute breaks in between. As a part of the TED theme, speakers are asked to give the “talk of their lives” in 18 minutes or less. At TEDxLSU, a specially selected team of individuals will speak for eight-12 minutes to optimize

the number of speakers attendees will hear.

“Last year, we talked about how our community was changing through the theme ‘evolve,’” Burdette said. “This year, we want to talk about the exciting things that are happening when we ‘enact.’”

The event will last from 1-5 p.m. Visit the TEDxLSU website, www.tedxlsu.com, for more details and a list of speakers. “Like” the TEDxLSU Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tedxlsu, and follow on Twitter, @TEDXLSU, to get the most up-to-date information.

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

Google announced last week the University’s STELLAR research group at the Center for Computation and Technology will participate in the 2014 Summer of Code program.

According to the program’s website, Google’s Summer of Code is a worldwide program that offers students stipends to produce computer code for open source projects.

Open source software is source code for public use, said Hartmut Kaiser, University CCT consultant and senior scientist.

Kaiser said being a part of Google’s Summer of Code program is a selective process.

“Organizations create a range of proposals, and Google picks which ones they want to pursue,” Kaiser said.

Kaiser said they applied last year, but were not selected. He attributes this year’s success to the large visibility of their current work in the open source community.

Adrian Serio, STELLAR project coordinator, said high performance clusters need software to

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coordinate their use of applications.

The high performance computing community at the University centered around the scientific applications of supercomputers like SuperMIC, Melete and SuperMIKEII, has developed applications for more than two decades, which hasn’t been the most efficient way, Serio said.

Kaiser said they want to produce software allowing people to utilize supercomputers today and in the future.

Another quandary they hope to solve is the massive amount of energy used by such machines.

Kaiser said one of the machines can use 25 megawatts of power, which is approximately equivalent to that used by 25,000 homes.

Kaiser said they are still looking for students, preferably with C++ knowledge, to work with them during the summer.

Selected students will receive a stipend from Google, whether or not it ends up using their code.

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State

Monday, March 17, 2014

fashion

Louisiana film industry LSU designers showcased trumps others globally Engelhardt’s collection focused on neutral colors of black, white and gray. He also The Felicity Church in New used pops of yellow in the clothOrleans saw a different crowd ing and the model’s makeup, than usual on Sunday night. some with yellow highlights on Textiles, apparel and mer- their chin bones and all wearing chandising seniors Annie Etzel, yellow lipstick.

Alex Engelhardt and Maddie The garments include strucLouviere presented their fall/ tured elements with shoulder winter designs in the Emerging pads, hoods and collars. The final Designer Showcase at NOLA look consisted of a black body Fashion Week this weekend. suit with large shoulder pads.

Etzel said her designs are Louviere said her collection normally evening gowns and concentrated on contrasts and cocktail wear, but she wanted to draws from her experience of challenge herself growing up with ‘[It’s] a little bit of by creating more a twin sister who casual wear for very different everything [and] every was this collection. from herself. She Etzel said she style.’ was also inspired gained inspiraby ballerinas, who tion for her colLouviere said are Annie Etzel lection from an strong but also student designer imaginary muse mysterious.

— someone who is bold, glamor“[The collection] is very ous and complex. feminine but with edgy twists,” “More than anything, she’s Louviere said. passionate,” Etzel said.

Her contrasting themes of Etzel’s collection includes dark and light, soft and hard gold as the focus both in the came off in her color choices of clothing and the model’s makeup. black, white, light pink and dark The garments are made in black burgundy. and neutral tones like whites, Louviere said the collection greens and tans. The collection’s is ready to wear, focusing on two showing ended with a long sleeve pieces. She chose the simple colgown with a plunging neckline in ors with few prints but added an a black and dark green toned glit- edge with leather details and gold ter fabric. zippers. “[It’s] a little bit of everyHer final piece was a long thing [and] every style,” Etzel burgundy body suit with a sheer said. polyester skirt that creates the ilEngelhardt said his in- lusion of a gown. It also includes spiration came from robots leather-trimmed sleeves and a and futurism. high waistband.

Meg Ryan

Entertainment Writer

James Richards Staff Writer

“Hollywood of the South” may not be a big enough title for Louisiana’s film production after a recent study by Los Angelesbased nonprofit FilmL.A. ranked Louisiana first in number of feature films made in an area. The state also ranked second in terms of jobs, with nearly 14,000 jobs being created in Louisiana from the films examined.

The study examined 108 film productions from six major studios and five of the “best known independent studios.” Eighteen of those 108 were filmed in Louisiana, with Canada and California tying for second with 15 each.

Liza Kelso, executive director for the Baton Rouge Film Commission, said the study shows how much economic growth Louisiana is gaining from California’s losses.

The most significant driver of Louisiana’s growth in film production is the tax credit program, Kelso said. Louisiana offers a 30 percent tax break on production costs, including payroll for residents and non-residents, according to the study.

Baton Rouge MayorPresident Kip Holden pushed for the tax credits, Kelso said.

“He’s the reason why we’re here today, he gets all the credit,” she said.

Kelso rebutted concerns about the fleeting nature of film jobs, saying the film industry is shifting to more freelance work.

Louisiana is keeping young, creative people in the state instead of losing them to traditional film hubs like New York and Los Angeles, she said.

In addition to the major film productions, Louisiana is also seeing an increase in smaller producers, Kelso said. She said a local welder and eight other men recently applied for a permit to shoot in downtown Baton Rouge.

University English professor Mari Kornhauser said in an email the tax credit program is not focused on creating content in Louisiana, but rather, it is aimed at producing and shooting films in Louisiana. She acknowledged, however, she can take advantage of the production credits as a content creator.

Baton Rouge keeps growing, Kelso said, with the upcoming “Fantastic Four” movie planned to begin shooting April 21. In addition, “Pitch Perfect 2” is also planned to shoot in Baton Rouge, just like its predecessor.

The film industry is shifting, Kelso said, with states having to offer incentives to stay competitive in the market.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

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A model wearing one of LSU senior Alex Engelhardt’s “Xander” designs showcases the clothing at The Felicity Church in New Orleans on Sunday.

Louviere, Engelhardt and Etzel all agreed the textiles, apparel and merchandising department challenged them to make things they wouldn’t normally make but also pushed them to make what they always imagined.

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Sports

Monday, March 17, 2014

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Tigers grab NIT bid, will face San Francisco Chandler Rome Sports Writer

A year removed from a disappointing Selection Sunday, the LSU basketball team received better news in 2014.

The Tigers (19-13, 10-10 Southeastern Conference) learned Sunday night they made the 32-team field of the National Invitational Tournament as a No. 5 seed and will hit the road to face No. 4 seed San Francisco at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

“As a staff and as a team, our guys are really looking forward to the challenges in front of us,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones. “Our guys are really looking forward to an opportunity to continue playing together, improving as a basketball team and making strides for our program.”

After only three SEC teams made the NCAA tournament field,

University of LSU vs.

San Francisco (19-13) (21-11) When: 9 p.m., Wednesday Where: San Francisco Watch at home: ESPNU speculations swirled whether the conference would place four teams in the NIT field, with LSU largely considered the fourth best of the SEC candidates.

Jones said he grew concerned when he saw the NCAA tournament committee send Tennessee to a First Four play-in game and left Georgia out of the field of 68.

“After watching the picks of the NCAA tournament … I was certainly disappointed in that,” Jones said.

“I didn’t know how the NIT brackets would shake out after watching that.”

But Jones and his staff were elated when the Tigers were the third team revealed on the ESPNU selection show and were excited at the

prospect of progress and growth for the basketball program.

The Dons (21-11, 13-5 West Coast Conference) finished second in the WCC and have won six of their last seven games — the lone loss an overtime setback to NCAA Tournament-bound BYU in the WCC tournament semifinals.

The Dons are led by senior forward Cole Dickerson, who leads the team with 14.8 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Avry Holmes chips in 12.6 points per game while 6-foot-9 center Mark Tollefsen puts in 10.7 points in the middle.

Should the Tigers defeat the Dons on Wednesday, it would draw the winner of No. 1 seed Southern Methodist University and No. 8 seed UC-Irvine.

It’s a quick turnaround for the Tigers, who leave for San Francisco

‘A humbling game’

Lack of experience, poor plate discipline plague Tigers against Commodores Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

ALEC MYSZKA / The Hustler

With little help from a stifled offense, LSU pitchers, junior Kyle Bouman and freshman Jared Poche’, struggled in their first Southeastern Conference series as the Tigers dropped both games of a Saturday doubleheader against Vanderbilt.

on Tuesday and began scouting the Dons late Sunday night.

Although a cross-country trip awaits, Jones said the players were thrilled at the opportunity to continue their season.

“We’re going to have to do a lot of work and prep for each other, but we’re in the same situation they are,” Jones said. “That’s what the postseason is about.”

READ: Sports staff members give their Final Four picks, p. 9 WATCH: Johnny Jones’ press conference at lsureveille.com/sports Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

GYMNASTICS

Tigers fall to No. 2 after final homestand

LSU coach Paul Mainieri often refers to baseball as “a humbling game.”

Following an emotional comeback victory against Vanderbilt on Friday night, the Tigers were thrown right back into the fire with a doubleheader on Saturday to close out their first Southeastern Conference series of the season.

What resulted was two losses and a long bus trip back to Baton Rouge.

In past years, Mainieri has had his share of pitchers and hitters he could turn to when looking to collect series victories. Pitchers like Kevin Gausman, Ryan Eades, Chris Cotton and Nick Goody gave him reliable arms that helped carry the Tigers to both a Super Regional and College World Series appearance in the past two seasons.

As for the lineup, two former Tigers — Raph Rhymes and Mason Katz — were known to provide veteran leadership against rival pitching.

This season, Mainieri has a combination of southpaws, junior Kyle Bouman and freshman Jared Poche’, both of whom had never experienced SEC play.

Bouman was unable to keep his pitch count down in the first game of the doubleheader, tossing 41 pitches and surrendering three runs on three hits.

The Ferguson, Mo., native recovered to toss three more innings of clean baseball on just 32 pitches

In its final meet before the start of postseason competition, the LSU gymnastics squad (103, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) capped off the greatest regular season in program history, defeating SEC opponent Kentucky 197.800-195.000 Friday night in the PMAC. It was a noticeable bounce back from the previous week against North Carolina State when a slew of small mistakes and mental errors resulted in the Tigers’ lowest score since Feb. 7 against Arkansas. Heading into the SEC Championships, LSU has scored at least 197.000 for nine consecutive meets, breaking the school record of eight set in 2004.

“I think we really got out there and didn’t hyperfocus on anything in particular,” said junior all-arounder Rheagan Courville. “When we do best is when we’re not really focusing on one specific thing to fix.”

Courville scored a 39.625 in the all-around to capture her seventh all-around title of the season. Fellow junior Jessie

SERIES, see page 11

REGULAR SEASON, see page 11

David Gray Sports Contributor

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SOFTBALL

Monday, March 17, 2014

TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers lose to No. 1 Gators, 10-2 LSU claims 4x400 Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

For two consecutive nights, the LSU softball team proved its worth to the nation with competitive games against No. 1 Florida, including a 3-2 win on Saturday.

On Sunday, the Gators proved to everyone why they were so deserving of the No. 1 ranking.

Florida (28-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) scored seven runs through its first eight batters of the game, and LSU (18-10, 2-4 SEC) was never able to regroup, losing 10-2 in five innings. The loss marks the first time the Tigers lost by the mercy rule since March 1, 2013.

“Florida is an amazing team.

They’re No. 1, and this is the reason why,” said junior centerfielder A.J. Andrews. “They’re a really good team and they find a way to win. We wanted to find a way to win too, and I think it just didn’t go our way.”

Florida got things started early, with lead-off hitter Kelsey Stewart crushing a home run to right center on the sixth pitch of the game. A single and another home run soon followed, and LSU freshman pitcher Kelsee Selman saw her day end after only four batters.

The weekend was not kind to Selman, who went only 0.2 IP while allowing four earned runs, three hits and two walks on only nine batters faced. These struggles come only a few weeks after Selman threw her

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first no-hitter and was awarded SEC Pitcher of the Week.

The barrage continued against senior pitcher Ashley Czechner.

Four consecutive batters reached base, culminating in a three-run home run by Florida first baseman Taylor Schwarz. The Gators’ lead climbed to seven runs before the Tigers came to bat.

“Obviously, we didn’t make very good pitches [in the first inning],” said coach Beth Torina. “I think we fell behind in counts a lot and weren’t able to make quality pitches. … And to attack their hitters, we had to make some defensive pitches because of the counts we put ourselves in.”

After experiencing her shortest outing for a start of the season on Friday, Florida pitcher Delanie Gourley returned to her old self, pitching a complete game and allowing only five hits with seven strikeouts. The outing earned her the win, extending her grip for the best record on the Gators’ staff to

title at NCAA meet

11-0.

Andrews was the lone bright spot for the Tigers, going 2-for-3 including a triple and two runs scored.

Andrews continues to lead LSU in both batting average (.398) and hits (37).

LSU will hit the road again as it takes on Nicholls State Wednesday in Thibodaux, followed by a twogame road series against Oklahoma.

Torina said although today’s outing was far from what they wanted, the Tigers proved something this weekend.

“I think the positive is we’ve shown that we can truly play with anybody in the country,” Torina said. “If that’s No. 1, we’re capable of playing No. 1 wherever they are.”

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

Sports Contributor

The LSU track and field teams finished their 2014 indoor track seasons this weekend with an 8th place overall finish for the men and a 12th place overall finish for the women at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Sophomores Darrell Bush and Cyril Grayson teamed with juniors Quincy Downing and Vernon Norwood to place first in the 4X400-meter relay and give LSU its claim to at least one indoor event championship for the fifth straight year.

“What a way for both of our teams to go out in this national championship,” said LSU track and field Coach Dennis Shaver. “You could tell just how much this championship meant to each and every one of our athletes that lined up today.”

LSU finished third to Texas A&M and Florida in the 4X400meter relay at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships, but this weekend, the Tigers led the race from start to finish.

Bush, who learned of his grandmother’s passing only hours before competing, raced out to the lead for the Tigers before handing the baton to Downing with a five-meter lead.

“I put it all on the line for my team, and they had my back, “Bush said. “I did it for my grandma too,

thinking of her. It was just an emotional race for all of us tonight. “ Texas A&M’s Gregory Coleman and Florida’s Dedric Dukes collided with one another on the third leg, disqualifying both teams.

Norwood sealed the result for the Tigers with a swift 45.05 second split on the anchor leg. A little more than an hour before, Norwood took silver in the men’s 400 meter dash.

Oregon’s men’s and women’s teams swept the National Championships, marking the third time in NCAA history a school has swept the titles.

Senior Denise Hinton became the first Lady Tiger in school history to earn All-America honors in the weight throw, with a best throw of 70 feet, 7 1/2 inches. Hinton finished in fifth place.

Senior Jasmin Stowers finished third in the women’s 60-meter hurdles, ending her career with consecutive bronze medals in the event and four All-American honors from 2011-14.

She broke a 14-year-old LSU school record, crossing the line in 7.94 seconds and finishing one hundreth of a second behind Arkansas State’s Sharika Nelvis and Baylor’s Tiffani McReynolds.

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Tigers fall to TAMU, beat Nicholls Lady Tigers lose to fifth top-20 opponent

Jack Chascin

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The LSU men’s tennis team split its doubleheader Sunday, stumbling against higher-ranked Texas A&M but dominating Nicholls State.

No. 9 Texas A&M proved too much for the Tigers to handle right off the bat as the Aggies swept the doubles point and breezed to a 4-0 victory.

“We didn’t play well in doubles,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown. “They’re a good doubles team and it really compounded with us having an off day in doubles. That was probably one of their best points.”

In singles, the Tigers forced three matches into their last sets, but the Aggies were still able to prevail with relative ease.

Junior Chris Simpson fell behind early, dropping the first set 6-3. Simpson was able to push the second set to the brink but finally lost 7-6 for A&M’s first singles point.

The Aggies were able to get its second singles point from Jordan Szabo when he defeated sophomore Harrison Kennedy 6-4, 7-6.

Sophomore Boris Arias jumped ahead early on No. 25 Shane Vinsant, but Vinsant weathered the storm and won in straight sets for A&M’s final singles point and match clincher.

“They played very well,” Brown said. “That’s about as tough of a team as we’ll face, and I thought we gave ourselves a

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LSU freshman Justin Butsch hits the ball Friday during a match against George Washington University at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

chance in singles.”

The Tigers turned their night around against Nicholls, easily sweeping the Colonels, 7-0, in match two of the doubleheader.

Doubles started off slow with all three courts battling before the Tigers settled down and took the doubles point with 8-3 and 8-4 wins.

“They’re a pretty decent team,” Brown said. “They gave us a good fight and that’s kind of what you need.”

Singles action brought much of the same as LSU dominated from the start.

Simpson overpowered his opponent, winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.

The rest of the singles matches went the same way as the Tigers took five out of the last six in straight sets with only freshman John Michael Busch needing a third set to finish off his opponent 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

“I thought a few guys handled their business really well,” Brown said. “It was good for [Busch] to get some experience, especially under pressure with a quality enough opponent.”

The Tigers’ next matchup will be Friday against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.

Contact Jack Chascin at jchascin@lsureveille.com

After earning their first Southeastern Conference victory of the season in a 6-1 win against Missouri on Friday, the Lady Tigers lost, 4-0, to Texas A&M on Sunday.

Sunday’s contest marks LSU’s fourth of five top 20 losses to end in a 4-0 score. LSU coach Julia Sell said it’s important for the Lady Tigers to have a good start against tough opponents.

On Sunday, LSU lost the doubles point in straight sets to Texas A&M, including an 8-0 result.

“Our doubles today was atrocious,” Sell said. “It was the worst we’ve played all season, and I let them know I was very unhappy after

the doubles point.”

A month away from the SEC Championships, this is a critical point in the Lady Tigers’ 2014 season. With Sunday’s match being the last top-20 matchup on LSU’s regular season schedule, the Lady Tigers are confident their SEC record will improve before the conference tournament.

“What’s important is that we’re playing our best tennis in April and May,” Sell said. “You get to the SEC tournament and the beauty of our conference is everybody’s so good. You knock off anyone in that tournament, that’s a great win.”

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NIT run would signify progress for Tigers THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist Progress can be difficult to quantify.

Judging progress through the lens of the eye test plays a role in the assessment, but in the world of sports, wins and losses are the ultimate measuring sticks.

Because of that reality, it’s hard to pinpoint any significant step forward the LSU men’s basketball team made during coach Johnny Jones’ second regular season as coach.

Adding freshmen forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin to play alongside junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III gave LSU an imposing front line in combination with a veteran backcourt that had everyone, including the team itself, believing an NCAA tournament bid was not just likely, but expected.

And around the halfway mark of the season, following back-to-back home wins against Kentucky and Arkansas, it seemed like LSU was well on its way. But from that point on, not much went right for the Tigers as they finished the season 19-13.

After an 85-67 thrashing at the hands of Kentucky in the

third round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, it appeared LSU would once again miss the postseason entirely.

But after the NCAA predictably passed on the Tigers, the National Invitational Tournament didn’t, and LSU was unexpectedly picked among the 32-team field late on Selection Sunday.

It was a welcomed reprieve after more than two days of prognosticators across the country projecting LSU was too far down the ladder to grab an NIT bid.

Granted a No. 5 seed, LSU will head west to play No. 4 seed San Francisco at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. A win against the Dons and the Tigers would advance to play the winner of top-seeded Southern Methodist University and UC Irvine.

Because of the injection of athleticism and talent to a team that overachieved in 2013, NCAA-or-bust was the stated goal of the players, fans and media heading into the season.

In hindsight, they may have had too high of expectations for such a young team, but it was fair to expect some amount of progress in Jones’ second year at the helm.

Obviously, it’s not what Jones and company envisioned heading into the season, but it’s better than where they finished last season, and progress

is progress.

Making the NIT is as good of an opportunity as LSU makes of it. It’s not as prestigious as it used to be, but for a team that struggled mightily on the road all season, it’s an additional chance to work on figuring out how to win basketball games outside of the PMAC. It’s an opportunity to gain the postseason experience LSU missed out on when it passed on a College Basketball Invitational berth last season.

I didn’t fault them for turning down a bid to a third-rate tournament at the time, but after another season of ineptitude on the road, it’s hard to argue the practice wouldn’t have been valuable.

The NIT wasn’t Jones’ dream ending for year two, but a deep run would be a sign of progress and would build momentum heading into next season, especially if Martin, Mickey and possibly O’Bryant return for another season together.

At the beginning of the season, it seemed like a forgone conclusion that 2014 would be O’Bryant’s and Martin’s last campaigns in purple and gold. A yearning to make the Big Dance may be exactly the appeal that brings them back for another year in Baton Rouge.

Currently, one would need a magnifying glass to figure out

how this team’s season is any better than that of the mismatched group that overachieved to win 19 games in Jones’ first season at the helm.

Winning a couple games in the NIT, or dare I say a trip to New York to play in the finals in Madison Square Garden, is the kind of progress we can all point to and see real improvement. It’s not the ultimate goal, but it’s definitely

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Jordan, who competed in only two events last week against NC State because of a sore back, tallied a 39.525 in the all-around against the Wildcats.

LSU received major contributions from its supporting cast, particularly on beam. Freshman Ashleigh Gnat and senior Kaleigh Dickson tied their career highs with scores of 9.950 and 9.875, respectively. Jordan added a 9.900 in the anchor spot to help the Tigers score a season-high of 49.450 on beam.

But for the first time in this season’s regional qualifying score (RQS) rankings, LSU isn’t the nation’s No. 1 team. Defending national champion Florida scored a 198.200 on the road against Missouri last Friday to bump its RQS to a 197.790 and knock the Tigers out of the top spot they’ve held for the past three weeks.

Florida’s jump to the top didn’t come as a shock to LSU coach D-D Breaux. “[Florida’s] been home and away, and they’ve had a little bit of variety, so we kind of expected that,” Breaux said.

SEC Championships are Saturday in Birmingham, Ala., and will be divided into two sessions.

The top four teams will compete in the night session. Seeding is based on RQS standings, so

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Florida will be the No. 1 seed, recently faced than an inability followed by LSU at No. 2. The to nail routines they’ve shined Tigers will begin on the uneven in throughout the season. bars, followed by beam, floor and During the month of Febvault. ruary, LSU had the most gruelDespite losing the top seed, ing road stretch of any of the the Tigers are perhaps better po- top-ranked teams in the nation. sitioned for a good showing this The Tigers had four consecuweekend because they will end tive road meets in three weeks, on their best two events, floor and with matchups at No. 16 Arkanvault. LSU has ranked in the top sas, No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 1 three for each Florida. They also event since participated in the RQS rank- ‘We’ve put them in a great the Metroplex ings went into position, and that’s all Challenge in Fort effect.

Worth, Texas, But as coaches can do. Put your during the stretch. great as LSU After such a team in a position, and has been this taxing road trip they’ll either rise to the against champiseason, people outside onship-caliber occasion or not.’ the program teams, the Tiwondered if gers returned to the squad had the security of D-D Breaux peaked too the PMAC for a LSU gymnastics coach soon, espethree-meet home cially after stand and faced the Tigers scored the program’s Missouri, NC State and Kenfirst 198 on Feb. 28. But Breaux tucky, none of which were a doesn’t think that’s the case. consistent presence in the top 25 “It’s been a long season, and all season. people accused us of peaking Now the Tigers will comearly,” Breaux said. “I don’t think pete against Florida, Alabama we’ve peaked, but I think SECs and Georgia, teams that have has been in their minds.” combined to win eight of the The Tigers haven’t been able past nine national championto match the 198.050 they scored ships. To Jordan, going head-toagainst Missouri two weeks ago, head against elite competition but perhaps that has more to actually helps the squad remain do with the opponents they’ve locked in and focused during

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“Going into these past three meets, we’ve talked about how we’re just not competing against these team, we’re competing against teams all around the country,” Jordan said. “But to feel their presence and to see those scores flying and see the competition in the actual arena is a really huge force. The competition is what drives us.”

Breaux has been resting the squad in recent weeks, but she chose to start practice on Sunday to extend the squad’s preparation heading into conference championships.

But she acknowledged there isn’t much left for the coaches to do. It’s now up to the gymnasts to perform like the team she’s continuously deemed to be the best she’s ever coached.

“We’ve put them in a great position, and that’s all coaches can do. Put your team in a position, and they’ll either rise to the occasion or not,” Breaux said. “We get them to SECs and it’s a podium, so when they step up on that podium, they’re on their own.”

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[Top Left] LSU junior Jessie Jordan finishes her floor routine Friday during the Lady Tigers’ victory against Kentucky in the PMAC. Jordan and LSU junior Rheagan Courville [top right] led LSU to a school record nine consecutive 197.000 or better scores and a program best No. 2 ranking at the end of the regular season.

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— throwing 73 total — but the damage was already done in a 5-3 loss.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Poche’ suffered a similar fate, allowing four runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched.

In his previous two starts against Southern and Northwestern State, Poche’ had surrendered eight hits in seven innings of work, but a different issue arose when he faced the Commodore lineup.

Poche’ surrendered five walks — three more than he had in his first four starts combined heading into Saturday.

“He walked five, which was unusual for him … but there were a lot of close pitches he wasn’t getting the calls on. I thought he maintained really good composure and poise, and he battled through it,” Mainieri said.

Offensively, LSU has relied on sophomores Alex Bregman and Andrew Stevenson and junior Kade Scivicque early in the season, but on Saturday, the three Tigers combined to finish 2-for-21 (.095 batting average). Bregman didn’t register a hit in eight at-bats.

The squad’s two senior hitters, Sean McMullen and Christian Ibarra, ended the series 3-for-14 (.214 batting average). Ibarra struggled with a hamstring injury last week, and McMullen didn’t start Friday night because of a leg injury.

The Tigers’ lack of scoring stemmed more from a combination of poor plate discipline and efficient pitching from Vanderbilt’s three pitchers, junior Jared Miller, sophomore Tyler Ferguson and freshman Hayden Stone.

“You could take any names and combine them and give me stats that look [poor], but I’m not going to overreact to it,” Mainieri said. “It’s not an exaggeration when I tell you that there would be major league teams that wished they had [the Vanderbilt] pitching staff.”

LSU managed only four walks in the doubleheader, striking out 16 times.

Prior to Opening Day, Mainieri said he would be looking for leaders to emerge both on the field and in the clubhouse.

After the first weekend of SEC play, he may have to wait a little longer until such a player steps into that role.

“We just have to keep it in perspective that we ran up against probably the best pitching staff in the country on the road in the opening weekend with two first-time starting pitchers in the SEC,” Mainieri said.

“We had one tremendous win this weekend, and there’s 27 more games to go.”

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WEB COMMENTS In response to Andrew Stolzle’s column, “Opinion: Mandatory flood insurance often unnecessary and ineffective ,” one reader had this to say: “First off you’re ignoring the elephant in the room.

A large portion of Louisiana, including Baton Rouge, is built on the floodplain of the Mississippi. To say that flood insurance for homeowners here is “pointless” is a huge understatement.

Secondly, you missed probably the biggest issue regarding the NFIP, which is that property owners with NFIP policies are currently receiving government subsidies to live in high risk flood areas, hence encouraging the building of residential areas in places that people shouldn’t live in. And while raising the premiums does initially sound like a bad thing, it is worth keeping in mind that the price of NFIP policies are currently already lower than what a private insurance company could offer, so raising the premiums would cut back on the government subsidies that are currently necessary to keep the program going while encouraging people to not live in these high risk areas. To phase out the NFIP isn’t really a solution. The NFIP was originally made because flood insurance coverage was too costly for private insurance companies to offer. There are real problems with the NFIP but you don’t seem to see them, instead you seem more focused on eliminating it since it “forces” poor homeowners in floodplains to purchase relatively cheap insurance that guarantees they don’t lose their house in case of a flood event that is very likely to happen over a 40 year mortgage.”

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Miss USA? Beauty pageants encourage superficiality

600 WORDS OF SOMMER ANNETTE SOMMERS Columnist Baton Rouge will host the Miss USA pageant in 2014.

This news is sure to bring a whirlwind of excited squeals and wide-eyed spectators, but it is also an opportunity to recognize the impact beauty pageants have on how society perceives women and beauty.

Most pageants, especially the high scale ones like Miss USA, use contestants who fit the mold of what judges view as beautiful. And while there is no denying that these women are attractive, the limits of pageant beauty are confined to a specific stereotype, and any opposing body shape or tooth gap is shunned.

Contestants train with coaches for countless hours and spend thousands of dollars on outfits just to gain a crown, a title and sometimes a small scholarship.

At least the Miss LSU pageant donates all of its proceeds to charity. This takes away the edge of the competition yet doesn’t change the concept of the pageant.

Winners walk away with a confident glow and seamless smile, but what about the losers?

The losers account for more than just the women behind third runner up. The losers are all the women watching who will look down on themselves post-show.

What’s even more disturbing is that there are women who will look at themselves and decide that they want to change to be more like the women walking on stage.

Pageants put enormous pressure on women to look like models and wear custom-tailored dresses to support their falsely represented idea of beauty.

But this isn’t just about the effects beauty pageants have on young girls and women, it’s also about the message it sends to the world population about our society and how we view and value other people.

We are a nation completely absorbed in outward appearances. We give pageants the final say on what beauty is and never question it. Our obsession with appearance stems from years of propaganda being drilled into our brains from mainstream media.

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Contestants walk in the swimsuit portion of the 2013 Miss USA beauty pageant. This year’s pageant will be held in Baton Rouge.

It shouldn’t be like that. A person’s perception of beauty should be based on his or her own attitude and taste instead of the Barbie and Ken cutouts we now see dominating the runways.

And the frustrating part is that pageants have the ability to redefine what they stand for at any time. No one is forcing the judges and supporters to adhere to past pageant trends, yet there is little effort to move toward a more dignified and humanitarian show.

Anyone who is opposed to the diminishing self-esteem in women should be demanding a change in the way these pageants are run.

Instead of having a swimsuit walk, which is clearly for the sole enjoyment of male viewers, why not have a culture walk where women dress like a culture they feel needs more attention and then give a speech on how they want to help the people of this culture?

It’s a stretch from the current bodycentered charm of pageants, but progress is sometimes born out of the most demeaning circumstances.

It would be one thing if pageants admitted to their somewhat superficial and basic nature, but they try to mask their

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shortcomings by saying that they support the advancement of women in the world.

They send the wrong idea to almost every demographic. Men are trained to think women are only beautiful if they are 5-foot-11 with voluminous, bouncing hair. Women are forced to look at their bodies and compare them to the flawlessly made-up ones on screen.

We are all victims of pageants whether we actively participate or not.

Once we become aware of this fact, we can call for a revolution and change the representation of beauty in our world.

Annette Sommers is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Dublin, Calif.

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What should Lil Boosie do with 100 hours of service?

Jana King I vote that Boosie use his community service hours doing some construction work to benefit the LSU community that actively fought to #freeboosie. Repaving the roads near the north gates of campus, or repairing the Studio Arts Building. In fact, why don’t we just make him University President, I’m pretty sure he’d get that campus repair list taken care of before flying off to every corner of the country. Is Boosie even allowed to leave the state while on probation?

with his community service hours. If the state of Louisiana could go five minutes without glorifying another felon — looking at you, Edwin Edwards — that would be great. Besides, he’s more likely to spend 100 hours hot boxing than actually doing something productive.

Justin Stafford What Boosie does with his service hours is none of my concern. I refuse to divert any more attention to the man and his actions. As of now, I am actively blocking people on my personal social media feeds that use the word “Boosie” and “free” in any post.

Eli A. Haddow Maybe Boosie will do us all the service of buying up his own records, then destroying them.

Jose Bastidas There is a vast number of retireANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille ment homes in the Baton Rouge area. Torrence Hatch, also known as Lil Boosie, (left) poses March 10, with Webster Gradney Jr., also known as Webbie, during the Contrary to popular belief, the elderly Boosie Speaks press conference at The W Hotel in New Orleans. aren’t solely stimulated by Bingo nights, ballroom dancing classes and community service should involve him Inspector Boosie and be a world re- the legalization of marijuana. It is canasta tournaments. So, I believe going to middle schools to guide stu- nowned detective — à la Sherlock only fitting that a person arrested for Boosie should kill two birds with one dents interested in the music indus- Holmes. Doing all of his work for free, marijuana should push for legalizastone by doing his community service try and help them create marketable Boosie solves crimes internation- tion, bringing back the ’60s. Today, a hours — as well as kickstarting his mu- products. It would serve students bet- ally. Instead of reading suspects their majority of Louisianians support legalsical career — by scheduling the first- ter than sitting through review sessions rights, he raps them. Soon enough, izing marijuana for medicinal purposes ever retirement home tour. The elderly for iLEAP tests and get them started on there will be an entire franchise dedi- and it could be a great theme for his will be entertained, and let’s face it, a career path early. Gov. Bobby Jindal cated to Boosie’s crime-solving abili- comeback album. I think the last thing with all the troubled performing artists, seems keen on raising Louisiana’s ties: from action figures to Law & Or- Jindal and the Louisiana Legislature this will become the next hot celebrity profile, and there’s no better way to do der: Lil Boosie Unit. Our world will be want is Lil Boosie walking up to the that than by producing young rap art- enveloped by Boosie, just as it was Capitol with his fans and demanding trend. marijuana legalization. ists fighting for social justice. Imagine meant to be. how viral that could be.

Megan Dunbar Ryan McGehee Joshua Fini Boosie’s 14-year-old daughter, Personally, I’m rather ambivalent I suggest that Lil Boosie spend Iviona Hatch, has a blossoming ca- SidneyRose Reynen Lil Boosie would become his community service pushing for about what a convict chooses to do reer as a rap artist, and as such, his

Annette Sommers I am a firm believer that Boosie should fulfill his community service by making guest appearances at middle school dances throughout the state.

It could be beneficial to his career by targeting a younger audience and a little culture wouldn’t hurt the youngins. Maybe their youthful spunk and innocence will rub off on Boosie and generate a whole new genre of middle school-appropriate freestyling. I would pay to see that.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_opinion

World’s 6th annual Z-Day call for a change in society Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist Last Saturday was the annual Z-Day. No it’s not about zombies.

Z-Day is a sort of TED talk-like annual event for the Zeitgeist Movement, where activists and revolutionaries gather and give lectures about poverty, corruption, war, the state of technology and new economic models.

The Zeitgeist Movement is the most fascinating social movement to arise in my lifetime and deserves more attention than celebrity drama. Students should be interested in what the Zeitgeist Movement has to offer because it is the first movement to address not just our local and national problems, but global systemic problems.

With a whole new generation entering the workplace, it is important for Millennials to seek out alternative ideas to address problems caused by our parents and ancestors.

Peter Joseph founded the Zeitgeist Movement, TZM, in

2008 following the release of his award-winning documentary “Zeitgeist Addendum.” Although Joseph is the founder, he is not the leader. The movement is a leaderless organization that depends on activism and volunteerism.

The movement seeks to use the scientific method instead of faith, dogma or traditional political leadership to push for change.

TZM makes it clear that it is not a political movement.

Although the word “revolution” is thrown around daily in politics, the Zeitgeist Movement truly embodies the term.

The Zeitgeist Movement is, in its own words, a global “sustainability advocacy organization” that seeks to address poverty, war, corruption, homelessness, pollution and starvation by addressing what they see as the “root cause” of all of these issues, the global economic system itself.

While thousands of non-governmental organizations, charities and government programs address war, poverty, corruption and hunger directly, TZM sees all of these issues as “symptoms” and not the problems themselves.

The driving force behind the world’s problem is our outdated

social system. While markets and governments are used to guide humanity, TZM advocates a shift from a monetary-based economy to a “Resource Based Economy,” RBE, because the movement views our current economic model as outdated.

Futurist Jacque Fresco developed and proposed a RBE as a model for a post-scarcity society that is possible due to the exponential growth of technology.

Instead of fighting for jobs, the movement seeks to eliminate jobs through automation and eliminate scarcity of goods and services through abundance.

Another major cause for the movement is to declare all the world’s resources as the common heritage of all the peoples of the world. In the long run, they also seek to see governments and money become obsolete and eliminated.

While this sounds like another utopian pipe dream, the movement has attracted futurists, engineers, economists, politicians and activists.

The best example of a resource-based economy would be the military. The military has many of the greatest minds and

The Zeitgeist Movement: • Founded by Peter Joseph in 2008 • Currently more than 50,000 supporters worldwide • 400 Z-Day events

hardest working people on earth, yet they are not rewarded through the market for their work. Moving away from a profit-driven culture to an empathic culture is a major tenant of the movement.

The movement seeks to change the economic system instead of the political system because their view is that political systems are an outgrowth of economic systems.

Although the movement is in its infancy, I am optimistic that it may become a major movement that the establishment can’t avoid.

The world that the Zeitgeist Movement envisions is hard to imagine because it has never existed but with automation and technology eliminating jobs quicker than replacing them and goods and services becoming

cheaper than ever, it is only a matter of time until the current system crashes under the weight of corporate profits above humanity.

The Zeitgeist Movement is one of the only revolutionary organizations out there that is trying to change the world. Instead of just accepting poverty and hunger as a byproduct of our economic system, we should seek to eliminate them entirely by creating a new system.

Students should consider the revolutionary goals of the Zeitgeist Movement because the status quo is the reason why tuition is expensive, jobs are hard to find, poverty exists, wars continue and corruption pollutes daily life.

We need to stop voting for change and as Mahatma Gandhi put it we must become the change we want to see in the world.

Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-year-old political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.

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Monday, March 17, 2014 party affiliations, from page 1

These numbers do not reflect the nation’s party affiliation. According to a Gallup poll in February, 23 percent of people surveyed said they consider themselves Republican, 45 percent independents and 30 percent Democrats.

Some students feel there is a peaceful balance with professors’ political affiliations.

Cameron Coleman, communication studies junior, said the affiliation numbers — with a blend of conservative and liberal faculty members — accurately represent the University.

Although a large percent of University professors identify as Democrats, some departments are more partisan than others.

Music and Dramatic Arts was the department with the most liberal professors — 72 percent of professors are registered Democrats. University College Center for Advising and Counseling ranked in with the most Republicans at 47 percent. The College of Engineering has the most the registered independents with 46 percent.

Pre-nursing freshman Anissa Chenevert said the numbers reflected in department affiliations are also telling for students in the respective majors.

Chemical engineering freshman Samantha Maghanoy’s professors have never brought up politics in class, which she said shows their middle-of-the-road stance.

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said though the University leans liberal, the campus is still conservative compared to other universities. He also said the large number of independents at the University does not reflect national partisan numbers.

Cope said in his 30 years at the University, there have been isolated episodes where professors let their political colors fly too freely, but these are rare situations.

Political science professor James Garand said the partisan numbers at the University are interesting, but should not affect the University’s ultimate goal of education and research.

“We’re trained in our department to set aside their beliefs when conducting research,” Garand said.

Accounting senior Mark Haydel said one of his communication studies professors maintains this principle in his classroom.

“He views politics as something to research, as opposed to something you believe in,” Haydel said.

In a map of the greater Baton Rouge area, The Daily Reveille’s data shows northern Baton Rouge had a dense Democrat population and University conservatives live mostly in south Baton Rouge.

The data also shows no Republicans live north of Florida Boulevard. This does not mean there are no Republicans in the area, just none registered with the University.

American political parties are not just about policy, but encompass lifestyle and culture, Cope said. So it is somewhat natural for Democrats and Republicans at the University to live near their respective partisan groups.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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is confident in his political affiliation and his reasoning behind the switch.

Cope is not fighting to have the state or country establish a way to crown leaders, but dogging traditional ways of political action.

According to the Monarchist Party of America’s official website, monarchists do not take part in any political party’s action — other than their protests or votes — to not give weight to the partisan system.

In his independent days, Cope struggled to identify a place where he fit in politically and said it was almost unattainable to be a true independent given the broad platform of the party and ideal changes.

Cope also did not agree with the common idea that independent party candidates or votes did not hold much weight in the two party system.

“If everyone votes with the idea that votes will be wasted, it will come true,” Cope said.

Marching to the beat of his own drum, Cope paid homage to the state’s early European settler’s monarchical culture with his party switch.

The state’s “highly pyramidal

power structure” still resembles the political organization of Louisiana settlers, Cope said.

For example, several state entities are governed by boards or committees that are ruled by chairmen and chairwomen.

He chose to recognize the political reality of the state and fight the power structure with his monarchical registration.

“The only way to change the status quo is by individual action,” Cope said. “I was never aware the goal of a good citizen was to fit in.”

Cope said political parties often lead people to stand behind a candidate or clever slogan, as opposed to true ideals or established positions.

“Either political party does not give coherent opinions,” Cope said.

Assured in his political choices, he feels content in being part of a party that does not strive for consensus on specific issues, but holds principles.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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Parade participants celebrate Saturday while donning green clothing during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Perkins Road.

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4 Dwell in 5 __ over; contemplates 6 Vicinity 7 Warmth 8 Star on a PC keyboard 9 Let go of 10 __-do-well; bum 11 “Phooey!”

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