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Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU is the home of Mike the tiger.

Copyediting Assignment
Throughout the article on Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, there are some punctuation and grammar problems. The lead section touches on most key points but fails to mention all that are addressed in the rest of the article. There are also a few spelling errors, but most are found in the first few sections. Sentences, especially in the "Origins" section, should be rewritten for better clarity. The contributor to the Lead section uses "posthumous" (or a version of the word) twice in one sentence. Instead of "It was released posthumously on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US," the first can be replaced with "after his death" to prevent being overused. The second paragraph starts with "Redding started writing the lyrics to the song inn August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California." The misuse of the word "inn" should be replaced, so that it reads "Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California."

Sources Assignment
I have found the following sources I'd like to add to my chosen article
 * http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=6618d83b-f6d6-4a36-a6f7-98d6e37e5564%40sessionmgr4002&vid=1&hid=4114
 * http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=ca8faa9e-2d8d-4982-bb4d-ba8ca0e30bcf%40sessionmgr4001&vid=1&hid=4114
 * http://web.a.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=2cb15e90-8a91-4f7f-8661-df37a44673c2%40sessionmgr4004&vid=1&hid=4114
 * http://web.b.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a8f01f8d-acc8-4e80-8966-ba629e49b97b%40sessionmgr115&vid=20&hid=125
 * http://library.cqpress.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991110800&type=hitlist&num=0
 * http://library.cqpress.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2014100300&type=hitlist&num=1

Lead Assignment
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25,1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz vocalist often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. After tumultuous teenage years, Ella found stability in musical success with performances on many stages in the Harlem area, including her rendition of the nursery rhyme “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” that helped boost her to fame. In 1942 Ella left the amateur performances behind, signed a deal with Decca Records, and started her solo career by redefining the art of scat singing. It wasn’t until her manager, Norman Granz, built Verve Records based on her vocal abilities that Ella recorded some of her more widely noted works. Under this label, Fitzgerald focused more on singing than scatting, providing perhaps her most career-defining works in her interpretation of the Great American Songbook.

While Ella appeared in movies and as guests on popular television shows in second half of the twentieth century, her musical collaborations with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Bill Kenny and the Ink Spots were some of her most notable acts outside of her solo career. These partnerships produced Ella's recognizable songs like “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, “Cheek to Cheek”, “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall”, and “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)”. In 1993 Ella capped off her long, creative career by treating a public audience with her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and "horn-like" improvisational ability to one last performance. Three years later, Ella Fitzgerald passed away following years of decline in her health. After her passing, Fitzgerald’s influence lived on through her 13 Grammy Awards, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and tributes in the form of stamps, music festivals, and theater namesakes.