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LSU football coach Les Miles speaks to Texas A&M freshman quaterback Johnny Manziel (2) after the game Saturday.

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LSUPD to increase pedestrian safety Staff Reports

the mustang and dime packages on defense, something junior safety Eric Reid called the turning point.

Finishing with 11 total tackles and a pass break up, Reid credited the defensive line’s execution of the mustang for allowing him to stay in coverage and eliminate the passes that plagued the Tigers in the first half. “[The Mustang] got pressure on the quarterback, but at the same

Yet another pedestrian struck by a vehicle on campus adds to multiple incidents over the last three weeks that have resulted in hospitalized students and increasing traffic enforcement efforts from the LSU Police Department.

Only two days after a student skateboarding in front of the Music and Dramatics Art Building was hit, another student crossing the street was struck Friday around 12:25 p.m. by a vehicle turning left onto Highland Road from South Stadium Drive.

LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the driver was ticketed because the student had the right of way. The driver had a green light but did not have a green left turn arrow.

The student had minor injuries but was not brought to the hospital by emergency responders, Lalonde said.

The other incidents occurred over past weeks and often involved

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Corralled Tigers adjust to shifty Manziel

Chandler Rome Sports Writer

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — For a fleeting moment Saturday, football wasn’t fun for the LSU defense, as it chased Texas A&M redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel around the field.

Shifting in and out of LSU defenders as he pleased, the Texas A&M (5-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) quarterback, affectionately known as “Johnny Football,” dazzled

the crowd of 87,429, leaving LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis with one option.

The Tigers moved into the mustang formation, featuring only three defensive linemen. Chavis’ defense limited Manziel to only 107 yards through the air in the second half while neutralizing his blazing speed.

“It’s hard to simulate that speed, we don’t get it constantly in practice,” Chavis said. “When we adjusted to the speed of the game, I felt comfortable that we could do a good

job shutting them down.”

Manziel gave LSU (7-1, 3-1 SEC) fits throughout the first half as he carried his team to an early 12-0 lead.

“They came out in the first half and did some stuff we didn’t work on,” Mingo said. “Quick throws, three-step drops and getting the ball out of [Manziel’s] hand, and they had a lot of success with it.”

Manziel’s short passing game paid dividends for the Aggies in the first half, forcing the Tigers into both

CONTEST

Alumnus named Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year Chenevert beats out 51 other men Danielle Kelley Contributing Writer

Ryan Chenevert found out he passed the bar exam last Friday, and less than a week later he had something else to celebrate.

Cosmopolitan magazine crowned the University and LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center alumnus as its Bachelor of the Year on Thursday night in New York City.

“I didn’t think I had a shot in hell,” he said.

Chenevert was awarded an oversized $10,000 check after beating out 51 other bachelors from across the nation. Readers

could vote for their favorite a few of my friends started it,” he bachelors online during October, said. “They can save somebody and Cosmopolitan editors chose from modern slavery.” their Bachelor of the Year from the Much like the Miss America top 10 vote-getters.

Pageant, Cosmo Bachelor of the Chenevert, the only lawyer in Year 2012 Contest competitors the competition, said he received are frequently referred to by their the most votes, and home states’ names the Cosmo editors and not their first unanimously chose ‘I didn’t think I had a names.

Chenevto give him the ert was expecting shot in hell.’ honor.

Cosmopolitan to The Bachelor announce the winRyan Chenevert of the Year said he ner by his state, not will spend the con- Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Year name. test money by paySo when the ing off some of his student loans, emcee made an “r” sound durthrowing a party downtown for his ing the announcement, he thought family and friends and donating to the winner was the Rhode Island charity, specifically Tigers Against contender. But when his friends Trafficking.

Adam Kenkel of Kansas and Nick “[Tigers Against Trafficking is] really important to me because COSMO, see page 6

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Ryan Chenevert celebrates with his $10,000 check from Cosmopolitan magazine after being named Bachelor of the Year.

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INTERNATIONAL French Jack Russell terrier poisoned and buried alive survives ordeal PARIS (AP) — A Jack Russell terrier has survived after being poisoned and buried alive — and he can thank the man who saw the ground wiggle.

Ethan came back to life on his third birthday after someone tried to kill him. He had a whole chain of saviors: the man who dug him up, the firefighters who rushed him off and a veterinarian who nursed him back to life.

Sabrina Zamora, president of an animal association in Charleville-Mezieres, 125 miles northeast of Paris, said Friday that the little white dog with a black ear was “flat as a pancake” when he was dug up from his grave Tuesday.

Egypt freezes assets of presidential candidate, ex-prime minister Shafiq CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities on Sunday said they are freezing the assets of presidential candidate and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq and his daughters as part of the investigation into his wealth.

The decision by the Illicit Gains Authority is the latest legal move against Shafiq, who held senior posts under deposed president Hosni Mubarak. He faces trial on corruption charges.

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Sabrina Zamora, president of an animal protection association, holds a Jack Russell terrier, Ethan, at his new home in eastern France on Friday.

Car bomb kills 13, injures 29 in shopping district of Syrian capital AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A taxi packed with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing 13 people as the U.N. envoy tasked with ending the country’s civil war pushed his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.

The blast, which also wounded 29 people in the popular shopping district of Bab Touma, was overshadowed, however, by anti-Syria violence in neighboring Lebanon.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Tallest man in U.S., nearly 8 feet tall, given custom-made size-24 sneakers

CATS service may fail to deliver extra routes because of low revenue

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — It was a tall order to fill, but the tallest man in the United States now has his own custom-made tennis shoes.

Igor Vovkovinskiy (voh-kovIN’-ski) stands just over 7 feet, 8 inches tall. He’s long struggled to find shoes for his size 24, 10E feet.

But the 30-year-old Minnesota man received three custommade pairs Thursday from Reebok that took five months to make. As he tried on a pair, he said it felt as if he were “walking on pillows or mattresses.”

Dispatcher: Spa shooting suspect found dead after killing three

(AP) — Capital Area Transit System officials say they might not be able to deliver on some promises made ahead of last April’s tax election because revenue is less than projected.

Gary Owens, chief financial officer, disclosed during a court hearing earlier this week that CATS can afford to add only two of the eight limited-stop routes promised during the campaign.

During their campaign to persuade voters to support a 10.6mill property tax, CATS officials promised expanded and improved service. Among the pledges was the addition of eight new express and limited-stop lines serving the airport, universities, malls and other areas.

BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — A county dispatcher in Wisconsin says the suspect in a mass shooting at a spa outside Milwaukee has been found dead.

Christine Bannister is a dispatch supervisor for Waukesha County communications center.

She says 45-year-old Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, of Brown Deer, has been found dead. She could not provide more details.

Police say three people were killed and four wounded in the Sunday morning shooting at the Azana Day Spa.

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Igor Vovkovinskiy of Rochester, Minn., who is the tallest person living in America at 7 feet 8 inches tall, received new custommade size-24 Reebok shoes on Thursday.

Cell phone thefts rise nationwide; transit passengers targeted SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In this tech-savvy city teeming with commuters and tourists, the cell phone has become a top target of robbers who use stealth, force and sometimes guns.

Nearly half of all robberies in San Francisco this year are cell phone-related, police say, and most occur on bustling transit lines.

One thief recently snatched a smartphone while sitting right behind his unsuspecting victim and darted out the rear of a bus in mere seconds.

Former power-lifting coach booked in Livingston on indecency charge WATSON (AP) — A Live Oak High School power-lifting coach who resigned earlier this month has been arrested on 14 counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies booked Thomas Broady, 25, Friday in incidents involving six girls, ages 14 and 15, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Lori Steele said.

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National Pan-Hellenic Council members work at Boo at the Zoo

Shannon Roberts Contributing Writer

Members of the National PanHellenic Council at LSU came together Saturday to help with the annual Boo at the Zoo, put on by BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo. Students helped give out candy, regulate the lines for candy and monitor the playgrounds to make sure the children stayed safe, said Paula Henry, first vice president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

“It’s a safe way for children to come out and trick-or-treat,” Henry said. “They don’t have to go door-to-door.”

Alpha Phi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta were among the organizations in the Council that came to help out Saturday, she said.

Henry, a University accounting senior, said the Council has volunteered for the event for the past several years. To participate, she said the Council contacts the zoo about two months in advance to request a spot to help with the candy.

One of the reasons the Council returns year after year is because the members enjoy working the event.

“It’s one of the funnest community service projects that we do,” she said. “It’s a way to interact with the children. It’s different than the typical build a house or

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The event is safe for children to come with parents and receive candy from a reliable source, Henry said.

Saturday was the first time accounting junior Shekaydra Green from Delta Sigma Theta volunteered for Boo at the Zoo. She said volunteering at the event was a good way to reach out and help the community.

“It’s really enjoyable because we don’t really get to do many things with kids,” Green said.

Some of the items they handed out included candy, bracelets and spinning tops, she said.

Chemical engineering senior Kristin Kendrick has worked Boo at the Zoo several times. She said she comes back to help because she loves seeing the kids.

“It’s a service project I really enjoy doing,” Kendrick said.

She said by doing this project, the National Pan-Hellenic

Council bonds as a group, and the community is able to see that the Council cares for the children.

Signing up to help with the event is voluntary for students.

Henry said if a student signs up, the Council holds them to it, but attendance is usually 100 percent.

For Henry, she said the best part of volunteering is seeing how happy the children are and their choice of costumes. Kendrick said her favorite part of helping was seeing the “big smile” when she handed candy to the kids visiting her table.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council volunteers for both Boo at the Zoo and Zippity Zoo Fest, which occurs in the spring, Henry said.

“We’re happy to do it every year,” she said. photos by BRIANNA PACIORKA / The Daily Reveille

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[Top] A giraffe stares down guests and [bottom] Delta Sigma Theta sister Raeven Pitcher hands out candy Saturday at Boo at the Zoo at the Baton Rouge Zoo.

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Alpha Phi Omega member Ayrian Williams passes out treats to children Saturday at Boo at the Zoo at the Baton Rouge Zoo.

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ELECTION

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BSU members discuss candidates’ positions on education to do so today.

“There are ways to do it, but it doesn’t mean that you’ll get out of here in four years,” he said.

Students can only get finanWilborn Nobles III cial aid when they are enrolled full time, and Thompson said Senior Contributing Writer working while attending college More than a dozen members would prolong the time it takes of the Black Student Union dis- the average student to graduate.

Lewis said he used financussed President Barack Obama’s and Republican presidential cial aid to get a “full ride” his nominee Mitt Romney’s posi- first year, but he is now working tions on education, health care part time to pay for college and worries about inand the economy ‘It seems like creasing loans. at the BSU Voting Kiara JohnParty on Sunday, [Obama’s] plan is son, kinesiolwith two days beone that can help ogy junior and fore the early votthe membership ing period for the more people get chair, said she presidential elecopportunities to plans to vote for tions. because John Lewis, succeed, other than Obama of his stance on computer engiMitt Romney’s same-sex marneering junior riage and and BSU’s parplan [which is] that woman’s right toa liamentarian, said you have to be self- choose.

Obama wants to “[Romney] prevent student efficient.’ wants to make it loans from doua federal standard bling to assist stuKendale Thompson that marriage is dents paying their BSU Vice President between a man debts, establish and a woman … a state-by-state education reform to allow states and I feel like you’re basically to educate students by their own making it a federal amendment standards and award schools with that gay people can’t get married, and I think that’s really messed a high performance rate.

Romney plans to give every up that you can discriminate family access to a good educa- against someone,” she said.

Thompson said Obama’s tion, focus on job training in schools in order to keep jobs in plan will help more people find America and provide affordable opportunities to succeed, as well access to higher education, said as assist students like him planKendale Thompson, political sci- ning to receive a post-graduate ence senior and BSU vice presi- education.

“It seems like his [Obama’s] dent.

BSU cited each candidate’s plan is one that can help more information using the candidate’s people get opportunities to sucwebsites, PolitiFact, FactCheck ceed, other than Mitt Romney’s and information from the College plan — which his plan is that you have to be self-efficient — but Democrats at LSU. Student loans and financial the truth is everybody’s going to aid are some of the many issues be self-efficient because we’ll all that minority students are con- get the same opportunities,” he said. cerned with, Lewis said.

Both Thompson and Lewis “Most students can’t afford college, or don’t have parents encouraged students to learn that can pay for their tuition, so about candidate’s positions and they pretty much use financial aid vote for whoever supported their to get through [college],” he said. values.

“We need to stress the issues When a student told Thompson that Romney once said he because you might be voting for wanted to give low income fami- Democrats, and you might have lies more access to higher educa- the same views as Republicans,” tion, Thompson said Romney’s Thompson said. stance on financial aid contradicted his comment.

“I feel as if he [Romney] thinks you can just move somebody from low income and just say ‘Here’s an opportunity’ and bring them to higher education without the money, but we all know that’s not possible,” Thompson said.

Thompson worried Romney’s policies will have students Contact Wilborn Nobles III at pay for college on their own, and wnobles@lsureveille.com he said it’s difficult for students

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Dozens of states make it difficult to receive abortions The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It’s legal to get an abortion in America, but in many places it is hard and getting harder.

Just this year, 17 states set new limits on abortion; 24 did last year, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights nonprofit whose numbers are widely respected. In several states with the most restrictive laws, the number of abortions has fallen slightly, pleasing abortion opponents who say the laws are working.

Some of the states with the toughest laws are spread across a big middle swath of the country, stretching from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

In South Dakota, which has just one abortion clinic, lawmakers want to extend the required waiting period from two days to three for women seeking to end a pregnancy. Next door in North Dakota, there’s only one clinic. The same is true in Mississippi, where a new law threatens that lone clinic’s existence. In several states, doctors now must warn women about purported risks from abortion that most scientists reject.

There are hurdles even in states like Illinois, where abortion laws are more lenient and clinics relatively plentiful.

Patients arriving for abortions at a Granite City, Ill., clinic can expect to find their photographs on an anti-abortion activist’s website.

And before her abortion in June, a Chicago woman says her own gynecologist refused to offer any advice, fearing that just mentioning abortion could endanger her job at a Catholic hospital.

“The level and scope of activity on abortion and family planning is completely unparalleled to anything we have seen before,” said Elizabeth Nash, Guttmacher’s states issues manager.

“The way people are attacking abortion is distressing because they are getting much more creative the way they’re chipping away” at it, said Renee Mestad, an OB-GYN who provides abortions in upstate New York. Access to abortion isn’t much of a problem there. But it was where she used to work in Missouri.

“The ideal thing would be that

no one gets pregnant unless they’re ready — that all pregnancies are desired pregnancies, but that’s not what happens,” Mestad said.

While surveys have consistently shown most Americans support keeping abortion legal in certain circumstances, many people’s views are nuanced. A Gallup poll last month found nearly as many voters consider themselves “prolife” as those who say they are “prochoice.”

And a new Gallup poll released Wednesday found that nearly 40 percent of female registered voters surveyed in 12 swing states consider abortion the most important election issue for women — even outranking jobs.

President Barack Obama supports access to abortion. GOP challenger Mitt Romney says Roe vs.

Wade, the Supreme Court’s nearly 40-year-old decision legalizing abortion, should be overturned, which would allow states to ban abortion.

Anti-abortion attorney Teresa Collett, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, says her ideal would be “to live in a country where abortion is not even really thinkable.” She’d like to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, but even if it is, she said, the debate won’t end because it would be up to states to ban abortion.

Some seem to be moving in that direction.

More than 30 new abortion laws have been enacted this year, a record topped only by the unprecedented 92 laws last year.

Most states — 41 — ban abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy, generally around 20 weeks, unless the mother’s life or health is in danger. In many of those states, the bans are based on a challenged premise that fetuses that early can feel pain.

Pre-abortion counseling is required in 35 states; 26 require waiting periods after counseling, and in 13 states, the counseling must warn women about alleged risks from abortion.

States within the nation’s most restrictive region, the midsection, include North and South Dakota, which each have only one abortion

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Dr. Marvin E. Buehner sits in an exam room at his clinic in Rapid City, S.D. Dr. Buehner was instrumental in overturning legislation in South Dakota banning abortions.

clinic and have seen the number of abortions drop slightly since 2008.

And they include Texas, which has the most prescriptive counseling laws — requiring, among other things, that doctors tell women abortion is linked with breast cancer. A group of scientists convened by the National Cancer Institute in 2003 concluded abortion did not raise the risk of breast cancer.

A Texas law passed last year requires women to get an ultrasound and their doctors to describe the fetus. Texas abortions also have dropped every year since 2008.

Next door, in Oklahoma, state authorities are fighting court action blocking a law with similar requirements. Collett, the anti-abortion attorney, has helped Oklahoma defend the 2010 law. She says it might lead some women to change their minds.

While records from several states with restrictive laws show fewer abortions in recent years, whether there has been a true decline is uncertain. Not all states track the rate — the number of abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age.

Pregnancies are down, too, in many states, a development some experts link to a weak economy. The most recent national abortion statistics are from 2008. The trend shows the number and rate of abortions have generally leveled off after a long period of decline.

In South Dakota, a new law facing a legal challenge would impose a three-day waiting period. During that time, a woman would have to visit a crisis pregnancy center discouraging abortion. Utah is the only other state with a waiting period that long, but it doesn’t require such specific counseling.

In July, a federal appeals court in South Dakota upheld a 2005 law requiring doctors to warn that abortions increase risks for suicide. Scientific research disputes this.

Carol Ball, a doctor at the state’s lone abortion clinic, in Sioux Falls, says information she’s required to tell patients is “of questionable validity” and designed to make them feel shame and guilt.

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Anti-abortion protesters gather outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Ill., as Rev. Chris Comerford, right, from St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Granite City speaks.

“They’re throwing hurdles in front of us to see when we stop jumping in front of them. If I stop, it means they win and women of South Dakota lose, and I’m not willing to let that happen,” Ball said.

Across the state to the west in Rapid City, Marvin Buehner cares for women with high-risk pregnancies and does a few abortions each year when pregnancy endangers the patient’s life.

He’s required to describe each fetal stage and explain that

abortion ends the life of a separate human being — even to women whose fetuses have deadly abnormalities and won’t survive.

“It’s just incredible,” Buehner said.

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Gov. approval rating at 51 percent Megan Dunbar Staff Writer

Although the most recent poll of Louisiana residents gives Gov. Bobby Jindal an approval rating of 51 percent, some University students are more critical of him.

Political science professor James Garand said 51 percent is a high approval rating in general, even compared to the 77 percent Jindal had just after he took state office.

Louisiana tends to side with conservatives, as evidenced in presidential elections in which the state generally supports the Republican candidate. This traditional Republican backing may have contributed to the approval ratings Jindal has seen over the past years.

Now Jindal’s approval ratings have dipped after he pulled funding for hospitals and cut the state education budget, according to Southern Media and Opinion Research.

Helen Frink, mass communication freshman, expressed concerns over Jindal’s activities regarding education.

“You hear about Jindal taking over LSU, and I don’t know how much of that’s true, but it is scary,”

COSMO, from page 1 McCoy of Iowa shook his shoulders and shouted their congratulations, Chenevert was in shock.

“I heard my name, but it didn’t register,” he said.

Chenevert said he was immediately “whisked off to do a ton of interviews” with national media like VH1 and Entertainment Tonight. His phone “had more activity in the last two days than in the last five years” with friends’ congratulations and Louisiana media requests.

Chenevert said being from a less-populated area like Louisiana probably increased his odds at getting in the top 10 spots because the community rallied around him and because he received media attention from nearly every local newspaper and news station.

Frink said.

Frink said mass communication professor and Reilly Center Director Bob Mann’s Twitter account is her primary source for Jindal news and commentary. Frink called some of Mann’s tweets “scary.”

Mass communication freshman George Bevan said Jindal started out well but has made some errors over time, as evidenced in the education and health care budget cuts.

“We still have a pretty good governor,” Bevan said.

Accounting sophomore Ty Raleigh said she likes that Jindal is expanding Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

But Raleigh also said Jindal’s actions reflect who he is as a person, and she wouldn’t want him as a president.

Garand said Jindal is not the kind of politician who could make it to the White House.

“There are politicians who are openly engaged in public debates about issues, and Jindal seems to insulate himself from open engagements in these sorts of debates,” Garand said.

According to Garand, Jindal’s speaking style is not appropriate for seeking higher public office.

Garand said if Romney loses, however, he expects Jindal to immediately start planning his presidential campaign.

If not, “he might challenge Mary Landrieu for Senate. That would be a hell of a race,” Garand said.

Garand said Jindal sees Louisiana as a stepping stone.

“He’s driven by political ambition rather than creating good public policy,” Garand said.

Bevan agreed, saying he would not support Jindal in a presidential capacity even though he approves of Jindal for the most part.

“I just don’t get the sense that Jindal is a beloved figure,” Garand said.

Music education junior Josh Stearman disagreed.

“He’s handled disasters better than Blanco, and he’s doing really well with coastal restoration,” Stearman said.

Stearman said Jindal is one of the better governors the state has had.

He said the experience has given him the opportunity to share his faith and encourage women to not settle for a less-than-worthy man.

Chenevert found out he would represent Louisiana in the spring after a friend entered him in the contest, but he wasn’t allowed to

let anyone other than immediate family know until months later.

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SOCCER

Tigers top No. 16 Missouri, 3-1

Turnovers, big Jeremy Hill run spark LSU win

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas— Trailing Texas A&M 12-0 late in the second quarter Saturday with the Aggies driving in LSU territory, the Tigers received a welcome dose of a familiar remedy — a turnover.

Freshman cornerback Jalen Collins’ interception of Aggies redshirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel in the second quarter jumpstarted the No. 6 Tigers’ (7-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) lethargic offense and signaled a turning point for the defense.

Prior to the interception, LSU’s offense totaled just 66 yards, and its defense allowed more than 200 yards.

After the interception, the Tigers tallied their first touchdown, forced another turnover and rallied to take the lead before halftime — a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.

It was déjà vu for the Tigers as the game played out in eerily similar fashion to last week’s 23-21 victory against South Carolina.

Last week, an interception from junior safety Eric Reid resulted in LSU’s go-ahead field goal and gave the Tigers a lead they maintained for the rest of the game.

The Tigers also finished the No. 22 Aggies (5-2, 2-2 SEC) off in matching style, as freshman running back Jeremy Hill broke a TURNOVERS, see page 11 RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman running back Jeremy Hill (33) rushes past Texas A&M defenders Saturday in the Tigers’ 24-19 victory against the Aggies in College Station, Texas.

The LSU soccer team finally didn’t have to sweat one out.

The Tigers (8-7-4, 4-6-2 Southeastern Conference) completed a second straight SEC comeback victory, promptly erasing an early deficit to down No. 16 Missouri, 3-1, on Sunday in Columbia, Mo. Freshman Tori Sample’s 35yard strike in the 24th minute erased the lead Missouri (13-5, 8-4 SEC) earned only seconds earlier, and freshman Colby Maffei’s header in the 38th minute gave LSU a lead it never relinquished.

The win — and a 3-2 triumph at Ole Miss on Friday — put the Tigers back on the hunt for a berth in next week’s SEC Tournament.

LSU entered the weekend in 12th place and now sits in ninth.

The top 10 teams in the league make the field, and the Tigers haven’t missed it since 2006.

“From the second half of the Ole Miss game [Friday] when we trailed [2-0], the players locked in and gave an all-out effort,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “We will have a chance to play our way into the tournament against Arkansas at home [on Thursday].”

It was LSU’s first win this season against a ranked opponent, but the Tigers didn’t look like they would earn it early on.

Missouri came out firing, notching seven early shots, including two by midfielder Kaysie Clark SOCCER, see page 11

Aggies can’t compete with the big boys in the SEC MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist Close, but still no cigar.

For the first half on Saturday, Texas A&M looked like a team ready to introduce itself as an immediate contender in the Southeastern Conference. A 12-0 lead in the second quarter had coach Kevin Sumlin smiling, quarterback Johnny Manziel’s confidence rising and the 12th man louder than ever.

By the end of the game, however, the question of whether the Aggies can play big-boy football in

the trenches with the SEC heavyweights seemed pretty easy to answer — no.

Beating an Arkansas program in free-fall and rallying on the road against Ole Miss is one thing, but trying to take down LSU or Florida is a monster Texas A&M just isn’t ready for.

The recipes for both of the Aggies’ SEC losses to the Tigers and Gators were almost identical — get up early, lose any kind of momentum on offense and don’t have enough left in the tank to pull out a victory. Not to mention both losses took place in Kyle Field, the Aggies’ backyard.

It didn’t hurt that two of the best defensive minds in the game,

Florida coach Will Muschamp and LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis, were in charge of the units that caused fits for Aggies offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury.

Aggies freshman phenomenon Johnny “Football” Manziel will eventually have his day against a physically superior defense because of his electric playmaking ability, but it won’t be this season.

Give some credit to Kingsbury for his playcalling on the Aggies’ initial two drives. They were able to march 75 and 66 yards with little resistance from an LSU defense who only gave up 211 total yards to South Carolina last weekend.

A&M, see page 11

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LSU defenders tackle Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel on Saturday in the Tigers’ 24-19 victory against the Aggies.

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FOOTBALL

VOLLEYBALL

The Daily Reveille

Monday, October 22, 2012

This week’s LSU falls to Kentucky, defeats Auburn AP Poll Tyler Nunez

Sports Contributor

Rank / Team / Record / Last Week 1. Alabama 7-0 1

The LSU volleyball team had a bittersweet weekend, splitting its matches with Auburn and Kentucky while multiple players reached individual milestones.

LSU’s (9-12) loss to Kentucky (13-8) on Sunday was the first straight-set defeat the Tigers have suffered since falling to Alabama 3-0 to open Southeastern Conference play Sept. 14.

“We ran into a Kentucky team that’s been playing really well,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “...

Unfortunately, we played into their hands and made it easier for them.”

2. Oregon

7-0

2

3. Florida

7-0

3

4. Kansas St.

7-0

4

5. Notre Dame

7-0

5

6. LSU

7-1

6

7. Oregon St.

6-0

8

8. Oklahoma

5-1

10

9. Ohio St.

8-0

7

10. Southern Cal

6-1

11

11. Florida St.

7-1

12

12. Georgia

6-1

13

13. Mississippi St. 7-0

15

14. Clemson

6-1

14

15. Texas Tech

6-1

18

16. Louisville

7-0

16

17. South Carolina 6-2

9

18. Rutgers

7-0

19

19. Stanford

5-2

22

Sports Contributor

20. Michigan

5-2

23

21. Boise St.

6-1

24

22. Texas A&M

5-2

20

23. Ohio

7-0

25

24. Louisiana Tech 6-1

NR

25. West Virginia

17

The LSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams suffered defeats at Auburn on Friday, but a freshman diver made waves of her own in her first collegiate meet.

The Tigers (1-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) lost to Auburn (2-0, 2-0 SEC) in their first competition since Sept. 22 by a score of 213-87,

5-2

Despite the loss, the Tigers still had reason to celebrate.

Senior defensive specialist Sam Delahoussaye became the 13th player in program history to corral 1,000 career digs and senior outside hit- DELAHOUSSAYE ter Madie Jones became the 19th in program history to reach 1,000 career kills.

“It’s a great accomplishment; I’m proud,” Delahoussaye said. “I just wish that it could have been on a better game.”

The Tigers went into Kentucky

with some momentum after grinding out a tough four-set victory against Auburn (13-7) on Friday.

Perhaps the defining point in the match was a marathon second set that LSU took 32-30.

“It’s a big JONES deal to win a set like that and ultimately take the deciding set of the match on the road with our backs against the wall,” Flory said.

LSU junior setter Jaclynn Gerig replaced sophomore setter Malorie Pardo after she suffered an

ankle injury in the second set. Gerig provided a breakout performance, distributing 10 assists and leading LSU to a match-best .237 hitting clip.

“That was a really fun match,” Delahoussaye said. “That’s when [Gerig] really stepped up, and she made a lot of key plays, and we were all really excited. The bench was going crazy.”

Despite the injury, Pardo distributed 19 assists, making her the eighth player in program history to dish out 2,000 career assists.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Squads struggle against undefeated Auburn Freshman shines in collegiate debut Scott Branson

and the Lady Tigers (2-1, 1-1 SEC) lost by a score 218.5-78.5.

LSU freshman Cassie Weil, though, swept the women’s springboard events – the only two events LSU would win – with a score of 289.13 on the 1-meter and programbest 372.68 mark in the 3-meter.

“Cassie Weil was truly the standout of the meet,” said LSU diving coach Doug Shaffer. “Her debut performance was phenomenal. She won the three-meter event by over 75 points.”

Weil bested the program record of 366.85 set last year by sophomore diver Alex Bettridge.

Bettridge and Weil were among six LSU divers to earn their NCAA Zone Qualifying scores at Auburn, along with senior Elle Schmidt and juniors Sean McKinney, Daniel Helm and Kevin Leong.

“I’m extremely pleased with the performance of the divers because I set very high expectations that in most cases were met,” Shaffer said.

“Overall, our performance was very good for our first dual meet.”

LSU swim coach Dave Geyer said the women’s squad is still growing into its expectations and that the men’s squad swam well in its first meet in nearly a month.

“Coming in, we knew that we would have to shake off some of the rust since this was our first meet,” Geyer said. “There were a number of close races that if we had the opportunity to come back and race tonight, we would be faster.”

The Lady Tigers travel to Tulane on Oct. 26 and will host North Carolina State the following day at the LSU Natatorium. The Tigers don’t compete until a home dual meet against Alabama on Nov. 2.

Contact Scott Branson at sbranson@lsureveille.com

Monday, October 22, 2012

NFL

The Daily Reveille

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Brees throws four TDs, Saints hang on to beat Bucs Fred Goodall The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A chipper Jonathan Vilma gave New Orleans’ struggling defense an emotional lift, and Drew Brees did the rest for the suddenly resurgent Saints.

Vilma played for the first time while appealing a seasonlong suspension for his role in the Saints’ bounty program Sunday, finishing with one quarterback hit but no tackles in a 35-28 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“It’s awesome to have him back,” receiver Lance Moore said. “To go through the things that he’s gone through individually, then to just kind of break through and get a chance to get out there, be with his teammates — he spoke to us last night, got us all fired up, and we had to come out here and play well.”

While it’s debatable how Brees threw touchdown much Vilma’s play impacted the passes of 17 yards to Marques defense, the Saints stopped two Colston, 9 yards to Darren Spthreats near the end zone in the roles, 48 yards to Joseph Morgan second half, including the final and 20 yards to David Thomas to drive of the game to preserve New overcome the New Orleans deOrleans’ second straight win. fense yielding 513 yards. He has Brees, meanwhile, continued thrown for three or more touchthe stellar play the Saints (2-4) downs in five of six games this are counting on getting from him season. to turn their season around fol“We want to get on a streak lowing a 0-4 start. here. You’ve got to win more than Brees extended his NFL re- one before you’re on a streak,” cord for consecutive games with Brees said. “So now we’ve got at least one touchdown pass to 49, two, and we want to keep that gowhile leading long scoring drives ing.” on four straight possessions to Josh Freeman threw for a turn a 14-point deficit into a 28- career-high 420 yards and three 21 halftime lead. touchdowns for the Bucs (2-4), Vilma was business-like, who scored on their first three answering questions while getting possessions of the game to build dressed in the New Orleans a 21-7 lead. Dallas Clark’s 3-yard locker room. He scoring reception said he wasn’t trimmed Tampa Notes: sure how many Bay’s deficit to snaps he played, • Lance Moore had nine receptions 35-28 with four but that he felt for 121 yards for the Saints, which minutes left, and fine and believed finished with 458 yards total offense. Freeman complethe was in good ed two passes to enough condition • Tampa Bay’s 513 yards total offense Vincent Jackson to play an entire was a season high. to help the Bucs game. get into position • It was Aaron Kromer’s last game The veteran as the Saints’ interim head coach. to possibly force linebacker said Assistant head coach Joe Vitt returns overtime. he had always Jackson had believed he’d get from his suspension this week and seven receptions an opportunity to will lead the Saints in Sean Payton’s for 216 yards, but play this season. absence for the rest of the season. failed to score on “Most people a 95-yard play in didn’t, but it was a long, drawn- which safety Malcolm Jenkins out process, and for good or bad, ran him down to make the tackle it ended up this way and I was at the Tampa Bay 1. LeGarrette able to be back on the field with Blount was stopped for no gain my teammates. That was a great on three straight runs, then Freefeeling,” Vilma said. man lost 4 yards on a quarterback “I talked to the team last keeper on fourth down. night. I don’t really want to get Brees launched the Saints’ fiinto it,” Vilma added. “I think my nal scoring drive from there. He talk — hopefully it worked since also led touchdown drives of 80, we won today.”

80, 79 and 72 on consecutive posThe Saints (2-4) barely had sessions in the opening half. the ball in the third quarter, but Vilma pressured Freeman on took advantage of Tampa Bay’s an incompletion that was nearly inability to get into the end zone intercepted by Roman Harper, when Brees put together a 12- and got his hands on another pass play, 95-yard march that Pierre that he tipped first with his right Thomas finished with a 5-yard hand and then his left before it touchdown run that made it 35-21 fell incomplete. with just over 13 minutes remain“Having him back just, emoing in the game. tionally, really made a difference

in this game,” said interim Saints coach Aaron Kromer. “We were trying to get him in in certain packages, and we had a couple of linebackers go down early in the game.”

Brees said Vilma’s presence made a difference.

“You could just feel how grateful he was [for] just the opportunity to get out there again, but also, just the intensity. He’s just one of those guys, very vocal. He obviously knows guys very well, they know him, so his ability to say certain things at the right time and just provide a lift, whether it be just his productivity on the field or making a play, or something he would say, that presence was definitely felt this week,” Brees said.

Down a touchdown and out of timeouts, Freeman marched the Bucs from his own 19-yard line to the New Orleans 9 in the final two minutes. He threw incomplete for Jackson, who came down with the ball out of the end zone on third down. On the game’s final play, Freeman rolled to his left to find Mike Williams open in the corner of the end zone.

But the receiver had been pushed out of the back of the end zone before coming back into the field of play, resulting in what appeared to be a possible tying catch being nullified for illegal touching.

“I thought we had the game tied. I see the flag down, think it’s a pass interference call or something. They say it’s illegal touching,” Williams said. “A swing of emotions. He gave me a little push. I have to be strong enough to stay inbounds.”

Freeman threw touchdown passes of 13 yards to Tiquan Underwood and 17 yards to Jackson in the first half. Doug Martin scored on a 36-yard run for Tampa Bay. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports

[top] BRIAN BLANCO and [bottom] CHRIS O’MEARA / The Associated Press

[Top] New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques Colston (12) dives past the marker to score on a 17-yard touchdown reception Sunday in Tampa, Fla. [Bottom] Quarterback Drew Brees (9) throws a pass en route to a Saints 35-28 victory.

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SOFTBALL

Monday, October 22, 2012

NFL

Tigers lose, 7-2, in Texans dominate Ravens, 43-13 preseason game Chris Duncan

The Associated Press

Former LSU pitcher returns in matchup Marcus Rodrigue Sports Contributor

The LSU softball team fell to the National Pro Fastpitch All-Stars 7-2 on Friday night in a game that featured former LSU All-American pitcher Brittany Mack and current LSU senior pitcher Rachele Fico.

Mack bested the Tigers’ pitcher, giving up only two runs on five hits while striking out seven through more than six innings of play.

“I knew I had to step my game up because [LSU] has been hitting well,” Mack said in a news release. “At the same time, I was thinking playing here again would be a little sad. I was thinking at one point I was probably going to cry.”

Despite the emotion, Mack and her teammates jumped out to an early 4-0 lead on a grand slam from first baseman GiOnna DiSalvatore. The Tigers were never able to recover as the NPF All-Stars tacked on one more run in the first inning, another in the second inning and then notched their final run in the seventh to put the Tigers away for good.

Fico, who was also a 2012

All-American, surrendered six runs through six innings.

LSU’s biggest moment of the night came on a solo home run off the bat of sophomore utility player Kailey McCasland in the fourth inning, which marks the eighth home run for the Tigers through eight games this fall.

“I think we are swinging with a lot more confidence,” LSU coach Beth Torina said in a news release. “… These kids that have been swinging with us for a year finally understand the system.”

The only other run for the Tigers came on an RBI single from freshman infielder Bianka Bell in the first inning.

Friday night’s loss leaves the Tigers with a 7-1 record in fall play, and Mack said she expects to see her former team back in the College World Series.

“I told them they are going to be in serious trouble by me if they do not make it back to the World Series,” Mack said. “They have the material. … They have a good chance this year.”

Contact Marcus Rodrigue at mrodrigue@lsureveille.com

GOLF

Tigers in fifth after opening round at Isleworth Collegiate Second round to be played today

James Moran Sports Contributor

The Tigers finished in fifth place in the first round of their last tournament of the fall season at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.

The No. 13 Tigers shot 6-over as a team in the first of three rounds at the par-72 Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Fla. The second round will be played today with the tournament wrapping up Tuesday.

The field featured five of the top-10 and eight of the top20 teams in the Golfstat Top 25 rankings.

Sophomore Curtis Thompson

finished the day tied for seventh after shooting even-par 72 on the day.

Junior Andrew Presley was the next best Tiger, finishing in a tie for No. 16 after shooting 1-over.

Sophomores Myles Lewis and Stewart Jolly shot 2-over and 3-over respectively to contribute to the team’s score.

No. 1 California leads the tournament with an opening round score of 4-under with sophomore Michael Kim leading the tournament individually after shooting 5-under.

The second round begins today at 7 a.m.

Contact James Moran at jmoran@lsureveille.com

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans look like the new bullies in the AFC, while the Baltimore Ravens look like a mess without Ray Lewis.

Matt Schaub threw two touchdown passes, Arian Foster ran for two scores and the Texans dominated a showdown of the conference’s top two teams, routing the Ravens 43-13 on Sunday.

Johnathan Joseph returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown, and the Texans (6-1) finally beat Baltimore, who’d won all six previous meetings and eliminated them from last year’s playoffs.

About the only positive sign for the Ravens (5-2) was the return of 2011 defensive player of the year Terrell Suggs, who saw his first action since undergoing surgery on his right Achilles tendon last May. Suggs sacked Schaub in the first quarter and finished with three tackles.

Otherwise, Baltimore’s defense seemed overmatched without Lewis and cornerback Lardarius Webb, who were placed on injured reserve this week. Safety Ed Reed, who acknowledged this week that he’s been playing with a torn labrum in his right shoulder, left in the fourth quarter with a chest injury.

The Ravens gave up their highest points total since a 44-20 loss to Indianapolis in 2007, and their offense didn’t look any better.

Flacco was off-target and

under pressure most of the game, Ray Rice was held to 42 yards rushing and no Baltimore receiver had a reception longer than 15 yards.

Baltimore came into the game with a league-high 34 offensive plays covering at least 20 yards.

Houston, meanwhile, returned to form a week after getting embarrassed by Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay. Schaub completed 23 of 37 passes for 256 yards, and the Texans set a franchise record for points in a game and finished with 420 yards.

The Ravens led 3-0, then started unraveling after Donnie Jones’ punt pinned them at their own 3-yard line late in the first quarter.

Connor Barwin charged in from Flacco’s blind side and tackled him in the end zone for a safety and his first sack of the season.

The play seemed to ignite Houston’s offense, and Schaub, who needed about three series to find the weak spots in Baltimore’s injury-ravaged defense. He found Johnson for a 12-yard gain, then connected with Kevin Walter for a 25-yard touchdown and a 9-3 lead.

The 6-foot-5 Watt really got Houston rolling when he swatted a Flacco pass, his ninth deflected pass of the season. Joseph caught it and sprinted to the end zone, showing no ill effects from the groin injury that forced him to miss practice time last week.

The Texans moved in big chunks on their next offensive series, as the Ravens’ defense steadily deteriorated. Tight end Garrett Graham made an acrobatic 20-yard

catch, Foster weaved 14 yards to the Baltimore 1, and tight end Owen Daniels made a diving catch in the end zone for a 22-3 lead.

By then, the Ravens were losing their cool. Safety Christian Thompson took a swing at Houston’s Justin Forsett and was called for a personal foul, and Flacco threw incomplete on his next three throws.

Shayne Graham tacked on field goals of 33 and 29 yards to put Houston up 29-3, its largest halftime lead of the season.

Schaub completed 19 of 32 passes — 12 in a row in one stretch — in the first half. Flacco, meanwhile, went 7 for 20 and was sacked twice to go along with two interceptions.

Baltimore got help from a pass-interference call on Joseph early in the third quarter, and Flacco found Tanden Doss for a 15yard touchdown.

Houston turned its next series over to its workhorse running back to seep time off the clock. Foster carried seven times for 18 yards on the seven-and-a-half minute drive and plowed into the end zone with 2:56 left in the third quarter.

He came into the game leading the NFL in carries (149).

Foster finished with 19 carries for 98 yards.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports

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Monday, October 22, 2012 SOCCER, from page 7

in the first 12 minutes that ricocheted off the post.

Clark didn’t miss the next time around, finishing near the net for a 1-0 advantage.

“That goal was a long time coming,” Lee said. “They had the pressure on early, so it was a matter

TURNOVERS, from page 7

decisive 47-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, which mirrored the 50-yard run that put away the Gamecocks last week.

Hill led the Tigers in rushing for a second straight week, collecting consecutive performances with more than 100 yards.

“I just hope the team continues to finish games,” Hill said. “It doesn’t matter if I get called or Spencer [Ware], Kenny [Hilliard], or whoever gets called, we just need to continue to finish games.”

Junior running back Michael Ford, who gave the Tigers their first touchdown on a 20-yard run in the second quarter, said they’re at their best when playing from behind, and it all stems from coach Les Miles’ mindset.

“Miles thrives on [situations] like that,” Ford said. “That’s what he wants, to come back and show the world that we’re not going to fold when people get up ahead of us.”

But many times, LSU relied fully on its defense with conservative play calling, which the defense has no problem with, Reid said.

The defense struggled to contain Manziel and the Aggies’ offensive attack in the first half, but the defense seemed to hit its stride in the second half, causing more pressure on Manziel and creating even more turnovers.

LSU ran more packages with extra defensive backs to compete

of time before they got to the net.”

The Tigers didn’t wait long to answer. Sample found a loose ball well outside of the penalty box 25 seconds later and drilled it into the corner of the net for her second goal this season.

Following that strike, freshman forward Fernanda Piña sent a cross in from the right side, and with A&M’s speed in the second half, but the Tigers’ second half success came once they became acclimated to the speed of the game, said defensive coordinator John Chavis.

“It’s hard to simulate that speed, and when you don’t work against that speed every down — even though we work against our own offense and we get some of it — we don’t get it constantly in practice,” Chavis said. “When they adjusted to the speed, I felt comfortable that we could do a good job of shutting them down.”

But if the Tigers wish to have success against No. 1 Alabama in two weeks, offensive and defensive adjustments are going to have to come sooner because defensive turnovers are not guaranteed, said junior wide receiver Kadron Boone.

Chavis said the defense is prepared to do its job no matter what situation it’s faced with, but he added the Tigers will need the bye week to sure up that side of the ball before facing the No. 1 team in the nation.

“We’re two weeks away, and it’s going to take us at least that long,” Chavis said. “But this is a defense that we said at the beginning of the season that would get better as the season went along because we’ve had some injuries, and we’ve had to shuffle some people around.”

Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com

The Daily Reveille Maffei buried a header from eight yards away in the 38th minute.

“That was probably the best goal we’ve scored all year,” Lee said. “We switched the point of attack. It looked like you would draw it up.”

Senior midfielder Nina Anderson added an insurance goal in the 63rd minute off an assist from

A&M, from page7

“Texas A&M came out passing a lot,” said defensive end Barkevious Mingo after the game. “Quick throws, three-step drops — they were trying to get the ball out of Manziel’s hands quick.”

After that, it was an entirely different story.

Instead of bringing pressure with a four-man defensive front, Chavis simply dropped back with six or seven defensive backs, contained Manziel in the pocket and made him make plays with his arm.

Kingsbury completely abandoned the run, leading to Manziel throwing a season-high 56 times, 16 more than he threw against Louisiana Tech last week.

Texas A&M simply had no answer to Chavis’ defensive shuffling, although Sumlin knew it was coming.

“They mixed it up just like they said they would,” Sumlin said after the game. “They didn’t play one static defense the whole game, they mixed it up and changed some things.”

Apparently Sumlin and Kinsbury weren’t paying attention in biology class.

Adaptation is crucial to any organism’s ability to survive in an environment where changes occur.

In the Aggies’ case, their inability to throw anything at an LSU defense it couldn’t handle resulted in another close loss.

It’s not going to get any easier

page 11 freshman midfielder Jade Kovacevic.

That score gave the Tigers unusual breathing room down the stretch. It was the third LSU game all season decided by more than one goal.

“Our team is embracing the competitiveness of these matches and worked hard to drain out the

game for a great weekend,” Lee said. “I’m not sure we’ve ever scored six goals in one weekend on the road to beat two top-50 teams.”

for Sumlin and the Aggies going forward. Texas A&M already had a problem blowing leads before Sumlin arrived.

After failing to capitalize on a double-digit first half lead against the Tigers, the Aggies have now lost seven games in which they led by at least 10 points in the last two seasons.

If Texas A&M couldn’t hold leads in the Big 12, good luck trying to hang on in the SEC. Of the 120 minutes played in the Aggies’ two contests between LSU and Florida, 74 minutes and six seconds of those they spent being shut out between scores. In that time frame, the Gators and Tigers outscored them 37-0.

That’s a trend Sumlin is going to have to buck if he hopes to adjust to the learning curve that is the SEC. Turning the ball over five times isn’t going to help either.

Texas A&M might have felt ready to make a statement in the SEC, but LSU made sure the Aggies still aren’t comfortable in their new surroundings.

Contact Chris Absire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AbshireTDR

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

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

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Foreign policy an important factor in presidential race MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist The economy isn’t the only important issue this election season, but you might be surprised to hear that.

Polls and pundits around the country have deemed all other issues, especially foreign policy, as minor issues.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in September found 46 percent of voters ranked the economy as their No. 1 issue. A Reuters/ Ipsos poll from April had similar results, with 53 percent of respondents citing the economy and unemployment as their main concern.

Foreign policy received only 6 percent and 3 percent in these polls, respectively.

Despite its relative unimportance with voters, President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney will spend an hour-and-a-half on foreign policy when they take the stage tonight in Florida.

Foreign policy is one of the most important aspects of our government. It is essential in defining our country’s role in the global community, and, as evidenced by the Bush years, it can have a significant impact on the nation’s economy.

Our defense budget is an example of economic policy that is tied to foreign affairs.

Obama’s plan to lower the inflated defense budget by $487 billion over the next 10 years contrasts sharply with Romney’s desire to make military spending 4 percent of the GDP – an increase that will amount to $2 trillion over the next decade.

Our relationships with other

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Greek student body offended by generalization

I’m writing in response to the despicable article that was published this week. Uproar in the Greek community and the nonGreek community as well has begun because of this ridiculous article.

To ridicule someone, much

countries, such as China, also play a role in shaping our economy.

China’s rising economy is threatening the United States’ position as the leading power in the world and is becoming a contentious issue between the candidates.

Romney has frequently claimed Obama is soft on China, promising to designate the country as a currency manipulator and enact tough trade policies. Obama, however, has cited outsourcing to China by American companies as the crucial economic issue between the two countries.

However, our policies toward the Middle East are, by far, our most notorious and important.

The war in Afghanistan is winding down, but there are still questions about American influence in the region.

Obama’s record in the Middle East has been classified by many as a continuation of Bush policies, but Romney has called for even more aggressive actions throughout this race.

The Republican candidate has repeatedly criticized Obama’s handling of the situations there, especially in Syria and Libya, and has called for more aggressive action against Iran.

With Romney’s desire to increase the military budget and his aggressive rhetoric, it would be wise for those tired of endless military conflict to question whether the Republican candidate’s plan is what’s best for the country.

Still, some of the most important foreign policy issues are those that we may not hear too much about tonight.

Drones have been the primary tool used to fight terrorists under the Obama administration. Yet, if this comes up tonight in the debates, it will probably end with an agreement over their use and small differences.

However, civilian deaths caused by drone strikes and the policy’s potential to aid terrorists in recruiting are issues that need to be debated on the national stage.

The Obama administration‘s policy of classifying any militaryaged males killed in a strike as “militants” regardless of accuracy should be debated alone.

I also expect little of the Iran sanctions to be discussed other than Romney saying they aren’t enough.

Economic sanctions against Iran have caused the country’s currency to plummet by 75 percent in the past year, according to The Guardian, but that is not a statistic that should necessarily be praised.

Sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s led to the deaths of hundred of thousands of children and arguably helped Saddam Hussein consolidate power.

And it is possible these sanctions can lead to similar results.

With such a broad range of

less a collective of people, for dressing how they please is absurd. I guarantee you the smiling students in the photos were not aware they were going to be harassed for their fashion decisions.

As writers, you have the fine and unique ability to generate buzz about whichever topics you choose, but to write such a scathing article only to specific groups is obscene.

Nike shorts, short men’s shorts, oversized T-shirts, and comfortable tennis shoes are fashion statements not only made popular by the Greek community of

LSU but by most students on this campus. These trends are so popular that most students sport this kind of attire. Attempting to align a particular group of people with an insanely popular trend merely suggests the author is choosing to be blatantly blind about the other 80 percent of students on this campus or that he is specifically and purposely trying to generate a response from people he offends.

Why create an unnecessary divide between Greeks and nonGreeks? Do we all not have our organizations we pay money for?

Are we all more importantly not

here for an education? Who cares how you dress as long as you get a degree?

I would argue that for most students, comfort outweighs outfit anxiety any day and to those who dress uniquely and brilliantly, I believe most people envy your style and appreciate your differences. I dare argue that no one would write such a caustic, bitter-sounding article about your unique fashion choices.

Ultimately, this article appears to be nothing more than a bored student trying to cause disruption between people’s differ-

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Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Oct. 10 that European countries are “foolish” to support sanctions against Tehran, telling them they are sacrificing themselves for the sake of the United States.

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issues on the table, tonight’s debate is as important as any in deciding who is best to lead the nation.

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

Contact David Scheuermann at dscheuermann@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_dscheu ences. Rather than encouraging and celebrating the diversity as a whole at LSU, he has chosen to create segregation between organizations. The Reveille should be ashamed by this article because at the end of the day we all love purple and live gold.

Malena Moreau Mass communication sophomore Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_opinion

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“I think that the Israeli government recognizes that, as president of the United States, I don’t bluff.”

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Awareness essential in ending local human trafficking LA SEULE FEMME KATE MABRY Columnist Liam Neeson’s 2008 film “Taken” brought Hollywood’s perspective of human trafficking in Europe to the big screen, but when contemplating the real issue, many students view trafficking as a problem in foreign countries, not at home.

But human trafficking, which includes the trafficking of humans for labor or prostitution, is a major issue in the United States as well.

While more than 27 million people around the world are victims of trafficking, Baton Rouge is among the top 10 cities in the U.S. for human trafficking, according to the U.S. Department

of Justice.

Although we may not see the problem in our own backyards, human trafficking plagues our city, and little is done in our community to prevent this ghastly crime.

The A21 Campaign, which was founded in 2008, is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that aims to combat human trafficking in Eastern Europe, but the organization also encourages students in the United States to raise awareness on the issue.

KEY2FREE is one of A21 Campaign’s global initiatives to creatively raise awareness on sex trafficking and modern slavery, and a group of students brought the event to the University on Thursday, which was internationally recognized as anti-slavery day.

Tigers Against Trafficking (TAT) hosted the KEY2FREE

event at Free Speech Plaza in hopes to abolish human trafficking in Louisiana and throughout the world. During the event, Bridget Savoie, Spanish junior and president of TAT, said members handed out string and keys for students to wear.

“The key represents freedom,” she said. “We invited students to wear the key, share the key and be their key to freedom.”

TAT also hosts a number of other events to raise awareness, including an annual 5k run in the spring, weekly stands at Free Speech Plaza and monthly flier raids around campus.

“The first step to making a change is becoming aware of the issue,” Savoie said.

From Middleton Library to the outer buildings of our campus, almost everyone has noticed TAT’s fliers posted throughout LSU. But raising student

awareness on trafficking isn’t enough to stop the problem.

Fundraising events have also played a major role in combating human trafficking. With funds to back their initiative, organizations such as the A21 Campaign can put their ideas to practice.

“Our hope is that every aware and activated citizen will help raise funds to support organizations working directly with girls rescued out of sex slavery so that each of us doing our part can collectively make a major impact,” Savoie said.

While students may think they can’t do anything to stop human trafficking, simply raising awareness on the issue can create a ripple effect in bringing attention to this heinous crime.

“Personally, I do not think that enough can be done until this slavery is completely abolished,” Savoie said. “What we can do

as students is empower our fellow students to take a stand and play their part. They can become more informed and educate others so that nobody will buy the lie anymore.”

So while you may think one voice has little impact on the world, several other voices, including members of Tigers Against Trafficking, are calling for the end to human trafficking, and together, we can amplify our concerns to combat trafficking in our community.

Kate Mabry is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans.

Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @KateMabry1

‘Alex Cross’ a good step for race in film industry BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Columnist You may have noticed there’s a new Tyler Perry movie coming out. Oh, is it Tuesday already?

But “Alex Cross” is different from Perry’s usual work — the endless stream of Madea adventures and films with entire sentences for titles. For one thing, he didn’t plaster his name all over the title and poster.

For another, “Cross” is not marketed entirely at black audiences.

Tyler Perry is such a unique phenomenon that it’s almost impossible to talk about general Hollywood trends in terms of him. He writes, directs, produces and even finances most of his own movies and television shows, and he’s so financially successful that studios will basically let him do whatever he wants.

He’s done this all by targeting a market he knows well and he now has a huge reputation with – black audiences.

It was only logical that after building an enormous and loyal following, Perry would start appearing in more mainstream films. But that’s not to say it isn’t an important step for an industry where diversity is almost always sacrificed for the bottom line.

When was the last time you saw a Hollywood blockbuster with a star who wasn’t white?

Let me rephrase that – when was the last time you saw a Hollywood blockbuster with a star who wasn’t white, Will Smith or Denzel Washington?

Of the 50 highest-grossing

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Tyler Perry stars in the title role of the new Rob Cohen-directed film, “Alex Cross.” Perry plays a Detroit detective in the movie based on the James Patterson novel “Cross.”

movies of the 2000s, exactly one has a black lead actor: “I Am Legend.”

In the movie industry, money is everything. That’s why the theaters are constantly full of sequels and reboots – the studios make what they know will sell.

It’s why they’re on the fourth “Paranormal Activity,” for God’s sake.

The problem is, Hollywood doesn’t think mainstream (read: white) audiences will react well to black stars, so roles go to white actors or a few established black actors who are known to sell.

And when black actors do get work, much of the time it’s

in roles that specifically require them to be black, like Smith’s “Ali” or Washington’s “American Gangster.”

I’d personally like to see a realistic depiction of race realities in mass media, with everything that entails. “The Wire” was one of the best television shows of all time, in large part because it was truthful about race and class relations while maintaining the humanity of its characters.

I’ll admit, it does seem like television and movie studios have made some efforts in recent years to address diversity, but I have some issues with the way they go about it. Shows like “Glee” and

“Modern Family” seem to make a point to stuff as many minorities as possible into each episode and shove them in your face, but this weird, post-modern tokenism isn’t helping anything.

It’s reminiscent of elementary school public service announcements, where every group of friends had one kid in a wheelchair. It simply wasn’t truthful, and being open and honest is the best way to handle issues of diversity.

That’s why I went to see “Alex Cross.” Not because Tyler Perry needs more money, but because we have made a lot of progress as a

society and there are plenty of black cops out there.

They may not be fighting serial killers who act suspiciously similar to Heath Ledger’s Joker, but they deserve to be represented in pop culture.

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

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_gbrillon

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Monday, October 22, 2012 CORRALLED, from page 1

time it gave the DB’s time to stay in coverage,” Reid said. “Credit the Dline once again. They stepped up big for us.”

LSU coach Les Miles shook off the early defensive struggles saying the unit needed to “get their feet set,” while crediting Manziel’s escapability.

“Boy, he is a good one,” Miles said. “He’s a tough, hard-nosed guy, fights like hell. He’s a tremendous competitor.”

Chavis also praised Manziel, who finished with 276 yards through the air and 27 on the ground, as someone he never expected to defend completely.

“There’s a way you can rush him and be somewhat effective, but

you’re not going to be completely effective,” Chavis said. “He’s a great football player. There’s no question about that.”

Reid commended his teammates for containing the elusive Manziel, who was hindered by three interceptions that resulted in 14 points for the Tigers.

He called the last of the three interceptions, a slant route jumped and picked by junior cornerback Tharold Simon, the defining moment in the closely decided defensive struggle.

“It was a big momentum change for us,” Reid said. “[Manziel] was scrambling, trying to look to make a play and Tharold got to it.”

Led again by junior linebacker Kevin Minter, who chipped in 12 tackles, one sack, a tackle for loss and an interception, the Tiger defense

The Daily Reveille didn’t waver when facing its largest deficit since last year’s national title loss to Alabama.

“Our guys are in great condition,” Chavis said. “They knew we were going to have to suck it up and play the second half.”

Though the mustang and dime packages called for defensive backs and safeties to play more extended minutes in coverage, Reid said it’s what he’s trained to do.

“That’s why we came to LSU, to play defense,” Reid said. “We don’t mind being on the field, because that’s what we do.”

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

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page 15 SAFETY, from page 1 students who had the right of way: · Dominic Gulino was run over by a Facility Services truck in the Quad on Oct. 4 · Jinjuta Jirawatjunya was struck Oct. 10 while crossing at the corner of Nicholson Road and North Stadium Drive · Andrew Rauch was knocked off his skateboard Oct. 17 on Dalrymple Drive in front of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building Lalonde said efforts to increase the effectiveness of traffic enforcement will begin this week in response to the increased accidents.

A broadcast email sent to the University community Friday reiterated increased enforcement and rules of the road. The email told

pedestrians, drivers and cyclists to be aware of any approaching hazards even if green traffic lights or white walking lights are illuminated. Cyclists were reminded that even bicycles have to yield to pedestrians, which includes walkers and skateboarders.

Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins said in a statement that campus safety is a top priority and ways to improve traffic safety are being considered.

“There is great concern anytime an accident occurs on campus,” Jenkins said.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news

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