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Musical theatre club plans ‘Singo de Mayo’

BY TIA BANERJEE @tiabanerjee_ This year, a record 19 University students were recognized by the National Science Foundation. Ten were granted NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and nine were recognized as honorable mentions.

Biological and agricultural engineering professor and director of the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership Marybeth Lima coordinates a workshop to help students with the application process. She started the workshop in 2010 after serving as an application reviewer.

“The secret to a good application with NSF is to show that you are a reflective scholar and a reflective practitioner,” Lima said.

The application process requires students to write a two-page research proposal and a threepage personal statement as well as provide a transcript, resume and reference letters.

The first installment of the workshop outlines the

BY LAUREN HEFFKER | @laurheffker

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hanks to the Musical Theatre Club, Cinco de Mayo is coming early this year — and it’s coming with a tune.

The show, “Singo de Mayo: Past, Present and Future,” will be April 30 at 8 p.m. in the Union Theater. Admission is free and open to the public.

“Singo de Mayo” is a showcase of 26 musical theatre numbers featuring solo, duet and trio numbers as well as group ensembles. Songs are taken from different theatre productions, such as “The Sound of Music,” “Hamilton,” “The Lion King,” “Grease,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “A Very Potter Musical.”

This is the first time MTC is hosting the broadway musical theatre review.

Previously, the student exhibition was the product of a semester’s worth of preparation in Music 4005, or the Fundamentals of Musical Theatre Singing: Technique and Repertoire.

After the class was removed, MTC took it upon themselves to ensure the production’s continuity.

The show is co-directed by theatre junior Curran Latas and music education junior Brittany Spencer.

“Whatever sort of music any student likes to listen to, you’ll find something that you could love here,” Latas said.

The production is primarily student driven as the students cast, choreograph and produce the club shows. About 30 to 40 students are involved specifically with “Singo de Mayo,” with nearly 100 in the whole organization.

“Having this is great,” vocal performance sophomore Meghan Dawson said. “I look forward to coming to school so I can do what I love and what I want to do as a career and I really love that we have students who want to make this possible.”

Since MTC took on “Singo de Mayo,” the show has been able to expand from its original restraint of only using students enrolled in the class, Spencer said. The club now has alumni and graduate students participating in the show as well.

The greatest challenge in transitioning from the course to club environment was

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STUDENT LIFE

TigerRacing to compete in Formula SAE international competition

BY KATIE GAGLIANO @katie_gagliano

LSU TigerRacing is moving from parking lot trial runs to the big leagues.

In just two weeks, the TigerRacing FormulaSAE team will compete against 119 collegiate teams at the FormulaSAE international competition in Brooklyn, Michigan, the largest competition of its kind in the world.

Mechanical engineering junior Eric Murrell, the team’s

powertrain chief engineer, said the team has been preparing for this moment since May. The preparation began shortly after the completion of the 2015 competition, when the team gathered to assess shortcomings and plan changes for this year’s car, he said.

The team decided to adjust the car’s weight bias rearward and altered the style of the car’s rear differential, changing how the car handles and the way it drives. Murrell, one

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of the team’s competition drivers, said the changes have made the car both faster and easier to operate.

Mechanical engineering sophomore Van Le, the team’s engine internals subsystem lead, said another important change was redesigning the car’s transmission.

Le altered the car’s transmission from a motorcycle style arrangement to a car set-up, making it easier for the drivers to quickly shift gears during competition.

Another of Le’s duties involved

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assessing the viability of engine parts and ensuring the car’s engine was in peak operating condition.

“One goal for the team that we really stressed last year and this year was reliability,” Le said. “At competition, it’s really critical that you don’t run into any issues during competition, and having engine issues is really the worst thing that could happen because it’s very vital for the car to run.”

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LSU TigerRacing will compete in the Formula SAE international competition in Brooklyn, Michigan.

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page 2 SINGO, from page 1 scheduling, she said. But, the work still gets done.

While people audition for solos, anyone is welcome to participate in the group numbers.

“I like it better as a club because no matter how annoyed you are, you still chose to come here,” Dawson said.

Preparation for “Singo de Mayo” began the day after “Legally Blonde” ended, but the MTC Board has been planning the show since the beginning of the year.

Kinesiology and theatre senior Austin Ventura participated

RACING, from page 1 Another point of focus was being able to successfully communicate the car’s design to an audience, Le said. The first part of the competition, the static event, involves justifying the car’s design to judges in both engineering and business presentations.

The car is judged on its adherence to competition rules, overall design quality and cost efficiency. The engineering portion is followed by a business presentation, in which the team emu-

FELLOWS, from page 1 application process for students thinking about applying. The second installment is a panel discussion hosted by students who are already fellows, and the third installment is for students to bring their drafts in to receive feedback.

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in “Singo de Mayo” as part of the class last year and said it has been a harder transition because the club set the bar with its “Legally Blonde” production.

“Coming in last year and not knowing much about singing and seeing where I am now, having a group of friends that support you and make you better really is what it’s all about,” the cast member said. “We’re all such a supportive group and it’s really fun to work with these guys.”

With two directors, three music directors and four choreographers, rehearsals are often organized chaos. While they may

have multiple groups rehearsing at once, the club is a well-oiled machine.

“None of us are afraid to ask for help,” Latas said. “It’s been a really, really collaborative environment. We’re all learning together, so we’re all open to feedback, and we’re all willing to help others.”

“Singo de Mayo” is mass communication junior Drake Boudreaux’s first time on stage.

“It’s a craft, and they have the craft down to a science,” Boudreaux said. “It’s really cool to come in and witness because I never thought people my age were capable of this kind of stuff.

I think it’s an awesome showcase of everything LSU is capable of.”

MTC’s goal is to expand every year. They aim to produce at least one fully-staged musical in addition to “Singo de Mayo,” while also offering as many other opportunities as possible for members to participate.

Latas said MTC already has several events planned for next year.

“The community has been so supportive, and we’ve been really blessed and excited to have that,” Latas said. “It’s been such a cool experience, and we’re just ready for more.”

lates a company and competes in a “Shark Tank” style business pitch in front of a panel of judges, Le said.

From there, the team moves on to the most challenging portion: the dynamic events. Le said the events — endurance, acceleration, skidpad and autocross — challenge many teams. If a portion of a car’s design is flawed, this is where the team will struggle the most.

Though the team hopes to compete well against the other collegians, Murrell said the com-

petition is less about podium standing and more about how the car stacks up compared to previous years’ performances.

“We really don’t worry about the place so much as the point score increasing because the point score more accurately reflects that our knowledge in the car increased,” Murrell said.

This year the team has set a goal to increase its overall score to 650 out of 1,000, up from the previous year’s score of 572. If the point increase also boosts the team’s scoreboard standing, that’s

just an added bonus, Murrell said.

The team’s focus on growth and improvement isn’t limited to its competition score. Le said the team grew from 21 to 31 active members this year and hopes to continue attracting passionate students.

“Before it was really a small group of friends who recruited some people,” Le said. “We’re going to try to expand that to be more immersive with the student body, be more inclusive to other majors beside engineering and build our administrative side.”

Students who are granted fellowships receive three years of monetary support for graduate studies at $34,000 a year along with a one-time international travel allowance to conduct and present research abroad. Those who received honorable mention also get access to the supercomputer.

Geology senior Jennifer Kenyon is one of the 2016 recipients.

Her research proposal focuses on examining the crystallography of mineral-producing fungus.

Though she was abroad during the application process, Kenyon said she was still able to receive help from the University and Lima.

“Resources are there if you go out of your way to find them,” Kenyon said.

In addition to jumpstarting her career, Kenyon said the fellowship gives her research some leeway.

“It gives you freedom to do what you want to do with your graduate school experience,” Kenyon said.

She said the University support she received was instrumental in her achievement.

The acceptance rate for the fellowship program is 12 percent.

One reason for the record number of University students recognized this year is that more students applied, Lima said. Other contributing factors were the

support applicants received from the University and the programming offered to teach students how to conduct transformative research and be reflective scholars.

“I would like to think [it was] the individualized attention that each student got, not just from our workshop series but through all the research advisers, and there are a lot of support units on this campus,” Lima said. “I’m thrilled that so many students got the fellowship and got honorable mention this year because I feel like that’s a testament to LSU’s ability to work with students to prepare them for transformative work.”

The opportunity also gives fellows the confidence to go after future funding and provides students with monetary security.

This will really provide them the opportunity to focus more on the research and worry less about ‘How am I going to support myself,’” said Becky Carmichael, Communications across the Curriculum science coordinator.

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Sports

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Rebel Revival

BY JAMES BEWERS | @JamesBewers_TDR Throughout the last four games, the No. 8 LSU baseball team says it is being reminded of one fact — the game is difficult.

As players and LSU coach Paul Mainieri point out, baseball often doesn’t take into account talent or experience when it comes to consistent success.

An All-American can be as likely to have a 10-game hitting streak as he is to going hitless in 15 plate appearances.

The puzzling part of it all, baseball players often can’t describe why they’re in a funk.

Ask sophomore first baseman Greg Deichmann, who has one hit in his last 16 at-bats and has been the culprit of a couple of untimely errors during the Tigers’ recent 1-3 slide.

“It can get to that point where it can get frustrating, [when] both sides [are] not really going for you,” Deichmann said. “But you’ve got to try to separate the two. You’ve got to separate the field, and you’ve got to separate your at-bats. That’s the biggest thing you’ve got to work on, and that’s what I’m working on right now.”

Deichmann, like most of the Tiger lineup, was stymied, again, by the arm of Tulane right-hander J.P. France in Tuesday’s 4-1 road loss. Now, LSU (2714, 10-8 Southeastern Conference) starts an early three-game series against No. 9 Ole Miss in another hostile environment — Swayze Field.

“I compare Tulane and Ole Miss as very similar places to play,” Mainieri said. “They don’t like us very much at either place. So, you hear a lot of things, and you have to deal with it. You have to have poise and composure.

You have to self confidence. And you’ve got to fight through the little valleys that you’re going to deal with through the course of a game.”

The Rebels (31-11) are tied with the Tigers for second in the SEC West standings and boast the fourth-best ERA of conference teams, including sub-3.00 ERA from all three weekend starters.

The weekend rotation is highlighted by project Friday night starter, junior righty Brady Bramlett, who holds a 2.28 ERA and has 71 strikeouts in 55.1 innings.

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A season full of firsts fuels excitement

BY MARKUS HÜFNER @Hufner_TDR

It started in January.

As the LSU women’s tennis team opened its 2016 season with a doubleheader sweep of Nicholls State and Southern University, the first matches at the new LSU Tennis Complex would only be the beginning of a season full of other firsts.

Just three weeks later, the Lady Tigers found themselves in Madison, Wisconsin, at the ITA National Indoor Championships, marking LSU’s first participation in the tournament’s history.

The team jumped five spots in the rankings after a 4-3 victory over then-No. 10 Oklahoma, before falling to No. 5 North Carolina in the quarterfinals in Wisconsin.

With the start of conference play in early March, the Lady Tigers sat at No. 9 in the nation, the highest ranking any LSU women’s tennis team ever received during a season.

For LSU co-head coach Julia Sell, it was all part of moving forward in the direction to be championship contenders. She is two weeks away from competing in the NCAA Tournament beginning on May 13. For the third time of her coaching tenure at LSU, a year of progress has come to its conclusion.

“They don’t feel like they’ve played their best yet,” Sell said.

“That’s why we’re very excited to have one last shot to get there.

Certainly, you look at everything that’s transpired this year and you got to be nothing but really happy about what the team has accomplished.”

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SOFTBALL

Tiger Park’s advantage makes life easier for LSU softball

BY MARC STEVENS @MarcStevens_TDR

LSU’s three well-respected home venues — Tiger Stadium, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and Alex Box Stadium — are typically known for the advantage the home crowds bring to their respective teams. But LSU softball’s Tiger Park is an underrated gem.

“This is a tough place for visiting teams to come play,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “That’s made up by the awesome fans we have here at Tiger Park. We love being at home. We love playing in front of our crowds, and we love our

Tiger fans.”

In their 20 seasons since the program was restarted in 1997, the Tigers have averaged 27.3 wins in Tiger Park per season and 5.4 losses in the stretch. LSU has amassed a 545-108 record at home — or 83.5 percent of its games. This is comparable to LSU football’s home winning percentage of 84.7 during the same time frame.

Tiger softball has recorded only one season in which they dropped double digit games, an 11-defeat campaign in 2014. But this season, the Tigers are three losses away from tying the most losses at home since 1997.

So far in 2016, the team is 26-8

with a three-game set against Washington and a possible NCAA Regional left to play at home. If it drops a game to Washington and slips in the regional, the result would be a second season with double digit losses in the past three years.

LSU sophomore pitcher Carley Hoover said when the Tigers do lose a game at home, it comes as a surprise.

“Even our losses [at Tiger Park] are monumental with the fans and the energy,” Hoover said.

“It’s really hard to lose in our own park, and to not play well in our own park. It’s just really fun to be here.”

During the 20 seasons, LSU has hosted a NCAA Regional eight times and is vying for a ninth, after a decent 2016 season.

Throughout the eight regionals, the Tigers have reached the regional finals in seven times, and they have come away winners in three. After hosting and winning a NCAA Regional in 2015, the team hosted the first NCAA Super Regional in program history.

After the dominant 38-5 home season in 2015 and LSU’s fourth Women’s College World Series appearance, the Tigers attendance grew by nearly

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LSU softball infielders celebrate after a play during the Tigers’ 8-0 victory against South Carolina on April 23.

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FINALS STRESS RELIEF

BY DILLON LOWE | @d_lowe96 Finals are upon us and it’s important to find time to unwind and let go of all of that exam week stress. Here are some tips for surviving the week:

TAKE A WALK

Psychology professor, Greg Gormanous, helped organize the Little Walter Music Festival in Alexandria on Tuesday.

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SCHOOL HOUSE BLUES University professor creates Alexandria blues festival, Little Walter tribute

BY LAUREN HEFFKER @laurheffker After decades of following blues musicians around the world and helping found a music festival of his own, one could say psychology professor Greg Gormanous is a part of blues history.

The Little Walter Music Festival, an event in honor of the rock and roll hall of famer and blues musician Marion Walter Jacob, will hold its fourth annual two-day event on May 27 and May 28 at the Alexandria Amphitheatre in Alexandria, Louisiana.

The festival was founded in 2013 and started as a single day event honoring Jacobs, known popularly as Little Walter. Little Walter was born in Marksville, Louisiana, and is known for his innovative approach to the blues harmonica and as a sideman and bandleader in the blues genre.

Gormanous helped found and organize the festival.

“We kept saying we needed a Little Walter festival in Alexandria. Nobody

understood who Little Walter was,” Gormanous said.

The Little Walter Foundation, headed by Little Walter’s daughter, Marion Diaz-Reacco, supported the creation of the fest.

The partial founder first discovered the blues when he became interested in Otis Redding as a teenager. At first, all of the music in the genre sounded alike to Gormanous, but as he traveled and saw performers, he began to see how different each song could be.

Gormanous did post-doctoral research on blues and was a volunteer musician with B.B. King throughout the 1990’s and 2000’s. Gormanous said he wasn’t on the payroll, but served as a confidant to band members.

He observed B.B. King as one of the most kind-hearted people he’d ever encountered. Gormanous said he knew the blues legend on a humanistic level.

“To bring up B.B. King on a couple of occasions was like a drug,” he said.

The first year the festival was held, 300 attendees were expected. Turnout

for the event ended up being about 1,000 people.

“So much of American music, especially black music, blues music has never really gotten the respect here that it got in Australia or South Africa,” Gormanous said.

The lineup for this year’s festival features Shemekia Copeland, Kenny Neal, and The Little Walter Tribute Band, among others. A harmonica workshop will also be held at the Tipitina’s Music Office Co-Op on May 28.

As a psychology professor at the University, Gormanous noted the similarities between music and psychology.

“Psychology is about life, relationships, emotions and mood,” he said.

“Film and music are about life, relationships, emotions and mood. It’s a natural fit.”

Admission to the festival is free and open to the public. The festival is familyfriendly, and will have food and drink vendors.

“I think it’ll grow but we want to be able to manage it,” Gormanous said. “It’s just a way to appreciate life.”

After a long, grueling study session, it’s necessary to do something to clear your mind. Walking, especially somewhere scenic like the LSU Lakes, can be a great escape from the textbooks and notebooks.

LISTEN TO MUSIC To maximize the stressrelieving aspects of music, you may want to branch out from your usual playlists — researchers recommend listening to quiet classical music.

Alternatively, some researchers argue that faster, more upbeat music, makes you more alert and helps you focus better.

GET SOME SLEEP Not only is it unhealthy to operate on super-low levels of sleep, but you’ll find that it can be significantly more difficult to concentrate under those conditions. It’s not always possible, but it’s important to get your rest before heading into the battle that is finals week.

CREATE SOMETHING Whether it’s a painting, a poem or even just a doodle, finding time to be creative can be very relaxing.

The change of pace from learning material that’s been dictated to you can be a refreshing.

WATCH THE CAFFEINE Caffeine can be a life-saver, but it’s important to remember to enjoy it in moderation.

Downing cup after cup of coffee can make you jittery and actually make it harder to focus.

Opinion

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LGBT students need greater support and resources from University BEYER’S REMORSE MICHAEL BEYER @michbeyer When I needed LSU to be there for me, things quickly turned south as a gay person. But I’m sure I’m not the only LGBT student who has felt this way.

I was in need of a counselor because I was incredibly stressed out. It was past midterms and the Student Health Center had no counselors available as they usually fill up by then. Since I had private health insurance, I was able to go see a counselor off-campus.

I only made one request: the counselor must be LGBT friendly. “No problem,” I was told.

I was there for a free trial session when the counselor told me only 50 percent of gay men are actually gay and the other 50 percent are only “that way” because they were sexually abused. After hearing that, I never went back.

In that moment, I knew I couldn’t rely on the University to give me the care I needed. Next time, I would make sure to ask my friends and not the University, I told myself.

Being a gay student at LSU has always been tricky. There’s the unnecessary daily explaining you have to do. Also worrying about how your identity may impact your treatment.

There are some spaces where LGBT students feel welcome. But when you interact with some institutions many students would consider normal, such as Residential Life or the Student Health Center, it can become complicated.

Not all University officials receive the cultural competency training to understand the specific needs of many different populations on campus. And interacting with University departments can be even more troublesome if you are a queer student of color.

“Students of color are already looked at as a minority, and when you add LGBTQ to that, it is a double negative in their eyes,” said a Qroma member who asked to remain anonymous. “So that makes you even less likely to ask for help because it makes you twice as likely to be neglected.”

LGBT students could use greater efforts to make campus institutions more accessible to them. Courtney Murr, a natural resource ecology and management junior and president of Spectrum,

said this could break down that nervousness many LGBT students have when approaching University officials.

LGBT students do not have a full-time staff dedicated to their needs on campus. Karie Holton serves as the LGBTQ Project Coordinator, a part-time, 20 hour a week graduate assistant position within the Office of Multicultural Affairs. But she is one person.

“Students need full-time support,” Holton said. “Students need a stronger community than I can offer them. If we’re going to accommodate all students, the LGBTQ community is part of that.”

LSU has made many strides in recent years, with a new LGBTQ minor and an LGBT non-discrimination policy, but there is mmore work to do. Part of the problem is that these initiatives lack the staffing and funding they need to make campus home for LGBT students.

Vice Provost of Diversity Dereck Rovaris is working to increase diversity initiatives on campus, especially funding for these initiatives. The University would ideally have centers for diverse populations, where underrepresented groups could feel safe

on campus, but funding is an issue.

LSU must continue to provide resources and spaces for the LGBT community and other underrepresented groups to thrive.

No student deserves to feel like an outsider because of their identity.

The University can thrive with the whole community on the

bandwagon and we will be a better place for it. If we want to truly “Love Purple, Live Gold,” we must address and embrace the specific needs of LSU’s minority students.

Michael Beyer is a 22-year-old political science senior from New Orleans.

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Community activists discuss issues facing LGBT people at LSU and in Louisiana on April 19 during a LGBT State of the Union panel at th LSU Women’s Center.

Grades do not accuratly gauge students’ knowledge LOGIC DICTATES, CAPTAIN

GARRETT MARCEL

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University administration and faculty have lost sight of the purpose of college.

College is not supposed to simply be a culmination of points from different assignments, but a way for students to learn and test their newfound knowledge. If they know enough of what they were supposed to gain in a class, they should pass.

Instead, college requires students to jump through hoops and perform ridiculous amounts of required work that doesn’t test their knowledge. The easiest way to help students and actually test their knowledge is to give students the option to use the final exam as their final course grade. Finals usually test cumulative knowledge anyway.

If a student performs poorly in the class throughout the semester but manages to ace the final, shouldn’t they deserve an A in the class? They demonstrated that they understand the accumulation of knowledge. Not all classes have cumulative finals, or have finals at all. Those that do should implement this rule. It is a fair way to give students an option instead of curving or handing out bonus points.

Busywork is all too common, and while irrelevant homework assignments can help a student’s grade, they can also hurt it. No student is going to complete 100 percent of the homework assignments if a class gives them out on a daily basis.

Homework and quizzes are helpful tools to prepare for exams, but too many college professors don’t bother to actually teach the material before giving out assignments. Why do they grade homework if it is supposed to be

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practice for exams?

I rarely get homework completely right on the first try.

Sometimes, the time required to complete the homework is even

more ridiculous than the homework itself. Students shouldn’t have to do graded busywork that takes an extra 20 hours per a week.

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College has turned from a place where enlightened people gather to educate themselves into a twisted place where the only way to succeed is to waste time, money and sanity in order to perform ridiculous tasks that, for the most part, have no use outside college.

As a petroleum engineer, I doubt I will ever need to solve for the elasticity or deflection of a beam given an axial load. I have talked to several engineers, and it turns out college is mostly just for the degree.

Today, college is just a place where administrators and universities line their pockets with money, and students have to deal with the fall out. With the amount of stress and hypocrisy induced by the University, it is no wonder students feel obligated to get intoxicated as frequently as possible.

Garrett Marcel is a 22-year-old petroleum engineering senior from Houma, Louisiana.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 OLE MISS, from page 3 While he wasn’t familiar with the two other starters, Mainieri said Bramlett’s number of strikeouts wasn’t something he expected. “[It] surprises me because he throws mostly fastballs,” Mainieri said. “He’s going to challenge the hitters, but he has kind of a deceptive delivery, and the ball is kind of sneaky fast on you. So, it’s going to be a challenge.”

Facing pitchers like Bramlett, whose fastball sits between high 80 miles per hour and low 90s, has been a struggle for LSU hitters as of late.

France, who recorded six of the nine Green Wave strikeouts, doesn’t possess an overpowering fastball like Missouri’s Tanner Houck or Mississippi State’s

REVIEW, from page 3 LSU faced tough challenges, both physical and mental, all season. At times, nerves dominanted, doubles partners played too tentatively and confidence in singles play had to reach new heights in order to be victorious.

“It’s been a transitional year,” Sell said. “Going from being that team that’s growing to being a team that should legitimately be top-10 program and put down every team beneath them is just a really tough mentally. Next year, I think they are just going to feel much more comfortable being in those shoes and that position.”

TIGER PARK, from page 3 13 percent in 2016.

“Our fans are awesome. Just the same thing every week, we try to win the crowd and keep ourselves in the game as well,” said senior infielder Bianka Bell.

In addition to the fans, the repetitions in the park allow

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Dakota Hudson, but players said he alternated his pitches well and the Tigers never found a rhythm against him.

Junior center fielder Jake Fraley said facing pitchers like France isn’t any more, or less, challenging than facing the arms billed to be nationally elite.

In his mind, consistent offense, regardless of what pitcher is on the mound, is part of baseball’s biggest challenge.

“Baseball is a very, very hard sport in itself,” Fraley said. “So, I feel like any time you step in the box, it has its same complications and same frustrations. But, at the same time, it has same success and same enjoying and ecstatic moments with it.”

LSU currently sits tied for second in the conference in runs scored (293) and the fourth-highest batting average

(.300), having scored at least seven runs in seven of the last nine games.

In the last four games, though, the Tigers have been held to one run in two of three losses, which came after a five-game winning streak.

Along with better focus on the defensive side, the lulls in the offensive production are what LSU is trying to stay away from, said junior shortstop Kramer Robertson.

“I like the way we’ve been swinging the bats for the most part,” Roberston said. “We just need to try to limit those games where we’re just flat.

Nobody’s hitting. It’s baseball.

You’re going to struggle. You’re not going to out there every game and have a great game, especially with the pitching in this league.”

In addition to a mature roster of four upperclassmen, LSU’s signing of the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation sparks high expectations for next season.

Sell said the signification of the incoming Lady Tigers — No. 1 Raveena Kingsley, No. 10 Jade Lewis and No. 13 Rebecca Weissmann — is that they’re used to being the best.

Still, the adaption to SEC women’s tennis won’t be easy, as eight of the 14 teams currently rank inside the nation’s top 25.

“No matter how much information you give them, they never really understand how high the level is until they live through it

for a season,” Sell said. “I’m sure they’ll have their tough moments, but we’re going to have so many upperclassmen next year, who have been here for four years and lived through it. I feel like they are going to be able to help them quite a bit.”

LSU’s focus has been on playing its best tennis in May all season.

After finishing the regular season with a 17-10 record and delivering then-No. 3 Florida a tough battle in the SEC Championship quarterfinals on April 22, next year’s hopes are tremendous, as Sell continues leading the chase of a National Championship.

players to develop a familiarity with the field, said junior infielder Sahvanna Jaquish.

“It always gives us such a great advantage,” Jaquish said. “We know how many steps it is until we get to the [outfield] fence or until we have to dive. Just really chemistry with the field is always a great thing.”

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Professor retires, leaves behind legacy in music program

BY KAYLA RANDALL @kay_ran21 The first thing University professor of voice Robert Grayson ever said to his former student Loraine Sims was, “Hello, I’m Robert Grayson, and you’re not.”

Coming from being the leading tenor at the New York City Opera to teaching at LSU, he was, as he says, a bit of a hotshot.

Sims, now an LSU professor of voice herself, said she will never forget his opening line. To this day, it’s her favorite Grayson story.

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After 30 years, Grayson is retiring as a full-time professor.

He leaves behind a long storied legacy of success in LSU’s music program.

“That was his stage persona,” Sims said. “I always tell him he’s softened up, and he’s mellowed in his old age.”

Another of Sims’ favorite stories from when she was Grayson’s student involves the spelling of her name. At first, Grayson would misspell her name with two R’s instead of one. She called his attention to it, and from that moment on, everything he wrote to her, he would underline the one R. After her first doctoral recital, he wrote her a card with an elaborate design of her name spelled correctly, with the single R underlined.

Sims is part of his legacy, as she is going into her 15th year as a voice professor at the University. She’s taken everything Grayson taught her as a student to become a great teacher in her own right.

“When he was my mentor, we had a very close relationship working together,” Sims said. “He helped me get through my degree program and that’s something you don’t forget easily.”

Grayson is known in the music department as someone who expects the best out of his students. Sims said he always knew exactly how to pull that out of them.

“He was really good at helping you come to terms with things that might be blocking your performance, and getting you more confident when you sang,” Sims said. “He was really good at letting you find your best self.”

One of Grayson’s most high profile former students is Lisette Oropesa, an internationally acclaimed operatic soprano currently performing all over the world. There is a long list of other successful performers whose

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After 30 years, Robert Grayson is retiring as a full-time professor. roots can be traced back to Grayson’s teaching.

Though he will be missed throughout the music program, Grayson is at peace with his decision to walk away.

“Everything that I’ve been doing the past few weeks is the last time I’ll be doing it as a fulltime faculty member, so there have been some waves of nostalgia,” Grayson said. “But it’s irrational to believe that you can continue, when you’re getting older, at the same energy level that you did when you were 30, 40, 50, 60.”

Now that he’ll have more free time, Grayson said he is looking

forward to spend with his family, namely his wife, daughter and grandchildren.

He said he is grateful for all his experiences teaching at the University. He calls his tenure here, some of the most rewarding times of his life and has the highest regard for his students.

“For the first time since 1987, I won’t be the head of the voice program,” Grayson said.

“What’s really more fulfilling than performing on a big stage myself is to see what my students have achieved. They still come back and see me after 30 years.”

Grayson isn’t straying too far away, as he will still be available in the future for consultation with his students.

“I’m philosophic, and I look forward to remaining active and engaged with LSU,” Grayson said. “LSU has been a great place to teach, to interact, to collaborate and I truly hope our legislators will recognize the excellence that is inherent in LSU.” Even though he was her teacher long ago, Sims knows that she and everyone else he’s ever taught has a little bit of Grayson in them.

“Every voice teacher is a composite of every person they’ve ever studied with, so I know there’s some Robert Grayson in me,” Sims said. “He’s an immovable force. LSU owes him a debt of gratitude.”

The LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts will be honoring Grayson at a tribute gala Friday in the Union Theater.