The Daily Reveille — April 15, 2010

BUDGET

State must fill $319M hole by June

The nagging fear of another budget cut before the end of the year is one step closer to becom-ing a reality.

The Revenue Estimating Con-ference announced Wednesday a $319 million reduction in state revenue for the current fiscal year

will likely lead to another deep cut into the University’s funding to be met by the end of June.

The Revenue Estimating Conference also announced a $244 million reduction in rev-enues available for the next fiscal year which could put higher edu-cation under further pressure.

What is certain is the state must fill a $319 million hole — what is unclear is how much the University must fill.

Gov. Bobby Jindal said at a news conference, following the announcement, he will meet with

legislators and higher education officials and will have a plan for filling the hole in “the next few days.”

“We will continue to do ev-erything we can to mitigate the effects on higher education and health care,” Jindal said. “Bottom line, though, is we are going to balance our budget both this year and next fiscal year.”

The state already took a mid-year cut earlier this year. This cut will be handled differently as the

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Gov. Bobby Jindal announced plans for the next mid-year cut will be revealed “in the next few days” at a news conference Wednesday.

Clinton discusses higher ed., health careBy Ryan BuxtonSenior Staff Writer

As We Go On ...

Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann feel they’ve done “More for LSU” as their tenure as Student Government president and vice presi-dent comes to a close.

Watkins and Scheuermann and the “More for LSU” campaign won the 2009 SG runoff election with 55.09 percent — beating out then-candidates Andy Palermo and Phoebe Hathorn.

The administration has completed 25 of the 33 initiatives on its initial pushcard since then.

“When you look at what past Student Gov-ernment administrations have done and look at what we were dealt, especially with budget cuts, I think Student Government was extremely

BUDGET, see page 19

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[Top] Martina Scheuermann, left, and Stuart Watkins, right, share a laugh Wednesday. The administration, which initially ran under the “More for LSU” ticket has completed 25 of the 33 initiatives on their original pushcard.

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Former President Clinton connected with college students Wednesday concerning issues such as the cost of college and the devel-opment of his program to involve youth in public service.

Clinton held a conference call with about 50 journalists from col-lege newspapers, including The Daily Reveille, in promotion of his Clinton Global Initiative Univer-sity, which holds annual meetings for students to discuss solutions to global issues.

Annual CGIU meetings began three years ago at Tulane Univer-sity, and the 2010 summit starts Friday at the University of Miami. Clinton said the organization’s de-velopment came from his passion for public service.

“As a private citizen, you try to do the public good,” Clinton said.

The conversation shifted to the rising cost of higher education.

“One thing that no one disputes is we still have the best system of higher education in the world,” Clinton said. “It’s the crown jewel of the American society and Amer-ican economy, but we are rapidly pricing it out of reach of our own citizens and those who come to our shores to attend college.”

It’s imperative to figure out

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Watkins, Scheuermann reflect on the year’s successes, failuresBy Catherine ThrelkeldStaff Writer

RECAP, see page 19

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Strong quake kills 589 in western China; panicked people fl ood streets

XINING, China (AP) — Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan re-gion of China on Wednesday, kill-ing at least 589 people and injuring more than 10,000.

The series of quakes fl attened buildings across remote western Yushu county and sent survivors, many bleeding from their wounds, fl ooding into the streets of Jiegu township. State television showed block after devastated block of top-pled mud and wood homes.

Local offi cials said 85 per-cent of the structures had been de-stroyed. Residents and troops gar-risoned in the town used shovels and their hands to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble much of the day. Several schools col-lapsed, with the state news agency saying at least 56 students died.

Marine’s anti-Obama Facebook comments fuel debate

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Camp Pendleton Marine has removed his Facebook page after his comments fueled a free-speech debate about whether troops are allowed to criti-cize President Barack Obama’s pol-icies while serving in the military.

Sgt. Gary Stein said he was asked by his superiors to review the Pentagon’s directive on political ac-tivities after he criticized Obama’s health care reform efforts and then was asked this week to talk about his views on the MSNBC cable TV channel.

AP-GfK Poll: Obama slips after health win despite economic uptick

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s national standing has slipped to a new low after his victory on the historic health care overhaul, even in the face of growing signs of economic revival, according to the latest Associated Press-GfK

poll.The survey shows the political

terrain growing rockier for Obama and congressional Democrats head-ing into midterm elections, boost-ing Republican hopes for a return to power this fall.

Just 49 percent of people now approve of the job Obama’s doing overall, and less than that — 44 per-cent — like the way he’s handled health care and the economy. Last September, Obama hit a low of 50 percent in job approval before tick-ing a bit higher. His high-water mark as president was 67 percent in Febru-ary of last year.

Palin rallies tea partiers with pre-tax day message near historical site

BOSTON (AP) — Sarah Palin rallied the conservative tea party movement near the scene of its historical inspiration Wednesday, telling Washington politicians that government should be working for the people, not the other way around.

Louisiana’s budget defi cit estimated at $319M Wednesday

(AP) — Louisiana has a $319 mil-lion budget defi cit this year, a state income forecasting panel estimated Wednesday, starting a scramble to fi ll the hole with only 10 weeks left in the budget year.

The Revenue Estimating Con-ference revised tax collection es-timates sharply downward for the current fi scal year that ends June 30, continuing a recent trend of forecast revisions to refl ect drops in state in-come.

Bill to ban insurance coverage of abortions heads to debate in House

Obama nominates former congressman to be U.S. Attorney

(AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated a former congress-man, Don Cazayoux, to serve as U.S. Attorney for Louisiana’s Middle District, which includes Baton Rouge.

Cazayoux’s nomination must be confi rmed by the Senate be-fore he can fi ll the post currently held by David Dugas.

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(AP) — A Jindal administration bill that would bar health insur-ance coverage for elective abor-tions in Louisiana is headed to the full House for debate after getting overwhelming support Wednes-day from the House Insurance Committee.

Rep. Frank Hoffmann,

R-West Monroe, said he intro-duced the bill to prohibit elective abortions in the state purchasing pools set up by the federal health overhaul legislation, a prohibition allowed under the federal bill.

But Hoffmann’s proposal goes further, also banning elec-tive abortion coverage by private insurers.

Opponents said the measure was improper meddling in private business and personal health care decisions, saying women could lose benefi ts they already have.

Baton Rouge has already sub-mitted its application for Google Fiber, but the city is continuing the campaign by asking residents to show why they want Fiber in the Red Stick.

The Geaux fiBR campaign is holding a contest asking Baton Rouge residents to submit user-created digital media content, such as videos, animations or music, to explain why they think the city is a good candidate for Google Fiber, an ultra high-speed network that could make the Internet as much as 1,000 times faster in the area.

The goal of the contest is to keep up community enthusiasm about the project though the ap-plication deadline has already passed, said Mike Odom, senior vice president of marketing and relations for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber.

“We want to transition into that next phase of the campaign and continue to build on this com-munity excitement,” Odom said.

Applications were due to Google by March 26, but Google will likely take a while to evalu-ate the 1,100 applications, Odom said, so the city hopes to keep the campaign alive until a winner is

announced.Odom said he wants to avoid

a decrease in campaign activity seen in other towns gunning for Google’s new technology.

“We have not done a full-blown research of every commu-nity, but as it looks, we’ve seen a huge drop-off [in campaigning], especially in areas that were ag-gressive initially,” Odom said.

Residents can submit multiple types of content, but the entry must be uploaded via YouTube, accord-ing to a Geaux fiBR news release. The entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges, and the winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize.

The contest is being spon-sored by I.T. by Design, a Baton Rouge firm that provides technol-ogy support to various companies.

Michael Thrower, president of I.T. by Design, said he is par-ticularly interested in what young college students will create for the contest because their creativ-

ity and innovation can put Google Fiber to good use in Baton Rouge.

“Young people have ideas, and they still have that tackle-the-world mentality,” Thrower said. “They have that entrepreneurial spirit we really need in this town.”

Criteria for the video content is relaxed, Odom said. Judges are looking for a unique way to sell Baton Rouge to Google, rather than any specific type of content.

“What we don’t want to do is give people this boxed-in view to say, ‘[The entry] looks like this,’” he said. “We want to celebrate the creativity of the community more than anything.”

Thrower said he is excited about the contest and the prospect of Fiber coming to Baton Rouge because of the innovation the tech-nology would bring to the city.

Vedant Vasanji doesn’t see April 15 as the dreaded tax day many Americans wish would never come — it’s something he looks forward to.

Vasanji, a business senior, said he expects his largest refund to date this year. He intends to use the money for a trip abroad this summer after taking care of a few bills.

“I plan on paying my health insurance and car insurance [bills] and having about $1,000 left,” Vasanji said. “I’ll go out to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this summer.”

Having the extra cash is nice, but Vasanji said his annual tax re-fund is never something he relies on for expenses.

“It’s not something I count on at all,” Vasanji said. “It’s defi-nitely a surprise how much I get.”

The average refund taxpayers receive from the Internal Revenue Service is increasing. The average payback for taxes eligible for a re-fund was $2,683 last fiscal year, up slightly from the $2,371 aver-age return in the 2007 fiscal year, according to the IRS Web site.

But some students are count-ing on their returns to help with necessary expenses.

Steven Brouillette, agricul-ture senior, said he plans on put-ting most of his tax refund toward loan payments.

“I’m going to pay back the loans my brother gave me to help survive,” Brouillette said. “I wish it went to something I splurge on.”

Andrew Tykol, bioengineer-ing freshman, said he doesn’t ex-pect a large refund this year.

“I think I got back $67 this year,” Tykol said. “It’s just a little extra to spend on whatever you have to pay for.”

Students’ refunds may not be among the largest in the country, but there are several tax credits they can take advantage of this year.

The American Opportunity Credit is typically filed by the parents of a student and can be worth up to $2,500 for the first four years of college, according to the IRS Web site. Either single filers making below $80,000 per

year in total income and joint fil-ers making below $160,000 per year in total income are eligible for the credit.

Rochelle Wooden, digital art sophomore, said she plans to save all of her tax refund.

“I have to save that money,” Wooden said. “With the way things are going right now, you can’t really count on anything.”

Ryan Edwards, biology se-nior, said he owed taxes to the federal government last year be-cause he worked two jobs and had too high of a total income.

“Thankfully, the amount I owe to the federal government is just a little more than what I’m getting back from the state,” Ed-wards said. “It isn’t bad, but it definitely isn’t a nice little check to spend on whatever.”

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FINANCES

Students use refund for bills, loans, leisureAverage payback for taxes was $2,683By Ben BourgeoisEntertainment Writer

‘I think I got back $67 this year. It’s

just a little extra to spend.’

Andrew Tykolbioengineering

freshman

‘I’m going to pay back the loans

my brother gave me to help survive.’Steven Brouillette

agriculture senior

Contact Ben Bourgeois at [email protected]

BR COMMUNITY

Contest held to promote fiBR

By Ryan BuxtonSenior Staff Writer

Residents can create videos, music

Contact Ryan Buxton at [email protected]

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LSU Day, the University’s one-day festival in celebration of its 150th anniversary, is little more than a week away, and organizers are looking for volunteers to staff the event.

The celebration will be held on campus Saturday, April 24, and will serve as the University’s “open house” to the community, said Aaron Looney, editor at Uni-versity Relations.

The celebration will include more than 200 events including performances from Tiger Band and the Golden Girls, as well as presentations by various colleges and departments and informational sessions for prospective students, Looney said.

“It’s the University putting it-self out there to let the community know what we do here,” Looney said. “We’re letting everyone know this is who we are, this is what we do and if you want to be a part of it, we’re more than happy to have you.”

Because LSU Day is such a large event, the Sesquicentennial Committee is looking for student,

faculty and staff volunteers to fill jobs in a number of categories, in-cluding hospitality, shuttling and volunteer management, according to the LSU Day Web site.

Students can choose a volun-teer team that matches their inter-ests and get important experiences, said Iftekhar Rouf, Sesquicenten-nial Student Subcommittee chair-man.

For example, there is an opening for backstage volunteers, which Looney said would be ideal for dramatic arts students.

“For students working in mu-sic, stage production or theater, they can work with the production side of it, working with props and sound,” Looney said.

Rouf said volunteers will also have the opportunity to meet nota-ble alumni, allowing them to make an impression on influential people in their field.

Volunteers can sign up for

three-hour shifts for their job of choice and will receive an LSU Day T-shirt as well as other incen-tives, Rouf said.

Each volunteer must attend at least one volunteer informational session, Looney said. There are two remaining sessions to be held Monday in 225 Peabody Hall. More information can be found at lsuday.com.

Rouf said both volunteers and attendees of the event should be enthusiastic about being part of the first LSU Day.

“You get to be part of history because this is the first time we’re ever trying to do something like this,” Rouf said. “You can become part of the history and share your passion with what you’re doing.”

The Student Government Senate voted to override SG President Stuart Watkins’ veto on a concurrent resolution, which provides for keeping the integrity of the judicial process, said Basic Sciences Sen. Ben Clark.

The resolution requests the recusal of all members of the ju-dicial branch who have made any public or private endorsement or who have offered counsel to any ticket, candidate or campaign in any subsequent appeal cases of the spring SG runoff election.

“If there’s proof they’re obviously supporting one can-didate, this is just a safety net,” Clark said.

The Senate also debated the resolution in Tuesday’s special session.

College of Basic Sciences Sen. Jared Bourgeois said he thinks justices who have sup-ported a candidate will publicly recuse themselves anyway.

“This is a threat,” Bourgeois said. “I think it’s unnecessary and slightly rude.”

Business Sen. Emily Landry said the resolution oversteps the Senate’s boundaries.

“They should recuse them-selves if they’ve been involved in any way on any campaign,” Landry said. “They should have

learned from their mistakes.”“I want to make sure that the

people who are deciding one of the most important cases in LSU SG history are fair,” Clark said.

Senate also voted to allocate $1,200 to reimburse 20 Univer-sity students who did out-of-state volunteer work during winter and spring breaks.

The projects included a cam-pus kitchen project, Hurricane Ike relief and Hope for Homes. Each student will receive $60 for his or her trip expenses.

The Senate also passed a new student senator code of con-duct, which prevented laptops in the Senate chamber unless being used to read legislation or for ac-ademic purposes.

The code of conduct also prevents election apparel on the Senate floor and requires senators to dress in an appropriate manner.

Speaker of the Senate Tyler Martin and Arts and Sciences Sen. Drew Prestridge authored the legislation.

The point of the appropriate dress is to have senators present themselves at all times in an ethi-cal, moral and presentable way, Martin said.


SESQUICENTENNIAL

Event to be held on campus April 24By Ryan BuxtonSenior Staff Writer

STUDENT GOVERNMENT SENATE

By Catherine ThrelkeldStaff Writer

SG rejects second veto Volunteers needed for LSU Day

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at [email protected]

Sportsthursday, april 15, 2010 paGE 5

LSU baseball got back to its winning ways Wednesday night against Tulane at Alex Box Stadium.

The No. 8 Tigers came into the night’s contest riding a two-game losing streak — their first in nearly a year — but showed no signs of the prior losses affecting them against the Green Wave.

LSU (27-6, 8-4) held Tulane (21-13) to six hits while get-ting 16 of their own en route to a 10-4 win against the in-state rival.

“No one thought we were going to have a three-game los-ing streak,” said LSU sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook. “We knew we were going to win this game. It was just some-thing we had to do. We knew we had to do it and come out with

Editor’s Note: This story is the third in a five-part series involving former LSU athletes competing in the professional ranks.

With the 2010 NFL Draft one week away, the soon-to-be NFL rookie class is full of talented athletes aspiring to be draft-ed in the early rounds.

The draft is important to the 18 former

LSU Tigers who are entered in the draft be-cause, as history shows, the higher an LSU player is drafted, the longer his NFL career is likely to be.

LSU has sent 264 players to the NFL, and many former Tigers have appeared in the top part of the draft.

Thirty-two former LSU football play-ers were drafted in the first round in the draft’s history, 32 in the second round and 28 in the third round.

Tigers drafted in the first round tend to have the longest NFL careers, averaging 7.28 years in the league.

Former LSU quarterback Y.A. Tittle played 17 seasons in the NFL, more than any other Tiger.

Tittle was drafted No. 6 overall in 1948

by the Detroit Lions but spent most of his career playing for the San Francisco 49ers.

Second-round Tigers average 6.4 years in the league.

Local NFL draft analyst Mike Detil-lier said the reason first- and second-round picks last in the NFL is because they get more time in the NFL to prove their worth.

“You better make a pretty good impression when you’re a late-round pick or a free agent,” Detillier said. “Whereas with a first or second-round pick, they are willing to cut you a little slack.”

So much for tough in-state competition.

The LSU softball team shat-tered any possibilities of any trap games Wednesday, trouncing Nich-olls State, 15-2.

“Well, everything clicked,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “A lot of hits and a lot of runs. We had pret-ty good pitching. A lot of things that we did, we did well.”

Senior pitcher/center fielder Kirsten Shortridge led the way for the Tigers after pitching 2 1/3 in-nings and allowing two runs. Short-ridge also went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs.

“Her hitting was awesome, and she made some incredible plays in center field,” Girouard said. “Pitching, she struggled a little bit. She can throw better. She didn’t want to come out, but I had made up my mind I was going to use the other three pitchers.”

Sophomore shortstop Heidi Pizer wasn’t to be outdone by Short-ridge. Pizer hit 2-for-4 in the game and belted a solo home run in the second inning to open the flood-gates.

The Tigers scored four runs in the frame to open a 5-1 lead on the Colonels.

“It just fell into place for me,”

Tigers take care of Green Wave, 10-4

By Chris BranchSports Writer

32 former Tigers have been first-round picks

By Jarred LeBlancSports Contributor

By Johanathan BrooksSports Writer

FOOTBALL

Pitching helps LSU topple Nicholls St.

Back on Track

Tom oLmsCheid / The Associated Press

Former Tiger Dwayne Bowe now plays for the Kansas City Chiefs as a wide receiver after being drafted in the first round.

Draft placement in NFL plays role in players’ career time

SOFTBALL

NFL, see page 15

imPRess, see page 15

hiTTiNG, see page 15

photos by JAmes WesT / The Daily Reveille

[Left] LSU freshman pitcher Chris Cotton delivers a pitch Wednesday during the Tigers’ win against Tulane. [Right] LSU junior catcher Micah Gibbs throws to second.

‘I was just really proud of our team

up and down the lineup.’

Heidi Pizersophomore shortstop

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All of the acquisitions, all of the trades and next week’s draft seem irrelevant now. NFL teams are scrambling to bolster their rosters with hopes of building a team worthy of Super Bowl glo-ry.

But why?The 2011 Super Bowl has

already been decided — and in the most unlikely of places: the bathroom of the VIP lounge in the Capital City Club in Milledgeville, Ga.

I know what you’re thinking. That must have been a very big bathroom for two 53-man rosters to go head to head in one of the most physi-cal contests in all of sports.

But allow me to explain. What allegedly took place in that bathroom was part of what seems to be one of the preseason rituals that helps the Pittsburgh Steelers navigate their way to the Super Bowl.

That ritual is Steelers quar-terback Ben Roethlisberger being accused of some form of sexual misconduct with a woman.

How can I make such a brash and borderline libelous claim? History.

This offseason has had the déjà vu feel of the Steelers’ last two offseasons prior to them holding the Lombardi Trophy at season’s end.

In 2008, Roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault by An-drea McNulty in Lake Tahoe, Nev. The following season the Steelers won their sixth Super Bowl in franchise history.

In 2004, the organization parted ways with a currently im-prisoned Plaxico Burress. The Burress-less Steelers hoisted their fifth Lombardi trophy in franchise history.

So the key to the Steelers’ success seems to be unloading flashy wide receivers and Big Ben being accused of some form of sexual misconduct.

If I am correct, the Steelers have the momentum of a freight train heading into the 2010-11 season.

First, Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault, and the police were involved this time. McNulty only filed a law suit when he was first ac-cused in Lake Tahoe. There was an investigation by the police this time, but District Attorney Fred Bright announced on Monday that Roethlisberger would not be charged.

Secondly, the Steelers traded away former Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes after he was ac-cused of assaulting a woman in a night club.

Both off-field incidents should bolster the championship mojo of the team. Remember, Roethlisberger was only sued af-ter the first alleged incident.

The fact the matter was

thoroughly investigated by po-lice should produce more potent results, like an MVP trophy to go along with the Super Bowl ring.

Holmes distracted the team with his accusations of domes-tic abuse, which were even more

distracting than the Burress’ ex-pressions of unhappiness in Pitts-burgh so his departure should all but lock up the those rings.

With the momentum they have amassed so far, all the Steel-ers have to do is show up this

season and wait a couple months before getting their ring fingers sized.

Maybe other teams who missed the playoffs should try this out and see if it will work for them.

Buffalo Bills haven’t made a playoff run in a while. Maybe Trent Edwards should follow a co-ed into the bathroom of a night club — maybe the night club at which Burress shot him-self. The Bills have already cut a flashy wide receiver. Super Bowl parade in the snow sound good to anyone?

Actually, just keep prac-ticing, Trent. This is probably something that just works for the Steelers — more so Roethlis-berger.

The quarterback’s statistics won’t show it, but he went on to

have one of his best all-around seasons after he faced those alle-gations the first time. He led his team and emerged victorious in one of the most competitive Su-per Bowls in history.

In all seriousness, Roethlis-berger will most likely play hard to try and get people to forget about what happened this offsea-son, and this spells trouble for the whole AFC, which is loaded with talent.

This column is satire, by the way.

Amos Morale is a 22-year-old history senior from Houston. Fol-low him on Twitter @TDR_amos-morale3.

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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reads a statement Monday in the NFL football team’s locker room. He said he is “happy” to put sexual assault allegations in Georgia behind him and knows he must work to regain the trust of teammates and fans.

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THE DAILY REVEILLE PAGE 7THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010

OUT WITH A BANG

The LSU intramural basketball season may have ended a month ago, but the men’s basketball champions aren’t fi nished yet.

The Monstars , who defeated Sigma Nu A on March 16 to win the men’s basketball intramural cham-pionship , competed March 27-28 in the American Collegiate Intramural Sports Regional Basketball Cham-pionships.

The Monstars fi nished second in “Magnolia Madness ,” losing to host school Mississippi State in the fi nals of the nine-team tournament. The top two teams from the regional receive a chance to play in the na-tional tournament April 30 to May 2 in Raleigh, N.C. The tournament will feature more than 20 teams from across the country. Each competing school sends their respective men’s intramural champion.

Monstars captain Brian Kelley said the talent level of the teams in the tournament was surprising.

“I didn’t realize how many good players there were that don’t play Division-I basketball,” Kelley said. “I had never seen that before, so when I saw it, it was cool. It was good to see the competition.”

The Monstars had a great show-ing on the court as three team mem-bers were selected to the Men’s All-

Tournament Team . Kelley, Kevin Hobbs and Thomas Straughter were selected to the team.

Kelley said he believes his Mon-stars have a good shot at competing well in the national tournament.

“We have a good team. We won intramurals here, so we know we have a good team,” Kelley said. “We’ll see what happens.”

While the Monstars compete for an intramural championship, UREC continues its busy schedule with playoffs this week for softball, dodgeball and indoor volleyball.

Todd Smith, graduate assistant of leagues and tournaments , said playoffs for these three sports will run for a couple more weeks and should be done well before exams. Softball and volleyball have a way to go before narrowing the fi eld, but the second half of the dodgeball fi -nal four will be determined tonight, with the championship game set for Tuesday.

One of the problems facing playoffs has been the seeding of the teams, Smith said. UREC has received complaints and questions concerning team’s seedings. The seeding is more of a placeholder as

opposed to a team’s ranking, Smith said.

“It’s tough to compare which teams are better,” Smith said. “If you’ve done well in your division that guarantees you the same time and day to play. Seeds just represent the time slots.”

Table tennis and racquetball playoffs also continue to run. Table tennis is down to the fi nal four, and racquetball is left with eight compet-itors . These tournaments are harder to organize because of the open scheduling, Smith said.

“It’s a little bit tougher to report those scores because of the freelance schedule,” Smith said. “We’re trying to wrap up the last couple rounds.”

The last event on the schedule for UREC is a badminton tourna-ment. The tournament is set for April 25 , and registration is in progress.

“I’m not sure how popular bad-minton is around here, but when we have open night with badminton the courts are always full,” Smith said. “It’s pretty cool to see.”

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The Hornets’ Emeka Okafor, left, struggles to retain the ball as the Rockets’ Chuck Hayes, center, and Trevor Ariza, right, attempt to block him. New Orleans beat Houston, 123-115, on Wednesday in the Hornets’ fi nal game of the season.

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When customers walk into vin-tage store Honeymoon Bungalow in mid-city Baton Rouge, they are greeted with shelves of old-timey collectibles like antique couches, ’50s-style kitchen gadgets and eclectic wall art.

But customers are also greeted by another staple of the store — cats.

The store is currently running a program through October to find homes for stray cats rescued around Baton Rouge.

In addition to providing cus-tomers with an assorted collection of vintage household items, Honey-moon Bungalow is in its second year of partnering with organizations Spay Baton Rouge, Cat Haven and Saving Pets One at a Time to help rescued cats in Baton Rouge get healthy and adopted.

Honeymoon Bungalow, which opened in June 1999 and is located on Government Street, has become a Baton Rouge vintage fixture along with nearby sister store Time Warp Boutique. Bungalow owner Marsha Rish said the store is an antique store like nothing else in the area.

And as customers rack up household collectibles in one hand, they will soon be able to hold a kit-ten in the other.

Rish said the store is expect-ing to receive 10 kittens within the next few weeks. The kittens will reside in the store during the day, with customers able to hold the cats while they shop. Customers

Art historian Gao Minglu spoke Wednesday night in the De-sign Building as part of the College of Art and Design’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Minglu is the head of fine arts at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in China and a research professor at the department of history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh.

Minglu’s lecture was titled

“Avant-Garde Space in Contem-porary Chinese Art.” He discussed the difference between avant-garde art in the West that died out in the ’70s and avant-garde art that has recently flourished in China.

He said avant-garde activities, including apartment art and re-sponding to urbanization, began to emerge in China between 1985-86.

People used their own homes as art in the late ’70s, Minglu said. They painted the walls and used things in their home to create art pieces.

“Artists used domestic materi-als to create art,” Minglu said.

Shortly after, people began using their surroundings to create art. China holds 2/3 of the world’s

cement and scaffolding, Minglu said.

People painted on walls and used cityscapes as the background of photographs to convey a mes-sage to their audience.

Minglu used a photograph of a woman applying makeup in a landfill to give his audience a bet-ter understanding of how urbaniza-tion played a role in avant-garde Chinese art.

Michelle Wong, assistant pro-fessor of Asian art history, said attendance at the lectures tends to fluctuate.

About 30 people attended the lecture.

Vintage store offers cat adoption program

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MOVIES

Theaters show events in 3-D

Surroundings used to convey messages


Art historian Gao Minglu talks Wednesday about avant-garde space in contemporary Chinese art in the Design Building as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.

By Rachel WarrenContributing Writer

By Chris AbshireEntertainment Writer


Jack the cat sits on top of a display at Honeymoon Bungalow. The vintage store works with Cat Haven to find homes for rescued cats.

Theaters in Baton Rouge and around the country are offering viewers a different perspective on the biggest events.

Rave Motion Pictures at the Mall of Louisiana hosted two nights of live viewings for the NCAA Final Four in 3-D last week.

And the showing is just the latest in a recent alternative view-ing trend, as theaters nationwide are choosing to explore other uses for the big screen.

Sporting events have been the most widely available so far. Since January alone the BCS Champi-onship Game, Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game and NCAA Final Four have all been shown in 3-D in theaters.

Jeremy Devine, Rave Motion Pictures vice president of market-ing, credited digital and satellite feeds in theaters for making sport-ing events, concerts and operas possible to show in the cinema.

“When you get satellite and digital feeds established, it allows for a much greater live capacity and the ability to show these events in 3-D,” Devine said.

And watching popular events in theaters provides several unique advantages for viewers — in-creased quality in both sound and video and the ability to watch in 3-D.

Zachary Bourque, undecid-ed sophomore, said there were

By Matthew JacobsEntertainment Writer

CATS, see page 13 VIEWINGS, see page 13

ART, see page 12


Last month’s sophomore re-lease for She & Him, “Volume Two,” marks another step in a growing trend for crossover stars.

She & Him is the duo of Hol-lywood actress-singer Zooey De-schanel and singer-songwriter M. Ward.

Their collaboration is just the latest example of a trend of Hollywood ac-tors trying their hands at music.

But, unlike the Lindsay Lohans or Will Smiths of the past, this new crop of cross-over attempts

has been aimed more at critical re-spect than the pop charts.

She & Him does not make wildly experimental music, but it is still different from what one would expect to hear from a Hol-lywood star, as soft acoustics com-plement quiet, delicate vocals.

And, the group records for Merge Records, an indie label best known for artists like Arcade Fire, Spoon and Neutral Milk Hotel.

In addition to Deschanel’s project, more mainstream actress

Scarlett Johansson has released two albums in the last two years.

The first, “Anywhere I Lay My Head,” was released in May 2008 and consisted mainly of Tom Waits covers.

Waits is a fine artist, but he holds far more critical weight in the music world than pop cachet, and his songs are certainly odd choices for a glamorous Holly-wood actress to tackle on her debut album.

Johansson’s second effort, “Break Up,” released in Septem-ber 2009, was an album of soft duets with singer-songwriter Pete Yorn.

Yorn is not an underground artist by any stretch — he is signed with Columbia after all — but none of his records have ever peaked higher than No. 19 on the Billboard charts.

Female actresses of the past, such as Olivia Newton John in the ’80s, have primarily tried to burn up the pop charts with their music careers, but Deschanel and Johansson have chosen to make music outside of those confines.

Ryan Gosling, star of “The Notebook,” is in the band Dead Man’s Bones, which released its self-titled debut album in October.

The band enlists the help of a children’s choir to complement haunting and ethereal male vocals, and the band members play all of the instruments used on the album. Gosling even learning how to play the cello for the track “Buried in Water.”

Dead Man’s Bones’ sound veers from classical to sparse, ex-perimental rock, but this is not the kind of music fans are accustomed to hearing from their Hollywood stars, especially an Oscar nominee such as Gosling.

Is this a trend that is here to stay, or are these artistic pursuits just passing fancies for a select wave of actors?

As more independent music reaches the ears of people via the Internet, movie soundtracks and car commercials — think Phoenix on a Cadillac commercial or Griz-zly Bear on a Volkswagen Super Bowl promo — it’s likely that many film stars will explore the realm of critically respected music as viable alternatives for a second career.

It’s hard to be critical of that.

MY OPINION

Actors Deschanel, Gosling cross to music profession

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Writer

For both the young and the young at heart, Playmakers of Baton Rouge is bringing to life one of the most beloved fantasy stories of all time.

Playmakers will present C.S. Lewis’ famous story, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,” tonight through Sunday at the Manship Theatre.

The play is a remounting of the performance in 2005.

“The first time we did the show, it was very well received by the public,” said Karli Hen-derson, business manager and education coordinator for Play-makers. “People loved it so much we thought we’d bring it back.”

The play’s set is minimal, consisting of only a wardrobe, a coat rack and a box, Henderson

said.Two actors will perform the

show by playing multiple roles, altering the way they move and talk to create other characters.

Neena Kelstrom, the play’s director, said the actor-driven show, dramatized from C.S. Lew-is’ original story by le Clanche’ du Rand, is an entertaining mix of storytelling and acting.

“It takes a lot of skill to be able to bounce back and forth and play about six charac-ters each,” Kel-strom said. “As a director, I want to make sure every-thing is clear, but the pressure is re-ally on them.”

The two-actor adaptation toured with the Lincoln Center of New York.

Kelstrom, who started as an actor with Playmakers be-fore serving as artistic director, said she was drawn to the script

because it contains all of the el-ements of Lewis’ story while allowing the audience to use its imagination.

“It’s kind of like creating a good book,” she said. “You get to create the pictures in your own mind ... I think we’re losing that in society since we’re so used to movies and spectacle, and that’s kind of sad.”

Playmakers of Baton Rouge is Louisiana’s only professional the-ater that brings live productions to young audi-ences.

“I feel like it serves a very useful purpose in our community

— exposing youth to theater,” Kelstrom said. “Children who are exposed to the arts do better in every subject. Acting gives them a lot of confidence ... Viewing it activates the imagination.”

Professional actors and

University alumni J.P. Delahous-saye and Cristin Thomas will reprise their roles from the 2005 production.

Thomas plays Lucy and the White Witch in “The Ward-robe” and has been working for Playmakers for more than seven years.

“This is one of my very, very favorite shows,” she said. “It’s my third time, and each time I do it, I fall in love with it even more. It just keeps growing and getting more developed.”

Thomas said acknowledging the audience draws them into the story, and the well-written script sets it apart from other plays.

“I did this show for the first time 10 years ago,” she said. “Back then, I took some of the

lines for granted ... Right now is the perfect time for me to do the show because I understand what it means to want to be a kid again.”

Public performances will be held at Manship Theatre on Fri-day at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

“It’s a good play, a really good story and it’s fun to watch,” Kelstrom said. “For anyone who enjoys the C.S. Lewis book se-ries, it’s a different way to view it. It’s beautiful in its simplicity.”


DRAMA

Playmakers of Baton Rouge presents C.S. Lewis classic2-actor adaptation returns to theaterBy Elizabeth ClausenEntertainment Writer

The Spanish Moon will host a night of live art, charity and local flair in a fundraiser for Tipitina’s Music Co-Op on Friday.

Tipitina’s, whose funding has been cut in recent years, strives to help local artists and musicians through business training and pre-serving the unique New Orleans and Baton Rouge artistic cultures.

Local bands like England in 1819, Polly Pry and Luke Ash will

provide the soundtrack for the benefit with live performanc-es, while a silent art auction from local art studios and artists will take place up-stairs through-out the evening.

As a bas-tion for South Louisiana musi-cal culture, Tipi-

tina’s benefit will have a heavy local flair.

“We wanted to include local artists because that’s exactly the people we are trying to help with our business,” said Lacey McRight, manager of Tipitina’s in Baton Rouge. “It made sense to feature them for a fundraiser.”

The benefit will also include a raffle, with prizes from local spon-sors like ICON, Paris Parker and Co-Op Bookstore for raffle winners.

“Basically, it is $7 at the door for admission, which also gets you a raffle ticket,” McRight said. “But

if you donate any extra money, you will receive an extra ticket.”

The Spanish Moon is the best place to host the show because the venue fits with Tipitina’s mission as a business, McRight said.

“[Spanish Moon] really is where artists can go in this town for an underground and distinctly local feel for their art,” she said.

The fundraiser will be an en-tertaining event, but it is also a nec-essary one for the local Tipitina’s chapter.

“Our funding gets cut more and more every year, so we have to explore different options to con-tinue helping local artists with this business,” McRight said. “We just thought this event was a great way

to have fun while showcasing some of the great artists we work with.”

‘‘‘You get to create the pictures in your

own mind.’

Neena KelstromPlaymakers of Baton Rouge director

Spanish Moon to host benefit showMUSIC

Concert proceeds to go to Tipitina’sBy Chris AbshireEntertainment Writer

‘Our funding gets cut more and

more every year.’

Lacey McRightTipitina’s manager


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“The Asian studies commu-nity tends to be a very small com-munity,” she said.

Minglu said he doesn’t be-lieve the amount of people in the audience reflects the enthusiasm of art history or Asian studies stu-dents.

“Sometimes the size is not im-portant,” Minglu said. “It is most important to have some idea or concept of what is going on.”

Minglu said he’s given many lectures in the past and enjoys speaking to people about his stud-ies.

He said he was impressed by the questions audience members asked him after the lecture. Art history and geography professors asked about art in specific areas of the country and the involvement of women in the different move-ments.

“They were very interesting,” Minglu said about the questions. “Everyone seems to be well in-formed.”

Consumers are no strangers to celebrities creating their own fash-ion lines.

From perfume to shoes and clothes and even furniture, celeb-rities will put their names on any-thing and everything.

The allure of an item designed and approved by a glamorous ce-lebrity is obvious.

But what if that celebrity is Jenni Farley, better known as “JWOWW,” of MTV’s hugely popular show “Jersey Shore”?

Ladies trying to emulate JWOWW’s questionable taste are in luck as the reality star an-nounced she will put out a line of her idea of “clothing.”

“Hopeful-ly, we’ll launch it by July,” she told StyleList.

Her fa-mous plung-ing yellow top was previously available in several colors for purchase on her Web site,

JWOWW.com, but shoppers trying to buy the staple will now have to wait until her line officially launch-es.

She wore the top to a club on an episode of “Jersey Shore,” and it didn’t leave much to the imagi-nation, leaving her exposed almost to her navel and barely covering her chest.

But is that style marketable? Farley seems to think so. She

said on her Web site her clothing line “will make people of all ages and body type feel more confident in ‘the scene.’”

It’s hard to imagine a low-slung piece of fabric would make anyone other than a Jersey Shore castmate feel confident. That top requires a lot of chest to hold it up, something not every girl can boast.

She has said she loves Ed Har-dy and Marc Jacobs. She also said, “I like the Affliction and Diesel look, but for women.”

If these are the designers she is using for inspiration, her line looks like it may be a little confused.

Her look is highly provocative — the punch-throwing vixen isn’t shy. Her tops are skin-tight, her jeans are ultra-shredded and her overall look is AFAP — as flashy as possible. But who will really want to look like that?

There’s always pressure to im-press fans and shoppers alike when non-designer celebrities try their hand at clothing.

Talent in the entertainment industry does not necessarily

translate to success in the fashion world, but JWOWW could end up proving fashion critics wrong. In addition to her reality stardom, she runs her own graphic design com-pany.

And celebrity lines are typi-cally obnoxious and shamelessly

self-promoting.Tacky socialite Paris Hil-

ton displayed her ego via her own clothing line. In 2007, she launched her cleverly named Paris Hilton by Paris Hilton line, which featured graphic tees with her por-trait and impossibly tight-fitting

skinny jeans with her initials on the pockets.

Other celebrities talk them-selves up. Beyoncé can regularly be heard crooning about her House of Deréon line, and rapper Nelly’s Applebottom Jeans are mentioned in his own work and famously praised by Flo Rida.

When JWOWW’s clothes de-but, shoppers can only hope they won’t feature her head in all its skunk-haired glory and the name of the line won’t be mentioned in Pauly D’s latest remix. But her line is coming — whether critics trash it or love it.

So all you partying, super-tan guidettes out there, rejoice. Soon you too will be able to dress like your favorite celeb. You’ll be grab-bing the attention of every hot, fist-pumping guy out there thanks to Ms. Farley’s barely-there designs.

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The cast of “Jersey Shore” enjoys a day at the beach in this publicity photo. Jenni “JWOWW” Farley, pictured in a blue bikini, is hoping to launch a clothing line by June.

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advantages to watching a live viewing of the Drum Corps Inter-national Championships — which he described as “marching bands on steroids” — at Citiplace on Cor-porate Boulevard last summer.

“The appeal of watching events like that in a huge theater is not only the size of the screen, but the sound system,” Bourque said. “It definitely makes for a better viewing experience.”

Citiplace also regularly shows The Metropolitan Opera on its screens, the most recent being an opera version of Hamlet on Wednesday night.

“People continue to go to movies for that communal expe-rience, and it’s been made more immersive and more potent by the 3-D experience,” Devine said. “Nobody has it going on at that level in their homes.”

Concerts are also prominently featured, allowing viewers to get

a 3-D experience of their favorite artists’ performances.

During the next two weeks, Rave Motion Pictures theaters across the United States, including both Baton Rouge locations, will show “Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D,” which will feature live foot-age from his latest tour, the Sun City Carnival.

Tickets go on sale Friday for “Phish 3-D,” which will show foot-age of popular cult jam band Phish in concert. “Phish 3-D” will only

run for a week at a limited number of Rave Motion Pictures Theaters in the U.S. — including Baton Rouge.

And industry insiders only ex-pect this trend to increase.

“You’re going to continue to see a lot more things being offered in 3-D or live or both,” Devine said. “Essentially, it’s niche pro-gramming, and I can’t see it replac-ing movie blockbusters, but it’s an increasingly important part of the business.”

Airing FIFA World Cup soccer games this summer live and in 3-D is among future possibilities being “heavily discussed,” Devine said.

“There’s great possibilities down the road for these special event airings, and 3-D and live viewings are only going to get better and increasingly available,” Devine said.

can discuss the potential of adopting a cat at the end of its stay at Honey-moon Bungalow.

When the kittens arrive, they will be 4 weeks old, with the intent of being adopted at 10 weeks old after completing “Bungalow Kitty Boot Camp,” according to Rish.

The boot camp is a socializa-tion process that intends to introduce the cats to an atmosphere in which they interact with strangers on a daily basis.

“We’re making those cats that would otherwise be feral adopt-able,” Rish said.

And Bungalow’s cat-adoption program has proved to be a draw for customers as well.

“We’ve actually had people come in just to hang out with the cats,” said Sara Harrington, assistant manager and University alumna. “They just come in to de-stress and cuddle with the cats.”

Customers interested in

adopting cats are screened by the rescue organizations to ensure they qualify as responsible pet owners. If they pass the screening, they pay a $35 adoption fee and donate two bags of dry cat food, all of which goes directly to the associated res-cue groups.

The cats brought to Bungalow at 4 weeks have been rescued by the participating animal rescue organi-zations, spayed and neutered, treated for fleas and tested for AIDS, leuke-mia and other diseases.

“The cats are total orphans when they come to see us,” Rish said.

Rish is proud of Bungalow’s ef-forts to reach the community.

“Many places don’t care about the community,” Rish said. “But we’ve been green since before green was a thing to be.”

Harrington said having the kit-tens in the store brightens the shop-ping experience for both employees and customers.

“It makes everything a little

happier,” Harrington said. “You come in, see kittens, cuddle and play with them and know in some small way that you’re helping.”

Customers unable to adopt cats can also help by donating cash, litter or cat food or simply by holding kit-tens while visiting the store.

In addition to the outreach pro-gram dedicated to the feline popula-tion in Baton Rouge, Honeymoon Bungalow sells shoppers interesting knickknacks for household decor.

Rish said the store’s primary customers are college students, and about 50 percent of customers visit the store searching for particular items.

“I like the atmosphere of the store because it’s different in the fact that the selection is constantly changing,” said Peter Foster, com-puter science junior. “You never know what you might find.”


Vintage items are set out on display at Honeymoon Bungalow vintage store. The store offers cats for adoption, and customers can hold the cats as they shop.


VIEWINGS, from page 9

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CATS, from page 9


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Date Night20th Century Fox

Dr. DogShame, ShameAnti

How to Train Your DragonDreamWorks Animation

“Date Night” provides audi-ences with the long-awaited pairing of comedy gurus Steve Carell and Tina Fey. Carell and Fey work their usual farci-cal magic on screen, but the screwball comedy elicits just as many eye rolls as it does laughs. “Date Night” has some genuinely funny moments, mostly powered by the film’s stars — including the leads and a handful of A-list sup-porting players such as James Franco and Mark Wahlberg — but the script never gains a consistent pace or rhythm. A plethora of unnecessarily dramatic moments are thrust into the mediocre slapstick vehicle.

Dr. Dog maintains its calm psychedelic-rock style on fourth studio album “Shame, Shame.” The Philadelphia quintet continues to channel The Beatles and The Beach Boys in the same distinctively appealing way for which it’s known. On this effort, the band sounds the savviest and sweetest it has in its nearly de-cade-long career. Richly clever lyrics and bouncy beats make the album pleasantly listen-able, and tracks “Later” and “Jackie Wants a Black Eye” offer fun, ideal entries in the band’s impressive indie-rock catalog.

In DreamWorks’ latest com-puter-animated film, a Viking boy named “Hiccup,” who has always felt out of place in his community of dragon-slayers, sets out to prove his worth. Loosely based on Cressida Cowell’s 2003 book with the same title, “How to Train Your Dragon,” is a fun adventure for kids and adults alike. The vi-sual effects are stunning, and the flight scenes are almost as amazing as the ones in James Cameron’s “Avatar.” The film was made for a younger crowd, but the beautiful animation and clever script will appeal to audiences of all ages.

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David Byrne and Fatboy SlimHere Lies LoveNonesuch Records“Clash of the Titans,” a re-

make of the 1981 cult favor-ite, is often bombastic and wrought with forgettable lines and a sagging plot line. Greek god Zeus (Liam Neeson) is the adoptive father of mortal Perseus (Sam Worthington), who is caught in the middle of an epic war between the gods and humans. The film is over-run with middling and frantic battle scenes, overzealous di-alougue and a misguided no-tion of drama. Neeson seems to mail in his performance as the legendary Zeus, produc-ing laughably unintentional comedy.

If anything, Slash’s solo al-bum proves he’s a songwriter capable of weaving through several different genres, but it also shows why he flourishes with a band rather than on his own. This self-titled record, influenced by the likes of Keith Richards and Joe Perry, mostly rehashes cliche rock ‘n’ roll elements instead of breaking new ground. To his credit, Slash said his only aim was to have a creative outlet outside of a band. But this album leaves much to be de-sired despite all the talent at his disposal — including Ozzy Osbourne, Adam Levine and Fergie.

“Here Lies Love” is the product of five years of collaboration between former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and acclaimed English DJ Fatboy Slim. It is a two-disc album based on the life of Imelda Marcos, the notorious first lady of the Philippines. At its best, the record features rol-licking fusions between elec-tronic disco and 1970s-era funk. A slew of female guest vocalists, such as Tori Amos, Sharon Jones and Santigold, often steal the show and give the concept album extra depth.

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Within the first seconds of the pilot episode of HBO’s arrest-ing series, “Treme,” shots of Old New Orleans Rum, “’Nolia Clap” and Rebirth Brass Band have already moved across the screen. And the name drop-ping continues for the rest of the 120-minute episode. Iconic New Orleans traditions such as

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a win, and we played really well tonight.”

One of the main issues LSU faced in its back-to-back losses was a lack of timely hitting.

LSU left a combined 20 run-ners on base in two losses on the road against Auburn, but the Tigers left only eight in the win against Tulane and went 11-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

“You’re going to have your days where you come out and take care of those situations, and other days its just not going to come through for you,” said LSU junior center fi elder Leon Landry . “What we want to do is do the best we can in those situations. Obviously, you’re not going to come up every single time. That’s just the way the game is going to go for you.”

The Tigers got contributions from everyone in their starting lineup to achieve their success.

Each player had at least one base hit, with fi ve players having multi-hit games.

“Baseball is a contagious game,” said LSU sophomore sec-

ond baseman Tyler Hanover . “It always seems like when one guy gets a spark, it all seems to fall.”

It was not smooth sailing for the Tigers from the beginning of Wednesday night’s contest as Tu-lane jumped to an early lead in the top of the fi rst inning.

Green Wave redshirt sopho-more third baseman Rob Segedin belted a three-run home run over the left-fi eld wall to give his team a 3-0 advantage against the Tigers.

But LSU responded quickly.A solo home run by Mahtook

and RBI singles from Landry and Hanover would even the score at 3-3.

“I wasn’t thinking of hitting a home run,” Mahtook said. “It just kind of happened. I was just trying to get on base and start a rally.”

The Green Wave took the lead for a second time in the third inning.

Freshman left fi elder Blake Crohan hit an RBI double to left-center fi eld, which allowed a run-ner to score and give his team a 4-3 advantage.

It would be the last time Tu-lane led.

The Tigers scored seven runs during the course of the next 2 1/2 innings while holding the Green Wave hitless to take a 10-4 lead after fi ve innings of play.

Tulane would get two more hits throughout the next four in-nings but didn’t score any more runs.

LSU freshman Chris Cotton earned the win .

Cotton (2-0) went two in-nings in relief and allowed one run on two hits while striking out two and walking none.

“The key to the game was Chris Cotton,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “He threw strikes and kind of took control of the game. He just did a wonderful job.”

Tulane freshman Alex Byo (1-1) suffered the loss , allowing fi ve runs on six hits in 2 2/3 in-nings.

The Tigers will be in action again Friday night when they host Alabama for a three-game series.

Pizer said. “I was just really proud of our team up and down the lineup.”

Girouard agreed. She said she was proud of Pizer , who has not played recently, for seizing her chance to impress.

“She got a chance and made the most of her opportunity,” Gir-ouard said. “That’s what we tell them all the time when they’ve been sit-ting a while is that when you get your chance, you grab it.”

Both teams played to a 1-1 deadlock after one inning. The aforementioned four-run second in-ning put the Tigers ahead for good.

The Colonels got it to 5-2 , but no closer. Two runs in both the fourth and fi fth innings, coupled with six runs in the seventh frame fl attened Nicholls for good.

Shortridge said the big win is nice, but it’s just another game for LSU.

“It’s always great to run-rule, but we don’t necessarily go into a game thinking that,” Shortridge said. “We just capitalized on their mis-takes, barreled up the ball and had steady pitching all the way around.”

Similar to previous in-state games, Girouard trotted out four pitchers to the circle. Shortridge , junior pitcher Tif-fany Shaw , fresh-man right hander Rachele Fico and senior right hander Cody Trahan all threw against Nich-olls.

Fico pitched a stellar 2 2/3 in-nings of hitless ball, striking out three batters in the process.

“She doesn’t need a lot of con-fi dence building,” Girouard said. “She’s pretty confi dent as it is. She did her job, Cody did her job and they just shut them down.”

Former LSU offensive lineman Kevin Mawae was drafted No. 36 overall in the 1994 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks and has played in the league for the past 16 seasons .

LSU has had 33 former players play in the NFL for 10 or more sea-sons in all , and nine of those players were drafted in the fi rst round .

Mawae, offensive lineman Alan Faneca , running back Kevin Faulk , defensive back Mark Roman and center Todd McClure all played last season and have all played at least 10 seasons each . Mawae and Roman are free agents going into the 2010 season.

Faneca is the only player of those fi ve drafted in the fi rst round of the NFL draft . Faneca was drafted No. 26 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1998 .

Faulk and Roman, like Mawae, went in the second round of the NFL draft in their respective years , and McClure was drafted in the sev-enth round by the Atlanta Falcons in 1999 .

Like McClure, sometimes play-ers can fall through the cracks in the NFL draft but still have a long career in the league.

Former LSU tight end Brian Kinchen was drafted as the No. 320 pick in the 12th round in the 1988 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins but played in the NFL for 14 seasons .

Former LSU kicker Tommy Davis had an 11-year career and was drafted in 1957 by San Francisco with the No. 128 pick in the 11th round .

LSU’s biggest draft might have been in 2007 when four former Ti-gers were drafted in the fi rst round — quarterback JaMarcus Russell at No. 1 to the Oakland Raiders, de-fensive back LaRon Landry at No. 6 to the Washington Redskins, wide receiver Dwayne Bowe at No. 23 to the Kansas City Chiefs and wide re-ceiver Craig “Buster” Davis at No. 30 to the San Diego Chargers .

Russell became the second LSU player to be drafted fi rst in the NFL draft. Former LSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon was drafted

No. 1 in the 1960 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams .

Cannon played 11 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Oakland Raiders .

Detillier said the 2007 NFL Draft meant a lot to LSU’s football program as far as recruiting goes because it showed recruits that LSU can produce a lot of NFL talent.

“Every 16- and 17-year-old kid who watched the draft saw that,” De-tillier said . “It was an immeasurable commercial for LSU.”

Although many Tigers played in the NFL, not all were drafted.

Seventy-three Tigers entered the NFL as free agents after not be-ing drafted, but no former Tiger that has gone undrafted has played 10 or more years in the league .

But Detillier said three factors other than draft status determine how long a player will play in the

NFL.“I think other than health and

work ethic, I think instincts are the third biggest factor,” he said. “You’ve got to have some God-giv-en ability to be able to play in this league.”

The closest undrafted Tigers to ever reach the 10-year mark were former LSU wide receiver Karl Han-kton and former LSU defensive back Ryan Clark , who each played for eight years in the league .

Clark began his career in 2002 and is currently playing for the Pitts-burgh Steelers . Hankton played from 1998-2006 , mostly with the Carolina Panthers .

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Well, it appears to be that time of the month again.

Luckily Apple and company CEO Steve Jobs are here to block any leaks with the release of the iPad.

The iPad is Apple’s new “magi-cal and revolutionary device,” boast-ing sizes of 16, 32 and 64GB for “an unbelievable price” of $499, $599 and $699, respectively.

It should be noted these prices are for the Wi-Fi-only device — a Wi-Fi + 3G model will be released in late April for an additional $130.

Those who regularly read my columns know I’m not the biggest Apple fan. And to be honest, I want-ed to go into this review bashing Steve’s new toy.

The device doesn’t support Adobe Flash, and it doesn’t have a USB port (or any other type of ex-ternal drive), webcam, camera or expandable memory. It looks at first glance nothing more than an “iPod Touch XL.”

But the more research I did and the more I got to play with it, the more my view started to change.

The first thing I noticed was the beautiful 1024 x 768, 9.7-inch multi-touch LED display. Apple still holds the crown of “touchscreen king” — the iPad’s touchscreen is super responsive and easy to use (just like the iPhone/Touch).

The iPad really excels when it comes to loading and playing apps. With Apple’s custom-designed 1GHz A4 processor, the iPad can load and run games and applications speedily.

The iPad’s accelerometer works

great when it needs to — but I found slight bumps or movements of the device would cause the screen to rotate wildly. Sure, Apple included a “hold” switch to prevent unnec-essary screen turning, but I feel I shouldn’t need that for slight move-ments.

Typing on the iPad is a more pleasant experience thanks to the larger screen. The keys resemble a

full-size key-board when the device is turned to landscape. But I still found the experience to be a more p e c k - t o - t y p e process than a natural key stroke despite

the familiar orientation.Typing was much more awk-

ward when the iPad is in portrait mode — especially for someone with large hands.

And Apple is also launching the iBookstore for users to access thousands of eBooks to read on their iPad.

The Amazon Kindle has domi-nated the eReader marketplace, but the iPad will be the first contender to challenge the Kindle — and it will succeed. The iPad would easily be the way to go if I were ever inter-ested in buying an eReader.

If reading really isn’t your thing, movies also look good on the iPad. If you don’t like download-ing movies from iTunes, it was re-cently announced the iPad will be able to stream Netflix via a wireless

connection.The iPad’s larger size does help

when surfing the Web or playing games, but it’s awkward when not in use. It can’t fit in your pocket like your phone and would be a nuisance to carry around all day.

Sure, you could buy Apple’s $40 case, but I propose you just sport the “man purse.” I mean, if you’re cool enough to own an iPad, nothing can bring you down — not even a man purse.

Women, you’re already cov-ered.

If the overpriced case or man purse doesn’t tickle your fancy, be gentle. You’ve seen a broken iPhone? I don’t want to imagine the carnage if an iPad were to hit the ground.

Now the big question: Should you buy one? Sadly, the answer isn’t that simple.

It’s safe to say PC fanboys will avoid the iPad like the plague while Apple fanboys already own three.

Those looking to the iPad as a replacement for their laptop should look elsewhere — this isn’t it. But the iPad is the way to go if you’re looking for a device for quick Web surfing, checking e-mail or light reading.

It isn’t necessarily just a giant iPod Touch — more of an expanded one. The larger screen is a much needed compliment to the iPod’s screen and features, such as iWork and streaming Netflix, help push it over its little brother.

But, with Google just announc-ing they are going to throw their hat into the tablet market with an

Android run device, I may be hold-ing out on that.

I always thought it’d be a cold day in hell before I bought some-thing Apple again. But hey, the Saints did win the Super Bowl, so anything can happen.

Adam Arinder is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twit-ter@TDR_aarinder.

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Under the shade of the stately oaks and broad magnolias, there lives a tradition of excellence at Louisiana State University.

For 150 years, this institution has sought to educate the brightest young minds in Louisiana. During 143 of these years, fraternity men have contributed much to the deep tradition that makes LSU famous. From the founding of Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 1867 to the most recent addition of Phi Iota Alpha Latino fraternity this year, 20 chapters now reside on LSU’s campus.

A great majority of fraternity men throughout LSU’s history have made overwhelmingly positive contribu-tions to the LSU community, but the irresponsible, sadistic, and indescrib-

able actions of a handful of fraternity men throughout the years cannot be ignored.

What has happened in the past still haunts the fraternity community but action has been taken to prevent future harm.

Today more than ever, fraternity men are held accountable for their actions. In a partnership with the University’s own Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability, Greek men are held accountable for every-thing from hazing to out of control parties to MIPs and more. In the past decade, the fraternity experience has changed greatly at the University and the fraternity man has changed for the better along with it.

Over 13 percent of the

University’s male student population are fraternity members. These broth-erhoods are often stereotyped for their party-animal behavior, exclu-sivity, close-mindedness, and gen-eral disregard by the rest of the stu-dent population, but this behavior is largely not the case at the University.

As mentioned briefly above, this year the Inter-fraternity Council (the governing body of fraternities at the University) accepted as its new-est member Phi Iota Alpha Latino fraternity. This is the first step, small as it is, of many steps that the Inter-fraternity Council will take to reduce the perception of close mindedness and embrace diversity.

Last year alone, the Greek community helped to raise

$260,000 for national and local philanthropies, assisted in rais-ing $150,000 to build two Habitat for Humanity Homes in eight days and donated of more than 50,000 hours of community service.

Finally, contrary to popular be-lief, the Greek men’s GPA consis-tently remains higher than the male campus average year after year.

Fraternity men are striving for greatness at the University and be-ing a fraternity man gives members access to countless leadership oppor-tunities within individual chapters, the Greek community and beyond. To demonstrate this point, this is the second straight year a member of a University fraternity has been elect-ed as president of the student body.

Being in a fraternity at the Uni-versity is a fantastic experience that embraces tradition, honor, virtue, respect, integrity and scholarship. Above all else, fraternity member-ship yields bonds of brotherhood that will last a lifetime.

If you are interested in joining a fraternity at the University, please visit the Greek Life website at www.lsu.edu/greeks to learn more about fall recruitment.

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Taxes paid by hard-working individuals are funneled to wel-fare recipients.

Welfare programs are nec-essary, but there are those who abuse and take advantage of the system.

House Bill 611 was shelved last week because of cost and constitutionality concerns. Spon-sored by Louisiana State Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, HB 611 would require “all recipients of cash assistance to be drug test-ed prior to receiving benefits.”

Some claim this bill targets the low-income demographic.

“It doesn’t feel fair to hold some people to a higher stan-dard,” Rep. Robert A. Johnson, D-Marksville, told The Advo-cate. Furthermore, he claims, if all welfare recipients are required to be drug tested, then all stu-dents receiving TOPS and state employees should be tested as well.

But there is an essential dif-ference between the student and the welfare recipient.

The student who is on a TOPS Scholarship is bettering him or herself through education. This will result in a benefit to so-ciety. Many welfare recipients, on the other hand, are content to live off the wages which you and I earn and the government faith-fully skims every two weeks to a month.

The cost of this bill is also an issue. The projected annual cost is $523,000.

A second bill, HB 617, is also in the House in response to these concerns and calls for 50 per-cent of welfare recipients (Fam-ily Independence Temporary Assistance Program recipients,

specifically) to be tested for drug use. The annual costs incurred as a result of HB 617 would fall under the $500,000 limit, which required HB 611 to be recom-mitted to the House Appropria-tions Committee. This should

allow the bill to reach the House floor.

I believe in helping others to help t h e m s e l v e s . However, I despise people who are more than pleased to

live off of my blood, sweat and tears. It seems the true victims here are not the people smoking a joint at the taxpayers’ expense, but rather the working men and women who slave for their wages only to have the government use their taxes to enable the drug abuse of others.

I would prefer to spend my tax dollars drug-testing people and providing treatment for those in need, rather than spend it en-abling drug abuse.

Not that all welfare recipi-ents abuse drugs.

But research results pre-sented in the study “Drug Use Among Welfare Recipients in the United States” published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in 2000 “indicate that drug use is 50 percent more common in households with wel-fare recipients than in nonwelfare households.”

Approximately 15 percent of those who apply for benefits are tested following an initial screen-ing, explained Susan Sonnier, deputy secretary of the Louisiana

Department of Social Services, according to the Advocate.

A disservice is committed against the working American when welfare recipients use their food stamps and government as-sistance to purchase food and other necessities while saving their money to purchase drugs and alcohol.

Perhaps 100 percent drug testing is not economically fea-sible. But I don’t feel guilty for requiring a person living off my paycheck to be drug tested on a regular or random basis.

My paycheck has purchased their food stamps. I am subject to drug tests each time I head off-shore to earn a paychec. I was also subject to random drug tests in the service. Why should I feel guilty for “picking on” those who are mooching off my paycheck?

I believe welfare programs are important in our society. A large proportion of people on welfare are attempting to pull themselves up by their boot-straps. They just need a boost.

And before you get too judgmental, I have been down

on my luck before and received some government assistance. However, it would not have both-ered me to pee in a bottle.

Can you guess why?Because I had nothing to

hide!

Nathan Shull is a 35-year-old fi-nance junior from Seattle. Fol-low him on Twitter @TDR_ns-hull.

Last semester I learned how to sew.

Maybe you’ve learned a new craft. Maybe you’ve retiled your own floor, knitted a scarf or grown a windowsill herb garden.

Do-it-yourself, or DIY, is the new hip trend in just about ev-erything. There are DIY toys for kids, gourmet cooking for food-ies, waxing for the hairy. There’s a DIY kit, TV show or Web site for just about anything you could want.

It makes sense. The econ-omy is the worst it’s been in a long time. People are looking for money-saving options, and do-ing something or making some-thing yourself instead of paying someone to do it for you is ap-pealing — particularly if you’re out of work and have a lot of free time but not a lot of disposable income.

Another motivator in the DIY movement is renewed focus on environmental responsibility.

Many people are starting home improvement projects to cut energy costs as well as emis-sions and waste. Cooking is be-coming cool again as people grow more conscious about where their food comes from and the real cost — both environmental and nutri-tional — of consuming prepared, packaged food.

But perhaps as much as the economy or the environment, people are nostalgic for what they feel was a simpler time. Just as there is an instructable.com post for just about anything you could want to do yourself, there’s also a service you can pay to do the same thing.

There are people who will buy and deliver groceries to your home, mow your yard and paint

your fingernails for you. There are people who will write your school papers and people who will raise your children. There’s even a company in Baton Rouge

you can pay to come to your house and re-move the dog poop from your yard.

Gran t ed , some of those tasks aren’t the most fun to do, which is why

people pay others to do them. But there’s only so much that you can pay others to do without eventu-ally feeling helpless, a little neu-tered or just plain lazy.

People want to feel like they’re in control of their own lives, and that can be difficult when you constantly hear about

giant problems that affect you but you can’t personally fix, like the economy or the environment.

Do-it-yourself projects are some folks’ answer. Reupholster-ing a piece of furniture is not easy, but taking something someone else created (and perhaps some-one else abused) and endowing it with your style and your sweat makes it something new and dif-ferent. It’s kind of empowering to know you spent valuable time repairing something old, creat-ing something original. There’s a sense that “No one else has this. This is mine. I did something worthwhile.”

I don’t necessarily feel like that when I complete a sewing project because I’m still pretty crappy at it. But I do feel like I ac-complished something not every woman at the University can ac-complish. I feel a little connected

to my grandmother, a home eco-nomics teacher who made most of her own clothes and her chil-dren’s, like she would be proud of me. I feel kind of crafty and pleased with myself for creating something that didn’t exist before I had the idea to make it.

And I feel a little more like a grown-up, because I accom-plished something all by myself (or at least without too much guidance from my talented, pa-tient sewing teacher).

Sara Boyd is a 23 year old gen-eral studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_sboyd.

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productive, and the executive branch did things that directly had an impact,” Watkins said.

Former SG President Colorado Robertson said he’s proud Watkins and Scheuermann continued many of his initatives — including Eye on the Tiger and SG Straight Talk.

Robertson said he was happy they continued the Class Gift Project in some form but said he wished it was still a voluntary program.

“They did a good job getting out the message for budget cuts and get-ting students out to the State Capi-tol,” Robertson said.

Watkins said participation in the Louisiana State Legislature is his proudest accomplishment. SG hosted “Fund our Future” with state legislators during the opening day of session.

“The decisions that are going to be made down there are going to have a direct impact on every student at LSU,” Watkins said. “We invited the entire student body, and we had a huge success.”

Providing extra lighting across campus was an important issue early in the administration’s tenure, but Watkins said budgetary restrictions made it an impossible goal.

Watkins said he couldn’t think of any other particular failures for his administration.

Scheuermann said they were able to provide services for the University and pay for things such as a new bike fleet at the Student Recreation Center despite budget cuts.

“We cam-paigned on the idea of small things that go a long way, and we definitely delivered that, whether it was the holiday shuttle or provid-ing a safe ride to and back from the bars at night,” Watkins said.

President-elect J Hudson said he’s going to combine Robertson’s student priority and Watkins’s rela-tionship with administrators during his administration.

Watkins said it’s too soon to spearhead major sustainability proj-ects on campus, but “More for LSU” “started conversations that will lead to a future proactive approach on the way LSU goes green.”

“We really laid some of the groundwork,” Scheuermann said.

“We really ignited a lot of conversations that will lead to fu-ture development of major programs that we thought were important.”

Watkins and Scheuermann agree much of their suc-cess was because of the diverse execu-tive branch.

“They are individuals who pulled from across campus and came together and were extremely proac-tive in the roles they took,” Watkins said. “I cannot say enough about the people who have been a part of this team.”

Students and fellow SG mem-bers had mixed reviews of the

administration’s accomplishments. Lauren Weicks, chemistry ju-

nior, said the administration did a good job considering the Univer-sity’s budgetary situation.

“They did some things they wanted,” Weicks said. “Maybe they could’ve focused a little about giving something back to the students.”

College of Arts and Sciences Sen. Drew Prestridge, who ran on the Palermo and Hathorn’s “Next Level” ticket, said Watkins and Scheuer-mann did well with budget cuts and attending state legislative sessions but said he’s seen “better and more productive administrations.”

Palermo said Scheuermann sur-passed all his expectations but said Watkins could have been more in-volved all around.

“They promised to give the student body more, and I definitely don’t think they did that,” Palermo said. “I think they’ve given the stu-dent body much less.”

RECAP, from page 1

Contact Catherine Threlkeld at [email protected]

‘‘‘They did a good

job getting out the message for budget

cuts.’Colorado Robertson

former SG president

why costs have spiked in the last decade, Clinton said.

“When I took office, average public university tuition was about 7 percent of the average family in-come, and today it’s more than 13 percent,” Clinton said. “Is it twice as good? If not, why did it go up so much?”

Options to keep costs down, like offering more courses online or at more affordable community col-leges, must also be explored, Clinton said.

Clinton also discussed the recently passed health care reform bill. Clinton, who tried to tackle health care dur-ing his presidency, said two major factors contributed to President Obama’s success where Clinton failed.

The first is the issue of health care is much worse now than

during his time in office. The sec-ond, which Clinton said was more important to the bill’s success, is that Obama has a Congress much more receptive to reform.

Clinton said he is proud of his work as president, and it will be difficult to match that progress out of office.

“I’ll have to live a long time to do as much good as a private citizen as I did as presi-dent,” he said.

But Clinton said his commit-ment to public ser-vice is equally as rewarding as his presidency, which is in line with his

personal philosophy.“Never waste a day of your life

wishing you could do something you can’t do anymore,” he said.

CLINTON, from page 1

legislature is now in session and has the primary authority for bal-ancing the budget.

The revenue shortage will be covered this fiscal year by a supple-mental appropria-tions bill while the reductions in revenue for the current fiscal year will be adjusted through amend-ments to the gen-eral budget, which is currently in the legislature, Jindal said.

Chancellor Michael Martin sent preliminary plans to the LSU System Office preempting the an-nouncement earlier last week.

System spokesperson Charles Zewe said plans for cuts aren’t going forward in light of today’s announcement because the exact amount higher education must cut

is unknown.The legislature has more

flexibility to assign cuts than the governor, and it has yet to be seen whether the state will use rainy day reserve funds to help cover the

hole, said Jason Droddy, assistant vice chancellor of Legislative and External Affairs.

“I’ve got con-cerns about using the rainy day fund in this situation, but I have made a commitment to legislative lead-ers that we are not

going to take any options off the table,” Jindal said.

Jindal said he had concerns with using rainy day funds be-cause the schedule in which the state must repay the funds.

‘‘‘As a private citizen, you try to do the

public good.’

Bill Clintonformer president

‘‘‘Bottom line,

though, is we are going to balance

our budget.’Bobby Jindal

governor

BUDGET, from page 1


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