The Daily Reveille - March 20, 2014

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Proposed bill would limit Jindal’s reach in higher education FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ • Senior Reporter

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here are 16 LSU Board of Supervisors members, and all but one are selected

by Gov. Bobby Jindal. But House Bill 588, authored by Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, would limit the governor’s power and enforce qualifications for all postsecondary education management boards.

Each board comprises two members from each congressional district, one from the state at large and one student member — the student being the only of these members not appointed by the governor.

Carter also filed House Bill 696, a companion bill that would mandate at least seven Board members meet one of the following criteria: a master of business administration degree, earn a degree from the system they oversee, have at least five years of experience as chief executive of a large corporation or five years as an executive in the public sector.

House Bill 696 would also have one board member recommended jointly to the governor by the Public Research Affairs Council, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and Council for a Better Louisiana.

JINDAL, see page 19

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTION

Experience LSU reflects on past Jacquelyn Masse Contributing Writer

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series featuring the Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates.

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Ashleigh Pichon (left) and Christian Coleman (right) are running for Student Government vice president and president, respectively, under the Experience LSU ticket.

Ashleigh Pichon, vice presidential candidate for Experience LSU has had passion for student government since the fifth grade, when she ran for class representative.

“I told everyone to ‘vote for me.

Ashleigh P.,’” said Pichon, a human resource junior from New Orleans.

“I liked how student council was a good way to impact everyone at the same time.”

Pichon currently serves on the Greek Leadership Institute. She said she enjoys working with organizations that affect the community. Presidential candidate Christian Coleman said he has also been involved in several positions in student councils over the years. Coleman currently serves as Student Government’s director of Student Services and Diversity, a member of the programming,

support and initiatives funds committee and a campus tour guide.

“I love being involved in general and being able to reach out to people and represent something bigger than my own self,” said Coleman, a marketing junior.

Coleman said one of his favorite experiences at the University was being a S.T.R.I.P.E.S. leader.

“It refueled my passion for LSU and I learned a lot about traditions,” EXPERIENCE LSU, see page 19

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Nation & World

Thursday, March 20, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Ex-al-Qaida spokesman recalls 9/11 House backs

ban on tanning beds for minors

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NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law offered a rare glimpse of the al-Qaida leader in the hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, recounting during surprise testimony Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom how the two met that night in a cave in Afghanistan.

“Did you learn about what happened ... the attacks on the United States?” the son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, recalled bin Laden asking him.

“We are the ones who did it.”

The testimony came as Abu Ghaith’s trial on charges he conspired to kill Americans and aid al-Qaida as a spokesman for the terrorist group took a dramatic turn. His decision to take the witness stand was announced by his lawyer, Stanley Cohen, who surprised a nearly empty courtroom that quickly filled with spectators as word spread.

Abu Ghaith testified that bin Laden seemed worried that night and asked what he thought would happen next. Abu Ghaith said he predicted America “will not settle until it accomplishes two things: to kill you and topple the state of

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In this courtroom sketch Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (right) testifies at his trial Wednesday in New York, on charges he conspired to kill Americans and aid al-Qaida as a spokesman for the terrorist group.

the Taliban.”

Bin Laden responded: “‘You’re being too pessimistic,’” Abu Ghaith recalled.

Bin Laden then offered the onetime imam a job that would gain him infamy as well as a place in the inner circle of the world’s most wanted terrorist. “I want to deliver a message to the world,” Abu Ghaith said bin Laden told him.

“... I want you to deliver that message.”

The testimony was a rare gambit by the defense, a last-ditch effort to counter a mountain of evidence against Abu Ghaith, including an alleged confession and videos showing him sitting beside Bin Laden on Sept. 12, 2001, and another in which he warned Americans that “the storm of airplanes

(AP) — The House has agreed to prohibit anyone under the age of 18 in Louisiana from using a tanning bed.

New Orleans Rep. Helena Moreno, a Democrat, describes her bill as a cancer-prevention measure. She says it would lower risks of skin cancer associated with exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight or tanning lamps and beds.

The only lawmaker to oppose the bill was Rep. Richard Burford, a Republican from Stonewall, who says he disagrees with government telling parents how to raise their children.

At least five states ban the use of tanning beds for minors, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

INTERNATIONAL

Polar bear twins make public debut The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Munich zoo’s 14-week-old polar bear twins don’t yet have names, but they’re already stars.

The tiny cubs — one male, one female — were greeted by nearly 100 reporters as they skipped across their enclosure during their first public appearance Wednesday.

The still unnamed cubs were born on Dec. 9 and made their first outing under the watchful eye of their mother, Giovanna.

“She is only 7 years old, so she is a very young mother and everything is excellent,” said the zoo’s Polar World head, Helmut Kern.

They all live separately from their father Yogi, who was temporarily relocated to Stuttgart zoo earlier this month.

Any attempt at a family reunion is deemed risky as adult male polar bears occasionally kill polar bear cubs.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the March 19 article “Last Gasp: NIT gives Tigers final chance to redeem disappointing season,” San Francisco’s record was incorrectly stated as 15-16, 7-9 West Coast Conference, when really it was 21-11, 13-5 West Coast Conference. The Daily Reveille regrets the error.

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Two 14-week old polar bear twins explore their enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo Wednesday in Munich, Germany. The cubs were born on Dec. 9, 2013.

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EVENT

Fashion show aims to empower women Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

The University’s chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, SWE, hosted the Women Impacting Style in Engineering, or WISE, Dinner and Style Show last night in the Lod Cook Alumni Center.

The WISE show was open to all female students majoring in engineering, computer science and construction management.

It was sponsored by Halliburton and co-hosted by Jada Lewis, assistant dean of the College of Engineering.

The show occurred a month after the release of a study led by researchers from Columbia Business School that shows employers are more likely to hire men for STEM jobs than women, even when candidates of both genders perform equally well on arithmetic and scientific tasks.

The researchers attributed this partially to societal bias and partially to the idea that women undersell themselves in job interviews.

SWE intends to reduce this bias by changing employers’ perceptions of women and teaching women how best to present themselves in professional settings.

SWE welcomed more than 120 participants to WISE, which functioned as both a networking event and a fashion showcase.

In the first hour of the event, students talked to employers from technology and engineering firms throughout Baton Rouge and built professional connections with

executives and fellow students alike.

The networking session was followed by an informal dinner, during which students discussed the experiences they’ve had as women working in a male-dominated field.

The dinner led into a speech from keynote speaker Cindy Bigner, Halliburton’s chief officer of diversity affairs. She used her experience to give women tips about professionalism and self-promotion.

In her speech, Bigner recognized that a lack of diversity still plagues the STEM disciplines, particularly in engineering. Bigner stressed the importance of programs like WISE that address these issues and attributed rising levels of female employment in Halliburton to the success of these programs.

The main event of the night was a fashion showcase, during which students modelled various outfits appropriate for a variety of professional situations. One model strutted down the runway in a bright yellow jacket and cobalt blue pants. A woman wearing a shocking pink construction suit, complete with a pink protective helmet, followed her.

Lewis said the showcase served two purposes: to teach women about professionalism in ways they could not learn in a classroom and to show they could embrace diversity and femininity, even in a field predominately populated by men.

Many students agreed SWE

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ADMINISTRATION

Honors College selects dean finalists

James Richards Staff Writer

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

The Honors College announced its three finalists in the search for a new dean in a college-wide email Wednesday. The Honors College is the final college to finalize candidates for its dean search, following the College of Music and Dramatic Arts and LSU Libraries in their announcements earlier this week.

The first finalist is James McKusick of the University of Montana’s Davidson Honors College, who will interview on campus March 26 and 27.

Finalist John Vile is the dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University

and will be on campus March 31 and April 1.

Finally, coming to campus April 7 and 8 is Jonathan Earle, who is the director of the University Honors Program at the University of Kansas.

The dean search came after current dean Nancy Clark announced she would be stepping down in the spring, said University Honors’ College communications coordinator Liz Billet. Updated details on candidates, including dates for open forums where faculty and students can meet the candidates, will be available as schedules are confirmed.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

An LSU engineering student models a jumpsuit Wednesday during the Women Impacting Style in Engineering (WISE) event.

has taken the right steps in addressing the problem of gender bias in the STEM disciplines. Biological engineering senior Linda Cross said she believes programs like WISE can continue to be effective in the future as long as they identify and tackle the right issues. “‘You women are really talented, here’s how to sell yourself’ is something that needs to be taught more,” Cross said.

Contact Panya Kroun at pkroun@lsureveille.com

MARCH

EVENT CALENDAR

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014 5:00 PM

Andre Bohren - The Little Gem Saloon Showcase the Space Soiree - LSU Museum of Art

6:30 PM

Sesame Street Live: Make A New Friend - Baton Rouge River Center Arena

7:00 PM

Trivia Night - Hi Ho Lounge-LA Michaela Harrison - Cafe Istanbul

7:30 PM

Young Frankenstein - Baton Rouge Little Theater

8:00 PM

Three of Clubs - House of Blues New Orleans Gustavo Cortinas Quartet - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Thursday Night Live: Comedy Night - LSU Student Union, Live Oak Lounge John Sinclair - Henry Turner Jr.'s Listening Room

8:30 PM

484 South Band - Lava Cantina Comedy Gumbeaux - The Howlin' Wolf

9:00 PM

Blues Jam - Phil Brady's Bar & Grill DJ Mike Larry - The Spanish Moon Cirque D'Licious - Hi Ho Lounge-LA

10:00 PM

Niko Night Life - Eiffel Society Gustavo Cortinas Quartet - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Carpathian Folk Dance Night - Cafe Istanbul

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

EVENTS Rockstar Racing “Business League Night” Get your team of 4 and race every month for a trophy & bragging rights!

Not into the league game? Come in and get your 3rd race free! Come be a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor kart facility, Rockstar Racing!

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ADMINISTRATION

Thursday, March 20, 2014

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Internship policy revisions tabled Next Step ticket to James Richards Staff Writer

Coordinator of experiential education at the Olinde Career Center Kayla Lato Kucharchuk said the current policy statement on internships for University credit is vague and out of date. Kucharchuk presented a draft of the revised policy statement to the LSU Faculty Senate on Wednesday, which voted to table a proposal to adopt the revisions for further review.

The policy statement was last revised in 1976, and has no definition of an internship, co-op, practicum or experiential education, Kucharchuk said.

The lack of definitions and lack of connection between departments makes it difficult for the University as a whole to coordinate internship programs, she said.

Kucharchuk said the proposed

policy statement defines all of those terms and works to build bridges between different departments.

A major change to the policy is the establishment of a credit value for work done by students at their internships, Kucharchuk said. The revised policy statement sets a guideline of awarding one hour of course credit for every 45 hours of work per semester.

The current policy leaves internship opportunities isolated to the particular department or instructor offering it, Kucharchuk said. There is no central database of where students are interning, which creates a few issues, she said.

One issue with the lack of knowledge about where students intern is liability, Kucharchuk said.

There’s a safety issue if something happens to a student while at an internship and the University doesn’t know where they are, she said.

Another potential problem comes with providing information for university rankings. Kucharchuk gave the example of U.S. News and World Report calling about the number of students in internships.

She said it might take the University a week or two to get back to them because of the lack of centralization.

The Faculty Senate raised a number of concerns at the Wednesday meeting, including worries about international internships.

Kucharchuk said PS 38 would apply to all internships, but the guidelines allow for departmental and instructor flexibility. She gave the example of a student earning foreign language credit all day while in another country.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

STUDENT ORGANIZATION

Group focuses on U.S., Israel Michael Tarver Contributing Writer

The newly formed student organization Tigers for Israel is hoping to cultivate awareness among University students of the benefits that accompany a strong relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

Legislative coordinator for the group, Brian Norman, said Tigers for Israel was founded after a trip to Washington D.C., in which University students were educated on the current relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

Upon returning, the group was formed by Meagan Collman and it has drawn members including LSU Student Government President John Woodard, who attended the trip to Washington D.C., Norman said.

Though he is a Christian, Norman said the group is a secular organization that is not focused on the religious climate in Israel, but rather what is to be gained by both countries in a working relationship.

The main goal of Tigers for Israel is to bring pro-Israel activism to campus and educate students, Norman said.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, has been a major inspiration for Tigers for Israel, Norman said. AIPAC helped educate the University students who went to Washington D.C., and the organization is passionate about developing campus activists at universities, Norman said.

The mission statement for AIPAC is “to strengthen, protect and promote the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of Israel and the United States.” This is similar to the mission statement of Tigers for Israel, which is “to educate and engage more people on the importance of the American and Israeli relationship.”

Part of AIPAC’s legislative

agenda, said President Barack Obama, is expected to request more than $3 billion in security assistance for Israel as part of his 2015 budget.

While the issue of security in Israel is important, Norman said other issues such as economic prosperity and even advances in technology are equally important when discussing the Israeli and American relationship.

Because many companies such as DELL and IBM develop their computer chips in Israel, it is an obvious benefit to have a working relationship with the country, Norman said.

Norman said Tigers for Israel has not yet partnered with the University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, but the organization’s leadership has talked about reaching out to LSU International Services as well as other organizations.

Tigers for Israel is also trying

to organize a panel in April to discuss its stance on certain issues and spread awareness, Norman said.

“We encourage students to come to a meeting and get on our radar so they can start to help with this issue,” Norman said.

In an email to The Daily Reveille, the Muslim Student Association’s board said they chose not to comment about the organization because they had not previously heard of Tigers for Israel. Though the MSA board said they did not have enough information to formulate an opinion, they said they believe everyone has the right to their own opinion and the right to participate in any organization of their choosing.

Contact Micheal Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com

appear in UCourt Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

The Next Step ticket will appear in the University Court at 9:30 a.m. today because of a complaint issued regarding its campaign signs displayed at Bogie’s and Fred’s bars this weekend, said Brianna Crabtree, chief justice of Student Government.

Crabtree addressed the concerns at the SG Senate meeting Wednesday.

A complaint was filed by a student regarding the signs and later investigated. But in the campaign codes set

by SG, there is no black and white answer to the question of campaign banners in bars. She said the result of today’s proceedings would set a precedent for the future, although in

the past, tickets have been asked to remove their banners from bars.

Crabtree said the complaint was not filed by an opponent of The Next Step.

SG also passed resolutions of thanks and appreciation for the Louisiana Delegation in support of and in preparation for a team of six SG members to travel to Washington D.C. on Sunday.

The team will travel with other Southeastern Conference schools’ Student Government representatives to lobby for higher education Sunday through Wednesday, said John Woodard, SG president.

Contact Deana Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

Sports

Thursday, March 20, 2014

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“My decision is my decision, and I’m happy with that.”

Rob Bolden LSU wide receiver

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n 2010, Rob Bolden became the first true freshman to start a season-opener at quarterback for Penn State in 100 years. He threw two touchdowns against Youngstown State that day, delivering Joe Paterno career victory No. 395 as head coach of the Nittany Lions.

Fast forward three seasons. A lot has changed for everyone involved.

Penn State has since vacated that victory — along with 110 more, including every win Bolden ever started, as part of the punishment for the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal — and Bolden, now a fifthyear senior at LSU, is trying to find his way off the bench for the first time in two years by making the switch to wide receiver.

Even without taking a single snap under center so far this spring, Bolden maintains he could still play

quarterback at the Division I level, if given the opportunity. But because of how low he had fallen on the depth chart heading into spring practice, he knew he’d have to look elsewhere for playing time.

“I knew [sophomore] Anthony Jennings and [freshman] Brandon Harris were going to be getting the snaps at quarterback, and I just wanted to get on the field,” Bolden said. “I think I’m athletic enough to do it, plus it’s a position we need depth in.”

If a situation ever arises when LSU needs him at quarterback, Bolden said he’ll be ready. Until that day, Bolden’s story will continue to be a setbackladen one that’s taken him from promising freshman at one national powerhouse to an afterthought at another, all the while trying to press the reset button on

One man carried LSU in the first half of its National Invitation Tournament opener at San Francisco.

When his teammates followed suit in the second, it spelled doom for the No. 4 seed Dons.

USF had no answer for LSU freshman forward Jarell Martin on either end of the floor in the first half and the Tigers (20-13) awoke from their outside shooting doldrums in the second half to down the Dons, 71-63, in San Francisco.

With the victory, the Tigers move on to the second round and will travel to Dallas for a Monday night showdown with No. 1 seed Southern Methodist University, led by Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown.

Martin, who told reporters on Monday he planned to return to LSU for his sophomore season, cruised to perhaps his most complete half as a Tiger, notching 14 points and grabbing six rebounds in a first half where he shouldered the load for an inefficient

BOLDEN, see page 10

WIN, see page 10

BASEBALL

Freshman regains confidence after trip home to Delaware Fraley hitting .500 in 14 at-bats Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

It wasn’t a rigorous training program or a new batting stance that transformed LSU freshman Jake Fraley into a budding outfielder in Alex Box Stadium.

All it took was a batting cage, a tee and a trip home.

Fraley was a highly touted

player coming out of Caravel Academy in Middletown, Del., but he slowly fell down the list of outfielders fighting for playing time in fall practice as LSU prepared for its 2014 season opener against the University of New Orleans in February.

The freshman struggled with the mental toll of adjusting to his new surroundings in Baton Rouge.

“It was a big culture shock,” Fraley said. “The biggest part was just getting used to everything with the routine, and then obviously baseball. For the most part, it was

just getting used to everything and getting in a routine so I feel comfortable for myself.”

Fraley wasn’t in Delaware anymore, something that was never more apparent than when he faced Tigers’ ace Aaron Nola. He said he had never stepped to the plate against a pitcher like Nola before, and his confidence was clearly affected — manifesting most noticeably in his lack of offensive production in practice.

Two weeks before leaving for FRALEY, see page 10

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LSU freshman outfielder Jake Fraley runs to the dugout between innings Wednesday during the Tigers’ victory against South Alabama at Alex Box Stadium.

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BASEBALL

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Sixth inning surge leads Tigers past Jaguars Jack Chascin Sports Contributor

After a Southeastern Conference series against Vanderbilt featuring plenty of struggles at the plate, the Tigers toiled at the dish early, before exploding in the sixth for seven runs en route to a 9-0 win against South Alabama.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri said the Tigers had turned the page from the weekend woes, and they were able to regain some confidence after the offensive barrage.

After a slow start from the Tigers that saw only one hit through three innings, LSU was able to string together runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth to power by South Alabama.

LSU junior catcher Kade Scivicque was the only constant early for the Tigers, going 3-3 from the plate and giving LSU its only two hits through four innings — including their first run on a solo home run to left field.

The Tigers put another run on the board in the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly from freshman outfielder Jake Fraley, before the bats came alive in the sixth.

With runners on second

and third, Scivicque ripped a grounder past the second baseman for an RBI single, Scivicque’s second RBI of the night.

His single awakened a cold LSU lineup, leading to a seven-run sixth inning capped by a bases-loaded pinch-hit double to left field by junior outfielder Jared Foster that cleared the bases.

“I know we’re facing a lot of left-handed pitchers this week,” Mainieri said. “We wanted to get Foster in there in that situation, and I was really happy that he came through in a big way. I think that’ll give him a lot of confidence going into the weekend.”

Scivicque’s bat Wednesday night sparked the Tigers’ lineup, but he said one bat can’t save an offense and the team came together to put on an offensive showcase.

Defensively it was a different story — as starting pitcher Cody Glenn had a shaky night at the mound. Glenn allowed three hits, including a stretch in the second inning that saw runners on second and third for the Jaguars with two outs. Glenn was able to escape the inning unscathed, but only after freshman Kramer Robertson was able to spear a sharply

hit grounder to second for the out.

Glenn, who is battling for the third spot in the SEC rotation because of Kyle Bouman’s ankle injury, was less than impressive giving South Alabama a lot of pitches to hit.

Mainieri said Glenn’s struggles against lefties were alarming, giving Mainieri reason to be skeptical of Glenn’s place in the weekend rotation.

“He was in a little bit of a struggle,” Mainieri said. “He couldn’t get the left handers out, which was a little bit alarming.”

While the pitching question is still left unanswered after his outing, the reinvigorating bats of LSU are a sign of encouragement for the Tigers, as the team gets set to host its first SEC series of the season when they take on Georgia this weekend.

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Contact Jack Chascin at jchascin@lsureveille.com

LSU junior outfielder Jared Foster slams a double Wednesday during the Tigers’ 9-0 victory against South Alabama at Alex Box Stadium.

Delta Zeta Presents

March 23 at 6 p.m.

LSU union theater Tickets are just $10 at the door and all proceeds go to Delta Zeta’s philanthropy

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SOFTBALL

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Softball dominates Nicholls, 9-0 Lady Tigers head to Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

After its weekend series against the No. 1 team in the nation and a matchup against the defending national champions looming, the LSU softball team was in dire need of a tune-up game.

Thank god for Nicholls State.

Freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello manhandled the Colonels’ lineup and the Tigers’ lineup thrived in a 9-0 win Wednesday night against an inferior Nicholls State (8-22, 0-5 Southland Conference) team. The game lasted only five innings, marking the eighth time this season LSU (1910, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) has won via the mercy rule.

The victory comes after LSU lost two out of three games to No. 1 Florida. The Tigers almost won the series, blowing a three run lead in the seventh inning last Friday.

Corbello never showed signs of weakness, allowing one hit in five innings. Despite averaging more than five walks a start coming into the game, she allowed no walks and 12 strikeouts. Only six Colonels were able to put the ball into play against the stud freshman.

The pitching masterpiece is only the latest in a series of great outings for Corbello. The Lake Charles native has thrown 11 complete games in her 13 starts, and leads all pitchers on the team with a 1.63 earned run average.

Coach Beth Torina said it was one of the best days she has seen from Corbello, and she was impressed by her control.

After a stagnant first inning, the LSU offense got things rolling in the second, as six consecutive Tigers reached base, resulting in four runs. The onslaught included a two-run double from junior centerfielder A.J. Andrews and a pair of RBI singles from freshman outfielder Bailey Landry and senior infielder Allison Falcon.

Landry went 2-for-3 in her first game batting second in the order. The Prairieville native has recently been added to the starting lineup, sporting a .364 batting average coming into Wednesday.

The Tigers extended their blowout in the fifth inning, beginning with singles from sophomore shortstop Bianka Bell and freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish.

After a hit batter and a walk batter scored the first run of the inning, freshman infielder Constance Quinn’s two–run single further opened the floodgates.

As an eighth run came via a fielder’s choice, the Tigers had .gained the necessary lead to win in five innings, and it was time for Corbello to fool batters one more inning.

The pitcher would strike out the first three batters she faced in the fifth, but a dropped third strike on the final batter kept the Colonels in the game. Corbello rebounded quickly, striking out the next batter to end the game.

LSU will head to Norman,

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LSU freshman outfielder Bailey Landry (26) hurls the ball toward home plate Feb. 15 during the Tigers’ 1-2 loss to South Alabama in Tiger Park.

Okla., on Saturday to take on No. 22 Oklahoma, the defending national champions.

Although the Sooners have lost some of their key players from last season, Torina wants her players focused for a important weekend.

“Although it’s a non-SEC week, we are preparing and treating this week the same to make sure we are as sharp as possible going forward,” Torina said.

Much of the same can be said of Carter, who has qualified for the Sports Contributor NCAAs all three years at LSU and The women’s swimming and will be competing in the 100-yard diving team, represented by eight butterfly on Friday.

Joining the three automatic competitors, will begin the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Swim- qualifiers is the relay team, feaming and Diving Championships turing a trio of sophomores and in Minneapolis, Minn., today in a freshman, Megan Cox, Taryn hopes of bringing an individual MacKenzie, Danielle Stirrat and championship to Baton Rouge for Leah Troskot. The relay team will be competing in the 800-yard the first time since 2000.

Highlighting the eight com- freestyle relay, 400-yard medley petitors are the automatic qualifi- relay and 200-yard medley relay ers junior Amber Carter, freshman today and Friday.

Sophomore diver Kara Kopcso and Next up for Cassie Weil will be the sophomore Caley the Lady Tigers: only diver traveling to Oquist.

Minneapolis, but coach Oquist, a native Doug Shaffer said he of Minnesota, returns Who: LSU isn’t worried about her home to swim the When: 11 a.m. today going in alone.

100-yard and 200Weil, who finished yard backstroke on Where: Minneapolis, in the top 12 in two of Friday and Saturday. Minn. (Univ. of Minnethe three dives in last Oquist owns the sota Aquatic Center) year’s NCAA compeschool record in both tition, has plenty of events with times of 52.67 and 1:54.87, thanks to a experience diving in the pressurestrong performance at the 2014 filled environment. Shaffer said Southeastern Conference Champi- Weil earning two NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors onships.

Kopcso will be swimming the in last year’s meet should help her 200-yard butterfly on Saturday, going into this year’s.

“She’s trained and prepared which she holds the school record really well all year long for this in with a time of 1:56.12.

In her first season at LSU, event,” Shaffer said. “We just reKopcso has become a star perform- turned from Minneapolis where er for the Lady Tigers and coach she had a successful run at the Dave Geyer said he expects much NCAA Zone D Regional, so of the same from the freshman that works to an advantage to alheading to her first appearance at ready be there and turn around and go back because we’re acclithe NCAAs. “It’s just another swim meet,” mated to the city. We’ve dived in Geyer said. “She’s competed at the environment.” the SEC Championships which is a meet like no other. In 2012, she competed in Olympic trials so Contact Jack Chascin at she’s already stepped up and raced in front of 11,000 people.” jchascin@lsureveille.com Jack Chascin

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NBA Playoffs better than March Madness THE DAILY LABATOMY TREY LABAT Deputy Sports Editor Name me three players on Wichita State’s record-tying 34-0 team.

I’ll wait.

Can’t do it?

Now try to name three players on any NBA starting lineup. A lot easier, right?

That’s just one of the many reasons the NBA Playoffs are better than March Madness.

I understand the one-and-done nature of the tournament makes for drama-filled nights and plenty of upsets to go around, but the quality of basketball pales in comparison to its NBA counterpart.

NBA D-League rosters are filled with countless college stars who shined at college basketball’s biggest stage in March, yet can’t even crack an NBA bench.

Doug McDermott, meet Jimmer Fredette, y’all are probably going to be great friends sitting on the bench for the Idaho Stampede in the D-League one day.

For true basketball fans, the complexity of NBA offensive systems and defensive strategies trumps the “magic” of senior-laden, average talent midmajors upsetting more talented, freshman-filled teams with actual NBA-ready players.

If Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker or Julius Randle struggle in the tournament and get knocked out in the early rounds, it won’t be because their games won’t translate to the NBA — though I’m sure some “experts” will make that very case — it’ll be because their inexperience at the biggest stage failed them.

And don’t give me the “NBA teams don’t play defense” argument. If Jim Boeheim could design a 2-3 zone that could stop LeBron James, he’d be coaching in the NBA, not routinely getting routed in the early rounds by teams with more than a few days to watch film.

The defenses in the NBA have to be good in order to stop the increasingly complex offenses.

While watching the Hawks, you might see Kyle Korver run off three different screens and pop out beyond the 3-point line, all to set up some other action for Paul Millsap on the opposite side of the court.

Which brings me to my next point: the best team rarely gets to cut down the net when it’s all said and done.

The single-elimination format punishes more talented teams, and allows the “hot” team a chance to do the seemingly impossible.

No doubt that leads to excitement — Lehigh’s upset of Duke in last season’s tournament comes to mind — it also leads to overmatched teams putting on stink-fests in the later rounds — think of the atrocious 2011 Championship game where Butler shot 18 percent from the field.

Rather than reward fluke performances, the NBA puts its postseason teams through a gauntlet. Winning four seven-game series in a row requires some combination of skill, endurance and luck, with skill and endurance making up most of the equation.

At any point in the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals, you could’ve convinced me the Heat

or the Pacers had the upperhand, but both teams had the chance to take each other’s best punch and respond.

Take that same 2011 Championship game featuring Butler and Connecticut and make it a sevengame series, and maybe Butler goes home with a championship.

Maybe they get swept, but at least we’d know one terrible shooting night didn’t determine who gets to call themselves champions.

The argument that March Madness is inherently more exciting than the NBA playoffs is greatly overblown as well.

I’ll take Ray Allen backpedalling to the corner and shooting a dagger right through San Antonio’s heart, or Reggie Miller scoring nine points in six seconds forever giving him the upperhand in his battles with Spike Lee in Madison Square Garden.

Even when an overmatched team does make it to the finals, a la the 76ers in 2001 facing a stacked Lakers squad, the skill of individual players can elevate what would normally be a boring showdown.

I distinctly remember Allen Iverson single-handedly willing that 76ers team to an overtime victory in game one.

Yeah, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers wiped the floor with the 76ers

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Washington Wizards players Marcin Gortat and Martell Webster watch as Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) dunks March 10 in Miami, Fla.

in the next four games, but the thought that A.I. could potentially take over a game was always in the back of my head.

So while the rest of nation will be sitting in front of their televisions at the kids table watching the likes of North Dakota State take on Oklahoma, I’ll be at the grownups table waiting for the real fun to

start in April.

Trey Labat is a 21-year-old history senior from Mandeville, La.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

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President Obama picks tournament bracket 1 Florida 16 Albany

8 Colorado 9 Pittsburgh 5 VCU 12 SF Austin 4 UCLA 13 Tulsa 6 Ohio State 11 Dayton 3 Syracuse 14 W Michigan 7 New Mexico 10 Stanford 2 Kansas 15 E Kentucky

1 Florida

Arizona 1 1 Florida

Arizona 1

9 Pittsburgh

Arizona 1 Weber St 16

Gonzaga 8 Oklahoma St 9 Arizona 1 Oklahoma 5 ND State 12 ND State 12 San Diego St 4 San Diego St 4 San Diego St 4 NM State 13 Oklahoma St 9

1 Florida 5 VCU 4 UCLA 4 UCLA

SOUTH

6 Ohio State

Arizona 1

1 Florida

6 Ohio State

WEST

Creighton 3

3 Syracuse

4 Michigan St

2 Kansas

Wisconsin 2

7 New Mexico 2 Kansas

Baylor 6 Nebraska 11 Creighton 3 Creighton 3 UL-Lafayette 14 Oregon 7 Oregon 7 BYU 10 Wisconsin 2 Wisconsin 2 American 15 Baylor 6

Wisconsin 2

2 Kansas BARACK OBAMA’S PICK

1 Virginia 1 Virginia 16 Coastal Car 8 Memphis 9 G Wash 5 Cincinatti 12 Harvard 4 Michigan St 13 Delaware 6 UNC 11 Providence 3 Iowa State 14 NC Central 7 Connecticut 10 St. Joe’s 2 Villanova 15 Milwaukee

MICHIGAN STATE

Wichita St 1 Wichita St 1

1 Virginia

Wichita St 1 Cal Poly/TX 16

Kentucky 8 Kansas St 9 Saint Louis 5 Saint Louis 5 NC State 12 Louisville 4 Louisville 4 Manhattan 13 Kentucky 8

8 Memphis 4 Michigan St

Louisville 4

Louisville 4

12 Harvard

Louisville 4

4 Michigan St 4 Michigan St 6 UNC 6 UNC

EAST

4 Michigan St

Louisville 4

MIDWEST

U Mass 6

Duke 3 Duke 3

3 Iowa State 2 Villanova

Duke 3 Arizona St 10

7 Connecticut Michigan 2

2 Villanova

Michigan 2

2 Villanova

TENNIS

Butsch honored with SEC freshman award Jack Chascin Sports Contributor

Freshman men’s tennis player Justin Butsch has been named Southeastern Conference Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Week because of his recent clutch play for the Tigers.

Butsch had two match clinching wins last week, including a victory against now-No. 54 George Washington going 6-2, 6-3 on court four, dominating his opponent at a time when George Washington was on a seven-game win streak.

His second clincher came in the match against Nicholls State on Sunday, beating his opponent in straight sets 6-1, 7-5.

Against Texas A&M, Butsch was moments away from getting his third SEC win of the season, leading his opponent 5-3 in the third set before the Aggies were able to secure the 4-0 victory on court two.

Butsch is the only Tiger on the roster this season without a loss in SEC play going 2-0 with an overall

CHARLOTTE WILLCOX / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman Justin Butsch hits the ball during a match against George Washinton University on March 13 at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

record of 9-4 so far this season.

LSU returns to action Friday when they take on Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.

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his college career.

After injuries and inconsistent play cost him his starting job down the stretch of his freshman season, Bolden tried to leave Happy Valley before the 2011 season, but stuck around because Paterno denied his transfer request.

“I believe they saw the potential for him to get better, so they didn’t want him to leave,” said Bolden’s father, Robert Bolden Sr. “They valued him being there and he got playing time that next season, so it kind of worked out.”

One year later, he received a chance to leave when NCAA sanctions handed down as punishment for the Sandusky scandal offered all Penn State players the opportunity to transfer anywhere without having to sit out a season heading into the 2012 season. With the program staring down the barrel of years of postseason bans and scholarship reductions, Bolden was one of many to go elsewhere when given the chance.

As word hit the papers he was still open to a change, LSU coach Les Miles and his staff restarted

win, from page 5

LSU offense.

The Tigers trailed only once in the game, a 2-0 deficit after USF’s Kruize Pinkins knocked down a corner jumper to open the game.

Martin responded with a thunderous putback dunk and a 3-pointer to give LSU the lead for good.

The Dons clawed to within one at the 8:53 mark, but again it was Martin who ripped off another 5-0 run, followed by four straight from seldom-used sophomore guard Shane Hammink to stretch the Tiger lead back to eight at 20-12.

After USF forward Cole Dickerson tipped in a Dons miss to cut the Tiger lead to two, Martin took a feed from Tiger junior guard Anthony Hickey for a slam

Fraley, from page 5

LSU’s annual winter break, Fraley said he worked with Tigers’ hitting coach Javi Sanchez on perfecting his swing before leaving Louisiana for a Delaware reunion.

It was exactly what he needed.

Fraley immediately began working on the lessons Sanchez taught him. For the weeks they were together, the freshman and his father used their old routine to help improve his new approach at the plate.

“I told [my father] everything that me and Coach Javi worked on throughout the fall, and he just kind of applied it in a way to where I would understand it a bit more,” Fraley said. “Just the fact that he was there with me and working with him … he applied it so it was a lot easier for me to translate it through my mind so I could just apply it quicker.”

His father, Marvin Fraley, was an integral piece of Jake’s success on the diamond growing up — he was the mentor Jake looked to throughout his high school career.

“Going to all these different showcases with all these top prospects, they were all talking

the pursuit that began when Bolden was a highly touted prospect on the outskirts of Detroit.

The opportunity to work with Miles and quarterbacks coach Steve Kragthorpe, who recruited Bolden heavily during his tenure as head coach at Louisville, proved enticing enough to lure the Michigan man down to the bayou.

“Everything made sense to come down here,” Bolden said.

“Then I took my official visit and liked it. I loved my teammates and the people around me, and it was a lot different than the minus-11 degree weather I grew up with in Detroit.”

Bolden served as one of the backups to Zach Mettenberger during his first season, but ultimately accepted a redshirt after a knee injury ended his season.

Later that offseason, Kragthorpe, the coach who helped recruit Bolden to Baton Rouge one season earlier, downshifted to an administrative role after the hiring of offensive coordinator and quarterback coach Cam Cameron.

Kragthorpe was originally hired to fill both positions in January 2011, but had to resign as

The Daily Reveille offensive coordinator after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Unfortunately for Bolden, the knee injury prevented him from taking part in the following spring practice.

Unable to make an early impression on the new head of LSU’s offense, Bolden got lost in the shuffle and was relegated to relative anonymity last season, after Cameron elevated Jennings to backup quarterback as a true freshman.

Stephen Rivers, another veteran quarterback unseeded by Jennings last spring, announced earlier this spring he plans to transfer after graduating in May to pursue a more immediate opportunity to compete for playing time. As a senior, Bolden could transfer again if he wanted to do the same.

He’s adamant the thought never crossed his mind.

“I made my decision to come to LSU, and I’m going to stick with it,” Bolden said. “There’s no way to know how everything would have played out if I would have stayed or went somewhere else, so there’s no reason to think about it.

My decision is my decision, and

in transition.

Pinkins added a dunk with 17 seconds left, but it was Hickey’s acrobatic drive through the lane to beat the buzzer that ended the half and sent LSU to the locker room with a 33-30 lead.

LSU found its stroke from behind the 3-point line to open the second half, led by senior forward Shavon Coleman who buried two crucial 3-pointers to finally give the Tigers separation and a 49-40 lead with 13:11 to go.

When the Dons cut it to seven after two free throws from Matt Glover, the Tigers delivered the knockout blow — a 9-0 run punctuated by back-to-back 3-pointers from Hickey and freshman guard Tim Quarterman, putting the Tiger lead at 61-45.

Again the Dons scrapped back,

cutting the lead in half to 68-62 in the final three minutes, capped off

by Mark Tollefsen’s flush off an alley-oop.

But it was O’Bryant who registered a massive block on the defensive end on the ensuing Dons possession, leading to Coleman’s two free throws that put the Tiger lead back at 70-62 and clinched the first postseason victory for the LSU basketball program since a 2009 win against Butler in the NCAA tournament.

to me saying, ‘I’ve got this hitting coach that I’ve had for four years,’ or ‘I’ve got this guy that my dad has been paying thousands of bucks for,’” Jake said. “I’m like, ‘I’ve got my dad. He’s my hitting coach.’”

Fraley arrived back in Baton Rouge with renewed confidence, and the results have shown.

Through his first 16 games, he has batted .500 in 14 at-bats with one home run, one triple, two doubles, 10 RBIs, 10 runs scored and a stolen base.

The level of play has been more consistent with Fraley’s time at Caravel Academy, where he was a phenom throughout his junior and senior seasons with the Buccaneers, hitting .536 and .492, respectively, and earning All-State recognition after both campaigns.

With LSU entering its second Southeastern Conference series against Georgia, Fraley has taken on an increased role with his newfound confidence.

In a series-opening victory against SEC rival Vanderbilt, LSU coach Paul Mainieri pinch-hit Fraley with two outs in the top of the eighth inning — Fraley reached on an error, eventually bringing

sophomore center fielder Andrew Stevenson to the plate, who drove in the winning run for the Tigers.

As the season has pushed on, Mainieri has turned to the freshman more often than not.

“If we weren’t so deep right now in the outfield, I’d be getting him more playing time because I think he’s coming on,” Mainieri said. “I have a lot of confidence when we put him in there. He seems to handle the situation with a lot of poise.”

Fraley said the atmosphere in Alex Box is relaxing, a mindset that differs from the one he held last fall.

“At first, it was overwhelming, as much as I don’t want to say it was,” Fraley said. “I probably just mind-triggered myself in the beginning. After working with the coaches day-in and day-out, I got that comfort feeling with myself mentally and physically.”

Thursday, March 20, 2014 I’m happy with it.”

With 17 starts under his belt, Bolden is far-and-away the most experienced quarterback on LSU’s roster. And despite being passed over again for a group of signal callers who have combined to play fewer quarters of collegiate football than he has wins — although technically, he has none — Bolden insists he has been given a fair shake and enjoyed his time at LSU. And for the father who tried to help him transfer out of Penn State because of concerns about playing time, that’s all that matters.

“I haven’t talked to any coaches as to what Rob’s status is there, but I talked to him and he’s happy,” Bolden Sr. said. “He’s had great experiences at LSU. He made his decision and has stuck by it, and I support him fully.”

The consummate team player, Bolden harbors no ill-will toward the underclassmen who have pushed him further from his days as starting quarterback of one of the nation’s most storied programs.

Jennings said the veteran has taken time from learning his new position to offer advice and guidance, both on football and life.

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LSU wide receiver Rob Bolden (1) played quarterback for Penn State from 2010-11.

“I just try to give them my experience,” Bolden said. “I’ve been through a ton, going from school to school and dealing with different staffs. I try to help them out with whatever I can because there really isn’t anything I haven’t done.”

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BUKU

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The Buku Music + Arts Project takes place Friday and Saturday in New Orleans.

The Daily Reveille is here to guide your weekend.

YOUR GUIDE

SURVIVAL TIPS DRESS COMFORTABLY

JOSHUA JACKSON Entertainment Writer

BAND PREVIEWS Miami Horror p. 15 Paper Diamond p. 12

BUKU is a festival, after all. There is no point in putting on your most stylish outfits to walk around in the Warehouse District of New Orleans surrounded by a sea of people. It does get pretty humid here, so breathable clothing is your friend.

DON’T STRESS OVER SPOTS

Use your good judgment when it comes to what time you want to get to a show, but forget arriving super early for the best spot. Bob and weave through that traffic and you’ll be fine. The exception to this is the new Back Alley stage, as it has a limited capacity.

CARRY ALMOST NOTHING

Ladies, this one is more for you. Those large purses you think are a good idea to hold stuff aren’t so good when you’ve been walking around for a few hours. Keep it essential. All you really need is your ticket, phone, some money and a way home.

DON’T TAKE DRUGS FROM STRANGERS

NAS

TYLER, THE CREATOR KASCADE

Nas is an artist who is always in contention for best rapper alive, thanks to his lyricism and longevity. Although rap may not be everyone’s preferred genre, his performance at BUKU is a rare chance to see him live. This may be the only time you’ll get to check his show off of your bucket list because of his infrequent tour dates.

Speaking of money, credit or debit cards will be almost useless unless you want to pay wild ATM fees.

Some of the merchandise and food stands don’t carry card machines, so save yourself the trouble and bring cash.

CONSERVE PHONE BATTERY

This should go without saying, but just in case, we’re saying it. By all means, have Depending on how long you plan fun, but don’t die. on being at BUKU, this may not apply. For most BUKU attendees, it will.

BUDDY UP You don’t want to end up stranded Stranger danger is a very real thing. Don’t in the Warehouse District because let BUKU be the last time your friends and you wanted extra video of Danny family see you. Unless you’re confident in Brown. Be smart with your phone’s your self-defense skills, don’t go alone. battery life.

BEST BETS HITS

BRING CASH

MISSES

THE FLAMING LIPS The Flaming Lips are among rock royalty, but this doesn’t mean they’ll draw the young festival crowd. With a lineup focused on EDM and weird rap, The Flaming Lips may be out of place.

WAVVES SLEIGH BELLS GLITCH MOB

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Reveille Ranks

Andrew Jackson Jihad, “Children of God”

Plan-It-X Records

The first single off of Andrew Jackson Jihad’s new album “Christmas Island,” “Children of God” shows that, though some things may have changed for the folk-punk group, it has remained true to its core. Originally a duo, the band has now expanded to five members, and this record marks the first time the band has left long-time record label Asian Man Records.

Yet, this single feels just like the Andrew Jackson Jihad that its fans have come to know and love.

No one except band frontman Sean Bonnette could belt out lyrics like these, which include references to cannibals, pregnant mothers and vampire hunters. The band’s legendary crudeness returns as well, with several lines that would not be appropriate to print. This song is definitely not for everybody, but those that know what they are getting will love every second of it.

WILL KALLENBORN

[ A]

YG, “My Krazy Life”

Def Jam Recordings

YG’s debut album “My Krazy Life” is nothing like his 2010 song “Toot It and Boot It.” The California native pleasantly reintroduces the world to the West Coast sound that has been missing in recent years. The album starts off slow, but songs like “Bicken Back Being Bool” come just in time to grab the listener’s attention. Features from Drake and Kendrick Lamar are placed in the middle of the album and make “My Krazy Life” even better. There is a high amount of glorification toward YG’s gang affiliation, which can become stale, but certain songs such as “Sorry Momma” and “Thank God” show that there is more to this artist than gangbanging. In an already crowded field of West Coast rappers, “My Krazy Life” is enough to make YG’s name worth noticing.

JOSHUA JACKSON

[ B- ]

Perfect Pussy, “Say Yes to Love”

Captured Tracks

Usually, when you’re listening to punk music, your first instinct is to let loose. You feel the music come over you and it becomes a primal experience of movement and violent self-expression.

Syracuse-based punks Perfect Pussy stepped onto the scene this week with an album filled with the perfect foil of punk ethos.

“Say Yes to Love” delivers punk that has merits in both intensity and content. Rather than making you stand up and scream, Perfect Pussy’s lyrics, though nearly inaudible, cause you to become introspective. After the bombardment of sound in the first seven tracks, “VII” allows a listener to reflect and come down from the adrenaline rush. Subsequently, the album returns front and center with raucous live cuts. All in all, “Say Yes to Love” brings Perfect Pussy to light as an obvious contender for punk glory if its later albums are to be anything like this.

GERALD DUCOTE

[B+]

Tycho, “Awake”

Merck Records

The serene, minimalistic ambience of Tycho, the brainchild of musician Scott Hansen, has grown into a more complex sound with the addition of guitarist Zac Brown and drummer Rory O’Connor on the project’s new album “Awake.” Hansen hasn’t abandoned the hypnotic electronic cadences that made him famous, but “Awake” still sounds distinctly different from anything Tycho has made in the past. The music is somber and pensive, but every rhythm sounds bigger and more expansive than Tycho’s previous efforts. With this evolution, Hansen has taken the foundations of his dreams and realized them in a fully fleshed soundscape, complete with motley melodies layered with natural sounds conspicuously absent from the purely mechanical workings of albums past. The result is a musical story more tempered and balanced than Tycho’s typical electronic lullabies.

PANYA KROUN

[ B]

Foster the People, “Supermodel”

Columbia Records

Foster the People’s newest album, “Supermodel”, is nothing super at all. The entire record sounds like one long song. While it’s good the band has a cohesive sound, there is really no variety, making the album dull and repetitive. Even attempting to pick a song that stands out is difficult because there is no difference between them. However, the record does work for a clothing store soundtrack, a road trip or elevator music. The songs are upbeat, so it can be played in the background while distracted with something else. This is an album where one or two songs are picked to listen to on occasion and the rest never leave the online music store.

MEG RYAN

[C+]

EDITOR’S PICK: Tokyo Police Club, “Forcefield”

Paper Bag Records

If you threw, indie pop, synth-rock and dance music into a pot and mixed it, the result would be “Forcefield,” the latest release from Tokyo Police Club. I’ve been waiting for “Forcefield” , since 2010’s “Champ” made waves on my radio, and the record does not disappoint. The opening track, “Argentina (Parts I, II, III)” drives the album and acts as an introduction to what TPC has become in the last few years: a band focused heavily on synth with heart-melting, yet relatable lyrics. Though “Forcefield” is a mere nine tracks, each song develops the record’s overall sound more and more, creating a majestic progression that helps the listener understand “Argentina” better and better. Giving the track another listen at the end of the album REBECCA DOCTER Entertainment Editor is definitely recommended.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

MUSIC

Glitch-hop artist to perform at BUKU Joshua Jackson Entertainment Writer

Paper Diamond is a firm believer that technology can increase an artist’s musical capabilities.

Alexander Botwin, better known as Paper Diamond, uses his background as a musician and interest in technology to strengthen his glitch-hop sound which will be coming to this year’s BUKU Music + Art Project.

Botwin uses an iPad uploaded with the latest in open sound control and production software to enhance the quality of his shows.

“I embrace new forms of technology. People didn’t think Jimi Hendrix could do something cool with the electric guitar and that turned out great,” Paper Diamond said.

Paper Diamond began his music career in 2004 as a bassist for the electronic band Pnuma Trio. After creative differences began to cause conflict within the band, Paper Diamond left to begin his solo project.

Skilled in playing other instruments like violin, guitar, drums and keyboard, Paper Diamond decided to combine those talents with his knowledge of electronic music to develop his sound.

In 2011, he released his first full-length album, “Levitate.”

Shortly after the album’s release, Paper Diamond began touring and playing festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.

Most recently, he performed a set at this year’s South by Southwest festival.

Paper Diamond said he has been to New Orleans multiple times during his musical career, but each time presents something different.

“I want to live there at some point. Whether it’s a new restaurant or place to hang out, I always find something new,” he said.

Paper Diamond also explained a Paper Diamond show will be “crazy,” but there is more to his music than that. He said that his set is eclectic because of the attention to detail he uses when thinking about his live sound.

“I like to take people on a journey and give them an experience. I’ve got a ton of new music to play for New Orleans,” Paper Diamond said.

He mentioned that the best part about his career are the shows he performs. He continued by saying the fans are the key reason he makes music and without them, he would lose his muse.

Paper Diamond has worked with popular electronic dance artists such as Diplo, Bassnectar and Flosstradamus. He said meeting the people who he frequently listens to encourages him to grow as a musician and try new things.

“It’s been a crazy three years being able to write, perform and tour. My music is an escape for my fans and myself,” Paper Diamond said.

Paper Diamond will be

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Paper Diamond is a glitch-hop artist who uses technology to create a distinctive sound. He will be performing this Friday at BUKU Music + Art Project.

performing Friday at the Float Den location at Buku. The show will start at 5:45 p.m. Single day tickets are $89.50 for general admission and $209.50 for VIP.

Two-day general admission tickets are on sale for $169.50.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

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Local church sustains musical tradition with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

Nancy Siller believes tradition is important, and that’s why, after 11 years, she’s brought “Fiddler on the Roof” back to the First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge.

As the church’s art director, Siller creates artistic events to bring the members of the church closer together and to engage the rest of the community in activities. Siller said she thinks there aren’t enough places in the city where people can have fun without emptying their wallets, and she’s committed to changing that.

“We accept donations, but this is a community event where people can have fun for free,” Siller said.

As a diehard fan of the performance arts, Siller directs plays as a matter of course, but it’s been more than a decade since she produced “Fiddler on the Roof,” a musical about a Jewish dairyman named Tevye who struggles to reconcile his Jewish identity with the shifting cultural landscape of tsarist Russia.

Siller brought the play back to the church to fulfill a

promise she’d made to Raul Gomez, a conductor in the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and a University alumnus. Siller and Gomez built their friendship on their mutual appreciation of religion and musicals, and to honor their bond, Siller invited Gomez to play in the production’s musical ensemble.

“When Raul plays the violin, he becomes the fiddler up on that roof,” Siller said.

Gomez and the rest of his ensemble will play music alongside a cast of 60 performers. The cast will be led by Ray Gaspard, a local actor Siller recruited to play Tevye. Gaspard has played the role of Tevye three times in his life, and Siller said when he steps on stage, he channels the spirit of Zero Mostel, the man who popularized the role in the very first productions of the musical.

“He looks so much like Tevye that I’d think he was Tevye if I didn’t know him from church,” Siller said.

Most of the actors in the play attend the church, but Gaspard brought additional talent with him from one of his acting classes to play the role of Fyedka, a Christian man who marries one

of Tevye’s daughters.

Siller integrated Gaspard’s talents into the musical with the help of a dedicated stage and directing crew. Together, the crew worked for months to craft a performance faithful to the original production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

The group’s biggest challenge was transforming the church’s sanctuary into a replica of the sprawling farmlands of Russia. To make it look more like a theater, Siller’s crew built a house over the organ pipes on stage and constructed the village of Anatevka, where the story takes place, in front of the church’s stained glass windows.

The exposure and masking of the windows at different intervals will be important to the flow of the play, particularly when the cast performs the closing song of the first act, “Sunrise, Sunset.”

The church was even renovated to make it more conducive for plays and similar events.

Siller said railings were collapsed to make more room for actors and dancers to perform.

Because of these particular circumstances, Siller’s production of the play will possess novel

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Members of First Presbyterian Church rehearse “Fiddler on the Roof” on Wednesday.

flair. For the most part, the play will stay true to the original version of the script and to the tradition Sholem Aleichem pioneered when he first penned the Yiddish tale that would eventually become an award-winning musical.

After all, without traditions, life would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.

The play will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge on Friday, Saturday

and Sunday. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

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Celebrity fashion lines Levee Daze preps debut album often unnecessary

MUSIC

Gerald Ducote

Entertainment Writer

With numerous blogs and coverage throughout the city, Baton Rouge’s varied music scene is continuously brought into the light.

Bands made up of students are quickly sprouting up in apartment buildings, practicing and grooming their musical prowess.

These tight-knit groups often collaborate and form additional bands and side projects, helping to add to Baton Rouge’s supply of local entertainment.

Usually, these offshoots result in shared members. One example is Levee Daze, a band that shares drummer Scott Graves from popular jazz-rock band Burris.

Graves and his band mates Dom DeJulilio, John Trufant and Andrew Borniak come together to bring a blues and funk sound that exhibits the members’ influences.

After devoting months to schoolwork and practice, Levee Daze is ready to release its fulllength eponymous debut March 21. The release will be celebrated with a much-anticipated party at Chelsea’s Cafe.

The Daily Reveille sat down with Levee Daze to chat about the new EP. The Daily Reveille: What do you guys think makes you sound like what you sound like?

John Trufant: Well, we’re all inspired by a lot of different music, a lot of different genres, and it’s pretty hard to specify.

TDR: What music do you all like?

Andrew Borniak: Funk, rock, reggae, blues, jazz, bluegrass, classical…

Scott Graves: There really isn’t a genre we haven’t touched. As an over-arching genre when people have asked, I tend to call it a funky psychedelic rock. But, I mean, of course, that leaves out a large amount of elements that we’re very influenced by. If you come to a show, you will hear a grab bag of genres. Latin breaks, even. It’s very hard to pin down, which is, you know, what everybody says about their own music.

TDR: Friday is a big night for you.

Graves: We’re releasing our debut record.

Trufant: All of us recorded it in Austin.

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Levee Daze practices Tuesday in preparation for their show Friday at Chelseas Cafe on Perkins Road. The band releases a debut album that night.

TDR: How long had you been working on the album?

Trufant: There are songs from the years before [the members met] and some as close as the last year.

Borniak: We have like 20 or 30 songs we could have chosen, but we chose these because we felt like they go together.

Graves: They fit very well together.

They flow really well together and the record definitely is meant to be listened to from top to bottom. It sounds very cohesive that way, almost like it tells a tale. It’s a logical progression the way the music moves. The record makes sense.

TDR: Do you see this as a big progression for the band?

Borniak: It’s been a long process.

I don’t want to jinx anything and say this is our skyrocket, but we’ve been waiting for this for a while so we can give it to people. There’s definitely going to be more people.

Graves: It’s well produced. We had some really brilliant engineers that we worked with for this. It’s exciting. We’ve never heard music of our own sound as good as this. In a way, it’s good that we played so hard and so much and for so long before we went into cut an official debut record because we went in there and sounded really tight and good. Like we’re seasoned at playing together.

Graves: Two eight-hour days. Seven songs.

Trufant: We want this [Friday] to be our biggest show. We’ve got lots of merchandise for people. The first 250 people get a free copy of the album with their cover.

Trufant: It’s our debut release.

It’s definitely meant to be listened to all in a row, like some songs bleed into others. It’s got a couple of instrumentals and a lot of singers, a reggae awesome surprise in the middle.

Levee Daze’s debut was recorded in Austin, Texas at Eastern Suns Studios. Prior to the release of “Levee Daze,” the band’s biggest event was a performance at last year’s Groovin’ on the Grounds alongside acts like Yelawolf, Lupe

Borniak: Two days.

Fiasco and Grace Potter. The band’s show at Chelsea’s Cafe will have a $7 cover. Music will begin at 10 p.m. with local act Machete. Levee Daze’s performance will feature accompaniment by other local musicians, including Ben Herrington from Minos the Saint, Captain Green and Chris Polk of Speakeasy.

Contact Gerald Ducote at gducote@lsureveille.com

Every little girl dreams up her perfect dress.

It’s the first school dance, then prom, followed by the wedding dress. So in reality, if a design company approached you to design your dream dress, wouldn’t you jump at the chance?

Actress Kate Hudson did.

She has designed five little black dresses for Ann Taylor to be released on April 10. The designs range from work-appropriate to black tie. Hudson designed the capsule collection with practicality in mind.

However, the black dress has been done before — again and again, in fact. Every style, cut and fabric have been used to make one, and even in mid-July, a black dress can be found in almost any retail store. From someone who has too many in her closet, they’re everywhere and in large quantities.

So why were more little black dresses necessary? The five designs are nice but nothing that hasn’t been seen before.

But more importantly, why did Ann Taylor have to employ Hudson to design these five dresses? Did Hudson really slave over drawing up designs, picking fabrics and making sure they were sewn just right?

Or did she say “yes” or “no” to

what an Ann Taylor designer envisioned until there were five perfect dresses for the lineup?

While it’s smart for a fashion house to employ a celebrity to be the face and the mind behind a capsule collection to drum up more business and make consumers feel like they’re getting something limited edition, it also takes away from the actual fashion house.

Shoppers who never go into Ann Taylor will be flocking and fighting over the size 6, 8 or 12 dress because Hudson’s name is on the label. They don’t care that Ann Taylor provided the fabric, the man power and the actual retail space for them to make that purchase a reality.

At work or a dinner party, women will be saying they’re wearing a Hudson dress instead of an Ann Taylor dress.

Yes, Hudson was surely involved in the process and does deserve some credit. However, Ann Taylor is the one who put in the majority of the work and deserves more credit.

People need to be aware when shopping a capsule collection. The fashion house is the major force behind the celebrity that makes the designs a reality.

Meg Ryan is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Philadelphia.

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Companies too often use death as a ploy in comic books What happens when a superhero dies? Well, if we’re to believe modern media, the effects do not last long.

A few years ago, director and screenwriter Max Landis released a monologue/parody video where he discussed the WILL 1992 DC ComALLENBORN ics storyline KEntertainment “The Death of Writer Superman,” which featured the first major

death of an important comic book character. As Landis discussed, this was a major event at the time, and the story of the beloved character’s passing was covered on many major news outlets. People really believed that The Man of Steel was dead. Yet, it was only a few months before the character returned.

Landis claimed that this is what killed the concept of death in comics, and started the popular trend of writers using death to raise comic sales, yet bringing the character back to life soon after. This grim interpretation was hugely popular and, in recent years, fans of comics have soured toward the idea.

Recently, Marvel Comics announced a storyline called

“3 Months to Live,” which will supposedly feature the death of the popular character Wolverine.

Already, many suspect that this death will not last long.

Marvel is first and foremost a business, and to let a character like Wolverine, who earns the company millions a year, die could potentially be a disservice to its shareholders. On top of that, for one writer to decide that a character is going to die removes the possibility of future writers creating great storylines with that character. So clearly, death is not the answer.

The challenge for comic writers becomes making death interesting, not to let death die, but to give it a new form. Because of this initiative, death is becoming

an opportunity for writers to challenge the status quo.

Recently, writer Dan Slott used the death of Spider-Man to reinvigorate the character and re-launch his story as “Superior Spider-Man” where the villain, Doctor Octopus, took over the character’s mind. The storyline has attained massive critical acclaim and brought more readers to a series that is notoriously difficult for new fans to appreciate.

Another story that broke recently was that Sebastian Stan, the actor who plays The Winter Soldier in the upcoming film “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” has signed a deal with Marvel to appear in nine films.

Comic-savvy readers will know that after Captain America died in

the comics, it was The Winter Soldier who took his title and became the second Captain America. It seems that Marvel may already be planning for the future of their film universe.

Much like the comics, the superhero movies are learning that death need not be the end.

Ultimately, it is up to the fans to not fall for the gimmicks companies use to sell books and to support the comics that treat the superheroes they love with respect and admiration.

Contact Will Kallenborn at wkallenborn@lsureveille.com

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Miami Horror to perform at BUKU Joshua Jackson Entertainment Writer

Miami Horror has toured with the likes of Lily Allen and Phoenix on their respective tours, but the Australian synthpop band will make its first Louisiana appearance at this year’s BUKU Music + Art Project.

In 2007, band member Benjamin Plant began releasing remixes of songs onto a blog under the alias Miami Horror. The blog became successful, which inspired Plant to pursue a music career. He started to DJ at local house parties and nightclubs where he gained the attention of Virgin Records and later Electric and Musical Industries.

“Being able to make music for a living allows us to really focus on the art itself,” Plant said.

The band’s live shows consist of members Daniel Whitechurch, Aaron Shanahan, Josh Moriarty and Plant.

After the release of its 2008 EP “Bravado,” Miami Horror began appearing at festivals such as Field Day and Big Day Out. Using influences such as Prince, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd and The Chemical

Brothers, the band creates a progressive form of house music with passionate undertones.

Its first major single “Sometimes” played frequently on Australian radio stations and nightclubs.

Miami Horror released its debut album “Illumination” in 2010 to favorable reviews.

The Australian music scene is “quite varied,” according to Plant. This diversity in conjunction with a supportive underground music scene has allowed Miami Horror’s music to be heard around the world.

“I think Australians are prepared to take risks to find their own place and sound a little more than Europe or America who are more genre-fied,” Plant said.

The band expressed its excitement to perform at BUKU this year. The members look forward to performing at the Ballroom and playing music with those who know and don’t know about them.

“We’re so happy to be a part of it this year,” Plant said. “We’re really excited to check out New Orleans, too.”

The band hopes to release its new album in August and plans

to play a few songs from that album at BUKU. Miami Horror said its show is guaranteed fun and everyone should see for themselves.

“A [Miami Horror] show can possibly be a life changing experience,” Plant said, “but there will definitely be dancing.”

Miami Horror’s BUKU set will be on Friday at 6:15 p.m. at the Ballroom venue. Single day tickets are $89.50 for general admission and $209.50 for VIP. Two-day general admission tickets are on sale for $169.50.

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In response to Megan Dunbar’s column, “Student Government debate inconclusive, fails to address real campus issues,” here’s what one reader has to say: “Great article. I think all the problems with the SG debate carry over to most of what SG does. It’s on par with a beauty pageant for little kids. They get up and strut their stuff just the way they’ve been trained. The people directly involved go crazy, everyone else just watches passively or ignores it. The canned speeches and goals for the university are rarely impressive. It always seems that for the SG members, especially the president and vice president, it’s just a practice run or a stepping stone to bigger and better things. I’m sure they all do want to bring LSU’s concerns to D.C. It doesn’t matter if no one there cares, or if nothing changes.

It would be successful for them as long as someone who could advance their careers beyond SG notices them. Maybe they just aren’t practiced enough to convince me of the depth of their caring. Or maybe the finiteness of their time at LSU and of SG’s actual power make it hard to do more. But if that’s the case, just say so. I’d much rather the representatives of our university admit their limits and make promises they can actually keep than for them to put on a fake smile and regurgitate some vague, overused promise of bettering the university.”

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A new law eliminated automatic gratuity which will affect servers’ pay. Customers should remember this when signing the check.

The Tipping Point New gratuity law is unfair 600 WORDS OF SOMMER Annette Sommers Columnist A new IRS law eliminating automatic gratuity went into effect this year, and servers across the nation have dropped jaws and widened teary eyes.

This is yet another low-blow from the government agencies to the working class of America. I wish I could say I’m shocked.

The new law, first decided in 2012, states that any automatic gratuity added to a customer’s check won’t get pocketed by servers anymore.

Instead, the gratuity must be factored into his or her hourly wages, making it taxable. And this is only after extra paper work and tax forms for managers at the end of the day.

Needless to say, most restaurants are forbidding their employees to auto gratuity altogether. Laziness on this front will backfire, once again, on servers.

Student servers should be seeing this unfortunate regulation implemented at their respective restaurants any day now, if not already. This supplemental income could mean the difference for buying textbooks or paying utilities.

For those who don’t know, a server’s hourly wage is far less than the hourly wage of another minimum wage worker.

They usually get between $2 and $5 an

hour, plus tips. The United States’ law only requires $2.13 for a server’s hourly pay.

Yes, a gasp is in order.

If a server makes enough tips to break even with the minimum wage requirement of around $8, restaurants do not have to compensate employees on their paycheck.

But if not enough tips are made over that two-week period, a server’s hourly rate gets bumped up to the regular minimum wage to compensate for the lack of tips.

So basically, tips go toward helping that server make it to the minimum wage mark, and then a server can pocket whatever extra he or she makes. When you hear people say they live off tips, they aren’t joking.

Automatic gratuity was first applied to protect servers in the food industry, and removing this protection has rightfully caused an uproar from these workers.

On parties of six or more, it’s only reasonable that the server require a tip. It goes beyond common courtesy and is expected in today’s society, although some people choose to ignore this fact.

Places that generate a lot of tourists will get the worst end of this deal, since foreigners typically have different concepts of appropriate tips and tipping in general. Without an automatic gratuity, servers helping these groups will walk away empty-handed.

In a perfect world, relying on the goodness of other people to properly tip wouldn’t be a problem. But in the sometimes stingy cities we live in, especially

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Baton Rouge as a college town, that ideal is hardly a reality.

So many are people struggling in today’s economy, and there is really no reason to remove the possibility of automatic gratuity. The removal is just another way for the government to take more money from paychecks.

President Barack Obama claimed to be pushing initiatives to raise minimum wages for these struggling workers, some of whom rely on their tips to help pay the rent. However, his efforts are being pushed down by the IRS now that this law is effective.

It feels like with every step forward we make, or attempt to make, the working class takes two steps backwards.

Like anything new, this will cause a few months or maybe even a few years of transitioning. Customers in large parties might not tip on their meals, thinking their gratuity was already included in the final check.

It may seem tedious, but every dollar matters in this industry. To the more frugal customers out there: Remember the unspoken pleas of your server and — for the love of God — tip them well.

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

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Quote of the Day “Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.”

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U.S. must take more severe action against Russia BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist Students should know word usage is important. The right phrase can transform the mundane to the exciting, and the horrifying to the justifiable. Let’s say you want to break up with your significant other and sleep around for a while; all you have to say is you “want to keep your options open.” If you’re going out and drinking every night, you’re “experiencing college,” and if you illegally annex foreign territory, it’s “democracy.” Naturally, this last example is for later in life if you should decide to become an expansionist autocrat.

The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a vote to secede from Ukraine on Sunday, in a move that could be called anything but democratic. Since late February, Crimea has been under occupation by unmarked Russian forces in response to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. These troops have seized Ukrainian installations and equipment and disarmed local Ukrainian soldiers.

The invasion and subsequent occupation happened without a shot fired, mostly due to Ukraine’s uncertainty on whether the West would intervene on its behalf.

According to the Russian Duma, the action was taken to protect the “Russian-speaking people” in Crimea.

That’s funny; I seem to recall

an Austrian with a funny mustache making the same argument about German speakers in the Sudetenland.

And the rest of Czechoslovakia, the Free City of Danzig and Poland.

The vote came in at more than 97 percent in support of secession, all under the watchful eye of the Russian troops that Moscow claims totally aren’t Russian. They instead refer to them as “pro-Russian self-defense forces.”

Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to annex Crimea, the United States government decided to follow through on its repeated warnings of “heavy costs,” and imposed sanctions on seven individuals close to Putin.

Yes, you read that correctly, seven. The irony is that this actually caused Russian financial markets to swell.

The West, particularly the U.S., has an obligation to take more severe action than pitiful sanctions against this aggressive move by Russia. We cannot reasonably expect Europe to do anything, because they depend on Russian oil and natural gas for a good portion of their energy. Besides, the U.S. is a hegemon, and it is time America started acting like it again.

This is one of those rare moments when international law does not actually stymie our interests. Under the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, Ukraine exchanged its nuclear stockpile for assurances of territorial integrity and sovereignty within its existing borders by the U.S., the United Kingdom and Russia. It also prohibits

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting on Wednesday that focused on economic and social issues in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia.

all signatory nations from the use of force against Ukraine.

It seems our friends in Moscow had their fingers crossed behind their backs.

What is needed is strong, concrete action against the Russian government, not the targeting of seven oligarchs. Russia should be isolated from the international community and global markets, and every economic action should be taken to effectively destroy the ruble. Or, more diplomatically, the Russian Federation must be compelled to stand by its treaty obligations and obey international law.

If that does not convince Putin

to withdraw, then military action of some degree should not be counted out. Russian conventional forces, at this moment, are a paper tiger. They can bully Ukraine with near impunity, but they pale in comparison to NATO forces. The fall of communism was not kind to the Russian military.

At the very least, we should position troops in Ukraine proper to ward off further aggression against Kiev, and while we’re at it, how about we speed up that anti-ballistic missile defense program in Poland in tandem with some war games.

It is clear that Putin does not hold the U.S. in very high regard,

much less fear any significant repercussions for his actions. As a former KGB lieutenant colonel, he respects strength above all else. President Barack Obama is acting like Neville Chamberlain, when we need Winston Churchill.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-yearold political science, history and international studies senior from Zachary, La.

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Edwards’s candidacy tarnishes Louisiana politics NEUTRAL GROUND Eli A. Haddow Columnist On Monday, 86-year-old Edwin Edwards hijaked Louisiana’s 6th District congressional race, turning it into a sideshow for the circus that will be this November’s midterm elections.

He’s witty. He’s sharp. He’s a convicted felon. Only two of those points seem to matter to Louisiana voters, though.

When I wrote last semester on a hypothetical Edwards campaign, it was mostly to highlight some of his finer quips during an otherwise slow news week, but now that the prospect of a Congressman Edwards is real, the situation requires a sterner approach.

Even though the former governor stands little chance of winning a solid conservative district by running on a Democratic platform, he shows us that — even in the 21st century — nothing is out of the question when it comes to our state’s elections.

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Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards (center) walks down the hallway Monday pushing his son, Eli, accompanied by wife, Trina Scott Edwards (right), and Charlotte Guedry (left) before speaking at the Baton Rouge Press Club in Baton Rouge.

After all, it was only in 1991 that Edwards — assumed to be crooked — battled out former Ku Klux Klan wizard David Duke in a runoff for the state’s top office.

Granted, Mississippi did not outlaw slavery until 1995.

Once again, thank God for Mississippi.

But this is 2014, and the state is supposed to be a reformed

oasis of good, do-right politicians.

Edwards seeks to dismantle what little progress we have made toward reputability and, once again, turn Louisiana into the laughing stock of the political world.

Well really, he has already done so.

After his formal announcement Monday that he would run,

newspapers around the country published articles bringing the solid red district race into an undeserved place in the national spotlight.

Edwards has made a farce of our political system, and whatever his intentions, he will undermine the real issues that will be raised in this election.

The district is Republican, and it’s going to stay that way.

The other issue here is Edwards’s motivation for running.

He knows he’s not going to win, even though he acts like he already has, and he knows that at his age, he will be of little import if he is elected.

What we should really see when we look at Edwards is a child, jealous of the attention Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu are receiving, who wants to hog the ink of the state and national media.

I suppose that I — and others of the same mind — are only contributing to this hysteria, if only to prove its absurdity.

Many Baton Rouge residents, though, ought to know their congressional race is being turned into a reality show that — like Ed-

wards’s short-lived A&E series— needs to be canceled.

The founders of this country did not intend for their congressional candidates to reduce the people’s house to ridicule, though many sitting members already do.

They intended on it being a place of intellectual debate among the leading minds of the country.

It’s shocking to see just how far from that ideal we have fallen.

But before I wax philosophical about the House of Representatives, I have to stop and remind myself that I am in Louisiana, and Edwards has a legal, though not a rational, shot at joining the federal government.

To put this in perspective, he could not even have voted for Barack Obama because he was in prison. Because he is a convicted felon.

Eli Haddow is a 21-year-old English and history junior from New Orleans.

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After school counselor and 3/4 year old pre-k teacher needed 2:30 - 6:00 p.m., Mon. - Fri. 20 minutes from L.S.U. Call us for an interview (225) 336-9030. ________________________ Student-work: IT Help Desk Technician position The successful candidate will have excellent customer service & communication skills. To be considered for this position, the candidate must be in good academic standing with LSU, an undergraduate freshman or sophomore, hold a current driver’s license, & be available to work starting Spring/Summer 2014, including summers. S/he must be willing & able to work mornings (starting at 7:45/8:00am) as allowed by class schedule, as well as occasional evening and/ or weekend shifts for classes & event support.

The candidate’s primary responsibilities will be in the area of IT help desk support, hardware troubleshooting/installation/configuration, software installation/training lab configuration, & technical support of occasional off-campus classes & conferences. Other duties as assigned.

Please specifically include in your resume your PC troubleshooting & repair experience.

Skills required: • Intermediate-to-advanced PC hardware maintenance & troubleshooting experience. Ability to confidently identify a bad RAM module is considerably more important than being able to recite the OSI model, for example.

• Software & operating system installation & configuration.

• Willing & able to work independently on tasks.

Self-starting research for solutions is crucial, especially on new and unresolved issues.

Skills preferred: • A+ or other certifications • Familiarity with Symantec Ghost • Previous Help Desk experience If interested in this position, please send resume describing troubleshooting experience & a copy of class schedule to: cehr@outreach.lsu.edu La Carreta Government is looking for team players to compliment our great staff. Hostess and servers please apply in person between the hours of 1-4 Monday thru Friday. ________________________ The Melting Pot Restaurant is now hiring servers and server assistants. Must be able to work late nights and weekends. Please apply in person: 5294 Corporate Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA Monday thru Friday 1-4pm ________________________ DENTAL OFFICE P/T assistant/receptionist needed. Great opportunity for those interested in the dental/medical field. Fax resume’ to (225)766-2122. ________________________ WORK WITH KIDS! Learning Center needs tutors. T/Th after 4pm. For more info: elinorbailey@ikumon.com ________________________

Small Childcare Center off of Perkins Rd. hiring part-time preschool afternoon teacher 2:30-5:30 M-F. Email Holly.Morris@countrydayschoolbr.com ________________________ Wanted: Outgoing, personable part-time employee for local nonprofit. Must be an energetic

Counter help wanted at fast paced Downtown restaurant. No nights no weekends and flexible

hours. Call Craig 225-281-1394 ________________________ Behavioral Intervention Group is looking for Line therapists to implement Applied Behavior Analysis programs one-on-one with children on the autism spectrum. Applicants must demonstrate ability to interact and play with children.

Experience with children. Salary $9-$10/hr.

Please send resume to admin@big-br.com. ________________________ SELA Aquatics is now hiring lifeguards, swim coaches, swim instructors, managers for several BR and NOLA country clubs for Summer 2014.

Apply at www.selaaquatics.com. ________________________ Hiring Part-Time Brain Trainers! Must have 4 year degree, or be senior in college. (preferred but not required majors: Psych, Educ, COM-D) For more info: call: 225-663-5600, or email: m.blanchard@learningrx.net ________________________ Part time afternoon counter clerk needed!!

Welsh’s dry cleaners at the corner of perkins and college dr. great for students!! flexible schedules!! apply in person 928-5067 ________________________ NOW HIRING AT NEW YORK BAGEL LEE DRIVE Now hiring for sandwich makers in the kitchen.

Looking for reliable hardworking people who can work from 11-4 M,W,F or 11-4 Tu,Th with weekend availability. Night shifts also available 4-8:30 Weeknights.

Please apply in store at 257 Lee Drive ________________________ Assistant Managers and Team Members Wanted.

Smoothie King and Jimmy John’s. Greater Baton Rouge area. Must have resume’. Email to eric@ one12.net ________________________ Students needed to work with individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Great job for COMM D, PSYCH, Social Work and KINES majors.

Several shifts available. Apply in person at St. John the Baptist Human Services 622 Shadows Lane St A. Baton Rouge, LA 70806. 225-2161199 ________________________

THE BIG SQUEEZY - NEW JUICE BAR Looking for part & full time juice consultants, food prep, dishwashers, kitchen manager & front of house manager. Please apply in person with resume to 3043 Perkins Rd (next to Jimmy Johns). ________________________ Local Top 100 Company seeks Part-time IT Support position - Must be a detailed oriented, tech savvy team player and possess troubleshooting and general maintenance skills. Email resume to jobs@wampold.com. ________________________ Preschool seeking professional, loving, & caring individuals for the 4 year old classroom. Must be nurturing and love children! PT (AM/PM) & FT positions avail. Competitive wages offered. Send resume to rayner-center@earthlink.net. ________________________ Part-Time position with Nabisco 25-30 hours in

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retail for Baton Rouge area. Please use the link below to apply http://global.mondelezinternational.com/Careers/Find_a_Job_With_Us/USJobs/ CareerApplication.aspx?isrc=https%3A%2F%2F mondelez.taleo.net%2Fcareersection%2Fmndlz_ careersite_hourly%2Fmoresearch. ftl%3Flang%3Den ________________________

storing linen in compliance with hotel standards.

Class D driver’s license is needed for driver applicants.

If you want to join our dynamic team you will enjoy competitive salary, benefits, paid time off and a 401 (k) plan e-mail your résumé to jobs@ wampold.com Flexible hours, weekends and nights are required

DEREK CHANG’S KOTO: NOW HIRING SERVERS NO EXP NECESSARY APPLY IN PERSON MON-FRI 2:30PM-4:30PM 2562 CITIPLACE CT ________________________ The Camelot Club looking for experienced serves in both dining and banquet service. Dependable servers that have reliable transportation. Part time, day and night availability.

Apply in person from 2:00-4:00 p.m. MondayFriday ONLY 451 Florida St., 21st Floor Baton Rouge, La 70801 ________________________ New Year, New Fun Job! Great Starting Pay! Flexible Schedules, Scholarships and Internships available. Customer sales/service. Full training provided. All ages 17+ Apply Today! 225-803-8982 workforstudents.com ________________________

Now, Accepting Deposits for Summer/Fall Move Ins Lake Beau Pre Townhomes, Arlington Trace & Summer Grove Condos Dean & Company Real Estate 225-767-2227 www.deanrealestate.net ________________________ For Lease. 4br 2bath home near City Park, some furniture and most appliances remain.

Fireplace . $2000/mo and $2000 deposit. Utilities not included. Can be seen but not ready until April 1. Owner/Agent. 252-0098 ________________________

HIRING STUDENTS! *$16 STARTING PAY* Customer sales/service.

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One block from LSU lakes. Efficiency with separate kitchen and bath. All utilities, internet, cable, washer, dryer included. 225-921-3222 ________________________

WORK WITH KIDS! Learning Center needs tutors. T/Th after 4pm. For more info: elinorbailey@ikumon.com ________________________

Vintage COTTAGE Home/Renovated/WalkToLSU 3BR/2BTH/HdWdFloors/Marble/Ceramic/ PvtSunDeck/Central/FencedYd/ $1195/ Month/955-1700 ________________________

FT home-school tutor/caregiver for 14 year-old girl with autism. Includes ABA training & supervision towards BCaBA / BCBA. Contact brstmd@bellsouth.net ________________________

Our hotel sets the standard in business travel, day after day. We are looking for energetic individuals who are passionate about customer service to join our team.

We are seeking out dedicated individuals for the following positions: FRONT DESK AGENT must exceed our guest’s expectations and ensure revenue optimization through check in/out while assuring to the attentive coordination of hotel services for our guests.

NIGHT AUDITOR perform the duties of a Front Desk Agent and complete, balance and file night audit reports on the various areas of the hotel to provide accurate, timely information in accordance with cash handling, credit card processing and accounting policies and procedures.

BARTENDER will be responsible for delivering excellent guest experience in our bar area by missing drinks for both guests and servers. Other responsibilities include the complete set up and break down of the bar area.

HOUSEKEEPING staff are expected to exceed our guest’s expectations by maintaining the highest standard of cleanliness of the guest rooms.

Clean and prepare guest rooms and public areas by meeting our established standards.

LAUNDRY ATTENDANT & DRIVER process the hotel’s laundry by folding, stacking and

LSU area $475-$495/mo 1 bed/bath flats. Water, sewer trash included, wood/tile floor. Call 225615-8521 ________________________

1 bedroom condo avail. now on LSU bus route, $825 .

For additional info Keyfinders Realty, Inc. Keyfinders Realty, Inc. 8686 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Baton Rouge, LA 70810 USA 225-293-3000 OFFICE 225-293-3007 FAX 225-252-8645 DIRECT - Agent -Brittany Coursey www.keyfindersbr.com

1 bdrm/1 bath condo for sale at The Reserve @ Cedar Lodge. Includes upgraded countertops and flooring and is attached to the garage. Amenities include pool/spa, gym, clubhouse, and basketball court. $125,000.

For more information, call Tiffany Lear with Keller Williams at 504-952-5154.

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Colorado State University System Chancellor and former University Chancellor Michael Martin saw the board transition with Jindal appointees and said this legislation could help the University.

Martin left the University after the board fired System President John Lombardi, who was reportedly ousted for disagreeing with Jindal’s higher education plan.

Martin said the governor’s major contributors dominate the board, and members should have different opinions on higher education. If not, the University could suffer serious consequences.

“The singular characteristic needed was to have donated to the governor’s campaign,” Martin said.

“We have to think more about the longer term stake of the stakeholder.”

He also said board members should be diverse in race, gender and their opinions on higher education.

The board’s diversity shows what the University cares about from the people they represent to the visual effect the board casts.

According to the state’s constitution, the board should represent the state’s population through race and gender to promote diversity.

There are currently 15 white males on the board, one of whom is a student member, and one AfricanAmerican female.

“This is the people’s University as well. It should represent the state,” Martin said. “A standard socioeconomic group does not represent the people that the public land grant should serve.”

As for previous experience qualifications, board member Chester “Lee” Mallett said all present supervisors currently meet the bill’s proposed criteria, and the board is diverse in professional backgrounds.

“If people are running businesses in the state of Louisiana, they will take the best interest in the University,” Mallett said.

He said the board has been able to tackle difficult issues regarding University hospitals, and members’ business backgrounds helped the board find solutions, without compensation.

“I’m not compensated and I’m not asking to be compensated,” Mallett said. “They should be proud there are businessmen who can stop their daily lives and help the state of Louisiana.”

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I AM LOOKING TO PURCHASE IPHONE AND SAMSUNG GALAXY IN ANY CONDITION. IF YOU HAVE BROKEN PHONE OR USED PHONE THAT YOU WANT TO TRADE FOR CASH, PLEASE CALL OR TEXT ME AT 225…937…8866

Former board member Alvin Kimble claimed to have seen Jindal manipulate board members when he was nominated as chairman.

After several members gave Kimble their word on their vote for him, they changed their minds when Kimble alleges Jindal’s assistant spoke with members behind closed doors to nominate member John George as chairman.

There were three meetings with an eight-to-eight vote between Kimble and George, and finally Blake Chatelain put himself up for chairman and won the votes, Kimble said.

He said the governor’s actions to advocate for a chairman were illegal, yet the members who voted for George were reappointed.

“It could have been an absolute disaster,” Kimble said.

He said members should be limited to six-year terms so there is no room for manipulation from the governor when members want to be reappointed.

Kimble said the pressure to adhere to the governor’s wishes was specific to the Jindal administration, and former Gov. Kathleen Blanco never called him to advocate for

The Daily Reveille certain issues.

He saw the board change into a group of people who could not agree on anything and played politics, hurting the University and higher education.

Former board member Anthony “Tony” Falterman said allowing the governor to appoint board members does not lead to the University’s best interest, but makes the board political.

During Falterman’s time, he said he saw the board vote without discussion, working as Jindal’s political pawns to advance his agenda.

“It’s all political and that’s what the governor wants. That’s what he is going to get,” Falterman said. “Do you think the people he appointed would deny him?”

If all board members have the same opinion as the governor, Martin said there is no need for multiple members.

Jindal’s office declined to comment to The Daily Reveille on the legislation for this story.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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Coleman said.

The duo said they were inspired to run after they participated in the Your LSU campaign in 2012.

That experience made them realize their passion for talking to students, Pichon said.

The two said their most important initiative is creating a 24-hour study space on campus, preferably in Middleton Library or Patrick F. Taylor.

Pichon said the most surprising thing about campaigning is when students come up to her and Coleman to talk about initiatives.

“Sometimes you feel like only your friends care, but it’s a small win when people ask you about [the campaign],” Pichon said.

The candidates have already met with several faculty members and are working on their initiatives.

They met with Director of University Recreation Laurie Braden about having UREC equipment on the Parade Ground.

The candidates said they are passionate about student representation and want to have a director of diversity, which would reach out to students and administrators on campus.

“There are so many international students, but they aren’t being seen,” Pichon said, adding that she wants to bring pride to everyone and show that everyone is equal.

Contact Jacquelyn Masse at jmasse@lsureveille.com

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