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days since oil spill began.

Read the latest oil spill briefs, page 2.

Lombardi: Vital programs will probably be eliminated, page 3.

SPORTS

Former Tiger Chad Jones recovering after wreck, page 7.

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Band director prepares for transition to U. of Illinois Matthew Jacobs Senior Staff Writer

photo courtesy of PAM MATASSA

When the members of the Golden Band from Tiger Land symbolically march down Victory Hill on game days in the fall, trumpets roaring and drums booming, a familiar face will not be marching with them.

Linda Moorhouse, the face behind the music that accompanies fans’ favorite Death Valley cheers, will officially resign from the University on July 30.

Moorhouse announced her resignation earlier this month. She accepted a teaching position at the University of Illinois, which she will begin Aug. 16.

The Tiger Band leader’s decision comes after 25 years of service to the band programs.

“It’s going to be exciting,” she said. “I’ll have more opportunities for artistic growth.”

Moor hous e — who was bor n in Minneapolis, Minn., and grew up in Florida — MOORHOUSE, see page 11

The Long March

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[Top] Linda Moorhouse coaches Tiger Band practice from a ladder. Earlier this month, Moorhouse announced her resignation from the University, where she has worked for 25 years. [Bottom] Tiger Band members march down Victory Hill toward Tiger Stadium on Sept. 14, 2008 before an LSU football game.

COMMUNITY

Funds raised for injured student

Katherine Terrell Contributing Writer

University students Kellie and Danielle Murphy are safely at home following a harrowing experience in South Africa that left their sister Nicole Murphy dead and their brother Brian Murphy in a medically induced coma.

Kellie, a sophomore soccer player and Danielle, an incoming freshman soccer player, were in Africa for the World Cup with two of their four siblings and their father. A car struck Kellie, Brian and Nicole while they were out walking.

Nicole died instantly, while Kellie received a mild concussion from the impact.

Family friend Kelly Carbo said the U.S. Embassy helped arrange a flight to bring Nicole’s body home, but Brian and his father remain in Africa.

Carbo said the family told her Brian’s vital signs looked good, but the pressure on his brain is still too high to take him out of his coma.

FUNDRAISERS, see page 11

OIL SPILL

La. seafood sold in markets, restaurants safe to eat Oyster supply low, price jump predicted Nicholas Persac Staff Writer

The oil washing onto Louisiana’s shores from the April 20th BP disaster has also surged a feeling of despair across the state, where a way of life and culture is threatened.

But industry insiders and University experts have a possible cure to the black-crude blues — eat a shrimp po-boy, fry some catfish or slurp down some oysters.

“Everybody enjoys seafood, and in Louisiana we love it,” said LSU AgCenter nutritionist Beth Reames.

“The method used for the assessment of seafood safety is sophisticated and

is being monitored by several agencies. What we get in our markets and in our restaurants is something we can be assured is a wholesome, safe product.”

Nearly 33 percent — or just more than 80,000 square miles — of the Gulf of Mexico’s exclusive economic zone is closed to commercial and recreational fishing, including catch and release, though “the majority of federal waters” there are open, according to the National Weather Service.

“It’s just like with beef or chicken. If there’s one strand of salmonella, the government will shut it all down.” said Mike Anderson II, an owner of Mike Anderson’s Seafood on West Lee Drive. “We’re being safe and not serving anything we shouldn’t.”

Anderson said the only seafood

he’s struggled to keep in stock are oysters. He said he’s filed claims with BP to “be covered for the increased costs” of seafood, though he hasn’t yet taken a hit from decreased business.

“It would be hard to say right now how bad it will affect me as far as customers coming in,” Anderson said. “It’s more so the cost changes that’s affecting us, and BP has been willing to fix all that.”

Reames said multiple agencies — including NOAA, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — use sensory and analytical tests to determine seafood’s safety.

TESTS, see page 11

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Thai shrimp are on display Monday in a market in Bangkok. With the Gulf Coast oil spill continuing to gush, U.S. seafood suppliers are turning to Asia for shrimp.

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NATIONAL

Mexican governor candidate killed, drug cartels blamed

Judge sentences man to 60 years in Craigslist rape case

MEXICO CITY (AP) Ñ Gunmen assassinated the front-running candidate for governor of a Mexican border state Monday in what President Felipe Calderon called an attempt by drug gangs to sway local and state elections this weekend.

The assailants ambushed Rodolfo TorreÕ s vehicle as he headed to the airport in Ciudad Victoria, capital of Tamaulipas, a state torn by a turf battle between two rival drug cartels.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) Ñ A judge has sentenced a man to serve 60 years in prison for using Craigslist to arrange the rape of a Casper woman.

District Judge David Park on Monday sentenced 28-year-old Jebidiah James Stipe, of Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Stipe pleaded guilty last month to sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated burglary.

Prosecutors say Stipe pretended to be his ex-girlfriend in Casper when he posted an ad on the Internet advertising site Craigslist late last year.

US issues Haiti travel alert after four Americans slain near airport PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Ñ The U.S. Embassy is advising travelers to exercise caution in Haiti after four U.S. citizens were killed in separate robberies near Port-au-PrinceÕ s airport.

All those killed were visiting relatives in Haiti, embassy officials said. The attacks occurred over three months.

Ex-Chicago cop convicted of lying about torture of suspects CHICAGO (AP) Ñ A decorated former Chicago police lieutenant accused of suffocating, shocking and beating confessions out of scores of suspects was convicted Monday of federal perjury and obstruction of justice charges for lying about the

LATEST OIL SPILL BRIEFS

524 Guard soldiers headed to Arizona-Mexico border

Ñ BP says the rig drilling the relief well thatÕ s the best hope of stopping the Gulf oil spill has made it within about 20 feet horizontally of the blown-out well thatÕ s gushing crude. The rig is going to drill an additional 900 feet down before crews cut in sideways and start pumping in heavy mud to try to stop the flow from the damaged well. It’s currently about 16,770 feet down.

The relief well is still on target to be finished by early August. A second well is being drilled as a backup.

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal officials told ArizonaÕ s attorney general and a congresswoman Monday that 524 of the 1,200 National Guard troops headed to the U.S.Mexico border will be deployed in the state by August or September.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Attorney General Terry Goddard, both Democrats, met with Obama administration officials in Tucson along with dozens of law enforcement officials and community leaders.

Ñ Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine is again asking BP for $10 million for mental health services to state residents affected by the oil spill.

Levine says counseling teams have talked to nearly 2,000 people in affected areas, and report increases in anxiety, depression, stress, grief, drinking, and thoughts of suicide. Levine says $10 million will support six months of outreach and services.

torture.

Former Lt. Jon Burge, whose name has become synonymous with police brutality and abuse of power in the countryÕ s third-largest city, did not react as the guilty verdicts were read. But several attorneys who have represented BurgeÕ s alleged victims celebrated outside the courtroom, hugging each other and calling colleagues to deliver the news.

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Ñ LousianaÕ s Department of Health and Hospitals says 162 people Ñ including 128 cleanup workers Ñ have reported health complaints they believe were caused by exposure to oil spill pollutants since April 20. It says the most common symptoms are headache, nausea and throat irritation, and some people have multiple symptoms. Ñ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says about 72 pelicans cleaned up from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be released Tuesday in Georgia. Ñ Tropical Storm Alex could still stir up heavy winds, rain and choppy seas that drive the oil deeper inland and bring much of the cleanup to a standstill. By midweek, boats skimming the sludge from the water may have to return to port for their own safety, and the floating oil-containment booms could be rendered useless by waves slopping over them and may have to be pulled out of the water.

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BUDGET

University bracing for $133M budget cut to LSU System Lombardi instructs campuses to prepare Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

With last week’s conclusion of the state legislative session, the grim budgetary future for Louisiana higher education leaves the LSU System with nothing to do but plan for the worst, according to System President John Lombardi.

Lombardi sent a letter June 24 to the System’s chancellors instructing them to begin creating budget reduction plans to account for the projected budget decrease for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

Louisiana higher education is expected to face a $300 million funding reduction for that year, $133 million of which will be absorbed by the LSU System, said Charles Zewe, LSU System spokesperson.

“It’s the most dire financial situation, to our knowledge, the LSU System has ever faced in its history,” Zewe said.

The $300 million cut is what the state legislature anticipates will be necessary if state revenues don’t pick up and if federal stimulus dollars aren’t extended when they expire on July 1, 2011,

Zewe said.

If these cuts do come to fruition and the LSU System is forced to reduce its budget by $133 million, each institution in the System will have 23.28 percent less money for its general fund in 2011-12 than in 2010-11, according to documents included with Lombardi’s letter.

In addition to these cuts that would take effect in July 2011, Zewe said more cuts could be made in the middle of the current fiscal year unless the state’s revenue increases, which analysts do not expect.

Zewe said though the planned cuts for 2011-12 are not yet set in stone, but the System must begin planning now in order to be prepared when they do become final.

“We all hope that somehow there is a new federal stimulus or the revenues come back or these draconian cuts are avoided,” he said. “But we can’t take that chance, so we have to start planning.”

With the anticipated budget figures in mind, Lombardi said in the letter that future tuition increases will not sufficiently make up for the losses, so the System must begin planning for substantial changes.

“The scale of reductions anticipated will almost certainly

require the elimination of vital programs, the dismissal of employees including faculty, and significant disruption of student academic careers,” Lombardi wrote.

Early planning for cuts is necessary because many University contracts and appointment agreements require a year’s notice before termination.

“We will need to issue dismissal notices early in the 201011 fiscal year if we are to close programs and terminate activities in 2011-12,” Lombardi said in the letter.

Zewe said he anticipates notices of possible termination will be issued within the next few weeks, but each campus will determine when and how many notices are issued.

Tentative reduction plans will be presented to the Board of Supervisors at its July 16 meeting.

Lombardi outlined three levels of analysis for cuts, each containing different types of programs.

The first level includes “activities or units not directly related to the core priorities of the institution,” and can consist of programs like museums, sports activities and community service that don’t “directly sustain teaching and research.”

The second level is comprised of “units whose activities support teaching and research but are not directly engaged in delivering the core functions.” These units would be things like student support activities, library services and computing services.

The third and most destructive level includes core programs that impact teaching and research.

Reductions in this level could result in “dismissal of tenure track and tenured faculty, staff and other support personnel, and the disruption of student educational programs.”

The Board of Supervisors will hear presentations and is likely to make recommendations for adjustments before approving the cuts at a later meeting, Zewe said.

Lombardi instructed chancellors to focus their presentation on the effects cuts will have on various factors, including how long it will take certain programs to be revived should sufficient funds be available in the future.

The letter defines reductions as “truly permanent” if restoration of the program or unit would take 10 or more years to restore.

Faculty Senate president Kevin Cope said rebuilding programs in the future will create an additional weight on the System’s shoulders if and when budget

cuts become a thing of the past.

“If we ever get enough money to rebuild them again, there are rebuilding costs on top of the programs themselves,” Cope said.

For students, Zewe said the budget cuts will mean higher tuition and fees, fewer programs offered at various institutions and, in some cases, a harder time graduating in four years.

For faculty, the threat of job loss will cause concern, likely leading faculty to begin searching for other jobs, Cope said.

“This is not an optimistic signal that the state government is sending to the faculty, and it would be unfair for me to create a falsely optimistic picture of the future,” he said.

Zewe said the best thing for students, faculty and staff members to do now is talk to anyone who will listen about the plight facing the University and all state higher education institutions.

“It’s not just a matter of brow-beating politicians or browbeating people in the legislature or anywhere in the government,” Zewe said.

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ENVIRONMENT

Student volunteers find outlets for oil spill relief Coalition conducts survey on birds Joy Lukachick Special to The Daily Reveille

Jenny Byrd keeps a tally in her black bound notebook. She knows what every mark represents. Each time Byrd, a wildlife ecology student at LSU, visits Louisiana shorelines, she brings her notebook and a telescope.

She is counting the birds.

“You stand in one spot for 20 minutes, scanning the birds flying over or sitting down,” she said.

As one of the founders of a student coalition on LSU’s campus, Byrd, along with several classmates, visits the Gulf of Mexico at least once a week conducting bird surveys. The coalition to help the Gulf’s oil leak relief represents many of the major economic organizations on campus.

When a survey is collected, the birds are counted and identified by species. If the birds have any oil on their body, each one is rated on a scale of 1 to 4 – 1 being a few spots and 4 representing oil on the bird’s entire body.

With limited access to the beaches, however, several members say they feel like their hands are tied to help with the relief.

“There’s so many students

that want to do something,” Byrd said. “Students are waiting to hear something but we just don’t have anything to tell them.”

While the Louisiana Serve Commission is collecting a volunteer database, the opportunities for people with no experience or training are limited, said Cami Geisman, spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

“Because of the toxic nature of the oil we can’t dispatch volunteers on beaches with oils.”

The latest total shows 8,000 people have signed up to volunteer, but only a handful of cleanup days that allow volunteers to pick up trash along the shorelines have been organized, she said, adding that volunteers are given a notice every few days and will be contacted when more opportunities become available.

But Jonathan Carpenter, president of the student coalition, said there are many opportunities people with limited skills could be involved in, including bird surveys.

After the coalition was formed, Carpenter, conservation biology senior, began working with several graduate students to write a protocol to teach volunteers how to conduct bird surveys along the coast.

Now working with several organizations, including Audubon Society, Carpenter says data

collected from the surveys is turned over to a liaison for the organization. “We want [BP] to be liable for environmental damages. It’s important to quantify these damages.”

The coalition was founded to be the central source for cleanup related information for students on campus, but now the group is trying to become more politically involved, Carpenter said.

Partnering with Coastal Rescue, the Youth Alliance of Louisiana Leaders and the Sierra Club Delta Chapter, the groups organized a two-day rally June 17 and 18 at the Capitol in Baton Rouge called “Love Your Coast.”

About 30 to 40 people congregated on the Capitol steps to listen to key speakers before gathering in the lobby to talk with lawmakers about environmental policies.

“It’s to show people we stand in solidarity with people who are hurting,” said Devin Martin, Conservation Coordinator with the Sierra Club Delta Chapter.

“And [it’s] calling for our state legislators to change policies.”

Several students were in the mix, holding hand-made signs and wearing home-made shirts painted with green peace signs to protest BP. “A lot of people my age feel like there’s not a lot they can do,” said Lily Stagg, a political science freshman at the University

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Protestors gather at the State Capital June 18 downtown to speak out about the BP oil spill and to urge the use of clean, alternative energy sources.

of Louisiana at Lafayette. “We tried to volunteer to clean up but it never panned out.”

Stagg and her three friends, who drove to Baton Rouge from Lafayette, agreed they wanted to get involved with the cleanup.

While volunteer options are limited, Carpenter said the

student coalition is also working to educate people about the current dangers from the oil spill.

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WEATHER

Tropical Storm Alex intensifies, aims for Texas, Mexico

Conditions expected to be rainy for La. Nicholas Persac Staff Writer

Tropical Storm Alex, the season’s first named storm, is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico and continuing a westward path toward the coasts of southern Texas and northern Mexico.

The storm, which is expected to be a hurricane when it makes landfall Thursday, is not forecast to hit Louisiana, through it likely will bring cloudy, rainy weather to Baton Rouge though the weekend.

“I’m pretty confident we can expect enhanced chances of rainfall across the whole area this week,” said Barry Keim, Louisiana state climatologist.

The National Weather Service predicts an 80 percent chance of rain here Tuesday, and a 70 percent chance of rain on both Wednesday and Thursday.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday will all likely bring either scattered or isolated showers and thunderstorms during the Independence

Day weekend.

The National Weather Service’s three-day tracking cone projects Alex making landfall at 7 a.m. Thursday near Texas’ southernmost border as either a strong Category Two or a weak Category Three hurricane.

“About two-thirds of the time, the hurricane will land somewhere within that cone,” said Keim, who also teaches in the Department of Geography and Anthropology. “But onethird of the time, it goes rogue and does something unexpected.

There is still a lot of Gulf of Mexico for this thing to travel, so it could change course.

Keim said this year is on track to be the second-busiest hurricane season, with the National Weather Service predicting between 14 and 23 named storms in the Atlantic Basin.

The busiest season since 1851, the year records start, was 2005, which had 28 named storms. Keim said July 3 is the average date of the first named storm in the Atlantic basin. In 2005, the first named storm developed June 8.

The National Weather Service predicts eight to 14 of

those storms will develop into hurricanes this season, with between three and seven being “major hurricanes,” which are Category 3 or greater.

The Atlantic hurricane season, which includes the Gulf of Mexico, runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, according to the National Hurricane Center. The Pacific hurricane season starts May 15 but ends at the same time as in the Atlantic.

Joseph Suhayda, interim director of the LSU Hurricane Center, said warmer-than-average surface water temperatures and the La Nina wind conditions contribute to this year’s busy season.

Last year, the El Nino weather pattern helped reduce storms’s potential to form.

Only nine named storms formed during the below-average 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, and three intensified into hurricanes, two of which were a Category 3 or stronger, according to the National Weather Service.

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A lifeguard stands next to a red flag meaning high hazard of high surf and/or strong currents June 26 as tropical storm Alex nears the region in Cancun.

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CRIME BRIEFS LSU students’ car burglarized, no arrests made LSUPD officers were dispatched June 15 at 1:55 a.m. to Edward Gay Apartments in response to a burglary call.

Two married LSU students said their 1998 Honda Accord’s rear passenger window was broken, and multiple personal items were stolen, according to LSUPD Detective Sergeant Kevin Scott.

LSUPD has not made any arrests and is still investigating the burglary.

University golf shop broken into, money stolen Officers were dispatched to the University golf shop June 18 at midnight in response to a burglary alarm.

When officers arrived at the scene, the glass door on the south side of the golf shop had been broken into using a large cement brick.

Scott said officers found the cash register drawer discarded outside. There were $32 No arrests have been made, and LSUPD is continuing the investigation.

Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house broken into Officers responded to a call June 19 at 11:28 p.m. at the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.

The victim — who was identified as an LSU student — said his television and computer had been stolen.

Officers found the air conditioner unit had been removed from the victim’s window and

placed on top of the roof, according to Scott.

No arrests have been made.

Two men found in Field House with marijuana

On June 21, an LSU staff member reported that he received a call June 1 from the Visa credit card fraud division.

The company said four purchases had been made in the New Orleans area using his credit card number.

Scott, who is investigating the case, said the purchases totaled more than $1,000 and included men’s shoes and men’s clothing and took place at four different retailers.

LSUPD has not made any arrests and is still investigating the crime.

Officers responded June 26 at 2:10 a.m. to an alarm at the Huey P. Long Field House and found two individuals.

Officers approached the subjects and found marijuana on both persons and a marijuana pipe on one.

Scott said the officers arrested John Scott, 20, of 13838 Old Greenwell Springs Road, Greenwell Springs, La., for criminal trespassing and possession of marijuana.

They also arrested Gabriel Rea, 23, of 15161 Parkin Ave., Greenwell Springs, La., for criminal trespassing, possession of 3.5 grams of marijuana and possession of a glass pipe.

Officers issued both suspects summons.

Man confessed to having marijuana in car

Student arrested for domestic abuse

Officers noticed two males standing conspicuously next to a parked car June 25 at 12:22 a.m., in the parking lot by Nicholson Extension and Highland Road.

The officers approached the subjects and questioned them.

The individuals gave conflicting statements, and officers noticed nervous, suspicious behavior, Scott said.

One individual, Blake Beadle, 24, of 440 Mossy Oak Ave., confessed to having marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the console of his car.

Beadle was placed under arrest and issued a summons for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

Officers responded to a domestic disturbance call June 22 at 11 p.m. at Edward Gay Apartments.

The witness said a man made contact with a woman and forced her into an apartment. Officers made contact with the pair, a married couple, and noticed marks and bruises on the victim.

Officers arrested University student Aung Soe, 40, of 375 Roosevelt St. for domestic abuse and booked him in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

University staff member’s credit card number stolen

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FASHION

Dior’s 1947 ‘New Look’ on exhibit at costume museum Showcase to run until April 2011 Annie Hundley Contributing Writer

Students don’t need to travel to Paris or New York to see worldclass couture — Baton Rouge has its own piece of fashion history right here on campus.

The LSU Textile and Costume Museum’s latest exhibition, “Christian Dior’s 1947 New Look: From Paris to New York to Baton Rouge,” chronicles the mid-century fashion influence of the French designer.

The exhibit covers a 10-year span, from Dior’s first collection of female garments in 1947, dubbed the “New Look,” to the last he created before his death.

Dior released his “New Look” on Feb. 12, 1947, and it revolutionized the fashion world, according to Pam Vinci, curator of the LSU Textile and Costume Museum.

“It was the fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar who after the show said to him, ‘My dear Christian, this is such a new look,’” she said. “And it was.”

Dior’s collection came during the post-World War II period and introduced a completely different style of female clothing. The fashion cycle froze during the war period, Vinci said, because “everybody’s attention turned to providing whatever was necessary in the war and the Allied effort.”

But in 1947, the former trends

— including “military shoulder mixed in fashion with the history pads, short skirts and very skimpy aspect, so it covers both bases.”

Le Vu, administrative coorgarments” — became a thing of the past, Vinci said, and Dior’s dinator for the School of Human “tailored, extremely feminine sil- Ecology, agrees with Mooney.

“It’s well put together, it’s sohouette” swept the fashion world.

The exhibit accounts how the phisticated, and it’s educational,” “New Look” made its way from Vu said. “I like the original items the House of Dior in Paris all the that were actually purchased in way to Baton Rouge. It shows how Baton Rouge back in the ’50s. I the look was chronicled in the me- find that fascinating,” Vinci said the exhibit has dia, with original 1947 issues of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, adver- something for everyone, from tisements in Baton Rouge newspa- fashion students to history buffs.

“This expers and a 1948 hibit brings any Gumbo yearbook student from any that showed how curriculum, from University stuany area of camdents were pickpus — it acquaints ing up the trend. them more closely It also inwith World War II cludes the designs and the limitations of LSU graduate that were placed student Ashley Melinda Mooney on Americans and Jones, exemplifySchool of Human Ecology the marketplace,” ing how Dior’s administrative and graduate she said. “For our design expertise coordinator is still a source of fashion students, and for anyone who’s familiar inspiration today.

The “New Look” exhibition with the name Dior but doesn’t remarks the 16th for the textile mu- ally know the history of the house, seum and the first after a two-year it acquaints them with the history hiatus because of storage space and how couture operated 60 years ago.” renovations in the building.

The exhibit is located in room “It is exciting to be open again,” Vinci said. “We’ve had lots 140 of the Human Ecology Buildof visitors from on campus and off ing. Entrance is free and open to campus.” the public weekdays from 8 a.m. to Visitors to the exhibit should 4:30 p.m. through April 2011. expect to learn a lot, said Melinda Mooney, administrative and graduate coordinator for the School of Human Ecology.

Contact Annie Hundley at “Even though it’s fashion, it is ahundley@lsureveille.com part of history,” she said. “They’ve

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‘They’ve mixed in fashion with the history aspect, so it covers both bases.’

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Christian Dior designs sit on display at the LSU Textile and Costume museum as part of a display showcasing 10 years of Dior’s garments and accessories.

PHILANTHROPY

Mission trips increase in popularity among students Organizations sponsor trips to help Cathryn Core Contributing Writer

Desperate locations around the globe are calling for help, and University students are answering.

Mission trips sponsored by numerous organizations have made it possible for students to put their time and effort into worthwhile causes while gaining the experience of a lifetime.

The Rev. Andrew Merrick of Christ the King Parish and Catholic Center recently returned from a mission trip to Costa Rica with a group of University students.

“The biggest aspect of who we are is being able to give and receive love,” he said. “Numerous aspects of [mission trips] are beneficial to students. They experience different people, different cultures and also see the needs that people have.”

Merrick said the trips help separate people from American

culture, which he said is “rooted in superficial relationships.”

The recent Costa Rica trip was comprised of 22 missionaries, including biology senior Philip Fontenot.

Fontenot said he jumped on the mission trip bandwagon because he heard of many University students and friends who had participated in the trips and wanted to experience one for himself.

“I needed something new in my life,” he said. “I was like, ‘This is an awesome opportunity. I have to take it.’ I just wanted to help and serve others.”

Fontenot said more and more students are opting to go on mission trips.

“People are hearing about it.

They’re saying, ‘If they can do it, I can do it.’ It’s rubbing off,” he said.

Students should try to experience at least one mission trip in their college careers, Fontenot said.

“People should do more with their lives,” he said. “We need to take more chances with life and just break away from normal routines.”

Collin Melancon, international studies senior, kick-started his own mission trip to Mexico through the Greek system and Christ the King.

“I’d mentioned [starting up a mission trip] to my friends before and a lot of them had never heard of anything like it,” Melancon said. “But there were lots of really giving guys and girls who wanted to bring that attitude outside of LSU and outside of Louisiana and make a big impact.”

Melancon said the groups he organizes take on Catholic mission trips, but there are many non-denominational trips through other organizations available to students. They just have to seek them out.

“Anybody can start a mission trip. It’s a great way to share yourself and share your faith by love,” Melancon said. “When you don’t speak the language, you go somewhere like Mexico unsure, out of your element, and the main language is love. Your actions speak to the people, and in return, they show their love for you.”

Melancon said mission trips are becoming more popular

because of the student desire to go out into the world and do something rewarding.

“I actually believe that students want something fulfilling that they can’t get out of partying at the beach for spring break or sitting around over Christmas,” he said. “That’s why more and more people want to help out, serve and get something out of it. We’re growing older now, and partying doesn’t do it.”

Melancon said he’s seen students go on mission trips saying they won’t get anything out of them and leave with entirely new perspectives on life. “[Mission trips] change you,” he said. “You give of yourself to these people, and you get so much more out of it in return.”

Lane Anzalone, biological engineering senior, said the most memorable part of the Greek mission he attended in Mexico was working with the local children.

“The kids were really awesome. They’d see us drive up, and they’d just start running,” Anzalone said. “One minute, there’d be an empty playground, and all of a sudden, like 60 of them

would come out of nowhere.

They’d get so excited. We loved it. It was great.”

Anzalone said he had traveled often for leisure before, but this was the first time he had the opportunity to help out and now considers himself hooked.

“I think the reason I like it is because you get in a routine when you’re at home, and then you go [on a mission trip] and you see all these really poor people, and you pull out a baseball, and the kids look at you like you’re holding gold,” he said. “They appreciate things so much more.”

Anzalone said the experience is more than just a resume builder.

“You go out there, and it helps you put life into perspective,” he said. “Everyone should experience that. You do something not for yourself, and it just feels good.”

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Jones recovering in NO hospital

Sports

PhenomenaLee Two-sport star Zach Lee considering future with LSU Michael Lambert Contributing Writer

LSU football coach Les Miles and baseball coach Paul Mainieri are no strangers to recruiting the best talent in the country to suit up for the Tigers.

Miles is regarded as one of the top recruiters in the nation, landing the likes of Russell Shepard, Patrick Peterson and Chad Jones.

Mainieri holds his own in the recruiting world as well, having signed Leon Landry, Austin Nola and Anthony Ranaudo, among others.

Now the two coaches are forced to muster their recruiting prowess into one prospect who could alter the future of LSU football and baseball — phenom Zach Lee of McKinney, Texas.

The two-sport star dominated the high school gridiron on Friday nights, throwing for 2,564 yards and 31 touchdowns his senior season, and owned the diamond, striking out 90 batters and leading McKinney High School with a 11-3 record and a 2.15 ERA. Lee, with his 6-foot-4-inch, 200-pound stature, was drafted 28th overall June 7 by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2010 MLB Draft, but he is currently

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Former LSU safety and pitcher Chad Jones is recovering in a New Orleans hospital after suffering leg and foot injuries in a car wreck early Friday morning, according to LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette.

“He’s still in the hospital in what will be a long recovery process,” Bonnette said.

Jones’ 2010 Range Rover ran into a street car line pole on Carrollton Avenue. The two other passengers in the SUV were unharmed.

The New Orleans native was back home after attending organized team activities with the Giants.

“Chad is extremely alert, and he’s in good spirits,” Al Jones Sr. said in an LSU press release.

“His leg and foot are looking better. This is going to be a long process, but everything is positive right now. We are just beginning the healing process.”

Bonnette said Chad Jones has appreciated all the messages sent by LSU fans and friends.

“The athletic department has tried to give people the opportunity to send Chad and his family messages to get well,” Bonnette said. “He knows we support him any way he needs us to.”

Jones was drafted in the third round of April’s NFL Draft by the JONES, see page 10

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Mitchell joins Cavs, Dotson hurts knee Michael Lambert Contributing Writer

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[Left] McKinney High’s Zach Lee connects with a ball April 16 during a game against McKinney North High at Alford Field in McKinney. [Right] McKinney quarterback Lee prepares to pass for a touchdown during a high school football game Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, against McKinney North at Ron Poe Stadium in McKinney.

New Orleans, Charlotte and Oklahoma City were all interested in former LSU star Tasmin Mitchell after the NBA draft on Thursday night, but the forward chose the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Mitchell will join the Cavaliers’ summer league team as an undrafted free agent.

Mitchell said Cleveland gave him the best opportunity to make an NBA roster.

“My best situation is with the Cavs,” Mitchell said. “They didn’t have any draft picks. It’s just basically me.”

Undrafted players get to pick the team they join instead of being locked onto one team like drafted players.

Mitchell said the Cavaliers called his agent right after the draft saying they wanted to pick him up.

The four-year starter for the Tigers considered the Hornets, Thunder and Bobcats but felt the Cavaliers presented the best opportunity.

“It’s not that I didn’t want to go [to New Orleans],” Mitchell said. “But I wanted to go where I could get more playing time.”

Mitchell will leave July 11 for the Vegas Summer League.

He will be invited to training camp and will compete for a spot on the team after the summer.

MITCHELL, see page 10

SOCCER

Fans feel mixed emotions after US World Cup run American effort seen as success despite exit Mark Clements Contributing Writer

The United States’ improbable World Cup run came to a disappointing end Saturday as the Yanks lost an overtime thriller, 2-1, to Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa.

The United States’ World Cup run was nothing less than a roller coaster – a seemingly solid draw to the English, followed by a disappointing draw to Slovenia, capped with a thrilling victory against Algeria to put the U.S. on top of Group C before a disheartening loss in the second round.

The team’s exit was met with

mixed emotional reactions back in the States.

Michael Pellissier, communication disorders junior and a member of the intramural co-rec soccer championship team Fist Pump, called the American performance rather encouraging.

“I think we could’ve done better, but I definitely wouldn’t label our performance as disappointing,” Pellissier said. “Winning our group was encouraging, and if not for a couple of errors against Ghana, we’d still be in the hunt.”

LSU Men’s Soccer Club President Eric Yohe said the United States’ showing wasn’t necessarily a failure, but still disappointing.

“We have ourselves to blame,” Yohe said. “We didn’t finish our chances, and we gave up a couple easy goals ... too many mental mistakes. And those will come around and bite you in the butt.”

Kenny Farrell, head coach and general manager of the New Orleans Jesters, said despite the initial letdown following the loss, the long run effect is a positive one.

“It has to be considered a success,” Farrell said. “In the very immediate, it’s a disappointment because we know we can beat Ghana … but overall it has to be a tremendous success.”

Despite the United States’ early exit from the World Cup, the hype and interest surrounding soccer has undoubtedly been on the rise in recent years. Farrell said he has seen more and more people are beginning to get into the games, and the increasing support is something to build on.

“There were a lot of people watching the game that normally SOCCER, see page 10

MATT DUNHAM / The Associated Press

Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan, right, controls the ball to score the winning goal Saturday during the World Cup match between the United States and Ghana at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. Ghana won, 2-1.

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THE JOOSE IS LOOSE

Conference realignment doesn’t affect SEC’s dominance Conference expansion recently took over the summer sports headlines in the midst of USC’s sanctions, LeBron’s venture into free agency and the NBA playoffs.

It was being hyped as a monumental shift in the college sports landscape.

A few moves were go- Michael laMbert ing to set the Contributing Writer conference system as we know it ablaze, and a new and improved conference structure was sure to be on its way.

But the conference expansion saga has come to a close with not much change — at least not for LSU and the Southeastern Conference.

There was a lot of smoke but not much fire.

Nebraska moved to the Big Ten, and Boise State shifted to the Mountain West. Colorado and Utah were shipped west to the Pac-10.

Big deal.

The bottom line is the competitive balance in college football remains the same.

The Pac-10 blew its chance to compete with the big boys of college football.

Adding Texas and Oklahoma was the Pac-10’s chance to become competitive with the king and

perennial powerhouse of college football — the SEC. But they blew it.

The SEC will remain on top of the sport barring another round of conference expansions.

The conference that won the last four BCS national championships and five of the past seven titles will continue to be the center of the college football universe.

LSU, Florida and Alabama are not going anywhere. They will continue to compete year in and year out.

The SEC has the best facilities, fans and players in the nation.

But one fact would have made Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma’s move to the Pac-10 sweet — the absolute best high school football prospects come from Texas and California.

Texas has 17 players on Scout. com’s list of the top 100 high school prospects for 2011. California has nine.

Only four Louisiana recruits made the list.

It would have taken a few years to build up to the greatness of the SEC, but the Pac-10 combined with a handful of Big 12 schools could have competed with the SEC for national supremacy.

A conference with USC, Texas and Oklahoma would have been special.

Those three programs are

on par with the top three teams from the SEC. The rest of the two conferences would have stacked up fairly equally. You would have had Oklahoma State, Oregon and California compared to Auburn, Tennessee and Georgia.

But this is merely speculation because the Pac-10 dropped the ball and failed to close the deal.

Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott told the AP that Texas state politics and a national fear of creating a domino effect were two reasons why the expansion of his conference failed.

Also, Scott said the Pac-10 wasn’t going to compromise its values, possibly implying Texas wouldn’t have been allowed to form its own television network as it had hoped.

It was not completely the Pac10’s fault.

Texas took the easy way out by keeping the Big 12 together. The Longhorns kept the weaker schedule with hopes it will be enough to get them into the BCS championship game.

The Big Ten also didn’t gain significant ground after only adding the Cornhuskers. Notre Dame would have added big name appeal to the conference, but the Irish will be satisfied with standing on their own unless a massive exodus of teams to different conferences occurs.

MIKE TERRY / The Associated Press

University of Utah athletic director Chris Hill speaks at a news conference June 17 at Rice Eccles Stadium to accept the invitation into the college football PAC-10.

Things overall will remain the same in college football. The SEC, which has a 6-0 record in BCS championship games, will continue to be the pinnacle of college pigskin.

Texas A&M was the only school to really flirt with the SEC. The Aggies would have made a great rival for LSU — both schools are steeped in tradition and have strong fan bases.

But like Texas and Oklahoma, they were scared of the SEC. They didn’t want to deal with the onslaught of the SEC

schedule and share recruits with the best recruiters in the country.

Nobody knows exactly what the future will hold for these conferences. More maneuvers will eventually be made, and conference expansion talk is surely to be re-evaluated in the years to come.

For now, the SEC will continue to do what it has done since 1998 — win BCS championships.

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NFL

Bengals receiver’s chronic brain injury led to death The Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury that may have influenced his mental state and behavior before he died last winter, West Virginia University researchers said Monday.

The doctors had done a microscopic tissue analysis of Henry’s brain that showed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Neurosurgeon Julian Bailes and California medical examiner Bennet Omalu, co-directors of the Brain Injury Research Institute at WVU, announced their findings alongside Henry’s mother, Carolyn Henry Glaspy, who called it a “big shock” because she knew nothing about her 26-year-old son’s underlying condition or the disease.

Henry died in December, a day after he came out of the back of a pickup truck his fiancee was driving near their home in Charlotte, N.C. It’s unclear whether Henry jumped or fell. Toxicology tests found no alcohol in his system, and an autopsy concluded he died of numerous head injuries, including a fractured skull and brain hemorrhaging.

But Bailes, team doctor for the Mountaineers and a former Pittsburgh Steelers physician, said it’s easy to distinguish those acute traumatic injuries from the

underlying condition he and Omalu found when staining tiny slices of Henry’s brain.

Bailes and fellow researchers believe chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is caused by multiple head impacts, regardless of whether those blows result in a concussion diagnosis. A number of studies, including one commissioned by the NFL, have found that retired professional football players may have a higher rate than normal of Alzheimer’s disease and other memory problems.

What’s interesting, Bailes said, is that Henry was only 26, and neither NFL nor WVU records show he was diagnosed with a concussion during his playing career.

But it doesn’t take a collision with another player for brain trauma to occur.

“The brain floats freely in your skull,” Omalu said. “If you’re moving very quickly and suddenly stop, the brain bounces.”

And over time, with repetition, that causes big problems.

CTE carries specific neurobehavioral symptoms, Bailes said — typically, failure at personal and business relationships, use of drugs and alcohol, depression and suicide.

“Chris Henry did not have that entire spectrum and we don’t know if there’s a cause and effect here,” Bailes said. “It certainly raises the question and raises our curiosity.

We’re just here to report our findings. That may be for others to decipher.”

Henry’s personal struggles were well documented.

Although he was a vital part of the Bengals’ offense as a rookie, he ended that season with an arrest for marijuana possession. After a playoff loss to Pittsburgh, he was arrested on a gun charge in Florida.

Henry was suspended for half a season in 2007 as the league cracked down on personal conduct.

When he was arrested a fifth time, a judge called Henry “a oneman crime wave” and the Bengals released him.

But Henry got a second chance and played 12 games in the 2008 season.

Teammates said they’d noticed a change his demeanor, and at the start of the 2009 season, he described himself as “blessed” and said he was turning his life around.

Glaspy gave Bailes permission to examine her son’s brain in detail.

“I was a little scared,” she said. “It was something new to me.

I’m still trying to educate myself as to what it means. Some of it makes sense with some of the behavioral patterns in Chris — just like mood swings and the headaches.

“Hopefully I can share whatever they share with me with other parents and help the NFL deal with the matter of being hit in the head

AMY SANCETTA / The Associated Press

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry looks on during pre-game warmups Oct. 4 before a game against Cleveland. Henry died in December after falling from a truck.

and concussions and to educate ourselves as mothers and fathers when we send our kids out there on the field.”

Omalu first came across CTE, a condition often seen in boxers, after studying the brain of Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame lineman Mike Webster. Webster died in 2002 of a heart attack at age 50.

He had suffered brain damage that left him unable to work following his career.

Bailes said he and Omalu have now analyzed the brains of 27

modern athletes, and the majority showed evidence of CTE. But it’s found in only a small number of players, he said.

“I think football is a great sport, and we want to make it safer,” Bailes said, “but we have to continue to move forward with changes made recently and take the head impacts out of the sport as much as possible.”

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New York Giants and in the 50th round of this year’s MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.

The safety reportedly signed a four-year, $2.6 million contract with the Giants. His future is uncertain after Saturday’s surgery.

MITCHELL, from page 7

“They have a few roster spots open,” Mitchell said. “I think my chances are real high.”

Mitchell said he will keep a close eye on the future of LeBron James when free agency begins Thursday.

“I would love him to stay with the Cavs,” Mitchell said.

“He could teach me a lot.”

Mitchell may cross paths with John Treloar, a former LSU assistant under John Brady, who coaches the Cavaliers’ affiliate in the NBA Development League and is likely to coach the summer league team.

Before the draft, LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson

LEE, from page 7

attending summer classes at LSU and working with the football team.

Bobby Reyes, Lee’s football coach at McKinney, said he predicts his former quarterback will choose to play at LSU. “He’s told me all along ... he wanted to go to school, and he wanted to play both [football and baseball],” Reyes said.

Reyes said he talked to Lee about the potential of having to decide between LSU and an MLB team.

“It’s a decision him and his family will have to make,” Reyes said. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it — that’s what he always told me.”

Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest.com, said Lee may make his decision before Aug. 16, the deadline for drafted players to sign.

“Coach Mainieri usually asks his guys to give him some sort

SOCCER, from page 7

would never get emotional about a game of soccer,” Farrell said. “We need to capitalize on the fact that people are now watching the game and realizing how big the World Cup is and how great the game is and getting emotionally invested in it.”

LSU soccer coach Brian Lee said he has also seen a tremendous growth in people’s interest and following of soccer due to the World Cup. And although the hype will die down when the World Cup concludes, Lee thinks the sport will gain more and more followers with the increasing coverage of foreign soccer leagues in the United States.

“Every game we’ve played, I’ve gotten texts or calls from friends around the country, just saying how amazing it is,” Lee said. “It’s certainly going to die down some [when the World Cup is over] because it’s the biggest tournament in the world, but ESPN’s pretty vested in the English

“It’s going to be a lengthy process for Chad,” Bonnette said.

“There’s no time table on it.”

Bonnette said Jones’ family is holding up strong.

“They are doing the best they can,” Bonnette said. “They are taking it day by day.”

Bonnette said LSU football

The Daily Reveille coach Les Miles visited Jones on Friday to spend time with his family.

The Southern Lab High School alumnus doubled as a safety and pitcher for the Tigers, winning national championships in both football and baseball.

Jones started 19 games as

said Mitchell has the maturity and experience to make it in the NBA. Johnson said Mitchell still has to accomplish the most important thing.

“He still has to make a team,” Johnson said. “That’s all that really matters. It doesn’t matter if he was drafted or not.”

Mitchell may have to pave his path in the NBA like former teammate Garrett Temple, who signed with the San Antonio Spurs at the end of last season after previously signing 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings.

Mitchell led the Tigers on the court last season, averaging 16.8 points and 9.4 rebounds as the lone senior.

Sophomore guard Aaron Dotson has a strained patella tendon, Johnson said in the Southeastern Conference coaches’ summer teleconference.

“He’s had a setback here in the summer,” Johnson said.

“We’re resting him right now.

We’ll have to see where we go from here.”

Johnson said Dotson may have to get his knee scoped in the weeks to come.

The guard played in 29 games in 17 starts, averaging 3.2 points per game.

of heads up,” Dixon said. “I’m guessing it won’t come down to the last hour.”

Dixon talked to Lee before he enrolled in LSU, and Dixon said all indications point to the athlete joining the Tigers on the field.

“The impression I got is that he is looking forward to college,” Dixon said.

Mainieri said he was surprised Lee went in the first round.

“The Dodgers took him in the first round, and really, from my knowledge, they had not really had any conversations with him about whether or not he was signable,” Mainieri said at a media session the day of the draft.

“His asking price is through the roof.”

Dixon said the Dodgers, already struggling financially after the divorce of owner Frank McCourt, drafted the pitcher knowing he would be tough to sign.

“At first the numbers were $2 and 3 [million],” Dixon said.

“Then I heard the Dodgers people were saying anywhere from $4 to 6 [million].”

Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision, said LSU is the favorite to land Lee. “There’s a better-than-average chance he’s going to go to LSU,” Nadeau said. “The Dodgers’ situation with the divorce — that’s going to make him tough to sign. Money is just not available.”

Los Angeles has signed most of its draft picks, including the second and third round picks.

Ralston Cash, a high school pitcher from Georgia, and former LSU outfielder Leon Landry have inked deals with the Dodgers since the draft.

“We’re all hoping that [Lee] shocks the world and doesn’t sign as a first-round draft choice,” Mainieri said.

Reyes said Lee has the ability to be a duel-sport athlete for the Tigers.

professional leagues, so I think it’s going to keep going.”

Both Farrell and Lee said they see a bright future for the game of soccer in America. Lee said it is only a matter of time before the U.S. is among the elite countries in soccer.

“Eventually we’re going to become more of a world power,” Lee said. “It’s just a question of when.”

Farrell agrees the U.S. is and has been on the rise throughout the past years and will continue to succeed into the future.

“I think we are not a global superpower yet. but we’ve been taking baby steps for the last 20 years,” Farrell said. “We have a tremendous interest from TV stations here in the United States, and I think this World Cup has propelled us a long way.”

Farrell said the key to pushing soccer to one of the elite sports in America is through Major League Soccer. While positive steps have been made in the MLS, Farrell said more big-name players need

to be brought in to improve the talent level and the appeal to the club teams.

“We’ve got to get our leagues up to the standards of other leagues,” Farrell said. “The only way to get the league to the standards of the EPL, Serie A or La Liga is to have those players playing here. It’s a steady process, but it can’t be done overnight.”

And while there may be differences in opinion on America’s performance in the World Cup, the commonality seems to be South America’s dominance thus far in the tournament. Regardless of the United States’ early exit, many students will continue to follow the World Cup and both Pellissier and Yohe named Argentina as their favorites.

“Despite our exit, I will keep watching the World Cup. It’s still a very exciting tournament,” Pellissier said. “If I had to choose a champion, I’d pick Argentina.”

TuEsdAy, junE 29, 2010 a safety, most notably the 2009 game against Mississippi State when Jones returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown and helped stop the Bulldogs during a goalline stand in the final minutes.

On the diamond, Jones played in 27 games, including the third game of the national

championship series when he pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings against Texas.

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LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell goes for a bucket Dec. 19 during a game against Rice in the PMAC. The Tigers won, 65-61.

“He’s talented enough to play quarterback and pitch for LSU,” Reyes said. “He’s somebody that can balance the two.”

Lee was the only quarterback in LSU’s 2010 recruiting class.

Shepard, who has now moved to wide receiver, and Chris Garrett from Tupelo, Miss., were signed as quarterback in the 2009 class.

“It’s unrealistic for him to come in and compete for the starting spot.” Nadeau said. “[Junior quarterback] Jordan Jefferson’s going to be given every opportunity possible.”

Nadeau said Lee would see more time on the mound of Alex Box Stadium early in his career.

“It would be a bigger shot in the arm to Paul Mainieri,” Nadeau said. “He has a lot more to gain immediately than Les Miles does.”

Dixon said Lee has started off strong in limited football practices this summer in Baton Rouge.

“From what I hear, he is

impressing the coaches,” Dixon said.

Reyes knows what LSU will be losing if Lee signs a deal with the Dodgers.

“LSU better really pray he doesn’t sign a baseball contract,” Reyes said. “He can be a big part of what they do for the next four years.”

Reyes said Lee’s best attributes are his short-term memory and potential to grow from his 200-pound frame.

Off the field, Reyes said Lee, who had a 4.8 GPA at McKinney, is down to Earth and humble among all the hype surrounding him.

“He’s a yes sir, no sir kind of guy,” Reyes said. “Zach is as fine of a young man as you’re going to meet.”

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TuEsdAy, junE 29, 2010 MOORHOUSE, from page 1

came to the University in 1985, when she was hired as interim assistant director of bands. In 1986, she was named assistant director of bands and in 1999 promoted to associate director of bands.

Moorhouse’s name has been synonymous with Tiger Band since then, having served as the primary instructor since 1995.

MOVING ON Moorhouse’s decision to accept the Illinois offer arrives slightly more than two months after the University announced her appointment as director of Tiger Band.

Moorhouse said she received a comparatively better offer from Illinois.

“When you compare the salaries of the two jobs, they’re very similar,” she said. “But the jobs are very different.”

The Illinois position will find Moorhouse continuing to conduct a wind ensemble, as well as teach conducting, but she will no longer have the duty of running a marching band, which includes teaching the music, choreographing drill formations and overseeing the Golden Girls and Colorguard.

“The artistic side of what I do here is what I’ll be doing up in Il-

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These daily tests are conducted on local, state and federal levels, with experts conducting sensory analysis at a NOAA lab in Pascagoula, Miss., while chemical analysis is taking place in Washington state.

“These agencies are all sort of functioning in their own capacities,” Reames said. “We monitored these issues before the spill, and now it’s just increased efforts.”

Reames said these agencies monitor harvesting waters, make precautionary closures, test seafood meat and issue public advisories.

Bill Pizzolato, co-owner of Tony’s Seafood Market and Deli on Plank Road, said he hasn’t stocked oysters in three weeks because his suppliers don’t have open beds to harvest. Though Tony’s stocks fresh crabs and crawfish, the shrimp for sale there was all frozen before the spill took its toll on the fisheries.

The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board estimates the “current tonnage of shrimp coming into Louisiana coastal ports for first sale is only one-third of the 2009 harvest” mainly because of closed fishing areas.

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Brian requires a special medivac plane to return home, which will cost around $300,000 dollars. The Murphy’s insurance won’t cover the cost of the plane, so local businesses have arranged fundraisers to help the family with the bills.

Another Broken Egg Cafe in Lafayette donated 10 percent of profits on June 23 to the Murphy Family Support Fund.

Jake Alleman, the restaurant’s manager, said the fundraiser was a huge success and raised $4,400 dollars. The restaurant had one of its best business days ever and served almost 700 people.

linois,” she said. “I’m not sure I could go and put everything I’ve put in Tiger Band and do that again.

That’s 25 years of my life here.”

The promotion to associate professor and director of Tiger Band came in addition to tenure, a 4-percent raise and a fixed $3,200 fiscal year-based increase, according to Dawn Arevalo, business manager for the College of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Moorhouse said the opportunities for professional growth and enrichment at Illinois outweigh the tenure offered to her by the University.

“I will go there with an opportunity to be able to give insight into the future of the band program, and I wasn’t necessarily afforded those same opportunities here,” she said.

The offer from Illinois presents Moorhouse with a two-year visiting associate professor of music position and the opportunity to serve as assistant director of bands, according to UI’s website.

“She was aware that the administration here wanted to go in a different direction with the band leadership,” said Frank Wickes, retiring director of bands, in an email to The Daily Reveille. “What she was offered [by LSU] barely eclipsed the offer from Illinois.”

Roy King, assistant director

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LOOKING BACK While Moorhouse’s resignation may signal the end of her march down Victory Hill, her legacy will not be quickly forgotten.

“Through watching her teach, she’s very driven and very goaloriented,” said Patrick Mongrue, psychology sophomore and Tiger Band trumpet player. “She knows what she wants, and she knows what she expects out of us, and she wants us to know what to expect from her.”

Moorhouse said part of her love for the band program comes from the “undying love” students and fans have for the University’s signature music.

“Not all college students think that their band is special,” Moorhouse said. “Here, students join the band after saying they’ve wanted to join since they were four years old. When you have a number of people interested in the program that way, you’re going to continue to be successful.”

Moorhouse — who said she still gets chills during the band’s march down Victory Hill — said

Pizzolato said seafood supply is noticeably harder to find — some of his suppliers have left the seafood industry to find temporary work in oil spill response efforts, and others are unable to work because of precautionary closures to their harvesting grounds.

“We’ve got enough supply in the cold storage to last us,” Pizzolato said. “Some of the items we have to buy may go up 30 to 50 percent higher than it was last year. We’re just praying and hoping once they get that well capped, all of this well get back to normal again.”

But Anderson didn’t share Pizzolato’s optimism for the seafood industry to quickly bounce back.

“Right now it’s fine,” Anderson said. “But a year from now I don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s going to be long term before we really start feeling it. It could be a year or two before we realize what type of pollution problems there are and how bad the breeding grounds are messed up. But for the most part, I think we’ll be OK.” The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, in cooperation with eight celebrity chefs including John Folse, gathered in

Grand Isle Monday “to show their united support of Louisiana’s fishermen and seafood suppliers.” The chefs talked to the public about the importance of Louisiana seafood to their businesses, toured oil-tainted waters, raised money for charities and cooked seafood dishes for a luncheon.

“No one will come eat at these great restaurants on the coast, and the worst thing of all, nobody is talking about all the great fish and shellfish we are about to lose forever,” Chef Charles Carroll said in a news release. “This man-made disaster has changed our world and will soon change the way we eat. We all need to pay attention.”

Reames said the most common contaminants found in seafood exposed to oil spills are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, which are found throughout the environment naturally. Though there are no set guidelines for limits of PAH exposure in seafood, experiences in previous spills have given experts a comparison for safety, and there have been no recorded illnesses because of PAH exposure at normal levels in food.

NOAA scientists, working

“The community here really embraced the family and tried to come together and raise as much money as possible,” Alleman said.

“I’m hearing all over the radio that other restaurants are doing this now. It seems like it’s really taking off.”

Corner Bar of Lafayette held a support fundraiser on June 26, which Carbo said raised over $6,000 through donations and the selling of “Murphy” wristbands.

The wristbands said “Peace, Love, and Soccer” on one side and “Murphys” on the other.

Sarah Prejean, a schoolmate of Kellie’s, said the St. Thomas More community — where the siblings went to school — and the Lafayette

community is very tight-knit.

“It’s kind of like it’s happened to one of our own,” Prejean said.

Prejean, along with anywhere from five to 25 people, goes to one of the area churches in Lafayette every night to pray for the family.

Support has been building in other cities around Louisiana. In New Orleans, the “Murphy Memorial Match” will be held on July 3rd from 3-7 p.m.

Match organizer Rachel Riser said she scheduled three games due to overwhelming interest.

“The idea of doing a benefit tournament was pretty quick to the forefront,” Riser said. “Several of the girls that played in the league with Nicole came together to think

PAGE 11 some of her favorite moments while leading Tiger Band have stemmed from the band’s interaction with the students.

Moorhouse brought about the student section’s second and third down cheers during her time at the University and led the band during the BCS national championship games in 2003 and 2007.

“After 9/11, when the band played ‘Amazing Grace,’ you could hear a pin drop in the stadium,” she said. “I’ll never forget that evening. It’s the only time Tiger Band has removed their hats during a performance.”

REFLECTIONS As Moorhouse makes the final steps to close the chapter on her career at the University, her colleagues have expressed disappointment in seeing her go.

“Dr. Moorhouse’s signature is all over Tiger Band,” said Cassidy — who has worked with her for 22 years — in an email to The Daily Reveille. “There is no one at LSU who works any harder or longer hours than she does to [ensure] the students are successful as performers, conductors and teachers.”

Cassidy said Moorhouse’s legacy will not falter in her absence from the University.

“The group operates like a

well-oiled machine that, to a large degree, transcends any individual part,” she said. “The School of Music is committed to making sure Mr. King … has all the support necessary to continue the fine traditions for which Tiger Band is known.”

Wickes praised Moorhouse for the positive transformation she bestowed upon the marching band.

“Her work ethic is the best I have seen in my 51 years of teaching,“ Wickes said. “She changed the band … to an organization in which the students took ownership of the program. The program then increased in size and in spirit, which in turn infused even more pride in the organization.”

Moorhouse said the students and staff involved with the band will continue to inflict that sense of pride she worked to developed throughout her career with Tiger Band.

“The students in the program are so very proud of their association with Tiger Band and will do their utmost to continue the traditions of excellence,” she said.

“Next year’s staff will be first-rate, too.”

Contact Matthew Jacobs at mjacobs@lsureveille.com

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A Thai customer grabs local shrimp Monday in Bangkok. U.S. seafood suppliers are looking to Asian suppliers to fill the gap created by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

with researchers from LSU and the Mote Marine Laboratory, are testing samples from 60 sites on the Gulf Coast for 120 chemical and microbial contaminants, including 60 oilrelated compounds. Once oil reaches the sites from which samples were taken, new data will be collected to “determine any pre-existing level and type of contamination and identify any change in contamination that might be linked to the spill,”

according to NOAA. “We’re hoping for the best that there are adequate supplies and that new waters open,” Reames said. “I hope we can keep Louisiana seafood marketable in the amounts produced that will provide for us and for the rest of the country and the world.”

of things we could do to help her family.”

The Fleur De Lis Boutique, a Pineville based company, has committed to donating the proceeds from one of its shirts to the family’s fund.

LSU soccer coach Brian Lee said the Louisiana soccer community as a whole has been trying to step in and do as much as it can.

“There’s a lot of ideas bouncing around between a lot of people,” Lee said. “LSU is trying to study how we can help within NCAA rules.”

Lee said the tremendous support for the family is no surprise to him.

“They’re just a wonder-

ful, wholesome, honest group of people,” Lee said. “It’s as close a family as we’ve had in the program since we’ve been at LSU. All the kids are really tight and they’re the best of friends.”

Upcoming events include fundraisers at Charley G’s in Lafayette on Tuesday and Zues, Agave Cantina and Collage Cafe in Lafayette on Wednesday.

Home Bank has set up an account (#2057873802), which can be donated to in person at the Lafayette and Baton Rouge locations, or electronically by calling 337261-9440.

Contact Nicholas Persac at npersac@lsureveille.com

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Cali motorists may soon become mobile ad space

Have you ever driven west down Interstate-12 at night?

Since my parents live right off of Millerville Road, itÕ s a usual drive for me heading back to campus after a visit at home.

Driving home in the dark, something always seems to catch my eye Ñ well, catches both of my eyes and partially blinds me for an instant.

For those who donÕ t regularly drive down I-12 toward campus at night, IÕ m speaking of the large electronic billboard right before the Drusilla/Jefferson exit.

The thing is extremely bright when it flashes certain ads. I don’t know how they are legally allowed to be displayed when they are such a distraction to drivers.

Now picture this billboard, but imagine it on the back of every car on the highway.

Sounds like a big distraction, huh? Well, it seems like California is a big fan of distracting drivers then.

The California Legislature

is considering a bill to begin research replacing traditional metal license plates with shiny new digital versions.

Democratic state Senator Curren Price, the billÕ s author, believes the Golden State would be the first in the nation to use digital plates if a go-ahead is eventually authorized.

The way the plates work is somewhat simple in concept.

While the driverÕ s vehicle is in motion, the plate would display the traditional license number as usual. However, once the vehicle is stopped for more than four seconds, whether at a light or in traffic, it would begin flashing digital ads or other messages with the license number still displayed somewhere on the screen.

The plates could also be used in case of emergencies Ð broadcasting Amber alerts or displaying traffic information, for example.

Drivers may also customize their plate with personal messages or show support for their favorite

sports team (insert USC suspension joke here).

Price believes this new form of ad revenue would help pull California out of its $19 billion defecit.

IÕ m all for advancing technology and movAdAm Arinder ing things into a more advanced Columnist age, but not at the expense of making my truck a moving billboard for a company I may not even support.

DonÕ t forget what hackers will be able to do with this thing.

Sure, the government can say all it wants about it being Ò hack proofÓ and claiming no one will be able to crack it, but if something is out there, there is always someone out there who can hack it.

It just reminds me of last December when hackers took control of digital construction road signs

in Texas, changing them to read “ZOMBIES IN AREA! RUN!” and “CAUTION! ZOMBIES! AHEAD!!!”

Plus, like I mentioned earlier, there is the talk of distractions.

California was a big proponent of hands-free driving and outlawing cell phones to distract drivers. So instead, theyÕ ll just put bright advertisement plates on cars instead.

It seems a bit hypocritical to me. But as long as it makes the state money, it must be OK. With the plate being electronic, another concern is how it will be powered. Sure, it could easily be tied into the carÕ s existing battery, but what happens if my car battery is drained because of the plate?

Will the Government issue me a new battery? Most likely not.

Also, for cars already on the roads today, it would take a lot of man power and money to retrofit existing cars with these new plates.

And letÕ s not even bring up

what happens during malfunctions or even theft. Who will cover the cost for that?

It seems like this will only drive California into a bigger deficit, rather than help pull the state out of its current debt.

Since advertisers would contact the DMV directly, people driving around with Luke WilsonÕ s smug face on their car would see no money from AT&T at all. It would all go to the state.

I donÕ t like the idea of being a mobile advertisement for a company and seeing no profit it from it myself.

This just seems like some half-baked, rushed idea to make a quick buck and will hopefully be shot down by the Governator.

But if not, we can expect more wrecks and more horrible advertisements from Progressive and Enzyte.

Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com

L’IL BITS

The oil spill is a lame excuse for bad cell phone service At one time or another, we considering the average wait time have all had to deal with bad cell for a Sprint customer service call phone service. Whether you ex- is more than 20 minutes. The perienced dropped calls or text customer service messages or had problems with representative I bad customer service, it is now spoke with was just another problem we have to trying to be helpdeal with. ful, for the sake Last week, I dealt with this of his job, but first hand. One morning, I went the best explato make a phone call, and it nation he could didnÕ t go through. I didnÕ t think give me was Ò an too much about it and decided BrittAny dAvis influx of recent Columnist to send a text message instead, activity in the which did go through.

South.Ó Once I got to work, I realized Then I asked him what this that my text messages and emails recent activity was and his reahad also stopped. I thought maybe soning was that, because of the a tower was down or my service oil spill, there were more people provider was doing maintenance, down here and therefore more so I figured I would give it a little people on the networks. Really, while before I really freaked out. the oil spill?

By noon, I still didnÕ t have any ThatÕ s why my phone comservice. pletely stopped working for eight My family has been with hours?

Sprint for more than 10 years Sprint, I know many comand whenever there is a problem, panies have blamed BP for one my mom is usually the first one reason or another, but you canÕ t to call and complain. So taking blame your lousy cell phone sera cue from her, I decided to call vice on them. IÕ m not buying it.

Sprint to see what the problem For the past two years, Conwas. sumer Reports has ranked Sprint I was on hold for about 10 last in its Annual Survey of Cell minutes, which is surprising Phone Service. The biggest

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complaint customers have about Sprint is bad customer service.

T-Mobile was ranked first in customer service and many customers have said it offers more services for your money than other companies.

Consumer Reports calculates the responses of more than 50,000 readers across the country to determine the final ranking. They ask readers which cell phone service provider they feel has the least static, dropped calls and lack of service. It does not consider regional variations, which may alter the final outcome of the survey because some service providers offer more coverage in some regions of the country and not others.

J. D. Power & Associates conducts an annual Wireless Contract Regional Customer Satisfaction Index Study, which is similar to the Consumer Reports survey, but it also focuses on location. T- Mobile ranked the highest in the Southwest Region, and Alltel was the highest in the Southeast. Verizon ranked highest in all other regions, while Sprint received the lowest overall ranking in each region.

So, clearly, I should have expected bad service. Out of all the polls and surveys, not one report stated anything in SprintÕ s favor.

Overall, T-Mobile seemed to land within the top three on every poll or survey throughout the country.

But here, I find myself in a predicament. I just signed my contract at Sprint for another two years. So it looks like IÕ ll be

dealing with bad phone reception and service for a little while longer.

Maybe by the time they fix the oil spill, Sprint will have better service, but thatÕ s just wishful thinking.

Contact Brittany Davis at bdavis@lsureveille.com

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Ò I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.Ó

Douglas Ma cArthur American general Jan. 26, 1880 — April 5, 1960

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obama’s recent drop in approval ratings is unjustified

Once again southeastern Louisiana finds itself amongst national debate. The oil spill, now in its 71st day of destruction, has brought the Gulf Coast back into the nation’s political limelight, just as Hurricane Katrina did in 2005.

In the aftermath of the oil spill, President Barack Obama has seen his approval ratings hit an all time low, with a paltry 46 percent of the country satisfied.

The easiest thing to compare Obama’s current approval rating situation to is the Exxon oil spill of Valdez, Alaska, in 1989.

George Bush Sr. had just begun his term in the office when the Exxon-Valdez oil spill occurred.

Unlike the current BP oil spill, the elder Bush was virtually untouched by media scrutiny.

There weren’t have political pundits questioning the president’s every move and debating whether

he was showing enough emotion about the oil spill.

Instead the focus and hate was showered upon Exxon, which was portrayed as an evil money-hungry corporation that wanted to kill all the whales in Alaska. Obviously, BP also has had its fair share of backlash for this whole catastrophe.

But why has Obama caught so much heat for this incident — an incident which no petroleum engineers, no oceanic and environmental consultants and no political figures have the full, correct answer to?

The American public needs to point its finger at somebody — and apparently the fourth biggest corporation in the world (a foreign one at that) just isn’t enough.

Yes, Obama did halt further oil drilling. He put some people’s jobs on hold. That was simply a safety

measure, considering what the turmoil in the Gulf is right now.

He also proposed more oil drilling in the Gulf before the BP spill occurred.

How was he supposed to know the nation’s worst environmental disaster Cory Cox was to unfold Columnist weeks later?

The president has also taken the necessary steps toward recovery. He has come down and observed the site of the actual oil spill, something Bush never did with Exxon-Valdez. He has met with local leaders and BP officials.

He made a primetime television appearance to the nation addressing the matter.

Yet the haters are still going

to find something. Obama’s timing and supposed lack of swift action seems to be their weapon of choice. Alas, we once again have to remind ourselves that no one has the answer to fix the spill.

Would Obama coming out immediately after the spill and declaring his statement (which I admittedly thought was rather rash), that he couldn’t “go down there and plug it up himself,” silence his opposition?

Probably not. No matter what decision he made, people were going to resent it.

The conservative public has been ready to tear Obama apart long before he was even voted into office. Think back to the election months of 2008 when Obama and his family suffered death threats by numerous hate groups. White supremacists vowed the re was no way in he ll tha t an

African-American could successfully lead the country — over their dead, redneck bodies.

On a more personal, collegiate level, I’m sure we all remember reading several status updates on Facebook by people declaring they were leaving the country and moving to Canada or something. Yeah, hit the highway and abandon the country before the supposed spawn of Satan takes an oath. What a great idea. I wish those unpatriotic idiots had left.

And hating something or someone isn’t really going to get you anywhere. Especially your nation’s leader in a time of crisis like this oil spill, when you and no one else for that matter knows the answer to that crisis.

Contact Cory Cox at ccox@lsureveille.com

FanninG tHE FLamEs

McChrystal’s only sin was speaking on the record Well, there is no joy in Mud- crew had set themselves on the ville these days — for reasons fast track to termination by the same people they like a sluggish economy and manridiculed at parmade oil spill calamity, among ties and told their others — but especially since interviewer they the Afghan war general, Stan all loathed.

McChrystal, has struck out.

It was a Yes, our head man on the foolhardy move, front lines of the United States’ but McChrystal longest running war — longer and his aides did even than the abominable conflict in Vietnam — was promptly re- Trevor Fanning not realize their Columnist peril until it was manded and then removed from too late. his post last Wednesday by PresiAll the horrible things they dent Obama. General McChrystal’s unfortunate misdemeanors had said “off the record” in front in France and abroad before a of this goofball reporter in Paris drooling media presence earned were suddenly appearing in print him a pink slip from the executive and making the top command look like a gang of cruel loons. By branch.

The big fuss was over a string Tuesday, it was common knowlof pejorative cracks that the gen- edge among all the press wizards eral had made about Joe Biden and heavy gamblers in Washingand some other senior officials at ton that the insubordinate general a dinner table in Paris — which is and his surly aides were doomed.

The White House replaced perfectly acceptable, under norhim with the old warhorse Dave mal circumstances.

But the crew made the fatal Petraeus, the only person who can error of permitting some goony still excite Senator McCain at his journalist from Rolling Stone to advanced age. Since General Pesit in on their charades — which traeus was one of the early propowas a poor idea, I think, given nents of the “counterinsurgency” the kind of biased and amateurish tactics the administration is so swill that dishrag of a publication adamant about, and now experiis liable to churn out on the sub- menting with in Iraq, the transition should be run of the mill. At ject matter.

It started out innocently least it is not the hellstorm the enough. The jig went down when cabinet would have set off by forthe press disclosed some choice mally ceding control of the Navy language by McChrystal and the over to Dennis Kucinich.

President Obama was natuboys that was supposed to have been said before their good jour- rally displeased with the content nalist friend, Michael Hastings, of Rolling Stones’ article after “in confidence.” But of course, the reading an early release of “The whole non-disclosure agreement Runaway General’s” acrimonious comments about his civilian supewas a lark from the beginning.

After yucking it up with riors. Political dissent is OK, but the boys from Afghanistan, and a published transcript of godawful spouting a bunch of crude drivel locker-room talk from senior miliin front of some geek of a Roll- tary officials is a spectacle that ing Stone profiler, the McChrystal shames the entire Armed Forces.

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So it’s easy to see why the president would be peeved over his general’s lewd behavior.

Indeed, there is not much Mr. Obama is happy about these days.

There is no real room in the high command of the most powerful military in the world for profanity and casual dinner talk of sedition.

And when your Commanderin-Chief is a hardline president like Obama, it is best not to undermine the administration and wreck morale for the sake of negative publicity and some more cheap pulp for Rolling Stone to send to the presses for their July issue.

In truth, there are probably a lot crazier and more mutinous opinions about the administration

interspersed throughout the ranks of the Armed Forces, but most sergeants — and even bottom-ofthe-rung grunts — have the discretion to keep their rancid fantasies of U.S. imperialism and international fascism to themselves.

In retrospect, the McChrystal deal is not the worst thing that could have happened; Harry Truman had to sack his best general in the Korean War after the field marshal brazenly defied orders and exhibited a public contempt for the office of the presidency that would have shamed Richard Nixon. By that time, MacArthur was far gone in the terminal stages of bloodlust, and was ready for a full-scale invasion and nuclear war with China. It was clear to

Truman and others at this point that the general was stark crazy and had to go.

And so, he was fired - General Douglas MacArthur, gone out with a bang - and a spectacular bombshell raving before Congress that high school U.S. history teachers now call the “Old Soldiers Never Die” speech.

Yes, old soldiers never die, they just fade away ... and now, like that old soldier from the proud barracks ballad, Stanley McChrystal, too, will just fade away.

Contact Trevor Fanning at tfanning@lsureveille.com

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4BR/3BA HOUSE 356 Stoney Creek Avenue in Highland Creek s/d; $1500mo. 985.705.5635 WALk TO CAMPUS 3328 Wyoming 2BR duplex $650 W/D incl.815 W. Roosevelt $550 1BR studios $395 225.388.9858 CARLOTTA/ E. STATE/ IVANHOE walk to class.

1 and 2 bedroom units $350-$495 call Eric 225-588-3039

L S U Walk to Campus -pool- 2BR all appls. inc w/ d $695 1BR $495 Studio inc ul’s $445.

2BR near BRCC $595. 766-5511

1376 W. Chimes St., 3 bdrm, 2 bath house, washer/dryer hookups, kit. appli. furn. walking distance LSU 225.964.1000

FOR RENT BRIGHTSIDE DR. 2BR, 2 Bath twnhse, covered carport, carpeted Brs, f/ p, c/ f, , mic, fenced backyard, lots storage. $1300. 337.244.1462

1464 SHARLO 3 Bedroom 2.5 Bath Townhome $1100/mth $600 dep. fenced patio, w/d 9556480 southlandpropertiesinc.com

2 BEDROOM 1. 5 bath apt. on Nicholson dr. $400 deposit. $650 per month. (225)7687093 TIGER MANOR CONDOMINIUMS. UNITS READY FOR SPRING and FALL 2010! Reserve Now! Brand new 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available. Reserve your unit today! Walk to class! 3000 July St. 225-346-5055. www.tigermanor.com Location. Location. Location... Start Living.

HIGHLAND ROAD HOUSES 3 br 2 ba available Aug 1st. 225.769.1079 ACADIAN @ CLAYCUT Lots of space!

3BR/2BA 1650 square feet A Must See! $900/mo Available Now 225.297.7888 $AVE $ WALk TO LSU! LGE 1 BR APT 769-7757 / 266 -8666 / 278-6392 3 BEDROOM CONDOS 5252 Brightside View. washer/dryer $1200/mth $600 dep. 5883070 southlandpropertiesinc.com HARWICH HOUSE FOR RENT 3 bd / 2ba $1350 / mo $1000 dep; All appliances stay; Avail July 1st - Call: 225.806.1437

BURBANk COMMONS leases 4-bd/2-ba fullyfurnished units. Individual leases, roommate matching available, low rates, on LSU bus route, great amenities! 225.757.5585 LSU 1 BEDROOMS 1984 Brightside # 219 $650 gated, on bus rt. pool 588-3070 LARGE 1-BR (650 sq. ft.) $500 and 2-br (1170 sq ft.) $700 in small quiet complex perfect for serious students. Walk, cycle, or take the LSU bus to class, shopping. On-site manager, reserved parking, video surveillence security.

757-8175. Apply online at http://riverroadapartments.tripod.com 2BD/1.5BA CONDO Brightside. All appl, W/D, refinished tub, private patio, end unit. $915/ mo 225.772.3283 1324 HARWICH 3 BR 2 Bath House. carport, w/d, wood floors 955-6480 1BR/1BA FOR LEASE $495/mo on LSu Bus Route. 4647 Earl Gros #6 & 7 Dep. $400 1st months rent 1/2 off. call keyfinders Realty for more info or visit www.keyfindersBR.com 225.293.3000 BURGIN APARTMENTS 1br/1ba, w/s included, w/d on site. $589/mo, $400dep. 175 Burgin Ave, Highland and Lee. 225.252.3163

LSU TIGERLAND 1/2 Off 1st Month! 1&2 Bd, Pool, w/ f, Pd Water, Sewer and Gabage $425 to $650 225.615.8521 LSU TIGERLAND SPECIAL Lg Studios 1&2 BR TH &Flat Pool, w/f, $450 to $695 225.615.8521

Roommate Wanted FEM. ROOMATES-NICHOLSON Lakes, Beautiful 3bedrms $450mo. util. partially furnished, no pets 504.717.5188 FEMALE ROOMATE NEEDED to share 3BR/2Bath condo, on LSU bus route, $500+utilities/mo. Call Heather 337.780.9159 or 225.767.8830 LUxURY CONDO FOR RENT Seeking tenants for 2BR/2.5B condo in Lake Beau Pre’.

Only $550 plus utilities!

Gated Community featuring luxury pool/ jacuzzi, game room, tennis courts, media room, gym, and only 2 miles from LSU. Email bbrow22@gmail.com for more details FEMALE ROOMMATE Brightside Estates - Share apt w/vet student. W/D, Cable/utilities paid. $500/month. Serious inquiries. Prefer student.

No drugs, no pets. On LSU bus route. Call 225.588.9409

ROOMMATE NEEDED

Male grad seeking roommate to share 2BR/2.5B Lake Beau Pre Condo Only $575 ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED!!

Gated, Pool, Gym, Tennis Court 225.247.0567 ROOMATE WANTED 3BR 2.5Bath HUGE corner townhouse in Heatherstone off Brightside Dr, fully furnished common areas, pool access, all utilities included $600/ month. 443-928-4112 or LPeter1@students.towson.edu.

FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED! Roommate needed to move in August 1. Apartment within walking distance of LSU. Rent $475/month (includes cable and water) plus half of utilities (Internet and electricity). 225.315.2652

Miscellaneous FIELD TECHNICIAN/ Environmental Emergency Response Technician/ Manager.

ENTRIx, Inc. has opportunities for staff at all levels in the Houma, LA area to assist with efforts to characterize, evaluate and manage environmental and natural resource assets at risk and the liabilities associated with various environmental hazards.

We are searching for environmental and natural resource staff with experience in: ï coastal wetland and marine ecology; ï marine and estuarine sciences and biology; ï bird surveying and avian identification

PAGE 15 ï environmental toxicology and environmental risk assessment; ï environmental chemistry and marine or estuarine water and sediment quality assessment; ï environmental economics or survey research ï data management and analysis of biological, chemical and physical data and meta-data; ï oil spill impact assessment and coastal restoration ecology; and ï the Gulf region and the coastline from Texas to Florida.

Opportunities exist for highly motivated and dedicated junior to senior level staff for both marine and coastal chemical hazard and damage assessments and limited emergency response, as well as administrative and logistical support for clients. Assignments may involve both short-term, temporary; long-term, project and regular full-time or part-time opportunities for onsite field and office support and will require specialized training, certifications and experience, including HAZWOPER training or its equivalent, current First Aid and CPR training, drug testing clearance, and in some cases security clearance. While these opportunities require that you be able and willing to work for extended periods of time, often with extremely short notice and in sometimes harsh conditions, each ENTRIx employee will be afforded a safe work environment even amidst a highly stressful, highly demanding environment.

Compensation and opportunities for overtime and bonus benefits, depend on experience and expertise, position requirements and job classification. ENTRIx will reimburse for training and certifications and all on-site, project related expenses, including travel to and from the site, lodging and per diem in accordance with ENTRIx expense reimbursement policies. Salaried positions are eligible to participate in standard ENTRIx medical and 401(k) plans.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the U. S. without company sponsorship.

ENTRIx is and Equal Opportunity Employer. (www.entrix.com) 925.988.1256 AVIAN BIOLOGISTS ENTRIx is seeking Avian Biologists to work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished biologists, chemists, economists, geologists, GIS technicians, and planners on a resource assessment in the Gulf of Mexico region (home office location is negotiable).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 1. Developing survey and impact assessment plans; 2. Coordinating, supervising, and participating in bird survey and assessment programs; 3. Reviewing and assessing survey data; 4. Preparing reports associated with surveys conducted; and 5. Preparing reports describing the assessment of impacts and recommended measures for resource recovery.

Skills Basic Qualifications: 1. Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on avians, with an M. S. or Ph. D. preferred.

2. Must have strong visual identification skills, with emphasis on coastal species; identification by vocalization is a plus) 3. Experience participating on or planning avian surveys, with NRDA experience a plus 4. Experience using survey data in an assessment of impacts 5. Experience using statistical models in assessing impacts 6. Experience writing reports on research

conducted 7. Excellent oral and written communication skills 8. Must be authorized to work in U. S. without company sponsorship 9. Must be willing to work long hours, including some weekends.

Desired Qualifications: 1. Experience working in the Gulf of Mexico.

2. knowledge of or experience conducting NRDA work.

3. Ten or more years of relevant professional experience 4. Willingness to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team 5. Positive and energetic attitude 6. Self motivated; strong initiative 7. Detail oriented and resourceful ENTRIx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ( www.entrix.com) 925.988.1256 MARINE SCIENTISTS ENTRIx is seeking Marine Biologists, Marine Fisheries Biologists, Marine Fish Ecologists, Marine Scientists, and Marine Mammal Scientists to work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished biologists, chemists, economists, geologists, GIS technicians, and planners on a resource assessment in the Gulf of Mexico (home office location is negotiable).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 1. Develop sampling and assessment programs; 2. Coordinate, supervise, and participate in sampling and assessment programs; 3. Review and assess lab analyses of sampled media, including water, sediments, and tissue samples; 4. Prepare reports associated with field and lab work conducted; and 5. Prepare reports describing the assessment of injuries for affected resources and recommended measures for restoration of those injured resources.

Basic Qualifications: 1. Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a marinerelated field, with an M. S. or Ph. D. preferred.

2. Experience planning or participating on marine sampling projects, with NRDA experience a plus.

3. Experience using lab analyses of various media sampled in an assessment of injuries.

4. Experience using statistical models in assessing injuries.

5. Experience writing reports on research conducted 6. Excellent oral and written communication skills 7. Must be authorized to work in U. S. without company sponsorship 8. Must be willing to work a flexible schedule, including weekends.

Desired Qualifications: 1. Experience with cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea turtles, or coral.

2. Experience working in the Gulf of Mexico.

3. knowledge of or experience in conducting NRDA work.

4. Ten or more years of relevant professional experience 5. Willingness to work as a part of a multidisciplinary team 6. Positive and energetic attitude 7. Self motivated; strong initiative 8. Detail oriented and resourceful ENTRIx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. (www.entrix.com) 925.988.1256

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