The Daily Reveille - June 19, 2012

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Baseball: Columnist calls out Tiger fans as hypocrites, p. 9

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FACULTY

University violated professors’ freedoms Taylor Balkom Staff Writer

The University has been censured by a national organization of professors for violations of academic freedom of two professors, according to a news release. The American Association of University Professors found the University violated academic freedoms of former professor Ivor van Heerden and biology professor Dominique G. Homberger.

Northwestern State University and Southeastern Louisiana University were also added to the censure list. In response, Chancellor Mike Martin released a statement saying he couldn’t talk specifics because of “pending litigation and employee confidentiality.”

“One of these cases is still going through the legal process and the other has long since been resolved internally,” Martin said. “We have done our best to get to the bottom of these issues and have handled them appropriately.”

Martin also said the AAUP had not contacted him, and therefore he didn’t know “all the details.” Van Heerden was the deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center and lead an investigation into the levee system in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. In the immediate aftermath of the storm, he was critical of the Army Corps of Engineers. He was fired in May 2010 and is currently suing the University. He claims he was forced out of the University because his criticisms of the Corps endangered federal funding, The Daily Reveille reported in August 2010.

The AAUP found the University “denied him reappointment largely in retaliation from the prevailing LSU stance on the levees, by restricting the nature of the research to be done by van Heerden and by punishing him for exercising his extramural rights as a citizen,” according to a statement released in August 2011. Homberger was relieved from teaching a 2010 introductory course after she was allegedly grading too harshly. The AAUP said the University violated Homberger’s “academic freedom to teach.”

Contact Taylor Balkom at tbalkom@lsureveille.com

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Nation & World

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INTERNATIONAL

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Suspect in body parts case returns to Canada, parts still missing

US sues to force return of dinosaur fossil to Mongolia with lawsuit

Goodell hears bounty appeals from New Orleans football players

MIRABEL, Quebec (AP) — A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student arrived in Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month.

Luka Magnotta did not fight his extradition. He is suspected of killing Jun Lin and sending body parts to Canadian political parties and schools. The head is still missing. Police said they would ask Magnotta where it is.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit in New York to force the return to Mongolia of a dinosaur fossil worth more than $1 million.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (buh-RAH’-ruh) says the nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was allegedly stolen from Mongolia and brought to the U.S. with false claims that it originated in Great Britain and was worth $15,000. It sold at auction for more than $1 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL went public Monday with evidence against the four players suspended for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program. Among the things the league revealed: a prize of $35,000 or more for knocking Brett Favre out of the NFC championship game in January 2010.

The league also displayed a computer slide it obtained from the Saints, dating from before a playoff game against Seattle the following season, showing photos of three Seahawks with “Now it’s time to do our job. Collect bounty...

No apologies. Let’s go hunting” printed on it.

Man killed in French Quarter shooting early Monday morning

Iraqi suicide bombing kills 15 people at Shiite funeral on Monday BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber in Iraq detonated his explosive belt in funeral tent packed with mourners for a Shiite tribal leader Monday, killing at least 15 in what officials described as an alQaida attempt to reignite sectarian violence.

The blast in the city of Baqouba wounded at least 40 people. It came after a particularly bloody week in which more than 100 people died in bombings across the country targeting a major Shiite pilgrimage.

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This April, 2010 photo provided by the United States Equestrian Federation shows Boyd Martin riding Neville Bardos at the World Equestrian Games.

US Olympic horses travel to London in style, FedExed to destination LONDON (AP) — When the U.S. Equestrian Federation sent some of its horses to London for the Olympics, it was a special delivery.

The elite U.S. three-day eventing equine squad landed in London on Monday on a FedEx flight, having taken the red eye from Newark, N.J. They’re not the first competitors to arrive as the countdown to the games clicks to less than 40 days away, but they are among the most pampered.

Trial set for man accused in Auburn tree poisoning. jury selection begins MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama fan accused of poisoning two oak trees that have been staging points for decades of celebrations at rival Auburn is about to go on trial.

Attorneys will begin selecting a jury Tuesday to hear the case against Harvey Updyke Jr., in a courtroom less than 10 miles from Toomer’s Corner and the Auburn campus.

Updyke allegedly poisoned the trees after Auburn beat Alabama during the Tigers’ 2010 national title season.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police arrested a suspect in a morning shooting in the French Quarter that left one man dead.

The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Monday in the 300 block of North Peters Street.

Police say the 26-year-old victim was shot multiple times.

Spokesman Garry Flot says officers were working a paid detail in the quarter when they heard several shots.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

ADMINISTRATION

TICKETS

LSUPD handles scalpers on campus MORGAN SEARLES / The Daily Reveille

Interim LSU System President and Interim Chancellor William Jenkins speaks Monday in his office about his background and balancing the responsibilities of two major administrative positions.

Jenkins promises not to abandon University Joshua Bergeron Staff Writer

Although Interim LSU System President and Interim Chancellor Bill Jenkins has held nearly every major administrative position at the University, he never intended to get involved in the University’s administration.

Jenkins said when he began his career as a veterinary doctor, he briefly considered becoming a dean, but never considered becoming twotime LSU System President and three-time Chancellor.

“I trained as a veterinarian in South Africa,” he said. “I always intended to go back to my college to teach veterinary medicine and perhaps get an advanced degree.

I thought that, one day, perhaps I could become a dean of veterinary medicine.”

As it turns out, Jenkins became the University’s dean of veterinary medicine in 1988. The University named him the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in September 1993. Three years later, in 1996, the LSU Board of Supervisors announced Jenkins as the fifth chancellor. He became the LSU System president in 1999.

In his current position, Jenkins will earn a base salary of $425,000 and an additional $175,000 from the LSU foundation, according to The Advocate. He will also receive up to $760 a month for a vehicle allowance, $2,670 in housing allowances, $600 a month for travel and $300 a month in miscellaneous expenses.

While in office, Jenkins’ retirement benefits will be suspended.

Jenkins promised to “not be a placeholder” and to immediately get to work resurrecting the University

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from a budgetary crisis.

“I don’t want to see us slide back at all,” Jenkins stressed. “Because my wife isn’t here with me, I am able to work later into the night.

One thing we have to do is get to a situation where we can build up some reserves. I would love to find a way to reward our faculty; their dedication and hard-work has to be rewarded.”

He also addressed being tasked with the responsibility of two major administrative positions.

“In order to manage your time, you have to get help from your vice chancellors and deans; they become your administrative arms,” Jenkins said. “It’s difficult for me because I’m a hands-on, engaged person, but when you are holding both of those positions, it is not easy to do.”

He said becoming a real presence on campus is one of his top priorities. Jenkins said he enjoys going to Student Government meetings, eating in the Student Union and walking through the Quad on nice days to introduce himself to students.

Although he is excited about beginning his tenure as interim system president and chancellor, Jenkins confirmed he is not seeking a longterm position.

“I will never abandon LSU as long as I’m needed” he said. “I’m looking to get on with my life. But I would never walk away from LSU, especially right now.”

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

Students face losing tickets for a year Austen Krantz Staff Writer

It isn’t uncommon for LSU Police officers to catch ticket scalpers at major LSU sport ing events — but police probably won’t charge them for selling over-priced tickets, according to LSU Police Department spokesperson Cory Lalonde.

Under Louisiana Revised Statute 4:1, tickets for an athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus or other amusement must have the correct price printed on the ticket and cannot be sold for any amount more than the original price. Violating this law can earn offenders a misdemeanor charge with a $100 to $500 fine and 30 to 90 days in jail. However, Lalonde said this is often difficult for police to prove.

“Any time we arrest anybody on criminal charges, you not only need proof of it, but you also need a complainant,” Lalonde explained. “It’s a hard situation to prove and actually arrest someone on this particular statute because of the way it’s worded — because of the circumstances.”

When LSUPD receives reports of scalpers selling highpriced tickets, individuals can also be flagged for other related offenses, Lalonde said. He cited two individuals LSUPD approached during the NCAA baseball Baton Rouge Regional for reportedly scalping tickets.

“They weren’t arrested for actually scalping,” Lalonde explained. “Both of these individuals had been previously banned from campus.”

As a result, LSUPD arrested them for remaining after being forbidden.

“Anybody who commits a crime on campus and is arrested is typically banned from campus unless they are a student, faculty or staff,” he said.

Lalonde said in certain cases where individuals were involved in previous on-campus incidents,

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People caught selling tickets for more than their printed value may be charged with a misdemeanor, fined $100 to $500 and face 30 to 90 days in jail.

officers can still instruct them to leave campus.

“It’s not always an arrest,” Lalonde said.

Students caught scalping their tickets run the risk of losing tickets for athletic events for the academic year, according to ticket office coordinator Hunter Geisman. He said approximately 20 to 30 students a year are turned in to the ticket office or the dean’s office.

“If they do something during football season, then they won’t be able to attend another event until the following fall,” Geisman explained. “Provided they do everything they’re supposed to.”

But counterfeit tickets have recently proved an even bigger issue than scalping at large events like football games and high profile baseball games.

“The bigger problem we see of the ones that get reported to us is counterfeit tickets,” Lalonde said.

“It could be tickets that had been previously used at those events . . . and we’ve had instances where it’s actually counterfeit tickets.”

Lalonde said these tickets can look authentic until compared side by side to a real ticket.

“People need to be very careful of who and where they purchase tickets from,” Lalonde warned. “If you’re not purchasing it directly from LSU, there’s always the chance that it could be a situation where it’s not a legitimate ticket.”

Contact Austen Krantz at akrantz@lsureveille.com

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ART

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Murals in Allen Hall to be restored

Fresco part of ’30s Master’s thesis Joshua Bergeron Staff Writer

After hiding behind layers of white paint for more than 40 years, the work of Roy Henderson is making its triumphant return to the western walls of Allen Hall.

In the late 1930s, five graduate students painted a series of murals in Allen Hall under the direction of Conrad Albrizio, a founding member of the University’s art department. Originally, the murals comprised indoor frescos on the East and West ends of Allen, the Allen Hall Portico and another large painting on the exterior of Hill Memorial Library, known to have been destroyed.

The murals were painted over in the 1960s, hiding them from the world until a 2001 restoration

project brought two of them back to life. The restoration project restored the interior murals on the east side of Allen Hall, as well as the mural under the building’s east portico.

University alumna and Mural Restorer Cheryl Elise Grenier discovered Henderson’s work on the south end of Allen during her 2001 restoration project. She has begun the process of restoring the final mural.

“During the 2001 conservation, the paintings on Allen Hall west end were also discovered via archival research and testing of the surface,” Grenier said in an e-mail.

Henderson’s mural in fresco was part of his master’s thesis — “Execution of a Mural in Fresco” — in which he detailed the reasoning behind the appearance of his work.

“The function of the building suggested the subject matter to be used,” Henderson wrote.

At the time, Allen Hall served as the home for the school of Arts and Sciences. Therefore, he decided to use a “representation of the arts on the north wall, sciences on the south wall, and the west wall [serves as] a transition between the two.”

In order to restore the murals in 2001, Grenier removed three layers of paint with various chemicals. However, restoring Henderson’s work could be more challenging, according to English Department Chair Rick Moreland.

“The existing stairway had to be removed and rebuilt because the murals had been plastered over when the stairs were built,” he said. “The new stairs have been set back from the murals both to protect the murals and to make them easier to see. The plaster will now need to be carefully removed to reveal and restore the murals underneath.”

Grenier said mural recovery is always difficult, but this project

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The completed mural, soon to be restored by University alumna Cheryl Elise Grenier, is displayed in Roy Henderson’s book, “Execution of a Mural in Fresco.”

should turn out well.

“It will be painstaking work as usual, but we will have great results from what I can tell in the testing phase,” Grenier explained.

“I see all kinds of very damaged artwork in Italy, where most of my work is. These paintings are in relatively good condition by comparison.”

Although there is no official timeline for the completion of the

mural, Moreland hopes to have the project completed by the end of the summer. He said the project is funded by “private money raised

by Interim Dean of the College of Art and Design Ken Carpenter.”

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

ACADEMICS

Educators help students realize indecision is OK Many University students undeclared

Kristen Frank Contributing Writer

It’s a common question for those who find themselves working in a different field than they studied in college: Was their time and effort in school worth it?

University educators believe so.

Paul Ivey, executive director of University College, said that nationally, students end up changing their major three times from the beginning of their freshman year to graduation.

Students who don’t know what they want to major in will end up undeclared until they make that decision, Ivey says.

Ivey himself was, at first, an accounting major before he decided to switch to education. He now advises students using that personal background.

Students can be undeclared in Science and Engineering, Arts and Humanities, Engineering or Social Sciences, according to the Office of Budget and Planning’s website.

Sandy Walker, director of institutional research for the Office

of Budget and Planning, majored in education during her college days. She now helps gather information about the University and its students needed for records, something her studies didn’t necessarily prepare her for.

According to the Office of Budget and Planning’s website, in the spring of 2012, the University College’s Center for Freshman Year had 4,070 freshmen, 562 sophomores and 10 juniors who had not yet declared a major.

Ivey said students normally declare a major by the end of their

freshman year.

Though these students are undeclared in the University College, many of them are there because they have not yet met the requirements to get into their preferred senior college.

Julie Chan, a chemistry professor, was a music major before switching to chemistry in her junior year of college.

She believes students are not exposed to as many different career paths in high school as may be needed to choose a major confidently.

Chan said that if a person is creative, they can find something within their skill set, even if it is not what they wanted in the first place.

On the other hand, Robert Mckinnon, an English instructor, said he has always wanted to pursue English, though at the time he was studying, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with that degree.

And he said that’s OK. Mckinnon said there are different ways of finding a career in life, and many people don’t end up in their studied field. This is

difficult for students, he said, because of the plans they have set up for their future.

Once they get into it, however, students want to do their best.

He advised students to find something that they care about and enjoy; this applies even if they don’t end up in that field their entire lives.

Contact Kristen Frank at kfrank@lsureveille.com

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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Rushing advocates branch change Kristen Frank

Contributing Writer

Student Government members debated the future of its constitution and voted for the powers of the Election Code at its meeting Monday night. Lane Pace, pro tempore and meeting chair, opened the meeting by asking for public input, wherein the other members discussed their thoughts on the content of the last week’s meeting.

The first thing discussed was the limit — or lack thereof — of expenditures for elections. Without a limit, the candidates could run wild with whatever they feel is necessary to

win elections, said Thomas Rodgers, director of academic affairs to SG. Rodgers also proposed that the limit be aided by the reduction of the cost of trinkets — anything SG buys to give to students to help their party win. SG currently has a $2 limit on trinkets, which it wishes to reduce to $1.

Danielle Rushing, chief justice, advocated for the Election Board discussed at last week’s meeting to be moved to the Judicial Branch.

This would be the most neutral place for it, she said.

There has not yet been an official vote for or against Rushing’s wish. It was debated, however,

whether the Election Board could be put in the Judicial Branch and report to a SG advisor who would not be directly working with any branch.

The duties of the Election Board were also reincarnated from last week, then discussed and officially voted upon by the committee. As it stands, there will be no change to the SG Constitution regarding the duties of the Election Board in the Election Code. The Election Board will still have the power to disqualify or sanction candidates as well as conduct elections.

Contact Kristen Frank at kfrank@lsureveille.com

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Thomas Rodgers, Student Government Director of Academic Affairs, speaks at a Student Government meeting Monday.

BUSINESS

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The Caterie was destroyed by a fire Jan. 1, 2010. The Catarie will open in the now vacant spot with a comparable menu and live music entertainment.

Catarie to replace Caterie in Acadian-Perkins Plaza Venue may open by football season Danielle Kelley Contributing Writer

Students will have another nightlife venue option come fall, and the charred gap in the Acadian-Perkins Plaza will finally be filled.

The Catarie, not to be confused with The Caterie, will open in the same location as its predecessor with a comparable menu and music entertainment but under different management, according to co-owner Dwaine Henderson.

“It’s going to be similar.

We’re going to do sandwiches and daily specials like The Caterie did, but we’re going to do more of a New Orleans style,” he said.

Henderson said he hopes The Catarie will open before football season.

Part of the building was destroyed in a fire Jan. 1, 2010, and building owner Jon Claitor broke

ground to rebuild this past March.

“I can’t tell you how many people have contacted me asking when The Caterie was going to come back,” Claitor said. “[It’s] going to have the same format as [it] did before the fire.”

Claitor is creating an 18,000 square-foot suite in the plaza, and The Catarie will take up 4,000 square feet of that.

No other business has secured a spot in new two-story suite, but Claitor said Firehouse Subs, Subway, T.G.I. Friday’s, Twin Peaks, Santa Fe Cattle Co., a yogurt company and a California grocery store have shown interest in renting.

Claitor said he also plans to build a parking garage behind the plaza.

Contact Danielle Kelley at dkelley@lsureveille.com

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LEGISLATURE

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

NATIONAL

Mich. rep. performs Rodney ‘Vagina Monologues’ King dead, found in home pool

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying “vagina” during debate on anti-abortion legislation performed “The Vagina Monologues” on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.

Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women’s sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night’s performance on the Statehouse steps by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses. The show was expected to draw quite a crowd, as more than 3,700 people indicated they planned to attend on the Facebook event page, “Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!”

Ensler, who took time away from a production she’s overseeing in California so she could help put on Monday’s performance, said she’s thrilled to be involved. She likened the punishment meted out by the Republicans who control the Michigan House to “the Dark Ages.”

“If we ever knew deep in our hearts that the issue about abortion ... was not really about fetuses and babies, but really men’s terror

of women’s sexuality and power, I think it’s fully evidenced here,” Ensler told The Associated Press by phone Monday.

“We’re talking about the silencing of women, we’re talking about censoring people for saying a body part,” she said. “Half of these people who are trying to regulate vaginas, they can’t even say the word.”

Brown made her comments during debate last week on a series of bills that supporters say would make abortions safer but that opponents say would dramatically reduce women’s ability to get abortions. While speaking against a bill requiring doctors to ensure women aren’t coerced into ending their pregnancies, Brown told Republicans, “I’m flattered you’re all so concerned about my vagina. But no means no.”

Brown was barred from speaking in the House during the next day’s session. House Republicans say they didn’t object to her saying “vagina.” They said Brown compared the legislation to rape, violating House decorum. She denies the allegation.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com

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RIALTO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators conducted an autopsy Monday on Rodney King’s body, but it is expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said.

Coroner’s officials will await results from toxicology tests that could take up to six weeks to gather before determining how King died.

He was pulled from the deep end of his pool early Sunday morning by police who were called to his home by his fiancee.

King, 47, became famous after he was severely beaten by Los Angeles police in 1991. It was captured on videotape and broadcast worldwide, as were photos of King’s bloodied and bruised face.

The more than 50 baton blows and kicks inflicted by officers left King with 11 skull fractures, a broken eye socket and facial nerve damage.

The trial of four officers charged with felony assault in connection with the case ended after a jury with no black

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A Rialto police detective conducts an investigation at Rodney King’s home in Rialto, Calif., on Sunday. King, 47, was found at the bottom of his pool that morning.

members acquitted three of the officers on state charges in the beating; a mistrial was declared for a fourth.

The verdict sparked one of the most costly and deadly race riots in the nation’s history.

Rialto police were investigating King’s death as an apparent drowning and said they have found no signs of foul play. King’s fiancee spoke with police for several hours Sunday and is considered a witness in the case, Rialto Police Officer David Shepherd said Monday.

A police officer remained stationed outside of King’s onestory home throughout the day Monday, with several news crews also remaining in the neighborhood. Cars slowed to look at the house and some stopped for passengers to snap photos, but no memorial to King was created

at the residence.

Toxicology results will show whether King, who struggled with addiction throughout his life, had any alcohol or drugs in his system.

Police have said there were no signs of alcohol or drug paraphernalia near the pool. Officers were seen taking a marijuana plant out of the house Sunday, but Shepherd said he could not confirm what items were taken from the home.

De Anda said King was only in the water three to four minutes between the time his fiancee called 911 and when officers arrived and pulled him from the water. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:11 a.m.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com

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Mike Gegenheimer Contributing Writer

Less than a week after former LSU national champion John Peterson’s grandmother passed away, his grandfather called this Father’s day “the best Father’s day he’s ever had” when his grandson tied for fourth at the U.S. Open.

“She was with me the whole time,” Peterson said. “The ball I shot with in the final round [of the Fedex St. Jude’s Classic] last week — the last day she was alive — is in the casket with her.”

Peterson caused more than a quiet murmur in his major tournament debut after he fired a 3-over-par — two strokes off the winning total — on Olympic Club in San Francisco, the course Golf Digest ranked as the 13th toughest in America.

“I felt like the course was set up to where I could contend,” Peterson said. “The only reason the big names were the favorites was because they’ve been doing it for so long.”

Peterson, the 831st-ranked golfer in the world, finished with an even-par 70 in Sunday’s final round, beating notable golfers such as last year’s winner Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Luke Donald, currently ranked No. 1 in the world.

Peterson’s ranking skyrocketed to 271 after his U.S. Open performance.

“I felt very comfortable,” Peterson said. “I felt I belonged there for all the hard work I’ve put in. I wasn’t nervous until that last putt that would’ve qualified me for the Masters.”

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Top Tigers The U.S. Open was only the fifth PGA tour event for Peterson and the first major appearance for the 23-year-old rookie, who won $276,841.

“I feel like it’s a privilege for me to play this game for a living,” Peterson said. “I get to play a game for a living. All I know is golf, and if it weren’t for this sport, I’d be broke.”

The highlight of Peterson’s weekend came during Saturday’s third round on the 199-yard-par-3 13th hole, when he holed the tournament’s only ace to drop his score to 3-over for the tournament.

LSU coach Chuck Winstead coached Peterson at LSU and remains the former Tiger’s swing coach at the professional level.

“It’s been a long time coming,” Winstead said.

“For someone who strikes the ball as well as John does, it’s kind of crazy that it hadn’t happened before.”

Peterson was able to celebrate the shot with a familiar face in fellow former Tiger and All-American, David Toms, who was in Peterson’s group for the third round.

Peterson, Toms finish top four at US Open

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John Peterson reacts after saving par on the 11th hole Sunday during the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament.

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Source: Patrick to replace Forrest as assistant coach New coach has Australian ties Chandler Rome Staff Writer

After the abrupt resignation of former assistant coach Shawn Forrest, it appears new LSU men’s basketball head coach Johnny Jones has landed an international presence to replace Forrest.

Sources confirmed to The Daily Reveille that former Saint Mary’s assistant coach David Patrick will accept the job to fill out Jones’ staff.

Patrick, born in Bermuda and raised in Melbourne, Australia,

was the 1995 Louisiana Player of the Year after transferring to Chapel Trafton in Baton Rouge for his senior year of high school.

After high school, he played for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse as a reserve point guard, playing in 28 games in 1996, when the Orange made it to the national championship game, falling to Kentucky.

PATRICK Unsatisfied with his playing time, Patrick transferred to Southwestern Louisiana — now UL-Lafayette — where he started 21 games in three seasons before playing professionally overseas until 2004.

Patrick began his coaching career the next year as an assistant coach at Nicholls State before being lured to Saint Mary’s as the director of basketball operations the next year.

After serving in that role for one year, Patrick was promoted to an assistant coach for the 20072008 season and was vital in recruiting Australian-born Patrick “Patty” Mills to the Gaels.

Mills and Patrick were family friends, and Mills led the Gaels to an NCAA Tournament appearance in his freshman season before declaring for the NBA prior to his junior year. He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft PATRICK, see page 15

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LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones, seen speaking on April 16, 2012, will reportedly hire David Patrick to replace Shawn Forrest as assistant coach.

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More than a dozen LSU track and field athletes are preparing for upcoming Olympic qualifying trials. [Left] Senior Kimberlyn Duncan is fresh off a NCAA national championship in the 200-meter dash. [Top] Sophomore Aaron Ernest (middle) recently secured a spot on the U.S. Junior World Championship team, while recent graduate Barrett Nugent (right) will attempt to qualify in the 110-meter hurdles. [Bottom] Junior Jasmin Stowers (left) is a two-time SEC champion in the 60-meter hurdles. [Right] Senior distance runner Charlene Lipsey shattered her personal record earlier this month in the 800-meter final to claim second place at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

TRACK AND FIELD

Three Tigers qualify for Junior Worlds Busy summer set for LSU athletes Mike Gegenheimer Contributing Writer

The U.S. World Junior Track and Field Championship Qualifiers kicked off what will be an actionpacked summer of competition and qualifying for LSU track and field athletes leading up to the London Olympic games, which start July 27.

LSU will be well represented in the Olympic qualifying ring with 14 current track and field athletes attempting to earn a trip to London for the Olympic games or Barcelona for the IAAF World Junior Championships,which will be held July 10 through 15.

“The athletes spent last week training together here on campus,” track and field Sports Information Director William Stafford said.

“But [this morning], they all spread out and head off to their qualifying events.”

Three LSU athletes out of five sent to Bloomington, Ind., qualified for a Team USA spot during the junior qualifier, held June 15 through 17.

Aaron Ernest, Rodney Brown and Quincy Downing punched their tickets to Barcelona during the weekend.

Ernest led the freshman trio by qualifying in three events, despite winning none of them.

Ernest turned in two silver

medal performances on the weekend, with the first coming in the 100-meter dash. He crossed the finish line in 10.46 seconds, .18 seconds behind Tyreek Hill, who will be Ernest’s teammate in Team USA’s 4x100meter relay team.

The freshman standout finished behind Hill in the 200-meter dash, this time losing by .31 seconds after a 20.88-second finish time.

Brown was the only Tiger to take home gold in an event, winning the discus throw on his way to the No. 3 US juniors all-time ranking.

Brown threw 206-feet, 9-inches on his third attempt to secure the victory, trailing only Kansas standout Mason Finley (214- feet, 4-inches, in 2009) and former Penn State star Brian Milne (207-feet, 5-inches, in 1992) in the all-time standings.

Downing rounded out the group after earning a spot on the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team with his fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash. He finished with a time of 46.68 seconds.

Four different countries will have LSU athletes competing in their qualifiers for a chance to represent their home nation. The United States, Canada, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago will each feature Tigers in national qualifying.

“It’s not just our current athletes,” Stafford said. “Plenty of postcollegiate pros and former LSU athletes will be qualifying for various events, including the Olympics. It’s a busy time for the program.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

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Tiger fans’ infatuation with Seawolves fickle, hypocritical CROME IS BURNING

CHANDLER ROME Staff Writer As the clinching game of the Baton Rouge super regional mercifully came to an end, and Stony Brook was dogpiling behind the mound, I knew what was coming.

Having grown up watching the agony and ecstasy of many Tiger baseball teams in the postseason, I knew the Alex Box faithful would give the Seawolves the ovation they had rightfully earned.

What followed made me sick.

The ovation I expected turned into six separate ovations followed by a victory lap, all for a team that came to our homefield and – for lack of a better description – whipped our asses.

Social media was also ablaze with support, from hashtags of #geauxseawolves to The Daily Reveille’s own picture of the victory lap, which garnered more than 1,400 likes on Facebook. The gushing affection for Stony Brook was unavoidable, and something I never would’ve envisioned.

As I expected, these newfound Stony Brook die-hards were nowhere to be found after the Seawolves were manhandled in Omaha last weekend.

But after what I saw that weekend from the 29,288 fans that packed the Box for the three super regional games, this outpouring of affection was artificial to say the least.

For example. take game two on Saturday. The middle-aged man I saw above the first-base dugout yelling audible expletives at the Stony Brook players– while his young son looked up at him– showed the true attitude that many LSU fans held throughout the series.

Or in Sunday’s clinching game, when the woman in a suite by the press box kept stomping her feet in disgust and hurling obscenities toward the Long Island visitors.

Sure, these are only two singular examples, but don’t fret – the entire fanbase showed its fair share of immaturity.

Whenever Seawolves coach Matt Senk or catcher Pat Cantwell would jog to the mound, choruses of unnecessary, ignorant boos rang out from the entire stadium for something as harmless as a mound visit.

Finally, when the Seawolves threw up their patented threefinger hand signals after a clutch base hit, they were greeted with just as many middle-finger salutes from the crowd above the firstbase dugout.

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Stony Brook players take the traditional victory lap around Alex Box Stadium after defeating LSU on June 10 to advance to the College World Series in Omaha.

The victory lap was merely a feeble attempt at rectifying such egregious, moronic behavior on display during each game. It may have fooled ESPN announcer Doug Glanville, but it didn’t impress me.

Let me be clear, I am in no way against good sportsmanship. Polite applause for Travis Jankowski’s stellar centerfield play was warranted and a standing ovation was in order for all three

Seawolf starting pitchers, which the crowd executed admirably.

And I’m sure the tailgaters outside the ballpark made up for the actions inside, nourishing our northern guests with jambalaya, pralines and maybe even a PBR. But inside the too-friendly confines of the Box, the hardened shell of the mecca of college baseball was slowly softened with each scorching double and easy outfield catch that the

Seawolves executed.

Fans took away the home field advantage the Box is supposed to provide, turning into an 11,000-person bandwagon that disappeared just as quickly as it formed.

These same fans sit in Tiger Stadium on Saturday nights, shouting the same boorish insults at visitors that they did toward the Seawolves. But when the home team comes up short in Death Valley, where’s the obsession with the conquering victors?

At the end of the weekend, I could only think of what will happen on September 29. Unknown, unheralded Towson will come into Tiger Stadium to try and slay Goliath and shock the college football world, just like the Seawolves did to the college baseball world.

If the Towson Tigers beat LSU, can we expect a victory lap?

Will Student Government President Taylor Cox arrange a bus of LSU fans to travel to their remaining games and cheer them on?

Come on, they’d be a Cinderella!

“No, no, no,” says every Tiger fan. “We’re too good.”

So was Paul Mainieri’s club, right?

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky opened his defense in his molestation trial Monday with character witnesses who defended his reputation, including a former Penn State coach who said he knew Sandusky took boys into showers but never saw him do anything wrong.

The six witnesses, one who called Sandusky a “local hero,” did little to directly counter the testimony last week by eight young men who accused the former Penn State assistant football coach of sexually abusing them when they were children.

Judge John Cleland told jurors Sandusky’s defense has about a day and a half left of testimony and that they could begin deliberations on the case as early as Thursday, a quicker schedule than had been expected.

Sandusky looked an Associated Press reporter in the eye and said nothing when asked if he planned to testify. Other possible defense witnesses to come include his wife, Dottie; and an expert who could discuss whether Sandusky has “histrionic personality disorder,” which experts have called a personality disorder characterized by inappropriate sexual behavior and erratic emotions.

The list of potential witnesses also includes a physician who spoke with key prosecution witness Mike McQueary the night he said he saw Sandusky attack a child in a football team shower in 2001 and members of former football coach Joe Paterno’s family, although it was unclear how they might fit into the defense case or whether they will be called.

Sandusky’s arrest led the university trustees to fire Paterno as coach in November, saying his response to the 2001 report from McQueary showed a lack of leadership. Paterno died of cancer in January.

Dick Anderson, a longtime Penn State assistant and Sandusky friend who retired in January, testified that he and other members of the football staff were present when Sandusky brought young boys into the team’s showers.

He said he never witnessed anything inappropriate.

“If Jerry would bring someone in with The Second Mile, they had been working out, for whatever reason they came in, it was not uncommon ... with the other coaches in the shower as well,” Anderson said, referring to the charity for at-risk children Sandusky founded in 1977.

Anderson, who coached at Penn State from 1970 to 1983 and again from 1990 through the 2011 season, said adults and children often shower together at gyms. He noted, for example, that it’s not unusual for him to be in the showers with boys at the YMCA. Contact The Daily Reveille Sports Staff at sports@lsureveille.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress in denying he used performance-enhancing drugs to extend his long career as one of the greatest and most-decorated pitchers in baseball history.

Fierce on the pitching mound in his playing days, Clemens was quietly emotional after the verdict was announced. “I’m very thankful,” he said, choking up as he spoke. “It’s been a hard five years,” said the pitcher, who was retried after an earlier prosecution ended in a mistrial.

This case was lengthy, but the deliberations were relatively brief. Jurors returned their verdict after less than 10 hours over several days. The outcome ended a 10-week trial that capped the government’s investigation of the pitcher known as “The Rocket” for the fastball that he retained

into his 40s. He won seven Cy Young Awards, emblematic of the league’s best pitcher each year in a 24-year career with the Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays and Astros.

The verdict was the latest blow to the government’s legal pursuit of athletes accused of illicit drug use.

A seven-year investigation into home run king Barry Bonds yielded a guilty verdict on only one count of obstruction of justice in a San Francisco court last year, with the jury deadlocked on whether Bonds lied to a grand jury when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.

A two-year, multicontinent investigation of cyclist Lance Armstrong was recently closed with no charges brought, though the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency filed formal accusations last week that could strip the seven-time Tour de France winner of his victories in that storied race. Armstrong denies any doping.

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center, walks with his lawyers Rusty Hardin, right, and Michael Attanasio, left, outside federal court in Washington, D.C.

In a non-drug-related case, the Clemens outcome also comes on the heels of the Department of Justice’s failure to gain a conviction in the high-profile corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards Late Monday, as the jury foreman read the acquittal on the final count, Clemens bit his lower lip and rubbed a tear from his eye.

Clemens, family members and his lawyers took turns exchanging hugs. At one point, Clemens and his four sons gathered in the middle of the courtroom, arms interlocked like football players in a huddle, and sobbing

could be heard. Debbie Clemens dabbed her husband’s eyes with a tissue.

Accused of cheating to achieve and extend his success — and then facing felony charges that he lied about it — Clemens declared outside the courthouse, “I put a lot of hard work into that career.”

His chief lawyer, Rusty Hardin, walked up to a bank of microphones and exclaimed: “Wow!”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dean clarifies June 13 Reveille article

To the Editor: The Reveille recently (June 13, 2012) ran an article on salary compression that quoted me to the effect that we are “firing” faculty.

Please note that I said that salaries and wages are the largest part of our budget, and when budget cuts come, the way universities most often deal with such cuts is to give up vacant lines. We seem to only be able to hire back about one faculty member for every two we lose. Please also note that universities do not fire faculty members except under exceptionally rare circumstances. Typically, faculty we lose are either hired away by other universities or retire.

Christopher F. D’Elia, Ph.D. Professor and Dean School of the Coast and Environment, LSU

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Blackwood imparted wisdom to loyal students THE PHILIBUSTER

PHIL SWEENEY Columnist Editor’s note: This column contains explicit language It’s a rainy Tuesday in June, and I’m taking the twelfth step of drug rehabilitation, an interview with English professor and “Treme” writer Mari Kornhauser. The drug — Rick Blackwood, retired Navy Captain and, as of June 4, retired English professor. To kids like me, though, he’s just “Rick,” a street name that acquires a more profound flavor on the tongues of his students. And this isn’t that cheap Charlie Sheen shit, suffice it to say: Rick Blackwood is a hell of a drug.

“There would be no [film] program at LSU without Rick,” Mari begins. “He’s probably one of the best teachers in the world.”

INT. 117 ALLEN HALL - DAY (FLASHBACK) It was 2010 and the first day of my Introduction to Writing Screenplays class — but it felt like 1987 and the first hour of Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” There were maybe twenty maggots in the

outfit: among them were Will “Animal Mother” Glass, Joey “Cowboy” Wilson and David “Joker” Benedetto.

And me, of course — Pvt. Gomer Pyle: in a world of shit.

The professor was MIA, 45 minutes late or else KIA, though none of us had yet broken rank and gone AWOL. Hell, none of us breathed.

Or blinked, even. This was a test, we were sure. A drill — for University alumnus Wilson, this was the professor’s initial “weeding-out.”

Suddenly, a zipper chirruped somewhere behind me, and just as it did, the big-bad build of a biker — or else a bushwhacking Viet Cong — blocked the doorway. The badass was blue-jeaned, bomber-jacketed and bald-headed — and apologetic.

University alumnus Glass recalled, flabbergasted, as if he were facing a fierce acid flashback: “He said — and I remember this exactly — ‘This class started at three, didn’t it? That’s my fuck-up — I would’ve been halfway to Chimes by now.”

Welcome to Rick Blackwood’s world: planet Earth, third rock from the Sun. Welcome to the jungle.

The four of us had become intertwined in a “complex world of possibilities, one wonderful, terrible and decidedly contradictory,” as Benedetto, an English senior

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recollected.

He “taught us to write for a hostile audience,” Glass said, “to treat writing as an act of violence in itself.”

The deadliest weapon in the world isn’t a marine and a rifle, as it turns out — but a writer and his pen.

“CAP’N RICK” Shortly after 11 p.m., for the first time in our hours-long shitshot conversation, Tom Flanagan, whom Rick taught as undergraduate in 2004, was tongue-tied, and the telephone line sagged with a weighty silence. “Rick just — just broke down,” he’d reckoned seconds before in a swampy, fixin’-to drawl — one that belied, at least, the Juris Doctor he’d recently been conferred by the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.

I’d never seen Flanagan’s eyes, couldn’t see them then. But there were teardrops, I’m sure, dangling from the cliffs of his eyelids, holding on for dear machismo. They’d already fallen from mine.

“We were in the big auditorium in Lockett,” Flanagan had begun, “and Rick read a passage out of [‘All Quiet on the Western Front’]” — Erich Maria Remarque’s trenchant “tell[ing] of a generation of men who...destroyed by [World War I],” as the author wrote.

“Cap’n Rick,” as Flanagan toasted him, a one-time Navy Reserve SEAL intelligence officer, wasn’t in the furrows of Verdun or the Somme in 1916 — but he knew war. He knew that horror. It was evident in his eyes, ultramarine, at times icy — and at times skateable. They’d always thaw just as soon as they’d frozen-over, of course — only seldom ever doing so, at that. But Rick knew combat all right, and his eyes told war stories. The ones that he didn’t — the tales that he’d lived to tell, that you’d die to be told.

After reciting the passage for Flanagan’s class, Rick recited one such story of his own, one he’d never told my classes — one that just broke him down, as Flanagan had reckoned it. And melting with his baby blues that day were the hearts of a hundred heartened students.

The anecdote itself may or may not be officially classified, but it’s not a yarn I’ll ever spin myself, at any rate. Some such stories are sacrosanct, lost in their very telling — and I don’t have that clearance.

“But yeah,” Flanagan broke in — I snuck a sniffle past him as he cleared his throat. “Rick just activated you, you know?”

I knew.

“Cap’n Rick’s exactly where you need him to be — when you

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need him to be there,” Flanagan twanged.

“NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING.” Anywhere, anytime: That was precisely University alumna Lisa Kirchner’s assessment of Rick’s tutelage.

Kirchner, a recent graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, was a star in her section of Sex and Violence in Cinema — when I enrolled in the class years later, “Film and Dreams,” Kirchner’s critique of psychoanalytic conceits in “American Beauty,” was that same assignment’s sample specimen, dispensed to us lay folk like a how-to Sunday missal.

“The class really opened my eyes,” she sang in staccato notes of zeal, something of a sexy-violent gospeler. “It wasn’t just about film.

It was about life. Rick brought more than just a lesson plan — he brought a life plan.”

“He’ll do anything for his students,” she swore — even in Europe.

Shortly before we spoke, Kirchner had petitioned Rick for instant-message guidance — she “just didn’t know” about one of her employment opportunities, she confessed to him.

Her answered prayer, seconds later: “Lisa, nobody knows. Nobody knows anything,” a Rickism — a beatitude, almost.

“Professors like Rick are few and far between,” Kirchner praised him.

Amen — they’re now fewer and farther between.

THE HOUSE THAT RICK BUILT It’s not until my interview with Kornhauser has all but wrapped that I realize I’m engaging with her in the same sort of heart-to-heart — tête-à-tête, maybe — as I once had with Rick. And as she counsels me on filmmaking and writing — as she counsels me on life — it’s apparent that there’s a bit of Rick in her: a lot of him, in fact.

“We’ll do Rick honor, finishing what he built,” she pledges.

And at this very moment, I’m sure, somewhere in Europe, with his oldest friends — Nietzsche, Freud and Remarque — a grinning bald-headed man is blushing in a half-full glass of beer.

Phil Sweeney is a 25-year-old English senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_PhilSweeney.

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“Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.”

Mother Teresa Catholic nun Aug. 26, 1910 — Sept. 5, 1997

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Religious leaders making bank, say faith creates wealth BLUE EYED DEVIL NICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist On June 9th, Reverend Creflo Dollar was released from a Fayatteville, Ga., jail on a $5,000 bond.

This isn’t the first time a prominent televangelist has gone to jail, and God willing it won’t be the last.

The following Sunday, the aptly-named Reverend Dollar addressed a packed house in his $18 million World Dome church in Atlanta.

Reverend Dollar compared his 12-hour stint in the clink to the Apostle Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem — the only minor difference being Paul had been arrested for spreading the gospel and Creflo for punching his daughter in the face.

There is a civil war going on in the American evangelical movement.

Men like Dollar, Bishop Eddie Long and Reverend Joel Olsteen have built mega-churches with congregations that number in the tens of thousands and bank accounts which run into the millions.

Some in the Christian community have asked how private jets and beach resorts in the Bahamas reconcile with a traditional reading of the Gospel.

You know — all that stuff about selling your belongings and following Christ.

That doesn’t square with the ring leaders and proponenets of the increasingly popular “Prosperity Gospel,” which is a slightly different take on the asceticism and modesty preached by a little known and relatively middleclass Judean carpenter who kind of got the whole ball rolling on

this Christianity thing about 2,000 years ago.

The “Prosperity Gospel” espoused by Dollar and his cronies equate faith with wealth.

Only good Christians get rich, and only rich Christians are good Christians — and apparently Creflo is the best Christian of them all if his Learjet, Rollsroyce, $2.5 million home in Atlanta and $3 million home in New York have anything to say about it.

Well — maybe not the best Christian of them all.

The Crouch family, owners of the world reviled Trinity Broadcasting Network — the largest outlet in the “Prosperity Gospel’s” media empire, raked in over $90 million dollars in tax-exempt donations — and another $60 million in advertising fees — during 2010 alone.

R. Albert Mohler Jr, president of the Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary, has described the Crouchs, Creflo and the whole Prosperity movement as a false theology and an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity.

It’s hard to say which is more abhorrant and embarrassing — the outrageous wealth or all of the sins these guys and gals seem to be committing.

Famous anti-homosexual activist and prosperity preacher extraodinaire Eddie Long was caught sleeping with male interns last year, and T.B.N’s own Benny Hinn is being investigated by the U.S. government for fraud. (He owns an island, I couldn’t find anywhere else to say that but I thought you should know.)

Despite how fabulously wealthy and corrupt this pack of snake oil salesmen may be, I personally hope none of them turn over a new leaf anytime soon.

They keep religious

commentators like myself ankledeep in stories and employed between Papal elections and terror attacks.

In this economy, that’s got to be counted as some sort of charity.

In the meantime, I have it on good sources that Joel Olsteen’s multi-million dollar effort to engineer a needle-eye large enough to fit a camel through is nearing completion.

Nicholas Pierce is a 22-year old history senior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Follow him on twitter @TDR_nabdulpierc.

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Drone strikes counter-intuitive to nation’s goals MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT

DAVID SCHEURMANN If asked about the United States’ involvement overseas, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq likely come to your mind right away. We have been bombarded with media coverage throughout the conflicts, and both have played a crucial role in modern American history.

However, how much do you know about the American drone program that has been underway in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia?

Drone strikes started under the Bush administration as a way to take out terrorists from afar. At the end of Bush’s presidency, a total of 52 strikes were carried out, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Then. President Obama came into office and racked up 280 strikes of his own.

And the attacks have been incredibly unpopular around the world.

On June 13, the Pew Research Center released a poll which surveyed people in 20 of the most prominent countries. In all but three countries (the United States, Britain and India), more than half of participants expressed disapproval toward the drone program that has become so central to Obama’s counter-terrorism policy.

So why are our attacks against terrorists so unpopular around the world?

The answer: civilian casualties and cover-ups.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports that at least 551 civilians have been killed in drone strikes overseas, with at least 200 children being reported dead. Thousands more have been injured by the

attacks, and those are only the numbers that have been confirmed.

Meanwhile, the United States has done its best to cover up its role in the death of innocents.

In fact, the first Yemeni drone strike that Obama ordered killed 21 children and 14 women in the village of al Majala. The Yemeni government took credit for the attack at first, but a leaked diplomatic cable later revealed that Yemeni officials were deceiving their citizens to keep pressure off the United States.

A New York Times article by Jo Becker and Scott Shane also revealed how the Obama administration has redefined the word “militant” to mean any military-aged male in a strike zone. Involvement in terrorist organizations has nothing to do with it. Administration officials defended this by stating that people in the strike zone were “probably up to no good.”

That revelation gives new meaning to the countless headlines detailing killed “militants.”

However, the strikes have been effective at killing terrorist combatants. Most recently, al-Qaida’s second most prominent leader, Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed by a drone strike in Pakistan, and there have been many more besides him over the years.

Yet, the drone strikes are likely causing more harm than good.

Besides damaging our standing in the international community, drone strikes have also served to radicalize the populace in the countries we target and undermine the United States’ image as a paragon of freedom and justice.

A few years ago, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula had only a small presence in Yemen, but over the years it has grown much more influential and is considered to be one of

the main threats to the United States today. Undoubtedly, drone strikes have had a hand in that.

If you don’t want to take my word for it, there are plenty of officials who are saying the same thing.

Robert Grenier, the former head of the CIA’s counter-terrorism center, recently stated that “we are creating more enemies than we are removing from the battlefield” with our use of drones.

Of course, defenders of the program abound. Most celebrate the “pragmatism” and “realism” that Obama (and Bush before him) have

shown in carrying out the strikes that “defend our freedom.”

Gene Lyons, writing in the Arkansas Times, praised Obama’s “realpolitik” strategy and characterized critics of his policies as those who would “deal with terrorists by sending flowers and promoting group therapy.”

Defenders also frequently claim that the President has to do something and that the drone strikes are the best option we have.

Yet, are the strikes truly worth the damage to our national ideal and image?

Let me leave you with this question: If you believe that striking fear into the hearts of terrorists justifies the deaths of innocent men, women and children, what makes you so different from them?

David Scheuermann is a 20-yearold mass communication and computer science sophomore from Kenner. Follow him on Twitter at @TDR_dscheu.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 MARKTING/FINANCIAL COORDINATOR Perkins/ Bluebonnet area Dental Part Time Email resume to keithlo@cox. net GYMNASTICS HELP NEEDED ASAP No gymnastics training needed, works well with kids $15/ hour. Call Courtney 225.202.7835 SUMMER GENERAL HELP Girls and Guys flexible hours must work through July 4th 8.15per hr. includes meals / non smokers-Call Ken, Christa, Cindy-Leave Message 225.925.5101

PATRICK, from page 7

he was suspended by the NBA in May for illegally communicating with players during the lockout. and played for the San Antonio Spurs this past season.

Patrick stayed with the Gaels until 2010 when he was hired as a personnel scout for the Houston Rockets, where he remained until Josh Parrott, former UL-Lafayette beat writer for The Advertiser, said Patrick had interviewed at ULLafayette, the University of Houston and Missouri before the Tigers came calling. Patrick also wanted a settled home for his wife — an Oberlin, La., native — and his daughter.

“He wanted to go somewhere longstanding,” Parrott said.

Parrott added that Patrick

visits Australia “about three or four times” a year and uses the connections he’s built there to his advantage. The hire is expected to be made official later this week. “[Patrick] will not only just recruit Louisiana, but he’ll be able to go international,” Parrott said.

Patrick will replace Forrest, who resigned June 4. Although unconfirmed by the LSU Athletic Department, widespread speculation pointed to discrepancies in Forrest’s résumé as a possible reason for his resignation.

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com

PROMOTIONS TEAM IS GROWING! The Wildflower

Presents promo team is growing.

We’re looking for energetic team players that want to be a part of the Fashion, Arts, & International nightlife scene in Baton Rouge. Send your resumes to Danny@wildflowerpresents.com to be considered. 337.781.5107 HAPPYFEET SOCCER COACH WANTED Flexible schedule is great for students. Learn more at www. happyfeetbatonrouge.com Submit resume to kory@happysoccerfeet.com 225-304-6434 MARKETING INTERNSHIPON CAMPUS Interested in marketing and event planning?

Apply for a Fall 2012 internship today with LSU Student Media.

GREAT EXPERIENCE and RESUME BOOSTER! Students send your resumes to Shannon at marketing@lsureveille.com or stop by B34 Hodges Hall to fill out an application.

SALES REPS NEEDED -SEEKING MOTIVATED & ENTHUSIASTIC REPS TO MARKET STATE-OF-THEART FRAUD PREVENTION DEVICE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES; COMMISSIONED SALES, FLEXIBLE HRS; EMAIL RESUMES: inquiries@ counterfeitdetectionsolutions. com

CHARLIE RIEDEL / The Associated Press

David Toms watches a shot on the sixth hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open Championship golf tournament Sunday at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

US OPEN, from page 7

“It was fun,” Toms said in a news release. “And then John made a hole-in-one. That’s something he’ll remember. So it was fun for both of us. I wish we could have played a little better for each other, but that’s how it goes.”

The shot was also featured as Sportscenter’s Top play of the week.

“I lost it,” Peterson said. “I went nuts, it was awesome. I get chills watching it again.”

Peterson also admits he blacked out for a little bit following the shot after getting caught up in the excitement of scoring a holein-one.

Toms and Peterson have become close friends since Peterson turned pro earlier this year, with the two playing a practice round before the Open this weekend.

Toms, a seasoned veteran who won the 2001 PGA Championship, recovered from a third-round stumble after sharing the 36-hole lead to also finish at 3-over and tie Peterson for fourth place.

“This was the first time LSU has had two former golfers finish in the top five at a major tournament,” Winstead said. “It was a really cool experience for the both of them. They both had a great time and did something that all LSU fans can be proud of.”

Though the pair received

plenty of support from the Tiger fans in the gallery, not everyone was on the Tigers’ side.

“It was cool for like two or three holes,” Peterson said in a news release. “But after that it was like, gosh, shut up. We got so many ‘Roll Tides’ and ‘Go Hogs’ and all that. I wanted to throw a ball at them.”

Peterson finished at No. 11 for fairways hit in regulation for the week at 57.1 percent, including a second-round average of 71.4 percent, which led the field. He was also ninth in greens in regulation for the week at 61.1 percent.

According to Peterson, his next move will be the PGA Tour’s Traveler’s Championship at TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Conn.

When asked if Peterson thought he could maintain a high level of competitiveness in future events after having such an outstanding debut, his only response was, “Yep, I do.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

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