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BY carrie grace henderson chenderson@lsureveille.com

Baseball team set for season-opening weekend series against Kansas BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com Tonight is the night.

The No. 2 LSU baseball team is set to begin its 2015 season with a weekend series against Kansas tonight at 7 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium. It’s a long time coming for the Tigers since their collapse to Houston in the Baton Rouge Regional eight months ago. “[I’ve been waiting for this] since the last pitch of last season. I’m very excited,” said junior shortstop Alex Bregman. “We have a great group of guys this year, a great coaching staff, best fans in the country, so we’re looking forward to having a great year.”

The Tigers head into 2015 with its star-studded defense mostly intact, but many questions surround the ability and poise of the Tigers’ revamped rotation after the loss of ace right-hander Aaron Nola.

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LSU sophomore infielder Alex Bregman (8) pumps up the crowd May 31, 2014, during the Tigers’ 5-1 victory against Houston in Alex Box Stadium.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 1. RF Mark Laird

4. DH Chris Chinea

7. C Kade Scivicque

2. SS Alex Bregman

5. LF Jake Fraley

8. 3B Danny Zardon

3. 1B Conner Hale

6. CF Andrew Stevenson 9. 2B Kramer Robertson

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As Gov. Bobby Jindal’s budget announcement draws nearer, the University has asked the deans of its colleges to turn in different budget scenarios to administrators.

Operating budgets with cuts ranging from 5 to 35 percent are being prepared.

In the College of Agriculture, that could mean forgoing more than $1 million.

“What we were asked to do is [find out] what would a 5, 10, 15 percent budget cut scenario look like in our colleges,” said Vice President for Agriculture and Dean Bill Richardson. “For us, we went from $370 [thousand] to $1.1 million [in reduced spending].”

Nothing should be done to delay a student from graduating, Richardson said.

“We’ve got a contract with you,” Richardson said. “You come

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Alumni savor the season with strawberry king cake craft beer Tin Roof brewery still growing after four years BY julian schardt jschardt@lsureveille.com

Upon entering the Tin Roof Brewing Co. headquarters off Nicholson Drive on the north side of campus, patrons are greeted with the pleasant, fruity smell of malted barley in the air. A newly constructed taproom sits at the main entrance, enticing guests to sample five main brews and a couple specialty beers.

This month’s specialty is Strawberry King Cake.

The mastermind behind the beer is specialty brewer Alex Daigrepont.

Daigrepont said he was first aiming to create a beignet beer, but something was missing.

When he finally added strawberry extract and nutmeg to the beignet beer’s cinnamon liqueur, Strawberry King Cake was born.

The beer was a hit with owner William McGehee, and the concoction soon found its way into Tin Roof’s taproom.

Though McGehee graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2009, he has never stepped foot in a courtroom.

The idea of sitting at a desk doing paperwork didn’t appeal to McGehee, so after graduation, he partnered with his friend Eric Caldwell to create Tin Roof Brewing Co. The brewery is in its fourth year of business, and profits are steadily increasing, McGehee said.

“I learned the first day of law school that I did not want to practice law,” McGehee said. “I knew

I wanted to start my own business.”

McGehee said the idea for a brewery began formulating in his mind during a visit to Europe on a study abroad program after his first year in law school.

The experience exposed McGehee to a wide variety of beers, refining his taste buds. Upon graduation — and with the help of his family — McGehee and Caldwell opened Tin Roof in 2011.

Tucked between Nicholson Drive and the Mississippi River, the brewery is located minutes from campus and is classified as a microbrewery based on its yearly output of 5,000 to 7,000 barrels, amounting to about 69,000 cases.

The brewery team consists

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Tin Roof Brewing Co. founder William McGehee stands inside the brewery Feb. 5, 2015. See more photos of the brewery on page 2.

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Friday, February 13, 2015 STUDENT LIFE

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Gates Cambridge scholarship awarded to first LSU recipient

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com When biochemistry senior Zachary Fitzpatrick is not in the lab, he is working at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia or conducting research for his political science minor.

Fitzpatrick’s work landed him as one of the University’s first Gates Cambridge scholars.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored Gates Cambridge scholarship committee selected Fitzpatrick as one of its 40 recipients in the United States.

The scholarship offers Fitzpatrick a full-ride graduate studies scholarship at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.

He said he will pursue a master’s degree in Clinical Science while studying at Cambridge.

“The aim of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship is to foster a global network of world leaders who are all committed to making the world a better place,” Fitzpatrick said. “And for me, that looks like being a medical scientist and bringing therapy to the market for rare diseases.”

Rare diseases and gene therapy interested Fitzpatrick in biochemistry.

Fitzpatrick said he applied for the scholarship because of the U.K.’s recent No. 1 rank in genetic screenings specifically targeted to combat rare diseases.

Cambridge University also has a program devoted to the study of these diseases.

“There’s just a lot of really exciting work going on there,” Fitzpatrick said.

Honors College Director of Fellowship Advising Drew Lamonica Arms worked closely with Fitzpatrick throughout his academic career.

Arms helped Fitzpatrick apply for the Goldwater Scholarship during both his sophomore and junior years. She also helped with his Gates Cambridge application process.

Arms said the scholarship application was a two-step process — first, Fitzpatrick was admitted to Cambridge, then he competed in Washington, D.C., with an interview for the scholarship.

“Zach has an amazing spirit that underlies his outstanding intellectual ability,” Arms said.

“He’s intrepid in the way he approaches things.”

Fitzpatrick started his freshman year in the STEM research scholars program. From there, he joined the Honors College community and served as an example of what the program offers.

The College of Science supported Fitzpatrick throughout his research endeavors as well. He said his professors gave him specific opportunities to explore his scientific interests, through both his major in biochemistry and minor in chemistry.

Fitzpatrick also works closely with the political science department on the side, studying the ethics and policies of orphan drug development.

“One of the biggest problems in rare diseases is getting proper therapy to the patients,” Fitzpatrick said. “First you have to entice pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to invest in orphan drug development, and second is ensuring that those drugs reach the patients who so desperately need them.”

After his graduate studies, Fitzpatrick plans to pursue the

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Biochemistry senior Zachary Fitzpatrick won the Gates Cambridge scholarship.

National Institute of Health Oxford Scholars Program, a dual M.D. and Ph.D program that would allow him to continue his research at Cambridge.

Arms said she thinks the award is not only a great

reflection of Fitzpatrick, but also of the University.

“It proves to everyone we have students who can compete internationally and do the kinds of things that impress the whole world,” Arms said.

ACADEMICS

Data highlight University grade inflation throughout 40 years

BY DEANNA NARVESON dnarveson@lsureveille.com A grade of a C once meant average, a B above average and an A excellent, but data shows in the last 40 years that University students have increasingly made higher grades.

The percentage of freshmen entering the University with a high school GPA between 3.0 and 4.0 rose from about 58 percent to 88 percent between 1998 and 2013.

Former Duke University professor Stuart Rojstaczer completed a study showing the trends in university grades over the last century, which showed a steady increase in As received by students in the last 30 years, according to Education Portal.

Odgen Honors College Dean Jonathan Earle said there are a number of contributors to the increase in high grades.

The University has higher admissions standards, accepts a wider variety of students and graduates have more competition as they are leaving school.

The nature of colleges has also changed over the last several decades, most dramatically in the last 35 years, Earle said. Part of the start of the trend may have been driven by the draft during the Vietnam war. If a student failed out of school during those years they lost their academic deferment — giving a student an F could mean sending them

to war.

“Before that, grades were pretty stable, and many college classes graded on a bell curve, with Cs in the middle,” Earle said. “Students who didn’t work very hard received what was known as the ‘gentleman’s C;’ these days that same student might well flunk or be encouraged to work harder.”

Earle said colleges were not necessarily places for high academic achievers but places where the nation’s elite were prepared for adulthood. Now there is more diversity and competition, which drives test scores up.

The universities with the highest inflation are the ones who are the most prominent in the public eye, Ivy League schools and state schools. Earle said these schools are pressured to produce successful students.

“More As are received at Yale than any other University,” Earle said. “But I don’t have a problem with giving a student a high grade if they are working hard and meeting expectations.”

Political science professor James Garand said in an email another factor of the inflation of grades is the idea of students as consumers of education who are paying for a type of service or product.

This puts pressure on professors to give higher grades to students. There is also pressure because teaching evaluations are one of the only ways professors are evaluated, Garand

said. Bad grades for students could mean poor evaluations for professors.

“Most professors have stories in which a student will say something like, ‘I am paying your salary with my tuition dollars,’ implying that professors should give students the high grades for which they are paying,” Garand said.

University Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope said the reasons for grade inflation perpetuate themselves, which can be dangerous for academia as a whole.

This “grade mania” can be psychologically harmful to students, Cope said. As the level of what is acceptable rises so does the pressure, on students to obtain perfection.

Students aren’t the only ones under pressure though, Cope said. The pressure reaches professors because grades have been instrumentalized. A student’s grades are more than a means to a degree—they are the keys to various gates after college.

Earle said when he is looking over students’ graduate school applications GPA is the most important criterion because it shows a student’s work over time. However the window is smaller, GPAs like a 3.7 and 3.89s are compared in today’s time when in the past there was a larger range.

“It becomes a tool rather than an evaluation, and when it becomes instrumentalized it becomes personal,” Cope said. “The narrower the entry

gate the higher the pressure.”

However, if all students are making better grades, and the window of what is accepted for postgraduate institutions grows smaller, then there will be an increased pressure on professors to administer higher

grades. Over time this causes the system to lose credibility, Cope said.

Check out an interactive display of the data at lsureveille.com/grades.

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technology

3-D scanner lets students experiment with digital fabrication BY rose velazquez rvelazquez@lsureveille.com With the help of the CxC Art+Design Studio’s 3-D scanning and printing capabilities, University artists are pushing the limits of what it means to be a “model” student.

Engineering science graduate student O’mar Finley has worked in the studio since he was a digital art undergraduate in fall 2012.

The scanner was received through a grant shortly after Finley was hired, and he was one of the first students to be trained to use it.

“I was one of the few undergraduates at the time that was in digital arts and who had kind of the technical know-how or knew what the scanner was actually doing, or at least some parts of it,” Finley said.

Since receiving his training, Finley has worked with students

to scan everything from faces to topographical models. Once the object is scanned, students can create a digital model, which can be manipulated and printed.

While he has yet to implement the technology in his own school work, Finley said he uses the equipment to experiment and test the limits of possibility.

“My goal has been trying to see how far we can push the capabilities of the scanner and seeing how far we can get with it as far as what we can scan, what we can’t scan can we implement these things, can we print these things ultimately,” Finley said.

After he is contacted by a student looking to use the scanner, Finley sits down with the individual to evaluate what needs to be accomplished and what the equipment is actually capable of.

For example, he met with an engineering student who needed

to repair a broken component of a project he was working on. Finley was able to assist the student in deconstructing his model and scanning the necessary pieces to digitally fabricate a reconstruction of the component, so he could build a new working part.

While other on-campus facilities, such as the Engineering Communication Studio, have 3-D scanning and printing capabilities, Finley said the CxC Art+Design Studio is the only University facility he knows of with portable equipment that can detect colors.

Finley said he is often contacted by students who are concerned they might not be able to scan an object because of its size. However, he said the portable equipment has allowed him to assist students in scanning objects as tall as seven feet.

Even though the scanner is

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Physics alumna begins Ph.D. studies after cancer research trip to Croatia BY jose alejandro bastidas jbastidas@lsureveille.com Lydia Wilson thought the next step in her education would be at a hospital, but a year and a half of observing at cancer clinics in Croatia brought her back to the University.

Wilson, who went to Croatia on a Fulbright research grant to study the high cancer mortality rate in the European country, started her Ph.D. in medical physics this semester and said she hopes to continue her research to minimize radiation treatment risk factors for cancer patients.

“Whenever you treat people with cancer there’s always some amount of risk for late effects,” Wilson said. “There’s a chance the treatment will cause damage to healthy tissue. There’s a chance the patient will end up with a second cancer or cardiac toxicity. So we’re looking at when we do these radiation treatments, not just optimizing how we do these treatments but also looking at how to minimize those risks.”

Working under Wayne Newhauser, medical physics professor and director of medical physics and health physics, in a partnership with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Wilson focuses on creating models and simulations to reduce the consequences of radiation treatment in a patient’s body.

“Today, our computerized treatment planning systems ... mainly focus on eradicating tumors. In the future our research aims to add another important task, minimizing treatment-related side effects in healthy tissues,” Newhauser said. “We are developing and integrating new biphysical models and computer algorithms

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LSU alumna Lydia Wilson started her Ph.D. in medical physics this semester after returning from a research trip to Croatia. to create an advanced system that will one day allow doctors to come up with treatment plans that control tumors while sparing healthy tissues, and because each patient is unique, it will do this in a highly personalized way.”

While in Croatia, Wilson said she was curious why a country with a similar number of cancer patients than the U.S., has a much higher cancer mortality rate.

Convinced the answer was more complex than lack of treatment or resources, Wilson observed medical physicists working in cancer research clinics in Zagreb, Croatia.

“Oncologists know everything about the cancer, how it’s expected to develop and how they want to treat it,” Wilson said. “Medical physicists take what the doctor tells them and make sure the treatment goes smoothly. We have to make sure the radiation hits the right place, we make sure the machines are running properly and we keep an eye to see if the treatment is causing the effects we are expecting to see at every point in

the treatment.”

Croatia doesn’t offer medical physics programs or licensing procedures for people to become medical physicists, Wilson said.

People interested in the career graduate with a physics degree and are trained while on the job by their supervisors.

Wilson said the lack of professional training and licensing makes medical physicists in Croatia be viewed as technicians, rather than healthcare professionals.

Due to their perspective, medical physicists have less input on patient care, which Wilson said is the reason there’s a difference in the cancer mortality rate between Croatia and the U.S. “Having those education programs and the recognition of being considered health care professionals might help them do their jobs better,” Wilson said.

As part of her Fulbright program, Wilson participated in community outreach by exposing the local community to American customs and the field of medical physics.

Wilson volunteered in libraries and gave talks to high school students to motivate them to pursue careers in medical physics.

She also played oboe in a community orchestra, participated in Zumba parties and cooked American desserts for the people in her community.

“My family is culturally Croatian, so it’s always been a dream of mine to learn the language and visit the country,” Wilson said.

Now Wilson is back at the University and preparing proposals for her Ph.D. project — finding ways to minimize the negative effects of radiation on a patient’s body as the next step in

available to all University students, Finley said it is especially helpful to architecture and interior design students.

“Especially for artists, our scanner gets color, and it makes a color image association with the 3-D model that you get, so that’s very advantageous for people who are trying to do renderings for any sort of project,” Finley said.

The device allows students to scan real-world design elements and print out smaller replicas.

They can also scale up or scale down a model for printing.

Finley said digital arts students have used the scanner to digitally fabricate an item to be used as part of an animation.

“Your mind is the only thing that’s limiting you from using that scanner in a creative way, and, you know, there’s been a lot of different projects, I mean, countless

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The 3-D scanner allows students to scan design elements to print out smaller replicas. projects where people have come in and used the scanner in some new fashion that I hadn’t thought about previously,” Finley said.

environment

Vet School releases once-injured goose

BY jayce genco jgenco@lsureveille.com

As the waves kicked up on City Park Lake off Dalrymple Drive, a goose got a new chance at life.

The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine released a male African goose back into its City Park Lake habitat after it recovered from an arrow wound, which penetrated the animal’s pectoral muscle and nearly missed vital organs.

When fourth year Vet School student Jamie Craine opened the plastic cage to release the goose, the goose took a few steps around, then immediately made his way into the water of City Park Lake.

“He’s so happy,” Craine said as the now-healed goose waddled out toward the water and bathed.

A good Samaritan found the goose at City Park Lake with the arrow lodged in its chest and contacted East Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center. After months of trying to catch the goose, Animal Control was successful with the capture. EBR Animal Control and Rescue Center brought the goose to the Vet School Teaching Hospital in hopes of saving its life.

Zoological medicine intern Anna McRee performed the surgery, which removed the protruding arrow from the goose’s abdominal muscles.

“This goose was incredibly lucky because the arrow didn’t actually enter his body cavity, it was embedded in muscle,” McRee said.

McRee compared the arrow sticking out of the goose to “a large gauge piercing.”

She said the arrow would cause the goose irritation by sliding in and out of the body. Even though there was a foreign object lodged

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The LSU Vet School performed surgery on the goose and rehabilitated it back to health. in the goose for quite some time, there were no infections, according to McRee. “We cut it out, cleaned the wound really well and have been managing him with topicals and antibiotics the past few weeks,” McRee said.

Geese are considered by many to be some of the most aggressive animals on Earth. McRee said this goose had “some character.”

“We like it when they have attitudes, cause it usually means they want to live,” McRee said. “I’m glad that we were able to return him back, it’s nice to see fruit of your work.”

“He’s been doing really well,” Craine said. “He ate breakfast with us and we made sure everything checked out, physical exam wise, and then came to release him.”

Craine said the experience helped her become more comfortable working with and treating wildlife.

The goose was Craine’s patient at the Vet School for about two weeks after the operation was conducted.

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Sophomore pitcher Jared Poche’ accepts role as Tigers’ Friday night starter BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com One year ago, LSU southpaw Jared Poche’ was a freshman still learning the ropes.

When the No. 2 Tigers open their season against Kansas, he’ll be the veteran giving the lessons.

“Kind of crazy to think that your sophomore is the big veteran on your staff, but that’s the way it is,” said LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri.

Mainieri will start two freshmen on the mound against the Jayhawks this weekend, but Poche’ will be the old veteran throwing the opening pitch on opening night at 7 p.m. tonight at Alex Box Stadium.

The last time Poche’ pitched on opening day was at the start of his senior season at Lutcher High School, but he said that night wasn’t near the atmosphere there’s bound to be at The Box. “In high school, I [pitched on opening day] for three years,” Poche’ said. “But it won’t compare to anything here.”

LSU freshman right-handed pitcher Jake Godfrey, who Mainieri said will start Sunday, is ready to sit back and learn from his slightly-older, yet more experienced teammate.

“Jared’s young, too, but he’s a veteran, you can tell,” Godfrey said. “He’s the captain of our

pitching staff for sure. He’s going to go out there and show us how it’s done Friday night.”

It won’t be the easiest test for Poche’, who will duel against one of the Big 12’s top hitting teams from a season ago. The Jayhawks finished 2014 with the third-highest batting average (.283) and third-most runs (345) in the Big 12.

Kansas also returns senior outfielder Dakota Smith, the team’s leading hitter from 2014.

Smith — who’s earned back-toback All-Big 12 Honorable Mention nods — batted .337 last season, fourth-best in the league. He also posted career-highs in RBIs (43), runs scored (33) and walks (13).

But Mainieri doesn’t have doubt about how his new ace will perform against a capable hitting ball club. He has had confidence in Poche’ since he arrived on campus.

“Last year at this time, all of you were asking me, ‘Aren’t you nervous about starting Jared Poche’ as a true freshman?,’” Mainieri said. “I said I wasn’t that nervous because he had qualities about him: unflappable self-confidence, moxy, savvy.”

Those characteristics, combined with what Mainieri called a “pretty good curveball,”

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LSU then-freshman pitcher Jared Poche’ (16) winds up to pitch Friday, May 30, 2014, during the Tigers’ 8-4 victory against Southeastern Louisiana at Alex Box Stadium.

Omaha.

The city of just over 400,000 people, approximately 900 miles from Baton Rouge in eastern Nebraska, has been home to Creighton University since 1878.

But since the Skip Bertman era, Omaha has become as much of a home for the LSU baseball and its fans. The purple and gold have called Alex Box Stadium home for many years, but no place carries the same air as Omaha.

Tiger fans book trips and plan vacations around the College World Series months before LSU even begins its season. The phrase is also one of the most common among the team itself.

This year’s Nike team-issued cleats have Omaha written on the inside sole of the shoe.

Omaha isn’t a wish or a hope around LSU’s program. It’s an expectation, and this year is no different.

The lineup will be strong thanks to a core of returning starters including junior shortstop Alex Bregman and senior infielder Conner Hale. Third base is a concern, but sophomore Danny Zardon can at least be a capable starter until he runs with it or a reserve pushes for the job.

Speaking of reserves, coach Paul Mainieri has a bevy of both experienced and inexperienced options. It’ll be interesting to see how senior outfielders Jared

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men’s basketball

Tigers hope to regroup against Tennessee after loss to Kentucky BY david gray dgray@lsureveille.com The LSU men’s basketball team is itching to get back on the court.

After coming within three points of toppling undisputed No. 1 Kentucky on Tuesday, it’s easy to understand why.

The Tigers (17-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) will have the chance to move past their narrow loss to the Wildcats when they return to the court against Tennessee (14-9, 6-5 SEC) at 3

p.m. Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Saturday’s contest will be LSU’s first opportunity to erase the sting of its 71-69 loss to unbeaten Kentucky. However, sophomore guard Tim Quarterman doesn’t want the Tigers to forget the way they played against the nation’s best.

“We played with a lot of heart and passion [against Kentucky],” Quarterman said. “I feel like if we bring that to every game, then we’ll have great results.”

Not only will Saturday’s game

be a chance for the Tigers to move past their emotional loss, it’ll be a chance to move up in the SEC standings.

With seven games left in the regular season, LSU and the Volunteers are tied for sixth place in league play. The winner will own the tiebreaker for the SEC Tournament if both teams finish with identical records at season’s end.

“It’s a huge game for us,” said LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby. “[Tennessee] is at 6-5 [in SEC], too. It’s another road game. Huge game for us as far as

getting back on track.”

Unlike the Tigers, the Volunteers are coming off a win heading into Saturday’s clash.

Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 76-73, in overtime Thursday to snap a two-game losing skid.

Tennessee senior guard Josh Richardson, the SEC’s fifth-leading scorer, saved the Vols with 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field. He also drained three 3-pointers and tallied seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.

LSU coach Johnny Jones said

one person won’t be able to defend Richardson the entire game.

It’ll be a team effort.

“It’s going to have to really be by committee with the way [Richardson] plays,” Jones said.

“He’s extremely strong. He’s got great size on him. They run a lot of screens to get him open. Although [Quarterman] may start on him, our other guys will really have to try to defend him.”

Though Tennessee has one of the SEC’s top five scorers, the

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No. 16 LSU hosts Tiger Invitational this weekend

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com

has climbed into this week’s rankings at No. 25.

LSU started its season in The No. 16 LSU softball team dominating fashion at last week(5-0) is off to a fast start, but it end’s Tiger Classic, and the Tiwill be tested again this week- gers owe a big part of their five end at the Tiger Invitational. wins to solid pitching perforLSU will play a doubleheader mances in the circle. today, facing Hofstra (0-0) at 4 Sophomore Baylee Corbello p.m. and Central Arkansas (4-2) won both starts while only givat 6:30 p.m. at Tiger Park. ing up eight hits, four runs and LSU coach Beth Torina said two walks. She struck out 12 and this weekend will provide a finished the weekend with a 2.55 stern test for the Tigers.

ERA in 11 innings pitched.

“I think our schedule pretSophomore Kelsee Selman, ty much gets tougher every freshman Allie Walljasper week from here on out,” Torina and freshman Carley Hoover said. all pitched complete games.

Torina said Hoover relieved Hofstra is tradi- ‘We know what we need Corbello on Suntionally a great to work on now that we day and sealed softball program. played some games. So I the Tigers 4-2 The Pride finvictory against ished last season think we’re just going work North Carolina 34-15 and lost in on sharpening those things State. Selman and the Norman Re- up, and then hopefully next Walljasper threw gional to Texas weekend will be shutouts and WalA&M. ljasper hit her better.’

However, the first home run BAYLEE CORBELLO, weekend’s bigSaturday.

LSU sophomore pitcher gest test could The Tigers come Saturday started slowly at and Sunday, when the plate in their the Tigers take on No. 20 Notre opening game against Memphis, Dame (4-1). but the bats came alive by the “I think Notre Dame is a re- end of the game, and they stayed ally quality opponent,” Torina hot all weekend. The team finsaid. “They had some good wins ished the weekend hitting .366 last weekend.” and scored 34 runs across the The Fighting Irish opened five games. their season at the SoCal ColJunior shortstop Bianka Bell legiate Classic and recorded led the way, recording nine hits several noteworthy wins. Notre to finish with a .563 batting avDame defeated then-No. 7 erage. She hit three doubles, UCLA 8-4 and split its games three home runs and batted with Cal State Fullerton, which in 10 runs.

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LSU sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish throws the ball to first base on Saturday during the Tigers’ 10-0 victory against Tennessee State in Tiger Park.

Senior center fielder A.J. Andrews, sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry, juniors first baseman Sandra Simmons and catcher Kellsi Kloss each finished with six hits as well.

Hoover said the team looked good in all aspects of the game, but there is still work to be done.

“I think we looked very, very

good all-around,” she said. “We have to polish up some edges I would say but nothing too severe.”

Torina said there are many things the team will continue to work on and there is a long way to go before her team is where it needs to be. Corbello said the opening weekend helped identify the areas that need to be

sharpened.

“We know what we need to work on now that we played some games,” Corbello said.

“So I think that we’re just going to work on sharpening those things up, and then hopefully next weekend will better.”

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Foster and Chris Sciambra match up with freshmen Beau Jordan, Bryce Jordan and Michael Papierski.

Mainieri has more talented position players than Sparky Anderson’s “Big Red Machine” from the ’70s. OK, that’s a huge exaggeration, but this team can hit. Add in the change to the lower-seamed baseballs and scoring runs shouldn’t be a problem.

The defense will be exceptional, especially in the outfield with speedsters such as Andrew Stevenson, Mark Laird and Jake Fraley. Bregman and second baseman Kramer Robertson will make a rangy double play duo up the middle of the infield.

When it comes to the Tigers’ Omaha goal is the pitching staff.

The good news is the fabled Aaron Nola will pitch Friday night. The bad news is the first pitch.

But seriously, sophomore Jared Poche’ will get the first crack at the ace role. He posted a 2.45 ERA in 16 starts as a freshman and will be needed as a stabilizing force for the rest of the rotation, which is littered with freshmen.

The scheduled Saturday starter is 6-foot-3 freshman Alex Lange. He has a low 90s fastball with a nice breaking ball, according to his player profile on perfectgame.org. On Sundays, it’ll be 6-foot-3 freshman Jake Godfrey who brings a strong low-to-mid 90s fastball per his profile. Redshirt freshman Jesse Stallings will get the first crack at the closer position.

Freshmen fill three of the four most important spots on the pitching staff. That alone is plenty

eventually culminated in Poche’ becoming the Tigers’ No. 2 starter for most of the 2014 season.

Poche’ started 16 games as a freshman, going 9-3 and holding opponents to a 2.45 ERA in 91.2 innings of work. Poche’ also struck out 52 batters while walking just 26. Poche’ said he learned a lot about pitching against college competition, but learned more about himself.

“Coming in last year, I really didn’t know what I was made of,” Poche’ said. “I had never faced any college hitters. I didn’t know where I compared to other guys.

After doing this for a year, I kind of know where I stand.”

Poche’ may not have been sure of himself as an unproven freshman, but his teammates never doubted how the lefty would perform with the ball in his hand.

“When he came in as a freshman, he was ready to compete and wasn’t scared,” said LSU junior shortstop Alex Bregman. “I think he’s going to be that same bulldog for us. He’s matured a lot.

He knows how to get people out, and he knows how to win in the [Southeastern Conference].”

But unlike most first-time collegiate starters, Poche’ didn’t have a killer fastball to work with, and Mainieri acknowledged he wondered whether his 87 mph heater would be enough in the ultra-competitive SEC. After Poche’ was named a 2014 Freshman All-American

by Collegiate Baseball, Mainieri concluded it was. He also said he expects more from Poche’ this season given the improvements he made during the offseason. “[Poche’s] control is much bet-

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LSU sophomore outfielder Mark Laird (9) hurls the ball infield Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 during the Tigers’ 4-1, five-inning loss to ULL at Alex Box Stadium. enough to cast doubt on a trip to Omaha, but don’t lose hope yet.

Once upon a time, Nola was a freshman. He posted a 3.61 ERA and a 7-4 record that year in 16 starts. In 2012, former NC State pitcher Carlos Rodon led the Atlantic Coast Conference in ERA as a freshman.

Now don’t think this means Godfrey, Lange or Stallings will blossom into All-Americans or Tiger-greats in their first season. They’ll have their struggles.

They haven’t pitched in college yet.

But in game as mental as baseball, these kids were calmer than I could’ve imagined at Media Day. They said they weren’t afraid of the pressures of pitching for a ma-

jor program like LSU and were ready for what lies ahead of them.

They have no idea what lies ahead of them and won’t find out until a major series in March, but the confidence and mental composure is there. The freshmen believe in what they do and don’t seem phased by having to do it on such a large scale.

It won’t be easy, but if the youth in the Tigers’ pitching staff can produce at adequately, it’ll be another exciting season at the Box that could end with a trip to Omaha.

Brian Pellerin is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can follow him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.

regroup, from page 5 Tigers have two — sophomore forwards Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey. In their tallest task of the season against Kentucky, Martin and Mickey combined for 37 points on an efficient 14-of-23 clip from the field.

Despite his big night, Martin said he was more impressed by his team’s resilience.

“We don’t get ourselves down,” Martin said. “We don’t fuss at each other. We come together and find ways to come back.”

While the Tigers will look to avoid starting a losing streak Saturday, they’ll try to end another.

LSU last defeated the Volunteers Jan. 28, 2009 — a stretch spanning six games and four double-digit losses. Last season, Tennessee beat the Tigers, 6850, in both teams’ SEC opener.

Quarterman hasn’t forgotten that loss. “[Tennessee] came in our house and beat us last year,” Quarterman said. “We’re just looking forward to the opportunity to go at them Saturday and looking forward to bouncing back.”

Hornsby said LSU must play with the same aggressiveness it did against the nation’s top squad

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LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey (25) drives toward the basket during the Tigers’ 71-69 defeat on Feb. 10 at the PMAC. if it wants to leave Knoxville, Tennessee, with a much-needed win.

“We can have all that confidence if we play with the same intensity and same edge,” Hornsby said. “We can’t dip down like we did against Mississippi State

and Auburn. We have to stay with the same edge we’ve been playing with the last two games.

Hopefully, good things will happen.”

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LSU then-freshman pitcher Jared Poche’ (16) pitches the ball toward home plate Friday, May 30, 2014, during the Tigers’ 8-4 victory against Southeastern Louisiana in Alex Box Stadium. ter,” Mainieri said. “His changeup is much better, and he’s got a year of experience under his belt.

He carries himself like a veteran, and he’s a great example — not only for what he did last year but how he goes about his business — to these young kids.”

With a year under his belt, the experienced and battle-tested Poche’ will start opening day as the unquestioned leader of a talented yet young pitching staff.

But he’ll go to the mound with same, calm approach he’s always pitched with.

“Pitching is always 90 percent mental,” Poche’ said. “If I come out and have the same mental approach every game, that’ll always put me in a good predicament to be successful.”

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Valentine’s Day has become an overly commercially holiday that puts too much pressure on single and attached people.

Valentine’s with a Vengeance Valentine’s Day is the most sinister day of the year

LSUYou, but definitely not me logan anderson Columnist Historically, today is one of the scariest days of the year.

It is filled with bad omens. Evil lurks around every corner, and suspense is heavy in the air. Lives can be ruined — or ended — based on one simple misstep. People must take precautions to keep themselves safe.

No, it’s not because today is Friday the 13th, it’s because this is the day before Valentine’s Day, and it is a dangerous day for everyone.

Valentine’s Eve puts both single and attached people at risk for being hurt — both physically and emotionally.

For single people, this day is a day in which society turns to them and asks one simple, sinister question: “Why are you still single?”

Heart-shaped chocolate displays shout “What’s wrong with

you?” Commercials for Edible Arrangements ask “What did you do to become unworthy of these gifts?” Three for $10 sales on red wine whisper “Why don’t you text that guy from last semester tonight around 3 a.m.? Sure, he vomited on your shoes and tried to have sex with you in the Reggie’s bathroom, but he wasn’t a bad guy.”

Hearts, chocolate, teddy bears and roses swirl around in an inescapable tornado of pink and fluff, reminding single people they’re alone. The weaker unattached people won’t be able to take it and will be picked off one by one by the devious Cupid, causing them to call their exes sobbing in the middle of the night, asking what went wrong.

This is hell on Earth, a fate worse than death. But the psychological torture single people face is nothing compared to what people in relationships have to deal with today.

For those who have committed themselves to another — whether for a month, a year or until one

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person in the relationship gets so sick of the other always talking about “Game of Thrones” that he or she burns his or her books in a relationship-funeral pyre — have a unique mission on this day, and if they don’t succeed, the consequences will be dire.

Valentine’s Eve is similar to the plot of a “Saw” movie for people in relationships: either they figure out the puzzle, or they face the consequences.

The puzzle is the impossible task of figuring out what your partner wants. Naturally, you can’t ask them; that takes all of the romance out of the most romantic day of the year.

You also have make sure the gift is appropriate for the amount of time you and your partner have been together.

Buying just chocolates and a teddy bear is completely unacceptable if the relationship has passed the two-month mark; buying expensive luxury gifts if you’ve been together less than a year can cause one member of the relationship to

question if they’re as committed as the other, leading to a breakup.

There is also the challenge to top what has been done for previous Valentine’s Days, birthdays, anniversaries without going overboard. Two dozen roses was nice last year, but four dozen roses won’t cut it tomorrow. This is the jigsaw puzzle that all committed people must put together, and knowing that today is the last day to do so makes it a treacherous time for all.

There are consequences for putting the pieces in the wrong place. For some people, today will be their last day of blissful commitment and they don’t even know it.

One wrong move tomorrow and a relationship can blow up in the lovebirds’ faces. Accidentally buy flowers you didn’t know your partner is allergic to? Pick up a box of chocolates knowing that your beloved is dieting, and has been having a hard enough time as it is? Purchase the exact same Victoria’s Secret lingerie set that your

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Or even worse: purchase a gift that displays your true and deep lack of understanding of the person you supposedly love? The timer goes off and your relationship explodes, making happiness and joy a thing of the past.

This is not meant to scare — this is an advisory message. Take today seriously. Be ever vigilant in your attempts to guard yourselves from the scourge of Valentine’s Eve. Do not become another cautionary tale for people to whisper over candlelit dinners in overcrowded restaurants.

You do not have to be the token black character in this horror movie of a day. You can be the lone surviving virgin, as long as you are careful not to let the day get to you.

Good luck, students.

Logan Anderson is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Houston, Texas. You can reach her on Twitter @LoganD_Anderson.

Quote of the Day

‘I am continually fasciated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive.’

Nora Ephron American screenwriter and journalist May 19, 1941 — June 26, 2012

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ENTITLED MILLENIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist Can we as a nation promise to grow some thicker skin?

Because I’m tired of hearing people complain about how offended they are all the time.

Jeb Bush is potentially running for president in 2016, and his top tech adviser had to resign because of “offensive tweets.”

In his tweets, Ethan Czahor called women “sluts” and made homophobic remarks and racial slurs. He basically used Twitter as if it was Yik Yak. “Most people don’t know that ‘Halloween’ is German for ‘night when girls with low selfesteem dress like sluts,’” he tweeted.

“When I burp at the gym I feel like it’s my way of saying, ‘Sorry guys, but I’m not gay.’”

He posted additional tweets, which were pretty bad, and I would completely understand how they could ruin a presidential campaign. After all, if Bush kept Czahor on his staff, he’d be associated with a bigot. And bigotry isn’t a positive quality for presidents.

However, Czahor’s most recent offensive posts were from back in 2011, almost four years ago. If everyone was punished for stuff they said or did four years ago, we’d be an unproductive society.

Czahor’s posts from 2011 shouldn’t affect him now. They should be almost irrelevant to his position. But of course, Bush doesn’t want to risk his potential presidential campaign, so he had to let Czahor go.

I could understand firing him if this guy was tweeting offensively within the past few months. But he wasn’t. He made those mistakes long ago.

Of course, people were offended anyway.

These types of easily offended people are the reason we’re still living in a Puritan society.

Our television is void of nudity and sex. We have to bleep out every other word in a Nicki Minaj song on the radio. People get so offended by profanity and nudity we have to pretend to be saints in the public.

What’s the point? We’re so afraid of stepping on people’s toes we have to act differently in the public’s eye.

It took until 2014 for Disney

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to even have a gay couple appear on one of its shows. They didn’t want to “offend” people by demonstrating families that don’t fit every viewers standards.

An all-women’s university sent emails to students who were considered overweight. In the email, they encouraged the women to sign up for a weightloss program that would make them more physically active.

Of course, people were offended by it.

“How dare you call your students fat? Why would you do something like that?”

The answer: probably because they’re fat. It’s not nice.

We don’t like it when our flaws

are pointed out, and honestly the university could have handled the situation differently.

But Americans are obese people. We eat badly, and we don’t exercise. If you’re overweight, I’m sorry. But you need to exercise more, and someone needs to tell you.

Stop policing our thoughts and actions. Censoring offensive speech doesn’t make problems go away. It just makes them more difficult to talk about.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana.

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With LSU tuition, fees and housing all priced under $10,000 and increases to higher education spending, Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana is the bee’s knees of the South.

Too bad Bobby’s Louisiana is not my Louisiana. Or yours.

Or anyone else’s for that matter.

Jindal is stuck in some delusional universe where the 95 percent increase to Louisiana higher education’s tuition and fees does not exist. Perhaps Jindal can’t see it past the fog of statistical misrepresentations he conjured with the voodoo magic of his loyal staff.

During his appearance on Morning Joe, Jindal stated the cost of going to LSU is “certainly well under $10,000, when you look at fees and housing.”

In 2015, $20,564 for tuition, fees, housing and books is $20,564. So unless Jindal was using the 1987, inflation reduced version of today’s dollar, it does not cost under $10,000 to attend LSU. Jindal also tried to dupe us by blaming our $1.6 billion budget shortfall on the drop in the price of oil. The budget shortfall in 2013 (when I cried every time I filled up my car at the gas tank, watching the total cost climb higher and higher as miniscule amounts of gasoline trickled into my red Saturn) was $963 million. Low gas prices did not get the budget deficit to $963 million. In fact, they only make up 13 percent of our budget.

Our illustrious governor also thinks he increased state funding to higher education since he took office.

The Washington Post factchecked Jindal’s ridiculous claim during a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor that Louisiana’s higher education budget “is actually a little bit, just slightly, higher” than when he took office, finding his claim to be false. With significant cuts to the state funding of colleges and universities, Jindal hid the cuts behind increases to the student financial assistance program and student tuition and fees.

According to the Louisiana House of Representatives’ Fiscal Division, state funding to higher education has decreased by somewhere between 32 and 48 percent since Jindal took office. However, there was no way the rest of America can know a presidential candidate

would butcher education with a machete to pay for his own fiscal failures.

So with the help of statistics and the hope no one would notice, Jindal and his lackeys ignored certain figures here and there to create a higher education budget that increased instead of decreased. Unfortunately for Jindal, tape is not a good adhesive for machete cuts.

Covering up the hole in the wall with a picture frame to hide our accident from your mother only buys you so much time. It’s too bad Jindal used his not-so-representative portrait of himself to cover up his gaping fiscal holes in the wall.

Leave it to good ole Bobby, though, to try to smooth things over with conflicting statements.

At the same breakfast our beloved governor made his higher education claim, he stated that America’s melting pot is one of the greatest aspects of our country. Unless of course you are a Muslim, in which case, Jindal would say “we need integration and assimilation for people who want to come live in our society.”

Jindal sounds like the Borg collective from Star Trek — you will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Resistance may not be futile for higher education, however.

The Governor releases next year’s budget proposal on Feb. 27. According to the University administration’s worst case scenario, the budget cuts would lay off 27 percent of LSU’s faculty, cut 1400 classes and jeopardize the accreditation of the engineering and business schools.

If students continue to raise their voices in anger over Jindal’s fiscal fiasco, the governor may finally decide to lift certain tax exemptions and tax credits the state provides to certain industries.

Over the past week, Jindal has received scathing reviews of his disastrous governorship from POLITICO, The Washington Post and The American Conservative. The national news media is not letting him off the hook, and neither should we.

In Bobby’s Louisiana, backward may be the current state of mind, but not in our Louisiana. Our Louisiana is a cultured and diverse state where moving forward in the name of future generations is a community mandate not to be trifled with.

Justin DiCharia is a 20-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana.

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He said because of the crossover in faculty between the AgCenter and the College of Agriculture, cuts for one entity would not show the whole picture.

Thus, he turned in budget scenarios for both entities.

With a budget of about $7.7 million, Richardson said a 5 percent cut would not be fun, but it would be doable.

“Ten, 15 [percent] is going to be a little more tricky,” Richardson said. “[At 15 percent], we’ve got to look at personnel. The 35 percent one was almost hilarious.”

Though he expects things to get “nasty” before they get better, Richardson said he would do everything in his power to protect courses and students.

“We’re going to protect our classes and our students. That’ll be the line of demarcation for me,” Richardson said. “That’s why we’re here, and we may have some areas we’ll have to take a look at, but we’ll do everything we can to protect our classes.”

Richardson said the cuts were too far away to make solid decisions, but he said the college would review the curricula and look at getting rid of duplicate classes.

Richardson said the deans were given freedom to decide what was best for their colleges. His college will go before the budget committee on April 8 as the last one to state its case.

Richardson told his faculty not to panic yet, while School of the Coast and Environment Dean Chris D’Elia remains optimistic.

D’Elia said running funding scenarios is a normal course of action for an administrator to understand his or her budget.

“From everything I’ve heard, the people are working hard to try and figure out an answer, so you have to keep some sense of optimism in this situation,” D’Elia said. “Yeah, if I took a 25 percent cut, I’d be in real trouble, but I don’t think its going to happen.”

Though D’Elia acknowledged the effects of previous years’ budget cuts, including reduced faculty and using those savings to fund other programs, he said his college still runs smoothly.

“If the cuts get heavy enough, then you have to deal with a very different situation,” D’Elia said, “But I’m optimistic. I think the powers that be are going to work something good out for us.”

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Stacia Haynie has turned in the budget scenarios for her college, but she said the decision will ultimately lie with the provost’s office.

Haynie is also confident the leadership team in place will work well with the state.

“All of us are committed as we were through the last round of cuts, and I think that the University did an exceptional job of trying to protect the academic core of the students educational experience and the ability of faculty to continue their research,” Haynie said. “I think it will be much more challenging for us if these cuts materialize.”

Nola’s absence left a void in veteran experience among the starting three, with only sophomore southpaw Jared Poche’ having started at the collegiate level.

Poche’, the veteran in the weekend rotation, will take the mound Friday night, followed by freshmen Alex Lange and Jake Godfrey to finish the weekend.

The weekend series against the Jayhawks goes a long way in evaluating the stance of LSU’s inexperience, but coach Paul Mainieri said he has full confidence in Lange and Godfrey, just as he did with Poche’ a season ago.

“I told them, ‘When you think about it, a year ago you were preparing to pitch in high school, and now you’ve been told that you’re in the starting rotation for a top-ranked college baseball program,’” Mainieri said. “‘That in itself is a significant accomplishment, something you should be proud of. Now let’s come back to reality: You haven’t done anything yet. “‘You haven’t pitched a real pitch for LSU baseball. You haven’t won a game, so now the real challenge is to continue gaining the confidence of the coaches and your teammates. The way you perform in real games will determine whether or not you get to hold on to that roll,’ and they understand that this is a performance business.”

While many eyes will be fixated on the Tigers’ pitching staff, Mainieri is left still with plenty of opportunities beyond the mound. The Tigers’ have tremendous depth in the field, led by their battle-tested outfield and Bregman, who was named to the Golden Spikes Award Watch List.

With many of LSU’s key position players returning and a No. 1 ranked recruiting class, Mainieri

has been given multiple options in his lineup. The Tigers’ depth is best examined at catcher, where Mainieri has the option of two veterans in senior Kade Scivicque and junior Chris Chinea, or the highly touted freshman Michael Papierski.

Three capable everyday players all vying for the same position puts Mainieri in an exasperating position. The expectation is to have Scivicque catch two games, with Papierski catching the other. Chinea, who’s known for his power bat, picks up the designated hitter spot.

Mainieri said the depth he has this year is tremendous, but said he will try to take a seniority approach to his lineup early on to get freshmen acclimated to the collegiate environment.

“There’s probably a little more depth here than most years,” Mainieri said. “We do have several options, and I do think it’s going to be somewhat of a challenge for me to make sure I manage the team personnel-wise to keep everybody sharp and ready.”

The Tigers have plenty of questions that need answering as they begin a possible journey to Omaha, but one thing remains constant in their long voyage: It all starts under the bright lights of the Box. “I wouldn’t say [this season] feels any different,” Bregman said. “My freshman year, I was so excited to get here and play, and I feel like a freshman all over again. I feel like this is a brand new year back in Baton Rouge getting ready to go, and I feel like the whole team feels that way. Opening day, it’s like you’re a little kid. It’s the best feeling in the world to get going again and get on our journey, and I can’t wait.”

You can reach Jack Chascin on Twitter @Chascin_TDR.

page 11 tin roof, from page 1 of 14 employees, six of whom are actively involved in brewing daily.

McGehee is not the only University graduate employed at Tin Roof.

Two years ago, Dave Goldberg was presented with an opportunity to join Tin Roof and could not pass up the chance to enter the world of craft beer.

After graduating from the University in 2011, Goldberg moved to Buffalo, New York, but he returned to Baton Rouge in 2013 to pursue his passion for brewing.

“It’s been a dream of mine for the past four years,” Goldberg said. “Actually having it come to a head and being able to work

here is amazing.”

A laid-back atmosphere and enjoyable workplace environment are among the reasons Goldberg sees himself at Tin Roof for the foreseeable future.

The ping-pong table just beyond the taproom is a testament to the calm, easygoing nature of the brewery.

Tin Roof beer can be found throughout Baton Rouge and New Orleans, as well as parts of Mississippi.

McGehee said the goal for his company is to become a major player in the regional market.

For now, McGehee and crew are focused on becoming known as Baton Rouge’s brewery.

Tin Roof offers free tours of the brewery starting at 6 p.m. every Friday.

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LSU alumnus David Goldberg cans beers on Feb. 5 at Tin Roof Brewing Co. FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 13, 2015

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Friday, February 13, 2015

No. 2 LSU goes back to basics for meet against No. 9 Auburn BY jacob Hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com The No. 2 LSU gymnastics team is in the middle of a sevenmeet streak in which it faces a Southeastern Conference opponent, and it’s the third week in a row it will face highly-ranked talent.

This time, LSU (7-1, 4-0 SEC) is competing against No. 9 Auburn at 7:00 p.m. tonight at Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama.

After tallying the second-best score in the nation, 198.075, without senior all-arounder Jessie Jordan, LSU returns Jordan and senior all-arounder Britney Ranzy, who has been held out of competition all season with an unspecified injury.

Jordan is expected to compete in the bars and beam lineups, while Ranzy will be in the vault lineup.

In preparation for Auburn (32, 1-2 SEC), LSU went back to the basics.

Instead of focusing on sticking the landings, assistant coach Bob Moore had the gymnasts focus on everything leading up to the landing.

“We were preaching about sticking, and I think they were getting ahead of themselves,” Moore said. “That was creating a problem. Even though we do refer to sticking and how important that is, it’s really about everything else that leads up to that.”

Moore said a properly performed roundoff followed by getting her hands off the horse quickly will put the gymnast at the perfect angle, resulting in a stuck landing.

LSU enters the matchup highly ranked in all four events — No. 2

in the nation on bars, beam and floor and No. 6 on vault. Auburn ranks in the top-10 nationally only on bars and beam, where it is No. 9 on both.

LSU has the advantage on paper, but Moore insists anything is possible in an SEC matchup.

Last season, then-No. 14 Auburn nearly beat then-No. 2 LSU at the PMAC. Auburn took the lead after the second rotation and hung on until the fourth, where LSU posted a 49.525 on floor to defeat Auburn, 197.175-196.850.

“I don’t care if its in tiddlywinks, SEC matchups are always tough,” Moore said. “Especially when you go there and you’re in their house. It will be a great meet.

We have to go in there and take care of business. The only way to do that is to go out there and do gymnastics to the best of our ability.”

LSU will be at Auburn Arena this time, surrounded by a rowdy Auburn-themed crowd, after competing in front of 7,722 LSU fans in last week’s victory against thenNo. 9 Georgia.

With a colossal showdown against No. 4 Florida on Feb. 20 at the PMAC looming, the gymnasts said they are still putting all their focus on the matchup against Auburn first.

“We stay in our purple zone and focus on one meet at a time,” said sophomore all-arounder Sydney Ewing. “We don’t think about it as competing against [Auburn] we just think about what we can do. We can’t control how the other team performs. We focus only on the things that we can control.”

You can reach Jacob Hamilton on Twitter @jhamilton_TDR.

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LSU senior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall performs her dance rutine during the Tigers’ 198.075-196.850 victory against No. 9 Georgia on Feb. 6 at the PMAC.

men’s tennis

Tigers bolstered by strong starts from doubles teams

BY Jack Woods jwoods@lsureveille.com Through eight matches, the LSU men’s tennis team (7-1) didn’t struggle to start fast against opponents. The team always starts fast, and it begins with its two-man threats.

The dual matches the Tigers are playing this spring feature doubles play at the beginning of the match, followed by singles play. The doubles point is a best-ofthree structure, the first team to record two doubles wins is awarded the point.

The doubles matches may only be worth one singles match when it comes to scoring, but senior Chris Simpson said claiming the doubles point can provide a psychological edge moving into singles play.

“I think the doubles point is massive,” Simpson said. “If you can go into the changing rooms with the doubles point then you have so much confidence.”

Winning the doubles point means a team only needs to win

three singles matches to clinch overall victory. Dropping the doubles point means a team must win the majority of its singles matches for victory.

LSU has taken the doubles point in all seven wins. The only time the Tigers failed to reign supreme in doubles play was against TCU, the only match they lost.

“Against TCU when we lost the doubles point it was just really different, Simpson said. “It was like something we haven’t really experienced this season. And we were like, ‘it seems like a mile away now to win.’”

One reason the Tigers have been able to jump out to early leads is because of the team’s depth. Junior Boris Arias said being able to place confidence in different players displays the team’s strength.

“I think this year we have a really strong team,” Arias said.

“Even if one guy, for example right now Andrew, is injured, we have one or two more players that can play. So we have a lot of confidence in all of us. I think that’s what makes us stronger. We know we’re

a really good team and we can do really good this year. That’s what I think helps us a lot.”

In its eight matches, LSU has used nine different doubles pairings. Simpson said the team is flexible and many guys can be moved around in the lineup to suit the team’s needs.

LSU displayed its flexibility at the ITA Kickoff with Simpson stepping in to play with sophomore Eric Perez’s normal partner, junior Tam Trinh. In Perez’s absence, Simpson and Trinh won against their foes from then-No.33 ranked San Diego before losing to Cameron Norrie and Trevor Johnson from TCU (5-0).

LSU coach Jeff Brown has the option to plug in different players and still be confident in the talent he sends out on the court.

“Whatever lineup we put out there, we’ve got some pretty good experience and some real high end talent that’s playing 1, 2 and 3,” Brown said.

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You can reach Jack Woods on Twitter @Jack_TDR.

Sophomore Eric Perez and freshman Simon Freund get ready to play a match during the Tigers’ 7-0 victory against Jackson State on Feb. 7 at the W.T. ‘Dub’ Robinson Stadium.