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Friend of Boover: I know a ‘totally different person’ Brian Sibille News Editor
After spending every day together since they met months ago, the last thing Cera Wollgast expected her newest best friend Nicole Boover to do was try to kill her mother. “She said she was going to see friends [in New Orleans], and she would be back in the morning for bio,” Wollgast said. But Boover had different intentions, as her trip home ended on Oct. 8 with three bullets in her mother’s apartment door and handcuffs binding her wrists.
Wollgast said those close to Boover at the University are still trying to understand why their friend would try to kill her mother. According to arrest records, Boover was planning to run off with inheritance money after killing her mother and stepfather. “Assuming reasons why she did it, it’s painful,” Wollgast said. LSU Police Department investigators also arrested Boover’s alleged accomplice in the murder attempt, University student Nathan Yuhas. Yuhas revealed to police during questioning that Boover offered $50,000 for his help, and the two planned to flee the state after
the slaying. Wollgast said she had met Yuhas a few times through Boover, but didn’t think they were anything more than acquaintances. The two girls had a “24/7” relationship, and Wollgast said she would have noticed if Yuhas had an increasing presence in Boover’s life. To Wollgast, nothing seemed different. “There was no events leading up to this. It’s a complete shock.” Boover was the “free-spirited one” in their group of friends, exuding peace and happiness, BOOVER, see page 6
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Cera Wollgast, left, called Nicole Boover, right, “free-spirited.” Of her friend’s recent legal woes, Wollgast said, “If that’s the real Nicole, then I want to remember her as I knew her.”
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LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery (99) goes one-on-one during the Tigers’ game on Sept. 8.
HOME’S COMING LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery playing his home-state school for the first time
LSU junior defensive end Sam Mont“It’s the biggest thing, seeing my oldgomery acts the part of a Louisiana native. time friends,” Montgomery said. “I love His swagger, smile and them to death. I feel like it Chris Abshire charisma seem tailor-made will be the best game I ever for the spicy south Louisiplay, because there’s going Sports Writer ana swampland. to be so much love and pasThis weekend, his real home comes to sion on the field.” him, as No. 3 South Carolina — and several South Carolina pride, especially in the of Montgomery’s closest friends — visit the college football world, takes on a different place the Greenwood, S.C., native chose to call home for college. MONTGOMERY, see page 5
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South Carolina sophomore defensive end Jadeveon Clowney garnering Heisman talk, still improving
Defensive Heisman Trophy candidates are but there may already be a new contender in hard to come by. Mathieu’s wake. In 1997, former Michigan cornerback As South Carolina sophomore defensive Charles Woodson became the end Jadeveon Clowney preAlex Cassara only one to actually win it. pares to travel to Tiger StaFormer Tiger Tyrann Mathieu dium on Saturday, he’s being Sports Writer had arguably the best chance heralded by some national since, as he was set to improve on the 2011 sea- media as a contender for the most prestigious son that saw him make the finalist cut before award in college football. being dismissed from the team. Describing Clowney as highly touted The ascension of a defender to the top of CLOWNEY, see page 6 the Heisman voting is typically an anomaly,
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INTERNATIONAL Chile’s huge open-pit copper mine goes underground after many years CHUQUICAMATA, Chile (AP) — From above, it looks like a colossal amphitheater carved from rock, or the vast crater from a meteorite that crashed into southern Chile’s Atacama desert ages ago. Inside the world’s largest open-pit copper mine, dump trucks as big as two-story houses work around the clock to haul hundreds of tons of rock and minerals 2,790 feet (850 meters) to the surface of this elliptical, seemingly endless, man-made hole. Belfast to open Ireland’s first abortion clinic, causing controversy DUBLIN (AP) — A family planning charity plans to open the first abortion clinic in Ireland, challenging decades of legal confusion over the extremely limited access to pregnancy terminations in both parts of the island. Officials at the Marie Stopes facility due to open next week in Belfast, capital of the British territory of Northern Ireland, said Thursday they plan to offer non-surgical abortions to women whose pregnancies are less than nine weeks in gestation. They expect protests and decline to reveal the clinic’s street address.
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In this Sept. 25 photo, a worker from the National Copper Mine Corporation looks where a new tunnel is to be drilled at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile.
United Nations says world has 6 billion cell phone subscribers GENEVA (AP) — The world now has nearly as many cell phone subscriptions as inhabitants. The U.N. telecom agency says there were about 6 billion subscriptions by the end of 2011 — roughly one for 86 of every 100 people. In a report on Thursday, the International Telecommunication Union said China alone accounted for 1 billion subscriptions, and India is expected to hit the 1-billion mark this year.
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Big baby walrus coming to New York City aquarium after being rescued
Gulf oil sheen blamed on 2010 drilling wreckage, not well
NEW YORK (AP) — A 234-pound baby walrus is coming to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. The 15-week mammal was rescued from the ocean off Alaska in July. The aquarium is set to welcome the walrus, named Mitik, on Thursday. The Coney Island aquarium is only one of a few institutions in the country that exhibit walruses. He will spend the first month in quarantine at the aquarium’s medical facility. He will join the exhibit next spring.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists and BP say oil appears to have leaked last month from the drilling wreckage lying at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near where a BP well blew out in 2010, causing the nation’s worst offshore spill. A probe started after a sheen was discovered Sept. 16 in the waters near the site indicates the oil may have seeped from a milelong metal tube, called the riser, which connected the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to the Macondo well.
Mysterious softball-sized eyeball washes up on Florida beach MIAMI (AP) — It’s not that body parts never wash ashore on Florida beaches. But usually it’s not an eye the size of a softball. State wildlife officials are trying to determine the species of a blue eyeball found by a man Wednesday at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale. Agency spokeswoman Carli Segelson says the eyeball likely came from a marine animal, since it was found on a beach. Possible candidates include a giant squid, a whale or some type of large fish.
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In this Sept. 2012 photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center, the baby walrus Mitik sits in a small pool at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska.
Maine drivers warned of zombie danger by an electronic message PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Drivers may have gotten a chuckle out of an electronic message warning of zombies, but city officials were not amused. The sign at a Portland construction site was hacked to read “Warning Zombies Ahead!” on Wednesday morning. It originally read “Night work 8 pm-6 am. Expect delays.” City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says the signs are a safety precaution and changing it could have led to driver distraction.
Council for A Better Louisiana against proposal to limit gun restrictions (AP) — The nonpartisan Council for A Better Louisiana is opposing a constitutional amendment that would set a tougher standard for restricting the use of weapons and remove a provision that gives the Legislature explicit authority to limit concealed handguns. CABL says the current language in the constitution protects gun rights. The organization says a rewritten provision could open the door to a lawsuit nullifying Louisiana’s prohibition of concealed handguns at colleges.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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Biden, Ryan face off in VP debate Driver of truck in Candidates throw Quad incident named jabs, talk religion Staff Reports
Megan Dunbar Staff Writer
Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan duked it out over foreign and domestic policy at Thursday night’s vice-presidential debate in Danville, Ky. LSU political science professor and Director of Graduate Studies James Garand said in an email he thought Thursday night’s debate was the opposite of the first presidential debate, which he thought was one of the best he’d ever seen. “This debate was as unhelpful as the presidential debate was helpful,” Garand said. “It was more like a scrum than a debate. I can easily imagine many Americans turning off the debate midway through out of frustration and disgust.” The men spent much of the night throwing jabs at each other. Biden laughed in response to many of Ryan’s answers, and at one point remarked that Ryan’s responses were “a bunch of malarkey.” Ryan told Biden after a discussion about the economy that he would certainly understand “things sometimes don’t come out of your mouth the right way.” Biden responded with, “At least I always say what I mean.” The candidates’ comments made it difficult to figure out what each one’s position was, Garand said. Students watching in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building disagreed with the professor. “This debate was much better than the presidential debate,” said political communication senior Lauren Thibault. Political communication sophomore Camille Stelly said
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan participate in the vice presidential debate at Centre College on Thursday in Danville, Ky.
she thought Martha Raddatz, the vice presidential debate moderator, was much more assertive than last week’s presidential debate moderator Jim Lehrer. Stelly said moderator Raddatz was much more eloquent and poignant than Lehrer, which gave the debate a clear direction. Interdisciplinary studies senior Adria Porch said she thought Raddatz made it more difficult for candidates to get off the hook, and she felt neither Ryan nor Biden insulted her intelligence by dancing around issues. Biology junior Ty DeLee agreed with Porch, saying the debaters put more across this time than those in the presidential debate. When talking about Iran’s possible nuclear capabilities, Ryan insisted Iran was four years closer to building a weapon than it was before people voted in the Obama administration. Biden countered by saying Iran does not have a weapon where its people can put the uranium they have acquired. Both Biden and Ryan are Roman Catholic, and each discussed his faith when asked
about abortion. Ryan said he wasn’t sure how anyone could separate his faith and private life from his public life. He then cited watching the heartbeat of his firstborn, and said he believes life begins with conception. Biden said his religion defines who he is, but he refuses to force it on others. “I do not believe we have the right to tell other people that women can’t control their body,” Biden said. Political science junior David Ambrogio said he believed the debate showed Ryan’s solid rhetoric on fiscal plans, but Biden presented a strong foreign policy. When asked who he would vote for, Ambrogio said he is strongly in the column of Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
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LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde has identified Facility Services employee William Earl Bujol, 40, as the man who ran over student Dominic Gulino, 21, in the Quad last week. Lalonde said Bujol was noted for careless operation on the accident report. Tammy Millican, manager of communications and grants for Facility Services, did not elaborate on what consequences Bujol may face because the issue is being handled by the Human Resource Management department, and employee information is confidential. Bujol was leaving the Quad in a truck around 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 4 and didn’t see Gulino lying on the grass. The driver rolled over part of the student’s upper body, according to witnesses. Though the student sustained minor, visible injuries to his face, he was up and walking after the incident. He refused to go to the hospital with police or emergency responders at first, but went on his own later. Both Gulino and Bujol
declined to comment when approached by Daily Reveille reporters immediately following the incident. English senior Sam Stevens was one of several students who watched the events unfold. “The guy rolled over and slammed on the hood of the truck,” Stevens said. “[The driver] yelled, ‘I didn’t see you.’” Bujol is listed on the Facility Services website as an Electrician Specialist Leader. It is unclear what work he was doing in the Quad at the time. Millican said the incident has prompted Facility Services to analyze its operations and work to prevent similar events in the future. “The safety of the students, faculty, staff and our employees is a top priority for our organization,” Millican said. “We’re reviewing our procedures to ensure that we’re operating in the safest manner possible as we travel around campus to perform our maintenance work.”
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Friday, October 12, 2012
New Orleans tattoo artists discuss their craft Jacy Baggett Contributing Writer
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Tattoo artists Donn David and Ed Dieringer discuss current tattoo inquisitions Thursday in the Atchafalaya Room of the LSU Union.
The Art Advisory Committee hosted a panel discussion on contemporary tattooing at the Student Union on Thursday, featuring three tattoo artists from New Orleans. Dale Newkirk, Southeastern University art gallery curator, moderated the discussion of the three artists in the Union’s Atchafalaya Room with about 15 people in attendance. Professional tattoo artists Donn Davis, Ed Dieringer and Adam Montegut answered various questions from the moderator and audience members. “Tattooing is a craft, not an art,” Davis said. All three of the men emphasized the importance of apprenticeship in the tattoo industry. Davis said so few people do apprenticeships today, and it shows in the prevalence of amateur
tattooing across the country. He said there are tattoo schools, but he would never get a tattoo from someone who wasn’t an apprentice first. There has to be a one-on-one mentor-and-apprentice relationship, he said. “You can’t learn it by watching YouTube,” Davis said. When Dieringer was asked how long his apprenticeship was, he responded with “25 years.” Dieringer said he doesn’t get many people “on the fly” off the streets in his shop, and he never tattoos anyone who is intoxicated. “If it is something that is going to impair your judgment and our ability to tattoo you, we will probably manipulate the situation to where we don’t tattoo you,” Dieringer said. Jon Woodcock, history senior, attended the discussion for an American Folklore class project. Woodcock said he has two tattoos and plans to get more. “It’s addicting as hell,”
Woodcock said. “I can’t even describe it. When it is done, it almost feels like you have accomplished something.” One of Woodcock’s tattoos is an image of horses his grandmother drew before she died. He said people shouldn’t judge others’ tattoos until they know the meaning behind them. The current exhibit featured in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery features modern and traditional applications of tattoos and conveys the social, symbolic and aesthetic significance of this art throughout the world, according to the LSU Student Union Art Gallery website. Judi Stahl, Union Art Collection and Gallery director, said she has heard from students who appreciate the exhibit showing tattooing in a positive light. Contact Jacy Baggett at jbaggett@lsureveille.com
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Energy moderation popular, but not likely to save U.S. Megan Dunbar Staff Writer
The United States will have to lead the world in energy conservation if anything is to improve, panelists asserted at an environmental forum Thursday, the fifth in a series of six concerning issues in the presidential election. It’s possible to moderate energy use as a nation, but the United States can’t conserve or drill its way out of it, said Dean of the School of the Coast and Environment Environmental Christopher D’Elia. D’Elia said both sides of the presidential race could benefit from being honest about environmental facts, primarily recognizing that there is no way to generate energy without environmental impact. “There are always going to be trade-offs,” D’Elia said.
University Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology Director Doug Daigle and Professor Emeritus Ed Overton agreed with D’Elia that there is no simple answer to environmental safety that keeps costs down. Daigle said one way government can help with environmental safety is through regulation. “Smart environmental regulation can be like stop signs and red lights—if you don’t think we need them, that’s naive—but they can be in the wrong place,” Daigle said. President Barack Obama’s administration’s environmental policies are a step in the right direction, he said. “The things Romney proposes could reverse much of what Obama has accomplished so far,” Daigle said.
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Obama has used a scientific approach, while Romney’s potential policies are based on an assumption that unlocking certain oil-rich areas would bring prices of natural gas down, Daigle said. D’Elia concurred with Daigle, saying it used to take one barrel of oil to extract 100 barrels. Now, the number is closer to 20 barrels for every barrel used, and in some cases, the ratio is closer to 1:1, with greater difficulty of natural gas extraction. The United States’ power grid, however, is set up to run on cheap oil right now, D’Elia said, and the right investments would be helpful. “The big question is whether the government do that,” he said. Overton spoke about the potential of oil production not working out in the future. “How would you like to pay three times more in tuition?”
Overton asked the students, referencing the fact that much of the University’s money comes from Louisiana’s oil production. Overton also asked what residents would do if Louisiana’s government didn’t take steps to diversify the economy. “We could move to Texas. I don’t like Texas,” Overton said, laughing. Overton also brought up global warming, specifically why the state is building a new hospital in New Orleans if it will be underwater in 50 years. “I guess we could move to higher ground. Covington or somewhere could be the new New Orleans,” he said. Contact Megan Dunbar at mdunbar@lsureveille.com
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Dean of the School of the Coast and Environment Christopher D’Elia speaks Thursday about the role of environmental issues in the November election.
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UNIVERSITY OPENS CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS BUILDING
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Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks to University administrators, students and members of the University community Thursday at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly completed Chemistry and Materials Building.
MONTGOMERY, from page 1 meaning than in most states. Sandwiched within the nation’s richest college football championship corridor and influenced by two traditional afterthoughts in the Gamecocks and Clemson, the state’s players grow up around a stigma of inevitability, Montgomery said. “Everybody’s going to South Carolina or Clemson,” he said. “That’s the way it works, almost always.” Not for Montgomery. When legendary South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier first visited Greenwood High School for a recruiting visit, Montgomery didn’t even recognize him. “That story was passed around the state for the longest time,” Montgomery said, with a sheepish grin. “I asked [Greenwood football] coach [Shell] Dula who that guy was. When he told me, I just said, ‘Coach, I don’t watch ESPN.’ I found out later [Spurrier] won a Heisman.” Montgomery may not have recognized Spurrier, but the homestate school almost landed him anyway. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound gentle giant can still vividly recall every detail of a recruiting trip he took with his friends and current Gamecock starters, D.J. Swearinger, Kelcy Quarles and Justice Cunningham, to the Columbia, S.C., campus. “I remember the walk onto the field, the tunnel to the locker room and the weight room right off the side of the stadium,” Montgomery said. “Kelcy and DJ and I took pictures with the SC jerseys. You walk outside and the trains roll past campus. It’s a great program, a great place.” But Montgomery felt the pull of the unknown. He didn’t want to settle for the familiar. “I had to edge my own path,” he said. “I needed to take a risk and step out of my comfort zone, to see if I could survive in the Dirty South. I wanted to show that South Carolina guys can go around the world and play football.” For LSU, the rest has been unscripted, unfiltered Sam Montgomery history. Montgomery’s 2012 campaign has included 18 tackles — 6.5 for a loss — two sacks and a forced safety that was the difference in LSU’s
12-10 win at Auburn last month. Saturday might as well be an entirely different season for “Sonic Sam.” “The way he’s preparing, you can see the focus in it,” said junior linebacker Lamin Barrow. “This game means everything to him. He’ll try to die before he loses it.” Quarles said Montgomery is “like a brother to me,” and Montgomery labeled Cunningham “practically my best friend in the world.” Though the foe may involve familiar faces, Montgomery is in an admittedly unfamiliar position. Last week’s 14-6 loss at Florida was LSU’s first regular-season defeat when he was on the field. Montgomery said the “whooping” brought him back to his roots. “I haven’t been an underdog like this since I was at Greenwood High School,” he said. “Sometimes, you need to get rehumbled and reminded what it means to work hard for every success you get. I learned that in South Carolina.” It’ll be as much a family reunion as a football game for Montgomery, who said his mother,
sister and about “10 to 12” of his closest acquaintances will be in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. But there will be one person missing from that inner circle. Montgomery’s fellow Sonic aficionado and older brother, John Darrel Adams, was killed outside a Columbia night club in 2007. Montgomery said their relationship was never about sports — “We played video games. We never watched football.” Montgomery said Adams hasn’t been on his mind most of this week. But he’s part of those South Carolina memories, which will serve as Montgomery’s inspiration when he hits his black-andgarnet clad opponents. “I never play for myself, so this game’s not about me,” Montgomery said. “It’s for South Carolina — they deserve that respect. And when you talk about the state, he’s a major part of that for me. I guess I’ll unleash that passion, too.” Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AbshireTDR
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The student head of each medium is solely responsible for the selection and management of his or her staff and for the content that is broadcast or published. Incumbent managers are eligible for reappointment for the spring term. Managers must be full-time students (or be in the nal semester before graduation) and be in good standing with the University. Those students wishing to apply must ll out an application form obtained at the Of ce of Student Media and provide proof of full-time status (12 hours) at the time. Media experience is helpful. inte The Student Media Board will interview applicants at 1p.m. on October 26 in the Curet Room on the 2nd oor of Hodges Hall. The Spring term managers will be named that day.
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coming into his freshman year is an understatement. Every major recruiting website had Clowney as the No. 1 prospect for the 2011 class. In his final two seasons at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C., Clowney totaled 306 tackles and 52.5 sacks according to the official Gamecock website, earning South Carolina’s Mr. Football award as a senior. LSU was one of many schools, including Alabama and Florida State, to throw offers at Clowney. But out of all of them, his homestate university stood out. South Carolina had signed the state’s Mr. Football both years prior to Clowney in running back Marcus Lattimore and former Gamecock cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Gilmore, who was drafted No. 10 in the 2012 NFL Draft, was a high school teammate of Clowney’s and helped convince him to stay home. “I said, ‘I just want to go in there and help them win,’” Clowney said. “They were on the rise, and I wanted to be a part of that.” He was expected to make an immediate impact, and that he did. With Clowney starting from his first collegiate snap, the Gamecocks’ defense went from seventh to third in SEC total defense from 2010 to 2011. He ranked No. 7 with eight sacks and No. 4 with five forced fumbles as a freshman, helping to improve South Carolina’s record of 9-5 from the previous season to 11-2. Clowney put together his SEC Freshman of the Year season playing free-form football. Instead of looking at the offensive tackle in front of him like the Gamecocks’ scheme demands, he watched the ball every play. South Carolina defensive line coach Brad Lawing often had to have a veteran lineman spoon-feed Clowney his assignment between plays. He hasn’t had to do that this season. “His knowledge of the game is at a much higher level than what it has been,” Lawing said. Clowney made sure he had the scheme memorized in the offseason, allowing him to play faster. Also finding he could no longer just throw his shoulder into an opponent to get off blocks against collegiate competition, he worked on using his hands to gain separation. Halfway through his sophomore season, Clowney is 1.5 sacks and .5 tackles for loss off his firstyear totals. “He’s always been blessed with the ability to rush the passer,” said defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward after the Gamecocks’ 35-7 drubbing of Georgia. “He’s buying into what Coach Lawing’s teaching.” But the case Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel makes for Clowney’s Heisman hopes is that his effectiveness transcends statistics. He cited Clowney, who repeatedly leapt over and ran through Georgia’s offensive line, as the tone-setter in a defensive effort that forced prolific Bulldog passer Aaron Murray to go 11-of-31 from the pocket. That kind of talk can make
a young player crumble, as Mathieu’s situation has shown. As the Heisman grumbling has begun, starting defensive end Devin Taylor said his counterpart is the same person. When he arrived on campus, Clowney met with coach Steve Spurrier who told him the media would eventually make him a big shot and to not let it get to his head. His response? “Yes, sir,” Clowney said. His reaction to the Heisman talk? “It doesn’t matter,” Clowney said. “I’ve just been laughing about it.” The Tigers know what they’re up against with Clowney, however humble he is; considering Clowney’s combination of speed, agility and power, senior offensive lineman Alex Hurst, compared him to Colts Pro-Bowler Dwight Freeney. Clowney knows what he’s up against as well, claiming he’s ready to brave Tiger Stadium and compete with his fellow NFL defensive end prospects, juniors Sam Montgomery and Barkevious Mingo, for bragging rights. “I want to do my part as much as possible,” Clowney said. “I want to be better than them.”
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Isabelle Khurshudyan, Sports Editor of The Daily Gamecock, contributed to this report.
Wollgast said. “From the few months I knew her— it sucks that most people will learn who she is through headlines and mugshots. It’s a totally different person. If that’s the real Nicole, then I want to remember her as I knew her.” Boover, charged with attempted first-degree murder, appeared before a New Orleans judge who set a $500,000 bond Wednesday. Yuhas faces charges for principal to attempted first-degree murder, after he and Boover bought duct tape, gloves and “Scream” masks modeled from the horror movie franchise. Yuhas’ bond was set at $100,000 on Thursday night, according to NOLA.com. Arrest records provide a clearer idea of Boover’s alleged encounter with her mother the morning of Oct. 8. Hearing taps on the door, her mother peered through the peephole to find her daughter waiting outside. As she opened the door, Boover raised a silver handgun as a smile appeared on her face. She fired three shots after her mother slammed the door shut. Boover’s step-father notified LSUPD that Boover was returning to campus, and she was later arrested in her room at Evangeline Hall.
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Game Week Notebook LSU SCHEDULE Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 23
LSU 41, UNT 14 LSU 41, Wash. 3 LSU 63, Idaho 14 LSU 12, Auburn 10 LSU 38, Towson 22 LSU 6, Florida 14 South Carolina @ Texas A&M Alabama Mississippi St. Ole Miss @ Arkansas
TIGERS STATISTICS PASSING · Zach Mettenberger: 1174 yards, 6 TD, 3 INT
RUSHING · Kenny Hilliard: 382 yards, 58 carries, 6 TD · Michael Ford: 238 yards, 42 carries, 2 TD · Spencer Ware: 185 yards, 40 carries, 0 TD
RECEIVING · Jarvis Landry: 164 yards, 18 catches, 1 TD · Odell Beckham, Jr.: 364 yards, 20 catches, 2 TD · Kadron Boone: 177 yards, 10 catches, 3 TD
GAMECOCKS STATISTICS PASSING · Connor Shaw: 733 yards, 7 TD, 2 INT
RUSHING · Marcus Lattimore: 549 yards, 116 carries, 9 TD · Connor Shaw: 281 yards, 64 carries, 1 TD · Mike Davis: 118 yards, 13 carries, 1 TD
RECEIVING · Marcus Lattimore: 133 yards, 18 catches, 0 TD · Bruce Ellington: 227 yards, 13 catches, 1 TD · Ace Sanders: 110 yards, 12 catches, 3 TD
TEAM STATISTICS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE LSU: 201 points, 33.5 points per game S.C.: 218 points, 36.3 points per game
Sports
Top-10 Showdown No. 9 Tigers look to bounce back from loss to Florida
Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor
The last time LSU lost back-to-back games, George W. Bush held office in the White House and Ole Miss was a relevant force in college football. The No. 9 Tigers (5-1) will attempt to stave off consecutive losses for the first time since 2008 when No. 3 South Carolina (6-0) barrels into Baton Rouge fresh off a dominating performance against then-No. 5 Georgia. “Hopefully we come in with a bit of a chip on our shoulder,” said LSU junior linebacker Kevin Minter. “We have to win this one. We can’t lose any more or those national
championship hopes are gone. We just have to buckle down and get to it.” LSU finds itself in unfamiliar territory, having to prepare for a game the week following a loss — something they haven’t done since playing Arkansas after losing to Ole Miss in 2009. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier may be best known for his championship days in Gainesville, Fla., but the Ol’ Ball Coach has produced the first top-three team to come out of Gamecock Country since 1984 and only the second 6-0 team since 1988. Spurrier has posted an 11-3 record against the Tigers dating back to his days with the Gators, but he has lost to LSU both times
SHOWDOWN, see page 15
Find a way to stop sophomore defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, who has 6.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss to his credit this season. Don’t let Marcus Lattimore get free. The all-purpose back has 9 touchdowns and 549 yards to his credit this season. Make Connor Shaw stay in the pocket and throw the ball. The elusive quarterback is the Gamecocks’ second leading rusher this season. Hold on to the ball. LSU has lost eight fumbles this season, the second worst number in the SEC.
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LSU junior running back Michael Ford is stopped by a Florida player Saturday during the Tigers’ 14-6 loss to the Gators in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.
Choose your headgear: The Hat vs. The Visor THE BERT LOCKER ALBERT BURFORD Deputy Sports Editor
LSU: 1190 yards, 198.3 yards per game, 16 TD S.C.: 1089 yards, 181.5 YPG, 13 TD
Passing offense LSU: 1174 yards, 195.7 YPG, 6 TD, 3 INT S.C.: 1348 yards, 224.7 YPG, 14 TD, 2 INT TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE LSU: 77 points, 12.8 points per game S.C.: 63 points, 10.5 points per game
Rushing defense LSU: 591 yards, 98.5 YPG, 5 TD S.C.: 503 yards, 83.8 YPG, 3 TD
Passing defense
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since taking over for the Gamecocks. “South Carolina is a tremendous team,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “They have a good defense to go with a quality offense. ... It is going to take a great effort from us to play well.” A pair of unmovable forces are on a crash course for destruction Saturday when two of the Southeastern Conference’s top defenses meet under the lights of Tiger Stadium. The Gamecocks and Tigers rank in the top five of the SEC in almost every defensive category, including pass defense, turnovers
KEYS TO THE GAME:
Rushing offense
LSU: 735 yards, 122.5 YPG, 5 TD, 8 INT S.C.: 1165 yards, 194.2 YPG, 3 TD, 8 INT
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LSU head coach Les Miles cheers on the Tigers on Oct. 6 during their 14-6 loss to the Gators in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.
Saturday night is going to be rowdy. Not because it may be the first close game played in Tiger Stadium since the 2010 season. Not even because it’s a matchup of two top-10 teams, including one in LSU that seems to be in a free fall brought on by injuries, drama and putrid offense. And certainly it’s not because it’s that silly “tradition” we call the Gold Game. Saturday night in Tiger Stadium, fans will witness a meeting of two of the most talented, eccentric and off-the-cuff coaches to ever grace the sidelines of a college
football field. It’s The Hat versus The Visor in the first Southeastern Conference night game in Tiger Stadium since the Tigers faced Mississippi State in 2010. Whether they’re going on seemingly pointless, long-winded rants at press Who is the conferences, taking digs at better coach, recruits and Les Miles or conference opponents or di- Steve Spurrier? Vote at aling up trick plays fit more lsureveille.com. for your buddy’s NCAA Football 13 game than an SEC showdown, the Mad Hatter and the Ol’ Ball Coach are never short on entertainment. HAT VS. VISOR, see page 15
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MEN’S GOLF
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WOMEN’S GOLF
LSU sophomore trio shows Lady Tigers head to progress from last season Tar Heel Invitational Pattern continues from past seasons Lawrence Barreca Sports Contributor
What a difference a year makes. This appears to be the case for the Tigers’ sophomores over the last five seasons, as they morph from mediocre freshmen into dominant golfers in their second year of play. The most recent example of this phenomenon has taken place this season, as sophomores Stewart Jolly, Curtis Thompson and Myles Lewis have all performed well in their first three tournaments. To say they have improved from last season would be an understatement. Jolly, Thompson and Lewis combined to shoot under par for a tournament twice as freshmen. They’ve already shot below par four times this season, including a shared individual title from Jolly and Thompson during the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate in September. This type of improvement isn’t unheard of for men’s golf, though. “We have seen this type of trend in the past,” said LSU coach Chuck Winstead. “We have a way that we go about developing our players. The ones that really work hard on the areas that we define for them have been able to see a nice increase in their ability and thus a lower scoring average.”
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LSU sophomore golfer Curtis Thompson chips the ball onto the green Saturday morning at the fourth annual David Toms Intercollegiate.
Looking back at the previous five seasons, several players improved immensely from their first to second years. Before Jolly, Thompson and Lewis made the jump, current junior Andrew Presley experienced a similar pattern of improved scores during his sophomore season. Presley shot under par once during his freshman campaign, and his scoring average of 74.1 left room to improve. In his second year, he lowered his average to 72.5, shot under par four times, compiled three top-five finishes and was a Second-Team All-SEC player. Prior to Presley, John Peterson saw his performance skyrocket during his sophomore season in 2008. Peterson shot under par once as a freshman, but he ended his
second year with four performances where he shot under par, with five top-five finishes and as the first Tiger since 2003 to earn All-American status. Former Tigers Sang Yi and Andrew Loupe both saw their scoring averages decrease to 73.7 from 74.3 and 74.1, respectively during their second seasons before going on to become FirstTeam All-SEC members later in their careers. What makes Jolly, Thompson and Lewis so intriguing is that they’re undergoing such a progression at the same time. Winstead said he believes in his talented second-year players, but he attributed two of the sophomores’ success to being better mentally prepared on the course. “Stewart has made his biggest improvement in his ability to handle disappointment, which you have a lot of in golf,” Winstead said. “It has helped him stay in the moment and continue to play well.” The same goes for Thompson. “The No. 1 thing for Curtis to continue to improve is to not put such big expectations on himself, so when he falls short of his goal, he doesn’t beat himself up,” Winstead said. “He’s made baby steps along the way, and we’ve seen him grow exponentially.”
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Team optimistic, seeing improvement Lawrence Barreca Sports Contributor
The Lady Tigers will look to bounce back at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., at 8 a.m. Friday, concluding the three-round tournament Sunday. LSU hasn’t gotten much rest since it tied for 14th place at the Liz Murphey Fall Preview last weekend, where the lineup shot a 39-over-par 903 to end the tournament. Even with the poor overall finish at the Fall Preview, a bright spot lit the path for potential success at the squad’s upcoming competition. “I feel like last week we got better every round,” LSU Coach Karen Bahnsen said. “That’s the goal, to continue to get better. We’re just trying to build everything when we compete so we can be stronger in April and May. Everything we do to this point is to build us up and make us stronger for later this season.” Junior Lindsay Gahm finished at a career-best even-par for the tournament, finishing tied for fifth place overall. Regardless of the outcome, Bahnsen was impressed with what she saw on the course. Though Bahnsen is confident in her team’s chances this weekend, she said it still has room for improvement. “Three of our five starters are new girls,” Bahnsen said.
“They’ve moved up every single day. We wanted to work on our short game and on making more putts. We wanted to start having confidence and believing in ourselves.” The Lady Tigers will send juniors Gahm and Ali Lucas, sophomore Madelene Sagstrom and freshmen Nadine Dreher and Elise Bradley to the course this weekend. Bahnsen has confidence in her two top performers, Gahm and Sagstrom. Sagstrom played well at the Fall Preview, where she shot a 3-over 219 for the tournament. Bahnsen is looking for better performances from her younger players. “Lindsay Gahm and Madelene Sagstrom are the two leaders on our team,” Bahnsen said. “I’m expecting big things out of them, and now we’re just looking for the younger [golfers] to step up.”
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SOCCER
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VOLLEYBALL
LSU seeks to improve Tigers look to exact revenge playoff chances in S.C. against Alabama Crimson Tide struggled since defeating LSU, winning just one other SEC match and falling to 10th place in the conference. But LSU coach Fran Flory Tyler Nunez made it clear that she knows better than to take any team in the SEC Sports Contributor lightly. The LSU volleyball team will “[Alabama is] an awfully imlook to bounce back from its five- proved team,” Flory said. “They set loss to Tennessee when it takes are coming here with a point to on the Crimson Tide on Sunday at prove. They haven’t won here in a 1 p.m. in the PMAC. while.” The Crimson Tide In addition to the thrashed LSU in three Next up for LSU: strong blocking the Tisets in its Southeastern gers have displayed this Who: LSU (7-11) vs. Conference opener. season, their attacking The Tigers were Alabama (13-6) game has seen recent without senior defen- When: 1 p.m. Sunday improvements. sive specialist Meghan Junior middle Mannari, who suffered Where: The PMAC blocker Desiree Elliott, a high ankle sprain in senior outside hitter the match’s pregame Madie Jones and sophwarm-ups. omore outside hitter Helen Boyle Mannari looked like she was combined for 52 of LSU’s 66 kills near full strength against the Vol- against Tennessee. unteers on Wednesday night, post“I know we can achieve any ing a season-high 29 digs. goal we set at the beginning of “We want a rematch.” Man- the season,” Jones said. “It starts nari said. “... We just have to re- Sunday, and we’re going to bring group and come back on Sunday; some revenge against Alabama.” play a great match, play our side and hopefully we’ll take care of Contact Tyler Nunez at business and get another win.” Alabama will come to Baton tnunez@lsureveille.com Rouge seeking its first win in the PMAC since 2003. Despite a strong start to its season, winning 12 of its first 13 matches, the Crimson Tide has
LSU attempts to turn season around
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LSU freshman midfielder Tori Sample advances the ball Friday, Oct. 5 at the LSU Soccer Stadium. The Florida Gators went on to defeat the Tigers, 2-0.
Bria Turner Sports Contributor
The LSU soccer team heads to Columbia, S.C., to improve its postseason hopes with a Friday night matchup against South Carolina. The Tigers (6-5-4) and Gamecocks (4-6-4) both go into the game following 1-0 Southeastern Conference wins, but each team is still pushing to qualify for the 2012 SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament. Neither team is foreign to overtime games. LSU competed in seven and South Carolina played in six, but South Carolina has not won an overtime game in 2012. With a win, LSU head coach Brian Lee said the Tigers have the opportunity to move up six spots in the rankings if other SEC games play out in their favor. “We’ll go down to the wire, but it’ll certainly be a big win,” Lee said. The Tigers are led by freshman forwards Fernanda Piña and Colby Maffei with seven and six points, respectively. Junior goalkeeper Megan Kinneman has saved 85 shots, and her opposing goalkeepers have saved 66. South Carolina is coming off its first SEC win of 2012 with a 1-0 shutout against Georgia as junior forward/defender Gabrielle Gilbert scored her second goal of the season. South Carolina is led by junior forward/midfielder Danielle Au and freshman forward/midfielder Courtney Angotti-Smith with eight points each. The Gamecocks also have tallied 12 yellow cards, while their opponents have totaled three. During practices this week, Lee and the team continued to work on consistency and cohesiveness because of the large number of young players this season. “Even though it’s late in the season, we’re still growing and getting better,” Lee said. Away games have been friendly to LSU this season. The Tigers are 2-0-1 on the road, compared to a
4-5-3 record at home. The team was 7-1-1 at home in 2011 and 6-6 away. Against Vanderbilt on Sunday, Lee moved the benches to the other side of the field and tweaked pregame procedures to give the feel of an away environment. “For the first time since I’ve been here, the team played better away than at home,” Lee said. “It worked. We played great.” Contact Bria Turner at bturner@lsureveille.com
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Junior middle blocker Desiree Elliot spikes the ball between two Tennessee defenders during a game against the Volunteers on Wednesday at the PMAC.
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CROSS COUNTRY
Friday, October 12, 2012
LSU travels to Arkansas for Chile Pepper Festival Race marks first 10K of the season James Moran Sports Contributor
The LSU cross country teams will run their final regular-season race at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday. The University of Arkansas hosts the race, which will feature mostly Southeastern Conference competition. This is LSU’s last chance to run heading into the Southeastern
Conference Championship meet at Vanderbilt on Oct. 26. “It is the stiffest competition we will face this year,” said LSU coach Mark Elliott. “We will find out this weekend what kind of team we have on both sides.” The Lady Tigers enter the race coming off victories at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede on Sept. 29 and the LSU Invitational on Sept. 22. Senior Laura Carleton finished first individually in both races and finished fifth against mostly SEC competition in the season-opening Commodore Classic at Vanderbilt.
The last two races were against mostly smaller local opponents, but Elliott said the races were important as a “speed boost” heading into tougher competition. “You can’t base that much off it because of the competition, but winning is a big ego boost going into these next races,” said LSU senior Dakota Goodman. “I think we are running strong and confidently as a team.” The Tigers are coming into this weekend after second and third-place finishes in their last two races. Elliott said he has preached
improvement to his team all season and he hopes it will show against a tough SEC field on Saturday. “I am a realistic coach,” Elliott said. “I believe that you have the talent level you have, and as long as the team is improving within that level, I am happy. That being said, this week will be a tougher hurdle against good teams in a longer distance.” The Chile Pepper Festival will be the teams’ first 10 kilometer race of the season. Each previous race was either an 8K or a 5K. The NCAA regional meet will also be a 10K.
“We have been preparing for the 10K for the last two weeks,” said senior Roger Cooke. “I like to get my mileage up the week before and then taper off heading into the race.” Both teams will look to improve their last season performances at the festival, when the Tigers finished No. 17 out of 32 teams while the Lady Tigers came in No. 20.
Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com
MLB
Posey’s grand slam sends Giants into NLCS Joe Kay The Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Not just any comeback would get San Francisco back to playing for a pennant. It would take one of Giant proportions. And Buster Posey believed it could happen. Even after the Giants left the West Coast down two games, the National League batting champion insisted his team could pull it off, despite the long odds. With one swing, he got everyone else believing it, too. Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants’ postseason history Thursday, and San Francisco pulled off an unprecedented revival, moving into the championship series with a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. “You don’t want to be in a loseand-you’re-out scenario,” reliever Jeremy Affeldt said, wearing a brace on his left wrist so he didn’t hurt it in the champagne-flavored clubhouse celebration. “We’ve been in that
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San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey celebrates with pitcher and LSU alum Brian Wilson Thursday after they defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 6-4, in Game 5 of the series.
situation for three days. We’re probably going to sleep well tonight.” They’ll play either Washington or St. Louis for the NL pennant Sunday, not caring at all who they face.
“We could go up against anybody at any time,” shortstop Brandon Crawford said. “Being down 2-0 and coming back and winning three at their place, it’s an
unbelievable feeling.” Game 1 of the NL championship series will be Sunday, either in Washington against the Nationals or in San Francisco against the Cardinals. In the meantime, the Giants will stay in Cincinnati until their next opponent is determined Friday night when the Cards and Nats play Game 5. The Giants became the first NL team to overcome a 2-0 deficit in the division series, which began in 1995. Major League Baseball’s changed playoff format this season allowed them to become the first to take a best-of-five by winning the last three on the road. Posey’s second career grand slam off Mat Latos put the Giants up 6-0 in the fifth and sparked a joyous scrum in the San Francisco dugout. The ball smacked off the front of the upper deck in left field, just above Latos’ name on the video board. For the first time in the series, the Giants could exhale.
“I don’t think anybody gave up,” Posey said. Will Clark, in the 1989 NLCS, and Chuck Hiller, in the 1962 World Series, hit the other Giants slams in the postseason. Matt Cain and the bullpen held on, with more help from Posey. The All-Star catcher threw out Jay Bruce at third base to snuff out a sixth-inning rally that cut it to 6-3. The Giants had a pair of diving catches that preserved the lead in the eighth. There was more drama in the ninth. Ryan Ludwick singled home a run off Sergio Romo. With two runners aboard, Romo fanned Scott Rolen to end it. The Giants raised their arms, hugged and huddled by the side of the mound, bouncing in unison. “It was a spectacular moment,” outfielder Hunter Pence said. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports
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Affirmative Reaction SCUM OF THE GIRTH
Race has nothing to do with the University of Texas case
PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Abigail Fisher, the not so proud Tiger. Fisher, an LSU alumna and Texas native, was denied admission into the University of Texas at Austin because of her race — or so she says. The fact of the matter is Fisher was denied on the basis of her academic performance, not her race. Fisher is now 22 years old, living and working in Austin and has made a Supreme Court case out of the matter, the ruling of which could seriously affect future affirmative action legislation. As for myself, also being a Texas native and from the Houston metro area, I am well aware of the University of Texas’ admissions policy. Let me break it down for you. By law, if a person graduates from a Texas high school in the top 10 percent of his or her graduating class, he or she is automatically admitted into any Texas public university. Fisher was not in the top 10 percent of her graduating class, thus, she was not automatically admitted into the University of Texas. Recently, the University of Texas has raised the bar, allowing automatic admission for only the top 8 percent of each class and eventually the top 6 percent. However, Fisher being 22 an myself being 21, at the time of our graduations, the standard was top 10. This was not by any means and unspoken rule — everyone knew about the top 10 standard. We were familiar with the rewards and fearful of the consequences that came with not meeting the cutoff. The top 10 rule, by design, allows for top students from lesser performing high schools to have a chance at attending the state’s largest and arguably best university. It just so happens that underperforming high schools tend to be majority non-white, populated primarily by African-Americans and Latinos. I’ve heard this argument a thousand times from different people who all share the same grievance as Fisher — why are minority students who aren’t as smart as me getting
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Abigail Fisher, the LSU alumna involved in the affirmative action case, talks to reporters with her attorney Bert Rein (right) outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday.
into the University of Texas and I am not? All I have to say is, tough shit. There was a system in place, we all knew about it and some of us worked the system better than others. I graduated in the top 10 percent of my high school class. By law, had I applied, the University of Texas had to admit me. Short of wiping my ass with the application, I was guaranteed a spot. Fisher stood a better chance than I did of being admitted because, despite our shared ethnicity, she is female and affirmative action would have worked in her favor. There is also the chance that Fisher went to a high-performing high school, perhaps a private school with a small number of students, making the top 10 percent only the top two or three students in the graduating class. Admissions boards take this into account, and plenty of intelligent students from small private schools are admitted each year, despite graduating in the 50th percentile of their classes.
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Fisher also could have transferred to a different school. There are plenty of terrible schools in the Houston area. She wouldn’t have had to look far to find a school where she would not have just been in the top 10 percent, but possibly valedictorian. But Fisher remained in her comfort zone of white-washed Sugar Land, an upper-middle-class Houston suburb. This is not a race issue. Fisher made it a race issue. She was not in the top 10 percent, so she was not admitted. Why this case has made it all the way to the highest court in the United States is beyond me. However, I am confident she will not win. While the top 10 rule may be an affirmative action program, it’s not without reason. The University of Texas is vastly Caucasian and was in desperate need of diversifying the student body. Coming from someone who worked to make the top 10, I can confidently say without shame that
Fisher needs to let this go. The end result for her was the same. She’s now working in Austin, living among UT alumni — she just had to work a little harder to get there. For those who oppose affirmative action, think about the period from 1776 until 1961 as affirmative action for white people, because that’s exactly what it was. The law was written to ensure the success of whites over everyone else. Is it possible that we’ve leveled the playing field after 200 years of inequality in a mere half century? I’m sorry you didn’t get to go to your dream school, Ms. Fisher, but if you’re reading this, the only person you can blame is yourself — not the black kid next door. Parker Cramer is a 21-year-old political science senior from Houston.
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‘Jersey Shore’ final season airs, but influence will remain LA SEULE FEMME KATE MABRY Columnist GTL has found a new meaning: Gym, Tan, Last Season. Since the show blew up after its December 2009 premiere, “Jersey Shore” has seen its share of controversial moments, but on Aug. 30, MTV announced the series would be airing its sixth and final season this fall. “Jersey Shore” may soon be ending, but the world will be seeing its effects — for better or worse — for a long time to come. Impacts vary from heightened stereotypes of New Jersey residents to the bandwagon effect, which followed in the series’ success. “Let’s just keep it real, we’ve made a lasting effect,” Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino told LA Times. “It will take a number of years to try to forget what we’ve done. We changed the way people view reality TV. We helped changed how reality TV is done.” During the first season, the show raked in about 2.7 million viewers but climbed to more than 8 million viewers during the third season in Italy, according to the LA Times. The show’s success then sparked a number of similar television shows based on life in New Jersey. “Jerseylicious,” a show on the Style Network that follows the staff of a New Jersey salon, aired in March 2010, and spinoff of the show, “Glam Fairy,” explores a former “Jerseylicious”
cast member’s mission to makeover women in her own New Jersey fashion. But it didn’t stop there. “Jersey Couture,” a show on Oxygen about a New Jersey dress boutique, premiered in June 2010. While these shows exploited television viewers’ newfound interest in the Garden State, “Jersey Shore” influence’s one outlet far from the shore. “Geordie Shore”, a British adaptation of the series, premiered in May 2011 and will be airing its fourth season next month. On Sept. 24, the newest adaption, “Gandia Shore,” aired in Spain. Although the bandwagon has thankfully slowed, the filming of reality shows in New Jersey remains to be an issue in the minds of politicians. On Sept. 24, New Jersey lawmaker Ronald Dancer introduced the “Snooki Law,” which would regulate the “filming of reality television shows within their boundaries before a Situation develops,” according to The Huffington Post. If approved, the law would allow individual towns to create their own conditions on filming. After three years of drunken face plants on the beach and street brawls with locals, public safety has proved to be a major concern. One condition from the law could demand that TV crews pay for additional police officers during filming. This season’s premiere showed a tame house, but as we’ve seen in the season’s previews, more arrests will follow. Fortunately for them but unfortunately for viewers, many of the cast members have begun
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to grow up. Last Thursday, we saw a sober Mike after his return from rehab as well as an unusually sober Snooki, who is now pregnant and engaged. Now that the duo is above the influence, I doubt we’ll be seeing any more trips to the hospital or vicious attacks with wine bottles. They may have cleaned up their acts since season one, but the impressions left with viewers will continue to reinforce negative stereotypes of New Jersey residents. Psychology senior Colleen Prejean said the show’s exposure to “the guido and guidette lifestyle” may have brought the underground trend to the
mainstream media. “I hadn’t heard of ‘guido’ as anything more than a joke [before the show],” she said. “I think it affected a small number of people who now think it’s more socially acceptable to fulfill that guido stereotype.” Prior to “Jersey Shore,” guido and guidette were not commonly used words, but the show also introduced a slew of new terms spanning from GTL and grenades to kookah and meatballs. Whether you’re a fan or not, “Jersey Shore” has changed the face of reality TV. So you can boycott the show or troll the cast members’ Facebook pages, but
as the series ends, we’re still going to have a Situation for many years to come. Kate Mabry is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans.
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Students should have a voice in LSU policies IN-LOOKING OUTSIDER TESALON FELICIEN Columnist As a child, did you dislike when your parents made family decisions without your consent? For example, after a religious awakening, my mother decided we would no longer celebrate Christmas. Thus, my childhood suffered. Students may have a similar feeling toward the Faculty Senate regarding the proposed grading scale change and the alteration of class start times implemented this fall. Should students have more of a say in policies affecting them? I think so. The Faculty Senate recently voted 26-14-4 in favor of a plusminus grading scale that would change how students’ GPAs are calculated. Professors will have
the option of adding a plus or minus sign to letter grades if Academic Affairs approves the system. Thus, a student who earns a B would receive 3.3 quality points toward his or her GPA instead of 3. But sorry over-achievers, there is no A plus. In a recent meeting, finance professor and the bill’s author Don Chance said the time is perfect to implement the resolution as the school transfers to a new PAWS system. The bill could be applied within two years, he added. The University also implemented a new class start time policy for the fall and spring semester. This change resulted in classes starting on the hour and half hour, as opposed to the previous way of starting 10 minutes after the hour. Classes now end ten minutes prior to the next hour. How are students reacting to these changes? The resounding argument
against implementation of the bill is, “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?” An online poll conducted by The Daily Reveille shows 81 percent of voters oppose the plus-minus grading scale. The majority of students I spoke with said they feared the new system would affect their GPAs. Students also said they are appalled by the lack of influence they have in a policy that directly affects them. “I would not be for it, I always manage to barely scrape by with the grades that I get,” said Dexter Ellis, biochemistry sophomore. Ellis noted that he sees no problem with the new class time change. But Catherine Joseph, biology freshman, is one of few students who welcomes idea of a plus-minus grading scale. “We used the scale at my high school,” Joseph said. The plus-minus grading
scale, in theory, gives students an added incentive to work harder. It also gives professors flexibility when dealing with borderline grades. But, as suggested by a professor, what if we did away with the outdated alphabetical scale altogether? Instead of using alphabets, wouldn’t it be simpler to use percentages? Grades are already listed on Moodle as percentages. It would save instructors valuable time if they didn’t have to convert points to percentages and then to a corresponding alphabet. I grew up using a grading system in the Caribbean and it worked quite effectively. Classrooms are quite competitive and a high percentage looks much better on paper than an A letter grade with a plus or minus attached. This would solve the dilemma of students getting by on only the effort needed to achieve a desired letter grade. It is unfair
for a student who earns a high A to receive the same letter grade as another who did just enough to get into the percent range. A percentage-based scale would help solve that dilemma. Whatever the outcome, the plus-minus scale is sure to face some opposition from Student Government. “We are going to fight that it isn’t passed,” said Student Body President Taylor Cox. “The student voice needs to be heard.” Tesalon Felicien is a 22-year-old mass communication junior from the island of St Lucia.
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and total defense. With South Carolina’s offense posting the highest passing efficiency in the conference — 180.9 compared to LSU’s eighthranked 138 — and junior running back Marcus Lattimore continuing his Heisman candidate campaign, the battle in the trenches will be of paramount importance. “South Carolina’s No. 1
priority is to stop the run,” senior tackle Alex Hurst said. “... Both ends are fast, and if they get past you, it’ll be a long night.” The battle up front is only compounded by LSU’s struggles at the offensive line and the force that is the SEC’s highest-sacking defense led by the Gamecocks’ 6-foot-6, 256-pound sophomore defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. “If you can’t put five guys that are cohesive, know how to work
The Daily Reveille together and understand the scheme, it’s a real issue,” Miles said. “And we’ve been fortunate that we’ve had that.” But the Tigers have seen a flurry of issues on the offensive line this season, beginning with an abundance of injuries and resulting in LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger being taken down 15 times through six games. The early-season loss of senior left tackle Chris Faulk has
HAT VS. VISOR, from page 11
But as crazy as they are, there’s a method to the madness. Both have won a national championship with an SEC team. Both have found success in a conference that provides some of the hottest competition in the country season after season. Both have players on their teams that will be selected in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft, and rightfully so. These aren’t the things that truly make these coaches special, though. It’s that rare combination — a number of coaches can be consistently successful in a top conference and a number of coaches can be crazy, but it takes a special breed to be both crazy and successful. That’s why Saturday’s matchup between No. 3 South Carolina and No. 9 LSU is a stellar contest. Nobody knows what’s coming, but everybody knows it’s going be good. We’ve only seen Miles against Spurrier twice, and both were exciting contests. In 2008, it took a staunch defensive effort by the Tigers in the second half to sneak out of Columbia, S.C., with a 24-17 win. But that game was nothing compared to the antics of the 2007 meeting of the squads. In the 2007 game, it took some of that special Les Miles magic for LSU to pull out a victory against the Gamecocks. Setting up as if they were going
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier gestures to an official Sept. 29 during the Gamecocks’ victory against Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Ky.
to kick a field goal, the Tigers had quarterback Matt Flynn toss the ball over his shoulder to kicker Colt David, who scampered 15 yards to the end zone to put LSU up by 14 points and secure a 28-16 LSU victory. Since then, fans have become accustomed to Miles’ reputation as a trick play mastermind, rarely seeing a season devoid of deception. There may not be any fake field
goals on Saturday, but the fun thing about the game is that nothing is offlimits. Both coaches play the role of a madman, but they know what they’re doing.
Contact Albert Burford at aburford@lsureveille.com
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“personal issues that had not been resolved.” “The biggest thing is to just continue to build chemistry,” Hurst said. “Going forward, you have to trust the guys are going to be there for you.”
Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com
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