The Daily Reveille | April 3, 2014 | Volume 118 | Issue 121
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed Congress and called for a
war on poverty. That same year, ongoing construction brought Interstate-10 through the heart of
Old South Baton Rouge, the area surrounding the University’s North Gate. Today, that neighborhood is dominated by poverty and crime, with the interstate blamed for its decline. The Daily Reveille takes a look at Old South Baton Rouge today and assesses the progress we have made in our community since 1964.
from “Old South Baton Rouge: The Roots of Hope” (UL Press, 2009)
This map from 1960 shows planned construction of Interstate-10 through Old South Baton Rouge. The interstate’s opening split Old South Baton Rouge in half, causing property values to decline and demolishing 400 homes.
Poverty lives in LSU’s culturally and historically rich neighbor
North Gate developments show signs of gentrification
ANDREA GALLO · Senior Reporter
FERNANDA ZAMUDIO-SUAREZ · Senior Reporter
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ntil 1999, a barbed wire fence divided the University from the impoverished and primarily black community of Old South Baton Rouge. The neighborhood, known as “the Bottom,” encompasses about three square miles between the University and downtown Baton Rouge. It has been blighted by poverty, failing businesses and crime since the 1960s. The Interstate 10 corridor was built through the heart of Old South Baton Rouge in the 1960s, and the neighborhood never recovered. Dilapidated shotgun houses, empty
lots and run-down convenience stores now sit a stone’s throw from the University’s North Gate. Before desegregation and the development of the interstate, Old South Baton Rouge was a bustling, multi-ethnic next-door-neighbor that LSU ignored. It was home to the nation’s first bus boycott and the beginning of the civil rights movement. The community was also an entertainment hub: blues musician Tabby Thomas was born there, and other famous OLD SOUTH, see page 6
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he North Gate area has seen countless changes in recent years. The area near South Baton Rouge — known as a lowincome neighborhood — is where the city first began, and it is now switching gears, looking to cash in on students with money. In December, houses on Alaska Street were torn down to make room for a luxury high-rise apartment complex, a trend that reflects changes in the area. The north part of campus is closest to north Baton Rouge — the oldest and poorest part of the Capital City.
Read about a Baton Rouge resident’s experience with poverty on page 3. Baton Rouge realtor David Engle sells homes in the North Gate area of campus. He said Baton Rouge started in the north, along the water, and as the city grew it expanded toward the southeast, explaining why Old South Baton GENTRIFICATION, see page 6
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Nation & World
INTERNATIONAL
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STATE/LOCAL
Chile’s M8.2 quake causes little damage ULL students approve increased fee The Associated Press
Overcast HIGH 83 LOW 68 sunrise: 6:51 a.m. sunset: 7:24 p.m.
Friday HIGH 83 LOW 56
Saturday HIGH 73 LOW 59
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Hardwon expertise and a big dose of luck helped Chile escape its latest magnitude-8.2 earthquake with surprisingly little damage and death. The country that suffers some of the world’s most powerful quakes has strict building codes, mandatory evacuations and emergency preparedness that sets a global example. But Chileans weren’t satisfied Wednesday, finding much room for improvement. And experts warn that a “seismic gap” has left northern Chile overdue for a far bigger quake. Authorities on Wednesday discovered just six reported deaths from the previous night’s quake. It’s possible other people were killed in older structures made of adobe in remote communities that weren’t immediately accessible, but it’s still a very low toll for such a powerful shift in the undersea fault that runs along the length of South America’s Pacific coast. “How much is it luck? How much is it science? How much is it preparedness? It is a combination of all of the above. I think what we just saw here is pure luck. Mostly,
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CRISTIAN VIVERO / The Associated Press
Fishing boats lie damaged by a small tsunami in the northern town of Iquique, Chile, after a magnitude 8.2 earthqauke struck the northen coast of Chile on Wednesday.
it is luck that the tsunami was not bigger and that it hit a fairly isolated area of Chile,” said Costas Synolakis, an engineer who directs the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California. Chile is one of the world’s most seismic countries and is particularly prone to tsunamis because of the way the Nazca tectonic plate plunges beneath the South Ameri-
can plate, pushing the towering Andes cordillera ever higher. About 2,500 homes were damaged in Alto Hospicio, a poor neighborhood in the hills above Iquique, a city of nearly 200,000 people whose coastal residents joined a mandatory evacuation ahead of a tsunami that rose to only 8 feet.
LAFAYETTE (AP) — Students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have approved a transportation services fee referendum. The Advertiser reports the referendum for a student selfassessed fee, which passed 939 in favor to 854 against, will raise the current $25 transportation fee each spring and fall semester to $50 and from $12.50 each summer to $25. The fee increase will begin with the upcoming fall semester. David Neef, president of the UL Student Government Association, said the extra money will be used to provide students with newer buses, more comfortable bus stops and an expanded night shuttle system.
NATIONAL
Officials: four dead, including gunman The Associated Press
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Wednesday at Fort Hood in an attack that left four dead, including the shooter, law enforcement officials said. One of the officials, citing official internal U.S. Justice Department updates, said 14 others were hurt. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information by name. A U.S. law enforcement official said reports circulating within the Justice Department indicate the
shooter died of what appears to be a self-inflicted wound. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing. The injured were taken to Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood and other local hospitals. Dr. Glen Couchman, chief medical officer at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, said the first four people admitted there had gunshots to chest, abdomen, neck and extremities and that their conditions range from stable to “quite critical.” The Texas Army base was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009.
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Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter Fort Hood military base, where they live, following a shooting on base on April 2 in Fort Hood, Texas.
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Students BR local describes living through poverty protest building conditions Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Senior Reporter
Facility services says building is safe Olivia McClure Senior Reporter
University art students and faculty have planned two protests they hope will draw attention to what they believe is an urgent need for renovation of the Studio Arts Building. According to the State (School) of Decay Facebook page, the protest is set for 12:30 p.m. today in the Sculpture Park near the Studio Arts Building. Participants are invited to wear black clothing and dust masks. Another protest will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday on the lawn of the Capitol Park Museum in downtown Baton Rouge. The Studio Arts Building, built in 1924, originally housed engineering shops and has never been completely renovated. The building’s crumbling conditions came to the attention of many people at the University in November when the ceiling of the ceramics studio collapsed. Facility Services and the Office of Environmental Health and Safety have identified lead paint and asbestos throughout the building. Other issues, such as leaky ceilings, overflowing sinks, uneven flooring and exposed wiring, have students concerned about the building’s effects on their health and the future of the University’s art program. Facility Services, EHS and the state fire marshal’s office insist the building is safe to occupy. Roger Husser, Facility Services director of Planning, Design and Construction, told The Daily Reveille last month that renovation is still critical because maintaining the 90-year-old building and its decrepit systems is costly and difficult. The building has been on the list for renovation, but the state legislature has shot down those funds in its capital outlay budget for at least 13 years, according to Ellen Farrar, painting and drawing senior. Students hope the protests will draw state legislators’ attention to the problems in the Studio Arts Building and persuade them to approve the $15 million needed for renovation.
Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com
Lifelong Baton Rouge resident Laura Bell waits at the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center to be called next. She’s patient and shows her brother a protective smile. When approached, Bell talks with the charisma of an experienced storyteller. She is cheerful and engaging, filling her sentences with a pause and a subtle smile. Every month, she comes to the community center with her brother to get assistance with their Entergy bill payments. Unlike several others in the waiting room chairs, Bell has a hopeful twinkle in her eye. But at 61 years old, Bell suffers from extreme arthritis and is unable to work. Some days Bell’s joints cramp up, and she calls her sister to help her with simple tasks. She receives assistance to pay her bills but maintains she has seen times that were much worse. She’s doing all right. She now lives in a modest twobedroom apartment in the Valley Park neighborhood, but when making the move, Bell worried about being able to pay rent. Even with help from her daughter, Bell knew the $500 she gets in assistance would not cover the apartment’s rent, yet Bell did not want to disturb her daughter’s privacy by moving in with her. “I couldn’t do it. I knew I couldn’t do it,” Bell said. She said her landlady showed compassion, and the rent was lowered. Bell she moved into the apartment next to her brother. Bell described her landlady’s daughter’s as “sweet as gold” when she brought Bell pots and pans, bonding over Bell’s love of cooking. Bell seems capable of surviving on a modest allowance, but she isn’t the only Baton Rouge resident struggling to pay for basic needs. According to the Census Reporter, 20 percent of Baton Rouge residents live below the poverty line. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the poverty line as when a single person makes $11,490 or less a year. In 1967 when Bell was in high school, her parents were bedridden for months after a car accident. As the oldest girl, she saw no option but to leave high school to help pay bills, care for her parents and provide for her siblings. No one told her she had to, but she assumed the role of caretaker with no regrets. Life took its turns. She married in 1972, and when Bell and her exhusband separated, she moved back in with her parents and received welfare and food stamps to help keep her family afloat. The assistance, however, was not enough to feed her son and daughter, and Bell still wanted to help her parents with their bills — the caretaker role she never forgot. She did housework, waxing and mopping the floors on her knees for $8 a day. Bell applied to work at Pizza Hut and left her job as a maid in
1977 and began working at the franchise, making $32 every two weeks. “That’s where I started working and saving,” Bell said, With no car, she endured the changing Baton Rouge weather every day, walking 25 minutes to get to work. “Rainy days, cold days, I had to go. It was my only source of income,” Bell said. “Keep your head up, keep praying and keep getting up in the morning and go to work.” She never waved a white flag. Bell set an example for her children by earning her GED, showing them the value of self-improvement. She worked at the Exxon Carwash near her home for 15 years until it closed. Though Bell managed to provide for her family, she said she’s also made some narrow escapes through her life. The twinkle in her eyes was lost with these words, stolen by a look of yearning when she described one of the most difficult points in her life — 10 years of mental and physical abuse from her live-in partner. One day Bell drew the line and stopped her abuser. Her neighbor saw their altercation outside and called for the beating to stop, but he grabbed her by the top of her head and continued to beat her. “I could hear my children screaming and hollering, but there was nothing I could do,” Bell said. The next morning she saw her bruised face — a reflection so battered she no longer recognized herself. Her partner, a corrections officer, was sleeping. Bell pulled his gun from their bedside drawer and put it to his head while dialing 911. She left the phone off the hook, but when emergency services arrived, Bell feared her partner would kill her if she moved. She remained frozen until the police broke her back window to enter her home. “I was scared to move,” Bell said. “The sheriff said ‘We’re here, he won’t hurt you no more.’” Her abuser went to jail, and Bell’s self-esteem grew as she promised herself she would never be disrespected again. “I knew a man wasn’t going to treat me like that again,” Bell said. Now Bell lives alone in her modest apartment. It’s filled with photos of her family and pots and pans, returning to her role as a caretaker and provider, always cooking. “I used to get very stressed, being by myself,” Bell said. “It makes my day. I’m at ease.” She said her house is always filled with family and aromas of the meal she’s cooking. Life has come full circle for Bell. Her daughter and son provide for her like she did for them and like her parents did for her. Bell’s daughter’s car is parked outside her apartment. She borrows it for doctor’s appointments or trips to the grocery. “It makes me feel proud. She taking care of me like I took her,” Bell said. “I wouldn’t trade anything for the world.” Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com
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Baton Rouge resident Laura Bell opens up about her struggles with poverty in the city.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 5:00 PM
Baton Rouge Softball - Oak Villa Park Chris Klein - Cafe Negril
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A Trip Around Africa - LSU Student Union
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The Vagina Monologues - Manship Theatre, Shaw Center for the Arts Trivia Night - Hi Ho Lounge-LA Kingdom Invasion - Southern University
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Micah McKee & Little Maker - Blue Nile Tom McDermott & Aurora Nealand - Buffa's Bar & Restaurant
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Comedy Gumbeaux - The Howlin' Wolf Carbon Copy - Lava Cantina
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DJ Mike Larry - The Spanish Moon Susan Cowsill - Chickie Wah Wah The Bus Driver Tour - The Blue Moon
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Ringside - House of Blues New Orleans
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Niko Night Life - Eiffel Society Rayo Brothers - The Blue Moon
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CAMPUS
University College Harassment policies in question prepares for drops James Richards
IS THE UNIVERSITY’S FREE SPEECH CODE AN ISSUE?
Staff Writer
Deanna Narveson Staff Writer
As the final date for dropping classes approaches, University College, the academic unit for any student not yet admitted to their senior college, must scramble to serve the high volume of students who want to drop classes before the 4:30 p.m. deadline Friday. Paul Ivey, executive director of the University College, said the counselors and staff of the college plan to create a kind of triage system to separate students who only want to drop a class from those who seek other advising. This way those who only want to drop out of a class can do so quickly and more efficiently. Last semester, the college had 523 students walk in on the last drop day, Nov. 11. This was about three times as many walk-in appointments as they had one week prior, said Troy Robertson, assistant director of the college. The number of walk-ins on the last drop day last semester was equal to about 10 percent of the new freshman in the fall, according to the University Office of Budget and Planning. Robertson said students hold out on dropping classes because they might be waiting to see the results of recent exams or talking to their parents about the decision. Robinson said “there is probably no way to cure” the large
number of students who wait until the last day to drop. “The reasons why they wait to are not going away,” she said. Ivey said this week, the college hasn’t seen as much student traffic as they were expecting, but the college is still preparing for the amount of walk-ins they expect to see on Friday. The counselors have been given a check-list to run through with each student to expedite the process of dropping classes so more can be processed before the deadline, Ivey said. The list, Ivey said, includes making the students aware they can make an appointment in the future for advising and scheduling help and checking to make certain the student is both aware of the W system for dropping classes and has not used all of their Ws. Students are allowed to receive three Ws during their first 60 credit hours, three between 60 and 119 hours and one for 120 hours and beyond. Ivey said the college has been sending emails reminding students of when the last day to drop is and encouraging them to come earlier. “You dream about helping people because it’s so crazy,” said Robertson, who will be one of the first people class-droppers are sent to on Friday. Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com
The University was designated as “clearly and substantially” restricting freedom of speech for nine years, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The University was given a “red light” rating for the restrictive nature of its Internet use policy and harassment policies in the LSU Code of Student Conduct, among other things, according to its website. FIRE put pressure on the University in November 2004, when the University refused the Muslim Students Association official recognition because of its refusal to allow non-Muslims to join the group, FIRE’s website said. FIRE’s president also wrote about The Daily Reveille’s columnist Jana King, and her column about the transition from free speech alley to free speech campus in 2013. According to the website, many campus harassment policies set the bar too low for how the Supreme Court defines harassment. Harassment must be “so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive,” meaning mere rudeness does not qualify under legal standards. The University’s speech codes mention offensive speech, which “may contribute to a hostile environment.” Campus computer use policies can also raise issues, with restrictions that don’t line up with campus speech codes.
‘If you say whatever you want to somebody like a teacher, you might hit barriers.’ Marshall Thompson kinesiology senior
‘We should have the ability to say whatever we want. ... But we shouldn’t all the time.’ Tyler Vincent kinesiology senior
‘Harassment policies are there for a reason.’ Morgan Aaron psychology senior
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ADMINISTRATION
Dardenne addresses voter apathy University waiting on smoking policy Quint Forgey Staff Writer
In an awkward display of noticeable irony, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne stopped by campus last night to address a crowd of seven students on the subject of voter apathy among Millennials. The event was hosted by the Common Sense Action Chapter at LSU, a bipartisan student organization that “engages Millennials on Millennial issues,” according to John Garrett Clawson, the group’s vice president of policy. Clawson said specific issues important to the chapter include entitlement reform, education reform and incarceration reform. Clawson said his organization previously contacted various student groups to attend the event, including College Republicans, College Libertarians, College Democrats, Young Americans for Liberty and Society of Political Interest and Networking (SPIN). In his remarks, Dardenne spoke on the political indifference that plagues many of the nation’s young adults — an epidemic that Dardenne said reaches back to his years at LSU. Dardenne, former Student Government president at the University, said he often struggled with the issue of student voter apathy during his time at LSU. Dardenne stressed the potential sway young people could have in both local and national elections. “The power that you could have as a voting bloc — it rivals any voting group in the country,” Dardenne said. Dardenne cited Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for the presidency as a revolutionary
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Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne speaks to a small crowd of students Wednesday about voter apathy among millennials in the Red River Room of the Student Union.
example of inspiring young voter turnout among the electorate. He said Obama was the first candidate in history to be marketed as a product, akin to a deodorant brand or a soft drink. Dardenne said the Republican Party’s failure to galvanize the youth vote in recent elections was both because of ideological differences and an inability to successfully reach out
to Millenials. “Traditionally, younger people are viewed as being more ideologically liberal,” Dardenne said. “Republicans have to do a better job at reaching out not only to younger people but to a more diverse group of voters.” Contact Quint Forgey at qforgey@lsureveille.com
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Samba schools build floats Deanna Narveson Staff Writer
Gia Wolff, an architect and professor at the Pratt Institute, brought other countries’ Mardi Gras celebration to University students at the College of Art and Design on Wednesday. Wolff’s research on the architecture of parade floats, titled “Floating Cities: Community Based Architecture of Parade Floats,” looks into the preparation and construction of the floats seen in Carnival. Samba schools, which are similar to the krewes of New Orleans, begin the building and preparation of Carnival floats a year in advance. A full-time design director is hired by each school to create complex, dynamic structures that are often only completely assembled minutes before the parade starts, Wolff said. Wolff started her research this year after receiving the Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 research fellowship, from the Harvard
University Graduate School of Design. She said her presentation Wednesday showed only the beginning of the work. Wolff plans to look into the design of floats in Italy, India, Spain and Brazil. Carnival is a large part of the cultural identity of the people living in Rio De Janeiro. With 70 percent of the country’s tourists coming specifically for Carnival, it’s also a large economic force. She said her research has evolved into a larger project than anticipated. The samba schools in Rio are divided into three tiers, with the top two parading in the Sambadrome, a specially designed linear arena. The third tier samba schools parade within the city and receive less funding than the others. Many of the samba schools have buildings that serve as community centers and raise money for the floats, Wolff said. Carnival floats are not the same without the people, Wolff said, and the elaborate costumes go hand-inhand with the overall design of each
float, but beads and other goods are not traditionally thrown to parade spectators. Wolff said she wants to look at Carnival floats from the inside out and follow the process of their design over the course of this year in preparation for Carnival 2015. The floats in the Sambadrome must be able to move under a camera platform while entering the arena and under an archway to exit, increasing the creativity of the float design architecturally, Wolff said. Wolff said as an architect, she is interested in creating dynamic architecture in her own work, something spurred on by her interest in Carnival floats.
It’s a waiting game to see whether the University will be smoke-free, tobacco-free or something in between, said Kurt Keppler, vice chancellor for Student Life and Enrollment and smoke free campus committee chair. The proposed policy is currently being reviewed by Executive Vice Chancellor and provost Stuart Bell before he makes a final recommendation to LSU President F. King Alexander. The committee gave its final recommendation to the provost a couple weeks ago, Keppler said. The recommendation specified a smokefree campus, noting the campus population had differing views on the extent to which the campus should restrict tobacco usage, he said. The differing views can be seen in the divide between student and faculty legislative bodies. The LSU Faculty Senate passed a resolution at its March meeting, recommending a ban on “any and all forms of tobacco.” In contrast, Student Government passed a resolution in January against a tobacco ban. The committee’s final recommendation found a balance between SG and Faculty Senate, including restrictions on smoking, along with e-cigarettes, while not banning all tobacco use, Keppler said. The recommendation did not include language restricting chewing tobacco or snuff, nor did it make a statement about the viability of a loophole regarding the sidewalk of Highland Road. Smoking cessation classes are a definite priority moving forward with the policy, Keppler said. He said the University would likely offer help for faculty and staff trying to quit smoking through human
resources, while students would likely receive assistance through efforts from the Student Health Center. Ryan Landry, coordinator in the Office of Academic Affairs, said while the policy itself may not stipulate anything about helping smokers quit, the University’s broader effort to become smoke-free may include such help. The Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s recent realignment with the University creates possible issues in the future for potential smoke-free status at the Law Center, Landry said. For the near future, however, the University is under mandate from the LSU Board of Supervisors to move forward on realignment, meaning the Law Center is still governed by its own policies, Landry said. Landry said Bell talked with the various vice chancellors and is considering student and faculty opinions on the matter before he makes his final recommendation based on the smoke-free campus committee’s submission. Keppler said Bell will review the specific language of the proposed policy, among other things. Keppler said, based on his experience with the policy, he thinks the most likely outcome of the policy process will be a smoke-free campus, rather than tobacco-free. He acknowledged, however, many universities are transitioning to tobaccofree and the University may elect to do so in the future. Landry said the final deadline for implementation is Aug. 1, but he expects the provost to deliver his final recommendation to Alexander in a few weeks.
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entertainers like Louis Armstrong frequented the community. “By white economic standards, the neighborhood might be poor,” said education professor Petra Hendry, who has extensively studied and worked with the community and has written a book called “Old South Baton Rouge: The Roots of Hope.” “But it is so rich in other things.” After decades of hostility between LSU and the deteriorating community, LSU’s Chancellor William Jenkins tried to mend the relationship in 1996 by starting the Community University Partnership, or CUP. But the program never reached its full promise because of the University’s budget crisis, which hit in 2008. A decrepit neighborhood with poor people roaming the streets falls into the shadows of the University’s multi-million-dollar buildings and luxury condominiums. BUILDING A HOME Old South Baton Rouge was originally part of Baton Rouge’s Magnolia Mound Plantation, which spread across 900 acres to the Mississippi River in the late-1700s through 1800s. The plantation still sits on Nicholson Drive, now a historic landmark that occupies about 15 acres. After the Civil War, former black slaves moved into “the Bottom,” which had cheap property values because of its hilly topography and tendency to flood. Italian immigrants came to Louisiana around the turn of the century and were also considered “colors.” By the 1920s, Italian and German immigrants populated Old South Baton Rouge along with black residents, despite Jim Crow laws that banned people from mingling with other races and demanded businesses be “separate but equal.” Public education was rarely available for black and immigrant students until an order of nuns opened a free private school in the late 1800s. They later moved to St. Francis Xavier Church on South 12th Street, where it remains today. The public McKinley High School, a two-story brick building
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Rouge is located in the northern part of the current city spread. In the past few years, Engle said the area has become an economic hub. With increasing development, more students and residents want to live near campus on the north side. “In real estate, location is pretty much everything,” Engle said. “The north side is starting to become the luxury.” Although Engle said North Gate is now marketing with a high-end focus, he maintained there will be room for residents who need affordable rent. In the study “Concentrated Poverty and Regional Equity” by The Urban Institute in April 2013, Baton Rouge was one of the cities with the highest concentration of poverty at 60 percent, which means low-income residents tend to live together in low-income communities in Baton Rouge. Gentrification describes a shift in communities where wealthier residents and business take over
that has kept its location just north of LSU, was built in 1927 and was the fourth high school in the state for black students. It offered both vocational training and collegeprep classes, including Latin, music, chemistry and math. McKinley has remained a pillar of the community, according to Hendry. Many of McKinley’s graduates also became Louisiana’s first college graduates of color, though LSU kept its doors locked to them. In 1953, A.P. Tureaud became the University’s first black undergraduate student. But discrimination forced Tureaud to leave before the semester ended, and the first group of black student graduates didn’t enroll at the University until 1964. Despite prejudice, the neighborhood flourished. Businesses boomed. Faith inspired the neighborhood, as church after church was built. Entertainers flocked to Baton Rouge — everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Duke Ellington. Old South Baton Rouge was a flourishing community that produced doctors and lawyers. One of the most well-known neighborhood staples was Delpit’s Chicken Shack, which opened in the mid-1930s on East Boulevard. Delpit’s Chicken Shack is still open today, with two different locations. Joe Delpit, the son of Chicken Shack owner Thomas Delpit, remembered white people eating there despite segregation because the food “was just that good.” He received autographs from Sam Cooke, James Brown and Ike and Tina Turner whenever they passed through his family’s restaurant. “I suppose people was poor, but you never knew nobody that was poor because on Sundays, people would dress up and on weekends, they would go out, you know, and [enjoyed] a real great social life,” Delpit said in an interview in Hendry’s book. In 1953, black activists held the nation’s first bus boycott in Old South Baton Rouge. It inspired Martin Luther King Jr. to lead his own in Montgomery, Ala. “Baton Rouge is often seen as a stepchild to New Orleans,” Hendry said. “I would disagree with that. We traditionally low-income areas. The standard of living in the specific area goes up, and low-income residents move. Because gentrification is such a broad field of study, sociology professor Michael Barton said the situation in the North Gate area is closer to “studentrification” — revitalizing a new area for college students to live. When these communities are redone, some low-income residents are forced to leave. Some leave on their own and others stay, creating classbased tension, Barton said. “Individuals who are still there see they might be displaced, and it creates a lot of fear among residents,” Barton said. When residents are displaced, sociologists and community members themselves have a hard time tracking down former residents. The sense of community, the neighborhood block parties and the general knowledge about fellow residents disappear. While Engle said “rejuvenating” the area will create more
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I-10, DESEGREGATION AND THE EXODUS “The irony of desegregation” in the 1960s, as Hendry calls it, helped lead to Old South Baton Rouge’s decline later in the ’60s and ’70s. Once black people could venture into other neighborhoods, find better jobs and create new opportunities, many left. Traditionally black businesses lost their customers and were forced to close or relocate. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development officials chose to build Interstate-10 through the core of Old South Baton Rouge in the mid-1960s, in a move that Hendry called “geographic racism.” She explained that despite protests, highway officials wanted to build the interstate through the primarily black Old South Baton Rouge instead of a white or upper-class neighborhood. People from “the Bottom” pleaded for Interstate-10 to go somewhere else, but their voices were ignored, even in Washington, D.C. Around 400 houses were demolished. The long-awaited St. Francis Xavier High School, only a few years old, was bulldozed, leaving the church to stand alone. The interstate cut off Old South Baton Rouge’s northeastern corner and severed the neighborhood in half. “Putting the interstate through there was like the nail in the coffin,” said Cecile Guin, director of the Office of Social Service Research and Development in the University’s School of Social Work. Crime spiked, property values dropped and the residents who remained in the neighborhood were the older people and those who could not afford to move elsewhere. “We were the last people on the block to leave,” Rosella Williams told Hendry. “People would come during the night to take the pipes to sell for copper. We would hear the rattling on the pipes and we’d say ‘we haven’t gone yet.’ This would let them know they couldn’t destroy our house yet.” The neighborhood has not bounced back. “The faith-based community is businesses and jobs, developers can’t forget the importance of urban renewal and preserving historic sites. He said when old churches or community centers are sacrificed for newer developments, they should be relocated to a different area. “Urban renewal is really important — reinvesting back into the communities,” Engle said. “They can carry on traditions, just in a different location.” Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com
Thursday, April 3, 2014 probably what’s given a lot of people in the area hope or belief that it can be better,” Guin said. Old South Baton Rouge was home to 43 churches in 2009, according to Hendry. Some people remain in Old South Baton Rouge because they don’t have the resources to move elsewhere, while others stay because it’s home, Hendry said. “There’s something to be said for living in a 150-year-old house and having your garden in the backyard,” she said. COMMUNITY PARTNER OR IVORY TOWER? The University has only changed its approach toward the neighborhood in the past 20 years. Jenkins assembled faculty members in 1996 to figure out ways to work with Old South Baton Rouge. Guin led the grant writing, and the University received grant money about four years later to start CUP. When Mark Emmert became LSU’s chancellor in 1999 and discovered barbed wire separated the University from its neighbor, “he couldn’t get people over there fast enough to start moving it,” laughed Guin, who has pictures of it in her office. The University used to send students to poll residents about their neighborhood, “taking information from the community but not giving back,” Guin said. Children who grew up just streets away from campus never attended LSU football games or swam in the Huey P. Long Fieldhouse Pool or felt welcome there, she said. “LSU just used Old South Baton Rouge as kind of a laboratory, and there still is some hostility about that,” Guin said. CUP started creating many programs and initiatives, but Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the
University’s budget crisis that began in 2008 made it difficult to continue the plans. The only project CUP has sustained is a twice-a-year Saturday volunteer effort where students help rebuild homes. “We’re not the folks in the ivory tower who have all the information,” said Brandon Smith, Community Affairs liaison and External Partnerships officer. “We’re also here to learn from the community and to improve what we do.” Each chancellor uses their interests to tailor the partnership, Smith said. LSU President F. King Alexander hopes to spread the idea that the University is accessible to people from all walks of life, according to Smith. In the wake of the University’s lack of ability to help, other people and programs have stepped up to help the community get back on its feet. The Old South Baton Rouge Strategic Neighborhood Revitalization and Economic Development Plan includes adding a vocational skills academy, creating parks and integrating LSU’s campus with the neighborhood. Hendry said a fear lingers in Old South Baton Rouge that gentrification will happen, especially with campus being so near. “There’s a fear that the neighborhood is being swallowed up by LSU,” she said. Smith said the makeup of campus has changed as more black, minority and female students have enrolled. In his eyes, the University now has a different face to the community. “There’s still animosity, but healing takes time,” Hendry said. “Change takes time.” Contact Andrea Gallo at agallo@lsureveille.com
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The LSU softball team entered the 2014 season in question, wondering who would step up after an early departure in its own regional last season and the loss of ace Rachele Fico. The Tigers have found few answers through their up-and-down season, but two in particular have given them hope for the future. Freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello and freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish have become two of the biggest leaders on the team. Corbello leads the rotation in almost all statistical categories, while Jaquish has emerged as one of the key power hitters. “They’ve done a great job. I think the freshman have made a lot of noise. They’ve stepped up, they’ve been in some big spots, and they’ve come through for us,” said coach Beth Torina. “I’m excited about the future of this country.” The talk of Corbello’s talents have
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right hand once you shoot, you’re shooting directly at the rim. It’s kind of scientific, you know.” Stringer said his preferred shot comes from either the left elbow — above the break — or in the right corner, a shot widely considered the most efficient shot in basketball. The numbers from this season back both Hickey’s and Stringer’s claims. During the 2013-14 season, 63 percent of Stringer’s shots came from behind the 3-point line, while 66.2 percent of Hickey’s shots were from deep. Stringer proved to be the more accurate of the two, making 40.3 percent from 3-point land on the season, as opposed to Hickey, who shot 34.4 percent on the season. The Division 1 average was 34.3 percent. The problem came when the two diminutive guards attempted to attack the bucket. Stringer was able to convert 62.2 percent of his shots, but only took 15.4 percent of his total attempts at the rim. Hickey’s numbers were more damning, as the Hopkinsville, Ky., native only managed to convert 29.4 percent of his attempts at the rim, good for 31.5 percent below the national average. The problem was compounded by spacing issues the Tigers suffered from when they fielded their “big” lineup. SHOT CHART, see page 10
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his isn’t dad’s basketball game anymore. The sport is undergoing a sabermetric revolution, and NBA teams across the league are rushing to catch up to data-conscious teams applying new statistics to improve their game. While NBA teams have the budget to hire analytic departments, many college teams haven’t been able to apply the same amount of money to tracking new-wave statistics. Shooting data specifically is leading teams to re-think the way they build their rosters and the way those rosters operate on offense and defense. Gone are the days when inefficient chuckers were praised for taking 27 shots to score 22 points, replaced by streamlined scorers who pick and choose where to shoot based on their “hot” zones around the court. When asking LSU players about their favorite shot locations on the court — their own “hot” zones — a different answer emerges depending on the player. Both senior guard Andre Stringer and junior guard Anthony Hickey said they prefer 3-pointers, but differed on the location. “My favorite spot is the top of the arc. I feel like I won’t miss from there,” Hickey said in the fall. “It’s angled to the
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After a bumpy 2013 season, the LSU secondary is fighting to develop an identity this spring. From the stands, that identity might not look too different from last year with the same basic scheme in place, but sophomore cornerback Rashard Robinson said the difference isn’t on the field. “The dudes we’ve got on the defense this year, everybody is hungry, and we’re just ready to play,” Robinson said. Robinson and fellow corner Tre’Davious White separated themselves as the early frontrunners for the starting cornerback jobs this spring, after a strong finish to their freshman seasons. Junior cornerback Jalen Collins has also been rotating in with the starters during practice at Robinson’s spot. White and Robinson registered SECONDARY, see page 10
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As junior second baseman Conner Hale cocked back waiting for the pitch in the second inning of Wednesday’s midweek matchup with McNeese State, a lone fan could be heard throughout Alex Box Stadium screaming, “Get rid of the batting coach.” Hale proceeded to pop up to send the Tigers back to the dugout in order for the second straight inning. LSU would feel the sting of a 1-2-3 inning in four out of the first five frames Wednesday night. But in the blink of an eye, the frustrations with the Tigers’ recent offensive drought were quickly drowned out by roaring applause in the sixth inning when sophomore shortstop Alex Bregman finally cracked his slump at the plate with a 3-run bomb to the left field bleachers. It was Bregman’s first hit in 18 at-bats and the Tigers (21-8-1) were on their way to a 10-3 win against McNeese (16-11), but more importantly, their first win in five outings. “The wind probably helped it,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I don’t care.” Bregman deflected any praise for his production to his teammates, saying it was big for third baseman Christian Ibarra and right fielder Mark Laird to reach base before him. “That was huge for us,” Bregman said. “We don’t usually go on losing streaks around here, and we’re going to try to keep it that way the rest of this year. I think it was big for a confidence standpoint.” LSU followed up the sixth frame by batting around the order in the seventh. The Tigers dealt a devastating five-run, six-hit blow to the Cowboys, blowing away McNeese’s dreams of a potential upset. LSU finished the night with 10 runs on as many hits and rejuvenated confidence after a prolonged drought at the plate. “I wanted to announce this as the greatest win ever, but that’s a little bit of an exaggeration,” Mainieri said. “But it fells pretty good right now, to be honest with you. It’s been a while since we’ve got to taste the fruits of victory. McNeese didn’t go down without a fight, though, leading the Tigers for the first 5 1/2 innings, including a fourth-inning home run by McNeese designated hitter Lucas Quary. Starting pitcher Cody Glenn was roughed up in his first start since the loss against Tulane on March 25, allowing two runs on three hits in 1 2/3 innings. Reliever Alden Cartwright was the only other pitcher to see more than an inning’s worth of work against the Cowboys, pitching 2 1/3 innings. LSU pitcher Kurt McCune was eventually credited with the
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For the first time in two weeks, the LSU offense found a sense of consistency when the Tigers routed McNeese State 10-3 in Alex Box Stadium on Wednesday night. During that offensive drought, LSU scored a total 20 runs in seven games. Before heading into a weekend series against No. 9 Mississippi State, the Tigers needed any offensive spark to provide a sliver of confidence. After hitting two home runs and a pair of two-RBI singles, LSU got exactly what it was looking for against a 16-11 Cowboys squad. The last time LSU scored 10 runs in a game was on March 7 in the series opener against Purdue. McMullen surpasses 2013 run total With a runner on and two outs in the bottom of the third inning, LSU senior designated hitter Sean McMullen stepped to the plate looking to extend the frame after another slow start by the Tigers’ offense. Instead, he extended the bat and sent McNeese freshman left fielder Clay Payne running toward the warning track. McMullen launched an opposite-field, two-run home run to tie the game at 2-2, his third long ball of the season. “As I was rounding first base, I realized how high it went, and I just saw the left fielder keep drifting out closer to the fence,” McMullen said. “That’s when I realized it might get out. The senior had only two home runs all of last season. He surpassed that total on the second day of April. “I’m not a home run hitter,” he said. “I don’t ever try to hit it over the fence. I just let those come.”
Glenn’s struggles continue Cody Glenn has had a season to forget in 2014, and his year only got worse following his Wednesday night start against McNeese State. After pitching a clean top of the first inning against the Cowboys, Glenn ran into trouble in the second frame. With one out, McNeese redshirt junior shortstop Connor Lloyd scorched a double to left-center field. Two batters later, Payne hit an RBI single to center field, giving McNeese a 1-0 lead. Glenn proceeded to walk another batter before allowing an RBI single to make it 2-0. LSU coach Paul Mainieri then turned to his bullpen, sending freshman righthander Alden Cartwright to the mound. Glenn surrendered two runs on three hits in 1 2/3 innings, raising his season ERA to 4.76. Kyle Bouman makes appearance For the first time since LSU’s series against Vanderbilt, junior left-hander Kyle Bouman found himself on the mound in competitive play. Bouman pitched 1/3 of an inning in the top of the ninth and recorded a strikeout before Mainieri brought junior right-hander Joe Broussard on to finish the ninth. The junior southpaw injured himself two weeks ago after landing on a baseball and hurting his ankle during warm-ups at practice. “He’s not 100 percent yet,” Mainieri said. “There’s no question about that. It didn’t bother him when he was throwing his pitches today, and that was a positive thing. I think in the right situation, he’ll be able to give us something this weekend.
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LSU designated hitter Sean McMullen (23) swings at the ball Wednesday during the Tigers’ 10-3 victory against McNeese in Alex Box Stadium.
win — his first of the season. “I thought once Alden [Cartwright] came in, he did a nice job,” Mainieri said. “... I thought the rest of the guys pitched well. That was a real positive thing for our team.” Mainieri and his squad hope their recent offensive woes are over and the momentum they garnered against McNeese will carry over into this weekend’s matchup with Southeastern Conference rival Mississippi State.
“Mississippi State’s got a really good baseball team and we have to be on our A-game,” said designated hitter Sean McMullen. “Just to be able to come out and square a bunch of balls up and pitch great, it’s definitely helpful.”
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SEC still mediocre despite NCAA tournament run THE SMARTEST MORAN James Moran Sports Columnist This weekend, redemption was spelled S-E-C. Throughout the college basketball season, the Southeastern Conference was much maligned as one of the worst “power conferences” in recent memory. Top-ranked Florida was dominant from the jump, but beyond the Gators, the conference was considered to be a full-blown dumpster fire with a couple of decent teams sprinkled among a sea of programs ranging from below-average to downright awful. After months of jokes about “SEC Basketball Fever” — a crippling disease characterized by unwatchable basketball games and
hard-to-comprehend losses — the NCAA tournament has served as a somewhat unexpected remedy. Following respective Elite 8 triumphs on Saturday and Sunday, No. 1 seed Florida and No. 8 seed Kentucky give the SEC half of the Final Four. As Kentucky freshman Aaron Harrison drained an ice-cold stepback 3-pointer to knock out No. 2 seed Michigan Sunday, it’s hard not to picture SEC Commissioner Mike Slive lighting up a victory cigar in his office with a big ole grin on his face. Combined with a strong threewin showing from the conference’s third and final tournament team, No. 11 seed Tennessee, the SEC seemingly awoke from its regularseason doormat status and made a case for the parade of league coaches who cried disrespect throughout the season. But before the growing chants of S-E-C become too deafening
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to hear, let me make my point — March success is a big step toward respectability, but SEC basketball as a whole isn’t much better than it was three weeks ago. Having two of the last four teams standing is a nice feather in the SEC’s cap — a houndstooth fedora, of course — but it really did nothing but punctuate the criticism that has echoed around the Southeast since early November — the league is as top heavy as humpty dumpty. Florida has been the most complete team in the country since day one and we all knew how dangerous Kentucky could be if the young cats could put it together, but a pair of Final Four runs don’t erase the rest of the league’s overwhelming mediocrity. Beyond the three NCAA tournament teams and a surprisingly good Georgia team, the rest of the conference is either awful or virtually a mirror image of the rest of
the mediocre teams log jammed in the middle. Just three games separate fifth place Arkansas from Vanderbilt and Alabama, which tied for 10th in the league. All of the teams in between, including LSU, had seasons characterized by glimpses of promise at home and subsequently terrible performances on the road. Nothing characterizes the drop off within the conference more than the fact that the other 12 SEC teams combined for a putrid 4-28 regular-season record against the top two, and that doesn’t even include Florida and Kentucky running roughshod through the SEC tournament. Florida and Kentucky are national powers riding impressive runs through the NCAA tournament, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the conference gets to ride the coattails of that success. The SEC’s run of football championships didn’t mean
Kentucky football was any less of a joke, and there’s no reason the opposite should be true when it comes to hoops. For a conference to be good, there has to be some amount of competition from top to bottom. While it doesn’t make the conference better as a whole, it should temporarily put a stop on the jokes. Now if only some of those talented-yet-inconsistent teams could make that leap from mediocre to good — looking at you, LSU, Missouri and Arkansas — the SEC would really have something going. James Moran is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Beacon, N.Y.
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Jordan Allen to transfer Lady Tigers defeat Tulane Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer
LSU senior defensive tackle Jordan Allen is seeking a transfer from the program, according to recent reports. Wednesday afternoon TigerRag.com reported that Allen plans to transfer and has been cleared to speak with any team not in the Southeastern Conference or on LSU’s outof-conference schedule this season. Allen told TigerRag.com that he’s already contacted a coach at University of Louisiana-Lafayette. “I’m free to talk with whoever I want who is not in the SEC and is not [on LSU’s out-of-conference schedule],” Allen said to TigerRag.com. “That’s whatever, that’s OK. That’s pretty much where I’m at right now. Now I’m able to talk to some of them. “I’ve communicated with a coach over at [Louisiana-Lafayette]
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just to hear what they had to say, because they found out and wanted to talk to me as soon as they could. ... That’s not my only option, but it’s my first one.” Associate Athletic Director Michael Bonnette could not immediately be reached for comment. Allen is a fifth-year senior and was expected to compete for playing time with junior Danielle Hunter this season. Allen is not officially released from his scholarship and would need to enroll in grad school in order to see the field immediately. He’s a sports administration major at LSU. The former West Monroe High School product recorded 16 tackles and a pair of sacks last season. Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs_TDR
LSU snaps three match losing streak Taylor Curet Sports Contributor
Whether it was the wave of heat that hit Baton Rouge or the threat of losing a fourth-straight match, something sparked a flame with the Lady Tigers in their 4-2 defeat of Tulane on Wednesday afternoon. Looking up at the scoreboard, LSU coach Julia Sell didn’t like what she saw with a 2-0 deficit to the Green Wave (4-18). A loss wasn’t how the Lady Tigers wanted to start their five-match home stand to end the 2014 regular season. But LSU (10-10, 2-8 Southeastern Conference) stormed back to take four unanswered
points, snap a three-match losing streak and even its record at 1010. “Very dramatic start,” Sell said. “We didn’t play well in doubles. … We made it interesting there, but we kind of gave away that doubles point and created a monster for ourselves starting in singles.” The Lady Tigers were forced to sacrifice their second point when freshman Joana Vale Costa retired for the second straight match with knee pain. Junior Noel Scott won the first set for LSU, 6-0, en route to defeating the Green Wave’s Ipek Birol 6-0, 6-3 to tie the match at 2-2 and snap a three-match losing streak of her own. Later, sophomore Ella Taylor clinched the victory for the Lady Tigers with her 6-4, 6-1 win against Tulane’s Meredith Maltby. “We’ve been working hard
with [Scott] the last few weeks trying to just get her back to playing aggressively,” Sell said. “She’s played some really tight matches all season and lost a little bit of confidence somewhere in the middle of it. … She did a great job today.” A possible cause of Wednesday’s slow start could be fatigue, Sell said. For many of LSU’s freshmen, adjusting to a rigorous SEC schedule has been a challenge. That test won’t get any easier for the Lady Tigers either as they welcome No. 45 Tennessee and No. 2 Georgia to W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
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three interceptions and 71 tackles last season between them. White finished 2013 ninth on the team with 55 tackles after taking over for Collins in the third game of the season. Robinson participated in all but one game last season, but didn’t receive his first start until Texas A&M following a slew of injuries to the secondary. Robinson came through against the Aggies, shutting down All-American wide receiver Mike Evans for 51 yards on four catches. Collins finished the season with just 22 tackles and a pair of pass breakups. “Both of our corners right now are shut down guys,” said LSU sophomore quarterback Anthony Jennings. “Robinson and White — those guys are going to lock down whoever is in the area.” Adding to the competition at cornerback, LSU early enrollee Ed Paris Jr. has been receiving rave reviews from LSU coach Les Miles and the rest of the secondary. “I’d have to say the reviews of [Paris] have been good,” Miles said. “It’ll be interesting, these next three practices and spring game, we can kind of see where some of these guys are at. I think there’s reason to believe that secondary is going to be good.” Paris entered the spring as ESPN’s fourth ranked safety for the 2014 recruiting class but was moved to cornerback possibly in anticipation of No. 2 safety Jamal Adams joining the team in the spring. Paris is not allowed to speak to the media because of a team policy that freshman are not made accessible for interviews, but Robinson said he’s been impressed with how much improvement he’s seen in Paris just over the past few months. “First [Paris] was timid, but now he’s starting to come down and starting to get more aggression with him and he’s starting to pick up the
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Freshman forwards Jarell Martin and Jordan Mickey were paired with junior Johnny O’Bryant III in lineups that helped the Tigers’ defense at the rim but hurt the offense just as much. While the trio held opposing shooters to 56.8 percent at the rim — blocking an impressive 15.6 percent of those attempts — O’Bryant hit more than 40 percent of his 2-point jumpers, only barely clearing the mark with 40.1 percent on his 2-point jumpers. The spacing issue potentially stemmed from Martin being played out of position at small forward. Throughout high school, Martin was a low-post force, but because of O’Bryant’s similar skill set and Mickey’s athletic shot blocking, he was pushed to the wing where he was clearly uncomfortable during points of the season. Martin shot a putrid 29.9 percent on jump shots outside of the restricted area. Highlighting Martin’s potential as an inside force was his 77.4 conversion rate at the rim, highest on the team. Mickey proved his dominance at the rim as well, using his superior speed and athleticism to blow by defenders from the high post and finish above the rim. “From the high post, I can drive,
game,” Robinson said. White said Paris has pushed him to improve his game, describing Paris as a more hard-nosed player compared to White’s and Robinson’s focus on coverage and providing an “island” in the secondary. As with most positions this spring, Miles said he isn’t making any final decisions until the incoming freshman make it to campus this fall. But it wasn’t the corners giving Jennings and the other quarterbacks the most trouble during Saturday’s team scrimmage. Miles said safeties Ronald Martin and Rickey Jefferson recorded three interceptions during the practice — two for Martin and one for Jefferson. The competition at safety seems to be slightly more open than its cornerback counterparts, with Martin getting most of the recognition to return to the strong safety slot. But Martin is coming off a difficult season that included the death of his father and finished with a fracture in his foot. Miles spoke highly of Jefferson over the past few weeks, but junior Jalen Mills is still the favorite to stay at the free safety position. Mills struggled early on at cornerback last season, showing signs of frustration in games like Georgia when offenses took him deep for a touchdown. That and several injuries forced Mills to the free safety position for the Outback Bowl. “We feel like our safety position is going to be manned well,” Miles said on Saturday. “I think they’re playing better. I think there may have been some coverage mistakes in this go. We’ll have to see who that was, but I think our safeties are improved.” Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs_TDR I can shoot or I can pass out of it,” Mickey said. “My range helps me drive to the rim. I can finish above the rim and little bumps don’t really affect me.” Senior forward Shavon Coleman proved to be the X-factor, either solving or compounding the Tigers’ spacing issues on any given night. Coleman said his role in the offense was often to roll to the corner when the bigs posted up or one of the guards drove, and Coleman’s inconsistent shooting from the corners often played a large role in Tiger wins or losses. In the Jan. 15 overtime loss to Ole Miss, Coleman shot 2-for-7 in the left corner, while in the Tigers’ biggest win of the season against Kentucky on Jan. 28, he helped the offense, going 3-for-5 from the same corner. By losing O’Bryant, potentially shifting Martin to his more comfortable position down low and adding bigger guards like incoming junior college transfer Josh Gray and Keith Hornsby — who missed this season after transferring from UNCAsheville — could potentially fix the spacing issues that plagued the Tigers throughout the season. Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @treylabat_TDR
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been ongoing since her days at Sam Houston High School in Lake Charles. It was there that Corbello won three state championships with Sam Houston and two Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year awards. Corbello made the transition to college seem easy when she became the fifth pitcher in program history to strikeout at least 10 batters in her first career start on Feb. 7 against Minnesota. She currently leads all pitchers in earned run average, wins, complete games, shutouts and strikeouts. The rising star gives praise to senior pitcher Ashley Czechner and Fico — now a student assistant — for helping her adjust so well so quickly. “It’s always a plus having those kinds of pitchers in front of you,” Corbello said. “Anything they tell you to do, you can take it, and it will fix your problems. So it’s great to have that guidance.” Jaquish also came highly recruited after batting .548 with 11 home runs her senior year at Redlands East Valley High School in Highland, Calif. She said the fan base, tradition and culture of the program helped her decide to choose a school so far from home. The best piece of advice Jaquish said she received once arriving at LSU was to maintain confidence as she entered an entirely new environment. Hitting coach Howard Dobson told her that without much of a scouting report, Jaquish could have an inside advantage on her competition. The results have come quicker than expected, with Jaquish leading the team in home runs (9) and runs batted in (30), while sporting a .590 slugging percentage. The
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Freshman catcher Sahvanna Jaquish (2) throws to first Feb. 9 in Tiger Park.
strong play has helped her go from the backend of the lineup to the clean-up hitting position. Her breakout weekend came against then-No. 1 Florida, when she batted .500 with three RBIs, two home runs and a double. She also caught some of Czechner’s win that Saturday, the Tigers’ only victory against the Gators that weekend. Jaquish said the series gave her the awareness that she could compete and hit against any team, and any fears she had about the season left. The freshmen still have holes, however, with Corbello struggling with her walk rate and Jaquish battling throughout the season to get her batting average above .300. Those holes may soon need to be filled, as LSU fell to a tie for last place in the Southeastern
Conference after getting swept by Alabama last weekend. But the duo exhibits a confidence that the team can get back on track and improve as they move further into SEC play. It’s the same confidence Jaquish had received from Dobson, and both players plan to keep it the rest of the season. “It doesn’t matter who’s on the field, you’re all one team. It doesn’t matter how old you are,” Corbello said. “I feel like us coming in and making an impact like that makes a difference. It’s huge, and it tells the freshman coming up they have a chance to play as well.”
Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @tro_TDR
Entertainment
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Princess en Pointe
Computer effects hurting new films
Respected producer brings show to Baton Rouge Gerald Ducote Entertainment Writer
For more than 50 years, the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre has been helping to bring the biggest and brightest stars onto the stage for dance enthusiasts to enjoy. In the company’s long history, it has cultivated countless dancers and choreographers from Baton Rouge. One of the most popular attractions of the theater is its
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annual Spring Concert, wherein it presents either a complete traditional ballet or a tableau of modern dance and ballet. This spring, BRBT is presenting the ballet of “Snow White” as staged by esteemed ballet producer Winthrop Corey. After its premiere last spring in Mobile, Ala., Corey brought “Snow White” through Omaha, SNOW, see page 15
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[Top] Biology student Caroline Schulenberg practices a routine Tuesday from the upcoming production of “Snow White” in the BRBT studio on Bluebonnet Boulevard. [Left] Members practice for the play.
In the summer of 1975, Steven Spielberg released his incredibly influential film “Jaws.” That movie is one of the rare instances where a film totally captures the minds of a generation. The titular shark haunted moviegoers long after they left the theater. “Jaws” became the most success- WILL KALLENBORN ful film of the Entertainment Writer year it came out and one of the most significant films of all time. Spielberg heavily documented the process of creating the movie, most notably the immense problems they had with the mechanical shark made for the film. The shark was originally supposed to be much more visible throughout the film, but because of the failure of the shark, Spielberg had to adapt. It is not the shark, but the absence of the shark that provides the most striking imagery in the film. The faults with the shark drove Spielberg to create scenes like the woman being pulled back and forth SFX, see page 15
CULTURE
Steampunk group brings fusion culture to Baton Rouge Panya Kroun Contributing Writer
The word “steampunk” instantly conjures images of folks dressed as Victorians drinking absinthe and tinkering with gears, but few people know what steampunk really is. Christina Brown, anthropology junior, founded the Baton Rouge Area Steampunk Society to teach people just that. “Steampunk is a creative movement that embraces a hodgepodge of styles and themes,” Brown said. According to Brown, steampunks combine the aesthetics of older civilizations with the novel technologies and motifs of speculative science fiction. Suits, goggles, big hats and gears of all shapes, colors and
sizes are common accessories to the typical steampunk ensemble. Many steampunks draw inspiration from the fashions of the Victorian Era, but as the movement has increased in popularity, so has the scope of cultures it embraces. “There’s Japanese steampunk, Middle Eastern steampunk — it’s become a very diverse subculture,” Brown said. Steampunks pay no heed to the restrictions of time and space. In any given steampunk work, an artist can visit a quiet British village and fuse its regal aesthetic with the mechanistic designs of a futuristic airship. Steampunks love old and iconic science fiction authors like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, but they also love “Firefly,” “Bioshock” and “Final
Fantasy,” and they’re not afraid to show it. According to Brown, the defining aspect of steampunk culture is that its practitioners embrace a variety of different ideas to create works that express a defiance of artistic restraints placed on artists by mainstream culture. That’s where the “punk” part comes in. “We all love making cool stuff, and that’s basically what steampunk is all about,” Brown said. While the most obvious expressions of the steampunk tenets are the costumes they wear, steampunks also produce music, plays, books, paintings, dances and homebrew beverages. STEAMPUNK, see page 15
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Gabrielle Fowler and Mike Carambat attend the Baton Rouge Area Steampunk Society social Friday at The Londoner in Baton Rouge.
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Reveille Ranks
Kaiser Chiefs, “Education, Education, Education & War” Kaiser Chiefs’ fifth album “Education, Education, Education & War” is nearly an hour of overly ambitious rock. The band’s sound is best described as The Clash but with nothing to be angry about. A majority of the album’s lyrics have to do with the plight of the workingman, a sentiment I seriously doubt most of the band’s members have had to experience. The album plays like “London Calling” without any of the angst. “Education” is a call to pointless rebellion. There are some stylistic decisions that the album may have been better without. In “Cannons,” after five minutes of aggressive group-singing, the songs shifts to a spoken-word excerpt reminiscent of Dickens, but I feel might actually be a callback to “Little Acorns” from The White Stripes’ 2003 opus “Elephant.” Fiction, Universal Music
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The Used, “Imaginary Enemy”
Hopeless Records
The Used’s new album, “Imaginary Enemy,” is all about revolution. However, this is a cause that doesn’t seem worth joining. While the lyrics talk about making a change and becoming better, the actual music doesn’t get there. The songs either sound like typical pop-rock or wannabe-screamo, both not entirely too great to listen to. The record lineup is also a strange combination, bouncing back and forth between “happy to be moving on” and “bitter that moving on is the situation” themes. The constant back and forth and intermittently being yelled at makes for a record not worthy of wasting time on. While The Used is sending a good message to move on and be happy, it’s doing a very MEG RYAN bad job at conveying it.
[D+] “Noah”
Paramount Pictures
There is an interesting tradition of unconventional directors making biblical epics. Martin Scorsese made “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and Pier Paolo Pasolini made “The Gospel According to St. Matthew,” and now, Darren Aronofsky has made “Noah.” I enjoyed “Noah” a great deal more than I thought I would. The imagery is powerful and striking. The cinematography is crisp and powerful. In many ways, it plays like a Terrence Malick movie with the depth of symbolism. The movie’s faults lie in its identity crisis. Is it a reverent Bible story, a summer blockbuster or a surreal art house film? There are elements of all of these, and they sometimes clash. Also, the film loses some steam in the third act, yet comes together at the end. It is interesting to see directors make movies like this, and I hope that it is a tradition that continues. WILL KALLENBORN
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White Hinterland, “Baby”
Dead Oceans
As the old adage suggests, the third time’s the charm, and Casey Dienel’s third full-length release through her musical alter ego White Hinterland, “Baby,” does not disappoint. On “Baby,” Dienel seems to have found the musical identity she struggled to maintain on her previous releases. She experiments with a curious jumble of solemn piano solos, experimental electro tracks and soulful R&B numbers, tying them all together with her trademark howling and crooning. Her vocal presence is much stronger on this release than it was on albums past, which is probably why “Baby” sounds more cohesive and powerful than anything she’s done before. At times, her voice is almost too powerful, and the voiceless sounds that follow are relatively underwhelming. “Baby” would benefit from just a little more thematic balance, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. PANYA KROUN
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Chevelle, “La Gárgola”
Squint Entertainment
Alternative metal band Chevelle took a different approach to its seventh album, “La Gárgola.” The band usually opens with an aggressive, yet melodic track, but opts for a haunting effect on “Ouija Board.” The record then shifts into a series of songs that sound identical such as “An Island” and “Take Out the Gunman.” There are few moments that beckon back to Chevelle’s high days of “Vena Sera.” The group falls into the category of “aggressive band” with poorly arranged slow songs like “One Ocean” and “Twinge,” which depend on catchy melodies instead of lyrical depth. “La Gárgola” is a broken record filled with repetitious guitar chords, basic drum patterns and emotionless vocals. The album is a drastic step down in the band’s almost 20-year career. Even die-hard fans of the band may want to forget this record was released. JOSHUA JACKSON
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EDITOR’S PICK: Manchester Orchestra, “Cope B-Sides”
Republic Records
While “Cope” presented the newly improved, thrashing version of the Atlanta-based quartet, the B-Sides of the record are an entirely different ordeal. A more monumental take on vocalist Andy Hull’s side project turned full-time endeavor Bad Books (which he fronts with singer-songwriter Kevin Devine), “Never Really Been Another Way Out” brings out the stylings of Hull and company’s older works (see “Where Have You Been”). “After The Scripture” plays like a resounding heartache recorded, evening out the end of “Cope.” Hull’s vocals sound far away, almost like the listener is eavesdropping on a forbidden conversation. Sounding like a gorgeous orchestral mess, the two tracks radiate the broad spectrum Manchester Orchestra covers, showing both old fans and newcomers REBECCA DOCTER Entertainment Editor what the band is capable of.
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MUSIC
Program offers different sound Joshua Jackson Entertainment Writer
There are more ways to create music than through conventional instruments. The Experimental Music and Digital Media program will display a few of these non-conventional methods Monday at its Cinema for the Ear. The three-year-old program is a part of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts where professors and students use non-conventional methods to create music. People often hear music or video through two channel stereophonic sound. The stereo sound is emitted through two speakers that appear to surround the listener. Cinema for the Ears will feature 80 audio channels and 90 speakers to give the audience an encompassing sound experience. Edgar Berdahl, assistant professor of the EMDM program, created the FireFader, a device that mimics the friction involved in playing an instrument while emitting the instrument’s sound. The device consists of two audio faders connected to a set of motors. The motors push against the faders to develop a tactile sense of friction while changing the pitch of the virtual instrument. If the FireFader is placed on a guitar setting and the faders are pulled down, the FireFader simulates the resistance a person would feel when down strumming each guitar string. Berdahl can change the sound of the device through an application on his computer. The sounds the FireFader can make include instruments from the percussion,
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LSU Assistant Professor of Experimental Music and Digital Media Edgar Berdahl demonstrates his unique musical instrument Tuesday called the FireFader.
woodwind and string families. “Our students learn about music, digital art and some things about programming,” Berdahl said. The classes are focused on advanced methods of producing content. Undergraduate students are given tools to create experimental media. Doctoral students receive supplies to create their own tools and take part in showcases. Students take walks around campus gathering sound bites of people, cars, animals and construction and create audio tracks from the clips. The doctoral candidates have a variety of undergraduate degrees such as music and electrical engineering. “As long as they have some sort of digital background, the student has the potential to create
experimental art,” Berdahl said. The program attempts to make art more compelling by adding another aspect, whether audio, visual or tactile. Berdahl said the rising interest in the program is leading to more creative methods in making media. “There will be many things people haven’t heard before at this concert,” Berdahl said. “We will call into question what music really is.” Cinema for the Ears will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the LSU Digital Media Center Theatre. Admission to the showcase is free.
Contact Joshua Jackson at jjackson@lsureveille.com
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art
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Local graffiti artist shares street art culture Artist influenced by friends, family Joshua Jackson Contributing Writer
In a little less than a decade, New Orleans native Brandan “B Mike” Odums has evolved from a man who can draw to an artist who is inspiring a new generation. In grade school, Odums was often told he could draw well. The compliments from family and peers led to Odums’ decision to become an artist. “Friends would ask for my drawings, go to another class and claim that they drew it,” Odums said. Odums went to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts to further his artistic talents. While at NOCCA, he set a goal to become the best artist in the program. After believing he had achieved that goal, Odums still felt dissatisfied. He lost his motivation to create art because he had no competition. While in NOCCA, Odums found another passion in his filmmaking classes. He stopped painting to focus on his newfound interest. After Hurricane Katrina, Odums and a few friends began to explore the city of New Orleans. While exploring, he would see
graffiti on the walls and doors of buildings. Odums purchased a few cans of spray paint and began tagging places around the city himself. “I was in an environment where these beautiful pieces of art would never be seen. I was fascinated by how much those artists went through for the sake of art,” Odums said. He would only tag when he explored with his friends, but soon Odums found himself going out with the purpose of tagging places. Instead of using a signature style of lettering, he relied on his drawing talents to express his art. Odums said the walls he painted on were simply larger canvases. Odums has traveled as a professor, director and artist. He taught videography and photography on the San Carlos Apache reservation in Arizona for three summers. It was during his last summer there that he met Native American artist Douglas Miles. The next year, Miles traveled to New Orleans to paint a mural for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Miles contacted Odums about creating a separate mural. The two met with a few other local artists and went to the Florida Housing Projects in New Orleans, where they painted within the walls of houses that had been abandoned after Katrina. Those murals would later become Project Be.
The project consisted of graffiti murals such as Odums depicting figures he looked up to, such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Housing Authority of New Orleans began boarding up the Florida Projects to keep artists out last summer. HANO hopes to demolish the old buildings and rebuild the complex. Odums said from the beginning of the project he had a feeling that his artwork would be destroyed eventually. But he said Project Be was more about how the artists felt in their moments of painting. “There’s a constant debate about preservation of [New Orleans’] culture versus progress,” Odums said. Despite the destruction of some of his art, Odums believes New Orleans has the potential to become a great city for street art. Odums said some see progress such as street art as a destruction of New Orleans’ culture. “There’s a lot of space in New Orleans that could be made valuable again through art,” Odums said. Odums mentioned the story of famous graffiti location 5 Pointz in New York. The 200,000 square foot factory building became a mecca for street art covered in colorful pieces. 5 Pointz was painted over in white paint in one night, indicating the end of the building’s
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Brandan “B Mike” Odums believes New Orleans has the potential for great street art.
artistic purpose. Odums sees many possibilities for New Orleans to have an artistic area similar to 5 Pointz. “I think more people are acknowledging street art as something cool,” Odums said. “This new generation will redefine what
we consider art, and I want to be a part of that.”
Contact Joshua Jackson at jjackson@lsureveille.com
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FASHION
Thursday, April 3, 2014
FILM
Rihanna deserves fashion award ‘Pitch Perfect 2’
Singer Rihanna has been photographed in it all — stilettos and sweatpants, leather and lace, fur and fierceness — and we’ve all taken notice. Especially the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which recently announced it will be giving Rihanna the Fashion Icon award on June 2 at the 2014 MEG RYAN CFDA Fashion Entertainment Writer Awards in New York City. Past recipients of the Fashion Icon award include Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga, so it looks like Rihanna will be in good company. Rihanna has evolved incredibly since her first album release in 2005. With the release of her third album, “Good Girl Gone Bad,” in 2007, she quickly shed the image of the young, innocent pop princess and became the sexy, powerful female. Her personal style changed from Barbados island girl with long, beachy hair and flowy fabrics to entertainment industry powerhouse with a straight-line cut bob and edgier outfits. Rihanna continued to evolve by changing her hair color and cut as often as her accessories and experimenting with different styles, fabrics and silhouettes, leaving everyone completely in the dark as to what she would appear in next. Rihanna pushes the boundaries of everyday style. From her stage outfits to what she wears to sit courtside at a basketball game, every combination of clothing is an ensemble and not just a top and bottom put together because it matched. Rihanna has worn menswear,
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Rihanna arrives at Miu Miu’s on March 5 ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris.
gowns and bodysuits. Looks range from a red Elie Saab gown with sheer cut-outs to a Dolce and Gabbana suit with large shoulder pads. Rihanna’s outfit choices make a memorable impression. She’s earned respect for her daring combinations not just from fans and music industry equals, but designers have also taken notice. Working with Armani, creating her own clothing line for British brand River Island and more recently, becoming the face of French fashion house Balmain are just some of the fashion elbows Rihanna has rubbed in her career. Designers either want Rihanna to work with them or want to dress her, so CFDA honoring Rihanna with the Fashion Icon award is no surprise. In an industry where it is very easy to be replaced or forgotten, Rihanna continues to be innovative, topping her competition and
even herself. Put simply, Rihanna is a woman who goes after what she wants and dresses to match her ambition and “don’t mess with me” attitude. She’s the woman who walks in the door and everyone takes notice. This is the kind of attention that continues for weeks after because everyone is clamoring to see what she’ll do, or in this case, wear next. CFDA couldn’t have picked a better 2014 Fashion Icon award recipient. Whoever they choose for 2015 will have some big, incredibly fashionable shoes to fill. Meg Ryan is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Philadelphia.
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“Pitch Perfect 2,” the sequel to the movie filmed on campus in 2011, will be filming once again in Baton Rouge. “Pitch Perfect 2” is casting for dancers of all styles, male or female. Contestants must be 18 years or older, and auditions will take place Saturday at Ric Seeling Club Dance on North Harrell’s Ferry Road from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Those auditioning should come in appropriate dance attire. The film will be directed by Elizabeth Banks of “The Hunger Games” and “Pitch Perfect,” and will feature Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. For more information, Contact pp2casting@gmail.com.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 relationship. Snow White first has a relationship with the Evil Neb., before preparing BRBT’s Queen, who wants her gone. dancers for their production this Then there’s a smaller relationweekend. ship with the huntsman who Corey, originally from St. has to go kill her, but he can’t Louis, Mo., has because they’re held a spot in ‘It’s a great story. One good friends,” ballet for many Corey said. “So years, starting out that everybody knows I start with those as a professional but it’s a great take on r e l a t i o n s h i p s , dancer himself but then I have it. It’s my take on it.’ to build dance in Canada for 11 years. From around those intiWinthrop Corey there, he went on mate relationships producer to the Joffrey Balthat happen.” let School in New The ballet York City. For the past 25 years, takes advantage of as much of Corey maintained his position as the BRBT’s cast as possible. The artistic director for the Mobile company’s young talent plays Ballet Company in Alabama. the seven dwarves, while the “I created the ballet. I cho- older, more experienced dancers reographed it and I designed it, help to portray admirers of Snow and I made all of the costumes,” White and the Prince. The title Corey said. role will be fulfilled The majority by Meredith BrousWant to see the of the costumes are sard, who danced play? intricate wardrobes, with the BRBT for indicating Corey’s Who: Baton Rouge most of her life belaborious dedication Ballet Theatre fore moving to New to his work in ballet York to further her design. Maintaining When: Saturday, Sunday career. French freshrealistic costume de- Where: River Center man Alexis Hersigns also show the How much: $20 - $35 rington and biology producer’s commitsophomore Caroline ment to period au- dependent on seat Schulenberg will thenticity. also perform alongCorey expects to bring in side Broussard. large audiences with the Baton Following this weekend’s Rouge production of his bal- shows, Corey’s “Snow White” let. This particular rendition of will move to the Northwest Flor“Snow White” differs from the ida Ballet in Fort Walton Beach. usual version of the story. Corey There, Corey will stage his ballet implements different thematic el- in early October. ements that help build the perfor“It’s a great story. One that mance value of both the dancers everybody knows but it’s a great and the story itself. take on it. It’s my take on it. It’s What seems to separate this very romantic. A lot of good production of “Snow White” dancing in and the girls worked from others is Corey’s focus on very hard. It’s really a ballet for both romance and on-stage emo- the whole family,” Corey said. tion. In his ballets, he makes an effort to spotlight the intimacy of characters in love as well as the tension between enemies. Contact Gerald Ducote at “When I choreograph, gducote@lsureveille.com I build a ballet around a
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STEAMPUNK, from page 11
At BRASS’s gatherings, participants typically talk, drink and help one another build the intricate mechanized equipment integral to their style. At larger conventions, some act in plays written by their friends, and some even participate in live action role-playing, or LARPing. But the focus of the steampunk super-culture isn’t on one single activity. Steampunks come from a variety of professional backgrounds, and their events reflect various blends of expertise. Steampunks with degrees in architecture meet to plan and design theoretical cities, while steampunks who build houses for a living bring some of their machinations to life. Conductors run train shows, and artists run side shows and build museum exhibits to introduce the rest of the world to the wonders of their culture. Engineers and computer scientists even work with anthropologists to build virtual simulations of steampunk societies. “Steampunk attracts a lot of
creative thinkers,” Brown said. Brown formed BRASS this summer and has already attracted more than 166 people to the movement. She attributed this burst of popularity to movies like “Howl’s Moving Castle” and
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Members of the “Snow White” production practice for the show Tuesday. The play is part of the Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre’s annual Spring Concert.
“The Prestige” that have seeped into mainstream consciousness. “People want to create the culture they experience, and that’s what we do,” Brown said. For more information on BRASS, contact Christina Brown
at saver_saber@yahoo.com, or visit the group’s Facebook page: facebook.com/brsteampunk.
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through the water and the point-ofview shots of the shark swimming under the people, which ended up being the most powerful parts of the film. Computer-generated graphic effects are becoming one of the most popular aspects of modern film. Almost every movie released now has some degree of computer-generated imagery. Special effects are any stunt or image made in the film after the filming has ended, and many argue the over-reliance on these effects is damaging the integrity of storytelling in cinema. Practical effects are the process of creating imagery during filming, and the long and influential history of these effects have made their abandonment all the more troubling. One of the main problems with computer-generated graphics is time. If you watch the original “Star Wars” movies, they still look as good as they did when they came out. If you watch “Avatar,” which was heralded as the epitome of special effects in 2009, it is already apparent how much better current special effects are. Because the technology is constantly evolving, making a film predominantly using special effects effectively gives your film an expiration date. The dawn of digital filmmaking has made creating films much simpler. Yet, it is becoming apparent that simpler does not necessarily mean films are getting better. Creative restraints and serendipity are two of the most crucial aspects of making art. Using computer-generated graphics potentially eliminates those aspects of the creative process. When you create something on the screen, you remove the possibility of the image forming in the viewer’s mind. Spielberg was miserable during the filming of “Jaws,” but many of his troubles helped contribute to what made the movie so great. Now that technology is so much more approachable to a wider filmmaking audience, it becomes time for the directors of tomorrow to determine what is more important to them — the feature or the film.
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WEB COMMENTS In response to Megan Dunbar’s column, “Opinion: TEDxLSU doesn’t live up to its potential,” readers had this to say: “I enjoyed reading your opinion article in the paper today, but I must respectfully disagree. Only in its second year of operation, TEDxLSU has grown tremendously from just one year ago. The change was noticeable, remarkable and appreciated. The variety of talks, including the atypical “Everything is bananas,” contributed to the overall success of TEDxLSU. Regarding your observed demographic of the crowd, consider that this conference is still in its infancy and word needs to spread in order to reach a multitude of people. In the future, I hope to see TEDxLSU grow to encompass people from all backgrounds and represent speakers whose opinions differ across a spectrum! I would encourage you to speak at the next conference because I think you would meet a lot of great, hardworking and dedicated people. Student representation, like yours in the Reveille, is what is needed going forward!” – nathanb The Daily Reveille wants to hear your reactions to our content. Visit lsureveille.com, our Facebook page and our Twitter account to let us know what you think.
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Misinformed ideas of poverty in America harm those seeking help Off with Her Head Jana King Columnist Since its introduction by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the war on poverty has been washed, wrung and laid out to dry. What started out as a push for better schools, health, homes and job opportunities in 1964 by the federal government is now the conservatives’ magnet for the hard-working citizens who are tired of shouldering those who refuse to work, finding happiness and contentedness in collecting government handouts. In a March interview, U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan discussed his plan to lift people out of poverty. “In a nutshell, work works. It’s all about getting people to work,” Ryan said. Ryan seems to believe there is a population content with not working and who would like to continue living in poverty. But he’s wrong about that and many other things concerning poverty. For those living and working in poverty in Baton Rouge, getting to work is an issue, though not in the way Ryan meant in his comments. If you’ve ever stepped foot off campus, you have seen a CATS bus, and you’ve probably seen it stuck in traffic. How many times have you woken up late for work, only to find the traffic is so bad in town you have to call in and tell your boss you will be late? If you’re poor, you can’t afford to make mistakes like this. The hour you’re late for work is an hour you could’ve been working. Heaven forbid you get sick, and your boss threatens your job if you don’t find someone to cover your shift or show up for it. If you’re poor, you spend more money being poor. If you can’t cover your rent, you write a check and hope the money comes through before the check bounces. If you aren’t lucky, you get insufficient fund fees from both your bank and your landlord. Late fees for electricity bills, water bills — it all adds up. If you live in one of the seven food deserts of Baton Rouge — low income areas at least a mile away from the nearest grocery store — you live on convenience store or fast food. And you get the judgement of those who are more well-off and feel entitled to make you feel bad for purchasing frozen pizza and burritos instead of fruit
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In this March 20 photo, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan answers constituents’ questions during a listening session at the Snap-on Headquarters in Kenosha, Wis. Ryan is making poverty a signature issue as he tries to broaden his appeal ahead of a possible presidential run in 2016.
and vegetables. If you’re lucky enough to have a car, it probably isn’t dependable. You purchase the older, more-likely-tobreak-down car because it is all you can afford at the time, and then you pay for each broken part that comes along. One month it’s a flat tire.The next month, you need a new battery. Eventually, you spend so much on the broken car you could have saved up the money to buy a more dependable vehicle. But you had to get to work. So you can work the job some people don’t believe is worth the lowly minimum wage the government has made mandatory. And you understand the $7.25 you make is more like $6.75 after taxes. Taxes you pay to fund programs that benefit you, the worker who needs them. But instead of blaming the system that attaches a monetary value to a human person and then calls them a bum, we blame the worker who relies on public transportation to get to the job we claim they do not want. The popular perception of those
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living in poverty as lazy, unmotivated bums is harmful not only to the people who live in the reality of poverty, but also to our culture’s reaction to poverty. Money can’t buy happiness, and that’s evident in the lives of those who struggle in poverty and still find a way to smile. But they aren’t smiling because they are receiving government money. They know our nation’s war on poverty is a joke, and the punchline isn’t them. It’s people who have never been below the poverty line who can afford to turn it into a political platform.
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“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”
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Supreme Court decision expands freedom for donations Neutral Ground Eli A. Haddow Columnist The Constitution lives on. The Supreme Court decided Wednesday to strike down limits on how many candidates or party committees an individual can contribute to. This upholds a base aspect of our country’s existence. No longer are individual people limited in how much they can express their political views by contributing to people or causes they believe in. The 5-4 decision was divided on the court’s typical ideological lines — the conservatives in the majority and liberals in the minority. This underscores a larger and more basic reality that not everyone is happy with Americans’ right to give their money to whomever they want. Prior to the decision, an individual could only give $123,200 total to as many candidates and committees they could spread the money over. Now we can give however much we want. This is good, right? Not everyone thinks so. Democrats on the Hill have
derided the decision as another step toward an eventuality where our elections are glorified auctions for the country’s richest spenders, like the dubious Koch brothers. Meanwhile, Republicans like Speaker John Boehner tout the decision as a statement of freedom from the high court. The debate over campaign finance is a tense one and has drawn the ire of politicians from both sides of the aisle, but why? The basic argument of the majority is that it’s a First Amendment right for individuals to use as much of their wealth as they desire to influence political campaigns. This is a perfectly valid argument based on the principle that donations are a form of expression and ought not to be limited. The counter argument is that our elections are going up for sale. This is not at all based on the Constitution, but is rather an assertion that people who have a lot of money should not be able to have more influence than people who don’t. This goes against every principle of our society. How can our government justify putting limitations on
those who succeed the most? Well, the answer to that question is written in the annals of Democratic Party platforms going back for generations, and while I don’t wholeheartedly disagree with everything the party of donkeys does, they are off their rockers here. The argument against this decision should not be that there are bad men out there like the Koch brothers who are trying to buy the country one election at a time. If money needs to be separate from politics, then our politicians need to write in the Constitution that freedom of expression does not apply to elections, the most basic facet of our democracy. By the way, individual donations are still capped at $5,200 to a single candidate for each election cycle and $32,400 to any party. So David Koch can only give $5,200 to a candidate in an election. This in no way affects the Citizens United decision that allowed for corporations and unions to donate uncapped amounts through super PACs. The only fundamental change is that Koch can donate this meager amount to every
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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., (right) followed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. (left), leave a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
Republican from California to Maine, if he so pleases. Why should one man be limited to how many campaigns he can donate to? He shouldn’t. Luckily, the majority of justices on our Supreme Court agree it should be an American’s right to do so. I just wonder what the others are thinking.
Eli Haddow is a 21-year-old history and English junior from New Orleans.
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‘House of Cards’ not to blame for skewed politics Mr. Fini Joshua Hajiakbarifini Columnist The Netflix original series “House of Cards” embodies the views of Millennials in politics as opposed to shaping it. The show doesn’t pretend to promote pure and honest heroes like our political science classes do. It shows the dark side of politics and sheds light on the type of people who succeed in the hornets’ nest known as Washington. With the midterm elections coming in November, “House of Cards” highlights the sentiment felt by Millennials. The show has become a pop-culture phenomenon with a realistic and gritty take on politics that is rare to see done well. Why is it so popular? Some political analysts and pundits worry that “House of Cards” and its Machiavellian world view will pollute the “Millennial Idealism” of politics and discourage political engagement and create apathy. The sad truth is that the idealism of the Millennials was ruined but not by a popular show. As opposed to Bush and Obama, Frank Underwood embodies our expectations while not trying to foul us by pretending to
be a hero. Most people who enjoy the show consider “House of Cards” a de facto documentary on Washington. “At least he gets things done” is a common sentiment viewers have with the antihero Frank Underwood. The dark Frank Underwood doesn’t pretend to be an idealistic, honest and pure statesman; he ruthlessly bullies and strongarms lawmakers and pulls strings to push reform and keep Washington’s wheels moving. The popularity of the show’s antihero explains the affection people in Louisiana have for Edwin Edwards. Although young idealist liberals are disgusted with corruption in Washington, their attachment to Edwards shows they care more about accomplishing reform than having a moral icon. Edwards is arguably the Frank Underwood of Louisiana — a bigger-than-life political power broker who had the hearts and minds of Louisianians in the palm of his hand regardless of how much he isn’t like Mr. Rogers. According to a recent Pew Research study, the Sept. 11 attacks, the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina are the three most defining events for the Millennials. These three events also explain the level of pessimism the Millennials have toward politics. After the tragedy of 9/11,
everyone rallied around our president, believing he would lead us to retribution and justice. Bush’s approval rating peaked quickly to more than 90 percent. As a famous born-again Christian who wanted to lead a crusade against the evil Muslim extremists, most of us supported and believed in Bush. This quickly became a farce after Bush pushed for an invasion of Iraq with lies about Al Qaida links to Saddam and weapons of mass destruction. During the Iraq War, the government lied and tried to cover up the torture in Abu Ghraib and lied about being greeted as liberators. On top of a bloody war, the government’s failure and border line negligent homicide of thousands following Hurricane Katrina pushed the idealism of a new generation of voters passed its limit. This dark era of neoconservatism jamming freedom down peoples’ throats and blatant lying about Iraq led to more than twothirds of Millennials voting for Obama in 2008. Obama embodied the last hope that many Millennials had in politics, but as the recent past has shown, reform is much harder than expected. Obama wasn’t as radically different from Bush as many first-time voters hoped. Over the course of four years, much of the Millennials’ hope
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Kevin Spacey, (left) and Robin Wright (right) arrive at a special screening for season two of “House of Cards” on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.
and drive toward change was lost in politics. For this reason, Obama’s support from Millennials dropped from 66 percent to 60 percent. Granted, Obama still had a majority, but most tended to vote for Obama as the lesser of two evils. When it comes down to it, Millennials have a realistic view of politics not because of a popular show but because of the way politics turned out in our lifetime. “House of Cards” happens to be the only show to illustrate the politics we expect to see; it is cathartic for Millennials in
dealing with politics, regardless of whether critics like it or not. Joshua Hajiakbarifini is a 24-year-old political science and economics senior from Baton Rouge.
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LGBT
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Councils divided on Asbestos cleanup continues gay rights bill Lyle Manion
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It is the best of times and it is the worst of times for Louisiana’s LGBT community as the state’s two major metropolitan areas present a tale of two divided cities on the issue of upcoming gay rights legislation. The New Orleans City Council enacted resolutions Thursday imploring Gov. Bobby Jindal and the state legislature to pass various bills that would outlaw employment and housing discrimination in the state based on sexual orientation. New Orleans’ progressive proposals echo with special resonance considering the actions of its sister city’s council weeks ago. On Feb. 12, the Baton Rouge Metro Council refused to even endorse a symbolic gesture in support of Rep. Patricia Smith’s HB 12, which would remove the state’s unconstitutional anti-sodomy laws from the books. Though Smith views her legislation merely as a “cleanup bill” that would eliminate an outdated law from Louisiana record, HB 12 has seen an outcry from Christian-values lobbying groups like the Louisiana Family Forum. Despite the efforts of the New Orleans City Council, a bill that would outlaw housing discrimination based on sexual orientation was killed in the House Commerce committee Monday, making it still legal for landlords to turn away potential gay tenants in Louisiana. Michael Beyer, a political science sophomore, pointed to the fact that New Orleans “has a super majority of Democrats” as an explanation for its endorsements of gay rights bills. “Baton Rouge hasn’t caught up,” Beyer said. Beyer, who is the panel coordinator for University LGBT advocacy group Spectrum, expressed disappointment that the housing discrimination bill was not able to even make it out of committee. “It’s still very sad that Louisiana thinks this should be legal. It’s still legal to evict someone from their home,” Beyer said. University political science professor James Garand acknowledged Louisiana was a “very conservative” state on social issues, but stressed he was not surprised by either city’s response to the proposed gay rights bills. “New Orleans is known especially as a gay-friendly city,” Garand said. Baton Rouge remains divided on such issues, Garand said, though there is a large minority of residents who support LGBT causes. Garand said lawmakers’ opposition to the current slate of gay rights bills were grounded in a symbolic basis. “Sometimes there are things that don’t affect you one way or another but you still have a strong opinion about it,” Garand said. As new LGBT bills pass through committees, it remains to be seen
whether the state legislature will take the New Orleans City Council’s lead in openly committing to gay rights or remain rooted in more traditional ways of thinking like Baton Rouge’s Metro Council.
Contact Quint Forgey at qforgey@lsureveille.com
Asbestos-infested mud and water in the steam tunnels under campus pushed Facility Services’ clean-up project past the expected length of three weeks. The project, which began in January, aimed to replace insulation infested with asbestos particles to make tunnels more accessible for repairs, said Dave Maharrey, associate executive
director of Facility Services. During this process, it was discovered that asbestos particles drifted downward, contaminating the muddy water below. Because of this, Facility Services decided to do a full cleaning of the steam tunnels beyond replacing insulation. Maharrey said the original portion of the project, the removal and the replacement of insulation, is complete. The full cleaning is still underway. “This is the second job. We’ve done the first,” Maharrey said. The tunnel system has multiple sections that will be tended
to systematically, Maharrey said. Tunnels below the Quad’s east end are currently being worked on. Maintenance under the Quad’s west end will follow. The intention of the project has not changed, Maharrey said. Ultimately, the cleaning of the tunnels will result in easier, more efficient repairs.
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