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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History Repeats
Beckham’s punt return powers LSU to victory
Trey Labat
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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
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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
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INTERNATIONAL Pro- and anti-gay protesters clash in Paris streets in reaction to draft law PARIS (AP) — The controversial Ukrainian group Femen, whose topless members stage pranks to support gay rights, have taunted a march in Paris by Catholics who oppose France’s draft law to legalize gay marriage. The Catholic group Civitas organized Sunday’s march by several thousand people carrying pro-family banners. On Saturday several thousand people took to the streets in cities across France to protest the draft law, which could see marriage and adoption legalized for homosexuals. Myanmar announces new prisoner amnesty, President Obama to visit YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s leader has ordered a new prisoner amnesty ahead of a historic visit to the country by President Obama on Monday. State television said Sunday that President Thein Sein had ordered 66 detainees released, but it was not clear whether any political prisoners would be among them. A Home Ministry official said that Thein Sein signed the amnesty order Friday, but the prisoners will be freed Monday. The presidential amnesty was the second announced this week.
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Young people hold placards during a protest organized by fundamentalist Christian group Civitas Institute against the gay marriage, in Paris, Sunday.
Southeast Asia to adopt human rights declaration despite loopholes PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Diplomats say Southeast Asian leaders have decided to launch a human rights declaration despite last-minute calls for a postponement by critics, including Washington, who say the pact contains loopholes that can allow atrocities to continue. Diplomats say the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will sign a document adopting the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration on Sunday in the Cambodian capital of Phnom.
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Battle over Santa Monica Christmas display goes to Los Angeles court
Public service commissioners stall effort to cut prices on calls from jail
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damon Vix didn’t have to go to court to push Christmas out of the city of Santa Monica. He just joined the festivities. The atheist’s anti-God message alongside a life-sized nativity display in a park overlooking the beach ignited a debate that burned brighter than any Christmas candle. Santa Monica officials snuffed the city’s holiday tradition this year rather than referee the religious rumble, prompting churches that have set up a 14-scene Christian diorama for decades to sue over freedom of speech violations. Left with tornado damage, Alabama town blaming FEMA for unsafe block
Moonshine makers set up shop in Georgia city hall, make legal liquor
(AP) — Louisiana’s public service commissioners have stalled an effort to cut prices on collect calls from parish jail and state prison inmates. The commission split 2-2, with one abstention, in a Thursday vote to impose new rules and lower rates, reports The Town Talk The issue could recur at the PSC’s December meeting. Social justice groups that aid inmates and family members of inmates left disappointed after their pleas failed. The proposal is being pushed by Chairman Foster Campbell. Wildlife and Fisheries dept. helping oystermen meet refrigeration law
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Moonshine distillers are making their first batches of legal liquor in this tiny Georgia town’s city hall, not far from the mountains and the maroon, orange and gold canopy of trees that once hid bootleggers from the law. A handful of moonshine distilleries are scattered around the South, but observers say this is the first they’ve ever seen right in a city hall. The distilleries come amid an increased interest in the U.S. for locally made specialty spirits and beer.
(AP) — The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is offering up to $10,000 to help oyster harvesters buy refrigerators to comply with state and federal laws and regulations. Participants can get up to half the cost from the state. The Courier reports that refrigeration units, cooler boxes, generators and other equipment associated with refrigeration are all eligible for reimbursement under the seafood technology and equipment program. Oystermen say they cannot afford new equipment.
CORDOVA, Ala. (AP) — Main Street in this old mill town looks about the same as it did the day after tornadoes killed about 250 people across Alabama a year and a half ago. The entire one-block downtown, still deemed unsafe, remains sealed off by a chain-link fence. City officials blame the Federal Emergency Management Agency, saying the money to demolish skeletons of the old buildings is mired in miles of red tape.
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Middle East confl ict affects University students Alyson Gaharan Contributing Writer
After an Israeli airstrike killed Hamas’ military leader Ahmad Jabari on Wednesday, the region has experienced nearly a week of violence, namely attacks between Israel and Palestinian territory Gaza, a conflict that hits close to home for some University students. According to Al Jazeera, Israel followed the airstrike with “widespread attacks on the Gaza Strip, and Hamas retaliated.” “I’m absolutely worried about the situation. It has the potential to escalate into a problem that will affect the global community,” said political science senior Russell Conner. Conner lived in Palestine with a local family this summer and keeps in touch with his Palestinian family through Facebook and Skype. “I’m definitely worried for my Palestinian family’s safety,” Conner
said. “They’ve been through something like this before, but I’m worried for the innocent civilians on both sides, including my friends.” According to CNN, Hamas is a militant organization whose goal is an Islamic fundamentalist Palestinian state. Hamas operates in the West Bank and Gaza. The U.S., Israel, the European Union and the U.K. consider Hamas a terrorist organization. Hamas has a popular social welfare program that constitutes 90 percent of its work, which has secured the group’s popularity with Gaza residents, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict largely stems from the creation of the Israeli state, which took land from within Palestinian borders. Multiple subsequent territorial disputes including Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, namely the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, intensified
the two states’ relations, according to the CIA World Factbook. Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian land and control of resources like water are among major influences that further divide the two peoples. Conner’s Palestinian family lives in Beit Jala, a suburb of Bethlehem, which is located in occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank. Although Conner’s family is unharmed, they said the situation is extremely tense. “Although Israel has invaded Gaza, there are tanks on the ground in the West Bank right now too,” Conner said. “These are things I’m hearing from my friends that are not being reported in the news.” Conner’s Palestinian brother Mohammad Al-hroub is a 19year-old Jerusalem University student, studying geography and the environment.
“Right now we are OK, but later we don’t know,” Al-hroub said in a Facebook message. “Tanks are currently sweeping Beit Jala. The rockets are close.” Conner’s Palestinian mother said all school and university classes were cancelled Saturday, which is usually a school day in their culture. “It’s not awful right now, but it has the potential to bring the entire world in,” Conner said. “I can’t believe I was there just this summer.” ISDS junior Sammy Qasem has family living in the Palestinian town of Bal’a in the West Bank. Qasem has not spoken to his family and does not know if they are safe. “What’s going on is terrible,” Qasem said. “I think people need to be more aware of what’s happening.”
Russell Conner, political science senior, has been communicating about the recent attacks in Gaza with a family he stayed with in Palestine this summer.
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POLITICS
2016 election hype already starting Megan Dunbar Staff Writer
Even though voters decided on a second term for newly re-elected President Barack Obama less than three weeks ago, many major news outlets are already predicting the 2016 presidential election. The Spectator blog has placed 25-to-1 odds on Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal winning the White House. More likely, blogger Jonathan Jones wrote, are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s chances, with 5-to1 odds. Bob Mann, director of the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs and mass communication professor, weighed in on the potential nominees. “If you’re a Democrat who wants to keep the White House, you need to be praying Hillary Clinton runs,” Mann said. He said if Clinton does not run, he has “no idea” who would step up as the natural successor for the Democrats. As for Jindal, Mann noted his trip to Iowa earlier this year to support an Iowan Supreme Court candidate, and his “brilliant” move to speak to Politico after the election, when he contradicted many previous statements. Mann said in a few months, the campaign will start as Jindal, Florida Gov. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie begin trips to
Iowa as well as other swing states and early caucus states. “It won’t be long until you see the campaign actually start,” he said. Mann said the back-and-forth beginning so soon is not surprising. He simplified the reason behind the four-years-early hype, saying the political journalism industry “has to feed the insatiable needs of political junkies.” He said the election and hype leading up will be even more exciting because there will be no incumbent for either party. This past year, Mann said, the news could only capitalize on the Republican party’s drama. In 2015, both parties will host primaries, and according to a
conglomeration of potential nominees on multiple websites, there are more than 20 possibilities for each party. Potential Democrats besides Clinton include current Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro. As a Republican potential candidate, Jindal must tread the fine line between keeping his conservative Louisiana base happy and appealing to the nationwide spectrum of more moderate right-wing constituents, Mann said. Contact Megan Dunbar at mdunbar@lsureveille.com
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Jindal criticized for not accepting federal healthcare aid
Megan Dunbar Staff Writer
Multiple news outlets blasted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for his most recent repetition of the fact he will not accept the federal Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid assistance. Contrary to other Republican state governors, Jindal said he will not reconsider his stance due to the high cost he said the Louisiana budget cannot handle. Opposition to Jindal’s decision has been much louder than support, including a scathing letter from the editorial board of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The Times-Picayune said Jindal’s move shows he continues to put his partisan politics before the needs of his Louisiana residents. The editorial staff pointed out Jindal’s background in healthcare, noting his connections stretch as far back as his thesis while
studying at Oxford concerning a needs-based approach to healthcare. MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry accused Jindal of “not giving a damn” about his constituents in an open letter Saturday, following the lead of The Times-Picayune’s open letter posted Friday that said Jindal is “ignoring his people.” Harris-Perry backed up her comments with numbers: 21.6 percent of citizens in Louisiana live below the poverty line, 20 percent of those lack health insurance and more than 68 percent of those receiving Medicaid assistance in Louisiana are children. She called for Jindal to “pull a Palin” and move on, and presented her idea for a new Twitter hashtag about Louisiana citizens’ feelings: “fbj” for Forget Bobby Jindal. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu sent an open letter to Jindal urging him to accept federal assistance. In July, Jindal faced similar
backlash from his decision, but it is more widespread this time around. In a phone interview with The Huffington Post on Tuesday, in reference to the healthcare plan, Jindal called for President Barack Obama to work with governors and “change the partisan tone in Washington,” as Obama promised. Jindal defended his position Friday in an open letter from Bruce Greenstein, secretary of Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals, to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, saying the law “has severe legal problems, is bad policy and is unworkable.” He said it would be impossible to have a working system in place by October 2013, the projected date called for by the Affordable Care Act. The deadline for Louisiana to accept the offer for Medicaid expansion is next year. In addition to her criticism of
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks in Hot Springs, Ark., on July 27.
Jindal’s healthcare policy, HarrisPerry also called him out for the educational voucher program giving state money to schools that teach creationism. She cited the Interfaith Alliance when she said Jindal has
an inability “to distinguish between religious indoctrination and basic public education.” Contact Megan Dunbar at mdunbar@lsureveille.com
STADIUM
Standing room to be expanded Kevin Thibodeaux Contributing Writer
Tiger Athletic Foundation is hoping the new South Stadium expansion will have more LSU fans on their feet cheering. Eddie Nunez, associate athletic director for operations and project development, said the organization plans to move visitor seating back to the soon-to-be-built upper deck of the south end zone. TAF is planning to fill the vacant space with standing room for fans in the 2014 football season, an idea announced Nov. 8 at the Faculty Senate meeting . However, Nunez noted the project is still in its planning phase, and it is undecided who this standing room would be designated for
— whether it’s general admission, visiting teams’ fans or groups like the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. Nunez said TAF gets requests from groups like this every year, but the organization is unable to provide these groups with the number of tickets they need because of limited seating. “We’re limited on what we can offer,” Nunez said. Nunez said the standing room would be able to incorporate 200 to 400 people, but he said this is just an estimate, and capacity will be more certain after construction is completed this time next year. Right now, Nunez said the focus will be on making sure the new area will meet Fire Marshall codes and exit ramps will be up to standards.
He said season-ticket holders’ seats won’t be displaced, emphasizing the construction will instead open up new seating. “It offers us an opportunity that is not available to Tiger Stadium,” Nunez said. “The needs for tickets are tough at times. Especially two games a year — the Alabamas, the Floridas. ... It’ll offer us the opportunity to have more people in the venue.” Nunez said TAF will go forward will plans, but if at any point they realize the standing-room only plan can’t be incorporated into the stadium, the plan has the flexibility to be taken off the table. Contact Kevin Thibodeaux at kthibodeaux@lsureveille.com
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SAFETY
Four injured in oil rig explosion Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As crews searched Sunday for a worker still missing after an oil platform explosion and fire, doctors said one of four men burned in the blaze is improving and is now in fair condition. Two remained in critical condition and one in serious condition, doctors say. The company that owned the platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico vowed Sunday to keep searching for a second worker still missing after a body was found in about 30 feet of water near one leg of the platform. At Baton Rouge General Medical Center’s burn unit, Wilberto Ilagan, 50, of the Philippines, told Dr. Jeffrey Littleton that he wanted to send a message, according to a news release Sunday. It was, “To my relatives, to my family, and to my country, I am alive and in good health. I am burned, but my heart and lungs are healthy.” According to The Advocate, Littleton told a news conference Sunday that the other men’s names are being withheld because their conditions are more serious. The Philippine Embassy in Washington has said all the workers are from the Philippines. The remains of the unidentified person were found Saturday night by divers hired by Houstonbased Black Elk Energy, said Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega. He said the Coast Guard, which has suspended its own search, would turn over the body to local authorities. John Hoffman, the president and CEO of Black Elk Energy, has said the body is apparently one of two crew members missing since an explosion and fire on the oil platform Friday morning. Hoffman said the body was found by a contract dive vessel. He wrote in an email Sunday morning that a second dive vessel was brought in to speed
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A supply vessel moves near an oil rig damaged by an explosion Friday in the Gulf of Mexico about 25 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
up the search for the second missing worker. “The workers impacted by this accident continue to be our primary focus,” Hoffman wrote. Hoffman said the body was found near where the explosion occurred. The missing and wounded workers were employees of oil field contractor Grand Isle Shipyard, he said. GIS CEO Mark Pregeant released a statement that the company has notified the family of those involved but was declining to release their names, according to WWL-TV in New Orleans. The Coast Guard suspended its own search earlier Saturday after 32 hours spent covering 1,400 square miles near the oil platform, located about 20 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. Authorities said the blaze erupted Friday morning while workers were using a torch to cut an oil line on the platform. Pregeant’s statement, however, said the cause of the fire and explosion is unknown and that “initial reports that a welding torch was being used at the time of the incident or that an incorrect line was cut are completely inaccurate.” A man who answered the phone at the company’s Galliano,
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La., office on Sunday said the company had no comment about the dead man’s name or the cause of the explosion. Separate from the explosion, Grand Isle Shipyard is facing a lawsuit by a group of former workers from the Philippines who claim they were confined to cramped living quarters and forced to work long hours for substandard pay. The lawsuit was filed in late 2011 in a Louisiana federal court and is pending. Lawyers for the company have said the workers’ claims are false and should be dismissed. An attorney for the former workers did not immediately answer an email requesting an update on the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Black Elk said no oil was leaking from the charred platform, which hadn’t been operating since August. Black Elk Energy is an independent oil and gas company. The company’s website says it holds interests in properties in Texas and Louisiana waters, including 854 wells on 155 platforms. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news
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page 6 block on Ole Miss junior defensive back Charles Sawyer. The block sprung Beckham tackles compared to Cannon’s eight. Beckham covered more from the initial coverage and total ground than Cannon, as he allowed him to switch fields, started breaking toward his left making a few Ole Miss defenders then cut right to take it up the miss along the way. “Everyone had their man and sideline. “[Beckham] is a very crafty everyone covered their assignguy,” said LSU junior defensive ments,” Beckham said. “I saw a end Sam Montgomery. “He is crease and just hit it.” Another freshman corner, very agile, like a cat … he was able to wing through those people Jalen Mills, delivered a block that allowed Beckham to turn the and score the touchdown.” The players did, however, corner on the right sideline where score in the same end zone and he was met by a convoy of LSU crossed the end line in the same blockers. Beckham said LSU sopholocation. “The fact that they crossed more wide receiver Jarvis Landry helped him finin the same spot is ish off the return really weird,” said LSU junior defen- ‘I think all of us knew by reeling him in and directing him sive end Barkevious Mingo. “I how special that return toward the end zone. had no idea that was when it was While Canit was that similar happening.’ non’s return was [to Cannon’s rea game-winner, turn].” Jeremy Hill Beckham’s kept The Beckham LSU in a game in touchdown tied freshman running back which the defense the score at 35-35, and after consecutive sacks that was struggling to stop a hot Ole forced Ole Miss out of field goal Miss offense led by sophomore range, the Tiger offense drove quarterback Bo Wallace. Wallace totaled 364 yards down the field for the gamewinning touchdown by freshman on the day to go with four total touchdowns. running back Jeremy Hill. Ole Miss was never able to Beckham has struggled recently with punt returns, muffing recover the momentum after the a punt in last week’s game against score, totaling only 36 yards of Mississippi State and averaging offense for the rest of the game. “Standing on the sidelines I less than 4 yards per return in the knew something great was about past five games. “[Beckham] is an amazing to happen,” Hill said. “I think all player and he showed up at a of us knew how special that recritical time for us.” Montgom- turn was when it was happening.” ery said. “He let people know that he’s still that guy that he was when he first came here.” The return was set up by a block from LSU freshman cornerback Jalen Collins. As Collins sprinted down the Contact Trey Labat at field, he signaled for Beckham tlabat@lsureveille.com to come his way and delivered a
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make a manual adjustment, said Fred Fellner, assistant director of Landscape Services. Recently, Fellner has made trips to the University of Alabama to look at its computerized wireless control system, which he hopes to install at LSU once funding becomes available. “Every day we feel the weather as human beings to be a certain humidity and temperature, but the plants also have a certain feel for the weather on how much water there is to absorb. And many times, we’re not including that in our irrigation calculations,” he said. The computers would. “You may think you need to run it for 15 minutes, but maybe the ET [evapotranspiration] ratio is saying you only need 10,” he said. Plans are in the works to put low-flow water systems in many campus buildings as well, said Denise Newell, campus sustainability manager. “That costs a premium,” Newell said, referring to ecofriendly resource management systems in general. “And right now, we’re in a crunch to come
up with those numbers.” Another area looking to increase sustainability is the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation. “We completely revamped [Tiger Trails] and required lowemission sulfur,” said Director Gary Graham, noting the addition of the TransLoc GPS service on the buses to increase ridership. And it worked. Graham directly attributed the increase in ridership to the helpful GPS service, which he believes also enhances campus safety. Bike racks have also been installed to the front of each bus, and the addition of some dedicated bicycle lanes and shared roads signs during the Easy Streets II project this coming summer will both serve to encourage more bike riding. “Our Flagship agenda includes sustainability,” Newell said, “and if that’s our mission, and it’s something we should be working toward, then sustainability should really be a part of everything we do.” Contact Ben Wallace at bwallace@lsureveille.com
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he was featured as the preferred vice president for finance and administration candidate, according to campus newspaper The Kentucky Kernel. A search committee gathered a pool of 50 potential candidates that was later narrowed down to 10 individuals who personally interviewed at the campus in Lexington, Ky. Katrice Albert, vice provost for equity, diversity and community outreach for the Office of Academic Affairs, is a finalist for vice president of equity and diversity at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Albert traveled to Minnesota earlier this month to give a public presentation and vie for the job, according to campus newspaper The Minnesota Daily. If Monday and Albert leave for other institutions, they join the ranks of several other University administrators who have traveled
Monday, November 19, 2012 down similar higher education paths. Most recently, Dean of the College of Science Kevin Carman announced he will leave LSU to fill a provost position at the University of Nevada, Reno. It was announced late last month that Carman would begin his new job Feb. 1. At that time, Carman told The Daily Reveille his departure did not stem from bitter feelings toward the University after years of combatting budget cuts. But sentiments were not as cordial when former LSU System President John Lombardi was ousted by the Board of Supervisors in April. Carman is only one of the administrators who has departed since Lombardi’s firing. In May, former University Chancellor Michael Martin took a job with the Colorado State University System as chancellor. Martin’s move came as a surprise to the University community, especially after
Lombardi’s departure and the end of Jack Hamilton’s tenure as provost and executive vice chancellor. Stuart Bell was hired to fill the provost position before Lombardi and Martin saw their way out. Now, the University’s hierarchy is shaky. As Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins guides both the LSU at Baton Rouge campus and the System, the Board of Supervisors made a controversial vote in October to make this hybrid position permanent. But the vote may not hold after the Board was notified of illegal procedure for not adequately informing the public of its intention, and the decision will be revisited in December. Contact Brian Sibille at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news
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Sophomore safety Ronald Martin (26) and freshman linebacker Lamar Louis (23) attempt to bring down Ole Miss junior running back Jeff Scott (3) Saturday during the Tigers’ 41-35 victory against the Rebels.
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opposing wide receiver since West Virginia receiver Tavon Austin had 187 against the Tigers last season. “I made mistakes. Craig made mistakes. We all made mistakes,” Reid said. “It’s just something we need to clean up. It shouldn’t be happening this late in the season, but sometimes we have a bad day.”
The LSU women’s basketball team rallied the entire second half at Hampton University to erase a 17-point halftime deficit, but ultimately fell, 67-58, to the Lady Pirates on Friday night. LSU (1-1) outscored Hampton (3-0) 40-32 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to undo Hampton’s 19-0 first half run that gave the Lady Pirates a 35-18 halftime lead. Throughout the game, the Lady Pirates scored 21 points on 22 Lady Tiger turnovers. LSU junior forward Theresa Plaisance, who earned her first career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, led LSU along with freshman guard Danielle Ballard and senior guard Bianca Lutley who both scored 13 points. Hampton senior forward Keiara Avant added a double-double of her own with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Lady Pirate junior guard Nicole Hamilton put together 10 assists, nine points and four blocks. “I thought Hampton did a great job setting the tone early for their team,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “Avant did a great job for their team and on the boards.” Caldwell said fouls are still an issue for LSU, who allowed Hampton to shoot 24 free throws Friday, 21 of them in the second half. In the second half, Hampton only shot 29 percent from the floor, going 7-for-24, but converted 81 percent of its free throws. “What really hurts is when a team is shooting 80 percent from the free-throw line and they’re able to score a third of their points from the free-throw line,” Caldwell said.
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FALL, see page 15
Defensive Defects Big plays save Tigers despite defensive struggles
Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor
It was unfamiliar territory to say the least. The Tigers’ secondary, which had only allowed an average of 166 passing yards per game this season, allowed 316 passing yards in Saturday’s 41-35 win against Ole Miss.
Saturday’s total is the most passing yards No. 8 LSU (9-2) has given up this season and the most since giving up 463 to West Virginia last season. Drive after drive, play after play, Ole Miss (5-6) sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace found gaping holes in the Tigers’ secondary. The Rebels averaged 19.8 yards per completion, with half of
their 18 completions gaining 20 yards or more. Acclaimed LSU defenders like junior safeties Eric Reid and Craig Loston, and junior cornerback Tharold Simon struggled to cover the Rebels’ receivers. The group gave up 161 yards and two touchdowns to Ole Miss wide receiver Donte Moncrief — the most passing yards for a single
Miles shows why players flock to LSU MIC’D UP MICAH BEDARD Sports Columnist Do what it takes to achieve victory. I’ve heard LSU coach Les Miles utter that phrase a thousand times. It’s the staple of the LSU football program. What better time to snatch victory out of your opponents’ hands
than against hated Ole Miss on Senior Day? Miles could care less about the 35 points or the 463 yards LSU gave up to the Rebel Black Bears. Walking off the field after a win and singing the Alma Mater armin-arm with his players is all that mattered to the Mad Hatter. Saturday night exemplified just how much respect Miles has for his players and vice versa. It would have been so easy for LSU to quit. So easy to give up on a season when the rest of the
country had already written it off. Not LSU. And definitely not on Senior Day. “The moral of this game was things in life that don’t come easy but if you keep on fighting towards the end things will go your way,” said LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery. “Never give up. That’s something that our seniors, young guys, guys in the middle, never did.” Saturday’s storyline wasn’t FLOCK, see page 15
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Head coach Les Miles holds back his team at the mouth of the tunnel Saturday before LSU’s victory against Ole Miss.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Monday, November 19, 2012
VOLLEYBALL
Tigers take home first place LSU ends road trip finish at weekend tournament with double losses Lady Tigers f inish in fourth place
Tyler Nunez Sports Contributor
Chandler Rome Sports Writer
The No. 20 LSU men’s swimming and diving team rolled to a victory against three teams Saturday in the Phil Hansel Invitational — totaling 1047.5 points in the three-day tournament to separate itself from Wyoming by 48.5 points. The Tigers (2-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) were paced in the pool by seniors Craig Hamilton and Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez, both taking first place with NCAA cut times. Hamilton won the mile in 15:14.67, an NCAA provisional cut time, while Alvarado Jiminez took the gold in the 200 breaststroke with an NCAA B cut of 1:59.20. Swimming coach Dave Geyer praised Hamilton and sophomores Michael Young and Frank Greeff, who took first in the 100 and 200 backstroke and 100 and 200 butterfly, respectively, as three Tigers swimming toward preseason goals. “They are having fun with it. They all have goals,” Geyer said. “Craig wants to return to NCAAs and get a top-eight finish in the mile. Frank and Michael both want that experience for the first time.” Young also swam a leg of the winning 200 medley relay, along with seniors Andrei Tuomola and Raymond DePadua and junior Michael Saco, out-touching the competition in 1:29.19 — one of three Tiger relay wins on the weekend.
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LSU junior swimmer Emily Weaner swims Oct. 27 in the 200 yard butterfly against North Carolina State at the LSU Natatorium.
Junior Daniel Helm led the Tigers on the boards, taking first in the platform and setting a season-best on the 3-meter in the preliminary before finishing eighth overall. Helm’s platform score of 369.90 was the second-best score in program history, garnering praise from diving coach Doug Shaffer in the team’s first encounter on the platform this season. “Overall, I am pleased that the efforts we have put in on platform are showing results,” Shaffer said. “Hopefully that breeds confidence with what are doing in the pool.” The No. 19 Lady Tigers (51, 2-1 SEC) worked their way to a fourth-place finish behind No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 23 Arkansas and SMU.
Senior Jana Ruimerman and sophomore Amber Carter led the Lady Tigers, with Ruimerman posting an NCAA provisional time of 1:57.33 in the 200 backstroke and Carter swimming a seasonlow 50.19 in the 100 freestyle. Junior Torrey Bussey added a season low 1:01.62 in the 100 breaststroke while also swimming a leg of the 200 medley relay that finished fifth. On the boards, sophomore Alex Bettridge won the 1-meter springboard with a career best 305.20, while freshman Cassie Weil claimed the runner-up title on the platform with a 263.85. Weil added a third-place finish on the 3-meter with a 324.25, impressing Shaffer along the way. “We are further ahead than we’ve ever been at this particular point of the season,” Shaffer said. Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR
The LSU volleyball team dropped a pair of matches to Tennessee and Florida this weekend, putting it just one game away from the end of a season in which success has seemed to elude it. LSU (12-16) fell to Tennessee (21-6) in straight sets Sunday to put an end to its four-game road trip. The Volunteers proved to be too much for the Tigers, as they used late runs led by their seniors to take all three sets. “When you have the seniors that Tennessee has ... and you end up with matchups with freshmen across the net from them, experience is going to win the battle,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. LSU senior outside hitter Madie Jones led the Tigers in the final road game of her career with 13 kills and a .303 hitting clip. The Tigers traveled to Gainesville, Fla., on Friday, where they took on No. 16 Florida (22-4) in match that resulted in the Gators clinching the Southeastern Conference Championship. “We knew that if we went out and tried to win, then we probably wouldn’t be successful,” Jones said. “So we went out and just tried to have fun and play well with each other and really just enjoy being a team.” The strategy seemed to work initially, as the Tigers won the first set, and, according to Flory, could have gone into the locker room up 2-0 if it had not been for a slew of eight attacking errors that led to a 25-22 Florida victory in the second set. “I thought we played as hard as we could possibly play,” Flory said. “I thought playing Florida toe-to-toe for two full sets was a great testament to [how hard our team plays].” But that was all the success LSU would see against Florida, as
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LSU senior Sam Delahoussaye (3) sets the ball during LSU’s match against Georgia Oct. 3 in the PMAC.
the Gators came out of the locker room and trounced the Tigers in the third and fourth sets 25-11 and 2513, respectively. LSU freshman middle blocker Cati Leak continued her recent hot streak, tallying seven kills and five assists against Florida. Leak delivered despite playing in an unfamiliar position — the usual outside hitter, sophomore Helen Boyle, was sidelined with a shoulder injury. The losses this weekend put the Tigers at 8-11 in the SEC this season with one game remaining. Even though the season has not gone exactly as planned, Flory said she was satisfied with her team’s performance. “As a coach, the most you can ask from a team is that they play hard for you and they stay true to what you’re trying to accomplish,” Flory said. “... The key to this team is they don’t have any quit in them. ... I wouldn’t trade this team for anything.” Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com
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Monday, November 19, 2012
NFL
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Saints get back to .500 with 38-17 win against Raiders
Josh Dubow The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After fighting their way back from an 0-4 start to a .500 record, the New Orleans Saints now face a tough task if they want to make it back to the playoffs. Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes and Malcolm Jenkins returned an interception for another score to get the Saints back to even with a 38-17 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Lance Moore caught two touchdown passes, and Mark Ingram ran for a score as the Saints (5-5) won for the fifth time in six games and are in position to make a late-season playoff run despite the seasonlong distraction from the bounty scandal. Getting back to even was just the first step. New Orleans’ next three games come against teams currently in first place, starting with a home game next week against the Bay Area’s other team, the San Francisco 49ers, followed by games against Atlanta and the New York Giants. The Raiders (3-7) lost their third straight game under first-year coach Dennis Allen as their banged-up defense got picked apart by Brees’ precision passing. Oakland has allowed 135 points in those defeats — the most in a three-game span for the franchise since allowing 141 in the first three games in 1961. Carson Palmer threw one interception that was returned for a score and another in the end zone. The Raiders left receivers open all day and Oakland struggled to tackle in another thorough beating. The Raiders have been outscored by 56 points the past two games. The Saints did just about
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Wide receiver Devery Henderson (19) falls with the ball on top of Oakland Raiders cornerback Michael Huff (24) in the Saints’ 38-17 victory against the Raiders on Sunday.
everything starting with an efficient opening drive by Brees that set the tone for the game. Brees finished 20 for 27 for 219 yards, extending his own records by throwing a touchdown in his 53rd straight game and completing 20 passes for the 46th straight game. He did it against one of his favorite opponents. Brees has won his last seven starts against the Raiders with 16 touchdowns and no interceptions in those wins. Even New Orleans’ much-maligned defense got into the act. The Saints got the two big turnovers in the first half that got the blowout
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started and held Oakland to one touchdown until garbage time. About the only bright spot for the Raiders was fullback Marcel Reece, who rushed for 103 yards and added 90 yards receiving as he started at halfback in place of injured Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson. Brees broke open a close game late in the first half when he found Moore all alone in the end zone behind Michael Huff and fill-in safety
Mike Mitchell for a 38-yard touchdown pass in the final minute of the first half to make it 21-7. Travaris Cadet then returned the second-half kickoff 75 yards and Ingram ran it in from the 27 on the next play and the rout was on. Brees and Moore connected one more time in the third quarter to make it 35-10. The Saints easily scored on their first possession as Brees completed five of six passes on an 80yard drive capped by a 1-yard toss to
Jimmy Graham. Palmer then threw a pair of interceptions on passes to Brandon Myers with Malcolm Jenkins returning the first 55 yards for a touchdown and Roman Harper picking the second one off in the end zone after it went through Myers’ hands. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports
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FOOTBALL
Monday, November 19, 2012
Vols fire Dooley with four years left on contract Steve Megargee The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derek Dooley is out at Tennessee. The university announced the anticipated firing Sunday after Dooley posted the storied program’s longest run of consecutive losing seasons in over a century. Dooley, 44, had a 15-21 record that included an 0-15 mark against Top 25 teams. Dooley was 4-19 in Southeastern Conference competition during his three-year tenure and had lost 14 of his last 15 league games. Dooley had four years left on his contract, which includes a $5 million buyout. “We very much appreciate the effort and energy that Derek Dooley and his staff have poured into our football program at the University of Tennessee,” Athletic Director Dave Hart said in a statement. “Derek and I met early this morning, and I informed him that I believed a change in leadership, despite the positive contributions he has made to the overall health of the program, was in the best long-term interests of Tennessee football. We will immediately begin the search for the best possible candidate to assume this leadership role.” Tennessee (4-7, 0-7 SEC) must beat Kentucky on Saturday to avoid going winless in SEC play for the first time in school history. Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will serve as the Vols’ interim coach for the Kentucky game. Tennessee’s 41-18 loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday guaranteed the Volunteers their third consecutive losing season, which marks the first time they have finished below .500 in three straight years since 1909-11. Tennessee’s loss to Vanderbilt marked only the second
time in 30 years that the Vols had fallen to their in-state rival. The Vols will fail to reach a bowl in back-to-back seasons for the first time since being left out four consecutive years from 197578. “I am sorry we could not generate enough wins to create hope for a brighter future,” Dooley said in a statement. “Although progress was not reflected in our record, I am proud of the strides we made to strengthen the foundation for future success in all areas of the program. During the last 34 months, I’ve given my all for Tennessee, and our family appreciates all this University and the Knoxville community has given us.” Dooley’s successor will become the Vols’ fourth coach in a six-year stretch. Phillip Fulmer was fired in the midst of a 5-7 season in 2008 and ended his 17-year tenure with a 152-52 record. Lane Kiffin stayed for just one year before Southern California hired him away. Now Dooley is leaving after only three seasons. Tennessee won at least eight games for 16 consecutive seasons from 1989-2004 and posted double-digit wins in nine of those years, but the Vols haven’t earned more than seven victories in any of their last five seasons. This will mark their fifth losing season over the last eight years. “It’s real surprising,” junior quarterback Tyler Bray said after the Vanderbilt game. “I didn’t think we’d have a losing record. I thought we’d only lose a couple of games, maybe two or three, and we’ve been getting our butts kicked. It’s really not fun.” Tennessee faces some financial issues as it chooses its new coach. The university’s athletic department posted a $3.98 million budget deficit for the 2011-12
fiscal year in part because of buyouts it was paying to Fulmer, former athletic director Mike Hamilton, former men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl and former baseball coach Todd Raleigh. The football program is on probation until August 2015. The NCAA handed Tennessee a twoyear extension of its probation Friday after ruling former assistant Willie Mack Garza provided impermissible travel and lodging for an unofficial visit by former prospect Lache Seastrunk, who eventually signed with Oregon and has since transferred to Baylor. Garza worked as an assistant on Kiffin’s staff. Dooley didn’t enter an ideal situation when he arrived at Tennessee in January 2010 after going 17-20 in three seasons at Louisiana Tech. Tennessee went a combined 12-13 in the two years leading up to his arrival. After Dooley led Tennessee to a 6-7 record and Music City Bowl bid in 2010, the Vols went 5-7 last season and closed the year with a 10-7 loss to Kentucky, ending the Vols’ 26-game winning streak in that annual series. Dooley overhauled his coaching staff over the winter, most notably adding Sal Sunseri as defensive coordinator after Justin Wilcox left to take the same position at Washington. The Vols were confident they could turn things around this year. Dooley said during the SEC Media Days that “you’re not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore.” It hasn’t worked out that way. The Vols briefly entered the Top 25 after winning their first two games this season, but they’ve lost seven of nine since. Although the offense has produced plenty of points, the defense has allowed 37.4 points and 476.8
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Tennessee coach Derek Dooley watches during the second quarter of the Volunteers’ game against Vanderbilt on Nov. 17, in Nashville, Tenn.
yards per game. The Vols haven’t given up that high a scoring average over the course of a full season since allowing 42.7 per game while playing a six-game schedule in 1893. Tennessee hasn’t allowed that many yards per game since at least 1950, the earliest year Tennessee measures that statistic in its media guide. As the losses piled up, fans started staying away. Tennessee’s average attendance of 94,642 last year was its lowest since 1989. The Vols’ average announced attendance through six home games this season is 91,318, more than 11,000 below Neyland Stadium’s capacity. Dooley acknowledged at hi news conference last Monday that his future as Tennessee’s coach was up in the air. Several players spoke out in support of him in the days leading up to the Vanderbilt game. Junior nose guard Daniel Hood noted how Dooley helped him deal
with the death of his mother this summer. “I can’t talk to you about X’s and O’s because the only thing I know is defensive line and offensive line,” Hood said. “But I know as a person, he’s one of the best people that I’ve been around in my life, probably the second most important I’ve had in my life too. “This summer, going through things with my mom and things like that, I wouldn’t be where I am today without someone like Coach Dooley. As a player, it’s hard not to take it personal when people are attacking your coach and things like that. It’s hard to separate the X’s and O’s from the actual person.”
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Monday, November 19, 2012
NCAA FOOTBALL
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No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Kansas State fall in upsets Irish, Tide snatch top two spots
This week’s AP and BCS Polls
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No. 3 Notre Dame stayed undefeated with an uncharacteristically easy victory at home and then had the rest of the night to watch as the teams in front of it in the national championship race lost. The Fighting Irish hammered Wake Forest 38-0 on Senior Day in South Bend, Ind., on Saturday. Then things got really good for the Irish — and Alabama, Georgia, Florida and maybe even Florida State. No. 1 Oregon, second in the BCS standings, lost 17-14 at home in overtime to Stanford. In Texas, Baylor blasted No. 2 Kansas State, which was first in the BCS standings, 52-24 in Waco. On Sunday, Notre Dame became the No. 1 team in the nation. And Alabama, which lost last week to Texas A&M and shut out FCS doormat Western Carolina on Saturday, was named No. 2. No. 14 STANFORD 17, No. 1 OREGON 14, OT EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Williamson hit a 37-yard field goal in overtime and Stanford upset Oregon, denying the Ducks a chance to clinch the Pac-12 North and derailing their straight shot at the BCS championship game. If Stanford and Oregon finish with wins in their final games next weekend, both will finish with one conference loss, which means Stanford will win the head-to-head matchup and go to the Pac-12 championship game for a chance to play in the Rose Bowl. Stanford (9-2, 7-1) will visit No. 1 UCLA, which defeated No. 21 USC 32-29 earlier in the day to claim the Pac-12 South. Oregon (10-1, 7-1) will play rival Oregon State in the annual Civil War rivalry game in Corvallis. The loss snapped a 13-game winning streak for the Ducks, which was longest current streak in the nation. It was Stanford’s fifth straight win. BAYLOR 52, No. 2 KANSAS STATE 24 WACO, Texas (AP) — Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Lache Seastrunk had 185 yards rushing with an 80-yard score and Baylor again upset the BCS picture with a late-season victory. Collin Klein may be a Heisman Trophy front-runner no more after throwing three interceptions while being pressured and harassed all night by Baylor (5-5, 2-5). He threw for 286 yards, but had only 39 yards on 17 carries for Kansas State (10-1, 7-1 Big 12). Nick Florence, the successor to Heisman winner Robert Griffin III threw both of his touchdowns in the first half when the Bears
AP Rank / Team / Record / Last Week’s AP
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Baylor running back Lache Seastrunk (25) breaks away on a touchdown run against Kansas State defensive end Meshak Williams (42) on Saturday in Waco, Texas.
jumped out to a 28-7 lead. On the same November weekend last season, Baylor upset then-fifth-ranked Oklahoma after two teams ahead of the Sooners had already lost that day. No. 3 NOTRE DAME 38, WAKE FOREST 0 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Everett Golson threw touchdown passes of 50, 34 and 2 yards, Cierre Wood scored on a 68-yard run and Notre Dame finished the season undefeated at home for the first time since 1998. The Fighting Irish improved to 11-0 for the first time since 1989 and need to beat Southern California to finish a regular season undefeated for the first time since 1988, the last time they won a national championship. The Demon Deacons (5-6) fell to 1-33 all-time against top 5 teams, their lone win coming against No. 4 Tennessee in 1946. The victory virtually assures the Irish of a berth in a BCS game. The Irish need to beat USC and likely need either No. 1 Oregon or No. 2 Kansas State to lose to reach the BCS title game. No. 4 ALABAMA 49, WESTERN CAROLINA 0 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Eddie Lacy rushed for three first-half touchdowns and AJ McCarron set Alabama’s single-season record for passing TDs. The Crimson Tide (10-1) rebounded from a loss to No. 9 Texas A&M by building a 42-0 halftime lead against the Catamounts (1-10), a Football Championship Subdivision team with two wins in as many seasons. It was Alabama’s third shutout of the season. McCarron completed all six of his attempts for 133 yards and his 21st touchdown before exiting midway through the second quarter. Lacy ran for 99 yards on 10 carries with two 7-yard touchdowns and a 3-yarder. Neither played after halftime.
No. 5 GEORGIA 45, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes, and Todd Gurley became the second true freshman in Georgia history to rush for 1,000 yards. Georgia (10-1) reached 10 wins for the eighth time in Mark Richt’s dozen seasons as coach. Georgia Southern (8-3) had a shot at the halftime lead, only to get scuttled by a penalty, and Murray took control from there. He completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Mitchell with 4 seconds left in the half, sending Georgia to the locker room with a 17-7 lead. In the third quarter, Murray hooked up with Chris Conley on a pair of scoring passes, sandwiched around a 43-yarder to Tavarres King. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_sports
BCS Rank / Team / Last Week’s BCS
1. Notre Dame
11-0
3
1. Notre Dame
3
2. Alabama
10-1
4
2. Alabama
4
3. Georgia
10-1
5
3. Georgia
5
4. Ohio State
11-0
6
4. Florida
6
5. Oregon
10-1
1
5. Oregon
2
6. Florida
10-1
7
6. Kansas State
1
7. Kansas State
10-1
2
7. LSU
7
8. LSU
9-2
8
8. Stanford
13
9. Texas A&M
9-2
9
9. Texas A&M
8
10. Florida State
10-1
10
10. Florida State
10
11. Stanford
9-2
14
11. Clemson
11
12. Clemson
10-1
11
12. South Carolina
9
13. South Carolina 9-2
12
13. Oklahoma
12
14. Oklahoma
8-2
13
14. Nebraska
14
15. UCLA
9-2
17
15. Oregon State
16
16. Oregon State
8-2
15
16. Texas
15
17. Nebraska
9-2
16
17. UCLA
17
18. Texas
8-2
18
18. Rutgers
22
19. Louisville
9-1
20
19. Michigan
21
20. Michigan
8-3
23
20. Louisville
19
21. Rutgers
9-1
22
21. Oklahoma State
24
22. Oklahoma St.
7-3
NR
22. Boise State
NR
23. Kent State
10-1
25
23. Kent State
NR
24. Northern Illinois 10-1
NR
24. Arizona
NR
25. Mississippi St.
8-3
NR
25. Washington
25
25. (tie) Utah State 9-2
NR
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Opinion
page 12
Monday, November 19, 2012
Irreplaceable Libertarian void must be filled after Paul’s retirement MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist Libertarianism is losing its fearless leader. Rep. Ron Paul, R–Texas, is stepping away from politics after this year. The 77-year-old has served Texas in Congress intermittently since 1976, but he is best known for his work in spreading the ideals of libertarianism throughout the nation. As he noted in his farewell address last week, Paul’s goals have always been “to promote peace and prosperity by a strict adherence to the principles of individual liberty,” and he has used his position and status as a Congressman to push these goals. Paul’s presidential campaigns and college tours have been the catalyst in bringing libertarianism to the American political consciousness. Despite never being taken seriously by the media, Paul’s message has been happily embraced by many young voters around the country, and the huge crowd Paul managed to attract during his visit to LSU last year attests to this fact. Many young Americans, including myself, were receptive to Paul’s impassioned positions against government
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encroachments on our civil liberties, our everlasting foreign conflicts and the disastrous and harmful war on drugs. With the GOP in turmoil, Paul’s appeal to the youth may play an important role in shaping what American conservatism becomes in the future. However, Paul’s educational campaigns weren’t his only strength. He was also one of the most stalwart defenders of civil liberties and one of the most vocal opponents to the United States’ aggressive foreign policy in Congress. Even in his farewell speech, Paul was quick to criticize the deterioration of our civil liberties with bills like the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act, the continued use of force in the Middle East, the kill lists that can potentially include American citizens and, of course, the drug war. He even indirectly implied that Congress was full of “psychopathic authoritarians,” which should make him at least a little awesome to everyone in America. But Paul was one man drowned out by the righteous fervor of those “authoritarians,” and when he retires, this country will be losing one of its most important voices in the fight for civil liberties and a saner foreign policy. Louisiana, and he’ll easily gain bipartisan support in the runoff election. He has introduced multiple pieces of legislation that work to strengthen our infrastructure and economy. The campaign may be nasty, but Boustany is a great advocate for local interests and an otherwise respectable politician.” - adav111 “You got the story about 1/2 right. Landry is the only one using the L word, From his very first commercial. The only thing Boustany has called Landry is liar because pretty much
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Many wonder if Paul’s son, Sen. Rand Paul, R–Kentucky, will take up his father’s mantle as the libertarian voice in Congress. However, some libertarians have been put off by Rand’s endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his attempts to entrench himself in the Republican establishment. Whether libertarian-leaning Republicans will unite around Rand remains to be seen. Former Gov. of New Mexico Gary Johnson is also a possible contender as the new leader of the libertarian movement. Johnson’s presidential campaign was
the most successful in the history of the Libertarian Party, although he only won about 1 percent of the popular vote. Yet Johnson has strengths that can’t be found in either of the Pauls. Johnson’s support for marriage equality and abortion makes him far more attractive to younger Americans and the more socially liberal among us, allowing him to continue attracting new recruits to the libertarian movement who may have otherwise been turned away by Paul’s more socially conservative positions. But no matter who emerges
as the new leader of libertarianism, Paul’s void must be filled. There needs to be a voice in the media or in the government that will defend civil liberties and personal liberties from the “authoritarians.”
nothing he claims is ever the truth or the whole truth. The Landry campaign has camped out to the far right. Boustany has let him because he knows that is not where the majority of South Louisianians are. Boustany has bipartisan support and votes for the interests of South Louisiana instead of far right wing organizations that beat you over the head with their scorecards.” - lcgrinder
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Opinion
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Ads underline poor strategy of Republican camp THE NEW FRONTIERSMAN CLAYTON CROCKETT Opinion Editor It takes more than numbers to win a war, and the same goes for the crucible of American politics. During the final presidential debate, the eventual winner and incumbent President Barack Obama likened Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s beefy war plans to a stockpile of horses and bayonets. As much as Americans appreciate the time both candidates spent with their respective quip coaches, a more fitting analogy could not be found to foreshadow the edge Obama’s campaign held over Romney in the advertising war. It takes more than billionaires and bulk advertising purchases to win an election, and a finer look at the advertising campaigns attests to this fact. As numbers are crunched and the voter turnout analyzed, analysts are coming forward with various theories as to how Obama garnered such a convincing victory, but few have the advantage of having worked for both campaigns simultaneously, as media analyst Ken Goldstein does. “We’re providing the same data, the same kind of reports for both campaigns,” Goldstein said during his visit to the University last week. Goldstein is the president of Kantar’s Campaign Media Analysis Group, which worked for both the Obama and Romney campaigns for advertising consultancy during the last election.
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A campaign worker removes candidate signs Nov. 7 in front of Mitt Romney’s campaign office in Manchester, N.H.
“We’re unique in political consulting because we’re nonpartisan.” In essentially helping both campaigns keep tabs on the other’s advertising, Goldstein noticed the intricacies of how each candidate purchased and distributed his ad campaign. The biggest difference, he said, was the difficulty posed by political groups, such as super PACs, and wealthy donors. And this is where sheer numbers did little for Romney’s
old-fashioned campaign strategy: He bolstered his campaign with horses and bayonets, forgetting he was up against the president’s drones. The big-name donors and immense super PAC support not only affected the purchasing dynamic of the ad war, but also the tone of the ads themselves. When it comes to purchasing ad spots in markets across the country, Goldstein said television stations guarantee the lowest going rates to the candidates
themselves, while ads bought by super PACs or donors cost more. “Obama got more ads for the buck,” he said, because “more Republican money was from groups,” but after constantly monitoring every ad produced by each campaign over the course of election season, Goldstein also noticed how groups negatively affected both the quality and content of the ads themselves. During the Republican primary, Goldstein boldly called the Florida primary “the most
negative campaign ever,” and this changed little when Romney made it to the big leagues. “Groups tend to go more negative because it’s easier,” he said, adding that it also makes donors happier. Criticizing the effects of money in politics finally made it mainstream during the multibillion-dollar presidential campaign, from the little-heard former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer to Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, and after the troll of trolls Donald Trump decided to throw his own wild card into the election by blackmailing the president with a charity donation, the entire nation could see how potent a tool a few million dollars can be in the political ring. But Goldstein’s analysis shows the effects reach much further than what’s seen in the headlines. As Americans — and young people, especially — continue to complain about just how negative politics has become, they can rest assured this is the case because it makes the candidates’ wealthier supporters sleep more soundly at night and feel like they showed someone who’s boss. As Goldstein put it, Obama ran a “21st Century campaign.” Romney, on the other hand, was looking too closely at his numbers and too sparingly at the logistics and strategy of the game. Clayton Crockett is a 21-year-old international studies junior from Lafayette. Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_ccrockett
California steps up again with greener energy TATE’S A STRONG WORD JESSE TATE Columnist California is known for two types of green — and this time around, it’s getting noticed for new green energy initiatives. In 2006, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger passed Assembly Bill 32, which had many parts to it, the most important of which is the cap-and-trade system that sets a limit for how much greenhouse gas a business can put into the atmosphere. A limited number of emissions “allowances” are sold at auction to various companies. Once purchased, these companies can either use all of the carbon footprint they purchased or sell the excess, all in hope that these companies keep their emissions standards and trade as clean
as the energy they use. Basically, manufacturers need to become more energy efficient, and if they don’t, they must buy allowances from those with extra or go out of business. This may sound harsh, but it’s going to improve the quality of the environment in the long run. It’s important to have a test dummy in a country that needs this initiative. Plus, for two years, 90 percent of the allowances will be given out for free as a buffer to this transition into more energyefficient factories. Revenues from the allowances will be used for clean energy development in California, which makes perfect sense. It’s about time at least one state in this country jumps on the capand-trade system bandwagon, following 30 European countries. With President Obama in office for a second term, this couldn’t have been implemented
at a better time – when proposals for green energy won’t be bothered. Not only that, but a proposition that will benefit the state even more, Proposition 39, appeared on the Nov. 6 ballot. Essentially, this proposition will close a tax loophole to bring in millions, some of which will be allocated to funding projects that create energy-efficient and clean jobs in the state. The California Solar Initiative has been in place since 2007, encouraging businesses and residents to adopt solar power and giving them cash rebates based on the amount of power produced. Louisiana, on the other hand, is a sad comparison to California when it comes to green energy. The Home Energy Loan Program gives loans to qualifying residents to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, but that’s about it.
What if this kind of cap-andtrade law applied to more than just big business? It wouldn’t be too difficult to figure out a way to apply this to almost every entity in the country, business or residential. The Cash Allowance Rebate System, also known as “Cash for Clunkers,” in 2009 was a huge first step nationwide to get gas-guzzling cars off the streets. What could be better than getting a rebate for your piece-ofjunk truck to put toward a new, more energy-efficient car? The time has come for our nation to sit down and think about our future quality of living. Sure, we can focus on the future of businesses all we want, but let’s weed out the ones that aren’t willing to adapt to our planet’s growing need for cleaner energy. It’s good to know that huge companies like Walmart are
already focusing on newer, cleaner forms of energy. So what’s stopping us from improving our homes when our state will loan us money to do so? According to a 2012 Gallup Poll, citizens of California are much happier than those of Louisiana. It could be that they aren’t stressing about their electricity bill during the steamy months — or maybe because they smoke more pot than we do. Whatever the reason, California set a great precedent for us to follow, and the rest of the country needs to take a hint. Jesse Tate is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Slidell.
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Monday, November 19, 2012 DEFENSE, from page 7
LSU coach Les Miles said Ole Miss exploited a weakness the Tigers didn’t know they had. But Ole Miss’ success will help the Tigers because it gave the defense the opportunity to learn from its mistakes and fix its weaknesses, Miles said. Despite LSU’s poor performance in pass coverage, the defense produced opportune plays that carried it to victory. The defense intercepted three passes, which spurred the Tigers’ offense and kept them in the game, that had become an offensive shootout in the second half. “As a defensive back, you have to have amnesia,” Reid said. “If somebody makes a big play, you have to forget it and line up
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running back Jeremy Hill’s three touchdowns or Odell Beckham Jr.’s 89-yard punt return that reminded LSU fans of Billy Cannon’s run on Halloween Night in 1959. It was Miles’ opening statement of his post-game news conference. I learned a quick lesson after listening to Miles speak for 10 minutes after the Tigers’ victory — don’t go after one of his seniors before his final home game. The consensus among media members was Les’ emotional speech was in response to a column written by a Baton Rouge sportswriter about how big of a bust senior wide receiver Russell Shepard has been in an LSU uniform. As much as Les likes to play the charade he doesn’t pay attention to what the media produces about his team, he reads it all. So when Miles got his chance to take up for the former five-star recruit and the rest of his senior class, he made sure we wouldn’t
and play it again. We gave up some big plays that we didn’t want to, but at the end of the day, we lined up and came up clutch when we needed to.” Junior defensive end Barkevious Mingo said the defensive line made its mission at halftime to put more pressure on Wallace, forcing him to make bad throws to help their struggling secondary, and it did just that. Late in the fourth quarter with Ole Miss driving in LSU territory, sophomore defensive tackle Anthony Johnson and senior defensive end Lavar Edwards forced consecutive second and third down sacks in what might have been the biggest defensive series of the game. The net loss of 18 yards on the sacks forced Ole Miss out of soon forget it. “I went to the field with 16 or 17 seniors, and everyone’s contributions to our team is noteworthy,” Miles said. “Every one of them, whether he is a scout team player or a guy that was highly recruited and played his butt off.” The LSU football team is a family. If you go after one of them, you go after them all. He has every right to back up the young men who have given him their all for their entire collegiate careers. The 2012 LSU seniors have plenty to write home about. They were ranked in the top 25 every game and were a part of 22 straight wins in Tiger Stadium. In his last game in Death Valley, sixth-year senior Josh Dworacyzk knew what needed to be done to get the approval of his head coach. “We went out there and got the victory. That’s what he’s always all about, make sure you get the victory,” Dworacyzk said. “We made
The Daily Reveille comfortable field goal range. The Rebels ultimately attempted a long 53-yard field goal to take the lead, which Ole Miss kicker Bryson Rose missed. Miles said big plays like the interceptions, those two sacks and sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s 89-yard punt return to tie the game early in the fourth quarter are what saved the Tigers’ victory. “It was [Ole Miss’] night,” Miles said. “…But when you find a team that fights beyond that, when it’s never their night, but somehow, someway, they’re going to win— man, that’s special.”
Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com sure we sang as loud as we possibly could have in the locker room. It was special.” Dworacyzk, Shepard, Lavar Edwards and all the 15 seniors on the Tigers’ roster need to be proud of their careers wearing the purple and gold. The fact that Miles got so emotional when talking about a group of players who laid everything on the line each Saturday shows every class is important and special to him. It doesn’t matter if you’re a walk-on or a blue-chip. Miles will defend his players till the end. I’d sure want to have Les in my corner. Wouldn’t you? Micah Bedard is a 22-year-old history senior from Houma.
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She said the Lady Tigers need to match their opponents’ intensity by boxing out, limiting fouling, and adjusting to the referees when needed. The Lady Tigers’ next action comes at 6 p.m. Monday night at Georgetown. Georgetown (2-1) goes into the game against LSU after a 63-48 loss at North Carolina. The Lady Hoyas were led by senior guard Sugar Rodgers, who had 22 points and five assists against the Lady Tar Heels. In last season’s game against Georgetown, LSU won 51-40 in
the PMAC. In that contest, Rodgers tallied 10 points and four rebounds. Rodgers is the only returning contributor from the Lady Hoyas team that visited Baton Rouge a year ago. Plaisance, Lutley, junior guard Jeanne Kenney and senior guard Adrienne Webb added to the stat line in the Lady Tigers win last year. Heading into Monday night’s game at Georgetown, Caldwell said she wants her team to refocus and recover from the loss to Hampton.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
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