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Clogged storm drains cause water hazards Evan Taylor

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The stench of sewage paired with seeping and gushing water filled hallways and offices of Rodney G. Higgins Hall, Isaac Greggs Band Hall and T.H. Harris Hall, Monday, caused by old storm drain back up.

The Southern University custodial staff were met in Higgins Hall by three inches of water flowing from a mechanical closet in Room 121.

According to a custodial worker speaking under anonymity, the initial cause referred to the condition of the plumbing in the building and it was confirmed that the water was sewage water.

He revealed the university is trying to conserve funds by shutting off the water on Friday evenings and that may be the cause for the piping issue, causing the custodial staff to clean up water Monday mornings.

The staff immediately began the cleanup with wet vacuums in Higgins Hall.

The custodial worker said they had four wet vacuums working but, there was no count of how many were broken. He concluded the cleanup would have been expedited with more equipment.

Eli Guillory, executive director of facilities services, said the flooding in the halls were caused by old backed up storm drains.

“The flooding was caused by old storm drains. The lines have since been cleared,” Guillory said.

Guillory said the likelihood of the situation reoccurring is unknown.

“Due to the age of the pipes, I don’t know if it could happen again,” Guillory said.

Since the water in Higgins Hall covered the hall from Room 107 to 119, students were unable to attend classes on the first floor of the building.

The political science and history departments left the cancellation of classes to the respective professor’s discretion.

Chelsea Muskelly, a business management major from Seattle, said custodial workers informed her that classes would be cancelled.

Jimmie Herring, a senior political science major from Monroe posed the question, who would want to sit in a flooded classroom?

“I feel we should have classes because I do not want to sit

Students, faculty and staff found themselves sloshing through wet hallways, classrooms and offices Monday.

University officials said clogged storm drains caused water to back up into restrooms, offices and other places in various buildings on campus.

Above, students approach water pooling from a T.H. Harris Hall restroom. Water flowed along a first-floor hallway, soaking offices along the hall.

At left, Southern band director Lawrence Jackson’s carpet in Isaac Greggs Hall was among many faculty and staff offices getting soaked. A university worker works along the adjacent hallway to remove water from the office and hallway.

Photos by trevor james/digest

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‘Drinkable Air’ to aid dry season Christie Carral

The Southern Digest

photo by arielle burks/DIGEST

The Chameleon 60 extracts water from vapor in the air. Housed at the Agricultural Center, professors hope machines like the Chameleon can eventually help communities in drought situations.

In the hours before sunrise, the Chameleon 60 is working hard to produce 77 gallons of water from air vapors at the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

The nearly 500-pound “drinkable air” machine is powered by a 208-230 Volt electric power supply.

Yemane Ghebreiyessus, plant and soil sciences professor at the Agricultural Center, said, the machine functions like an air conditioner.

“It gets condensation but instead of it being released, the water is kept in the machine,” Ghebreiyessus said.

Ghebreiyessus said that the water is collected, treated, processed and purified as drinking water.

The Chameleon 60 uses a Patented EnviroGuard Ozone Purification System.

He said sometimes in Louisiana, rain is adequate but the state still have dry spells that last two to three weeks to over a month.

“We are looking to use this water as supplementary water when we don’t have rain,” Ghebreiyussus said. “This is

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very critical for plants out in the field. They need water.”

He said if this machine is present, it could run as an irrigation system during the dry period.

“It has potential in drier areas,” Ghebreiyussus said.

According to Ghebreiyussus, the Chameleon 60 could produce up to 77 gallons of water during the hours of 4-5 AM. “During around 12 PM, the temperature is higher and the generation of water is the lowest,” Ghebreiyessus said.

See Drinkable Air page 3

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plans, but will no longer selfadminister the PPO health plan.

OGB also is holding statewide meetings for Medicare Advantage Enrollment October 29 through November 2.

Enrollment in OGB Medicare Advantage health plans is open to any retired OGB plan member (and his or her covered spouse, if applicable) who has Medicare Part A and Part B coverage. Eligible plan members with Medicare will receive a list of meetings and information about available plans in a separate mailing. Information will also be posted to the OGB website.

We encourage you to attend an OGB Annual Enrollment meeting and, if you are eligible, an OGB Medicare Advantage Enrollment meeting to learn more. (Companies that offer OGB Medicare Advantage plans may also hold additional meetings to provide more details about those plans.)

If you have questions about your OGB health coverage or Annual Enrollment, call or visit any OGB Customer Service office or call OGB Customer Service at 225.925.6625 or 225.925.6770 (TDD) in the Baton Rouge calling area or (toll-free) 1.800.272.8451 or 1.800.259.6771 (TDD). You can also visit the OGB website, www.groupbenefits.org.

today STEPS TO GRADUATE SCHOOL

The Office of Graduate Studies at Clark Atlanta University presents “Taking the first steps on your graduate school journey” today at W.W. Stewart Hall Auditorium at noon. Come and learn about The application and interview processes and more.

FEED A FAMILY

The Department of Social Work is organizing a food drive to benefit the Greater Baton Rouge Area Food Bank. Help feed a family one meal at a time by donating non-perishables and canned goods on the 3rd floor of Higgins Hall. Contact Denise with any questions at 225.302.4729.

PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is looking for students to participate in their two year developmental fellowships. Fellows are paid with benefits accumulating 80 hours a year. Graduates from Fall 2010 to Summer 2013 are encouraged to apply. The informational session will be held on October 29 in Higgins Hall room 411.

For more information contact Professor Smith at Blanche_ Smith@subr.edu.

SGA DODGE BALL TOURNAMENT

NOTICE TO SUBR EMPLOYEES

The Student Government Association is hosting a Dodge Ball tournament in Seymour Gym on October 31 at 5p.m.

Packets to participate can be picked up on the Second floor of Smith-Brown Memorial Union in the SGA office. It is $5 per registration packet. If you have any questions contact Alaina Kinnon at 908.285.9223.

In preparation for the 2013 plan year, which again will coincide with the calendar year, the Office of Group Benefits is holding meetings for OGB Annual Enrollment October 1-26 across the state. Changes in health plans will be effective January 1, 2013.

Employees and retirees can visit the OGB website, www. groupbenefits.org, and click the Annual Enrollment icon to view monthly premium rates, benefits comparison charts and information on Flexible Benefits options for 2013.

OGB will continue to oversee administration of all health

SPOOK OUT AGAINST CRIME

Student Government Association and Southern University Law Center are partnering for “Spook out against crime” on the A.W. Mumford Practice Field, October 31 from 4-8 p.m.

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WRITING PROFICIENCY RETAKE

The Writing Proficiency Retake exam will be for graduating seniors ONLY. The test will be on November 13 from 9-11 a.m. in Harris Hall Room 2024.

BLACK HISTORY CLUB

The Southern University Black History Club will hold meetings every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Higgins Hall Room 117. Come out and join us for the next meeting.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLUB

The Southern University Criminal Justice Club invites you to their weekly meetings.

Every Tuesday at 6pm in Higgins Hall Room 226.

BIBLE CLASS

The Way of Holiness Ministries will be hosting an Enrichment Bible class in the Lakefront room of SmithBrown Memorial Union on November 14 from 7-9 p.m.

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES CONFERENCE

What is your favorite part of Halloween?

May Dozler

Whitney Mitchell

Houston sophomore criminal justice

Baton Rouge sophomore nursing

“Halloween brings out alot of fun. My favorite Dozler part is seeing scary movies, and going to haunted houses. Most of all, I enjoy the fall weather.”

“Taking my son trick or treating.”

Mitchell

Adrian Greenhouse

Brandi Boyd

baton rouge Junior sociology

Chicago sophomore mass communication

“Church and going to Halloween parties.”

“My favorite part of Halloween is watching all the Boyd good scary movies on TV Micheal Myers is the best serial killer. Also, I love going to haunted houses and dressing in costume.”

Greenhouse

The Southern University Psychology department is pleased to sponsor the 14th Annual Social and Behavioral Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Nov. 15 in the Smith-Brown Memorial Union Cotillion Ballroom. The conference will feature oral presentations of students’ empirical and theoretical research papers. For more information please contact Reginald Rackley (771-2990).

SU HIV/AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM

The Center for Social Research has a HIV/AIDS prevention program and you can get involved. Did you know Baton Rouge is #1 in the nation in AIDS case rates? Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to educate your peers about HIV/AIDS Prevention?

Then join us as a Peer Educator Today. Contact Darnell Pledger at 225.771.3010 or via e-mail at Darnell_Pledger@subr.edu.

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Drinkable Air from page 1 “As the temperature decreases, the production of water is higher.”

He said preparations are being made for the machine to be run by a generator or solar power in the future.

Despite Ghebreiyessus’ knowledge, students never knew drinkable air was possible.

Sam Thompson, a senior sociology major from New Orleans, said he has never heard a drinkable air machine.

When Thompson was informed about the machine’s existence, he had many concerns about the machine’s processes.

“I would like to know the possible side effects and also I would like to know why isn’t it main stream of the university student population for us to have some input on it,” Thompson said.

Thompson said that he did not know that air was drinkable.

“I thought we breathe air,” Thompson said.

Christian Walker, a freshman, business management major from Jena, La., was another student who was in disbelief about the drinkable air machine.

“I don’t believe that I can drink air,” Walker said.

She agreed that scientist has taken technology too far.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that before,” Walker said.

Ugo Nwosu, a senior, mechanical engineering major from Nigeria said he didn’t know that he was able to drink air but he didn’t think it was impossible.

He said that the machine being on SU’s campus is a great idea.

“This shows that the university has moved forward and that others recognize our science programs,” Nwosu said.

He said that in the engineering program, he knows some LSU students who come to SU for the science programs.

“That says a lot about our school,” Nwosu said.

According to the website for drinkable air published by Drinkable Air, Inc., the water is pure, safe and clean as well as great tasting.

The water that is produced starts out cleaner as it is the vapor/ humidity in the air that’s inhaled. The filtration system is extremely effective and efficient and utilizes multiple safeguards as well as ultraviolet light to eradicate any bacteria.

Drinkable Air, Inc. said that drinkable air’s patented water producing machines help reduce greenhouse gases and global warming.

It also eliminates the need to buy expensive bottled water taking billions of plastic bottles out of landfills.

During the summer of 2011, the SUAREC conducted studies on the drinkable air machine, which extracts moisture from air and transforms it into drinking water.

The studies for the research were to observe the production of water, the amount of electricity the machine consumes and the peak hours the most water is generated.

An evaluation of the drinkable air machine received a third party performance evaluation from the SU Research Center.

Supreme Court considers Voting Rights Act of ‘65 Charles Hawkins II The Southern Digest

After creating administrative review of state strongholds aimed to prevent minorities from voting power, The United States Supreme court is currently facing the reinstatement of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act or it’s dismemberment.

Amidst concerns of voter suppression laws being enacted in American states, Civil Rights Acts’ possible revocation of power does not sit well with Southern University faculty and students.

The United States Supreme court is deciding on whether or not to extend the Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Section five is also referred to as the preclearance requirement in which was initiated to give federal officials a method of halting attempts of minority voting.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia are some states that the law applies to.

Some local jurisdictions in Michigan and New Hampshire as well as some counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, and South Dakota are places William Arp III, Dean of Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs said he doesn’t agree with ending the provision.

“A lot of civil rights organizations are comfortable with it,” Arp said.

He said these type of occurrences happen all around the country.

Albert Samuels, associate professor of political science said the provision is

a necessary.

“I think it is necessary because there is still efforts to suppress votes,” Samuels said.

He said in places around the country people still play games.

“Federal oversight makes districts get clearance from department from of justice,” Samuels said.

Samuels said that the same large efforts to scale back black voters are not present, there are still attempts to disenfranchise voters.

“We will make you get a special form of ID needed to vote,” Samuels said.

He was referring to the strict voter ID legislation across the country that were attempted to be passed in states such as Pennsylvania and New York that would require voters to present a state-approved ID. “If your going to require these things make them easier to get,” Samuels said.

He said many people do not have the proper mobility to get to offices to get needed state approved IDS. “These are efforts to shave off 1,2,3 % which would be enough to tip scales,” said Samuels.

Arp said the provision keeps the poor protected from people who take advantage of system.

“Given the conservative problem in the United States that the courts should maintain safeguard to protect the weak vulnerable, and the 47%,” Arp said.

Arp recalled when the Voting Rights Act was initially passed.

“Voting rights act was a piece of legislation pushed by President Lyndon B. Johnson,” said Arp.

Water Hazards from page 1 in a classroom that would affect my learning experience,” Herring said.

Deondranique Glasper, a senior political science major from Franklin, La., said “We should not have class since we can not navigate to our classes anyway.”

Jaleesa Rowland, a senior political science major from Marion, La., agreed with Glasper.

Professor Albert Samuels allowed his class to sign the roll and cancelled Monday’s class due to the water.

Jasmine Henderson, a senior English major from Lake Charles, was in Samuel’s 9:30 a.m. class and said

she would spend the time studying.

“Now, I have more time to study for my test at 11 o’clock,” Henderson said.

The water in Harris Hall affected the hallway that houses the Graduate School, Title III, Nathaniel Harrison’s office and the Office of Student Media.

The water affected Greggs Hall, including the office of band director Lawrence Jackson.

Most of the custodial staff worked all day utilizing four wet vacuums to clean up the water, followed by a mop, concluding the process with fans to dry floors.

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PV powers past Southern Morris Dillard III The Southern Digest

SHREVEPORT — Southern’s loss to Prairie View was the storybook ending nobody wanted.

In shockingly similar fashion to their loss against ArkansasPine Bluff, the Jaguars were blown out of contention for the conference title. This time, they were outscored 21-0 in the fourth quarter before falling to the Panthers 49-29.

The Panthers’ comefrom-behind win moved the Jaguars into third place of the West Division standings.

The Panthers were led by quarterback De’Auntre Smiley, the reigning Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Week the week before the Southern matchup.

Now, instead of contending in the West for a title, the Jaguars will hope they can hang on for a third place finish.

“Overall I thought we were competitive,” SU interim coach

Dawson Odums said after the game. “Like I told the guys after the game, all we got to do is come back to work, regroup and somehow try to come out and play better the next time.”

PVAMU (2-5,2-3) went ahead 35-29 after a 36-yard touchdown catch by wide-out Gabe Dunlap and then 42-29 after a five yard run by running back Nelson Spencer. Quarterback De’Auntre Smiley added a 62yard touchdown run to lead the Panthers to their third straight victory.

While the Panthers’ offense compiled 645 yards of offense, its defense forced one turnover and seven punts.

“We wasn’t communicating well on defense,” Prairie View A&M head coach Heishma Northern told reporters after the game, after defeating SU for the fifth straight time, “I think once we went up and we were able to get them in a one dimensional ball game, our defensive line stepped up their pass rush. We had some backup DB’s that had to play that made

photo by Trevor James/DIGEST

Prarie View quarterback De’Auntre Smiley escapes Southern linebacker Corry Roy during the Shreveport Classic at Independence Stadium Saturday. The Panthers defeaed the Jaguars 49-29, led by Smiley’s career-high 170 rushing and 398 passing yards. Roy was named SWAC defensive player of the week for his effort in the loss.

some knockdowns. Those were big plays that those guys made for each other.”

After struggling to get on the board early in games this season, SU’s offense took a 23-21 lead with 8:53 remaining in the third quarter. On the Jaguars go-ahead drive, quarterback Dray Joseph threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to receiver Lee Doss after

tossing a 15-yard passing score to Charles Hawkins on the previous possession.

On the Jaguars next possession, Joseph connected with receiver Mike Berry for a 34-yard scoring toss, which gave SU a 29-28 lead.

“I think if we just come play like we did today and the defense makes the necessary stops then

the game should be very easy,” Hawkins said.

Odums said the team would go back to the drawing board Monday and try to figure out a way to stop people, including East Division leader Alabama A&M, whose next on the Jaguars schedule.

“We better figure it out or this trend will continue,” Odums said.

Crowell, Hornets crush AAMU

Southern LB Roy earns SWAC honor

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Isaiah Crowell ran for two touchdowns as Alabama State closed with 21 unanswered points in a 31-13 win over Alabama A&M Saturday in the 71st Magic City Classic.

Meanwhile, Justin Billings ran for 82 yards and a touchdown, Tyler Strickland kicked a 29-yard field goal and the Arkansas-Pine Bluff defense did the rest in a 10-0 victory over Mississippi Valley State, the Golden Lions’ first shutout win since 2008.

In other SWAC action, trailing by a touchdown entering the fourth quarter, Texas Southern rallied down the stretch and used a 31-yard field goal by Robert Hersh with 4:14 left to earn a 23-20 victory over Grambling State.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southwestern Athletic Conference named Southern linebacker Corry Roy and Alabama State’s Greg Jenkins, Isaiah Crowell and Bobby Wenzig its football players of the week for Oct. 29.

Roy earned defensive player of the week honors while Jenkins received the offensive player of the week award for the first time this season. Crowell was selected newcomer of the week for the second time, and Wenzig earned top specialist honors for the fifth week.

Roy, a senior from Maui, Hawaii, posted a career-high 13 tackles in Saturday’s loss to Prairie View. The Eastern Arizona transfer also posted 2.5 tackles for loss.

Roy, Southern’s fifth-leading tackler, is currently 10th in the SWAC in sacks and tied for 12th in the league in tackles for loss with Alabama State’s Leland Baker and and Prairie View’s

Alabama State 31, Alabama A&M 13 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Bulldogs led the SWAC showdown 13-10 early in the second quarter, but allowed three touchdowns to the Hornets to close out the contest. Crowell scored the first with a 9-yard run, leapfrogging Alabama State (53, 5-2) into a 17-13 lead.

Greg Jenkins followed up with a 9-yard TD run with 44 seconds left in the second quarter, then Crowell scored again early in the third from 3 yards out.

Jenkins was 10-of-15 passing for 264 yards and a touchdown. Crowell carried 17

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Alabama A&M defensive back Tremaine Shepherd defends as Alabama State running back Isaiah Crowell scores a touchdown during the Magic City Classic Saturday.

times for 64 yards.

Alabama A&M (6-2, 5-2) managed just 29 yards rushing and was outgained 404226. The loss drops the Bulldogs into a tie with Alabama State for first place in the SWAC’s East Division.

Ark.-Pine Bluff 10, Miss. Valley 0 PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Billings scored on a 21-yard run in the second quarter.

Benjamin Anderson added 155 yards on 21-of-30 passing, with one interception, for UAPB (6-2, 5-1), which maintained its two-game lead in the SWAC West Division.

Brandon Stansell had 102 yards rushing for the Delta Devils (2-6, 2-4), who couldn’t get anything else done offensively.

MVSU managed just eight completions

and 52 yards passing, missed one field-goal attempt and had another one blocked.

MVSU defensive tackle Robert Simpson, who came in leading the FCS with 15 tackles for a loss, added one more in this one.

Texas Southern 23, Grambling State 20 HOUSTON — Texas Southern (2-6, 2-4) got a 21-yard interception return for a TD

by Eric Brown with 11:58 in the fourth.

The PAT failed, however and the score remained 20-20 until Hersh’s kick.

Edward Perkins-Loving rushed for 128 yards for Texas Southern, and quarterback Rudolph Johnson threw for 101 yards and rushed for 59.

Grambling State (1-7, 0-6) rushed for only 30 yards in the game.

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Getting the ball rolling

Southern XC wraps season Aristide Phillips

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SU women counting down days until 201213 season opener Morris Dillard III The Southern Digest

The women’s basketball team defended and executed well last season.

In conference play they held opponents to 57.8 per gamethe second fewest allowed in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

However, they were predicted to finish second in the Conference.

“Honestly, I got that as a chip on my shoulder,” junior guard Adrian Sanders said. “All we have to do is grind it out, go hard at everything, and don’t take days off.”

The team practiced for two hours Monday evening, spending time on individual drills and team skill development in preparation their season opener Sunday against Dillard. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Sunday’s season opener kickstarts a four-game season-opening homestand for the Jaguars.

Southern hosts Louisiana-Lafayette Friday, followed by a Nov. 16 game against Tulane and a Nov. 20 contest against South Alabama.

The Lady Bleu Devils were ranked fifth in the preseason polls selected by league coaches. The Bleu Devils return forward Jazzmin Smith, who earned All-American Honorable Mention honors last season as well as Gulf Coast Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference honors.

Assistant coach Carlos Funchess said for a while, the team had only practiced against each other and that is was time for the team to see someone else.

PHOTO BY trevor james/DIGEST files

In this file photo, Southern’s Adrian Sanders shoots over two Alabama State defenders during conference play last season at the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Sanders and the Jaguars open the 2012-13 season Sunday with a 3 p.m. game against Dillard.

“That’s what we’re looking forward too,” Funchess said. “Seeing another team and seeing how our new offense that we implemented this year is going to work.”

Sanders pointed out that the team has what it takes to redeem itself from last year’s disappointing regular season finish, which could have marked three consecutive regular season titles.

“The expectations are always high at Southern,” senior forward Lechell Rush said. “We have to come here and have a great preseason. We’re just going to come out here and play our game and hope to prove them wrong.”

Funchess added that the teams’ number two prediction put a chip on their shoulder and are striving to become conference champions for the first time sine the 2009-10

season.

“Talent wise, without a doubt I think we have the parts it takes to be a champion,” Funchess said. “We have all the ingredients but it’s going to take a lot of hard work and hopefully we can stay injury free.”

SU’s junior guard Kendra Coleman also picked up preseason honors.

Coleman was selected preseason First Team All-SWAC after leading the Jaguars with 12.9 points per game.

Senior Laneisha Stephens, who made nine of 25 starts for SU, is expected to contribute heavily this season. She returns after a knee injury sidelined her from practicing with teammates.

“Kendra has a lot of help this year,” Funchess said, “It’s a team effort, so we’re going to have to step up and get the job done.”

SWAC POTW from page 4 Jarvis Wilson.

Roy is the second Southern defender to earn the conference’s top weekly honor. Fellow linebacker Anthony Balancier shared top weekly honors with Alabama State’s Brandon Roberts following the Jaguars’ win over Florida A&M in the Atlanta Football Classic.

Meanwhile, Jenkins totaled 276 yards of total offense in the Hornets’ win over Alabama A&M in the Magic City Classic.

He connected on 10-of-15 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown. The senior from Dade City, Fla., also punched one in on the ground from nine yards out. Jenkins had three completions of over 50 yards, including a 62-yard TD pass in first quarter. Jenkins earned game Offensive MVP honors.

Jenkins is third in the league in touchdowns scored, only trailing teammate Crowell and Jackson State’s Clayton Moore.

Crowell, a sophomore Georgia transfer from Columbus, Ga., totaled 92 yards and two touchdowns. He had 17 carries for 60 yards and two scores on runs of nine and three yards. The SWAC’s second-leading rusher and scoring leader among non-kickers also caught two passes for 32 yards.

Wenzig, a junior from San Diego, picked up his fifth award after averaging 36.5 yards on six punts with one downed inside the 20. He also made a season long 46-yard field goal and converted on all four PATs in the win over Alabama A&M.

During the fall athletic season track and field athletes usually rest to prepare for the spring when they compete but the norm doesn’t apply to Southern track athletes.

Monday, Southern men’s and women’s cross country teams travelled to Clinton, Miss., to compete in the 2012 Southwestern Athletic Conference championship.

“I was just looking forward to them competing as hard as they can before we go into the indoor season,” head coach Brian Johnson said.

The Men finished last with an overall total of 217 points and the Women’s team also finished last with an overall total of 232 points.

Alabama State women’s team finished first for the second consecutive year while Mississippi Valley State took the runner up crown.

In the Men’s division, Mississippi Valley State took first place having three top five finishers edging out Prairie View A&M by two points.

Although the Jaguars finished in last place in both categories Johnson feels that the work will pay off in the spring.

Angelica Caraballo was the fastest of the Southern Women finishing 22nd in the 5k with a time of 20:27.83.

“She’s one of the fastest this year of all of my girls along with Amber Crews those two girls have been running really well this season,” Johnson said.

Crews was the next in line to finish out of the five runners competing finishing in 34th place with a time of 20:55.65.

In the men’s race, Southern’s Willie Williams, the only designated distance runner on the team, finished 21st overall in the 8k with a time of 28:16.59.

After Williams, next to cross the finish line for the Jaguars was Daniel Simon who finished 37th with a time of 30:35.14.

Followed by John Haynes (50) with a time of 34:32.42, Jody Shepard (54) with a time of 36:54.28 and Victor Nichols (55) taking last place with a time of 45:19.50 It is safe to say that the cross-country season is offseason training for the Indoor and Outdoor season in the spring.

Out of all the runners on the team there is only one designated cross-country runner on the team.

“We are just built for indoor and outdoor we are not built for cross country,” Johnson said.

The last time Southern cross country saw success in the SWAC championships was 2003.

“Cross country is probably not our strongest point we are more of a indoor and outdoor type track and field team,” Johnson said. “Which indicates we are a better track and field team then cross country and we just haven’t been focusing enough on cross country to be competitive at it.”

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Superstorm Sandy slams into Jersey erin MCClaM & katie ZeZiMa

The Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13foot surge of seawater at New York City, threatening its subways and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm, and the presidential campaign ground to a halt a week before Election Day. Sandy knocked out power to at least 3.1 million people, and New York’s main utility said large sections of Manhattan had been plunged into darkness by the storm. Water pressed into the island from three sides.

Just before its center reached land, the storm was stripped of hurricane status, but the distinction was purely technical, based on its shape and internal temperature. It still packed hurricaneforce wind, and forecasters were careful to say it remained every bit as dangerous to the 50 million people in its path.

As the storm closed in, it smacked the boarded-up big cities of the Northeast corridor — Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston — with stinging rain and gusts of more than 85 mph. It also converged with a cold-weather system that turned it into a superstorm, a monstrous hybrid consisting not only of rain and high wind but snow.

Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already mostly under water and saw a piece of its worldfamous Boardwalk washed away earlier in the day.

Authorities reported a record surge more than 13 feet high at the Battery at the southern tip of Manhattan, from the storm and high tide combined.

In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the underground electrical network that underlies the city’s financial district, New York City’s main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions.

The subway system was shut down Sunday night, and the stock markets never opened at all Monday. They are likely to be closed Tuesday as well.

Airlines canceled more than 12,000 flights, disrupting the plans of travelers all over the world, and storm damage was projected at $10 billion to $20 billion, meaning it could prove to be one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

The four deaths were in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York. Among them were two people killed by falling trees.

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney canceled their campaign appearances at the very height of the race, with just over a week to go before Election Day. The president pledged the government’s help and made a direct plea from the White House to those in the storm’s path.

“When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate,” he said. “Don’t delay, don’t pause, don’t question the instructions that are being given, because this is a powerful storm.”

Sandy, which killed 69 people in the Caribbean before making its way up the

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The facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk as FDNY firefighters respond Monday in New York. Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard’s largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall.

Atlantic, began to hook left at midday toward the New Jersey coast.

The storm lost its status as hurricane because it no longer had a warm core center nor the convection — the upward air movement in the eye — that traditional hurricanes have, but it was still as dangerous as it was when it was considered a hurricane, according to National Hurricane Center spokesman Dennis Feltgen.

Pete Wilson, who owns an antiques shop in Cape May, N.J., at the state’s southern tip and directly in Sandy’s path, said the water was 6 inches above the bottom edge of the door. He had already taken a truckload of antiques out but was certain he would take a big hit.

“My jewelry cases are going to be toast,” he said. “I am not too happy. I am just going to have to wait, and hopefully clean up.”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said people were stranded in Atlantic City, which sits on a barrier island. He accused the mayor of allowing them to stay there.

With the hurricane roaring through, Christie warned it was no longer safe for rescuers, and advised people who didn’t evacuate the barrier islands to “hunker down” until morning.

“I hope, I pray, that there won’t be any loss of life because of it,” he said.

While the hurricane’s 90 mph winds registered as only a Category 1 on a scale of five, it packed “astoundingly low” barometric pressure, giving it terrific energy to push water inland, said Kerry Emanuel, a professor of meteorology at MIT. And the New York metropolitan apparently got the worst of it, because it was situated on the dangerous northeastern wall of the storm.

“We are looking at the highest storm surges ever recorded” in the Northeast, said Jeff Masters, meteorology director for Weather Underground, a private forecasting service. “The energy of the storm surge is off the charts, basically.”

Hours before landfall, there was graphic evidence of the storm’s power.

A construction crane atop a luxury high-rise in New York City collapsed in the wind and dangled precariously 74 floors above the street. Forecasters said the wind at the top the building may have been close to 95 mph.

Off North Carolina, a replica of the

18th-century sailing ship HMS Bounty that was built for the 1962 Marlon Brando movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” went down in the storm, and 14 crew members were rescued by helicopter from rubber lifeboats bobbing in 18-foot seas. Another crew member was found hours later but was unresponsive. The captain was missing.

At Cape May, water sloshed over the seawall, and it punched through dunes in other seaside communities. Sandy also tore away an old section of Atlantic City’s historic boardwalk.

“When I think about how much water is already in the streets, and how much more is going to come with high tide tonight, this is going to be devastating,” said Bob McDevitt, president of the main Atlantic City casino workers union.

“I think this is going to be a really bad situation tonight.”

In Maryland, at least 100 feet of a fishing pier at the beach resort of Ocean City was destroyed, and Gov. Martin O’Malley said there would be devastating flooding from the swollen Chesapeake Bay. “There will be people who die and are killed in this storm,” he said.

At least half a million people had been ordered to evacuate, including 375,000 from low-lying parts of New York City, and by the afternoon authorities were warning that it could be too late for people who had not left already.

Sheila Gladden evacuated her home in Philadelphia’s flood-prone Eastwick neighborhood, which took on 5½ feet of water during Hurricane Floyd in 1999, and headed for a hotel.

“I’m not going through this again,” she said.

Those who stayed behind had few ways to get out. Not only was the subway shut down, but the Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey was closed, as was a tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the city planned to shut down the Brooklyn Bridge, the George Washington, the Verrazano-Narrows and several other spans because of high winds.

If the storm reaches the higher estimate of $20 billion in damage, that would put it ahead of Hurricane Irene, which raked the Northeast in August 2011 and caused $16 billion in damage.

Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,200 people, cost $108 billion.

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Every year as Halloween rolls around, ladies are faced with the question of what to dress up as.

Sadly, sometimes it seems like our options are limited to “Sexy [insert animal]” or “Sexy [insert career].”

Being sexy is certainly not a bad thing, but with terms like “legitimate rape” and “victim blaming” rolling around I’d rethink your costume choice.

Unfortunately, we are living in a society that says if we are not covered in clothing that reaches down to our ankles then we are “asking for it.”

So again, maybe we should rethink the sexy role.

Store bought costumes in today’s market are not only uncreative, they are unoriginal.

How many other people are going to buy that same sexy nurse costume?

I’d imagine plenty.

It starts with a choice.

If you try on a costume and feel your posterior hanging out then please, for your sake, put it back on the rack. You’re not making yourself look sexy but more like a mentally afflicted woman of the night.

I always thought dressing up for Halloween was for fun but nowadays it seems to be more about how much cleavage you can expose rather than

Jessica Sarpy how creative, interesting or funny your costume is.

Instead of being a sexy nurse why not trying to be a regular nurse?

However, it is a woman’s choice as to how she presents herself.

If a young lady wants to go out wearing nothing but body paint and call herself a “work of art” then it is her business.

We can’t just blame it all on society and agree that this is just how things are these days.

Some might argue that just because a woman decides to dress half-naked or some form of skimpy then she is asking to be raped.

People may say things like “Did you see what she was wearing? She got what she deserved.”

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.”

I guess Todd Akin believes that women have some kind of ninja army built directly into their vaginas and if a rapist manages to get a woman pregnant then she should have to keep her brand new rape baby.

Some parts of society blame the victim more than the rapist.

Victim blaming is when the victim of a crime, such as rape or any type of abuse, are held entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them regardless of whether the victim actually had any responsibility for the incident.

People familiar with victimology are much less likely to see the victim as responsible.

Knowledge about previous a relationship between victim and perpetrator increases perceptions of victim blame for rape, but not for robbery.

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Washington, Zemeckis take ‘Flight’

High court considers copyright case

Jake Coyle

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — You might think that Robert Zemeckis, having devoted himself to motion-capture animation for the last 12 years, would be thrilled to return to the unpredictability of live-action filmmaking — those moments of serendipity when the elements align for something surprising.

You would be wrong.

“In my whole career I can count it on one hand,” says the director, recalling headaches like having to cart in snow while shooting in Moscow and painting fall foliage in October Vermont. “Every time I’ve ever been in a situation where, for example, it’s ‘Oh my God, look at this sky! Look at this sunset!’ — it’s never there in time. We always missed it. It’s just heartbreaking.”

“Flight” is Zemeckis’ first live-action film since “Cast Away,” after which he, more than any other filmmaker, advanced the technology of performance capture with movies like “The Polar Express,” ‘’Beowulf,” and “A Christmas Carol.”

Instead, “Flight” gets its movie magic principally through its performances, especially that of Denzel Washington,

Mark Sherman

The Associated Press

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This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington portraying Whip Whitaker in a scene from “Flight.”

who stars as perhaps the most functional alcoholic in movie history. As Captain Whip Whitaker, Washington plays an airline pilot who, despite being hung-over, drunk and coked-up, manages to bring down a rapidly deteriorating plane in a daring emergency landing on what should have been a routine hop between Orlando, Fla., and Atlanta.

The crash sequence, a virtuoso set piece made with the digital artists from Zemeckis’ animated films, features the unusual but effective maneuver of briefly flying the plane upside down. The thrilling crash, which essentially opens the film, is a kind of carrot for moviegoers who are then lured into a powerful character study of

Whitaker as he wrestles with his drinking problem while his heroics are called into question. He’s a Captain Sully with demons.

“Can anything follow this plane crash?” asks Zemeckis. “But the real spectacle, of course, is Denzel’s performance.”

It’s one that many expect will land Washington his sixth Oscar nomination.

(He’s won for “Glory” and “Training Day.”) His performance is a full portrait of a man who believes he’s in control when he isn’t, whose alcoholism is propelled by an inability to be honest with himself and others.

“A liar’s a liar, however you choose to lie or however you want to numb the pain,” says Washington, describing Whitaker.

Mighty iPad Mini looks like a holiday hit Michael Liedtke

The Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple’s iPad Mini will bring a lot more excitement and a little more confusion to the holiday shopping season.

It only takes a few minutes playing with the iPad Mini — which starts at $329— to realize the scaled-down tablet computer will be a sure-fire hit with longtime Apple disciples and potential converts who’ve been looking for a more affordable entree into the mobile computing market.

The iPad Mini is perfectly sized to be stuffed in Christmas stockings. It’s 7.87 inches tall and 5.3 inches wide, compared with the full-size iPad, which is 9.5 inches by 7.31 inches. Recipients who will discover the pleasure and convenience of being able to take pictures, surf the Web, watch video, read books and listen to music on an exquisitely designed device that’s pancake thin.

As enticing as that all sounds, the iPad Mini also causes a dilemma, albeit a pleasant one.

The new option will make it even more difficult for holiday shoppers to figure out which mobile device to buy for their loved ones —or for themselves.

I felt the pangs of indecision within a few minutes of picking up the iPad Mini for the first

time.

As the company usually does at its product unveilings, Apple Inc. only provided reporters with limited, strictly supervised access to the iPad Mini on Tuesday. That meant I could only experiment with it for about 15 minutes, but as an experienced user of the iPad 2, I could quickly see that the smaller tablet does just about everything its bigger brethren does.

Even though the Mini’s 7.9inch screen (measured on the diagonal) is 1.8 inches smaller than the standard iPad, the movie “The Avengers” looked lush, even in a side-by-side comparison with the larger tablet. When I pulled up the latest issue of The New Yorker, I didn’t have to strain to see the text or pictures on the smaller screen. A quick check of other websites verified that the Mini’s screen isn’t so tiny that it’s going to cause a lot of squinting.

After I took a very crisp picture of another reporter testing out a Mini, I decided to email it to her to test how easy it was to use the keyboard on the smaller screen.

No problem there. Best of all, the iPad Mini can be held in one hand and is about half the weight of the larger iPad. The Mini worked so much like my standard iPad that it immediately caused me to have second thoughts about a decision I thought I had already made. I like my iPad 2 a lot, but

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The iPad Mini is shown in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23. The device has a screen that’s about two-thirds the size of the full-size model, and Apple says it will cost $329 and up.

it’s just too big to carry with me wherever I am. But there have been times I really wished I had it with me, like when I spot something that would make a great picture or when I’ve needed to check something on the Web. For various reasons, I didn’t want a smartphone that would require a data plan, so I had my mind set on buying the latest iPod Touch, which has an iPhone-size screen and superb camera.

Now, the iPad Mini has me vacillating. Apple isn’t making it easier with its pricing strategy.

The latest iPod Touch with 32 gigabytes sells for $299. An iPad Mini with 16 gigabytes of storage sells for $329. I’m tempted.

Like others who will no doubt be weighing the same decision,

I’ll have to make up my mind. Do I want something that can fit in a pants pocket like the Touch? For starters, it comes in more colors than the black-or-white Mini and offers more storage capacity for a cheaper price.

Or do I want to pay a little more for another tablet computer that can slip into a coat pocket and offer a richer experience with a screen nearly two times larger than the new Touch?

The iPad Mini is so mighty that I can’t believe the iPad 2 will be on the market too much longer. Starting November 2, Apple will sell two versions of the larger iPad: The iPad 2 starting at $399 and the new fourthgeneration iPad, introduced this week, starting at $499.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace in a case that has attracted the interest of Costco, eBay and Google. The outcome has important implications for consumers and multibillion dollar annual sales online and in discount stores.

The court was about the only Washington institution open on Monday. The justices and spectators who braved the rain and wind saw a book publisher face off against a Thai graduate student in the U.S. who resold the publisher’s copyrighted books on eBay after relatives first bought nearly identical, cheaper versions abroad.

The court seemed to struggle with whether it matters where the books were produced and first sold.

The justices’ answer to those questions is of enormous interest to discount sellers like Costco and online business like eBay and Google that offer good prices on many products that were made abroad.

Publisher John Wiley & Sons won a copyright infringement lawsuit against the student, Supap Kirtsaeng. The high court is considering Kirtsaeng’s appeal, which argues that Wiley lost its right to control resale of the books once his relatives bought them legally.

Kirtsaeng used eBay to sell $900,000 worth of books published abroad by Wiley and others and made about $100,000 in profit. The international editions of the textbooks were essentially the same as the more costly American editions.

A jury in New York awarded Wiley $600,000 after deciding Kirtsaeng sold copies of eight Wiley textbooks without permission.

The issue at the Supreme Court concerns what protection the holder of a copyright has after a product made outside the United States is sold for the first time.

In this case, the issue is whether U.S. copyright protection applies to items that are made abroad, purchased abroad and then resold in the U.S. without the permission of the manufacturer.

The high court split 4-4 when it tried to answer that question in a case in 2010 involving Costco and Swiss watch maker Omega.