The Daily Reveille - March 8, 2012

Students have a need for speed.

The LSU Police Department issued approximately 800 traffi c citations in 2011 , which includes speeding and other violations, according to LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

He said the speeding tick-ets from campus are just like any other ticket people would receive from the Baton Rouge Police Department or other law

enforcement branches. “If you receive a ticket, you

pay it through the judicial sys-tem just like any other ticket,” Lalonde said.

Lalonde said there isn’t an appeal process for speeding tick-ets like there is for parking tick-ets, but anyone can contest his or her ticket at the East Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse.

“We don’t deal with the fi nes,” Lalonde said. “The court does, though. There are increas-ing fi nes based on the speeds.”

Lalonde said there are no offi cial exceptions for speeding, but there are circumstances left to the discretion of the offi cer issuing the ticket.

He said if an offi cer doesn’t deem a driver’s reason for speed-ing as a viable excuse, the offi cer will issue a citation to the driver of the vehicle.

He said the time of day, weather and location can affect the likelihood of receiving a tick-et.

“There is somewhat of a grace period,” Lalonde said. “A warning may be issued instead of a ticket at times.”

He said offi cers may be less tolerant of speeding along West Lakeshore Drive, where joggers and other pedestrians are at risk of being injured. West Lakeshore

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W. Lakeshore, Nicholson common areas for tra� c ticketsStudents say campus speeding is an issueLauren DuhonStaff Writer

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New bookstore will dwarf current oneJoshua BergeronContributing Writer

The University is attempting to create a one-stop shop with its under-construction bookstore, according to Paul Stevenson, University book-store general manager.

The 50,000-square-foot book-store currently be-ing built on the cor-ner of Highland and Raphael Semmes roads will dwarf the current one, which stands at 28,000 square feet. The new facility will be one of the largest

college bookstores, Stevenson said.“Although it is not complete,

someone can simply walk through the bookstore and immediately tell the difference between the Union bookstore and this one [on Highland

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Left BehindStudents cope with pet separation when moving to college

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A miniscule, multicolored fi sh may not compare to man’s energetic, fun-loving best friend, but for biology freshman Lauren Sarrazin , they’ll have to do.

A friend’s fi sh is the closest she can get to replac-ing her chocolate lab, Lady , who Sarrazin had to leave behind when coming to college.

Sarrazin, a Lafayette native and one of many Uni-versity students who deals with leaving a pet behind while attending college, said she misses Lady now that she’s at LSU and her friend’s fi sh can’t take the place of her furry companion.

“It was sad [leaving Lady behind],” Sarrazin said. “I just try to visit her as much as possible.”

Coping with leaving pets behind can often be a har-rowing experience for students.

Stephanie Johnson , a counselor and instructor at the LSU Vet School , works with the school’s “Best Friend Gone Project, ” a program designed to cope with the loss of a pet. She said pet separation in college can be diffi cult because pets are a constant and reliable source of affec-tion for students.

“We all get attached to our pets because they’re that one constant,” Johnson said. “They could be the one thing to bring from home that is a reminder.”

Pets are great stress relievers that show their owners unconditional love, and pet owners typically have lower blood pressure and heart rates, according to Johnson.

Johnson suggested some strategies for students who

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Tens of thousands of South Africans peacefully protest for the poor

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of South Africans marched peacefully Wednesday to demand the governing African Na-tional Congress do more for the poor.

Police estimate 50,000 people marched in Johannesburg. Smaller crowds turned out in Cape Town and other cities and towns for protests called by the Congress of South Af-rican Trade Unions, a close ally of the ANC, but often among its sharp-est critics. The federation, known as COSATU, linked the protests to two ANC economic policy decisions. Top policeman says son Paul Condon worked at Murdoch title

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Former Commissioner Ian Blair said that his teenage son and that of his predecessor, Paul Con-don, had both gained “work expe-rience” at Rupert Murdoch’s News International, which used to publish the News of the World tabloid.

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MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Moscow on Wednesday gave per-mission for another major protest rally this weekend, but one of the or-ganizers warned that the turnout may be smaller than the huge throngs that came to previous demonstrations.

A wave of rallies in Moscow attracted huge crowds, a stunning show of public opposition to Vladi-mir Putin. But after Putin’s election on Sunday to a new six-year term as president, the opposition’s ability to maintain that momentum is in doubt.

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Michael O’Brien presented Wednesday his vision for the Uni-versity if he were chosen as execu-tive vice chancel-lor and provost, emphasizing his belief in transpar-ency and open-ness as a universi-ty administrator addressing growing fi nancial problems.

“The last thing somebody should do is walk in here and tell you what to do,” said O’Brien , the current dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University of Missouri.

O’Brien said his primary goal if chosen as the University’s sec-ond-in-command is to foster inter-nal discussion between schools and colleges and to be transparent with administrative decisions.

In Missouri, he said he views his current role as a faculty mem-ber fi rst and a dean second, and he would maintain the same attitude as the University’s provost. O’Brien said he would place importance on daily communication with faculty and staff.

“I’m not a power-hungry person,” O’Brien said. “The title doesn’t mean anything to me. It’s what you get done.”

Like past candidates Kevin

Carman and Bobby Schnabel , O’Brien highlighted a fi nancial strategy that focused on an increase in private funding from alumni and other invested individuals.

Increasing out-of-state enroll-ment could be another source for increased revenue, he said. At Mis-souri, a decrease in high school graduation rates led the school to shift focus to attracting out-of-state students, he said.

O’Brien said adding more non-resident students resolved Mis-souri’s problem of decreasing en-rollment numbers.

This could be applied at LSU, he said, though enrollment has been increasing over past years, accord-ing to the Offi ce of Budget and Planning.

O’Brien highlighted many of Missouri’s successful past efforts, including a focus on bringing back prominent alumni as faculty.

He addressed the same faculty problems as previ-ous candidates in past forums, but O’Brien made it clear he wouldn’t equalize differing pay between disci-plines because economic demands across the country make some dis-ciplines more profi table than others.

What he would work toward is ensuring “living wages” for all University employees, including faculty on a non-tenure track, who he said have unharvested potential.

O’Brien , who studied anthro-pology at Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin, said his academic background plays a

role in how he interacts and makes decisions as an administrator.

“It does teach respect for other people,” he said. “Anthropologists understand diversity.”

O’Brien is the third candidate to emphasize diversity and name it as an area in which the University could improve.

He said he would like to see more involvement from internation-al faculty in attracting students from their respective countries, and the University could be more attractive to out-of-country students by hon-oring hours earned at international schools.

Louisiana’s culture has much to offer to international students and faculty, O’Brien said.

He said he has strong ties to the University, where he almost studied for his undergraduate degree, and he has many relatives in Louisiana.

The open provost position could be the “job of the century,” he said, and the state plays a large role in the University’s potential.

“I would come in and help you de-velop good — and

hopefully big — ideas that come from you,” he said, adding he would be proud of working with the Uni-versity community. “You have to fi gure out the needs of students and faculty, and then adapt, and not the other way around.”

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Jo Ann Henson, business and economics librarian, tells a student Wednesday about major-speci� c resources available at the library as part of Meet Your Librarian Day at Pierre’s Landing.

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The Student Government Senate spent its Wednesday meet-ing trying new ways to fight bud-get cuts by creating a SG budget crisis taskforce and passing a resolution to invite multiple Uni-versity leaders to a “joint convo-cation” to discuss budget cuts.

SG President Cody Wells said he was concerned that LSU System President John Lombardi has ordered no LSU employee to speak badly of Governor Bobby Jindal’s budget or the budget cuts to the University.

The executive order states that “LSU System President John Lombardi has issued a gag order to all LSU System executives, in-cluding those at Louisiana’s flag-ship institution, in exchange for supposed good treatment in Gov-ernor Bobby Jindal’s 2012-2013 executive budget.”

In response to the “gag or-der,” Wells ordered the establish-ment of the “LSU SG Budget Cri-sis Taskforce.”

The taskforce will be com-prised of eight SG members and its mission is “to strategically and effectively protect and speak in defense of the state’s flagship in-stitution.”

Wells said while administra-tors must follow the System’s orders, members of SG are pro-tected because they aren’t LSU employees.

“Anything this institution needs to say can’t be said … be-cause this is like Communist Rus-sia,” Wells said.

The Senate also passed a resolution to hold a convocation including Lombardi, Chancel-lor Michael Martin, LSU Faculty Senate, LSU Staff Senate and SG to solve budget cut problems.

“We want this to be used as solution time, not just [informa-tion] time to make us feel more involved,” said co-author of the resolution and E.J. Ourso Col-lege of Business Senator Emily Landry.

Senator of the Graduate School Rachel O’Pry said no matter how the heads of the Uni-versity respond, the convocation will be good publicity against the budget cuts.

“If they reject [the invi-tation], that will be further

publicity for the issue,” she said. “If they stall it, that would be publicity. Why would they stall it? …If they engage it, that would

be further publicity.”

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Six StartupBuses, including the Louisiana StartupBus, rolled into Baton Rouge on Wednesday night for a welcome party at the Varsity Theatre.

The StartupBuses carry en-trepreneurs from all over the country in technology-packed buses, according to a Baton Rouge Area Chamber news release.

There are 11 buses touring the country, the re-lease said. The bus passengers are competing in an entrepreneur-ial competition where six groups per bus create a startup company during three days on the road.

The start-up businesses launch when the buses arrive in Austin for South by Southwest.

“The vision is to empower the people that create change in the world and who can disrupt the status quo,” the release said.

Terry Jones, managing di-rector of the Regional Innova-tion Organization and Louisiana

StartupBus conductor, described the competition as “25 entrepre-neurs on a bus traveling 60 miles per hour, and they have 72 hours to create, build and launch a start-up.”

“They literally get on board and pitch their ideas,” Jones said.

The Louisiana bus is carry-ing passengers from all over the state, as well as a few entrepre-

neurs from Chica-go, Arkansas and Silicon Valley, Jones said. The start-ups range in function from changing the way Twitter is used to changing con-

sumer behavior.Jones said about 180 entre-

preneurs/passengers attended the Varsity meet-up.

The Louisiana bus has been traveling across the state over the past two days, and after the stop at the Varsity it will head to Aus-tin for the South by Southwest competition.

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‘They literally get on board and pitch

their ideas.’ Terry Jones

Louisiana StartupBus conductor

StartupBuses make stop at Varsity Theatre


Young entrepreneurs from across Louisiana arrive at the Varsity Wednesday night for a party to kick off 72 hours of travel on the StartupBus.

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SG president Cody Wells speaks to the Senate on Wednesday about establishing a LSU Student Government budget crisis taskforce.

Wells plans ‘budget crisis taskforce’

With the end of Mardi Gras came the beginning of Lent, and Catholic students are still working hard to maintain their Lenten sacri-fi ces.

Father Todd Lloyd of Christ the King Catholic Church on cam-pus said the 40 days of Lent are for people to refl ect on the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert.

“During that time, he resisted temptation,” Lloyd said. “And

so can we.”Catholics also abstain from eat-

ing meat on Fridays during Lent. Lloyd said the church used to en-courage members to observe meat-free Fridays all year, but the tradition has changed over the years.

Not eating meat allows Catho-lics to sacrifi ce as a group and brings them closer to one another and to God, he said.

“We give up the fl esh of an ani-mal because Christ gave up his fl esh for us,” he said.

Lloyd said most of the students he sees on a regular basis are able to stay disciplined through the Lenten season.

“Toward the end, discipline may dwindle a bit,” he said. “But they seem very strong.”

Many people feel their strength begin to waver toward the end of the season, and Lloyd said they must persevere to better their relationships with God.

“If I give up chocolate, after three weeks I’m starting to really want an M&M,” he said. “That’s re-ally where God comes in.”

Brian Baudoin, political science and disaster management senior, said he’s had trouble staying disciplined in the past.

Baudoin, who gave up electron-ics and video games for the season, said he’s trying to be more proactive this year and stay strong throughout the season.

“In past years, as it got closer to

Easter, I was just waiting for Lent to end,” he said. “Now I’m trying to use my time for prayer.”

Baudoin said his newfound strength came from a startling real-ization.

“God sees the heart,” he said. “He sees what sacrifi ces are empty.”

Lloyd said the church expects its members to observe Lent with three things: penance, prayer and almsgiving.

“Hopefully you can connect all three of those,” he said.

He said students should use the time they save through penance or sacrifi ce to pray and do service to be-come closer to God.

English junior Erica deVeer said she’s trying to go above and beyond this year. In addition to giving up sweets and coffee, deVeer commit-ted to praying the rosary every day and going to confession every week.

She’s also trying to participate more actively in Mass.

“If possible, I kneel on the fl oor instead of on the kneelers,” she said.

“If it hurts my knees, it helps remind me of what Christ went through for me.”

But staying strong isn’t always easy for students.

Biology junior Angelica Sim-mons gave up dessert for Lent.

Simmons said she sometimes fi nds herself getting caught up in the hustle and bustle of the week and forgets to maintain her commitment.

“In the craziness of student life, it can be challenging to remember something like that,” she said. “But it’s not a small thing. It’s important.”

Baudoin said students should surround themselves with people who are positive and supportive to help them stay focused.

“I’ve found the people happi-est during Lent are the ones whose friends have all given up the same thing,” he said. “It really helps.”

Drive and Nicholson Drive are the two areas around campus where traffi c citations are most likely to be issued, Lalonde said.

“People do not realize the speed limit is 35 mph on Nich-olson Drive and 20 mph on West Lakeshore Drive ,” Lalonde said.

LSUPD has not done any-thing in particular to crack down on speeding, Lalonde said. Traffi c stops and tickets have proved to be two ways to prevent speeding and change the driver’s future be-havior, he said.

Over the past two years, LSUPD has focused on control-ling traffi c incidents by develop-ing a traffi c division within the department, which Lalonde said

enforces traf-fi c laws.

L S U P D has not looked into the addition of speed cam-eras on cam-pus, Lalonde noted.

Students, however, say speeding on campus is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Psychology freshman Billy Nguyen said there isn’t a strong enough presence of police offi cers controlling traffi c on campus.

“I try to follow the speed lim-its, but I have seen many people speeding on Highland Road ,” Nguyen said. “I can’t speak for all students, but I think many people do.”

This speeding has also caused international studies freshman Meaghin Woolie to feel unsafe walking around campus.

“When drivers speed on

campus, there is a potential of harming pedestrians and bikers,” Woolie said. “I try to look both ways before crossing the street, but not all students are as cautious.”


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‘I have seen many people speeding on Highland

Road.’Billy Nguyen

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Each Tuesday, a group of runners gather down-town and relax afterward with a drink as part of Hap-py’s Running Club.

Residents congregate each week at 6 p.m., rain or shine, at Happy’s Irish Pub on Third Street. They run a 5K, or 3.1 miles, and reconvene at the bar.

Just two days after missing out on a conference championship, fi rst-year LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell received a different bundle of joy, giving birth to her fi rst child Tuesday morning, LSU announced.

Justice Simone Fargas was born at 5:44 a.m., weighing in at 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 19 3/4 inch-es long. Both Caldwell, 39, and Justice are in good health, according to a news release.

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miss their pet that include keeping pictures or videos of their pets, vol-unteering at an animal shelter or be-ing around friends who have pets.

Johnson counsels students who are grieving pet loss or having separation issues. She recommend-ed Companion Animal Alliance , CAAWS and Yelp! as organizations where students can volunteer to deal with missing their animal.

Johnson said the University should be more pet friendly like other institutions around the country, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which offers cat-friendly dorms, and the University of Notre Dame, which allows students to have fi sh aquariums.

Pets can also help students when they enter an unfamiliar environment like college, Johnson said.

Contrary to the idea that pets would make students less social-ly accessible because of added

responsibilities, Johnson said pets are a great way to initiate social in-teraction. Owners constantly need to bring their pets outside for a walk, and animals are a great conversation starter.

For some students, pets infl u-ence their decisions about where to live.

Graphic design sophomore Al-lison Ballard said she still lives at home in Baton Rouge and attributed part of her decision to stay there to her dog.

“Whenever I’m stressed out, I go outside and run with my dog, and it relieves my stress,” Ballard said.

Political science senior Scott Morvant said he chose to live in an apartment off campus so he could bring his dog with him.

Mass communication senior Emilee Margiotta , who is from Slidell , said separating from her pet was diffi cult.

“Before I came here, I went to the University of Tampa , which was

like nine hours away,” Margiotta said. “That was really diffi cult.”

She said she would go to pet stores or the homes of friends who had pets in order to cope with sepa-ration from her dog. Since moving back to Louisiana, she has gotten her own dog, but she still misses her pets back home.

“It’s a lot easier [now] because I can just go home on the weekends,” Margiotta said.

But not all students think time away from their pets is a bad thing.

Kinesiology freshman and Ba-ton Rouge resident Haley Duke said she likes no longer having responsi-bility for her dogs.

“I like it better because I don’t have to take care of them, and I can just see them whenever I want,” Duke said.

Road],” Stevenson said. “It is a little less than twice the size of the current store. The store is similar in size to Georgia Tech and Ohio State’s book-store.”

Construction will be complete by December, Stevenson said.

Each Barnes & Noble bookstore is tailored to its specifi c location. Stevenson said the new bookstore will feature architecture iconic to the University, specifi cally the broad arches on many of the buildings in the Quad.

The most prominent part of the new edifi ce is a large tower connect-ing a 700-parking-space garage to the bookstore. After climbing several fl ights of stairs or taking an elevator to the top of the tower, students will see the entire landscape surrounding the University’s campus.

Bookstore Assistant Manager Whit Green believes the list of fea-tures will be more impressive than the bookstore’s sheer size.

One of the most signifi cant addi-tions will be a technology store. The store will offer repair services for computers as well as sell merchan-dise. Rumors have been circulating that an Apple Store will be included in the new bookstore. Apple repre-sentatives confi rmed the company is working to bring a store to campus but didn’t elaborate on the plans.

“We want students to be able to come to the bookstore and purchase everything they need for school, including technological needs,” Stevenson said.

Students may also be able to

witness aviation in the bookstore. Stevenson said offi cials are consid-ering hanging an airplane shell from the bookstore’s ceiling.

Jason Tolliver, director of Uni-versity Auxilary Services, declined to comment on the issue, but he did say he is “working on something big” for the bookstore.

The bookstore will also feature a cafe “proudly serving Starbucks coffee.” The term “proudly serving” is included in the title because the cafe will not be offi cially licensed, Stevenson said.

The Starbucks cafe will have a 100-person indoor and outdoor seat-ing capacity and will be located on the opposite side of the bookstore from the technology store.

“It is hard to grasp the size of the new store until you are actually

able to walk around in it,” said Ste-venson. “Although we have all of these cool new features, the thing we are really trying to accomplish is to build a community that people genuinely want to hang out in. We would like to be able to host musi-cians and gameday events as well as other programs with our 40-person seating area.”

Tolliver echoed Stevenson’s hopes to create a community as a part of his Union Square idea.

“I envision the Union Square as an area where students will want to hang out,” Tolliver said. “The book-store will certainly be a vital part of the Union Square.”

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Construction of the new parking garage and bookstore on the corner of Highland Road and Raphael Semmes Road continues Tuesday morning.

Denise Hinton has shattered the Lady Tigers’ record book as a sophomore and forced her way into national championship contention as the nation’s No. 6 weight thrower.

But the newest track and fi eld star to come out of Baton Rouge isn’t on scholarship. She wasn’t even planning to be an athlete af-ter high school.

“I thought I was done with sports when I decided on LSU,” Hinton said. “My dad and I came [to LSU] for orientation, and when we drove past the [Bernie Moore stadium ] my dad suggested I try to talk to one of the coaches.”

In that fi rst stroll through the stadium, Hinton met LSU throw-ing coach Derek Yush and told him about her experience as a shot putter in high school and asked if the team had any extra spots on the roster.

Hinton and Yush kept in contact in the summer before Hinton’s fi rst semester, she even-tually joined the team as a walk-on without even meeting LSU coach Dennis Shaver .

“I think the fi rst time I met Coach Shaver was at the fi rst team meeting when he formally introduced himself to everyone,” Hinton said. “I didn’t know any-one coming into that fi rst season.”

Since that introduction, Hinton has switched events and launched into what has become a breakout season for the Peachtree City , Ga., native.

This season, Hinton broke her personal best mark in all but one meet , eclipsed the program record fi ve times and earned talk of possibly being rewarded with a scholarship depending on how she performs in this weekend’s NCAA meet.

“Denise, in her fi rst six meets as a sophomore, [set personal records] and really put

the school record books basically off the charts,” Yush said. “She’s already a force to be reckoned with in the [Southeastern Confer-ence], and I think she’s certainly got to start thinking about being All-American and then winning a

national championship as an indi-vidual.”

Hinton earned a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championship meet after securing an automat-ic qualifying bid for her school record-breaking throw of 69 feet,

9 3/4 inches at the LSU NCAA In-door Qualifying Meet on March 2. Her record now stands 4 1/2 feet ahead of previous record holder Mallory McDonald, who threw

SportsThursday, March 8, 2012 page 7

GOLF

Former golfer wins TAF Athlete of the Year

Former LSU golfer John Peter-son has been named the 2011 Tiger Athletic Founda-tion Male Athlete of the Year, the University an-nounced Tuesday.

Peterson re-ceived the award Sunday at the TAF Academic Excel-lence Gala. He was recognized for a 2011 senior season where he became the third Tiger to win an NCAA individual championship.

The three-time collegiate All-American broke a 70-year individual winless streak for LSU, who last had a male individual champion when Earl Stewart won the title in 1941.

Peterson was also recognized as one of eight recipients of LSU’s Director’s Cup, joining Austin Gutg-sell, Smylie Kaufman, Ken Looper, Andrew Loupe, Clayton Rotz, Curtis Thompson and Sang Yi.

Peterson is currently playing on the PGA Tour. He recently made his second-straight PGA cut in the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he fi nished in a tie for 55th place in a fi eld of 132 players.

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Walk-on Denise Hinton throwing past expectationsMichael GegenheimerSports Contributor

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Win or go home. That’s how the LSU men’s basketball team

has to approach the Southeastern Conference tournament, which the No. 8-seed Tigers (17-13, 7-9 SEC) begin today against No. 9-seed Arkansas (18-13, 6-10 SEC) at noon in New Orleans.

LSU enters the tournament on a three-game losing streak after taking a 24-point pounding at Ole Miss , dropping an overtime decision against Tennessee and a 15-point defeat at the hands of Auburn.

LSU coach Trent Johnson said the Tigers’ problem is simple — they need to shoot better.

“Basically, we just haven’t shot the ball well,” he said. “We haven’t been able to get some stops. It’s just one of those things that’s an unfortunate time that we aren’t playing well.”

Johnson said the Tigers hit a tough wall after they earned their 17 th win.

HINTON, see page 10

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LSU sophomore weight thrower Denise Hinton has set a new record � ve times this season and is the nation’s No. 6 weight thrower.

TOURNAMENT, see page 10

LSU opens SEC tournament against Arkansas

Albert BurfordSports Contributor

photo by AUSTIN BENNETT / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior forward Storm Warren (24) shoots over Tennessee center Yemi Makanjuola during LSU’s 74-69 loss to the Volunteers on Feb. 29 in the PMAC.

PETERSON

The LSU softball team fi nished its fi ve-game road trip with a 10-2, fi ve-inning victory against in-state opponent Nicholls State (4-16) in Thibodaux on Wednesday night .

The Tigers’ (11-7) bats got off to a hot start after a tough 1-3 week-end , during which opponents shut out LSU in each of its losses .

In the top of the fi rst inning , senior outfi elder Ashley Langoni homered to left-center fi eld with two outs to plate senior outfi elder Ashley Applegate and give LSU an early 2-0 lead .

Freshman shortstop Dylan Su-pak followed Langoni’s at-bat with

her fi rst career home run to extend the Tigers’ lead to three and added a two-RBI single in the fi fth frame.

“I felt pretty good in the box,” Supak said. “As a team, we swung the bat really well. Hits are conta-gious, and that defi nitely showed tonight.”

LSU coach Beth Torina gave Supak her fi rst start at shortstop against the Colonels after playing her primarily at fi rst base this sea-son. Torina said Supak’s work ethic earned her the start at shortstop, and she didn’t disappoint.

“She did a really good job,” Torina said. “She has been swing-ing better and better, and she works so hard in practice. She deserved to have a great night.”

The Colonels plated a run in the bottom of the second inning to cut the lead to two , but Langoni pushed the lead back to three in the top of the third with an RBI single .

Nicholls State answered back in the bottom half of the inning with a solo home run , but sophomore fi rst baseman Ashleigh Kuhn extended the Tigers’ lead back to three in the top half of the next inning with an RBI double .

Already leading, 5-2 , LSU piled on fi ve runs in the top of the fi fth to take a 10-2 lead , which would be the game’s fi nal score.

LSU sealed the victory two in-nings short of the usual seven by maintaing the eight-run lead over the Colonels through the fi fth inning .

Supak’s two-RBI single kicked off the Tigers’ attack, followed by an RBI from freshman third base-man Kailey McCasland , a Kuhn RBI groundout and a pinch-hit RBI single from senior Heidi Pizer .

“This is the most aggressive I’ve seen the offense all season,” Torina said. “The entire lineup, one through nine, swung hard. They were in attack mode.”

The Tigers’ leadoff batter reached base in four of fi ve innings and came around to score each time .

“The key was they actually hit with people on base, too,” Torina said. “They did a good job of mov-ing and scoring the runners.”

Junior pitcher Rachele Fico pitched four innings and allowed two

runs while earning her sixth win this season.

Langoni said the Tigers did what they planned to do against a lo-cal opponent.

“Any in-state opponent, that’s how we’ve got to play them,” Lan-goni said. “We’ve got to go out and crush the ball.”

LSU returns to action Friday at 5 p.m against Mississippi Valley State (9-9) in its fi rst game of the Purple and Gold Challenge . The Tigers will face the Devilettes again Saturday afternoon , sandwiching two contests against Troy (16-2) on Friday night and Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

The LSU diving team will try to ride momentum from a strong Southeastern Conference Champi-onship meet when it competes in the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional in Iowa City, beginning today.

There are fi ve zone meets to qualify for the NCAA Championship Meet, with nine men and 12 women qualifying at each. The formula to qualify changes based on how many divers double or triple, or win mul-tiple events, on the one-meter, three-meter or platform dives.

“When I ran the numbers, it’s totally within our capabilities to be at the women’s and men’s NCAAs,” said diving coach Doug Shaffer . “We’ve got to be on our game, pre-lims and fi nals.”

Shaffer pointed to Texas and future SEC foe Texas A&M as the toughest competition at the meet, along with Houston in the women’s

competition. He said other danger-ous teams include Arkansas and an-other future SEC rival, Missouri.

The Lady Tiger duo of fresh-man Alex Bettridge and junior Elle Schmidt are coming off a record-setting SEC Championship Meet. Schmidt scored on all three dives and set a career-best mark on the platform and her best postseason score on the one-meter.

Bettridge claimed SEC Fresh-man Diver of the Year honors after breaking her own school record, placing third on the three-meter and taking sixth in the one-meter , propel-ling the Lady Tigers to a fi fth-place fi nish in the meet.

Senior Matt Vieke and sopho-more Daniel Helm will lead the Ti-gers. Helm shined at the SEC Cham-pionships, fi nishing second in the one-meter and setting a new career best on the platform and three-meter . Vieke took fi fth in the one-meter and fi nished one place behind Helm in the three-meter.

Vieke will be competing at the last Zone Championship of his ca-reer, and he said he hopes he saved the best for last.

“I feel more prepared for this

one,” Vieke said. “I know I have the potential to make this the best post-season yet.”

Both Vieke and Shaffer said nerves won’t be a factor, even with the high level of competition pres-ent. Nerves can be a positive thing, Shaffer said.

“Diving is about believing in yourself, getting up and perform-ing,” Shaffer said. “I look at nerves as a positive aspect. They get your adrenaline going and your blood pumping.”


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Freshman diver Alex Bettridge completes an inward dive pike Tuesday during a practice in the LSU Natatorium. Bettridge recently broke her own school diving record.

LSU may finally be getting what every other school in the Southeastern Conference already has — an indoor tennis facility.

On Monday, LSU Vice Chan-cellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced the Ath-letic Department is working with the Tiger Athletic Foundation to bring a new ten-nis facility to the school’s program.

“It’s gone through the first step of approval and is by no means a done deal,” said LSU men’s tennis coach Jeff Brown. “But if it does get to the point where it’s completed, from recruiting to actual practice and matches, it would be a huge step for the program.”

LSU is currently the only school in the SEC lacking indoor courts, and recruits have noticed.

“When we recruit players, they want to see the same thing at every school, and we keep getting [asked] why we don’t have [indoor courts] when all of our competitors do,” said LSU women’s tennis coach Tony Min-nis. “It puts us in the ball game to be competitive in getting top recruits.”

In contrast with the central location of W.T. “Dub” Robin-son Stadium, which was built in 1976, the new facility will be lo-cated on LSU’s south campus off GSRI Avenue.

“I think a lot of our fans from the [Baton Rouge] commu-nity would have easier access ... with some of the things you have to deal with during school hours, such as parking,” Brown said. “I’m sure that the students that

come to the matches will drive a little bit and enjoy the whole fa-cility.”

Plans for the new facility in-clude six outdoor stadium courts, 12 auxiliary courts and six in-door courts. Brown said the new courts might also serve as a club for students to join in the future.

The indoor courts will serve as an escape from the weather, which has caused the postponement of three matches so far this season.

“We have a nice [facility] now, but an even better one with

indoors would be great for us to have continuity in our matches,” Brown said. “If it rains, it’s not an issue and we can just play in-doors.”

In place of Robinson Sta-dium, Alleva said he would like to see a practice facility built for the University’s gymnastics pro-gram, a move that would give the Carl Maddox Field House free space to add locker rooms for the track and field programs.

It’s always a joyous occasion when a newborn baby is wel-comed into the world.

The arrival of LSU wom-en’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell’s daughter Justice Sim-one Fargas at 5:44 a.m. Tuesday morning was not only a welcome sign to Caldwell but also her team.

The first-year Lady Tigers’ coach was supposed to give birth to her first child in late March. For the team’s sake, it’s a good thing Justice was served sooner rather than later.

After losing to Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game, 70-58, on Sunday, LSU will get

two weeks off to prepare for the upcoming NCAA tournament. Now that Caldwell will be pacing the sidelines when tournament play begins, the Lady Tigers can focus on the task at hand — hang-ing up another Final Four banner in the PMAC.

LSU won seven of its last nine games before losing its last contest to the Lady Volunteers. One of the key reasons the Lady Vols were able to pull away late was the absence of LSU senior forward LaSondra Barrett, who departed minutes into the second half after an accidental knee to the head.

After a slight scare, Barrett accompanied LSU on its flight back from Nashville and posted an encouraging tweet on her Twitter account.

“Thanks for everyone’s prayers & concerns from this

weekend. I’m doing fine & in good hands with our trainer & I will be ready 4 NCAA tourney,” she wrote.

With Caldwell and Barrett back for the NCAA tournament, the Lady Tigers have a solid chance to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2008.

LSU’s host status will be a supreme home court advantage, especially if the Lady Tigers re-ceive a lower seed than their sec-ond-round opponent.

ESPN.com’s Bracketology expert Charlie Creme currently has LSU pegged as the No. 5 seed in the Raleigh regional, facing off against No. 12 seed Missouri State. If that scenario becomes reality, playing the No. 4 seed will be a big advantage for the Lady Tigers.

It’s surprising to see LSU sitting in such a good position,

considering for a while it looked as if the team might miss the NCAA tournament for the second season in a row.

I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for the Lady Tigers to know Caldwell will be present. If her baby still hadn’t been born next week, there would be an air of uncertainty surround-ing the team as to whether or not Caldwell would be able to coach.

Uncertainty is not something a coach wants to deal with at the most important time of the sea-son.

The confidence Caldwell ex-udes during games and practices has been a breath of fresh air for LSU. She’s been able to take a senior-laden team and get her players to buy into her coaching philosophy in only her first sea-son as head coach.

After senior guard Destini

Hughes went down with a torn ACL in January, Caldwell insert-ed sophomore Jeanne Kenney as the starting point guard. In turn, Kenney has responded by leading LSU in assists, and her ball han-dling has steadily improved.

I’m sure Caldwell is excited about her newfound role as a mother, but something tells me that she’s itching to get back on the basketball court to start her postseason legacy at LSU.

Micah Bedard is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Houma. Follow him on Twitter @DardDog.

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March are entered in a

TENNIS

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‘We keep getting [asked] why we don’t have [in-door courts] when all of

our competitors do.’ Tony Minnis

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“We had a lot of things on our table that we could accom-plish and still can,” he said. “But I think the guys started to sense a little pressure as opposed to just enjoying it and playing and con-tinuing to work and grind and let the chips fall where they may.”

Arkansas isn’t exactly on fi re entering tournament play, either.

The Razorbacks have lost seven of their last nine SEC games, with only one of those losses coming against a ranked opponent in a 30 -point loss to Florida.

“We’ve got an Arkansas team that has had their struggles, but I’ve got to believe they’re going to be ready to start a new season, too,” Johnson said. “We’re look-ing forward to starting a clean slate.”

Arkansas coach Mike Ander-son said he wants the Razorbacks to push the tempo during the tournament and acknowledged both teams are coming into the game “hungry.”

“It’s a one-game season,” Anderson said in a teleconfer-ence. “The fi rst game is the most important game in any tourna-ment you play.”

LSU and Arkansas played twice this season, each team win-ning on its home court.

In the teams’ fi rst meeting, Arkansas freshman guard BJ

Young dropped 19 points while the Razorbacks shot 50 percent from 3-point range to defeat LSU, 69-60 .

But when the teams met in Baton Rouge, it was a different story.

Four Tigers scored in double fi gures as the Tigers topped the Razorbacks, 71-65 .

LSU couldn’t fi nd any pe-rimeter presence in either game, shooting 16 percent from behind the arc in the teams’ fi rst meeting and 15 percent in the teams’ sec-ond meeting.

But Johnson said LSU has improved as the season wore on.

“Going into this season, there were a lot of unknowns,” he said. “We knew we were going to have to get it done by grinding or get it done by committee whether it was by scoring or by doing it defensively.”

The winner of the LSU-Ar-kansas tilt goes on to play No. 1 Kentucky on Friday.

“You never know — that’s why you line up,” Johnson said. “I fully expect us to fi nish like we started — competing our tail off and trying to fi nd a way to win a game.”

65 feet, 2 3/4 inches in 2003.The throw put Hinton at No.

8 all-time in the SEC and No. 1 this season. If she had thrown the same distance at the SEC Indoor Championship Meet, she would have won by more than three feet instead of fi nishing a disappoint-ing ninth with a throw of 58 feet, 6 3/4 inches.

“The fi rst time you go to a meet and have high expectations, particularly as a walk-on ... a lot of things can happen,” Yush said. “Denise tried to muscle her way

through it and found that’s not what it takes to win.”

Hinton was favored in her fi rst trip to a conference champi-onship meet that featured seven of last year’s top-10 performers, including Florida senior Fidela James , the defending SEC cham-pion.

“I had never had so much pressure put on me, and I guess I just freaked out,” Hinton said. “Last year nobody really expect-ed me to do anything because it was a new event [for me], and this year I went into the SEC as No. 1.”

Hinton said while she is ner-vous and has high expectations for herself, she knows she’s only a sophomore and still has two years to meet her goals.

“My expectation is just that I go out there and compete,” Hin-ton said. “I want these girls to not [say], ‘Oh, this is just some soph-omore from LSU.’ I want them to see me as a competitor and look for in the years to come.”


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Nathan Phillip lives his dream every day — except Sunday .

Located near the north gates of campus, sandwiched between Chinese Combo King and North Gate Tavern , lies Phillip’s hair sa-lon, Studio 126 . Phillip has cut hair there for more than a decade and fi nds he only needs one day per week off from his “work.”

“Every day that I can come in

to the studio and work for myself styling hair is like a dream, a vaca-tion,” Phillip said.

Two years ago, Phillip jumped at the chance to purchase the stu-dio where he had worked for about eight years, formerly known as Hair Vision, and the stylist hasn’t looked back since.

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Studio 126 on West Chimes Street, run by hairstylist Nathan Phillip, offers haircuts for men, women and children. Phillip bought the salon two years ago.

HAIR SALON

Character, unique cuts offered at Studio 126Josh NaquinEntertainment Writer

STUDIO 126, see page 15

BROOMS, see page 15

SOCIAL MEDIA

Professor debunks equinox broom fad

David JonesEntertainment Writer

Paranormal activity swept through campus this week, inciting awe and confusion among Univer-sity students.

Facebook was in a frenzy as users posted pictures of free-standing broomsticks which they said balanced on their own because of the vernal equinox and a special align-ment of the planets.

But professor of phys-ics and astronomy Bradley Schaefer dispelled these claims.

“I can tell you very con-fi dently that astronomically, the equinox has absolutely nothing to do with [it],” he said.

Schaefer dismissed the whimsical trick as a simple balancing act. He said the myth initially claimed that an egg can only stand on its end during an equinox, but the broom phenomenon shares the same premise.

Schaefer said both a broom and an egg can stand freely on any day of the year, and a simple experi-ment could easily disprove the rumor.

“Science is all about dispelling these

Environmentally friendly fash-ion is the reason local businesses Time Warp Boutique and Noelie Harmon are trav-eling to the Big Easy on Saturday as participants in New Orleans Fashion Week ’s Eco Fashion Day .

Clothing from the boutiques will be featured in a fashion show at 1 p.m. in Washington Artillery Park , next to Café Du Monde , along with other eco-friendly busi-nesses and local artists.

“Buying vintage is recycling,” said Joshua Holder, owner of vin-tage clothing shop Time Warp Boutique. “You are not putting any waste back into the environment

by recycling.”Holder said he is aiming to take

vintage clothing and make people realize it’s modern through the fashion show. He said add-ing pieces, such as

a modern-style jean, make vintage styles look relevant and fashion-forward.

Holder said he doesn’t think the eco-conscious movement has gone mainstream in the fashion in-dustry yet, but it is becoming more relevant with each season. He said lots of clothing is being made from 100 percent cotton, and more vegan brands are popping up that abstain

De� nitions of Eco FashionEco Friendly: Products made from recycled, organic or renewable materials. Free of toxins and chemicals.Socially Responsible: A company, group or individual that voluntarily acts in a manner that affects society positively, beyond what is required by law.Fair Trade: Products produced by companies that provide not only legal minimum wage, but a living wage; comply with international, national and state laws; provide safe work environment and main-tain conditions of human rights as de� ned by the United Nations.Local Artisan: Products made by artists within the state or a surrounding state.

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Local vendors promote eco fashion

Going ‘Green’ is the New Black

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Facebook trend a balancing trick

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[Far left] Eco-friendly Toms shoes line the shelves at Noelie Harmon. [Above] Time Warp Boutique’s H.I.P. Vintage clothing uses only vintage materials. [Bottom] Biodegrad-able WeWood wrist watches are available at Noelie Harmon.

Consistency de� nes Lovedrug’s fourth studio album, “Wild Blood.” Though lead singer Michael Shepard � attens his S’s to the point of irritating quasi-lisp status, his vocal quirks mostly add charm and originality to the alternative tracks. Playful guitar notes and chord combinations lend the album a throwback � avor reminis-cent of the grunge age, which could appeal to some and throw others off. This style testi� es to the band’s 10 years of experience in music and can appeal to multiple generations of rock fans.

There is power here in the adherence to traditional instrumental values, in the thought-out lyrics and in the updated and understated style. From the � rst track to the last, “Wild Blood,” steadily churns through entertaining songs, but it may fail to excite listeners who crave a more epic or revolutionary rock album.


Bruce Springsteen’s newest album, “Wrecking Ball,” is about one thing — America. That’s no surprise since he’s best known for his single “Born in the U.S.A.” Springsteen claims his album was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests, though many of the tracks were written before the � rst picket sign was raised. Springsteen, who’s sold more than 120 million albums, is unquali� ed to sing passion-infused songs from the perspective of the 99 percent. The song

“Jack of All Trades,” likely intended as an homage to blue-collar workers, seems far less sincere with Springsteen’s bank account in mind. This album bleeds red, white and blue, but there is nothing at the heart of it. Vague lyrics such as “ain’t no one can steal it, ain’t no one can break it” leave listeners perplexed as to what “it” actually is.

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One of the most anticipated games in recent memory, “Mass Effect 3” brings the exceptional trilogy to an astounding, emo-tional close. The story picks up soon after the events of “Mass Effect 2,” with Commander Shepard and his crew facing an attack on Earth from the series’ main antagonists, The Reapers. The game’s � ghting mechanics, which were near perfect to begin with, see a subtle improvement from previous titles. As with previous installments, the writing, characters and plot are

so well developed that a player may often think they’re watching an award-winning movie. As decisions from the � rst two games impact the plot of the third, the game will repel those who haven’t played the trilogy’s earlier entries. Even with a couple minor stumbles, “Mass Effect 3” will likely be the game of the year.

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“An Unjust Death,” the second season premiere of A&E’s hit show “Breakout Kings,” kept its promises. Promotions for the grungy drama foreshadowed the demise of one the series’ beloved convicts with the tagline “One King Will Fall,” but no one expected the urgency of the statement. The premiere begins with the gang of barely-reformed convicts on a mission to help capture escapees — the latest a vicious serial killer. The fast-paced

episode infused with twists, danger and the feeling of impending doom climaxes as the show reaches its close. The premiere sets the tone for the rest of the season with its cleverly-crafted storyline and witty dialogue. This underrated series has the potential to become a new guilty pleasure for viewers with an appetite for crime shows.

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Andrew Bird’s sixth solo studio album exempli� es the word pleasant. Bird’s warm, sweeping voice pairs with simple drum work and gentle acoustic picking to lull listeners with what sounds like purity. At times, Bird’s crooning vocals reach a harmony with his violin similar to a second high-pitched stringed instrument, climbing to a symphonic peak. A number of songs also feature speed and energy progressions as well as variations in style. Tracks

break from a steady pattern into a different direction, which sometimes features new instruments and vocal styling. Despite the soft nature of the album, Bird still creates moments of momentum and excitement with hard drum beats and fast-paced, heavy, electric guitar strums, which � ghts off the slowly-dragging soft stretches.

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Bubblegum pop, lustful lyrics and nostalgia circa the 1980s weave together with sprightly falsetto croons and sunny synthe-sizers to form Miniature Tigers’ third album, “Mia Pharaoh.” The Brooklyn-based indie-pop act’s 10-track album drips with sex appeal, and tracks like “Sex on the Regular” and “Female Doc-tor” feature an affectionately rousing sound at a slower pace than previous albums. Miniature Tigers play chemists as they

mix listeners’ hormones with ageless questions about love, like “Can I tell her that I love her even though I’m not supposed to?” Soft empathic vocals provide a unifying element among the tracks, but several songs become detached from the otherwise cohesive album, lost in overwhelming electronic synths.

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It’s a junk food junkie’s dream. Taco Bell partnered with Dori-

tos to create the new Doritos Locos Taco , which is offered starting to-day in all Taco Bell locations, in-cluding Outtakes at the 459 Com-mons.

At fi rst glance, the taco is like any other, fi lled with beef, sour cream, lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese and diced tomatoes. But its all encased in a shell made from Nacho Cheese Doritos chips , com-plete with the powdery cheese resi-due that sticks to fi ngers.

Matthew McGraw, computer science sophomore, said the mar-keting strategy of joining Doritos with Taco Bell might be effective since both products could appeal to

the same group of people.“I guess I would try it if it’s

good,” McGraw said. Alyse Aldrige, engineering

sophomore, said she would also try the new taco.

“I would eat it, especially if it was free with your Tiger Card,” Aldrige said.

Other stu-dents thought the combina-tion of junk foods are an un-healthy choice, such as Logan D e l a b a r r e -Hays, interna-tional studies sophomore.

“I would rather spend my calories on something else,” Delabarre-Hays said. “That’s just something the world doesn’t need. Americans are already fat.”

Echo Matthews, mechani-cal engineering freshman, said she would never eat a Doritos

Locos Taco.“It’s disgusting. It’s Doritos

and it’s unhealthy,” Matthews said. “I think people would order it as a joke.”

One Crunchy Taco Supreme is 200 calories with 320 mg of so-dium and 12 grams of total fat. A full bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos

is 250 calories with 13 grams of total fat.

A public Facebook event from Taco Bell in-vited users to a midnight drive-thru premiere at participating Taco Bell locations. Taco Bell requested that users check-in at midnight to create a record of 100,000 check-ins for the Doritos Locos Tacos.

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is 250 calories with 13 grams of total fat.

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When seasons transition and the sun more routinely shows its endearing face, people start to grab warmer colors to embrace the season’s trends.

This spring has resurrected the haute trend of neons once so prevalent in ’80s and ’90s fash-ions. Whether it’s Lycra biker

shorts, slap-on bracelets, plastic rings or Colors of Benetton-type clothing in fluorescent hues, ’70s and ’80s babies liter-ally could not get enough of this stuff before it

grew too straining on the eye.Now, in 2012, consumers are

all too ready to invite this intense spectrum back into their style vo-cabulary. Neons have found their way to not only the backs and shoes of campus fashionistas, but also to the most exclusive, interna-tional high-fashion runways.

This trend has even trick-led into evening wear, from the red carpet gowns of major award shows to high school formals and city socials. As prom season is un-der way, it’s game on for the neon gown and formal wear. Sparkles and shimmer accompany jewel-toned stones and shiny details as they latch on to neon-colored backless and strapless evening wear.

Even though consumers are far removed from the neon jellie shoes they once adored, sneaker brands like Nike and Adidas have reinvented the neon comfort shoe for street style as well as athletic use.

Even minimalistic jewelry designs have taken a liking to the neon trend. Rubber band-based designs available in fluorescent yellows, oranges, reds, blues and purples are accompanied by faux

jewels, creating a serious echo of 1980s disco. Beaded and braided wristlet and earring designs incor-porating hot rod colors are gaining notoriety in fashion magazines and street fashions across the globe.

On international runways, Brazilian designer Carlos Miele presents beautifully constructed wide-leg pants in bold, caution-tape yellow. Meanwhile, a delicate floral detailed skirt from Scottish designer Christopher Kane and a bottom pleated dress from Ameri-can designer Lyn Devon are all the rage with their potent chartreuse color.

On a fashion runway not too far from Baton Rouge, local de-signer Alicia Zenobia showcased her “Childrenswear for Adults” collection at the annual fundraiser “Alegria The Fashion Show” last Sunday in New Orleans, produced by designer John Delgadillo in collaboration with the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cru-elty to Animals.

While a few of the garments were slightly exaggerated and based in fantasy, most looks were on-trend with the intense neon combinations of metallic spandex, fluorescent Lycra and prints with bright hues. One look consisted of a neon yellow siamese twin-like bodysuit, requiring two models to be joined at the hip within it. Other looks included boy-cut short bodysuits with geometric metallic details.

Besides those who mirror my own bold preference, most won’t be attending the Saturday night disco in styles so flashy, which leaves them to more subtle means of sporting this trend. One casual brand that has incorporated neon is streetwear and skateboard brand Zoo York. Spring arrivals as well as previous collections from this brand present strong and intense colorways that incorporate the neon trend.

Urban Outfitters is another brand that stays up-to-the-minute on trends and produces and sup-plies trend-forward products as soon as the latest fashions hit the

horizon. Urban heavily caters to consumers by providing the new-est neon knit cardigans, tanks and skirts.

For a small pop in wardrobe, it may be even more feasible to adapt the extreme lip-color trend. Two brands supplying beauti-ful neon matte colors are Kanebo COSMETICS and Bobbi Brown,

which have quality options avail-able in strobe reds and crazy cor-als.

Guys with a neon fetish can go for the inexpensive Casio brand Core Digital Watch to bring life to a neutral look.

Whatever the new obses-sion — bags, phone covers, shoe strings, head bands, accessories or

clothing — in spring 2012, there’s a neon for that.

Al Burks is a 25-year-old apparel design senior from New Orleans.

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with a variety of hair,” Phillip said.The stylist said he conducts

a number of different hair treat-ments, from cutting to coloring, and works with men, women and children with all hair types and eth-nicities.

“I know many stylists special-ize in one area, but I think a good stylist knows how to do it all,” Phillip said.

Patrons entering the studio are often greeted by Phillip’s dog, Milo, and once inside, it’s easy to discern that Studio 126 is not a vanilla hair salon chain. The walls of the studio are painted a sunny yellow and adorned with Phil-lip’s original paintings. Broad bay windows allow for a good vantage point of the studio’s exterior on busy West Chimes Street – perfect for people-watching – while pop music and playful banter fi ll the studio’s interior.

Construction management se-nior Brent Albert said he has been visiting Phillip at Studio 126 for

more than four years .“I get the perfect hair cut ev-

ery time, and I enjoy [Phillip’s ] sense of humor,” Albert said.

Phillip prides himself on his studio’s unique personality and at-tributes his return business to his personalized focus on each client.

“I may not be the best, but I enjoy getting to know clients and I make sure all my work is high quality,” he said.

Phillip may have started his hairstyling career by cutting his brother’s hair while growing up in his native Saigon , but popular opinion holds that he has evolved to into an adept stylist.

“The hair cut is a cheap price and close to campus,” said unde-clared sophomore James Birdsong . “My whole frat [Theta Xi ] comes here.”

Studio 126 Hair Salon is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or later.

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old wives’ tales, these urban myths, these stupid Internet memes,” Schaefer said. “The nature of sci-ence is to test real-ity.”

P s y c h o l o g y freshman Sharifeh Hamideh said she didn’t know how to react when she fi rst saw a picture of a freestanding broom on her Facebook Timeline.

“I was kind of freaked out, but I didn’t think it was real,” Hamideh said.

English senior Katelyn Wood said she had a similar reaction to the odd trend and was confused about why so many people were posting pictures of a broom.

“This happens a lot,” Wood

said. “People are very quick to jump on the bandwagon.”

Schaefer agreed with Wood. “It’s a sociological question:

‘How do these myths get started, and why are they p r o p a g a t i n g ? ’ ” Schaefer said.

Schaefer said people’s readiness to accept rumors as truth could poten-tially be the down-fall of society.

“If we pride ourselves on being in an information age, but most of the information is wrong, that bodes bad for society,” he said. “You, me, we have to learn how to recognize stupidity and not pass it along.”

BROOMS, from page 11

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from using fabrics like leather.Many designers today are

inspired by the historically pre-served, one-of-a-kind designs of vintage garments, Holder said. He said styles from the ’70s have been prevalent for the past few years, and television shows like “Mad Men” have generated an interest in style from the ’50s and ’60s .

Holder’s own line of clothing, H.I.P. Vintage, will be included in Saturday’s fashion show. Garments include shorts, skirts, bow ties and halter tops.

He creates these garments from unused vintage fabric. Holder calls this process “upcycling,” de-fi ned as taking something vintage and reworking it to make some-thing modern. He does this without using any new materials to prevent waste.

Saturday’s fashion show will also feature the jewelry line HEAVYmetalbyLW, created by University alumna Lauren Weiner . All of Weiner’s pieces are made from recycled metals and found

items.Amy Strother, owner of Noelie

Harmon, said she thinks many ma-jor designers of the fashion industry have begun embracing eco-friendly consumption in the past ten years. But she also said the South, specifi -cally Baton Rouge, could do a bet-ter job at promoting and supporting eco and vintage fashion.

Noelie Harmon calls itself a “conscious boutique,” a term Strother said is directly related to being a conscious shopper.

“If you were to walk into Noe-lie Harmon , no matter what product you buy, you can buy it with your conscience in check, knowing that it’s a responsible product,” Strother said.

Strother said every product carried by Noelie Harmon is a re-sponsibly made product that ben-efi ts the environment, fair trade, charity or the local community, but different products support different causes. She said the categories col-lectively relate to being a conscious shopper.

She said she originally opened the boutique as a way to give back

to the local community or environ-ment, but also to educate people about responsible shopping, which is what she hopes to do at Satur-day’s event.

“It’s always great to show people that vintage and eco fashion can be high fashion,” said Strother , “It’s not just hippies.”

Strother said her boutique’s mobile shop, the “Rollie Noelie” will be in the Fashion Market of the French Quarter on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. She hopes the mobile shop will further educate people attending Saturday’s show and demonstrate that almost any product can be a responsible pur-chase for the environment.

ECO FASHION, from page 11

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‘People are very quick to jump on the

bandwagon.’ Katelyn Wood

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin said that, but judging by today’s standards, I’d say he probably wasn’t much of an American with his tolerance and es-chewing of tyranny and all.

So the Muslims are up to it again. What a nefarious lot. They’ve been going to college, praying and whitewater rafting.

The nerve of those people.How do I know all the intimate

details of these strangers’ lives?Well, thankfully the New York

City Police Department has been diligently following, monitoring and keeping track of what these guys and gals are up to.

They’ve been reading their e-mails, infiltrating their collegiate as-sociations and going on free rafting trips.

According to the Associated Press, beginning in 2007 the NYPD not only read students’ private e-mail, but also sent undercover offi-cers to compile intelligence data on Muslims at universities across the Northeast.

They even made a list of ev-ery Muslim-owned business in the city of Newark, N.J., and canvassed

mosques and Muslim neighborhoods across the region.

What was NYPD doing in New Jersey? Gov. Chris Christie has been wondering the same thing, because the last time he checked, his state wasn’t even in New York.

Connecticut and Pennsylvania are not in New York, either — a

simple oversight, I’m sure. But their efforts didn’t stop

there.The NYPD tracked where Mus-

lims lived and what stores and res-taurants they frequented, and police were encouraged to talk to business owners and people in these commu-nities to gauge their loyalty.

They took pictures of people, followed them home and eaves-dropped on their conversations — all without any evidence or suspicion of wrongdoing.

Frankly, I like that part the best. It’s incredibly efficient. If you don’t suspect anyone of a crime, why need a warrant? By cutting out the entire “due process” part, the NYPD saved valuable time they needed for rafting at taxpayers’ expense.

And if you’re worried about how much this righteous effort costs, don’t be.

According to an internal NYPD memorandum leaked to the AP, the NYPD defrayed its expenses by mis-appropriating federal anti-drug traf-ficking funds.

This makes perfect sense be-cause Bangladeshi cell phone stores are a much more imminent threat than international drug cartels.

I have one problem with this whole thing, though. The discrimi-natory nature of solely focusing on Muslim Americans has left a bad taste in my mouth. This is the home of the free, after all, and lady liberty does declare, “give us your tired, your hungry and your poor.”

To make things a little more equitable, I believe the NYPD’s ju-risdiction ought to be enlarged to encompass the entire country — and their monitoring program should be extended into every community, uni-versity and house of worship, regard-less of religion, color or creed.

The precedent has been set — it can’t be a whole lot harder to get this sort of thing going on in every nook and cranny of the country. Imagine the sort of jobs we could create man-ning a secret police force that large.

It would do wonders for the economy.

Some have taken issue with this entire initiative, though, and not just the technical details like the jurisdic-tional problems or the funding hic-cups. Some people have called this level of prying “un-American”.

That includes the students and faculty of Yale University, who were extensively monitored beginning in 2006 and who, despite having never been charged with or even suspected of committing a crime, found their names included in all sorts of secret intelligence reports.

Of course, these reports said things along the lines of “Not much going on. Everybody’s just study-ing.” Because not a single person this multimillion dollar effort has followed has ever even come close to being guilty of a terrorism-related crime.

Another American who has spoken out against the actions of the NYPD is Congressman Mike Honda, a Democrat (of course). But I wouldn’t trust Rep. Honda’s opin-ion; he and his family were put into a Japanese-American internment camp during WWII, which makes me immediately suspicious.

We wouldn’t have locked him up without good reason, right?

Nicholas Pierce is a 22-year- old history junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on twitter @TDR_nabdulpierce.

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“Resolutionary. ”That’s how Apple describes the new itera-

tion of its highly successful iPad.Apple is notorious for using lame buzz

words like “magical,” “revolutionary” and “it just works” when marketing its newest prod-ucts. This time, though, whoever came up with “resolutionary” should be fi red.

I bet Steve Jobs is turning in his grave.Speaking of horrible terms, the new ver-

sion of the iPad , unveiled Wednesday at Ap-ple’s conference in San Francisco , is called simply that — the new iPad.

Not to steal one of Apple’s keywords, but without its late CEO, the company seems less “magical.”

Sure, it’s still raking in the dough — new CEO Tim Cook said the iPad 2 sold more than 15 million units last quarter — but the com-pany’s past two keynotes have been a bore.

The reason Apple exploded with success in the last decade was thanks to the enthusi-astic, hyperbolized keynotes from Steve Jobs. He truly loved his company and got everyone excited to buy its products.

Jobs’ persona was what made Apple prod-ucts the cool thing to own.

After Jobs’ death, Cook has led the last two major keynotes — for the iPhone 4S and now the new iPad — yet they’ve been nothing but snooze fests.

It probably doesn’t help that Apple’s latest products haven’t been those most “revolution-ary” products.

The iPhone 4S added Siri — “your best friend who gets things done just by asking,” Cook brags — and a major overhaul to the phone’s camera.

Now, we have the new iPad, which lacks the “wow” factor of previous Apple products.

The biggest change is to the screen. The new iPad fi nally boasts a retina display, similar to the one introduced in 2010 for the iPhone 4.

This screen has a resolution of 2048 by 1536 , “the most ever in a mobile device,” ac-cording to Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller.

Truly resolutionary. I won’t lie, the fi rst time I saw the iPhone

4’s screen I was amazed at how much better it looked compared to the 3G . And while I’m sure the new iPad screen will look just as im-pressive, people have seen it before.

Other hardware improvements include, again, a boosted camera known as “iSight” and a quad-core A5X processor promising twice the speeds as its predecessor.

The new iPad can also support 1080p video recording and playback, which is now a staple of modern tablets and smartphones.

While I don’t want to disregard all of this amazing tech crammed into a single, mobile device, it is simply fi lled with things we’ve al-ready seen.

It’s still too early to make a call one way or the other, but this could be a sign of the times for the once-great tech giant.

The company’s sales may not fall anytime soon, but it seems as if it’s going into the de-fender business strategy — play things safe, don’t make too big of moves and just rest on the foundation you’ve made with your custom-er base so far.

There’s nothing bad about that business model. But that’s a best-case scenario.

It also could be that Steve Jobs truly was the vision of this company and without him, every Apple product from now on will be bland and uninspired.

We’ve been bored to tears watching the previous two major Apple announcements, and, if nothing changes soon, the rest of the population will become bored with its products as well.

If this keeps up, the once-great Apple died last year along with Steve Jobs.

Adam Arinder is a 22-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

While Wednesday’s announcement of the new iPad wasn’t anything revolutionary, it still showed Apple isn’t slowing down following the death of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs .

The new iPad — that’s the name — fea-tures minor upgrades to its predecessor, much like the iPhone 4S did to the iPhone 4 .

The biggest upgrade is the screen. Just like the iPhone 4 and 4S, the new iPad has a “Retina display” screen, with 3.1 million pix-els and four times higher resolution than the iPad 2.

It also includes a quad-core A5X proces-sor , which allows for more detailed graphics in games and smoother transitions in apps, a 5-megapixel camera and 4G LTE (as opposed to 3G for the iPad 2) support for super fast downloads and quick Web browsing.

Minor upgrades, yes. But that won’t stop people from buying iPads and sending Apple’s stock prices sky-high.

As was the case for the iPhone 4S

announcement, some will undoubtably be dis-appointed Apple hasn’t redefi ned the market for tablets. But let’s be realistic — that can’t happen every year. Every iteration of i-devices doesn’t need to change the way we think about gadgets.

In addition to hardware upgrades, Apple announced the iOS 5.1 software update, which brings Japanese language support for Siri and minor tweaks and bug fi xes.

Apple’s photo browser and editor iPhoto was announced for the iPad, and it takes advan-tage of the iPad’s features. The software gets a major redesign from its Mac counterpart, add-ing multi-touch editing for white balance, ex-posure, saturation and more. There’s also sup-port for geotagging, notes and captions.

An interesting omission was Siri — the personal assistant found on the iPhone 4S. Instead, the new iPad got “voice dictation,” which wasn’t explained much during the con-ference.

Redefi ning gadgets every year has never been Apple’s style. Look at its line of Mac computers: Apple created a new market for ul-tra-thin laptops in 2008 with the release of the MacBook Air, a completely new take on lap-tops. But the years since then have seen mostly minor spec upgrades to the entire Mac lineup.

The iPhone was announced in 2007 . Other than the addition of 3G, there weren’t any ma-jor upgrades in the years after that, and no one seemed to mind.

I didn’t hear anything about revolutions until the iPhone 4 was announced, with a com-plete redesign — new screen, new everything. People ate it up then and were let down when the iPhone 4S was announced.

What’s wrong with minor upgrades? With the new iPad, Apple managed to create a de-vice faster and more gorgeous than the iPad 2. That’s something worth buying.

Consumers seem greedy when they expect a complete overhaul every year. These devices are meticulously designed to a near-perfect shape and size. It’s hard to imagine what an overhauled iPad would even look like.

Jobs was obsessed with perfection, and the iPad is a close-to-perfect device. His un-timely death may have shaken those who knew him, but these press conferences shouldn’t be interpreted like Apple is scared of releasing something too extravagant.

What does Apple have to fear? The com-pany’s stock sits around $530 a share, and it earned a $13.06 billion profi t in the fi rst fi scal quarter of 2012. The iPhone 4S sold 4 million units during its fi rst weekend. The new iPad will fl y off the shelves, just like the last two versions.

Fans have no reason to fear. Apple will still be announcing minor upgrades with spo-radic redesigns fi ve years from now. Nearly everything about the iPad works fl awlessly — why would Apple need to change it?

Taylor Balkom is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from Baton Rouge.

PRESS X TO NOT DIEADAM ARINDERColumnist

TAYLOR MADETAYLOR BALKOMEntertainment Writer

Are Apple products less innovative and uninspired since the death of Steve Jobs?

Yes. Apple is beginning to play things safe. No. Sporadic overhauls will come and go.

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