From Southern University Athletics

Baton Rouge - After claiming the SWAC Western Division crown Sunday, Southern (West No. 1 seed) will open the 2012 SWAC Baseball Tournament against Mississippi Valley State (East No. 4 Seed) on Wednesday, May 16 at Lee-Hines Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. 

Tickets for the tournament are $10 for single day tickets, $5 for student discounted single day tickets with valid ID and $35 for a tournament pass. Tickets are only available for purchase on game day from the Lee-Hines Box office.

The Office of the Mayor-President has signed on as a major sponsor of the double-elimination tournament.

The Jaguars are currently riding a 16-game win streak and will face LSU-Eunice in a 3-game series May 10-12 at Lee-Hines Field in the regular season finale.

BATON ROUGE – More than 500 African and African-American students will have the opportunity to participate in the LSU African-American Cultural Center’s 16th annual Robing Ceremony on Thursday, May 17, at 6 p.m. in the Bo Campbell Auditorium at the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes.

The Robing Ceremony honors and celebrates African and African-American students who have successfully completed their college careers and will be receiving an undergraduate or graduate degree at LSU. This event, which resembles traditional African ceremonies, is held at the end of each spring semester.

At the ceremony, degree candidates receive the traditional African Kente stole, woven in LSU colors, to signify the completion of their academic journey. The patterns and colors woven into the Kente represent distinctive qualities exemplified by LSU graduates. The colors purple and gold not only represent the great tradition of the university, but also royalty and precious metals. Parents, faculty members or significant persons to the graduate participate in the ceremony by robing the students using the stole.

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB)- A judge has
refused to toss out an alleged taped confession by an accused killer.

Lee Turner
Jr. is accused of killing two employees at the CarQuest Auto Parts store
on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge last year.

On the tape, deputies with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office press Turner hard for his role in the murders.

District Court Judge Richard Anderson also said sheriff's detectives had probable cause to
search Turner's home following the shooting.

Detectives
found cash wrapped in rubber bands and a Regions Bank bag in the search.

Turner's
attorneys plan to appeal both rulings.

Randy
Chaney and Edward Gertner III were shot to death during a robbery in March
2011.

Turner
faces two counts of first-degree murder.

If
convicted, he could face the death penalty.

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