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Tigers squander double-digit lead in loss to NC State

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com PITTSBURGH — In perhaps fitting fashion, the clock finally struck midnight on the LSU men’s basketball team.

The ninth-seeded Tigers, who’ve been their own worst enemy for much of the season, shot themselves in the foot for the last time, falling to eighth-seeded North Carolina State, 66-65, on Thursday night at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The loss knocked LSU out of the NCAA Tournament, which the Tigers made for the first time in six seasons. The Wolfpack advanced to the round of 32 and will face No. 1 seed Villanova on Saturday.

LSU (22-11) led NC State by as many as 16 points early in the second half but couldn’t hold on down the stretch. After trailing by 12 points with 9:15 to go, NC State (21-13) outscored the Tigers, 18-3, to advance to the next round.

Wolfpack sophomore forward BeeJay Anya hit the game-winning bucket with less than one

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LSU’s Jordan Mickey leaves the court after his team lost, 66-65, to North Carolina State on Thursday in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Pittsburgh, Penn.

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RELIGION

Muslim Student Association hosts Islamic Awareness Day

BY HAYLEY FRANKLIN hfranklin@lsureveille.com Understanding the Islamic faith may come a bit easier for University students after Islamic Awareness Day. On Thursday, some non-Muslims were introduced to the faith by the Muslim Student Association.

Child and family studies junior and Islamic Awareness Day co-organizer Hafsah Mohammed said the club came up with the idea last year.

“We saw that the MSA wasn’t as active as we wanted on campus so we wanted to do something that would involve reaching more non-Muslims to find out more about us and to clear up some misconceptions about Islam,” Mohammed said.

Electrical engineer sophomore and MSA president Saad Ahmad said the group aims to erase the common misconceptions about the religion.

“Probably the major misconception is that we’re violent people, but if people come out and see us we’re trying to showcase that our religion tells us to be peaceful actually and have good character and good manners and polite behavior,” Ahmad said. “If people understand that, they won’t be so quick to judge.”

Muslims read from the book of Quran, which they believe was revealed to Prophet Muhammad. For Muslims, Muhammad is the last prophet to have walked the Earth.

Mohammed said while not all Muslims read the Quran every day as a book, they are reading it through prayer.

“We pray five times a day, so even if you’re not necessarily reading your Quran you’re reciting your Quran while you’re praying,” Mohammed said.

During the event, computer science sophomore Salman

Bobat, a Muslim student from Baton Rouge, shared his experience of the Islamic faith.

“What’s really beautiful about it is the way that the Quran teaches it. You have to be peaceful to people. If you are peaceful you will be very successful in life,” Bobat said. “The Quran is basically written from the words of God, so when the Quran came to Earth and people started to become Muslims, it started to become a great thing in people’s lives because it completely transformed people.”

Bobat said Islam is about forgiveness, acceptance and second chances, and Islam is accepting of all races and religions. He said, once a person converts to Islam, they are forgiven of all their past deeds.

In addition to learning about the Islamic faith students learned about the Mus-

see ISLAM, page 11

LSU child and family studies senior Hafsah Mohammed organized the first Islamic Awareness Day event Thursday hosted by the Muslim Student Association at the International Culture Center.

The event featured teachings about the Islamic faith and highlighted different foods and practices.

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Students awarded Tom W. Dutton Scholarship LSU Campus Life awarded 10 students the 2015 Tom W. Dutton Scholarship Award.

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STUDENT LIFE

Law Center drops in University students help rebuild national rankings New Orleans playground Chancellor Jack Weiss remains adamant that the school’s value and quality of education remains As budget cuts threaten competitive.

“Our employment outcomes Louisiana colleges and universities, many are concerned with remain strong, with only 26 how the state’s institutions will schools according to US News, match up with others around the public or private, having higher employment rates than LSU nation.

U.S. News and World Report Law nine months after gradureleased its 2016 ranking of the ation,” Weiss said in a news rebest law schools in the U.S. In lease. “I’d encourage prospecthe report, the Paul M. Hebert tive students and their parents Law Center remained one of the to look instead at value — the top 100 law schools coming in at outcomes students at LSU Law achieve relative 94. to the reasonable The U.S. News cost of attendand World Re- ‘As the old saying goes, port ranked 198 you can’t get something ing law school here.” accredited law for nothing; money Even though schools and rankmatters.’ the Law Center ings are based off dropped from of criteria such as JACK WEISS, number 72 to 94, acceptance rates, student-faculty Paul M. Hebert Law Center chancellor Weiss said the overall score ratio and bar pascalculated by sage rate. The U.S. News and data was collected in fall 2014 World Report of the school only and early 2015.

The Law Center’s current dropped by one point.

“When we have moved up in ranking is down 22 spots from last year’s ranking of 72. The the rankings, I have said repeatLaw Center first got a spot in the edly that the U.S. News rankings system is unpredictable top 100 ranking in 2004.

Second year law student and far from a full measure Hannah Grantham said she was of the quality of a legal educanot expecting the Law Center to tion program,” Weiss said in an email. “That remains my view. drop in the report.

“I was actually really sur- The U.S. News rankings system prised at that,” Grantham said. is seriously flawed.”

Weiss attributed the drop in “Obviously things like that fluctuate, but I wasn’t aware rankings to the state’s budget it was going to drop quite that issues.

Since 2008, the Law Center’s much.”

Grantham said even though budget has been slashed by 50 the ranking dropped, the qual- percent, dropping from $10 mility of education the Law Center lion to $5 million per year and the cuts affect the rankings, offers is still as strong as ever.

“I don’t see how the qual- Weiss said.

“As the old saying goes, you ity in our education dropped 20 points over the course of a can’t get something for nothing; money matters,” Weiss said in year,” Grantham said.

Despite the drop, Law Center an email.

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In a recent report by U.S. News World Report, the Paul M. Hebert Law Center ranks 94th of the top 100 law schools.

Through a Volunteer LSU service opportunity, University students will build a new beginning for New Orleans children.

Tomorrow, students will lend a hand through NOLA Rebuild, a project hosted by Volunteer LSU in partnership with HandsOn New Orleans. Students will assist in the rebuilding of the Stallings Gentilly Playground, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

“Even though Katrina was 10 years [ago], this playground is still in shambles as far as I believe as to what they’ve told me,” said Erin Crane, Volunteer LSU disaster preparedness and response focus area chair and biology freshman.

HandsOn New Orleans is the New Orleans-based Volunteer Action Center for the United Way of Southeast Louisiana. The organization schedules service projects each month to revitalize the community and help with disaster preparedness, hosting both local and international volunteers.

When a Volunteer LSU service project scheduled for March 21 fell through, Crane jumped on the opportunity to partner with HandsOn New Orleans for a replacement project.

“It’s a non profit, and I think they had what we needed because we wanted to make an impact, and we don’t necessarily have the, I guess, materials and experience, so it was great to partner with an organization that did and could help us and supervise and provide just a safe area and safe workplace for us,” Crane said.

This year HandsOn New Orleans partnered with Great Resources Where Y’at, an organization promoting healthy lifestyles for New Orleans children, to schedule a series of volunteer opportunities in the Gentilly neighborhood, including this month’s effort to improve the area’s popular playground.

HandsOn New Orleans is a partner in several ongoing community improvement projects, and Crane said this will be Volunteer LSU’s first project with the organization.

Students will help by building benches and painting playground equipment.

Campus Life graduate assistant for service David Robinson-Morris said HandsOn New Orleans is a major medium for recovery volunteer opportunities.

“I think it’s a great project,” Robinson-Morris said. “The Stallings [Gentilly] Playground is really integral to that part of the Gentilly neighborhood, and so the impact we’ll have will be pretty great for the students and kids who are in that neighborhood.”

Volunteer LSU won’t be the only organization participating in tomorrow’s service project.

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LSU biology freshman Erin Crane promotes the NOLA Rebuild Project on Thursday at the Student Union.

With such a positive student response in such a short registration period, Crane said University volunteers will make up 25 of the 35 individuals registered to participate.

“I think it’s just in general like a feeling of being able to make a difference, and I think the playground is for kids, and I think that has a lot to do with it,” Crane said. “But I feel like people just want to be a part of helping and giving back to the New Orleans community.”

She said Volunteer LSU planned a NOLA Rebuild project in partnership with a different service organization about two years ago, but she plans to continue scheduling a NOLA Rebuild project each semester and work with HandsOn New Orleans for future volunteer opportunities.

The NOLA Rebuild project for fall 2015 is already planned.

By preparing earlier, Crane said she hopes she will be able to expand the project and recruit more student volunteers.

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An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy LSU Museum of Art Brave Steps: The Louisiana Native Guard - West Baton Rouge Museum Margaret Evangeline: On War - LSU Museum of Art

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page 4 LOSS, from page 1 second left, and LSU freshman guard Jalyn Patterson’s full-court heave was too late, as well as off the mark.

“They started celebrating, and it felt like all the life was sucked out of me,” said LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby. “I looked at the crowd and heard their fans going crazy. It was one of the worst feelings I’ve felt in my life.”

It was perhaps even worse for LSU sophomore forward Jordan Mickey, who missed four consecutive free throws and a short jumper in the final 1:25 of the game.

After the game, a sobbing and distraught Mickey placed the blame on his shoulders.

“It’s tough,” Mickey said. “I’m disappointed in myself. For me to have the game in my hands like that and not be able to finish is a great deal of disappointment.

But I couldn’t be more proud of this team. We did a lot of positive things this year, but for it to come down like this, it hurts.”

But Mickey wasn’t the only LSU player to go cold in the second half. As a team, the Tigers went 8-for-17 from the free throw line in the second half and shot a dismal 29.2 percent from the field.

LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin, who is Mickey’s roommate and best friend on the squad, said his teammate wasn’t to blame for the Tigers late-game collapse.

“It wasn’t [Mickey] that cost us this game,” Martin said. “It’s a team thing. It’s a team that went out there on the floor. It’s a team when we lose and when we win.

It’s not his fault.”

Sophomore guard Tim Quarterman led the Tigers with one of his better all-around games of the season, with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.

Martin added 16 points and 11 boards, and Mickey finished with 12 points, 14 boards and six blocks but went 4-for-9 from the charity stripe.

NC State sophomore guard Anthony “Cat” Barber led the

The Daily Reveille winning side with 17 points.

Wolfpack senior guard Ralston Turner, a former LSU standout, chipped in 10 points, and freshman forward Abdul-Malik Abu tallied 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field.

Despite getting the win, NC State didn’t shoot much better than LSU from the field, shooting

Friday, March 20, 2015 42.4 percent and 20.8 percent (5of-24) from 3-point territory. But the Wolfpack hit eight of its last 19 field goals, while the Tigers missed their final 12.

“We played a good 35 minutes,” Quarterman said. “In the end, they just made a big run.

For it to end like that on a roll-in was crazy.”

SCIENCE

Women in STEM 2015 bridges gender gap

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BATIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com To level the playing field for women in the science, technology and mathematics field, the Women in STEM 2015 event said education needs to be personalized.

Women in STEM is an effort by two University departments aimed to broaden students’ career pathways in STEM through a gender studies lens.

Women in STEM, an annual event sponsored by the College of Science, Women’s and Gender Studies, the Science Residential College, the Engineering Residential College and the College of Engineering, revamped its 2015 agenda enlisting Carol Colatrella, co-director of the Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology and professor of literature and cultural studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as keynote speaker and panel emcee.

The convergence among departments came after Michelle Massé, English professor and director of graduate studies, approached the College of Science and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to co-sponsor Colatrella’s lecture based on her gender in science specialty. “[We thought it would be a] wonderful opportunity to ask her to share her expertise with us not only in a lecture setting, but also in a specialized panel discussion tailored very much to undergraduate students,” said College of Science Dean Cynthia Peterson.

Colatrella discussed during the lecture, based off of her article “Why STEM Students Need Gender Studies,” the importance of pointing out and understanding, working environments and condi-

tions making diversity difficult in science fields.

“Choices cannot be made without perspective,” Colatrella said during the lecture.

When it comes to gender inequality in STEM, Colatrella said she believes universities must develop academic curriculum tailored to student culture, rather than a one-size-fits-all philosophy.

Colatrella said, while there are many opportunities for women, they are often discouraged by societal expectations. For example, she said women are expected to be friendly and nurturing in situations where one has to be assertive.

Colatrella also served as a keynote speaker and moderator for the Women in STEM panel, where University alumni shared their personal stories, career choices and tips for students.

Panelists included Karen Storthz, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston professor, Rebecca Guidry, clinical medical physicist at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Pat Bodin, former chief information officer and vice president of global information for ExxonMobil, Judea Goins-Andrews, director of school engagement for Louisiana at Project Lead the Way’s STEM focused curriculum and Sorcha Clary, project engineer for Marathon Petroleum.

“Often students come into science with a pretty narrow understanding of what [it] is and I think it’s beneficial very early in people’s education to open up the world a little more broadly,” Peterson said.

“It’s useful to meet people and hear personal stories because you realize there are lots of different ways to have a successful career in STEM.”

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For now, the Tigers can only think of “what if” and look toward next season. But Thursday’s deflating loss won’t leave their minds anytime soon.

“This one will hurt for a while,” Hornsby said.

You can reach David Gray on Twitter @dgray_TDR.

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Lack of leadership dooms LSU once again LIFE OF BRIAN BRIAN PELLERIN Sports Columnist

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LSU sophomore outfielder Bailey Landry (26) runs to first base Tuesday during the Tigers’ 6-1 victory against Nicholls at Tiger Park.

Dynamic offenses collide as No. 1 Tigers square off against No. 6 Oklahoma

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com After winning a Southeastern Conference pitching battle last weekend against formerly No. 1 Florida, the No. 1 LSU softball team will wage war at the plate against No. 6 Oklahoma in a duel between two of the best powerhitting lineups in the nation, starting with Game 1 at 6 p.m. tonight at Tiger Park.

Oklahoma’s (24-3) order features senior infielders Shelby Pendley and Lauren Chamberlain, who have a

combined 25 home runs this season.

The Tigers’ (28-1, 5-1 SEC) dynamic duo of sophomore catcher/infielder Sahvanna Jaquish and junior shortstop Bianka Bell have totaled 20 homers this season.

“Oklahoma might quite possibly be the best team on the schedule, who knows,” said LSU coach Beth Torina.

“We’ve got some great teams on the schedule. They have great numbers, unbelievable offensive numbers coming in here. We’re lucky we have a really solid pitching staff.”

Although Bell and Jaquish have lit

up the scoreboard with home runs this season, the success of LSU’s lineup stems from its balance of power and speed.

The productivity starts at the top of the lineup with senior center fielder A.J. Andrews and sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry, who have tallied 79 hits and 38 walks this season.

Andrews leads the Tigers and the SEC with a .611 on-base percentage. She is second in the conference

see SOFTBALL, page 7

If you’re reading this, I assume you burned your house down last night in a rage and this is all you have for shelter, because I have no idea how you could possibly want to read about the LSU basketball team’s effort last night.

In the words of 2006 Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green, they “are who we thought they were.” Green was referring to the Chicago Bears, but it’s even more applicable to the Tigers.

The Tigers blew late leads in both of their postseason games because of the same errors. They went cold from the field and the free throw line as their coach sat back and watched his team burn to ashes.

In the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Auburn ended the game on an 8-2 run and sent LSU packing early, thanks in part to five missed free throws in the final five minutes of regulation.

You’d think LSU could learn from the experience and grow from its mistakes. Wrong. The Tigers turned around and did it again last night, missing their final six free throws and allowing NC State to score with less than a second left, ending LSU’s season.

I don’t know who to blame.

The coaches must have told the players to focus on their free

see BASKETBALL, page 7 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers face South Florida in first round of tourney Ballard aims to continue strong tournament play

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com Emotions will run high when the No. 11-seeded LSU women’s basketball team takes the court against No. 6-seeded South Florida at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Tampa, Florida, in its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Lady Tigers (17-13, 10-6 Southeastern Conference) hit the road for the first time in the first round since 2009-10. After hosting the first and second rounds for the past three years, LSU will depend on the leadership of its experienced guards and

disruptive defense to silence the crowd.

“We’re used to playing in hostile environments,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “We understand what that means for the home team, having been a team that has hosted first- and second-round play. When it’s all said and done, players make plays.”

Sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief, senior guard DaShawn Harden and junior guard Danielle Ballard lead the Lady Tigers, fueling LSU’s rally through SEC play after a rough start in its nonconference schedule.

From the start, Moncrief spearheaded LSU’s offense with her speed in the open court and her ability to create possessions

by forcing turnovers. She leads the Lady Tigers with 60 steals this season.

The Florida native enters the tournament with extra motivation to perform in front of her family and determination after tearing her ACL in the Lady Tigers’ first-round matchup against Georgia Tech last season.

“It’s just exciting to play in front of [my family],” Moncrief said. “It also allows me to go harder for them because they are the reason why I am really playing this game.”

Harden comes into the tournament with a hot hand after scoring more than 19 points in

see SOUTH FLORIDA, page 7

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LSU senior guard DaShawn Harden (24) passes the ball March 1 during the Tigers’ 80-63 victory against Texas A&M at the PMAC.

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Poche’ chased off mound in 5-1 loss to Razorbacks

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com

The No. 1 LSU baseball team dropped Game 1 on Thursday night against Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas, 5-1, attempting to get its pitchers going from the start.

LSU (19-3, 2-2 SEC) sophomore pitcher Jared Poche’ (5-1) dropped his first start of the season, struggling in his 3.2 innings pitched. The Razorbacks (11-9, 1-3 SEC) abused Poche’ on the mound, roping 10 hits off him while allowing five runs on 79 pitches.

The Razorbacks jumped on

Poche’ right away, taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning on two hits.

Arkansas designated hitter Luke Bonfield drove home the run with runners on second and third with a fielder’s choice groundout back to Poche’.

Poche’ let up another run in the second before imploding in the fourth. Arkansas drove home three runs in the bottom frame on five hits. Arkansas left fielder Joe Serrano got the rally started with a single through the right side, scoring the runner on second on an error by sophomore left fielder Jake Fraley.

The Razorbacks racked up two more RBI singles to extend their lead to 5-0 and chase Poche’ off the mound for freshman pitcher Austin Bain. Poche’ came into tonight’s contest with a 2.32 ERA with an opponents’ batting average of only .217 on 25 hits.

Despite Poche’s struggles, Bain pitched lights out in an attempt to keep the Tigers in the game. Bain went 3.1 innings while allowing only one hit with four strikeouts. Bain contributed to the Razorbacks’ 13 stranded baserunners in the game and shut down the team for only one more hit on the game after Poche’s 10 to start.

After LSU had a poor hitting performance against in-state foe Southern on Tuesday, Arkansas

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LSU sophomore left-handed pitcher Jared Poche’ (16) pitches the ball on Feb. 13 during the Tigers’ 4-1 victory against Kansas. pitcher Dominic Taccolini shut the Tigers down. Taccolini went six innings, allowing only one run on six hits.

The Tigers tallied seven hits in the game with five runners left on base. LSU went 1-for-9 with runners on base and 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.

The only bright spot for the Tigers came on a solo shot by junior shortstop Alex Bregman

in the sixth inning to cut the Razorbacks’ lead to 5-1.

LSU’s biggest chance to plate runs came in the fifth inning, when the Tigers were faced with a bases loaded situation with one out. But sophomore infielder Danny Zardon grounded into a double play to leave the Tigers scoreless.

The Tigers will trot out freshman pitcher Alex Lange for Game 2 of the series in hopes of

forcing rubber match in Game 3 on Saturday.

Lange is coming off of his best performance as a Tiger after going eight innings while striking out 13 batters against Ole Miss for SEC Freshman of the Week recognition. First pitch Friday is slated for 8 p.m. at Baum Stadium.

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BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL cboutwell@lsureveille.com LSU gymnastics last claimed the Southeastern Conference title in 1981, but the Tigers ask to do it again at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Duluth, Georgia, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

Last season, LSU returned to Baton Rouge unsatisfied with its performance at the event. The team finished with a score of 197.325 and a third-place finish.

“Last year, we did not come out with the result that we wanted,” said sophomore Ashleigh Gnat. “So that has pushed us a little bit more this year. We really have our eyes set on the prizes. We are excited.”

No. 3 LSU was granted a No. 2 seed for the meet by the SEC league office on Tuesday.

The Tigers will be paired with three of the nation’s top 10 teams — No. 2 Florida, No. 5 Alabama and No. 8 Auburn — in their session. They will also face No. 9 Georgia, which is set in the group performing before LSU. “Looking into the SECs, there will be four of the very best teams in the nation going head-to-head,” said LSU coach D-D Breaux. “It’s going to be fierce, it’s going to be fast and it’s going to be intense competition. I think we are ready.”

The elite competition doesn’t faze the Tigers because

they believe that their supe- has now scored consecutive perrior opponents elevate their fect 10s at the event. performance.

Courville and Jordan joined “The competition around us the perfect-10 club in their final brings out the best in us,” said home meet, posting the scores senior all-arounder Rheagan on vault. Those scores, along Courville. “It’s not like we are with new school-record team going to be paying attention to and event scores caused chatter anybody else or paying attention among upcoming opponents. to scores. We are going to be fo“We have created a lot of talk cused on each other, and focused from other teams, and I think on us.” they are going to Courville, and be paying atten‘We have got to say we tion and watchseniors and allarounders Jessie beat you once, but we are ing us because Jordan and Lloim- better now ... let’s see who that is something incia Hall have really is the best team.’ we haven’t had in set the standard past years with high for their this team,” CourD-D BREAUX, ville said. “I just younger counterLSU gymnastics coach parts at the SEC feel like we are as meet this season. good as it gets.”

LSU believes that is something Breaux said her team has that could give it an edge during something to prove to their opponents, who will be aiming to the meet.

“I think [we have] positive beat the Tigers because of the unselfish leadership,” Breaux team’s perfect record in confersaid. “Leadership that is focused ence competition.

“It puts a bullseye on us and on the team, which is the most important factor. We have not says ‘Hey, you beat us once but only some great leaders right can you beat us twice,’” Breaux now, but we have great first fol- said. “That is the hardest thing lowers. The kids that are willing to do. We have got to say we beat to pick up the rally cry and say you once, but we are better now.

‘Yeah, you’re right. Lets go,’ that Let’s have a great week of trainis the team that is going to win ing in preparation for SECs and let’s see who really is the best the championship.”

The seniors have set a stan- team.” dard of excellence as Hall was named the SEC Specialist of the You can reach ChrisBoutwell on Twitter Week on Tuesday for her floor tian routine against Centenary. She @CBoutwell_TDR.

Friday, March 20, 2015 BASKETBALL, from page 5 throw shooting this week, but this is also the same staff that hasn’t put together anything resembling a game plan all season.

During the game, I expected the players to rally around their leader and say, “It’s not happening again.” Nope, that didn’t happen either, which got me to thinking, where does the leadership on this team come from?

I’ve watched every game, and I can’t really think of any point where someone on the floor pulled the team together and helped the Tigers keep their composure. This should’ve been a red flag to me when I sat down to pick my bracket, but it wasn’t.

I pushed LSU to the Elite

SOFTBALL, from page 5 with 27 walks while hitting the fifth-best batting average in the SEC. Landry brings an arsenal to the plate, from bunting to slapping to hitting for power.

She has recorded a hit for 21 straight games — a program record.

Bell has dominated in the three spot this season, hitting an SEC-best .565 and slugging 1.011. In the Tigers’ threegame series against Florida, Bell went 10-14 on the weekend and earned SEC Player of the Week, Louisville Slugger/ NFCA Co-Player of the Week and USA Softball Player of the Week honors.

Jaquish leads the Tigers with 11 homers and has come through with clutch hits in key moments throughout the season. In Game 3 against

SOUTH FLORIDA, from page 5 two of her last three games, including a career-high 28 points on Senior Day against No. 21 Texas A&M on March 1.

Harden energized the Lady Tigers from behind the 3-point line. She leads LSU in treys made and 3-point attempts this season.

Since returning from a 14game suspension to start the season, Ballard leads LSU with 14.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and is the Lady Tigers’ go-to option late in the games.

Ballard is the key to LSU’s four wins against ranked opponent this season. In those wins, she averaged 22.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game and shot a 49.3 percent clip.

Ballard excelled in LSU’s tournament games last season, averaging 23.3 points and 14 rebounds per game.

“Danielle Ballard will be our go-to player because she’s been there all along,” Caldwell said.

“The weight of the team isn’t just on her shoulders. We’re going to have a more-balanced attack as we continue our season.”

The Lady Tigers must get back to their defensive trademark — forcing turnovers — to shut down one of the most dynamic guard-forward duos in the nation.

South Florida’s junior guard

Eight, figuring it matched up well with each of its opponents going forward: NC State, Villanova and Wyoming, according to my bracket. But the thing that matters most in the NCAA Tournament is how you respond to a team punching you in the face, and the Tigers haven’t turned around and thrown a punch back at anyone this year.

They had no toughness, no fight, and from what I saw last night, no heart.

Don’t get me wrong — these guys care and they’re giving it all they’ve got, but when it comes to crunch time, winners embrace it. They want to step up to the line and put their feet on the other team’s throat. It’s a mentality that comes from a leader, and Arkansas on March 8, Jaquish hit her second grand slam of the season, breaking open the game and ensuring the Tigers’ 7-1 victory.

“Our offenses are pretty similar,” said junior catcher Kellsi Kloss. “What is cool is we have so many other weapons, too, besides power. We have speed at the top of our lineup and some other really cool weapons mixed through the bottom, too.”

While the Sooners’ pitching staff hopes to shutdown Bell and Jaquish, the Tigers’ pitching rotation faces the difficult task of stopping Chamberlain and Pendley.

Chamberlain has hit 86 home runs in her career at Oklahoma. She comes into the series just four home runs away from breaking the NCAA career home run record.

In the Sooners’ four games Courtney Williams leads the Bulls (26-7, 15-3 American Athletic Conference) with 20.2 points per game. She earned a teamhigh 106 assists. “[Williams is] so explosive,” Caldwell said. “You cannot take everything away from her because she’s also great at transition. ... She’s someone who you’re going to have to limit her touches and have an awareness of where she’s at all times.”

While Williams leads South Florida in points per game, junior forward Alisia Jenkins is the Bulls’ leading rebounder, with 11.6 boards per game. She has posted 23 double-doubles this season.

The Lady Tigers’ pressure defense made an average of 20.5 turnovers per game, including 9.2 steals. LSU limited opponents to an average of 60.1 points per game and a 39.7 shooting percentage from the field.

“You can’t have those moments where we are spectating, and we miss coverage and break down defensively,” Caldwell said.

“When our defense is working like a unit, we obviously have shown and proven that we can disrupt some of the biggest and toughest offensive players in the country.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

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I’m sure they did, but whatever they tried didn’t work.

In most cities and with many fanbases, making the tournament is great, just as it was in Baton Rouge. But most Tiger fans can see the bigger picture. They see a team that should’ve done better, with two NBA-ready players and probably more that will get there in the coming years.

They wanted to believe in this team, and every time they did, the Tigers let them down.

Sophomore forwards Jordan Mickey and Jarell Martin likely won’t return for their junior campaigns, but the Tigers will

last week against Iowa and East Carolina, Pendley hit 10-13 at the plate with seven home runs and two doubles.

She slugged 2.538 on the weekend and reached base safely 14-17 at-bats with four walks.

The Tigers’ pitching staff has allowed only nine home runs this season. Torina’s ability to switch between four pitchers with completely different styles will create different looks to throw off the rhythm of the Sooners’ lineup. “[The Tigers’ pitchers] have to make quality pitches,” Torina said. “They have to try and win every pitch and make sure we are in a head count as often as we can be — try and force them to hit pitches that we want them to hit.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

page 7 get the nation’s No. 1 prospect, Ben Simmons, along with one of the nation’s top shooting guard recruits in Antonio Blakeney.

That duo, plus the core LSU should bring back, will have the Tigers in the same position they were in this year. But to get over the hump, the coaching staff has to develop its in-game coaching, and LSU needs to find an on-floor leader.

Otherwise, Tiger fans can expect more of the same gutwrenching feeling they have right now.

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

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NC State sophomore forward Beejay Anya (21) shoots the game-winning basket Thursday in the Tigers’ 66-65 loss.

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PRISON OF INEQUALITY JIN LEE / The Associated Press

In 2013, the U.S. ranked higher than the United Kingdom, Germany and Uganda in economic inequality.

THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist Washington, D.C. — where senators and congressmen dressed in dapper, hand-tailored business suits drove poor and middle class Americans into economic captivity. The metaphoric prison is located billions of dollars away from the economically free, wealthy Americans.

Inmates at the Upward Mobility Prevention Center hold little hope of living a life outside prison walls of economic inequality. Congress paid for the economic brick and mortar to make the prison walls, and they contracted Wall Street to build them.

The U.S. Census Bureau uses Italian statistician Corrado Gini’s scale to calculate economic inequality. A score of zero denotes total economic equality, and a score of 100 denotes total inequality. From the ’60s to 2013, the U.S. Gini index rose considerably, regularly topping other wealthy democracies.

In 2013, the U.S. Gini score was 47.6, which was higher than the United Kingdom’s, Germany’s and even Uganda’s

economic inequality scores.

Economic inequality is on the rise, but the wealthy members of society are not the villains in this troublesome story.

The villain of America’s inequality story is Congress.

Advocates for greater income equality can blame Wall Street, but efforts to reform Wall Street’s existential goal to maximize profits in a capitalistic society are fruitless.

Senators and Congressmen enable Wall Street giants to practice risky investment strategies that toppled the economy in 2008. In December 2014, the lame duck Congress passed an Omnibus bill with a provision that reduces regulatory measures on banks from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The provision allows banks to mix trades on financial derivatives, one of which is credit default swaps, with their normal banking operations backed by taxpayers through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

In 2008, credit default swaps broke the back of American banking, sending the economy spiraling.

With the new provision, banks can borrow taxpayer dollars to fund their risky

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business practices. If trades plummet and banks implode as some did in 2008, taxpayers will pay out of pocket to pick the corporate giants off the ground with another stimulus package.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts led the anti-Wall Street opposition to the bill.

“We’re not doing this. But do keep in mind this was a provision that was written by Citigroup lobbyists,” Warren said to the Senate in December 2014. “I mean, they literally wrote it. They took it back, reedited it and made sure it said exactly what they wanted it to say.”

Warren and her fellow opponents to the bill failed, and, legislators unsurprisingly voted with the wealthy corporate giants.

According to a study on voting patterns by Michael Jay Barber, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University, U.S. senators’ voting preferences “reflect the preferences of the average donor better than any other group.”

In other words, the rich fund political campaigns.

Now the government is not Wall Street’s puppet. Currently, the U.S. Justice Department is suing Wall Street’s Standard &

Poor’s in a $5 billion lawsuit for allegedly defrauding investors by inflating ratings and understating the risks of a mortgage security.

Even the correlation between U.S. Senators’ voting preferences and those of their donors does not prove Wall Street donors force legislator’s hands, but it does prove that the legislature fails to accurately reflect the people it represents.

Comparative politics scholars Alfred Stepan and Juan J. Linz investigated eight democracies with upper and lower legislatures. They found that the U.S. has the most malapportioned upper house out of the eight democracies. The U.S. Senate does not accurately represent this country’s demographics.

Stepan and Linz also found that when the upper house failed to accurately represent the population, economic inequality increased, widening the gulf between the rich and the poor.

That gulf between the economically imprisoned and free, roaming Wall Street bankers is so large that, according to the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies, Wall Street bonus pay was more than twice as much as the annual earnings of a fulltime minimum wage worker in 2014.

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Less than 200,000 Wall Street employees made a total of $28.5 billion in bonuses.

More than one million fulltime Americans’ combined earnings was less than half of Wall Street’s bonus pay in 2014.

Shockingly, the average bonus pay for one banker was 12 times more than the average yearly income of a full-time minimum wage worker.

Both political parties agree that economic inequality poses a threat to democracy. The prison of inequality can only hold so many Americans before they rise up in anger and tear down the prison walls around them.

A Congress that remains willing to provide the rope for Wall Street to tie around the economy’s neck will forever be the villain to American democracy.

However, this American story’s hero may still arrive on time to save the country from another economic disaster.

That hero is you, and the fight begins in the voting booth, because this story’s villain is anything but infallible.

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

You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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‘People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they’re right. The system is rigged.’

Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts Senator June 22, 1949 — present

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American standardized tests have too much influence GREEN CARD APPLICANT

MARKUS HÜFNER Columnist I still remember the day I called the Office of Enrollment Management when I was applying to the University a little over a year ago. I was wondering if international students majoring in mass communication needed to take the SAT or ACT. The second I heard it wasn’t required, I couldn’t help but throw my hands in the air because my life suddenly became less stressful.

It blows my mind that people still think human intelligence can be measured by a test during which you sit in a room for six to seven hours under enormous time pressure, filling in circles for the

majority of the time. I understand that the ACT and SAT give universities an overview of how much a student knows about the main aspects of the education they’ve had so far, but does a GPA not do that?

And does it not do a way better job because it’s the result of several tests the student takes throughout the year?

I guess not here in America, where a GPA is pretty much useless. You can basically lean back during your whole high school career if you know you’re good at standardized testing, because you’ll still get into a good college and receive scholarships based on your score. Standardized testing simply decides too much.

If you go to high school in northern or central Europe, your teachers will start talking about applying to a university at the beginning of senior year, but they could start

talking about it even later because applying to universities is so easy.

You go on a website where your high school has already created an account for you, log in and click on which universities you want to apply to and what you want to major in. Then you click “send,” and all of the universities you applied to will receive your GPA automatically at the beginning of the summer.

Your GPA decides everything.

Europe has a 6-point GPA scale. In some countries a 1.0 is the best you can have. In others, it is a 6.0. Just like here in the U.S., the required GPA varies from university to university, but with a score between 1 and 2 (or 6 and 5 in some countries) you get accepted to most places.

The universities then will look at your GPA on the website, and if yours is above the required score, you’re in.

I want to add that how you

performed in high school is also not really the right way to go. You can have a crazy amount of volunteer hours or incredible experience in your field of major, but there’s no way to tell universities that. So volunteer work and experience doesn’t improve your application. That’s part of the reason why it’s easy to apply to universities.

But don’t get me wrong. This is still better than having to take the ACT or SAT, where a composite score can ruin your life. It simply isn’t right that an English or journalism major’s opportunity to receive scholarships or get accepted to their dream school disappears because they performed poorly on the math and science section of a standardized test. Writers don’t have to be good with numbers.

The fact that companies own standardized tests shows that a big part of it is making money. Not

only do students pay about $80 to take the ACT, they also spend a good amount of money to prepare for it. High school students feel so pressured that they buy workbooks and even enroll in classes that are taught by certified professors. This is so typically American: seeing the opportunity of making money in something that is completely unnecessary.

How is it alright for good standardized test-takers to be accepted to honors colleges and receive scholarships while hard-working high school students who are poor standardized test takers are happy to just get accepted? Let’s stop this ridiculousness, America.

Markus Hüfner is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Kristiansand, Norway. You can reach him on Twitter @MHufner_TDR.

7 MONEY MISTAKES COLLEGE STUDENT MAKE JAY TALKING JAY CRANFORD Columnist

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Missing out on scholarships and financial aid

You might be surprised at the amount of people who don’t take full advantage of financial aid to pay for college. Plenty of people miss paying for college simply because they didn’t fill out FAFSA in time.

Or they just didn’t put in the time to research all the scholarships available.

Be sure to talk to the LSU Office of

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Enrollment Management about available scholarships.

Also ask around other places like professional organizations, local organizations and special interest groups for scholarships that may be offered.

Remember, the deadline for the 2015-16 FAFSA is June 30th.

Letting yourself fall into credit card debt

Let’s face it: Most college students are financially illiterate. I know it, you know it and the credit card companies definitely know it.

Before the Credit CARD Act of 2009 was passed, credit card companies were extremely aggressive in their tactics to get college student to get a credit card. They knew the allure

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Jay is a 20-year-old finance junior from St. Simons Island, Georgia. You can reach him on Twitter @hjcranford.

of being able to buy something without having money would be too much for most college students.

I’m not against you getting a credit card. In fact, using a credit card properly is a great way to start building your credit. But if you can’t afford to pay the bill at the end of the month, don’t buy stuff you don’t need.

Neglecting to make and stick to a budget

Does a college student who doesn’t have a mortgage and two kids really need to make a budget?

The answer is yes. Everyone, no matter their financial situation, should make a monthly budget.

Creating a budget is the easiest way to get control over your spending. Making a good budget will let you know when and how much money

you can spend on the weekends, while enabling you to afford that summer road trip or books for next semester.

Making a budget will also help form good spending habits.

If you have no idea how to make a budget, go to the Student Financial Management Center in the Union and it will help you make one for free.

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Buying a car to celebrate graduation

You probably know at least one person who plans to buy a new car once they graduate. If you do, it’s your duty as a friend to stop them from doing this.

Besides buying a house, a car can be the most money you will spend on one purchase in your life. It’s a terrible idea to spend this money after graduating, especially if you don’t have a job yet. Having an extra $10,000 for

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Using financial aid reasons for the wrong expenses

Believe it or not, people use financial aid and student loans on things besides school.

I’ve heard stories of people who use student loans to pay for their bar tabs, buy video games instead of books and pay for a spring break trip.

There are even people who take their student loan and invest it in the stock market to try and make some quick cash. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone who made money doing this.

The problem with this is that student loans

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are expensive. They are expensive because you are expected to pay them back with the job you get from the education you receive with that loan.

When you take student loan money and use it to buy food or drinks, you are basically taking out a loan to buy a beer. If I offered to buy you a beer, but then you have to pay me interest for the next 10 years, you wouldn’t do it. So don’t do use student loans this way.

Picking the wrong college or grad school

Many students aspire to go to a big-name college like Harvard. However, big names aren’t cheap. College students will take out possibly $100,000 in student loans to go to a more prestigious school.

While the name of the college may be impressive, the education received is most likely

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any unexpected expenses is a much more efficient way to use your money while you transition into this new life stage as a working adult.

Of course, you may need a car after graduation to move to another state for your job. If you need to buy a car then it’s OK; if you just want to buy a new car wait a year or two after you have a steady job.

the same education you can get at a cheaper school. Luckily for us, LSU is on several lists as a school with one of the best values in America.

However, if you are going to graduate school, think about how the name of the school might not be as important as how much it will cost you.

Giving into the pressures of a high-cost social life

I hate having to give this piece of advice. It makes me feel like a D.A.R.E. counselor or a middle school principal. Nevertheless, it’s important financial advice.

Going out to Tigerland every weekend can be pretty expensive. So can eating out, vacations

and going on road trips with friends.

I know the feeling of not wanting to be left out and miss all of the fun, but its OK (and cheaper) to say no to your friends.

If you don’t have the money, say no. It will make life easier in the end.

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Friday, March 20, 2015 ISLAM, from page 1 lim culture. Students ate cultural foods like biryani, a type of rice; falafel, a bread made form chick peas; couscous, a salad made of wheat grains; and diwali, stuffed grape leaves.

Arabic calligraphy was also offered, in which students gave their name to a calligrapher

who wrote their name in Arabic.

MSA students showed others how to properly wrap hijab and turban wrappings. Hijabs and turbans are pieces of fabric, like large scarfs, wrapped around a person’s head. The Islamic faith does not require people to wear hijabs and turbans, but it is a choice made by believers.

Mohammed said wearing a hijab is done out of modesty and

The Daily Reveille a love for God and generally is not forced.

Mohammed said other religions have women who also cover their hair.

“There’s some people within the Christian church that cover.

The Virgin Mary covered. A lot of times people don’t recognize that a lot of times nuns are just as covered as we are,” Mohammed said.

page 11 Mohammed said she and her friends were given a choice to wear hijabs and chose to do so out of their love for God and appreciation of modesty, not because they were oppressed.

Biological engineering senior Daniel Wheeler, a nonMuslim student, said he enjoyed learning about Arab culture.

“What I really think I’m getting out of it, aside from

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the food and the fun things like your name in Arabic, is that I’m learning about Arabic culture,” Wheeler said. “I’m learning about the religion. I feel like the media has such a polarizing effect on people. I feel like the media demonizes them and I feel like I’m obliged to come and learn about them and hear it from their mouth instead.”

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Islamic Awareness Day featured traditonal foods, Islamic dress and sessions on Arabic calligraphy. The Muslim Student Association hosted the event Thursday at the International Cultural Center.

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The Daily Reveille

page 12

Friday, March 20, 2015

SOFTBALL

Torina embraces options in lineup

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com For most No. 1 teams, the lineup is set in stone. Every player has her spot in the order, and coaches and fans alike view the lineup as a sacred entity, not to be changed unless it stops working.

But the top-ranked LSU softball team’s coach Beth Torina doesn’t subscribe to this belief.

Throughout the Tigers’ (28-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) historic season, she inserted players in various slots of the lineup to give them an opportunity to contribute and create different matchups against opposing pitchers.

Torina’s flexibility, coupled with the team’s motto of “Power of One,” has created an atmosphere of positive competitiveness in the clubhouse that pushes every player — from the starters to the bench players — to improve daily.

“Our players that don’t play on an everyday basis are working equally as hard or harder than everyone else,” Torina said. “They know that their time is coming.

I’m fully convinced that to have a championship team, there will be somebody that’s a huge factor down the stretch that hasn’t done everything they’re capable of yet … It’s part of the whole team mentality that we have that everybody has a role.”

Last season, the Tigers had seven players make at least 60 appearances and six players make 60 or more starts. While LSU has kept a core of seven players starting or appearing in every game this season, the new additions to the lineup bring energy and an all-in-for-theteam mentality to the plate.

Despite not starting a game in 2014, senior utility players Dylan Supak and Kailey McCasland and junior outfielder Alayna Falcon have combined for 17 starts this season. Though they don’t start every game, Supak and McCasland keep themselves in the game by scouting opposing pitchers and giving their teammates quick reports before they go up to bat.

“It prepares us for when we’re going up to bat, if we get a pinch hit,” McCasland said. “Every first pinch of everyone’s at-bat, I think about what I would do with that pitch, and then the rest of the at-bat, I focus on whoever’s up to bat.”

Supak and McCasland have contributed in their combined 12 starts as the Tigers’ designated players. Five of Supak’s six hits this season are doubles, and McCasland had one of the most memorable plays of the Tigers’ season in her first at-bat of the year.

Against Central Arkansas on Feb. 13, McCasland pinch-hit for junior catcher Kellsi Kloss with a 7-0 lead in sixth inning. McCasland

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hit the Tigers’ only inside-the-park home run this season to extend LSU’s lead to 8-0, which secured a win by mercy rule.

Falcon rotated with freshman outfielder Emily Griggs early in the season in the left field spot. In her eight appearances, Falcon has hit .222 and maintained a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

“Our roles, whether it’s cheering in the dugout or going in to pinch-hit, we try to get the job done,” Falcon said. “We believe in ourselves that we can move the runner over. If we’re in the dugout, we bring liveliness to the team.”

Returners are not the only contributors for the Tigers out of the dugout this season. Transfer junior infielder Jenna Kreamer and freshman infielder Sydney Bourg have stepped up at third base when sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish moves to catcher.

In five of her six starts, Kreamer has played as a purely defensive player at third base. She has maintained a perfect fielding percentage on the hot corner. Although Bourg has notched two errors in her nine appearances, she has four putouts and five assists in her freshman season.

Regardless of whom Torina brings off the bench, the Tigers have proven they perform no matter the circumstances, be it a midweek game or a matchup of the top

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LSU junior infielder Jenna Kreamer runs off the field between innings on Tuesday during the Tigers’ 6-1 win against Nicholls at Tiger Park. two teams in the nation.

“You’re not an everyday starter,” Supak said. “But just to know that you’re always an option, you always have to stay in the game.

You always have to know the counts and watch the pitchers.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

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