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ouisiana is known for Mardi Gras, Tabasco and being the “Sportsman’s Paradise,” but recent attention has been focused on the growing popularity of its craft breweries.

Conrad Rolling, a New Orleans attorney, currently operates the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild, the glue that holds all of the participating breweries together.

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Each of the breweries joins forces and work together under the Craft Brewers Guild, which ensures that each meets state and federal regulations regarding production and brewing.

The guild was started in 2011 with six founders of NOLA, Abita, Covington, Bayou Teche, Parish and Tin Roof.

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David Blossman, Abita Springs, La. “I am pleased to be the vice president of the guild and a voting member. Uniting with members in the brewing community is always a good thing.”

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Andrew Godley, Broussard, La. “My job as current president is to be a visible leader of our local brewing industry and to represent our member breweries in issues where we have a common cause.”

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David Arbo, Covington, La. “Our role as a member of the LA Brewers Guild is to contribute to efforts and discussions that involve the craft brewing industry.”

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Karlos Knott, Arnaudville, La. “I’m the treasurer, but we have Conrad Rolling, who lobbies for us with legislation and we’ve gotten a lot of things passed because of the guild.”

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David Blossman, Abita Springs, La. “I am pleased to be the vice president of the guild and a voting member. Uniting with members in the brewing community is always a good thing.”

William McGehee/Charles Caldwell, Baton Rouge La.

“We meet occasionally and try to discuss issues we’d like to work on as a guild. It’s a way for us to work together and try to figure out how we can all push craft beer as a whole.”

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GYMNASTICS

MUSIC

Baton Rouge River Center to host Groovin’

Tigers vie for third straight Super Six berth

BY JACOB HAMILTON jhamilton@lsureveille.com LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux has a sign in the gymnastics training facility that reads, “The difference between winning and losing is this much,” with a thumb and index finger separated by just a hair.

She said the sign resonates with the gymnasts because they suffered defeat against Oklahoma after a few mental lapses and lost to Alabama at the Southeastern Conference Championships by a mere .075.

Now No. 4 LSU has a chance for revenge at the NCAA Championships this weekend at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

LSU (24-2, 7-0 SEC) will face No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama, No. 8 Auburn, No. 9 Nebraska and No. 12 Oregon State in NCAA Semifinal II at 7 tonight.

The top three finishers in each semifinal will advance to the Super Six Championships on April 18 for a shot at the NCAA title.

“We have already competed

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LSU gymnastics head coach D-D Breaux supports her team during the Tiger’s 198.375-195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC.

After 7,000 attendees flocked to the Baton Rouge River Center to see Weezer perform at Groovin’ on the Grounds, this year’s event at the River Center hosts Young the Giant.

With its successful movement in spring 2014, planners decided to keep the location and abandon “the Grounds” for the April 17 show.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. show on Friday.

Battle of the Bands winner The Dulac Smack will open for

COIN and Parachute before Young the Giant takes the stage.

The move from the Parade Ground doesn’t vary the cost for the event by much, said, Students on Target director Taylor Stewart and the slight increase in cost might be worth it for students who want to get closer to the stage.

“The total budget for Groovin’ is about $200,000,” Stewart said. “The production and venue costs are the first consideration.

Then, we use the majority of the remaining budget for the

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Hoover, Walljasper named NFCA Freshman of the Year finalists LSU freshman pitchers Carley Hoover and Allie Walljasper were honored as two of the 25 finalists for the NFCA DI Freshman of the Year, marking the first season in program history that LSU has two candidates for the award.

Hoover, a transfer from Stanford, has brought power pitching to LSU’s rotation, leading the staff with 113 strikeouts and 88 innings pitched.

Hoover holds a 11-2 record

and has earned two saves this season, which is tied for fourth in the Southeastern Conference.

Walljasper started her LSU career making program history with nine straight wins.

She leads the Tigers with a 1.32 ERA while also tallying an 11-2 record in the circle. Walljasper has made her mark by minimizing walks — her 16 free passes this season ranks second fewest in the SEC.

Student named Barry M. Goldwater Scholar This year’s Barry M. Goldwater Scholar is biological engineering junior Mollie Smoak, according to a University Relations news release.

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Friday, April 17, 2015 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

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Students raise money for cancer research with pies, ice cream Liquid nitrogen-frozen ice cream to be sold at Relay For Life

on April 1 and 2, the students had to state why they decided to donate money to the cause, Johnson said, and while there were some who wished to take

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS revenge on their professor for a jbastidas@lsureveille.com bad grade, others revealed how cancer directly or indirectly When raising funds for a affected their lives. worthy cause, students might Johnson said SAACS joins stick with Facebook, Twit- forces with other student orter and word of mouth, but a ganizations to form teams for University organization took Relay For Life every year, in a sweeter approach this year support of chemistry professor and cancer survivor Carol with delicious results.

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However, this is the first American Chemical Society year SAACS is raised money for participating in cancer research ‘It’s really nice to the event on its throughout the know that people are semester by givraising money and that own, motivated ing students the by its mission this community is so chance to be for outreach and supportive in trying to with chemistry placed in a lothelp students like me tery to toss a pie junior, SAACS see tomorrow.’ at their profestreasurer and sors in preparacancer surviHEIDI OLIVIER, tion for this Satvor Heidi OlivLSU chemistry junior urday’s Relay ier as a driving For Life of LSU force. event.

“The problem with cancer “For every dollar [a student] is that [scientists] have somedonated — kind of like the reap- thing that can get rid of it, but ing from ‘The Hunger Games’ it doesn’t always work,” Ol— they got a chance to pie their ivier said. “It’s really nice to professor in the face,” said bi- know that people are raising ology senior and SAACS presi- money and that this commudent Dante’ Johnson. nity is so supportive in trying Johnson said though the to help students like me see organization also used tradi- tomorrow. If [scientists] didn’t tional fundraising efforts like have the money to fund this resending emails and contacting search, I wouldn’t be here right friends and family, the team now.”

The “Chemists for the also wanted to have a fun, creative way to raise the money Cure,” SAACS’ team name, will so people would remember walk in the relay and sell liquid nitrogen-frozen ice cream the cause.

After winning the lottery during the event for $2 to raise

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Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society vice president Drew Harding (left), treasurer Heidi Olivier (center) and president Dante’ Johnson (right) experiment with liquid nitrogen. SAACS will be selling liquid nitrogen-frozen ice cream Saturday at the Relay For Life of LSU event on Saturday. more funds.

Johnson said having event attendees make their own ice cream using liquid nitrogen will serve as both a snack and a way to incorporate the group’s love for science.

The theme for this year’s relay is “A Cure for the Ages.”

Chemistry senior and SAACS vice president Drew Harding said the team will name the ice cream creations with a Pokémon theme to represent the ’90s.

Johnson said a selection of raspberry, strawberry, vanilla and chocolate ice cream will be available during the event.

The team has raised about $1,200, surpassing their $1,000 goal, Johnson said. Chemists for the Cure is currently ranked fourth among more than 40 teams raising money for the event.

“Everyone has been affected by [cancer] in [one way or another], but you never know

who else has been,” Harding said. “Cancer is not something people talk about over coffee and donuts, so bringing this up is a way to start the conversation and let people know that not only are they fighting ... we’re all fighting together.”

Relay For Life will take place from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom of the Student Union. Proceeds from the event will benefit the American Cancer Society.

FACULTY

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Faculty Senate pushes for budget fixes Resolution seeks full funding of higher ed, better communication

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com The Faculty Senate again joined in the statewide conversation concerning higher education budget cuts.

Resolution 15-10, “Comprehensive Approaches to Higher Education Funding,” introduced at the April meeting, urges LSU President F. King Alexander and the Louisiana Legislature to “find budget solutions that will allow for the full funding of the entirety of Louisiana higher education.”

Alexander told the Faculty Senate in February not to panic until Gov. Bobby Jindal announced his executive budget.

With the numbers in, faculty senators are ready to act.

The changes could lead to more than $600 million cut from higher education if there is no intervention by the state Legislature, the resolution says, and

more than $200 million cut if the governor’s proposal passes.

The resolution criticizes the state’s higher education funding and lack of collaboration between university systems.

Some leaders across the state are using the fiscal situation as a rallying cry to bring the systems together.

House Bill 60, authored by state Rep. Thomas Carmody, RShreveport, and being debated in the current legislative session, would abolish the system management boards and replace them with a single Postsecondary Education Board of Trustees, which could lead to better collaboration among the campuses.

“You will see this tone come up now and then that some campuses will be all right and other campuses will not be all right,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope, adding the resolution is an “expression of the thought that we are in this together.”

Cope said while some think the higher education system is too extensive and there are too

many public universities, he disagrees. “[States] only have too many colleges when you have too many educated people,” he said.

The resolution was introduced at the request of the Association of Louisiana Faculty Senates and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University faculty senates.

The senate also discussed Resolution 15-09, which would support a Student Government resolution limiting the number of midterm exams within a 24hour period.

Many senators were skeptical of the resolution, citing concerns over a structured midterm week and more stress on students.

Senator Charles Delzell, associate chair for instruction in the Department of Mathematics, then proposed removing midterm week from the academic calendar because many faculty do not give designated midterm exams.

The resolution will not affect the reporting of midterm grades.

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Iberville Parish Relay for Life - City of Plaquemine Activity Center Boogie on the Bayou - West 3rd & Green Street, Thibodaux, LA Louisiana - Superior Grill Ghosts of Governors Past - Old Governor's Mansion Frank Caliendo - L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge

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Friday, April 17, 2015

International Fusion hopes to promote inclusion among students

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com In the melting pot of cultures its colleges and universities educate students from some of the most diverse backgrounds.

But sometimes those cultures don’t meld smoothly. International Fusion, hosted by the International Student Association, hopes to bring those students closer Saturday at its fifth annual event.

“I want this to be a pride of international students,” said economics junior Michael Mayen, president of the ISA. “All the different cultures we have make us very unique people, and we should not take that as being an outsider people.”

There are more than 20 clubs specific to certain countries and cultures on campus, but ISA is the umbrella organization for all international students.

ISA was founded to help international students settle in and make friends in their new environment, Mayen said, but sometimes those students feel separate from their domestic peers.

To help promote friendship across these borders, Mayen

moved International Fusion from its original home at the International Cultural Center to the Student Union Theatre for the first time this year.

“The reason I brought it here is its not just for international students, I want domestic students to see the side of international students that they don’t see,” Mayen said.

The event will kick off at 3 p.m. with an exhibition portion.

Students from countries across the globe will present posters and provide information about their homeland to interested attendees.

Julanda Al-Lawati, vice president of the Omani Students Association said he is excited to use this time to teach students about his country.

“We are going to have a small exhibit, so we’re going to have a lot of posters about Oman,” AlLawati said. “Some posters are about the history of Oman; some are about the currency. Some of them will be about the geographical place of Oman, so we are going to explain it to others because many people don’t know where Oman is.”

OSA, like most clubs for inter-

national students, was founded so students from Oman would have a place to belong, Al-Lawati said.

He hopes International Fusion will bring more awareness about the country to the larger University community.

Performances will follow the exhibition from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

More than 15 groups are scheduled to perform dances, songs or poetry.

Leah Wong, founder of the Caribbean Students Association said practicing for their dance number brought members of her club closer than she could have hoped.

“Honestly, practicing for that always relieves all the stress that I have during the day,” Wong said.

“We’ve basically been able to bond over this because we spend so much time together practicing now.”

The Asian American Ambassadors also have a performer scheduled Saturday.

AAA president Isabelle Vea said her club is not just for international students, but anyone interested in Asian culture.

“You don’t have to be Asian; you don’t have to be American,” Vea said. “You just have to have

a love for Asian culture. Anybody can be an ambassador of something.”

Food from different countries will be served at the ICC following the performances.

Chemical engineering sophomore Sulaiman Al-Rawahi went to an Arabic Club meeting to promote International Fusion, and hopes the event will help others feel the inclusion he does.

“We’re trying to put ourselves out there and introduce people who don’t know about our culture and just talk and have fun with each other,” Al-Rawahi said.

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Chemical engineering sophomore Sulaiman Al-Rawahi hopes others will join International Fusion.

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Sports

Friday, April 17, 2015

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Cameron talks up ‘improved’ offense

Fresh Face

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The LSU football team completed its final spring practice before the highly anticipated National L-Club Spring Game kicks off at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Tiger Stadium.

The spring game will be a first look at the 2015 version of the LSU offense — one that finished in the bottom half of the Southeastern Conference in total offense and last in passing offense in 2014.

After loads of scrutiny fell upon the Tigers’ abysmal offensive performance during their 8-5 campaign, LSU will get its chance to showcase its progress in Tiger Stadium for the first time in 2015.

Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron said he has noticed vast improvement in the offensive unit as a whole since the beginning of spring practice in March.

“We’ve improved offensively,” Cameron said. “I haven’t been around many quarterbacks at any level who can stand alone and perform at a high level, and they have improved. Our receivers have improved, we’re always going to be solid up front, but our offensive line has had a tremendous spring.

Our tight ends are as improved as any group we’ve got.”

While the unit may be improving, all eyes will be on the progression of junior quarterback Anthony Jennings and sophomore quarterback Brandon Harris.

The Tigers averaged only 162.9

Tigers take restructured rotation into series with Georgia

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The time has arrived.

The No. 2 LSU baseball team heads to Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, for the first time since 2011 for a weekend series against Georgia with a new pitching rotation.

LSU coach Paul Mainieri announced freshman pitcher Alex Lange will make his Friday night debut after sitting out last weekend’s scheduled start against Auburn because of tightness in his throwing arm.

The change likely shifts sophomore pitcher Jared Poche’ to the Saturday slot with freshman Austin Bain finishing the series on Sunday.

see ROTATION, page 11

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Freshman pitcher Alex Lange looks at first base during the Tigers’ 7-3 victory against Kentucky on March 28 at Alex Box Stadium.

see SPRING GAME, page 10

BASEBALL

Infielders build chemistry, efficiency with upgraded lineup

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com The LSU baseball team committed two errors during an 11-2 beatdown of Lamar on Wednesday, one of which came from the infield.

Junior shortstop Alex Bregman said that was one too many.

“We have a lot of veterans in this group,” Bregman said. “We always have to be dialed in.”

The Tigers’ infield has been “dialed in” for the past month.

During the first four weeks of the season, LSU coach Paul Mainieri jostled with his starting infield seemingly every other game, searching for the unit that would best complement his young pitching staff. The nineyear coach finally settled on a group in the middle of March,

and he said the move has paid off.

“Getting those guys to play together on a consistent basis along with [LSU senior catcher Kade] Scivicque in the infield has given our team a lot of confidence,” Mainieri said.

Senior third baseman Conner Hale, senior second baseman Jared Foster, junior first baseman Chris Chinea and Bregman have formed the Tigers’ starting infield for 15 of the last 19 games.

Before that, there was uncertainty.

Sophomore infielder Kramer Robertson started at second base in 11 of the first 15 games this season, while sophomore Danny Zardon manned third base in 10 of the first 13. Neither provided steady play, particularly Zardon at third.

Zardon committed four of a

team-high tying five errors in the first three weeks of the season before Mainieri plugged Hale in the corner for good against thenNo. 8 Houston on March 6.

Unlike Zardon, Robertson committed only one error in the first month of the season, but was batting a team-low .243, which forced Mainieri to move Foster from the outfield to second base against McNeese State on March 11, giving the Tigers a power bat in the lineup.

Chinea, who mostly started as the designated hitter in the season’s first 18 games, was the last piece of the puzzle to join the infield. He lined up at first base on March 15 against Ole Miss, which was the first time the grouping of Hale, Bregman, Fos-

see INFIELD, page 10

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LSU junior infielder Alex Bregman prepares to throw the ball on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 11-2 win against Lamar at Alex Box Stadium.

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LSU hosts Texas A&M in annual ‘Strikeout Ovarian Cancer’ game Tigers to wear teal jerseys for cause

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com

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LSU coach Beth Torina looks to the dugout on March 17 during the Tigers’ 6-1 win against Nicholls at Tiger Park.

Sports rarely have an occasion to mean more than wins and losses, individual accolades or even championships. They have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the fans that spend countless hours cheering them on.

When the No. 3 LSU softball team takes the field against No. 24 Texas A&M on Saturday, the Tigers won’t be clad in purple and gold. Instead, they’ll be wearing teal to raise awareness and celebrate survivors of ovarian cancer.

Beginning in LSU coach Beth Torina’s first year in 2012, LSU (39-5, 11-4 Southeastern Conference) has promoted the cause with an annual “Strikeout Ovarian Cancer” game and “Geaux Teal Ovarian Cancer Walk” to raise money and awareness for ovarian cancer.

“My mom is an ovarian cancer survivor, so it’s a really big deal for me and for this program,” Torina said. “I appreciate the way the players have truly embraced this cause.

We’re just getting such a great response from this Baton Rouge

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Torina’s connection to the disease inspires her team to rally behind the survivors and inform the community about a rare cancer, said sophomore outfielder Bailey Landry.

The teal jerseys are conversation starters and add more excitement to the event.

“The jerseys, we definitely love that part,” said junior infielder Jenna Kreamer. “We love teal. It gives us an excuse to talk about it, and so it’s pretty cool.”

While the Tigers support the battle for cancer off the field, they are set to play against the Aggies (33-12, 8-7 SEC) on the diamond to defend their undefeated record at home this season.

LSU rolls into the series after notching its 16th win via mercy rule this season, while Texas A&M looks to get back on track in SEC play after dropping a series against Auburn.

Against the Aggies, the Tigers’ ability to keep the ball in the park will be tested against one of the best young power hitters in the conference, freshman infielder Tori Vidales.

“They always bring a great

offense,” Torina said. “They’re known for their offense.

They always swing really big and put up a lot of home run numbers.”

Vidales leads the Aggies with 15 homers and is tied for fifth most in the SEC. She also ranks among the league’s best in RBIs, with 45 on the season.

Although LSU’s pitching staff has given up only 19 homers this season, the Tigers have allowed at least one home run in four of their last five games.

“The second you change what you do, that’s when the long ball happens,” said sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello.

“You really need to focus on your strengths and do what you do well, because everyone in this league can hit long balls.”

LSU junior catcher Kellsi Kloss looks to continue her tear at the plate to lead the Tigers to their fifth conference series victory. Kloss notched her first multiple-home-run game of the season in Game 3 against Tennessee. In the series, the Cypress, California, native hit .455 with four RBIs. The Tigers will continue the series at 6 p.m. Sunday and Game 3 at 6 p.m. Monday.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Teams return to Baton Rouge for Alumni Gold Meet

BY MARIO JEREZ mjerez@lsureveille.com

The LSU track and field teams will return home to Bernie Moore Track Stadium this weekend for the LSU Alumni Gold meet, starting at 9 a.m tomorrow.

The Tigers and Lady Tigers both enter the meet coming off a stellar performance at the Jim Click Shootout in Arizona last weekend. They earned second and first places, respectively.

LSU coach Dennis Shaver said he thinks his team is progressing at a good pace as it nears the midway point of the outdoor regular season. The meet is an opportunity for LSU to build on its recent success at its home track.

“Each week, we’re making more progress with both teams,” Shaver said. “We are progressing quite well, and if we can carry that momentum

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LSU senior Joshua Thompson runs the men’s 4x100 meter relay during the 2015 LSU Invitational Battle on the Bayou on April 4 at the Bernie Moore Stadium. into this weekend we can really get something going.”

The women’s 4x100 meter relay team will look to defend

its new No.1 NCAA ranking it captured during LSU’s sweep of the event in Arizona. The Tigers also picked up the 4x100

meter relay title and set their own stadium record with a time of 38.95 seconds.

Sophomore sprinter Jada Martin was a key part of the 4x100 team’s victory. She heads into the weekend with momentum after earning the Southeastern Conference Women’s Runner of the Week recognition Tuesday.

Two LSU sprinters will compete in an event for the first time this year. Seniors Aaron Ernest and Vernon Norwood will make their season debuts in the 100-meter dash and 400-meter dash, respectively.

Senior thrower Tori Bliss will look to carry over momentum from her record-setting performance in the shot put throw in her outdoor season debut last weekend. Bliss broke her own school record with a throw of 57 feet, 5.5 inches.

“Anybody can hit a big one at any point in time,” Bliss said

“It’s just another mark, and there’s always room for improvement.”

Bliss said it’s important to keep a persistent mentality so she can have another strong performance this weekend.

“It’s cool to get the alumni to come back, and it’s another opportunity to better my marks,” Bliss said. “Hopefully I can keep setting myself up to be in a good spot before the postseason.”

Shaver said the meet comes at an important time of the season and his teams should seize the opportunity.

“This can be exciting for us,” Shaver said. “We can get some more people qualified [for the preliminary round of the NCAA championships] and more importantly get prepared for the postseason in general.”

You can reach Mario Jerez on Twitter @MJerezIIITDR.

TENNIS

Tigers move on in first round of SEC Championship

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com The No. 7 seed LSU men’s tennis team won its first match at the Southeastern Conference Championship, 4-1, against No. 10 seed South Carolina in College Station, Texas, on Thursday.

The Tigers (17-7, 6-6 SEC) jumped out to an early lead against the Gamecocks (15-15, 3-9 SEC), claiming the doubles point before winning three of the first four singles matches to clinch the victory.

LSU coach Jeff Brown said his team bounced back after having a couple tough doubles losses.

He said it was important to start quickly because the teams have historically played close matches.

“In this particular match, [winning the doubles point] was

important because they present us with some matchup challenges,” Brown said.

The No. 20 doubles pairing of sophomore Jordan Daigle and junior Boris Arias prevailed, 6-3, against South Carolina’s seniors Thiago Pinheiro and Kyle Koch. Senior Chris Simpson and sophomore Justin Butsch followed with a 6-2 victory against freshman Thomas Mayronne and sophomore Sam Swank on Court 2 to seize the first point of the match.

The Tigers didn’t rest on the early lead. They claimed the first two courts of singles play to extend their lead to 3-0.

Arias continued LSU’s fast start, defeating sophomore Andrew Schafer 6-2, 6-2 on Court 3.

Brown said Schafer is one of South

Carolina’s “toughest outs” and Arias handled the match extremely well.

Butsch followed with a 6-3, 6-1 win against Swank to put LSU within a point of clinching the match.

The Gamecocks cut LSU’s lead to 3-1 when Koch defeated Simpson 6-3, 6-4, on Court 2, but LSU freshman Simon Freund ended any hope of a comeback by clinching the match on Court 6.

Freund defeated Mayronne 6-3, 6-4, sending LSU into the next round of the competition for a rematch against No. 2 seed Texas A&M. Brown said Freund handled the pressure well after coming up short in a tight three-set loss at Mississippi State last Sunday.

“He handled it just a little bit better, and it was good to see

him have the opportunity to have the pressure on him and come through,” Brown said.

The Tigers now shift their focus to the Aggies, a familiar foe who LSU last played on April 9.

The Aggies defeated the Tigers, 4-0, in the final match at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

The match marked the only time the Tigers have been shutout this season.

Texas A&M is ranked sixth in the latest ITA rankings and boasts the nation’s No. 11 doubles team in juniors Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant. Brown said despite playing the tournament host, it’s just another road match.

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page 10 INFIELD, from page 5 ter and Chinea started together this season.

They haven’t looked back since.

“It feels good to know who you’re throwing to and not look up and see a different face,” Foster said. “It’s good to know that we’re all going to be there every day. It’s a good chemistry out there.”

Foster and Bregman have started 21 games next to each other, and they both said their chemistry together is growing every day.

It showed Wednesday against Lamar. After a throwing error by Foster — his first in 16 games — negated a potential

SPRING GAME, from page 5 passing yards per game on 21.2 attempts, worse than bottom feeder Vanderbilt by more than 17 yards per game.

The question marks surrounding LSU’s quarterback play cast a dark cloud over a prominent program and put immense pressure on Jennings and Harris to improve upon their mistakes.

Cameron said he’ll have his eyes on the two quarterbacks’ abilities to lead their respective squads come Saturday’s game.

“It’s a leadership position,” Cameron said. “Just lead your group. Get your group in the end

double play in the first inning, he came back and teamed with Bregman for a pair of double plays in the third and sixth innings.

They’ve gone through the drills countless times.

“We do it every day,” Bregman said. “Coach Mainieri is big on fundamental defense. He takes pride in it. We probably turn 50 double plays before every game in batting practice.

Who knows how many we do in practice.”

Hale has started 22 of his last 23 games at third and provided reliable play, committing just three errors while bagging 39 assists. Chinea has been steady in his last 17 games as a starter with just one fielding error. zone. One thing we’ve done is we’ve just charted guys’ ability to get their unit in the end zone.

That’s the bottom line. Take care of the football. Get your team in the end zone. I want to see which group can get their team into the end zone.

“Obviously completion percentage is something we’re looking for, staying away from the negative play. Just consistency — if you’re consistent then you’re going to play well. Consistency is probably going to be the most important thing in the spring game.”

PREPARING FOR THE SPRING GAME When the Tigers take the field on Saturday it’ll be their first

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Bregman may have played shortstop like a veteran during his first two seasons, but he’s taken his game to new heights as a junior. Bregman is on pace for a career-low in errors with only three through 38 games this season. He leads the SEC in assists with 133 and is the backbone of the conference’s fourth-best fielding team (.977).

As consistent as the group has been, Chinea said they’ll have to play even better as the Tigers enter the final stretch of the regular season.

“Right now, it’s time to kick it in another gear for the second half of the year,” Chinea said.

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LSU senior outfielder Jared Foster retrieves a ground ball between innings on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 11-2 win against Lamar at Alex Box Stadium.

chance to showcase many LSU fans in attendance what the 2015 team is about for the first time at Tiger Stadium.

There’s only one chance at a first impression, and many LSU players will take the field in hopes of making a lasting impression on the fans and coaching staff as they vie for a potential starting role once the 2015 season kicks off in September.

Jennings said the spring game is never taken lightly and is one of the more important dates of the preseason.

“It’s not just one more day,” Jennings said. “You want to come out here and execute the offense.

Get the pall into our playmakers

hands. You don’t want to turn the ball over.”

Harris, Jennings’ running mate, will be hoping to gain an edge in the current quarterback battle after squandering an opportunity a season ago.

Harris said he’s eager to show his and the offense’s improvements.

“It’s not even close anymore [how much I’ve developed],” Harris said. “For everybody who has an opinion about trying to see how much I’ve improved they just need to come to the spring game Saturday and they’ll see.”

While many eyes will be on Jennings and Harris come tomorrow’s game, fans will be interested

to see the performance of sophomore running back Leonard Fournette.

Fournette will be playing in his first ever spring game after running for 1,049 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2014. Fournette, who is expected to be a potential Heisman candidate during the 2015 season, said he looks forward to making improvements in front of the fans. “[I’m looking forward to] just competing and getting better,” Fournette said. “Like coach Cam says, let your personality shine and show off the world what we have.”

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Friday, April 17, 2015 ROTATION, from page 5 Mainieri said it was a decision the coaches have been considering because of Lange’s abilities as a pure power pitcher.

“It was a big decision we made,” Mainieri said. “It’s something we’ve been contemplating for some time. I really wanted to make the move last week … Alex Lange is the most dominating power pitcher on our staff in terms of strikeouts and the ability to hold the other team to a low-run game. Lange has the potential to just go out there and dominate the game with a lot of strikeouts.

“Eventually, I felt he would become the Friday night starter. After eight starts I don’t really see him as a freshman anymore. He’s very ready for this type of challenge. He’s inordinately poised, composed and confident. It’s the right time to do it.”

Lange is 6-0 on the year with a Southeastern Conference leading 1.39 ERA to go with 61 strikeouts.

Lange’s long-anticipated move to Friday night doesn’t frighten the 6-foot-3, 198-pound freshman. Lange said he’s ready to get back out on the mound and will treat his start like any other this season.

“I’m confident going in,” Lange said. “I’m excited to get back out there after taking the week off last week. Whenever we get a chance to go out there

it’s a good time, so we’re not really worried about who’s Friday, who’s Saturday, who’s Sunday.

We just go out there and try to give our team a chance to win, really in any situation.”

With Lange’s move to Friday, Poche’ is available to come out of the bullpen Friday night to relieve Lange, who will be limited to around 80 pitches or six innings, per Mainieri’s liking. If Poche’ pitches Friday night, his scheduled start would be moved to Sunday with Bain taking over the Saturday role.

Mainieri said the move is an effort to deepen the bullpen to potentially save freshman pitcher Jesse Stallings for a save effort later in the weekend.

“I wanted to strengthen our bullpen a little bit by having Poche’ available for Friday night,” Mainieri said. “Even if it’s just for one inning or the close, you could save Stallings for a potential save later in the weekend. It just adds one more quality arm — literally one of your top couple of pitchers — to be available for you to try and close the game.”

While the move may appear a demotion for Poche’, pitching coach Alan Dunn said Poche’ moving to Saturday isn’t indicative of the way the staff views his abilities.

Poche’ is 6-1 on the season with a 3.11 ERA and 37 strikeouts, and he is a vital part of the Tigers’ rotation moving forward.

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“Jared Poche’ has been our guy and will continue to be our guy,” Dunn said. “You look at the outings he has had this season, he has done exactly what we have wanted him to do.

He has kept us in every single game that he has pitched. Jared Poche’ is a huge part of our rotation and this is just something that gives us a different look.”

The Tigers’ (32-6, 10-5 SEC) pitching staff faces a Bulldogs (20-18, 6-9 SEC) team ranked 10th in the SEC with a .273 batting average. LSU leads the alltime series with Georgia, 62-223. The Tigers have won eight of their last 10 SEC series against Georgia, including the series in Baton Rouge last season.

While the two teams may be heading in separate directions on the diamond, junior shortstop Alex Bregman said the series is an important one heading into the second half of SEC play with the individual talent the Bulldogs possess.

“They’re good,” Bregman said. “They battled us last year very hard. They’re a wellcoached team. They’re going to pitch really well, and they’re going to swing it as well. They’re going to be scrappy. Georgia has some of the best baseball players in the country, it’s a gold mine for baseball players.

It’s going to be fun to go down there.”

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Higher education bills must address constitutional protections SMASH THE HATE JAMES RICHARDS Columnist Students from across Louisiana took their concerns about the tremendous budget cuts to the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday with cheers such as “No cuts, no future,” and “Katrina didn’t close UNO, but the cuts can.” Just a few hundred feet away, legislators inside the capitol continued to work on solutions to the budget crisis.

Notice I said legislators because Gov. Bobby Jindal has been of little to no help in resolving the budget crisis. His proposed budget leaves higher education at a $211 million deficit, as if it were acceptable to cut that much from the only thing that’ll ensure the state has the skilled and educated workforce Jindal claims he so desperately wants.

That cut is absolutely unacceptable, and Louisiana Republicans and Democrats alike understand that. Everybody from Rep. Bryan Adams, R-Gretna, to Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, are proposing bills to keep institutions of higher education afloat and cut free.

To fill the funding gap, the state is going to have to raise taxes on something other than cigarettes, as Jindal’s budget suggested. The reason he chose to raise a sin tax — those on tobacco and other vices — was because it wouldn’t generate much opposition. Everybody knows it’s bad for your health to smoke or drink in excess, so there shouldn’t be many people complaining.

Despite the lack of opposition, it’s still a terrible idea to shore up the budget with a cigarette tax increase. The problems with it are manifold, but a core issue with it falls in with a trend the state has had for a number of years now — a reliance on unreliable funding sources.

In the 2013 legislative session and nearly every other budget he’s been involved in as governor, Jindal suggested the use of one-time money to fund government agencies instead of recurring funds. These propositions include selling state property, using funds from the tax amnesty program and settling

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Jindal’s proposal to raise sin taxes to address deficits may introduce additional gaps in the budget.

House Bill 323 Proposed by Rep. Walt Leger (D-New Orleans) A proposed amendment to the Louisiana State Constitution.

Prevents the state from using excess money from tuition revenues to fill in cuts to higher education.

Establishes a floor for higher education funding set at the 2013-2014 fiscal year level.

Adapts previously existing performance agreements between universities and the Board of Regents in exchange autonomies.

Allows universities to use excess tuition and fees without approval of legislature.

Allows universities to pick their own architects for building projects if the cost is the same or cheaper than the state selected architect.

Allows universities to invest their funds in particular bonds.

legal cases to make ends meet.

The cigarette tax is not nearly as unreliable as something like using tax amnesty funds, but it’s not guaranteed money.

It’s possible to estimate the amount of cigarettes Louisianians will buy.

However, there’s no guarantee they won’t overshoot their estimate, like they did with oil revenues, and leave another budget gap legislators will have to scramble to fill again.

With an increase in tax on a sold good also comes an increase in the amount of cigarettes sold illegally without taxes, whether loose on the street or through more creative means. A 2012 study done for the New York State Department of Health found that “tax-paid

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cigarettes capture only 55 percent of all cigarettes smoked in New York State,” where the tax on a pack of cigarettes is $4.35.

If Jindal wants revenues to decrease, raising cigarette taxes are a great way to do it.

Unlike the Duck Dynasty clan, who get around $330,000 from taxpayers per episode, low-income Louisiana smokers don’t have the cash to prop up the government. The New York study shows the percentage of annual income spent on cigarettes for those making less than $30,000 a year more than doubled, leaving less money in their pockets for food and other necessities.

The cigarette tax will probably go through, but it’ll take a hell of a lot more than that to

House Bill 523 Proposed by Rep. John Schroder (R-Covington) Eliminates dedications of certain types of revenue to their specific funds.

Requires certain dedicated funds to contribute varying amounts of money to the state general fund.

Eliminates certain dedicated funds for which there were previously constitutional protections.

shore up the budget this year.

Among my favorite legislative solutions include Leger’s bill HB 323, which sets a baseline for higher education funding and prevents extra tuition revenue from being used to pay for cuts to recurring higher ed funds. Essentially, this will prevent Jindal or whoever comes after him from raiding more earmarked for higher education when there’s an increase in students.

Pairing HB 323 with Adams’ HB 766 would be a match made in heaven for higher ed HB 766 takes the tuition autonomy of HB 323 and puts it on steroids.

Under the act, universities would have serious flexibility to use their tuition dollars for new buildings under capital outlay,

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for purchasing agreements and for tons of other things only university administrators care about, but are extremely important for saving money.

Both of these bills are wonderful ways to help protect higher education, along with a slate of other bills proposed this legislative session. Unfortunately, most of them don’t address the key issue plaguing the state budget right now — the constitutional protection of nearly every agency under the sun.

Voting in amendments to block the state from raiding budget funds has become the favorite way for Louisiana voters to ensure funding for their preferred agencies and programs.

The problem is that once one group has a constitutional protection, everybody wants one, leaving us in the current budget scenario where higher ed is one of the few things left that representatives have the legal authority to cut.

This brings us to the bill that The Hayride’s Scott McKay termed “The Bill EVERYONE Will Hate” and by everyone he means nearly every special interest group in the state. House Bill 523 is a doozy, eliminating the constitutional protection of nearly every single dedicated fund including, but not limited to “supplements to the salaries of law enforcement and fire protection officers, free school books, the minimum foundation program, the hospital stabilization formula,” and perhaps most controversially, TOPS. I don’t see any chance of this passing if special interest groups even remotely pay attention to the legislative session. It’s a shame, because this is exactly the kind of bill to put the state budget back to where it needs to be. This bill would probably do more to protect higher education than anything specifically about it, considering all the funds it frees up for legislators to cut.

A man can dream. If you give a damn about the long-term viability of the state budget, call your representative and tell them you support higher education and HB 523.

James Richards is a 20-yearold mass communication sophomore from New Orleans.

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Quote of the Day ‘The world is not going to be saved by legislation.’

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Jindal’s legislation neglects to address mental health CERULEAN CONCILIATOR

JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist If you are shot by a gun but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a brain aneurism but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a serious mental illness but don’t have health insurance, a hospital can turn you away.

In 2014, 18,400 mentally ill Louisianians went without treatment, according to a report by the American Mental Health Counselors Association.

Gov. Bobby Jindal and state legislators trapped them within a health care coverage gap when they refused the program’s expansion. These mentally ill men and women’s

incomes were too high for both the qualifications for Medicaid and the tax credits connected to insurance plans from the Affordable Care Act, but too low to afford quality private healthcare plans.

The federal government offered to pay 100 percent of the cost during the first year of Medicaid expansion, eventually reducing the subsidy to 90 percent by 2020. Jindal claimed he refused the Medicaid expansion on the precedent that Louisiana would not be able to afford the additional costs when the government stopped financing the expansion.

I could buy that argument if Jindal was still governor in 2020, bankrupting the state even further. However, voters will elect someone new in fall 2016, and hopefully by 2020 Louisiana will have enough money to pay for 10 percent of the yearly costs of the Medicaid expansion.

It is more likely Bobby 18,400 citizens we have left in Jindal refused the expansion the dark. on the precedent that the monThe problem is there were ey came from no alternatives ObamaCare. offered. Instead, In 2014, 18,400 T went y-fou r reverted to mentally ill Louisianians we other states opted 19th century libout of the Med- went without treatment, eralism — every according to a report icaid expansion. man for himself.

Within the states by the American Mental Under Jindal’s that opted out, administration, Health Counselor nearly 570,000 the state’s mental Association. citizens suffered health hospitals a serious mental have dwindled health disorder to near nonand were not covered. Within existence. The New Orleans the 26 other states, over 350,000 Adolescent Hospital closed in citizens were covered.

2009, Greenwell Springs HosI could respect these states’ pital closed in 2012, along with decisions to opt out of the Southeast Louisiana Hospital Medicaid expansion if they of- and both the Eastern Louisifered an alternative to treat ana Mental Hospital and the those uncovered by health Central Louisiana State Hosinsurance. pital received substantial I could even accept Bobby cuts.

Jindal’s decision to opt-out of Jindal is playing a political the expansion if he would have game of chess. provided an alternative source Mental health care is of funding for treating those one of his sacrificial pawns,

standing side-by-side with education, religious freedom and the general well-being of Louisiana citizens.

Unfortunately, Bobby sucks at chess.

According to the American Mental Health Counselors Association’s report, had Louisiana opted into the Medicaid expansion, out of the 18,400 untreated Louisianians, 59 percent were in serious psychological distress, 26 percent suffered severe mental illnesses and 15 percent had a substance use disorder.

These are the pawns thrown around on the political battlefield, all in the name of a seat in the Oval Office. A seat Bobby Jindal will never sit in.

Justin DiCharia is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana.

You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

Body cameras are an important step to accountability, justice GREEN CARD APPLICANT MARKUS HÜFNER Columnist As you may have read in Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Reveille, a bill that would make it mandatory for police officers in Louisiana to wear body cameras is being considered by the Louisiana legislature.

Because this is already the case in other states and a few Louisiana parishes, the likelihood of this bill being passed is high.

Despite what you might have heard on Fox News or from other non-credible sources, several studies have shown that body cameras do not have a negative effect on officers and their actions. In fact, a study

by William A. Farrar, a police chief in Rialto, California, has shown that police officers used force nearly 60 percent less often as officers that did not wear a camera.

Officers also act in a more positive manner when a camera is recording them, according to an article by the Atlantic. It’s sad how these facts show that police officers are fully aware that they do some questionable stuff while on duty. A camera can change that.

If you look at the article published on Tuesday, one negative part stands out. Although officers would wear a camera at all times, ostensibly recording the contact from beginning to end, they decide when to press the record button. That gives an officer the ability to choose

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Body cameras will enable law enforcement to provide objective recordings of police actions, but policemen’s ability to decide when to turn cameras on allows for bias. the angle. Those body cameras might escalate, I doubt that he were invented to deliver trust- wants to provide the evidence worthy evidence, but if a police for actions that might get him officer starts refired or even Those body cameras cording in the jailed. middle of a case, were invented to deliver The Eric Garthe evidence trustworthy evidence, ner case killed is practically many people’s but if a police officer useless. hope that vidstarts recording in the eos would lead Body cammiddle of a case, eras throughout to more justice. the evidence is the country have The video evipractically useless. done a good job dence, which was exposing racially recorded from biased officers almost the betoo. But if a white racially bi- ginning of the conflict to the ased officer encounters a black murder, gave us a perfect picperson and he knows things ture that Eric Garner clearly

did not deserve to die that day. But authorities ignored it.

On the other hand, the video evidence showing 50-year-old Walter Scott being shot eight times by an officer while slowly running away lead to more than protests and outraged. The officer was charged with murder, lost his job and still is in jail today.

We cannot expect that body cameras will lead to justice in every case, but it is definitely a step forward. Video evidence filmed by a random person with a flip phone will never be

as useful as the one provided by body cameras if the officers use them correctly and ethically.

There is a good amount of cops out there who simply seem to have the wrong job. If body cameras at least make them think twice before pulling the trigger in a harmless situation, they have already proven how necessary they are.

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

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The Daily Reveille

Friday, April 17, 2015

GROOVIN’, from page 1

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LSU senior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall is greeted by her teammates after finishing up her floor routine during the Tigers’ 198.375-195.450 victory against Minnesota on March 6 at the PMAC.

GYMNASTICS, from page 1 against every team that’s out there except for Oregon State,” said sophomore all-arounder Ashleigh Gnat. “We are very prepared. The mistakes that we made when we competed against Oklahoma were mental mistakes, and they’re things that can be easily corrected.

“We don’t see [Oklahoma] as an unbeatable team. We don’t see anyone as an unbeatable team.”

LSU squeaked past last year’s semifinal in third place and placed third at the 2014 Super Six Championships — the best finish in school history.

The gymnasts clawed all season to earn their third-straight Super Six appearance. LSU sophomore all-arounder Sydney Ewing said their confidence is at an all-time high after posting the best regular-season record in school history this season.

“Coming from last year being so close, we have a different type of drive and motivation,” Ewing said. “It [feels] different. It feels extremely attainable, and we all believe completely that we can actually win this year.”

The Tigers will begin on vault, followed by a bye rotation.

Breaux said progressing through the Olympic order of rotations will help LSU build momentum because it begins on one of its strongest events: vault.

Senior all-arounder Rheagan Courville is the two-time reigning vault national champion, and freshman all-arounder Myia Hambrick tied Courville for the 2015 SEC vault title. “[We] have to be on from the start because [we] can’t dig a hole,” Breaux said. “This team is prepared to do that. Starting on vault is a great place to start because we have a balance from our first vault to our last vault.

Everyone is capable of excellence.”

After competing on bars and beam, LSU will have another bye and finish on floor, on which it has the No. 1 regional qualifying score in the nation with a 49.560.

However, the Tigers’ bars and beam scores have fluctuated throughout the season. But

Breaux held a mock-nationals meet during spring break and she said her gymnasts are mentally prepared to post high scores on all four events.

“We are capable of greatness on beam,” Breaux said. “Then [we] go to floor, and it’s obvious we’re the best tumbling team in the country. We’ve done the proving, now we just have to go out and do it again.”

Senior all-arounder Lloimincia Hall said the mock competition helped the Tigers’ athletic abilities and newly mastered mental fortitude coalesce, and the Tigers hope it will make the difference between winning and losing the biggest meet of the season.

“We are going to have to throw out a huge number,” Breaux said. “[We] should because it’s the national championships. [We] should perform like a national champion.”

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artists.”

Stewart said the week’s weather would have forced the event back to the River Center again because the stage couldn’t be set on a muddy Parade Ground.

She said another perk of the move is attendance tracking — students will swipe into the event with their Tiger Cards, which also gains them an admit one for non-student guests.

Only 2,500 guests are allowed on the floor, which includes students, VIPs and the guests of each.

Last year’s turnout was their largest, with an estimated 7,000 attendees. This year, the Groovin’ planners are hoping for 5,000 to 6,000.

Stewart said she used the successful Groovin’ last year as a model for planning this year’s event while also using it to address concerns up such as not being able to re-enter the River Center after leaving and lack of dining options.

This year, cloth wristbands will allow Groovin’-goers who are on the floor to leave and reenter the venue.

Concessions will also be available, including nachos, hamburgers and hot dogs.

Groovin’ planners changed the name so future directors of Students on Target have freedom to move the event.

Stewart said the Executive Staff of Student Government and members of Students on Target pushed for the move this year.

“At the River Center, we have better safety measures for all in attendance,” Stewart said.

“The River Center is already well-equipped for musical artists and concerts in terms of dressing rooms and sound and lighting equipment.”

page 15 After venue and production costs, Students on Target had about $125,000 to hire the alternative rock and pop bands.

“Selecting an artist that was within our budget and available to come in our time frame was an incredibly challenging task,” Stewart said. “I knew I had a substantially smaller budget than last year, so I had to be realistic in my search for artists.”

Stewart said she tried to eliminate artists who performed or will perform at festivals or concerts in the state this year.

Groovin’ saw country, rap and rock artists dominate the lineup the past few years, so she kept alternative rock and pop performers in mind.

“This concert has the abil-

ity to unite students in a very unique way each and every spring, and I know the lineup this year will put on a great performance,” Stewart said.

Besides production, venue, and artists, other costs include advertising, transportation, Tiger Card readers and “throws” during the event.

There will be a shuttle running from Lockett Hall to the River Center until midnight.

“I think that Groovin’ is a demonstration of student innovation and community involvement,” Stewart said. “The entire crowd is there to be entertained and enjoy the experience together, and there are not many events outside of football or other athletic events that I truly feel connected to the entire LSU community.”

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