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WISE fund faces possible elimination

BY ROSE VELAZQUEZ rvelazquez@lsureveille.com Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a three-part series dealing with faculty research and budget cuts to Louisiana higher education.

The Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy Fund, or WISE Fund, might be the first to go to ease budget cuts.

During his presentation to the Baton Rouge Press Club, LSU President F. King Alexander said the WISE Fund is one of several programs under consideration for elimination as a solution to the $1.6 billion state budget deficit and the potential 82 percent higher education budget reduction.

The WISE Fund was founded on three principles: allowing public universities to keep their tuition and fees, not cutting the higher education budget and allowing additional funds for recruiting

see WISE FUND, page 4

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2015 LEGISLATIVE WATCH

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Higher education bills Students proposed to offset to protest budget cuts budget cuts HIGHER EDUCATION

HOUSE BILL 323

SENATE BILL 18

TUITION AUTONOMY

• Establishes a constitutional amendment creating a baseline for higher education funding

• Helps the University reduce loss from retirement payments with a more predictable payment schedule

• Gives higher education boards the ability to independently set tuition rates

• Payment plans can help administrators plan the education budget

• Autonomy bills include: House Bills 61, 62, 66, 152 and 168 and Senate Bill 155

• Prevents excess self-generated revenue, such as tuition and fees prices, from covering state cuts to higher education

at Capitol

BY CARRIE GRACE HENDERSON chenderson@lsureveille.com

HOUSE BILL 323 Authored by Rep. Walt Leger (D-New Orleans), the amendment would be added to the ballot for the statewide Oct. 24 election.

The amendment has two parts. The first prevents excess self-generated revenue, such as tuition and student fees, from

In a show of democracy and solidarity, students from across the state will gather at the Capitol today for a demonstration against budget cuts to higher education.

Tigers and Warhawks will meet with Bulldogs and Jaguars from noon to 3 p.m. at the rally organized by the Council of Student Body Presidents to express their discontent with the current fiscal situation.

“Tomorrow, what we’re really going to be doing is put a face to the budget cuts,” said Stephanie Travis, a Southeastern Louisiana University student and chair of the COSBP planning committee. “Students are going to be talking about their personal experience and how if anymore cuts were going to happen, how detrimental that would be to our institutions.”

Fiscal planning is a priority for

see BILLS, page 11

see PROTEST, page 11

• Prevents higher education funding from dropping below appropriation for 2013-2014

BY WILLIAM TAYLOR POTTER wpotter@lsureveille.com University officials are focused on two goals for the current legislative session — securing funding and taking responsibility for the future financially.

LSU President F. King Alexander sent an email to students when the session opened Monday explaining the goals of state higher education.

“This year’s proposed cuts to higher education are unprecedented, but we remain optimistic that our legislators will embrace solutions that allow LSU to remain nationally competitive and take greater control over our future,” Alexander said in the email.

The email also provided a link to the LSU Budget Hub, which lists several proposed bills which have gained support from state

higher education leaders.

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‘Lunch with a Legend’ welcomes A.P. Tureaud

BY CAITIE BURKES cburkes@lsureveille.com Long before the building on campus took his name, A.P. Tureaud Jr. took his first steps on the University’s campus as the first African-American student admitted to the University.

In an era where the Louisiana sugarcane industry thrived and Jim Crow played Big Brother, Tureaud combatted racism and the hardships associated with it on a regular basis.

LSU Libraries welcomed Tureaud to Hill Memorial

Library as part of its “Lunch with a Legend” series Tuesday. The event was sponsored by the African and African American Studies program.

He told students about his two-month experience as the first black LSU Tiger.

“I was indeed the unhappiest person that I knew,” Tureaud said.

Tureaud’s father was the attorney for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP during the civil rights movement.

He, along with Thurgood Marshall and Robert Carter, filed a

lawsuit that would effectively end the Jim Crow system of segregation in Louisiana public universities.

Tureaud said he would carpool with Marshall, Carter and other NAACP leaders around the French Quarter in his run-down Dodge Coup.

“I remember thinking, if I have an accident in this car, it’s the end of the civil rights movement,” Tureaud said.

A.P. Tureaud Sr. and his friends led the charge to

see TUREAUD, page 11

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A. P. Tureaud, LSU’s first black undergraduate student, reflects on his experience at the University.

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Physical Theatre showcase set to debut in early May The LSU Department of Theatre’s 2015 Spring Dance Concert and Physical Theatre Showcase is set to debut at the beginning of May, according to a release from the LSU Department of Theatre and LSU Media Relations.

“This celebration of movement showcases the intense passion and creativity of the dance and physical theatre students at LSU,” according to the release. “The concert aims to inspire and amuse,

as the audience experiences some of the most talented and enthusiastic students in these areas.”

Performances will be held in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building’s Claude L. Shaver Theater on Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m.

According to the release, tickets are $18 for adults; $15 for seniors, LSU faculty and staff; and $12 for all students.

LSU’s Lange, Bregman honored by D1 Baseball D1 Baseball has chosen LSU junior shortstop Alex Bregman as its Midseason Top Player and LSU freshman pitcher Alex Lange as its Midseason Top Freshman Pitcher, as announced Tuesday afternoon.

Bregman is hitting .331 this season with 13 doubles, three triples, seven homers, 33 RBI and 22 stolen bases. He leads the Southeastern Conference in stolen bases, and he is ranked No. 5 in the league in total bases with 89.

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Lange is 6-0 this season with an SEC-leading 1.39 ERA. Lange has recorded 61 strikeouts this season, which is fourth most in the SEC. Lange has earned SEC Freshman of the Week recognition two times this season, and he received Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week honors March 16.

Both Lange and Bregman made D1 Baseball’s Midseason All-America team.

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FACULTY

In the shadow of the Campanile Since 1941

University sociology professor directs 2nd annual Ethnografilm Film Festival

BY AMANDA CAPRITTO acapritto@lsureveille.com This year’s Ethnografilm, a film festival showcasing the rich and diverse experiences and traditions of 48 different countries, was directed by sociology professor Wesley Shrum.

The festival, held April 8-12 in the Ciné 13 Théâtre in Paris, France, exhibited nearly 100 films during its five-day run, Shrum said.

Video ethnographies are similar to documentaries — they examine societal and cultural norms of various ethnic groups and present the information in a film.

Shrum said the atmosphere at Ethnografilm differs from other film festivals because of the nature of the films.

“These films are about real people, real places, and sometimes they can get pretty serious,” Shrum said. “When people make video ethnographies, it’s typically because they or someone they know is impacted by that cultural group.”

Shrum said short films have an easier time getting accepted than longer ones, mostly due to the attention spans of audiences.

“I’ve done this for two years now and have reviewed several hundred films, and short films are typically better than long films,” Shrum said. “That’s because directors fall in love with their own films and don’t realize the audience isn’t falling in love, too.”

According to Shrum, a short film can make a point quickly and keep a story moving, which gets better audience reception.

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freshman Brian Landry said he finds ethnographic films interesting, and by viewing or making them, students can explore the genre.

“I find sweeping generalizations of culture somewhat worrisome, but ethnographic films are able to share the daily life of said cultures,” Landry said.

“I’d encourage University students to work on or study any style or branch of the medium.

Ethnographic films seem like they would be a particularly rich source of information and experience.”

Louisiana boasted several submissions this year, Shrum said.

“Stood for the Storm,” a film that chronicles a woman’s struggle to restart her life and support her family after Hurricane Katrina, “Easter Rock,” a feature on a unique Easter tradition on a northern Louisiana plantation church and “Light Years,” a murder-mystery film noir, were all presented at the festival.

Shrum said his interest in video ethnographies stemmed from his passions for filmmaking and sociology. Combined, the two have potential for educational storytelling.

“Being in the sociology field, you see a lot of different things,” Shrum said. “And I make films anyway, so I just thought I’d get involved in something that puts two of my interests to use.”

Shrum said he thinks Ethnografilm will continue to grow and attract more filmmakers, but the festival isn’t purposely seeking media coverage and advertising.

“The big difference between this and other festivals is that this is a director’s festival,” Shrum said. “It’s for film

directors to get together and learn from each other and network. This isn’t where you’d go if you want to see movie stars and celebrities. We’re here to appreciate the films.”

Landry said the festival may have become a directors’ event because of the nature of the films.

Something atypical of the festival is the directors’ tendency not to leave the theatre, Shrum said.

“Some of the directors sit in the theater and watch films for hours on end.” Shrum said.

“I’m talking 12 hours, and some won’t even get up for food. This year we made sure to have hors d’oeuvres.”

A typical day at the festival runs all day, with two-hour sessions for discussion at the end of each day.

Shrum said last year’s Ethnografilm helped solidify the identity of the festival.

“During our first festival we learned who we were, and we discovered this festival is primarily by directors and for directors to network. Very much like an academic conference,” Shrum said in a news release.

Although no University students were present at the festival this year, Shrum said he hopes to start getting student submissions as the festival grows.

Landry said although he doesn’t see ethnographies becoming an influential film style in the near future, they have the potential to become more popular in an educational setting.

“I can see them coming into their own in the near future,” Landry said. “I think the style can be adapted to an educational setting quite easily.”

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page 4 WISE FUND, from page 1 faculty in high demand fields of study, Alexander said.

“WISE is right on the top of the chopping blocks right now, and we don’t have any hesitation whatsoever about ending WISE or suspending WISE if this continues to go unmitigated,” Alexander said.

He said University leaders will support bills that grant autonomies to public higher education and generate additional revenue for the state. However, Alexander said he does not want support to generate solutions, such as reworking tax credits, at the expense of the business community.

“We don’t want us to go out there and go to war against business,” Alexander said. “It was business and higher ed. that worked together so well last year that we all voted for the WISE Fund, to stop cutting higher education, to allow us to keep our own tuition and then to put $40 million in the WISE Fund.”

To fulfill the state economy’s needs, the WISE Fund is active to recruit faculty in high-demand areas of study, Alexander said.

With 125 faculty searches already underway, 15 are WISE searches, recruiting faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

He said the University’s student-to-faculty ratio increased from 17:1 to almost 24:1 campuswide.

In petroleum engineering, the student-to-faculty ratio is 82:1, Alexander said.

For the 2014-15 school year, higher education received $40

million through the WISE Fund.

Of that money, $5.7 million came from the State General Fund, roughly $12.1 million from the Community Development Block Grant Program and the rest from House Bill 2.

Alexander said he is not only concerned about whether the state will sustain the WISE Fund in the upcoming fiscal year but also the source of the $30 million allocated to the program in Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Fiscal Year 2016 Executive Budget.

According to the Executive Budget, $5.7 million of that allocation comes from the State General Fund, the rest from CDBG funds.

Assistant Director of Budget and Planning Helen Reaux said CDBG money was given to the state by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for areas affected by Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike and can only be used to assist students who are from parishes affected by those storms.

According to the Louisiana Division of Administration’s Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit website, Hurricane Gustav affected 43 parishes, and Hurricane Ike affected 14. In total, HUD appropriated a total of $1.09 billion in CDBG funds to the state for recovery.

The Daily Reveille previously reported that the $3.5 million in CDBG funds allocated to the University through the WISE Fund for the 2014-2015 school year would go into the Pelican Promise financial aid program, providing need-based grants to students who are Louisiana residents.

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Honors society re-established after 6 years

BY CHLOE HUFF chuff@lsureveille.com After a six year hiatus following Hurricane Gustav in 2008, biological honors society Tri Beta is once again on the list of student organizations at the University.

Walking through the Life Sciences building as a freshman in 2011, Zachary Holley noticed a poster advertising the organization and emailed those listed in hopes of joining.

After a year of no response, Holley contacted them again during his sophomore year.

Again, there was no response and he tried once more his junior year.

The third failed attempt left Holley to assume it was a poorly led organization, and he gave up.

Biology senior Holley and biology junior Sarah Lungaro learned the fate of the club while she and Holley were at the Gulf Coast Summer Institute before the fall 2014 semester.

Joking with Steven Pomarico, a biology professor at the summer program, Holley told of his fruitless attempts to join the University’s Tri Beta chapter.

Pomarico served as the

adviser for Tri Beta before Hurricane Gustav pushed officers of the club back to their hometowns — dismembering the club.

All it would take to bring Tri Beta back to campus was someone who showed an interest in doing so, Pomarico told Holley and Lungaro, who reinstated Tri Beta in fall 2014 as president and vice president of the honors society.

“The thing with Tri Beta is that we’re not just focused on the College of Science,” Holley said. “We see the scope being over the course of all colleges.”

Lungaro said they have members from 11 of the 12 colleges.

Students with a major or minor in life science and 3.0 GPA are eligible to join the organization.

Tri Beta aims to connect students with research opportunities within any of their colleges.

Tri Beta welcomed 120 members in fall 2014, and they’ve grown to 150 students this semester.

“The turnout blew us away,” Holley said.

The statement was especially true for Pomarico, who advised the pre-Gustav club of about 20

members.

The new club is different in more ways than member total. “[Pomarico] said it was solely focused on research, very exclusive, not very involved with things outside of who was involved with research here,” Holley said.

Holley said the revamped Tri Beta is more accessible for students who want to get involved with research but don’t know how.

Also different from the past organization, Holley and Lungaro’s Tri Beta gives members the opportunity to be part of service projects.

“We want to be a service organization because there are so many opportunities,” Lungaro said. “We don’t require you to do service, but you can do it with us.”

Lungaro said in their first semester, five members were hired through Tri Beta into research positions.

Although the club is predominantly pre-med students, the research opportunities benefit all members.

“If you want to get into any post-grad school, having some research experience is your golden key in,” Lungaro said.

CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Male arrested for aggravated assault of University student LSUPD arrested a man April 8 for an attempted armed robbery as he threatened a victim with a knife outside Pleasant Hall, LSUPD Capt. Cory Lalonde said.

Officers were notified Curtis Honore, 53, of Baton Rouge was soliciting people for money near Pleasant Hall, Lalonde said. The suspect pulled a knife and threatened the victim, but the victim

was left unharmed.

LSUPD dispatched officers quickly, and the suspect fled by bicycle as officers approached.

LSUPD observed a suspect fitting the description at the Circle K on the corner of Highland and State streets, Lalonde said.

The victim identified Honore, and he was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish prison.

The Baton Rouge Police Department also charged Honore with aggravated assault, Lalonde said.

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LSU biology senior and president of Tri Beta Zack Holley (pictured in green) stands with members of the newly re-installed biological honors society on Monday in the Life Sciences Building.

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LSU sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello (19) prepares to pitch March 17 during the Tigers’ 6-1 win against Nicholls at Tiger Park.

Corbello grows as player, leader in sophomore season

BY MORGAN PREWITT mprewitt@lsureveille.com From the moment LSU sophomore pitcher Baylee Corbello stepped into the circle at Tiger Park, she was at home.

In her first two seasons at LSU, Corbello has done it all, from aweing the Tiger faithful with double-digit strikeout performances in her first two career starts in 2014, to pitching a gem when the then top-ranked Tigers needed one to avoid a sweep against Kentucky this season.

After carrying the load for the Tigers in 2014, Corbello made the transition from an ace to a leader of a talented but inexperienced rotation in her sophomore campaign.

“She’s well wise beyond her years due to the experience she’s had,” said senior center fielder A.J. Andrews. “It’s only helping her. Just like a teacher, if you are trying to teach somebody, it helps you learn the material. She is really embracing that. She’s helping the other pitchers, so it’s helping her evolve more as a pitcher.”

In the Tigers’ up-and-down 2014 season, Corbello was a constant.

She led the rotation with 24 complete games, 199 and one-third innings pitched, six shutouts, 188 strikeouts and 19 wins. Her 24 complete games set a program record for an LSU freshman while her strikeout mark was second all-time for a first-year LSU pitcher.

Throughout the season, Corbello showed an ability to shut down ranked opponents, notching five wins against

see CORBELLO, page 7

The LSU baseball team is currently ranked No. 2 in the country and appears to be on the path to the program’s 17th College World Series appearance.

But the Tigers haven’t yet played at their full potential this season.

They’ve played all year with question marks — be it third base, second base, left field, in the bullpen or even the starters.

On the mound, the preseason narrative revolved around the youthfulness of both the starting staff and bullpen. I don’t get many chances to do this, but so far so good for my “Don’t worry about the young pitchers” prediction on Opening Day. Sophomore Jared Poche’ and freshman Alex Lange are a combined 12-1. Better than that, the pair has left the mound with the lead in 15 of their 17 starts. I’m sure coach Paul Mainieri would like to see the pair be 17-0, but he has to be happy with his top two starters being able to give the lead to the bullpen in more than 88 percent of their starts.

Freshman Jake Godfrey struggled with command and pitched at least six innings once this year, but the Tigers haven’t suffered for it and are 8-1 in his starts.

Last weekend, fellow freshman Austin Bain replaced

see PEAK, page 5 BASEBALL

Tigers look to keep hot streak going against Lamar

BY JACK CHASCIN jchascin@lsureveille.com The No. 2 LSU baseball team is rolling.

The Tigers (31-6, 10-5 Southeastern Conference) are 8-1 since their series loss to Kentucky during the final weekend of March in Baton Rouge and hope to keep moving when they take on Lamar tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium.

“We’ve played some very good teams from the Southland Conference this season, and Lamar certainly is another very capable ball club,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said in a news release. “[Lamar coach] Jim Gilligan is one of the winningest coaches in college baseball history, and he will have his team prepared to play us.

“This weekend’s series at Georgia

marks the beginning of the second half of league play, so it’s important we continue to improve and play at a high level beginning with the game Wednesday against Lamar.”

Since the two extra-inning debacles against Kentucky, LSU has outscored its opponents by 22 runs and has continued to keep its bats rolling despite struggles against Auburn during the past weekend.

The Tigers remain at the top of the SEC with a .318 batting average, which is good enough for fourth in the nation, with 437 total hits this season. Their 437 hits are the most in the nation and 19 more than second place Wake Forest.

At the head of the Tigers’ hit parade are senior catcher Kade Scivicque and junior right fielder Mark Laird. Scivicque remains the Tigers’ leader with a .386 batting average and is third on the

team with a .567 slugging percentage.

The Maurepas, Louisiana, native is currently holding on to a 20-game hitting streak, the longest of any LSU player since 2013 when junior shortstop Alex Bregman had a 23-game hit streak.

Scivicque is batting .382 during the hitting streak with seven doubles, one home run and 16 RBIs. Scivicque, along with Bregman and freshman pitcher Alex Lange, were recently named to the 60-player Midseason USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List, awarded to the best amateur baseball player in the country.

“I feel really good up [at the plate],” Scivicque said. “I’m seeing the ball well.

I’m hitting the pitches I get decently.”

Laird has made noise of his own in the shadow of Scivicque’s success.

see BASEBALL, page 7

LSU senior catcher Kade Scivicque (22) bats March 27 during the Tigers’ 5-4 loss against Kentucky at Alex Box Stadium.

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SOFTBALL

Lacrosse team eyes LSU travels to face McNeese State first playoff victory

BY JACK WOODS jwoods@lsureveille.com

BY MARIO JEREZ mjerez@lsureveille.com The LSU lacrosse team will aim for its first playoff victory in club history Saturday when it takes on the SMU Mustangs in Dallas in the first round of the Lone Star Alliance Playoffs.

LSU (10-5) is coming off its best season in program history under second-year coach Jeff Echols. It is the first time the Tigers have recorded doubledigit wins, and they will have a chance to play for the conference championship after being disqualified from the tournament in 2014 due to an academic ineligibility issue.

“We expected to make the playoffs,” Echols said. “We want to prove to the conference that we’re one of the best teams if not the best team. The only way to do that is win, and it starts Saturday against SMU.” A big part of the Tigers’ success has been their offense. Upperclassmen Hunter Stinson and Thomas Brown lead a team that has put up numbers unlike any other attack in the country.

Stinson leads the Major Collegiate Lacrosse Association in total points and is tied for the lead in goals. Brown is the national assist leader.

“There’s good chemistry between me and Hunter, and we use it to our advantage for the whole team and work it into our offense,” Brown said.

“The key to this game will be to keep our composure and stay focused throughout the game.”

Senior goalkeeper Rick Battista leads the Tigers on defense and boasts a 62 percent save percentage. They also have key contributions from younger players such as sophomore Stephen Podorsky, who Echols called the core of LSU’s defense

and its fastest player, and freshmen Lawton Perret and Mitchell Webber.

The Mustangs defeated LSU in Dallas last season 13-10, and the two were set to meet again this year before the game was cancelled due to weather.

“We’re a young team this year,” said Podorsky, “but everyone has crazy talent, and we all molded together really well this year. Last year when we played [SMU in the regular season] they were really tough, and they beat us pretty badly, but I definitely think we can beat them this year.”

LSU needs three victories to win the LSA championship and advance to the MCLA Division 1 National Tournament in Orange, California on May 11-16.

Echols said the team is in a good state heading into the game.

“I think the Easter break fit well in our schedule, and I think taking a week off was a good thing for us,” Echols said. “[SMU] is very well coached and they have a very talented attack. Having played them last year, we feel we know what they run and we feel we match up very well with them.”

Echols’ players look to seize the opportunity in the LSA playoffs after what happened last year. A victory would be LSU’s first playoff win in the 42-year history of the club.

“I think we have one goal in mind, and that is to beat every team from the first round to the finals so we can go to California,” Brown said. “That’s been our goal from the start, and we’ve been looking forward to it since offseason workouts. It’s all come down to this, and we’re ready for the challenge.”

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The No. 3 LSU softball team heads to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for a doubleheader against McNeese State with games scheduled for 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. today.

The Tigers (38-5, 11-4 Southeastern Conference) are coming into tonight’s contests after a loss to Tennessee in their last game, but they claimed the series in Knoxville for the first time in school history with wins in the opening two games. The Cowgirls (26-17, 12-5 Southland Conference) have lost three straight and five of their last six games coming into tonight’s matchups.

LSU scattered 23 hits across the three games against the Lady Volunteers, blasting seven home runs. Sophomore infielder Sahvanna Jaquish increased her team-leading home run total this spring to 16. Junior shortstop Bianka Bell and junior catcher Kellsi Kloss trail with 13 and nine home runs, respectively.

Jaquish’s seven-hit, sevenRBI week earned her SEC Player of the Week honors. She compiled a batting average of .583, a slugging percentage of 1.167 and an on-base percentage of .688.

As a team, LSU is batting .352 and has an on-base percentage of .439 this season. The Tigers have blasted 46 home runs and have a slugging percentage of .569.

Bell leads LSU with a .485 batting average. Sophomore right fielder Bailey Landry and senior center fielder w Andrews follow at .463 and .378, respectively.

The Tigers’ high-powered offense has now outscored opponents, 305-85, this season.

Freshman pitcher Carley Hoover leads LSU’s rotation with 11 wins. Freshman

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LSU senior outfielder A.J. Andrews (6) steals third base on March 31 during the Tigers’ 7-3 victory against UL-Monroe at Tiger Park.

Allie Walljasper leads in ERA (1.39), sophomore Baylee Corbello leads in opposing batting average (.180) and sophomore Kelsee Selman has the lone unblemished record at 8-0.

As a staff, LSU’s self-proclaimed “Fantastic 4” has an ERA of 1.66 and has held opponents to .204 batting average.

The rotation has racked up 313 strikeouts compared to its 73 walks allowed.

LSU’s pitching staff faces a McNeese lineup that boasts several accomplished hitters.

Freshman infielder Erika Piancastelli leads all Cowgirls’ batters with a .415 average. She has hit 16 home runs, driven in

46 runs and accumulated 113 total bases. Senior outfielder Lauren Langner follows closely with a .403 average and leads the team with 52 hits.

As a team, the Cowgirls are hitting .282, have an on-base percentage of .360 and have slugged 37 home runs.

Junior Emily Vincent leads McNeese’s rotation with a 10-4 record. She has a 1.27 ERA, has held opponents to a .187 batting average and has a team-high 83 strikeouts. Sophomore Rachel Smith has compiled a 9-5 record and holds an ERA of 2.69.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 CORBELLO, from page 5 top-20 teams. Her victory in Game 2 against No. 2 Tennessee on April 5, 2014, sealed the Tigers’ series win.

Despite her success, the Lake Charles, Louisiana, native struggled with walks throughout her first season, tallying a rotationleading 153 free passes.

Corbello said the walk issue stemmed from the pressure she put on herself to be perfect.

In her sophomore campaign, Corbello aimed to be more efficient in the circle and to let her defense work behind her.

Corbello’s different approach combined with a capable rotation of pitchers behind her has translated into success in the circle for Corbello and company in 2015.

This season, Corbello has cut down her free passes drastically. She is tied for the fifthfewest walks in the Southeastern Conference with 20.

Although Corbello leads the rotation with a .180 opposing batting average, another pitcher tops every other statistical category, taking the pressure off Corbello to carry the Tigers on her own. All four of the Tiger’s pitchers rank in the top-10 in the SEC in ERA and top-15 in opposing batting average in the conference.

Collectively, LSU’s rotation has been dominant this season.

As a pitching staff, the Tigers lead the league with 31 complete games and are tied for first with

PEAK, from page 5 Godfrey in the weekend staff and took the loss last Saturday while filling in for Lange, who was scratched with arm tightness. The jury is still out on Bain, so the Sunday starter is in question.

Regardless of whether Bain can handle the Sunday starts, the Tigers’ bullpen has enough capable arms to carry the Tigers an inning or two at a time if need be.

Sophomore Hunter Newman has yet to allow an earned run in 12 appearances. Bain, Parker Bugg, Doug Norman, Zac Person and Russell Reynolds all have double-digit appearances and a sub-4.00 ERA. Add in freshman closer Jesse Stallings’ Southeastern Conference-leading 11

BASEBALL, from page 5 Laird is second on the team with a .356 batting average and has the most hits on the team with 52. The 6-foot-2-inch, 173-pound junior’s .423 on-base percentage is first on the team.

The Monroe, Louisiana, native hit .455 during the Tigers’ series against Auburn with two doubles, two RBIs, three runs and two stolen bases. Laird leads the team in runs scored with 37.

“That guy can hit,” Scivicque said. “He’s a really great athlete, and he works hard every day for it. He goes up there and gets good pitches to hit, and just like everybody else, tries to drive the ball.”

The Cardinals (17-18) come to

16 shutouts while placing second in the SEC in ERA with 1.66, 313 strikeouts and 73 walks. “[Corbello] has a different mentality now that we have a whole pitching staff that can go in and do well,” said sophomore pitcher Kelsee Selman. “She’s just more relaxed and just focused on quality pitches, instead of trying to do it all by herself.”

Corbello’s experience and perspective have transformed her from an occasionally nervous pitcher to one whose calm, confident presence puts her teammates at ease and establishes her as a leader in the bullpen.

Junior catcher Kellsi Kloss has seen this change firsthand after catching Corbello for nearly two full seasons and establishing a close relationship with her.

Corbello’s calm nature is evident in the way Kloss approaches any quick in-game trips to the circle.

“If I need to go talk to her, I just go out there and tell her a joke or make her laugh or something,” Kloss said. “She’s not one that I really need to get up in her face. She’s more of a ‘Hey, let’s do this. Take a breath. Relax and here we go.’ ... It’s a breath of fresh air for me, knowing that I don’t have expect a lot of stress from her.”

As the most battle-tested pitcher in the rotation, Corbello has become the leader of the young rotation that features two freshman along with Selman.

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Allie Walljasper arrived in Baton Rouge from California, Corbello has helped her adjust to Louisiana and the University.

“Since I’ve got here, she’s been helping me with everything — not just with softball, but with school and how to get around here, just everything,” Walljasper said. “Baylee was always the first one to help me if something was going wrong or if I would get frustrated, she would always cheer me up.”

Although she has stepped up to lead, Corbello has learned something from each of her fellow pitchers and incorporated it into her approach to the game.

From Selman’s faith to freshman Carley Hoover’s resilient mentality in the circle, Corbello said every pitcher brings something different that inspires her to be better.

Despite her success carrying the Tigers in 2014, Corbello has grown in her sophomore campaign by relaxing in the circle and realizing she doesn’t have to do it all.

“The only pressure you have is what you put on yourself,” Corbello said. “Just go out there and realize it’s not a one-woman show. Just go out there and realize that you have twenty other people behind you. They’re on the mound pitching with you.

You feel like you have everyone behind you.”

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saves, and the Tigers might have the strongest bullpen in college baseball when it was a point of concern just two weeks ago.

The lineup has performed much the same way.

Once-glaring weaknesses at second and third base are now filled with more-thancompetent seniors Jared Foster and Conner Hale. Foster is topfive in the SEC in home runs, while Hale is hitting .317 with 30 RBIs. The preseason strengths have been just that.

Junior shortstop Alex Bregman is doing things everyone has come to know he’s capable of in the field and at the plate. Senior catcher Kade Scivicque and junior first baseman Chris Chinea are not only hitting for power, but also for average this season.

The outfield is performing on par with expectations.

Even with all the success and consistent top-5 ranking this year, LSU hasn’t put together a dominant weekend yet in SEC play. The Tigers have won four of their five conference series, dropping two out of three against Kentucky predominantly because of pure bad luck.

There’s still plenty of time left for LSU to put it all together and fully hit its stride before the conference tournament and the ensuing NCAA regionals.

And if I was Mainieri, that’s exactly how I would want it.

Baton Rouge holding the all-time series advantage against LSU, 5-4. But the Tigers have won four straight meetings against Lamar, most recently shutting out the Cardinals, 5-0, on April 9, 2014.

LSU will start senior pitcher Kyle Bouman, but it won’t be an easy task for the Ferguson, Missouri, native, who worked four and one-third innings as a starter last Tuesday against New Orleans, allowing two runs on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

While Lamar has struggled in recent seasons at the Box, the Cardinals are batting .298 as a team, which is second in the Southland Conference. Junior infielder Stijn van der Meer, who is batting .320 with nine doubles, two triples

and 15 RBIs, leads the Cardinals’ attack.

Bregman said he remembers facing Lamar in his freshman season and said it isn’t a team to take lightly.

“They’re real good,” Bregman said. “They’re a very wellcoached team. I know [Gilligan] has won a lot of games. They have good players there, and we’re going to have to come out ready to play.”

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The Fight for Faculty Students should respond to budget cuts with more passion THE CERULEAN CONCILIATOR JUSTIN DICHARIA Columnist Ecstasy filled the air in Death Valley as LSU senior safety Ronald Martin intercepted a pass by Ole Miss senior quarterback Bo Wallace to cement the Tigers’ victory over against the No. 3 Rebels. The game clock expired, and thousands of LSU students rushed the field in excitement to support the men who won a hardfought and necessary battle to stay alive in the Southeastern Conference Western division race.

F. King Alexander and the LSU faculty fight a more difficult battle than the football team fought in October. Your English, biology, chemistry and math teachers fight to stay alive in Louisiana’s bloodied higher education system, and the Louisiana State Capitol might become their Death Valley come June.

Unlike the LSU-Ole Miss football game, the battle against budget cuts has no belligerent crowd to urge on LSU’s survival. Students are not rushing toward the State Capitol in support of their university. For the most part, LSU students have been silent.

It’s an “oh, well” attitude

that fills the heavily pollinated air on campus this spring semester.

Using LSU’s equation to determine faculty layoffs under the first proposed budget cuts, the current worstcase scenario, without added variables, will see more than 50 percent of LSU’s faculty cut.

Oh well, right?

In March, the Mississippi Board of Trustees, which supervises the state’s eight public universities, ousted popular Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones.

“Oh well” was anything but the Ole Miss student body’s attitude.

It was belligerent, loud and most importantly — active.

A crowd of more than 2,500 angry students and faculty members rallied on the Oxford campus to protest the Board of Trustees’ rash decision to fire Jones.

“We’re not backing down,” Alex Borst, a student protester, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We’re going to continue organizing, emailing, calling, anything we can do.”

The Mississippi Board of Trustees felt the pressure of its unpopular decision and began negotiations to reinstate Jones’ contract. At the end of negotiations, Jones ultimately decided to leave Ole Miss.

The point in my comparison is not the end result. My comparison is of apples and oranges when looking at the catalyst for student reaction, or lack thereof. An ousted chancellor is not a $1.6 billion shortfall.

However, the lesson learned is that college students hold the power to pressure old men in positions of power, and Ole Miss students are doing a better job at it than LSU students.

One man loses his job, and thousands of students protest in Oxford, Mississippi. Hundreds of men and women will lose their jobs by fall 2015, and up until today, when the Louisiana Council of Student Body Presidents will hold the Statewide Higher Education Demonstration at the Capitol, not a protester has been in sight in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Louisiana State representatives do not feel the pressure of thousands of constituents upon their shoulders. This legislative session is no different from past sessions.

LSU students have the ability to change that.

March on the State Capitol building. Clog up the roads of downtown Baton Rouge with thousands of students, faculty and alumni. Let the legislators see the beats of a thousand angry eyes. Put fire

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 under their bellies to stand against Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax policies.

Legislators have multiple options to lessen budget cuts with popular support. They can repeal tax breaks for big businesses, raise taxes on cigarettes or reinstate the Stelly tax plan.

Any of these options would ease the burden placed on LSU in a worst-case scenario, but they ultimately fall short.

These are all short-term solutions to Louisiana’s long-term problem. We need to pressure our legislators to amend the state constitution. Cuts to higher education and the vague areas of health care do not allow the state government to cut enough costs to continue its current tax policies.

If LSU students want to return to campus next fall and see the professors they know and love, we need to step up our game and show Ole Miss what a real protest looks like.

We need to rush the State Capitol just as we rushed our beloved football field on that memorable October night.

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

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LSUPD unreliable, failed to notify students of emergency MY BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL CLARKE PERKINS Columnist We shouldn’t have to depend on Twitter or another student to make us aware of crimes that happen on campus.

LSUPD investigated an attempted armed robbery that took place in the early morning of April 8. According to a report

by The Daily Reveille, 53-yearold Curtis J Honore attempted to rob a woman at knife point in front of Pleasant Hall. She was able to escape, and he fled the scene before police arrived but was later spotted in front of Louie’s Cafe in another attempt to rob someone.

The suspect fled again

on a bike but was detained and arrested by LSUPD at the Circle K on Highland Road.

Honore was charged by LSUPD with armed robbery and resisting arrest. In addition to those charges, he also was charged by Baton Rouge Police Department with aggravated assault.

This shouldn’t be news for anyone, but unfortunately it is for many.

It’s great that they were able to detain and take the suspect into custody, and it’s even better that the woman got away unharmed. But LSUPD missed a few steps — where was our emergency email or text message?

Yes, they placed it on their website, but there aren’t many students on LSUPD’s website all day refreshing it for the

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heck of it.

This isn’t an everyday trivial matter — it was important enough to make the local news stations. The LSU student community depends on its school police force to inform students when crimes take place on or around campus.

LSUPD’s website states, “In the event of a crisis situation, LSU will communicate vital information as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to provide the greatest safety for our students, faculty, staff and visitors.”

Not communicating with us is not efficient and is far from safe.

Then, the question becomes this — what is a crisis situation?

It’s not defined on the website, but the LSU community received an emergency email/

text for the armed robbery that took place on Jan. 30 in the parking lot of Kirby Smith Hall.

So, armed robberies clearly fall under a “crisis situation,” as they should.

And even though it was spring break at the time of the April 8 incident, many people, like myself, were on campus for a variety of different reasons. It would’ve been helpful to have received an email about this incident that took place not too far from my dorm — rather than my boss telling me and someone tweeting about it.

It’s dangerous and can be extremely scary to be informed of crimes through social networks. Because you then have to wonder how accurate the information is and why you haven’t heard about it from a trusted source, such as

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LSUPD. If we can’t use Wikipedia for a research paper because of credibility, then we shouldn’t have to use Twitter to find out about on-campus crimes.

This leads me to question how dependable LSUPD actually is and if there are any other incidents that could have possibly taken place on campus that just weren’t reported to us.

LSUPD not notifying us is beyond unacceptable, no matter what their reason may be.

We, as an LSU community, need to be able to depend on LSUPD to notify us in such events.

Clarke Perkins is a 19-yearold political science freshman from New Orleans. You can reach her on Twitter @ClarkePerkins.

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Comprehensive sex education should begin in kindergarten LSYOU, BUT DEFINITELY NOT ME LOGAN ANDERSON Columnist At my high school, sexual education was incorporated into freshman biology. For one week, my teacher shifted her focus from evolution to anatomy. We were given workbook sheets with drawings of the sex organs to label as homework, and we went over the functions of these parts during class.

Pictures of sexually transmitted infections were shown, the old abstinence diatribes were given (“the only foolproof way to avoid pregnancy is to not have sex”) and at the end of the week, our curriculum returned to drawing Punnet squares.

The physical act of sex itself was left out of the discussion entirely. There was no information given on what healthy sexual behavior looks like, and relationships, both heterosexual and non-heterosexual, were nowhere to be found in the curriculum.

Consent, personal boundaries and other important aspects of having a healthy sexual life also were absent.

This was the only time during my 13 years in the public school system that sex was ever mentioned.

Unfortunately, my experience closely mirrors that of sexual education curriculums across the South. In Louisiana, schools are not legally required to teach any

form of sex ed.

If a school chooses to educate its students on sexual health, that curriculum must be incorporated into an already-required class (such as health or physical education), may not contain sexually explicit materials depicting homosexual activity and must emphasize the importance of abstinence.

Comprehensive sex education should begin as early as possible, but Louisiana makes it illegal for any school to teach sex ed before sixth grade. The sexual education being taught now is painfully ineffective and comes too late for a vast majority of students.

Reports indicate more Louisiana teens are sexually active than the national average. The rate of teen pregnancy in Louisiana is also higher than the national average, as is the rate of relationship violence, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Louisiana teens are also contracting HIV at a much higher rate than the rest of America’s teenagers.

The only way to address these issues is to introduce more comprehensive sex education into Louisiana schools. By teaching students about all aspects of healthy sexual relationships, the state can greatly reduce the ignorance that leads to unsafe or unhealthy behaviors.

Advocates for comprehensive sex ed believe that this education should begin as early as kindergarten. By starting this discussion as early as possible, teachers can introduce students to

important concepts long before they begin engaging in sexual behavior.

This doesn’t mean elementary school teachers should be detailing sex acts for children.

Comprehensive sex ed includes education on all aspects of sexual behavior, including relationships.

Early units of this curriculum focus on healthy relationships of all types, and on respecting personal boundaries.

Students should begin to learn in kindergarten what the difference between “good touch” and “bad touch” is. They should be taught that if they ask someone to stop what they’re doing, that person should respect their request — and that if someone asks them to stop doing something, they should stop, even if that person is a friend or a family member.

By teaching children these vitally important concepts, comprehensive sex education has the power to establish the concept of consent in student’s lives early enough that it comes as secondnature to them by the time they begin having sex. It also teaches kids to find and firmly establish their own personal boundaries and to respect the boundaries of others.

Comprehensive sex ed has been proven to succeed where Louisiana’s sex education fails.

Advocates for Youth performed a study of multiple comprehensive sex ed programs across the nation.

This study found that comprehensive sexual education programs can increase a delay in the

STATISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL SEX ED PROGRAMS Of the 23 effective, comprehensive sex education programs compiled by Advocates for Youth:

14 programs demonstrated a statistically significant delay

in the timing of first sex.

13 programs showed statistically significant declines in teen pregnancy, HIV, or other STIs. 14 programs helped sexually active youth to increase their use of condoms.

9 programs demonstrated success at increasing use of con-

traception other than condoms.

13 programs showed reductions in the number of sex partners and/or increased monogamy among program participants.

10 programs helped sexually active youth to reduce the in-

cidence of unprotected sex.

onset of sexual behavior, encourage condom usage and reduce the rate of both unintended teen pregnancy and HIV contraction.

The sex ed I was given should not be the standard. Students should be given the tools to have safe, healthy relationships as early as possible, so that they may

avoid dangerous behaviors later in life. The sooner those tools are given to them, the better.

Logan Anderson is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from Houston, Texas.

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Older generations created the problems of our generation ENTITLED MILLENNIAL CODY SIBLEY Columnist This generation has a serious problem: Older generations blame everything on us.

Designer Ajit Johnson made digital posters highlighting the problems with the millennial generation. His posters allege what everyone’s grandpa has already said: this generation focuses too much on technology and the Internet.

Johnson’s posters said millennials would choose Internet over water, all our relationships are online and even that we don’t read. At the bottom of each poster is #This_Generation. He posted the posters on Tumblr, and Twitter immediately picked up this hashtag.

The #This_Generation movement almost immediately backfired. It probably wasn’t a smart move for him to use social media

to complain about social media — irony at its finest.

You can’t blame social media and technology for today’s problems while also using that technology to get a message across.

That would be like if Ted Cruz voted to repeal Obamacare then decided to buy health insurance through the exchange — oh, wait.

If Johnson has a problem with social media, then he should run his anti-millennial campaign on a different platform. Post pictures around the country, or make some sort of real life interaction that doesn’t involve social media.

But I guess Johnson wanted to use the Internet for the same reasons that we use it: It’s convenient and efficient. Using the Internet is probably the fastest way to get a message across. It makes no sense to criticize something as useful as modern technology.

People on Twitter used #This_ Generation to instead spread the positive aspects and improvements in the lives of millennials.

Twitter users boasted our

decline in teen pregnancies and cigarette smokers, and they mentioned that we’re more open and accepting of minority groups.

A new hashtag called #LastGeneration was also created. In it, millennials pointed to all the wars and economic failures created by previous generations.

People who used the hashtag also mentioned that we’re more politically informed than generations before us.

Johnson’s posters ignored all the problems Generation X and the Baby Boomers caused.

Essentially, he’s blaming the victim.

I find it unsettling that previous generations could blame the world’s problems on us when they’re the ones in power.

We didn’t start wars in the Middle East. Sure, people from our generation — our friends and family members — fought and died those wars, but it was the generations in power who authorized them.

Millennials didn’t cause the budget crisis in Louisiana, and

we’re not the reason that the University’s tuition increases almost every year. The people in power decided that investing in our future wasn’t worth the money. So while their education was nearly free and subsidized, we have to take out thousands of dollars in loans every year just to scrape by in the future.

Our generation is the most tolerant and accepting generation yet by far. While racism, homophobia and sexism are still prevalent in America (and on YikYak), we’re eons ahead of older generations when it comes to civil rights.

The No. 1 reason we’re a more accepting demographic is most likely due to the Internet, something Johnson opposes.

The Internet is one of the greatest inventions in modern history. We have all the information in the world at our fingertips.

We have live updates for anything happening, and we have the ability to look up anything from any point in history any time we choose.

The Internet and social media has a way of making us feel close to people far away. This perceived nearness contributes to the significant tolerance among millennials.

Facebook and Twitter exposes us to people of different races, ideologies, religions and sexual orientations. We see more diverse demographics on our feed, whether directly or indirectly, and that exposure makes us more tolerant. Millennials learned that people aren’t as different as older generations might believe.

While Johnson tried to use his graphics to shame millennials, he did the opposite. I’m proud to be of a generation that I can openly express my sexual orientation without fear of persecution. I’m proud to be of a generation of instant knowledge, and you should be, too.

Cody Sibley is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Opelousas, Louisiana.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 BILLS, from page 1 covering state cuts to higher education. For example, if selfgenerated revenue increases by $100 million from year to year, the state cannot cut $100 million from its funding to compensate.

Increases in tuition would be used to improve the program.

“If students are going to be asked for more tuition dollars, it would not be compensating for a cut, rather, it would be building on the quality of their education,” said Jason Droddy, University executive director of policy and external affairs.

The second part of the amendment establishes the minimum for higher education funding and not allowing funding to drop below its appropriation for fiscal year 2013-2014. The governor could only make cuts below that mark with written consent from two-thirds of each elected house.

If the legislature is not in session, the reduction would have to be approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Higher education is currently one of the only departments left

TUREAUD, from page 1 integrate public schools in Orleans Parish. This movement spread to higher education across the state.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Tureaud applied to the University for the fall 1953 semester.

Tureaud said he chose the University because he believed it would be the best bang for his buck, and his father had powerful connections in Baton Rouge.

Tureaud also said he thought the inclusion of black graduate students already at the University would help soften the controversy.

“Louisiana was always ahead of the curve in terms of integration for the country,” Tureaud said.

However, despite intrinsic efforts, Tureaud faced severe racial discrimination during his time at the University.

Classmates banged on the walls of his dorm room and played loud music to keep him from sleeping.

Professors refused to touch his papers.

“My only buddy was Mike the Tiger,” he said. “We were both prisoners.”

A mistrial in the court decision that admitted Tureaud into

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TUITION AUTONOMY Droddy said some legislators

are starting to see schools need some authority over their tuition and fees. As The Daily Reveille previously reported, the Board of Regents is pushing for more autonomy.

“The board is closer to where the students are, so they have a better understanding of the needs of the student body,” Droddy said.

Tuition autonomy would allow the higher education boards to tailor certain programs, such as financial aid, to better meet the needs of the student body, Droddy said. Specialty fees could be added for students participating in high-cost programs.

Under the current system, all students pay the same tuition amount, though some programs are more costly. The specialty fees could compensate for that cost difference.

“What we can do is maybe balance that out a little bit more,” Droddy said. “Engineering, which is cost heavy, maybe they pick up a little bit more of the share than the others would have to.”

the University caused him to pack his bags and move back to New Orleans.

Tureaud resigned from the University after 55 days and would not look back for another 35 years.

He pursued an undergraduate degree in education from Xavier University in New Orleans instead. Tureaud went on to work as the director of special education for the White Plains School District in New York for more than 25 years, helping outside students like himself.

“I became an advocate for [special needs students],” Tureaud said.

The A.P. Tureaud, Sr., Black Alumni Chapter was formed in 1988 to stimulate alumni

involvement within the African American community at the University. The Chapter’s founders called Tureaud and asked him to come back to his alma mater and speak on their behalf.

Though initially hesitant, Tureaud said he was glad he returned.

“I cried the first time I came back ... It was so intrinsic,” he said.

Tureaud was commemorated with his namesake hall in 1988. The University also gave him an honorary doctorate in 2011.

Tureaud said his own grandchildren graduated from the University.

“And they wear their LSU T-shirts with pride,” he said.

unprotected by the state constitution. Droddy said this bill will at least be taken into consideration.

“I will say that there is a lot of groups against dedication.

However, there is a lot of sympathy for higher education and for students,” Droddy said. “Where a lot of dedications might not be considered, this one probably will make it at least halfway through the process, if not all the way.”

SENATE BILL 18 The LSU system currently makes an annual payment to the teachers’ retirement system to cover liabilities for employees.

From now through 2027, the payment will increase every year, but that is not the problem with the system, Droddy said.

“So, it’s going to continue to eat into LSU’s budget more and more and more,” Droddy said.

“What we’re simply trying to do is to create a more stable, predictable, but lower cost mechanism so that we can preserve as much of our money as we can.”

page 11 about how the upcoming budget and potential cuts will affect them the 2015 legislative session, which on a personal level. kicked off Monday, and Travis Tufts said this is also an opporsaid she is sure there will be a tunity to bring solutions to the legfull House and Senate to see their islator instead of just complaints. demonstration.

“We always want to have a Plans for the rally began after positive mindset, so really, one of a COSBP trip to Washington, D.C., my goals is to let them know how in March, when members spoke they can help us,” Tufts said. “It’s to national representatives and better to do our homework, have senators about the future of higher our plans and present it to them. education.

I think, ultimately, the legislators Student Government President will appreciate that.”

Clay Tufts said he also will atA student representative will tend the rally and knows several be present from each higher eduother student organizations will be cation system, Travis said, and present.

COSBP is promoting “#NoFundTufts said he met with a few sNoFuture” on social media to legislators at the Capitol, who will attract national media attention.

“We are just calling up arms stop by the rally before they begin of everybody in the state of Louitheir session for the day.

“It’s really opening the door of siana — students, parents, everycommunication with legislators,” body — to be there on April 15 to Tufts said. “It’s better if the com- help us fight these budget cuts bemunication comes directly from cause it is instrumental to our sysstudents because that’s ultimately tem and all around the schools,” who legislators are going to care to Crain said.

The No Funds No Future Facelisten to.”

Brandon Crain, an LSU-Alex- book page has more than 450 likes, andria student and the LSU Board and the higher education demonof Supervisors student representa- stration event has more than 230 tive, told the Board in March that confirmed attendees. while the legislators on Capitol Hill While some schools including were helpful, he knows the budget Southeastern Louisiana University, Nicholls State University and deficit is an at-home problem.

“The only answers they really University of New Orleans are ofgave us was that it was a state is- fering transportation to the rally, sue,” Crain said. “So, as soon as Travis said the proximity of the we got done in Washington, we re- University makes it important for turned to our state to make sure to its students to attend. fix it.”

COSBP passed a resolution in The demonstration will pro- November demanding the “goverceed rain or shine, and students nor as well as the legislators genare encouraged to wear their erate alternatives to any further school colors. Students will also cuts to already suffering higher education institutions.” be given an opportunity toRELEASE speak APRIL FOR 15, 2015

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