The Daily Reveille - February 11, 2014

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LSU athletics will celebrate a landmark accomplishment when its sand volleyball team hits the pit for the first time in program history March 18 against LouisianaMonroe.

Since LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva announced the addition of the sand volleyball program May 15, 2013, the Athletic Department and volleyball program have been working in full force to get the new program up and running.

By August, they had found an interim home court in Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club off South Sherwood Forest Boulevard. Tryouts began in September and were attended by 11 potential candidates.

Of these candidates, five were chosen to represent LSU on its first sand volleyball team, most notably former indoor volleyball standout senior Meghan Mannari.

Mannari lettered for years for the indoor team and earned second team All-Southeastern Conference SAND VOLLEYBALL, see page 15

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Michael Sam brave, strategic THE SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Columnist

Sand volleyball team prepares for inaugural season

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LSU freshman Emma Hiller reaches for the ball Friday during practice at Mango’s Beach Volleyball. The sand volleyball team will play its first match against Louisiana-Monroe on March 18.

Millions of Americans openly identify themselves as gay.

Comparatively, only a handful of people are ever pegged as an AllAmerican athlete and the Defensive Player of the Year in a major football conference.

For months now, we’ve known Missouri defensive end Michael Sam is among the latter, but his story only became the center of national attention when he said he is gay in interviews with ESPN’s “Outside the MICHAEL SAM, see page 15

Read what LSU coaches have to say about gay athletes, p. 5

ELECTION

Clark focuses on ‘average man’ in 6th District race Personal experience inspires candidate Quint Forgey Staff Writer

While working for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office in 2010, congressional candidate and University Ph.D. student Norman Clark received a call concerning a mentally handicapped 13-year-old girl who had wandered away from her summer camp in Central, La. When Clark and his partner eventually located the girl swimming in a creek at 2 a.m., Clark said he was able to talk her out of the water, but get her up the embankment to the other deputies waiting, Clark had to pick

the girl up over his shoulders. He sustained two herniated disks during this episode.

“I’m not going to complain about that neck injury because it saved a life, which, for anybody in law enforcement, is the reason you go in there,” Clark said.

Clark, who had herniated another disk in his neck while in the Navy in the 1990s, went to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to have his injuries checked in hopes to get compensation for the herniated disks. Clark said the doctor who performed the exam diagnosed him with bursitis — not herniated disks — and his case was dismissed without

compensation.

Though Clark served five and a half years in the military and assisted in several naval counter-narcotics operations, it took him three years to get an appeal hearing with the VA. Clark said his main objective for Congress is to do a program evaluation of the VA and “get rid of the people who are not working.”

“I’ve often been told that if you don’t like the way something is going on, find a way to change it,” Clark said. “I don’t like the way the government is treating the CLARK, see page 16

Norman Clark, candidate for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District, said he believes in helping out the “average man on the streets.” Clark was a deputy sheriff for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Nation & World

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Birds face uncertain future after bust Student brings gun to grade school The Associated Press

Rain HIGH 44 LOW 36 sunrise: 6:48 a.m. sunset: 5:50 p.m.

Wednesday HIGH 48 LOW 28

Thursday HIGH 57 LOW 33

NEW YORK (AP) — To the uninitiated, the paraphernalia found at the scene of an animal abuse bust — candle wax, medical tape, syringes — sounded more like something from a drug case. But investigators said it was a telltale sign of an underground cockfighting ring that exploited roosters by doping and arming them for battles to the death.

The state attorney general’s office and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Monday were sorting through the evidence — including as many as 6,000 roosters and hens bred and kept at a farm in upstate Ulster County — in what they called the largest cockfighting takedown in state history.

The birds were being secured and cared for while needed as criminal evidence, but they face an uncertain future after that.

Though the hens might get homes, fighting roosters “are extremely hard to rehabilitate and place, almost impossible, because they’re bred for aggression,” ASPCA chief officer

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More than 3,000 birds were rescued in the three-county cockfighting takedown that began Saturday and ended Sunday in New York — one of the largest in history.

Matthew Bershadker said.

Over the weekend, state investigators aided by the ASPCA arrested at least nine people in raids at the farm, a pet shop in Brooklyn and a secret cockfighting pit in a basement location in Queens. The people were arraigned Sunday on multiple counts of illegal animal fighting.

A criminal complaint

suggested cockfighting is well established in the region. It says a confidential informant told investigators that in the past 10 years he had bred, trained and fought roosters throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He also “attended hundreds of cockfighting events and observed over 1,000 individual cockfights,” it adds.

(AP) — A 5th grade student at a Baton Rouge elementary school is in custody after an unloaded gun was found in the student’s book bag.

The East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s office said authorities at Wedgewood Elementary received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon about 1 p.m. Monday. The unloaded, .45-caliber weapon was later discovered in the 12-year-old boy’s book sack.

The boy faces charges of illegal possession of a firearm on a school campus. Authorities say no threats were made, and the student said he brought the weapon to school to be “cool.”

Investigators say the child took the weapon from a relative’s house.

INTERNATIONAL

Accidental blast kills 21 in Iraq The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities to the existence of the rural training camp in an orchard north of Baghdad.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested, including wounded insurgents trying to hobble away from the scene.

The fatal goof by the al-Qaida group that dominates Sunni

insurgency in Iraq happened on the same day the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, a prominent Sunni whom the militants consider a traitor, escaped unhurt from a roadside bomb attack on his motorcade in the northern city of Mosul.

The events underscored the determination of the insurgents to rebuild and regain the strength they enjoyed in Iraq at the height of the war until U.S.-backed Sunni tribesmen turned against them.

The militants are currently battling for control of mainly Sunni areas of western Iraq.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In a Feb. 10 article titled “Adjuncts discuss salaries, security,” the meeting written about involved 25 University instructors, not adjunct faculty members. Instructors are full-time, annually contracted University faculty members required to teach four classes a semester. Adjunct faculty are part-time and have no required number of classes they must teach, and they were not included in Saturday’s meeting.

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State rep. International studies reviews program seeks financial aid reform Whitney Lynn

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Deanna Narveson Staff Writer

When the state legislature meets on March 10, State Representative Jerome “Dee” Richard plans to introduce a bill he hopes will eliminate the power members of the LSU Board of Supervisors have to award scholarships to students.

Currently, each of the 16 members of the Board of Supervisors has the ability to award 20 scholarships equal to the tuition of the University, and are also permitted to use two of the scholarships to give students non-resident fee exemptions.

Only students who are not eligible to receive TOPS may apply for the scholarships, and the scholarships are awarded based on academic excellence, special talent and financial need, according to the LSU System website.

Richard said although he had a Board of Supervisors scholarship while in school, he wonders why the board members have scholarships to give away when the state has trouble funding education. He also questioned the fairness of how the scholarships are awarded.

John Woodard, Student Government president and board member, said there is a lot of consideration over who should receive the scholarships, and the awards are a great way to cut through some of the red tape that operating through the administration can create.

“It would be a shame for those scholarships to be taken away,” Woodard said.

Richard said he also plans to bring up a second bill that would end the awarding of Tulane University scholarships that state legislators have been allowed to give since the university was privatized in the late 1800s.

Richard said the money used to award the legislature’s scholarships and the Board of Supervisors scholarships could be awarded through the universities themselves, taking it “out of the politicians’ hands.”

“I think it’s getting out of hand,” Richard said. “We shouldn’t have this privilege to give away this money.”

Woodard said the scholarships are one of the best things the Board of Supervisors does, despite the criticism they tend to field.

Maria Perez, a mass communication senior and international student, said the Board of Supervisor scholarships seem to be a way to invest in education and help bring people into the state. Perez said it was difficult to obtain financial aid as an international student, and the opportunity for students to receive Board of Supervisors scholarships makes the state look better.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

Students and professors conducted the first required program review in 10 years of the international studies major on Monday, discussing possible changes to the program, such as more foreign language classes.

Committee chair Griffin Campbell said the purpose of the meeting was to understand what the students and the program need, such as new regional concentrations and foreign languages.

The international studies program is an interdepartmental program founded in 1998 as part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The program offers a bachelor’s degree in international studies along with concentration and minor facets, according to the program’s self-study report — an internally based review.

Since its inception, the number of international studies majors gradually rose until its peak in 2010 with 305 majors. However, for the past three years, the program has experienced a steady decline in the number of students pursuing a bachelor’s, according to the self-study report.

International studies program director Leonard Ray suggested the decline could be a result of the University losing four foreign languages in 2010. That year Japanese, Swahili, Russian and Portuguese were phased out of the curriculum, leaving only six languages to choose from in order to complete the 20 hour foreign language requirement.

Ray also attributed the decline in students to a lack of professors contractually obligated to teach.

For instance, the foreign languages that were removed were taught by

adjunct professors and those not under tenure. The self-study report also states Middle East experts from various departments left the University in spring 2013.

There was concern about the addition and elimination of courses as a result of the loss of teachers.

Students at the meeting agreed there should be classes focused on South and Southeast Asia and South Africa in conjunction with the established region courses. There was also an overall consensus for the implication of a course designated to research methodology before the 4000 level.

“Throughout political science, history and geography in the 4000 level, there’s research. You get an idea of what you need to do, but we need a class dedicated to the final research project,” international studies senior Roger McChargue said.

Students also asked for more foreign language classes, such as Hindi or Farsi. There was hope for a 4000 level Arabic course in order for students to become more fluent in the language.

The fate of the global studies concentration was also discussed.

Referred to as a “catch-all” for interdisciplinary international studies courses, students decided it would be more beneficial if there was another thematic concentration, such as global economics, in place of global studies.

When asked for a possible timeline for the new ideas to be implemented, Campbell said there were no guarantees. He said there would be subsequent meetings with the dean and provost before changes could be made.

Contact Whitney Lynn at wlynn@lsureveille.com

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A panel of University professors meets with students to discuss the international studies program Monday in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex.

EVENTS Rockstar Racing “Student Night” Show your student ID and get $5 off go-kart races Not a student? Tag yourself @rockstar racing for a free go-kart race. Come feel like a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor kart racing facility, Rockstar Racing!

African-American History Movies Each Tuesday in February, 3:30 p.m., Eden Park Branch Library Join us to watch movies depicting historic moments in AfricanAmerican history. Enjoy popcorn and lemonade while you watch!

For more information, call (222) 231-3250.

Anti-Valentine’s Day Party Tuesday, February 11, 4:00 p.m, Main Library

FEBRUARY

EVENT CALENDAR 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Join us for an Anti-Valentine’s Day Party! We’ll make voodoo doll fealties, decorate heart-shaped cookies with anti-Valentine’s Day messages, and we’ll play celebrity break-up trivia!

For more information and to register, call (225) 231-3770.

The African-American Read-In Tuesday, February 11, 10:00 a.m., Greenwell Springs Regional Branch

2:00 PM

Anti-Valentine’s Day Party - Main Branch - EBR Public Library

Children and families are invited to share literary works by African

5:00 PM

Baton Rouge Baseball - Pete Goldsby Field The Artist's Way Workshop - Bluebonnet EBR Public Library

American authors. All presentations must be approved in advance.

7:00 PM

Team Trivia - George's Place Tango Tuesday - Eiffel Society

8:00 PM

Ed Petersen Trio - Snug Harbor-New Orleans Give 'Em The Light - House of Blues New Orleans Progression - Gasa Gasa Sebadoh - Gasa Gasa

9:00 PM 10:00 PM

Ed Petersen Trio - Snug Harbor-New Orleans The Yakiniku All-Stars: June Yamagishi, Jeffery 'Jellybean' Alexander, - Chickie Wah Wah Martin Krusche Trio - Blue Nile

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

Children nine and under must be with an adult.

For more information, call (225) 354-7060.

Nutrition at The 5!

Lunch, February 11, The 5 Chef special to reflect nutrition

LSU 2014 MLK & BHM Commemorative Celebration Friday, February 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.

LSU Student Union Royal Cotillion Ballroom, Room 250 Keynote Speaker: Kimberle Crenshaw

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FINANCE

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TECHNOLOGY

Student debt low in Louisiana Former student develops new app James Richards Staff Writer

The Institute for College Access and Success published a study in Dec. 2013 listing Louisiana as having the 10th lowest average student debt at graduation for the class of 2012, with $22,789.

The study, titled Student Debt in the Class of 2012, examined more than half of the country’s universities who volunteered their data for the study.

Louisiana also had the third lowest percentage of graduates in debt with 48 percent in 2012, according to the study.

The state with the highest percentage of graduates in debt was South Dakota with 78 percent, followed by New Hampshire with 74 percent.

In 2012 the University had 37 percent of attending students receiving student loans, with the average loan total at $5,655, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. For comparison, the University of Alabama had 44 percent of students receiving loans averaging $13,089. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette had 37 percent

of students receiving loans with an average of $4,864.

California had the second lowest average student debt at $20,269, behind New Mexico where only 45 percent of graduates were in the data pool according to the study.

The state with the highest average student debt was Delaware, with $33,649 per student.

Most of the states with highest amounts of student debt and students in debt reside in the North and Northeastern parts of the U.S., while the lowest tended to be in the Western U.S. or the South, according to the study.

University President F. King Alexander said he thinks the reason students in the Northeast have more student debt is because “from Maryland to Maine” people in the Northeast tend to see the price of an educational institution as a good indicator of its quality.

Alexander said he thinks one of the reasons Louisiana students are comparatively debt-free is the presence of TOPS. Louisiana is one of 14 states with a TOPS-like program or a merit-based HOPE scholarship, Alexander said.

The future of TOPS may be in

jeopardy though, Alexander said.

Currently 95 percent of state student aid goes to TOPS, Alexander said. He said he thinks the state legislature will move toward balancing TOPS with need-based aid like the GO Grant Program, which helps to fill in the gap left by federal need-based aid, according to the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance.

Another reason Alexander cited as to why Louisiana students have such little debt is that Louisiana is a low-cost state for higher education. He said the $7,800 University charges in tuition and fees is cheaper than the average for a state research university, which he said is around $9,800.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

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Renee Barrow Contributing Writer

With mobile games constantly growing in popularity, one former University student has developed his own piece of the pie.

Hakeem Hasan, former University student and CEO of Nasah Apps, created MoWo. Hasan said it took him about three weeks to complete the app, which came out in early January.

“Phones are more mainstream now, and I wanted to contribute to that environment,” Hasan said. He said developers feel it is more likely for users to play games on a cell phone, rather than a gaming console.

“People always have their phone on them, and it’s cheaper,” Hasan said.

Hasan said MoWo is for people looking for a fresh take on word games like Scrabble or Words With Friends. According to a Google Play review from last week, MoWo is “quick and easy” with a “nice, slick interface.”

Hasan said the most difficult part of MoWo’s development process was making it possible to connect MoWo with Facebook. Google Play reviews from early February indicated user discontent with

social networking connectivity.

Since then, updates were installed to fix the Facebook login problem.

“It’s been out for about one month,” Hasan said, mentioning the app has had about 5,000 downloads.

Hasan said it is difficult for a no-name app to compete with more popular apps, especially when popular app companies have large marketing departments.

“Even if I’d never gone to college, I still could’ve put forth the effort to do this and so could anybody,” Hasan said.

It’s important to never give up or be seriously let down by any roadblocks when pursuing app development, Hasan said. “More than likely, someone else has experienced it and found a solution,” Hasan said.

MoWo is currently available for free download at Google Play and the Android Market and Hasan said an iPhone version may be available by summer.

Hasan is currently completing his electrical engineering degree at the University of Alabama, where he transferred in fall 2011.

Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com

UNITED STATES OLYMPIC MEDAL COUNT GOLD: 2

SILVER: 0

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BRONZE: 3

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LGBT

LSU coaches react to Sam news Lawrence Barreca and Chandler Rome Sports Writers

BRANDON WADE / The Associated Press

Missouri senior defensive lineman Michael Sam speaks to the media Jan. 1 during an NCAA college football news conference in Irving, Texas. Sam says he is gay, and he could become the first openly gay player in the NFL.

Michael Sam, a Missouri defensive end and Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year, announced Sunday he is gay, likely becoming the first openly gay player in the NFL after the 2014 draft.

Sam told Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated that his focus isn’t on the announcement, but on his future in the pros.

“I see no hard thing about it,” Sam said in the interview. “I know what I got to do. I know what my focus is: it’s training

for the NFL. Everyone else can blow this out of proportion, but I’m not.”

Two LSU coaches weighed in on the announcement, including men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones, who was asked about the topic at his weekly media session. “[Missouri was] able to accept [Sam] for who he was, and they were able to move on, rally around him and just play,” Jones said. “I don’t think it’d be any different for us because these guys respect each other for who they are. I think prejudice is formed from people making judgment or something without getting

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore tennis player Boris Arias runs to hit the ball Feb. 9 during the Tigers’ 6-1 victory against Southern Miss in W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Stadium.

Boris the Spider

Sports Contributor

A spider’s web allows it to catch prey easily without wasting energy on the chase.

Boris “Spider” Arias uses a similar tactic on the tennis court.

The LSU sophomore jumps to an early lead against his opponents,

forcing them to make a comeback.

Perhaps Arias’ sneakily strong forehand and athleticism warranted the nickname from his Tiger teammates.

“It came from a Spanish song,” said LSU junior Chris Simpson.

“It’s very weird, but it just started the first week when he was here and it’s kind of caught on and never left

SAM REACTION, see page 8

BASEBALL

Bullpen reeling from attrition Chandler Rome Sports Writer

returning to the Tigers.

Since 2011, Arias has been chosen to represent his country each year in doubles for the Davis Cup. He is 4-1 at the event, suffering his first loss on Feb. 2. Having become so accustomed to playing tennis in the states, a trip back to

Paul Mainieri can’t get much sleep.

As a Division I baseball coach, this isn’t exactly breaking news. But it’s the different causes of the nightly tossing and turning every season that made each of Mainieri’s 31 seasons a challenge.

This season — his eighth at LSU — it’s trying to find a closer.

Gone is the eighth and ninth inning luxury of Chris Cotton, the do-everything closer who nabbed Third Team All-American honors from Perfect Game in 2013 as he tied the LSU single-season record with 16 saves.

Without a clear-cut replacement, Mainieri hinted junior college transfer Brady Domangue as the front runner for the position.

Domangue, who holds the LSU-Eunice record in strikeouts and lowest ERA, paced the LSU-E pitching staff with 118 strikeouts and a 14-2 record. He was also named to the NJCAA World Series All-Tournament

BORIS, see page 8

BULLPEN, see page 8

Sophomore adds international f lair to LSU roster

Taylor Curet

evidence about who people are.

I don’t think we’d treat anybody any different.”

Jones said the attitude in the locker room wouldn’t change because a person’s sexual orientation doesn’t affect how the individual has conducted himself prior to any announcement.

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said an athlete’s sexual orientation wouldn’t affect how he views the player.

“I would never hold anything against anybody for choices they make or things that they didn’t have a choice to make,” Mainieri

him. He’s accepted it. He enjoys the name.”

Arias wasn’t sure where the name “Spider” came from but embraced the camaraderie it brought with his teammates. After the La Paz, Bolivia native played in his third Davis Cup International Competition for his home country on Jan. 31, he looked forward to

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SOFTBALL

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

FOOTBALL

Team should benefit from stronger fielding LSU gets Clark after late signing

Large returning core could help

Simone Heyward man left and right, while Preseason All-SEC selection A.J. Andrews occupies center.

Evidence of the outfieldTommy Romanach ers’ speed can be found in the Tigers’ batting lineup with the Sports Contributor three players usually batting first, Leading up to their 2014 sea- second and ninth — spots typison, LSU softball repeated one cally held for players possessing phrase: “You can’t replace Rach- speed. ele Fico.”

The player most benefitted Even with senior pitcher from the speedy outfield will Ashley Czehner returning along be Czechner, who relies less on with the emergence of freshman strikeouts and more on fly ball Baylee Corbello and Kelsee Sel- outs. Czechner led all pitchers on man, the void left by Fico can’t the team last season with 9.36 fly be filled by one position. outs forced a game.

It’s a team effort, and deBlades said the coaches do a fensively the Tigers bring back a great job of prepping the outfieldcore that can make this transition ers for any type of situation they much smoother. might face.

“We’ve kind of prided our“We’re very confident, esselves in our defense, that’s kind pecially in any situation where of one of the things coach [Beth] people are on base,” Blades said.

Torina likes the most other than “Even a ball going 10 miles in the pitching,” said assistant coach air, we practice that. So it is good Lindsay Leftwitch. “More than that we do a bunch of situations, anything, we’re making sure any because we’re ready to play routine play they have to make is defense.” something they don’t even have Last season, 96 percent of to think about.” all starts in the LSU brings ‘We’re very confident, infield came from back all seven only four players. especially in any starters from its All four, seniors infield and out- situation where people Tammy Wray and field last season Allison Falcon are on base.’ as well as 2013 and sophomores Southeastern Bianka Bell and Jacee Blades Conference AllSandra Simmons, left fielder Freshman catcher return, leaving Kellsi Kloss. The Tigers have the infield in their experienced been stellar to start the year, not hands. allowing an error in five of their Wray mastered the hot first six games. corner last season, leading the Leftwitch said the domi- team in both assists (97) and nance starts in an outfield that is fielded double plays (8). Simthe fastest she has ever coached. mons, meanwhile, started Seniors Jacee Blades and all but one game at first base

Trey Labat Deputy Sports Editor

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore infielder Bianka Bell (27) attempts a throw to first Sunday during the Lady Tigers’ 8-1 victory against Central Arkansas at Tiger Park.

while recording a .991 fielding percentage.

Most impressive may be the veteran Falcon, who has been with the team since 2010. Falcon has increased her number of putouts in each of her three full seasons, and she said she enjoys playing defense more than anything and hopes that it shows when she steps onto the field.

LSU will be put to the test when it hosts a tournament for the second consecutive week this weekend. But Torina knows that going forward the team

can always trust in defensive excellence.

“Our defense is really strong. I think that’s our biggest strength,” Torina said. “We’re very athletic defensively. We have some really solid kids all around the field. So we’ll rely on that throughout the year.”

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @tro_TDR

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Moncrief named SEC Freshman of the Week Moncrief a recipient twice this season Lawrence Barreca Sports Writer

LSU freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief continued to build on her solid premier season over her past two contests, earning her second Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week nod this season.

On Thursday in a 75-58 win against Missouri in the PMAC, Moncrief finished with 15 points, three rebounds and two steals.

She followed that performance with another 15 points, nine rebounds, four steals and an assist in a 72-67 loss to Texas A&M in College Station, Texas, on Sunday.

Moncrief averaged 15 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals per game last week.

Moncrief scored in double

digits in five of her last six games, including 15-point outings in each of her last four appearances.

She also knocked down 50 percent of her shots and scored 22 of her 30 total points last week during the second half.

Moncrief now ranks No. 5 in the SEC in steals.

Moncrief has developed into the Lady Tigers’ second-highest scorer with 264 points and 11.5 points per game. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native has averaged 4.7 rebounds per game and leads LSU with 48 steals in 2014.

She also received SEC Freshman of the Week recognition back in December, following two LSU victories against Rutgers and Michigan.

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @LawBarreca_TDR

After much delay due to winter weather conditions in Oklahoma, four-star defensive end Deondre Clark officially signed with LSU Monday.

Clark became the 23rd member of the signing class, and solidifies the Tigers class as one of the best in the country, after LSU’s class was ranked in the top-five of the nation.

The Douglass High School product’s signature had been rumored to be locked up since signing day, his announcement makes the news official.

Originally, Clark was scheduled to announce his decision at 2 p.m. on Feb. 5, but Oklahoma City area high schools were closed for the second consecutive day due to freezing temperatures, leaving Clark’s status up in the air.

Clark originally committed to LSU in June 2013, other programs — most notably his home state school of Oklahoma — continued their pursuit of the sought after defensive lineman.

Clark also visited with Arizona State, Oklahoma and Ole Miss, with Oklahoma remaining the main threat to LSU over his signature.

During his press conference on National Signing Day, LSU coach Les Miles refused to mention Clark by name, but did say “there’s one left to decide” when asked if his recruiting class was finished. Clark is ranked as the No. 24 defensive end prospect for the 2014 class.

During his announcment, Clark said he’s trying to get this brother, Steven Clark, to join him in Baton Rouge.

Steven Clark was dismissed from the Oklahoma State basketball team earlier this month.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports

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LSU freshman guard Raigyne Moncrief (11) runs with the ball Thursday during the Tigers’ 75-58 victory against Missouri at the PMAC.

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U.S. speedskaters off to slow start The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The U.S. speedskating team is off to a slow start at the Sochi Olympics.

Through the first three days at the big oval, the Americans have yet to reach the medals podium.

Their best finish so far was 10th in the 3,000 meters by Jilleanne Rookard on Sunday. Emery Lehman, a 17-year-old competing in his first games, had the highest finish on the men’s side, placing 16th in the 5,000 last Saturday.

The men got blanked in the 500 meters on Monday. Shani Davis of Chicago used the two races as a training run and still came away with the best U.S. finish, 24th in 1 minute, 10.98 seconds. Threetime Olympian Tucker Fredricks of Janesville, Wis., was 26th with a time of 1:10.99 in his final games before retiring. Mitch Whitmore of Waukesha, Wis., was 27th in 1:11.06.

Like Davis, Brian Hansen of Glenview, Ill., skated in the first 500, turning 1 ¼ laps in 35.64 seconds as a training run before dropping out of the second race.

“I think we’re a bit down, but we’re always optimistic,” Davis said. “It can turn just like the weather; some days it’s cloudy, some days it’s sunny. Hopefully, we have more sunny days than rainy days.”

Things should start looking up on Tuesday, when good friends Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe compete in the women’s 500. Richardson is a medal contender, while Bowe’s better events are the 1,000 and 1,500.

The Americans’ best chance for gold comes Wednesday, when Davis competes in the 1,000, trying to become the first male speedskater to win the same event in three straight Olympics.

“I feel pretty good,” he said. “I took a lot away from the race and I’m looking forward to Wednesday.”

Whitmore raced against Davis in his second 500, not the ideal pairing because Davis isn’t a sprinter and has a slower start.

“It’s heartbreaking not to be up there, but I can take good things away from this competition for the next four years,” Whitmore said.

“I just wasn’t feeling quite as good leading up to this. I got a little sickness when we first got here.”

Fredricks’ best Olympic finish in the 500 was 12th in Vancouver four years ago. He won just one race during the recent World Cup season after holding the world record from 2005-07.

Fredricks said he had a rough time preparing on Sunday, but felt good going into Monday’s first race.

“Got off the line good and then

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U.S. speedskater Shani Davis concentrates Monday before competing in the second heat of the men’s 500-meter race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

I honestly don’t know what happened,” he said. “I felt faster than what the time showed. The second race I was just tired. I had nothing in the tank. I’m kind of sad about that second one.”

The Olympics are over for Fredricks and Whitmore, who both qualified only for the sprint event.

At 29, Fredricks looks forward to spending more time with his wife, Eriko Seo, a two-time Japanese Olympian.

“I’ve been in this thing for 20

years and it’s been great, but I think it’s time to move on and do something new,” he said. “I’ll probably cry when I get to the locker room, not because I’m sad about my races but just because it’s kind of done, I guess.”

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Julia Mancuso wins 4th Olympic Alpine medal The Associated Press KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — For years, Julia Mancuso’s skiing accomplishments — and there were many — were overshadowed by Lindsey Vonn’s.

When it comes to Olympic Alpine events, though, no American woman comes close.

Turning in a terrific run to lead after the downhill, then recovering from a rattling start in the slalom, Mancuso earned the bronze in the super-combined at the Sochi Games on Monday for her fourth medal at an Olympics. She already was the only U.S. female Alpine racer with more than two, which is Vonn’s total.

“Skiing and growing up with someone like Lindsey, who’s just

amazing on the World Cup and breaking records left and right there — to have something that I can break records in at the same time is also fun and exciting for me,” said Mancuso, whose two-run time of 2 minutes, 35.15 seconds was 0.53 slower than champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany.

“If I can keep the Olympics as my thing, that’s fine,” Mancuso said, “and I’m really proud of it.”

It showed Monday, when she punched the air and screamed for joy after the slalom, did a jig on her step of the podium during the flower ceremony, then ran around with a U.S. flag, hugging family members.

She won the gold in the giant slalom at the 2006 Turin Games, then silvers in the

super-combined and downhill at Vancouver in 2010. Only two other Winter Olympians from the U.S., speedskater Bonnie Blair and short track star Apolo Anton Ohno, have won individual medals at three editions of the games.

“She is everything you want your athletes to be,” said Bill Marolt, CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. “She brings herself to her best possible level of preparation and puts it all out there.”

Only four women from anywhere own more Alpine medals than Mancuso, who can increase her total over the next two weeks, starting with Wednesday’s downhill. The record of six is shared by Croatia’s Janica Kostelic and Sweden’s Anja Paerson.

The 29-year-old Mancuso, who grew up in Squaw Valley, Calif., was asked what’s different about her when she’s in an Olympic start hut.

“I feel more nervous. It’s not nerves of failure, it’s just nerves,” she explained. “There’s just a lot of emotion and knowing that, ‘This is my chance. This is my shot.’”

At the 2010 Olympics, Vonn edged Mancuso in the downhill and added a bronze in the super-G. But because of recent knee surgery, Vonn is back in the U.S. this time around, commentating for NBC instead of competing.

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said. “Everybody, as far as I’m concerned, is created equal, and I treat people as individuals and don’t worry what their interests are.”

Mainieri went on to say that he hasn’t paid much attention to the news, largely because he is preparing his squad for its 2014 opener on Friday.

Regardless, he noted that the topic isn’t a news story. He said it wouldn’t make any difference to him if he had a gay player on his team.

“Nothing makes any difference to me except what kind of person they are and what kind of athlete they are,” Mainieri said. “Can they help the team and are they a good person and do they follow the rules of the team?”

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LSU then-freshman tennis player Boris Arias returns a volley March 8, 2013, during a match in W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

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Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam (52) warms up Jan. 3 before the Cotton Bowl against Oklahoma State in Arlington, Texas.

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Team in 2013 and a key component of the Bengals’ 2012 NJCAA Division II World Series championship.

Now facing the possibility of closing games rather than starting, Domangue said his mindset on the mound isn’t different.

“Wherever I end up, whether it’s closer, starter or long-relief guy, I just need to get guys out,” Domangue said. “That’s my mentality. But if it is closer, then I’m going to do what I have to do for the team, and if they put a batter in the box, I’m going to get him out from whatever role they need me in.”

Attrition and graduation took its toll on the Tiger bullpen as six established relievers are gone from the 2013 squad, leaving senior Kurt McCune and redshirt junior Joe Broussard as the veteran leadership among a fledgling crop of relievers.

Mainieri called the experienced duo the “key to our pitching staff” during his meeting with reporters at media day, pointing to each pitcher’s brushes with brilliance in their LSU career.

McCune, the Tigers’ Friday night starter in 2011, contracted mononucleosis, “mono,” during his sophomore season before suffering a stress fracture in his lower back on opening night last season, both injuries putting his freshman year successes in the rearview mirror.

The Norco native said he’s had a completely healthy fall — the first he can remember in quite a while.

“I think I’m ready to go and do what I need to do to be successful,” McCune said. “[It’s great] just to be able to get in a routine and throw and throw and make sure my fundamentals are right.”

McCune added his splitter to his repertoire last fall and said it holds the key to his effectiveness.

He also said he’s thrown a twoseam fastball more often in the fall.

Broussard missed the entire 2013 season as he recovered from Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament he suffered in the Cape Cod League.

“Next to [junior pitcher Aaron] Nola, [Broussard] probably has the best stuff of anyone on our team in terms of velocity and a tight breaking ball,” Mainieri said.

After concluding his year-long rehab, Broussard couldn’t contain his excitement to get back to the field in fall practice, although the start wasn’t just as he hoped.

“My first couple outings during the fall were a little rough,” Broussard said. “It was a little all over the place, but after each outing I felt like I was getting more confident.”

LSU pitching coach Alan Dunn didn’t shy away from the notion that the bullpen is a work in progress, pointing to the youth and inexperience as just a nature of the game.

Dunn said preseason scrimmages have helped to clear the murky bullpen waters thus far, and pre-Southeastern Conference games will also assist the staff.

“When you’re in college baseball, either through the draft or guys graduating, there’s a turnover,” Dunn said. “There’s guys who have come through the program who have to take that next step, and that’s where we’re at now.”

“When that bell rings, we’ll be ready.”

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homeland is always nostalgic for Arias.

“It’s something different to play for your country,” Arias said.

“I feel really honored. It’s the best four [players] of the country … It keeps you motivated to keep working, keep practicing hard.”

Every time he returns home, Arias plays soccer with his friends.

Growing up in La Paz, soccer was Arias’ first love, as is evident in his pre-match warmups of hacky-sack with a tennis ball.

But when he was 6 years old, another sport caught his eye when he started watching his brother practice tennis. And from that point, the “Spider” was forever attached to a racket.

After a singles title at the 2011 Junior South American Championships and an invitation by

Bolivia’s Davis Cup team, Arias’ opportunities began to multiply. A few college visits later, the South American settled on moving a little north to Baton Rouge.

“I didn’t know how it was, playing college tennis, but I had an idea,” Arias said. “Then I started talking with [LSU coaches] Jeff [Brown] and Danny [Bryan] about coming here. I really like it a lot, LSU.” Since his arrival, Arias has continued to improve. This year, he leads the Tigers with a 6-1 singles record. Along with Simpson, the No. 60-ranked doubles duo are 6-1 thus far, which includes a victory against Liberty’s No. 26-ranked team of Shea Thomas and Jorge Azuero this weekend.

Simpson has seen his doubles partner grow exponentially in the last two seasons. Since his arrival last year, Arias has developed on

and off the court, Simpson said.

“You just see it, week in and week out, that he’s getting better and better,” Simpson said. “Stamina he’s just getting so much better now, his backhand is getting really good and his forehand is a massive weapon.”

When asked about a professional career in tennis, Arias modestly said there’s a “chance.”

For now, he continues to swing his racket and trick opponents with the spin of his strokes. And whether he’s representing Bolivia or LSU, the “Spider” said he’s proud to be a Tiger.

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Tim Lawson holds a guitar with a broken neck Friday at Tim’s Guitar Repair and Workshop.

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guitar and found himself in a local band that “was playing from Thursday through Sunday every week.”

Two and a half years later, Lawson left the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for work on the sidelines of the music business. He began teaching lessons for a local music store called Werlein’s for Music. Lawson found that surrounding stores performed restoration work that was riddled

Monday marked the 10-year anniversary of Kanye West’s first major-label album, “The College Dropout.”

Over the past decade, fans have seen Kanye grow as a producer, lyricist and businessman, resulting in the creation of his music la- JOSHUA JACKSON bel, G.O.O.D. Entertainment Writer Music.

Kanye is the only artist whose entire discography has achieved platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America. His six solo albums and one collaboration album with Jay Z have all reached critical acclaim and are cornerstones of music history.

He has worked closely with the best artists of this generation, such as Beyoncé, Chris Brown and Drake.

Kanye is known for releasing content that is different, yet well-received by the music community. Early songs like “Through the Wire” and “All Falls Down” are examples of Kanye telling stories based on his life. The experimental “808s & Heartbreak” includes hits like the five-time platinum song “Love Lockdown” that showed listeners a softer side of Kanye using

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KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE Gerald Ducote

Local pro gives Baton Rouge 35 years of guitar restoration

Entertainment Writer

Picture a small building in the industrial section of Baton Rouge.

Walking in, there is a small main office, a demo room and a workshop filled with tools.

All of these spaces have a common feature: guitars hang on every wall. The guitars all have flaws, major and minor. From a broken neck to a tarnished body, guitars from

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every decade and every maker sit side-by-side waiting for their turn in the hands of Tim Lawson, the man whose job it is to bring them back from the abyss.

Tim’s Guitars Repair and Workshop tucked away on Dallas Drive just off Airline Highway, is the guitar sanctuary owned and operated

by Lawson. There, he returns instruments from the grave with the restoration skills that come with 35 years of experience.

In terms of age, Lawson says there is no guitar the shop will refuse. Guitars dating back to 1905 have passed through the shop. Washburns, Martins and even early Gibson mandolins “all have something worthwhile to repair,” Lawson said.

Lawson spent his early years in Tennessee until moving back to his hometown of Baton Rouge to begin grade school. When he began college at the University in the late 1970s, Lawson said that he wanted to play

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Local company brings video games to customers Panya Kroun Contributing Writer

It’s hard to imagine life in today’s fast-paced world without mobile technology. It’s hard to sit down for a conversation, or even a meal, when the possibility of being summoned by a boss, relative or friend at the press of a button is ever-present.

Adam Wyatt has a solution for this problem: make fun mobile.

And with his novel business idea, he’s done just that.

Wyatt runs a business called Games on the Fly, a mobile gaming company that combines laser tag and video games and brings them to his customers’ backyards. Wyatt bought the business from a man in Alabama about a year ago, but he quickly expanded it to suit the needs of his Baton Rouge clientele.

“The gentleman had a real good idea, but we added a lot of things and tweaked it so it’d be a lot better,” Wyatt said.

Wyatt caters parties, fundraisers and concerts, and he can bring up to four attractions with him to any major event.

Wyatt said his most popular attraction is an inflatable 1250-square-foot laser tag arena that can be transported anywhere in Baton Rouge in a matter of minutes. It is equipped with black lights, strobe lights, fog machines and laser rifles, and it can accommodate up to 10 people in a single game.

The company also boasts ownership of an 11-piece water tag battleground complete with 24 water guns and vests. The vests collect water every time they’re hit, and the person with the smallest

volume of water in their vest at the end of the battle is considered the winner.

“It’s a lot of fun in itself, though people really like jumping on the arena and messing around,” Wyatt said.

Many thrill-seekers rent Wyatt’s hamster balls for their parties.

These giant plastic spheres can hold people up to 9 feet tall, and can be used to roll down gentle slopes or in combat against other hamster balls. Wyatt said these balls are popular among sororities, which routinely order them for their events.

Patrons who prefer more traditional forms of gaming can sit in Wyatt’s gaming trailer, a fully lit, temperature-controlled vehicle outfitted with cushioned seats and GAME TRAILER, see page 11

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Adam Wyatt owns Games on the Fly, a service that brings a trailer loaded with TV’s and video game consoles to events.

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River North Chicago to perform in Baton Rouge Manship Theatre will host company Joshua Jackson Entertainment Writer

There is a line between dance and performance. River North Dance Chicago has managed to erase that line and blend the two together to create its own style of art.

River North began in 1989 with the goal of combining commercial dance with theatrical flair. Almost 25 years later, River North has become internationally known for its works involving renowned choreographers.

Artistic Director Frank Chaves handles River North’s business, marketing and touring schedule. Chaves also occasionally choreographs.

He also brings in multiple choreographers, such as Mauro Astofli and Nejla Yatkin, to create an experience for viewers. The goal of having multiple people involved in the planning of River North’s productions is to keep its material fresh. By rotating choreographers, no program is duplicated by another.

One of Chaves’ pieces, “Eva,” is a work based on the songs of late singer Eva Cassidy — notable for her cover of “Over the Rainbow.” The piece is divided into four sections, each representing a different song by Cassidy.

River North is largely funded by grants, according to ballet master Patrick Simoniello.

Simoniello said an entire program may take anywhere from four to six weeks to prepare.

The company is also known for its service to the dance

community. River North holds multiple workshops each year to teach young, aspiring dancers how to better their craft.

“We want to give young people as many chances as we can to inspire and intrigue them about the arts,” Chaves said.

Interest in the arts is a “hard sell,” according to Chaves. By giving back to the community, Chaves hopes to spark interest and change lives through dance.

River North sets itself apart from other companies by developing sophisticated, yet bold performances. The works embody topics such as womanhood and culture. The company performs six or more pieces in one show, compared to the normal three or four performances that most dance companies put on.

“We love to knock down the fourth wall. The audience will feel River North,” Chaves said.

Auditioning to become a part of River North is not without its challenges.

The dance company holds two open auditions a year, one in Chicago and the other in New York. There could be more than 200 people auditioning for one spot in the company. At the end of the process, 12 dancers are selected.

“It is a hard decision for us because we need dancers who can do it all,” Chaves said.

Dancers are not known to make much money in their profession. The passion to dance overrides the financial worries most dancers encounter.

“The demand of time, dedication and physical ability in dance are only possible if a person’s heart is in it,” Chaves said.

Simoniello agreed with Chaves, saying what the dancers do is so important to them

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Members of the River North Dance Chicago company perform floor exercises Monday in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.

that money is not a thought. Although it is not easy, these artists are living their dreams as a part of River North.

Chaves said a River North Dance Chicago performance is definitely surprising for those in attendance. Many have a certain expectation of what dance is supposed to be, but the company takes things in another direction.

Chaves said people are wary of

dance because they fear they may not understand it. Similar to music, dance takes real-life experiences and places them in a forum to be expressed.

“There is incredible versatility and athleticism in our productions that are sure to entertain,” Simoniello said.

The group will come to the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts on Wednesday

at 8 p.m. Discounted tickets are available for LSU students and faculty with proof of ID. Regular ticket prices begin at $18.50 and can be purchased online at manshiptheatre.org or by calling the ticket office at 1-866-451-2787.

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ALUMNI

LSU alumnus discusses success forward by helping him to tackle big projects and to reach his goals as a designer. He said the knowlHaving designed homes for edge and experience he received celebrities and socialites such as at LSU influenced the success he Zac Efron and Kristen Bell, inte- has today.

Immersed in the interior rior designer Kenneth Brown has set himself apart from the interior design industry, Brown has credesign community by creating ated a style that sets him apart homes that have modern details from others. His blending of with a touch of his Southern warm Southern style with clean Southern Calihospitality.

Brown, a ‘Don’t model your life fornia lines helps create individualUniversity alumnus, said his path exactly after someone ized residences. to becoming an else because you will Brown’s philosophy is that cominterior designer was not always a only be as good as you fort holds the key an excellent clear one. When allow yourself to be.’ to home. he first attended Brown is the University, he Kenneth Brown passionate about was on the preLSU alumnus the structure of a med track, and because of an introduction to in- home. He relies heavily on the terior design course, he saw his use of rich colors, and he takes pride in the small details. true passion was elsewhere.

Brown said he feels con“It opened my eyes up to the career of interior design. … stantly inspired by interior deIt’s much more about interior signers who came before him. architecture of the home, and He feels most influenced by midI fell in love with it,” Brown century interiors reminiscent of those seen in the television show said.

He said the University’s inte- “Mad Men.” Brown’s work as a designer rior design program is known as one of the best in the country, and has paid off in many ways. Besome of the professors urged him cause of his distinctive work

and popularity, he has made appearances on television shows on Fine Living Network, TLC and HGTV. O, The Oprah Magazine featured Brown in the “Live Your Best Life” tour. Brown’s success continued to grow when House Beautiful and Western Interiors named him within their top 100 designers.

“When anyone calls you out and recognizes your work for being worthy of that type of notoriety, it makes you feel really good and makes you feel like you’re doing something right,” Brown said.

To students considering studying interior design, Brown had some words of advice.

“Don’t model your life exactly after someone else because you only will be as good as you allow yourself to be,” Brown said. “Each designer has their own voice, and when you make use of that voice, that is what’s going to bring you success.”

His relationship with Kim Kardashian has only added fuel to the fire. Kanye has now begun feuding with Vogue over Kardashian not being on the magazine’s cover.

Attempting to venture into fashion himself, Kanye began talks with multiple designers to create his clothing line. He feuded with fashion brand Louis Vuitton for “not recognizing his genius.”

There are multiple suspected reasons why Kanye acts the way he does. These reasons range from him not coping well with the death of his mother to being simply over arrogant because of his success.

People are focusing more on the next Kanye outburst than the actual music he releases. The world loves negative publicity but refuses to remember Kanye is a human being who has normal emotions.

He lives within the public eye in each business venture he pursues.

Still, he manages to cater to the fans who have helped him achieve such popularity.

Kanye went to Twitter Monday to thank the listeners of his music for his career, saying that every day he is “trying to give something back” to the fans.

People grow up and people change, but Kanye said he is “the same kid from Chicago, still dreaming out loud, still banging on the door.”

Kanye surely has an over-thetop personality. However, this is not a free pass to judge him from a distance.

No one knows for sure what is in the mind of Kanye, but we know he makes music people like. There’s something else that is definite: whether he is loved or hated, Kanye is always talked about in some way.

Clearly, he’s done something right over the last decade.

Wyatt’s business is less than a year old, but it has already been met with financial success. He attributes his company’s achievements to the diversity of its attractions, its commitment to expansion and its appeal to a broad range of age groups.

“We’re always fully staffed for the kids, but we get a lot of adults and college-aged people who want to rent us out too,” Wyatt said.

He said his company has no trouble handling the success, and he routinely serves parties with hundreds of people. His most recent large-scale events include visits to Westminster Elementary School and the Annual Bird and Sausage Gumbo

Cook-Off in Denham Springs.

Wyatt intends to use his newfound success to further expand Games on the Fly. He plans to add an additional trailer and other attractions to its repertoire in the near future. To him, the money and the popularity are nice, but his real satisfaction comes from the joy he brings his customers.

“At the end of the day, I don’t know where these people come from. I just see their excitement, and I love to see a smile on somebody’s face,” Wyatt said.

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Entertainment Writer

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autotune heavily.

His most recent effort, “Yeezus,” initially received mixed reviews from many blogs, magazines and fans. The reviews didn’t stop the success of the album as it rose to the No. 1 position in multiple countries.

There’s no doubt Kanye is one of the most talented artists of this generation. Even those who don’t like him as a person have to commend Kanye on his musical success.

In the recent years, Kanye has become a public figure because of the negative publicity surrounding him. Late last year, West went on a Twitter tirade against Jimmy Kimmel for a sketch Kimmel ran spoofing Kanye’s BBC Radio 1 interview.

Many have kept track of the craziness that involves Kanye since his 2009 MTV Video Music Awards incident with Taylor Swift. The instance sparked the “let you finish” memes that circulate around the Internet.

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stocked with game consoles such as the Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Wyatt updates his collection of video games upon request and hosts gaming tournaments for players of all skill levels.

“People really like ‘Madden,’ so we end up holding a lot of those competitions while we put the Saints on in the background,” Wyatt said.

Games on the Fly also has an arrangement with the East Baton Rouge Parish Recreation and Park Commission and can host parties in BREC space for customers who cannot host a party at their own locations.

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with “shoddy workmanship.”

Lawson was called to action by an advertisement in Guitar Player magazine for The Apprentice Shop, a guitar building and repair workshop in Springhill, Tenn. He attended the program and found restoration work from both Werlein’s for Music and Romero’s Music, another successful local operation at the time.

Lawson showed promise at the workshops and returned two more times before establishing a brick-and-mortar operation near the now-demolished Belmont Hotel on Airline Highway.

From there, Tim’s Guitars moved around the city before landing on Dallas Drive in 1992. Lawson said the shop’s location is dictated by the industrial codes involved in the business’s chemical-based finishing work.

The store boasts work for a wide of range of brands such as Guild,

Alvarez, Gibson and Fender. Lawson and his employees have specialized training in the restoration of certain makers like Taylor, Martin and USA Ovation, which means attending workshops to adhere to strict product guidelines.

Lawson said he is proud of his accomplishments as a craftsman of guitars. The shop welcomes customers with whatever trouble their instruments suffer. Alongside guitar work, Tim’s Guitars sells a variety of accessories, including high-quality strings, knob sets, straps, road cases and amp stands.

Tim’s Guitars accommodates all customers by offering service to not only guitars, but bass guitars and amplifiers as well.

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Tim Lawson places an electric guitar on the shop table for repair Friday afternoon at Tim’s Guitar Repair and Workshop.

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Support of celebrities like Woody Allen may cause moral issues OUR LADY OF ANGST SidneyRose Reynen Columnist Even if you don’t know anything about Woody Allen, chances are you’ve seen or heard his name a few times in the past month.

Allen is, by far, one of the most prolific writer-directors in Hollywood history. With nearly 50 films under his belt, it was no surprise to most when he was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globe ceremony causing an event from 20 years before to resurface in the public’s memory.

In 1992, Allen and his partner, actress Mia Farrow, split up. This led to a very long and tedious legal battle for the custody of their three children: Ronan, Dylan and Moses Farrow – the latter two had been adopted by the couple.

During this time, Dylan claimed Allen had sexually abused her.

While these allegations could never be factually proven — as is the case with many child sexual abuse incidents — Allen’s reputation was severely damaged, but he remained successful in his film career.

The reignited interest in this case after the Golden Globe awards in January prompted Dylan Farrow to publish an open letter on a New York Times blog. In the letter, she details the abuse she allegedly experienced at the hand of Allen.

“Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse.”

Allen, who has kept quiet about the issue — save a few “I didn’t do its” — over the past two decades, published his own open letter on a different New York Times blog on Friday night.

“Of course, I did not molest Dylan.

I loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter’s well-being,” Allen countered.

Although it’s easy to turn this into a dismissible “he said – she said,” the discussion aroused by the re-emergence of this case is extremely relevant.

Can we support and enjoy the work of people who are alleged perpetrators of horrible crimes?

Countless stars have

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An image of U.S. director Woody Allen is projected on a wall at an art exhibit titled “Queremos tanto a Woody,” or “We so love Woody” by Argentine artist Hugo Echarri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 6. The exhibit in honor of Allen was inaugurated just days after the artist faced renewed accusations that he molested Dylan Farrow, his then-7-year-old adopted daughter in 1992.

enjoyed success in their careers after committing heinous acts: Sean Penn, Roman Polanski and more recently, Chris Brown.

When Brown was applauded at the Video Music Awards in 2011 — only two years after it was revealed he had brutalized Rihanna to the point where her face was no longer recognizable — it seemed he had gotten away with it.

Hollywood isn’t even the only place where sexual predators can achieve stardom after the fact.

LSU’s starting quarterback last season, Zach Mettenberger, pled guilty to two counts of sexual battery in 2010 while he was still enrolled at the University of Georgia. At a bar, Mettenberger grabbed the breasts and buttocks of a woman without her consent.

Was it wrong to cheer him on or wear his jersey after he was convicted?

While it’s certainly not the public’s obligation to punish criminals, there

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is a certain accountability that we as regular people have when we celebrate the work and accomplishments of known criminals without recognizing their wrong doing.

There is no excuse for ignoring a celebrity’s actions simply because of their elite status. If you’re going to go to the movie theater and pay to see a Woody Allen film, you have to realize that you are giving money to someone who might have sexually abused his adopted daughter. You have to decide if you want to live with that.

SidneyRose Reynen is an 18-year-old film and art history freshman from New Orleans.

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“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.”

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Diplomats should engage filter in digital age BRACE YOURSELF Ryan McGehee Columnist We live in a digital age; anything said, written or photographed can theoretically exist forever.

Things like an offensive tweet, a letter of resignation riddled with vulgarity or nude pictures sent to a significant other will live on thanks to the Internet.

While we as college students on the cusp of our careers should be mindful of what we do and say, our biggest faux pas will always pale in comparison to those of individuals who hold positions of authority and influence.

Victoria Nuland, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, was heard in a phone conversation leaked on YouTube, allegedly saying, “f*** the EU.” In the call, Nuland was speaking with Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, regarding the ongoing crisis there. Coming to a point in the conversation discussing the lack of action, Nuland states, “That would be great to help glue this thing and to have the UN

help glue it. And you know, f*** the EU.” Nuland’s apparent frustration with our European allies stems from their indecision regarding sanctions against Ukraine, despite many European ministers calling for them, should the government’s violent campaign against protesters not end.

In the call, she also allegedly badmouths one of the Ukrainian opposition leaders, Vitali Klitschko, saying he should be excluded from any new government.

While Nuland is entirely founded in her anger toward the EU, a senior diplomat in the U.S. State Department should know when to exercise a small amount of tact, especially while speaking on an unsecured line. The most important quality of an ambassador of the United States is the ability to be diplomatic. Instead, Nuland chose to insult an entire block of allies and a future anti-Russia Ukrainian leader.

The Russian government is suspected of tapping the call and subsequently leaking the audio. Moscow stands opposite the West in the tug-of-war for influence in Kiev and has everything to gain from a crack in U.S. and EU relations.

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Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych (left) greets U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland (right) on Feb. 6 in Kiev, Ukraine.

While never taking responsibility for leaking the call, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said of the Russian government, “I would say that since the video was first noted and tweeted out by the Russian government, I think it says something about Russia’s role.”

This comes on the heels of

leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, where he revealed that the U.S. government was spying on many of our closest allies, even tapping the personal cell phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The irony is palpable.

However, even before the Second World War, it was largely

accepted that all major powers spy on one another, friend and foe alike.

It should not come as a surprise at all that Russia may have tapped the line. And why wouldn’t they? The West is doing its best to wrest control of Kiev away from Moscow, just as Russia is once again flexing its muscles and trying to exert Soviet-era control over Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Nuland, and any other government official involved in foreign policy and international affairs, should always be on guard against espionage. While rather insignificant in terms of actual intelligence, this conversation was enough to throw a pretty sizable wrench into our plans for Ukraine.

So while you may be embarrassed about the circulating screen shot of a text you thought was sent in confidence, don’t worry. It’s not like you caused an international incident.

Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old political science, history and international studies major from Zachary, La. Contact Ryan McGehee at rmcgehee@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @JRyanMcGehee

Egypt needs to prove democratic commitment Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist Three years ago today, Egypt shocked the world when a populist revolt forced Hosni Mubarak from power. The people of Egypt accomplished what many skeptics thought was impossible — a democratic revolution.

The Egyptian Revolution will become one of the major moments in history to define the millennial generation.

Fast forward three years, and Egypt is almost back to where it was before the revolution. But democratic institutions have awakened that didn’t exist before.

The revolution embodied the hopes and dreams of the world’s Muslims, Christians, liberals and secularists. The April 6 Youth Movement — a labor-based liberal movement — organized the early demonstrations, but the Muslim Brotherhood quickly gained significance, especially after Mubarak’s fall.

In the aftermath of the revolution, the military took over with the full support of the Egyptian people.

After the revolution, the

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An Egyptian man holds a poster of Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, “we authorize you,” as he chants slogans on a street to Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 25.

people passed a constitutional referendum which didn’t make the major election reforms the public wanted. It catered to the Muslim Brotherhood instead of the broad revolutionary coalition. The 2011 constitution also didn’t curb the power of the military over public policy, which leftists wanted.

The Muslim Brotherhood betrayed the liberal revolutionaries.

The Left boycotted the presidential and parliamentary elections, but the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists jumped in and ran.

As a result, the Muslim Brotherhood and the far-right Al-Nour Party swept into power and took over the parliament. Mohammed Morsi became president.

Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood betrayed the spirit of the revolution and chose power instead of change. As expected, Morsi, who before entering power spoke about freedom of speech and protest, started to jail journalists, satirists, activists and liberals who opposed him on the streets.

He had criticized the dictatorial

power of Mubarak, but once in power he passed presidential decrees that placed himself above the law.

Mohamed ElBaradei, who was the main leader of the liberal opposition, said Morsi had “usurped all state powers and appointed himself Egypt’s new pharaoh.”

On top of the brutal repression of the regime under Morsi, the economy continued to slip further into turmoil. This made the lives of ordinary Egyptians continually worse.

The liberal opposition to both the military and the Muslim Brotherhood began protests, and civil unrest began to brew much like it had before Mubarak fell in 2011. The same April 6 Youth Movement led a coalition of leftist and liberal groups to Tahrir Square again, except this time it was directed against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Major protests broke out on June 30 in Tahrir Square and other cities. By the time July 1 rolled by, the protests grew into millions. This forced the military to act against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. On July 3, General Sisi led the coup d’état against Morsi and announced that Adly Mansour would be the interim president until new elections are held.

I supported the controversial coup because the military needed to respond to the grievances of the massive protests.

The military threw Morsi under the bus just like they did with Mubarak. In the aftermath of the coup, the military crushed the Islamist protesters in the streets, killings thousands. The total body count surpassed both Mubarak and Morsi, which in turn led to resignations of the newly appointed Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei and other interim liberal figures.

Today, it appears Egypt has gone full circle from military dictatorship to new democracy and back to military dictatorship. That conclusion is true yet misleading.

Egypt has democratic institutions that were either nonexistent or a joke previously. A new presidential election is scheduled for this spring, and the world will see if the Egyptian people can prove that revolution can lead to democracy in the Middle East.

Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-year-old political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.

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Lines” and The New York Times on Sunday.

Sam, a senior projected to be an early-to-mid round selection in May’s NFL Draft, could become the first openly gay player in the league’s history.

Other American athletes have come out as gay, but Sam’s announcement is the most significant thus far. Longtime NBA reserve Jason Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated article at the end of last season, but he hasn’t played for a team since.

Midfielder Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay athlete to play professionally in America, when he took the field for the Los Angeles Galaxy last May, but the popularity and significance of the NFL dwarfs that of the MLS. Sam’s decision to come out is commendable. He told Missouri teammates and coaches during the summer, and the reaction from reporters who cover the team indicates it wasn’t a well-kept secret, but going on television and announcing it to the world requires a completely different level of courage.

The initial wave of reaction to Sam’s announcement was overwhelmingly positive. Members of the national media, current and former NFL players and some of Sam’s teammates at Missouri took to Twitter offering support and encouragement.

The NFL released a statement commending Sam’s honesty and courage, stating the league looks forward to welcoming and supporting him.

That’s a great sentiment, and Sam’s entrance into the NFL could become a groundbreaking moment for a league that’s currently stuck way behind the times in terms of promoting equality and the integration of gay people into the workforce.

However, until Sam is actually on an NFL roster, I’ll keep my reservations about how genuine the NFL’s statement is. Professional sports have historically been hard-headed when it comes to social issues, and the NFL’s support will ring incredibly hollow if Sam goes undrafted.

If Sam never makes his way onto an NFL roster, then the league’s Anti-Discrimination Policy clearly isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

Every SEC Defensive Player of the Year winner except the first, LSU’s Chad Lavalais in 2003, has

been selected within the first 33 picks when they entered the NFL Draft.

As an undersized defensive end, Sam wasn’t going to crack the top 33 anyway, but if he drops beyond the first three or four rounds, then factors beyond his abilities as a football player are clearly at play.

That’s what makes his decision to come out publicly not just brave, but strategically prudent.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen tweeted Sunday that NFL general managers told him they were either aware of Sam’s sexual orientation or at least had heard scouts discussing it.

Since the scouts and team executives knew anyway, it makes sense for Sam to inform the general public on his own terms. This way all the pressure is focused squarely on the 32 franchises. And if Sam goes undrafted, it will be a public relations nightmare for the NFL because everyone will know why.

But now that everything is out in the open, that’s not likely to happen.

Equality for gay people is a quickly progressing movement, and there is at least one NFL general manager or owner who wants to be remembered for doing for gay athletes what Branch Rickey did for African-Americans when he signed Jackie Robinson and broke the MLB color barrier.

That’s beneficial for Sam. The team that brings him in will know full well what it’s getting itself into and do everything possible to make sure he’s accepted in the locker room from day one.

More problems would arise if he ended up on a team that wasn’t aware he was gay, because tension could arise if he was outed in a way that made the whole thing seem secretive. I’m not saying that’s right, but it is what it is.

Here’s the bottom line: if Sam felt that coming out was the right decision for him, then it was.

Now all that’s left for the rest of us to do is wait and see if his story is one of a breakthrough toward equality or a disastrous step backward.

James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y.

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honors in 2011.

After believing she had finished her LSU career in 2012, she could not believe she received the opportunity to sport purple and gold for one more season.

“I did not expect to be playing for LSU athletics again,” Mannari said. “The fact that they gave us this opportunity to just come out and play and represent LSU on the program’s first sand volleyball team has really been such an honor and a privilege.”

Enter LSU coach Russell Brock, who Alleva announced Dec. 4, 2013, as the person to head the program.

Brock, who served as an assistant coach for Rice’s indoor volleyball team for five years, said he had been looking for a way to get involved in collegiate sand volleyball since its inception.

“You kind of have to pinch yourself,” Brock said. “You’re playing a great sport, but then you’re outside, you’re in the sand, the weather is great; if you were just doing it for fun it would be fantastic, but it’s a program here at LSU and it’s one that we plan to excel and be really good at.”

His research and attempt to expand his training paid off when LSU indoor volleyball coach Fran Flory contacted him to inquire about his interest in coaching the program.

“In my mind, that was always something that would be incredible to be able to transition to, so when it

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started to develop, I started researching it.” Brock said. “It is obviously very exciting and I felt honored and was excited to jump from the indoor game to the outdoor game. I’m fully committed to that transition, and I’m excited about it.”

While the NCAA currently categorizes sand volleyball as an “emerging sport,” many across the sport — including Brock — are optimistic it will not take time for it to achieve “championship sport” classification because of the rapid nature of the sports’ expansion.

Only 15 NCAA Division I schools competed in women’s sand volleyball in spring 2012. By spring 2013, that number had doubled.

Growth slowed in 2014, but Brock said sand volleyball recently hit the 40-program mark necessary to become fully endorsed as a championship sport, meaning the sport needs to maintain this number of varsity teams for two full seasons before the NCAA officially takes over.

Once sand volleyball becomes a “championship sport,” Brock said he expects the sport to grow at an even faster rate.

“The bigger the number of participating schools gets, I think it will exponentially increase,” Brock said.

“Especially in the South, where there is already a great sand culture.”

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English department pushes three-year rolling contracts Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Senior Reporter

After 27 years at the University, English writing instructor June Pulliam spends 60 hours a week on her four English courses, yet she still lacks job security. Pulliam is classified as an instructor, which means she teaches classes, does not conduct research and is not eligible for tenure.

English professor and former department chair Anna Nardo and several other faculty are pushing University administrators to give instructors three-year rolling contracts.

The English department has the largest number of instructors at the University, but because they are not professors, these faculty members are not eligible for tenure.

Nardo said instructors currently work on one-year contracts, which give departments flexibility. If the University were to see a financial crisis, then deans would have the ability to let some instructors go, Nardo said.

“Our proposal would not affect flexibility,” Nardo said.

University writing program Director Barbara Heifferon said these contracts would only be available to instructors who have passed their six year reviews with “excellent” marks

and would not cost the University additional funds.

In these six years, some instructors come and go on their own, but once professors hit the six year mark, reviews are taken as seriously as tenure reviews, Nardo said. Heifferon said when she was hired during the 2008 budget crisis, instructors were given termination letters saying they may or may not have jobs at the end of the year.

“The most important people who were teaching were given these letters,” Heifferon said.

Pulliam said the termination letters demoralized the instructors and caused several people to leave voluntarily. Several instructors posted their letters on their doors to show the University their anger.

“I remember being furious, making people feel like their jobs were threatened,” Pulliam said. “It was a climate where you didn’t want to work.”

Heifferon and Nardo both agreed three-year rolling contracts could also have a positive effect on student retention.

Instructors teach classes capped at 22 students, and these small classes make them feel at home, Heifferon said.

Through their writing and interaction in the classroom, Pulliam

said her small classes help her connect with students in a unique way, and she said over the years she has helped countless students in and out of the classroom.

Writing instructor Nolde Alexius said the community created in her classes helps with retention.

“In terms of other classes they take at LSU, it’s a personal connection,” Alexius said.

The University prioritizes the first year experience, Nardo said, but the conditions for instructors who are often teaching first year students is incongruous with this position.

“If parents really knew the person teaching their students gets paid enough to qualify for food stamps, it doesn’t correlate with the first year experience,” Nardo said.

With Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell on Saturday, three writing instructors participated in focus groups aimed at identifying instructor concerns.

Jane Cassidy, vice provost for human resources and facilities management, said she and the provost will work to find solutions for instructor concerns, but contract extensions and instructor salary increases will be a longer process.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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average man on the streets, and I hate the way our government is treating veterans right now. Those are the things I want to change.”

Clark said he believes Congress too often makes legislation that hurts the middle and lower classes because members of Congress often don’t have working-class experience.

“I know what it’s like to stretch $100 till payday,” Clark said. “Many of our previous legislators do not have that.”

Clark is the only current student in the race, and he is working for a Ph.D. in political science at the University.

He said he thinks his studies give him a different perspective on the status of higher education, and said he thinks America, in general, has a problem with students not being able to pay back student loans.

Clark said the answer to this problem is job creation, which he said could be accomplished through the approval of the Keystone

pipeline, as well as through the approval of more natural resource drilling on federal lands.

Clark also said that, if elected, he would like to work with state legislators and the governor’s office in getting the University more grants from the federal government.

Though Clark said he would identify himself on the whole as a Republican, he acknowledged some of his views adhere to more libertarian ideals.

Clark favors civil unions for gay and lesbian couples with the same rights granted to heterosexual marriages, and he said he is open to the legalization of marijuana.

Clark, who served on the police force for 13 years, said the United States does not need more gun laws, and he instead advocates for “assistance at some levels from federal agencies with what we’re prosecuting locally.”

Contact Quint Forgey at qforgey@lsureveille.com

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