The Daily Reveille - April 22, 2014

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Finding TRUE DETECTIVE Real-life locations from the show set in Louisiana have their own stories to tell PHOTOS ∙ LAUREN DUHON

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Fort Pike in New Orleans, similar to Fort Macomb depicted in the season finale of “True Detective,” was commissioned in 1819 and completed in 1826.

The two masonry forts resemble one another, but Fort Macomb is closed to the public because of its hazardous state. See more photos on page 4 and check out an interactive map of each location at lsureveille.com.

UNIVERSITY

GYMNASTICS

Breaux, staff honored nationally Student receives Breaux named top Truman Scholarship coach in U.S. Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

Marlee Pittman, political science junior and Honors College student, received the 2014 Truman Scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation last Wednesday.

The scholarship awards $30,000 for graduate study to about 60 students who plan to become “change agents” working

in government, education or the nonprofit sector, according to the foundation’s website.

After her graduation from the University in 2016, Pittman hopes to pursue graduate studies in public policy in Southeast Asian studies at the University of Michigan, she said.

Pittman, who co-founded the University’s International

One of LSU coach D-D Breaux’s goals this season was for her squad to receive the national recognition she felt they deserved. The nation took notice, and after 37 years of coaching, Breaux was rewarded for her efforts.

TRUMAN, see page 15

AWARDS, see page 15

David Gray Sports Contributor

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LSU gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux cheers for her team Saturday.

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Nation & World

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Man dies after being shot at courthouse BR waives

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Defendant Siale Angilau was listening to a witness describe gang initiation rituals on Monday when authorities said he grabbed a pen, rushed toward the witness and lunged at him.

A U.S. marshal opened fire on Angilau — a 25-year-old “Tongan Crip” gang member known on the street as “C-Down” — shooting him several times in front of shocked jurors, lawyers and courtroom watchers. He died hours later.

The shooting turned a new and secure federal courthouse that opened its doors just one week ago into a site of terror and alarm. Nobody else was hurt, but those in the courtroom were stunned by the sudden turn of events. A mistrial was declared, with U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell saying in her order that jurors were visibly shaken and upset.

“It was kind of traumatizing,” said Sara Jacobson, who was in the courtroom to support her grandmother who was scheduled to testify in Angilau’s trial.

Her father, Perry Cardwell, was with her and said Angilau was shot at least six times as he attacked

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Police tape surrounds the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City on Monday after a U.S. marshal fatally shot a defendant after he lunged toward a witness on the stand.

the witness, who collapsed to the ground. As he recounted the scene, Cardwell said he remembers hearing somebody yell to get down.

The witness, who was not injured, appeared to be in his mid-20s and was testifying about gang initiation, Cardwell said. The person was not identified.

Angilau was shot in the chest and died at a hospital, the FBI said in

a news release. Under standard procedures, Angilau was not restrained in the courtroom, the FBI said.

He was shot after acting in “an aggressive and threatening manner,” the agency said.

Angilau was one of 17 people named in a 29-count racketeering indictment filed in 2010 accusing gang members of assault, conspiracy, robbery and weapons offenses.

(AP) — That extra computer monitor sitting in the closet or that old printer gathering dust in the office can be brought in for recycling or reuse through Friday.

The Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council is offering a week of free recycling for individuals and businesses in observance of Earth Day. The Advocate reports most of the electronics the nonprofit recycling council receives can be recycled for free, but there are nominal fees for difficult-torecycle items such as printers, fax machines or some computer monitors. The fees are normally waived for schools or nonprofits, but this week that waiver will apply to everyone.

NATIONAL

32,000 run Boston Marathon The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others were out to prove something to the world about their sport, the city or their country. And some wanted to prove something to themselves.

With the names of the victims scrawled on their bodies or their race bibs, more than 32,000 people ran in the Boston Marathon on Monday in a powerful show of defiance a year after the deadly bombing.

“We’re marathon runners. We know how to endure,” said Dennis Murray, a 62-year-old health care

administrator from Atlanta who finished just before the explosions last year and came back to run again.

“When they try to take our freedom and our democracy, we come back stronger.”

The two pressure-cooker bombs that went off near the end of the 26.2-mile course last year killed three people and wounded more than 260 in a spectacle of torn limbs, acrid smoke and broken glass. But the city vowed to return even stronger, and the victory by Meb Keflezighi — the first American in 31 years to win the men’s race — helped deliver on that promise.

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louisiana legislature

Legislature terminates CAN law State contract Michael Tarver

Contributing Writer

Louisiana’s LGBT community faced another legislative defeat last week with the termination of a bill that would have repealed the controversial crimes against nature law, sometimes referred to as the anti-sodomy law. But LGBT activists hope the loss will not be a bad omen for other upcoming bills. The next LGBT bill will address combatting discrimination in the workforce.

The language of the CAN law was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 because it directly targets gay people.

If the repeal had passed, it would have removed this unconstitutional language that remains in Louisiana books.

Matt Patterson, research and policy coordinator for Equality Louisiana, said he was disappointed with the results of the CAN repeal, considering it was the second time committee members changed their mind and voted against

the bill.

Patterson said members of the religious group Louisiana Family Forum made their presence known in the hearing by saying the bill would make it easier for pedophiles to get away with preying on children. This argument was a constant theme during the hearing for the group, Patterson said.

The repeal did not receive the support Patterson expected it to from Louisiana law enforcement, specifically the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, he said. While the group openly expressed its support for the bill, it did not do any lobbying for the bill to reinforce a positive outcome, Patterson said.

He said another reason was the amount of misinformation surrounding the meaning of the bill.

“We got hung out to dry by the law enforcement community,” Patterson said. “People were led to believe there were no consequences to saying no [to the repeal].”

Michael Beyer, Spectrum panel coordinator, agreed the misinformation surrounding the bill in

addition to its relation to a sexual issue skewed the voters in a negative direction.

“I think it’s hard to vote on sex and there were so many different misconceptions going around,” Beyer said.

Beyer said he would argue the legislators did not necessarily represent their constituents accurately in their vote because of the polling information that supports LGBT acceptance across Louisiana.

While the CAN repeal was not successful, Beyer said he is confident the Employment Non-Discrimination Acts, ENDA, bill will be successful. Sponsored by Rep. Karen Gaudet St. Germain, ENDA would “prevent Louisianans from being denied equal opportunity in the workplace because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”

Patterson said the House Civil Law and Procedure Committee Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com

Transportation

CATS revamps bus system Christian Rachal Contributing Writer

CATS rolled out its new bus route system last month as a part of an overall effort to modernize Baton Rouge’s answer for mass transit.

The new systems includes 19 route changes, 10 new routes and five new hubs.

CEO Bob Mirabito is calling the improvements in routing, hubs and technology “The New CATS,” and he is looking ahead to the possibility of providing bus rapid transit along the Nicholson Drive corridor between LSU and downtown.

“We want to support the mayor in his effort to put a tram between LSU and downtown,” Mirabito said.

“A BRT would be a short-term solution for servicing the area that would use the same amenities that the tram needs.”

A BRT is an enhanced bus system that combines the capacity and speed of a light rail with the flexibility, lower cost and simplicity of a bus system.

The city’s new master plan — FuturEBR — calls for the development of a streetcar along Nicholson Drive that would link LSU to the planned Water Campus, River District and downtown, but a BRT could act as a stepping stone for the tram.

The tram is projected to be about five years away and cost around $100 million dollars to complete. The BRT would be a cheaper, quicker solution that would give the city a head start on developing the infrastructure that the tram would use, Mirabito said.

“We have about $1.8 million in grant money from the Federal Transit Administration to establish a BRT in Baton Rouge,” Mirabito said. “Why not utilize that to move the BRT and the tram forward?”

reduction passed Quint Forgey Staff Writer

Despite adjourning early Thursday for the Easter holiday, the Louisiana Legislature made critical decisions concerning several issues during the first three days of its sixth week.

Higher education financing bill passed by house committee The House Appropriations Committee passed Rep. Jerome Richard’s, I-Lafourche, HB 142 Tuesday, which would cut 10 percent of all state contracts and redirect the money to a special fund for higher education.

Richard said the bill, opposed by the Jindal administration, is the same proposal suggested a few months ago by State Treasurer John Kennedy. Kennedy purported the plan would could save up to $528 million for higher education funds.

Student Government Speaker pro tempore Trey Schwartzenburg supports the bill.

“Rep. Richard is a huge supporter of higher education and a huge ally of LSU in the legislature,” Schwartzenburg said in March.

Heroin penalties approved by judiciary committee A Louisiana judiciary committee unanimously approved a bill Tuesday by Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, that would increase the maximum amount of jail time for the possession or

distribution of heroin to 99 years.

The current maximum sentence for heroin use or sale in Louisiana is 50 years.

Criminology senior Ryan Smith was perplexed by the proposed change in penalties. “That’s definitely too much,” Smith said.

“It’s not a violent crime.”

Gun bills fail The House Criminal Justice Administration Committee rejected a bill Wednesday that would allow teachers to wield firearms in schools. The committee also refused to approve a bill that would require the taking of mandatory safety courses before purchasing a gun. HB 13, by Rep. Austin Badon, D-New Orleans, would have imposed fines on gun salespeople who peddled weapons to buyers without authentication of the completion of a firearms safety or training course from the purchaser.

Sodomy legislation killed Rep. Patricia Smith’s, DEast Baton Rouge, HB 12, which would eliminate the state’s unconstitutional anti-sodomy statutes, failed on the House floor Tuesday by a margin of 39 votes.

A total of 66 representatives voted to preserve the unenforceable law, which criminalizes sodomy, on state records.

Contact Quint Forgey at qforgey@lsureveille.com

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A Capital Area Transit System bus passes the Student Union Monday. CATS introduced a new bus route system last month to update Baton Rouge’s transit system.

Across campus, Highland Road is CATS’ second-largest route and in the past has also been the second worst route for on-time performance.

The BRT and tram would help alleviate some of the congestion, the CEO said.

Mirabito is looking for more ways than just the BRT to service the LSU area: he expects the technological improvements to the buses will allow CATS to respond when LSU

bids out its bus services in the future.

“We would like to have the business,” Mirabito said. “One concern was that we didn’t have a mobile app, but now we do. We have GPS, too. We are in a much better position today to respond to the bid.”

Contact Christian Rachal at crachal@lsureveille.com

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Graceful Dismount

MLB’s new replay system is still flawed Video review system needs tweaking THE SMARTEST MORAN James Moran Sports Columnist

Despite failing to capture the crown, the entirety of the LSU gymnastics program — from the gymnasts to the coaches, to the training staff, to the fans who made the trip to Birmingham, Ala. — rejoiced after the squad’s third-place finish because it undoubtedly cemented their status as the best team in program history.

Major League Baseball’s instant replay system is a step forward for the sport, it’s just going to take some time and tinkering to work out the kinks.

The video review system has been a dominant storyline in the first few weeks of the season.

There seems to be some new confusion every day and the procedure has annoyed managers, fans and members of the media alike.

But that doesn’t mean the decision to drastically expand replay was a mistake.

The point of replay is to get the call right and make sure an umpire’s mistake doesn’t ultimately determine the result of a game. Regardless of the sport, nobody wants officiating to be the deciding factor in a game — and that includes the officials.

For years, people fought to keep replay out of baseball based on the claim that officiating blown calls were part of the “human element” that made baseball what it is. But with the current

GYMNASTICS, see page 8

REPLAY, see page 7

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The LSU gymnastics team celebrates after placing third with a score of 197.600 on Saturday at the NCAA Super Six Finals in Birmingham, Ala.

LSU gymnastics team says third-place finish shows growth of program

David Gray

Sports Contributor

LSU coach D-D Breaux has a simple four-word phrase she’s ingrained in her squad’s mind from the beginning of the season. Throughout the course of their historic year, the Tigers have echoed their coach’s advice to “stay in the process,” firmly believing that the task at hand trumps whatever outcome may

come from their performances.

It’s why there were neither feelings of frustration nor remarks of disappointment after the LSU gymnastics team failed to capture the national title in the NCAA Super Six Finals on Saturday.

“From the start of the season all the way until the end of the season, we fought, and we have nothing to look back on and nothing to regret,” said junior

all-arounder Rheagan Courville.

“We really stuck to our process and the goals that we had, and we never strayed one time from what we wanted to do.”

In Saturday’s championship meet, the LSU gymnastics squad scored a 197.600 to finish third behind co-champions Florida and Oklahoma, effectively ending this year’s dreams of bringing LSU its first gymnastics national title.

Baseball

Tigers try to keep momentum against Green Wave Bouman gets the start for LSU

Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Sean McMullen was seething. So much so, the senior outfielder couldn’t talk to his extended family and friends in attendance at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

Kyle Bouman didn’t make the trip. A sprained ankle kept the junior college transfer from boarding the New Orleans-bound charter bus. He watched on television as his Tiger teammates dropped a 3-2 decision to Tulane in 11 innings, the first of four consecutive losses at the end of March for LSU.

“The fact that they beat us did affect us,” McMullen said.

“It made us open our eyes and decide where we’re going to go with this season.”

Winners of 10 of their past 12, McMullen and the Tigers (30-10-1) said there’s an abnormal midweek intensity in the air for the rematch with the Green Wave at 6:30 tonight in Alex Box Stadium.

“We have an extra focus to get this game,” McMullen said.

Bouman will get the nod for the Tigers on the mound, two weeks removed from his worst start of the season against Arkansas. He gave up four runs and three hits in one inning, including a first inning grand slam.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri said it’s Bouman’s game to pitch and he won’t put any inning

restrictions on the southpaw like he tends to do with most midweek games.

Now fully recovered from his ankle injury, Bouman said it’s his responsibility to keep momentum going after a series win against Ole Miss that Mainieri termed “pivotal.”

“It’s going to be important to keep the ball rolling,” Bouman said Monday. “I just made a couple bad pitches [against Arkansas]. Stuff like that happens, so I just need to overcome it and come out tomorrow and be ready to go.”

Opposing Bouman is Tulane senior right-hander Tyler Mapes, the Green Wave’s Friday night starter who missed his turn in the rotation last weekend BASEBALL, see page 7

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LSU senior outfielder Sean McMullen points at his teammates April 6 during the Tigers’ 17-4 victory against Mississippi State at Alex Box Stadium.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

SOFTBALL

LSU could sneak into postseason Jaquish wins SEC Surprise SEC run puts team on bubble Jack Chascin Sports Contributor

The LSU women’s tennis team had a season of ups and downs leading up to the Southeastern Conference Tournament, including a three-game winning streak and a four-game losing streak.

The Lady Tigers’ play in the SEC during the regular season wasn’t much to be proud of, finishing 3-10, with those three wins against teams that finished below them in the standings. Only Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi State finished the regular season with worse conference records.

But like tournament play of numerous other collegiate sports, all a team needs is another chance, and the Lady Tigers were able to capitalize on some of those chances when they began their SEC Tournament play on April 16.

The rough year for the Lady Tigers seemingly guaranteed they would not receive a bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, but after a surprise run to the quarterfinals in the SEC Tournament, the Lady Tigers are seemingly on the bubble to go dancing.

The Lady Tigers’ first opponent in the opening round was Mississippi State, who finished tied for last in the SEC with Missouri.

In the regular season meeting between the two teams, LSU came away with a 4-1 victory in Baton

Rouge, giving the impression that through and get a marquee win.

The Lady Tigers did more than much of the same would happen break through against the Lady the second time around.

LSU won the match, but it Vols, defeating them in dominant wasn’t nearly as easy the second fashion, 4-0, winning every singles time around. match in straight sets.

The Lady Tigers fought back “I was just so excited for the from a 3-1 deficit before taking the girls,” Sell said. “You need a win next three singles matches, two of like that to validate everything you which were won in have been doing ‘ You need a win straight sets to win and all of the effort the match, 4-3. discipline you like that to validate and LSU coach put in day by day.”

Julia Sell said The win everything you have changes in the against the Lady been doing and all of Vols gave the Lady doubles pairings led to the Lady the effort and discipline Tigers their only victory against an Tigers salvaging the doubles point, you put in day by day.’ opponent ranked in the top 40 all which proved to Julia Sell season. be the difference women’s tennis head coach LSU’s next in the match.

“If we didn’t win that doubles opponent was No. 6 Georgia, who point, we would have lost that proved to be too much for the Lady match 4-0,” Sell said. “Three of Tigers. Their surprising run to the [Mississippi State’s] girls came off quarterfinals was put to an end with quick that day. [The doubles point] a 4-0 sweep.

Sell said the Lady Tigers have was key because the girls felt they could win at every spot.” a shot at making the tournament, After a high-emotion win but their lack of wins against top against the Lady Bulldogs, the ranked opponents could come to Lady Tigers had to turn their focus haunt them come selection time. to the No. 26 ranked Tennessee The Lady Tigers will await Lady Volunteers the next day. for the Selection Committee’s deLSU dropped its regular sea- cision on April 29 at 4:30 p.m. to son meeting in relatively close see if they will be given a chance fashion, 4-3, giving the Lady Ti- to make another surprise run gers a reason to believe they could this season. come out on top the next time around.

Sell said the players had plenty of close matches this season that they felt they should have been on Contact Jack Chascin at the winning side of, and it was only jchasin@lsureveille.com time before they were able to break

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Freshman of the Week Tommy Romanach Sports Contributor

The Southeastern Conference offices named freshman infielder Sahvanna Jaquish as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday after she helped lead the Tigers to three road wins last week. It is Jaquish’s first award in her career at LSU. The Highland, Calif., native recorded a .467 batting average

with a .529 on-base percentage and a .867 slugging percentage in four games. She also tallied three RBIs, five runs scored and three extrabase hits.

The performance is part of a turnaround week for the Tigers that saw them win their third consecutive conference series. After starting conference play 2-7, the team is now 8-10 and sits in the middle of the SEC standings.

Jaquish was most dominant during LSU’s win in its second game against South Carolina on Saturday. The freshman became the third player in team history to record five hits in a game, going 5-for-5 with a double, a triple and three runs scored.

Jaquish is the fourth player on the team this season to win a weekly award, including freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello, who won the same award on Feb. 10. Senior second baseman Allison Falcon was named SEC Player of the Week on April 7, and freshman pitcher Kelsee Selman won SEC Pitcher of the Week on March 3.

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LSU freshman Sahvanna Jaquish (2) was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 REPLAY, from page 5

state of technology, that argument no longer holds any water.

Each fan who tunes into a baseball game gets high-definition replays of every play from multiple angles. Calls in baseball are the most cut and dry of the four major sports, and it’s not hard for even the most casual of observers to watch a replay and figure out if the umpire blew the call.

There’s no reason for the umpires to be the only people without the benefit of that second look, but the system needs work.

MLB initially installed replay in 2008 strictly to review boundary calls following a rash of missed calls on potential home runs — the thinking being those decisions tend to have a major effect on the game.

After years of successful implementation and incremental growth, the massive expansion of instant replay was added as part of the new collective bargaining agreement this past offseason.

Now managers can challenge just about anything short of balls and strikes.

Allowing the managers to challenge adds a bit of strategy into the game. Currently managers get one challenge per game and are granted a second if the first call gets overturned.

That would be fine if there was some risk of losing the challenge, but since managers are still

BASEBALL, from page 5

after a rainout on Saturday against Charlotte.

Mapes boasts a 1.97 ERA in eight starts, and teams are hitting .251 against him.

“That gives [Tulane] a good situation,” Mainieri said. “They have to be thrilled to have Mapes pitching. I’m sure we’re going to get their very best shot. I can tell you our players will be ready to play.”

Mainieri shuffled his batting order in Saturday’s 2-0 win against Ole Miss, moving sophomore center fielder Andrew Stevenson to the leadoff spot, dropping McMullen to clean-up and slating sophomore

allowed to go out and argue on the field before challenging — a stall tactic to enable someone in the clubhouse to check the replay themselves — the risk is minimal.

This has led to way too many managerial challenges. The rule was implemented to avoid one call deciding the outcome of a game, but since the calls are being overturned so often, plays that have a minimal effect on the game are being challenged.

Correcting mistakes is important, but when managers are challenging bang-bang force plays at first base with no runners on base in the first inning of a game, there’s a problem. Baseball is already a slow-paced sport, and dragging it out with frivolous video reviews will do nothing but drive fans away.

On top of the excess challenges, the replay system hasn’t been anywhere near instant. Ideally, it should take one minute or less to confer with the video command center in New York City, but thus far that hasn’t been the case.

It’s a new system that will get better with time, but the combination of slow reviews and excessive challenges has made it an issue early on this season. The former should get better with time or the addition of more umpires, but in the mean time, the latter is a treatable issue.

There are two quick fixes that could alleviate the problem and speed up the games. Either managers shouldn’t be allowed

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to hold up the game to figure out whether to challenge a call or they should be limited to one challenge regardless of if it’s successful, which would force them to be judicious and save it for truly critical situations.

It’s always difficult to adjust rules during the seasons, but MLB should consider going to the replay booth to refine how exactly it goes to the replay booth. The system is working for the most part.

Just give it some time.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y. Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Moran_TDR

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Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez (left) tags out Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus (center) after a rundown in the first inning of a baseball game on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Umpire James Hoye watches the play.

shortstop Alex Bregman and junior catcher Kade Scivicque at sixth and seventh, respectively.

Done in part to counter Ole Miss starter Sam Smith’s patented cutter, Mainieri said he liked some facets of the new lineup but wasn’t sure how much of it he’d stick with during tonight’s game.

No matter where he hits, Stevenson said his mindset remains the same.

“Doesn’t really matter,” Stevenson said. “Just try to get on base and let guys drive me in.”

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

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page 8 GYMNASTICS, from page 5 “I told them to hold their heads high because the team fought like Tigers,” Breaux said.

“Their body of work all season long was great, and there aren’t a whole lot of teams that can finish as high as we did. They’ve represented themselves, their university and their families to the very best of their abilities, and I couldn’t be more proud.”

Prior to this season, the best ending for an LSU gymnastics squad was a fourth-place finish in 1988, and there had been only three Super Six appearances.

But Breaux has declared this the finest team in all her 37 years of coaching. Given the numerous school records the squad shattered this season en route to the highest finish in school history, it appears the Tigers have justified their coach’s claim.

“The squad really redefined what the next benchmark is for this team,” Breaux said. “We were ranked all year long because of our body of work, and we finished third in the country.

We had to beat some really good teams to get here.”

Yet despite an overall solid performance, LSU simply couldn’t overcome the superiority of Florida and Oklahoma, the two squads that tied for the title Saturday. The Gators’ lineup is sprinkled with former Olympians, most notably sophomore Bridget Sloan, and the Sooners badly wanted to erase the

memory of finishing second last season.

But LSU sophomore Jessica Savona pointed out the words of associate head coach Jay Clark.

During his coaching tenure at the University of Georgia, Clark was part of a staff that guided the Gym Dogs to seven NCAA National Titles, including an NCAA record five consecutive championships. According to Savona, Clark has the first-hand knowledge of what constitutes champions. “[Coach Clark] told us after the meet that there are teams that finish second year after year until they finally took advantage of that one chance they got to win,” Savona said. “We’re in that part of the climb right now, and next year’s going to be our chance to shine again.”

After the championship meet, junior Jessie Jordan recalled her freshman season, when the team failed to even qualify for the championships. But after two consecutive Super Six appearances, she said the program is showing the signs of growth that accompany title-winning teams.

“Of course we were let down because we were going after that title, but LSU gymnastics hasn’t had many Super Six appearances, and this year we finished third,” Jordan said. “My freshman year, we didn’t even make it to Super Six. We’re continuing to grow and build on the years, and we’ll build some more next year.”

However, there are two

The Daily Reveille gymnasts who will no longer contribute to LSU’s continuing climb to the top tier of collegiate gymnastics: seniors Sarie Morrison and Kaleigh Dickson.

Morrison couldn’t fight back the emotions after her final collegiate performance Saturday, perhaps because it concluded what’s been an unforeseen limited career. The once all-arounder has suffered numerous ankle issues for most of her time at LSU, restricting her to only two events.

But Morrison’s continuous battle through injuries gained the respect of her teammates and coaches. When Breaux and her staff have been asked of the squad’s leadership this season, Morrison has been the first name that pops from their mouths.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Now Morrison will leave LSU with the most bars titles in school history, 28, and her finals bars performance received a 9.925. After Saturday’s meet, Breaux couldn’t offer enough praise to her now former gymnast. “[Morrison’s] had ankle problems for four years now, and kids with less character would have given up. But she never, ever wavered,” Breaux said. “She did her job for us, and after she finished her last bars routine, Sarie took off her grips and cried.

That’s heart and soul.”

Dickson also fought through her own injuries for the Tigers.

Dickson suffered a foot injury in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on April 5, and she too was

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limited to two events. But she delivered in the Super Six Finals in spite of the injury, scoring a leadoff 9.900 on bars that set the tone for the squad’s night.

Now that her career’s over, Dickson said she’s ready to watch the program build on the foundation that’s been set.

“We broke so many school records this year, and finishing third was the cherry on top of it all,” Dickson said. “It takes teams years to become champions, and this was one step closer. LSU will be national champions one day.”

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Last Saturday marked the sixth annual international Record Store Day. With each year’s events growing in popularity, businesses in 2014 spent months gearing up for special releases and one-time-only deals, observed by independent and chain music stores around the world.

For stores in the United States, Record Store Day promised albums, both live and studio, that had never been released to the public. Classic bands like The Cure and Dinosaur Jr. put out side-by-side records, while more contemporary acts like Bastille took advantage of the occasion to release the exclusive “Of The Night Picture Disk,” all on vinyl.

Below is a rundown of some of the best and worst finds of this year’s Record Store Day.

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Denham Springs zipline outfitter offers venue for thrill-seekers Will Kallenborn Entertainment Writer

Though Louisiana is not generally associated with great heights, that doesn’t mean adventurous Louisianians can’t get a bird’s-eye view of the world.

Located in Denham Springs, Tiki Zipline and Tiki Tubing gives locals a chance to soar above the trees and relax in the sun. The zipline course is one of only two in Louisiana, and avid zipliners would have to travel as far as

Tennessee to see a zipline course this large.

Daniel Truxillo, manager at Tiki Zipline and Tiki Tubing, has been working at the company for six years and still loves the feeling of going through the course.

“The zipline is not an everyday activity, it’s a big thrill,” Truxillo said. “It is the closest we can come to actually flying.”

Upon arriving on the property, guests are suited up for the adventure with a helmet, gloves and a harness. The zip guides give

a quick safety lesson before taking off down the course.

The course features nine different ziplines that range from 300 to 1,600 feet long and 60 to 100 feet off of the ground. Each line offers a different view of the scenic property. The course also has a 285-foot long rope bridge, which crosses the Amite River.

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Tiki Zipline manager Daniel Truxillo hangs from the zipline Monday in Denham Springs.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Normcore trend Batman is still the hero we deserve isn’t a trend at all THE REAL MEG RYAN MEG RYAN Entertainment Writer What exactly is normcore?

That’s what everyone has been asking recently with the new trend gracing blogs, magazine spreads and city streets.

Normcore is defined as the trend of losing all singularity and dressing plainly with off-brand clothing. New Balance sneakers, Hanes T-shirts and simple blue jeans is an example of a normcore outfit.

Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Jobs and, more currently, Barack Obama are just some celebrity examples of the normcore trend at work.

While magazines, blogs and fashion aficionados are embracing the normcore trend, I don’t find this to be a trend at all. When every magazine and company starts advertising a new trend, readers and consumers are surrounded by new products they think they need to buy to restart their wardrobes and embrace something new. It’s all a business plan to sell more and tell the public how they should be dressing right now.

However, the difference with normcore, as compared to a trend like palazzo pants or rompers, is that most people already own their fair share of cheap white T-shirts and blue jeans. Plus, people who normally dress in normcore fashion most likely don’t care about fashion at all.

These people are parents with no time to get dressed, young adults with no care for personal style and people who like to be comfortable on a budget.

So how do you tell the

difference between someone embracing normcore and someone who just dresses in normcore fashion?

You don’t, and that’s another reason this trend is irrelevant.

How can a look of cheap Tshirts, plain sneakers, jeans and hoodies be considered style when for so long we have used these items as our day-off outfit?

While I love the fashion industry, it doesn’t need to put everyone and their clothes in a little labeled box. Leather and lace? You’re edgy.

Conservative and pastel? You’re preppy. And now no definition at all?

You must be normcore.

There should be no reason to consistently label someone by style alone. To define someone by the items in a closet is about the equivalent of labeling someone by hometown, school grades or a group of people.

If you feel like dressing like a rock star one day and a hippie the next, do it. And then if Jerry Seinfield inspires you for the day after that, go for it, but feel no need to define yourself as one style or trend.

Putting it simply, normcore is a trend that needs to die out quickly.

A trend representing no trend at all is unnecessary and I’d like to keep my Hanes T-shirts the way they are: label-less.

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

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photo illustration by TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

My earliest memory is of being Batman.

It was 1999, my sixth birthday party. I pulled my mother off to the side and whispered to her my plan.

Five minutes later, my mother announced to our guests with all the gusto of a circus ringmaster, “Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Batman!”

I walked out from my JEREMY MARSHALL house, proudEntertainment Writer ly bearing the trappings of my hero: cowl, cape and the yellow insignia of the Bat-Signal adorned my chest. I was no longer little Jeremy. In that moment, I stood vigilant and strong — not me, but something more.

This year Batman has a birthday of his own, his 75th to be exact, and as DC Comics ramps up its publicity machine to celebrate the tradition of it’s most iconic hero (sorry Superman), I stop to wonder what it is.

Why does this character matter to so many people? Why does this fictional character hold so much weight in the lives of very real people?

The Batman legend begins with the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne, billionaire parents of a young Bruce, who were shot down in cold blood by a petty criminal. A boy transformed into a man by the time the last gunshot finished echoing through “Crime Alley.” In that

moment, Batman was born; molded from a boy’s promise to go to any length to ensure that this tragedy would never happen again. But to do that, Bruce Wayne had to become something more. The Batman can do what others can’t because he’s not a man; he’s an idea, a symbol, a beacon of hope shining through life’s darkest corners.

This psychology is why the character of Batman has resonated with so many people over the past 75 years; in many ways, he is the most like us of any fictional character. Batman is not super in any way.

Instead, Bruce Wayne is a man with all the insecurities the rest of us possess. And yet, he still strives to become something better. I believe in the theory that most people are inherently good and seek to do good by the world around them. Batman sets a bar by which the rest of the world can base our lives. To do as much good as we can with whatever

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we have. Is there any better description of a true hero?

DC is rolling out a celebration of Bat-tastic proportions to represent the Dark Knight’s cultural effect. In the next year alone, there’s a new Batman television project, called “Gotham” a weekly comics event series, “Batman Eternal” and a new film by Zac Snyder in the works featuring the Caped Crusader. The influence of the Bat has resonated for nearly a century and isn’t going anywhere soon.

Happy 75th birthday, Batman, and may the “Bat Signal” shine on long after we’re gone.

Jeremy Marshall is a 21-year-old marketing junior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Jeremy Marshall at jmarshall@lsureveille.com

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film material. The size of the location will determine the maximum amount of people enrolled in the camp. In order to fully envelop the students in the process, Herrera believes the maximum number of campers will be 60.

“Everyone will experience theater and television,” Herrera said. “They will film and act. Most kids are scared to try one side of the arts because they are accustomed to another; we want to show them every possibility.”

More information on Project: A Young Start can be found at www.projectyoungstart.com.

off of their bucket list,” Truxillo said. “I’ve met people from all corners of the country coming through here to have a good time.”

Tiki is located on the Amite River where the Tiki Tubing service runs. Tiki Tubing offers a sixmile float down the river, which has 18 sand bars and beaches along the way.

“Lots of college kids love the tubing because once they hit the river, they’re on their own and can have a great time,” Truxillo said.

On a busy weekend, as many as 3,000 people come to the river to float and party. The weekdays offer a more family oriented environment and relaxed atmosphere for people who want to experience the river at a slower pace.

Tiki’s main goal is to provide an enjoyable atmosphere for people to relax and experience something new.

“You just can’t beat ziplining all day,” Truxillo said.

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Filmmaker hosts camp for young artists Program instructs how to create films Joshua Jackson Entertainment Writer

There are certain people who are compelled to take the knowledge that they have obtained and spread it to others. Delgado Community College film student Stephen Herrera has decided to share his knowledge of film with a group of youth in a weeklong summer camp named Project: A Young Start.

The camp was designed to give kids and teenagers the opportunity to create their own short films or plays using cameras, sound equipment and editing equipment that will be provided for them. The directors, writers and actors will all be youth participating in the camp. Herrera is collaborating with

Baton Rouge licensing company Reel Kids to provide instructors for the camp’s activities.

“The goal of this camp is to show these kids what it takes to be a part of the film industry,” Herrera said.

Herrera is the founder of his own production company, SH Productions, providing services such as cinematography, photography and disc jockeying. The company began as a DJ company until Herrera found an interest in film.

Herrera studied computer science and business at previous universities before deciding on a career in film. He is currently a junior in the Delgado Community College film program, but plans to transfer to the University of New Orleans to finish his education.

Herrera believes that the culture of New Orleans and the locations available are what make the city such a prominent place for Hollywood studios to film.

The complications of being a student, running a company and working have reduced the time Herrera has to work with the studios that come to the South to shoot motion pictures.

“You have to have a flexible schedule to work on a movie set,” Herrera said. “For college students, it becomes almost impossible.”

Herrera said that living in New Orleans presents many opportunities to work on a film set, but very few chances to work with any of the post-production aspects of a movie. He sees himself as a postproduction worker rather than an on-set hand such as a director or producer.

Project: A Young Start will challenge campers with expected deadlines and materials to prepare them for the obstacles they may face in their future careers.

Herrera said the hard part of setting up the camp is securing locations to teach the campers and

LITERATURE

English department to host party for Shakespeare Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

Spring break might have ended too soon, but that doesn’t mean its celebrations have to.

The English department will host The Super Shakespeare Extravaganza on Wednesday in honor of William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday.

The Bard’s birthday bash will run as a literary festival rather than an academic exposé, according to University English professor Chris Barrett. Participants will be introduced to the more whimsical characteristics of Shakespeare’s works, including the comedic aspects of his tragedies and the tragic aspects of his comedies, both of which are rich with Shakespearean humor.

The festivities will offer students a chance to unwind and settle back into their studies before the weight of finals week descends upon them. Still, Barrett hopes the festival will be a learning experience.

“For centuries, Shakespeare’s plays have been occasions for diverse communities of audiences and readers around the world to come together,” Barrett said. “We wanted to give the LSU community a chance to come together and

share Shakespeare’s wacky, stunning, gorgeous and unruly world of heroes, villains and all the many unforgettable, quirky characters in between.”

The event was first proposed

by Barrett and fellow English professors Anna Nardo, LeRoy Percy and Bill Demastes, and was brought to fruition by the students in each of their classes, “Shakespeare,” “Bad Shakespeare” and “Shakespeare Our Contemporary.”

The festivities will feature lighthearted student performances liberally interpreted from classic Shakespearean plays. Scenes from “King Lear,” “Macbeth,” “Othello,” “Troilus and Cressida,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Twelfth Night” and the infamous “Titus Andronicus” will all find

their way on stage.

True to the tradition of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, none of the performances will feature a director or a manager, and no formal rehearsal will be held in advance. For the most part, students will only know their own lines, keeping with the original motto of the Globe, “All the world is a stage.”

The faculty in charge of the event made this decision with the hopes of producing a fun and authentic “Shakesperience” to commemorate his 450th birthday.

“We want to keep the original production values,” Barrett said.

“It’s going to be a blast.”

Students from each of the four participating classes will incorporate the various skills they learned

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during their studies into their acts.

Performers from “Bad Shakespeare” will lampoon the most ardent criticisms of the Bard’s works and a student from “Shakespeare Our Contemporary” will assume the role of the Bard himself.

Victoria Herrmann, English junior, said she is particularly excited to participate in the event.

“Literature takes us outside ourselves as nothing else can,” Herrmann said. “Celebrating things like Shakespeare’s birthday is an attempt to help those who do not yet have that appreciation and understanding realize that English literature is a beautiful, fun and necessary thing.”

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including live music and juggling.

Several students produced their own films for the event, and some performers prepared comedy routines that combine modern humor with Shakespearean aesthetics.

Most of the performers will be fully costumed, and some will involve audience interaction.

The Shakespeare Birthday Bash will be held from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday in 139 Allen Hall. Refreshments will be provided, and the event is free for anyone to attend.

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Opinion

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

In response to Will Kallenborn’s column, “The great decline of Quentin Tarantino,” one reader had this to say: Tarantino’s basic problem is his lack of self artistic discipline — his film style is predicated on the basis of homage like we all know, but he falls short on bringing the homage style to the realm of high art. “Kill Bill” could’ve been a really good series had he taken the time to focus on character and not just cool movie making. I do believe he comes up with great storylines for movies, but they are consistently sacrificed for the sake of action and cool violence.

To me, Tarantino is the cinematic equivalent to Shakespeare. How? They both explicitly borrow old storylines from others and decide to punch them up in their own way, but Shakespeare had an artistic method for his borrowing — he actually added believable characters (not just functions) to expand the plot, and his violence depicted was organic and not just for cheap thrills. Take “Django Unchained” for instance.

In the movie, Leo’s character says, “why don’t the blacks just rise up?” referring to the large number of slaves and their strength. This is a great dramatic question for a film that deserves to be explored. I’m black myself and I also wondered why didn’t they rise up. Tarantino could’ve explored this subject in a cool way like he’s able to, but instead he made a seemingly racist movie and he’s a director who clearly loves black people. Bottom line, none of his movies are human to me (except “Pulp Fiction” and “Jackie Brown”), but they all have great potential had he any self-discipline to see how to expand his art form.

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LSU students delighted to return to campus after an uneventful spring break OUR LADY OF ANGST SIDNEYROSE REYNEN Columnist Along with the glorious smell of cigarette smoke and copious amounts of pollen, the joy in LSU students to be back on campus after a week long break is in the air.

With only two weeks of classes and final exams remaining, students spent their precious free time over the break mentally preparing for these cherished academic pursuits.

This semester has been a relatively easy one for many LSU students.

Starting the semester off strong was a slew of so-called “snow” days.

Students were plagued with sadness because of this, as they had been waiting for days of non-stop monotonous learning since the end of the fall semester.

On top of this, students were incredibly happy with the spring semester’s lack of LSU football games.

Instead of entire days devoted to chaotic tailgating and shouting obscenities toward opposing teams, LSU students were delighted to spend their Saturdays either in snow day make-up classes or studiously reviewing material to be fully prepared for the next week’s classes.

Clearly, no LSU football meant no

more distractions for the University’s devoted and diligent students.

University students are thankful to the administration for granting them two different breaks this semester — one for Mardi Gras and one for Easter. Sometimes students need a rest from days of classes to be able to fully devote their time to understanding the difficult concepts presented in their course work.

There is just no better time to fully immerse oneself in the ideas presented in differential equations or Nietzschean philosophy.

This is why, more than any previous year, LSU students are ecstatic to return to their daily schedules of adequate amounts of sleep, class, healthy eating and studying.

After watching hours upon hours of cautionary news pieces about rowdy spring breakers on networks like CNN and Fox News, University students wanted to show there was indeed a different side to spring break.

Obviously fed up with the stereotype of spring break being “getting drunk on a Gulf Shores beach while continuously refreshing the LSU Checkpoint Twitter page,” LSU students decided to take matters into their own hands.

Surviving through nine classless days, University students spent much time alternating between studying, dramatically crossing the days off of a calendar and emailing their teachers in an attempt to strike up stimulating

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conversation they had been missing.

Students even survived through the dreaded stoner holiday, 4/20, falling on the same day as Easter Sunday, a Christian holiday celebrating the invention of chocolate and a humanoid bunny handing out pastel-colored treats.

The event was colloquially deemed, “Weedster.”

LSU students, not being the partying type, managed to refrain from both smoking marijuana and eating fluorescent Peeps.

On the Sunday before the first day of classes since spring break, students took the day to familiarize themselves with the lecture notes and course material their classes left off on before the break.

In this penultimate week of class, professors and instructors are likely to see an increase in attendance, class participation and a genuine effort to not fall asleep.

Students, however, will be cherishing these priceless next weeks until the most dreaded break of all — summer.

SidneyRose Reynen is an 18-year old film and art history freshman from New Orleans.

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HEAD to HEAD Did the govt. use excessive force at the Bundy ranch?

No, if laws are not enforced, they are not laws MR. FINI JOSHUA HAJIAKBARIFINI Columnist In society, laws are only as meaningful as much as they are enforced. For the past 20 years, the federal government has had a dispute with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy over his use of public lands without paying for them.

Recently, many came to support Bundy in his standoff against the government because all people saw was a large armed police force against an old rancher.

Students should investigate the story for what it is instead of what it appears to be. After delving deeper into the story, it seems that the feds are not in the wrong as much as everyone thought or hoped.

On top of using federal lands for 20 years without paying for them, Bundy ignored a court order to vacate the land in 1998 after losing his inheritance claim in United States vs. Bundy. The federal government’s response should not be shocking or controversial.

Regardless of what Bundy and the socalled “patriots” who came with guns to defend Bundy believe, we live in a modern society that is ruled by laws. These patriots believe the government overstepped its bounds, but what is the federal government supposed to do in a situation where someone will not pay what is owed.

I disagree that it was excessive to send hundreds of agents to the Bundy Ranch.

The U.S. Constitution grants the federal government authority over all the lands, especially land owned by the federal government. The federal government owns land for the commons, and what Bundy is trying to do in the standoff is indirectly force the government to privatize the land by limiting the authority of the federal government.

The reason the feds came armed is the same reason most government enforcement agents carry arms — protecting themselves and enforcing the law. To cherry pick certain details on the management of whether to bring snipers or not is irrelevant since clearly force was needed when armed right-wing militia forces arrived.

The scary part about the Bundy Standoff isn’t the standoff itself, but what it represents. Conservatives, especially fringe elements, dislike the federal government and have a twisted view of history to justify politics today.

Many consider the Bundy Standoff a modern day reflection of the Founding Fathers rebelling over taxes. The problem with this analogy is that the founders fought for a revolution because they had no say in taxation, hence the phrase “taxation without representation.”

This is why the Whiskey Rebellion under George Washington’s presidency was discredited and ended as soon as Washington’s army arrived. The taxes they rebelled against were passed not by

the king’s parliament, but by the people’s representatives in Congress.

Although Harry Reid is wrong to call the right wing militia a “domestic terrorist” group, that doesn’t absolve the militia.

Along with their supporters, they are limiting the authority of democratic institutions and may even make our society look more like Ukraine if far right-wing factions continue to grow in influence.

Many also want to use this standoff as the perfect jumping-off point to justify limiting the government’s authority. This isn’t what the founders wanted, wrote about or intended when they stripped the enumerated powers from the king and gave them to Congress in the Constitution.

Without laws and a government enforcing them, we lose the rule of law.

Conservatives should look to third world countries to see what happens when there is no rule of law. What Bundy and the patriots are doing is wrong, and people shouldn’t use their twisted cause to justify another right wing attempt to discredit the government, which regardless of us liking it or not, is in the right.

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

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Yes, the government went overboard in Nevada BRACE YOURSELF RYAN MCGEHEE Columnist In law, there is a general acceptance of the concept of retributive, or proportional, justice. For instance, if you are caught speeding down Nicholson while trying to make it to a 9:30 a.m. exam on time, you will receive a ticket.

The federal government was caught on national television with its pants around its ankles two weeks ago in a display of what can only be described as grossly disproportionate justice.

A 20 year standoff between the federal government and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy came to a head two weeks ago when roughly 200 agents from the Bureau of Land Management descended on Clark County to round up hundreds of cattle Bundy has allowed to graze on federally owned land in the area.

According to the BLM, Bundy owes them more than $1 million.

Naturally, Bundy disagrees. He maintains that the land is owned by the state of Nevada.

Now, I could debate the ethics of summarily changing policies for grazing on public lands no one besides ranchers use without consulting said ranchers, or the feds deciding the scope of their own authority, but that could take days. So let’s assume, just between us, that Bundy is in the wrong, which a federal court decided

he was back in the 1990s.

The standard procedure for whenever someone owes money to the government is that a lien is placed on that person’s property until the debt is paid.

Where the boys at the BLM went wrong here is when someone decided, “Hey, you know what? Let’s just go out there heavily armed, scare a bunch of people and confiscate this man’s property at gunpoint!”

And they did just that. What happened in Clark County looked more like military action than a simple transfer of cattle from one area to another, complete with body armor-clad agents, multiple Tasings and a not-so-stealthy set of snipers on a ridgeline providing overwatch.

Last time I checked, a high-powered rifle will not help you move cattle from point A to point B, unless point B is dead on the ground.

Anyone can see how this scenario was starting to look vaguely familiar to the actions taken by the Department of Justice at Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, in the 1990s.

So in response to what was starting to look like good old fashioned police state thuggery, Bundy asked for some help.

What resulted was an outpouring of patriotism that made me swell with pride.

Hundreds of protesters and a few militia groups came to stand in solidarity with Bundy, in defiance of what they saw as an unjust state of affairs.

Sen. Harry Reid would have you believe that these people are “domestic terrorists.” However, I’d like to point out to the senator that if he thinks these protesters are terrorists, then in his own view, the Founders must have been downright villainous, considering they took up arms over a modest tax hike on a few commodities.

The rhetoric used by the senator is precisely why people feel as though they have to bring firearms to a protest — they are speaking out against a government that is increasingly detached from the people it serves, uses heavy-handed military tactics to settle a simple matter of real estate and sees fit to restrict constitutional liberties whenever citizens speak out against it in the form of “free speech zones.”

What happened at the Bundy ranch is just another reason the federal government should not be allowed to do many things other than defense. All it knows how to do is use force.

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

JOHN LOCHER / The Associated Press

Supporters prepare to rally for Cliven Bundy on April 7 at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville, Nev. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call “trespass cattle” that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area, 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 TRUMAN, from page 1 Relations Club, said she ultimately wants to work with U.S. foreign policy in either a think tank formulating policy or in the U.S. State Department.

Pittman said it’s nice to receive recognition for her hard work, and this award makes it seem all worth it in the big picture. She said she owes a lot to her adviser Drew Arms and past recipients of the scholarship who helped her.

“Her knowledge of Southeast Asia is incredibly impressive, and I have no doubt she will be a significant agent of positive change there,” Arms said in a news release.

The University has been home to eight other Truman Scholars since 2003, according to the release, a number Pittman said has increased compared to years past because of Arms’

AWARDS, from page 1

After guiding the LSU gymnastics squad to the highest finish in school history, Breaux was named National Coach of the Year, announced Monday by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/ Women.

Assistant coaches Jay Clark and Bob Moore were also awarded with National Assistant Coaches of the Year honors. It was the first for Moore and second for Clark.

The awards were determined by the votes from all head coaches of Division 1 women’s collegiate gymnastics teams.

Breaux’s first National Coach of the Year Award comes on the heels of directing the Tigers to a third-place finish in the NCAA Super Six Finals.

Under Breaux’s direction, LSU set numerous records during the 2014 season.

The Tigers broke the school record for highest team in history score on three separate occasions this season, including a 198.325 in the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional that tied as the highest score in the nation this season.

The squad also set a school

guidance. She said the honor comes not necessarily from being one of nine recipients in the last decade at the University, but being one of 59 in the country to become Truman Scholars this year.

As a Truman Scholar, Pittman stands alongside former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and President Barack Obama’s former director of speechwriting Jon Favreau.

“She’s been a standout student in political science for the last three years, and given the focus of the Truman Scholars on public services, we’re sure to hear great things from her in the future,” said William Clark, chair of the department of political science.

Pittman studied in Malaysia and China, and is interested in the way that social and political changes in Southeast Asia can change foreign policy, she said.

She was in Malaysia during a record by registering at least a 197 in 13 consecutive meets, breaking the previous mark of eight in 2004.

The Tigers reached the No. 1 national ranking for the first time since 2005, which they held for

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critical election time for the country, and depending on the outcome of that election, the U.S. could have had to adjust its policy to keep good diplomacy with the country.

Pittman said her interest in U.S. foreign policy started during her freshman honors college courses and her involvement in the model United Nations.

This summer, Pittman will be interning at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and then will take the school year off to intern with Sen. Mary Landrieu in Washington D.C., she said.

EDDY PEREZ / University Relations

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