The main principles were to enjoy life, mainly through dancing, drinking and spending way too many night's at The Library; bring the sport of fencing to a new crowd and have them and the old crowd enjoy the sport in a different way than that to which we were all accustomed; free ourselves from the yoke of the administration of the club; and do all of this at no or little cost to you, the consumer.
Thomas Smailus:Founder, fences foil and sabre, has degrees in electrical engineering and finally finished the Ph.D. in computer science after 8 years. Now he's just an older fart looking for a career. George Fuller:Founder, fences sabre, has degrees in history and german. He attempts to get by from day to day, waiting for his great calling in life and plans to build that great castle in the south to strike fear into the hearts of all who see it - especially the IRS and the ATF. Beth Hughes:Founder, fences sabre and epee', trying to finish her first degree. Loves to travel the world and dance like a dancing thing but is currently fiscally challenged so that her other goal of marrying a rich old man seems more and more important.
Wes Dion: fences sabre, has a degree in some form of art and lives life as a starving artist and devout headbanger.
Bart Kemper: fences epee' like a deamon from hell and feels its the superior weapon. Presently working at obtaining one of every piece of fun computer equipment that exists for his house without actually paying for any of it.
Mike Kimble: fences a bit of everything as he is just starting out. Feels one can never have enough guns but the ones he has are always the wrong ones so he must sell or exchange them for better ones.
Gus Landry: fences whatever one puts in his hand with the fiercest concentration I've ever seen. He plans on becoming the next Pele' or Beckenbauer if he doesn't die from dancing the Macarena at Latin Disco Night at the Continental Motor Lodge before then.
Ryan Farlow:Fences epee' and a little of the rest. Spends most of his time falling down and dislocating his knee or injuring himself in other ways and managing the mosquito population of the research labs to make sure we don't run out.
Michelle Reis:Still trying to find her weapon(s) of choice and the first of the infamous FEMBOTS to join our ranks. Usually she is just too damn happy.
Craig Sylvester: Currently the brave and fearless leader of the LSU Fencing Club, he is a man of little words or expression prefering to let his blade speak for him.
Steve Berger: A more conservative member of the group, Steve prefers to only dance naked on tables at the party during the winter months.
Erika Stelzer: I don't care what the book says, the bird is BLACK!
Rayma Kemper: Primarily an epeeist, she suprised us all by storming to victory in foil. Greg Faust: One of the louder members of the group, Greg fences whatever he feels like and lets you know about it; though you may not understand a word he is saying. John Hughes: the mad fencer who popularized such cunning attacks as the drunken windmill and the psycho-bumblebee, he is a feared opponent by all who face him.
Heather Chapman:Founder, fences sabre, has graduated into the real world and left us. She has dropped off of the face of the Earth to persue her lifes dreams without the constant meddling of the CSFA types... Bart Hymel: fences foil, has a degree in philosophy but cannot get enough of the subject and so he toils at obtaining a graduate degree at the subject while striving to become the perfect intellectual. Bart has moved on to persue the greater wisdom of Post Hole Digging in a far away region.
Tiffany Jennings: fences epee' and has moved to Philly to pursue a doctorate in clinical and neuropsychology. Translation: no life for five years.