The Daily Reveille - September 6, 2012

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BUDGET CUTS

Athletics may give $7.2 M to University

Chris Grillot Staff Writer

Jacy Baggett

LSU powerlifter places fourth in competition in Poland

Contributing Writer

In a sport dominated by men, Kiela Badeaux proves she can pull her weight.

After just four years of experience, LSU Powerlifting Club member Badeaux represented the United States at the Sub-Junior/Junior World Powerlifting competition in Szczyrk, Poland,

from Aug. 28 through Sept. 2.

Badeaux said her roommates introduced her to the sport her sophomore year of college. She went to practice with them intending to sit back and watch, but as soon as she walked through the door, the coach approached Badeaux and tried to recruit her for the team.

Among the 300-pound men, Badeaux said her intimidated demeanor

escaped when she told the coach, “I’ll do whatever you want, just don’t eat me.”

That moment changed Badeaux’s life forever.

“It’s the greatest thing I have ever had in my life,” she said. “It means everything to me.”

Badeaux said there was a time in her POWERLIFTER, see page 6

TRANSPORTATION

Parking meters bring in nearly $350K in 2011 Garage expected to raise total revenue Ben Wallace Senior Contributing Writer

About $1,000 a day — that’s how much, on average, the University’s Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation earned on metered parking fees last year.

“That’s a lot of nickels and dimes in those meters,” said Director of Parking, Traffic and Transportation Gary Graham, adding that the department spends the roughly $348,000 in revenue to fund current parking projects.

From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., parking

permit or not, students, faculty, staff and visitors swing in and drop a buck or two into the digitally operated, yellow-boxed banks — sometimes because it’s the closest option to their classes.

Nursing sophomore Ashley Hamilton parks at the meters about twice a week, electing to forego a commuter parking permit after paying the $125 annual fee last year.

“Normally I just ride the bus because it’s too much of a hassle to find a spot,” Hamilton said.

Plastic permits dangle in many vehicles’ mirrors in metered spots, meaning commuting students, as well as some faculty and staff, decide to pay extra for parking rather PARKING, see page 6

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Roslyn Satchel, communications Ph. D. student, places her parking meter ticket on her dashboard in front of the PMAC on Wednesday afternoon.

The LSU System Board of Supervisors will deliberate Friday whether LSU Athletics should help tackle the University’s ongoing budget crisis.

If passed, the LSU Athletics Fund Transfer Policy would create an annual transfer of $7.2 million dollars from the Athletics Department to the University for five years, totalling of $36 million. The money would fund academics, research, public service and allow the University to have more certainty when developing operating budgets, according to Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins.

“For the first time in a long time, we’d have discretionary funds that we can use for key matters,” Jenkins said. “We would be able to invest in students and faculty.”

Along with the annual $7.2 million, the policy also allows for funding to go to the University if LSU Athletics makes a surplus of money.

Of any surplus between $3-5 million, 25 percent will be transferred to the University. If a surplus exceeds $5 million, 50 percent of the funds will be transferred to the University. The policy will also provide a one-time donation of $4 million to the University for the fiscal year.

Over the past four years, the state has cut 43.6 percent from the University’s appropriations. To offset the cuts, the University has upped self-generated funds by $103.15 million, or more than 54 percent, spearheaded by increases in tuition.

LSU Athletics pitched in to close the budget gap, most recently donating $5.5 million after cuts this year — $4 million to protect the University’s academic core and a $1.5 million permanent contribution to fund the Cox Academic Center for Student Athletes.

In 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved a $7.9 million LSU System Flagship and Excellence Fund, one-time additional support for the University using self-generated money and interest earnings.

Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com

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INTERNATIONAL Blaze at India fireworks factory kills at least 40 workers, injures 60 NEW DELHI (AP) — A massive blaze raged for hours at a fireworks factory in southern India, killing at least 40 workers and injuring 60 Wednesday, police said.

Large amounts of firecrackers and raw materials had been stored in the Om Siva Shakti factory with major Hindu festivals weeks away.

Police officer Najmul Huda said rescue workers and firefighters initially could not get into the building as the fire raged, triggering deafening explosions of firecrackers.

Pope goes green with an ozone-safe customized white electric car VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI is now a bit greener.

The 85-year-old pontiff was presented with his first electric car Wednesday, a customized white Renault Kangoo for jaunts around the gardens of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.

Benedict has been dubbed the “green pope” for his environmental concerns, which have been a hallmark of his papacy.

He has written of the need to protect God’s creation in his encyclicals, and raised the issue on his foreign trips and in his annual peace messages.

Nation & World

Photo courtesy of The Associated Press

Relatives of victims cry outside the Madurai government hospital after a massive blaze swept through the Om Siva Shakti fireworks factory in Sivakasi.

Thousands arrested in Greece in month-old anti-immigration push ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have made more than 3,000 arrests in a month-old campaign to hold and deport illegal immigrants.

A police statement says nearly 17,000 people were temporarily detained in the greater Athens area since the drive started on Aug. 4, with 2,144 of those arrested.

Debt-crippled Greece is the main gateway to the European Union for illegal immigrants, most coming from Asia and Africa. The influx has fueled racist rhetoric.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

In Peterson trial, jurors quickly confront hearsay statements

Hurricance Isaac’s waves uncover crude oil on coast from the BP spill

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — As they began deliberations Wednesday, jurors in Drew Peterson’s trial immediately zeroed in on the case’s trickiest issue: whether to believe secondhand hearsay statements that would often be barred from consideration in a criminal court.

Because of a botched initial investigation, detectives collected no fingerprints, strands of hair or any other physical evidence in the death of Peterson’s third wife. So Illinois legislators passed a law aimed specifically at the former suburban Chicago police officer.

Reported theft of Romney tax records being probed by the Secret Service

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Waves from Hurricane Isaac uncovered oil previously buried along Gulf Coast beaches, exposing crude that wasn’t cleaned up after the BP spill in 2010.

Since Isaac made landfall more than a week ago, the water from the storm has receded and tar balls and oil have been reported on shores in Alabama and Louisiana, where officials closed a 13-mile stretch of beach Tuesday.

BP said Wednesday some of that oil was from the spill, but said some of the crude may be from other sources, too.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s federal tax records during a break-in at an accounting office in Franklin.

Someone claiming responsibility demanded $1 million not to make them public.

An anonymous letter sent to Romney’s accounting firm and political offices in Tennessee and published online sought $1 million in hard-to-trace Internet currency to prevent his tax record disclosure.

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This aerial photo shows a car in floodwaters on Hwy. 23 in the afermath of Hurricane Isaac, in Plaquemines Parish, La., on Wednesday.

Hurricane Isaac causes state to postpone alligator season

Remnant of Hurricane Isaac hovers off Gulf of Mexico coast

(AP) — State wildlife and fisheries officials are postponing the 2012 wild alligator lottery season on the Pearl River, Joyce, Manchac and Maurepas swamp wildlife management areas because of the effects of Hurricane Isaac.

The season was scheduled to open on Saturday but has since been pushed back to Wednesday, Sept. 12.

All alligator hunters are urged to verify that their selected buyer will be open to buy harvested alligators.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A remnant of Hurricane Isaac, drawn back to the Gulf of Mexico after an odyssey through the Midwest, hovered Wednesday off the Gulf Coast.

Meteorologist Shawn O’Neill of the National Weather Service in Slidell called it the “spawn of Isaac.”

The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next two days.

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STUDENT LIFE

Union Barbershop seeks to increase clientele diversity Students visit off-campus barbers

clientele has always been diverse, Besse said.

“Lawrence has pretty good rapport with the African-American students who come in,” he Wilborn Nobles III said.

Even so, some students like Senior Contributing Writer Link said they had to go through A lack of diversity at the Stu- obstacles to find a barber to dent Union’s Barbershop has sent groom their hair.

Link said he was in Middlethe University on a search for ton Library when Jamel Bowser, new barbers.

Some students have ex- barber and owner of Dorm Room pressed mixed opinions about the Kutz, LLC, was hanging up flisuccess of the Union Barbershop, ers for his barbershop. Link later and said it has a poor appeal to contacted Bowser through his company’s Faceblack students.

‘By hiring a barber book account and “When I asked about the skilled in the methods arranged an appointment with Union [Barbershop], the con- needed to groom minor- him. was sensus that I got ity students’ hair, [we] cool“What about Jamel was it’s not very that when diverse and not will better accommo- is you come in, he as personal,” said psychology junior date the needs of every kind of talks you BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille through his cut. Students get haircuts at nearby, off-campus locations like Webb’s Barber on Eddie Robinson Drive.

Armand Link. student.’

He’ll ask you The Union Theodore B. Williams III what you’re look- since that day she has been comBoard is aware Union Board Chair Emeritus ing for and kind ing to me ever since,” he said. of this void in of 2011-2012 of personalize it the Union BarBowser said he plans to open to whatever it is a new shop in the spring semester bershop’s service and has discussed hiring a barber that you need,” Link said. where Tiger Cash is acceptable, Bowser said when one client and plans to serve the University for minority students, according to Theodore B. Williams III, was displeased with her haircut, community for years.

Union Board Chair Emeritus of he contacted her on Facebook “This is a place where people and offered her a free haircut.

2011-2012. can go and let go of their prob“For a while, she didn’t lems and build personal relationWilliams said he thinks of the Union as the “living room” come, but one time she didn’t ships,” Bowser said. of the campus and every student have any money and she came should feel comfortable using the and I cut her hair and spent an Contact Wilborn Nobles III at Union’s services. But he also said hour and a half on her haircut to different textures of hair require make sure it was perfect ... and wnobles@lsureveille.com different methods of grooming.

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Hiring a new barber is a deDO YOU HAVE AN OCCURRENCE? cision for Lawrence Cutrone, Call Joe at the Student the barbershop’s manager, but Media Office budgeting makes hiring new bar578-6090, 9AM- 5PM or bers difficult, said Dave Besse, E-mail: oncampus@lsureveille.com director of administration at the Union.

“Because of the budget situation, LSU is under sort of a hiring cap freeze and you can’t hire anybody without getting permission from the System’s office because LSU can only have a certain number of employees, and that goes down to barbers,” Besse said.

The Union Barbershop employs Cutrone and a female barber who has been absent on sickleave for several months, Besse said. He said another female barber is temporarily filling in, but she and the barber on sick leave may leave soon.

Still, the barbershop’s

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CRIME

Thursday, September 6, 2012

BRAVE aims to reduce BR juvenile violence Holden announces $1.5 million grant

Joshua Bergeron Staff Writer

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden announced the approval of a $1.5 million grant to reduce juvenile violence in the 70805 ZIP code Wednesday.

The project, called Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination or BRAVE, aims to implement violence reduction strategies that target juvenile offenders over a three year period in Mid-City. District Attorney Hillar Moore further explained the program during a news conference.

“This is a community-based violence prevention program,” Moore explained. “The grant is

going to help law enforcement do Lee said the data mapping its job better.” may be one of the most beneficial Criminals will be called in to parts of the project because it enspeak with law enforcement once ables BRAVE to see exactly where they have been identified as “at crime is occurring. In addition, the risk.” If the offenders continue data will show how communicacriminal behavior, they will re- tion affects the spread of crime. ceive stiff penal“ Vi o l e n c e ties, Moore said. does not occur in ‘This project is about a vacuum,” But putting Lee getting into the officers on the said. “There are ground is not the community and making many influences. only part of the We will be able it a better place.’ project. BRAVE to develop a time will also use data trend analysis Dewayne White mapping techand even rank the EBR Chief of Police niques to find high top 10 offenders density areas of crime with the in the area.” help of the University. Sociology The goal of the project is to Professor Matthew Lee, along with foster an environment that prevents several other departments includ- crime from happening. Therefore, ing the School of Social Work and BRAVE also includes athletic the Department of Geography and scholarships and case manageAnthropology, will aid in the data ment at The Healing Place Church, map creation. said Kelly Bonaventure, juvenile

coordinator for the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office.

Baton Rouge Chief of Police Dewayne White stressed that the money will not go to waste.

“To all the people that don’t think this is going to work, we are going to prove them wrong,” White said. “This project is about getting into the communities and making the area a better place.”

Moore added that BRAVE began in response to high homicide rates.

“We just want a reduction in shootings,” he said. “If we reduce the bodies on the ground by even ten, then it is a success.”

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

Mayor-President Kip Holden discusses the BRAVE initiative at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

FACULTY SENATE

Provost: Faculty raises are top priority this year Joshua Bergeron Staff Writer

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope opens the September Faculty Senate meeting in the Student Union.

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell paid a visit to the Faculty Senate on Wednesday to communicate with the faculty about problems on campus.

Bell said his main goal in the coming months is to meet with all the different departments on campus.

“We can’t move forward if we don’t know where we are,” he said.

He also addressed the issue of faculty member salary raises.

Although this is the fifth straight year that faculty have not received raises, Bell said implementing some kind of pay increase is the top priority for the University. In addition, he stressed that the University needs to make an effort to

stand out.

AgCenter faculty physically “We have the coast right on work on campus so they are conour doorstep,” Bell said. “We nected to the University and the need to use our resources to stand graduate school. out and differentiate ourselves.

But according to T. Gilmore Coastal science is certainly Reeve, vice provost for Acasomething that we can differenti- demic Programs, Planning and ate ourselves in.”

Review — the graduate school The meeting became heated is a separate entity and should be over a resolution treated as such. that would allow ‘We can’t move forward “It is just like the LSU AgCenthe Health Sciif we don’t know ter faculty to more ences Center in easily teach in the New Orleans,” where we are.’

University’s gradReeve said. uate school. Cur“They have to go Stuart Bell rently, the LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost through the same AgCenter faculty process.

Being members have to go through a physically on the campus really long process before being con- doesn’t mean anything.” sidered for a teaching position Because the resolution was within the graduate school. being read for the first time, no Lawrence Datnoff, profes- action was taken. sor of plant pathology and crop In addition, Faculty Senate physiology, argued that many President Kevin Cope addressed

the possibility of reducing the number of commencement ceremonies.

“We are happy with the progress that commencement has made over the last 10 years or so,” Cope said. “We are once again going to look at the number of commencements, whether three graduation ceremonies a year is really worth it or whether we should concentrate our efforts, so that we can have a commencement ceremony that is truly special.”

The Faculty Senate also introduced a resolution to limit classes to four days per week.

The senate rejected the proposal unanimously.

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

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RESIDENTIAL LIFE

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Building new residence halls Senate votes to use fees on SG equipment needs five years, state OK Campus working to house overflow Caitlin McCord

Contributing Writer

Building new dorms takes more than just construction crews and architects.

It takes about five years for a new residence hall to go from an idea to an actual building, said Steve Waller, director of Residential Life.

“First off, we have to follow laws in the state of Louisiana,” Waller said. “Louisiana mandates that you have to do a capital outlay process for state approval for anything over $500,000.”

Before a University project goes through capital outlay, it goes before the Board of Regents and the Board of Supervisors.

The capital outlay process, run by Louisiana’s Office of Facility Planning and Control, sorts every request into categories based on the type of project.

After the projects are categorized, all available capital outlay funds are divided among the categories.

Then, funding is recommended for projects based on the

priority of the project and the budget given to its category.

Once a project has been recommended for funding, it must be entered into the state architectural selection process, Waller said.

The selection process is run by the state Office of Facility Planning and Control. A 12-member panel of architects in the state assigns architects to projects, Waller added.

After a project has made it through the architectural selection process, the real work may begin.

As part of the design process, it takes about two years to design a project, and almost half of that time is for state reviews, Waller said.

The next step is to meet with a bond attorney and get final approval from the State Bond Commission to sell the revenue bonds necessary to fund the project. This process takes four or five months, Waller said.

“Revenue bonds are kind of like a house mortgage, except biannual house payments of about $1.2 million,” Waller said.

Construction can finally begin after the bonds are sold.

According to Waller, it takes

18 months to two years to finish constructing a new residence hall.

“You can get it done quick if they work 12 hour days, but you’re going to pay for it,” said Waller.

New construction costs $190 to $200 a square foot and residence halls can range anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet, Waller said.

It could potentially cost 20 percent more to finish construction at a quicker pace, Waller added.

There are currently two new residence halls in the works at the University. The first will be located in the Hart Lot, near the Enchanted Forest, and the second is tentatively set to be built on the West side of campus.

Waller attributes the new construction to the growing demand for on-campus housing.

“Historically, we’ve housed about 60 percent of the freshman class,” Waller said. “We still have a couple more buildings to build … that will get us to the point where we can accommodate 85 percent.”

Contact Caitlin McCord at cmccord@lsureveille.com

Wilborn Nobles III Contributing Writer

The Student Government Senate voted in their Wednesday night meeting to use student fees to buy new computers for the SG offices.

SG Speaker of the Senate Meredith Westbrook said the decision to use student fees to buy SG new equipment is a valid investment because SG members use the computers to serve students.

“Any student can use those computers if they need to,” Westbrook said.

The money for the computers will come from the SG surplus account, which combines what’s left in each SG account at the end of every year. The bill states that a maximum of $5,123.83 from the SG’s surplus account would be used to purchase a 21.5-inch iMac and updates for other technology.

The newly purchased equipment “would directly impact students’ knowledge of current activities and help to re-bolster Student Government’s efforts to update students,” according to the bill.

SG also created a temporary committee to discuss restructuring its finances and accounts.

According to the

resolution for the committee, its membership will consist of SG President Taylor Cox; Westbrook; Chair for the Budget and Appropriations Committee DeAndre Beadle; Vice Chair for the Budget and Appropriations Committee Alex Grashoff; Director of Finance Paul Broussard; Assistant Director of Finance Amelia Burns; SG’s Financial Coordinator Arlette Henderson; and member of Finance and Administrative Services Lane Pace.

The purpose of the committee isn’t necessarily to restructure SG’s accounts, but to update the definitions of their accounts, Westbrook said. She also said the definitions of their accounts have not been examined since around 2006, and updating the definitions should only take the semester.

“The definitions are just out of date for our accounts and we don’t have anything to look at that tells us exactly, more specifically, what our finances can do for students and what they can do for Student Government,” said Westbrook, who wrote the resolution for the temporary committee.

Contact Wilborn Nobles III at wnobles@lsureveille.com

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than park in their designated zones.

If they don’t pay, citations cost $18. If the vehicle doesn’t have a registered parking permit, add another $100 for an unregistered vehicle fee, Graham said.

“You’re supposed to have a permit—bottom line,” Graham said. “If you do not get a permit and you get three unregistered tickets, then you’re subject to being towed, to encourage you to get your permit.

And that applies to anybody.”

If a vehicle is properly registered, but the hangtag isn’t

POWERLIFTER, from page 1

life when she was spiteful, hateful and immature, but powerlifting taught her the value of work ethic.

“Underneath all those negative things, there was somebody that wanted to be stronger and better and kinder, and I didn’t know where to start,” Badeaux said.

She said there were three or four people on the team who insisted on helping her become a better powerlifter and a better person.

Badeaux said she struggles accepting compliments and congratulations because she thinks she only deserves half the credit.

“If those people hadn’t refused to give up on me, I wouldn’t be here,” she said.

Badeaux said the LSU Powerlifting Club is truly a family and said she is stronger and more confident because of it.

There are about 35 to 45 people on the team, and there are three times as many men as women.

“In our gym, it doesn’t matter whether you are male or female, as long as you go in there and work,” Badeaux said.

She owns the clothing and means to look girly, but said there is no place for femininity in the gym. She dresses in gym clothes 90 percent of the time and is always ready to work out.

She works out four days per week — three days with the team and one day on her own.

One of her mottos is “All to the wall, all the time.”

Her life is dictated by workouts —but she said they are her destressers and release.

“Lifting is everything to me,” Badeaux said.

The sport is hard work and expensive, but Badeaux said she does it because she loves it and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.

“If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting,” Badeaux said.

Her goal in the sport is to better herself as an athlete and a person.

Three people from Louisiana competed in the international competition, but Badeaux was the only representative from the University.

Badeaux competed in the juniors 57-kg weight class and placed fourth by squatting 165 kg (363.8 pounds), benching 82.5 kg (181.9 pounds) and deadlifting 147.5 kg (325.2 pounds).

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displayed, the driver can appeal the unregistered fee ticket by bringing the ticket and the hangtag to the parking office, where an attendant will dismiss the fee.

“We don’t really want to tow if we don’t have to,” Graham said.

But after three unregistered vehicle tickets, that’s what happens.

Tickets show up on the fee bill just like other University fees, such as a late library rental fee. And those who do not pay are not allowed to register for next semester’s classes.

Graduating doesn’t let students off the hook, either.

“We’ve had students come

The Daily Reveille back 10, 15 years later to get their transcripts,” Graham said, since a hold is placed if the fees aren’t paid.

“The hold is there forever until you clear it up.”

The new parking garage slated to open in mid-October will add about 375 metered visitor spots, but about 150 current metered spots are going away.

“We’re losing 60 [on South Stadium Drive] and we’ll eventually lose 60 on North Stadium [Drive],” Graham said. In addition, the University will lose 50 in front of the Student Union and the Office of the Chancellor.

Thursday, September 6, 2012 Since about 90 percent of violations are students, Graham estimated, the parking office collects most violations.

Currently, the University has 375 metered spots on campus, and

PARKING METER EARNINGS

BY THE NUMBERS

at $1.25 per hour, each spot earns about $930 a year.

Contact Ben Wallace at bwallace@lsureveille.com

· About $1,000 a day from metered parking · $348,000 a year from meters · The University currently has 375 metered spots · Each spot earns more than $900 a year, at $1.25 per hour · If meter is not paid: $18 fee for cars with campus parking permits, $118 for unregistered vehicles

Sports

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Faith & Football

SEC Power Rankings: Week 1 MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist 1. Alabama Michigan quarterback Denard “Shoelace” Robinson wouldn’t have been able to beat Alabama with his shoes tied.

The Crimson Tide crushed the Wolverines, 41-14, in the second straight Cowboys Classic where a Southeastern Conference team took down a top-10, non-conference foe.

Freshman running back T.J. Yeldon showed he will be the next great Alabama rusher.

The Tide deserves to be No. 1 in every poll.

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Junior center Ben Domingue speaks Sunday at Christ the King Catholic Church’s 8 p.m.

Mass.

Chandler Rome

Domingue’s Christian ministry breaks the mold

Sports Writer

He fits the mold of any LSU offensive lineman.

Standing 6-foot-3-inches with a barrel chest and burly stature, Ben Domingue fills out his number 61 jersey admirably as he snaps the ball in Death Valley.

But when he steps outside the lines, he still gets the same question.

“Wait, are you a football player?”

Shedding stereotypical boundaries sometimes correlated with football players, Domingue has taken the reigns as

outreach minister at the University’s Christ the King Catholic Church this semester, lending a new light on the backup center’s persona off the field.

“I’ve never been one to stay inside those borders, because I feel like you limit yourself,” Domingue said. “Why wouldn’t I step outside that box to become the man I am and help other people?”

After walking on the football team during his freshman year, the Lafayette, St. Thomas More product felt his almost nonexistent spiritual life was hindering him on and off the field.

With the entrance of a few “great

friends” into his life, Domingue ventured back to the church and immediately sought to get involved.

“Over the course of time, I realized I had the call to serve with the gifts and talents that God gave me,” Domingue said. “Obviously, one being football and the other was me being a very sociable guy.”

Christ the King Parochial Vicar Rev. Matthew McCaughey said Domingue’s hunger to represent something bigger than himself has been admirable — even if that hunger may sometimes get the best of him.

MINISTRY, see page 10

2. LSU The Tigers can’t have many complaints about their opener, taking down North Texas 41-14. The two-headed monster of junior Alfred Blue and sophomore Kenny Hilliard piled up 264 rushing yards.

LSU will have to shore up its pass defense as it allowed two touchdowns through the air to the Mean Green. With Washington coming to town, the Tigers can’t afford to have mind lapses in the secondary against Huskies’ quarterback Keith Price, who threw 33 touchdown passes last season.

3. Arkansas If there’s a sure-fire Heisman RANKINGS, see page 10

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Quidditch players bring World Cup experience back to campus Marcus Rodrigue Sports Contributor

On any given afternoon, the Parade Ground is alive with soccer players, joggers, spectators and people running around with PVC pipe between their legs.

It’s not because they enjoy discomfort, nor is it done to be a public spectacle.

They do it for the love of quidditch.

There is no magic, but LSU quidditch players Brad Armentor and Sarah Kneiling experienced some sort of enchantment at the international Quidditch World Cup

held in London this summer.

“London itself was really awesome because I got to meet a bunch of new friends on the [U.S.] team … We all got to hang out and realize just how American we all were,” Armentor said. “It was just cool to hang out with people from different walks of life.”

The entire tournament was played on July 8 with all five teams playing round robin-style. The U.S. swept the competition, besting Great Britain, Australia, Canada and France to place first at the World Cup. Armentor and Kneiling were nominated by their LSU captains to

be among the 21 players on the U.S. team.

The two said the experience they gained at the tournament was invaluable.

“We learned a lot about different play styles in different parts of the U.S.,” Kneiling said. “We learned a lot about how the international teams play, but we also just got a better feel for quidditch on the national level, which is important for playing those teams in the future.”

The pair has been around the quidditch program since its early days, and their wizard-like mastery QUIDDITCH, see page 10

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU senior Brad Armentor looks for the open shot Tuesday during the quidditch team’s practice on the Parade Grounds.

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SOCCER

Thursday, September 6, 2012

FOOTBALL

Defenders stepping Turnovers power victories into leadership roles Chavis preaches an attacking defense

Bria Turner Sports Contributor

Leadership is a common theme for LSU soccer defenders Alex Ramsey, Nina Anderson and Jodi Calloway in the 2012 season.

The defenders have big shoes to fill after losing 2011 Southeastern Conference CoDefensive Player of the Year Allysha Chapman.

Ramsey, a junior, is the most experienced of the group, starting on the back line for LSU since 2010.

“After losing upperclassmen, we had to transition to being upperclassmen because the freshmen are looking for people to step up and lead the team,” Ramsey said. “Sometimes this stage of soccer is more fast paced, but they know what to do.

It helps having us in the back letting them know what to do.”

Anderson, a junior, is new to the back line — she played up front and in the midfield her first two years on the team. During the spring practices, Anderson got the call to join the defense. After playing only five games at left back during the spring, Anderson still didn’t feel comfortable.

This summer, Anderson played in the semi-pro United Soccer League Women’s League with the Victoria Highlanders in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Anderson said she spoke with her head coach Brian Lee and assistant coach Kevin Dempsey after spring training and they sent out her information to the WLeague team. Within two weeks, Anderson knew where she would spend six weeks of her summer.

Anderson said playing in the league upped her confidence.

“In Canada, I only played left back to practice and get more comfortable,” Anderson said. “It helped the transition.”

Anderson said the mental aspect of her game grew stronger over the summer as well.

“I learned to take chances,” Anderson said. “It was so different being there by myself. I learned life lessons of being out of comfort zones.”

Before Calloway, a redshirt sophomore, could even step foot on LSU’s campus, she tore her ACL multiple times. Her second ACL tear ended her freshman season before it had the chance to take off. While some of her peers were beginning their first year of collegiate soccer, Calloway redshirted and focused on rehab for her freshman season. After Calloway finally made her debut, she was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week and named to the 2011 SEC All-Freshman team.

“Sometimes I need to take a break from soccer and focus on fitness,” Calloway said. “Being in the back line in the game, I could play up to 90 minutes.

Trey Labat Sports Contributor

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior defender Alex Ramsey clears a ball past Rice midfielder Julia Barrow on Aug. 24.

Fitness is very important.”

Although Calloway is a redshirt sophomore, this is her third year on the team and she’s recognized by her peers as a leader.

“Going from underclassman to upperclassman raised our competition level and our leadership role,” Calloway said. “The underclassmen know at the end of the day we’re trying to win the game.”

Lee noticed the players’ desire to take on their expanded role.

“Our junior class is our most experienced group,” he said. “It is a big year for them as a whole to really take over the team and imprint their style of play and their goals on the team.”

Contact Bria Turner at bturner@lsureveille.com

When a defense forces a turnover, it often changes the momentum of the game. The crowd erupts and opposing teams walk back to the sideline dismayed.

Turnovers also determine who is playing in the BCS National Championship game. Since 2007, four out of the five teams who led the Southeastern Conference in turnover margin played for the National Championship.

When LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis came over from Tennessee at the end of the 2008 season, he brought with him a culture of forcing turnovers.

Since Chavis arrived in 2009, LSU’s turnover margin has improved each season, culminating in the 2011 campaign when the Tigers led the SEC with a per game turnover margin of 1.4.

“When we tackle, we’re taught to hold the ball carrier up if we can,” said junior safety Craig Loston. “So when the second tackler gets there, they can rip the ball out.”

In LSU’s biggest wins last season — Oregon, Alabama and Georgia — the defense forced a total of eight turnovers.

Chavis preaches an attacking defense in which all 11 players on the field are taught to explode toward the ball. The success of this strategy has manifested itself in 46 forced fumbles since 2009. “[Chavis] tells us all the time our biggest thing is turnovers,” said junior linebacker Lamin Barrow. “If we can force a couple

BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

LSU junior Eric Reid (1) walks out onto the field before the Tigers’ 41-14 victory against North Texas on Sept. 1 in Tiger Stadium.

turnovers a game, we’re probably going to win that game.”

LSU’s dominant defensive line often forces these turnovers, either directly by causing fumbles or indirectly by forcing the quarterback to make a quick throw — something the coaches have taught them since day one on campus.

“When we get to the quarterback, they teach us to hit where the ball is,” said junior defensive lineman Bennie Logan. “Secure

the sack first, but make sure you’re in a position to force the ball out.”

LSU led the SEC with 39 sacks in the 2011 season. The defense’s constant pressure often forces opposing quarterbacks to make rushed decisions, which sometimes leads to turnovers. “[Defensive line coach Brick Haley] teaches us to drop our shoulder coming around the edge,” Logan said. “It helps us get to the quarterback faster.”

The pressure the line puts on the quarterbacks is beneficial to the secondary. Since 2009, the LSU secondary has accounted for 49 interceptions.

“We really benefit from the defensive line,” Loston said.

“When they are getting pressure, it makes our job easier.”

The turnovers continued in LSU’s season opener against North Texas with the defense forcing two turnovers, one interception by junior safety Eric Reid and a fumble recovered by freshman linebacker Kwon Alexander.

Chavis makes sure the defensive players have these ballhawking techniques drilled into their heads from the first day they step on campus.

“It’s something that’s fundamental here,” said junior linebacker Kevin Minter. “It’s taught in every practice. It’s second nature now.”

Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com

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NFL

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Cowboys romp past Giants 24-17 to open season Barry Wilner The Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys waited all year for another shot at the New York Giants. When they got it in the 2012 season opener, they were ready.

So were the replacement officials, who barely were a story as Dallas dominated the Super Bowl champions for much of a 24-17 victory Wednesday night that wasn’t nearly so close.

It won’t make up for the New Year’s Day loss that cost the Cowboys the NFC East title and sent the Giants on their way to the NFL championship. It sure could provide impetus for this season, though, particularly with the discovery of a new game-breaker, Kevin Ogletree.

While the officials were expected to be a big focus as the league’s lockout of the regulars continued, there were no controversies, no blatant mistakes or rampant confusion. The spotlight belonged squarely on the Cowboys, from Tony Romo’s three touchdown passes and 307 yards in the air to DeMarco Murray’s 129 yards rushing to Ogletree’s two scores.

Dallas’ defense frustrated Eli Manning and his offense with three sacks and a half-dozen pressures, all before the largest crowd at MetLife Stadium for a Giants game. The 82,287 saw the defending league champs lose in the now-traditional midweek kickoff contest for the first time in nine such games.

When the Cowboys were threatened late — a spot they often have folded in against the Giants — Romo hit Ogletree for 15 yards on third down to clinch it. That gave Ogletree 114 yards on eight catches; he had 25 receptions for 294 yards and no scores entering the game.

The Cowboys’ big-time receivers — Miles Austin, Dez Bryant and Jason Witten — were eclipsed by Ogletree, who sure

didn’t resemble a backup. In the first half, he had five catches for 47 yards and a TD, he broke free for a 40-yard reception early in the third quarter.

Ogletree thoroughly fooled New York’s top cornerback, Corey Webster, on his long score to start the second half — the kind of big play the Cowboys couldn’t make enough of in that Jan. 1 showdown that ended their season. And they got another huge play from Murray, who broke two tackles in the backfield, scooted down the right sideline for 48 yards, and set up Dan Bailey’s 33-yard field goal for a 1710 lead through three quarters.

After Manning connected with former Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett for a 9-yard touchdown with 2:36 remaining, Dallas never gave the ball back.

Murray’s counterpart with the Giants, Ahmad Bradshaw, scored on a 10-yard run — New York’s first effective rush all game — for the hosts’ first touchdown. And Ogletree’s opposite number, Giants third wideout Domenik Hixon, made a spectacular leaping grab for 39 yards over two defenders to set up that score.

Dallas overcame its sloppiness late in the opening half on two big plays. Romo hit Bryant in stride over Webster down the right sideline for a 38-yard gain on third down. Two plays later, he sidestepped the pass rush and lobbed to a wide-open Ogletree for a 10-yard score.

America’s thirst for football hardly could have been quenched by the first half — unless you enjoy strong defensive line play.

Each team had one solid drive that was stymied in scoring position, and the only players moving the ball with consistency were punters Steve Weatherford for New York and Chris Jones for Dallas.

Sean Lee, the Cowboys’ rising star inside linebacker, slammed into first-round draft pick David Wilson and the

BILL KOSTROUN / The Associated Press

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Kevin Ogletree (85) scores a touchdown Wednesday night as New York Giants strong safety Kenny Phillips (21) defends during the second half of the 2012 NFL season opener.

running back fumbled at the Dallas 29. Then the Cowboys moved 29 yards to fourth-and-inches at the Giants 37. Rather than try a quarterback sneak, Romo handed to fullback Lawrence Vickers, who never got close to converting.

Dallas showed similar strength after Michael Boley’s 51-yard interception, throwing Bradshaw for losses on consecutive runs on which New York’s line was overrun. Lawrence Tynes’ 22-yard field goal made it 3-0 moments after the first murmur of officiating controversy.

Manning threw to Victor Cruz in the middle of the end zone and Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick arrived along with the ball. Manning and Cruz motioned for a flag, but it did not come, perhaps because the ball was thrown a bit behind Cruz.

Otherwise, the feared flops by the replacement officials

didn’t materialize, although Dallas couldn’t have been happy with 13 penalties for 86 yards.

The Cowboys could be happy with just about everything else, including Witten playing

despite having lacerated his spleen last month.

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

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“The first week [of school], Ben was out with us in Free Speech Alley handing out flyers,” McCaughey said. “I had to hold him back because Ben wanted to hand out so many.”

Though Domingue was unfamiliar with any Christ the King activities in his first year as a Tiger, his new role affords him the opportunity to spread the word to the new crop of students who may be strictly “Sunday Catholics.”

“If you ask a lot of college students these days ‘hey, you wanna come pray?’ nobody wants to come out and pray,” Domingue said. “But if you say there’s a bowling night or to come play football on the Parade Ground, that is where we’re really effective.”

McCaughey lauded Domingue’s

RANKINGS, from page 7 Trophy candidate in the SEC, it’s Hogs quarterback Tyler Wilson.

The senior completely thrashed the Jacksonville State secondary for 367 yards and three touchdowns, as Arkansas won 49-24.

The Razorbacks might have the best quarterback and running back, Knile Davis, in the SEC. They’ll need both when they host Alabama in Week 3.

4. Georgia Running back Todd Gurley made Georgia fans forget all about Isaiah Crowell. He scored the first two touchdowns of the season for the Dawgs and will continue to give them a spark on both offense and special teams.

Missouri comes to Athens, Ga., for their inaugural SEC contest Saturday. Let’s see if the Dawgs can contain Mizzou quarterback James Franklin.

5. South Carolina Barely sneaking out of Nashville, Tenn., with a 17-13 win over Vanderbilt probably wasn’t what South Carolina had in mind for Week 1.

The good news for the Gamecocks is junior running back Marcus Lattimore looks back to full strength after tearing his ACL in 2011.

6. Tennessee The Vols are my sleeper team to win the SEC East.

Quarterback Tyler Bray looked fantastic as Tennessee rolled past NC State, 35-21, in its opener in the Georgia Dome. Wide receivers Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin

“radical zeal” for spreading the word to those who are somewhat reticent about their faith.

With Domingue constantly recruiting new churchgoers, McCaughey said the authentic way he attracts them is commendable.

“After he recognizes an openness in someone, then he’ll make an invitation,” McCaughey said. “It’s always done in a very natural way that’s inviting.”

Playing in seven games last season as a backup to P.J. Lonergan, Domingue said it isn’t tough to balance his aggressive football personality with his new ministry job.

Even after being demoted to a third-string position this season, he said he’s relied on the church and his faith to pull him through.

“When I serve other people, it gets my own problems out of my

The Daily Reveille own head and you rise above the situation,” Domingue said. “But the old saying is ‘every football player falls on his butt, it’s what you do when you get back up.’”

Domingue said his teammates have been receptive of his new position, and he’s hoping to inspire athletes to take leadership and ministry roles to step outside of their boxes.

“I feel as if I’m the outreach minister on and off the field,” Domingue said. “I don’t have to wear a title or a badge; I’m going to let it go through me.”

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR

Hunter give Bray plenty of ammunition to work with.

7. Missouri Mizzou got off to a hot start in Week 1, blowing away Southeastern Louisiana 62-10.

The big question is — are the Mizzou Tigers ready for the SEC? We’ll find out this Saturday when they face Georgia “Between The Hedges.”

8. Florida The Gators didn’t look impressive at all against Bowling Green last week. They travel to College Station, Texas, to take on Texas A&M on Saturday.

Offense from someone other than running back Mike Gillislee would be nice.

9. Auburn In one of the best games of the opening weekend, the Tigers didn’t have enough to overcome Clemson, falling 26-19. Traveling to Starkville, Miss., for their second contest of the season won’t be a cakewalk for them either.

War Eagle can’t afford to start 0-2.

10. Texas A&M Hurricane Isaac got the best of the Aggies in Week 1, canceling their opener against Louisiana Tech.

They’ll now be forced to play 12 games straight.

Yikes.

11. Mississippi State Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen is still trying to make people care that Mississippi is their state.

See Ole Miss below.

LM OTERO / The Associated Press

Alabama defensive back Dee Milliner runs back a turnover Saturday against Michigan in Cowboys Stadium.

12. Vanderbilt Vandy should take solace in its hard-fought loss against South Carolina and cherish the games coach James Franklin is pacing their sidelines.

He won’t be there for long.

13. Kentucky The Wildcats should cut their budget and let basketball coach John Calipari take over on the gridiron.

14. Ole Miss The only bright spot in Oxford, Miss. is The Grove.

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.

Contact Micah Bedard at mbedard@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @DardDog

Thursday, September 6, 2012 QUIDDITCH, from page 7

of the sport comes from years spent enjoying muggle athletics.

Armentor is a kinesiology major in his fourth year at LSU. He plays chaser and keeper, and he has been a member of the LSU quidditch team since 2009.

The Lake Arthur, La., native was heavily involved in athletics as a child, playing football, basketball, track and one year of baseball at Lake Arthur High School.

Armentor’s athletic background has contributed to his success as a quidditch player.

“A lot of the playing styles of the different sports I did translate really well to [quidditch],” Armentor said.

Kneiling’s sports background isn’t as broad — the Baton Rouge native only played soccer and swam for one year at McKinley High School.

Aside from athletic ability, beaters like Kneiling require a quick thought process and must be able to make quick decisions.

“The way that I understand the game helps me a lot… [beater] is a very strategic position,” Kneiling said.

Like most of the current generation, Kneiling and Armentor both read the Harry Potter series. However, neither of them knew much about the actual game before coming to LSU. “I had kind of heard about

[quidditch] in high school,” Armentor said. “I didn’t know if it was actually a real thing, but I heard that [LSU] had a club… [a friend] asked me to play, and I was like, ‘Alright.’

And I’ve been playing ever since.”

Kneiling, who is entering her sixth year at LSU, recalled being involved in the club’s inception.

“A few people that I knew started putting up fliers around dorms for people interested in joining a team,” Kneiling said. “And we had a meeting, then started playing and kept playing.”

LSU has finished fifth at the past two nation-wide “world cups,” but Armentor said the rise in competition will make life hard for the Tigers.

“The level of competition since I started playing has grown exponentially … as we’ve gotten better, so has everybody else,” Armentor said.

When Kneiling looks into her crystal ball, she sees success for LSU quidditch in the near future.

“I’m pretty confident that we’ll do well enough at regionals,” Kneiling said. “But if we get the right people, if we have the right attitude, we can definitely win the world cup.”

Visit lsureveille.com to see a video of the quidditch team in action.

Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Entertainment

FALL SLEIGH CONCERTS BELLS DR. DOG YOU WON’T WANT TO NORAH JONES MISS MATT & KIM

BASSNECTAR

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The

itting Room The Daily Reveille talks fashion

Thrifting: RED there’s an HOT app even CHILI for that PEPPERS

FIONA APPLE September

10/3 Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros @ 8 p.m. Mahalia Jackson Theater (New Orleans) Tickets - $30 Indie/Alternative 9/7 Yeasayer @ 9 p.m. Republic (New Orleans) 10/4 Red Hot Chili Peppers @ 8 p.m.

- Tickets - $25 Psychedelic Pop New Orleans Arena - Tickets - $35.50 9/18 Beach House @ 8 p.m. Tipitina’s (New Funk Rock Orleans) Tickets - $20 Indie Pop 10/6 Pretty Lights @ 5 p.m. Mardi Gras World 9/24 Datsik @ 8 p.m. The Varsity Theatre (New Orleans) Tickets - $25 Electronic Tickets - $17 EDM 10/9 BIG K.R.I.T. @ 8 p.m. The Varsity Theatre 9/24 Fiona Apple @ 8 p.m. House of Blues (New Orleans) Tickets- $60 - Tickets - $20 Rap 10/9 M83 @ 8 p.m. House of Blues (New Alternative Rock/Piano 9/29 Bassnectar @ 7 p.m. Sugarcane Village Orleans) Tickets - $30 Electronic 10/14 Mac Miller @ 7:30 p.m. UNO Lakefront - Tickets - $38.50 EDM Arena (New Orleans) Tickets - $30 Hip Hop 9/29 Animal Collective @ 8 p.m. House 10/15 Sleigh Bells @ 8:30 p.m. House of of Blues (New Orleans) Tickets - $30 Blues (New Orleans) Tickets - $25 Indie Rock Experimental Rock 10/18 Eric Church @ 7:30 p.m. Cajundome (Lafayette) Tickets - $37.50+ Country 10/18 Matt & Kim @ 8 p.m. House of Blues 10/1 The All-American Rejects @ 7 p.m.

(New Orleans) Tickets - $20 Indie Rock Mahalia Jackson Theater (New Orleans) 10/22 Matisyahu @ 8:30 p.m. The Varsity Tickets - $32.75 Alternative

October

Theatre - Tickets - $24 Rap 10/23 MUTEMATH @ 8 p.m. The Varsity Theatre - Tickets - $22 Indie/Alternative 10/23 Norah Jones @ 8 p.m. Mahalia Jackson Theater (New Orleans) Tickets - $49.50 singer/songwriter 10/26 Harry Connick Jr. @ 8 p.m. L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge - Tickets - $85+ Jazz/Swing 10/26-28 Voodoo Music Festival, City Park (New Orleans) Tickets - $175(3-day pass) 10/30 El Ten Seven @ 9 p.m. Spanish Moon Tickets - $10 Indie/Post-Rock

November 11/2 Dustin Lynch @ 9:30 Texas Club - Tickets - $15 Country 11/6 - A$AP Rocky @ 9 p.m. House of Blues (New Orleans) Tickets - $32 Hip Hop 11/13 - Dr. Dog @ 9 p.m. Tipitina’s (New Orleans) Tickets - $22 Indie/Folk · compiled by JOSH NAQUIN / The Daily Reveille

Ah, the wonders of technology — making life easier one app at a time. Gone are the days of sifting through rack after rack at Goodwill to find that perfect vintage dress.

No longer will you have to carry that huge bin of clothes KELLEY to sell at Plato’s SHAMIYAH Fashion Columnist Closet. With the recent creation of the mobile application, Poshmark, buying and selling secondhand clothing and accessories can be done right from your iPhone.

Poshmark is just one of the many startups that has flourished from the phenomenon of fashion ecommerce. The concept is simple: users go through their closets and find clothes they no longer want or wear. From there, the user creates listings complete with photos and brief descriptions of the item being sold. The seller decides on a price for the item and publishes the listing. After that, the majority of the work is done.

I have explored this app over the past few months, and I’ve come across both advantages and drawbacks.

The Poshmark app is available for free in the iTunes App Store, but upon selling an item, Poshmark takes a hefty 20-percent THRIFTING, see page 15

ART

Foster Gallery to host three-part interactive exhibit Austen Krantz Entertainment Writer

While some students used Labor Day as an opportunity to sleep in on a Monday, University artists working on SPACES at Foster Gallery worked to set up their exhibit for its Sept. 7 opening.

Nick Hwang, a musical composition doctoral student, stood over the debris of materials and tools in the first room of the gallery, explaining the arrangement.

He said the interactive exhibit will feature three pieces, allowing viewers to progress from the first to the

third, interacting with each uniquely engaging segment. He then approached the third, which he and Tom LaPann, master in fine arts, conceptualized together.

“Back in March, we had this idea that we wanted to have this interactive environment,” he said.

“We had this idea of having plants or a plant-like environment.”

The two opened a related exhibit during the summer but decided they could create another interesting display that was bigger with different textures.

Their towering piece — the largest of the three — sat in the

corner of the gallery’s last room, its twisted pillars under construction by other art students and friends.

They tacked on papier-mâché and bristley substances where lights and sounds would emit from the exhibit.

Viewers will navigate the cavern-like structure in complete darkness, with a small orb of light to guide their way through the space.

As they study the pieces’ details, lights and sounds will react to their presence.

“My background is music and EXHIBIT, see page 15

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

The third area of the near-completed inactive art show featured glowing orbs Wednesday in Foster Hall.

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Reveille Ranks

Matchbox Twenty, “North”

SOCIAL MEDIA

Atlantic Records

Pack up the Skechers and slap bracelets for good, because Matchbox Twenty finally killed what was left of late ’90s vibes. With their first studio album in a decade, Rob Thomas and company bring lackluster melodies without any catchy hooks or riffs of previous hits. No song stands out in the muddled 14-track deluxe version of “North” — not even single “Overjoyed,” which should be called “Overwrought” or maybe something more indicative of the treatment it deserves from the radio, like “Underplayed.” Matchbox tries too hard to sound current with vocal distortion and bad club beats, as in “Put Your Hands Up,” which sounds like a rejected Maroon 5 B-side. Thomas’ voice, once a welcome sound coming from everyone’s cool older sibling’s bedroom in 1998, wobbles and grates with the band’s new material. Not even nostalgia can save this underwhelming album. “North” is directionless.

KACI YODER

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Animal Collective, “Centipede Hz”

Domino Records

While 2009’s highly acclaimed “Merriweather Post Pavilion” found Animal Collective crafting beautiful, sonically lush pieces of music, the recently released “Centipede Hz” shows the band isn’t always capable of producing the year’s best album. Most songs on “Merriweather” were intricate without being crammed together, complex without being overwhelming. But the issue with “Centipede Hz” is that its songs are far too dense, hitting the listener square in the face with a wall of sound. The opening track, “Moonjock,” is a shining example. The song would be pretty damn good if it had less going on. But “Centipede Hz” isn’t a complete waste. Songs such as “Wide Eyed” successfully create a catchy hook that doesn’t get buried by every other sound. Unfortunately, most of the songs get too carried away and lose their focus, creating a noisy, disappointing mess of an album.

JOEY GRONER

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Two Door Cinema Club, “Beacon”

Kitsune, Glassnote Records

Two Door Cinema Club has managed the impossible: a sophomore album that isn’t out-shined by its acclaimed predecessor.

“Beacon,” recorded in L.A., showcases a return of the Irish import’s fast-paced, foot-tapping sound. “Pyramid” and “Sun” exemplify the band’s foray into more complex melodies with intricate bass work woven around rapid-fire synths. While still energetic, the feel of the new album differs from 2010’s “Tourist History.” The formerly introverted and fretful lyricism has been replaced with choruses of cautious optimism. The yearning quality of lead singer Alex Trimble’s vocals adds merit to empathic songs that convey the vulnerability of taking risks. “Beacon” is sophisticated and sleekly produced, but fans may miss the gritty angst that accompanied Two Door Cinema Club’s earlier work. It seems the California sunshine has brightened the pasty Irishmen’s musical musings.

JOSH NAQUIN

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Lecrae, “Gravity”

Reach Records

Houston-based rapper Lecrae continues to challenge traditional thinking with his latest effort, “Gravity.” Far from what’s expected of a gospel album, the LP blends messages of faith with mainstream production, orchestral samples and brash delivery.

Heavily influenced by southern hip-hop, the tattoo-bearing emcee’s effortless flow transitions smoothly between fast-paced beats to soulful synths. No topic is left untouched as the artist vigorously addresses thought-provoking issues like violence, death, drugs and poverty – all without sounding too preachy. Ironically, the album elicits memories of old school, underground rap, but still remains current enough to capture a vast audience of hip-hop enthusiasts.

Overall, Lecrae delivers a cohesive hip-hop album without tottering into the awkward transitioning that often plagues other Christian rappers.

DAVID JONES

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Two Gallants, “The Bloom and the Blight”

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ATO Records

Five years after the release of the self-titled full-length album, the folk rockers Two Gallants made sure this reemergence wasn’t a quiet one. From the first track on “The Bloom and the Blight,” the duo busts out heavily distorted electric explosions that extend through the album. But the guitarist-drummer combo stays rooted in folk stylings with clever croakily sung lyrics by Adam Stephens, some softer acoustic gems like “Decay” and ballads like “Ride Away.” Some tracks find a middle ground with softer electric guitaring that occasionally erupts into shredding with percussive eruptions. While “The Bloom and the Blight” proves new and exciting for Two Gallants, the two musicians haven’t lost their originally likeable identity.

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‘Unicycle Guy’ creates page Austen Krantz Entertainment Writer

Adam Barnes saw just how many students recognize his eyecatching top hat and unicycle when he set up a Facebook page last week.

Since creating the page “Unicycle Guy at LSU” last week, the communication studies sophomore has garnered more than 400 fans.

“Eventually I just gave in to the pressure,” Barnes said. “Right now, I don’t have any plans for it.”

But he also began teaching unicycle lessons for free last week, after he was approached about potential tutoring. With his multiple unicycles, Barnes said he can teach up to three people at a time, but he’s best with one-on-one lessons.

He developed a passion for single-wheeled transportation in his hometown of Oahu, Hawaii.

Barnes picked up his first unicycle for $2 at a garage sale during his junior year of high school.

“Anything that wasn’t being sold was going to Goodwill,” he said. “So I thought, ‘I’m not going to pass up this deal, I’m going to get a $2 unicycle.’”

While his purchase sat in his garage for a year, Barnes joined a friend his senior year of high school in a free unicycling lesson with the University of Hawaii’s juggling club. Since then, he’s developed a knack for the hobby.

While the streets in Hawaii may have proven more efficient for unicycling, Barnes said navigating the cracks and grooves of sidewalks near LSU’s campus isn’t too difficult for unicyclists.

“Once you get good on a unicycle, the condition of the road really doesn’t matter,” he said.

As for his top hat, Barnes has been keeping his head warm since childhood. His grandfather gave him his first top hat after noticing his affinity for a bowler hat he wore in high school.

But Barnes’ interests delve much deeper than his iconic hat and cycle.

He keeps busy attending school, working at the Student Union Bookstore and, of course, donating free hugs. It’s something he said people can appreciate. Some afternoons, students can catch him in the Quad or in front of

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Adam Barnes, communication studies sophomore, balances on his unicycle Wednesday in front of the Student Union. He started offering unicycle riding lessons.

the Union with a “free hugs” sign, offering a quick cuddle for students in need.

“At some point in Hawaii, I just picked up a sign and started giving free hugs,” he said. “Every once in a while somebody would be like, ‘Oh I really needed that.

My boyfriend just left me’ or ‘I’m struggling to pay rent.’”

Barnes said he hopes to develop a career as a professional photographer. Photography proved interesting to him from a young age. The first time Barnes ever shot photos was in preschool; his mother brought him to the zoo and gave him a disposable camera.

“We got to go behind the scenes,” he said. “I got to feed rhinos and sit on elephants. It was the first time I ever used a camera.”

In high school, Barnes took three years of photography classes, and by the third year, he was instructing other students. He then pursued an internship with Shoot! Photography, which extended him a job offer that he is still considering.

While Barnes found some great opportunities for photography in his hometown, he still wanted to leave for college — largely because of Oahu’s small size and tourist attractions.

“Everything I wanted to take a picture of was already on a

postcard,” he said.

Barnes said he has put photography on the back burner for the moment, with other hobbies, work and school taking up much of his time.

With more attention placed on his unicycling, Barnes hesitantly appreciates the praise.

“Sometimes it’s great for my ego, but other times I feel like I’m just a novelty to some people,” he explained. “I’m not an actual person to some without my unicycle or my top hat.”

While Clint Esmond, a business junior, became a fan of ‘Unicycle Guy at LSU,’ he told The Daily Reveille over Facebook that he likes Barnes, but still sees him as another student, like himself.

“He just likes to unicycle. He rides his unicycle everywhere and by my work at Five Guys every day. He’s a really nice kid,” Esmond said. “I feel like people’s over obsession with famous people and people in general these days is going to make it a bigger deal than it really is, since he made a fan page for himself, but more power to him.”

Contact Austen Krantz at akrantz@lsureveille.com

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EDITOR’S PICK: David Byrne and St. Vincent, “Love This Giant” 4AD

When it was first announced that art-rock legend David Byrne would create his first work in four years with St. Vincent (Annie Clark), a still unknown but talented indie powerhouse, the pair seemed unlikely. But as with many unexpected pairings, Byrne’s knack for ‘80s paranoid funk and Clark’s baroque melody and guitar work to create a refreshing, hearty collaboration. “Love This Giant” isn’t afraid to embrace conventional dance pop while creating its own brand of spacey, soulful and convoluted rock bliss. While some songs’ horn-lead melodies fail to dig into the brain, fans of Byrne and Clark’s separate work will find the best of both artists on this record, as they flex their creative genius on triumphant tracks BRIAN SIBILLE News Editor like “Who” and “Lazarus.”

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Online leagues put students closer to the game Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer

Football is back. The tailgates, the cheering, the body paint, the trash talk of opposing teams — it’s all returned for another season. Along with the traditional game, fantasy football began again Wednesday night.

Fantasy football is an interactive, online competition in which people get to live out the thrill of being the coach of an NFL team.

According to ESPN.com, “Real athletes and their real-life performances are used to generate points for fantasy teams in fantasy leagues.”

These leagues can be played for fun, but there is often a pot of money awarded to the overall winner of the league. Competitive feelings run high among college students like business sophomore Edward Fakier.

“We play for money, and we are very competitive, but that’s all part of the fun,” Fakier said.

Gabriel Gutierrez, English senior, is also a fantasy football player. He said he’s looking forward to dethroning his league’s defending champion because “he hasn’t stopped talking about it since he won last year.”

Avid fans across the nation recently took to their computers to participate in the first step of fantasy football: the draft.

“Fantasy football is a fun way to get more into the games and also have fun with friends,” Gutierrez said. “The league can get intense from time to time, but it never negatively affects any friendships. We look forward to getting together once a year to do the draft.”

Admiration of the game draws many fans to fantasy football.

Players can sign up online with the NFL’s website and join either a random league or create one with their friends. The members of the league then set a date to draft players for their fantasy football teams.

League teams consist of eight offense and special teams players: one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, one place kicker and one flex player (a running back, wide receiver or tight end), plus a defense and six bench players. These players are chosen from a database of NFL players and are ranked on their previous performances.

Once the season begins, players can sit back and watch their virtual team rack up points. Leaguers

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can also trade, add and drop players from their team as they see fit for an upcoming game.

Fakier said he believes it is often luck that yields success.

“Any given Sunday, anything can happen,” Fakier said. “Your star player could get hurt. Someone you picked up in a 10th round, a ‘no name,’ can be your highest scorer.

Beginners should pay attention to matchups. Know when the worst and best defenses are playing your players’ teams.”

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MTV moves show to avoid Obama conflict The Associated Press

NEW YORK — MTV has moved up the start of its annual Video Music Awards so its fans won’t have to choose between pop stars and President Barack Obama.

The show is airing Thursday, the night Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for another term as president. But MTV said Tuesday it will run the show an hour earlier than it usually does to not conflict with Obama’s speech.

The show will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Central time. The president is scheduled to speak from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., after 9 p.m.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012 THRIFTING, from page 11

commission from each sale in addition to the $7 flat-rate shipping charged to the buyer. With such high fees, sellers often experience an undercutting in profits and are forced to sell items for much less than they intended in order to move merchandise. The buyers are often ruthless when negotiating prices because they are taking into account the high shipping rate they must pay as well.

In spite of all of this, I have sold a great deal of old clothes on Poshmark. While the shipping cost is steep for buyers, the prepaid shipping label makes it easier for sellers to ship items. The flat-rate shipping labels remove guess work and alleviate the need to make trips to the post office.

Once the buyer receives his or her item in the mail, the funds are then released to the seller. There’s no limit before you can cash out your account. No matter if you have

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sound, and [Tom’s] is sculpture. So it seemed like a good idea to play with space and play with things that have some level of interactivity with sound,” Hwang said. “It’s like a whole mixture of what Tom and I are interested in.”

LaPann reiterated this idea.

“It’s two areas of interest really making one piece,” he added.

“It’s a different viewing experience when you’re participating and something’s reacting to you, than coming into a gallery and having more of a distant relationship.

When you’re actually engaging, it becomes more personal to the viewer.”

While the pair originally planned to create this piece by itself, they realized the other two works featured similar characteristics and would mesh well together in a single exhibit.

“All of them, I feel like, make you examine things in a large macro-level and the micro-level,” Hwang said. “We want you to come here and see everything in a big way. There’s big interactions and things like that; at the same time we’re forcing you to use these little lights to see smaller textures.”

Hwang used the first piece as an example. Three photo panels will project images from certain Baton Rouge locations, but they will also serve as speakers, emitting sounds from each corresponding location.

“With the panels having individual sounds, you want to go up and listen and look at each individual panel, as well as stand back and get the overall experience,” Hwang said.

The second, middle piece, allows viewers to control their experience.

Using an Xbox Kinect, viewers will progress through multiple stages of a projected piece of art.

One’s position and gestures will allow the projection to zoom in, zoom out and see multiple phases of the projected work.

“It’s kind of like a dialogue between two printmakers,” LaPann explained. “They passed [the print work] back and forth, making adjustments ... we photographed it and then removed different stages.

$1 or $100, you will always have access to your funds. When you decide to cash out your account, your earnings go straight into your bank account through direct deposit.

What I love most about Poshmark is the community. Most users I’ve encountered are friendly, helpful and honest. Many people may wonder what would be the difference between shopping on Poshmark and shopping on Ebay. Frankly, it’s the community. Poshmark is more social than Ebay. When someone buys something on Ebay, the seller ships the item and most likely won’t hear from the buyer again. On Poshmark, sellers build somewhat of a rapport with their buyers, which makes a world of difference.

Poshmark is quite similar to Etsy. I could go on for days admiring the quirky, handmade and vintage items on Etsy. Etsy is more of a hipster haven, while Poshmark can have a teeny-bopper feel to it at times. I often find myself scrolling So what you’re able to do is interact with different stages of the total process so you can kind of see the whole evolution of the project.”

Like each part of the exhibit, the group constructed the sheet the projection will hit from found materials. The beginning of the semester allowed the group to gather most materials from students and teachers who were clearing out their offices and work places.

Hwang explained that the compromise of using recycled materials allowed the group to build the project on such a large scale.

The team combined these elements with electronics to build the screens in the exhibit, which LaPann said adds to the character of each piece. He used the middle segment, which he largely worked on, as an example.

“The back side is made of different materials — it’s got iron ore, and some salt and bamboo sticks and you know, a variety of types of paper,” he said. “The difference in material thickness allows light and images to shine through.”

But Hwang emphasized the importance of the crafted textures over the electronics.

“All the expensive stuff is

The Daily Reveille through listing after listing of Hollister & Co. shirts and Dooney & Bourke bags. Etsy is great for finding pieces that you know no one else will have. Poshmark is better for finding that perfect bag that sold out in stores before you could get your hands on one or vintage luxury apparel at deeply discounted prices.

Poshmark has a vast variety of clothing and accessories. I’ve seen everything from Chanel to Forever 21 to American Apparel. There is something for every style at every price point. Poshmark is a great way to earn some extra cash on the side and find unique pieces for awesome prices. Try it once, and you’ll be back for more.

Shamiyah Kelley is a 19-year-old mass communication junior from Irmo, S.C. Contact Shamiyah Kelley at skelley@lsureveille.com actually concealed — we don’t want you to see that stuff. The intrigue is all with this stuff,” Hwang said, pointing to the natural-looking texture of their pieces’ column.

Aside from constructing an entire exhibit in a few days, the two also tackled new challenges they had few prior experiences with.

They brought together friends and peers to put the exhibit together as fast as they could, while Hwang continued learning how to physically construct art, and LaPann grew more comfortable with allotting project assignments.

“In the beginning, it was very hard to tell people what to do,” LaPann said. “But then you realize they don’t want to come here and figure it out themselves.”

But they both agreed a large part of what brought the project together was the help they had and the multiple creative minds focused on the project.

“Everyone that’s involved has their own specialty,” Hwang said. “It’s turned out to be a great collaboration.”

Contact Austen Krantz at akrantz@lsureveille.com

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Recent book paints students as needy and dependent LA SEULE FEMME

Kate Mabry Columnist When newly graduated high school students think of college, many think of the additional responsibilities and stresses that accompany the newfound freedom away from their parents’ home.

But some unfair assumptions about today’s college students have surfaced in a recent book, particularly that students continue to be babied by their parents.

The book, titled “Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student,” was released Tuesday and stated that today’s generation of college students is “coddled, entitled and dependent,” according to an Aug. 20 USA Today article.

While authors Arthur Levine and Diane Dean agree that students are more “tech-savvy” than previous generations, they also said this current generation of college students is unprepared for life in the real world and is heavily dependent on its parents.

And although technology — particularly social media ­—­­­ has proved to be a significant distraction to students in class and at home, its inclusion in our lives has better prepared us to live and work in a technology-friendly world.

In an interview with USA Today, Levine said, “This is a generation with an average of 241 social media friends, but they have trouble communicating in person.”

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why Louisiana Republicans should vote Obama If you were a Ron Paul fan, who would you vote for? Probably not Ron Paul; he’s got no shot. You might vote Romney, so that your vote matters. That’s an example of strategic voting, and unfortunately it’s one of the keys to getting your voice heard. As of now, Louisiana voices are not heard. Delayed FEMA trailers/ checks and the jobs lost due to the offshore drilling moratorium can both attest to that.

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Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University, said Generation Y – usually defined as the generation born between the early 1980s to early 2000s — has grown up attached to technology, but social networking provides “the sense of them being the center of the universe,” according to a June 2009 USA Today article.

Unfortunately, this generation is truly too tightly connected to technology. I’ll even admit that I feel lost and out-of-touch without my cell phone at my side.

But this generation’s knowledge of technology also prepares students for a tech-savvy world.

Kari Walters, LSU’s director

of instructional technology and online programs, agreed.

“Just about every job today is affected by technology in one way or another,” she said. “It may be through direct use of a computer to do your job, or by using computerized equipment that helps you accomplish your job.”

But Levine and Dean don’t stop at this generation’s dependency on technology. They also argue that students are heavily reliant on their parents.

In a recent interview with NPR’s Neal Conan, Levine said parental involvement was the biggest change in colleges across the country in the last decade.

During my freshman year, I lived with a homesick girl and her mother via Skype, but such behavior is not the norm for today’s college students.

A glance at today’s students at the University will show a group of hard workers and multitaskers.

Many students are proactive in searching for internships and gaining valuable experience to get ahead of the game, and women are becoming increasingly career-oriented.

Every generation of parents tells their children that life as a student today is easier in comparison to 40 years ago, but the Russian doll situation of “my

life was so much harder than yours” will likely continue for generations to come.

When our children take class notes on their iPads in the future — if not some new technological monster yet to be known by mankind — be sure to mention how difficult classes were when laptops were the main note-taking device.

The problem involves a broken system called the Electoral College, in which all of a state’s votes go to that state’s winner. Louisiana gets less attention because it isn’t a swing state (we tend to lean Republican).

An October 2011 poll by Clarus Research has Romney beating Obama by 16 points in Louisiana, and Republicans won by point spreads of 19 in 2008, 14 in 2004, and 18 in 2000. Same story for Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Arizona. So candidates ‘knowing we’ll vote Republican no matter what’ have no reason to impress us, pander to us or even help us in times of need. So they only wind up caring about swing states like Florida and Ohio, which could go either way.

But wait! There’s a way to become one of those states that

matters, and it involves strategic voting: simply vote against the way Louisiana is predicted to vote. Here, that means vote Obama. In Clinton times, it would’ve meant vote Republican. And in blue states, it’d mean vote Romney.

The important thing isn’t who you want to be elected. Realize that because of the Electoral College, not only does your vote not matter because Louisiana is a red state, and because it’s only got eight (of 538) votes, but also because your vote doesn’t even get counted for directly determining the winner. Combine this with the sheer number of voters and the influence of corrupt campaign donors, and your vote for president is meaningless.

But your vote for Louisiana prosperity isn’t. Not only will

strategic voting enhance Louisiana’s stance in U.S. politics, it’ll also stand as a protest against our flawed system of Electoral College groupings with pluralityvote tallies.

Don’t worry, an Obama vote won’t hurt Romney; he’s got our state in the bag. The idea is just to bring Louisiana closer to that 50-50 swing-state mark.

So this November, don’t pull the lever for Republicans or Democrats. Pull it for Louisiana by voting Obama.

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“Today’s younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.”

Al Capp American cartoonist and humorist Sept. 28, 1909 — Nov. 5, 1979

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Keeping the French, language lives on in La. THE TRADITIONALIST Chris Ortte Columnist Somewhere around I-10 Butte LaRose, the static on FM 101.1 breaks and the zydeco begins to roll.

During the last 20-mile stretch to Lafayette I always let those flat Cajun accents on KBON sing me home.

The French language has faced much strife in Louisiana during the past century — even as recent as this summer. Though it lives on after near extinction, it has still been prioritized by many of our leaders.

In the earlier decades of the 20th century, our muddy French was persecuted and frowned upon by politicians and legislators. South Louisiana wasn’t as much a part of the white-bread America that it should have been.

But who was so straight-cut American then, anyway? Isn’t this

the melting pot? Isn’t Louisiana just the bottom of the pot, the part of the stew with the most flavor?

South Louisiana is hardly even Southern, much less white-bread American. With our bloody-maryand-beignet breakfasts and semiweekly carousing, we’re French — unlike our biscuit-eating English neighbors.

As a push to integrate southern Louisiana natives into a more American culture, legislators formed some incredibly unethical legislation suppressing the French language from being used or taught in schools. Children would be punished by paddle for speaking the French that makes us so unique.

One can imagine times were tough for any Cajun — the federal government imposing prohibition and the state government cutting his tongue.

Though I don’t see it wrong to have required English in our schools — after all, we had been American

for more than 100 years — I do find that a compromise would have been a more correct and valuable remedy.

Only a “couyon” would recommend a complete segregation of the people from the language.

The lasting effect has been that the language skipped generations.

Parents did not want their children to be considered low-rate and the language merely became a gossip mechanism for grandparents. In turn, we have missed out on a priceless asset to our culture.

Coincidentally, history is repeating itself.

The state suppressed French beginning in 1915. In 2012, Gov. Bobby Jindal cut proposed funds of $100,000, or 40 percent of the allotted budget, for the government-mandated Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, commonly recognized as CODOFIL. In comparison, Jindal’s cut was not as callous as the laws in 1915.

But it’s backwards to think that other

francophone countries will continue to spend money in Louisiana for the cause when our state found it plausible to cut funds dedicated to the core of the $8.3 billion annual tourism revenue — our French heritage.

Nevertheless, as history always repeats itself, Louisianians do make good lemonade with its lemons and turn happenings like this into a cause-worthy “fête.”

A fundraiser in Lafayette, Lâche Pas, or “Don’t Let Go,” was held a few Sundays ago to nourish CODOFIL’s budget cut.

John Frigault, who works with Lafayette’s CODOFIL office, was amazed at the turnout and confident the donations may exceed the cuts made this summer.

“For every door that closes there is one, two, maybe three or four that open — we may have to thank the governor in some ways for this,” Frigault said.

Former Executive Director of CODOFIL David Cheramie, is

certain that Louisiana is far beyond the era in which speaking French is still forbidden.

“It’s no longer ‘bas clas’, but more a sign of being educated,” Cheramie said.

Though I understand little and speak even less, our French is something I have true pride in, and we should be incredibly grateful for the people who continue to advocate for French in Louisiana.

Louisiana pride is alive and it’s a bandwagon you want to be on, cher.

Chris Ortte is a 21-year-old political science senior from Lafayette.

Contact Chris Ortte at cortte@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_orttechris

Apple versus Samsung ruling is bad for consumers MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT David Scheuermann Columnist Think different, or you’ll be sued.

With the announcement of the next iPhone likely coming next week, enthusiastic fans are preparing to stand in lines yet again in order to play with a new iDevice.

But it’s important that we remain aware of Apple’s legal struggles as well as what’s coming from its marketing department.

The patent wars between Apple and Samsung are officially in a ceasefire, and at the end of round one, Apple is the clear victor.

On Aug. 24, a jury found Samsung to be guilty of infringing some of Apple’s software and design patents and ruled that the South Korean company must pay $1.05 billion in damages.

So what exactly did infringe upon, and how could this affect the smartphone market’s future?

Apple’s arsenal of software patents include a method for determining the difference between a scroll or a gesture on a multi-touch screen, the bounce-back animation that occurs when you’ve scrolled to a page’s edge and double-tap actions for zooming.

Its design patents focused on the iPhone’s iconic rounded corners and home button configuration as well as the grid layout of icons.

Find all these features in a Samsung phone, and it’s easy to walk away believing Samsung infringed Apple’s patents.

And there is plenty truth in this.

Samsung’s Galaxy S was a clear homage to the original iPhone. It had

curved edges, a chrome bezel and its TouchWiz user interface (UI), a customized skin built over the core Android operating system, was the most iPhone-like UI pushed by an Android manufacturer.

But should Apple’s patents have been approved in the first place?

When dealing with patents, there are a few things to consider when testing validity. One of these considerations is prior art, which is a test of whether an idea has existed in public before a patent was filed.

So, let’s look at some of these patents.

In 2006, Samsung filed a design patent for a dumb-phone known as the F700. The phone had a slide-out keyboard, but it also had rounded corners and a home button. The iPhone was first shown to the public in 2007.

A grid interface for apps is similar in that such an interface can be found in myriad computing devices.

My Linux laptop itself uses a grid interface to display applications.

Another test for patents is novelty and “non-obviousness,” and Apple’s patent on scrolling and gestures could hardly be considered novel.

Multi-touch technology has been under development for decades, and gestures including pinchto-zoom were created to make use of the technology.

Any gesture on a multi-touch screen would need the software to be able to determine what gesture is being performed, so I’d think that would rule out the “non-obviousness” as well.

These general patents granted to Apple could potentially limit what can be done on touchscreen devices produced by their competitors, helping Apple remain safely at the top.

But building on the innovations

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Apple’s iPhone 4S, left, and Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S III are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 24. A jury decided that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple.

of others is what keeps technology progressing, and many successful companies have done so throughout history.

In 1979, a young businessman traded some of his company’s stock to Xerox in return for a tour of its technology. There he saw Xerox’s mouse and the graphical user interface (GUI) that implemented it.

He would then instruct his designers to create a new mouse, one with one button instead of three, and implement certain designs into their own GUI.

That businessman was Steve Jobs, and the GUI and its new mouse would first be seen in the first Macintosh.

In that regard, how is having a home button with two touch buttons considered an infringement? How is a grid of apps in an app-drawer and not the homescreen considered infringement?

Isn’t such a change as significant as the change from three buttons to one button?

Allowing developers to make such incremental improvements will

keep the smartphone market moving forward, keep Apple from being stagnant and complacent and give consumers more options to choose from.

David Scheuermann is a 20-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner.

Contact David Scheuermann at dscheuermann@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_dscheu

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LOOKING FOR SOMEONE I am a 20 year old student at LSU who would like to meet a pretty girl Interested in hanging out and possibly become more then friends with (maybe we could eat lunch together and see where it goes).

I am a good looking white male who just happens to be shy when it comes to meeting girls. I like outdoor activities, football, watching movies, fishing, chilling with friends, working out, and I’m always down to try something new.

Race is not important but please be serious with replys. nfriend570@yahoo.com DEAR TRI DELTA I am a 25 year old political science student. I am going to graduate in May. I am shy and have been called a sweet guy. All I want is to go on one date with a member of the tri delta sorority. They have some of the smartest and prettiest girls. Looking for one dinner and a movie or maybe to spend a game day to-

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gether. I just want this more than anything in the world. bwood8@ lsu.edu CARPOOL: SAVE gas from NOLA! NOLA2LSUcarpool@ gmail.com INTELLECTUAL NICE GUY looking for a female friend to do things with. (i.e. texting, getting lunch, hanging out...) Emphasis on person to person activities.

Not looking for anything fancy just someone to talk to while getting lunch or over coffee or just hanging out when there is nothing better to do. I understand people are busy so not looking for something everyday but every once in a while would be nice to actually have someone to hang out with.

SERIOUS offers only please. If interested or have any questions, contact me at pumpitup120@ yahoo.com. Put personal ad or something to distinguish your email in the subject line in case it goes in spam.

LICENSED COUNSELOR (LPC) Offering individual, coulples and adolescent counseling. $25.00 per hour. Contact: Cheryl Robin, LPC, at 225-235-1689.

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