The Daily Reveille - October 1, 2012

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Sophomore receiver’s heroics salvage sloppy LSU effort against Towson

Chris Abshire Sports Writer

With LSU still holding a perilous 24-9 lead late in the third quarter against a plucky Towson team, sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. had a simple message for junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger.

“I’m taking the top off [the defense] here,” Beckham told him.

One 53-yard touchdown bomb later, LSU had finally sewn up a victory on a dreary night in Tiger Stadium in which Beckham was about the lone bright spot for LSU. Outside of senior wide receiver Russell Shepard’s 78-yard touchdown scamper in the first quarter, LSU could barely run the ball, tallying a season-low 158 rushing yards.

Mettenberger seemed uncomfortable in the pocket for much of the early action, taking several sacks and losing a crucial second-quarter fumble that led to a go-ahead Towson touchdown.

Enter Beckham, who had curiously struggled the previous three weeks, fumbling an opening kickoff against Washington, drawing a personal foul at

Auburn and dropping several passes.

While catching five passes for 128 yards and returning a punt 30 yards in the second quarter against Towson, Beckham looked more like the heir to former Tiger standouts Tyrann Mathieu and Rueben Randle that many expected him to be after an AllSoutheastern Conference freshman campaign.

“I definitely had to get my confidence back,” Beckham said.

“You have to catch balls to make that happen. Somebody needed to step up and get enthusiasm into our team. Whether it was the rain or whatever, the vibe on our bench wasn’t acceptable. You take it on yourself sometimes to change that.”

LSU coach Les Miles called Beckham a “guy we count on” and said the sophomore’s recent mistakes need to stay in the rearview.

“What [Odell] did is he regeared his game, took each practice with intensity and worked hard to get better in everything he did,” Miles said. “Where he was [Saturday], he needs to stay there and not change the formula ever.”

BECKHAM, see page 4

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La. hosts ‘Dukes’ family reunion Shannon Roberts Contributing Writer

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LSU sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (3) celebrates with junior wide receiver Kadron Boone (86) after scoring a touchdown Saturday during the Tigers’ 38-22 victory against Towson. View an online gallery of photos from the game at lsureveille.com.

The pouring rain didn’t stop thousands of Livingston Parish residents and visitors from coming out and seeing their childhood heroes Bo and Luke Duke.

More than 20,000 “Dukes of Hazzard” fans showed up at Henderson Auctions on Saturday to be a part of the Dukes of Hazzard Family Reunion and Car Show. Actors John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Catherine Bach, who played the famous Duke cousins, along with James Best, Rick Hurst, Sonny Shroyer and others, signed autographs and took photographs with fans.

Event attendees were able to view cars decked out like the General Lee and other modern and classic rides during the breaks from rain.

People were also given the chance to pose for photos with “Flash,” a rescue dog from the SPCA, and listen to country music legend Johnny Lee. Former radio personality and voice of Scooby-Doo Scott Innes put on the event with the help of Jim Hogg and others, who he called the DUKES, see page 3

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Johnson pushes tax reform, advocates third parties Joshua Bergeron Staff Writer

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson made his pitch for president to a thinly filled Union Theater on Friday, asking the crowd to “waste their vote” on a third-party candidate.

Johnson secured the Libertarian Party nomination after briefly running as a Republican. He served as the governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. The pit stop is a part of Johnson’s 40-campus tour.

“I think the country is in deep, deep doo-doo,” Johnson said, opening his address to the crowd.

He promised voters that his ré- just one.” sumé makes him the right man for Dressed casually in blue jeans, the job. a peace sign T-shirt and a grey “Waste your vote, and vote for blazer, Johnson delved further into me,” Johnson said. “I think I have a his platform, beginning with forrésumé that would suggest eign policy. that not only can I do this the only candiRead a date “I’m job, but I can do a really that does not want to columnist’s bomb Iran,” he said, regood job at it.”

Johnson said he en- take on p. 8 ceiving raucous applause. tered the race for governor He criticized the counof New Mexico in 1994 as an out- try’s involvement in the Middle sider but was eventually re-elected East when he described the United in 1998 by a state of Democrats, States’ “interventionist policy.” stressing his underdog status.

“Our military interventions “There is only one presidential have resulted in hundreds of milcandidate viewed favorably in his lions of enemies,” Johnson said. own state,” he said. “They wave “It’s our soldiers that are coming at me with all five fingers, not back in body bags.”

Johnson’s voice grew louder as he discussed the more controversial issues on his platform. He mentioned his support of marriage equality as a “constitutionally guaranteed right,” before moving on to his most notable issue — drug policy reform.

Although Johnson said he doesn’t use drugs, alcohol or caffeine, he repeatedly criticized President Barack Obama for an

Visit lsureveille.com to watch a video of Johnson’s talk.

JOHNSON, see page 11

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson spoke Friday evening at the Union Theater.

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INTERNATIONAL U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000, toll has climbed steadily KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home.

The toll has climbed in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and police against American and NATO troops. Attacks by Afghan soldiers or police have killed 52 American and other NATO troops so far this year.

Germany’s Oktoberfest sees 3.6M visitors, 6M total visitors expected BERLIN (AP) — This year’s Oktoberfest folk festival has already attracted an estimated 3.6 million visitors, the city of Munich said Sunday.

Officials are expecting a total of about 6 million visitors to celebrate the 16-day extravaganza, now half over, but the beer festival’s start indicates the final number might well be higher.

Visitors at this year’s Oktoberfest, the 179th, mostly came from Germany, neighboring countries, Italy, the U.S., Asia, New Zealand and Australia so far, the city said.

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U.S. soldiers attend a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, at the U.S. Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Several thousands protest Haiti government, President Martelly PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Several thousand people poured into the streets of Haiti’s capital Sunday to protest the government of President Michel Martelly.

It was among the biggest demonstrations this year in Port-auPrince against the first-time leader as he tries to rebuild the impoverished nation following a powerful 2010 earthquake that displaced more than a million people and destroyed thousands of homes.

Demonstrators’ complaints included the high cost of living.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Pet cemetery in N.Y. added to the National Register of Historic Places

Amateur Lafayette rodeo roper utilizes bionic hand after accident

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Another cemetery has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, but this one’s a little different. It has dogs and cats and iguanas and a lion cub.

The 116-year-old Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in the New York City suburbs is the first animal burial ground to win the honor.

The designation “is a fitting way to recognize the longstanding and significant role pets have played in our national history and culture,” said Carol Shull, interim Keeper of the National Register.

Bonnie and Clyde guns sell for $504K at New Hampshire auction

3.4-magnitude earthquake rattles Dallas suburb, no serious damages

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Barry Landry taught himself to rope cattle right-handed after a factory machine crushed his left hand. The amateur rodeo cowboy couldn’t dismount and tie up calves fast enough after roping them, so he switched from calf-roping to teamroping.

He doesn’t know if his new bionic hand will let him switch back to left-handed calf-roping, but it’s already doing something his last one couldn’t: hold a plate without spilling anything.

Landry, 56, of Lafayette learned how to use it last week at Advanced Arm Dynamics in Irving, Texas.

DALLAS (AP) — An earthquake followed by an aftershock rattled a suburb west of Dallas overnight, cracking some walls and knocking down pictures, but authorities reported no serious damage and the unscathed Dallas-Fort Worth airport near the epicenter kept up normal flight operations.

Emergency officials said they had no indications of any injuries from Saturday’s late-night quake.

The initial earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 struck at 11:05 p.m. CDT.

MONROE (AP) — A teacher at a private school has been arrested on suspicion of calling in a bomb threat at three private schools in Ouachita Parish, according to sheriff’s deputies.

The News-Star reports that David Reyna, a 30-year-old Spanish language teacher at River Oaks School, was booked into the Ouachita Correctional Center on Friday after he was arrested by sheriff’s office investigators.

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Two guns once in the possession of notorious gangsters Bonnie and Clyde when they were killed in a hail of gunfire sold at a New Hampshire auction Sunday for more than half a million dollars.

The guns were two of 134 artifacts that sold for a total of $1.1 million at the auction in Nashua.

About two-thirds of the auctioned items were from Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, but items also came from other notorious criminals, including Al Capone, Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger.

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The pet cemetery, final home to some 75,000 animals and a few hundred humans, is being designated for its “social history and landscape architecture.”

Police: Teacher charged with making bomb threats in Ouachita Parish

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

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Vietnamese Association engages in service, outreach spreading awareness of the Vietnamese culture. Activities range from fundraising to meeting with When they are not serving professionals within their culture. food to more than 30 percent of VSA is now engaging in comBaton Rouge’s homeless popula- munity service and spent time tion, members of the University’s Sunday feeding the homeless Vietnamese Student Association at the Society of St. Vincent de occupy themselves with preserv- Paul of Baton Rouge. Trang Le, ing their Vietnamese identities. a biochemistry junior and Nguy“We try our hardest to keep en’s vice president, said this was our Vietnamese tradition,” said VSA’s first service project Tong Nguyen, a business senior “I’ve volunteered a couple of and one of the organization’s two times and I liked it, so I thought presidents. “If you VSA would enjoy ‘If it weren’t for the doing it too,” Le aren’t Vietnamese and you want to volunteers, we’d be said.During the learn about Vietnamese culture, stuck out on a limb.’ weekends, more we try our best to than 300 people focus on teaching visit St. Vincent Sonia Rushing people the culture, for food, said SoCook at St. Vincent de Paul traditions — as nia Rushing, a well as trying to preserve those cook at St. Vincent who said only who are Vietnamese.” three staff members serve food to The Vietnamese Student As- people during the weekends. sociation, commonly known as “If it weren’t for the volthe VSA, is one of five Vietnam- unteers, we’d be stuck out on a ese/Asian student organizations limb,” said Rushing. “It’s really within the Asian American Stu- great to have them volunteer, and dent Intercollegiate Association. it’s so great that people want to do John Hopkins, a chemistry this.” professor and adviser to VSA, The Capital Area Associasaid the club is open to stu- tion for the Homeless estimates dents interested in learning and Baton Rouge has more than 900

homeless people at any given time.

Terrill Bovie is an unemployed man who eats at St. Vincent when he runs out of food at home, and he said the volunteers treat him well.

“It’s very helpful, and it’s a blessing as far as I’m concerned for me,” Bovie said.

Nguyen and Le said VSA wants to connect to LSU more and is reaching out to the Office of Multicultural Affairs for assistance.

In the spring, VSA will have a Phở Night, where students can eat phở, a traditional Vietnamese soup dish with beef or chicken, green onions and noodles made from rice flour.

VSA had 150 students attend its first meeting, and Le said the next one is this Thursday at 5:45 p.m. in the Allen Hall basement.

Anyone is welcome to join VSA for meetings or membership, and Le encourages students to join.

“It’s not every day you walk into a room full of Asians,” Le joked.

sponsors like Henderson Auctions and Attorney Sherman Mack were located in the area, which was another reason he felt Livingston Parish was the right place for the reunion.

Because of the upcoming parish fair, the reunion couldn’t be held at the Fair Ground.

Innes said he has long been a fan of the famed television show.

“I was one of those kids in my Dukes pajamas sitting there at Grandma’s house every Friday night watching [the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’],” he said.

Innes said he’s planning to have another “Dukes of Hazzard” event next year in October and hopes to add Smokey and the Bandit to the event. He said he wants to bring in more fair rides and make it a twoday event at the Livingston Parish

Fair Ground.

“It’ll be a lot more flowing next year,” he said.

Innes said he was moved to tears after seeing a man ask Catherine Bach — as Daisy Duke from the television show — to sign his lifesize General Lee. After signing the glovebox, Bach took a picture with the man while sitting on his lap.

“This man bawled for five minutes straight,” Innes said.

Overall, Innes said he is thankful for all the people who came out to the event despite the rain.

“It just warms my heart,” he said. “I want to thank everyone for coming out.”

Wilborn Nobles III

Senior Contributing Writer

DUKES, from page 1

“Fab Five.” Innes said he started planning this event about a year ago when he wanted to put on an event that would attract people.

He said Parish President Layton Ricks helped the event come together.

Innes wanted the event to attract today’s generation while still appealing to older fans. He said he believed the “Dukes of Hazzard” would attract large crowds because the General Lee is the most recognized car in television history.

Livingston Parish was the ideal place for the “Dukes of Hazzard” reunion, Innes said.

“It just has ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ written all over it,” he said.

Innes said many of the event’s

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LSU’s Vietnamese Student Association volunteered to serve food to the homeless on Sunday.

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Like LSU as a whole, Beckham started slow against the visiting Tigers.

Towson sophomore punter R.J. Peppers was kicking away from him early. The LSU offense failed to score on five straight possessions in the first half, punting twice, missing a field goal and losing two fumbles.

With the home Tigers trailing 9-7 deep into the second quarter, Beckham finally made his move.

Towson sophomore safety Thomas Bradley bit on a play fake, and Mettenberger lofted a 27-yard throw Beckham hauled in with only feet to spare in the back of the end zone for the receiver’s first offensive touchdown this season.

“It was a play designed to

draw that defender up, and it worked perfectly,” Beckham said.

“I looked up, and the ball was just waiting.”

On the 53-yard third-quarter clincher, Beckham knew he’d be open.

He said the play called for sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry to run free at an intermediate depth, but he sensed Towson’s defensive backs looking to jump LSU’s typically shorter routes.

“That touchdown was the dagger,” Landry said. “It changed the nature of the game.”

Landry, who is Beckham’s close friend and roommate, has seen No. 3’s doubts first-hand this fall.

Whether on Twitter or in interviews, Beckham has sounded like a man possessed lately.

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Landry said his friend’s game still wasn’t up to the level Beckham expects of himself, but it was a strong response to the doubts the first third of the season brought.

“It was us talking at home, and I told him it’s about how you respond,” Landry said. “Despite the drops, despite the poor efforts, he proved [Saturday] he won’t stay down. If you talk to our locker room, they’d probably say Odell carried this team tonight.”

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SOCCER

Late goal nets LSU 2-2 draw at UGA Tigers win, draw in SEC road trip Chris Abshire Sports Writer

The players said they were shocked at the number of fumbles LSU committed in Saturday night’s game.

LSU head coach Les Miles said ball security is something the Tigers focus on every week.

“I can tell you that [ball security] is the first thing I put on the practice schedule,” Miles said. “I know that our guys work on it. I can promise you that it is something that has not escaped us in any way.”

Ford, who had 11 rushes for 76

LSU can’t seem to stop Georgia junior midfielder Nicole Locandro.

Locandro scored UGA’s only goals against LSU for the second year in a row, but LSU scraped out a 2-2 double-overtime draw from a soggy Sunday match in Athens, Ga. Locandro’s goals came just two minutes apart late in the second half before LSU freshman forward Colby Maffei buried an equalizer in the 84th minute to keep the Tigers (5-44, 1-3-2 SEC) unbeaten on the road this season.

LSU opened the weekend with a 1-0 win Friday night at Mississippi State for its first 2012 league win.

“With the current state of the SEC, no team should be unhappy with four points for a weekend road trip,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “The win [Sunday] would have been nice, but it was an exciting match where we made a nice comeback and fought hard in overtime.”

Despite persistent possession for the Bulldogs (5-6-2, 1-3-2) near LSU’s net in the first half, it was the Tigers who found the net first.

In the 54th minute, Maffei dribbled down to the end line and found sophomore midfielder Alex Arlitt

FUMBLES, see page 7

DRAW, see page 7

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Sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry (80) recovers a Towson fumble Saturday in Tiger Stadium during the Tigers’ 38-22 victory against Towson University.

Fumbles overshadow win against Towson

LSU fumbles five times, loses three Bria Turner

Sports Contributor

The highlights of Saturday night’s football game against Towson weren’t senior wide receiver Russell Shepard’s 78-yard run for a touchdown or junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s long-distance passes to sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The turnovers

stole the show.

LSU fumbled the ball five times, which was the most for the Tigers since the six against Texas-El Paso in the 1997 season.

Zach Mettenberger and junior running backs Michael Ford and Spencer Ware each fumbled the ball once, and sophomore running back Kenny Hilliard fumbled twice. Of the five fumbles, three were lost.

Mettenberger’s fumble late in the second half was caused by a sack that came with a loss of 12 yards.

“We’ve been sloppy week in and week out, and we really gotta clean it

up,” Mettenberger said. “Right now we’re not playing LSU football, and I’m disappointed in myself and my team right now.”

Hilliard’s fumble in the first quarter was the first fumble by an LSU running back in 225 carries.

Sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry said the ball just slipped away from the running backs a few times, but they were just trying to get as far down the field as they could.

“I just think they were focused on getting that extra yard, and it just popped out,” Landry said. “[They] got hit in the right place.”

Tigers don’t look themselves so far this season MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist The LSU football team didn’t use its close game against Auburn as a wake-up call — it merely hit the snooze button.

Apparently slipping from No. 2 in the Associated Press college football poll wasn’t enough to motivate the Tigers to prove the critics wrong the next time out. I didn’t think it was possible for LSU to put together a sloppier performance than I witnessed on the plains last weekend.

I was wrong. The Tigers looked even worse against a lesser opponent. Even LSU coach Les Miles

agrees with me.

“I thought that we played down to our opponent,” Miles said after the game.

“Played down” to Towson is an understatement. I’m still trying to figure out what football team in purple and gold uniforms took the field Saturday night in Death Valley.

It wasn’t the one who used the motto “unfinished business” to prepare for the 2012 season. It wasn’t a group of players rallying around each other after losing one significant contributor after another. And it certainly didn’t look like a team that wants revenge after being humiliated in the BCS Championship game by Alabama 21-0.

The Tigers looked unprepared and unenthused against Towson.

They wasted a chance to show the country that ugly 12-10 win against

Auburn was a fluke.

Facing an FCS opponent a week before hitting the road to take on a SEC team was a joke to LSU. Whether it was punter Brad Wing desperately looking for West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith’s Twitter handle before the game or quarterback Zach Mettenberger unsuccessfully trying to one-up Ron Burgundy from “Anchorman” with his trash ’stache and wardrobe, the focus just wasn’t there.

Well now the joke is on LSU. The Tigers deserved to slip to No. 4 in the AP poll released yesterday. They’re lucky to even be ranked that high.

If there were no preseason polls and you made one from scratch today, where would you rank LSU? DISAPPOINTMENT, see page 7

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Sophomore tight end Nic Jacobs dodges a defender during the Saturday game against Towson University.

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VOLLEYBALL

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CROSS COUNTRY

LSU ends weekend Lady Tigers win at McNeese Men’s team finishes with split record third out of four

Tyler Nunez

Sports Contributor

The LSU volleyball team continued struggling to find consistency this weekend, falling to Arkansas on Sunday after earning a five-set comeback victory in its Friday match against Mississippi State.

LSU had a strong start in its match against Arkansas, winning the first set 25-21. But the Tigers were unable to maintain control, and the Razorbacks responded by taking the next three sets 25-21, 25-20 and 25-15.

“We didn’t respond very well,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “Arkansas made some adjustments, and we didn’t respond very well.”

The loss dropped LSU’s record to 6-9 and 2-4 in the Southeastern Conference, putting the Tigers’ streak of seven straight SEC Western Division championships in jeopardy.

“I don’t think we gave it our all,” said freshman defensive specialist Haley Smith. “We’re making things hard on ourselves. We need to find some fun in the game again.”

LSU could easily attribute its woes this season to a multitude of factors, such as a difficult schedule and a lack of home games.

But the Tigers have instead chosen to take responsibility for their underwhelming season.

“We’re doing it to ourselves,” said senior outside hitter Madie Jones. “We’re not listening to our coaches when they are telling us to do specific things in games.”

Still, Flory said she believes the Tigers took some major strides in the right direction this weekend, especially in its Friday match against Mississippi State.

After taking the first set against the Bulldogs, LSU lost a tight second set 29-27, and fell 2520 in the third set.

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Sophomore outside hitter Helen Boyle spikes the ball during a 3-2 win against Kentucky on Sept. 21 in the PMAC.

LSU then fell behind 22-19 in the fourth set before sophomore outside hitter Helen Boyle and junior middle blocker Desiree Elliott led the Tigers to a 26-24 victory.

The Tigers took advantage of the forced fifth set, defeating Mississippi State 15-12 to seal their victory.

“We like when we can get our team a fifth set opportunity,” Jones said. “We feel really comfortable, and most of the time we come through and pull out a win.”

The Tigers will look to bounce back at home Wednesday when they take on Georgia in a match that Flory hopes will see the return of senior defensive specialist Meghan Mannari in a limited role.

Mannari has missed the last three weekends with a foot injury.

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struggles continued, as the Tigers placed third out of four teams.

Despite the Tigers’ recent struggles, Elliott said he saw vast improvements from the men’s Spencer Hutchinson squad Saturday.

“I think this was the best race Sports Contributor we’ve had collectively, as a team,” Through the mud and the rain, Elliott said.

Senior Roger Cooke was the the LSU women’s cross country team trudged its way to its second Tigers’ top finisher Saturday, finishing third in consecutive victothe four-mile ry at the McNeese ‘There’s something race with a time Cowboy Stampede on Saturday. positive to look for, and I of 21:20.00. only The Lady Tithink we saw it today.’ otherThe Tiger fingers snatched the ishing in the top top three finishes Mark Elliott 10 was junior in the meet and Cross Country Coach Bryan Mutell. placed seven run“ T h e r e ’s ners in the top 10 as they blew away competition something positive to look for, and from McNeese State, Nicholls State I think we saw it today,” Elliott said. “Hopefully by the time we get and Louisiana-Lafayette.

“Although it was not the best to Arkansas, they’ll be running their AUSTIN BENNETT / The Daily Reveille conditions to run in, the girls ran best and performing their best.”

Sophomore cross country runner well,” said LSU coach Mark ElBarrett Miller (397) runs in the men’s liott. “It was raining extremely hard Contact Spencer Hutchinson at 8K Saturday during the LSU Invitational and water logged, but everyone had to run in it. I am proud of what the at Highland Road Park. shutchinson@lsureveille.com girls are doing.”

Saturday was LSU’s first 5K PURVEYOR OF FINE SANDWICHES, SOUPS, AND SALADS course this season — a shorter distance than the 6K races the Lady Tigers ran in their first two meets.

But the change in length didn’t slow the Lady Tigers’ recent hot streak.

Senior Laura Carleton led the Tigers with a time of 17 minutes, 51 seconds, finishing first for the sec“Like” us on Facebook ond straight week. www.facebook.com/RolyPolyLSU Follow us on Twitter The Lady Tigers rounded out @RolyPolyLSU the podium positions with second for Daily Specials and Coupons 4005 Nicholson Drive | (225) 344-1363 | www.rolypoly.com and third place finishes from senior Dakota Goodman and junior Natoya Goule.

Seniors Brea Goodman, Charlene Lipsey, Leigh-Ann Naccari and junior Laura Aleman were LSU’s other top-10 performers Saturday.

“It’s something to build on when we go to the real tough competition after Arkansas, which will tell us really what kind of team we have,” Elliott said.

On the men’s side, LSU’s

Monday, October 1, 2012 DRAW, from page 5

with a centering pass.

Arlitt buried it with her right foot mere yards from the goal to give LSU a tenuous lead. “Once we moved Alex to the center midďŹ eld spot to start the second half, it totally changed the game for us,â€? Lee said. “Colby turned the corner composed and slotted a quality pass. The net was wide open for Alex.â€?

But the Bulldogs kept attacking, as the Tigers needed a dubious out-of-bounds call and an offsides to prevent two likely UGA goals in the ensuing minutes.

LSU junior goalkeeper Megan Kinneman saved a career-high 15 shots on goal as the Bulldogs piled up 35 total shots and eight corner kicks. “They were just relentless, but the shots were usually from 30, 35

DISAPPOINTMENT, from page 5

With lackluster performances in its last two contests, it’s not in the top ďŹ ve for sure.

Last week, the Tigers got a pass with the intense rivalry causing records to be thrown out the window when LSU took on Auburn.

There isn’t any reason the LSU players or Miles can give to justify how bad the Tigers looked Saturday night against a Towson team who was physically overmatched at every position.

Five games into the 2012 season, LSU possesses a few aws uncharacteristic of Miles’ coached teams, just waiting to be exposed by higher-quality teams.

Miles preaches ball security and prides himself on his team’s ability to not commit turnovers.

yards out,� Lee said. “Megan was fantastic as usual, but the stat sheet might be a little unrealistic as far as the saves go.�

She couldn’t hold off Georgia forever.

Locandro struck in the 78th minute off a failed LSU clearance, and she easily converted past Kinneman for her ďŹ rst goal of the season.

Two minutes later, a handball

by LSU sophomore defender Jodi Calloway handed Georgia a penalty kick, which Locandro easily deposited past a stone-footed Kinneman.

Locandro also scored the Bulldogs’ lone goal in a 2-1 loss at LSU last season.

Three minutes after leading 1-0, the Tigers were suddenly the ones trailing in the ďŹ nal minutes, but UGA’s advantage was short-lived.

In the 84th minute, LSU freshman midďŹ elder Victoria Sample ďŹ red a shot off the crossbar, and it The Tigers have now lost ďŹ ve fumbles the last two games.

A hard-nosed rushing attack is what opponents come to expect when facing LSU. Senior wide receiver Russell Shepard led the way on the ground against Towson with one carry for 78 yards.

The 21 points the LSU defense gave up against Alabama in the National Championship last season were the most the Tigers had allowed until Towson hung 22 on LSU in Tiger Stadium on Saturday.

The only reason the Tigers sit at 5-0 right now is because they haven’t faced a quality opponent. We’ll really get a chance to see what LSU is made of over the next three weeks as the Tigers take on Florida, South Carolina and Texas A&M. To get out of this funk, the Tigers must have a statement victory

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Maffei corralled the ball in a scrum next to the net and deected it in with her left foot for the equalizer. “We were really pressing at that point,â€? Lee said. “The ball just hung up, and Colby fought people off.â€?

Maffei’s hand in both goals capped the ďŹ rst SEC road trip for six LSU freshman contributors. “I thought they were great and handled the situations well,â€? Lee said. “There’s still inconsistencies we have to spend games working on cleaning up, but they made signiďŹ cant strides. The weekend was a success, so now we have to translate those improvements at home next weekend.â€?

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yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown, fumbled early in the third quarter. Despite the wet day in Baton Rouge, Ford said he doesn’t blame the fumbles on the rain. He said the ball is wet every game due to sweat. “Just simply, we gotta hold onto the ball,� Ford said. “It’s a tradition that we’re supposed to hold the ball.

That’s the heartbeat of the team. We don’t drop the football. We can’t win games and drop the ball.�

Ford said the team works on ball security in practice with tugging and hitting drills, and running back coach Frank Wilson tries to incorporate every possible way of losing the ball into the Tigers’ practices.

Hilliard’s second fumble of the game came after a two-yard rush at the Towson one-yard line. Senior tight end Chase Clement recovered the fumble.

Landry said he could see the frustration on his teammates’ faces following their turnovers. “You see the guys walk off and put their heads down because they know Coach Frank stresses ball security,� Landry said. “So that’s one thing he’s gonna get on them about.�

Landry said it was an absolute surprise to see the ball hit the ground ďŹ ve times. He said the Tigers need to work on cutting back turnovers, and those improvements could help them get ahead early in the Southeastern Conference competition LSU will face for the rest of the season. “I think that if we eliminate the little things and the turnovers, there’s not a team in the NCAA that could play with us,â€? Landry said.

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in The Swamp against Florida this Saturday. That’s the only way LSU can get the naysayers off its back.

No damage has been done in the loss column yet. This team still has the talent to make a run to Miami, Fla., in January.

The Tigers just have to act like they want it.

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

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Junior linebacker Lamin Barrow (57) tackles Towson quarterback Grant Enders (14) Saturday during the Tigers’ 38-22 win against Towson in Death Valley.

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A Third Take

Monday, October 1, 2012

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson brings new perspectives to presidential race MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is starkly different from his major party rivals, and he wants you to know it.

“I like the notion of a libertarian president challenging Democrats at what they’re supposed to be good at,” Johnson said. “And then on the Republican side, how about challenging the Republicans?”

The former New Mexico governor has traditionally liberal goals, like ending the Drug War and military intervention immediately. He believes marriage equality is a constitutional right, and he is against legislation like the Patriot Act and last year’s harmful National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

But Johnson’s plans to cut the federal government by 43 percent, deliver a balanced budget to Congress in 2013 and replace the IRS with the federal consumption tax, known as the Fair Tax, also offer a strong fiscally conservative position to those dissatisfied with Republicans.

“Down the line, it’s a big difference from Democrats and Republicans,” Johnson said.

Johnson spoke to a slim crowd in the Union Theater on Friday as part of a monthlong tour of college campuses.

“I think young people, more than anyone else, understand how screwed we really are,” Johnson told the audience.

The event, called the Rally for Jobs, Diversity and Opportunity, was organized by the University’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty and also featured Lauren O’Halloran of Americans for Fair Taxation and Walter Block, Loyola New Orleans economics chair and professor.

O’Halloran opened with an introduction and explanation of the Fair Tax, and Block followed by introducing Johnson while also delivering a defense for libertarianism.

But it was obvious that Johnson was the star of the night.

Johnson referenced his

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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson told a Union Theater audience Friday evening that young people “understand how screwed we really are.”

popularity in New Mexico, job creation under his administration and his leading score among candidates on the ACLU civil liberties report card as some of the many attributes that separate him from President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

And these differences are what makes Johnson such an important candidate in national politics.

Because politics in the United

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States is mostly limited to Republicans and Democrats, the scope of discourse and debate is similarly limited.

For instance, both Romney and Obama are in agreement over bills such as the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which gave telecoms retroactive immunity for the NSA’s domestic wiretapping program, and the NDAA, which allows Americans to be indefinitely

detained without trial or charge.

It’s unlikely you’ll hear much criticism of these bills — which many Americans believe are harmful to their civil liberties — because the underlying assumption from both candidates is that the acts are necessary and beneficial.

I experienced this lack of challenging opinions a day before the Johnson event at the LSU Votes Foreign Policy Election Forum in

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There, Political Science Professors Daniel Tirone, David Sobek and Harry Mokeba along with University alumna Alyson Neel, who mostly contributed her perspectives from Turkey, answered questions about the United States’ role internationally.

However, when questions turned to the drone wars conducted overseas, the consensus reached seemed to be that the policy is realistic and necessary to prevent attacks on our borders, despite the civilian casualties caused by drones.

Thankfully, Johnson’s opinion is much different.

“We bomb our targets, but we also bomb innocent people,” Johnson said. “And because we bomb and kill innocent people, we create enemies of whole countries.”

This does not necessarily mean you will agree with everything Johnson says, however.

Although Johnson finds “this continued, unsustainable debt and spending” to be a more important problem facing most Americans, his 43-percent cut to the federal government could adversely affect many who rely on government programs to get by.

The Fair Tax has similarly been criticized for being regressive, as low-income Americans are more likely to spend all their money each year than wealthy Americans — and would thus be taxed more.

O’Halloran argued that the tax policy would widen the tax base, and thus lower the burden on the middle class, calling the plan the “most researched piece of legislation” regarding tax policy in America.

But Johnson’s contribution to the wider national debate brings a new perspective that, even if you do not agree, is conducive to the problem-solving needed to move the country forward.

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

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“The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.”

Gary Johnson Libertarian presidential candidate January 1, 1953 - Present

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What separates Libertarian Drug take-back day and Gas presidential candidate for Guns necessary for BR Gary Johnson from his competitors?

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TESALON FELICIEN Columnist

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Both Mitt Romney [left] and Barack Obama [right] are being challenged by Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and his views on drugs and government.

10. Highest ACLU civil liberties report card 9. Wears jeans and a T-shirt to election rally 8. Shameless use of the word “doo-doo” 7. Does not want to bomb Iran 6. More than 750 vetoes as governor

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3. Wants to legalize marijuana 2. Climbed Mount Everest 1. Still favored in his home state

Did Morpheus have a prescription for the red and blue pills? How about permits for his limitless supply of guns? Questions of unaccounted-for guns and prescription drug abuse concern many residents of Baton Rouge.

While the LSU community prepped for Towson, a game reminiscent of Troy in 2008, Drug Enforcement Administration agents across the country hosted the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, an event stirring members of the public to anonymously drop off unwanted and unused prescription drugs.

This drive, as well as Gas for Guns, is a necessary ingredient to help clean the streets of Baton Rouge.

As rain poured Saturday, residents from around the city made their way to the Ochsner Health Center, a designated drop-off site for the drug take-back day.

“This gives them a chance to bring their medications to be disposed of,” said Heather Maturin, an Ochsner pharmacy supervisor, who was on hand during the event.

Maturin advised against flushing drugs down the toilet because it could contaminate the water supply. She added that drugs acquired will be disposed of by the DEA. In April 2011, the event aimed to prevent prescription drug abuse collected a record 552,161 pounds of drugs at sites around the country. In the four times the program has been held, 1.5 million pounds have been collected and removed from distribution.

This drive, as well as Gas for Guns, is a necessary ingredient to help clean the streets of Baton Rouge.

Prescription drugs intended to be taken under the advice of a licensed doctor often end up in the wrong hands — and with dire consequences, including death and addiction.

According to a report by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, drug abuse surpassed car accidents in 2008 as the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., accounting for 41,000 deaths that year.

Though drug abuse among 18- to 25-year-olds fell 14 percent from 2 million to 1.7 million, statistics remain the same for other age groups.

The drug take-back initiative goes hand in hand with Gas for Guns, which encourages people to turn in unused guns in

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Drug take-back days in Baton Rouge would provide a needed service to help clean the streets and save money used toward addiction facilities.

exchange for gas cards.

In 2010, the partnership between Circle K and local law enforcement collected 262 guns at a cost of $16,600 in gas cards.

A similar program, in Waterloo, Iowa, ran out of gas cards within 40 minutes.

According to District Attorney Hillar Moore, the most notable acquisitions in Baton Rouge were 12 assault-style rifles, including AK-47s, a 12-gauge and a Mac-45.

We see the effects of unclaimed guns and prescription drug use. Baton Rouge news is littered with shootings. A walk outside the gates of the University proves how easily one can acquire drugs.

Within 20 minutes of asking around, I was able to find suppliers of OxyContin and Lortabs ready to sell at a moment’s notice.

Increased programs like the two mentioned will result in positive results for the city.

More prescription drug takeback days would lessen the possibility of drugs ending up in the wrong hands, as well as decrease

the possibility of water contamination.

Programs would also lessen the financial burden of operating drug addiction facilities throughout Baton Rouge.

These initiatives could help reduce the number of violent crimes committed in the city.

Many of these crimes involve stolen guns and drug deals, and sometimes LSU becomes victim of these violent crimes.

The Prescription Drug TakeBack Day and Gas for Guns are infant steps taken to help fight the rising crime in the city—small steps taken in the right direction.

Tesalon Felicien is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from St. Lucia.

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increase in drug raids. Johnson likened legalizing marijuana to prohibition. He said the government stands to make a substantial amount of money from several illegal activities, including marijuana and prostitution.

“End the drug war now, legalize marijuana,” Johnson said.

“Ninety percent of the drug problem is prohibition-related, not userelated.”

The current economic system is a product of “crony capitalism,” according to Johnson. He said many lobbyists exploit tax loopholes for richer Americans. As an alternative to the current system,

he endorsed the Fair Tax Bill, which was introduced in a presentation earlier in the rally.

The Fair Tax Bill advocates for states’ rights, giving the ability to collect taxes back to the states.

“This bill is the greatest shift of power to the people since the Declaration of Independence,” said Lauren O’Halloran of Americans for Fair Taxation earlier in the evening.

Johnson also addressed the cost of college tuition. He recommended that students choose not to go to school if they want the cost of college to decrease.

The night drew to a close as Johnson addressed his media coverage, stressing that he is not

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“If my name just were heard five times for every 100 times that Obama was mentioned, the 5 percent becomes 11 becomes 18, then I’m the next president of the United States,” he said.

Johnson walked off stage to a standing ovation, briefly pausing to wave to the crowd.

His running mate is Jim Gray, a former California Superior Court judge. The ticket is on the ballot in 47 states, but Johnson estimates he will be listed in all 50 states by the Nov. 6 election.

Even though Johnson didn’t draw a large crowd, his audience was energetic. Microbiology

page 11 freshman Evan Rivere said he jumped at the chance to see Johnson speak.

“I’m a Libertarian, so it’s great that Gary Johnson is coming to speak,” Rivere said. “It is an interesting thing to do on a Friday night.”

But Rivere wasn’t optimistic about Johnson’s chances.

“Gary Johnson is absolutely not going to win,” he said. “I would rather vote for Romney and have Obama lose or vote for Johnson on principle.”

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