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Prototypes of the Hydra-Guard serve as a model for Joseph Tucker’s new invention — a hydrating mouth piece for athletes.

Hydro-Guard quenches athletes’ thirst hands-free

University student invents portable beer pong game

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com

BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com

Hydration for athletes has always stopped at the sidelines, but with the University’s Louisiana Business and Technology Center’s newest tenant, a one-of-a-kind hydrating mouth guard could change the game.

Inventor and CEO Joseph Tucker, who graduated from McNeese State and then participated in the University’s STEM research program, said he came up with the idea while he was training for his second marathon. After trying out various options such as CamelBak and hand-strapped water bottles, Tucker said he realized he needed something that could

When his friends were battling the wind and sand during a game of beer pong on the beach, University business student Todd Mashburn saw a business opportunity to change one of college’s oldest pastimes.

Mashburn and his friends tried to create a wind-resistant alternative to the game by digging holes in the sand for cups, but the wind still swayed the ball.

Mashburn noticed the popularity and simplicity of the game and sought to fix the issues players had to deal with when playing outside — creating a new game called MashBall.

“More than anything, we

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Mashball, invented by Todd Mashburn, combines the portability of washer toss and the simplicity of beer pong.

ART

Stroke survivor creates paintings inspired by visions

BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com One afternoon in 2010, University art professor emeritus Edward Pramuk collapsed. His wife, Mary, called 911. He remained conscious for only 15 minutes.

Pramuk suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, where bleeding in the brain damages cells and tissue. In the two days following, he entered an unconscious state and experienced no suffering.

“I felt myself being transported into a region of golden light that was very welcoming and pleasant,” Pramuk said. “The space was silent, vast and intimate at the same time. I was being drawn upward by a presence overhead and experienced a

gradual warming.”

Pramuk woke up at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, paralyzed from the waist down but captivated by memories from his unconscious state. He went home a week later and immediately began working on a series of paintings.

His work, titled “Illuminations,” is currently on display at The Gallery at Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts until Feb. 24.

Pramuk worked at the University for 35 years teaching painting, drawing, printmaking and design. He also headed the Painting Area for 15 years and retired in 2000.

He said the paintings of “Illuminations” are not a visual

representation of what he saw while unconscious.

“I make no attempt to illustrate that ephemeral region but rather to explore metaphors that suggest the energy and solace of that moment,” Pramuk said.

He said it felt like life’s questions were being answered without any words spoken.

Although he felt at peace, Pramuk said he had one regret about entering the new state — his inability to comfort his wife and two daughters.

His youngest daughter, Andrea, adapted Pramuk’s studio to make it wheelchair-friendly, so her father could translate his visions onto canvas as soon as

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LSU art professor emeritus Edward Pramuk’s ‘Illuminations’ series metaphorically portrays the calming light he saw after a hemorrhagic stroke left him unconscious for two days.

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Baseball reschedules weekend finale as Friday double-header Due to the possibility of inclement weather in Baton Rouge on Sunday, this weekend’s series finale between the No. 2 LSU baseball team and Boston College has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Friday in Alex Box Stadium.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015 ACADEMICS

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LSU to lead $4.9 million La. neutron research initiative Ten University faculty members to participate in study

BY JOSE ALEJANDRO BASTIDAS jbastidas@lsureveille.com University faculty members will lead a multi-million dollar statewide study, giving students the opportunity to experience the field of neutron scattering.

John DiTusa, Louisiana Consortium for Neutron Scattering (LaCNS) principal investigator and physics professor, will lead a group of faculty researchers from the University, along with professors from Tulane University, the University of New Orleans and Louisiana Tech, funded by a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

DiTusa said the three-year research initiative will better the understanding of advanced materials. It will help in finding ways to create new technologies and improve existing technologies by manipulating the materials involved in creating different instruments.

“There are two types of materials involved — hard materials and soft materials,” DiTusa

said. “In hard materials, we’re mostly interested in magnetism, superconductivity and other interesting electrical properties. In the soft materials, we’re looking at things that will help us build better photovoltaic cells.”

Studying these materials, DiTusa said, could lead to technological improvements in the long term. These include more efficient power lines, nanotubes to constantly deliver medicine in the body, computers with more memory space in their hard drives and cheaper materials for building solar panels.

Neutron scattering is a technique used to manipulate the structure and dynamics of materials over a range of time, length and conditions.

Undergraduate students interested in neutron scattering will have the opportunity to work on the research initiative.

DiTusa usually works with two to three undergraduate students at a time on material synthesis and characterization.

“I want undergraduates to understand that [the University is] connected to a broader world of scientific research,” DiTusa said. “What we’re doing is not just making connections to other universities in the state, but to national laboratories.

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Dr. John DiTusa is the principal investigator for the $4.9 million reasearch grant the LaCNS received from the Department of Defense.

The faculty is going to these national labs and making connections to the people and the science there. We’re competing on a worldwide level in order to get this [opportunity].”

Fourteen faculty members will participate in the study — 10 from the University and the other four from other Louisiana institutions.

The funds will be used mostly for personnel hiring, including

the faculty, eight graduate students, six postdoctoral researchers and one visiting faculty member, DiTusa said.

The money will also go toward travelling expenses, as most of the research will be done at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

DiTusa said he believes University students benefit from having faculty who are heavily involved with research, because

opportunities for experience help put what they learn in the classroom into perspective.

“One of the reasons why [students] come to LSU [is] to be at the center of academic excellence,” DiTusa said. “It’s also employment.

[Students] can use this as a job. If you understand that what you’re learning in class is useful and important, you’re going to learn it much better.”

UNIVERSITY LIFE

University locksmith celebrates 50 years of employment

BY EMILIE HEBERT emiliehebert@lsureveille.com When University locksmith Eli Jackson first looked for a job in 1964, he was turned away for because he was too small to move furniture.

Now Jackson is celebrating 50 years working for the University.

Residential Life staff hosted a surprise party for Jackson on Feb. 18, commemorating his many years of employment. Family, Res Life staff and Jackson’s coworkers attended the celebration.

Jackson returned to the University two weeks after he was denied a job. He was hired by Res Life as a custodian in April 1964 when he was about 20, before Kirby Smith Hall and Miller Hall were built. He worked his way up to the positions of custodian supervisor and then master locksmith, the job he now holds.

Associate Director of Housing Operations Celena Trahan said even though Jackson’s title is locksmith, he is the all-around handyman, fixing custodial machines, changing lights and helping any way he can.

“He can do it all. He does everything that we could ask for and more,” Trahan said. “He’s one of those people you’ll never be able to replace.”

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Eli Jackson is given a surprise party and award for his 50 years of service at LSU on Feb. 18 in Laville Hall.

LSU President F. King Alexander attended the party to give Jackson a plaque acknowledging his 50 years of service.

To complete the surprise, Res Life staff told Jackson to bring two chairs to Laville Honors House for a gathering.

Without question, he did what was asked of him.

He said he had no idea the staff was throwing a party for him but knew something suspicious was going on.

Jackson said it doesn’t feel like he has worked for almost

51 years because the job is so enjoyable.

“It’s been a joy for me. I just feel great to come and do stuff where I can help people do things,” Jackson said. “It just makes me feel better.”

Executive Director of Residential Life Steve Waller said Jackson is the only person he can think of that has worked for his department for as long as 50 years.

He said Jackson is the staff member who checks on the properties every day over Christmas break.

“He’ll do anything for you no matter what the time of day or night is,” Waller said.

“He’s dedicated to students, dedicated to LSU. He comes to work almost every day, hardly ever misses a day. He’s one of those rare individuals that has worked for almost 51 years now at LSU.” Former Associate Director of Facilities Bert Daigle joked about how he almost didn’t hire Jackson in 1964, but said he was glad he gave Jackson a chance at the job. He said they have been the best of friends since Jackson was hired.

His wife, Rosa Jackson, said even though she retired years ago, Eli still looks forward to going to work.

“He’s just a real good-hearted person, loves helping others, wants nothing in return,” Rosa said. “That’s him. That’s

his personality.”

A father and grandfather, Eli said he performs all tasks to the best of his ability until he is satisfied.

“It’s all about helping people. I see people and I help them along the way,” Eli said. “Students, all of them. If I can help you, I’m going to help you.”

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Wild Kratts - Baton Rouge River Center Theatre The Anteeks - Superior Grill

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Louisiana State Women's Basketball - Pete Maravich Assembly Center Concert with USAF Jazz Big Band - Baton Rouge Magnet High School

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Star Night at the Mic - UpStage Theatre DJ Monkey - The Station Sports Bar and Grill Noisewater - Chelsea's Cafe Cat's Ass Karaoke - George's Place Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn - Capitol Park Museum Jamie Baldridge - Baton Rouge Gallery for Contemporary Art A World of Dreams - Louisiana Art and Science Museum and Planetarium An American in Venice: James McNeill Whistler and His Legacy LSU Museum of Art

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Geography and anthropology department fosters global connection

BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Take a Louisiana flagship university, add students from a top Chinese institution, and two plus two equals four years of international education.

The University’s Department of Geography and Anthropology is working with the School of Geographical Sciences at Shanghai’s East China Normal University to develop a two-plus-two degree program.

Representatives from ECNU visited the University in January to discuss the program’s details.

The plan is to launch the program for ECNU students, but the opportunity will likely open up to University students in the future, said geography professor and department chair Fahui Wang.

ECNU students will complete the first two years of their undergraduate studies in China and the last two years at the University, earning their bachelor of science in geography from

both institutions.

“I think that America still remains a beacon for the world in terms of education,” said dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Stacia Haynie. “I think we still offer the best opportunity for students.”

Wang said he expects the collaboration to build in three phases: undergraduate, graduate and faculty exchanges. He said the new degree program is still in the early stages of development, but he would like to see it begin as soon as possible.

“The program — we call it a pilot program — will start with geography,” Wang said. “The geography program in East China Normal University is ranked at number three in China, so we are working with the very best.”

Haynie said the program will be faculty driven, so the first step in its preparation is making sure the department of geography and anthropology faculty are ready to move forward. Next, the program will go through the Southern

Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges’ accreditation process as well as an evaluation by the University Office of Academic Affairs.

“Right now, we’re just ensuring that the curriculum will follow so that when the students get here, they have truly just two years,” Haynie said. “We want to make sure whatever courses they’re taking there are the correct courses in the correct order so that they follow here.”

If the planning and preparation stages move forward as expected, the new degree program could launch as early as fall 2016, Haynie said.

Wang said he hopes the partnership will promote research collaboration among faculty and graduate students.

“I think all of that provides a richer educational experience for students,” Haynie said.

“You’re able to leverage the scholarship and expertise we have here with the scholarship and expertise that is available at East China Normal University.”

In addition to giving students access to top tier higher education, one of the program’s major goals is to attract more international students to the University, Wang said.

“The University needs to meet certain metrics in terms of recruitment, retention, graduation and so on,” Wang said. “I think that if we can make good efforts, you know, be a little bit more aggressive in recruiting international students, it can help us on multiple fronts.”

The exchange will help students both in and out of the classroom. By broadening the scope of students’ experience and teaching them customs of another culture, the program will prepare students for the growing global job market, Wang said.

The University has partnered with schools in China, including Beijing Normal University and Tongji University, through University International Programs for several years now.

However, Wang said the

relationship with ECNU will expand the University’s global connection to China on a larger scale.

“We use geography as the starting point, and then, you know, we will certainly after geography explore those departments that are housed in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and eventually if other colleges are interested, we can also expand it to across the whole campus,” Wang said.

The University is already looking to broaden the partnership to include other top Chinese schools, like Capital Normal University and Wuhan University, he said.

“They have faculty who are doing amazing research on different things, and our faculty here can collaborate with them,” Haynie said. “The students can come and work with our faculty, having established also research agendas with the faculty at those institutions, so it allows that sort of, you know, cross-fertilization of intellectual opportunities.”

STUDENT LIFE

University time capsules leave messages for future generations

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com The University is one of the most historic aspects of the centuries-old city of Baton Rouge, and its past students and faculty have dedicated four time capsules full of memoirs from different decades to the future.

For decades, the campus community has contributed to several time capsules, and people from different generations all have the same goal in mind — to give the future LSU community a peek into life as it was.

The first known capsule on campus was buried in 1967 as part of a program called “World of 2067.”

According to a May 10, 1967, news release from the Student Union, the program was meant to “give a preview of life during the first half of the 21st century.”

The 1967 capsule is buried in front of the Student Union and contains a microfilm of students’ predictions of the future generation, according to a 2010 press release from the University’s Media Center. The capsule itself is enclosed in a concrete cylinder weighing about 1,000 pounds.

Mass communication freshman Ellen Farmer said she thinks the students’ predictions are likely unrealistic.

“I think they’ll talk about flying cars and teleporters,” Farmer said. “I think their ideas will be very similar to what was in ‘The Jetsons’ cartoon.”

The second capsule, located in front of the fountain near Dodson Auditorium in the Quad, was

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A buried time capsule from the year 1976 is located in front of the Dodson Auditorium water fountain. buried April 30, 1976, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the nation, according to the Media Center’s news release.

The lid of the capsule bears what looks like a coded text — TMWTDAAHOTTA 2076 FLSU 1976 ICOOCBC ... PHBMDLJCCGESM PSLMSLVTSVAGLDWRSR. The 1976 capsule was buried during a time of turmoil in America. The country was turning the corner on the Watergate presidential scandal, and the Vietnam War was coming to a close.

Farmer said she thinks the items in the Dodson capsule are

probably reflective of the time period. She said students in 2015 could learn a lot from the capsule.

“Students today know about the ’70s from history class, but I think it would be interesting to see more first-hand material,” Farmer said.

Political science junior Donald Dey said he would be interested to look at the contents of the 1976 bicentennial capsule.

“I want to say they put in more patriotic-type stuff because it was such a big celebration of the country,” Dey said. “Probably an American flag and maybe vinyl CDs and other things that would be fun

to look at.”

The capsule is scheduled to be opened in 2076.

University ROTC built and buried a third capsule in 1999 as a part of LSU Salutes, a celebration that honors all war veterans, particularly those who attended the University and participated in ROTC. It is located in the shadow of the Memorial Tower and is set to be opened in 2050.

There is little known information about the 1999 capsule other than its open date, according to the University’s military science archives.

Farmer said she guesses

the ROTC capsule didn’t get as much publicity because it was for a more sensitive cause and the contents probably consist of war memorabilia, including photographs of veterans.

The burial of the most recent time capsule kicked off homecoming week of 2010, dedicated to the University’s Sesquicentennial anniversary.

The Sesquicentennial capsule was buried on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, under the oaks of the Parade Ground and is scheduled to be opened on the University’s 300th anniversary in 2160.

Because this capsule is fairly recent, Farmer said University students now would likely remember the majority of the events, people and news inside the capsule, but when it is opened in 2160, people will view it as a simpler time.

“I think our generation will be remembered as the beginning of the technological revolution, [but] in 150 years I think the students will think our society was very simplistic because I’m sure technology will be very sophisticated,” Farmer said.

Dey said he would recognize a lot of what is probably in the 2010 capsule because it was buried so recently and much of the pop culture is the same.

Though the actual reasons for burying each capsule were different, Dey said he thinks the overall theme remains the same throughout the years.

“I think people bury time capsules as part of the idea that people like to be remembered,” Dey said.

“They think the future is going to be way different, so they want the future to see the stuff they had then.”

Sports

Thursday, February 19, 2015

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Tigers strand 17 in 6-3 loss to Nicholls

BY jack chascin jchascin@lsureveille.com

so many great battles against [LSU],” Cannizaro said. “[I] wanted to beat them more than anybody in the country at that time.

But in that same mindframe, though, I completely respected everything that they did here at LSU.” Cannizaro, a Louisiana native, has always been dedicated to baseball. While other Tulane students may have been enjoying a night on the town, he and his former roommate and teammate Matt Groff were watching “Baseball Tonight” at home, talking about their dreams of making it to the MLB. Cannizaro, a player who hit for an average near the top of the order, was a model of consistency and, as Groff called him,

The No. 2 LSU baseball team left nearly two whole lineups on base Wednesday night.

The Tigers (3-1) dropped their first mid-week game since March 2014 to Nicholls State, 6-3, leaving 17 men on base while going 4-for19 with runners in scoring position. LSU had a runner in scoring position in eight straight innings.

“We didn’t hit enough,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We didn’t hit in the clutch. We just got to get more aggressive and more attacking at the plate then what we’ve shown.”

LSU was plagued by poor execution not only on offense but defense as well. The Tigers committed four costly errors setting up key Colonel (3-1) runs.

The Tigers ran into trouble early with the top of the Nicholls State order. After the Colonels grounded into a fielder’s choice to get their first out in the top of the first, the Colonels took advantage of mental errors to gain the early lead.

LSU freshman pitcher Doug Norman attempted to pick off left fielder Darius Knight at first, but instead, he threw the ball away from senior first baseman Conner Hale allowing Knight to advance to third. The Colonels took advantage of the error two batters later as first baseman Seth Stevens roped a line drive double over senior left fielder Chris Sciambra’s

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LSU recruiting coordinator and hitting coach Andy Cannizaro watches over players Feb. 11 during team batting practice.

Hitting coach, former Tulane player Cannizaro reflects on career, rivalry with Tigers BY james bewers jbewers@lsureveille.com

The NCAA knew how important the 2001 Division I Baseball Tournament was to Louisiana.

The Super Regional series between host Tulane and then-LSU coach Skip Bertman’s five-time national champion dynasty had plenty of intrigue. The Green Wave, losers of only 10 games that season, had a prime opportunity to thwart its big brother in Baton Rouge on the biggest stage.

So big, in fact, the NCAA moved the series from Tulane’s home of Turchin Stadium to Zephyr Field in Metairie, Louisiana, to accommodate the larger-than-normal crowd.

At the center of Tulane’s 2001 roster was a standout senior shortstop — current LSU hitting coach and recruiting coordinator Andy Cannizaro.

“I had four awesome years at Tulane and

gymnastics

Ewing earns scholarship, spot in vault lineup as sophomore

BY jacob hamilton jhamilton@lsureveille.com When LSU sophomore allarounder Sydney Ewing stuck the landing on vault against thenNo. 9 Georgia on Feb. 6, it was met with a thunderous roar from her home crowd, and she was rewarded with a then-career-high 9.900 from the judges.

It marked the second week in a row she scored a career-high in the event, and she made it threestraight weeks in the Tigers’ victory against Auburn last Friday.

She wasn’t always a staple in one of the nation’s top vaulting lineups. The Lafayette, Louisiana, native started her college career as a walk-on. She chose LSU because of its proximity to home and her everlasting desire to be a Tiger.

“I visited Georgia, New

Hampshire, Southern Utah and [LSU],” Ewing said. “With scholarship offers from all of those other schools, it was a tough choice, but throughout the whole process, I knew that I wanted to be here … I’ve always wanted to be a Tiger.”

It didn’t take long for Ewing to prove she was worthy of a scholarship. She scored a 9.825 or higher on beam 10 times in her freshman season, including a career-high tying 9.900 at the NCAA Championship Semifinals to earn All-American honors.

As the first freshman to earn First-Team All-American honors on beam since Jeanie Beadle in 1977, Ewing also became the first freshman in LSU history to qualify for the NCAA Individual Event finals.

She finished the season in third place in the nation on beam,

and LSU coach D-D Breaux rewarded her efforts with a scholarship.

“She definitely worked hard ,last year and this year, to step up when we needed her,” said senior all-arounder Jessie Jordan. “I am extremely proud of her for doing that. To see her hard work pay off is really enlightening to me.”

Ewing didn’t become complacent after her school-recordbreaking freshman season. Instead, she focused on improving in the area her coaches said they needed her to contribute the best she could.

This year, the team needed her to step up into the vault lineup after it lost graduating seniors Kaleigh Dickson and Sarie Morrison, and she has adequately filled that role.

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LSU then-freshman all-arounder Sydney Ewing flys on vault March 14, 2014, during the Tigers’ 197.800-195.000 victory against Kentucky at the PMAC.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Leading at halftime crucial for Lady Tigers’ success

BY STANTON VIGNES svignes@lsureveille.com The LSU women’s basketball team’s blowout loss to No. 1 South Carolina last Thursday in Columbia marked the Lady Tigers’ eighth consecutive loss when trailing at halftime.

LSU (14-10, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) is 0-8 this season when trailing after the first 20 minutes of the game, with three of those losses against SEC competition.

The Lady Tigers have been front running through the majority of their wins, going 14-2 when winning or tied halfway through their matchups. They’ve won six straight when going into the locker room ahead, their last loss against then-No. 9 Texas A&M on Jan. 11.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said her group needs to figure out how to play a more complete game, and bench players must step up when necessary.

“I think for this group we’ve got to better [in the 10 segments of the game],” Caldwell said.

“We’ve done a nice job in the first 10 minutes of basketball games.

Even against South Carolina, the score was 10-13 through 10

minutes. And I’ve got to get more productivity out of my bench.

We’ve got to be able to go to the bench and maintain where we’re at or give ourselves a spark. I need more of that.”

LSU’s bench has averaged 16 points per game in the eight losses LSU has suffered after trailing at the halfway mark.

Caldwell said plenty of the bench is to blame but added senior guard DaShawn Harden needs to take more responsibility as the sixth man.

“I can rip through my entire bench, but I’m going to start with Harden,” Caldwell said. “I think she can give us a spark in a big way on both sides of the basketball. Not too many players can do that. She’s a player that, to me, is one of our more skilled guards.

She’s able to shoot the three, come off of ball screens and put a pull-up jumper in and get to the basket.”

Through the first 15 games, Harden averaged 12 points per game and led the team in that category. In her last eight appearances, Harden’s average dropped to 5.8 points per game while averaging 21 minutes.

The distance LSU trails at the half in these games is not

remarkable. Besides two blowout losses to then-No. 1 South Carolina, the Lady Tigers trailed by an average of nine points at halftime in the games it lost.

Freshman guard Jenna Deemer said a lack of passion is an issue when they come out trailing at halftime.

“When we’re down, it doesn’t fire us up to come back. But it needs to in a way,” Deemer said.

“When we come back out, go hard just like if we were warming up for the game. I think we need to get sweating and get moving.

With LSU’s offense heavily reliant on transition, its defense has been significant for the team’s offensive productivity, losing only three games when opponents score fewer than 60 points against them.

In the games LSU lost when trailing in the first half, the Lady Tiger defense struggled to force turnovers. The defense allowed teams to shoot 47 percent from the field in the second half and allowed an average of 34 points during that period.

Junior forward Anne Pedersen said she believes her team is losing focus in the second half, and it is not the result of physical fatigue.

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LSU sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief attempts a free throw Jan. 29 during the Lady Tigers’ 79-41 victory against Ole Miss at the PMAC. “I think it’s mental. Obviously, we’re capable of doing big things when we’re in tune,” Pedersen said. “So it’s all mental. Sometimes trailing is good because you get this extra spark, but for us, it’s been not so good.

So it’s very important for us to

come out in the first half and really create that lead because we know that we sometimes struggle when we come out in the second half.”

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LSU hopes bench will come alive against Georgia’s defense

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com Despite being just a week removed from its second 24-point clobbering by then-No. 1 South Carolina this season, the LSU women’s basketball team hopes to rebound with its fourth win against a top-50 team when the Lady Tigers host Georgia at 7 p.m. tonight at the PMAC. With only four regular season games left, the Lady Tigers (1410, 8-4 Southeastern Conference) have to learn from their mistakes against South Carolina and apply corrections quickly against defensive-minded Georgia, which is hungry for a conference win after losing five straight games.

“We have a challenge ahead of us and a very good Georgia team, whose trademark is their defense and their ability to rebound and push tempo,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “Those are going to be some keys of the game that we focus on. We’ve spent these last few days really focusing in on getting better as a team.”

LSU was able to establish an early offensive rhythm with its starters against South Carolina, but once Caldwell turned to the bench, the offense couldn’t create any opportunities as the Gamecocks took over.

Throughout its conference schedule, LSU’s success has depended on an offensive spark and defensive toughness coming from its bench. In seven

of their eight conference wins, the Lady Tigers outscored their opponent’s bench, averaging 27.3 points compared with 19 points allowed.

Against Georgia’s (17-8, 5-7 SEC) second-best SEC scoring defense, the support of the bench will be key to get the Lady Tigers’ two leading scorers, junior guard Danielle Ballard and sophomore guard Raigyne Moncrief, into a rhythm.

Coming off the bench, senior guard DaShawn Harden and junior forward Akilah Bethel are crucial to establishing consistent offensive production and defensive pressure.

Harden is a 3-point threat and helps the transition game through her ability to force turnovers. The Kansas native leads the Lady Tigers with 31 3-pointers made and is tied for the teamlead with 50 steals. “[DaShawn Harden] is someone that can give us a spark in a big way on both sides of the basketball,” Caldwell said. “She’s a player that is one of our more skilled guards. She’s able to shoot the three ... Her ability to come up with those deflections which then leads to a steal which then leads a transition basket. That’s the spark we need from her.”

Bethel’s physical presence inside allows senior forward Sheila Boykin to rest and gives the Lady Tigers a rebounder and disruptive presence at the top of their full court press.

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LSU freshman guard Jenna Deemer (1) moves the ball up the court on Feb. 8 during the lady tigers’ 51-39 victory against Alabama at the PMAC. Although Bethel’s defense was key to creating late game turnovers against then-No. 15 Mississippi State on Jan. 15, Caldwell said Bethel has to become “the weak-side clean up lady” off the bench on both ends of the floor.

Despite playing 19.8 minutes per game, Bethel averages only 4.6 rebounds per game.

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Bulldogs have struggled offensively since losing their leading scorer, junior guard/forward Shacobia Barbee, to a fractured right distal fibula against Tennessee on Jan. 25.

In their five straight losses since losing Barbee, Georgia averaged only 50.8 points per game and shot 35 percent from the floor. Junior guard Tiaria Griffin leads the Lady Bulldogs with 11.2

points per game.

“We just have to be mentally prepared,” said freshman guard Jenna Deemer. “We’ve got to work together as a team. We’ve been practicing their plays and our plays, but it all comes down to who is going to give the best effort and hustle.”

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Tigers face familiar foes in final stretch of regular season

BY DAVID GRAY dgray@lsureveille.com Two 18-point blowouts at Florida and Tennessee showed how dominant the LSU men’s basketball team can be.

A four-point win in Oxford, Mississippi, showed how gritty the Tigers can play.

A four-point loss to Auburn at the PMAC showed how LSU can be its own worst enemy.

But those games don’t mean much now for the Tigers, who play four of their remaining five games against teams they’ve already faced this season. When squaring off against a familiar foe, LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin said success isn’t determined by strategy as much as by desire.

“It’s about who wants it more,” Martin said.

With less than three weeks left in the regular season, there are few surprises teams can throw at their opponents. Coaches have scouted the opposition since late November, becoming as familiar with a rival’s tendencies as their own.

LSU coach Johnny Jones said teams can add “some wrinkles” to their in-game strategies, but the basic concepts will be what they’ve been all year.

“The body of what people will do offensively and defensively

will certainly be the same,” Jones said. “It’s just a matter of being able to execute ­— be it on the offensive end of the floor making your plays or defensively with what you are doing against your opponent.”

Every Southeastern Conference team knows LSU succeeds when it gets the ball inside to Martin and fellow sophomore forward Jordan Mickey — the league’s third-highest scoring duo at 32.5 points per game — rather than shoot from the outside.

The Tigers are 12-2 when Martin and Mickey have combined for at least 30 points this season, but their record plummets to 5-6 when they fail to reach that mark.

When LSU’s dynamic forward tandem isn’t getting its normal touches in the paint, it’s usually because the team is shooting with a quick trigger from beyond the arc. The Tigers are 6-6 when they attempt more than 15 3-pointers in a game, including a 3-5 mark in SEC play with losses to cellar dwellers Missouri, Mississippi State and Auburn.

With five games left in the season, LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby said it’s “OK” to add “some tweaks” to the game plan so long as the overall approach remains the same.

“Strategy plays into it because we can take things and learn from our first games and maybe change up the strategy against teams if we need to,” Hornsby said. “But we shouldn’t change our identity.”

However, the Tigers didn’t learn from their mistakes in a rematch against Texas A&M on Tuesday.

LSU led by at least eight points in the second half of both meetings with the Aggies this season before faltering down the stretch.

In both games, the Tigers went away from their All-SEC big men and relied heavily on outside shooting, going a combined 3-for-23 from 3-point range in two second halves against Texas A&M. In both games, Martin and Mickey averaged a combined 24 points.

With LSU going away from its strength inside, the Aggies swept the season series by a total of nine points.

Now, the Tigers go from the hunters to the hunted. Three of their last five games are against teams they’ve already beaten this season, including the two 18-point thumpings against the Gators and the Volunteers.

Florida, Tennessee and Ole Miss will all be seeking revenge against LSU, and Martin said the

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LSU sophomore forward Jarell Martin (1) shoots the ball during the Tigers’ 71-69 loss against Kentucky on Feb. 10 at the PMAC. Tigers must match that intensity if they hope to sweep a series or two of their own.

“The team that comes out wanting it more is going to be the team with success at the end,” Martin said. “It’s just a matter of

us going out there and wanting it as a team. If we want it as a team, then we’ll come out and play real well.”

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“I had a feeling at the beginning of the year that she was going to be in my lineup and that she would make a statement,” said LSU vault coach Bob Moore.

“Look at her. That’s exactly what she’s doing. She achieves more than she thought she could by making the most out of what she has.

“There’s the statement of having lemons and making lemonade. Well, she’s not just making lemonade, baby, she’s selling it and making a profit.”

Ewing competed in the vault lineup just once in her freshman season, but she already has four appearances this season and has made the most of them. After posting a 9.750 in her first appearance in the event, she answered with back-to-back scores of 9.900 and a new career-high 9.925.

She is No. 11 in the Southeastern Conference with an average of 9.869 and is third on the team only behind senior all-arounder and two-time reigning vault national champion, Rheagan Courville and freshman all-arounder Myia Hambrick.

“That’s an [event] that she made a concerted effort to improve on,” Breaux said. “This week and last week, we saw the real Sydney Ewing vault. Now, her standard of excellence is way up here, so we will expect her delivery way up here all the time.“

head to drive in Knight and take an early 1-0 lead.

LSU’s fortunes didn’t get any better. The Tigers left the bases loaded in back-to-back innings after hot starts at the plate to begin both of the first two innings.

With a 1-0 lead already in hand, the Colonels had runners in scoring position with one out in the top of the third and drove them home after a sacrifice fly went awry for the Tigers because of Sciambra’s throwing error to third.

The Colonels tacked on one more run in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 6-0 lead. Norman could never find his groove in his debut on the mound in his 4 2/3 innings pitched, allowing five runs, four earned, on nine hits with three strikeouts.

“You don’t hear it too much, but I think I might have thrown too many strikes tonight,” Norman said. “I thought I did good getting ahead … but that two strike pitch — I just got to do a better job of executing.”

The Tigers began to come to life in the bottom of the sixth inning. After a quick fly-out by

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LSU then-freshman all-arounder Sydney Ewing celebrates after landing a flip off vault Feb. 28, 2014, during the Tigers’ 198.050-194.825 victory against Missouri at the PMAC.

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one of the first guys I looked to and ran to, obviously, after we got out of the scrum, was Andy,” Groff said. “We had been through so many personal things together, baseball struggles and baseball highs and lows. He was one of the ones, if not my best friend, that I wanted to celebrate that last out with. It was, literally, a once in lifetime opportunity.”

That was then.

Cannizaro, one of premier players from what was a bitter LSUTulane baseball rivalry in the late ’90s and early 2000s, is now wearing purple and gold. Not only is he excited to be a part of Tigers program, but his Tulane family gave him its vote of confidence.

“The minute I told [my family] what was going on, they were extremely happy because they knew this is what I wanted to do,” Cannizaro said. “There’s not a better place in the country to do it at than LSU.” As the Tigers’ new recruiting coordinator, Cannizaro is no stranger to evaluating talent.

Joining the Tigers meant leaving a job as a scout for the New York Yankees.

But the job at LSU was too good to pass up, and it wasn’t just about returning to his home state.

“It wasn’t necessarily coming back home, but it was the opportunity to coach at a program of this magnitude,” Cannizaro said. “I really believe that when you think of college baseball, you think of LSU. That’s what I thought of. If I was going to leave the New York Yankees — a job that I loved — then it was going to have to be a job of

“relentless” for a program he loved growing up.

Groff described Cannizaro as an aggressive hitter who had a slight hitch in his stride, but his fundamentals and mechanics are what made him successful at the plate.

“He leads by example,” Groff said. “The guy on the field was a tutor ... He helped me all the time if he noticed something in my swing [or] my approach to the field.

He was always very open to suggestions. If I saw something that could help him, he was a sponge, which were all qualities of a leader.

“When he talks, you listen because the guy has just a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the game of baseball.”

In Game 2 of the 2001 Super Regional, Tulane had its back against the wall. Despite Cannizaro’s 3-for-6 performance at the plate in Game 1, the Green Wave fell to the Tigers, 4-3, in 13 innings.

It was a crushing loss to a team searching for its first trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. But Cannizaro’s leadership shone through when his team needed it most.

Cannizaro’s 3-for-5 day with a double and a solo home run was a Game 2 best as Tulane took down LSU, 9-4. The Green Wave was even better in Game 3 with Cannizaro going 2-for-4 in a 7-1 victory. The game was sealed on a fly ball to right field, snagged by Groff.

“When I caught the final out,

equal magnitude.”

Unlike the “gorilla ball” era of college baseball, which Cannizaro remembers as a home run waiting to happen at any given at-bat, Cannizaro tries to keep things simple for guys like sophomore infielder Kramer Robertson. “[I’ve been focusing on] not trying to do too much,” Robertson said. “Understanding what I do and what I do well … [Cannizaro] really helped me improve my average. [He’s told me] when I make outs, make quality outs. Not just hit a fly ball to center field or a pop up somewhere.”

As for his former team, Cannizaro expects Tulane, which recently replaced long-time head coach Rick Jones, to return to national prominence after a sevenyear postseason drought. The two schools still meet twice a year, but the Tigers have won 11 of the last 14 meetings.

Despite the fond memories of his glory days in New Orleans under Jones, the new Tigers’ assistant is focused on what’s in front of him, including getting high school prospects from the state to come to Baton Rouge.

“If we can get the best players in the state of Louisiana to come here, play for LSU, represent their home state university and win national championships here, I can’t think of anything better,” Cannizaro said.

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sophomore second baseman Kramer Robertson for the first out of the inning, junior right fielder Mark Laird singled to short, giving Nicholls State pitcher Evan Hileman immediate fits.

Hileman proceeded to throw consecutive pitches in the dirt, allowing Laird to advance to third before junior shortstop Alex Bregman drove him in on the next pitch on an RBI single to left field. Hileman threw two wild pitches on the next at bat to bring his total up to four as Bregman advanced to third and eventually scored on a Hale single to short.

The Tigers tacked on one more run in the bottom half of the sixth after an error by Colonels third baseman Kyle Reese led to an eventual RBI single by junior center fielder Andrew Stevenson. LSU cut the Nicholls State lead in half, 6-3, but the Tigers lack of aggression at the plate cost them a win.

“We got to get better as a team,” Bregman said. “We’ll get back at practice tomorrow at 4 o’clock and get back to working on the basics.

We got to drive guys in.”

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Alpha Phi prepares for Red Dress Gala

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University alumni create sorority clothing line

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mall businesses can start anywhere and sell just about anything, even sweatshirts. Two University alumni did just that in an apartment on Brightside Drive.

Mason Dupré and Natalie John were visiting Nantucket, Massachusetts, last summer when they happened upon a popular fabric in the area, sparking the idea for their clothing company, Woolly Threads.

John fell in love with the traditional Nantucket fleece and said she could see women in sororities wearing the garment around campus.

Dupré wasted no time putting the idea into action and set out to adapt the thicker northern fleece to a more southern climate.

“We knew that if we were going to sell to LSU, people don’t own trench coats, they don’t own big coats or anything too thick,” Dupré said. “We

kind of had to dial down the fabric somewhat and create something that could please the masses and be practical across the South.”

Dupré and John started their business close to home with John’s sorority, Kappa Delta, and a couple of other Greek connections within Chi Omega and Delta Delta Delta.

Dupré said John sometimes didn’t take his idea seriously, but he didn’t give up searching for a way to bring the American-made sweatshirt to life. It took several months and more than 150 emails to track down fabric and clothing manufacturers. All the duo needed was a monetary investment to bring the company to life.

“I always knew that I wanted to go into some type of entrepreneurial business, but never in my wildest imagination did I think it would be sorority sweatshirts,” Dupré said.

Dupré and John chose not to mention their business venture to anyone for the first 3 1/2 months because they weren’t sure what to expect and wanted to avoid unnecessary negativity.

Fortunately, Woolly Threads was an overnight success. The company made its first delivery during the first week of December. Dupré and John haven’t looked back since.

“I’ve tripled my initial investment in the company from sales,” Dupré said. “We went from a three-sorority business at LSU to now, I would say, probably over 20 to 25 schools in 12 to 15 states.”

However, the company didn’t reach that many campuses without marketing. Dupré invested $100 in Facebook’s boost program, which allows users to promote a specific post to a target audience, in an effort to

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In 1946, the Alpha Phi sorority began supporting women’s heart health.

In 1956, the Alpha Phi Foundation was founded to help care for its philanthropy, and in 2004, the Red Dress Program was created.

Alpha Phi Foundation executive director Ann Carstensen said the program plans events like run-walks and talent shows to help raise money for the philanthropy.

“Galas were also an idea for this program, and our chapters have really, frankly, have just embraced it,” Carstensen said.

The University’s Delta Tau chapter will host its first gala on Feb. 21 at the Baton Rouge River Center.

Psychology junior and chapter president Tori Marcel said the chapter began planning for the event last spring. She said the gala is planned by the Red Dress chairman along with committees. Alpha Phi International members and alumni advised chapter members throughout the planning process.

Communication studies and sociology junior Abigail Theriot was this year’s Red Dress chairman.

Theriot said she and the 10 committees were the “core team” along with the advisers.

However, it was more than a select group effort.

“I’d really honestly say that

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Purloo Southern Cuisine opens at Food and Beverage Museum Restaurant features southern regional dishes

BY ASHLYN ROLLINS arollins@lsureveille.com Customers who visit the Southern Food and Beverage Museum can have a taste of culture from different regions of the South.

Located inside the New Orleans museum at 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, Purloo Southern Cuisine was started by chef Ryan Hughes. The project took about two years to complete, and during the wait, Hughes experimented with pop-ups where he would set up small gatherings in the museum to test his concept.

“Every Friday I would do a different southern regional theme,” Hughes said.

He featured between six and eight different courses each time and did about 144 separate screenings.

He said his inspiration for the restaurant stemmed from his experience working in Southern-style restaurants.

Hughes is from Ohio and gained his culinary start as a French-trained pastry chef in Cincinnati. After that, he went to culinary school in Charleston, South Carolina, which he cites as one of his biggest Southern influences.

While in school, he remained a pastry chef and worked for chef Louis Osteen.

“He taught me not only a lot

about Southern food but also just different ways of doing things in the South,” Hughes said.

While in Charleston, Hughes met chef Emeril Lagasse and his staff, who gave him the idea to relocate to New Orleans.

Hughes’ first experience in New Orleans was completing an externship at Brennan’s Restaurant. Working there, Hughes came to love the city and chose to stay after his externship ended.

Upon entering the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, visitors will notice there is no wall separating the museum from the restaurant. There’s only a see-through curtain,

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Purloo Southern Cuisine mixologist Mark Schettler prepares for open at the restaurant located inside the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in New Orleans.

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RANKS TRANSFIXIATION A Place to Bury Strangers (Dead Oceans) Essentially, the album feels like a waste. Its stagnant movement does little to help the group’s stunted songwriting. The band is named A Place to Bury Strangers and after listening, a smart music fan should be looking for a place to bury this album.

— GERALD DUCOTE

SMOKE + MIRRORS Imagine Dragons (Interscope) If the band’s infamous style of heavy synthesizers and guitars was what drew initial listeners, there’s good news: “Smoke + Mirrors” is the same concept. Fans can rest easy knowing that there’s a new album full of the familiar sounds they’ve been holding on to.

— ASHLYN ROLLINS

TRUE ROMANCE Estelle (BMG) True Romance” is Estelle doing what she knows best. She’s singing a combination of pop and R&B all in the style of love song after love song.

— MEG RYAN

Sexy, suspenseful ‘Fifty Shades’ will leave you wanting more THE REAL SLIM SADIE

SADIE MCDADE Entertainment Writer It’s a film that was anticipated and talked about for months. Often raunchy, scandalous and very controversial, is “Fifty Shades of Grey” really all it’s hyped up to be?

In many ways, yes.

Given its cult-like following, it’s safe to say there was hardly any way this movie could flop. However, “Fifty Shades” will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, even if you aren’t already a fan of the novel. This film has romance, sex and suspense that will leave you wanting more.

Before heading into the theater, be forewarned — this movie has an R rating for a reason. Even fans who read the book and knew what to expect might be shocked at how much this film shows on screen. If you aren’t ready to see breasts, toes and everything in between, then perhaps you should head somewhere else for your movie night.

This film follows the relationship between Anastasia Steele, an innocent college student who’s about to graduate, and Christian Grey, a successful, intimidating man who is the CEO of his own company. From the beginning of the movie, it’s clear there’s an attraction. Christian provides

Anastasia with the excitement she’s been looking for, and she draws out a softer side of himself.

The rest of the film depicts the blossoming of their relationship, Anastasia’s introduction to Christian’s secret sexual fantasies and her attempts to break down his walls and show him love.

Movie-goers will be pleasantly surprised to know the movie isn’t all about brooding, cliched moments and sappy love declarations.

There are many scenes that will have fans laughing at the sweet interactions between the unusual couple. Their conflicts of interest provide for some very comical moments.

But don’t be fooled, the movie definitely delivers on the sexy front. Christian Grey is a fan of dominance and submissive activities. Anastasia is very inexperienced at the beginning of the film and quite vulnerable when Christian comes to her and asks her to be his sexual partner. He has many rules and even an official contract he asks her to sign before they begin their relationship. As the movie continues, however, it becomes clear he and Anastasia are connecting in a way unfamiliar to him.

For those who have read the book, it’s easy to be critical of the writing style. It is often redundant and not incredibly well-written.

The movie, on the other hand, takes all of the best moments of the book and turns it into a well

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composed, beautiful film. Despite the overt sexual tone of the film, it is tasteful.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” set multiple records in box office sales when it came out this past weekend. Given its huge fanbase, all of that can’t be pinned on the incredible cinematic experience, but it is worth a watch if you’re looking to be a little turned on, uncomfortable or intrigued. Also, for those that haven’t read the book, the ending will certainly have you craving more.

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“Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a refreshing and fun ride with a well-deserved R rating.

— KAYLA RANDALL

TERRAPLANE Steve Earle and The Dukes (New West Records) It is clear the album wasn’t necessarily made to top the charts or gain any significant media attention, but rather to have fun creating music that take listeners to a different time in history when banjos and harmonicas ruled the proverbial musical playground.

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VESTIGES AND CLAWS José González (Mute) While this album isn’t exactly “Heartbeats,” it’s not bad. González maintains his indie sound and delves into his soft style even more, if that’s possible.

— GRETA JINES Read the full reviews online at lsureveille.com/daily.

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RED DRESS, from page 9 the main structure of this came from our entire chapter,” Theriot said.

Theriot said being the Red Dress chairman was the biggest learning period of her life.

Even with the team of advisers and past planning formats from other chapters, she said it was a challenge because this is the Delta Tau chapter’s first gala.

This allowed for the gala’s planning to be a dual effort between the chapter members and the advisers.

Theriot said the advisers challenged them by allowing chapter members to come up with their own ideas and then saying “This may not work,” or “This will work and how do we do it.”

Theriot said one new idea the chapter had was having the new member presentation at the gala, something that isn’t normally planned for the gala. The advisers liked the idea, and the presentation will be another element of the chapter’s first gala.

Another element will be a silent auction filled with items like a football helmet signed by former LSU quarterback Tommy Hodson, vintage Delta Tau alumna items and Kendra Scott jewelry.

Marcel said the event’s main purpose is to promote awareness of women’s heart health.

Carstensen said heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and there’s still a lot people do not know about it. Most heart disease research is done on men.

However, the signs of a heart attack for women are much different from men.

“We need to invest more

PURLOO, from page 9 making the space feel open and inviting.

“I like the idea of having a restaurant with an open concept inside the museum,” Hughes said.

The kitchen is also on complete display for customers to watch the process of how their dishes are made from start to finish.

Hughes partnered with the museum after he worked with them to design a new space for a restaurant and realized it would be mutually beneficial to locate there.

Purloo’s menu features dishes of small plates and entrées, including green tomato chutney, cauliflower giardiniera, grilled hanger steak and paneed rabbit.

It’s a balanced mixture of lowcountry inspired food as well as classic Southern dishes.

Currently, the menu is set until the staff and customers become familiar with it.

Hughes said he wants to venture into opening for lunch in March.

Once this is accomplished, he will offer specials in collaboration with the museum, where each month will focus on a different Southern state.

In addition to savoring the variety of dishes offered, customers can engage in an

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Alphi Phi’s Delta Tau chapter will hold its first annual Red Dress Gala to promote women’s heart health awareness Feb. 21. in research and programs to money made through the Red help women get educated,” Dress Program is a big way the Carstensen said.

Alpha Phi Foundation can teach The money raised from Red chapter members the power of Dress Program events goes philanthropy and returns on into the Alpha Phi Foundation. vestment.

Carstensen said the dollars are “[Alpha Phi chapters] are used to fund the mission focus achieving the same level of on leadership, edusuccess that a lot cation and women’s of nonprofits are heart health. achieving in their Chapters can despecial events and cide to participate in fundraising efcommunity contribuforts,” Carstensen tions where a chapter When: Feb. 21 said. supports a local nonMarcel and profit and donates up Where: Baton Rouge Theriot both to 50 percent of the River Center agreed the chapter proceeds.

Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. is ecstatic about “What’s great the first annual about that is chapgala. ters can really identify an orga“I personally am really honnization in their community that ored to say that within the first is doing something really good year back at LSU we held this around women’s heart health gala and that we’re doing a phiwhether it’s education pro- lanthropy event this large,” Thegrams, research and they can riot said. start building a relationship with them,” Carstensen said.

You can reach Meg Ryan on She said the result of the Twitter @The _MegRyan.

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educational conversation about Apolline Restaurant in New OrHughes’s cuisine. leans, where he took a job to re“People who sit at the bar vive the bar program. can talk with He began a me about the ‘I like the idea of having program which alfood, where it lowed customers a restaurant with an comes from and open concept inside the to participate in how we make “drink fittings,” museum.’ it,” Hughes said. where they could Apart from reserve a bar stool RYAN HUGHES, the culinary asand he would dePurloo creator and chef pect of the ressign a flavor profile taurant, it is a and create a cusmecca for wine, cocktails and tomized cocktail for them. beer.

The customer could name The free-standing bar pres- the drink, and the recipe would ent in Purloo is the oldest one in be held for them to come back Louisiana. It’s the original bar and order in the future. from Bruning’s Restaurant datSchettler is now creating ing back to the 1840s. After be- new cocktails and drinks for ing submerged by several hurricanes, it was donated to the Ice Skate museum, restored and placed for use in Purloo.

Rollerskate The name Purloo comes Hockey from a group of Gullah women Hughes met while working for Parties the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel. Purloo was a shrimp and Hot Chicks rice dish that was the predecessor of jambalaya.

After considering Purloo as a restaurant name, Hughes decided it best embodied his goals for the restaurant.

Mixologist Mark Schettler hails from Chicago, where he worked for a few years before moving to New Orleans to do ICELAND/ROLLERLAND LLC craft cocktails.

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customers at Purloo.

“Eventually this offer came along, and I did not want to turn it down,” Schettler said.

In addition to his growing success as a bartender, he also serves as the vice president of the New Orleans chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild.

As far as future plans are concerned, Hughes plans to eventually open for lunch,

and begin offering specials and host collaborative events and parties with the museum.

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In response to Logan Anderson’s “Opinion: Purity culture disproportionately affects women of color,” one reader had this to say: “Virginity exists solely as an idea, propagated and exploited by society to control women. The author misses this point slightly by focusing on a non-extant racial divide. Racism is real, and takes a horrible toll on our society (especially for our brothers and sisters with darker complexions); but the issue of purity and virginity is not a ‘white girl’ thing, it is an issue with mainstream society regardless of race. It just so happens that groups that are largely disenfranchised from mainstream society (e.g. some minority racial group subcultures, but also many majority racial group subcultures) tend to reject the concept. Virginity is a medieval social control device, and sexual as a concept does not hold up in secular society. Much like the idea of bloodletting, virginity should be tossed out with the bath water.”

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Muslim Lives

Matter SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED ALEX MENDOZA Columnist In Western media, Muslims only make the news when they’re behind a gun — not in front of it.

That was Afghan journalist Abdullah Azada Khenjani’s response to last Tuesday’s triple murder of Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Khenjani, along with many others, expressed outrage over the perceived lack of mainstream media coverage of the shooting.

Many people only learned of the triple homicide when it began to trend on social media.

Facebook and Twitter users were quick to raise suspicions that mainstream news outlets were late to pick up on the story because the three victims were Arab Muslims, while their murderer, Craig Hicks, was a white atheist.

Khenjani is far from alone in his sentiments. People around the world suggested that, if the ethnicities and ideologies in the situation reversed, U.S. media would have launched a frenzied investigation into the situation.

They are probably right.

The media and public outcry would likely be on par with the response to January’s Charlie Hebdo shootings had the murderer been Arab or Muslim. And the murders would most certainly have been labeled an act of terrorism.

Instead, the Chapel Hill Police Department was quick to suggest that “an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking” may have been the motivation for the execution-style killings.

Given the current level of anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. and the shooter’s documented disdain for religions of any kind, the Chapel Hill shootings seem more like a hate crime than a parking dispute.

While investigators admitted they had not yet ruled out the possibility of Islamophobia,

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University of Michigan-Flint freshman Lina Eltahir, 17, stands with others at a candlelight vigil in memory of three people who were killed near UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. Vigils across the county popped up in the wake of this tragedy.

Hicks’ indictments mentioned only three counts of homicide and discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling.

At least hate was not completely ruled out.

Of course, had the roles been reversed, a grand jury would likely still have refrained from a hate crime indictment — in favor of an indictment for terrorism.

U.S. media and the American justice system have a troubling history of avoiding labeling acts of violence “terrorism” when they are not committed by Arabs or Muslims and for jumping to conclusions when they are committed.

Consider Jared Loughner, a white man who, in 2011, shot and killed six people and injured 13, including former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in Tucson, Arizona.

Loughner was a self-described terrorist with radical conspiracy theories about the U.S. government. However, terrorism was not among his indictments, and officials and the media did not refer to the shooting as an act of terror.

In contrast, the Boston Marathon bombing was hastily labeled an act of terrorism before suspects were even announced.

The label was likely based on early suspicions that the bombers were Muslims.

Last Tuesday, Western Islamophobia and U.S. media’s

post-9/11 association of Muslims with terrorism combined to create a perfect storm in the Chapel Hill shootings.

To some, it’s abundantly clear that glaring problems exist in both U.S. media and our justice system when it comes to terrorism or hate crimes committed by non-Muslims. Luckily, these are problems we can remedy.

As a first step, communities can improve reporting systems for hate crimes in order to encourage more people to come forward. An increase in the reporting of violence will serve to discredit the notion that Arabs or Muslims are the sole perpetrators of hate crimes or acts of terrorism.

If more Americans come to realize terrorism and hate

crimes are not Arab or Muslim phenomenons, juries may become more willing to hand down terrorism indictments to those who deserve them, regardless of ethnicity or religion.

But it will only happen if mainstream media outlets show Americans that anyone can commit a hate crime. It will only happen if tragedies like the Chapel Hill shootings are reported with the urgency and thorough investigation they deserve. It will only happen if our news outlets decide that — as the newly appropriated hashtag proclaims — Muslim lives matter.

Alex Mendoza is a 22-year-old political science and international studies senior from Baton Rouge. You can reach him on Twitter @alexmendoza_TDR.

Non-Islamic Terrorists v. Islamic Terrorists Sources: forbes.com, Topsy.com

Number of Casualties (9/11 to mid-2012) Non-Islamic: 56 Islamic: 17

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Come One, Come All to the GOP Circus THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist The LSU Tigers and Wisconsin Badgers faced off in a gritty football matchup last season, but this spring has the two universities fending off a common villain: GOP presidential candidates.

Presidential hopefuls Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal are solving their self-induced budget woes with cuts to higher education.

Walker’s $300 million proposed cuts over the next two years is a shy comparison to Jindal’s immediate and previous cuts that simply refuse to stop stacking up.

The GOP field of presidential hopes and dreams reeks of past and present political blunders paired with a lack of unity among Republicans nationwide.

Despite the Republicans’ successful 2014 midterm elections strategy to run against President Obama a third time, the GOP squeals in agony as Tea Party Republicans and traditional, moder-

ate Republicans yank the party’s legs in opposite directions.

Jeb Bush, who leads the GOP field of presidential candidates, splits from his Republican colleagues by supporting comprehensive immigration reform and Common Core.

Bush’s moderate conservative views echo those of Mitt Romney and John McCain, the past two unsuccessful GOP presidential nominees.

The difference between Bush and the previous moderate nominees is McCain and Romney both shifted their ideologies to the right for the Republican primaries. Taking a stand in support of Common Core and immigration reform might be popular general election strategies, but may prove disastrous for Bush’s fight to receive the GOP nomination.

Scott Walker is surging in the polls by “punting” questions on evolution, cutting higher education and fighting labor unions.

Behind him follows a cowering Marco Rubio (thanks to Bush’s announcement to run). This Cuban-American unequivocally supports the free market, unless it’s Cuba.

GOP primary debates might qualify for an Emmy award this year with the return of Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

America’s favorite cowboy loses the boots and returns to the political battleground with some reading glasses from the nearest Urban Outfitters and his intelligence soaring through the roof. Now he can remember all three federal agencies he wants to eliminate.

The persistent little old man, Ron Paul, gave the torch of presidential campaigns to his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, with the hope that Rand could actually stand a chance at winning the nomination.

Rand Paul’s success in these early stages surpasses his father’s, but may have nowhere else to go but downhill.

All seemed well for the Kentucky senator until he chimed in on vaccines.

“I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines,” Paul said.

Following intense backlash, Paul tweeted a photo of himself

receiving a booster vaccination, stating, “Wonder how the liberal media will misreport this?”

Paul is backpedaling away from his stance on vaccines with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by his side.

Christie, another presidential hopeful whose poll numbers are suffering as of late, stated parents should have “a measure of choice” in deciding whether to vaccinate their children.

Like Paul, Christie later immediately ran backward, releasing a statement that parents should vaccinate their children for diseases like measles.

Ted Cruz led the crusade to shut down the government. He held the political process hostage.

Cruz cannot be the leader of the body of power he hates so much. It would be like Ron Swanson becoming president. President Swanson may be great on television, but not so much in real life.

Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon, has risen in the polls, but he does not hold the political background required to garner the finances to make a legitimate run.

Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum hold the religious right

in their hands, making Bobby Jindal’s chances of making it to the top five candidates close to impossible.

Jindal wants the best of both worlds: He wants to lead the religious right while leading the policy wonks. But he can’t hold either with the current field of potential candidates.

The Republican field is overflowing with candidates, while the Democratic field consists of only one: Hillary Clinton.

Talk of Elizabeth Warren shut down when the Massachusetts senator announced she would not run in 2016.

The Democratic field of candidates is void of competition, unlike the red elephants across the aisle.

When debate season comes around, pop some popcorn, sit on the couch and prepare yourself for the circus of candidates that will inhabit your TV screens.

It’s going to be a long campaign season.

Justin DiCharia is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JDiCharia.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015 MASHBALL, from page 1 need to solve the wind problem,” Mashburn said. “I mean, they can’t even play it. So that was kind of when the idea came about.”

MashBall uses no tables, the bulkiest and most expensive component of beer pong, Mashburn said, and eliminates the recurring costs of cups and balls.

Mashburn’s primary focus was to create a heavier ball not affected by wind.

He said he wanted to combine the portability of washer toss and the simplicity of beer pong.

Following in the entrepreneurial footsteps of his father, who owned his first business at 21, Mashburn had the idea for his own company.

“What if we just combined the two?” Mashburn asked. “What if we just took beer pong and put it in the box?”

During winter break of 2012, Mashburn decided to turn his ideas into a game for his friends.

“I was kind of bored. I’m not a big video game person, and I didn’t have a job at that point,” Mashburn said. “So I was just like, ‘You know what? I’m gonna go to Home Depot. I’m gonna build that game that I thought about last summer.’”

Mashburn created the first prototype of MashBall out of wood and PVC Pipe.

The wooden frame houses 10 stationary circles in the formation of a pyramid. After a player lands the hacky-sack-like ball in one of the circles, the player from the opposing team uses a plug to mark it.

The game was a hit with his friends. They brought it out for Mardi Gras break and summer vacation but did not sell the game.

The following semester, MashBall’s logo appeared on the side of the wooden container, and Mashburn brought it to the first away game of the LSU football season in Dallas.

Soon, people Mashburn did not know began calling next game upon next game. Mashburn said someone was playing his game the entire time he and his friends were tailgating.

“I printed out about 1,000 business cards,” Mashburn said.

“Within three hours I gave away all my business cards.”

For the first time, Mashburn saw potential success for his business.

Urged by his parents, Mashburn went to the career fair.

Only one table interested him, the only table that would allow him to work for himself — the Student Incubator.

The Student Incubator, a University program, helps selected student-created businesses with business plans, marketing and financial modeling. Mashburn was later accepted into the program.

Mashburn had an audition for the TV show “Shark Tank,” but the idea had not materialized enough for a presentation on reality television.

Mashburn turned to focus on creating a better, more practical design. He hired engineers in Lafayette who created a new

set made out of plastic, which fits commonly used beer-pong cups and like the first design, floats.

Although Mashburn wanted to keep production in the U.S., he turned to manufacturers in China so consumers could pay less for MashBall.

Mashburn’s father’s business partner flew to China to check out the factory and its practices.

“I wanted to make sure it wasn’t like a sweatshop or something. Because that was very important to me — I wasn’t hurting people’s lives or anything like that,” Mashburn said.

Though a manufacturer is lined up, Mashburn still needs funding and has turned his attention to a crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter.

On Kickstarter, a business launches a marketing campaign on the site, which shows products in order of popularity.

People looking to fund projects are offered rewards that grow in size based on the amount of money they pledge to a product.

One product featured on the website received over $13 million in pledges. Mashburn said he would be happy with even a percentage of those pledges.

“So if I can really hit this out of the park and prepare very well for it and get all the PR that I can right when it comes on, people will start donating money,” Mashburn said.

Mashburn said he hopes to launch MashBall’s Kickstarter sometime next month. If the Kickstarter campaign goes exceptionally well, Mashburn said consumers will have MashBall by spring break.

“People love the product, they really do. Even though it’s the simplest idea in the world, people have responded really well,” Mashburn said. “And I hope it continues to be like that.”

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ILLUMINATIONS, from page 1

HYDRATION, from page 1

he returned home.

Six weeks of physical therapy later, Pramuk could walk again, but he said the hardest part of his rehabilitation was controlling the slight movements in his left hand.

Since his stroke, he feels like all his senses work together to bring deeper meaning to the world around him.

“I tend to experience visual and aural perceptions in a more total way and not simply through my eyes and ears … It makes the world feel new again,” Pramuk said. “Nice development for a person of my age.”

The experience also brought him a greater appreciation for his artistic ability and time spent with family.

He said he does not dwell on the future.

“I no longer think about life plans … I like to live in the moment. I continue to appreciate my time in the studio,” Pramuk said.

The “Illuminations” exhibit is accompanied by Pramuk’s series of abstract paintings, “Spring,” which was inspired by one of his daily walks to the LSU Lakes from his Southdowns home.

Pramuk illustrated his perceptions of late daylight at different points in his walk.

The mostly dark blue pieces of “Spring” on one wall of the exhibit at The Gallery at Manship Theatre lead to a wall of bright yellow pieces from “Illuminations.”

“That makes up the concept of an exhibition that is partly rooted in the earth and partly derived from visions of bliss,” Pramuk said.

keep him hydrated and leave his hands free.

Hydra-Guard works like a standard mouth guard but contains a small, squeezable pouch that rests on the roof of the wearer’s mouth. The pouch holds roughly .6 ounces of liquid, Tucker said.

Tucker and his business partner, Geoff Begnaud, said they are excited for HydraGuard’s potential. The expected release date is summer 2015.

“Our target audience is anyone in the sports field,” Tucker said. “We’re trying to encompass everybody. We want to be able to reach out to colleges, high school, [recreation] — we want to target the whole demographic.”

The initial audience is collegiate sports teams. HydraGuard is currently in contact with several universities interested in the product.

“We are targeting college sports teams first, hence the LSU connection,” Begnaud said. “Those college teams can be a great building point and a great reference — a great resume builder.”

Once the market for HydraGuard picks up, Begnaud said he wants to get the product into larger retail stores.

“Retail is the main goal,” Begnaud said. “In a perfect world, we would have this thing on the shelves in all the big-bucks retailers.”

LBTC executive director Charles D’Agostino said he thinks Hydra-Guard will

be a huge hit in the sports industry. Having played sports and coached his sons from Tball to high school baseball, D’Agostino said he knows hydration can pose a real problem.

“It’s neat. And that’s a real issue, hydrating,” D’Agostino said. “For you to be out on the field and have the mouth guard in, which most sports require nowadays, you actually have this reservoir.”

D’Agostino said he thinks the biggest advantage of Hydra-Guard is its combativeness to dry-mouth, a big problem for athletes who are required to wear mouth guards.

“The cool thing about this deal is that as soon as you feel your mouth getting dry, you can release fluid and it is refillable.” D’Agostino said. “When you go off the field, you can fill it back up and you’re ready to roll again.”

Tucker said Hydra-Guard owes a lot of its success to the LBTC and the resources it offers.

The LBTC provides its tenants with office and conference space, help with business plans and networking opportunities.

Tucker said he is happy with the progress Hydra-Guard has made.

“It’s just been a great process and learning experience along the way. It’s just something that we’re really excited about,” Tucker said.

“For something to start as just an idea and become real is exciting.”

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Tigers’ power hitters solidify strong lineup with home runs BY morgan prewitt mprewitt@lsureveille.com Sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish pulls her helmet down and steps into the batter’s’ box against Louisiana Tech in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night.

The Tigers are trailing by one run, and their best start since 2007 is on the line. Sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry is on third base, and junior shortstop Bianka Bell is on second.

On the fifth pitch of the at-bat, Jaquish slams a walk-off, threerun shot over the left field wall, catapulting LSU to 11-0 with her fourth homer of 2015.

“It felt amazing,” Jaquish said. “[LSU coach Beth Torina] told me before I went up to bat that I didn’t have to win it with one swing, but I kind of wanted to a little bit. But when I went up there it was like I wasn’t alone, it felt like there were 21 other girls behind me.

Just the noise that was coming from the dugout was comforting to me. I knew we were going to win.”

Jaquish’s home run is an example of the power hitting Torina has built into the Tigers’ lineup since arriving in 2012 taking over a team that tallied only 13 home runs. This season, LSU will depend on veteran power hitters and newcomer freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper to propel the Tigers into the upper echelon of the Southeastern Conference.

In 2014, LSU broke the pro-

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LSU then-freshman Sahvanna Jaquish (2) slams a three-run home run Feb. 28, 2014, during the Tigers’ 8-0 victory against Harvard during the Gold and Purple Challenge at Tiger Park. gram single-season record with 65 home runs. Junior catcher Kellsi Kloss, Bell and Jaquish hit 40 of the 49 of homers hit by returning Tigers.

Last year, Jaquish burst into the spotlight breaking the LSU single-season home run record as a freshman with 17 home runs and 55 RBIs. Despite being a freshman, Jaquish stepped up when the Tigers needed her most in the NCAA Tucson Regional. In LSU’s five games in Tucson, Jaquish hit four home runs.

Jaquish said she understands there will be a target on her back after becoming the first Tiger named an

NFCA All-American as a designated player. Jaquish has hit four home runs in the Tigers’ first 11 games, including three three-run homers.

“I’ve been working on being an all-around better [batter] at every pitch — inside, outside, high and low,” Jaquish said at media day on Feb. 2. “Just limiting my weakness and limiting the chance of them trying to get me out.”

Bell enters 2015 as the Tigers’ most consistent and experienced power hitter after notching her second-straight season with more than 10 home runs in 2014.

In her freshman season in

2013, Bell was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Year and led the Tigers with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs. In 2014, Bell stepped up with a three-run, walk-off homer against then-No. 2 Tennessee to lead the Tigers to their first SEC series win and their first series win against a ranked team.

Through the Tigers’ 11 games, Bell leads the team with five home runs and 17 RBIs. “It’s a really good feeling,” Bell said after LSU beat North Carolina State on Feb. 8. “I still have a lot to work on, so I’m just going to go really hard this week at practice.”

Although Bell and Jaquish hit a combined 31 home runs in 2014, Kloss and sophomore infielder Constance Quinn bring a combined 17 career home runs to the plate for LSU. In her two complete seasons, Kloss has slammed 14 home runs and tallied 50 RBIs. Quinn’s 5-foot-5 frame and speed makes her better at slapping, but she notched three homers in her freshman season in 2014.

Against Louisiana Tech, Quinn hit her first home run of 2015 in the second inning despite struggling at the plate early in the season with a .154 average.

“A lot of people say little ol’ me can’t really [hit home runs], but knowing that God has blessed me with that power,” Quinn said. “I can’t give that to myself. It’s an awesome thing to be a part of.”

Despite their historic home run counts last season, the Tigers’ power hitters struggled in the second and third games in conference series when top pitchers began to figure out how to pitch around them.

Against the 2014 national champion Florida, Jaquish hit two home runs in game one, but Bell and Jaquish did not hit a homer in games two or three.

In games one and three of the Tigers’ three-game series against national runnerup Alabama, the Tide’s former pitcher Jaclyn Traina shut down LSU’s power hitting completely.

Jaquish and Bell did not hit a homer against Alabama in three games last season.

Jaquish said the addition of Walljasper will add another power hitter to the lineup, making it difficult to pitch around any one particular hitter.

Walljasper hit a .488 average, 18 home runs and 70 RBIs in her prep career. In her senior year alone, she hit six home runs and 21 RBIs. Against N.C. State on Feb. 7, Walljasper hit her first career home run in the bottom of the second inning, sparking the Tigers’ to a 7-0 win against the Wolfpack.

“If you just sit and watch her practice, she hits them over the berm,” Jaquish said. “I have to shag on the other side of the fence, it’s crazy.”

You can reach Morgan Prewitt on Twitter @kmprewitt_TDR.

LSU set for first road games of season at Mary Nutter Classic BY jack woods jwoods@lsureveille.com The No. 14 LSU softball team plays away from Tiger Park for the first time this season at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, California.

The Tigers (11-0) will play a doubleheader against San Diego State at 8 p.m. followed by a matchup with Cal State Fullerton at 10:30 p.m. tonight at the Big League Dreams Complex.

The doubleheader against the Aztecs (7-2) and the Titans (7-3) are the first two games in a tournament LSU coach Beth Torina said will be an early season test for the Tigers.

“These kids love a challenge, that’s why they came to LSU — to play good teams,” Torina said.

“We’ll put them up against the best and see what we’re capable of.”

San Diego State swept last weekend’s 25th Campbell/Cartier Classic, winning its four games by outscoring opponents 21-9. The Aztecs only two losses this season came to ranked foes in No. 23 Texas A&M and No. 12 UCLA at the SoCal Collegiate Classic in the opening weekend.

Cal State Fullerton slid into the rankings at No. 25 after going 4-1 in the SoCal Collegiate Classic.

However, losses to Nevada and Utah Valley at the Wilson/Demarini Desert Classic saw the team fall out of the latest poll.

The Tigers continue play on Friday with a game against No. 13 Arizona at 5:30 p.m.

The Wildcats (9-0) ended LSU’s season last year. The Tigers and Wildcats played three times at the Tucson NCAA Regional. Arizona went 2-1 against the Tigers, winning the rubber match 13-5 to advance to the Super Regionals.

Sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish said the team will approach the game like any other.

“They’re going to give us a run for our money, but we’re going to come out and try to play the same game we always play, have a lot of grit and hopefully come out with a win,” Jaquish said.

The Tigers wrap up play on Saturday with a game against Nebraska at noon followed by a matchup with Northwestern at 7 p.m.

The Huskers (4-6) started the season 4-1 at the Hotel Encanto Invitational in Las Cruces, New Mexico, exploding for 55 runs

across the five games. However, five straight losses at the Unconquered Invitational last weekend saw Nebraska plummet out of the top-25.

Northwestern (3-6) started the season 2-0 but lost six straight games before recording a win in its last outing. Four of the Wildcats’ six losses came to foes currently ranked in the top-25.

Several LSU players said they are especially excited for this trip because they will have an opportunity to play in front of friends and family in Palm Springs.

Jaquish, junior first baseman Sandra Simmons, freshman pitcher Allie Walljasper, senior utility player Kailey McCasland, and junior catcher Kellsi Kloss are all from California. Walljasper said she has been waiting for the opportunity to play in front of her family as an LSU Tiger.

“It’s going to be awesome,” Walljasper said. “I’ve been wanting this for four years now, and I finally get to play in front of all my family being a Tiger.”

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LSU sophomore third baseman Sahvanna Jaquish celebrates after stealing second base on Feb. 6 in the second to last inning of LSU’s 7-2 victory against Memphis at Tiger Park.