WORLD: Students offer perspective about recent violence in Gaza, p. 3
FOOTBALL: A columnist discusses Miles’ players-first attitude, p. 7
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Monday, November 19, 2012 • Volume 117, Issue 61
History Repeats
Beckham’s punt return powers LSU to victory
Trey Labat
Sports Contributor
Two more University leaders may leave Brian Sibille
History has a habit of repeating itself, and it did in a big way for No. 8 LSU on Saturday night. LSU sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. powered a fourth-quarter LSU comeback with an 89-yard punt return eerily similar to Billy Cannon’s famous return on Halloween night in 1959 that propelled then-No. 1 LSU to a 7-3 win against No. 3 Ole Miss. The 89-yard touchdown was a career long for Beckham, and went for the exact same distance as Cannon’s return 53 years ago. Cannon was even in attendance to see the game-changing return. “Wow, what a game,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “When Beckham was running, I felt like I was at the bowling lane.” Miles completed his statement with a little dance that’s sure to become an Internet sensation. Beckham broke only four BECKHAM, see page 6
ADMINISTRATION
News Editor
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LSU sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (3) runs back a punt Saturday in LSU’s 41-35 victory against Ole Miss.
More University leaders may be on the way out as they emerge as top candidates for jobs at other schools, adding to a domino effect of flighty leaders that began in April. Eric Monday, CFO and vice chancellor ALBERT of finance and administrative services, was announced Nov. 15 as the candidate for a similar position at the University of Kentucky. Monday attended a forum MONDAY at the university hosted by UK’s Staff Senate where ADMINS, see page 6
SUSTAINABILITY
Campus-wide energy use and efficiency increase Ben Wallace Senior Contributing Writer
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series detailing the University’s campus sustainability efforts. The University consumes more energy today than it did seven years ago. At the same time, energy efficiency is at an all-time high. Campus sucked up more than 2 million MMBTUs (Million British Thermal Units) of energy in 2011, enough for a couple billion loads of laundry, according to numbers submitted in an annual sustainability report. However, nearly half that amount was self-produced by the two cogeneration plants on campus. There, natural gas fuels electricitygenerating turbines, which give off
steam as a byproduct. “We’re always producing steam here,” said Associate Executive Director of Facility Services Dave Maharrey, describing how the hot vapor can either be used directly for heating purposes or indirectly for cooling purposes. Massive spinners cool steam into chilled water, which is then used to air-condition more than 12 million square feet of building space on campus. Since 2005, the University’s total square footage has increased by nearly 25 percent. Even though it uses about 12 percent more energy, production efficiency has gone up. Water use has only increased 1.5 percent during that same time period, from about 758 million gallons in 2005 to 770 million in 2011. “We still have a lot of water lines and steam lines we need to work on,” Maharrey said, although he felt
encouraged by the relative percentage measures. Pipes leak and lights burn out on a daily basis. But as things break, more efficient replacements take their place. “We have an unfunded backlog of work throughout the infrastructure — that’s a known factor,” Maharrey said. And until funding becomes available, which he said could take a while under the current budget crunch, drastic improvements won’t happen overnight. For example, installing expensive computer-controlled irrigation systems would save money in the long run. Currently, when watering times need adjustment, someone must go out to one of approximately 90 irrigation monitors on campus to SUSTAINABILITY, see page 6
graphic by BRITTANY GAY / The Daily Reveille