The Daily Reveille - February 14, 2013

Students living on campus will now have to fi nd a new place for their “fourth meal” — the Taco Bell in 459 Outtakes will live no más.

LSU Dining’s contract with the Taco Bell franchise has ended, and Friday was the last day Taco Bell was served in 459 Outtakes.

Sunset Diner will soon be there, occupying the same location as the Taco Bell but with food made on the premises and a focus on breakfast items, burgers and sandwiches.

Marketing director for LSU Dining Dean Samuels said LSU

Dining began online surveys last November to gauge student food in-terests and satisfaction with the 459 Commons.

Through the research, they were able to determine students were looking for a different dining experience.

“The menu concept had been fl oating around for a while. Once we did the research, it confi rmed a lot of our beliefs as to what students wanted,” Samuels said.

Biochemistry freshman Khizir Qureshi said he ate at the Taco Bell location at least twice a week and was not aware of Taco Bell’s clo-sure.

“I’m kind of disappointed; it was a convenient location for a Taco Bell,” Qureshi said.

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Who Puts Out?Van Heerden, University settle suit

Email demands AgCenter ousters

Sunset Diner to replace Taco Bell in 459 Outtakes

McKenzie WomackStaff Writer

Money plays major role in romantic holiday

New menu features sandwiches, burgers

AGCENTER, see page 4

TACO BELL, see page 4

MEN’S FASHION: Learn how to work patterned accessories, p. 11

SPORTS: Read why our columnist says fans should temper expectations for Bregman, p. 6

AgCenter Money plays major role in romantic holiday

See VALENTINE story, page 4

An anonymous email saying the LSU Agricultural Center should replace all of its administrators and the dean of the College of Agricul-ture was sent Friday to the Transi-tion Advisory Team’s subcommittee student members and some Univer-sity offi cials.

The letter, which appears to have been written by an LSU Ag-ricultural Center faculty member, also called for a more academic-centric structure and a downsizing of the administration, citing corrup-tion and unqualifi ed administrators.

“We do not respond to anony-mous sources,” said Frankie Gould, director of communications for the AgCenter.

University Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications Herb Vincent said the University would not comment on anonymous letters like this.

Charles Lewis , microbiology

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The place where Taco Bell used to be in 459 Outtakes stands empty Wednesday. The location will soon house Sunset Diner.

Former faculty member and coastal researcher Ivor van Heerden settled a lawsuit against the Univer-sity out-of-court Monday , according to court records reported by The Ad-vocate.

Jill Craft , van Heerden ’s attor-ney, told The Advocate details of the settlement could not be discussed until the settlement is fi nalized. The lawsuit was slated to begin Feb. 19 and charged the wrongful termina-tion of van Heerden’s non-tenured position by the University in 2009 after his investigation into the devas-tation of Hurricane Katrina and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .

The former deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center claims the University terminated him after he blamed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ work on the New Orleans levees for fl ooding in 80 percent of the city following the storm .

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Gag orders silence Israeli press in digital age, called into question

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military censor, which has long served as the country’s guardian of state secrets, is under the micro-scope following a pair of reports broken by the international media.

An Australian broadcaster’s story this week about the suspi-cious death of an Australian-Israeli prisoner held by Israel, follow-ing foreign reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria last month, have revealed the limits of Israel’s de-cades-long censorship rules and court-imposed gag orders. In to-day’s Internet age, many are now asking whether these restrictions are even relevant.UK police arrest six people in News of the World phone hacking probe

LONDON (AP) — British police investigating computer hacking and privacy offenses by the media on Wednesday arrested six people alleged to be involved in inter-cepting voicemails for the defunct News of the World tabloid.

Authorities said the six for-mer journalists for the tabloid were arrested in a new line of in-quiry to the ongoing investiga-tion in Operation Weeting, which is one of three investigations into press wrongdoing.

Carjacking victim recalls abduction by fugitive ex-LAPD of�cer Dorner

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — There was no question. The man standing before Rick Helte-brake on a rural mountain road was Christopher Dorner.

Teams of officers who had sought the fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer since last week were closing in. Dorner pointed the gun at Heltebrake and ordered him to get out of his truck.

“I don’t want to hurt you. Start walking and take your dog,” Heltebrake recalled Dorner saying during the carjacking Tuesday af-ternoon.Hackers use national alert system to spread zombie warnings in West

DETROIT (AP) — Warnings about the zombie apocalypse may seem pretty amusing, but officials say they’re dead serious about figuring out who hacked into the nation’s public warning system to broadcast such messages in a hand-ful of states.

People in California, Michi-gan, Montana and New Mexico have heard the warnings about at-tacking zombies.

Greg MacDonald with the Montana Broadcasters Association said the consequences of attacks on the alert system could be severe.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Main-tenance workers swept and hosed down sidewalks outside of bars, restaurants and strip clubs and street-sweeping trucks made con-tinuous passes on Bourbon Street as a few straggling tourists took in the ritual of the post-Mardi Gras cleanup on Wednesday.

A regular visitor from At-lanta, Jan Crofford, had spent much of Mardi Gras marching in the St. Anne parade. As she walked through the Quarter on Ash Wednesday, she carried a shopping bag. Her forehead bore the smudge of ashes from a morning Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the historic Jackson Square.More schools planned for Louisiana voucher program, 133 approved

(AP) — More schools are on the list for Louisiana’s voucher pro-gram next year, so the number of students using taxpayer dollars to go to private schools is expected to grow as student applications were released on Wednesday.

The Department of Educa-tion says 133 private schools have been approved to receive voucher students in the 2013-14 school year. That’s up from 117 schools this year.

Carnival cancels 12 cruises on the troubled ship after Gulf breakdown

HOUSTON (AP) — Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before an engine-room fire left it powerless in the Gulf of Mexico.

The company’s announcement on Wednesday came as the Tri-umph was being towed to a port in Mobile, Ala., with more than 4,000 people on board, some of whom have complained conditions on the ship are dismal.

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A law enforcement of�cial told The Associated Press on Tuesday a charred body inside the mountain cabin that went up in �ames is believed to be that of ex-LAPD of�cer Christopher Dorner, suspected in four killings.

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Sanity ruling on disabled boy’s beheading postponed until Thursday

THIBODAUX (AP) — A La-fourche Parish judge has post-poned a ruling on whether a man accused of beheading his disabled son is able to help his attorneys and therefore fit to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder.

District Judge John LeBlanc had said he would rule Wednesday on whether to try Jeremiah Wright for the death of 7-year-old Jori Li-rette or send Wright back to a men-tal hospital for further treatment.

The ruling is now expected Thursday.

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junior and student member of the Transition Advisory Team’s Aca-demic subcommittee , gave legiti-macy to the investigation by saying this request is on target with the subcommittees’ goals.

“One of the goals of LSU 2015 is streamlining the LSU System . Some of these positions do seem a bit repetitive,” Lewis said. “But fi rst, an investigation to see whether any of these allegations are true needs to happen.”

The AgCenter has an agenda and philosophy that is “incompati-ble” with the vision of the rest of the

LSU System , according to the letter. The letter proposed a stream-

lined system without an executive vice president for agriculture, chan-cellor or any vice positions.

“Employees are constantly in-structed to always credit the AgCen-ter and never be identifi ed as sim-ply LSU. We are never encouraged to develop programs of national or international reputation, but to only respond to political pressures within the state,” the letter stated.

It claimed the school has an “invisible dean” who maintains no contact with individuals.

The AgCenter has wasted large amounts of money on “unwise,

unnecessary and unjustifi able ex-penditures at outlying research sta-tions and campus facilities,” accord-ing to the letter. These surpluses are made worse by the AgCenter’s 20 outlying research stations, the letter stated.

The letter proposed a major re-structuring based on geographical location, commodity or discipline viability, projected future economic industry trends and the changing de-mographic of clientele.

Qureshi said Taco Bell serviced his late-night snack needs.

“Outtakes is open until three. Breakfast is not really what I’m looking for at two in the morning — I mostly go to Outtakes for a late-night snack, not breakfast,” he said.

Qureshi said he will likely eat at the location without a Taco Bell less often .

“The trend of breakfast at night is consistent and has been the last three or four years,” Samuels said.

It was this research along with insight based on student purchases that led to the development of the Sunset Diner menu.

“There are three areas this menu will revolve around: late night breakfast, a quality burger and an option with chicken,” said Don Ko-shis, director of operations for LSU Dining. “From there it will evolve dramatically,” he said.

Research will play a constant role in the development of the Sun-set Diner menu.

“Over the past years, it has been more about the healthy option and more variety,” said David Heid-ke , resident district manager for Chartwells. “The menu is to start. We hope to gain some knowledge from this semester. ”

Biology freshman Meagan

Meaux said she eats at Outtakes about three times a week and doesn’t like Taco Bell leaving, but she is looking forward to Sunset Diner .

“I feel like it’s a better menu, you can get different things. It’s go-ing to be good food. Who doesn’t like breakfast at night?” she said.

Meaux also said the conve-nience of grabbing a sandwich on the run will be nice for students who don’t have much time for lunch.

Biology freshman Bobby Rog-ers Jr. said he ate at Taco Bell regu-larly, visiting the location six to seven times a week.

“It is my go-to late-night snack,” he said.

Rogers said he sees the Sunset Diner as an improvement from his go-to.

“Breakfast food is defi nitely better,” he said.

Rogers said breakfast food is something he’d rather have late at night over Taco Bell , and the menu is probably healthier as well .

The love bug bites men harder than women, according to statistics from the National Retail Federation .

Men will spend signifi cantly more on Valentine’s Day than wom-en this year, with men shelling out, on average, roughly $175.61 on jewelry, fl owers, a romantic eve-ning out and more, while their sig-nifi cant others will spend approxi-mately $88.78 .

For some, the holiday is not so much about romance as it is about an obligation — an expensive one at that— with total Valentine’s Day spending expected to reach $18.6 billion in 2013 in the U.S.

Santiago Patino , fi nance senior, said Valentine’s Day is “manda-tory.”

“It’s a girls’ thing,” Patino said. “It’s for the girls, not so much for the guys, and that’s why guys don’t like it as much.”

Valentine’s Day , a holiday no-torious for stirring up a whirlwind of high expectations, can lead to elation for some and disappoint-ment for others.

Adrienne Wood , history sopho-more , is single and thinks Valen-tine’s Day is a special holiday.

“I think it is bad whenever people hate on it. That’s just single people being jealous,” Wood said.

Wood said she does, however, think men should spend more on Valentine’s Day than women.

“I mean, jewelry is expensive,” Wood said.

Wood said she’d be happy cel-ebrating with fl owers and a nice dinner if she were in a relationship.

“We’re in college,” Wood said. “None of us have fat pockets. It is really about appreciating love in all its forms.”

However, the NRF’s 2013 Val-entine’s Day statistics also show that men are not the only ones shell-ing out for the holiday.

A typical Valentine’s Day spender, averaging men and women, pulls $73.75 out of those fat pockets to fl atter his or her signifi cant other, according to the NRF .

On the other hand, the aver-age person is planning to spend about $130.97 on candy, cards, gifts and more on just family, friends, co-workers and pets — up from $126.03 in 2012.

Mary Jeremiah , a mass com-munication sophomore, called Val-entine’s Day a “Hallmark holiday” and said people spending that much on Valentine’s Day makes her hap-py to be single.

“If there is going to be a holi-day like that, it should be about getting them a sentimental gift, not something of material value,” Jer-emiah said.

As for men spending more than women, Jeremiah said, “Men feel like they have to spend more because they have to make women happy, or else women will get upset

about it.”Caleb Bates , computer engi-

neering sophomore, said for him, Valentine’s Day is just there.

“To be honest, a lot of people get upset about it, but there are people who don’t have moms on mother’s day or dads on father’s day,” Bates said.

Bates said he’d be willing to spend a lot of money on someone only if he was married or in a com-mitted relationship.

“You should really honor who-ever you are married to or dating just about everyday,” Bates said.

But when it comes to Valen-tine’s Day , in some relationships, there are those who are ready to give and those waiting to receive.

Anne Pizzini , early child-hood education freshman, said she doesn’t know what her boyfriend of one-and-a-half years is doing for her on Valentine’s Day , but she is traveling 700 miles to surprise him in St. Louis, Miss . She said she feels

like she is living in a movie.“I had never felt so happy to be

doing something for someone else. I have never made this big of a ro-mantic gesture before,” Pizzini said.

Pizzini said in the end, what people do for Valentine’s Day de-pends on the couple.

“Some couples may be a sta-tistic, but others are unique and may only need to spend a little to show how much they care for the one they love on Valentine’s Day ,” Pizzini said.

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While bopping to the pregame music and execut-ing their customary layup lines, each member of the LSU basketball team gets a ritualistic question from junior forward Jalen Courtney.

“You ready to eat?” Courtney asks.Hungry or not, the Tigers (13-8, 4-6 Southeastern

Conference) must embark on a six-day stretch involv-ing three games and two road trips, starting tonight at Colonial Life Arena against South Carolina (12-11, 2-8, SEC).

Led by sophomore Johnny O’Bryant III and guard Anthony Hickey, the Tigers have reeled off four wins in six conference games since dropping the first four, positioning themselves in the middle of the muddled SEC standings.

O’Bryant posted a career-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 60-57 loss at Alabama on Saturday, good for his ninth double-double of the sea-son and sixth in the last seven games.

“I just wanted to win,” O’Bryant said. “I tried to put pressure on the rim and get to the free throw line and do whatever I could to get us a win.”

The 6-foot-11 forward’s efforts were not enough as LSU again fell on the road, but coach Johnny Jones noticed progression after his team’s woeful start.

Jones pointed to more sensible shot selection and a gradual adaptation to physical SEC play as the impe-tus for his team’s recent success.

“I thought early on we probably didn’t make the best decisions sometimes, or we would take some ear-ly shots that we could possibly get a little later in the clock,” Jones said. “I just want to make sure they’re shooting from their areas.

Alex Bregman stands sur-rounded by the blinding lights of flashing cameras and dozens of in-quiring reporters.

He tries to discreetly wipe his sweaty palms on his new LSU base-ball pants while attempting to field a barrage of questions about his life. Just minutes earlier, LSU coach Paul Mainieri praised the new in-fielder’s talents and work ethic dur-ing his Media Day conference.

“[I’ve] never had to deal with so many [reporters],” Bregman said. “I’m a little nervous. It’s a little different. … I think it’s great, you definitely want the team to be covered in the media.”

It isn’t uncommon for young

athletes to feel overwhelmed in their first interactions with the media.

Senior outfielder Raph Rhymes recalled the first time he stepped in front of the cameras as an LSU baseball player after transferring from LSU-Eunice as a sophomore.

“I went to Eunice and may-be did two or three interviews,” Rhymes said. “Then, out here, I don’t remember how many report-ers were out here, but it was over-whelming. I learned real quick that I was probably not the best person to interview. I didn’t know how to speak to the media.”

Sophomore gymnast Rhea-gan Courville said she doesn’t necessarily get nervous, but in-stead gets tripped up with want-ing to say too much — a reac-tion that’s compounded after an

emotional contest.“Right after you finish a meet

you have all this energy and emo-tion and so much on your mind,” Courville said. “Especially after a big win, you’re just ready to say whatever comes to mind.”

With such a large athletic pro-gram comes a considerable amount of attention to the men and women who represent the purple and gold.

The LSU Athletic Department made more than $107 million in 2011, according to USA Today, which ranks it as the seventh largest in the country. The Tigers spent just less than $92 million on its 15 var-sity teams – 11th nationally.

Each team is required to pro-vide availability to players and

SportsThursday, February 14, 2013 page 5

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Mike GegenheimerSports Contributor

OLE MISS, see page 10USC, see page 10

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Shirley White (left) interviews sophomore gymnast Randi Lau (right) Feb. 5 in the Athletic Administration Building to help prepare her for future media interactions.

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Athletes trained to deal with press interactionsMike GegenheimerSports Contributor

MEDIA, see page 9

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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) shoots Feb. 6 during the the Tigers’ 57-56 victory against Vanderbilt in the PMAC. Next, LSU travels to South Carolina.

‘Ready Tigers hungry as they start strenuous stretch

against GamecocksChandler RomeSports Writer

LSU hits four home runs, beats Ole Miss

to eat?’It took the No. 10 LSU soft-

ball team one game to hit nearly a third of its home run total from last season as the Tigers topped Ole Miss 9-1 Wednesday night.

LSU smacked four home runs in the win after only hitting 13 in 2012.

“Early on, [Ole Miss pitcher Shelby Jo] Fetner was difficult for us,” said LSU coach Beth Torina. “We had a few issues for our of-fense trying to make an adjust-ment, but I thought eventually we were able figure her out the sec-ond time around the lineup. We really swung the bats fantastic. It was probably one of our best of-fensive performances I’ve seen from them since I’ve been coach here.”

A two-dinger top of the sixth inning helped facilitate six runs for the Tigers.

Junior third baseman Tammy Wray produced the biggest score of the night with her three-run shot to left field that put the game firmly in LSU’s control.

“We kind of played off each other, we had confidence in each other,” Wray said. “I had my dou-ble in the at bat before [the home run] and I knew the adjustment I had to make to be able to hit it out

“Pressure is a privilege” is one of LSU freshman starting shortstop Alex Bregman’s favor-ite mantras.

The 18-year-old will start at one of the most important posi-tions on the diamond Opening Day. Oh, and he’s going to bat third in the batting order Fri-day when LSU opens its season against Maryland .

How crazy is it for coach Paul Mainieri to start a kid who’s never played an out in college? Almost as nuts as it was for him to move shortstop D.J. LeMahieu to sec-ond base so true freshman Aus-tin Nola could take over the gap between second and third in the middle of the 2009 season .

No one questioned Mainieri after the move helped the Tigers win the College World Series . We’ll have to wait and see how smart Bregman makes Mainieri look as the season progresses.

But some LSU fans have un-fair expectations for what they want Bregman to be out of the gate.

To his credit, he deserves most of the preseason praise he’s received thus far. Quoting the great Boobie Miles , “Hype is something that’s not for real. I’m all real.”

Bregman is defi nitely for real.Despite missing his senior

season at Albuquerque Academy , Bregman hit an out-of-this-world .678 to go along with 19 home runs as a junior. He was also the MVP of the gold medalist 18U U.S. National Team at the 2011 International Baseball Federation World Championship .

LSU is lucky an injury de-railed Bregman’s senior cam-paign. If not, he would have prob-ably been a fi rst round pick in the 2012 Major League Baseball draft instead of going in the 29th round . He would be donning a minor league jersey this spring instead of the purple and gold.

If the pressure from fans wasn’t enough, Bregman’s coach is already comparing his competi-tive drive to one of the best play-ers in LSU history.

“Tiger fans are going to love this kid and embrace him,” Main-ieri said Jan. 25. “He plays with the same passion as a Mikie Mah-took as a shortstop.”

Consider yourself privileged, Alex . If you feel the pressure on your shoulders now, you won’t want to experience it if you don’t live up to the ridiculously high standards the LSU fan base has set for you.

Don’t act like Bregman is Jesus walking through the door for LSU baseball . He’s still a true freshman who hasn’t faced col-lege pitching and will have to adjust to the new bats at the col-legiate level.

With Austin Nola , one of the most consistent players in LSU history, now out of the picture, there’s an immense amount of strain put on Bregman at shortstop and one of the most important spots in the lineup.

Mainieri didn’t want senior Raph Rhymes to bat third, despite his .431 batting average last sea-son, nor did he give the opportu-nity to senior fi rst baseman Mason Katz , who led the Tigers with 13 home runs last season. Mainieri trusts Bregman .

This is where Mainieri and LSU football coach Les Miles show similarities, making them so great at their craft.

Any given Saturday, you can

see Miles trot out true freshmen to cover kicks or play prominent roles on the offensive or defen-sive side of the ball. Mainieri and Miles have one common goal: put-ting the players on the fi eld who give their teams the best chance of winning.

Nola gave Mainieri the best chance to win during the middle of the season in 2009 . Now he believes Bregman will allow his team to reap the most benefi ts by starting him from day one.

Is he going to hit 20 home runs and bat .350? No. So don’t call him a bust if he isn’t an All-SEC shortstop as a freshman.

Bregman’s success will be key if the Tigers plan to reach Omaha in 2013 . But don’t throw the kid under the bus if he doesn’t put up the gigantic numbers some expect of him right away.

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.


MIC’D UPMICAH BEDARDSports Columnist

LSU to face Rice inrescheduled match

Fans should keep eye on Bregman

MEN’S TENNIS

The No. 25-ranked LSU men’s tennis team will take on No. 56 Rice in a match that was originally supposed to be the fi rst leg of a doubleheader, but was re-scheduled due to rain.

The Tigers will face a Rice side they have battled to a 3-1 record since the 2007-08 sea-son .

“They’re a strong team, it’s similar to a Southeastern Confer-ence -level opponent,” said coach Jeff Brown . “They’ve always played us tough, so we know what to expect.”

The Owls feature senior Jon-athan Chang, who has a 4-2 re-cord so far in dual match season and was selected to the All-Con-ference USA team last season .

LSU’s No. 1 senior, Olivier Borsos , is an injury concern heading into the match. He was forced to stop and receive treatment in a Feb. 3 match against South Florida .

“He was out for a couple of months in the fall, so he’s just try-ing to get back his match fi tness,” Brown said. “There’s a big differ-ence between being fi t at practice and being fi t for a match.”

LSU has received solid play from the bottom half of its lineup as Borsos and senior Ste-fan Szacinski have struggled for match fi tness.

Freshman Tam Trinh , senior Mark Bowtell and senior Roger Anderson have all fought to 3-1 singles records on the season ,

often proving crucial in securing victories for the Tigers.

“You always want everyone to come out in top form, but that doesn’t happen all the time,” Szacinski said. “But it’s always nice when the guys playing in the 4, 5 and 6 spots can pick up the

slack.”The Rice

match leads LSU into its toughest portion of the sea-son so far, where it will face No. 27 Texas Tech and No. 4 Ohio State .

“The schedule gets tougher in the coming weeks,” Brown said. “We’ve got some tough matches coming up, so we’ll look to continue improving our fi tness and get ready for the rest of the season.”

Bottom of lineup has carried Tigers

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LSU senior Olivier Borsos dives for the ball during a Feb. 3 match against USF at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Ken-tucky received the news it dreaded Wednesday when freshman for-ward Nerlens Noel was declared out for the season with a torn liga-ment in his left knee.

Noel tore his ACL on Tuesday night when No. 25 Kentucky lost at Florida. An MRI revealed the injury, and the 6-foot-10 forward will have surgery in the next two or three weeks.

The projected recovery period is six to eight months.

Noel’s injury deals a serious postseason blow to the defending national champions, who had ap-peared to be gaining some footing after struggling earlier this season while trying to blend in four fresh-men. Leading the way defensively for the Wildcats was Noel, who be-gan Tuesday first in the nation with 4.5 blocks per game.

The rookie took a positive ap-proach to the diagnosis, posting on Twitter, “Minor setback for a MA-JOR comeback! I love you all and can’t thank y’all enough for the prayers.”

Noel was hurt with 8 minutes left in the Wildcats’ 69-52 loss to the seventh-ranked Gators. He ran into the basket support after block-ing a layup from behind. Noel landed awkwardly, dropped to the floor and started screaming while clutching his knee.

Noel had eight points, six re-bounds and three blocks before the injury.

“I’ve been coaching for 22 years and this is the first injury we’ve had of this kind during the season, which makes it even more devastating,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said in a statement.

“I met with Nerlens earlier to-day. The meeting was really posi-tive, and I loved his attitude. The way he is already dealing with this injury lets me know that he is go-ing to come back stronger than ever. ... Obviously this is not a career-ending injury and it’s one that athletes bounce back from all the time.”

The question is if Kentucky (17-7, 8-3 Southeastern Confer-ence) can bounce back from the devastating loss.

With Noel out, 7-footer Wil-lie Cauley-Stein now must man the post for Kentucky after spend-ing most of the season as Noel’s backup. Cauley-Stein missed four games last month after having a procedure on his left knee, an ab-sence that meant even more min-utes for Noel.

The Everett, Mass., native clearly relished the extra work, which gave him a chance to dis-play an array of skills. Besides his shot-blocking prowess, Noel was averaging 10.6 points, 9.5 re-bounds and 2.1 steals per game, with the latter two statistics both ranking 26th nationally.

He entered the game with three consecutive double-doubles and on a four-week run as the conference’s top freshman. In his previous five games, Noel had blocked 26 shots.

Projected as an NBA lottery

pick by some scouting services if he were to leave after the season, Noel’s draft stock seemed unaf-fected by his injury. Several blogs still consider him a top-five selec-tion, with others projecting him as a first-rounder.

While Kentucky has lacked a bona fide team leader, there was no doubt that the Wildcats seemed to feed off of Noel’s intensity and athleticism. Calipari’s wish has been for other players to display those some traits.

Now, the Wildcats have to re-work the rotation without their big-gest star. Kentucky’s tallest player besides Cauley-Stein is 6-10 soph-omore Kyle Wiltjer, whose game had recently blossomed along with Noel’s.

Former Wildcats center Sam Bowie believes the injury might initially affect the team’s psyche, especially with so many young players.

“His teammates will start to second-guess themselves, and that’s just human nature,” Bowie said. “You always say, “We’ll re-group; people have to step up and take their games to another level,’ and that’s been the politically cor-rect thing to say, but realistically speaking it will affect the team mentally.”

Considered the nation’s top recruit last season, Noel led a four-man freshman class also in-cluding Archie Goodwin and Alex Poythress that was expected to pick up where last year’s championship team left off. Noel has often been compared to national player of the year Anthony Davis because of his size and shot-blocking ability.

While Noel downplayed the comparison, he made clear his pursuit of breaking Davis’ single-season school record of 186 blocks set last year. A Kentucky-record 12 blocks during an 87-74 vic-tory at Mississippi on Jan. 29 put him slightly ahead of Davis’ pace, which was set over 40 games.

More importantly, Kentucky’s victory over the then-No. 16 Reb-els helped re-establish its cre-dentials as an NCAA tournament team. Their first win over a ranked opponent was part of a season-best five-game winning streak that helped put the Wildcats back in the Top 25 on Monday for the first time since falling out Dec. 3 fol-lowing consecutive losses to Notre Dame and Baylor.

Tuesday’s game against Flori-da was supposed to be another big test, but Kentucky trailed by as many as 19 points before Noel’s injury. The Wildcats seemed even more shaken afterward, and their

winning streak vanished.Kentucky visits Tennessee on

Saturday before returning home Wednesday against Vanderbilt, providing the Wildcats chances to sweep season series against both schools and stay in the SEC race.

Bowie believes Calipari is ca-pable of motivating the Wildcats to overcome Noel’s absence, band together as a team and return to the postseason — suggesting that urgency sometimes brings out the best performances.

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By March 23, the PMAC will be transformed from LSU’s home venue into a celebration of one of the richest traditions in sports: March Madness.

The PMAC, along with 15 other arenas around the country, will play host to the fi rst and sec-ond rounds of the NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Champion-ship. This is the seventh time the tournament will come to Baton

Rouge since the event expanded to its current 64-team format in 1994.

But this transformation is a long process that takes place almost exclusively behind the scenes.

According to LSU Event Man-agement Coordinator Julie Cribbs, the process began in 2011 when the Athletic Department bid to host the 2012 and 2013 tournaments. This bid is a series of forms focusing primarily on the budget.

“We basically put in one col-umn all of our expenses and in the other our projected ticket sales,”

Cribbs said. “... [The NCAA] ob-viously want a venue that can sell enough tickets to cover their cost and still make some revenue, which approximately 75 percent of goes to the NCAA.”

According to Cribbs, LSU be-gan preparing for the 2013 NCAA tournament in April of last year when it started transferring be-tween LSU and the NCAA through the NCAA’s website.

“For example, our marketing department and ticket offi ce have been uploading ticket sales num-bers and marketing plans to the [NCAA’s] site the fi rst of every month since September,” Cribbs said.

This website is where LSU re-ceives the templates and informa-tion to do such tasks as order staff apparel, produce the team manuals and print the tournament opera-tions manual.

Cribbs said the process will begin to take shape March 1 when shipments start arriving. This ship-ment will contain everything nec-essary to put on the event, from the basketballs and bench chairs to the drinking cups for the fans.

“We are also securing hotel rooms and courtesy cars for NCAA representatives, teams and offi -cials,” Cribbs said.

The process is also the point when the PMAC will undergo a makeover to meet NCAA stan-dards. This involves replacing fl oor decals, hanging drapes and placing advertisements.

So why go through all this trouble? Other than the obvious chance for the Lady Tigers to play a couple of tournament games in front of a home crowd, Cribbs said it is always good to get national at-tention.

“[One] reason for hosting is to keep LSU in the national light,” Cribbs said. “Whether [the Lady

Tigers] are playing or not, all of the games will be televised by ESPN through their contract with the NCAA.”


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A law-yer for Barry Bonds urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to toss out the slugger’s obstruction of jus-tice conviction, saying a rambling answer he gave while testifying be-fore a grand jury was not a crime.

Appellate specialist Dennis Riordan argued that Bonds was not formally or specifi cally charged with the felony that he was convicted of committing. A federal jury in April 2011 found baseball’s all-time home runs leader guilty of obstruction for saying he was a “celebrity child” when asked about injecting steroids.

Prosecutors asked Bonds dur-ing his December 2003 grand jury appearance whether Greg Anderson, his personal trainer, ever gave him “anything that required a syringe to inject yourself with?”

Bonds referred to his father, former major leaguer Bobby Bonds, when he responded “that’s what keeps our friendship. You know, I am sorry, but that — you know, that — I was a celebrity child, not just in baseball by my own instincts. I be-came a celebrity child with a famous father. I just don’t get into other people’s business because of my fa-ther’s situation, you see ...”

That particular exchange wasn’t included in the indictment originally released in November 2007. The omission is “the dagger in the heart of this conviction,” Riordan argued.

Further, Riordan said that Bonds ultimately answered the question when put to him again and denied receiving any substance to inject.

Judge Michael Daly Hawkins wondered aloud if Bonds’ direct

denial undercut the government’s argument that Bonds intentionally misled the grand jury.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Merry Jean Chan countered that the denial was a lie because Bonds’ former per-sonal assistant, Cathy Hoskins, tes-tifi ed that she witnessed Anderson inject Bonds. Chan said Bonds’ de-nial and his other rambling answers to the same question throughout his grand jury appearance added up to obstruction.

“He answered the question falsely each time,” she said.

Bonds and his legal team are asking a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the lone felony conviction stemming from Bonds’ two-and-a-half hours of testimony in December 2003 before a grand jury investigat-ing performance enhancing drug use and sales among elite athletes. Bonds, who was rejected by voters last month in his fi rst year of eligibil-ity for the Hall of Fame, wasn’t re-quired to attend Wednesday’s highly technical hearing, though Riordan said his client expressed a desired to watch the proceedings in person.

Riordan said outside court that he advised Bonds to watch from afar rather than personally attending the 35-minute session in San Francisco. A local television station was given permission to show the hearing live and streamed at least a couple of segments on the Internet.

“His presence would have been a distraction,” Riordan said.

Legal experts who have fol-lowed the case closely since his grand jury appearance in December 2003 are divided over Bonds’ chanc-es before Daly Hawkins and Judges Mary Schroeder and Mary Murguia, each of whom was appointed by a

different Democrat president and all of whom are based in Phoenix, home of San Francisco’s division rival Di-amondbacks and about a 20-minute drive from the Giants’ Scottsdale spring training facility.

One set of analysts argue that appellate courts are reluctant to overturn jury verdicts absent an overwhelmingly obvious mistake. They say that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, who ran the trial, is a respected jurist who has few of her cases overturned.

“There is a defi nite overrid-ing respect of a jury’s verdict,” said Howard Wasserman, a Florida Inter-national University law professor. “Typically, it’s pretty hard to get a jury’s verdict reversed.”

On the other hand, there are those lawyers who argue that Bonds stands a good chance to clear his name.

“The government’s biggest hurdle is that testimony obstruction cases are usually based on blatant, undeniable lies to questions at the heart of an investigation,” said Wil-liam Keane, a San Francisco crimi-nal defense attorney. “Here the pros-ecution limps in with only a single rambling, unresponsive, unimport-ant answer that is literally true.”

Regardless of the outcome, University of New Hampshire law professor Michael McCann con-tends that the case was ultimately a loss of the U.S. Department of Jus-tice. In a case that put a superstar athlete at the defendant’s table, the jury deadlocked on three charges of making false statements.

coaches for the media each week, which is organized through the teams’ assigned sports information directors.

SIDs may best be known around the country as the people responsible for fi lling out many col-legiate coaches’ ballots for national polls.

But in reality, program SIDs act as media liaisons for coaches and players.

Bill Franques is the LSU base-ball SID, and he is responsible for coordinating player requests, writ-ing news releases, keeping statistics and now handling his modern-day responsibility of managing team so-cial media.

“Essentially, my responsibility is covering all the areas in which LSU baseball receives any kind of exposure or publicity,” Franques said. “If there’s a particular ques-tion that I know a player might not be comfortable with, I might just alert him a little bit so that he’ll be prepared for that type of question.”

Senior fi rst baseman Mason Katz said if team members get a question they aren’t comfortable with, they’ve been trained to defl ect the question back to Mainieri or a topic they’re comfortable with.

“I was once given advice by the great Tommy Lasorda , ‘Never pick a fi ght with people who buy their ink by the gallon,’” Mainieri said. “I’ve never made anybody on my team not accessible to the media. What I have done is coach them on what is appropriate and what isn’t appropriate.”

After 30 years of coaching, Mainieri said talking to the media as part of the job.

He said he always aspired to work at a school where the com-munity cared about its program, and that couldn’t happen if the media didn’t cover the team.

“It’s awesome that people care about our program enough to want

to interview us and want to talk to us,” said senior softball pitcher Rachele Fico . “You watch all these big players when you’re a little girl, and you want to be like them; they’re your role models. Being in that position now, it’s a really cool thing.”

In 2009, to compete with the growing demand for player inter-views, the Academic Center for Student-Athletes and LSU Athletics Sports Information Offi ce created a media training program for student-athletes.

Shirley White is one of the outside professionals — along with Tommy Karam — who holds semi-nars for teams such as gymnastics, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball on how to better commu-nicate with the media. Karam works with some of LSU’s other programs doing the same thing.

“The purpose is to create an awareness of how important it is to know the way you interview really impacts your brand,” White said. “If you’re interviewed a lot, nine times out of 10, you know what the reporter is going to ask you. So be prepared to really make a good impression because you may be in a position where millions of people are watching you.”

During the seminars, players are asked practice interview ques-tions while being videotaped. The tape is then reviewed and critiqued by one of the instructors and the team.

“Saying the fi ller words [is the biggest problem],” White said. “The umms, the uhhs, I think, I mean. … [After watching the tape] one of the golfers said that he had no idea he was rocking back and forth. It’s those little idiosyncrasies when you’re nervous that you have but you aren’t aware of.”


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if I needed to.”Wray was also able to score

a run with her feet when she stole home on a double steal along with senior catcher Lauren Houston to put the Tigers up 2 to 1 in the fi fth inning.

Houston and a pair of fresh-men — fi rst baseman Sandra Simmons and pinch hitter Kellsi Kloss — were the other LSU players to knock one over the fence, producing fi ve of the team’s eight RBIs.

The nine runs scored in Ox-ford on Wednesday bring the Tigers’ total to 29 on the season including six home runs.

But it wasn’t just the bats that were working for LSU — se-nior pitcher Rachele Fico led the Tigers defensively with a one-earned-run , 11 -strikeout perfor-mance.

“We were just mixing in both sides of the plate and mix-ing in some off beats,” Fico said. “Houston was doing a good job behind the plate helping me get strikes, and then the offense did awesome tonight, so that made my life really easy.”

Fico said the offensive explo-sion relieved some of the stress on her and allowed her to take more risks and try more things from the mound.

The Tigers will continue their preconference schedule back home this weekend at the Purple and Gold challenge. This will be

the second consecutive week-end LSU will play fi ve games in three days.


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Along with shot selection, the Tigers have seemingly learned how to execute down the stretch, especially after squandering a four-point lead in an 82-73 over-time loss against the Gamecocks on Jan. 16 .

“We all have something to learn the further we go along,” said junior guard Andre Stringer . “As you build and progress, you learn different things.”

In that loss against the Game-cocks in mid-January, South Caro-lina true freshman Michael Carrera introduced himself to the confer-ence, coming off the bench to lead all scorers with 23 points to go along with 10 boards .

Both Jones and Stringer la-mented the easy looks and defen-sive rebounds Carrera was able to corral in the second half as he res-urrected his team from a late-game defi cit.

“Carrera kind of had his com-ing out party [against LSU],” Jones said. “He’s really kind of become the leader of their team. He’s a solid player, been really good for them and is kind of carrying them in a sense.”

While Carrera has led the Gamecocks in SEC play with 11.6 points per game, two-sport star Bruce Ellington is the only other player averaging double fi gures, chipping in an even 10 points per game while dishing out 27 assists.

Hickey said the Tigers don’t exactly have revenge on the brain, but focus more on returning the fa-vor after letting one get away at the PMAC for only their second home loss of the season.

“We’re going to fi nd a way to win,” Hickey said. “We’re going to get this thing together.”

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The LSU softball team celebrates Feb. 8 as junior in� elder Tammy Wray approaches home plate during the Tigers’ � rst game of the season against North Carolina.

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Honus Honus, Pow Pow, T. Moth, Chang Wang and Jefferson.

No, those aren’t members of a cult or a hip-hop conglomerate.

They’re a gang of bearded, un-abashed, unorthodox musicians from Philadelphia known as Man Man.

Though it frequents smaller venues, Man Man has made a name for itself over the years. It has

been featured in Nike commercials and episodes of the Showtime hit “Weeds,” and it has toured with acts like Modest Mouse and Yeasayer. Tonight’s early show at the Spanish Moon marks one of the fi rst stops for the band this year.

Frontman Honus Honus, who interviews under his given name, Ryan Kattner, said he’s taken the mic at the Spanish Moon several times throughout his career. Kattner

It seems winter has come and gone here in Baton Rouge. In-

stead of cling-ing to the colder days of Janu-ary, we should spring forward into the warmer weather with a fresher style.

N o t h i n g says you’re ready for spring

weather like colorful outfi ts that pop.

The best way to break the

winter mold is to pair bright, col-orful shirts and accessories with your lighter, neutral items like blazers, slacks and suits. Shy away from dark colors like black or charcoal and go for something simpler like a light gray or khaki — neutral enough to match al-most anything, but light enough to stay cool in the warmer tem-peratures of springtime.

Patterned ties are especially popular right now and are the best opportunity to breathe new life into a dull shirt or suit. Gray shirt with a black tie? Great for

a classy event in the winter time, but too stuffy for the bright sun-shine of early spring. Trade out the black tie for a plaid one that matches some bright slacks and that gray shirt will be ready for the warmer weather.

Draw even more attention to a patterned tie with a fl ashy tie bar. It may seem simple, but it’s a minute detail that can make all the difference. While the tie bar was invented for functionality, it’s now an accessory that can be

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A tie bar, patterned tie and neutral-colored shirt pair nicely with the recent warm weather.

Man ManUnusual band promises unforgettable set

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Man Man will play at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Spanish Moon following opening act Murder by Death.

The Daily Reveille Entertainment Staff’s

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Valentine’s Day Dating

DO:- favor sentimental over expensive

- avoid traditional dates

- use protection if you pick someone up at Reggie’s

- treat yo’self

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DON’T:- break up with anyone today

- go to Reggie’s

- assume a Valentine’s date means long-term commitment

- write and sing a song revealing your passionate, unrequited love — just don’t

- cry if you’re single — it isn’t worth it

- forget

Chris Culotta , also known as DJ Bird , has been skateboarding for more than half of his life. He’s been able to turn his pas-sion into his passion proj-ect with the creation of local skate-board compa-ny Heartthrob Skateboards .

The com-pany will be celebrating its fourth birthday this year. To commemorate the mile-stone, Culotta and others will be hosting an anniversary party this Saturday.

Culotta said the company was born when he found himself jobless after a bookstore he was working at closed for business. He said he followed the age-old saying of “do what you love and money will follow,” and Heart-throb is the product of his zeal for skateboarding.

“I wasn’t really willing to, you know, work another job,” Cu-lotta said. “So I tried my hand at entrepreneurship … and four years later, I’m still doing it.”

The skate shop has expanded to a national level with out-of-state accounts in places like California , Kansas and Pennsylvania . It has also seen increased sales of skate-boards and developed a skilled crew of skateboarders, or “riders,” who have placed in national com-petitions around the country.

“That’s what the party is about. Not only to celebrate the company, but to celebrate each rider’s accomplishments through

the year, and to just kind of cel-ebrate them as a family,” Culotta said.

The celebration will con-sist of a “skate jam” session dur-ing the day at the BREC Perkins Road Skate Park . Culotta said he hopes to encourage the public to come out and meet the team while everyone skates together. He said the jam will begin around 1 p.m.

and last until about 5 or 6 p.m.

The par-ty continues with a late-night fête at Mud and Wa-ter , a newly opened bar near The 13th Gate , and it

will feature glam-rock band The Glitter Boys from Hattiesburg, Miss., who Culotta described as “the ultimate party band.” He also

said costumes are encouraged but not required.

“It’s celebrating the fact that you can do something with skate-boarding. It’s not just a toy or a board with wheels on it. It’s anoth-er creative outlet,” Culotta said.

Mud and Water’s doors open at 9 p.m., and the band will start about an hour later. Admission is $10 for ages 20 and under, $8 for 21 and up.


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PolydorEDITOR’S PICK: HAIM, “Falling”If you haven’t heard the sun-soaked California pop-rock bliss from sister trio HAIM yet, it’s time to start listening. “Falling” only num-bers among a few tracks released from HAIM, and it’s the strongest example yet of its ability to craft insanely catchy, funky, jam-packed tunes. HAIM’s releases so far would � t easily on a late-night summer mixtape. With gripping two-part harmonies accompanied by a tight bass line, “Falling” is a lot like those mid-July drives at

dusk, when the air has � nally ditched the humidity and goosebumps form a long-awaited cool breeze rise on your skin. The standout part of this song is midway through, when the sisters launch into a powerful jam that won’t leave your head for a few days. HAIM is a group of young California women who know how to have fun as much as they know how to rock.

BRIAN SIBILLEEntertainment Editor

“Identity Thief” doesn’t live up to its expectations. With a premiere in the middle of Mardi Gras, people weren’t likely to make the trek to theaters in the � rst place. That was a smart choice. The premise of the movie was interesting enough, but there were not enough truly comedic moments to keep the audience engaged. The movie was a waste of stars Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy’s talents, but they will surely bounce back from this atrocity fairly quickly. The sad truth

about this movie is that it is McCarthy’s � rst time with a lead role. McCarthy has the gall and ability to play a starring role — she’ll just need to pick a better movie next time. “Identity Thief” is one of those all-too-familiar experiences when you sit in your seat and question whether you should leave early and ask for your money back. STORMY GOOD

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The wait is � nally over. Our favorite zombie apocalypse survivors are back in action. The episode opens with the Governor declar-ing that Daryl and Merle will � ght to the death amid the cheer-ing crowd. Rick and Maggie � re into the crowd, managing to rescue both men. Later, Daryl decides to leave the group with his brother. The main thing that troubled me this episode was Da-ryl’s decision to leave Rick’s crew to go with Meryl , who is clearly untrustworthy. The episode did have

some good moments, especially Glenn and Maggie’s sweet scene. Rick’s hallucination of Lori and his descent into madness was the most disturb-ing moment of the season so far. Rick’s inability to lead the group made the episode’s � nal moments tense. Overall, “The Suicide King” started out strong, but ended up feeling anticlimactic and muddled.

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Once again, 2013 seems to be the year of the comeback. The Postal Service dropped its � rst new song in more than a decade this week, the upbeat, dancy “A Tattered Line of String.” “String” brings more growl and guitar than The Postal Service’s typical fare, but it’s just as heavy on the electronica as ever, reminding the world how much some of today’s thriving electropop and indietronica out� ts may owe to what The Postal Service was doing back in 2003. Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley

also provides some sweet vocals on the track, but even with some fresh elements, there’s not really any of the magic of “Such Great Heights” or “We Will Become Silhouettes.” Though a solid effort from a band well-loved and remembered by so many, nothing about “String” is particularly remarkable.

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Sub PopThe Postal Service, “A Tattered Line of String”

Post-modern rockers PVT have emerged from a three -year hiatus with their fourth studio album, “Homosapien.” It may be too obscure or abstract for the likes of some, but the band is experimental to say the least. This is the type of music that could have only been created after consuming copious amounts of psychedelics. The lyrics are abstract and the vo-cals are haunting and cerebral, rather Depeche Mode-esque . The instrumentals are impressive,

no doubt, but they can also be hard to follow and all over the place. It feels like PVT was trying to convey too many messages or sounds at once. It may have been more bene� cial to hone a select number of styles and themes rather than creating an internalized competition.

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Warp RecordsPVT, “Homosapien”

Foals returns with its third album featuring energetic rock that combines solid musicianship and anthemic songwriting. Tight, interlocking guitar lines and driving rhythms provide a lively foundation for the songs while singer Yannis Philip-pakis leads the band with his unique vocal delivery. Tracks like “Inhaler” showcase the band’s ability to ramp up the energy with explosive results. Unfortunately, when the band tries to tackle a lighter, poppier

sound like in “My Number,” Philippakis seems to get washed out by everyone else and the vocals end up sounding rather anony-mous. The album covers a lot of ground though, with a somber second half that allows the band a chance to show a unique side to its sound.

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Local skateboard company celebrates fourth anniversary

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Party to honor skating cultureTaylor SchoenEntertainment Writer

‘It’s celebrating the fact that you can do something with

skateboarding. It’s not just a toy or a board with wheels on it. It’s another creative outlet.’

Chris Culottafounder of Heartthrob Skateboards

Contact Taylor Schoen at [email protected]

Heartthrob Skateboards anniversary party:

When: 1 p.m. SaturdayWhere: BREC Perkins Road Skate ParkAdmission: $10 for under 21, $8 for 21 and over

Restaurant reservations will be as full as dimly lit sidewalks with romantic strolls tonight for Valentine’s Day, but the Man-ship Theatre will transport back in time to celebrate the holiday ’80s style.

The John Hughes’ Brat Pack staple “Pretty in Pink” will play at 7 p.m. for those who want to beat crowds or stifl e Valentine’s-induced woes with 1980s high

school romantic comedy. After the credits roll, a prom-themed after party will allow movie-go-ers to dance away any remaining sorrow.

Music for the after party will be provided by the Judith Light Brigade.

Admission for both events is $10 , and the movie costs $5 .


used as a bold fashion statement and can spice up any man’s look.

The best part about tie bars is they can be incred-ibly cheap. They can be found at thetiebar.com for as low as $15, and jackthreads.com sells tie and tie bar combos for prices as low as $7.99. Hold back on lunch one day — maybe one burrito instead of two — and use the money you save to add some fl air to your wardrobe.

This time of year, it’s all about the details. Colors are your friends, and dull, patternless

outfi ts are the enemy — especial-ly if they don’t fi t. A trim black suit will look infi nitely better than a baggy blue one, but a trim blue suit looks better than both in balmy weather.

Keep it bright, keep it tight and most of all, avoid black and white.

Connor Tarter is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Dallas, Texas.

Contact Connor Tarter at [email protected]

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and his band seem excited for the early leg of their new tour to carry them tonight through Louisiana’s most famous college town once again.

Man Man’s latest album, “Life Fantastic,” produced by Mike Mo-gis of Bright Eyes, has the 10-year-old band hitting the road again. Kattner seems eager to try out some new live sets, since he has found the response to “Life Fantastic” to be “amazing” so far.

As for their stage names, Kattner considers them just another part of their unapologetic eccentric-ity.

“It’s funny because when I read interviews with other bands, nobody ever asks them how they came up with their stage names, but people ask us all the time,” Kattner said. “They’re just names. We just made them up because we thought it was fun.”

The men of Man Man don’t offer many explanations for them-selves — a tendency that fi ts their music’s defi ance of everything from genre to what counts as an instru-ment. Their sound ranges from dis-jointed and experimental to catchy and brassy to echoey and despon-dent, and their instrumentation con-stantly pushes limits.

“I do think we’re kind of differ-ent in that we fi nd sounds and things to put into our music that a lot of people wouldn’t really think of,” Kattner said. “Breaking glass, pour-ing water into a bowl. We’ll just be messing around and be like, ‘I like the way that sounds.’”

According to Kattner, the band’s live shows bring the same kind of aggressively weird energy

that so often appears on their tracks. Man Man has been known to rev and rock crowds with bizarre on-stage antics, variations of songs, freestyling and unrestrained oddity.

Always opting for the unex-pected choice, when asked who he’d most like to collaborate with in the future, Kattner — who has most notably worked with Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse and The Shins — chose Bill Murray.

“I just want to be in one of his movies,” Kattner said. “Or maybe he could get me in a Wes Anderson movie. That’d be cool.”

Man Man will storm the stage of the Spanish Moon at 7 p.m. to-night after a set by openers Murder By Death. Doors open for the early show at 6 p.m., and tickets are $15.


Man Man’s members go by their stage names — Honus Honus, Pow Pow, T. Moth, Chang Wang and Jefferson — when performing.


Man Man’s music has been featured in Nike commercials and on television shows such as “Weeds.”

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Contact Kaci Yoder at [email protected]

Watch a video of the Chinese New Year celebration

held at the Union Theater.

“Tech with Taylor” discusses Valentine’s Day tech.

Check out to-day’s entertain-ment blogs at

lsureveille.com/blogs:

Read about a Batman comic book crossover event.

Check out current New York Fashion Week trends.

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Manship Theatre to show ‘Pretty in Pink’Brian SibilleEntertainment Editor

Contact Brian Sibille at [email protected];

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Epic Records is going to “great efforts” to take down a new Future remix leaked over the weekend with a vulgar Lil Wayne lyric that has of-fended the family of Emmett Till.

The New Orleans rapper made a sexual reference to the beating death of Till, a 14-year-old Chicago boy tortured and shot in Mississip-pi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. Till’s family objected and the Rev. Jesse Jackson reached out to his management, The Blueprint Group, on the family’s behalf.

The label issued a statement Wednesday night apologizing for the release of the song.

“We regret the unauthorized remix version of Future’s ‘Karate Chop,’ which was leaked online and contained hurtful lyrics,” the state-ment said. “Out of respect for the legacy of Emmett Till and his fam-ily and the support of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. ... we are going through great efforts to take down the unauthorized version.”

Epic will release an official version of the song that “will not include such references.”

Neither Jackson nor members of Till’s family could be reached late Wednesday. A publicist says Lil Wayne has had no comment so far.

He appears briefly on the song, alluding to the black teenager’s beating in a way too vulgar to print.

Till, a native of Chicago, was in Mississippi visiting family in 1955 when he was killed. He was beaten, had his eyes gouged out and was shot in the head before his as-sailants tied a cotton gin fan to his body with barbed wire and tossed his body into the Tallahatchie River. Two white men, including the wom-an’s husband, were acquitted of the killing by an all-white jury.

Till’s body was recovered and returned to Chicago where his mother, Mamie Till, insisted on having an open casket at his funer-al. The pictures of his battered body helped push civil rights into the cul-tural conversation in the U.S.

A Facebook posting on the Ma-mie Till Mobley Memorial Foun-dation page Wednesday night said Epic Records Chairman and CEO LA Reid had reached out to the fam-ily to personally apologize.

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Lil Wayne speaks Sept. 26, 2012, during an interview in New Orleans. Epic Records is going to “great efforts” to take down a new Future remix leaked over the weekend.

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Lady Gaga injures hip, cancels rest of tour

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Gaga has canceled the rest of her tour dates due to a hip injury.

Live Nation Global Touring said in a news release Wednesday that Lady Gaga has a tear in her right hip that will require surgery, followed by a recovery period.

The pop star’s website showed 21 dates through March 20 remain-ing on her “Born This Way Ball” tour schedule. Fans who have already bought tickets will receive a refund beginning Thursday.

Lady Gaga postponed four dates on Tuesday after experiencing diffi-culties Monday during her concert in Montreal. The singer’s show is high energy with non-stop dancing. She explained to fans on Twitter that she’d hurt herself while performing some time ago.

She wrote: “I hid it from my staff, I didn’t want to disappoint my amazing fans. However after last nights performance I could not walk and still can’t”.

Gaga has not tweeted since.A news release announcing

postponements Tuesday said the 26-year-old singer, whose real name

is Stefani Germanotta, was suffer-ing from synovitis, an inflammation of the joints. She underwent tests Wednesday morning that showed she had a labral tear in her right hip, however. The labrum is a layer of muscle that helps holds the ball-shaped hip joint in place. The news release says the surgery will require strict downtime.

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Lady Gaga performs Dec. 15, 2012, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The singer canceled the remainder of her tour Wednesday.

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The pope, infallible mouth-piece of God and leader of more than a billion Catholics worldwide, put in his two weeks notice Mon-day.

Benedict XVI has declared his intent to vacate the Throne of Saint Peter by the end of this month, an act unheard of in modern Catholi-cism.

Key the stirring music and white smoke over the Sistine Cha-pel — we’re going to have a new pope by Easter, or so says Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lom-bardi.

And all signs are pointing to the next Pontiff being quite differ-ent from the last.

The last time a pope (Gregory XII) willingly surrendered the Pa-pacy was in 1415, 600 years ago.

Needless to say, Benedict’s res-ignation has gone off about as well as a bomb shell.

Despite the fact the news has come as a shock to Catholics and re-ligion columnists around the globe, it’s not as though Benedict XVI hasn’t been dropping hints.

In a 2010 interview for the book “Light of the World” by Peter Seewald, Benedict told the author he felt any pope who was unable to physically, psychologically or spiri-tually continue to discharge his du-ties has an obligation to step down.

It’s an almost exact replica of the list of reasons the ailing pontiff gave to a stunned Vatican audience early Monday morning.

“I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an ad-vanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry,” the pontiff read in Latin.

Traditionally, the papacy has been viewed as a position bestowed by God, given up only in death.

Benedict went on to stress that in today’s rapidly changing world, the pontificate requires a leader of sound mind and spirit.

And while it is clear the Holy Father still has his wits about him, it seems Benedict XVI — who is now 85 and one of the oldest popes in re-cent memory — wishes to spare his

beloved church the long fight with dementia that so crippled the power of the papacy under his lionized predecessor, John Paul II.

The two lasting questions of the pope’s resignation are who will succeed him and what will his leg-acy be?

The former question warrants a column all unto itself, as there is a dizzying number of possible can-didates.

Paddy Power, an infamous Irish gambling organization, is already running odds on who shalt next wear St. Peter’s weighty crown, or tall funny-shaped hat, whatever.

They’ve got Cardinal Peter Turkson at 3 to 1 odds (With U2’s Bono trailing the pack at 1000-1 and Richard Dawkins at 666-1) to win the papacy in March.

Why is that particularly inter-esting?

Peter Turkson is African and

the Cardinal of Ghana. All of the top five candidates hail from out-side of traditional popedom, i.e., Europe and Italy in particular.

There are two Africans, two Latin-Americans and a Canadian — go figure.

More so now than any other point in history the Catholic Church could be on the precipice of electing a non-white, non-European pope.

That’s what makes the most sense, as these days, the vast ma-jority of Catholics are neither white nor European.

In fact, they are predominantly African and Latino — Brazil is the largest Catholic country on Earth.

This shift in ethnic demograph-ics could foretell a shift in church doctrine or at least a shift in church focus.

That brings us to the second question of what will Benedict XVI’s legacy be?

Once the dust has settled, per-haps in a century or two, he’ll be remembered as one of the best popes to sit upon the apostle’s chair — because he’s the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

Most folks don’t know Cardi-nal Ratzinger, the man who would become Benedict XVI, who single-handedly convinced former Pope John Paul II to put him in charge of the church’s ongoing hunt for pedo-phile pastors.

He then presided over the larg-est culling of priests and clerics in church history.

By his own words, Ratzinger swore to clean the church of the “filth” that is pedophilia, and he prosecuted his mission with ex-treme prejudice.

He was the first pope to meet with victims and their families, and he helped institute all of the new

policies and safeguards the church has implemented in the hopes of making sure this sort of thing never happens again.

Times are changing, and fast. The church is attempting to

drag itself from the ashes of a crisis Benedict XVI almost single-hand-edly attempted to surmount.

Benedict XVI’s resignation is a symbolic move intended to sig-nal the inauguration of a new era in the Catholic Church, an era to be defined not by the evil that has passed, but by the good that can be done.

Nicholas Pierce is a 23-year-old history senior from Baton Rouge.

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BLUE-EYED DEVILNICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist

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Pope Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of faithful that he was resigning for “the good of the church.”

The Obama administration has a funny definition of due pro-cess.

Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder defended the admin-istration’s right to kill American citizens who are allegedly terror-ists, specifically the radical Ye-meni cleric and alleged al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki who was killed in 2011.

“The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process,” Holder told a crowd at Northwest-ern University in March 2012.

I don’t know what goes on in Eric Holder’s mind, but when I think of due process, I’m think-ing of the standard courtroom af-fair: a judge, a prosecution and, hey, maybe even some evidence. In fact, Holder’s statement made myself and many others wonder exactly what kind of process is “due” for Americans accused of being terrorist leaders.

“Trial by jury, trial by fire, rock-paper-scissors – who cares,”

comedian Stephen Colbert joked on his show after Holder’s con-ference.

Thankfully, we’ve finally learned.

NBC News released a 16-page white paper from the De-partment of Justice on Feb. 4 that laid out the Obama administra-tion’s justification for the targeted killing of an American citizen like al-Awlaki.

The memo specifically listed three criteria that sufficiently de-termine whether an American citizen can be lawfully targeted for assassination by our govern-ment: (1) If an “informed, high-level official” has determined the individual poses an “imminent” threat of violent attack against the country, (2) capturing the indi-vidual is “infeasible” and (3) the operation is to be conducted in a manner consistent with the laws of war, then the Obama adminis-tration considers the assassination lawful.

Yet, these criteria are shady.Who is this “high-level

official” and how do we deter-mine if he or she is “informed”?

Is it right to give this one per-son sole discretion in determining the fate of an American citizen

without any oversight from the other branches of government? Are we just to trust that this of-ficial has sufficient evidence that a citizen is a senior al-Qaida lead-er? And who or what determines whether capture is “infeasible,” or is “capture” purely a theoreti-cal possibility put there only to make our policy seem more hu-mane?

By working under these jus-tifications, the executive branch has the power to accuse a citizen of being an al-Qaida leader with-out proving such a fact.

Obama and his team can sim-ply state that such a person is a terrorist leader, and legally, ac-cording to the memo, it is treated as though this person was con-victed in court.

That is simply too much power.

Even the Obama administra-tion’s definition of “imminent” is sketchy.

The memo states specifi-cally “the condition that an op-erational leader present an ‘im-minent’ threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a spe-cific attack on U.S. persons and

interests will take place in the immediate future.”

What?Obviously, the administra-

tion isn’t trying to justify this power logically or morally, but legally.

The memo frequently cited the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which granted the president the power to use le-thal force against al-Qaida and its “associated forces.” It also cited Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, a 2004 Su-preme Court case that authorized the use of force against American citizens considered enemy com-batants.

However, the legality of an action does not inherently make it right.

Slavery was once legal, the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 made it legal to imprison and deport those who made anti-war or anti-military re-marks and the internment of Jap-anese Americans during World War II was backed by Supreme Court rulings.

And even in the Hamdi case, the Supreme Court determined that those citizens accused of be-ing enemy combatants still must have due process rights and the

ability to challenge their enemy combatant status in front of an “impartial adjudicator.”

Conservatives who truly op-pose government power must ask themselves how they feel giving the executive branch sole discre-tion in deciding if an American citizen can be assassinated.

Liberals must ask how they would feel if former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Rom-ney or Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., had this power.

Awlaki may not have been a great man, but he was not in an active battlefield carrying out any attacks when he was killed. The evidence that he played an op-erational role in terrorist plots is based on hearsay and trust in our government’s word.

This is too much power, and it’s time we called the govern-ment out on it.

David Scheuermann is a 21-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner.

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THE PICKUP PERSPECTIVEJOHN PARKER FORD Columnist

Christopher Sepulvado woke up this morning, and he will go back to sleep tonight.

Sepulvado, a 69-year-old Louisiana man, was originally scheduled to be executed Ash Wednesday, but has been granted a stay of execution by a federal judge after spending 20 years on death row.

For those of you on the edge of your figurative seats, the rea-soning isn’t exciting.

Louisiana recently joined a growing number of states that have simplified their lethal injec-tion process. The older method, which involved a chemical made up of three drugs, has been re-placed by a one-drug concoction due to shortages of one of the three drugs involved in the previ-ous method.

This execution will be the first execution to use the single-drug method in Louisiana. And it will be the first here since 2010, so the recent stay of execution was granted on the basis that the newer method might be “cruel and unusual.”

In case you were wondering, Sepulvado is being executed for beating and fatally scalding his

6-year-old stepson at their Man-sfield home in 1992.

This case brings up the age-old question: Should America al-low capital punishment?

I believe we should, but only in certain cases.

Christian Longo’s case is a perfect example. Longo end-ed up on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list after murdering his wife, MaryJane, and their three

children, Zachary, Sadie and Madison, in Oregon in 2001.

This is a man who deserves to die. But maybe we shouldn’t kill him.

While on death row, Longo started researching organ dona-tion. He wanted to find a way for convicts on death row and other inmates to donate their organs once they are executed — some-thing that is not done.

This project shows even the worst convicts are capable of do-ing something good.

Many of these people de-serve to die, but if they can find a way to make society better, we should keep them alive until they stop doing it.

Let’s test drugs and new medical procedures on willing death row inmates. Let them de-velop programs that will benefit

society, or maybe write books to be used as warnings for young people who may otherwise end up in jail.

The legal system would have to change for this to work. There would need to be some type of panel whose job is to review con-victs’ potential contributions be-fore deciding if they’re worthy of a stay of execution.

They way I see it, this can only benefit society in the long run and could even lead to some pretty innovative ideas.

I imagine people can get cre-ative when their lives literally de-pend on it.

Like I said, we don’t cur-rently have a system like that in place. I won’t be sad to see Sepulvado and people like him go until we do.

And as far as people who show no remorse or willingness to give back to society, well, when we do find those people, I think justice should be swift and cheap.

I would be perfectly happy to see the return of the guillotine.

John Parker Ford is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Alexandria.

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The “death bed” in the death chamber is separated by bars from the witness viewing room at the Walls Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas. Executions have been put on hold nationwide pending a Supreme Court deci-sion on whether the standard lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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