The Daily Reveille - September 25, 2012

ART: Students who model nude open up about their experiences, p. 9

FOOTBALL: Offense racking up yardage at school-record pace, p. 5

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FILM

Two hundred University years of to screen ‘Pitch steamboats Perfect’ Shannon Roberts Contributing Writer

Louisiana in 1812. The ship began its journey from Pittsburgh to Louisiana in 1811, but didn’t reach the Crescent City until the following year after a number of difficulties.

“Nobody thought that they

Students have the opportunity to be among the first to see the comedy “Pitch Perfect” tonight, which was filmed on the University’s campus last fall.

The University will be offering a free screening of Jason Moore’s film in the LSU Student Union Theater for students tonight. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the movie begins at 8 p.m.

A student can get in free using his or her LSU ID. After swiping their cards, students will be eligible for door prizes, said Ashley Territo, assistant to the vice chancellor of Finance and Administrative Services.

Territo said the University planned the event after Universal Pictures approached the school officials with the idea last week.

“Universal Pictures came to us asking if this would be something we were interested in working with them,” Territo said.

She said the movie’s

STEAMBOAT, see page 15

SCREENING, see page 15

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Museum features steamboat exhibit, glimpse into history of the Mississippi marvels Ferris McDaniel Staff Writer

Before a time when people would look for the nearest interstate on-ramp, they were watching their step as they boarded a mysterious new adventure.

This year marks the 200th

anniversary of the steamboat’s presence in Louisiana, and in celebration of the bicentennial, the West Baton Rouge Museum is showing a two-part exhibit titled “200 Years of Steamboats on the Mighty Mississippi.”

While one portion of the exhibit portrays the arrival of

steamboats in Louisiana, the other shows their existence in the state during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

A series of panels provided by the Rivers Institute at Hanover College tells the story of the famed steamboat New Orleans — the first steamboat to arrive in

RENOVATIONS

Tiger Stadium lights display hundreds of color schemes Ben Wallace Senior Contributing Writer

Golden victory has taken on a literal meaning this season outside of Tiger Stadium, where an aureate glow emanates from the corridors along the top of the stadium’s north side after each home football win.

As part of a $1.5 million upgrade to the stadium’s northern facade, the Tiger Athletic Foundation installed new lights capable of beaming hundreds of different color schemes, said Ronnie Haliburton, senior associate athletic director of facilities and grounds.

Currently, the 48 LED fixtures are programmed for red, white, blue, purple and gold, Haliburton said — meaning the stadium’s northern

concourse may light up like an American flag on Independence Day. “We’re continually tweaking the system,” Haliburton said, adding that additional options for holidays like Christmas and New Year’s Day are also in the works.

This fall, the LED lights turn on at 4:30 p.m. every weekday during weeks with a home football game, cycling off around 8:30 or 9 a.m. leading up to game day.

Workers manually turn off the program during the game, but if the Tigers win, like they have every week so far this season, golden beams light up the corridors.

“It’s not gaudy, and it’s not overpowering,” Haliburton said, adding that the fixtures are visible to drivers crossing the Mississippi

River Bridge into Baton Rouge.

“Hey, look, she can shine,” he said, comparing the 92,000-seat concrete giant to a woman getting a makeover. “You put a little makeup on, a little lipstick and she can shine again. I’ll take her to the dance any day.”

The program could expand to the eastern and western sides of the stadium, as well as the future southern expansion.

The lights stay off during away-game weeks, Haliburton said.

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The new purple and gold lights brighten Tiger Stadium’s facade Monday night.

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

STATE/LOCAL

NATIONAL

Royal Collection buys Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Royal Collection Trust has gone Pop Art with the purchase of four famous Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977.

They will form part of the Portraits of a Monarch exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle. The purchase was announced Monday, but royal officials refused to say how much was paid for the portraits.

Fears arise for endangered gorillas after two were rescued in Congo KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The plight of two infant gorillas, rescued after being kidnapped from their wild families, highlights the dangers confronting the endangered Grauer’s gorillas that have become victims of ongoing violence and a new rebellion in eastern Congo.

A decision to allow oil exploration in a national park there may put the gorillas at greater risk.

Virunga National Park said Monday that wildlife authorities rescued two baby gorillas in the space of a week this month.

Scientists find new breast cancer clues from major genetic analysis

New York City hospitals cracking down on serving junk food

DOJ seeks to join class-action lawsuit against New Orleans prison

NEW YORK (AP) — People nervously waiting around in New York City hospitals for loved ones to come out of surgery can’t smoke. In a few months from now, they can’t have a supersized fast-food soda. And soon, they won’t even be able to get a candy bar out of the vending machine or a piece of fried chicken from the cafeteria.

In one of his latest health campaigns, Mayor Michael Bloomberg aims to banish sugary and fatty foods from public and private hospitals.

(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department asked Monday to join a class-action lawsuit that accuses Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman of overseeing a jail that routinely subjects prisoners to brutal, inhumane conditions.

“The Orleans Parish Prison is a violent and dangerous institution,” the federal agency said in a request filed in New Orleans federal court, seeking to be included as a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It contends that the jail’s conditions violate the U.S. Constitution.

Delgado enrollment drops after six years of post-Katrina growth

Health officials detect new SARS-like respiratory virus in Middle East

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists reported Sunday that they have completed a major analysis of the genetics of breast cancer, finding four major classes of the disease.

They hope their work will lead to more effective treatments, perhaps with some drugs already in use.

The new finding offers hints that one type of breast cancer might be vulnerable to drugs that already work against ovarian cancer.

The study, published online Sunday by the journal Nature, is the latest example of research into the biological details of tumors, rather than focusing primarily on where cancer arises in the body.

Washington state’s first ‘zombie bees’ reported, carrying parasites

LONDON (AP) — Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London.

The germ is a coronavirus, from a family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome that killed some 800 people, mostly in Asia, in a 2003 epidemic.

SEATTLE (AP) — The infection is as grim as it sounds: “Zombie bees” have a parasite that causes them to fly at night and lurch around erratically until they die.

And experts say the condition has crept into Washington state.

“I joke with my kids that the zombie apocalypse is starting at my house,” said Mark Hohn, a novice beekeeper who spotted the infected insects at his suburban Seattle home.

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Shown are four Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, that will form part of the “Portraits of a Monarch” exhibit.

ELLEN BANNER / The Associated Press

Mark Hohn, a novice beekeeper, checks out bees in one of the hives in the backyard of his Seattle home Saturday to find them infected by parasite flies.

Weather

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After six years of post-Katrina growth, Delgado Community College reported an 11.4 percent drop in the number of full-time students who registered for the fall semester.

Even with this decline from its all-time-high total of 20,452 students last fall, Delgado remains the most populous local institution of higher education, with 18,115 students at eight locations around the New Orleans area.

Delgado spokesman Tony Cook tells The Times-Picayune that at least some of Delgado’s decline is the result of a policy change.

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MEAL PLANS LSU vs. other SEC schools

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WHITE HOUSE GIVES THANKS

LSU Dining provides quality meals for students, but how do meal plan costs compare to other SEC universities?

LSU (First and second-year residents are required to have a resident meal plan)

· 19 Tiger Meals: $1,909/semester · 19 all-you-can-eat meals per week + $150 Paw Points · 15 Tiger Meals: $1,809/semester ·15 all-you-can-eat meals per week + $375 Paw Points

UPPERCLASSMEN (COMMUTER PLANS) · Tiger Ultra: $1,819/semester · 210 meals + $175 Paw Points · Tiger Lite: $1,689/semester · 150 meals + $375 Paw Points · Tiger Commuter: $794/semester · 75 meals + $100 Paw Points

Florida (Meal plans required for first-year residents) · Open-Access 7 Day Plus: $2,146/semester · Unlimited meals 7 days a week + $450 Flex Bucks · Alternate Residential Meal Plan: $1,837/semester ·14 meals per week + $300 Flex Bucks

UPPERCLASSMEN · 60 Block: $545.20/semester · 60 meals + $100 Flex Bucks · 40 Block: $403.16/semester · 40 meals + $100 Flex Bucks

Vanderbilt (First-year students are automatically signed up for plan) · First-Year Meal Plan: $2,395/semester · 3 meals daily + $175 Meal Money per semester + 5 Flex Meals per semester (can be added anytime online/used for guests) · Meals can be used at 20 different locations on Vanderbilt’s campus.

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President Obama honored the Minnesota Lynx on Sept. 18 for the team’s 2011 season, as well as its efforts to support health and wellness programs.

UPPERCLASSMEN · 14 Basic: $2,115/semester · 14 meals per week + $200 Meal Money · All second-year students are enrolled in this plan. · 8 Basic: $1,425/semester · 8 meals per week + $250 Meal Money · All third-year students are enrolled in this plan.

Alabama (All undergraduates required to sign up for $300 Dining Dollars program/$300 per semester, adds to meal plans) All first-year students required to have meal plan · All Access: $1,525/semester · Unlimited all-you-can-eat meals per week + 10 guest meals per semester

UPPERCLASSMEN · Silver: $1,350/semester · 160 meals per semester/10 per week + 10 guest meals per semester · Bronze: $766/semester · 90 meals per semester/6 per week + 10 guest meals per semester · Bama: $450/semester · 50 meals per semester/6 per week

Ole Miss (All freshman residents must sign up for a meal plan) · Rebel All Access Plus 1: $1,350/semester · Unlimited all-you-can-eat per week at dining hall + 10 guest meals per semester + 2 meals per day to be used at Magnolia Kitchen (Student Union Food Court restaurant) + 1 meal per day to be used at any Ole Miss Dining location · Rebel 100 Plus 1: $1,349/semester · 100 meals per semester at dining hall + 10 guest meals per semester + 1 meal per day to be used at any Ole Miss Dining location

UPPERCLASSMEN · Rebel 50: $425/semester · 50 meals per semester + 10 guest meals per semester · JC 100: $575/semester · 100 meals per semester + no restriction on guest swipes

*Meal plans listed for comparative purposes. Some were excluded.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

FUNDING

Student Tech Fee funds may be given to individual departments Decision could be made next month Olivia McClure Contributing Writer

University departments may be able to apply for Student Technology Fee-funded monetary awards starting in the next fiscal year.

At a meeting of the Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee on Monday, members and guests discussed opening up leftover funds for discipline-specific awards. Departments would be able to request tech fee money to purchase materials that would benefit their students in specific areas of study.

A decision may be made as early as next month, when representatives from University Information Technology Services and the Office for Assessment and Evaluation will attend the next meeting to determine if their departments need the funds.

If not, the money could go to other departments.

The tech fee generates nearly $4 million a year. Until three years ago, about $1 million generated by the tech fee was made available to

fund discipline-specific projects, said Vice Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor of the Office of Budget and Planning Robert Kuhn.

As the costs of services provided by ITS grew and a budget crisis loomed, the committee suspended the discipline-specific program three years ago, Kuhn said. The $1 million was shifted to support ITS operations.

“For the prior 11 years, departments and colleges had been able to come to this committee and request funding for technology,” Kuhn said.

Kuhn noted that technology is not limited to computers and includes items such as instruments for music students. Today, departments are unable to get help paying for these types of purchases from the tech fee, he said.

The demand for discipline-specific funding has not disappeared, though. Student Government President Taylor Cox said student organizations and departments have asked him how to apply to receive tech fee money.

“I’ve had people who have already approached me about trying to apply for funding from this committee,” Cox said.

Eric Monday, vice chancellor

for Finance and Administrative Services and CFO, said $350,000 of tech fee funds is uncommitted for the current fiscal year, which ends in June 2013. The committee, however, has not yet opened this money up for discipline-specific project appeals.

“This committee can vote to allow that to stay in the account and have $350,000 for the spring or $350,000 that can be used next year, or we can look at things that you can very quickly approve and spend those funds in this fiscal year,” Monday said.

Kuhn noted that making discipline-specific funding available now may encourage vice chancellors and deans to compete for a relatively small amount of money.

“Remember, all politics is local, so every department is looking out in expressing what they need,” Kuhn said. “So when you have 70-something departments plus student organizations, et cetera, then when they all come in, someone has to make the decisions, in terms of priorities, where that money is spent.”

Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com

ENVIRONMENT

Isaac recovery questions linger The Associated Press The aftermath of Hurricane Isaac has left many folks wondering how long waters and lands, and the mix of water and land that is so south Louisiana, will take to recover.

Maybe longer than anyone wants — or knows.

Saturday’s visit to National Hunting and Fishing Day festivities and activities furthered the questions. Right now, there are few definitive answers.

It’s not that the state’s top fisheries and wildlife biologists and environmental scientists haven’t seen these conditions before. Many of them have, some dating to Hurricane Andrew 20 years ago, but most said Saturday that they didn’t want to jump to conclusions.

Yet there was a common thread running through most of their don’t-quote-me comments: Waters, lands, animals and fishes east of the

Mississippi were hit hard by a storm that was barely a hurricane and made landfall a little more than 100 miles to the west.

As folks in St. Charles, Ascension, Livingston, Tangipahoa and St. Tammany will testify, the Isaaccaused water levels were staggering and in some places higher than higher-category storms like Katrina and Gustav. The water pushed farther inland than any of those major storms in 2005 or 2008 and invaded

the tributaries of Lake Maurepas, the northernmost lake in the vast Pontchartrain Basin.

Though wind-caused structural damage was far from Katrina levels in these parishes, Isaac’s push flooded areas that had far less water damage than previous storms.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

No longer offensive

Despite Auburn struggles, offense still outperforming recent LSU squads

Chris Abshire Sports Writer

As tame as the Tigers’ offense seems to be, it has been accumulating yards at a frantic pace this season.

Despite the Tigers’ struggles in a 12-point outing at Auburn on Saturday, the

LSU offense is already outpacing its own recent standard.

The Tigers are averaging 442 yards per game, a 26 percent increase from its 350-yard average at this point last year.

So where is the increase coming from?

New starting quarterback Zach Mettenberger would be the obvious catalyst — especially

after the erratic quarterback play of recent memory.

But LSU’s already-potent running game has picked up the slack to extreme levels.

The 2012 Tigers have racked up 247.5 yards per game on the ground, up 76 yards OFFENSE, see page 7

LSU offense by the numbers

· 39.2: 2012 points per game (school-record pace) · 442: 2012 yards per game · 334.2: 2009-11 yards per game · 247.5: 2012 Rushing yards per game · 5: Number of 400-yard games in 2011 (14 games) · 3: Number of 400-yard games in 2012 (4 games)

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LSU senior wide receiver Russell Shepard (10) attempts to make his way around Auburn sophomore defensive back Jonathon Mincy (6) during the Tigers’ 12-10 victory against Auburn on Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

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FOOTBALL

Tigers back in normal routine Alex Cassara Sports Writer

As his football team begins its preparation for this weekend’s matchup with Towson, LSU coach Les Miles was just happy to be able to practice Monday.

“This time last week, we were running for cover,” Miles said.

At his weekly press luncheon Monday, Miles said his team would move to its normal routine this week after last week’s bomb scare.

Last week’s disruption might have been a cause for LSU’s undisciplined play at Auburn, where it gave up 80 yards on nine penalties. Miles said although the referees made “legitimate calls” and he “would not argue,” he was going to speak to the head of the Southeastern Conference’s officials to hear his view.

Miles questioned a personal foul called on senior defensive end Lavar Edwards when he leveled Auburn sophomore quarterback Kiehl Frazier, who had just thrown an interception.

“I’m certain that there’ll be a view of that from the conference, and I will comply,” Miles said. “… It was a legal block. It could only have been the timing of the block.”

ROUTINE, see page 7

CROSS COUNTRY

Carleton leads the pack, finds success in fifth season LSU Invitational winner walked on James Moran Sports Contributor

In her four-plus years in Baton Rouge, LSU senior Laura Carleton has set the example of what it means to be a studentathlete.

Since walking on at LSU after running for four years at St. Louis Catholic High School in Lake Charles, La., Carleton has developed into one of the topranked distance runners in the Southeastern Conference.

She won her second consecutive LSU Invitational title Saturday after coming in fifth place at the season-opening Commodore

Classic at Vanderbilt.

“She really has passed a lot of peoples’ expectations,” said LSU senior runner Roger Cooke.

“I remember watching her in high school, and she wasn’t even the best girl on her team.

Watching her train and improve, she has kind of beaten the odds.

We haven’t had a walk-on distance girl who was this good in a while.”

In addition to cross country, Carleton runs both indoor and outdoor track for the Lady Tigers. She redshirted the 2011 cross country season because she wanted to focus on track, and she knew she would still be at LSU this fall earning her degree.

As a freshman and sophomore, Carleton competed in every race for the Lady Tigers and improved her best times each

season. In 2010, Carleton was the Lady Tigers’ top runner, pacing the team in five of its six meets.

“Every year I have been here, I have intensified my training and improved,” Carleton said.

“I figured why use up my last cross country year when I knew I would be back this year trying to get my MBA. My main reason was that since I was continuously improving, why wouldn’t I run the year I would have been at my best?”

Carleton graduated in three years with a management degree in May 2011. At commencement, she received the University Medal for posting the top grade-point average in her graduating class.

When she sat out last fall, CARLETON, see page 7

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Senior cross country runner Laura Carleton (120) leads in the women’s 6K on Saturday during the LSU Invitational at Highland Road Park.

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RECRUITING

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Beckwith shines on both sides of the ball despite injury Trey Labat Sports Contributor

On a night when he played only two quarters, Kendell Beckwith still managed to steal the show against Richwood High.

Beckwith is the No. 1-ranked high school foothigh ball player in Louisiana according to school recruits ESPN, and with update one look at him, it’s easy to see why. At 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds, Beckwith towers

over his East Feliciana teammates.

LSU, along with Southeastern Conference rival Alabama, is in hot pursuit to clinch a commitment from Beckwith for the 2013 season.

“Both LSU and Alabama are high on my list,” Beckwith said. “I’ll definitely be there when they play in November.”

Beckwith lines up on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, playing defensive end and quarterback, a combination that most players wouldn’t dream of playing.

“Yeah I guess it’s pretty unique,” Beckwith said. “I just do what I can to help the team.”

Most schools are looking for

Beckwith to play exclusively on defense at the next level, according to ESPN. “I feel more comfortable on the defensive side of the ball,” Beckwith said. “The attacking nature of it, I feel it fits my style better.”

His attacking nature was on display on a first-quarter drive by Richwood. Beckwith exploded off the ball, quickly disengaged from the offensive linemen and sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss.

“I just try to force as much pressure as I can every play,” Beckwith said. “Sack or not, I want to be in the backfield making things happen.”

Beckwith said he has a strong

support system around him to help him through the process of being a highly sought-after recruit.

“I try not to let it get to me too much,” Beckwith said. “My family has been extremely supportive around me, so I’m just taking it one step at a time.”

In the second quarter, Beckwith aggravated a left-shoulder injury that he suffered in last weekend’s game against Zachary.

The pain didn’t stop him from playing overtime and rushing for the game-winning touchdown, a bruising 4-yard rush that saw Beckwith push the pile into the end zone. The play left Beckwith with a hanging

arm, but he had secured the victory.

“It’s just a deep shoulder bruise,” Beckwith said. “It wasn’t going to keep me from going out there and helping my team.”

With his combination of speed and size, Beckwith would be a dynamic addition to a defensive line that’s expected to lose two of its starting defensive ends in the NFL draft.

“Wherever I end up, I’ll give 100 percent,” Beckwith said. “That’s just the kind of player I am.”

Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com

SAINTS

NFL seeks to block Vilma’s request for evidence Brett Martel The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NFL on Monday asked a federal judge to block Jonathan Vilma’s demands for evidence in the league’s bounty probe of the Saints, and a magistrate has ordered lawyers in the case to convene in New Orleans on Thursday to discuss the matter.

The league’s latest move was to counter Vilma’s attempt to initiate discovery in his defamation lawsuit against Roger Goodell, which alleges the commissioner lacked sufficient evidence when he publicly prejudged the Saints linebacker as the ring-leader of New Orleans’

pay-for-injury bounty system.

The NFL’s motion argues that discovery is premature because another motion to dismiss Vilma’s lawsuit is still pending.

The league said Vilma’s lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, has this month subpoenaed the NFL, Goodell, NFL investigator Joe Hummel, former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and former Saints assistant Mike Cerullo.

Ginsberg has demanded documents and sought to schedule depositions, including a deposition of Goodell on Oct. 23.

Goodell initially suspended Vilma for the entire 2012 season after concluding he helped organize

a bounty pool that league investigators have said the Saints ran for three seasons from 2009-11.

The suspensions of Vilma and three other players have since been vacated on technical, jurisdictional grounds by an appeal panel operating within the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement. That decision has led to the re-instatement of the four players and has forced Goodell to begin the disciplinary process for the players over again.

Goodell last week met with Vilma as well as Saints defensive end Will Smith, who had been suspended four games, and free agent defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove, who had been suspended

eight games.

Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita, who had been suspended three games, had a meeting scheduled last week, but it was postponed.

Goodell has not yet handed down new punishment in the matter, and it is not clear when that will come.

In addition to fighting their previous suspensions through procedures called for by the NFL’s

labor agreement, the four players have also sued in federal court in New Orleans. Vilma has his own attorneys, and the NFL Players Association has represented the other three. Only Vilma has sued for defamation.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery (99) jumps to block a pass from Auburn sophomore quarterback Kiehl Frazier (10) during the Tigers’ 12-10 victory against Auburn on Saturday in JordanHare Stadium.

Montgomery won SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance.

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ROUTINE, from page 5

He also said some of the penalties came from several “good, clean, honest mistakes” and from LSU players pulling others off the pile that often accumulates at the end of plays.

“Our guys have to recognize how the game’s going to be officiated,” Miles said. “… It’s always been the unfortunate position of the retaliation that gets the penalty.”

Junior fullback J.C. Copeland also found error with the officiating, saying he had recovered the fumble referees awarded Auburn after a bad snap between junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger and sophomore offensive lineman Elliott Porter in the first quarter.

Junior defensive end Sam Montgomery caused his own chaos along the line with 3.5 of his four tackles going for a loss, the first of which resulted in a safety. Add a sack, and the performance was good enough to earn for him the honor of SEC Defensive Player of the Week.

“There was not any ‘tired’ in his game,” Miles said. “After he made those tackles, he had plenty of opportunity to jump around.”

Miles praised Montgomery’s leadership and halftime speech, which LSU Sports Information

Director Michael Bonnette called “legendary” on Twitter.

Whatever Montgomery said worked, as the defense shut Auburn out in the second half to allow a two-point LSU victory.

“At halftime, you could tell a lot of the guys’ demeanors were kind of low,” Mettenberger said.

“It was a tough game and a lot of the guys, when you have a young team, they haven’t experienced a tough game like that. The leaders stepped up at halftime and made sure that [we didn’t] get down on ourselves — just to keep playing football and the rest will take care of itself. Luckily, that’s what happened.”

Though many of the questions during Monday’s news conference referred back to LSU’s first SEC contest, Miles found time to talk about Football Championship Series opponent Towson and its sophomore running back Terrance West, who’s recorded 34 touchdowns in 14 games. “[He’s] a very, very talented guy — a guy that’s elusive and got good ball skills,” Miles said.

“He’s a really good player. They have good players.”

Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @cassaraTDR

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she began a two-year MBA program, and she will graduate in May. She said she did not want to enter the program being gone every weekend, so it helped that she redshirted.

“Laura is what you call a student-athlete,” said LSU coach Mark Elliott. “She is first-class

OFFENSE, from page 5

from this date last year and still a full 45 yards above the 2011 total average.

“We’re moving the ball well, and you can feel it,” said senior wide receiver Russell Shepard.

“Even against Auburn, we still got some big plays when we needed it and should have scored more.”

The stats support his case.

LSU posted 351 yards at Auburn, a seemingly pedestrian number. Compared to LSU’s offensive struggles during the last three years, it’s a bright spot.

That total nearly matches LSU’s 2011 season average of 355.1 yards per game and would outpace the 2010 mean of 341 yards.

The Tigers won three games last year in which they failed to reach the 300-yard mark offensively, scoring a combined 90 points in those contests.

The Auburn escape marked an inverse of sorts for this year’s crew.

Instead of forced turnovers and special teams’ prowess handing points to a plodding LSU offense, it was the offense that couldn’t get out of its own way in Auburn, losing two turnovers, dropping two passes and accounting for five penalties.

Despite that performance, LSU coach Les Miles was optimistic about the unit during his weekly Monday luncheon.

“The offense put 350 yards on an opponent of quality,” Miles said. “If you let them play with a longer field, they’re still capable.

There were key plays.”

Although the yards are coming in droves and the Tigers are still averaging 39 points per game, LSU’s red-zone efficiency has plummeted this fall.

page 7 academically and first-class when it comes to running. She is one of those people who you coach and will talk about for the next 20 years.”

Carleton said she hopes to qualify for the national meet in cross country or track but does not like to set specific goals for herself, in terms of times, of where she places individually.

“I have worked hard, and continuous improvement has always been my only goal,” Carleton said. “If you don’t work hard, you won’t be able to compete, no matter how talented you are.”

Scoring at a 16-for-21 rate, LSU has already missed more scoring chances inside the opponent’s 20-yard line than it did all of 2011, when it converted 57 of 61 attempts.

LSU is tied for 87th in the nation in red-zone efficiency at 76 percent and failed to score on three out of four trips inside Auburn’s 20.

“Capitalizing on the opportunities is what hurt us against Auburn,” Shepard said. “It’s not going to matter how many drives you sustain if you don’t finish or get sloppy. You saw that on Saturday. But it was encouraging to kind of struggle and still move the ball.”

Senior offensive lineman Josh Dworaczyk said the 2012 offense is barely scratching its potential, even as its performance in Jordan-Hare Stadium gave some fans flashbacks of recent woes.

“There’s nothing wrong with the offense,” he said. “If anything, it was just execution in a tough environment. The line still pushed people around at times

and ran it, which is our strength.

Execution issues can be fixed, but we’re not making up yards on offense as we go.”

Even as several green LSU wideouts struggled with drops and Mettenberger dealt with some early turnover issues, the passing game isn’t thankless for LSU’s yardage burst.

Shepard — who also has six rushes this season — said the stat sheet may indicate even more of a disparity between run and pass in 2012, but the passing game is still pulling its weight.

“That’s kept some of these defenses honest,” Shepard said.

“We’re definitely more explosive, and that involves trying to run wider routes and give our backs room. It’s a balance thing, just from a reputation standpoint.”

Right now, the LSU offense doesn’t need reputation. The stats have its back.

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Baring it all ‘Modern not for art Family’ deserving University students pose nude for classes

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Students in a life drawing class work with nude models Sept. 18 to develop their skills.

The classroom is filled to capac- fears were cast aside when she fiity. Trivial murmurs invade the air as nally took her position on stage for students gush about routine activi- the first time.

“I walked up to the stage and ties. Suddenly, the room falls silent ripped my dress off when you appear David Jones like it was a bandperched above your aid,” she said. peers — naked.

Entertainment Writer Her previThis may be a nightmare for many, but for graphic ous anxiety seemed absurd since design junior Aubra Tidwell, it’s a she almost immediately felt at ease when posing, she said. The teacher regular Tuesday.

Tidwell currently serves as an referred to her objectively, as if she art model for the LSU College of Art was a piece of art rather than a perand Design, where she poses twice son posing nude.

“They’re all looking at you reala week for a beginning drawing and an advanced sculpture class. She is ly analytically but not judging you,” one of three to five full-time models she said.

Tidwell described her first modhired every semester.

Tidwell said she learned about eling experience as exhilarating and the position after taking a figure empowering. While she understands drawing class her freshman year. Af- why some people may be uncomfortter learning models were paid $12 to able with nudity, she said it’s silly to $15 an hour, she said she figured it to treat it as offensive or obscene.

“It’s the human body,” she said. be an easy job.

The boundary-pushing element “We all have more or less of the of posing nude intrigued her, she same thing going on,” Tidwell said her parents and fesaid, and she was willing to do so in male friends are supportive of her dethe name of art.

“I like to do things that kind of cision to become a nude model, but take me out of my comfort zone,” her grandparents and male friends Tidwell said. “It keeps everything are not as approving. She said she occasionally receives weird looks exciting.”

But excitement slowly trans- when telling friends about her job.

Luke Bernard, international formed into apprehension as her first studies freshman, encountered modeling session drew near.

Tidwell said feelings of anxiety, similar reactions when he served worry and self-consciousness rushed as a nude model last spring. Althrough her head before she entered though Bernard’s parents eventually the classroom to pose. She said she warmed up to idea of him posing imagined herself wanting to “chick- nude, he said he refused to tell one en out” and bolt from the room.

ART, see page 11 However, Tidwell said all her

of Emmy

“Modern Family” isn’t that funny.

There, I said it.

Not funny enough to win Best Comedy at the Primetime Emmys three years in a row, anyway. And not funnier than “Parks and Recreation,” which was nominated for zero awards.

The Emmys, which aired Sunday night, continued a yearly tradition of giv- TAYLOR BALKOM ing too many Entertainment Blogger awards to shows that aren’t deserving, not enough to those that are and some that are years overdue.

I’m looking at you, Jon Cryer. That lead-actor-in-a-comedy Emmy is five years late — coincidentally the last time “Two and a Half Men” was funny.

But the fact that “Parks” didn’t win a single Emmy only proves the uselessness of the voting board.

Amy Poehler’s portrayal of Leslie Knope, an optimistic parks department worker, is possibly the best sitcom character to grace TV screens since the genre’s inception. And the show in general is EMMYS, see page 11

ART

Exhibition shows off graduate students’ work Foster Gallery doors open to visitors Kaci Yoder

Entertainment Writer

“The Greatest Graduate Student Art Exhibition in the History of the Universe... Ever, Ever! Wow!” With a title like that, the School of Art’s annual exhibition for graduate students has a lot to live up to.

The doors of the Foster Gallery opened Monday morning, welcoming visitors to see pieces that firstthrough-third-year graduate students have selected as their best creations.

Assistant Gallery Director Meg Holford said she believes the dynamic pieces invite students to challenge themselves with art.

“You can touch this,” Holford said of a precariously balanced, eggshaped sawdust and bronze sculpture in one corner. “It moves.”

Spread across two rooms, the exhibition showcases dozens of the University’s own. The exhibition features everything from sculptures and watercolors to paintings and prints to an abstract, three-dimensional installation covering an entire gallery wall.

“Even the first years in this show are strong,” Holford said. “The artwork is really well-crafted and

thought out well.”

Santiago Pineda, a third-year graduate student featured in the show, said he looks forward to this exhibition as a chance to show people what he has been working on and to see how his fellow graduate students have grown as artists.

“Bringing everyone’s work together is exciting,” Pineda said. “It’s good for the LSU community ... It gives people from other programs an idea of what the graduate students are doing.”

For the many undergraduates who know graduate students like Pineda as professors, the exhibition EXHIBITION, see page 11

Graduate student Georgia Godwin’s “The Greenman” is one of several sculptures in the graduate student exhibition in the Foster Gallery.

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HEALTH CENTER

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Students can volunteer as tribute to health at Tiger Games ‘The Hunger Games’ inspires wellness fair Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer

May good health be ever in your favor. The Student Health Center is encouraging students to channel their inner tribute at The Tiger Games today.

The Tiger Games, based on the popular book series and movie “The Hunger Games,” is an interactive wellness fair where students can learn about various resources available to them on campus, all while playing games and possibly taking

home prizes.

Seirra Fowler, health promotion coordinator for the health center, said this is the center’s first wellness fair to occur during a fall semester.

“We thought that it would be beneficial to have one that’s in the fall, so students, especially freshmen, can come and learn about resources and important health information,” Fowler said.

The event is comprised of nine different districts, each representing a facet of personal well-being — physical, occupational, intellectual, environmental, financial, emotional, spiritual, social and multicultural.

At each district, students can participate in interactive games and learn about that specific

health element.

“For example, the Student Medical Clinic will be doing cholesterol screenings and University Recreations will be doing physical fitness tests,” Fowler said. “We didn’t want this to be something where you just hear information. We wanted it to be something that’s interactive and something you’ll remember.”

Ian Wang, adviser for Student Health Advocates, said another informative game students can delve into is the Student Health Advocates’ trivia wheel. The wheel contains several different categories that pertain to sexual health knowledge. If students answer correctly, they receive a small prize, Wang said.

Fowler said students will

receive a district map that serves to give participants easy, accessible information, and it also becomes a student’s chance to win prizes.

Fowler said that as students go through each district and complete their challenges, they will receive a stamp from that district. Once a student has collected all nine stamps, he or she can enter their map into a drawing for several gift baskets.

The gift baskets include campus-related swag like dining hall gift cards, LSU apparel, tickets to the upcoming Anjelah Johnson performance at the Union Theater, autographed memorabilia, UREC personal training sessions and more, Fowler said.

Along with the games and gifts,

Fowler said she believes students should take an interest in their health while in college.

“Students will have the best college experience when they have optimal wellness,” Fowler said. “College can be stressful at times, but knowing where to go to ask questions and having knowledge of the resources available to you will make it that much easier.”

The Tiger Games will go on today in the Atchafalaya Room from 10:00 a.m. until 2 p.m. and is free to students.

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Graduate student Anna Aldridge hangs artist credentials near her pieces for “The Greatest Graduate Student Art Exhibition in the History of the Universe...Ever, Ever! Wow!”

may bring a new perspective.

“I think for those students it would be interesting to take a look at what the professor’s doing,” Pineda said. “What does he make? He’s always talking about this stuff in the classroom, but what’s his work about? How do his ideas in the classroom relate to his work?”

Holford, who has organized the exhibition for the past five years, said students outside of the art program can enjoy the exhibition just as much.

“Seeing artwork is inspiration for any subject at LSU. If you’re

EMMYS, from page 9

one of the funniest I’ve seen, at times on par with sitcom classics like “Seinfeld” and “Friends.”

I’m worried if the show doesn’t rack up awards, the geniuses that run NBC will decide to cancel it, adding “Parks” to the list of prematurely killed series.

It only took “Arrested Development” six years to come back from the abyss, perhaps “Parks” will fare better.

Regardless, the show is brilliant and available to stream on Netflix.

Louis C.K. won well-deserved awards for FX’s “Louie” and his comedy special “Live At The Beacon Theater,” both of which are hysterical, and Aaron Paul won for his portrayal of Jessie on “Breaking Bad.” But other than that, the Emmys were a bore.

Every year, these award shows are criticized for either excluding a critical darling or including only ratings hogs.

Sunday night was par for the course in that aspect. There were some surprises — “Homeland” swept the show and “Mad Men” left with nothing — but I found

ART, from page 9

set of grandparents since he expected them to equate the job to stripping.

Bernard said the concept of nudity is desexualized in art modeling.

He said artists are only drawing the human form and regard it as such.

He said he understands why being naked in front of strangers could be awkward, but he found the experience to be introspective.

“Clothes say a lot about us,” he said. “Without clothes, someone is seeing you for you.”

Being a nude model gave Bernard the ability to laugh at himself in even the most awkward of social situations.

On certain days when Bernard felt energetic, he said he would try and entertain the class while posing by mimicking Roman statues or reading his Kindle on stage.

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The cast of “Modern Family” poses together at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards.

The sitcom brought home the award for Best Comedy.

myself wondering, as I do every year, why I bother watching.

It definitely wasn’t to see Jimmy Kimmel.

Remember when he was funny? Neither do I. Oh well, at least he’s better than Jimmy Fallon. Those Capital One commercials aren’t doing much for your career, friend.

Overall, the Emmys simply weren’t enjoyable, something I’ve become accustomed to. It may be because “Parks,” my favorite

comedy on TV, left empty-handed, or because it’s groan-inducing to see “Two and a Half Men” rack up the awards eons after it stopped being funny.

Actually, that’s exactly why.

“I’d have my arms stretched like I was holding a spear, which was terrible because I had to hold for three minutes,” he said.

Bernard said he was fascinated by each student’s interpretation of him and was rarely offended by a drawing.

Tidwell said she doubts she will get offended by anyone’s drawing, but she does remember the model from her freshman class saying things like, “You made my butt look big.”

Alex Biglan, graphic design junior, said he was mostly unphased by the nude model when he took a drawing class. He said there was an initial awkwardness, but everyone quickly learns, as art students, it is something they have to do.

“We’re always drawing things and shapes and looking at form and line. We’re really taking the object

as a whole, but looking closely in at detail,” Biglan said. “It’s not sexual it all. It’s just drawing [a] figure or form.”

Taylor Balkom is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge.

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writing a paper even in a science class or history, it helps your mind,” Holford said. “Just seeing visual art helps everybody.”

The exhibition will run until Oct. 19, and doors are open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A free reception will celebrate the showcase with food and wine on Oct. 5 in the Foster Gallery.

Contact Kaci Yoder at kyoder@lsureveille.com

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

The Married Messiah: Was He married, does it matter?

BLUE-EYED DEVIL NICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist sus.

Hi there, let’s talk about Je-

Generally those words are followed by the sound of people swiftly locking their doors.

Not so much lately, since Harvard Professor Karen L. King unearthed a fourth-century scrap of papyrus with the words, “And Jesus said to them, ‘My wife…’” scrawled across it in Coptic.

Christ is making a comeback.

At least in the fiery world of early Christian academia at stuffy Ivy league divinity schools, he is.

The snippet of text has been carbon dated and checked by several scholars on the subject, and it does appear authentic.

Dan Brown is probably cackling over steepled fingers at the amount of money he’s about to make.

The big implication here is that Jesus may have been married; elsewhere in the text it says, “She will be able to be my disciple,” and “Mary is worthy.”

This forlorn tidbit of almostscripture is made all the more mysterious by the fact that it appears to have been intentionally torn down to the size of a small post card – purposefully cutting off the most intriguing sentences.

That being said, the text is from about the fourth century, 300 years after Christ walked the

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Reveille editorial unfair, campus cleared in 90 minutes

This letter is in response to The Reveille’s editorial “One hour and 20 minutes is a lie, Monday a failure.”

To declare Monday a failure is a clear misunderstanding of the big picture by The Reveille. The first priority was to effectively communicate the threat to the campus community and to the clear the buildings, which was done quickly and efficiently. While traffic is an issue to be considered, the greatest threat to life was explosive devices in buildings.

The fact remains that a great

KAREN L. KING, Harvard University / The Associated Press

Harvard Divinity Professor Karen L. King says that this fourth-century fragment of papyrus is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife.

Earth and around the time the first official version of the Bible was codified.

According to King, the writing is most likely a translation of an earlier Greek text, or might be a hodgepodge of verses taken from the non-canonical Coptic Gospel of Thomas.

But this probably won’t mark a monumental shift for

many Christians — it’s simply too unsubstantial.

The slip of papyrus does raise some interesting points, however.

Before the early Church came together and put down what would become the well-known Bible found in the drawers of nightstands in cheap motels across the country, it was more of a freeform text with many rivals.

King believes her slip of papyrus scripture may have been damaged and thrown out by the opponents of Gnostic Christianity, a heretical school of thought that has virtually disappeared from the modern mainstream.

The bigger implication here is that early Christians were not of the same mind on the basics of

majority of the campus was cleared in 80 to 90 minutes. Some parts of the campus were clear in less than an hour. It is true some outlying areas of campus to the north were not clear for approximately two hours. The Reveille’s assertion of four hours is ludicrous. LSU Police used time-stamped photos to verify times, as opposed to The Reveille’s research method of choice: Facebook, Twitter and a web poll of 265 people.

Most baffling is this statement by The Reveille: “As late as 1:30 p.m., students were tweeting pictures of cars still in line on Highland Road and reflecting on the four hours they had spent in their cars with no luck getting anywhere.”

The evacuation notice was sent at 11:30 a.m., so at 1:30 p.m. the evacuation had been underway only two hours. To sit in a car for

four hours, these students would have had to leave at 9:30 a.m., a full two hours before the evacuation notice was issued. The Reveille’s timeline does not equate.

The Reveille also asserts that campus leadership has ignored the problem of traffic. That is not true.

In multiple interviews conducted after the event, LSU officials have repeatedly said there were traffic issues and that the successes and challenges of the day would be reviewed to improve in case it happens again. There is no ignoring that there were problems with the traffic.

Also, the initial text message, while clearly effective, was not as specific in its instructions as it could have been. It should have been specific that the entire campus should be evacuated and apparently should have suggested that walking rather than driving

was an alternative. That, too, will be reviewed and addressed.

The Reveille says, “Our leaders are endlessly patting each other’s expensive suit-covered backs.”

I am not sure what the cost of clothing has to do with this situation, but the congratulations that were spread around at Wednesday’s press conference had to do with the capture in less than 48 hours of the perpetrator who called in the bomb threat.

Congratulations to LSU Police and their supporting law enforcement agencies for efficient police work were certainly in order.

What we can all agree on is The Reveille’s statement, “We cannot consider Monday a victory.”

No one declared it a victory.

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their fledgling faith.

What has become set Christian orthodoxy wasn’t always the mainstream, rather there was a lively debate about what was and wasn’t Christian back in the days in which the Bible was first bound.

Michael Peppard, a professor of theology at Fordham College and a contributor to the Washington Post, wrote that Christians have nothing to fear from King’s papyrus, and that understanding Christian roots can only lead to a reinvigorated Christian dialogue.

And why not? It took Martin Luther more than a millennium to nail his 95 theses to the door of a German church.

Early nonsanctioned copies of the Quran were rounded up and burned, Confucians still think Lao Tzu travelled east and inspired the Buddha and Judaism is centered on a temple that no longer exists.

King’s papyrus will almost certainly soon be forgotten, but there is a lesson here.

We, as believers, must be able to approach our faith with a critical eye and open heart — if we can’t look upon our past without losing what we believe in, then perhaps it’s time we reevaluate what faith really is.

Nicholas Pierce is a 22-year-old history senior from Baton Rouge.

Contact Nicholas Pierce at npierce@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_nabdulpierc like this. It was neither a football game nor a political race. It was an emergency situation in which the campus population responded quickly and patiently to effective communication, and, fortunately, no one was hurt.

From every emergency, we all learn lessons. We are fortunate that this emergency resulted in no loss of life, and, at the same time, made us all aware of challenges that will prepare us if consequences turn out to be more critical in a future similar situation.

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Quote of the Day

“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.”

Rob Bell American author and pastor Aug. 23, 1980 — Present

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Project BRAVE a new step in gang enforcement BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Columnist Snitches get stitches. Honor among thieves.

There’s a whole host of old clichés that describe a philosophy common among criminal types — you don’t talk to the cops.

It’s a long-standing problem among law enforcement agencies trying to prevent crime, especially those that deal with gang activities.

But now Baton Rouge is trying a new approach to gang enforcement — one so simple it almost seems outlandish.

What if we treat gangsters like humans?

Project BRAVE — for Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination — is a new community outreach program by the sheriff’s office designed to build trust between police officers and citizens and prevent atrisk youths from joining gangs.

The project’s main practice is to encourage law enforcement officers from multiple levels of government to work together with community leaders such as ministers and business owners to build a rapport among the community.

Crime is a complex sociological issue that can’t be solved by simply locking up every petty offender or by flooding the streets with police officers. It’s refreshing to see that our leaders realize this and are embracing new strategies to fight crime.

The idea is to build a friendly and cooperative atmosphere between police and the area they serve. While the view may sound overly optimistic, it’s a welcome and refreshing new approach to fighting gang violence that has been proven to work in the past.

The inspiration for Project BRAVE came from Operation Ceasefire, a similar effort in Boston in the mid-1990s coordinated by the Boston Police Department and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Several Boston neighborhoods in the ‘90s had violent crime rates comparable to those of today’s Baton Rouge. Boston police identified the most dangerous neighborhoods and held meetings between officers and lower-level gang members, promising severe police crackdowns if gang violence did not stop.

Within months, the murder rate dropped, and officers reported a much higher level of cooperation from citizens in the targeted neighborhoods.

If the friendly approach can work in Boston, with its long history of riots and police brutality, it can work in the tight-knit communities of Baton Rouge. Not only that, but it can bring these communities even closer while making them safer.

A greater police presence means safer streets in traditionally dangerous areas, while a friendlier attitude reduces the tension that increased presence can bring.

But the beauty of the project is that while it will contribute to an immediate reduction of crime, if handled properly, it can lead to the

long-term decline that Mayor-President Kip Holden has been pursuing for years.

It’s important to note that the point of Project BRAVE is not to bring gangs to their knees — instead, the police aim to reduce the amount of new recruits while loosening gangs’ grip on the community.

The community meetings will focus on at-risk, young gang members who can still be persuaded to leave the lifestyle.

“Someone who is a killer will not be at this meeting,” said District Attorney Hillar Moore in a statement to the Baton Rouge Business Report.

But the long-term success of Project BRAVE is contingent on a commitment to its philosophy.

Boston murder rates have started to creep up again after the police department neglected Operation Ceasefire. A similar undertaking in Baton Rouge in the 1970s was successful until funding ran out after a few years, allowing drugs and crime to return.

Project BRAVE’s funding comes from a $1.5 million federal grant to cover the next three years.

Given the city’s financial situation, it’s unlikely more funding will be found for the project unless it is proven wildly successful.

Baton Rouge leaders of every level and sphere should commit to the project to give it the greatest possible chance for success. Even if funding is not renewed, the groundwork for communication between communities and police will be laid, allowing them to grow together organically.

Project BRAVE can make Baton Rouge safer for all of us, but it’s going to take hard work and patience from those in power.

Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I.

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Romney says half of America dependent on government SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist By now, most people have heard how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, speaking to wealthy supporters at a private fundraiser, effectively wrote off almost half the country — the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay income taxes.

Romney asserted, “My job is not to worry about those people.

I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

This comment, which was surreptitiously videotaped and posted online last week, was part of a 30-minute speech filled with controversial statements suggesting that Americans have become childlike worshippers of big government.

Though it’s true the entitlement state in the U.S. has expanded over recent decades, Romney’s outlandish comments are intentionally deceptive.

In his speech, Romney characterized those income-tax-free Americans — the 47 percent — as people “who are dependent upon the government, who believe that they are the victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to take care for them, who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you-name-it.”

It is an uncontested fact that approximately 47 percent of Americans do not pay federal income

taxes, according to an analysis of IRS data by the bipartisan Tax Policy Center.

However, Romney’s comments imply that nearly half of all Americans evaded their federal tax burden, which is inherently false.

Nearly two-thirds of the American households that did not pay income taxes in 2011 were on the hook for federal payroll taxes.

And not only is it false, but it’s downright insulting for Romney to portray the 47 percent as self-imposed victims who are irresponsible and dependent upon handouts.

Who are these so-called “freeloaders?”

The overwhelming majority are working families who pay payroll taxes as well as the elderly, military personnel, students and the working poor.

Romney’s ill-perceived comments demonstrate a few things.

For one, it demonstrates how grossly out of touch the Republican presidential candidate is with the average American.

Take, for instance, the plight of a solider in the U.S. military.

They are dependent upon the government for money: a significant amount of current and former members of the military receive healthcare through government programs, such as the Department of Defense or Veterans Affairs.

Some members of the military rely on the government to help equip them with housing, as well.

Of course, Romney doesn’t believe Iraq war veterans are freeloading on government services when they go to a VA Medical Center in order to receive treatment for PTSD.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns Sunday at D’Evelyn High School in Denver.

But these are exactly the people Romney targeted when he said 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government. Romney’s comments highlight the fact that he fundamentally misunderstands who receives the disproportionate share of government spending in our country.

Unfortunately, it seems as if Romney has fallen prey to the same common misconception that creeps into the minds of many Americans, especially in the South: the idea that domestic government spending, by and large, primarily encourages individuals to stay jobless and collect benefits while everyone else has to work for their money.

Or Romney is pandering to his ultra-conservative base in hopes for donations and support.

The truth is that a large portion of government spending goes toward the elderly and the disabled.

It’s the retiree who picks up his Social Security check in the mail or the senior who can afford his medical bills thanks to Medicare. It’s the food a single mother of two can purchase for her children because of government food stamps.

It’s the school lunch program that provides free meals to qualified students who come from lowincome families. And it’s those unemployment benefits that give people without jobs enough money to supply the basics of life.

The government provides essential services that promote the collective good of our nation. And in one fell swoop, Romney undermined humanity’s most important institution, convinced nearly half of America’s voting electorate not to vote for him and demonstrated how out of touch he is with the average American.

Jay Meyers is a 19-year-old economics sophomore from Shreveport.

Contact Jay Meyers at jmeyers@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_jmeyers

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would make it,” said Lauren Davis, West Baton Rouge Museum curator. “That was also the year of Halley’s Comet, so it made people very nervous. They were thinking that every problem had to do with the end of the world.”

Davis explained that access to the Mississippi River from Pittsburgh required navigating the Ohio River, a potentially deadly path containing treacherous falls.

Then the New Madrid earthquake — named after its occurrence around the Mississippi River town of New Madrid — struck the eastern U.S., shaking things up for the boat and its passengers.

Additionally, some passengers battled sickness and disease, and ship pilot Nicholas Roosevelt’s wife, Lydia, gave birth to their child, Henry Latrobe Roosevelt.

Finally, upon entering Louisiana, with the finish line in sight, Native Americans attacked the New Orleans, Davis said. The ship persevered once again and

SCREENING, from page 1

demographic is college-based because the story is about college students competing in a capella singing competitions, and showing the film to college students is a “natural fit.”

She said she expects students to be excited about the movie because of its ties to campus.

“It was filmed on our campus...The Quad, Greek Theater,

finally docked in the Big Easy in January 1812.

The other part of the exhibit focuses on the photos of Henry Norman, a man fascinated by the Mississippi marvels. Norman was 20 years old when he disembarked in Natchez from his own steamboat expedition from Louisville.

The pictures, which were provided by the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas, show images of steamboats that rode the Mississippi River between the late 1800s and early 1900s, Davis said.

“That was sort of like the grand time, the last moment, that steamboats were so important,” Davis said. “Before trains and cars took over as vehicle of choice.”

Before dying in 1913, Norman worked as a photographer in Natchez for 43 years and snapped shots of the boats from afar, onboard and of the people who prepared to set sail on the ship, Davis said.

Nearly 50 years after the New Orleans landed in its namesake Huey P. Long Pool, several exterior Res Hall locations, the Exxon Quad, are all some of the areas,” she said.

The 108-minute film will be shown in the LSU Student Union Theater, which seats about 1,200, Territo said. Although there isn’t an estimated student turnout, she said seating will be on a firstcome, first-served basis.

If students win door prizes, they will be contacted the next

The Daily Reveille city, steamboats began to play a major role in the creation of LSU as it is today.

In 1860, the Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, which was LSU’s first campus, opened in Pineville, La. — about a mile from the Red River, said Barry Cowan, Hill Memorial Library’s assistant archivist.

Many of the school’s supplies, as well as students, faculty and the mail, arrived by steamboat.

William Tecumseh Sherman, the Seminary’s first president, often traveled by steamboat to New Orleans and Baton Rouge for scholarly matters and to Ohio to visit his family, Cowan said.

After a fire forced the Seminary to close in 1869, the University moved to its current campus and steamboats were continually used for travel and to import supplies. Students used the boats during holidays to send letters to the school explaining that they would be tardy returning to class, Cowan said.

In 1894, the University’s football team traveled by

day, similar to the system used at Late Night LSU. “This is an exciting opportunity. We’ve never done an advanced screening of a movie here on campus, and one that was filmed here. It’s very exciting,” Territo said.

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page 15 steamboat to play the Natchez Athletic Club but, like the New Orleans’ trip, there was a snag.

The vessel ran aground and another boat was sent from Natchez to retrieve the team, Cowan said.

Everyone on board spent the night floating on the river until help arrived. The game was delayed a day, but the University eventually defeated Natchez, 260.

Cowan said steamboats during that time were probably the easiest and cheapest way to travel, which is why it was the most popular form of transportation before 1900.

“You name the waterway, chances are there were steamboats on it, if it was big enough to be navigated,” he said.

Though steamboats are no longer the preferred mode of transportation, they still serve Louisianians in various ways.

Today, steamboats like the Natchez in New Orleans provide Mississippi River tours while others, including the boat at the Hollywood Casino in Baton

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