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Volume 121 · No. 54 ADMINISTRATION
CATHERINE SEDDON / The Daily Reveille
Two women killed in Cottages shooting, residents fear for safety of popular gated community
Petition to be delivered to Alexander, Governor BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ @Rosee_Vee
BY CAITIE BURKES | @caitie1221 Sunday’s killings of two Southern University students brought a wave of shock to residents of The Cottages of Baton Rouge, an off-campus community considered out of harm’s way by many. Despite its gated entrance and virtually nonexistent history of violence, yesterday morning’s police cars and ambulances cast doubt on the safety of LSU students who call the residential area home. “You live in a gated community to feel safe, and you don’t feel safe when something like this happens,” said
Cottages resident and construction management junior Logan Vaughn. Non-student resident Jordan Levine said he and his roommates assumed The Cottages was one of the safer areas to live. “You never really hear about that kind of stuff happening here,” Levine said. Mass communication freshman Peyton Short was on her way back from formal when she first heard news of the incident. Though she does not live in The Cottages, Short said she spends
a significant amount of time there. “I just want to know more information about it,” she said. “It’s so random and crazy that I want to know why it happened and what was going on.” Communication disorders sophomore Alex Jackson said the addition of a basketball court in The Cottages complex increased the prevalence of crime in the area. The court has “caused a lot of problems,” including nonresidents coming through the gates on a normal basis, she said. Construction management junior
see COTTAGES, page 7
On Monday at 9 a.m., supporters of Tiger Band director Roy King, who was recently placed on administrative leave, plan to march from the Lod Cook Alumni Center to LSU President F. King Alexander’s office to deliver a change.org petition titled “Support Roy King #istandwithroy #bandwithroy,” which has more than 1,300 signatures. Former Tiger Band drum major Mary Bahlinger, who graduated in May 2015, has organized the event in hopes that it will help King keep his job because his supporters feel that he and the band have been “wronged.” Though Bahlinger acknowledged she does not have all of the specifics surrounding the administrative action, she said King has been open about the fact that the LSU School of Music has been after the money the band receives from LSU Athletics for “a long time.” “Everybody’s going to have a different take on Roy King, but my personal experience is that he will do whatever it takes to support all and any of his students in whatever they need to help them do their job,” Bahlinger said. “He
see KING, page 2
GOLF
Former Tiger Kaufman finishes 29th in the Masters BY CHRISTIAN BOUTWELL @CBoutwell_TDR
Fourteen months ago, former LSU star Smylie Kaufman had recently returned from Panama City, Panama, after competing in Web.com Tour’s annual Panama Claro Championship, only to hop on a plane headed toward Los Angeles. The City of Angels embodied hope for Kaufman, as did many other qualifying tournaments to seal himself a spot on the PGA Tour. Kaufman, unblinded by the professional tour’s bright spotlight, opened at 2-under par at the
Farmers Insurance Open as he continued looking for more upcoming PGA Tour-credentialed tournaments. “I know that I just have to keep getting better, developing my game and the results will keep coming,” Kaufman told The Daily Reveille on Feb. 11, 2015. Sunday night, Kaufman found himself playing alongside 2015 Masters Champion Jordan Spieth in golf’s most prestigious 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club. “I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing,” Kaufman said after round 3 on Saturday afternoon. “Today was a good day.” After a 3-under par, 69,
show-stealing round on 54 holes, Kaufman was one stroke behind Spieth, but slipped on Sunday — 9-over par through 18 holes — in one of the more amicably-received stumbles Baton Rouge-bred golf has ever seen. Given his age and experience, the slip from the top wasn’t careerthreatening for the 24-year-old Masters rookie. “My dream was just to play here,” Kaufman said after the third round. “Now that I’ve won Vegas and got in, now it’s the real thing. Let’s see what happens.” What happened was Kaufman,
see KAUFMAN, page 7
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Smylie Kaufman looks for his ball with caddie Aaron Alpern after teeing off in the final round of the Masters golf tournament on April 10 in Augusta, Georgia.