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Thursday, March 31, 2011 • Volume 115, Issue 117

Wells, Bordelon win SG runoff

CRIME

Student arrested for child porn

Jones, Brister disqualified, lose majority vote

Celeste Ansley Staff Writer

A University student was arrested Monday for child pornography charges after the LSU Police Department assisted with the investigation, according to LSUPD. LSUPD worked in coordination with the Office of the Attorney General’s High Technology Crime Unit, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations to identify and locate the suspect, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s Office.

LSUPD located JOSE DIAZ and searched the resiUniversity student dence of Jose Diaz, 18, of 4445 Alvin Dark Ave., and found child pornography, said Det. Jason Bettencourtt, LSUPD spokesman.

Bettencourtt said Diaz was charged with four counts of pornography involving juveniles and was placed in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Bettencourtt said the district attorney and the judge in the trial ultimately decide on the sentence for a child pornography charge, but as of now Diaz could face two to 40 years in prison.

Electronic devices were seized from Diaz’s residence, and the investigation is ongoing for forensics of the evidence, Bettencourtt said.

photos by ZACH BREAUX and BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

[Left] Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates David Jones, left, and Kacey Brister, right, react Wednesday to falling to [right] SG presidential candidate Cody Wells, left, and vice presidential candidate Kathleen Bordelon, right. Wells and Bordelon won the election with 57.4 percent of the vote.

Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

A celebratory roar echoed through Dodson Auditorium as Student Government elections culminated Wednesday with Cody Wells and Kathleen Bordelon winning the presidential and vice presidential runoff elections after David Jones and Kacey Brister were disqualified and also lost the majority vote.

Wells’ and Bordelon’s “Together LSU” ticket garnered 57.4 percent of the votes with 3,252 votes, and Jones’ and Brister’s

Voter turnout up 36.5 percent from last year’s runoff elections

Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com

Proposal would increase tuition cap

Proposed tuition models

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Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

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“Defining Our Future” ticket won 42.6 percent turnout exceeded 20 percent in both the general of the votes with 2,413 votes. and runoff elections, though Together LSU was 1,124 votes the runoff turnout was down ‘Leadership isn’t ahead of Defining Our Future in from this year’s general elecmerely positional if tion. last week’s general election.

Voter turnout was up 36.5 Jones and Brister were percent from last year’s run- you have the passion disqualified Tuesday night afoff elections to make a difference.’ ter Jones was caught sending and surpassed “unsolicited” Facebook mesBrooksie Bonvillain the total gensages for campaigning pureral election former SG presidential candidate poses, according to Wright. voter turnout Wright said the election board from last year, according to disqualified Jones after he sent messages to SG Commissioner of ElecWELLS, see page 5 tions Billy Wright. Wright said this year’s voter

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Tuition figures based on spring 2011 tuition. Graphic portrays changes to tuition based exclusively on proposed tuition cap changes. Does not include tuition increases caused by other legislative proposals or increases allowed by the LA GRAD Act.

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposed budget is counting on costly changes to the way tuition is charged.

The governor’s proposed budget is one of two propositions for changing the full-time cap on percredit-hour tuition next year.

Currently, students taking 12 or more hours pay the same rate for tuition as their course load increases.

Jindal’s proposal would increase that 12-hour cap to 15 hours.

Under the governor’s proposal,

University undergraduates would pay $189 more per credit hour for each credit hour taken between 12 and 15 hours. Most classes constitute three hours, so this would equate to a $567 increase in students’ tuition for a 15-hour course load.

According to Office of Budget and Planning statistics, the number of students that enrolled in 15 hours was double the amount enrolled in 12 hours last semester.

Jindal’s proposal would similarly move the full-time cap for graduate students from 9 to 12 hours.

Jindal’s proposal will be filed as legislation “in the next week or so,” said Michael DiResto, director of communication and strategic initiatives for the Governor’s Division of Administration, in an e-mail.

There is no indication changing the cap on tuition would have any effects on other items that require full-time tuition such as University scholarships or football tickets.

The proposal would raise $20.4 million in additional revenue for the University, DiResto said.

TUITION, see page 5

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Tainted seafood fears spread as Japan plant leaks nuclear waste

Arizona law bans abortions done based on race or gender

Officials start countdown for 2011 Jazz and Heritage celebration

TOKYO (AP) — Fears about contaminated seafood are spreading despite reassurances that radiation in the waters off Japan’s troubled atomic plant pose no health risk, as the country’s respected emperor consoled evacuees from the tsunami and nuclear emergency zone.

While experts say radioactive particles are unlikely to build up significantly in fish, the seafood concerns in the country that gave the world sushi are yet another blemish for the country of Japan.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed what is likely the first legislation in the nation to ban abortions over ethnicity.

The law bans performing or providing financing for an abortion sought because of the race or sex of the fetus or a parent’s race. The maximum punishment if convicted of either ranges from three to five years in prison.

Supporters said the measure is an important statement against discrimination and for life.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The countdown to the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival has begun.

“Thirty days from today, the music will start,” festival producer Quint Davis said during a press conference at the Fair Grounds Race Course. “Thirty days from right now, we will be getting it on.”

The festival, spans two weekends — April 29-May 1 and May 5-8 — draws hundreds of thousands of people to the city each spring.

The Fair Grounds will hold 12 stages showcasing multiple styles of music — jazz, R&B, rock, folk, Latin, gospel, blues, Cajun, Zydeco and alternative.

Gadhafi’s forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels AJDABIYA, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, nearly reversing the gains rebels made since international airstrikes began.

Rebels pleaded for more help, while a U.S. official said government forces are making themselves harder to target by using civilian “battle wagons” with makeshift armaments instead of tanks.

Western powers kept up the pressure to force Gadhafi out with airstrikes in new parts of Libya.

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Prince Harry reacts as he tries out an immersion suit Wednesday during training for the on the island of Spitsbergen.

Libya’s foreign minister to resign during diplomatic mission LONDON (AP) — Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa arrived in Britain on Wednesday and is resigning, Britain’s government said.

Koussa arrived from Tunisia at Farnborough Airport, about 35 miles southwest of London, the Foreign Office said in a statement, adding that he traveled to Britain under his own free will.

“He has told us that he is resigning his post,” the statement said.

“We are discussing this with him ,and we will release further details in due course.”

Google adds button to endorse search results, ads SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. likes the way Facebook gets people to share their recommendations so much that it’s adding its own option for endorsing search results and online ads.

The “+1” button announced Wednesday represents the Internet search leader’s latest attempt to make it easier for its users to share their insights with their online contacts, formed through other Google services such as Gmail.

Someone who wants to endorse a particular search term or an ad simply hits the +1 button.

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Anniversary flight to Gulf disaster site planned for relatives of dead NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico nearly one year ago is quietly arranging to fly relatives of the 11 men who died out to the disaster site on the anniversary next month.

Three families told The Associated Press they’ve been notified in telephone calls and e-mails about Transocean’s plans for a morning flyover at sea and a private evening memorial service on land.

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

University partners with City Year Students serve as mentors, tutors Celeste Ansley Staff Writer

University administration, City Year corps members and City Year staff cheered Wednesday morning as the official partnership between the University and City Year, providing one graduate scholarship per year for a City Year member or alumni, was signed.

City Year is an organization that partners 17 to 24-year-olds across the country with students in the highest poverty schools as tutors or mentors for a year, said Jennifer Reilly, co-founder of City Year, Inc. Pete November, vice president of City Year Inc., said the organization has partnered with 30 universities, and LSU is the first public institution.

Over the past four years, 75 LSU students have applied for City Year, and 25 students have served, November said.

November said the partnership between the University and City Year will provide a graduate scholarship for a member or alumni of the organization.

“This makes an LSU education more accessible and affordable to a person who has given a year of service,” November said.

November said the organization focuses on keeping students in school and on track, and the University supports those objectives.

November said City Year corps members “serve in the most challenged urban schools.”

He said the organization serves 20 Louisiana cities, and corps members are at schools from before the first bell rings until the end of after-school programs.

Corps members identify students who have fallen off track and help them succeed, November said.

He said members participate in tutoring, sports and arts programs.

Chris Trahan, director of

communications and community engagement for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, said there are 33 City Year members serving four schools in the area dedicating 700 hours each.

Trahan said the members help with tutoring and mentoring as well as volunteering with organizations like Roman Catholic

voluntary organization the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.

Chancellor Michael Martin said the partnership is a “model for sister schools across the country.”

Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com

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Christina Famularo wears her Miss LSU-USA crown and sash Wednesday outside the ZTA house. Because of a scoring mishap, Famularo was originally declared a runner-up in Sunday’s pageant. She was officially crowned Tuesday.

“I could not be more honored to have been crowned Miss LSU-USA 2011,” Famularo said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “It is the opportunity of a lifetime, and I am very excited to represent the flagship of Louisiana.”

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CITY LIFE

Thursday, March 31, 2011

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Venue Senate combines two financial committees residents learn safety skills leadership and membership.

“If you aren’t living a black Staff Writer experience, I don’t know if you Student Government com- can lead the caucus,” said Sen. bined the Organization Relief Ashley Hebert, Graduate School.

Sen. Christopher Sellers, Fund and Programming, Support, and Initiatives Fund committees Humanities and Social Sciences, Wednesday in a resolution voted said he felt the motion to rescind the legislation was an attempt to on at the Senate meeting.

The resolution asks that the potentially limit membership acsix PSIF accounts be merged into cess.

Sen. Jackson Voss, Universione with the exception of the spring concert fund, which cov- ty Center for Freshman Year, said ers Groovin’ on the Grounds and the purpose of the recession was the ORF, undergraduate, gradu- to apply stricter rules for holding chair and co-chair ate and veterinary positions in causcience accounts cuses. be merged into S e n a t e the Student OrgaSpeaker Brooksie nization Support Bonvillain conFund. tinuously remind“Students ed senators the want that concert. debate was foThey need guarJ Hudson cused on the sysanteed funding,” SG president tem of caucuses, said SG President not one caucus in J Hudson.

Hudson said Chancellor Mi- particular.

The Senate also passed a chael Martin, LSU System President John Lombardi and multiple resolution requesting the Center other University administrators for Assessment and Evaluation must approve the merger of the implement a Computer Based Testing Center survey. accounts and committees.

The resolution, written by In other business, Senate passed a resolution allocating Sen. Scott Sullivan, College $1,000 from the Senate Contin- of Science, asks the Computer gency fund to help Students for Based Testing Center survey to Life host Collin Mason, a re- ask if the staff was courteous, search expert and director of me- about the noise level during testdia production at the Population ing, whether the student prefers Research Insti- in -class or electronic testing, ‘If you tute in Wash- if students felt their belongings aren’t living ington, D.C., were secure, would material be speak at the better presented on paper and a black to about the efficiency of the checkUniversity. experience, S e n a t o r s in process and the department of whether the class.

I don’t debated to rescind a resknow if olution passed Contact Celeste Ansley at cansley@lsureveille.com you can on March 23 that changed SG lead the bylaws to adcaucus.’ dress caucuses after the recent Ashley Hebert creation of an Graduate School SG black causenator cus. The debate ended in a roll call vote and failed to pass.

The debate lasted half an hour, and senators argued whether the recession of the bill would allow for changes to both Celeste Ansley

Sydni Dunn Staff Writer

University students and residents of The Venue at North Gate learned valuable safety tips Wednesday night in the community’s first Neighborhood Watch meeting.

The meeting, held in the common room of The Venue, consisted of an informational session with Baton Rouge Police Department Maj. Ernie Brewer and a round table-styled discussion period.

This is The Venue’s first attempt at a neighborhood watch, according to Brewer. All three Campus Crossings complexes will participate.

“We wanted to start this watch to make everyone aware of their surroundings,” said Marvin Smith, leasing manager of The Venue.

“The crime rate is increasing in the Baton Rouge area.”

Brewer, who is also the on-site security officer, told residents how to stay safe in and around the North Gate neighborhood.

“We’re right next to a very bad area — just one block that way,” he said, pointing north.

Brewer passed around information packets highlighting “basic street sense” and home security measures such as remaining alert at all times and locking doors.

Brewer placed emphasis on locking doors, as the complex has experienced multiple burglaries as a result of unlocked apartments and cars.

Peter Mella, business freshman and Venue resident, said his laptop was stolen from his apartment last week. Mella said he was asleep in the unlocked apartment when the computer was stolen from his living room.

Mella encountered a man attempting to break into his apartment Tuesday. He said he was in the room when he heard the door knob jiggle. He ran to the door and saw a man walking away from the area.

“I ran inside to grab my cellphone, but when I came back, he was gone,” Mella said.

Chuck Doss, Venue maintenance supervisor, said break-ins happen sporadically.

“It’s a problem, and we want to correct the issue,” Doss said.

Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSU Police Department spokesman, said watch groups are effective.

“There is crime around all areas of campus,” Tabor said. “Anything done to identify and solve crime is great.”

Contact Sydni Dunn at sdunn@lsureveille.com

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‘Students want [Groovin on the Grounds]. They need guaranteed funding.’

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Sen. Ashley Hebert, Graduate School, and Sen. Jackson Voss, UCFY, debate issues Wednesday about allowing non-black members to sit on the black caucus board.

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Thursday, March 31, 2011 WELLS, from page 1

members of his non-campaign related Facebook group, which violates more than one section of the election code.

Jones and Brister said they knew they were disqualified but did not file an appeal because they “wanted the students’ voices to be heard.” Jones said he and Brister’s main objective throughout the election process was to preserve integrity, and they had more than 20 opportunities to file complaints during campaign season but did not because of their pact to preserve integrity.

“The votes reflect the decision of the students,” Jones said.

Wells said Together LSU’s common goal is to “leave the University in a better place.” He said his parents taught him to work hard and he “thanks God for every minute” of the election process.

Bordelon attributed Together LSU’s success to their “great support system” and said people were “bending over backward” to help them.

Wells said students can look forward to the winning candidates working together to “achieve

TUITION, from page 1

Other increases to student costs proposed by Jindal include reindexing or de facto increase, in the operational fee assessed by the University.

These proposed increases come on top of an already legislatively approved tuition increase of 10 percent for in-state students and 15 percent for out-of-state students.

Aside from the operational fee reindexing, each of Jindal’s proposals will be covered by TOPS. “A change in the tuition cap will discourage excessive class dropping — that sees many students currently sign up for 17 or 18 hours and drop down to 12 hours midway through the semester,” said the Division of Administration’s presentation to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. “This means that schools are paying for professors and classroom space that are not used.”

Jindal’s proposal is not the only one that would change the tuition cap.

House Bill 25 by Rep. Jerome Richard, I-Thibodaux, would remove the cap for full-time tuition entirely.

This would see tuition prorated through 18 hours, so students taking 18 hours pay 50 percent more than students taking the minimum of 12.

This is the second year Richard has authored such legislation at the request of Nicholls State University, located in his district. Last year his bill “never saw the light of day,” according to Richard.

Richard, a University alumnus, said he prefers this method for increasing colleges’ revenues rather than increases allowed by the LA GRAD Act. “I just happen to believe this is a fair way to raise tuition,” Richard said. “If you take 15 hours, that is what you pay for instead of letting colleges raise tuition carte blanche.”

Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

everything promised to students.”

Wells and Bordelon said their philosophy was “no regrets,” and they would not have done anything differently.

Wells and Bordelon said they are prepared to tackle budget cuts and plan to be at the Legislature “as much as possible” during the upcoming legislative session. Wells said he will stand behind current SG President J Hudson’s March to the Capitol.

Jones said he plans to serve in SG next year, while Brister said she is still weighing her options.

Brister said this was “one of the best experiences” of her life and she would not have changed anything.

Current SG Vice President Dani Borel said she is happy about the voter turnout. She also said she and Hudson are “laying a lot of ground work” to “get the ball rolling” for Wells and Bordelon’s administration.

Aaron Caffarel, who ran in this year’s elections under the “NOW” ticket but did not advance to the runoffs, said he expected Wells to win. Caffarel, who filed a complaint against Jones in which Jones was found not guilty by the University

Court, said some of his NOW candidates were swayed to vote for Wells and Bordelon after being turned off

by Jones’ e-mails he sent them after Caffarel’s loss, causing the court case.

Brooksie Bonvillain, SG Senate Speaker and 2010 presidential candidate, said she has mentored Wells, Jones and Caffarel for their past three years in Senate, and closely advised Wells and Caffarel throughout the election season.

“Leadership isn’t merely positional if you have the passion to make a difference,” Bonvillain said.

The margins of victory for several races were minimal and there were two ties in runoff election results, in which case the winner was determined by who won the most votes in the general election, according to Wright.

See the full election results and a video of the reactions at lsureveille.com.

Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com

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Sports

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RECRUITING

$80,000 bribe for Peterson reported

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switch in the lineup inning, and LSU scored in may have provided each of the next three ina spark, but it was the LSU nings as well to ice its secbaseball team’s most consis- ond victory in eight games. tent contributor “I don’t think Ryan Ginn who provided I’m going to hit Sports Blogger the firepower. a ball better than Junior center fielder that this whole year, but I Mikie Mahtook provided knew today wasn’t a day you two hits and scored two runs were supposed to hit it to as LSU (18-7) snapped a center field,” Mahtook said. two-game losing streak by The triple extended Mahdefeating McNeese State, took’s streak to a team-best 6-0.

11 games. He is also the only The game looked to be Tiger to reach base in all 25 a defensive struggle on an games this season. unusually cold night in Alex LSU also received a Box Stadium, with neither boost during a 13-pitch at team able improve through bat in which junior shortstop the first three innings.

Austin Nola fought off eight “It was some tough hit- two-strike pitches before fiting conditions tonight, with nally drawing a walk. the wind blowing so hard Nola then stole second, and chilly,” LSU coach Paul allowing LSU to score two Maineiri said. runners when sophomore However, a Mahtook right fielder Mason Katz sintriple that banged off the gled up the middle. wall helped to put the Tigers PITCHERS, see page 10 on the board in the fourth

Staff Reports Willie Lyles, a recruiting scout involved in an ongoing NCAA investigation, was implicated in a pay-for-play scheme for former LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson, ESPN reported late Wednesday.

Former Texas A&M secondary coach Van Malone told ESPN that Lyles said he needed to top “$80,000” to sign Peterson.

LSU Associate Athletic Director and Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette told The Daily Reveille he hadn’t seen the report.

“I haven’t heard that,” Bonnette said.

Lyles was already in hot water about possible NCAA violations with Oregon and LSU. Prior to the report, LSU officials claimed they merely paid Lyles for game tapes of prospects. It would be an NCAA violation if Lyles were directly involved with a recruit.

Peterson’s father, Patrick Peterson Sr., told ESPN that Lyles runs a kind of “escort service.”

“This is my first time hearing this ... shocker,” Peterson Sr. said.

“It could have happened.”

The rumor follows an HBO report of Auburn paying former players. LSU was named in the report, as former Auburn defensive end Stanley McClover told HBO he received a $500 “money handshake” while at an all-star camp in Baton Rouge.

Sports Writer Michael Lambert contributed to this report.

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Junior outfielder Mikie Mahtook throws the ball to second base during the Tigers’ 6-0 shutout victory against the Cowboys on Wednesday night in Alex Box Stadium.

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FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Defense perseveres without Nevis Tackles focus on the basics during spring Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor

It’s never easy to replace an AllAmerican.

From leadership and experience to pure physical ability, former defensive tackle Drake Nevis left big shoes to fill on the LSU defensive line.

Nevis started every game on the interior line last season­ and made every play count. He had 56 tackles, six sacks, four quarterback hurries

and even an interception during his final season.

Sophomore defensive tackle Michael Brockers, who will compete for Nevis’ spot, said the Tigers already miss Nevis’ big plays. He often left teammates scratching their heads in disbelief, Brockers said.

“How did he do that?” Brockers said. “His spectacular plays, with him getting in the backfield so fast, the team misses that.”

Nevis has been projected as a high pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Until he meets that goal, Nevis said he hasn’t ruled out keeping an eye on his group of proteges.

“I definitely want to support them in spring practices and let them

know that its their time to carry the tradition,” Nevis said at Pro Day. The leadership role shared by Nevis and former defensive tackle Lazarius Levingston has been left vacant. In their absence, the role has gone to some unlikely sources.

Sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery said he has taken it upon himself to step up despite his limited experience. The 6-foot-4inch, 245-pound Montgomery started five games at defensive end last season before falling victim to a cut block against Tennessee.

“I saw it, I thought it was a dirty play, but it actually wasn’t,” NEVIS, see page 10

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Sophomore defensive end Justin Maclin (54) wrestles redshirt freshman tight end Travis Dickson (41) during the “Big Cat” drill during practice March 24.

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

MLB

Count on Braves to win it all and NL West to disappoint SCHWEHMMING AROUND Andy Schwehm Sports columnist

It’s Major League Baseball Opening Day. Finally.

America’s favorite pastime is back, and I couldn’t be more excited.

It’s also time for me to bust out some spot-on predictions with tons of bias.

Mark them down now. I won’t be here in late September, but I’ll still be bragging when all eight of these picks are right.

NL EAST I was wearing my Sunday red home Atlanta Braves jersey around campus the other day when a friend stopped me and said, “This isn’t the ’90s.”

The Braves are back. This year is going to start a new run for the Braves, who will take back home the NL East title.

All blind homerism aside, the Braves are going to have one of the best offensive teams in the league, should they stay healthy (unlike last season).

Anytime you can stick Brian McCann and Jason Heyward in the five and six holes in a lineup, respectively, you know you have something working for you.

The bleeping Phillies will have an excellent rotation with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels. But any true Phillies fan will tell you how awful their offense will be this year.

It’s going to come down to the last five games, but the Braves will take it and the Phillies will take the wild card.

NL CENTRAL The NL central is a favorite of The Daily Reveille sports staff. Somehow, we have five of the six teams represented.

Let’s start with this: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros will not be anywhere near winning this division. The Chicago Cubs won’t win it because they are who we think they are.

I don’t see the St. Louis Cardinals overcoming the loss of ace Adam Wainwright, so they’re out of the picture.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds will battle down to the last two games of the season, and the Reds will take it.

Reds ace Edinson Volquez wins the NL Cy Young Award.

NL WEST Oh, the NL West. How I love to disparage you frequently in random columns. You are a garbage division, and the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series last year was not only a fluke but a joke.

The Colorado Rockies will avenge last season and take the division from the Giants, a mere five games above .500.

The Giants will finish third behind the San Diego Padres.

AL EAST You ready for this?

The fighting Buck Showalters will win the AL East. That’s the manager of the Baltimore Orioles, for those who don’t know.

The Boston Red Sox will take the wild card.

AL CENTRAL The Chicago White Sox will take the AL Central.

They have one of the better pitching staffs in the AL this season, especially if Jake Peavy returns to his pre-injury form. They also have a solid offense with the addition of slugger Adam Dunn.

The Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins are going to hang right there with the White Sox, though.

The Tigers have ace Justin Verlander, my pick for the AL Cy Young Award, but their offense can be shaky at times.

The Twins have one of the best offenses in the AL. Expect this three-team race to be within three to five games come the end of the season.

AL WEST I’m interested to see how the Texas Rangers respond to their newfound success.

Their rotation rivals any in

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Baltimore Orioles’ Derrek Lee (25) hits a double in the first inning off Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil during a spring training game in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday. Columnist Andy Schwehm expects the Orioles to win the AL East in 2011.

the AL, and their offense will be beastly.

Should they not collapse under the pressure, I see them winning this division without a problem. But should they falter, watch out for those Oakland Athletics, who could come out of nowhere to steal the division.

I’ll stick with the Rangers.

Good luck this season to whatever your team may be. It’s going to be fun.

I’ll be back in October to brag when the Braves win the World Series.

Andy Schwehm is a 21-year-old English and psychology senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ASchwehm.

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SOFTBALL

Tigers recoup during extended break caused by rainout David Helman Sports Contributor

The LSU softball team’s bye week just won’t end.

Thanks to a rainout Tuesday night, the Tigers (18-12) have now gone a week without playing a game. By the time they travel to Arkansas this weekend, that layoff will have extended to nine days.

“It’s kind of crazy,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “It’s just been a weird season already, with injuries and everything else. So it’s been about par for the course.”

The break comes from an off weekend in LSU’s Southeastern Conference schedule. The Tigers offset an 0-5 start in conference play by taking two of three from Kentucky and slamming Nicholls State, 8-0, but they haven’t had a chance to improve on the threegame win streak.

“Defense is defense. ... Rest

is always good for pitchers,” Girouard said. “The hitting is where you get concerned. Once you get on a roll you just want to play every day. Usually, rest is negative toward hitting.”

Girouard said it can be difficult for a hot lineup to regain its stride after a delay between games. The Tigers managed just seven total runs in three games against the Wildcats, but they exploded for eight in the rout of the Colonels.

“When you’re starting to hit well, you want to play every day,” Girouard said. “We’re starting to see the ball a little bit better now.”

Freshman center fielder Simone Heyward, who went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI against Nicholls, said some players have to make an effort to stay in routine during a break.

“I need to practice every day, or else something just goes out my

head,” Heyward said.

Other players weren’t as concerned with the downtime, using it instead to get away from the game.

“It’s awesome. I enjoy the break,” said junior pitcher Brittany Mack. “If you just want to have a break from softball, you can go do whatever — have some fun with friends, sleep, relax by a pool. It’s nice.”

Heyward’s week off wasn’t quite as eventful.

“I got my hair done, did my homework. That’s all I did,” she said. “I don’t have a car. I don’t go anywhere.”

Mack, the veteran of the Tigers’ three-headed pitching staff, said rest can only help pitchers, especially for a staff as small as LSU’s.

“If any muscles were sore or tender, they all get to heal,” she said. “By the time we come back

FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Offensive line slated for changes DT Davenport moves to OT for spring Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

LSU sophomore lineman Chris Davenport was perfectly content playing defensive tackle in spring practice until coach Les Miles summoned him to his office a little more than a week ago.

Miles told Davenport he wanted to switch him to the offensive line.

The team needed a second-string left tackle in light of redshirt freshman Evan Washington’s knee injury.

Davenport, who now sports No. 73 at practice, said making the move was not ideal at first.

“If we plan on winning a national championship, sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do,” Davenport said. “You have to make some sacrifices along the way.

It’s a sacrifice I decided to make for my team, as well as hopefully one day for my family.”

Davenport’s switch highlights a list of changes set for the 2011 LSU offensive line.

Davenport said the move to offense is just for the spring at this point, and he and the coaching staff will evaluate his performance after the spring game April 9.

“I’m still in that defensive frame of mind, so if I had to decide today, it would be defense,” Davenport said.

“But I’m willing to learn. ... It opens “[Davenport] has great foota door for me to be successful on work. He was highly recruited out of both sides of the ball.” high school as a defensive lineman,” Davenport’s roommate is soph- Blackwell said. “Any time [a player omore offensive tackle Chris Faulk, who is] athletic moves from defenwho is slated to start at left tackle sive line to offensive line, it’s easy to with the departure of former offen- adjust to the running and the quicksive tackle Joseph Barksdale. Faulk ness, but he has to focus on getting started two games last season at right his plays down.” tackle when junior offensive tackle The center and offensive guard Alex Hurst was positions have senior injured. leadership galore, as “Faulk has T-Bob Hebert, Josh a tremendous Dworaczyk and Blackamount of talent well are back. and has really Hebert and sophaccommodated omore Josh Williford to the position filled in when Blackchange as best well was injured, and he can,” Miles junior P.J. Lonergan said. “He’s got started all 13 games at long arms and center. quickness. ...

Hebert has filled Chris Davenport He’s potentially LSU sophomore offensive tackle in for Dworaczyk at a tremendous left guard for the bulk tackle.” of spring practice after Davenport said having a starting Dworaczyk had minor knee surgery. left tackle as a roommate has been Blackwell said Dworaczyk’s helpful. absence impacts the offensive line.

“We spend a lot of time at night “Josh has started [26] games in going through the playbook trying to a row for us,” Blackwell said. “It alget me caught up on where they are ways hurts a little bit when your best now,” Davenport said. friend isn’t out there ... but someSenior right guard Will Black- times you can afford to miss spring well said Davenport has “surprised practice, especially when you’re as everybody” with the switch this experienced as he is.” spring. Blackwell is back for his final season after missing nine games at right guard in 2010 with a broken Contact Rachel Whittaker at ankle he suffered on the first play of rwhittaker@lsureveille.com the year against North Carolina.

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‘If we plan on winning a national championship, sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do.’

for the next series, we’re ready to go.”

The week off certainly helped sophomore pitcher Rachele Fico, who Girouard said should be mostly recovered from a shoulder injury suffered earlier this season.

“She’s throwing a little bit harder now, and every day it seems to get better,” Girouard said. “She’s looked awfully good in practices the last couple of times.”

The Tigers also get junior outfielder Katie Guillory back from their laundry list of injuries.

Guillory should be good to play this weekend after tearing her ACL during fall practice.

“This is the first week she’s been cleared to play,” Girouard said.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, March 31, 2011 midweek losses since the 2005 season.

After being mired in a slump, LSU will take the victories any way it can get them.

“It’s a win,” Mahtook said.

“It’s another ‘W’ and a good allaround game for us.”

PITCHERS, from page 7

“This is what baseball is all about — pitcher vs. hitter,” Mainieri said. “It’s not good enough just to battle. You’ve got to win it at the end.”

With junior pitcher Tyler Jones given the night off from his usual weekday start, freshman pitchers Samuel Peterson and Joe Broussard suffocated the McNeese State batters through the middle innings.

Peterson (1-0) was credited with the win after pitching a career-high 3 1/3 innings while allowing only two hits and no runs.

“As a coach, you love kids who are competitors,” Mainieri said. “He’s not the most talented pitcher on the staff, but he’s got a lot of moxie.”

Broussard followed with a flawless two-inning performance, retiring all six batters faced and throwing 15 of 18 pitches for strikes.

The shutout was LSU’s second of the season and first since a 13-0 win against New Orleans on Feb. 22. It also marked the first time this season that McNeese

NEVIS, from page 7

Montgomery recalled. “I could have [seen] the guy, but I didn’t. It was a rookie mistake, which I learned traumatically from.”

Montgomery has been restricted to a green “no-contact” jersey since the fall, but he hopes the coaches will turn him play full speed in the summer. He has been on the sidelines because of limited participation.

Montgomery said the role has given him a new perspective, and he has noticed a change in team dynamics without Nevis and Levingston.

“They used to joke all the time,” Montgomery said. “They used to just rip and talk about everybody. Now people are trying to rip, and it’s not really that funny.”

Montgomery said he has been hard on the young players to improve, particularly sophomore defensive end Justin Maclin. He pushes Maclin because he wants him to be great, Montgomery said.

“I feel a little bit like [defensive line coach Brick Haley],” he said. “It actually makes you coach yourself.

By teaching the young guys, you have to lead by example.”

The young defensive tackle group has been looking to define its identity. Among six members, only Brockers has ever started a game.

Brockers and junior Josh Downs have the most experience between them. Gunning for spots behind them are redshirt freshman Ego Ferguson and true freshman Anthony Johnson.

“The freshmen have been looking great,” Brockers said. “Anthony Johnson, Ego Ferguson, they’ve been coming along ... faster than when I came in.”

With a young roster, defensive coordinator John Chavis has used this spring to return to the basics.

“We’re young and we have to start from the bottom ... running to the ball and getting lined up,” Brockers said. “We play Oregon the first game, so our tempo has to increase.”

Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com

Contact Ryan Ginn at rginn@lsureveille.com

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Freshman Samuel Peterson gears up for a pitch Wednesday at Alex Box Stadium in the Tigers’ 6-0 win against McNeese State.

State has been shut out by an opponent.

Peterson entered the game in the second inning after freshman pitcher Forrest Garrett loaded the bases. Despite a rough outing against Louisiana-Lafayette in his last appearance, he said he relished the chance to prove himself.

“I believe in myself and I

believe in my teammates to get the job done,” Peterson said. “I feel good in those positions.”

The pitching staff received plenty of offensive support tonight — Katz led LSU with three RBIs. “I love coming up in RBI situations,” Katz said. “I know [teammates] are going to be on

base a lot and it’s my job to get them over.”

LSU junior pitcher Matty Ott bounced back from a series of rough outings by shutting down the Cowboys in the ninth inning to close out the game, allowing one hit and striking out two batters.

By winning Wednesday night, LSU avoided its first back-to-back

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Entertainment

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MOVIES

La.-made film to premiere Friday

‘Lord Byron’ shown at Sundance festival Jeanne Lyons Entertainment Writer

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[Top left] Patrons enter the Ragbag of Jollification at Fred’s on Wednesday night under an inflatable of Carl from Adult Swim’s “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” [Bottom left] A reveler plays plinko. [Right] New Orleans rapper Curren$y performs. See page 12 for more on the event.

University professor Zack Godshall’s locally produced film “Lord Byron” will premiere at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

For $10, audiences can experience the University screenwriterin-residence’s movie while ‘People networking from the with others inarea will terested in filmmaking. be familiar “Lord Bywith the ron” is a tragiaccents, comedy written and produced humor and by Godshall and fellow La- characters.’ fayette native Ross Brup- Zack Godshall bacher and stars University professor Paul Batiste, a Church Point native. The regional film was an original selection at the Sundance Film Festival this January and had four showings with packed theatres, according to Godshall.

BYRON, see page 15

MUSIC

Electronic TKVR to take over Baton Rouge this weekend Event originated in New Orleans Cathryn Core Entertainment Writer

Students seeking a deviation from the mundane monotony of Tigerland nightlife finally have the opportunity to get their party on — electro style.

If wild dancing, loud beats and a killer light show sound like a good time, then one of the biggest electronic and dubstep dance parties ever to hit Baton Rouge, the Electronic Takeover, is the place to be Saturday night. The TKVR, typically held in New Orleans, is invading The Varsity Theatre for a one-night event.

Chris Rengel, co-founder and DJ of the event under the name Swiss Chriss, said he and his friends Max Braun and Christoph Anders-

son “started the party” a year and a half ago in New Orleans.

“We felt there was a gap in the electronic scene in New Orleans,” he said. “We wanted to start something for college kids that had the new, fresh music coming out at the time. Electronic was really starting to get popular, and there was none of that in New Orleans whatsoever.”

The TKVR’s first trek to Baton Rouge was demanded by University students and is aimed at bringing Louisiana’s tepid electronic scene to life and completely revamp college students’ typical night out, Rengel said.

“We’ve already had a lot of kids from LSU attend our parties, especially over the summer,” he said. “There’s a lack of [an electronic scene] in Baton Rouge, and there’s definitely a market for it.

Kids like electronic music.”

Rengel said he enjoys every bit of his involvement in the

Electronic TKVR. “I just love planning parties, throwing parties for people, seeing that they’re having a good time and playing music,” he said. “It’s my dream.”

Electronic music has become a phenomenon, especially among college students, Rengel said.

“College kids like to party,” he said. “It’s the music of our generation. It’s just what people do now.

Electronic music is coming in and taking over the mainstream. It’s just what people want to hear.”

Students shouldn’t pass up the party Saturday night, Rengel said.

“It’s something people won’t want to miss, especially since it’s our first time in Baton Rouge,” he said. “We have an awesome time in New Orleans, and a lot of LSU students can vouch for that.”

Max Braun, co-founder and organizer of the TKVR, said the TKVR, see page 14

photo courtesy of DAN HELFERS

Revelers get funky Jan. 29 at an Electronic TKVR event on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. Electronic TKVR will head to The Varsity Theatre on Saturday.

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FESTIVAL

Adult Swim hosts ‘Ragbag of Jollification’ in Baton Rouge Students experience free show, food Andrew Price Entertainment Writer

Patrons in Tigerland were “jollificated” on Wednesday night

by Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Fred’s Bar in Tigerland hosted the event, called “Ragbag of Jollification,” which was free to the public.

The event featured carnivallike games, Adult Swim style, and musical performances from DJ Triz-A and Curren$y.

Jason Nay, Fred’s general manager, said the event took several months of planning between Fred’s and Adult Swim.

“They wanted to be as close to campus as possible, and they thought we had prime real-estate for the event,” Nay said. “We’re prepared for a busy night.”

The event has been going for about four years in a variety of iterations, and almost every event has featured live music and games.

“We like our fans. They’ve

BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

Patrons play carnival games Wednesday night at Adult Swim’s “Ragbag of Jollification” event, hosted by Fred’s Bar in Tigerland. The event offered free food and live music.

been good to us. So, we wanted to get out there and thank them in the way of a free event with odd games, cool prizes and good music,” Stacy Moscatelli, director of

marketing for Adult Swim, said in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille.

Moscatelli also said each of the stops on the Ragbag tour is near a college campus, and the

11th stop on the tour will be the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

In addition to hosting the event, which spanned the entire length of Tigerland’s parking lot, Fred’s lowered its age limit for entry from 20 to 18 to accommodate a larger crowd.

Fighting the cold wind and potential rain, students turned out in droves to experience the jollification.

Games within the carnival included “Convict Escape,” “Babies Versus Old People on Segways,” “Toilet Bowel,” “Flunko,” “Black Hole Fun” and “Oh Yell No.” One popular game was “Balloonicorn Blowout,” where contestants donned a helmet with a unicorn horn on the top and attempted to pop balloons on the ceiling by jumping and piercing them with the horn.

Emily Cefalu, psychology junior, heard about the event from a friend and said the carnival games were her favorite part of the night.

“The unicorn game is pretty cool,” Cefalu said. “I didn’t do it because I’m too short, but it looks like a lot of fun.”

In addition to games and music, there were a fortune teller’s tent, free pizza and a tent offer-

ing free 5-Hour Energy shots to passers-by.

Also popular was the T-shirt stand, where patrons could make their own shirts.

Joseph Salzer, mechanical engineering senior, took advantage of the free giveaways and made himself a shirt while he waited to see Curren$y.

“Ragbag is awesome because everything is free,” Salzer said. “I’ve got drinks, pizza and a T-shirt, and I can’t wait for Curren$y.”

Curren$y took the stage with a large entourage behind him that appeared to be doing nothing, but the crowd was energized nonetheless.

A sea of hands waved as the New Orleans native and former member of the 504 Boyz performed.

Matthew Sewell, business management sophomore, said the performance by Curren$y was the reason he attended the carnival.

“Curren$y was amazing,” Sewell said. “I’m really glad I came to the show.”

Contact Andrew Price at aprice@lsureveille.com

TELEVISION

‘Real World’ cast member to party at Mike’s next Thurs.

Dustin Zito a Rayne, La., native Jeanne Lyons Entertainment Writer

Dustin Zito doesn’t need flashy nightclubs in Sin City to party like a rock star.

“The Real World: Las Vegas” cast member will prove he can celebrate in his home state when he parties at Mike’s Daiquiris and Grill on April 7.

Zito, a Rayne native, said he is excited to party in Baton Rouge next week and will be ready to take “Vegas Bombs” and have a good time with University students.

When discussing his experience as a cast member of “The Real World,” Zito originally had no idea the show was going to be in Las Vegas and was completely blindsided by the news.

“To be honest, I was a little scared,” Zito said. “Let’s face it, Vegas is nothing but partying, so I hoped I wouldn’t embarrass myself and be a hot mess for three months.”

Zito was brought up in a strict Pentecostal home and didn’t meet his father until he was 13.

Zito said he was sheltered, but his stepbrother took him under his wing and taught him to be more social and get acquainted with the party life.

On “The Real World,” Zito said he found a happy medium between partying, work and spending time with his

roommates thanks to his upbringing in the South.

“My father owned nightclubs for years, so I knew we couldn’t act too crazy in bars because DUSTIN ZITO people didn’t ‘Real World’ cast care if we were member on ‘The Real World’ and would kick us out,” Zito said.

Drama in the house occurred sisters without tons of drama and mostly with the always helped each guys, particuother throughout the larly among show.

Zito, Michael Zito describes Ross, Leroy himself as a social Garrett and person who likes to Adam Royer. dance and have a Zito said the good time. He said women — he loves environDustin Zito Nancy Gonments filled with ‘Real World’ cast member zalez, Heather people, and his recMarter and ognition from “The Naomi Defensor — lived in a Real World” helps him engage ‘princess pad’ and got along like with people, hang out and have a

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‘I can’t wait to ... party with LSU at Mike’s next Thursday.’

great time.

“A lot of ‘Real World’ people in the past will go to events, take some pictures, but sit in a booth and don’t want to be bothered,” Zito said. “I like to have fun, and I can’t wait to dance the Dougie and party with LSU at Mike’s next Thursday.”

Contact Jeanne Lyons at jlyons@lsureveille.com

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MUSIC

Country singer Pat Green takes the Varsity stage next Thursday Musician plans to release new album Kittu Pannu Entertainment Writer

Country star and Texas native Pat Green will perform at The Varsity Theatre next Thursday, April 7.

Green has recently toured with Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney and the Dave Matthews Band.

Collaborating with each artist brought something different to the touring experience, but Green said his favorite touring partner was Urban.

“He had the best catering,” Green said.

The Varsity Theatre has been Green’s home for many years.

“I’ve played the Varsity probably more times than any other club in the U.S.,” Green said. “It’s always a good party. It’s an easy place to get excited.”

University Greek Life has always been supportive of Green, said Chris Lundgren, Varsity marketing director and talent buyer, in an e-mail.

“They were the ones to originally embrace his music and carry him to his current level of success,” Lundgren said. “Pat is a great guy and genuinely enjoys coming to Baton Rouge.”

Green said he hopes to put on a lively show Varsity pa‘I’ve played for trons. the Varsity “If you’re probably in Louisiana, want to more times you play any of than any the Louisiana Green other club songs,” said. “I like to in the U.S. make it an upIt’s always tempo show.”

Sarah Eda good wards, English party. It’s literature senior, an easy said she is looking forward to place seeing Green play again. to get “He’s a big excited.’ performer, and I was surprised Pat Green to see he was country singer performing at the Varsity,” Edwards said.

“Pat Green is not just country music. He’s also kind of mellow. ...

It’s perfect if you like Dave Matthews.”

Green also has new albums in the mix.

“We’ll also have another new material album out in early 2012,” Green said. “We’re working with friends of mine like Jack Ingram.

Ed Roland from Collective Soul is going to come in.”

Green disagrees with critics

who call him pop-country.

“I think [my music] is a mixed bag. It can sit just about anywhere,” Green said.

Of the new songs, Green’s favorite concerns a night in New Orleans. “‘Good Night in New Orleans’ is one of my favorites of the new stuff,” Green said. “I’ll be playing

it when I come.”

Green said the songs on his new album are more personal than his past work.

“I’m working a lot with my band, as opposed to studio guys,” Green said. “I tend to write about what’s right in front of me.”

Green looks up to rock legend Bruce Springsteen and country star

photo courtesy of CHRIS LUNDGREN

Country singer Pat Green will perform at The Varsity Theatre on Thursday, April 7.

Green will showcase songs from his new album, which will be released in 2012.

Willie Nelson. then allow them to sell it on radio “Bruce Springsteen for the and in stores, that’s the best relashow and Willie tionship.”

Nelson for the Green said his writing,” Green college experience said. “I try to played a big role in take anything shaping his art. that Duran Duran “I had a wondid and try not to derful trip during do it.”

Texas Tech, and Green said I just enjoyed the his family plays whole college expean integral part in rience,” Green said.

Sarah Edwards his music.

“Those are the first English literature senior “I think things I wrote about. about doing a Those are the ones good job for them, and it keeps me that ‘brought me to the dance.’” motivated,” Green said.

Tickets are $21 in advance Green said he has had his and at the door, and are available at share of trouble with record labels. The Chimes Restaurant. Doors will “Nashville has always been open at 8 p.m. and the show will the country home. It’s really just begin at 9 p.m. difficult to get anything on the radio without help from a major record label,” Green said. “If I can Contact Kittu Pannu at keep my hands on the music ... and kpannu@lsureveille.com

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‘He is a big performer and I was surpised to see he was performing at the Varsity.’

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LOCAL FOOD

University alumnus opens seafood restaurant in ‘plagued’ spot Eatery opened on Siegen Lane in July Taylor Balkom Entertainment Writer

Spring in Louisiana brings many changes: warmer temperatures, pollen floating in the air, 100 percent humidity all day and, most importantly, seafood.

Many restaurants can satisfy those cravings, but a new one is gaining some attention.

“My family has been in the business for 20 years,” Ause Ismail, University alumnus and owner of Niche Bar & Grill, said.

“I grew up in that environment.”

Ismail’s parents own the PoBoy Express locations around Baton Rouge, but he didn’t want to live in their shadow.

“I wanted to do my own type of thing,” Ismail said. “I didn’t want to be like everyone else.”

Niche offers a different, more varied menu since its opening in July. It serves up a mixture of American food like hamburgers and steak and also has local cuisine like catfish Acadiana and crawfish pie.

Niche’s executive chef

BLAIR LOCKHART / The Daily Reveille

Veaux Carre Chicken, pictured above, is a specialty at Niche Bar & Grill, a new seafood restaurant on Siegen Lane that opened in July.

worked at The Little Village for five years, Ismail said. He called the restaurant “relaxed fine dining.”

“You get great food in a comfortable atmosphere,” Ismail said.

The restaurant’s location on Siegen Lane has not been kind to previous owners, however.

Lighthouse Seafood Restaurant and Los Gallos Mexican Grill &

Cantina failed to stay there longer than a year.

“In the beginning, I wasn’t aware [of the location being cursed],” Ismail said. “Then people kept bringing it up.”

Ismail said he chose the location because his parents own the land, and Los Gallos failed to renew its lease.

“It kind of fell in my lap,” Ismail said.

TKVR, from page 11

public has taken to the event exceptionally well, and he’s pleased with the sensation it has become.

“It’s the only party where the people who come are all young and just as old as the people on stage playing the music,” he said.

Although University students have frequented New Orleans takeovers, Braun said traveling back and forth every weekend is a hassle.

“We decided to move it up to Baton Rouge in hopes that it might spark an interest in the people of Baton Rouge to come down to the next New Orleans show or might create an interest for the people of New Orleans to come out to the next Baton Rouge show and experience it in a different place,” he said.

Braun said he’s excited about mixing things up and taking the TKVR to Baton Rouge.

“I want to meet a lot of new people and have them hear Christoph and Chris’ songs,” he said.

“They have been putting out releases and getting some national press.”

Students seeking a new sound, a new scene and one of the most epic parties of their lives should come to the TKVR, Braun said.

“You’re going to get to hear a lot of new music that you won’t have heard before, and we pride ourselves on production, so there’s going to be a lot of really good lighting, really good sound and a solid lineup,” he said.

Lauren Edwards, psychology senior, said she was shocked when she found out the Electronic TKVR was coming to Baton Rouge.

“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I’d been a few months back to one of the shows in New Orleans and had such a wild time. All my friends have been talking about the

photo courtesy of DAN HELFERS

A crowd dances during Jan. 29’s Electronic TKVR event in New Orleans.

show Saturday for weeks.”

Electronic music has its own culture, according to Edwards.

“It’s neon colors, [and] it’s dancing till your legs fall off,” she said. “It’s just fun, crazy music that really gets people going. And the Electronic Takeover encompasses everything that partying is supposed to be.”

Katherine Doucet, psychology senior, said she’s just getting into electronic music.

“It’s been around for a while, but I’m starting to get a feel for it — and I’m liking what I feel,” she said. “I’ll definitely be out there Saturday.”

Contact Cathryn Core at ccore@lsureveille.com

Though many people still talk about the plagued location, Ismail said he hopes to break the curse.

“The reason a lot of restaurants fail in the beginning is because they don’t have enough money to float them through,” he said.

Ismail’s only annoyances with the location are the small size of the parking lot and the poor visibility of the restaurant.

“If people like going there and the food is good, they’ll find a way,” he said. “Work with what you have.”

And the location isn’t keeping people from enjoying Niche.

It has a 79-percent “liked it” rating on Urbanspoon, a website that reviews restaurants.

Jake LeBas, graphic design freshman, said the restaurant was “pretty good.”

“It’s a great place for college students and even families,”

LeBas said.

Business has been great since the Catholic season of Lent began, especially on Fridays, Ismail said.

“Lent has pretty much been our godsend,” Ismail said. “[Business] picked up a few weeks before, and then it really took off.”

Ismail warned that those who want to own their own businesses should know what they’re getting into.

“It’s a lot of hard work,” he said. “But if you want to do it, just do it. Don’t give up. And never expect things to go the way you want them to. You have to be able to adapt.”

Contact Taylor Balkom at tbalkom@lsureveille.com

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Reveille Ranks

Snoop Dogg, “Doggumentary”

Doggy Style / Priority

Anchored by a single recorded for Prince William’s bachelor party, the aptly named “Doggumentary,” Snoop Dogg’s 11th studio album, doesn’t stray far from his tried-and-true formula of funky gangsta rap. With an all-star cast of artists, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and the Gorillaz to name a few, Snoop had plenty of support on a few tracks. The aging rapper may have lost a few steps, but he proves he’s still one of the best emcees in the world. “Doggumentary” isn’t quite “Doggystyle,” but it definitely appeals to modern audiences.

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CHRISTIAN GRIMALDO

“Paul”

Universal Pictures

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost tear up the big screen in their new sci-fi/comedy flick “Paul.” The film chronicles the adventures of the dynamic duo on their road trip through the land of all things other-worldly. While on the road, they cross paths with an alien, Paul, who warps their realities and takes them on the ride of their lives. “Paul” is proof that Pegg and Frost have the power to produce yet another fantastically hilarious sci-fi parody. And the best part? From zombies to aliens — they never get old.

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Wiz Khalifa, “Rolling Papers”

CATHRYN CORE Atlantic Records

After his split with Warner Bros., Wiz Khalifa proved to the hiphop world he was the real deal with his smash hit “Black and Yellow.” With the release of “Rolling Papers,” Khalifa further proves his talent in the hip-hop game. The album itself isn’t particularly ground breaking, but it shows Khalifa’s musical chops despite being lyrically limited to shiny cars and fast women. Plenty of songs on the album reference marijuana, and the strength of this release solidifies Khalifa’s place among other famous herb-loving rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kid Cudi.

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“Sucker Punch”

Warner Bros. Pictures

“Sucker Punch,” Zack Snyder’s latest film, can be described using one word: ridiculous. It is completely, utterly and tremendously over the top in everything it does. There are insane action sequences featuring scantily clad women wielding every weapon imaginable and blowing up whatever happens to get in their way. Although this doesn’t exactly “empower women” like Snyder intended, it’s still cool to see. The plot is weak, and the characters are forgettable, but “Sucker Punch” has a good concept behind it. While not executed perfectly, it’s still a fun movie.

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Nicole Scherzinger, “Killer Love”

TAYLOR BALKOM Interscope Records

Beginning with the thumping and infectious “Poison,” the gorgeous Nicole Scherzinger, considered the “voice” of former girlgroup Pussycat Dolls, delivers a solid pop album with “Killer Love.” Most of the songs on the album repackage familiar melodies with different lyrics, including standout tracks “Wet” and “Casualty,” but terrible imitations hinder it. Scherzinger fails miserably on “Right There.”

Scherzinger sheds much of PCD’s raw sex appeal and trades it in for something more classy, as seen on “Power’s Out,” her duet with Sting, and “Say Yes.” “Heartbeat” is another of Scherzinger’s killer tracks.

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KITTU PANNU

“Limitless”

Relativity Media

Action-thriller “Limitless” follows struggling writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), whose life changes after taking an experimental drug. This miracle narcotic allows him to use 100 percent of his mind, giving him the confidence and focus to acquire everything he wanted in life and of himself. With the drug, Cooper’s character succeeds in everything he puts his mind to, only to face detrimental side effects and dealings with dangerous businessman Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro). Even with a mediocre script, director Neil Burger intrigues viewers with fantasy and reality that leaves audiences questioning which is more desirable.

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EDITOR’S PICK: Norah Jones, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, “Here We Go Again”

Blue Note Records

Music connoisseurs will likely love “Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles,” a collaboration between jazz songstress Norah Jones, jazz trumpet great Wynton Marsalis and country legend Willie Nelson, but casual samplers may think the album is a difficult listen. Nelson’s distinctive, nasally voice works for country but isn’t fit for the bluesy gospel tracks on this album. Jones’ voice better fits the music, but she only truly shines on her original albums. Remembering Charles is probably best accomplished through listening to the man GRACE MONTGOMERY himself.

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than the Sundance premiere, but he said the premiere will be fun.

Godshall said showing “Lord He anticipates a good response to Byron” to a crowd of strangers was the film.

Rachel Hanley, marketing dian interesting experience, and aurector assistant diences were recepat the Manship tive. He said people Theatre, said want to bring the part of keeping film to different arnew, young taleas of the country. ent in the state is Godshall said giving entertainpremiering the film ers opportunities in his home state is and reasons to different from the stay. strangers at Sun“Providing dance. students with “People from access to these the area will be faZack Godshall local films, as miliar with the acUniversity professor well as other incents, humor and dependent films, characters,” he said.

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‘Since the movie was made with a low budget, anyone interested in regional filmmaking will be inspired.’

page 15 the industry and, well, gives them something new and fun to do,” Hanley said, Hanley said locals deserve the opportunity to see a variety of great films that go beyond traditional blockbusters, especially because Louisiana has the potential to be the next “Hollywood” for the film industry.

“This is a film students would really enjoy,” Godshall said.

“Students will appreciate the humor and story of ‘Lord Byron.’

Since the movie was made with a low budget, anyone interested in regional filmmaking will be inspired.”

Contact Jeanne Lyons at jlyons@lsureveille.com

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

88 DWIs is no success story I was appalled to read your report on the “success” of the LSU PD giving out 88 DWIs to college students. In no way is this a success. Nor is it something to give awards about. It is a tragedy.

The consequences of a getting a DWI are life changing.

Having known people with a DWI, I can say they have experienced the most trying year and lowest part of their life, and I hear getting a job is an even greater struggle.

When I hear about these students I have only sympathy. They will have this label for the rest of their lives. From my point of view, these police officers have

done nothing exceptional, brave or heroic. Anyone can stop a car at random near LSU and find someone who has been drinking.

Handing out DWIs is not a solution. In your article you failed to give any statistics on whether alcohol-related accidents on the LSU campus decreased in the past year. That would have been a far more impressive report than on how many kid’s lives were ruined.

If the campus and state government want to help with the drinking and driving problem, they should be offering reasonable solutions for college students. Waiting for a taxi cab for an hour is not a reasonable solution; having to walk home at 2:30 in the morning from the UREC is not a reasonable solution.

I will only be proud of our LSU PD when they are rewarded for giving out the least number

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of DWIs, not because they aren’t looking but because there are safe, sober ways to get home.

Julia Yarbrough Business management and graphic design junior

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POP GOES THE CULTURE

HuffPost-AOL merger a move toward better quality journalism When you think credible journalism, does the Huffington Post come to mind?

Probably not. A notoriously opinionated blog and aggressive aggregator isn’t taken too seriously in the news business.

Journalism faces an identity crisis as the very definition of “journalist” is debated. Ironically, the Huffington Post is answering this question more assertively than many peer institutions.

HuffPost merged with AOL two months ago today, making Arianna Huffington the new media group’s president and editorin-chief. She insisted both firms must professionalize their amateurish cultures and promptly dismissed 200 freelancers to make room for staff reporters at AOL, which will also slash 30 blogs.

But for many of HuffPost’s 9,000 unpaid blog contributors, the $315 million deal produced tantalizing visions of pay schedules. When they realized their status wouldn’t change, immense backlash ensued.

Do the terms “#HuffPuff” or “Visual Art Source” mean anything to you?

They weren’t significant to Huffington, but both embody blogosphere protests against her site. The former is “citizen journalism” advocate AdBusters Magazine’s witty Twitter alternative to corporate media. The latter publication sparked an official “bloggers’ boycott,” demanding paychecks and an editorial overhaul.

And then national communication workers union The Newspaper Guild got involved.

TNG requested a meeting with HuffPost’s head honchos.

It received spokesperson Mario Ruiz’s published “distinction between our newsroom staffers and our group bloggers — most of

whom are not professional writers but come from all walks of life, from officeholders, students, and professionals to professors, entertainers, activists and heads of nonprofits.”

At the new mega-media company’s staff meeting, Huffington herself demarcated the blogging-journalism disparities: “Blogging is ... people expressing their views,” whereKelly Hotard as journalism is professional Columnist and, by definition, paid.

Most of these part-time bloggers’ entries promote themselves and their latest products. If they were remunerated, we’d slam them as advertisements. But the pro bono nature essentially makes their blogs press releases and Huffington their public relations agent. Whatever you call it, it’s not journalism.

As baseless crusades expand, they tend to fracture internally.

The blogging community at Forbes Magazine and HuffPost’s own Tom Hayes oppose their boycotting brethren, while TNG and its vocal affiliate, the Guild Freelancers, ultimately unveiled the strike’s true purpose.

GF said the unpaid contributors enjoyed the industry’s “glut in journalistic talent” which, according to its parent union, “[allowed] Huffington to avoid hiring a paid journalist for the same coverage.” Their free labor was a commodity, not a complaint. GF also supports donating opinion pieces and cites blogging as an example.

Their fundamental question is most damning: “At what point, when a media venture becomes

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very profitable, do its owners owe the public some return investment in journalism — and journalists?”

Fame is a fickle friend, as is its close cousin, fortune. Huffington is no more a sellout than her opportunistic bloggers.

The system, with which they had previously been content, never changed. But potential post-merger earnings skyrocketed, and these volunteer bloggers want to cash in. They hate corporate media but can’t deny it pays well.

Both entities rhetorically invoked “quality journalism,” but

only one is actually implementing the ideal. The Huffington Post has modeled a crucial lesson: Quality journalism doesn’t revolve around biased blogging or profit.

But this idiotic boycott may ultimately benefit the media. It would clear out the bloated industry, leaving the work — and higher wages — for those who understand journalism is about broadcasting the truth, not the self.

Bloggers and reporters are as dissimilar as content aggregators and journalistic institutions, and the AOL-HuffPost fledgling

requires much work before reaching the latter status. But the elimination of these hobby-lobbyists is a small step in the right direction for both the news media and the public.

Kelly Hotard is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Picayune, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_khotard.

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ROCKING THE CRADLE

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Religious ties found at root of violence in Middle East

To fully understand the Jasmine Revolutions in the Middle East, one must look beyond the lines of the map and into the rich cultural and religious ties that stretch across the region.

The two core sects of Islam, Sunni and Shiite, making up roughly 80 and 20 percent of the Muslim population, respectively, have generated both political and cultural antagonism much like the Protestant-Catholic Christian divide, though on a grander and more relevant scale in the world today.

The demands of protesters across the Middle East begin to make more sense once one considers the religious stratifications of each country’s population and the alliances that follow, considering the United States typically only allies itself with Sunnis.

If one dissects the uprisings in Bahrain, for instance, one may find a complex tug-and-pull of religious influence spanning the entire region. Like many countries experiencing protests today, Bahrain’s government cannot be

called representative.

While the king is Sunni, about two-thirds of the population is Shiite. Syria, which is currently undergoing violent insurrections, is precisely the reverse of Bahrain, containing a population roughly 75 percent Sunni governed by a Shiite sect.

Then you have the rather homogeneous populations of countries like the Sunni Saudi Arabia Clayton and Shiite Iran, Crockett both possessColumnist ing power and influence alongside theocratic law.

All of this plays into Bahrain’s struggle because when the protests grew beyond Bahrain’s capacity for suppression, the fellow Sunni governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were called upon to take part in quelling the unrest, making the religious rivalry almost too

obvious to bear.

Consider the UAE’s response to America’s condemnation of the violence in Bahrain. Though the UAE is now contributing in the Libyan intervention, militaristic aid was originally withheld because of America’s condemnation, and a major general was quoted as saying that aid would come if the U.S. recognized the protests in Bahrain for what they are: “a wide Shiite coup supported by Hezbollah, supported by Iran.”

And what did Iran say? It demanded an immediate retraction of Saudi Arabia’s “invasion” of Bahrain, spurring a volley of accusations and setting an ominous stage of rivalry.

Though it seems to be a cop out when a government under fire swears its protests are different from those of Tunisia or Egypt — as most have done following the fall of Tunisia and Egypt’s governments — the accusations of Iran stirring unrest among the Shiites of Bahrain is actually quite possible, if not likely.

Protests took place in Lebanon on March 13, demanding the disarmament of one of Iran’s proxies, Hezbollah, which had set its sights on control of the Lebanese government. On March 18, protests in Gaza calling for Palestinian unity were violently suppressed by Hamas, another Iranian satellite, following a revival of volleyed bombings between Hamas and Israel, Iran’s admitted nemesis.

While Bahrain’s protests may be a unique case in the Jasmine Revolutions, at least calls for the disarmament and disavowal of religious terrorist organizations in government policy are being heard elsewhere.

These calls, especially the calls for secularism in Iran itself, provide hope for anyone who can see the religious antagonism at the root of the massive amount of violence in the Middle East.

The more difficult side of this contemporary religious antagonism, however, is whether the U.S. should support a democracy in a country populated with

religious extremists. Thus far, we have maintained some consistency by condemning Bahrain’s violence upon its Shiite protesters, but regardless, nobody wants another Iranian satellite in the region, let alone next door to Saudi Arabia.

We must remember that Hamas, though under scrutiny now, assumed power in Gaza by popular vote.

All we can do is hope the Middle East theocracies follow the progression that every modernized nation has followed, squabbling within itself and among other nations until it realizes that progress — and thus, freedom — is impossible without mutual tolerance and respect.

Clayton Crockett is a 19-year-old international studies freshman from Lafayette. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ccrockett.

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Large difference in Muslim wars; don’t confuse Iraq, Lybia Bilal Ahmed The Daily Targum

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — As the United States becomes more deeply involved in its third war in a Muslim state, comparisons with the war in Iraq are inevitably made. Before any discussion of the two conflicts is made, it is important to note that differences between the wars in Libya and Iraq undeniably differentiate the two conflicts.

President Barack Obama continued his foreign policy trend of limiting U.S. combat involvement in Libya, while former President George W. Bush overwhelmingly devoted large numbers of troops to overthrowing Saddam Hussein in Iraq — though sustainability concerns limited the number of soldiers he committed as well.

There has been some international support for intervention in Libya, although these resolutions have advocated for a much narrower range of military options than explored in Libya. Even the Arab League vote has been regretted substantially by those who voted for it.

Libya has been overwhelmingly portrayed as a humanitarian conflict that will protect the lives of civilians, while Iraq was sold to the international community as a security action against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction primarily and a humanitarian action secondly.

The bombing of Libya is somewhat similar to the NATO assault on Serbia, which saw the

international community intervening to stop the destructive trend of regional politics. It is worrying that despite successes in the Slavic states, the United Nations is still skeptical about the capacity of ethnic tensions to ease in the region and these developments may be replicated in Libya.

Obama sought to differentiate himself from his Republican peers by committing troops to Libya while confronting real concerns in the state. However, the basis for this commission is almost identical to that of Iraq.

It became increasingly clear that a victory for Col. Moammar Gadhafi would set a powerful precedent in the Arab world that autocratic oppression of rebellious movements would lead to an end of political movements against the dictators in question.

American intervention in Libya would therefore prevent this eventuality and ally the United States with freedom and democracy in the Middle East, which is a similar justification to that which motivated direct action in the war in Iraq.

Iraq is a continuing military campaign, which has roots in an attitude of self-admiring support for democracy that both predated and survived the revelation that Saddam Hussein did not pursue weapons of mass destruction.

This support was meant to indicate that the United States was allied with pro-democratic movements in the Middle East, but they were certainly less noticeable until a Tunisian man resolved to set

himself ablaze. Libya is therefore another attempt to place the United States in a favorable light in the Middle East by offering itself as the vanguard of regional democracy and will have similarly complex problems later when these attempts run against American interests of maintaining stability and the export of oil from the region.

However, the most striking difference between Iraq and Libya is that Bush at least

attempted to maintain a semblance of democracy by lubricating the months leading up to the beginning of the conflict with a public relations campaign concerning the necessity of the conflict. Obama, surprisingly enough, has begun the Libyan campaign with little consultation from elected representatives, worrying, as there is a weak withdrawal strategy from Libya similar to that of Iraq where thousands of troops are still stationed.

Let us not forget that Iraq was supposed to be a conflict concluded in a matter of months, not years. It seems reasonable to believe that Libya, while we are still stationed in Iraq, may become Obama’s Iraq. The gap of history is so miniscule between the two conflicts that it would be inexcusable if this were the case.

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