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Football: Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones confident about Bulldog win, p. 7
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East vs. West
OBITUARY
Former System president dies Brian Sibille Staff Writer
LSU to play Georgia on Saturday for SEC title
The LSU football team entered CowWhen asked if a team should be alboys Stadium 91 days ago and started lowed to play in the national championwhat has since become one of the most ship game without winning their confersuccessful seasons in Tience, LSU coach Les Michael Gegenheimer ger football history. Miles replied, “No comLSU now travels to ment.” Sports Contributor Atlanta in hopes of ex“If we want to make tending the school’s first undefeated sea- it to the national championship, we first son since 1958, when LSU coach Paul Di- have to win the West and then the SEC,” etzel led the Bayou Bengals to the team’s said LSU sophomore safety Eric Reid. first national championship. “We got step one done, and now we’re The No. 1 Tigers will take on No. 14 looking forward to step two.” Georgia in the Southeastern Conference The Tigers have won all 12 games Championship Game at 3 p.m. Saturday. this season by a combined score of 458If the Tigers win, they will have 127, earning LSU a No. 1 ranking for a earned a trip to the national championship school-record ninth consecutive game. to play what many analysts believe will be a rematch with Alabama. SEC, see page 6 EMILY SLACK / The Daily Reveille
LSU junior wide receiver Russell Shepard (10) celebrates a touchdown against Arkansas on Nov. 25 with senior offensive guard Will Blackwell (60) and sophomore running back Spencer Ware (11).
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 14 Georgia Watch on CBS at 3 p.m.
Former LSU System President Allen Copping, who is credited with advancing LSU’s medical schools and playing a major role in the opening of the Pennington Biomedical COPPING Research Center, died at his home Thursday following a long-term illness. Copping, 84, was appointed System president in 1985 and served the University for 14 years, according to an LSU System news release. One of Copping’s most notable contributions was securing a $125 million donation from C.B. “Doc” Pennington that funded the establishment of the research center named after Pennington. Copping met with the Baton Rouge oil tycoon in 1985 to discuss a donation, resulting in Pennington’s promise to donate, the COPPING, see page 6
CAMPUS LIFE
Finals week developing reputation as unpredictable time Flag burning, ‘Pizza Girl’ make headlines Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
After hours of poring over notes, textbooks and quizzes, the bloodshot eyes of University students have widened at the finals week madness that’s accompanied their exams in the past couple of semesters. The University garnered national attention for spontaneous events that happened on campus during finals week in the past year, such as a viral YouTube video titled “Girl freaks out about pizza” from one year ago and a graduate student
announcing his plans to burn an American flag on the Parade Ground during the finals week of the spring semester. The viral YouTube video, which now has more than 1 million views, featured Sara Reed, a general studies junior at the time, complaining about the way the workers at the Papa John’s at Outtakes were preparing her pizza and reacting violently to laughing bystanders. Reed earned the nickname “Pizza Girl” from the widespread viewership of the video and was featured on CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s “The RidicuList,” as well as websites like Perez Hilton and Comedy Central, among others. Reed, who declined to comment for this story, told The Daily Reveille
in December 2010 that the incident caused her stress and unwarranted attacks by students. “My family and I have been verbally harassed with vicious remarks and unfounded accusations, and I have been followed several times by students trying to take pictures,” Reed said last year. Dean of Students K.C. White said students should be sensitive to the circumstances of others during the high-stress week. “Be kind to yourself, but be kind to other people because you just don’t know what kind of stressors are going on in their life,” White said. Animal sciences and technology senior BJ Greenwood said the FINALS, see page 6
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An LSU police car is swarmed May 11 after LSUPD escorted communication studies grad student Benjamin Haas away from a flag-burning protest on the Parade Ground.
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INTERNATIONAL
Nation & World
Clinton meets former prisoner Suu Kyi, lays down reform markers YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton dined Thursday with former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, forcefully underscoring a U.S. challenge to Myanmar’s leaders on her historic visit: The new civilian government must expand recent reforms, including the release of political prisoners, to improve relations as it emerges from A halfcentury of repressive military rule. Clinton called Suu Kyi a personal inspiration, and her meeting with the Nobel peace laureate was a highlight of her visit to Burma.
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Biologists find rare albino among shy Brazil dolphins
Japan’s Prince Hisahito, stands on a board of “go,” a Japanese board game, Oct. 28, during a rehearsal for Fukasogino-gi ceremony at the Akasaka imperial estate in Tokyo.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America. The research group, based at Univille University in Santa Catarina, said Thursday that it was the first recorded instance of an albino in the pontoporia blainvillei species, a very shy type of dolphin that rarely jumps out of the water. It’s known in Brazil as Toninha and in Argentina and Uruguay as the La Plata or Franciscana dolphin.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Thursday the government should study the possibility of allowing women in the royal family to keep their imperial status after marriage. Japanese law requires female members marrying a commoner to officially leave the monarchy. That has palace officials worried because more than a third of Japan’s 23 imperial family members are single women and girls, some approaching marriage age.
Japanese prime minister wants status of royal brides studied
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NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Suit filed after New Mexico teen cuffed for burping in class
Men accused of having dogs attack hog in backyard
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque school principal, a teacher and school police officer. The boy was transported — without his parents being notified — in May after he “burped audibly” in P.E. class and his teacher called a school resource officer to complain he was disrupting her class. The lawsuit also details a separate Nov. 8 incident when the same student was forced to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched as he was accused of selling pot to another student; the boy was never charged. The suit was one of two filed Wednesday by civil rights attorney Shannon Kennedy, who says she has been fighting the district and police for years over the use of force with problem children. She says a review of school and Bernalillo County records shows more than 200 school kids have been handcuffed and arrested in the last three years for nonviolent misdemeanors. New Mexico law prohibits officers and school officials from restraining children younger than 11.
SLIDELL (AP) — Three Slidell residents apparently put a hog they had captured in a man’s backyard to see if three dogs would attack it. Police say 41-year-old Dewayne Menefee claimed his three mastiffs were too afraid to harm the hog, but that didn’t keep him and the others from being cited for cruelty to animals and illegal hog and canine fighting. Also cited were 20-yearold Brian Dorian, 20-year-old Justin Haskins and a 17-year-old boy. Police say a neighbor reported Friday that a group watched the dogs besiege the swine and loudly cheered the action. The hog has since been nursed back to health and returned to its natural habitat. Louisiana taxpayers owed $1.3M in undelivered tax refunds (AP) — Louisiana taxpayers are owed $1.3 million in undelivered tax refunds. The Internal Revenue Service is looking to return the money to the nearly 1,400 Louisiana taxpayers who are due refund checks this year that could not be delivered because of mailing-address errors. The Times Picayune reports the refunds average $965.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senate accomplishes more in less time than last semester
Kate Mabry Staff Writer
Student Government senators have written and debated more legislation this fall in less time than in the previous two semesters. The senators wrote 33 pieces of legislation this semester, while 22 were written last semester. In fall 2010, only seven pieces of legislation were written and presented to the Senate. Of this semester’s legislation, the Senate discussed 13 finance bills, which directly relate to students or to programs that affect students. One of these finance bills includes a bill approved to fund an additional 200 clickers to Middleton Library’s rental collection, which the library received in October. The Senate spent 26 hours gathering in the Capital Chamber during its 12 meetings this fall, a decrease from the 33 hours spent last semester. This semester, twelve hours, or 47 percent, of the time spent in meetings were dedicated to presenting and debating legislation, and 14 hours, or 53 percent, of time was dedicated to meeting procedure. Meeting procedure includes reciting the pledge, roll call, public input from guests, committee reports, caucus reports, final announcements and executive, judicial and legislative office reports. “Senators do a great deal of work in committee meetings and college council meetings, which have minimal procedure time and are almost entirely devoted to student initiatives,” said SG Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel. Caffarel said he believes the Senate’s semester went well, especially taking into account the number of new senators. This group of senators has created a great
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foundation for future leadership in SG, he said. “I didn’t anticipate that we were going to have the number of legislation written that we did,” he said. “The new senators jumped right in and brought in a huge wave of new and fresh ideas coming into Senate.” While the Senate has completed more work in less time than last semester, Caffarel said the Senate’s success should be judged based on output and not time. “I believe that the analysis of Senate’s productivity and work using time is completely inaccurate and misleading,” he said. “We don’t mind being criticized. We want to know what students have to say, but we want to be criticized in a way that actually reflects on what we’ve done.” Caffarel said the extensive times are also a result of accommodating senators and guest speakers who wish to voice their opinions. “The time depends on what we have going on that week,” he said. “We will never compromise the integrity of the process for the sake of saving a few minutes of time.” Caffarel said the Senate managed time within its meetings well this semester, and in order to save time, he implemented procedures including the use of clickers to
record roll and ballot casting. While the Senate experienced some difficulties with the clickers this semester, Caffarel said the Senate staff will be testing out the clickers over the break to ensure they work properly for the spring semester. “The use of clickers will save a few hours of time over the course of the semester,” he said. Caffarel also implemented a procedure that lines up speakers next to the podium during meetings. “This way, we can avoid the awkward, long walk to the podium,” he said. “As silly as it seems, it’s the small things like this that can take up time.” Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com
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The Baton Rouge Police Department released this sketch Thursday of a Hispanic male possibly connected to a rape and an attack on Stanford Avenue near campus in the past week. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact BRPD’s Sex Crimes Division at 225-389-3859 or Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.
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POLITICS
Students share mixed feelings about slew of presidential debates Many find debates needless, premature Clayton Crockett Staff Writer
With fourteen Republican presidential debates passed and many more to come, students remain uncertain as to the pertinence of this debate-heavy election season. Despite ample coverage of the debates by national news sources, many University students don’t feel the debates warrant their attention so early in the election cycle. Political science professor James Garand sees both sides of the argument. “The debates that are being held so early are not being held for the regular voters,” he said. “The nomination process involves the presidential candidates trying to appeal to party elites and activists.” That means the average American won’t be as invested so early on in the race. “Most of the debates are targeted toward the elites — campaign contributors, party activists and also for people who are highly interested in politics and paying attention,” Garand continued. “Most people are not highly interested and paying attention.” Garand said the debates are primarily an effort by the candidates to prove themselves to those who would endorse them, much like an audition. As for the news coverage, he said the attention is much like a behind-the-scenes look for voters into the nuances of the debate process. “The fact that the candidates are appealing to their party base is why a presidential candidate can screw up by making some comment that doesn’t seem like a problem to regular voters but poses a problem to the party elites,” he said. Students are feeling the disconnect. “We need to stop this whole media attention thing,” said biochemistry junior Willow Sells. “It is too early — not that it’ll be much better later.” Sells said she thinks the debates lose focus too often. “They’re soap operas — it’s ridiculous,” she complained. “Anybody involved in those shouldn’t be president.” Sells reserved some hope for Congressman Ron Paul, R-Texas, calling him the most appealing candidate involved. Matt Carr, music performance junior, shares Sells’ sentiment. He agreed that it’s a bit early in the season, but he added that the Republicans “really don’t have anybody popular.” Carr said he mostly hears about the debates from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” “If I want to hear something [about the debates], I’d rather laugh at it,” he said. Carr originally supported Paul
but deemed him unelectable because he isn’t popular enough. Chemistry senior Chris Nelson has watched nearly all of the debates and said tuning in is both necessary and advisable. “The biggest thing I took away was, ‘Go Ron Paul,’” Nelson said. “The more I watched the debates, the bigger a fan I became.” After keeping up with the debates, Nelson sees Herman Cain as unviable, Texas Gov. Rick Perry as a victim to his own blunders and former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich as “a new George W. Bush.” Nelson has nonetheless found the media’s portrayal inaccurate in regards to each candidates’ popularity, shifting public perception of who the most popular candidates are. The University’s College Republicans chapter president William Dunckelman Jr. also advises students to follow the debates more closely. “We’re not far away at all from what will be the Republican nominee being selected,” he said in reference to the coming caucuses. “It’s a big election, the stakes are high and I think people need to be involved and stay on top.” Dunckelman said he believes the debates are shaping the election substantially, specifically regarding Perry’s fallen popularity since he entered the debates and Gingrich’s rise to the top. “I would caution [students] that the election is roughly a year away,” he said.
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DUNKIN’ DONUTS rolling into Baton Rouge
Morgan Searles Staff Writer
‘It’s definitely not too early. You need to be as informed as you can.’
A heap of donuts is on its way to Baton Rouge. Dunkin’ Donuts will open 11 locations in Baton Rouge in the next seven years. Ten locations will also open in Shreveport, and four in New Orleans. The company began in the Northeast area but began national expansion in 2006, gradually moving into the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast, Florida and Mississippi River areas. Locations targeted for development in Louisiana include the following, according to Grant Benson, CFE, vice president of franchising and market planning, Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.
‘It makes me cry when I do [watch the debates].’
• Three Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants will be developed in Baton Rouge by AJP Company. The first location will open in 2012, with the remaining two units to be completed by 2014.
chemistry senior
Willow Sells biochemistry junior
Daniel Colvin, president of College Democrats at the University, agrees with Dunckelman. “I don’t think it’s ever too early for students to be paying attention, and they need to be educated,” he advised. Colvin said there currently isn’t anything of value for the Republican candidates to debate against, but the stances the candidates assume now will be taken into the White House should they succeed.
Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com
• Nice Foods Limited, LLC, plans to open eight Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Baton Rouge. One restaurant will open in 2012 and the remaining seven will open by 2018.
• Southwest Investment Group, LLC, plans to open 10 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Shreveport between 2012 and 2018. • Kenny Bordes and Thomas Hubert will open four Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in New Orleans by 2016.
Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
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Festival of Lights held tonight Downtown BR in holiday spirit
Morgan Searles Staff Writer
‘Tis the season for Baton Rouge snow, lights and a tree to make the cheer grow. The Downtown Festival of Lights will be held tonight from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Shaw Center for the Arts. For more than 25 years, the Festival of Lights has brought holiday cheer to the downtown area. This year will feature a 25foot Christmas tree, half a million lights, six tons of real snow and free ice skating. Davis Rhorer, executive
director of the Downtown Development District, said the festival gives people a taste of Baton Rouge. “It is a culmination of so many of artistic and cultural events that come together on one night to kick off holiday season,” he said. “It’s a great night of fun to share with family and friends.” The events have been moved from the Baton Rouge River Center Plaza to the Shaw Center because of construction. The Christmas tree will be lit around 6 p.m. on Lafayette Street near the old historic water tower, and fireworks will follow. This year, restaurants and businesses will also stay open and host activities and art showings in coordination with the evening’s events. Kansas City Southern Railroad hosts the 11th Annual Holiday
Express in conjunction with the Festival of Lights. The express is a six-car train carrying Santa Claus and his elves. The Capital Area Transit System is offering a free trolley service between the festival and the KCS Station. Other activities include musical performances, Christmas movie screenings and Santa’s Gift Shoppe. Rhorer said the festival takes many months to assemble with the help of the city of Baton Rouge, and has seen an attendance of 15,000 to 20,000 in previous years. Free parking is offered in the River Center parking garage.
Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
FINALS
Students unfriend Facebook to focus Social media one of many distractions Josh Naquin Staff Writer
As the chaos of finals week draws near, some University students are trading their Facebooks for textbooks in an effort to maximize studying and minimize distractions. Kinesiology junior Amy Beecher is abandoning Facebook for the third semester in a row. “I can tell I do better on tests and I’m more productive [without Facebook],” Beecher said. Beecher has managed to avoid the distraction of social media in the past by essentially deeding her account to her best friend during finals. “I’ll tell her my password and she’ll log on and change my password,” Beecher said. “It works better than deactivating my account because this way it’s impossible for me to get online.” Beecher said Facebook is too big of a distraction for her to manage during study time, and she prefers to render the diversion inaccessible. “Facebook kills so much time,” said Ryan Sandel, economics and mathematics senior. “Especially if you’re tempted to check it every 10 minutes while studying, like me.” Kathy Saichuk, health promotions coordinator for the Student Health Center, said Facebook and other social media networks are similar to an addiction. To increase focus while studying, Saichuk suggested students study in 45-minute segments with 10-minute breaks in between. “It’s good to take breaks because they help you to re-focus, but don’t get on your phone or Facebook or else you may take a longer break than initially intended,” Saichuk said.
Saichuk also advised against procrastination. She said a small amount of procrastination is normal and healthy, but too much will cause study-impairing stress. Additionally, Saichuk cautioned students to watch their diet, an aspect of student health that often falls by the wayside in favor of late-night snacks and excessive caffeine consumption. “Stay away from refined sugars like cookies and remember that caffeine stays in a person’s system for longer than most realize,” Saichuk said.
Saichuk said it is important for students to monitor what they put in their bodies and not to deviate from their normal routines. “If you aren’t prescribed drugs like Adderall, don’t use them to help study,” Saichuk said. “They have side effects ranging from increased heart rate and blood pressure to loss of appetite and increased stress.”
Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com
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Pizza Girl incident was one of his most memorable finals week moments because his friends in Utah called him about the video after seeing it on “The RidicuList.” While the pizza incident was splashed across humor blogs, the next semester’s planned flag burning bolstered breaking news coverage across the country. In May 2011, communication studies graduate student Benjamin Haas announced his intentions to burn an American flag on the Parade Ground, but those plans were never brought to fruition. Haas said he received numerous death threats and decided against burning the flag. A crowd of more than 1,000
SEC, from page 1
LSU and Georgia have played each other twice in the SEC Championship Game and have split the series, with then-No. 13 Georgia winning the most recent game in 2005, 34-14, against then-No. 3 LSU. The Tigers are in search of their 11th SEC title and fourth SEC Championship win since its inception in 1992. The last time the two teams faced off was in 2009, when LSU running back Charles Scott busted a late 33-yard run to put the Tigers up by seven points. That was LSU’s first win in Athens since 1987. Then-sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson went 18-of-27 for 212 yards through the air. Jefferson, who was suspended for four games earlier this season, has started the past three games after coming off the bench against No. 2 Alabama. He leads the SEC in active wins for a quarterback and has posted 907 total yards and eight touchdowns since his return. Senior quarterback Jarrett Lee led the Tigers for the first eight games of the season, elevating the team to the No. 1 spot. Lee has thrown for 1,306 yards and 14 touchdowns this season but has seen greatly diminished playing time since throwing two interceptions against Alabama. “The issue for me is that I have to make sure the victory is secured,” Miles said. “The contribution he’s made in the season thus far and the contribution he’s about to make in the next two games is
COPPING, from page 1
release said. Copping also received credit for assisting the LSU Medical Center’s development into a state leader in medical education, and he worked to open the LSU Hospital in Shreveport, the University’s first teaching hospital. Before his tenure at the University, Copping served in the U.S. Navy for five years and later owned a private dental practice after receiving a dental degree from Loyola University in his hometown of New Orleans. He served as dean of both Loyola’s dentistry school and the LSU School of Dentistry before he was named the chancellor of the LSU Medical Center. Copping served as System President until retiring in March 1999. His contributions to the
students and visitors from throughout the city and the state chased Haas before the LSU Police Department drove him off campus. “The ability to burn a flag is an essential form of criticism,” Haas told The Daily Reveille on Thursday as he reflected on the incident. “If being on the other side of that mob is what it takes to be a patriot, then I don’t want to be patriotic.” Haas said he was disappointed by Chancellor Michael Martin’s statements about the day along with Student Government President Cody Wells’ lack of understanding. “Cody Wells has some responsibility for the negative things that occurred to me,” Haas said. Several University students posted the day’s occurrences on very significant.” The majority of the Tiger offense this season has focused on the running game. Four tailbacks have recorded six or more touchdowns with sophomores Michael Ford and Spencer Ware posting 721 and 687 yards, respectively, and sophomore Alfred Blue within 55 yards of breaking the 500 mark. The Tigers’ driving force this season, however, has been a stifling defense that ranks in the top six in five major categories including No. 2 in both total defense (248.42 yards-per-game) and scoring defense (10.58 points-per-game). LSU has also held opponents without a touchdown in 38 of the 48 quarters played. “It felt pretty bad going down 14 to nothing to Arkansas,” Reid said. “I don’t remember ever being down that much this season, and I don’t want that feeling again.” Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones feels confident that the Bulldogs can keep up with LSU’s defense. “They’ve probably intimidated teams, but that’s not a question with us,” Jones said in a media session. “[We’re not] intimidated by anybody.” Jones also made headlines in the past week for tweeting that the Georgia defense is just as good if not better than LSU. Georgia ranks in the top 10 in both rushing defense (94.75 yards-per-game) and total defense (271.08 yards-per-game). Many people may have expected sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu to engage in a war University have been commemorated through the Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Awards that recognize faculty at the University’s medical centers. “Allen Copping’s contributions to the history of the Louisiana State University System and this state are remarkable,” LSU System President John Lombardi said in the release. “Dr. Copping’s legacy will remain as a permanently enduring testimony to the exceptional leadership that defines America’s best academic institutions.” Copping is survived by three children who currently reside in New Orleans. His wife Betty died in 2010. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com
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YouTube, and the incident was reported by local news outlets, along with Fox News, The Drudge Report and The Wall Street Journal. White said these campus occurrences can make national headlines, but it’s not always for the best. “People maybe want that five seconds of fame, but that may not always be a positive five seconds,” White said. She said students struggle to stay focused when they have expanses of time between their exams. “We may be more aware of incidents during finals week that, if they happened during the rest of the year, we wouldn’t know about them,” she said. Speech pathology freshman Chelsea Allen said she saw the
flag-burning incident on the news before she came to the University. She said she’d like to see “crazy, stupid things” happen during her first finals week. Josh Critselous, political science junior, agreed that he has high hopes for this semester. “I would love to see the parking barricades completely destroyed and everyone can park where they want,” he said. Greenwood predicted that something will happen because of the LSU football team playing in the SEC Championship and the likelihood the team will play in the BCS Championship. But not all University-related videos that have emerged during finals week have been controversial.
International studies senior Myles Laroux and University alumnus Logan Baudean’s finals video tradition is plunging forward again this year, after they made “LSU Lil Finals Week BOUNCE” in May 2010 and “LSU Lil Finals Week 2” in May 2011. Laroux said the pair’s finals week videos are reserved for spring semester finals, but they’re making a football hype video to be released on Sunday night at midnight. Laroux called this video dance-oriented and said all of the dances center on “various activities of football.”
of words with Jones, but the Honey Badger said he’s resisted the urge. “He may have a point,” Mathieu said. “I know those guys are going to go out there and play hard, and [Jones] is definitely going to go out and play a little harder.” Walter Camp finalist Mathieu
leads the Tigers with 66 tackles, six forced fumbles and four recoveries. Mathieu is also part of a backfield that has scored as many touchdowns as passing touchdowns allowed. Mathieu has scored on two fumbles and a punt return, senior cornerback Ron Brooks scored on
two interceptions, and junior cornerback Morris Claiborne returned a kickoff.
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G N I T H FIG S D R O W
Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones not shy about confidence in the Bulldogs’ chances for Saturday’s championship Mark Clements Sports Writer
When the nation’s top high school recruits decide which college will be their home for the next four years, they dream of winning seasons, conference titles and national championships. Given the University of Southern California’s impressive track record in recent history, that’s exactly what linebacker Jarvis Jones thought he was getting into when he signed with the Trojans in 2009. But when the NCAA imposed a two-year postseason ban on the university in June 2010 following an investigation into violations by USC’s football and men’s basketball programs, the four-star prospect began questioning his decision. After a freshman campaign that left Jones sidelined for the Trojan’s last five games with a sprained neck, the Columbus, Ga., native decided to return to his hometown team, where he now has
the opportunity to fulfill that high school dream. “Being at [USC], not being able to play anymore, it was a big drop-off for me,” said Jones, who compiled 13 tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in eight games at USC. “It was kind of crazy not being there to play football anymore. Now that I’ve got the opportunity, I take advantage of it every time I step on the field, practice or in the game.” Jones, who was also recruited by LSU coach Les Miles, was forced to watch from the sideline again last season after completing his transfer. The redshirt sophomore said he spent a full season observing and analyzing the game from the Southeastern Conference perspective, mastering his technique as well as the playbook. It didn’t take long for Jones to adjust to life in the SEC. The 6-foot-3, 241-pounder has had a monster sophomore campaign, leading the conference with JONES, see page 11 JASON GETZ / The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones celebrates Oct. 29 during Georgia’s 24-20 win against Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.
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LSU to play Rutgers in New Jersey Scarlet Knights are lossless at home Chris Abshire Sports Writer
The LSU men’s basketball team won’t quite hit the Jersey Shore this weekend, as the Tigers (4-3) will be all business when they conclude their early-season travels Saturday night against Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J. The Scarlet Knights (4-3) have been stout at home this year, earning each of their four wins in the cozy confines of the Rutgers Athletic Center by an average of 18.5 points per game. “They are very tough at home, and we know what kind of atmosphere the Big East will
bring,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said. “We have to concern ourselves with our game in an environment like that.” LSU, playing its sixth game away from the PMAC, is playing Rutgers as part of the SEC/ Big East Invitational. This is the first-ever matchup between the two programs on the hardwood. The Tigers are coming off a dramatic 59-58 win Tuesday at Houston behind senior forward Storm Warren’s game-winning free throws with one second remaining. Free throws might be the key for LSU against the Scarlet Knights, as Rutgers has put its opponents on the line nearly 28 times per game. The Tigers are shooting a healthy 78.3 percent from the stripe this season. “Shooting well from the
[foul] line is always important, especially on the road where fans are hollering and screaming,” sophomore guard Andre Stringer said. “This is the type of game where free throws could be the difference.” Stringer has been LSU’s most consistent scorer so far, combining for 33 points and 50 percent shooting beyond the arc in his last two outings. But, as usual, Johnson said he has stressed a consistent defensive performance to what has been an erratic Tiger squad this fall. “There comes a point where good players understand the game and don’t let offense dictate their effort,” Johnson said. “Our last time out, we defended really well SCARLET KNIGHTS, see page 11
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LSU senior forward Storm Warren (24) defends against a Nicholls player during the Tigers’ 96-74 victory Nov. 12 against the Colonels at the PMAC.
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Tigers to see undefeated season, Badgers to beat Spartans BAYLOR -2.5 OVER TEXAS Texas pulled out a late comeback last weekend against Texas A&M, but not many teams blow leads like the Aggies. Baylor won’t choke away the points the Longhorns spot them.
BODY SHOTS ROB LANDRY Sports columnist It’s been a wild and crazy ride this season. And with it all coming to a close, so do the predictions. Unless the unthinkable — a winless week — happens, I’ll finish the season above .500 playing against Vegas. This possibility is much better than I ever envisioned things going at the beginning of the season. There was no doubt in my mind that I would tank miserably and despise myself by Week 4 for making this a staple of my columns. But I’ve fared the season relatively unscathed, with the exception of a few ugly weeks. Now it is finally time to close out the predictions for the season. And there are a few head-scratchers of matchups to pick, due in large part to the lack of games on Saturday’s slate. But I’m going to give it the old college try one final time. CINCINNATI -9 OVER CONNECTICUT A win by the Bearcats, and they’re headed to a Bowl Championship Series bowl as the Big East champion. Shocking as that may be, it will be motivation enough to get Cincinnati over the hump. SYRACUSE +10.5 OVER PITTSBURGH This will more than likely be another dud of a Big East game, but it
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Kansas State defensive back Nigel Malone (24) watches Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon (81) run for a touchdown on Nov. 5 in Oklahoma State’s 52-45 win.
has bowl implications for both teams. Both squads enter the game 5-6 and are clawing to go bowling. Pittsburgh will probably win the game outright, but it will be an ugly toothand-nail battle to the end. HOUSTON -13 OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Cougars’ senior quarterback Case Keenum is looking to finish off an undefeated season in style in the Conference USA championship game. Southern Miss has shown a proficiency for putting up points this season, but its firepower does not quite match up with its opponent on the other sideline. Houston will be able to pull away in the second half and should easily cover.
KANSAS STATE -10.5 OVER IOWA STATE Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has done an incredible job putting the Wildcats back on the map after the debacle that was the Ron Prince era. Now the Wildcats are looking to get to 10 wins to close out the regular season. Iowa State derailed Oklahoma State’s bid at perfection and stayed close with a sluggish Oklahoma, but this weekend won’t be another heroic performance by the Cyclones.
OKLAHOMA STATE -3.5 OVER OKLAHOMA The Cowboys are playing to impress voters and, apparently, their coach, Mike Gundy, who said earlier this week he wouldn’t vote his team No. 2 in the standings. Senior quarterback Brandon Weeden will have his offense clicking on all cylinders. OREGON -32 OVER UCLA A team playing in a conference championship game that has already fired its head coach, UCLA doesn’t stand a chance. It was beat 50-0 by USC last week. It might be even worse this weekend. CLEMSON +7 OVER VIRGINIA TECH Clemson handed Virginia Tech its only loss of the season. Ironically, it’s the only big game the Hokies have played in this year. Clemson has been reeling as of late, but a conference title and BCS bowl bid can rid the Tigers of the bad taste
that is sitting in their mouths after yet another late-season collapse. WISCONSIN -9.5 OVER MICHIGAN STATE The Badgers lost to Michigan State on the road in a last-second Hail Mary pass. That and another Hail Mary against Ohio State are the only two things keeping Wisconsin out of the national title hunt. Revenge will be fresh on the Badgers’ minds, and they’ll get it easily. LSU -14 OVER GEORGIA It seems every week is the same story. “This is the week someone creeps up from behind on LSU and takes it down.” So far, it hasn’t happened. Saturday afternoon in Atlanta will be no different. Last Week: 5-5 Overall record: 69-60-1 Rob Landry is a 23-year-old mass communication senior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter @RobLandry85. Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com
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Sagstrom boasts successful f irst fall season at LSU Morgan Wampold Sports Contributor
Freshman golfer Madelene Sagstrom arrived at LSU in 2011 as one of the top Swedish golfers and one of the most highly sought-after recruits in the country. So it came as no surprise that she turned in top-tier performances in her first fall as a Lady Tiger. Sagstrom posted top-20 finishes in two of four tournaments the Lady Tigers competed in this fall. Her greatest achievement came in
October at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., where she led LSU to an overall team victory. Sagstrom tied for fifth at the tournament with a 7-under-par 209. S a g s t r o m ’s Sagstrom natural abilities caught the eye of senior Tessa Teachman early in the season. “She came out and was instrumental in our first event,” Teachman
said. “It was great seeing a freshman do that.” Though Teachman and other team members praise Sagstrom’s efforts, she said she’s thrilled just having the opportunity to play on an American team. “I always wanted to go to the United States to play,” Sagstrom said. “It’s always been the place to be if you want to make something of yourself.” Before coming to LSU, Sagstrom was No. 7 overall in the Swedish women’s rankings and was
named Athlete of the Year by her high school in 2010. With all her accolades, she was a hot commodity for college golf teams across the U.S., but her decision to attend LSU was a no-brainer. “When I made my first visit to LSU, I knew that this was the place to be,” Sagstrom said. “I love it here.” Sagstrom said she expects a lot from herself individually in her college career, but she ranks team victories higher on her list of priorities. Sagstrom’s skills on the course
aren’t her only characteristics that alleviate stress for the team, Teachman said. “She’s hard on herself, but she’s always the one smiling at the end of the day,” Teachman said. “She’s funny and always keeps us laughing, which is important.”
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Two players vie for SEC Championship in their own backyard Alex Cassara Sports Contributor
While Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship will be important to every LSU football player, the game will be special for some players for a different reason. Minter Sophomore linebacker Kevin Minter and senior offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert will travel home to Atlanta this weekend with a chance to win the Hebert crown of college football’s most heralded conference
in front of their family and friends. Minter racked up 404 tackles as a four-year starter at Peach Tree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Ga. He was selected First Team All-State in Class 5A as a senior. His prep performance garnered the No. 17 inside linebacker ranking by Rivals. Hebert came out of Greater Atlanta Christian High School as Rivals.com’s No. 2 center in the nation. His father, Bobby “The Cajun Cannon” Hebert, was a quarterback for both the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons. The younger Hebert has already won an SEC ring in the Georgia Dome, when LSU defeated Tennessee, 21-14, in his 2007 redshirt season as a freshman. Senior cornerback Ron Brooks knows how special it is to play such a big game in front of loved ones. A Dallas native, Brooks returned to
his hometown during LSU’s 40-27 season-opening romp of No. 3 Oregon. “I know we don’t get an opportunity to go to Georgia too often, so the opportunity for ... all our kids from Georgia to get to go back to their home stadium, play in front of their home crowd and friends and family, that’s something special for them,” Brooks said. Brooks, who lives with Minter, said he is familiar with Minter’s Georgia ties. “I joke around with him,” Brooks said. “I always tell him,
‘We’re getting ready to go to your hometown, huh?’ and he just laughs at me. He told me he’s ready to go home and play.” The Atlanta natives will not only play in front of their friends, but against them as well. Minter played with Georgia’s senior punter Drew Butler and redshirt freshman safety Connor Norman, and went to camps with junior linebacker Christian Robinson, who went to high school with T-Bob Hebert. Minter was recruited by Georgia, but said Baton Rouge’s call was too strong.
“It’s this whole atmosphere, everything about Baton Rouge — it caught my attention,” Minter said. “Even when [Georgia] started recruiting me kind of hard, I couldn’t leave Baton Rouge.” Minter wouldn’t say the game meant more to him than most but did reiterate his roommate’s sentiments. “It’s pretty special, especially with me being at home going against Georgia,” Minter said. Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com
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NBA
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WESTWEGO, La. (AP) — Even as Chris Paul remained evasive about his future, he did what team leaders are expected to do. He showed up at the Hornets’ suburban training center on the first day players were permitted to use team facilities for voluntary workouts since a tentative labor deal was reached last weekend — and he did so with a smile. “I’ve got to be the happiest person in the world right now just to be back in the gym, getting a chance to work out with a couple of my teammates,” Paul said. The star point guard is the subject of rampant trade talk because he can opt out of his contract after this season and become a free agent. If the Hornets are unable to persuade Paul to sign an extension, they may be inclined to deal him to another team, rather than let him simply walk in free agency. “I don’t think about it, to tell you the truth,” Paul said of the trade rumors. “I’m just ready to get out here and compete and hoop. This is what I do. I love it. I have a very tight circle and they know this whole lockout thing’s been driving me nuts, so I’m just happy to get out on the court and compete. This is the way that I express myself, by playing basketball, so I can’t wait to get out there.” General manager Dell Demps declined to meet with reporters on Thursday, but has said that his top priority is to work on an extension with Paul. Paul described various and mushrooming reports about where he might be traded as, “Just rumors.” “You can’t control it. It’s always going to happen. It’s part of the game,” Paul said. “I’m just happy to be back with my team.” Small forwards Trevor Ariza and Quincy Pondexter joined Paul at the team’s suburban training center.
They worked out with Paul’s personal trainer, Idan Ravin, because they cannot work with team staff until the new labor agreement has been ratified. New Orleans has only five players under contract. Center Emeka Okafor, who is traveling in Thailand, is expected back as soon as this weekend. Jarrett Jack was expected to join the workouts on Friday. Shooting guard Marco Belinelli, a restricted free agent who has a tender offer from the Hornets, plans to arrive by Monday. Demps, who was allowed to start discussing the frameworks of deals with agents on Wednesday, must fill out the rest of the roster through a compressed free agency period. If the new labor deal is ratified as expected, the Hornets open camp on Dec. 9. The Hornets’ regular season schedule is expected to begin in late December but has not been officially set. Paul said he thinks the Hornets’ priority should be to figure out whether free agent David West is willing to come back. “That’s like a brother to me,” Paul said. “I’ve never played a season without him.” Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
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New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul talks to the media Thursday during a voluntary basketball workout at the team’s practice facility in Westwego, La. Thursday was the first day players could return to team facilities since the NBA lockout began July 1.
Friday, December 2, 2011 LSU’s defense has stolen the majority of the headlines this season. Despite the contrasting styles 13.5 sacks and 19.5 tackles for loss, and looking to wreak havoc of play between Georgia, which runs a base 3-4 defense, and LSU, on the rejuvenated Tiger offense. “He is a very talented guy and which runs the traditional 4-3 devery capable,” Miles said. “We’ll fense, Jones said he believes the look forward to lining up against Bulldog D doesn’t get the credit it him and playing well, and you cer- deserves. “Everybody praises LSU’s tainly have to know where he’s at defense, but I and what his abiliknow we’ve got ties are. We’ll try to a pretty good run our offense and defense,” Jones take care of whersaid. “We’re not ever he’s at.” cocky at all. We Jones has play just as well been named one as them. A lot of of six finalists for people don’t give the Butkus Award, Jarvis Jones us credit of how presented annually to the nation’s best Georgia sophomore linebacker they play and how we play. I linebacker. His play has helped the Bull- think our defense is just as good as dogs jump from the No. 29 in total theirs, if not better.” Jones’ comments made their defense last season up to No. 5 this way to the Twitter world earlier year. The Bulldogs also rank No. 6 in the week, being tweeted and in the nation in rush defense, al- retweeted throughout LSU’s locker lowing just 94.75 yards per game, room. Junior wide receiver Russell and No. 11 in pass defense, giving up 176.33 yards per game through Shepard copied Jones’ comments in a tweet, followed by, “Is this the air. “It’s a tremendous challenge dude serious. This is #crazy”. Behind a sly smirk that crept for us,” said senior offensive guard Will Blackwell. “Any time a team across his face when the topic was focuses on stopping the run, we’re brought up, senior linebacker Ryan going to try to make them take it. Baker said the team isn’t letting With a team as good as Georgia, Jones’ comments distract them from its preparations. it’s going to be tough.” “I can understand where By the numbers, the defensive comparison between LSU they’re coming from,” Baker said. and Georgia shows the schools are “When we played Alabama weeks ago, we used that as a motivational fairly similar. The Tigers hold a slight ad- factor to prove ourselves. Those vantage in scoring defense, total guys are the underdogs and they’re defense and sacks, while Georgia looking for any chip on their shoulbeats out LSU in interceptions, der to get them motivated to play, fumble recoveries and opponents’ and I’m all for it.” third-down conversions. Between sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu’s recordContact Mark Clements at breaking season and the epic demclements@lsureveille.com fensive duel against Alabama,
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against a team that can score the ball. But I said those same words after the Georgia Tech win [on Nov. 20], and that performance didn’t carry over in the [Nov. 23 South Alabama] home loss.” Rutgers doesn’t start a player taller than 6’8”, but uses a quick perimeter to spur a balanced offense. Sophomore forward Gilvydas Biruta leads the Scarlet Knights with 12.1 points per game, but nine players average at least four points per game in an attack that averages a sharp 45.3 percent shooting. “They’re very wing-oriented, but a bit undersized down low,” said freshman forward Johnny O’Bryant III, who is expected to make his second career start. “We’ll really need to beat
page 11 them on the glass and use our size power conference foe for LSU. inside.” The Tigers went 1-1 last month Freshman point guard An- against Northwestern and Georthony Hickey, who has been gia Tech in the Charleston ClasLSU’s sparkplug sic. through seven Warren, the games, turned in team’s lone major his first poor outsenior contribuing of the season tor, said the trip against Housnorth is quality ton with just two preparation for points on 1-of-11 LSU’s formishooting. dable SoutheastTrent Johnson “The bottom ern Conference LSU men’s basketball coach line is he didn’t schedule. shoot it well, but “This is a he was as good as he’s been de- nice test, but a difficult one, to fensively because he didn’t gam- give one last look at what we’re ble,” Johnson said. “He’s still made of on the road,” Warren young, so there will be ups and said. “It’ll be very reminiscent of downs, but he trusts his team- SEC play with their quality and mates enough to leave that per- the kind of athletes they have.” formance behind him.” The game marks the third Contact Chris Abshire at game away from home versus a cabshire@lsureveille.com
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What’s the Buzz? University System empire is expanding BERXERXES
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In a period where financing for higher education is as erratic as the University of Alabama’s field-goal kicking, bloat and nepotism are the primary criticisms levied at the ivory towers of higher educaXerxes A. tion in LouisiWilson ana. Columnist Lawmakers who have trumpeted such claims have filed legislation seeking to cap University administrative salaries and were successful in blocking some of the extra costs proposed for students’ pocketbooks. But perhaps the most salient and frequent proposals are to trim the administrative structure of public higher education in the state. Currently, Louisiana sees its institutions governed by a series of oversight boards with a single board — the Board of Regents — coordinating these bodies. The contention here is that these oversight boards are unnecessary, redundant for the proper administration of higher
education and amount to little more than good-ole-boy clubs where knowing someone important earns you a six-digit salary. Evidence, you ask? You could perhaps take a look at our own University system, which oversees our University along with all others in the LSU System. You could cite System President John Lombardi’s massive half-million-dollar salary — which is in the neighborhood of the nauseating market average for his position. You could also cite the massive six-figure salaries enjoyed by more than 20 of the System office’s hierarchy. But bullying bureaucrats fielding bloated paychecks is old hat, and focusing on such would only lead to headaches and miss something more interesting — the expanding empire. In 2002, the LSU System office employed 38 positions. In the past few years, the prophets of doom have preempted each legislative session with forecasts of financial ruin. In all, the flagship campus itself has taken about $50 million in state funding cuts in the past three
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years, according to Chancellor Michael Martin. It should be noted the University has been spared serious bloodletting by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s creative accounting that sees student tuition increases as part of the state’s funding appropriation. So surely, through all this, the System office has shrunk? When it comes to the bureaucratic labyrinth that is higher education, there can be many answers to this seemingly yes-or-no question. Through the shaking of fists, gnashing of teeth, annual tuition increases, three years of no instructor pay increases and teacher layoffs, the System office employed 57 positions as of 2011 — that’s about a 50 percent increase in staff size. It should be noted that a number of these positions come from “restricted funds” which are not derived from taxpayer dollars. And to the System office’s credit, officials do claim to have shrunk their overall budget in the past few years. Still, there is an expansion of bureaucracy, and — by my count — 13 of these added positions are paid a fat-cat salary in six figures. Surely these salaries went to administrators with sterling reputations doing an absolutely vital job? Well, in at least one example — Michael Gargano — this appears not to be the case. You see, LSU System President Lombardi and Gargano go way back. Around the turn of the century, Lombardi, then chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, hired Gargano as the vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life. Fast-forward to 2008. The LSU System creates a new position known as the vice president of Academic Support and chief of staff and gives it a massive $225,000 salary. Who comes in to fill this position? Lombardi’s old friend Michael Gargano. Maybe I’m being snarky, and perhaps Gargano was hired because Lombardi was witness to his meritorious conduct at UMass. That also appears to be a bit of a stretch, as Gargano’s time at U-Mass was plagued with
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controversy from the students’ perspective. First, Gargano received heavy criticism from students regarding what the University’s student paper called “ambivalent” handling of the “KKK-9” controversy, which started with a number of U-Mass Student Government Association members drinking in their office aside a caricature of a klansman, according to reports in the U-Mass Daily Collegian. According to these reports, students contend that Gargano was seeking to dismantle the SGA’s ALANA caucus and disrupt efforts to bring more diversity to the campus. That sentiment was not eased after Gargano referred to administrative efforts to seek a more affluent student body by saying “we need more Abercrombie & Fitch and less Old Navy,” as reported by The Daily Collegian. All this controversy culminated in the SGA handing Gargano a vote of no confidence in 2004 — which was sent to thenChancellor Lombardi after nearly unanimous passage and covered thoroughly by the student paper. So what does a vote of no confidence by the students in your last job as overseer of Student Affairs get you? If you’re friends with Lombardi, a $32,000 pay increase to move to a cheaper market. Again, I could just be a paranoid observer, but it surely sniffs of cronyism to me. So as the war drums of budget cuts begin to sound as the legislative session draws closer, is our University hierarchy providing effective leadership? I vote no confidence. Xerxes Wilson is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Lucedale, Miss. Follow him on Twitter @Ber_Xerxes.
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Football student identification policy needs to be revised
Don’t let anybody else use your LSU student ID to try to get into a football game. Just don’t do it. You may be saying, “Why is he writing this now? The football season’s over.” When next fall comes around, you’ll be glad you listened to me. When LSU played Western Kentucky on Nov. 12 at Tiger Stadium, yours truly was not feeling that great. I had been battling a cold all week and tried unsuccessfully to cure my ailment with numerous concoctions, but to no avail. Alas, I decided not to go to the game, instead giving my student ID and ticket to another individual, who I will admit, does look a great deal like my ID picture. I honestly did not think anything of it, considering I had given my ID to a ginger earlier
in the season who got in with no problem. Plus, I really did not think the people at the gate would be checking IDs so strictly that day. I mean, the $45 student-ticket upgrade is practically extortion to see the Tigers run train Parker Cramer Columnist on whatever insignificant mascot the other team has. Most of the student section was empty by halftime anyway. However, I was caught. Well, not me, but the dude with my ID. Anyway, since my ID was confiscated, I had to schedule a meeting with the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability. So, trying to sort out my wrongs, I went to the office to
schedule said meeting and find out how to get my ID back. Well, turns out you don’t get your ID back. You have to pay $15 for a new one, which I did. Honestly, at this point, lesson learned. I will never give my Tiger Card to anyone else if it’s going to cost me $15. Personally, I think this is adequate punishment. The office disagrees. I was told I would receive an e-mail that would then prompt me to call and schedule a meeting with the Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability. Finally, I received the e-mail and scheduled a meeting. While at the office, I was met with courteous staff members. I was told my offense was “very minor” and was thanked for my honesty after I confessed to loaning out my ID.
That being said, I was also put on probation for a full year and must now complete a fourto five-page essay on God knows what, due the Friday of finals week. Nothing about that seems “very minor” to me. This is where I draw the line. Yes, I gave my ID to someone else. Yes, I confessed to it. Yes, you can put me on academic probation. Yes, you can assign me an essay which I highly doubt will ever get read — but don’t make it due amid final exams. Just like everyone else, I have real school to focus on next week. Like most others, my grades are good but could easily be worse if I don’t do well on final exams. So I’m asking the University this — revise the policy. I understand when people not affiliated with the University are
let into games it poses a liability risk. However, practically everyone does it, and it’s a waste of my time and yours to schedule a meeting and have me write a five-page essay in the middle of finals. In this era of budget cuts, time management seems like it should be a priority of the University. Spending even 30 minutes talking to me could be much better spent doing other things. I promise, I’m not that interesting. Like I said, $15 for a new ID was punishment enough. Parker Cramer is a 20-yearold political science junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_pcramer. Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com
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Bad hygiene at Student Recreation Center really stinks
It was a day that began like any other, I suppose — a Tuesday, a “back and bi’s” day, as I recall. I awoke to the galloping riff of Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” and hustled into a tank top Phil Sweeney and a pair of Columnist sweats, looking — with my bedhead afro — like a strung-out Richard Simmons. I grabbed my keys and shook a leg, regretting having brushed my teeth as I noshed on a banana — not like a strung-out Richard Simmons — on the way to the door. I was ready to bid “Farewell to Fat!” — I was “Gonna Fly Now.” As I reached for the doorknob, though, I stopped short, staggered by a haymaker of bewilderment. I’d forgotten something, I knew. I had my keys. I had my Tiger Card and iPhone. I had flushed. Whiff by whiff, after a tencount of thought, I shrugged off the blow and, like Rocky, with two jabs, a cross and a hook, I booked it to the Student Recreation Center (SRC). Located at the corner of South Campus Drive and Minnie Fisk Lane, the SRC is the University’s 121,000-sq. foot recreational facility, “featuring state of the art equipment, high-level programming and modern amenities,” according to the UREC website. Among these amenities are the SRC’s indoor pool, climb-
ing gym, circuit room and, occupying most of the facility’s left wing, its cardio and weight area, where students go to “max their pumps” and “thick their swoles.” That day, one such student was Diesel McBone — at least that’s what I affectionately dubbed him. Swarthy and with damplooking bluish skin, McBone is a brontosaurus of a man, ripped like Hulk Hogan’s shirt circa 1985. I’ll put it this way: if Ash Ketchum ever happened upon McBone, he’d probably try to catch him with a pokéball, having mistaken him for a Snorlax. In any event, McBone galumphs around the SRC’s weight room with a sizable duffel bag of unknown contents, though I speculate that the bag contains either syringes and Winstrol or raw ground beef. Either way, it’s definitely not deodorant. McBone’s reek is unmistakably distinct, a calling card, a formidable olfactory concoction — the stench of Bourbon Street after it’s rained. And rotting bananas. I held my breath as I scurried past him to the lateral pulldown station, quickly forgetting McBone and his funk as I worked through a set. But as I worked up a sweat, my arms raised, armpits laid bare, I suddenly realized what I had forgotten that morning. My Old Spice. I panicked. A student’s slightest, most casual glance became a menacing, accusatory stare. I was a skunk. A musk ox. A Snorlax. Like Brian Fantana in “Anchorman,” smelling like a
used diaper filled with Indian food, like a turd wrapped in burnt hair. McBone grunted throatily, sympathetically, as if to confirm that I reeked. As if we were kindred Neanderthal brothers. This was a new low for me, I recall thinking. But it was precisely at this darkest and most hopeless of moments that I conceived of nothing less than magnificence itself.
Sheepishly, I approached McBone’s bench-press station, asking if he needed a spotter. After appraising me for a moment, he grunted an affirmation. Salvation. McBone’s stink was to be my Right Guard, as it were, and I smiled, certain that my body odor would remain my secret alone — that it wouldn’t be detected above McBone’s. What’s my true point? Be Sure — at the
SRC, especially.
Phil Sweeney is a 25-year-old English senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_PhilSweeney.
Contact Phil Sweeney at psweeney@lsureveille.com
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