Arborists will drill four steel rods into a split oak tree in the Enchanted Forest today . The live oak tree was cracked down the middle of the trunk, following damage from Hurricane Gustav in 2008 .

The project is anticipated to be completed Wednesday evening.

Fred Fellner, assistant direc-tor of University landscape ser-vices, said this is the second time

a tree has split in two months. The fi rst tree, located on Nich-olson Drive, was split because of damage caused by a lightning strike during a storm in January.

According to Fellner, the ar-borists began the project on the Enchanted Forest tree on Jan. 24, and removed the fi rst limb of the tree. The landscape depart-ment planned to start sooner, but they had to postpone the project for two weeks because of the weather.

If the tree is not repaired, the split would widen and move down to the roots, killing the tree, Fellner said.

The arborists plan to use four steel rods and cables to support

the tree and to keep it from fall-ing apart. The cables will be at-tached to anchors will be drilled through the remaining branches to support the heavy horizontal branches. The steel rods will then be drilled through the split crotch of the tree to hold it together .

The cabling and bracing of the oak tree will prevent the tree from splitting in the same area again. However, Fellner said it is possible for the tree to split in another area.

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ENTERTAINMENT: Local ghostbusters explore La. haunts, p. 9

OPINION: Louisiana needs to recognize same-sex marriage, p. 12

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Workers sawed off parts of a live oak tree Monday in the Enchanted Forest. The trunk was cracked in 2008, and rods will be installed to prevent further damage.

LEGISLATURE

ENVIRONMENT

TAX, see page 15

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Shaquille O’Neal (left) was on the University’s campus Monday � lming a documentary for ESPN’s “30 for 30” series. The episode will be about O’Neal and former LSU basketball coach Dale Brown’s (right) 30-year relationship, which started when O’Neal played for Brown at LSU from 1989-92. In that time, O’Neal became the all-time leader in blocks for LSU. O’Neal’s daughter was also on campus touring the Manship School. To read more about Shaq’s day on campus, turn to page 8.

Steel rods to be installed in treeRene WrenContributing Writer

Contact Rene Wren at rwren@lsureveille.com

University works to save oak

Shaq is back Richardsonto lead La. tax code study

LSU Public Administration Institute director James Richard-son has been chosen to assemble an independent panel of spe-cialists to examine Louisiana’s current tax structure. Louisiana House of Representatives Speak-er Chuck Kleckley called for the study.

Steven Sheffrin, director of Tulane University’s Murphy In-stitute , and James Alm , chair of Tulane’s department of econom-ics, will be working with Rich-ardson in organizing the study.

Richardson said the study will attempt to approach the tax structure from an academic per-spective rather than a political perspective, and said he plans to recruit professionals like at-torneys and accountants for the panel.

“We fi rst have to fi gure out the right thing to do fi nancially, and then fi gure out how to get it done in the political world,”

Quint ForgeyStaff Writer

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s top environmental offi -cial said Monday he briefed Gov. Pat McCrory before intervening in law-suits against Duke Energy, resulting in a negotiated settlement that fi ned the $50 billion corporation $99,000 to resolve violations over groundwa-ter contamination leaching from two huge coal ash dumps.

Environmentalists criticized the modest fi nes as a sweetheart deal that included no requirement to force the nation’s largest electricity provider to actually clean up its pollution.

The state has now put its pro-posed settlement on hold following the massive Feb. 2 spill from one of Duke’s coal ash dumps into the Dan River, which turned the water cloudy and gray for miles.

State Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources Secre-tary John Skvarla told lawmakers at an oversight hearing that he spoke with the governor before his agency used its regulatory authority to inter-vene in lawsuits fi led by a coalition of environmental groups under the federal Clean Water Act.

“When I went to brief Gov. Mc-Crory about the initiation of those

suits, he said two things,” Skvarla recounted. “He said protect the envi-ronment, and do the right thing.”

But Skvarla maintains he never told McCrory, a Republican who worked for Duke for 28 years, about the proposed terms of the settlement negotiated by his agency.

The citizens groups that origi-nally tried to sue Duke opposed the state’s deal, saying it shielded the

company from far harsher penalties it might have faced in federal court had the state not intervened.

Federal prosecutors served Skvarla’s agency and Duke with grand jury subpoenas demanding re-cords as part of an investigation into the spill, which contaminated the river so badly people were urged to refrain from prolonged contact with the fi sh or water.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A for-mer New Orleans police offi cer accused in the cover-up of the burning and deadly shooting of Henry Glover just days after Hur-ricane Katrina is back on the force.

The New Orleans Advocate reports the Civil Service Commis-sion unanimously agreed Monday to reinstate Lt. Travis McCabe, ap-proving an “amicable settlement” between McCabe and the police department.

McCabe was convicted in 2010, then granted a retrial over allegations he helped hide the offi cer-involved shooting that killed Glover. The reinstatement, with about three years of back pay, came a week after federal prosecutors dropped their case against him.

GERRY BROOME / The Associated Press

Amy Adams, North Carolina campaign coordinator with Appalachian Voices, dips her hand into the Dan River on Feb. 5 in Danville, Va., as signs of coal ash appear in the river.

Governor briefed on coal ash lawsuitThe Associated Press

McCabe reinstated to police forceThe Associated Press

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police Monday after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

INTERNATIONAL

Activist detained in Olympic ParkSOCHI, Russia (AP) — An Ital-ian activist shouting “It’s OK to be gay” and dressed in a rainbow- colored outfi t and large headdress was detained Monday as she en-tered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Ital-ian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights cru-sader and television personality, was stopped by four men and then driven away by police in a car with Olympic markings.

Luxuria later told The Associ-ated Press she was kept in the car for about 10 minutes, then released in the countryside after the men had taken away her Olympic spectator pass. She eventually made it back to her hotel and said she was leaving Russia on Tuesday morning.

“They don’t say anything. They just were people who had to do this and they did it,” Luxuria said.

Earlier Monday, Luxuria walked around the Olympic Park in Sochi for about two hours. She was shouting “Gay is OK” and “It’s OK to be gay” in both English and Russian.

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University director of creative initiatives Laurence Kaptain was named a fellow of the Royal Soci-ety for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce Monday.

The society, or the RSA, is an international organization that seeks to connect professionals and thinkers in various fields across the world, according to its website.

Kaptain, who served as dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts from 2009 to 2013, said since taking the position of creative initia-tives director, his work has focused on uniting disparate colleges across the University in interdisciplinary studies and projects.

He said he has seen a trend of important companies looking for in-dividuals with experience working and thinking in a multidisciplinary framework, especially among the publications he said shape much of modern discourse, such as The New York Times or The Guardian.

“With thinking like this, you

can cut across disciplines, you can cut across society, you can cut across the economy,” Kaptain said. “They want people who can under-stand things broadly.”

Kaptain said some scholars look down on the United States be-cause its education system is largely focused on instructing students in

a single discipline, but through in-ternational organizations such as the RSA, he hopes the country can improve its reputation.

The Louisiana Board of Re-gents took the first step in finding a new commissioner of higher educ-tion on Monday, with current com-missioner Jim Purcell stepping down next month.

The board approved the forma-tion of a selection committee that would review search firm applica-tions. The search firm would then be in charge of selecting the new commissioner. Among other agenda items, the board also approved the lease for the construction of the new LSU Foundation building and the formation of an advisory council for teacher and leader preparation effectiveness.

Search firms across the coun-try submitted requests for proposals to the Board of Regents, explaining the services they offer, vying to be chosen as the firm to select Purcell’s successor, said Katara Williams, assistant commissioner for pub-lic affairs for the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Board Chair W. Clinton Ras-berry Jr. authorized himself, Board Secretary Albert Sam, former In-terim Commissioner of Higher Edu-cation Tom Layzell, Regent Robert Levy and Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Administration Barbara Goodson to the selection committee to review and score the proposal to be presented at the March meeting.

The board also recognized Purcell for three years of service as commissioner of higher education. Rasberry commended Purcell for his “data-based comments,” which helped the board make “dramatically difficult decisions.”

Levy said Purcell “could not have come at a more difficult time,” referring to the “horrible five and half years” of budget cuts and turmoil in higher education. Levy thanked Pur-cell for stabilizing the situation and said he hopes the board can make him proud.

The board approved all of the agenda items, including the lease to construct the new LSU Foun-dation building, which will be the first of the proposed Nicholson

Gateway Plan.The total projected cost of the

building is $12 million, which will be paid for by the Foundation Of-fice Building, LLC, using only pri-vate donations and financing. Work on the project is scheduled to com-mence June 15 and should be com-pleted by no later than June 15, 2016.

The board also approved the creation of an advisory council for teacher and leader preparation ef-fectiveness. The council was formed because of a need for K-12 collabo-ration with higher education to ad-equately prepare new teachers and leaders to address the shifts occur-ring in K-12 schools, according to the board’s agenda.

The board will utilize the coun-cil to make systemic changes to the curricula of teacher and leader ef-fectiveness programs in the state and pursue external funding to support those changes and implement re-search studies in Louisiana.

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EVENT CALENDAR

FEBRUARY

18

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

Team Trivia - George's PlaceTango Tuesday - Eiffel Society

Stick Fly - Claude L. Shaver TheatreShen Yun 2014 - Saenger TheatreLSU Wind Ensemble - LSU Student Union Theater

Stanton Moore Trio - Snug Harbor-New OrleansGive 'Em The Light - House of Blues New OrleansProgression - Gasa Gasa

Tom Fischer and Friends - Fritzels Jazz Club

Stanton Moore Trio - Snug Harbor-New OrleansThe Yakiniku All-Stars: June Yamagishi, Jeffery 'Jellybean' Alexander, - Chickie Wah WahWithering Light - Circle Bar

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit

www.lsureveille.com/calendar

7:00 PM

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

EVENTS

Rockstar Racing “Student Night”

Show your student ID and get $5 off go-kart races

Not a student? Tag yourself @rockstar racing for a free go-kart

race. Come feel like a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor

kart racing facility, Rockstar Racing!

LSU Libraries Civil Right Film Series

Wednesday, February 19, 2014The Abolitionists. Noon – Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall (Film

clips and discussion) 6:30 PM – LSU Women’s Center (Film

showing) Full �lm series details at

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sp/subjects/createdequal

African-American History Movies

Tuesday, February 11, 10:00 a.m.,

Each Tuesday in February, 3:30 p.m., Eden Park Branch Library

Join us to watch movies depicting historic moments in African-

American history. Enjoy popcorn and lemonade while you watch!

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

LSU 2014 MLK & BHM Com-memorative Celebration

Friday, February 21, 2014 at 3:00 pm

LSU Student Union

Royal Cotillion Ballroom, Room 250

Keynote Speaker: Kimberlé Crenshaw3350 Highland Road

Baton Rouge, LA 70802

Free Wi-Fi, Exquisite Pastries

ADMINISTRATION

Regents start search process for new commissionerJames RichardsStaff Writer

LAUREN DUHON / The Daily Reveille

Louisiana Board of Regents chair W. Clinton Rasberry Jr. discusses a proposal Monday at a meeting in the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Contact James Richards at jrichards@lsureveille.com

ADMINISTRATION

Kaptain named to Royal Society for the Encouragement of ArtsGordon BrillonNews Editor

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com;

Twitter: @TDR_news

When Professor James Hardy first began teaching at the Uni-versity, the school wasn’t inte-grated and America had yet to live through the Watergate scandal or the death of John Lennon. In half a century, Hardy has seen a lot of changes.

During his 49 years at the University, Hardy has written books about baseball and litera-ture, served as associate dean of the Honors College and taught history.

Hardy said he never left the University after his arrival because of his love for Louisiana and his passion for teaching. Hardy has no plans of retiring, despite being unable to drive or read small print — his wife brings him to campus every morning.

But possibly his biggest claim to fame is his three laws of life, made famous by Wikipedia.

“The first law is ‘To live is to suffer,’ the second is ‘For ev-ery important question there is no answer,’ the third is ‘If there was an answer, it would be love,’”

Hardy said, holding up a finger for each law.

His three laws of life emerged from looking at Greek philosophy and bringing it up to date, Hardy said.

Hardy’s father was a profes-sor, and from an early age growing up in Queens, New York, Hardy knew he wanted to be a profes-sor as well. He currently teaches History 1003, which is Western civilization, Honors 2000 and constitutional law.

“I’ve always taught history,” Hardy said. “The first course I took in college was Western civ, the first course I taught as a teach-ing assistant was Western civ, and the course I teach now is Western civ.”

Hardy said the job of the pro-fessor in those introductory history classes is to take large subjects and make them clear by tying things together and making connections.

In 1965, when Hardy arrived at the University, the student popu-lation was half its current size and had open enrollment. Since then, it has grown to become a major research university. He also said over time, earning a degree has be-come a more difficult task.

“All kinds of electronic as-sistance is available that was not when I started,” Hardy said. “But from my experience in the

History department, courses are more stringent.”

He and English instructor Ann Martin are currently writing a book together about universities and the difficulties they currently face. The first book they wrote as a team, published in 2011, was about Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lo-lita.” Nabokov was one of Hardy’s professors during his undergradu-ate studies at Cornell University.

Martin said she and Hardy also advise students on careers together.

“We’re kind of a one-stop-shop for students who don’t know what they want to do with their lives,” Martin said.

Martin said because of Har-dy’s years of experience, he al-ways has a great amount of sense when it comes to solving problems and can often predict the way things are going to go.

Hardy said he loves baseball, and he was a fan of the New York Giants before they moved.

“I’m a lifelong baseball fan, my mother was a baseball fan,” Hardy said. “I remember [LSU’s] first big championship season in 1965.”

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Thanks

James Hardy looks back on 49-year career as professor

faculty

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History professor James Hardy reflects on his past 49 years at the University on Feb. 11 in Allen Hall.

Contact Deanna Narveson at dnarveson@lsureveille.com

JaMES HaRDy’S REVIEWS fROM RatEMyPROfESSORS.cOM:

“He is really an amazing professor. He made me love history. I wish I could take him again. His class is a lot of fun, and you don’t have to take any tests, just a series of papers due throughout the year. Plus you can rewrite them an infinite number of times. TAKE HIM!” (HIST 1002)

“Easily the most brilliant man I have ever met. Classes never fail to entar-tain and inform. He quite frankly knows everything about everything and slips in odd little asides. Not to mention he is funny as hell and an easy grader.” (HNRS 3003)

“Hardy is a great teacher. He is really entertaining if you actually listen to what he says. If you take notes and listen 75% of the time, you can make an A. He lets you out of class early which is a plus. He does babble on every now & then about things that don’t matter, but you’ll get used to it.” (HIST 1001)

“Brilliant man and great teacher. He co-taught an Honors class on Consti-tutional Law with an LSU law prof. He handled the historical perspective side of the class and obviously knew so much. Dry sense of humor and entertaining to listen to. I don’t know how much grading he did, probably read our essay (the only real grade in the class).” (HRNS 3013)

Teacher created three laws of lifeDeanna NarvesonStaff Writer

SportsTuesday, February 18, 2014 page 5

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In all of LSU coach Paul Mainieri’s 32-year career, he can’t recall a situation like this.

He’s got three capable catch-ers all competing with each other, and Mainieri said he’d use the opening weekend to toy with all of them behind the plate.

With those three games down, Mainieri said there’s one person inching ahead.

Sophomore Chris Chinea, who caught Friday night’s 2-0 win against UNO, drew rave reviews from his coach on his night behind the plate — especially his throw to gun down Chaz Boyer as the

Privateer tried to swipe second.Chinea also launched the Ti-

gers’ fi rst home run of the season Sunday against Grambling when he started at fi rst base.

“I thought Chinea caught a really good game Friday night,” Mainieri said Sunday. “I think he’s a tad ahead of the other two guys now defensively. But they all did a great job.”

STEVENSON’S NEW SWINGAfter an inconsistent fresh-

man season at the plate that saw him bat .193 in the bottom of the lineup, LSU sophomore outfi elder Andrew Stevenson was given an ultimatum.

“I told him before he went away in the summer ‘You’ve got to change this. I played you this year just because of your defense. I’m not going to do that this year. … You’ve got to carry your weight

offensively,’” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri

Specifi cally, Mainieri told Ste-venson to change his swing. The St. Thomas More product had a tendency since high school to hold his hands high on the bat to try to produce fl y balls.

Instead, Mainieri and hit-ting coach Javi Sanchez wanted Stevenson to lower his hands and produce back swing, which would induce more grounders and line drives — a perfect complement to Stevenson’s speed.

Initially, it was a hard sell for Stevenson. He’d instinctively re-vert back to his old swing in games and any progress Sanchez and Mainieri made would be lost.

But he settled on the new swing in the Northwoods League, where he batted .345 for the

Chinea a ‘tad ahead’ in competitive catcher raceUNO win helped Chinea’s chancesChandler RomeSports Writer

BASEBALL

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore catcher Chris Chinea (26) runs to third base Sunday during the Tigers’ 6-0 victory against Grambling State University in Alex Box Stadium.BASEBALL UPDATE, see page 8

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LSU coach Paul Mainieri had plenty to watch when the Tigers opened their 2014 season this past weekend against the University of New Orleans and Grambling State, but one of his primary focal points was the performance of the two new-comers to his rotation.

Deciding instead to throw in

junior left-hander Cody Glenn on Wednesday at Southeastern, Mainieri trusted both junior college transfer Kyle Bouman and freshman Jared Poche’ to limit opposing hitters on Saturday and Sunday.

It was the fi rst audition, and both passed with fl ying colors.

When LSU battled UNO at Zephyr Field in Metairie on Saturday, Bouman ran into trouble early after starting off strong.

After recording two outs to open the bottom of the fi rst inning, UNO strung three straight singles together to give the Privateers a 1-0 lead.

That would be the fi nal time a UNO batter reached base off of the Ferguson, Mo., native.

Bouman proceeded to retire the next 13 hitters he faced using fast-balls lower in the strike zone, holding

ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille

Lawrence BarrecaSports Writer

Bouman, Poche’ battle for rotation spots after stellar outings

ROTATION BATTLE, see page 8

“I hope I have a really tough decision on picking three starters for the

Vanderbilt series. That would be a dream come true for a head coach.”

Paul Mainieri, LSU baseball coach

The LSU softball team gave a sample of how its season has gone Monday night, splitting its doubleheader against Penn State with a blowout win in the fi rst game followed by a heartbreak-ing loss in the second.

The games — originally scheduled for the weekend — had been delayed to Monday after Penn State was unable to travel to Baton Rouge over the weekend because of inclement weather. But while LSU came out of the gates with a masterful per-formance in game one, it seemed to show rust in game two.

“It just shows you how our game is,” said senior outfi elder Jacee Blades . “You have one game where we run-rule them and another game where you start with the same intensity and you don’t fi nish the game the same way. It’s kind of the beauty of our game.”

The Tigers displayed domi-nance on both sides of the fi eld in the fi rst game, winning 11-3 in fi ve innings via the mercy rule. LSU has won four of its fi rst 12 games in fi ve innings, impressive considering the Tigers only won six games last season in similar fashion.

Freshman pitcher Baylee Corbello had another success-ful outing, going all fi ve innings while allowing only two hits. Al-though she allowed a season-high three earned runs, Corbello kept the damage contained to only one inning, giving up only two hits.

The Tigers’ bats came out

fi ring early, getting fi ve hits and four runs in the opening inning. Then, in the third inning, sopho-more shortstop Bianka Bell and sophomore catcher Kellsi Kloss became the 20th duo in Tigers history to hit back-to-back home runs.

Kloss said she was lucky to fi nd a pitch she could handle and she simply pounced on it.

Penn State threatened to ex-tend the game to the full seven innings, putting runners on fi rst and second with two outs in the fi fth . But a reaching catch by sophomore fi rst baseman Sandra Simmons over the Tigers’ dugout secured the early victory.

The second game featured an invigorated Penn State team that made plays at the right time to capture a 6-5 win. The game featured a disappointing perfor-mance from senior pitcher Ash-ley Czechner , who allowed eight hits and walked the leadoff hitter in the fi rst fi ve innings.

LSU took early leads of 3-0 and 5-3 in the early innings, but Czechner ’s inability to get the fi rst batter of the inning out al-lowed Penn State to claw back. The comeback peaked in the top of the fi fth , when a series of hits and sacrifi ces led to a 6-5 Penn State lead.

The Tigers had a chance to tie in the seventh, but senior infi elder Allison Falcon ’s line drive could

only reach the warning track for a fl y out. After the game, hitting coach Howard Dobson said the game came down to bad breaks.

“We just couldn’t seem to get [the ball] to punch through the gap,” Dobson said. “Sometimes you have to get breaks. And un-fortunately, you have got to make your breaks or sometimes you have to get breaks in order to win and to keep winning.”

Coach Beth Torina was not available for comment after the game.

Later this week, the Tigers will play their fi rst game of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Clas-sic against Long Beach State in Palm Springs , Calif. Kloss said she fi nds the big wins important, but also utilizes its losses.

“Yeah those one-run games are heartbreaking, but they make us stronger and they show us what we need to work on,” Kloss said.

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LSU TIGERS 5-6 PENN STATE

SCORE BY INNINGS

PITCHING: LSU - Ashley Czechner (L) 7 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, PENN ST. - Marlaina Laubach (W) 7 IP, 12 H, 5 ER

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Czechner struggles as Tigers split delayed doubleheaderSOFTBALL

Tommy RomanachSports Contributor

CHARLES CHAMPAGNE / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior pitcher Ashley Czechner winds up before a pitch Monday during the Tigers’ 6-5 loss to Penn State in Tiger Park.

Contact Tommy Romanach at tromanach@lsureveille.com

Corbello allows three runs in win

LSU TIGERS

SCORE BY INNINGS

PITCHING: LSU - Baylee Corbello (W) 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, PENN ST. - Macy Jones (L) 2 IP, 9 H, 8 ER

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With professional sports so constantly intertwined with huge money and scandal, it’s refreshing to see athletes competing for glory and country instead of a paycheck.

It offers an opportunity for un-known athletes, who spend count-less hours honing their craft, to captivate their homeland on the world’s biggest stage. Now that the Sochi games are more than a week old, it’s a perfect time to highlight some of the outstanding achieve-ments and biting disappointments we’ve seen thus far.

TRIUMPHS

1. USA MEN’S HOCKEY — The Americans swept their three pre-liminary games, highlighted by their thrilling win against the host Russians on Saturday . It didn’t have the social signifi cance of the 1980 Miracle on Ice at Lake Placid , but the game was an instant classic nonetheless.

For people who didn’t wake up for it, with the contest tied 2-2 in the third period, the Russians scored what appeared to be the go-ahead goal. However, the referees disallowed the goal after instant replay revealed the net had been dislodged before the score.

Regulation was exciting, but the game will be remembered for the epic shootout that concluded it, as T.J. Oshie single-handedly out-scored the Russians by converting on 4-of-6 chances in the shootout.

For reference, picture Rocky

Balboa knocking out Ivan Drago , Neil Armstrong landing on the moon or the tearing down of the Berlin Wall – only on ice.

By doing so, Oshie vaulted himself from relative anonymity to national stardom. The Americans earned a bye into the quarterfi nals, which sets up a potential semi-fi -nals showdown with Canada .

2. ERIN HAMLIN — By capturing bronze in Tuesday’s women’s sin-gle luge fi nal, Erin Hamlin became the fi rst American to ever medal in the luge.

Luge, for those who don’t know, entails sliding at around 80 mph feet fi rst on a metal sled that’s roughly the size of a large pizza box.

To do something no American has ever done is commendable, and to do so in a sport where serious injury or death is a real possibility makes it all the more impressive.

3. BODE MILLER — Miller , fi ve-time Olympic medalist, went to So-chi less than a year after the death of his younger brother Chelone , a snowboarder who was competing to join Bode on the U.S. squad.

And tragedy or not, at 36 , most believed the former hard-partying Miller was on the downslope of his career anyway. In his prime, Miller basically won and partied like the Johnny Football of downhill skiing.

America loves a good come-back story.

Following the death of his brother, Miller reportedly quit drinking to rededicate himself to skiing. His comeback culminated with his sixth Olympic medal when he took bronze in the super-G Sat-urday .

Seeing an emotional Miller after the race was heartwarming

before NBC took it too far, but that’s not the point here. Just You-Tube it and take notes on how not to interview someone about a per-sonal tragedy.

FAILURES

1. USA CURLING — Besides hockey, there’s no event I look forward to in the Winter Olympics more than curling. I only loosely understand the rules of the game, but that does nothing but add to the sport’s mystique.

After spending many days and nights watching live-streams of American curling, I’m now quali-fi ed to offer the following scouting report — we are awful.

The American men’s and women’s curling teams have a com-bined record of 3-15 . This may be the greatest embarrassment we’ve ever faced as a nation, and I’m

starting to think our days as a world super-power may be numbered.

2. SHAUN WHITE — After with-drawing from other events in order to concentrate on winning his third consecutive gold in the Snowboard Men’s Halfpipe , White will go home without a medal after falling during his run en route to a fourth place fi nish on Tuesday .

I blame White’s decision to get a haircut. An extreme-sports ath-lete without wild, fl owing hair isn’t much of an extreme-sports athlete at all.

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

Every swimming and diving squad in the Southeastern Confer-ence prepares all year for one meet — one moment to get up on the big stage and showcase their talents to the whole conference.

Each individual hoping they can swim the fastest or dive the tightest to help his or her respective team prevail in the hope that they can also qualify for the NCAA Champion-ships in March.

This is what the LSU swimming and diving squads look to bring to Athens, Ga., on Tuesday when they begin competing for the prize they have worked all year for: the SEC Championship.

LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer said his swimmers know ex-actly what is expected from them on this stage.

“All these individuals know what they need to do as a team to perform at the highest level,” Geyer said. “Some people like to have fun and dance around, and others like to sit with a towel over their head.

That’s what this meet is about.”All year Geyer has been focused

on this meet, and he said there is no other meet like this in the country.

The 1988 men’s team is the only LSU team to win an SEC Champi-onship since the program was imple-mented.

Both LSU squads will face a much bigger challenge than that of 1988, however, with the men ranked No. 25 , leaving four SEC squads ahead of them. The Lady Tigers, cur-rently unranked, face the challenge of seven women’s teams ranked in the top 25.

But Geyer said the team he has going out to Athens has the capabil-ity to do some great things.

“I think [the team] is in a great place right now, and it’s just about going in there and taking care of the job,” Geyer said.

LSU will look to swimmers like junior Frank Greeff to keep up his performance while also setting the stage for newcomers.

“You rely on your upperclass-men to help educate and mentor them,” Geyer said. “There’s no oth-er meet like this in the country and

[the underclassmen] will see that on Tuesday night when those fi rst relays get ready to go off the blocks.”

Going into this meet, there are 12 SEC teams in the top 25, with seven on the women’s side and fi ve on the men’s.

Geyer said in past SEC Cham-pionships, individuals qualifi ed for the NCAA Championships with times that weren’t even recorded in the main fi nals for an event, which shows how tough the competition is.

Momentum heading up to the championship has been hard to come by, with the Tigers not competing since Jan. 18, but Geyer said he isn’t worried.

“It gave them some rest in terms of not having to worry about that high level of competition,” Geyer said. “From a mental perspective, it gave them a break from that too be-cause we had meets to start off back to back in 2014.”

Tuesday’s meet begins with swimming preliminaries in the 200-yard medley relay and 800-yard freestyle relay at 10 a.m. followed by preliminaries in the women’s 1-me-ter dive at 11 a.m. and the men’s

3-meter dive preliminaries at 1:30 p.m.

Followed by the preliminaries in the afternoon, the fi nal heats for those events begin with women’s 1-meter dive at 5:30 p.m. LSU se-nior diver Sean McKinney will look to take home fi rst in the 3-meter dive at 6:30 p.m .

Lady Tigers’ freshman standout swimmer Kara Kopcso will begin her individual circuit Wednesday in the 200-yard individual medley, her fi rst of four events before wrap-ping up in the 200-yard butterfl y on Friday.

Greeff , the Tigers’ captain, will compete in the men’s 200-yard indi-vidual medley Wednesday and will end Friday in the men’s 200-yard butterfl y.

The competition will be at its highest, and the LSU squads will have a lot to overcome to fulfi ll their hopes of bringing home an SEC Championship.

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Olympics see both triumphs, failures THE SMARTEST MORANJAMES MORANSports Columnist

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John Shuster of the United States shouts to his teammates during the men’s curling match against Canada Sunday at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

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Former LSU basketball star and four-time NBA champion Sha-quille O’Neal returned to campus Monday while fi lming an ESPN documentary about his relation-ship with former LSU coach Dale Brown.

O’Neal and Brown shot scenes with ESPN’s Hannah Storm at var-ious locations throughout campus for the fi lm, which is set to debut next basketball season, according to senior associate sports informa-tion director Kent Lowe.

LSU coach Johnny Jones said he had the chance to meet with O’Neal on Sunday night and Monday morning.

“Any time he’s in the area, we look forward to the opportunity to spend some time with him,” Jones said. “It just seems like he contin-ues to get bigger and bigger every time you see him.”

NCAA regulations limit the number of coaches each team can use, preventing LSU’s all-time leader in blocks from returning for an impromptu training session with this year’s team, but Jones said it’s still exciting whenever O’Neal makes it back to Baton Rouge.

“He’s in great shape, but you’re always amazed at his size and just the type of person that he is, especially with all of his time and energy he has to put out with all the different people pulling him in different directions,” Jones said.

Lowe said O’Neal is only in town for two days and won’t attend LSU’s home game against Missis-sippi State on Wednesday. Brown has attended several home games this season.

PERIMETER SHOOTINGIn the past six games, LSU al-

lowed teams to score from behind the three-point line 47 times, in-cluding 10 in each of its last two outings against Texas A&M and

Arkansas on the road.Away from home, the Tigers’

conference opponents sink 48 per-cent of shots from beyond the arc compared to slightly more than 35 percent at home. LSU is last in the SEC in 3-point defense.

LSU coach Johnny Jones didn’t beat around the bush when asked why his team has struggled along the perimeter lately.

“I think it’s a combination of things,” Jones said. “Some times we’re not closing out to good shooters hard enough to knock them off rhythm. The other thing is teams are just hitting shots. They get into a comfort zone, and they can knock down the shots, especially at home.”

LSU junior guard Anthony Hickey said one of the main is-sues for the ineffective perimeter

defense has been a lack of trust among LSU defenders.

“I think we gamble a lot,” Hickey said. “We haven’t been trusting one another. We have to get that back, where if a man gets by, there’s going to be a defender to help.”

Hickey said he isn’t sure if Jones is going to stick with the man coverage the Tigers played in their loss to Arkansas on Saturday, but said LSU will bring a revamped intensity to the court Wednesday against Mississippi State.

The Bulldogs are last in the conference with 57 3-pointers made in SEC games.

summer. He followed suit with a three-hit debut on Sunday in the leadoff spot with an RBI.

“Let’s see if I can keep this going throughout the season,” Ste-venson said Sunday. “I was trying to settle everything down. I slowed down, picked good pitches to hit and relaxed up there.”

MAINIERI NOT GIVING UP ON FOSTERAside from fi nding a closer,

one of the biggest questions sur-rounding the Tigers is replacing Mason Katz’s and Raph Rhymes’ productivity behind sophomore shortstop Alex Bregman in the batting order.

After marveling at his new-found consistency in fall practice, LSU coach Paul Mainieri inserted junior Jared Foster in the clean-up spot for opening weekend.

Consistency was there — just not the kind Mainieri had envisioned.

Foster limped to a 1-for-13 weekend, fl ying out seven times and stranding nine Tigers on base. He wasn’t adept at working the count, either, as he got out on the fi rst pitch twice and second pitch four times.

While admitting the struggles were evident, Mainieri said he liked Foster’s approach on Sat-urday when he hit an RBI double after Bregman dispatched a double of his own.

“He swung at pitches that al-most hit him on the chin [on Friday night],” Mainieri said. “I just think he’s pressing a little bit. I know he wants to take advantage of this op-portunity and he’s probably trying a little bit too hard. I’m not giving up on the kid.”

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BASEBALL UPDATE, from page 5

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LSU sophomore out� elder Andrew Stevenson (6) slides into second base Sunday during the Tigers’ 6-0 victory against Grambling State University in Alex Box Stadium.

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Shaquille O’Neal returns to LSUJones addresses perimeter defenseMike GegenheimerSports Writer

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The “Soda Shaq” trailer sits outside the PMAC on Monday when Shaquille O’Neal returned to campus to � lm an ESPN documentary.

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opposing hitters to a fi nal .167 bat-ting average through fi ve innings of work.

His earned run in the fi rst in-ning would be the only one surren-dered by a Tiger starter through the fi rst three contests.

When Poche’ took the mound Sunday afternoon, he said he wasn’t thinking about trying to out-do his teammate’s previous performance.

“[Bouman has] been doing that the entire fall, so I didn’t ex-pect him to do anything less,” Poche’ said. “He had a really great outing. I didn’t really have any pressure, I just wanted to come out there and do whatever I could to help the team win.”

Poche’, who had been praised by Mainieri throughout the squad’s spring practices, lived up to the

hype — he kept Grambling hit-ters off balance with a fastball that topped 93 mph and an effective breaking ball, tossing six innings and allowing four hits with three strikeouts.

The former Lutcher High School standout ran into trouble in the top of the sixth inning after allowing runners to reach fi rst and third with no outs, but he stayed collected under the pressure.

“I didn’t really have any nerves,” Poche’ said. “I was just amped up with the big crowd here, the biggest I’ve ever thrown in front of. It was exciting.”

He proceeded to induce a lazy line out to second base, a strikeout and a fl y out to end the threat.

With two spots remaining open in the LSU rotation, both Bouman and Poche’ will have to continue with the stellar perfor-mances whenever they take the

mound over the next three weeksThey’ll get their chances, es-

pecially with the Tigers’ bevy of midweek contests, including Uni-versity of Louisiana-Lafayette, Northwestern State, Sacred Heart and Nicholls State.

“I hope I have a really tough decision on picking three starters for the Vanderbilt series,” Main-ieri said. “That would be a dream come true for a head coach. What you hope is that you’re picking from pitchers at a high level. We have some tough mid-week games. … So whoever is going to end up pitching in the middle of the week has to be a good pitcher as well.”

ROTATION BATTLE, from page 5

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The Travel Channel once called Louisiana the most haunt-ed state in the U.S. As the leader of a well-established Louisi-ana ghost hunting group, Brad Duplechien of Louisiana Spir-its Paranormal Investigations is inclined to agree.

“There are a whole lot of ghosts in this area, and we’re al-ways learning more about them,” Duplechien said.

He formed the club in 2005 . As an avid paranormal enthusiast, Duplechien had involved himself in the ghost hunting scene for several years. But as its popular-ity surged, he grew disillusioned by existent hunting groups and

left his amateur peers to form Louisiana’s fi rst professional organization.

“A lot of people were into hokey psychic stuff, but I want-ed to do something better,” Duplechien said.

Duplechien’s group prides itself on being precise, scien-tifi c and analytical. The Spirits have fi ve chapters in Louisiana

and even investigate places out-side its borders, but member-ship is selective, and only 35

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Making Faces’ members Brad Walker (left) and Brad Webb (right) perform Feb. 13 at Jive Flamingo’s “Jazz Night at Mud and Water,” the � rst event in the local music blog’s series.

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Martin DeLatte reads his EKG meter and his radio wave monitor for evidence of paranormal activity Friday afternoon in the Louisiana Old State Capitol.

Music is a natural byproduct of humanity, resulting from the need to entertain and fi ll the quiet spaces of life.

For some people, just mak-ing music won’t cut it. They want to get this music out to the ear of the people, produc-ing publications, websites and magazines.

Jessica Orgeron is one of these people, and a little over a year ago, she started Jive Fla-mingo , a blog devoted to bring-ing together listener and artist. Orgeron is a local attorney who spends her spare time writing on the blog with contributing au-thor Ben Herrington . The two of them, along with photographer and promoter Chelsea Layne , are

the eyes, ears and typing fi ngers behind Jive Flamingo .

The site was built out of Orgeron and Herrington’s de-sire to express Baton Rouge’s true potential as a musical hotspot. Many people know of the jazz scene present in New Orleans and Lafayette’s prominent Ca-jun/Zydeco in-fl uence, but Jive Flamingo felt Baton Rouge was getting the short end of the stick.

Herrington said any appar-ent music scene is being formed out of the large amount of univer-sity students who are classically

trained. From there, musical abil-ity fl ourishes into full-fl edged groups. Herrington , a founding member of the local band Mi-

nos the Saint , is a prime example.

Moving from the web to the stage, Jive Fla-mingo hosted Lafayet te-born jazz performer Brad Webb and his group Mak-ing Faces at Mud and Water last Thursday, a mile-stone in the site’s

short history. The show came as the initial installment of Jive Fla-mingo’s “Jazz Night at Mud and Water” series, which will be held

BLOG, see page 11

Gerald DucoteEntertainment Writer

New York Fashion Week should be labeled as its own holi-day. The fashion, hair, makeup and mod-els are really better than any Christ-mas morning. However, it seems there always has to be some con-troversy out of what, or in this case who, comes down the runway.

While Kendall Jenner is pri-marily known for being an exten-sion of the Kardashian fame, she also is an up-and-coming power-house in her own right. She walks in runway shows, models in pho-to shoots and designs a clothing line for Pac Sun with her sister, Kylie Jenner . It is no surprise her next step would be to walk for Marc Jacobs in his show at New York Fashion Week .

Jacobs premiered his fall 2014 line on Feb. 13. The col-lection screamed minimalist with an edge. Shades of brown, gray, white and a gray-blue walked down the runway in forms of shift dresses, slacks, riding pants, sweaters, jersey shirts and fur jackets. The shapes, patterns and

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Reggae-rock band Jon Wayne and The Pain has dis-covered itself through trials and tribulations.

Stemming from early mem-bers’ desire to rhyme with the lead singer’s moniker, Jon Wayne , the group originally ad-opted Jon Wayne and The Pain , but the name has taken on anoth-er meaning as the band has grown in the last seven years.

“Because of various strug-gles in my life and songs I’d writ-ten on overcoming situations, the

band’s name became something greater,” Wayne said.

Inspired by bands such as Sublime and Pepper , the trio be-gan in Minneapolis, Minn ., as a reggae band. The group played at a few local venues and house parties, which earned it a small fan base.

In May of 2008, Jon Wayne and The Pain recorded its debut, self-titled album. The release of this album led to a strong Mid-western fan base that began spreading the name of the band.

After a change in band mem-bers, Jon Wayne and The Pain began incorporating hip-hop and EDM elements into their reggae-rock repertoire.

In 2012, the band released its third album “Follow Through. ” Wayne said that this album

appeals to fans of multiple audi-ences because of its hybrid sound.

The band’s dedication to spreading its music across the na-tion has led to Jon Wayne and The Pain performing an average of 20 shows per month for the last four years. Though the tour life is strenu-ous, the band fi nds its rewards in the crowds that appear at their shows.

“The greatest thing is when we pull into a town we’ve never been to and maybe 320 people come out and dance and sing along with us,” Wayne said.

As an independent act, the band manages most endeavors, such as press releases and content distribution. Wayne said being signed to a major label is not nec-

essary to a musi-cal act’s success, and there is much more control over musical content on an independent label.

“The biggest thing that can benefi t a band is being good, hav-ing a good man-ager and a good booking agent,” Wayne said.

Wayne explained the biggest challenge for the band is the monotonous nature of

touring and the shows that don’t yield large audiences. It is during those times that the members of Jon Wayne and The Pain question whether their efforts are truly worth it.

“Finding balance between feeling satisfi ed with the amount of work we put in and how much we enjoy this life is important to us,” Wayne said.

Jon Wayne and The Pain will be performing at Spanish Moon at 9 p.m. tonight. Tick-ets are $15 and are available at ticketweb.com or at the door.

Most 20-year-old college stu-dents follow a simple list of daily tasks: schoolwork, jobs, intern-ships and relationships. At 20, Danny Lyon had a different plan in mind. He decided to put himself right into the middle of a move-ment that would create vast his-torical changes.

From 1962 to 1964, Lyon travelled the South and mid-At-lantic regions to photograph the civil rights movement. At this time, he became the fi rst staff pho-tographer for the Atlanta-based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . SNCC was composed of independent, student-led groups that protested against segrega-tion in southern communities. It is most known for sit-ins at segregated lunch counters along with other protests held at segregated establishments like libraries and movie theaters.

Lyon , now 71, describes him-self at 20 as “looking for a moral direction — a restless, romantic history student [who] sought an adventure.”

“The civil rights movement was a true grassroots movement that exploded across the South,” he said

The motion of change and re-bellion appealed to Lyon .

“The confrontation, the com-mitment and the almost holy nature of the movement was overwhelmingly attractive, so once I witnessed it, I joined it,” he said about his motivation to

start travelling. The exhibit houses selected

photographs from Lyon’s book “Memories of the Southern civil rights movement.”

Lyon has published multiple books, movies and a blog he up-dates regularly called Bleak Beau-ty. His work ranges from the civil rights movement to a study on the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in “The Bikeriders” to “Indi-an Nations: Pictures of American Indian Reservations in the West-ern United States.”

He describes the message of his work as “America and the world will not survive without re-bellion.”

“The southern civil rights movement was not only a revolu-tion in the South, but it sparked ev-ery movement that soon followed — the women’s liber-ation movement , and the gay rights movement . Many SNCC activists went straight into

the anti-war movement,” Lyon said about the large effect the movement had on society.

The movement, in Lyon’s eyes, is compared to “a fi re that could not be put out.” His pho-tographs showcase this fi re to capture one of the most dynamic times in America’s history.

His travelling art exhibit, “Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Move-ment,” is currently at the West Ba-ton Rouge Museum until March 9.

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monthly with a variety of jazz acts from Louisiana.

Though Jive Flamingo has stepped away from the key-boards for sponsored events before, “Jazz Night” shows a progressive step for such a young blog. The trio hopes to move onward and upward with web content and overall cover-age format, including ideas for video-based reporting.

Jive Flamingo’s cause is simple: to bring the listener the music that wasn’t previously be-ing sought out. Herrington de-scribed the team as “three people who are passionate about the Ba-ton Rouge music scene.”

blog, from page 9

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colors gave a 1970s equestrian feel by day and Hollywood scar-let by night.

But Jacobs never leaves it at just the clothes; he’s a designer who is founded on the full pro-duction and never ceases to sur-prise. Every model was sent down the runway with a straight-cut bob wig, thick headband and white-out eyebrows.

So where does Kendall Jen-ner come into all of this?

Jenner was made up like all the other models and sent down the runway in an all brown en-semble, including a sheer brown sweater with no bra. The sight of her nipples through the top put a few in outrage, saying she shouldn’t have been sent down the runway in such a revealing outfit.

The reality of it is Fash-ion Week is about high fashion. Most, if not all, of a designer’s collection is never meant to be walked off the runway and into

the workplace, class or family dinner. It’s another form of art and rarely ever leaves the runway category straight into the ready-to-wear category. Jacob’s vision was a sheer top with no bra so he sent Jenner, along with multiple other models, down the runway in his vision.

No other model was criti-cized for the show of skin so why should Jenner be? She’s a legal adult. She’s a professional mod-el. Just because she’s part of a famous reality TV family doesn’t mean she shouldn’t pursue her career.

Jenner’s sister, Khloe Kar-dashian, put it the best: Jenner didn’t choose what she wore down the runway but she rocked it nonetheless and proved she’s as high fashion as any of the other models.

fashion, from page 9

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investigators currently belong to the club.

Every potential member of the club is interviewed and screened before they are per-mitted to join — and for good reason.

The Spirits have a large fol-lowing and receive at least two or three weekly investigation re-quests from people all over the state. Some of the sightings are faked, and some of the cases are outright dangerous. All members must have the skills to decipher false records from actual evi-dence and must be equipped to deal with the risks of potentially haunted sites.

Many of the investigators have experience working in law enforcement.

“We use a lot of audio equip-ment and graphical software to distinguish people messing around from actual phenomena,” Duplechien said.

According to the Spirits, some of the most haunted sites in the state include Oak Alley Plan-tation in Vacherie and the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. As long as a site does not pose an obvious danger to anyone, the Spirits sometimes let their clients accompany them on investiga-tions, and they maintain an open relationship with their fans.

“We’ve held classes at LSU and ULL before. People love this stuff,” Duplechien said.

Classes include Ghost Hunt-ing 101, which serves as an intro-duction to paranormal research,

and a practical laboratory-esque course that allows students to perform their own investigations under the supervision of their instructors. Duplechien said the classes will return to ULL this summer.

Duplechien said the Spirits are eager to teach others about ghost hunting because they con-sider themselves scholars. They invest both time and money into paranormal research and use sci-entific tools to gather and record evidence. These tools include in-frared cameras, electromagnetic field detectors and a program called the Princeton Engineer-ing Anomalies Research device, or P.E.A.R, detects and records

changes in the surrounding envi-ronment and translates them into binary, the language of comput-ers. This code is then translated into a wave that purportedly shows the probability of wheth-er a change was brought on by chance or intelligent decision. In other words, if the wave is big, there’s probably a ghost around.

“We’re a serious group, and we always want an explanation for everything,” Duplechien said.

ghost, from page 9

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Martin DeLatte uses a temperature reader to detect changes in temperature indicative of paranormal activity Friday afternoon at the Louisiana Old State Capitol.

The Daily Reveille

Opinionpage 12 Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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Nicholas J. Van Sickels (right) stands with his husband, Andrew S. Bond, and holds their adopted daughter, Jules, 2, before a news conference in New Orleans about a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday challenging the Louisiana Constitution’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages.

It’s going to take a while before Louisiana catches up to the equal rights movement, and the fact that four same-sex couples are suing the state for their marriages — legalized in other states — to be recognized is evidence of this fact.

Forum for Equality, one of the most prominent gay rights groups in Louisi-ana, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that, if successful, will allow same-sex unions performed elsewhere to be recognized in the state.

The fact that the group has to resort to a lawsuit to advocate for the rights of the LGBT community reflects how backward states like Louisiana still are.

Just to clarify, this lawsuit is in no way aiming to get Louisiana to start performing gay marriages.

Instead, it is a plea for the state to start recognizing unions made in the 17 states where gay marriage is legal and to grant these people the rights that, as a married couple, they deserve.

I applaud Forum for Equality for

sticking up for the gay community of Louisiana. It’s about time someone challenged the old-fashioned backward-ness of the state’s laws, and even if this is a small step, it is a step toward equality.

We’re all human beings, and we all have the same rights.

One of the arguments included in the lawsuit is the fact that Louisiana won’t allow same-sex couples to file joint tax returns, which means filing taxes as a “single” rather than a “married” person.

On the other hand, same-sex couples are allowed to file federal tax returns jointly. But the forms have to match the state returns, which means couples would have to be giving false information to the government to satisfy an antiquated belief system.

Another issue the lawsuit seeks to resolve is the ability of same-sex couples to have joint custody of children, some-thing they are not currently able to do in Louisiana.

Right now, only one of the individu-als in the union is granted custody of children. The concern is that if something were to happen — like the death of that individual — then the other person would have no legal tie to the child.

Some wonder why married members of the LGBT community don’t move to

another state, and I personally believe this is a nonsensical attempt at a solution to the issue.

Suggesting that a person relocate to avoid unfair treatment is a violation of the person’s civil rights. Every American has the right to the pursuit of happiness, no matter what state they live in.

Civil rights shouldn’t be a legal is-sue. No matter who we are or who we want to spend our days with, we should all be given the same rights under the law.

In the U.S., where every day another state legalizes gay marriage, it should be the states’ job to make laws fair for all.

While it may take some time for Louisiana to legalize gay marriage, the rights of already married couples should be respected and guaranteed.

Jose Bastidas is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from The Woodlands, Texas.

Contact Jose Bastidas at jbastidas@lsureveille.com;

Twitter: @jabastidas

NO WAY, JOSEJose BastidasColumnist

La. needs to recognize same-sex unions

Good afternoon.The intersection of Highland

Road and State Street is in an abso-lutely atrocious state of disrepair. Although it should complement the bustling commercial corridor lead-ing to the north gates of LSU, the intersection is in horrible condition.

There are large, significant pot-holes. The crosswalks are long since worn through and are poorly marked.

The sidewalks and curbs are left to crumble, and in their place are large ravines of missing asphalt and concrete.

Every day, students attempt to bicycle across the street and find their bicycle tires have blown. Every day, dozens of pedestrians attempt to navigate the cracked pavement while being forced to stumble across the in-tersection. Cars and passengers have suffered through bone-jarring jolts for years. In some places the holes have been there so long that the as-phalt is but a distant memory and deep chasms are now wearing through the concrete substrate.

It is embarrassing to see such a heavily traveled intersection — one so relied upon by students at LSU and other businesses and residents that contribute so much to our economy — left to decay in such a fashion.

The city of Baton Rouge and the Department of Public Works should respect the taxpaying residents and businesses of the LSU North Gates corridor — and the LSU community as a whole — and restore faith in our Public Services by enacting repairs to this intersection immediately.

Jonathan Moser, JD/DCL

Dear Reveille Editor,As a component of the re-

affirmation of LSU’s accredi-tation by the Southern Asso-ciation of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the university has proposed a new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). This QEP represents a commitment by the university to provide our students with the very best edu-cational experiences possible. With this goal in mind, LSU has elected to focus its QEP on undergraduate research. The QEP, entitled LSU Discover, is intended to give every student the opportunity to engage in research experiences that ad-vance knowledge and enhance each participant’s future career. This QEP will be implemented, following review and approval by SACSCOC, beginning in fall 2014.

Currently, undergraduate students at LSU have the op-portunity to engage in research projects that carry the possibil-ity of making significant ad-vances in their chosen fields. Faculty mentors work with these undergraduates on these projects.

Combining the skills from information literacy, research

methods, professional ethics, critical thinking and communi-cation, the QEP will ensure that students extend their under-standing of how to conduct ex-periments or develop surveys. These skills have been delib-erately chosen to help students become better professionals re-gardless of their future careers. Those who pursue graduate education may translate these experiences into enhanced as-sistantships at LSU and other prestigious graduate and pro-fessional schools.

In anticipation of its im-plementation, LSU will host Research Day on March 10 at the LSU Union. This event will provide undergraduate re-searchers a venue for sharing their ideas, presenting their work, and networking with others. While this year’s event is scheduled for a single day, the future of LSU Discover includes a Research Week, as well as other events includ-ing an undergraduate research conference.

Dr. Randy Duran, director of LSU’s Office of Undergrad-uate Research, is leading the ef-fort to engage faculty to mentor more undergraduate students on how to conduct profes-sional and responsible research projects. For more information about this program, contact Dr. Duran at rduran@lsu.edu.

T. Gilmour Reeve, Ph.D.Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Planning, and Review

In light of the current US-led negotiations for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, I think it will benefit the readers to acquire the perspective of history. To begin, this conflict did not always exist. In 1919, Emir Feisal, the leader of the Arab national movement, said, “We Arabs … look with deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement … We will wish the Jews a hearty welcome home.” The next year, Palestinian violence began against the Jewish people.

The people of Israel strived for peace with their neighbors even be-fore the nation was established by the ending of the Balfour Declaration in 1948. In 1937, the future Israelis ea-gerly accepted the British proposal for a Jewish state containing only 4

percent of the original British man-date. Even though the remaining 96 percent was proposed for Arab land, the Arab leaders rejected it, instead choosing to slaughter the Jewish peo-ple on the streets. In 1947, the British offered an even smaller piece of land for the Jewish state, leaving a larger chunk for the Arabs, but the Arabs leaders still rejected the peace offer. After the Jewish war of independence in 1948, offers of peace were again given to the Arabs, who again rejected them. To reward the Israelis for their peace efforts, Arab terrorists killed more than 1000 Israeli civilians.

In 1967, the Israelis again offered land for peace to the surrounding Arab states. The Khartoum Resolution of the Arab states rejected this offer, stating that there would be no peace, no negotiations and no recognition of the Jewish state. Again, the Israeli citizens paid for their peace offer with their lives. Even the Oslo Peace Ac-cords of the 1990s, where Israel again

gave land for peace, were unsuccess-ful. With a country smaller than the state of New Jersey, the Jewish people will eventually run out of land to offer.

The violence that the Palestinians had agreed to renounce in the Oslo Peace Accords continues to this day in the form of terrorist attacks, suicide bombings, and rocket launches on ci-vilian cities. Despite the repeated of-fers by the Israelis of land for peace in previous and current decades, the Palestinians and surrounding Arab nations continue to refuse, insisting on violence instead. In order for the current negotiations to be successful, the leader of the Palestinian Authority must officially recognize the state of Israel, the Jewish people’s right to ex-ist, and agree to renounce all further attacks and terrorism against the Israe-lis. For this, the people of Israel will gladly accept a two-state solution.

Rebecca Ringuette

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OpinionTuesday, February 18, 2014 page 13

Making the case for federally legal euthanasia

It seems ridiculous to claim that one has a right to life, then to turn around and deem someone a criminal for trying to end it.

Many European countries avoid this contradiction, but the United States has yet to correct its mistakes.

Last week, the Belgian Fed-eral Parliament passed legislation extending the right of euthanasia to minors younger than the age of 18. Kids can now voluntarily choose to kick the bucket if and only if they are terminally ill or are suffering from unbearable pain.

However, the children must pass a psychological examination and their parents must provide consent, so don’t expect a bunch of 5-year-olds to commit suicide anytime soon.

The U.S. has yet to legalize euthanasia in any form, and as-sisted suicide is legal in just five states. You’d think in the land of the free, one would have the right to end their life when dire

circumstances arose.Opposition to euthanasia is

almost as American as apple pie, and it’s not surprising considering our religious culture. Opponents claim too much corruption exists in the medical field. They argue that health care providers will suggest life-ending drugs to patients to in-crease profits, and doctors or family members will pressure patients into ending their lives for personal gain.

Minimizing corruption is something to always strive toward, but in every field, at every age, and in every country, the unfortunate nature of humanity is present.

Criminalizing a moral right, such as euthanasia, on the basis that corruption may result is a weak argument.

If eliminating corruption is the major duty of government, then we might as well outlaw politics in Louisiana.

And those who desire to de-crease corruption should understand that legalizing euthanasia is a giant leap forward. Just like the prohibi-tion of any drug, criminalizing a non-violent act leads to black mar-kets and increased hostility between civilians and law enforcement.

For some reason, seeking professional assistance or medical

guidance when contemplating death warrants prison time. Once again, the law is trying to protect us from ourselves and is only causing more harm than good.

Why is it wrong to try and end your life with the help of a doctor but legal to lock yourself in a bath-room and overdose on painkillers?

America should take Belgium’s euthanasia bill as a lesson in liberty and apply it here at home. If government was established to serve as protector of both the individual and bodily integrity, it must also respect one’s right to end his or her life.

Forcing a terminally ill patient to stay alive is twisted, but it’s even more repulsive to force doctors and hospitals to pay and use resources to keep that person alive.

Not only is this ethically per-verted, it’s also economically disastrous.

The U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation in the world, some of which goes to provide medication and lodging to patients who are in such detrimen-tal health that they wish to end their lives. Decriminalizing euthanasia could potentially save thousands of dollars per person, which would add up quickly when accounting for the

many terminally ill and suffering patients.

Economic benefits are not justification for legalizing eutha-nasia; they are merely positive consequences.

There’s no question why the U.S. continues to drop in the World Freedom Index ranking. As much as it hurts to admit, European nations have passed us in terms of indi-vidual liberty, and they are slowly increasing their lead.

Our government will remain the laughingstock of the western

world until it replaces its contradic-tory legal code and begins to return fundamental freedoms to its people.

Andrew Stolzle is a 21-year-old mechanical engineering junior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Andrew Stolze at astolzle@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AndrewStolzle

ATLAS HAS SHRUGGEDAndrew StolzleColumnist

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Belgian politicians vote in favor of the bill on child euthanasia at the Belgian federal parliament Thursday in Brussels, Belgium.

New research opportunity on

campus

LeTTeRs To The eDiToR

Israel / Palestine conflict unnecessary

Roads around campus need repair

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Richardson said. The goals of the study are to

help point out the weaknesses in the state’s tax code, and to ensure no taxes are unfair to any specifi c demographic of the population, Richardson said.

Richardson said he was cho-sen because he has worked with the state legisla-ture in the past, and because he was in charge of the last major analysis of the state’s tax code in the 1980s.

“I think legislators want us to give it a fresh look,” Richardson said. “About every 25 years is the right amount of time.”

For example, according to Richardson, a tax structure that places too much emphasis on the sales tax would hurt lower in-come families, while a tax struc-ture with a disproportionately high income tax would be unfair to higher classes.

Richardson acknowledged legislators will not take heed of the panel’s fi ndings overnight, but said he hopes some changes

are made as a result of the study. “They will do what their

constituents are supportive of,” Richardson said.

University political science professor James Garand said Louisiana is not unique in its evaluation of their tax structure, and said many states reassess

their tax codes. Garand also

speculated that Kleckley was not satisfi ed with the state’s current tax structure.

“I would be surprised if any politician called

for a study of the tax system if they were in support of it,” Garand said.

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INTERNATIONAL

Venezuela expels 3 US of� cialsCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) —

President Nicolas Maduro on Sun-day ordered the expulsion of three U.S. Embassy offi cials after Wash-ington came to the defense of an op-position hard-liner accused by Ven-ezuela’s leader of responsibility for bloodshed during anti-government protests.

Maduro didn’t identify the con-sular offi cials but charged that in-telligence offi cials who tailed them the past two months found evidence they were trying to infi ltrate Venezu-elan universities, a hotbed of recent unrest, under the cover of doing visa outreach. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua was scheduled to provide more details Monday.

Triggering the expulsion was

the Obama administration’s siding with opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who is being hunted by police as Maduro accuses him of leading a “fascist” plot to oust the socialist government two months after it won mayoral elections by a landslide.

Maduro said State Department offi cial Alex Lee, in a phone conver-sation with Venezuela’s ambassador to the Washington-based Organi-zation of American States, warned that arresting the 42-year-old former mayor would bring serious nega-tive consequences with international ramifi cations.

“These are unacceptable, inso-lent demands,” Maduro said during a televised address Sunday night. “I don’t take orders from anyone in the world.”

There was no immediate re-action from the U.S. government, which has denied the accusations that it is plotting with the opposition against him. The U.S. hasn’t had an ambassador in Caracas since 2010.

The Harvard-educated Lopez has been at the center of rising ten-sions in Venezuela since he led the biggest demonstration yet against Maduro’s 10-month-old govern-ment, mobilizing more than 10,000 people on Wednesday to peacefully protest hardships ranging from ram-pant crime to 56 percent infl ation.

The government blamed him for the mayhem that erupted af-ter the rally ended and a group of

students battled with security forces and armed pro-government militias, leaving three dead. Most of the dem-onstrators had gone home before the violence broke out.

In his TV speech, Maduro called for a march by oil workers Tuesday beginning at the same central plaza in Caracas where Lopez said he would rally with supporters dressed in white the same day, setting up the potential for clashes between the op-posing forces.

Lopez announced his plans a few hours before Maduro’s speech, appearing in a video shot at an un-disclosed location. He said he didn’t fear arrest but accused authorities of trying to violate his constitutional right to protest Maduro’s govern-ment.

He said that after Tuesday’s march to the Interior Ministry he planned to walk the fi nal steps alone to the agency to deliver a petition demanding a full investigation of the government’s role in the deaths. He said he was prepared to turn himself over to offi cials then and answer to an arrest order on charges ranging from terrorism and homicide to van-dalism of public property.

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‘I think legislators want us to give it a fresh

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