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Celebrating women Women’s History Month elicits storied history of University females
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For one month of the year, the history of man’s better half is celebrated. March marks Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the ever-changing role women have played in the past and will
play in the future. The standings of women and men in society are as equal as they’ve ever been today, but that wasn’t always the case. “Men used to be the primary breadwinner, and women were
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expected to stay at home with the kids,” said Catherine Hopkins, director of the University’s Women’s Center. The stay-at-home-mom role WOMEN, see page 11
The University’s Faculty Senate will decide today the fate of a resolution that would allow professors to grade students based on class attendance. The senate first read and debated the resolution last month, when several professors spoke both in support of and opposition to the bill. The resolution wouldn’t require professors to include attendance in their grading criteria but will give them the option to do so. “The most effective means of fostering student responsibility for class attendance is a University policy permitting instructors to include attendance among their grading criteria,” the resolution states. Many professors already grade students on areas like in-class participation to skirt around the rule. Mass communication professor Louis Day, who presented the resolution last month, said the new policy makes more sense. “We just thought this was a more intellectually honest way,” Day said. “This would be a step forward.”
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POLITICS
Rick Santorum visits Lafayette Pres. candidate nearly two hours late Rachel Warren Staff Writer
Hundreds of Louisianans gathered in Lafayette on Tuesday to hear from presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, but they had to wait quite some time. Santorum, who won the Alabama and Mississippi primaries Tuesday, stopped in Louisiana on his tour through the country and stepped up to the podium in a ballroom of the Lafayette
Hilton more than two hours after his speech was scheduled to begin. While waiting, audience members chanted “we want Rick,” sang patriotic songs like “America the Beautiful” and prayed for Santorum’s victory. But as time passed, the crowd became less friendly. False alarms and assurances by campaign workers that Santorum would be out shortly brought on jeers, and many audience members left because they felt too much time had passed. Erin Romero of New Iberia said she would have left the event if her husband hadn’t wanted to stay. “I’ve been ready to go,” she
said. “If you’re going to be late, at least send someone out to tell us why. It’s rude.” Romero said she wouldn’t let her aggravation color her view of Santorum, but waiting for so long left a bitter taste in her mouth for much of the evening. Others, like Nulvia Daigrepont from Pineville, said Santorum was worth the wait. “I’d stay up until 2 a.m. to hear him,” she said. “I’d do anything to get a good president.” When Santorum finally took the stage, he didn’t address his tardiness, but began describing his
SANTORUM, see page 4
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks Tuesday night at a rally in Lafayette. Shortly before speaking, Santorum took home primary victories in Alabama and Mississippi.
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INTERNATIONAL
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Giraffe death rocks largest zoo in Indonesia with conditions scandal
Cameron attends NCAA tournament game with Obama during U.S. visit
Union wants NFL to hold back Saints punishment, wait for investigation
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The tigers are emaciated and the 180 pelicans packed so tightly they cannot unfurl their wings without hitting a neighbor. Last week, a giraffe died with a beachball-sized wad of plastic food wrappers in its belly. That death has focused new attention on the scandalous conditions at Indonesia’s largest zoo. Set up nearly a century ago in one the most biologically diverse corners of the planet, it once boasted the most impressive collection in Southeast Asia. World’s tallest man may have stopped growing after medical treatment
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama is giving British Prime Minister David Cameron a frontrow seat to March Madness, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game. Amid cheers, the two leaders entered the University of Dayton Arena on Tuesday for a “First Four” matchup between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky, a gesture of goodwill during Cameron’s official visit to the United States.
NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ union wants the NFL to delay announcing any punishment to the New Orleans Saints for their bounty program until it can conduct its own investigation. NFLPA spokesman George Atallah told The Associated Press on Tuesday that “We asked the league to hold off on any punishment until our information gathering was completed.” The union said last week that members of its legal team would investigate the program the NFL says gave thousands of dollars in payoffs to players for hits that knocked targeted opponents out of games. Some La. school districts cancel classes amid teachers’ absence
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Thanks to treatment by researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the world’s tallest man may have reached his peak. Measuring at eight feet three inches, 29-year-old Sultan Kosen of Turkey is listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records at the tallest living man. Kosen visited U.Va. in May 2010 for treatment for a disorder called acromegaly, which is usually caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland.
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The zoo’s only giraffe Kliwon receives treatment March 1 from keepers at the Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Russia to keep selling weapons to Syria despite Western opposition MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has no intention of curtailing military cooperation with Syria despite calls from the West to stop arming President Bashar Assad’s regime, a senior Russian government official said Tuesday. Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Russia will abide by existing contracts to deliver weapons to Syria despite Assad’s yearlong crackdown on the opposition, during which the U.N. says over 7,500 people have been killed.
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NYC woman in madam case pleads not guilty to prostitution charges NEW YORK (AP) — A matchmaking recruiter charged with helping to run a big-money brothel turned herself in Tuesday to face charges — and a growing media frenzy surrounding the case. Dozens of reporters and photographers crowded a courtroom for Jaynie Mae Baker’s arraignment and trailed her as she left court on $100,000 bond and made her way to a waiting car. Baker pleaded not guilty to the charge against her and reputed madam Anna Gristina: a low-level felony count of promoting prostitution.
(AP) — Some Louisiana public school systems are canceling a day of classes as teachers prepare to head for the state Capitol, where battles are brewing over Gov. Bobby Jindal’s education proposals. The East Baton Rouge Parish School system said its schools will close Wednesday after a higher than normal number of teachers said they would be absent that day. Vermilion Parish and St. Martin Parish public schools wil close Thursday.
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Viral ‘Kony 2012’ film draws support, criticism on campus Ferris McDaniel Contributing Writer
Military leader Joseph Kony has committed crimes against humanity since 1986, but they have only recently been brought to many people’s attention through the short film “Kony 2012.” The video by activist and nonprofit group Invisible Children went viral on YouTube, receiving more than a million views overnight. The video targeted Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, and described the atrocities he has committed against Ugandans. The topic dominated Facebook feeds and quickly trended on Twitter. Jason Russell, one of the group’s founders and the film’s narrator, urged awareness via word of mouth and social media to bring an end to Kony’s reign in 2012 and asked for monetary donations. Felicia Song, assistant professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication, said while social media is an efficient tool for activists to spread their message, there are drawbacks. “Awareness is a good thing, and awareness is better than nothing,” she said. “However, to think that because you are aware suddenly makes you politically active or that it’s enough — that can become problematic.” Song said it is peculiar that the “Kony 2012” film seemingly targeted high school and college students. According to YouTube’s statistics, the video is most popular with females aged 13 to 17 years old and males aged 18 to 24 years old. Song said Invisible Children’s
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The July 31, 2006, file photo shows Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, during a meeting with officials from Uganda and Congo near the Sudan border.
strategy is wise because young adults compose a large portion of social media users and are the most impressionable. The downside, however, is that the target audience doesn’t necessarily have the tools to be media, news and issue savvy or masterfully think through the complex layers of the issue, she said. Song referenced Howard Rheingold’s term “smart mob,” a group with increasing networks that connects people to information and others for social coordination. Social media can mobilize people to raise awareness, thus creating “smart mobs,” but there is a risk of people not acting or acting based on misinformation or a lack of information. The video designated April 20, 2012, as “Cover the Night,” when supporters will plaster Kony’s face across the nation via stickers, posters and signs.
Three days prior to “Cover the Night,” an event called “LSU STOPS KONY 2012” will be held at 7 p.m. in Kirby-Smith Hall for University students and others. The latest Invisible Children documentary will be shown, and students can get information on how they can help. Morgan Landry, elementary education sophomore, supports the campaign and said she plans to get involved by spreading the word and participating in the Baton Rouge “Cover the Night.” “Kony 2012 is about more than just Kony,” she said. “It’s about everyone getting together for more unity.” Landry said the movement is important because somebody from her generation must step into the role of tomorrow’s leaders. It’s refreshing to see young adults acting selflessly, she said. Though support for Kony 2012
has spread faster than the common “riddled with accusations of rape cold at a daycare, there are still skep- and looting,” and that Kony and the tics, like Grant Oyston. LRA haven’t been active in Uganda The sociology and political sci- since 2006. ence student at Acadia University in History professor Nancy Clark Nova Scotia, Canasaid the LRA was da, shared his critimore active ‘Awareness is better far cisms of Invisible about 10 years ago than nothing. Children’s camthan it is now. paign on his Tum- However, to think that Landry said blr account, Visible every person is enbecause you are aware titled to an opinChildren. Oyston comof the Invisible suddenly makes you ion mented that InvisChildren’s cause. ible Children spent politically active or that There are various more than $8 milorganizations it’s enough — that can other lion last year, which doing similar work he gathered from become problematic.’ that people can supthe organization’s port if they disagree public finances. with Invisible ChilFelicia Song He wrote on dren, she said. mass communication the website that “I just want assistant professor only 32 percent of to get more people donations were used for services, involved and get them to understand while the rest was spent on staff sala- what Kony 2012 stands for and the ries, travel and production of films overall goal,” Landry said. like “Kony 2012.” Oyston also wrote that InvisContact Ferris McDaniel at ible Children’s relief aid supports fmcdaniel@lsureveille.com the Ugandan military, which is
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Local artists to adorn BR walls
Large murals to be painted downtown Emily Herrington Staff Writer
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BR Walls Project co-curators Casey Phillips (right) and Kathryn Thorpe (left) speak at a Downtown Development District meeting Tuesday about the upcoming mural decorations.
Local artists will soon have a new venue to display their work — the walls of buildings in downtown Baton Rouge. The Downtown Development District introduced the BR Walls Project on Tuesday at its monthly commission meeting. The project will transform building walls into canvases for massive murals. The first phase of the project will be downtown, but co-curator Casey Phillips said he envisions the project expanding beyond the capital area. Four sites are already on board, Phillips said. Murals will be painted at The Buzz Cafe, Boudreaux and Thibodeaux’s, the Mentorship Academy and Harrington’s Cafe. Phillips said the project’s time frame depends upon the donations received, but he hopes to “get the project rolling” near the end of April. “Bringing people back to Baton Rouge is always the bigger mission,”
CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested for Middleton thefts Daniel Holmes, 21, of Magnolia Bridge Road, Apartment No. 4000, Denham Springs, was arrested March 2 for three counts of felony theft. LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said LSUPD received several reports of thefts in Middleton Library at the end of February, and officers obtained information that Holmes may have been involved. Investigators made contact with Holmes and recovered several stolen laptops, which have been returned to its owners. Holmes was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Staff member arrested for card theft University custodian Dexter
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Phillips said, adding that several people involved with the BR Walls Project had left and recently returned to the city. The future of the Department of Public Works building was also discussed at the meeting. DPW Director William Daniel said the building will be torn down to create more green space for Baton Rouge. The new space will fulfill part of the city’s master plan that called for central green space. Daniel said he’s looking forward to moving across the street into the eighth floor of City Hall, which will be the DPW’s new home. The DPW is also working on a parking study of downtown, and Daniel said he hopes to install electronic meters that can be paid for with a credit card and can detect when a car parks and leaves, Daniel said. The meters will be able to monitor more than one car at a time. “These parking meters are
smarter than me,” Daniel joked. “So all those times I drive around looking for a parking meter with time on it — I won’t be able to do that anymore,” Davis Rhorer, DDD executive director, said that in five weeks, engineers will begin preparing the Municipal Dock for the 20 to 30 river boats that will make frequent stops in Baton Rouge. “We didn’t have any boats last year. So they’re returning back, and this is why it’s a big deal for us,” Rhorer said. Rhorer and the rest of the DDD board welcomed the new businesses Handmade at Homestead and Azteca’s Mexican Cuisine and announced upcoming downtown events, including the free concerts Simmering in the Square and Sunday in the Park. Contact Emily Herrington at eherrington@lsureveille.com
experiences during his campaign. “This campaign is about ordinary folks doing extraordinary things,” he said. “Sort of like America.” Santorum spoke about his desire to return the South to its former glory. “We’re seeing gas prices that are projected to be historic highs because of the extremes of this administration,” he said. “We will put this town and this region back to work so that you can go back to work.” Santorum said he expects a “huge win” at the Louisiana primary election next week, and his next stop will be Puerto Rico. “We are campaigning everywhere there are delegates because we are going to win this nomination,” he said. Many at the event said they attended because they wanted to see a possible future nominee in person. Lafayette resident Tom Angers, a Republican Party official in the area, said Santorum and the other presidential hopefuls are smart to stop in Louisiana. “A campaign isn’t made on a national level,” he said. “It’s state by state and town by town. They’re doing it right.” Angers said he’s followed each of the candidates in recent months and believes Santorum is a strong contender for the Republican nomination because of his roots. “He comes from a blue-collar background,” Angers said. “He can really appeal to the average citizen.” Garrett Fabacher, an education senior at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, said he supports
Mitt Romney but, like many others in the audience, wanted to attend the event to hear more of what Santorum had to say. “I also wanted to be here to offer another point of view, if the opportunity comes up,” he said as he awaited Santorum’s arrival with the rest of the crowd. Fabacher said he expected a larger crowd than the one that slowly formed around the podium Tuesday night because of the significant number of conservatives living in Lafayette. “We’ve got a pretty big Tea Party here,” he said. “I wanted to see who would show up and what they would say.” Fabacher said his experience at the rally was one he won’t soon forget. “I’d go to an Obama rally if he came here,” he said. “Just to be a part of history.”
See more scenes from the rally in a photo gallery at lsureveille.com/multimedia. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
A. Clark of 1736 Mary Lou Drive was arrested March 8 and issued a misdemeanor for theft. Lalonde said LSUPD received a report of a wallet stolen from the Cox Auditorium on Feb. 15. LSUPD investigators learned of two transactions amounting to $47.80 that were made with a card inside the wallet. Lalonde said Clark was identified as a suspect and admitted to the theft. He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
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Scholarships per athlete lacking in comparison to other sports NCAA set total awards at 11.7 Luke Johnson Sports Writer
Like every other college baseball team, LSU must find a way to construct a roster that can win ballgames with just 11.7 scholarships — but most other college sports don’t have that problem. The question is almost begging to be asked: Is it fair? There is nothing LSU can do about the number of scholarships
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Miles: Position already solid
given to baseball players institutionally. The NCAA set the baseball scholarship number at 11.7, meaning the only thing LSU could change in regard to scholarships would be to offer less than the maximum amount. But to look at it from a strictly LSUcentric viewpoint — taking into account the revenue generated by the baseball team and the number of scholarships in proportion to the number of scholar athletes — the 11.7 number is lacking compared to other sports. “The thing that bothers me is
that 13 girls on a volleyball team will have a full scholarship, the same [scholarship] as [LSU junior quarterback] Zach Mettenberger,” said former LSU athletic director and baseball coach Skip Bertman. “But an All-American, who ultimately is going to play in the big leagues … will have just a tuition-based scholarship. … I don’t think that’s fair.” In order to look at it fairly, football needs to be removed from the equation because its numbers are vastly different in comparison to
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Average percentage of scholarship recipients with full ride Volleyball Men’s Basketball Football Gymnastics Softball Track & Field/Cross Country
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Ducking out early Oregon ends LSU’s season with 96-76 blowout
Chris Abshire Sports Writer
Sports Contributor
Former Tigers soccer player Mo Isom grabbed national headlines while she tried out for a spot as the football team’s kicker, but now the spotlight can dissipate. Miles said Tuesday that Isom did not make the team, as the four kickers on the squad right now would be ahead of anyone else who tried out, including the former goalkeeper. Miles said he was not comfortable putting Isom in a situation where she had to make tackles or with the style of kick she brought to the table, but he would allow her to try out again in August. “Wonderful meeting w/ Coach Miles,” Isom tweeted Tuesday afternoon. “Received great constructive criticism. Will continue working my hardest w/ the team thru Spring&Summer &… see where I stand in August. There is still much to this journey & I will not give up on my dream.”
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MILES WORKS WITH LINEMEN, COLLINS Miles said the starting left guard position is competitive as sophomore La’el Collins contends with senior Josh Dworaczyk, who’s recovering from last season’s campaign-ending knee injury. Miles, a former offensive lineman at Michigan, worked
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Oregon senior forward Jeremy Jacob fouls LSU junior forward Eddie Ludwig on Tuesday during the NIT in Eugene, Ore. The Ducks ended the Tigers’ championship bid, 96-76.
Road woes doomed the LSU men’s basketball team one last time this season. Oregon shrugged off a solid start by the Tigers to run away with the teams’ first-round National Invitational Tournament matchup, 96-76, on Tuesday night in Eugene, Ore. The Ducks overwhelmed LSU early and often, forcing errant passes and carving up a lax Tiger defense to post a 28-7 first-half run that sent the Matthew Knight Arena crowd into a frenzy and effectively sealed the game by halftime at 50-33. “We looked like were stuck in mud,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson in a postgame radio interview. Senior guard Devoe Joseph spurred the powerful Oregon offense, scoring 25 points off an array of mid-range jumpers and twisting lay-ins. Despite the Tigers’ 33-28 rebounding edge, the Ducks’ interior still found ample room to operate. Oregon senior center Tony Woods seemed to have nothing but easy lay-ups, maneuvering around LSU for his 14 points. Sharpshooting senior guard Garrett Sim kept LSU’s defense from focusing on Oregon’s post game, drilling a trio of 3-pointers and finishing with 13 points. LSU came out in an efficient frenzy, out-pacing the Ducks’ own up-tempo attack en route to a 12-8 early advantage that felt more lopsided than the scoreboard indicated. Then the Tigers seemingly forgot how to pass the ball. Oregon amped up the full-court pressure, forcing six LSU turnovers that turned into baskets on 13 of its next 14 possessions to take a commanding lead that never fell below double digits the rest of the game. “We had great energy early, and we just hit a wall,” Johnson said. “Things snowballed from that 10-minute spurt, so we were playing catch-up all game.” LSU made a gradual run late in the second half, cutting the Ducks’ advantage to 10 points by the 4:46 mark. But a Tyrone Nared 3-pointer and two Sim free throws led to a late scoring barrage that secured Oregon’s blowout win. LSU finished the season 1-8 in its final nine road games, while Oregon improved its home record to 16-3. “We had problems keeping our composure on the road against good teams, and that’s why our season’s ending,” BASKETBALL, see page 6
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Nola to start vs. NW State before moving to weekend rotation Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
Freshman pitcher Aaron Nola will make his third midweek start tonight, but that will likely be the last time fans see him on a weekday. Following tonight’s 6:30 p.m. game against Northwestern State, Nola will replace sophomore Kurt McCune as the Sunday starter and make his first career Southeastern Conference appearance this weekend against Mississippi State. McCune will move to the bullpen and serve as a setup man. “If you want to be a champion, you can’t be weak in any area,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “McCune will be good in that role, and Aaron Nola will be better than McCune in this role.” Rumblings about the rotation started after McCune’s latest start, a three-inning performance in which he allowed five runs, resulted in a 7-1 defeat against Notre Dame. Nola, on the other hand, was coming off eight innings of scoreless baseball against Tulane, and many clamored for the freshman to replace the struggling McCune. Nola, who will throw a maximum of 45 pitches tonight, was scheduled to start Monday against
MILES, from page 5
extensively with Collins during spring practice Tuesday, giving him tips on hand placement and disengagement timing. “I kind of gravitate to those guys,” Miles said. “I think the receivers and the running backs don’t need me, and there’s always a technique the old coach can throw in there and provide some instruction.” Collins practiced with the starters during drills and Dworaczyk backed him up, and Miles said the senior is “preparing” the young lineman by taking second team snaps. Dworaczyk was also wearing a white jersey — which allows contact — for the first time since the spring’s inaugural practice.
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Freshman pitcher Aaron Nola winds up Feb. 17 during the Tigers’ season-opening win against Air Force, 10-2. Nola will make his third midweek start tonight.
Notre Dame, and Mainieri said Sunday he would reevaluate the rotation based on Nola’s performance. But when Monday’s game was rained out, Mainieri made the move anyway. “If you’ve got a guy that you think is a better starting pitcher, you want him to pitch those first innings of the game,” Mainieri said. “I just made the decision because it’s so critical to get off to a good start.” Mainieri said he hasn’t given up on McCune and expects the sophomore to thrive in a bullpen role, since opponents typically had more success against McCune in RECEIVERS, METTENBERGER DEVELOP CHEMISTRY A throw got away from junior signal-caller Zach Mettenberger as the wide receivers caught fade routes from the quarterbacks, but senior receiver Russell Shepard adjusted to make a nice one-handed snag. Mettenberger and Shepard take the first repetitions together on each new route in practice, but Miles said the new starting QB is endearing himself to all of the receivers. “There’s chemistry between Zach and a lot of guys,” Miles said. “They like him. He’s certainly working to get them the ball and doing the right thing.” Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com
their second or third at-bats. “He can be a very effective guy out of the bullpen for us,” said Mainieri. “I would be very surprised if he doesn’t become a real force for us out of the bullpen.” When No. 13 LSU takes the field against Northwestern State, the Tigers should be able to field a full squad after a stomach virus wreaked havoc on the team. Players linked the illness, which affected 16 players, two assistant coaches, a student manager and a student trainer, to the pregame meal before Sunday’s game. Had Monday’s game not been
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Johnson said. “It hurts for our three seniors the most.” Tigers junior transfer center Justin Hamilton completed a solid first season in purple and gold, pacing LSU with 21 points and nine rebounds. The Tigers solved their lateseason offensive woes, scoring 20 points more than they averaged during the final three weeks of the season. But LSU ended its season with an atrocious defensive effort, surrendering a season-high 96 points and 57.6 percent shooting to the Ducks. Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com
rained out, LSU would have been inning and struck out 10 of the 13 able to field only nine position play- batters he faced. ers. “They came in here and beat “Some guys ate the [pregame] us,” said junior first baseman Mameal and didn’t get sick,” said se- son Katz. “We remember it, and nior designated hitter we talk about it all Grant Dozar, who, like the time. We’ve been Next up for several of his teamwaiting to play them the Tigers: mates, spent most of again.” Monday in the emer- Who: No. 10 LSU (13-3) With LSU coming gency room. “We re- vs. Northwestern St. (5-10) off an embarrassing ally don’t know what When: 6:30 p.m. tonight defeat in its most reit was, but it sure did cent outing, a rematch Where: Alex Box Stadium take a toll.” against Northwestern Revenge will be Listen at home: 98.1 FM State may just be what the theme tonight, as the Tigers need headLSU hopes to avenge a 5-2 loss ing into SEC play. against Northwestern State from “I don’t think our players will last season. The Tigers jumped out have any trouble getting motivated to an early 2-0 advantage but sur- for tomorrow,” Mainieri said. rendered the lead and couldn’t find an answer for Northwestern State Contact Hunter Paniagua at pitcher Mason Melotakis. hpaniagua@lsureveille.com Melotakis entered in the sixth
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any other sport. According to LSU’s Fiscal Year 2011 NCAA Financial Report, football generated 87 percent of LSU sports’ revenues from ticket sales. As a corollary, football receives more than 30 percent of the money LSU allocated to athletic scholarships. Without football in the picture, the rest of LSU’s sports teams generated $4,388,140 in revenue from ticket sales from sports like baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics and soccer. Baseball filled seats, accounting for just less than 60 percent of the ticket sales for all sports other than football, raking in $2,618,444. To be fair, the Tigers have led the nation in paid attendance at baseball games for 16 consecutive years. “At LSU, when you can be a revenue-producing sport, you’re looked on a lot differently,” said LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri. “Fortunately for us, the sport is so popular here that people want to come support it. Not only do we pay for ourselves, we create additional revenue that may be used for other sports.” But in this instance, one can’t follow the money. Because of the NCAA-imposed 11.7 limit on baseball scholarships, the baseball team is far behind other teams on campus in terms of the number of scholar athletes to receive aid. Here’s a basic rundown of the scholarships other sports received in the FY2011 report: women’s basketball gave 14 scholarships worth $581,080, men’s basketball gave 11.5 worth $440,269, volleyball gave 12.5 worth $439,946, gymnastics gave 16 worth $573,785, and men’s and women’s tennis combined for 13 scholarships worth $441,048. Baseball’s 11.7 scholarships
as a coach. were worth $380,067. Since baseball players can’t Despite generating nearly 60 percent of the ticket revenue for count on a full scholarship, they sports other than football, baseball must rely on tuition assistance proonly accounted for 5.99 percent of grams — such as TOPS — to cover the scholarship money allocated for part of the balance. According to NCAA rules, players are allowed to those sports. Although money is a driving accept any sort of scholarship that is available to the genforce behind coleral student populege athletics, it’s lation without it not always applicounting toward the cable to small sports that have trouble 1: Football.....................$29,571,245 designated scholargenerating revenue. 2: Baseball.....................$2,618,444 ship limit. But for out-ofBut when baseball student-athscholarships are 3: Men’s Basketball......$1,330,670 state looked at in propor- 4: Women’s Basketball...$241,263 letes, like Florida tion to roster sizes, 5: Softball............................$82,039 native and former other small sports Total ticket revenue, all sports: LSU first baseman Dean, the reare still getting a $33,959,385 Blake mainder of their bill better shake. is covered by loans Using LSU’s or their families. FY2011 NCAA Fisource: FY2011 NCAA FINANCIAL REPORT A couple of nancial Report numgraphic by KIRSTEN ROMAGUERA / The Daily Reveille critical questions bers, most sports are able to fill out roughly three-fourths must be asked during the recruiting of their roster with athletes who re- phase. “What’s his family’s financial ceive a full-ride scholarship. If LSU’s sports teams still used situation?” Mainieri said. “Could the same number of scholarships they afford to take a smaller schollisted in the report, the women’s arship because they have the wherebasketball team, gymnastics team withal to pay for the balance?” Dean said paying the remainder and women’s golf team would be 100-percent covered with scholar- of his bill was never a problem for ships, the men’s basketball team him and his family, but that it’s not would be 88 percent covered and the the case with everyone, particularly volleyball team would be 75 percent when professional baseball teams can eliminate the financial burden of covered. Since baseball is limited to only a talented high school player. “It just boils down to what you giving 27 players scholarship aid, only 43 percent could receive full- want,” Dean said. “You don’t go to college just to play baseball, you ride scholarships. “It’s ridiculous,” Bertman said. have to go to school, too. Some “Baseball has, without a doubt, the people aren’t really cut out for that lowest number of scholarships per … especially when you get a couple capita of any of the 88 championship hundred thousand dollars dangled in front of your face.” sports. Now that’s not right.” Of course, a full ride is a pipe dream for college baseball players. Contact Luke Johnson at Mainieri said he has never given a full scholarship in his 30 years ljohnson@lsureveille.com
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‘Kentucky, because of big man [Anthony] Davis.’ Joey Vanzandt
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‘Kentucky, because I know they have like six guys who are about to be Jean Paul Landreneau drafted.’ business administration junior
‘Duke because they’re the best team.’
Attendance policy shouldn’t pass, but isn’t awful THE C-SECTION CHRIS GRILLOT Columnist The University Faculty Senate decides your fate today. At 3 p.m., the senate will decide whether University professors will get the right to control your grade based on class attendance. I can’t predict whether or not the resolution — titled “Including Class Attendance Among Course Grading Criteria” — will pass, but what I can say is that it shouldn’t. Though if it does, it is nothing to worry about for most people. The resolution asks that class attendance be included in the criteria the University can currently grade on. Right now, students can be graded solely on academic performance. “The policy just allows professors to take [attendance] into account,” said Louis Day, professor of mass communication and co-author of the resolution. But if the resolution passes professors would have the choice to decide if they wish to grade attendance or not. Day said there are many reasons why professors should be allowed to grade attendance. One of the biggest is that the “state of Louisiana subsidizes the educational costs of all LSU students and has a right to expect respect for its investment in this education.” He has a good point. Many University students are on TOPS and waste money by skipping class. But it still doesn’t justify grading on attendance. Day also said the resolution will put the University on par with other regional schools, like University of Alabama and
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University of Georgia, while also making it clear the University values class attendance. While there are legitimate reasons to allow professors to give attendance grades, there are more reasons against it. First, professors already take attendance. “Participation” grades are synonymous with “attendance” grades, so it does nothing for professors who already grade this. Also, grading attendance requires professors to keep extra files, so I’m willing to bet those who don’t do it have a reason not to — and they are not about to start taking attendance because of a resolution. But then there are the few who will change their ways. There will certainly be that coldhearted professor who decides to start passing around a packet during class out of spite, asking students to check their names off. While it may make more students attend class, this leads to an inordinate amount of students surfing StumbleUpon while signing their friends in, adding nothing but an excess of body heat and carbon dioxide to the classroom. Leave class to those who want to be there. I’d say it’s actually better sometimes when the slackers skip — you wind up in class with people who want to learn. Finally, we’re adults. We are choosing to be in college, so we shouldn’t be required to be in class for fear of making of a bad grade. If we want to get something out of college, we’ll show up for class. And if we don’t, we’ll probably pay for it somewhere down the line. Though the resolution shouldn’t pass, most of us have no reason to be too angry about it if it does. software, but I disagree that digital downloading is the future for gaming. Out of all the people that I know who are gamers, most of them prefer a physical disk rather than a digital download. I know that one day digital will become the standard because its easier to distribute, and it might even be cheaper games because the middle man(Gamestop) is cut, but it would be scary to wake up one day and the HDD on my console has been hacked or erased, and that would be a pain to try to
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The teachers who have participation grades will probably start calling it “attendance.” No harm done here. The resolution would make it the professor’s choice to take attendance, so those who don’t do it now aren’t likely to start. If you go to class like you’re supposed to, you won’t be affected. In the end, it’s easy to understand why some professors would want to be able to grade attendance, but it undermines the idea of college. If we’re going to teach people to make choices, why start with something as basic as regularly attending a college class?
You don’t need to grade attendance to know people who never attend class will probably fail. And if they don’t screw up at some point, they’re probably geniuses. Moreover, grades are reflective of academic performance, not attendance. That’s the way it should stay.
download everything again and I wont be able to sell my games on ebay or craigslist, or share them with a friend.” - Anonymous In response to Kristi Carnahan’s column, “Government medical micromanagement has gone too far,” readers had this to say:
seems your article is written from the perspective of these evil religions are not giving these women a choice, but this whole discussion is really about the government not giving everyone else the right to not pay for it. Stop making this out to be a women’s rights thing. It’s not.” - Jonathan
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Quote of the Day “Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt ... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
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OWS movement needs new leader to reclaim relevance SHARE THE WEALTH
JAY MEYERS Columnist The Occupy Wall Street movement was once a front-page story. Now, it’s an afterthought in the minds of Americans. It captivated our nation, placing a spotlight on our vast income inequality, the corrosive power of too-big-to-fail banks and multinational corporations that have prospered at everyone else’s expense. OWS began during September of last year in Manhattan’s Financial District and spread to more than 100 cities in the U.S., with demonstrations in more than 1,500 cities globally. Unfortunately, these aforementioned statistics no longer hold true because the popularity of the OWS movement fell just as quickly as it rose. OWS certainly isn’t in the most optimal condition right now,
but the movement is still salvageable. The most recent demonstration in New York grew to a mere 100 protestors — an extremely decent turnout in the movement’s current state. Why did a movement that captured the nation just a few months ago vanish so quickly? Many people look to protestors’ eviction from New York’s Zuccotti Park — the initial and primary site of the OWS protest camp — as the reason for the for the movement’s steady and rapid decline. Others look to the weather as the culprit for disenchanting protestors and impacting their desire to continue outdoor camping and demonstrations. Neither of these are valid arguments. For one, it has been an unseasonably warm winter as temperatures have climbed to unprecedented levels in cities such as New York, Boston and Washington,
which are the three most common venues for OWS demonstrations. The Zuccotti Park eviction did negatively impact the OWS movement, but it is by no means the reason why the protests have fled from the public consciousness. The OWS movement had already started losing steam before the Zuccotti Park eviction. Web searches for OWS, which peaked Oct. 15, had fallen 66 percent by Nov. 11, four days before the eviction, according to Google Trends. Additionally, Pew Research Center’s weekly news index showed OWS diminished from 10 percent of total news coverage on Oct. 1 to less than 4 percent on Nov. 11. There are two genuine reasons why OWS has been unsuccessful. First, Wall Street financiers have not been affected by the protests. Second, the movement lacks a strong leader who can provide
organization and a clear message. In order for the OWS protestors to accomplish their goals, they have to significantly affect the targets of their activism — CEOs and bankers — with their demonsrations. For example, OWS members decided to organize a large protest on the steps of Washington in favor of placing legal controls on executive pay. For OWS to accomplish this concrete goal of political reform, it is absolutely necessary for demonstrators to demonize their target by having a protest that gains enough attention to spark a national outcry. But occupiers are too passive and fail to get in the faces of Wall Street financiers, then continued attempts at reform will be to no avail. Another prevalent criticism associated with OWS is its lack of clear message, collective goals and organized voice. These and nearly all of the problems facing OWS can be
overcome, and the viability of the movement greatly enhanced by obtaining a leader. The addition of a leader will allow OWS to pinpoint issues they feel need reform and come up with sensible solutions. This is the next and only step for the movement to have a shot at achieving real change. Look at the Tea Party. If they can get people like Michele Bachmann in Congress, then this movement is more than capable of passing a few reforms in Washington. OWS: Stop being such hipsters, and accept a leader for the greater good of the movement. Jay Meyers is a 19-year-old economics major from Shreveport, La. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_jmeyers
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All U.S. presidents have been guilty of big money influence FOR THINKERS ONLY MATTHEW WESTFALL Columnist “The influence industry” is a term referring to the power of money in shaping public policy, landing high-profile government jobs and gaining leverage for special interests. Big money has long dominated politics — and elections, for that matter. Many donors and fundraisers are savvy investors who expect a return on their investments. Financial contribution is often rewarded with direct access to political representatives, which in turn allows donors to effectively lobby for their causes. Money has shaped public policy, kept politicians in office and often times determined which political constituents are heard. It should come as no surprise that President Barack Obama and his staff were recently criticized for their hiring practices. According to The Washington Post, more than half of Obama’s biggest fundraisers were given jobs in his administration. At least 24 of Obama’s bundlers took posts as foreign ambassadors, including positions in Finland, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg. Nine more big donors were appointed to presidential boards and committees. Although highly unethical, this type of practice has been going on for years. Money makes the world go round, and the influence of money on U.S. politics is nothing new.
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We can look all the way back to 1904 to a scandal involving corporate donors that tainted President Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign. The backlash led to the Tillman Act of 1907, the first major campaign-finance reform law, which prohibited monetary contribution to national political campaigns by corporations. In the past century — most notably since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s — lawmakers have made countless attempts to change the influential involvement of money in U.S. politics, which is a prominent issue within both major parties. President Obama and his
administration have become a part of the political tradition in falling prey to big-money contributors looking for access. Obama is surely not the first to do so, nor will he be the last. Under President Ronald Reagan’s administration, the secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and 16 associates were convicted for rigging low-income housing bids to favor Republican contributors to Reagan’s campaign. President Bill Clinton and his administration were criticized for a campaign fundraising operation during his first term that authorized the use of the White House
as a tool to woo big donors. Clinton authorized numerous perks for top party contributors, including golf games, morning jogs with him and overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom — leading to skepticism of his personal relationships with big donors. President George W. Bush was criticized for his energy policies that positioned oil and gas companies ahead of other energy interests with billions of dollars in subsidies and tax cuts. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, both former oil executives, developed the country’s energy policy on the recommendations of oil moguls such as Exxon Mobil,
Conoco, Shell Oil, BP America and Chevron. Bush, who received more campaign donations from the oil and gas industry than any other politician, signed an energy bill in 2005 that gave $14.5 billion in tax breaks for oil, gas, nuclear power and coal companies. On his way out of office, Bush made sure big donors and senior aides were appointed to lucrative positions that would be in place for up to six years after his term ended. According to The Washington Post, nearly half of Bush’s appointments were filled by donors who gave a total of nearly $1.9 million to Republicans from 2003 to 2008 — not a substandial number, but a symptom of the problem nonetheless. It’s simple. Major political contributors exercise major political influence. It’s a sad state of affairs, but this trend will continue into the future until the necessary regulations are put in place. In the end, whether a Democrat or Republican is in office, the buttons are pressed by the businessmen who pay to get them elected. Matthew Westfall is a 23-yearold mass communication senior from Winchester, Va. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mwestfall.
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was also strongly advocated on campus, Hopkins said. Before the tenure of Helen Carter, a former head of the home economics department, all female students were required to take a home economics class, no matter their major. Carter convinced the University and LSU Board of Supervisors to abolish the rule forcing women to take home economics. “That was pretty pivotal to the history of women at LSU,” Hopkins said. During World War II and the Vietnam War, women escaped from the confines of the household to join the workforce, she said. The government said it was a woman’s patriotic duty to her country to replace the men who were fighting as soldiers. Hopkins said many women continued to work even after the men returned from war, and eventually more women began going to college. Households with two working parents became more common. In today’s society, more than ever, the domestic duties of men and women are balanced, Hopkins said. Though a gender equilibrium is on the horizon, women still face numerous challenges in the 21st century. Hopkins said women only earn about three-fourths of the pay that men earn for performing the same jobs. She said the wage disparity is unfair because there are the same number of, if not more, women earning degrees at all levels of education than men. Wages aren’t the only work-related issue that women face. Sexual harassment still exists at many jobs today, she said. “Women are still subjected to that all of the time,” she said. “Violence against women in general is a
big problem.” Despite oppression, women have made major contributions to the world. Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray images of DNA led to the discovery of the double-helix shape. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” fueled anti-slavery ideals and Margaret Thatcher was the first female British prime minister. “[Thatcher] greatly shaped world politics for two or three decades,” Hopkins said. The Women’s Center is holding a number of events to celebrate the month. The center is hosting a community service project titled “Women Chefs’ Show Off” benefitting the Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center on Thursday. The event will be held at the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino and will include a live auction and other activities, Hopkins said. A women’s networking and business etiquette dinner will be held at the Faculty Club on March 20, where a facilitator will teach
The Daily Reveille etiquette and students will be paired with professionals to discuss the challenges women face in particular jobs, Hopkins said. A “Women in the Arts Night” and the “Esprit de Femme Award Presentation” will take place March 22 with performing arts, an art gallery and a panel discussion at the Union Theatre. “It’s kind of our capstone experience for the month,” Hopkins said. The celebrations wrap up March 27 with the “Gender and Justice For All Panel” in the Broussard Hall Assembly Room. Hopkins said she hopes the day will come when women’s history is taught every day of the year rather than during one month. “It’s important because we’ve got to increase the consciousness and knowledge of women’s history,” she said.
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