The Daily Reveille - November 7, 2012

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President Barack Obama waves to supporters during a campaign event on Sunday in Hollywood, Fla., Obama took swing states including Virginia, Colorado and Nevada in Tuesday’s victory.

Electoral College swings for Obama, popular vote in dead heat Brian Sibille

Obama: ‘Thank you for believing all the way’

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President Barack Obama clinched another four years in office Tuesday night in a victory against Republican candidate Mitt Romney that saw a narrowly close popular vote.

News organizations began calling the election around 10:30 p.m. as it became clearer that Obama was pulling far ahead the 270 required Electoral College votes.

Throughout election night,

the numbers in Ohio and Florida, which were labeled as the most essential swing states, were tighter by fewer than 100,000 votes.

Obama won with a large margin of Electoral College votes, but the popular vote was narrower. As of press time Tuesday night, the popular vote was locked in a dead heat.

The president was victorious his home state of Illinois by a landslide and claimed Massachusetts where Romney was formerly governor.

Leading up to election day,

national polls accurately predicted how close the race would be.

Polls were tied in most major swing states including Ohio and Florida. Many analysts recalled the 2000 presidential election when Democratic hopeful Al Gore demanded a recount after former President George W. Bush narrowly pulled through.

Romney conceded in a speech to a crowd gathered in Boston, offering prayers for the president in guiding the country for another OBAMA, see page 11

Obama dips slightly in La., takes EBR Parish lead

Romney wins state in landslide Staff Reports

President Barack Obama lost a slight amount of footing in Louisiana according to the results of Tuesday’s presidential election, but those numbers were not evident on a national scale since Louisiana is not a swing state.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney won 59.19 percent of votes in Louisiana, while Obama won 39.16 percent of the vote, according to numbers as of press

time Tuesday night.

In 2008, Obama won 39.9 percent of Louisiana’s vote with 780,981 votes. Tuesday night’s numbers show Obama recording 749,994 votes in the state.

Romney, on the other hand, won more votes than former Republican challenger John McCain won in 2008. McCain won 58.6 percent of Louisiana’s vote in 2008.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, though, Obama won more votes than Romney. Obama garnered 102,460 votes while Romney claimed 92,235 votes STATE, see page 11

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INTERNATIONAL Bolivia returns tiny mummy to Peru; authorities to investigate smuggle LIMA, Peru (AP) — The mummified toddler seized from antiquities traffickers is at least 700 years old and sits, spine curved forward, only about a foot tall.

It was welcomed back to Peru on Tuesday as a sort of celebrity, a symbol of the nation’s effort to protect its cultural heritage.

“This small package,” Culture Minister Luis Peirano told reporters, “is just a sample of the sacking, of the violation of our patrimony and all our inheritance.”

Intrigue surges around Russia Defense Chief Serdyukov’s fall MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin fired his powerful defense chief over a corruption scandal Tuesday, but a heady mix of sex, power struggles and military vendettas dominated talk in Russia about what was really behind the downfall of the man who has overseen the nation’s most radical defense reform in decades.

The dismissal of Anatoly Serdyukov was a surprise because the burly politician was widely regarded as having the president’s blessing for a military modernization that has won the enmity of generals and arms makers with connections to members of Putin’s inner circle.

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PERU MINISTRY OF CULTURE / The Associated Press

This mummified toddler is at least 700 years old and sits about a foot tall. Its sex is uncertain and it is believed to come from a pre-Inca culture.

Puerto Rico votes in referendum on US ties and chooses governor SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans were facing a fundamental question on Election Day: Should they change their ties with the United States?

Citizens in the U.S. island territory cannot vote in the U.S. presidential election, but many participated in a referendum that could push the territory toward statehood, greater autonomy or independence.

Car horns blared and party flags waved as voters headed to polling stations, many carrying umbrellas against the blistering tropical sun.

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STATE/LOCAL

One dead, 3 injured in N.C. hospital fire, cause of fire not yet known

Loomis returns to Saints after suspension, has work cut out

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Preliminary information indicates a fire at a North Carolina hospital that killed a patient and injured three workers occurred during a defibrillation, authorities said, citing a procedure typically used to deliver an electric shock to the heart.

Spokesman Jim Jones of the state Department of Health and Human Services said the early information shows a spark and a fire took place during the defibrillation early Tuesday at Durham Regional Hospital. He did not elaborate on the specifics of the situation.

Man sentenced for stealing lobsters repeatedly to fund drug habit

METAIRIE (AP) — Now that New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis has returned to work, the Saints need his crisis-management skills to be sharp.

The organization continues to be rife with unsettled issues, some of which have made its fan base uneasy.

So there was no time for Loomis to ease back into a routine Tuesday after serving his eightgame suspension in connection with the NFL’s bounty probe of the Saints.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit.

Authorities say 47-year-old Charles Shumanis III repeatedly stole lobsters and meat from Allentown-area supermarkets, including a botched March 1 theft that included a parking lot car-jacking.

Police say Shumanis stole meat and lobsters on two other occasions before he was confronted when he walked out of the store with $350 in lobsters.

Superdome to host Sugar Bowl game between Big 12 and SEC (AP) — New Orleans will be the site of the new marquee bowl game between the Southeastern Conference and Big 12.

The conferences made the announcement Tuesday. The game will still be called the Sugar Bowl and will be played in the Superdome. The agreement between the leagues and the bowl is for 12 years.

The SEC has a long history with the Sugar Bowl. Seventy-one times an SEC team has played in the game, far more than any other league. The first Sugar Bowl in 1935 matched Tulane, then of the SEC, against Temple.

MATTHEW HINTON / The Associated Press

New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis attends a media availability about the NFL draft April 26 at the team’s training facility in Metairie.

Train hits pickup, driver cited for obstructing railroad crossing LAWTELL (AP) — The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says a 34-year-old Opelousas woman was cited for obstructing a railroad crossing after she allegedly tried to beat a train and it hit her pickup truck.

Capt. Megan Vizena, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman, says Rachel Andrepont was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. She says Andrepont tried to drive across the tracks about 5 a.m. Tuesday, while crossing lights and bells and the train’s whistle all were going.

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POLITICS

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Mayor-President Holden takes third term in landslide win

Holden was the first African American to be elected as Baton Rouge mayor-president. He celebrated his victory at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge Tuesday night.

Staff Reports In other state elections, Mayor-President Kip Holden Amendment No. 2 on the ballot will once again serve East Baton that seeks to eliminate restriction Rouge Parish in his third term on guns in Louisiana passed. The amendment calls for a after a landslide vicrewrite to the Louisiana tory Tuesday night, constitution, featuring EAST BATON defeating three other candidates.

ROUGE PARISH new language that would pave the way for an abHolden had 60 NOV. 6 VOTING solute right to bear arms. percent of the votes But critics of the STATISTICS: with 97 percent of amendment have exprecincts reporting by -Holden: 60% votes pressed concern that the 10 p.m. Tuesday, aclaw could lead to guns in cording to Nola.com. -Walker: 34% votes Holden’s main -Mese/Myers: 4% votes churches, bars and college campuses. opponent was RepubThe amendment lican Mayor-President Pro Tempore Mike Walker, came to public referendum after earning 34 percent of the votes, it passed through the Louisiana while independents Gordon Mese State Legislature earlier this year. and Steve Myers secured 4 percent.

Crime was a major issue leading up to the debate, with candidates claiming Holden has Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; not done enough during his time in office.

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Amendment No. 2 on gun control passes

RICHARD ALAN HANNON / The Advocate

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden (right), with his wife Lois at his side, enters his election night ballroom to celebrate with supporting fans in Baton Rouge on Tuesday.

CRIME

BR the 25th most dangerous city population, 231,592 people, is about two-thirds the size of New Orleans’ 2011 population of 346,974 people.

Corresponding with the grim statistics has been a debate in the Chris Grillot 2012 Baton Rouge Mayoral race Staff Writer often focusing on curbing vioBaton Rouge surpassed New lence in the city.

Orleans in violent crime per capita East Baton Rouge Parish for 2011.

Mayor-President Kip Holden has The FBI released its national said he wants to attack crime at crime statistics last week, reveal- its roots without beefing up police ing Baton Rouge’s violent crime forces, like his opponent Mayorrate as 1065.7 crimes President Pro Temper 100,000 people pore Mike Walker has while New Orleans’ 2011 BATON ROUGE suggested. was 792 crimes per CRIME STATISTICS: Walker has said 100,000 people. Overhe wants to increase all, the statistics show -64 murders Baton Rouge’s poBaton Rouge is 26 -51 rapes lice forces and crack percent more violent. -893 robberies down on gangs and Nationally, Badrugs. He proposed ton Rouge is the 25th -1,460 aggravated assaults a nine-step program most dangerous city, to control crime that falling behind other includes pulling all southern cities like Little Rock, law enforcement teams in the area Ark., Birmingham, Ala., Atlanta, together, doubling the number of Miami and Orlando. street operations units from five New Orleans did not make to 10 so the police can focus on crime hot spots, and using the city the top 25 list.

In 2010, New Orleans was the jail to process those arrested on 13th most dangerous city while outstanding warrants.

“Baton Rouge is even worse Baton Rouge was the 16th.

Crimes classified as violent than we initially thought,” said include murder, forcible rape, rob- “Fight, Not Fear” spokesman Jay Connaughton in a news release. bery and aggravated assault.

Baton Rouge recorded 64 “In the last year, crime has continmurders, 51 rapes, 893 robber- ued to grow and spread across the ies and 1,460 aggravated assaults city at an frightening pace.”

“Fight, Not Fear” — a camin 2011, while New Orleans registered 200 murders, 163 rapes, paign to bring attention to the 1,059 robberies and 1,326 aggra- growing crime problem in Baton vated assaults.

Rouge — was started last week in Baton Rouge’s 2011 the capital city.

New Orleans not on top 25 list

Similar to Walker ’s ultimatum, the campaign demands the unification of Baton Rouge’s two separate police forces: East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and Baton Rouge Police Department.

The existence of two forces causes problems and inefficiencies in fighting crime, the release said.

“Fight, Not Fear” cites the unification and subsequent drop in crimes rates in Charlotte, Indianapolis, Louisville and Las Vegas in justifying its proposal for Baton Rouge.

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PETA exhibit exposes abuse Student brings Glass Walls to campus Megan Dunbar Staff Writer

University students were both disgusted and impressed by the various facts about animal processing at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ Glass Walls Exhibit set up on Tower Drive on Monday and Tuesday.

The inflatable tent made to look like a barn featured a display about animals having humanlevel intelligence, a life-size sow gestation box and a video about slaughterhouses.

Glass Walls Exhibit Coordinator Lisa Hines, who wore a shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Meat Sucks,” said the goal of walking through the exhibit is to make students want to make a difference.

Hines is a vegetarian and has been for three years. She said the hardest part is getting used to a new routine, but once she found a replacement for her go-to meals, making the switch wasn’t as difficult as some might think.

Photography junior Angel Casillo, who brought the PETA exhibit to campus, is also a vegetarian and has been for eight years since she first looked into PETA. “I thought the things slaughterhouses did to animals were disgusting, and I thought, ‘I’m never eating that again,’” Casillo said.

She contacted PETA after she saw the notification that the traveling exhibit was going to tour colleges and obtained the proper permits.

Casillo saw a need for heightened knowledge of the lack of slaughterhouse ethics in Louisiana after listening to her friends’ misconceptions.

“Lots of Louisiana people assume the wrong thing, that the animals are just shot in the head with a shotgun,” Casillo said.

She agreed with Hines, saying the people she has seen walk through the exhibit have been affected.

The first room was dedicated to the relation of animals to humans and features Hines’ favorite animal: pigs.

According to the exhibit, pigs play video games with the intelligence of 3-year-old human children.

Hines said people should remember the animals they eat are babies when killed in slaughterhouses.

The second room contained pictures of slaughterhouse conditions, a model cage with chickens and a box made of metal bars where sows are left while they feed their young.

The third room showed a video narrated by Paul McCartney that is a compilation of PETA’s undercover

CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

Educational signs are displayed inside a PETA tent to promote animal cruelty awareness Tuesday afternoon near the LSU Student Union.

slaughterhouse footage.

Hines said the video is what affects people most.

“It brings the images alive,” she said.

She said she sometimes has to step out and cry after watching the video, even though she’s seen it hundreds of times.

“It’s my motivation to keep going,” Hines said.

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Sports

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What’s in a name?

LSU football roster full of unique names Chris Abshire Sports Writer

The names of LSU football players are some of the most oftenused words in Baton Rouge each fall.

Good luck pronouncing some of them, as the Tigers’ roster is littered with uncommon, confounding and quirky names.

From Mettenberger to Mingo, Jermauria to Jerqwinick and Aghayere to A’Trey-U, they seem to be in unlimited supply at LSU, frequently toggling between first and last name.

“Every road venue we go to, I have to go over about a dozen pronunciations with the opposing radio guys,” said LSU Associate Sports Information Director Bill Martin.

“You have to spell them out very clearly or they won’t get it.”

Players unanimously touted freshman safety Jerqwinick Sandolph as the leader of LSU’s AllName Team.

“Everybody, all the trainers and the staff, just calls him JQ,” said junior defensive end Barkevious Mingo. “Not to be confused with GQ, because he’s not smooth like that.”

Fellow first-name oddity junior linebacker Lamin Barrow said Sandolph’s name has a mystical yet appropriate quality to it.

“It just fits him,” Barrow said.

“If I had to guess his name, I’d probably say something silly like Jerqwinick. That name is him — a funny guy for a funny name.”

Sandolph is better known on the team as “Thumbsucker,” according to players. He’s not alone, as nicknames often ring out in the

Tigers locker room.

Freshman linebacker Kwon Alexander is “Q-Tip.” Mingo is famously known as “KeKe.” Sophomore La’el Collins calls freshman Trai Turner, “Twinkletoes,” because of a penchant for walking on his toes. Senior Josh Dworaczyk refers to junior Bennie Logan as “Mad Dog.” It’s commonplace on the LSU football team for a given name to sound like nickname.

Take sophomore defensive tackle Ego Ferguson.

“I just found out that’s his real name a few months back,” Barrow said. “For the longest time now, I’ve thought Ego was just a nickname. It’s still funny to me.”

Ferguson said he doesn’t know the origin of his name, only that it runs in the family.

“You’d have to ask my pops,” he said. “I don’t know what his parents were thinking, naming him that. He decided to put that burden on me, too.”

Ferguson said the name used to draw more attention when has was younger, admitting kids used to call him “Eggo,” like the frozen waffle brand.

It also inspired a comical high school incident on the gridiron.

“This guy across the line from me started singing real weird, like dancing and singing a song like ‘My Big Ego’ or something,” Ferguson said. “I thought he looked kind of effeminate. I just laughed … but then I hit him on the next play.”

The important question, though: Does he have a big ego?

Barrow said no, but sophomore defensive end Jermauria Rasco said the charming arrogance eventually reveals itself.

“When you get to know

NAME, see page 7

CATHERINE THRELKELD / The Daily Reveille

Barkevious Mingo

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MSU offense is stable but inefficient Tigers expect rushing, passing attacks Lawrence Barreca Sports Contributor

Josh Dworaczyk

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Jerqwinick Sandolph [jer-kwin-ick san-dolf]

Every successful offense has an identity.

Oregon finds production through speed in the backfield with the No. 2 rushing offense in the nation. Texas A&M has found its identity in one player, Johnny “Football” Manziel, as he has made the Aggies the fifth most productive offensive unit in college football.

The same cannot be said for No. 21 Mississippi State (7-2), but No. 7 LSU (7-2) doesn’t plan to overlook MSU’s offense.

“They’ve got talent across the board,” said LSU junior linebacker Kevin Minter. “This isn’t a one-person team. All 11 of them are pretty damn decent. Everyone is going to have to do their assignments and execute well, and hopefully we’ll come out with the W.” Ranking 73rd in the country with 387.1 yards per game and 48th in points per game with an average of 30.8, the Bulldogs have struggled to find an efficient balance under offensive coordinator Les Koenning.

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Hornets guard Gordon’s injury charade is getting old MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist Being an oft-injured, overpaid NBA player is the life. Just ask New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon.

You don’t have to do much.

Ice your knees, ride a bike and collect fat checks. Where do I sign up?

Optimism soared after the Hornets’ infusion of new talent to the Crescent City this offseason.

The additions of forward Ryan Anderson, center Robin Lopez and No. 1 pick Anthony Davis have proved their worth so far as the Hornets sit at 2-1 after facing three playoff teams from a season ago.

But the key cog Hornets general manager Dell Demps thought

would help the Bees rebound from the worst record in the Western Conference last season is nowhere to be found — unless you’re looking in the training room or at the end of the bench.

I said it once in a column during the summer and I’ll say it again — New Orleans made a huge misstep in building a franchise by shelling out $58 million to Gordon over four years.

Rule No. 1 of being an NBA general manager: Don’t hand out max-contracts to players coming off serious knee injuries. That’s exactly what Demps did, and now the Hornets are seeing the consequences.

Gordon was among the last group of cuts this summer for the United States Olympic Basketball team. It wasn’t because his knee was bothering him — it was

because he wasn’t good enough.

Suddenly after the Hornets paid the big bucks to keep him in New Orleans, the knee that has caused him to miss so much time in his short NBA career started to act up again.

Who would have thought?

I have a lot of friends who are Hornets fans who shunned me after I called out Demps and the rest of New Orleans’ front office this summer for matching the Phoenix Suns offer sheet. Now they’re the same ones telling me they can’t wait until Gordon is out of town.

Gordon didn’t participate in training camp, didn’t play in a single game on the Hornets eightgame preseason slate and hasn’t suited up for any of their three regular season contests.

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GERALD HERBERT / The Associated Press

New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon walks down court in the third quarter of a game against the Memphis Grizzlies in New Orleans on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011.

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Collins, Hill remain close through trials, tribulations

Two were teammates in high school, college Chandler Rome Sports Writer

In some of the most uncertain times of his life, Jeremy Hill’s end goal was never far from his mind — neither was Redemptorist High and LSU teammate La’el Collins.

Committing to LSU with the likes of Jarvis Landry, Anthony Johnson and Collins, Hill was a gem in coach Les Miles’ prized 2011 Louisiana recruiting class, affectionately called “The Fam” after bonding during the recruiting process.

In an instant, it was gone.

Arrested on charges of oral sexual battery on Jan. 12, 2011, Hill was forced to put college football on hold, watching his high school teammate and other “Fam” members on television, before pleading guilty a year later to carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

“I never stopped talking to him,” Collins said. “We stayed close, saw each other a lot and kind of let him know what to look out for when he got here.”

Hill soaked up what he could from his longtime friend and high school comrade as the two continued to forge a bond essential between offensive lineman and running back.

Collins said he laid out the expectations for Hill on what it

GORDON, from page 5

But never fear, Hornets fans — Gordon has some good news.

He doesn’t need surgery on his knee, but he’ll be out four to six weeks while undergoing “stringent rehabilitation work.”

I’m sorry, but hasn’t Gordon spent the last few months doing just that?

It’s not like doctors are holding him back. There’s no structural damage and no official diagnosis.

Gordon just says his knee is sore.

And I just got elected the next President of the United States.

It’s not just me who’s doubting Gordon’s inability to set foot on the court. New Orleans coach Monty Williams seems to be getting a little frustrated with him as well.

“I’ll find out more as we go forward,” Williams said after the Hornets’ 99-95 season-opening loss to the San Antonio Spurs. “...I’ve told you he’s not playing.

He’s out indefinitely.”

It sounds like Monty doesn’t want to talk about Gordon’s injury status after every game because even he doesn’t know how many games it will be before No. 10 is “healthy” enough to play.

If Gordon misses the minimum four weeks, that’s still almost a quarter of the Hornets’ regular season. And what’s stopping him from saying he still isn’t good to go at the end of that time frame?

Let me get this straight, Eric — you’re getting paid upward of

takes to be an LSU player, all the of running backs as the most dewhile stressing the differences he pendable even after his tumultuobserved throughout his freshman ous 2011, Hill has raised eyebrows season between high school and around the program with his tough college in the trenches. running style and admirable work It’s paid dividends thus far, ethic. as Hill seamlessly burst onto the “I think Jeremy has had some Southeastern Conference football of the experiences that allow you scene with three consecutive 100- to mature quickly,” Miles said. yard games, including shredding “As a running back, we’re asking the revered Alahim to be the guy ‘We stayed close, saw that learns quickly, bama defense for 107 yards Satura great football each other a lot and has day.

IQ and has really kind of let him know strong talent.”

Hill took the team lead in rushCollins what to look for when said While ing yards after the memories Saturday’s contest. he and Hill shared he got here.’

He has now gained at Redemptorist La’el Collins 429 rushing yards, still resonate with LSU sophomore offensive guard despite not aphim, playing with pearing until the his friend on one Tigers’ third game of the conference’s and receiving his first start against most premier teams just strengthAlabama. ens the duo’s bond.

“It’s the same type of plays; “[Hill being here] makes it we ran the same offense in high even better,” Collins said. “He’s a school,” Hill said “The same things real talented guy, he’s still fighting are going on with the blocking his way through some stuff with schemes and how he blocks for me, the offense but it feels good to play just at a higher level.” with him.”

Collins’ passion for the game As for Hill, he still can’t conis the impetus for some of Hill’s tain his excitement. biggest runs, with the running back “It’s as great as it gets having always getting reinforcement from that guy blocking for me on these his friend on the line. stages,” he said.

“Out on the field, he always tells me to keep going. ‘J, you gotta make a play out there. We need you, we need you,’” Hill said.

Contact Chandler Rome at “When I’m tired out there, he’s got crome@lsureveille.com; the energy I need.”

Twitter: @Rome_TDR Emerging out of the stable $14 million a year to put a basketball in a hoop and can’t do that because of some soreness in your knee that your coach questions?

Suck it up.

Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old

history senior from Houma.

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

CATHERINE THRELKELD / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman running back Jeremy Hill runs the ball Saturday during the Tigers’ 21-17 loss against Alabama in Tiger Stadium.

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore offensive guard La’el Collins blocks a Towson player Sept. 29 during the Tigers’ 38-22 win against Towson in Tiger Stadium.

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LSU sophomore defensive end Barkevious Mingo pressures WKU quarterback Kawaun Jakes during the Tigers’ 42-9 victory against the Hilltoppers on Nov. 12, 2011.

him, he definitely does,” Rasco said, chiding Ferguson, who was standing next to him. “He likes to brag a little.”

The name Dworaczyk — pronounced “Duh-ross-ick” — is most notable for its consonants and gave LSU coach Les Miles fits early in his career.

“When Les came to New Iberia to recruit me, he asked me several times how to pronounce it,” Dworaczyk said. “Now he, Coach Studrawa and even Coach Ensminger will get bold and dare use my last name when they yell during practice.”

Martin said LSU officials reach out to first-hand sources before clearing the official pronunciation with senior associate sports information director Bill Franques.

“We contact high school coaches or their families to make sure we get them right,” Martin said. “We know if they’re confusing to us, other people will need help.”

defensive coordinators.

“We have to respect their Junior quarterback Ty- run game and how physical they ler Russell has had individual are with down blocks and the success in 2012, as his 139.5 stuff that they do,” said junior pass rating and 16 touch- defensive end Sam Montgomery. downs have kept the Bulldogs’ “I know this is a very strong run offense moving. team.”

Russell has made the occaThe MSU receiving corps is sional play with his feet, scor- led by seniors Chad Bumphis and ing twice on the Chris Smith, who ground this sea- ‘We have to respect their have combined son.

962 yards run game and how for “They’ve got and nine scores. physical they are...’ Senior tight end a good QB,” said junior linebacker Marcus Green Lamin Barrow. has also been a Sam Montgomery “Their QB can favorite target for LSU junior defensive end move. [Russell] Russell. His five has grown so much from last receiving touchdowns rank him year, and he’s just making a lot second on the squad. of plays with his feet, so we’re So one question now regoing to have to key in on every- mains: If the Bulldogs have so body.” many producers on offense, then Junior Bulldogs running why is their offense ranked so back LaDarius Perkins’ 804 poorly? yards, eight scores and 5.25 Outside of Perkins, no other average yards per carry have runner is averaging more than him striking fear into opposing 22 yards per game, leaving the

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NAME, from page 5

Even with dozens of magnificent names, one has achieved fame far beyond campus.

Mingo has become a household name in college football, even earning the title, “Imperial Intergalactic Overlord Barkevious Mingo” last year from Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples.

Mingo has little preference between his given name and “KeKe,” but said he’s encountered surprisingly few spelling or pronunciation issues, perhaps because of his burgeoning popularity.

“As long as I’ve played, everybody’s kind of magically been able to get it right,” he said. “I keep expecting someone to mess up. I hear that a lot with the other names on this team. We got some good ones.”

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

How athletes manage and the

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page 7 workload on the team’s select group of offensive stars.

Another factor could be the play selection.

Although the Bulldogs’ passing stats make up nearly 60 percent of their total offensive production, only 48 percent of the plays called are through the air.

The other 52 percent of play calls involve the run game, making the MSU offense a balanced but inefficient unit as a whole.

The Tigers plan to get into the film room this week to further evaluate the Bulldogs’ offensive attack.

“We’re going to use film study, and we’re going to break them down,” said junior defensive end Barkevious Mingo.

“The coaches do a great job upstairs with all that stuff. We put our faith in them to get us ready, and we’ll be ready.”

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com

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Electoral College discounts large minority groups FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Contributing Writer Election day has come and gone, and many important questions have been left unanswered.

Which candidate will fix the deficit in the sleep budget? Does Barack Obama hang his toilet paper over or under? Would Mitt Romney’s America see a rise in combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bells?

Inquiring minds will have to let these curiosities go and move on to the next big mystery: Where do our votes go after we’ve cast our ballots?

In short, they go to the Electoral College. The long answer depends on where you live and how you vote.

If you’re in your state’s majority, it’s smooth sailing. If you’re in your state’s minority, however, some might liken your vote’s post-election journey to a nonsensical ride through the pipes of a Dr. Seussian machine, whereby they are deposited in ItDoesn’t-Matter-Who-You-Voted-For-Ville.

This is due to the Electoral College’s controversial nature.

Each state is allotted a certain number of electoral votes determined by the number of members in the Senate and House

WHAT’S THE BUZZ?

DOUGLAS COLLIER / The Shreveport Times

Eve and Charles Clayton wait in line Tuesday to vote at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Shreveport.

of Representatives.

For better or worse, a winner-take-all approach is applied here and whichever presidential candidate wins the majority of the state’s popular vote almost absolutely receives all of the electoral votes.

Hypothetically, the Republican Party could edge out the Democrats by only 19 or 15 percent in a state’s popular vote, granting the entirety of the electoral votes to the Republican candidate despite strong opposition.

Now remove “hypothetically” from the above statement and you’ve got the events of the

presidential elections in Louisiana in 2008 and 2004, respectively. Realities like this have not been lost on history freshman Brent Chapuis.

“I would vote for Barack,” he said, “but I know this state is going to go to the Republican candidate. I’d have to go all the way to New Orleans to vote, so it’d be a waste of my time.”

Even if Chapuis had voted, he’d have faced some stark truths. Despite the insistence of countless campaigns launched to convince citizens their votes matter, the current system ensures that if your vote is cast for a party not favored in your state,

like Democrats in Louisiana or Republicans in California, it is essentially moot.

As a result, a candidate can win by maintaining a slight lead in several states, regardless of whether that lead represents more overall votes. This has occurred several times, including George W. Bush’s win in 2000.

Likewise, third party candidates are mostly excluded since electoral votes are only awarded to candidates who win the majority of a state. Their support is generally small and widespread rather than strongly concentrated in any one place. As a result, a third party vote can be

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

it because I don’t think that the student section screaming vulgarities on national television is what the University wants to portray to the world that they are producing here at the LSU. But these guys kept on screaming at the band. They never did play “Neck,” but they did play something I’m pretty sure was new. I had not heard it before, and I liked it. However, I am sure that will be the first and last time the band plays that song, because these same guys were screaming at the top of their lungs, “Suck that tiger dick, bitch.”

It was loud and soon many others started to join in. I was embarrassed and angry at the same

time. Although it all may seem like good fun, it’s disrespectful and disgusting to the opposing team, our team, all fans involved, our administrators and especially our band. They all work hard to put on a show for us every week and we throw it back in their faces when we deface a cheer with profanities such as that.

I’m not advocating for the removal of all profane cheers. I’ll be right there next to everyone else yelling, “Geaux to hell Ole Miss” in two weeks, and “Kick their ass” at the end of the first down cheer.

I am simply asking for an exercise in some judgment so that no more cheers will be taken away from us.

considered symbolic rather than significant since it will likely receive few electoral votes.

As for creating a more cohesive nation, the Electoral College succeeds. It prevents a form of regionalism by inhibiting densely populated cities from overriding the votes of less populated rural areas. It also coerces candidates to seek widespread approval, rather than only in those highly peopled regions.

Unfortunately, there is a cost.

While I recognize the philosophical reward of guaranteeing those rural outliers are represented, over-representing them because of where they live is another form of bias.

The Electoral College is an attempt at fairness, but falls short in practice. It asks us to sacrifice our ideals of equality among individuals to allow equality among regions, no matter how distant or populous. For many, it’s worthwhile. For others, like those involved in the more than 700 proposals to reform or remove it, it is not. For me, I’ll only be disappointed to see my vote go to the land of broken dreams, populated by prom queen runner-ups, failed athletes and people who have eaten a KFC Double Down.

Aaron Friedman is 22-year-old writing and culture senior from Destrehan.

Contact Aaron Friedman at afriedman@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AmFried

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Vulgar chants at football games bad for LSU image This past Saturday night in Death Valley, while I was screaming at the top of my lungs and hoping for a fumble on the field by Alabama, a couple of guys standing in front of me at the game started to yell at the band to play the cheer “Neck.” I know they will never play

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With that being said, I propose a challenge to the student section this coming week. I propose that instead of shouting profanities at the opposing team we concentrate on cheering our own team on; that we don’t leave early because we are winning, and that we stand up for the entire game. I hope you will join me by standing up at the game and not joining in on any cheer that is classless and vulgar.

Abbie Fish Veterinary graduate student

Quote of the Day “I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”

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Indecision

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Early voting debases the competition, debates LA SEULE FEMME KATE MABRY Columnist Election Day at the polls is usually a hectic one, and many voters chose to vote early to avoid the chaos. While campaigning peaks during the presidential debates, many states opened early voting before the debates even began.

The presidential debates are often believed to be game-changers, but in reality, they have little effect on the decisions of voters.

Absentee voting began in September in several states, including North Carolina on Sept. 6. Early voting began in Vermont on Sept.

22 and in Wyoming and Iowa on Sept. 27, according to NBC News.

By the time the first presidential debate aired Oct. 3, many voters from across the country had already submitted their ballots.

Although early voting in Louisiana began later than many other states, voters turned out in large numbers.

Absentee voting in Louisiana began Sept. 22, and in-person early voting opened Oct. 23. As of Oct. 30 at 4 p.m., 327,489 Louisiana voters cast ballots in advance, reaching 25 percent higher in early voting turnout than during the 2008 election, according to The Advocate.

It’s not uncommon to hear voters say they don’t like any of the candidates, and often, voters decide to vote based on party

MATT ROURKE / The Associated Press

Crowd members raise letters reading “Vote Early” at a President Barack Obama campaign rally Oct. 29 in Youngstown, Ohio.

affiliation, instead of in favor of a specific candidate.

If some voters would have waited until the debates were completed, some might have been taken aback by President Barack Obama’s lackluster performance during the first debate.

Morgan Craft, business and marketing sophomore, said she voted on election day, but her mind has been made up for several months.

“I watched the debates,” she said. “It was good to see both sides,

but I normally agree with one side more. My decision was pretty much maintained from everything I’ve seen from the past six months to a year.”

Many voters may have been decided from the start, but campaign distractions have blurred the issues in the minds of the undecided.

While most polls have indicated that the economy remains to be the top issue for voters, social issues continued to make headlines during campaigning.

Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s controversial “legitimate rape” comment spurred conversation on abortion, and Democrats shed light on Gov. Mitt Romney’s shaky stance on the issue.

Romney and Obama also sparred over women voters in the “War on Women,” which the ACLU describes as “the legislative and rhetorical attacks on women and women’s rights taking place across the nation.”

Although these are important issues, they were distractions from

the real problems, and it isn’t hard to see why some voters remained undecided so long into the campaigning season.

But most voters select their candidate months before Election Day and even the presidential debates, which were held on Oct. 3, 11 and 16.

According to Gallup, 24 percent of registered voters cast their ballots between Oct. 1 and 28.

Obama seemed to understand that most voters’ minds are already made up at this point.

On Tuesday, Obama played a traditional election day game of basketball with friends in his hometown of Chicago. While Romney and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan attended several last-minute campaign events, Obama kept it low-key by participating in radio interviews in battleground states.

If partisanship takes priority in our decision-making process, we are allowing candidates to slide by without having to prove themselves, and while early voting may be convenient, keep your eyes and ears open until election day.

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

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

Don’t air dirty laundry on Twitter in ‘private’ manner TATE’S A STRONG WORD JESSE TATE Columnist Whatever you put online is free game — it’s callow to assume no one can see or utilize what goes on your social media profiles, private or not.

Collin MacKechnie, a 15-yearold child actor located in Vancouver, Canada, had a fake Twitter account made about him without his knowledge.

Pictures of Collin and his family surfaced, along with personal details that seemingly only he would know.

Once this situation was handled, the question remained: What made this account more inappropriate than a parody celebrity account?

Accounts such as @Bill_ Nye__Tho and @timtebow316 are obvious spoof profiles providing followers with humor, while the fake MacKechnie account had no desire to be funny — only to mess with his reputation.

There is a difference, though, between an anonymous account embodying a celebrity and an account used to air your dirty laundry in a “private” manner.

It’s important to maintain a hidden identity if you decide to partake in this world of anons on Twitter.

Hinting to your lifestyle in a way that would give away your identity is a naive decision. The point of being anonymous is so you can put anything on your account and not have to worry about the consequences.

Also, there seems to be an obsession among these accounts with what are called “picslips.”

In a picslip, you tweet a photo of yourself and leave it up for a brief period of time. That way, only those who are checking their accounts at that time will get to see who you truly are.

This makes no sense.

Most of these accounts are filled with personal and sexual tweets, most of which contain information the majority of society would think are too private to reveal to the public eye.

So then why do these people feel the need to blow their covers?

The thrill of saying whatever you want sans responsibility is probably what motivates this culture of anons. No name equals no consequences.

Just because you don’t have an identity tied to an account does not make it appropriate to post catty and vindictive tweets.

Additionally, the utilization of the subtweet is tacky

and dangerous.

Being passive aggressive might be effective in a one-onone situation, but when you have hundreds, if not thousands, of followers, it’s possible for the wrong person to assume he or she was the subject of the childish remark.

Don’t forget, your friends who keep up with your account are not dumb enough to ignore a subliminal slash at something they did.

It all comes back to humans treating others online as if they were not human as well.

Since the victim of a negative comment isn’t in the immediate area, there is no instant response to hurtful words. We forget there is a person on the other side of the computer screen.

Lastly, future employers are swarming your social media profiles to see who you are as a person.

Don’t pull a Michel Morganella, the Swiss soccer player who got

expelled from the 2012 Olympics for tweeting racist remarks about the South Korean soccer team, and ruin your chances at obtaining your dream job.

Remember that Twitter isn’t your personal journal and anyone is entitled to see what you have to say, positive or not.

Whether you want to create a comical Twitter account for your favorite fictional character, or need an outlet to get your emotions out, be careful what you put online because it never goes away.

Jesse Tate is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell.

Contact Jesse Tate at jtate@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_JesseTate

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four years.

“I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes and lead the nation in another direction,” Romney said.

Louisiana expectedly elected Romney, giving him nine electoral votes.

Also on the national scale, Republicans will continue to hold majority in the House while the Senate retains a Democratic majority.

THE UNIVERSITY Many students who voted at the University Lab School affirmed the state’s preference.

“Voting for Romney has a lot to do with the economy,” said Alex Beem, petroleum engineering junior.

Beem said he was impressed by Romney’s debate performance and thought he would “care more about the U.S.” “He has the best ideas for the country,” he said.

Obama’s first term was a let down, said William Daniel, petroleum engineering sophomore and first-time voter.

“I feel kind of let down, disappointed,” Daniel said. “I’m just looking for a change for the better.”

But the majority of Louisiana was not reflected by all University students.

Many students said they chose Obama based on social issues like women’s rights and his support of same-sex marriage.

Courtlyn Sholar, architecture sophomore, voted for Obama because of his economic stances.

“Being a student and my father recently passing, with my mother working part-time and my sister and I both attending LSU, Obama’s policies on education make it possible for me to attend school,” Sholar said.

The mood was tense and

impatience mounted in the Journalism Building on Tuesday night as students watched the tight race’s results roll in.

Some were doubtful that Romney would be able to unseat Obama, but Republican students retained hope in their candidate.

Political science and economics freshman Garrett Clawson voted for Romney but said that a win was a long shot.

“It’s no 2008,” Clawson said.

“Neither side has been energized like in the last election.”

The Daily Reveille STATE, from page 1 according to Tuesday night’s numbers. Obama also led Romney in other parishes including Orleans Parish, Caddo Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish and East Carroll Parish.

On the third party candidates on the state’s ballot, Libertarian Gary Johnson had the most votes, .92 percent, with 17,689 according to Tuesday night’s numbers.

The last time Louisiana

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Louisiana Voting by the Numbers, 2008 v. 2012: 2012

2008

Obama: 39.16 percent Romney: 59.19 percent

Obama: 39.9 percent McCain: 58.6 percent

elected a Democratic candidate for the presidency was in 1996 when former President Bill Clinton ran for a second term. In Louisiana and throughout the nation,

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

THE CAMPAIGN Obama was ahead in most polls until the first presidential debate, when he was criticized for his sluggish showing. That’s when a swing of momentum hit the Romney camp.

Obama ran on the successes he had during his first term, including passing the Affordable Care Act, handling a national recession and killing Osama bin Laden.

Romney’s chief criticisms of the president focused on a disappointing term where promises were not kept.

Obama was blasted for promising to reduce an unemployment rate that has thinly dropped just recently.

The thorn in Romney’s side was a perceived lack of sympathy from many Americans. A video leaked weeks before the election showed Romney at a private fundraiser denouncing 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes.

Obama’s second term will officially begin on Inauguration Day, Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C.

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

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Political heads decorated the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building on Tuesday for the presidential election watch party.

GUEST SPEAKER

Lt. Gen. Honoré speaks on leadership, media Chris Grillot Staff Writer

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré spoke to a group of about 20 students on the importance of being prepared during crises Tuesday afternoon in them in the Manship School of Mass Communication’s Holliday Forum.

Christened a “John Wayne dude” by former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Honoré, who’s also been known as the “Ragin’ Cajun,” became somewhat of a media sensation after he was made commander of Joint Task Force Katrina. As commander, he was responsible for military relief throughout the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

His experiences led him to write two books, one on how to survive in a crisis and another on how leaders should face what he calls the “new normal.”

Both prescribe ways for military leaders and politicians to address the media during crises.

“My approach to the media [during Katrina] was to give them the information based on what I think the purpose of the media is, which is to

he defeated Republican Bob Dole.

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Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré discusses points from his book, “How Being Prepared Can Keep You and Your Family Safe” on Tuesday in the Journalism Building.

give people the facts,” Honoré said.

He started, saying officials should not address the media about how they feel about things and only relay facts, which he said often didn’t happen during Katrina.

Honoré cited the example of a congressman leaking to the media that survivors in New Orleans would have to send an email to receive help, a leak he said either wasn’t true at all or was a complete misinterpretation.

When questioned about the leak

in a 2005 news conference, Honoré famously yelled at the questioning reporter, “That’s B.S. It’s B.S. I can tell you that is B.S.!”

“If you don’t deal with the engaged press as a leader, other people will,” Honoré said, hinting politicians used Katrina to elevate their popularity.

From Katrina, Honoré moved into talking about preparedness in the “new normal.”

“Our concept of normal is post 9/11,” he said. “It changed from innocent little old ladies getting on airplanes with a bottle of water to them getting strip searched.”

It’s a change that happens every so often — one occurred when the nation formed, another after the atom bomb was used in World War II, he said.

Despite these shifts in preparedness, we’re still not fully there, he said.

“People think they can take the risk and not be prepared for potential disasters,” Honoré said.

He gave the example of failing generators in New York hospitals in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

“That really made me mad,” he

said, adding that once you lose electricity during a disaster you’re “set back 80 years.”

And finally, Honoré left his audience with a few words of advice on reporting during crisis.

“Never ask a question you don’t have the answer to, because then people can tell you anything.”

Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com

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