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Golden age of Agriculture

FOOTBALL

Landry emerging as prime receiver Chris Abshire Sports Writer

“We’re talking about the golden age of agriculture. We have unprecedented opportunities in agriculture for the rest of our lifetimes,” Strain said.

Annrose Guarino, state specialist for urban health with the LSU AgCenter, said current projections suggest the world population will increase 32 percent by 2050, creating a huge demand for food. She said places like Louisiana with strong agriculture

LSU barely had a competent passing game during the first eight games of this season, much less a go-to receiver, but LSU sophomore receiver Jarvis Landry has helped make both points moot.

Since November, Landry has averaged seven catches for 82 yards as LSU has thrown for 250 or more yards LANDRY in three straight Southeastern Conference games for the first time since 1989.

“The potential was there, and I know it was frustrating not showing it early in the season,” he said.

“We had new guys working with each other trying to get that chemistry. Now, that progress is showing, especially with me and [LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger].”

Landry has proven progress in his ability to move the chains.

During the last three games, 11 of his 21 catches have gone for a first down — seven of them on

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LANDRY, see page 4

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Ted Glaser [below, right] poses in front of his farm equipment Friday in New Roads. He is now in the process of filling his fields [above] for the upcoming planting season.

Growing population, rising incomes increase demand for agricultural products

Olivia McClure

Contributing Writer

Though the King Cotton era is long gone, the brightest days of Louisiana agriculture may be yet to come.

Speaking to the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce in Alexandria earlier this month, Louisiana Agriculture and

Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said growing demand from worldwide consumers could mean a farming boom in America is around the corner.

Strain said Louisiana can play an important role in meeting this growing demand because the state is already the “largest export hub for agricultural products in the United States.”

FILM

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Christian movie filming on campus Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer

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Communication studies junior Nygel Anderson (left) and mass communication sophomore Sandra Castillo (right) hang lights on the Christmas tree in front of the Memorial Tower on Monday.

Camera crews, wires and walkie-talkies are becoming an ever-growing trend on campus. Camera crews visited campus Monday to shoot scenes for a low-budget, Christian film titled “God’s Not Dead,” and Hollywood touched campus last week to film the University’s annual rodeo for the flick “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Lisa Arnold, one of the film’s producers, said the movie centers

on college freshman, Josh Wheaton, played by Disney Channel’s Shane Harper.

The film opens with a scene shot in the Quad, in which Wheaton is registering for his first college courses. Wheaton is warned by a fellow student not to take a philosophy class due to its notorious atheist Professor Radisson, played by Kevin Sorbo.

Wheaton ignores the caveat and decides to enroll in the class.

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INTERNATIONAL Israel museums hide valuable artwork to protect it from rocket fire TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The winered walls of the Brueghel exhibition hall at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art are now bare, like the crime scene of a daring art heist.

Tel Aviv’s leading art museum, spooked by rocket attacks on Israel’s cultural capital, moved nearly 200 works Friday into a rocket-proof safe the size of an auditorium.

“Even if there’s a very small possibility [of damage], we don’t play around. We don’t take chances,” said Doron J. Lurie, the senior curator and chief conservator. “We’ve guarded them like our own kids.”

Colombia cool to rebel, announces cease-fire as it begins peace talks HAVANA (AP) — Colombia’s main rebel group announced a unilateral cease-fire on Monday as it began much-anticipated peace talks, but the Bogota government responded that it would continue military operations.

Top negotiator Ivan Marquez said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia would halt all acts of sabotage and attacks against government and private property starting at midnight Monday and running through Jan. 20.

He made the announcement as negotiators for both sides enter talks in Havana without other comment.

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Dr. Doron J. Lurie, senior curator and chief conservator at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, carries a painting into the museum’s vault Monday in Tel Aviv, Israel.

First female Anglican bishop in Africa, Church of England weighs the option MBABANE, Swaziland (AP) — As the Church of England weighs whether it will allow women to become bishops, the Anglican Church has ordained its first female bishop in Africa.

Ellinah Wamukoya, 61, was consecrated Saturday to serve as the church’s bishop in Swaziland, a tiny, impoverished nation surrounded by South Africa that is the continent’s last absolute monarchy. Speaking Monday to The Associated Press, Wamukoya said she wanted to bring integrity to the church.

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NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Hostess lives at least another day, Twinkies likely to survive longer

Two rig workers shoulder the blame for 2010 BP oil disaster

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Twinkies will live to see another day.

Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge noted that the parties hadn’t gone through the critical step of private mediation.

That means the maker of the spongy cake with the mysterious cream filling won’t go out of business yet.

The news comes after the maker of Ho Ho’s, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread last week moved to liquidate and sell off its assets in bankruptcy court.

Mysterious occurrence of violent dolphin deaths intrigue scientists

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The manslaughter charges brought upon two relatively low-ranking BP workers in the deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster may be as far as federal prosecutors are willing to go. Or maybe they intend to use the two men to work their way up the corporate ladder.

A federal indictment unsealed last week charged BP rig supervisors Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine with botching a crucial safety test before the 2010 drillingplatform explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

ALONG THE GULF COAST (AP) — Dolphins are washing ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and federal officials are looking into the mysterious deaths.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said Monday that they are asking fish and wildlife agents and dolphin monitors in several states to be on the lookout for other troubling cases.

A marine mammal biologist for NOAA says two dolphins were found shot in Louisiana in 2011.

MARK LENNIHAN / The Associated Press

The tasty cream-filled golden spongecakes called Twinkies, in a New York studio on Tuesday, are likely to survive, but their maker will be sold in bankruptcy court.

Hundreds attend funeral for Indianapolis house blast victims

Gov. Jindal won’t endorse in 3rd District race, will leave it to voters

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of people have turned out in Indianapolis for the funeral of a couple killed in a house explosion earlier this month.

According to the Indianapolis Star, Monsignor Tony Volz told mourners Monday there’s no way to understand the deaths of 34-yearold John Dion Longworth and 36-year-old Jennifer Longworth.

The Nov. 10 blast that flattened their home and killed them devastated their neighborhood. Its cause is still being investigated.

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal isn’t getting involved in the Republican battle in Louisiana’s 3rd District congressional race.

Jindal spokeswoman Shannon Bates said Monday the governor won’t endorse a candidate in the Dec. 8 runoff between U.S. Reps. Charles Boustany and Jeff Landry. Bates says the governor has “great respect” for both congressmen and will leave it to voters to choose between them.

Boustany, a traditional Republican allied with House Speaker John Boehner, is seeking a fifth term.

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ENVIRONMENT

Campus composting possible but costly Ben Wallace Senior Contributing Writer

Editor’s Note: This is the last in a two-part series detailing the University’s campus sustainability efforts.

What the University’s blossoming sustainability initiatives need more than anything is a fresh crop of money trees.

Nearly every department has dealt with heavy blows because of state budget cuts to higher education, and sustainability is no exception. Still, recycling, composting and waste diversion are on the rise.

In 2005, LSU recycled about 300 tons of wood, organics and other recyclable materials. Total recycling has since grown about eightfold. Last year, the University recycled about 2,500 tons of material, although it has leveled off recently due to budget constraints, said LSU Recycling Manager Andres Harris.

“If we buy less, we recycle less, because we have less materials to dispose,” Harris said.

As long as students get hungry, though, disposable material won’t be the issue for LSU Dining.

Many students fail to finish their food at the all-you-can-eat dining halls. Employees then collect the dirty dishes, scraping the wasted food into trash cans.

“All that, for now, is being thrown away. And that could be composted in the future,” Harris said.

The problem, according to LSU Dining Resident District Manager David Heidke, is finding someone to pick up the hulking piles of leftover noodles, cakes and pizza crusts, among other foods.

“We would be all over that,” Heidke said, referring to composting. “Our only challenge is that we need an outlet. Be it recycling, be it composting — we can do all of that, but who do we give this to?”

“Ourselves,” AgCenter professor Carl Motsenbocker would reply,

well-aware of the budgetary issues, but still eager to make it happen.

Motsenbocker teaches a service-learning course that allows students to pick their own semesterlong sustainability projects. One semester, a group decided to collect the waste from the 459 Commons for six weeks and compost it at the AgCenter’s W.A. Callegari Environmental Center to find out the logistics of composting on campus full-time.

“They figured out how much time it took, transport costs, labor costs — but the main thing was the approximate acreage needed to compost,” Motsenbocker said, which turned out to be about three acres — space currently unavailable.

Composting doesn’t just mean dumping food into a big mixer and churning out usable fertilizer — that would be toxic. A precise ratio of green waste (food) to brown waste (plants) — is needed to make the compost suitable for use.

Facility Services already recycles most of the carbon-based brown waste, such as leaves and sticks, Harris said. “Grass cuttings, pulled flower beds, trees — all that is being compost. The only thing left is food.”

One experimental project that began in February has seen nearly 200 tons of pine shavings composted from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.

The pine shavings serve as the bedding for the barn animals at the Vet School, which means they’re covered in animal excretions and other stray material as well, Harris said. But in his eyes, the project has been a huge success.

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MOVIE, from page 1 On his first day, the professor informs his pupils he does not want to waste time debating the existence of a higher power. He asks his students to write “God is dead” on a piece of paper and sign their name.

“Josh refuses to sign it, and so mockingly, the professor assigns him the job of convincing the class that God is not dead. That sets up our whole movie,” Arnold explained.

Arnold said the movie has five other plotlines that all intertwine at the film’s conclusion, similar to movies like “Traffic” and “Love Actually.”

“The professor has his own little storyline going on. Josh has a side story with his girlfriend and family. There’s another student named Martin Yip who has a storyline,” Arnold said. “There’s a Middle Eastern storyline with one of our lead actresses Hadeel Sittu.

She has a powerful storyline with her father and family.”

Arnold said the film has been in production since Oct. 29 and Monday was the crew’s last day of shooting. The crew has filmed the entire movie in Baton Rouge, with the exception of a concert scene in Houston.

Familiar locales appearing in the movie are Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Ruffino’s restaurant and Third Street in downtown Baton Rouge, according to Arnold.

Campus eatery, The 5, was also utilized for a scene for the film. Sittu’s character, Ayesha, plays a cafeteria worker.

“The cafeteria scene, it’s really important because Ayesha overhears some conversations that make her more curious about God,” Arnold said.

To give the scenes a genuine campus feeling, the film crew enlisted various extras from the University. One such extra was Warren Mitchell, a film and media arts junior.

Mitchell said he heard about the film through Facebook and heard about the casting calls for extras the morning the film was shooting on campus.

Mitchell said he became an extra because he wants to enter the

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A crew member is interviewed Monday in the Quad on the set of the upcoming movie “God’s Not Dead.”

business of film production. He said he has recently taken an interest in acting and is giving it a shot by doing work as an extra.

“Working on this as an extra has been a lot of fun. It’s long, but worth the time,” Mitchell said. “For anyone else looking to get into film production, it’s a good way to start, a good way to get your feet wet.”

Arnold explained the movie

is based on the book “God’s Not Dead” by Rice Broocks, which will be released in March 2013.

She said the movie is expected to release nationally by fall 2013, but distribution details are still in the works.

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industries will be able to step up to the plate to help fulfill needs from abroad.

“I’d like to ideally think every country could produce the food they need to feed their population, but I think that has not historically been the way they conduct because they just don’t have the land that will support agriculture,” Guarino said.

Agricultural economics and agribusiness professor Michael Salassi said the value of agricultural products has increased because of rising incomes and standards of living in China and India.

“Five or six years ago, the average price of corn to a grower was $2 a bushel. Right now, it’s $7 because the demand for corn is greater,” Salassi said.

Ted Glaser, who farms corn, wheat, soybeans and cotton near New Roads, La., said demand from China has been key even to his operation thousands of miles away.

Glaser estimates 90 percent of his crops are exported because Louisiana is so close to the Gulf of Mexico. He said a deal made earlier this year that contracted Louis Dreyfus Commodities to operate the grain elevator at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge will be a major asset, as it will serve as a true “export house.”

Strain pointed out that agriculture is the largest industry in Louisiana, employing one in nine residents. He said the rising international demand for agricultural products will impact not only rural and suburban farming areas of the state but also urban areas where ports are located.

“Every ship that docks in the Port of South Louisiana means another $1 million in our economy just because that ship is docked here,” Strain said. “That’s the economic value of each ship, and we’re at over 6,000 ships a year just on the Port of South Louisiana, which is from Baton Rouge to the mouth of the river. It’s the largest port system in the United States.”

Salassi said in 2011, agriculture and forestry generated $10.6 billion for the state. Those dollars are spent more than once though, he said, generating between $30 and $40 billion of economic activity, which will mostly occur in the Midwest, with Louisiana seeing economic benefits because of its transportation facilities.

“All of the grain that’s produced up in the Midwest for export comes down the river through Louisiana through Baton Rouge and is exported out of Baton Rouge and New Orleans,” Salassi said.

Another advantage Louisiana has in helping meet global food demands is its research credentials.

Glaser and Guarino both point to research performed by the LSU AgCenter as beneficial for agricultural production in the state.

“LSU’s AgCenter royalty income — from that licensed technology — per dollar invested in agricultural research, it exceeds Tulane, Harvard, MIT, Georgia Tech and John[s] Hopkins University,” Guarino said. “So that means Louisiana is really a fertile, rich think tank for the agricultural future through its licensed technology and intellectual property.”

Research helps farmers maintain an edge in production by offering solutions to insect

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Guarino said now is the time to “recharge” and involve youth in agriculture through programs like 4-H and Future Farmers of America because such a huge demand is approaching. American farmers are also aging, so young people need to see the opportunities available and meet the needs in agriculture, she said.

“The future need for agriculture and feeding the 9 billion world population by 2050 is a daunting task,” Guarino said.

Glaser said a majority of people have no idea where many of the foods they consume come from.

He said getting people to understand how agriculture works is important, especially now. Glaser said farmers are not as wasteful as they may seem, but he still thinks fears of pollution have given agriculture a “black eye” in recent years.

“That’s dead wrong. If they would realize how much, with the technology and research we have — if I want 200 bushels of corn out here, I know exactly how many pounds of nitrate I need to put out,” he said. “That all comes from the research.”

All in all, Glaser said he thinks the future of agriculture in Louisiana is bright.

“They’re going to feed them, and they’re going to get it somewhere ... and we grow the best products in the world,” Glaser said. “Louisiana is sitting on a gold mine.”

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012 LANDRY, from page 1

third down — including two goahead touchdowns.

Mettenberger said Landry, who usually lines up as the slot receiver, is gifted with an especially adept spatial awareness.

“He’s not really the quickest guy out there, but he’s always reliable at carving out some room past the sticks,” Mettenberger said. “He has really great hands, and he’s probably only 5-foot-11, but plays bigger than that.”

Those hands have been a question mark at times this season, though.

Landry dropped two passes against Ole Miss and fumbled the ball after a 30-yard reception in the fourth quarter, part of a seasonlong issue with drops for the LSU receiving core.

Landry maintained those struggles have only sweetened the Tigers’ recent success through the air.

“The coaching staff continues to trust us, and that says a lot,” the Convent, La., native said. After an All-SEC Freshman campaign, sophomore Odell Beckham Jr. was expected to be LSU’s most reliable receiving target this year.

Instead it has been Landry, his close friend and roommate, who has seemingly grabbed that mantle.

Both said there’s no rivalry for titles or notoriety, but there is a friendly competition.

“You can’t put a number or a label on our group of receivers as the main guy,” Beckham said.

“That’s never been what we’re about, but Jarvis has definitely stepped into prime time.”

The spotlight may be getting brighter, but teammates say

Landry earned their respect with his special teams dedication when he was a five-star recruit just trying to earn playing time.

He’s a gunner on punts and return kickoffs and is usually one of the first Tigers down the field on kickoff coverage — famously evidenced when he pummeled two Auburn kick returners last season.

“Special teams allows me to show my diversity,” Landry, who also played linebacker in high school, said. “You see guys like [former Tigers] Ron Brooks and Jacob Hester who played a primary position but showed out on special teams, they were my role models.

It’s a trend here, and I’m adding on to it for the next man up.”

Landry awakened some echoes with an iconic moment of his own when he furiously ushered Beckham during another 89-yard punt return that vanquished Ole Miss.

“I was just following Jarvis; he was reeling me into motion up ahead,” Beckham said. “He was leading me to the end zone. It was an amazing experience being part of that with him, and it shows why he’s a leader.”

He wasn’t imitating Billy Cannon, but another decorated former Tiger in Patrick Peterson, whose windmill antics during Chad Jones’ similar punt-return score against Mississippi State in 2009 served as Landry’s template while he guided Beckham to paydirt.

“You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to break that out,” Landry said.

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

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DUEL with the DEMONS NSU brings strong offense to LSU

Chandler Rome Sports Writer

When Northwestern State (30) invades the PMAC at 7 p.m. tonight, it will try to do something the school hasn’t done since the Eisenhower administration — beat LSU.

The Tigers (2-0) will attempt to slow a high-octane Demon offense that poured in 118 points in its season opener and 92 points in its last outing — a 92-43 win against NAIA opponent HannibalLaGrange.

“We’ve got to take care of the basketball,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones. “They’ve done a great job in terms of converting from defense to their offense and getting easy scoring opportunities with layups

off fast-break opportunities.”

Jones said playing injured sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III will be a game-time decision after he returned to a limited practice Monday.

O’Bryant, who was injured after only 13 minutes of play in the Tigers’ season-opening win, is expected to practice in full today, according to Jones.

Junior forward Shavon Coleman, O’Bryant’s replacement

against McNeese, said he is prepared to face a bigger Demon lineup with or without O’Bryant.

“I might face up some instead of posting back,” Coleman said. “I might use my quickness and go to the goal, but I’ll still try to post and score in the post.”

O’Bryant has relished watching his teammates shine while riding the pine, especially on the DEMONS, see page 8

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LSU forward Shavon Coleman (5) dribbles past McNeese State forward Adrian Fields (20) on Nov. 13 during the Tigers’ game against the Cowboys in the PMAC.

Hefty baseball contracts are foolish SMARTEST MORAN JAMES MORAN Sports Contributor As the holiday season approaches, Major League Baseball teams open up their checkbooks and prepare to start handing out big-money guaranteed contracts to the most popular free agents of the season.

This year, the two favored prizes on the market are outfielder Josh Hamilton and pitcher Zack Greinke. Both are tremendously talented but come with enough baggage to weigh down a jumbo jet.

Both are likely to land ninefigure guaranteed contracts, but in today’s MLB, there’s no good reason for a team to do that.

With young talent and parity on the rise across the sport, executives who marry themselves to players with gigantic contracts are handcuffing their franchises down the road.

There is no better example than Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

After the 2007 season, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed on a record 10-year, $275 million contract that will pay him until he is 42 years old.

His 2012 salary: $30 million.

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FOOTBALL

Miles expects Alexander back, looks forward to UA Coach comments on post-game rant Lawrence Barreca Sports Contributor

LSU coach Les Miles will look to reach the 10-win mark for the sixth time in eight seasons Friday as the No. 8 Tigers (9-2) take on Arkansas (4-7) and senior quarterback Tyler Wilson.

He’ll be getting a reinforcement back on defense. “[Freshman linebacker] Kwon Alexander is likely to play in this game,” Miles said. “He’s certainly likely to travel depending on how this week goes for him.”

The Tigers’ defense will need any help it can get against Wilson,

who had decent success against the conference, Miles quickly comTigers last season, completing 14- mented on his rant following Tigers’ of-22 passes for 207 yards, a touch- 41-35 victory against Ole Miss on down and an interception.

Saturday night.

“Tyler Wilson is a great quarterThe LSU coach shouted everyback,” Miles said. “It will be a chal- thing from unending praise for his lenge for us. The only way to take a senior class to multiple obscenities, guy like that is with leaving the room coverage and, on ‘The only way to take both shocked and certain down and [Tyler Wilson] is with laughing all at once. distances, come “I would like after him. It’s an coverage and, on certain to ask your indulevolving stratdown and distances, gence for my choice egy throughout the of language Saturcome after him.’ game.” day night after the LSU will play game,” Miles said.

Les Miles the Razorbacks in “I thought it was LSU football coach Donald W. Reynimpertinent and olds Razorback Stadium. This will poor and not something I wanted to be Miles’ first trip to Fayetteville, be.”

Ark., and the Tigers’ first trip to the Miles said he was caught up stadium since 1992.

MILES, see page 8 During his Monday news

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LSU football coach Les Miles talks to media Monday during the weekly “Lunch with Les” news conference in the LSU Athletic Administration Building.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Ludwig makes the most out of defensive opportunities Senior sacrifices his body on court Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Eddie Ludwig is a realist.

The 6-foot-9 senior forward admits his athletic ability and wingspan won’t allow him to fly high and block the shots of those much taller and more versatile paint players he’ll see once LSU hits Southeastern Conference play.

So the Metairie Park Country Day School product does what he’s done his entire career – he stands still and takes a charge.

Ludwig has caught the eyes of both LSU coach Johnny Jones and his Tiger comrades in the paint as he puts his body on the line night in and night out to compensate for his shortcomings

in shot blocking.

“We are a smaller team, so [taking charges] has been more of an emphasis,” Ludwig said. “But for me, it’s something I’ve done since I’ve been here.”

Junior forward Shavon Coleman, who admitted to putting more emphasis on shot blocking than taking a charge, praised Ludwig’s team-first mentality and willingness to make a difference on defense.

“I’ve got a ton of respect for him,” Coleman said. “He’s willing to sacrifice himself and his body for our team.”

Ludwig said his mindset does not change as he sees opposing players barrel toward him, mixing in a dose of optimism the referees will side with him. “[I just] get in the right position and hope they don’t call a block,” Ludwig said.

Constantly skirting the tenuous line between taking a charge

or committing a block, Ludwig said he instantly knows by the intensity of the hit if he’s drawn a charge — but every so often a call takes him by surprise.

Ludwig deflected any individual attention from the charges he draws, referencing one of the mantras Jones constantly preaches to Ludwig and his teammates.

“In my opinion, and in coach’s opinion, when a guy is willing to give up his body like that, it shows his commitment for the team,” Ludwig said. “That’s just me committing on the defensive end.”

Ludwig said the Tigers don’t specifically reward the player who takes the most charges, but anytime he stands his ground, the bench gets riled up for the change of possession.

Though he prides himself on his unique contributions on defense, Ludwig said he wishes his

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Senior forward Eddie Ludwig falls to the ground during the Tigers’ 77-63 win against UC Santa Barbara Nov. 9 in the PMAC.

sacrifice would translate onto the stat sheet.

“I can’t block a shot,” Ludwig said with a grin. “I wish they’d put [charges] as a stat in a

stat line to help me out.”

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

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers fall 71-69 to No. 25 Georgetown Bria Turner Sports Contributor

The LSU women’s basketball team lost 71-69 in a battle with No. 25 Georgetown in Washington D.C., where the Lady Tigers shot just 14-for-26 from the free-throw line.

“You can’t go on the road and shoot 53 percent from the freethrow line,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell.

LSU (1-2) started the game well, leading 27-23 at halftime, but Georgetown’s (3-1) second half run out of the locker room was too much for the Lady Tigers to overcome down the stretch. Early in the second half, LSU went six minutes without scoring.

Georgetown senior guard Sugar Rodgers, who was held to five points in the first half, put together

a strong second half, finishing with 17 points in the game. But other Lady Hoyas stepped up as well — of the nine threes Georgetown made, six were from players who haven’t made a three this season.

“When you’re playing in this environment, you’ve got to know that players are going to rise to the occasion and bring their best shot at you,” Caldwell said.

LSU junior guard Theresa Plaisance led the Lady Tigers with 20 points, seven rebounds, five steals and three blocks. Senior guard Adrienne Webb added 21 points, 14 of which came late in the second half. Junior guard Jeanne Kenney put up a career-high eight assists, while freshman guard Danielle Ballard tallied five assists, three steals and three points.

Georgetown shot 18-for32 from the free-throw line and

22-for-49 from the floor, while the Lady Tigers shot 38 percent from the floor and went 5-for-22 on three pointers. Caldwell said there were plenty of chances for the Lady Tigers to come back, but they just couldn’t score.

“I thought we had some open looks, and we didn’t knock them down,” Caldwell said. “We had plenty of opportunities to stretch this game out in the second half.”

Despite the loss, Caldwell said the Lady Tigers can get back on track following the first two road losses with so many games still to be played. Caldwell said she sees the spirit in her team and appreciates that it didn’t fold when it was given the chance.

LSU turned it on late in the game. With three minutes left, the Lady Tigers were down nine, tied the game, went back down by six

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and eventually lost the game by two.

“There was a span there in the second half where we were doing pretty good defensively, but we were turning the ball over,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell said there were eight turnovers in one stretch of the game, and the team just couldn’t bounce back.

“We did what we had to do to come back but then had to do it all over again,” Caldwell said. “There is fight in this team. We just have to put it together for 40 total minutes.”

The Lady Tigers head to Miami to take on West Virginia Friday in Florida International’s Thanksgiving Classic at 7 p.m.

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LSU freshman guard Danielle Ballard (32) splits two Wichita State defenders during the Tiger’s 72-70 win against the Shockers on Nov. 11 at the PMAC.

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MILES, from page 5 in the moment, and his emotions flowed directly into his words. He also rebutted the notion that the rant was brought on by a local sports writer’s story. “[I had] the opportunity to talk about my senior class and let them know that their contributions are greatly respected,” Miles said. “In no way can an article written by somebody that operates outside our building have any real effect or legitimacy in terms of opinion. I took a broad stroke there and spoke to it.”

The win was LSU’s 58th victory against the Rebels in school history. But winning the Magnolia Bowl wasn’t an easy task for the Tigers, who had to overcome another fourth-quarter deficit to down Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium.

“Ole Miss gave us their best shot,” Miles said. “It was certainly a tremendous game, and I enjoyed the fact that we finished the home season correctly, and we sent our seniors off with a victory. It’s one we enjoy having with the Magnolia Trophy, so our football team saw a very quality Ole Miss team, and it’s

CONTRACTS, from page 5

Rodriguez is already breaking down physically and is a shell of the former perennial MVP candidate he was when he signed.

He hit a new low this past postseason when he was benched by Yankees manager Joe Girardi after he went 0-for-18 with 12 strikeouts against right-handed pitching.

By the time his contract is up, Rodriguez will be nothing more than a part-time player and a full-time headache for the Yankees.

The Rodriguez contract might be the worst example, but it isn’t the only big-money disaster. Take a look at the seven-year, $142 million contract the Red Sox gave recently traded Carl Crawford two winters

DEMONS, from page 5

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Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson throws as South Carolina’s D.J. Swearinger pressures during the Nov. 10 matchup in Columbia, S.C.

getting better.”

The offense appeared to regress against Ole Miss, as junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger threw two interceptions and sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry lost a fumble.

As a whole, the squad committed six penalties for 56 yards.

“We can’t turn the ball over like we did in that game,” Miles said.

“We’re still not perfect [with penalties]. We have things to correct. The

good news is that we have time to do that.”

ago, the five-year, $125 million extension the Phillies gave Ryan Howard in 2010 or the eight-year, $136 million deal the Cubs gave Alfonso Soriano in 2007.

These clubs missed the playoffs last season and have less budget flexibility this winter because they have so much money tied up in underperforming superstars.

Even if the player is worth the money for the first few years of the contract, that doesn’t justify paying the same big-money rate as the player deteriorates in the latter years of the deal. It is paying seven years of superstar money for a couple years of superstar production.

With the number of standouts that burst on to the scene every season, there is no reason to make such

long-term commitments.

Look at Angels outfielder Mike Trout. As a rookie this season, he hit .326 with 30 home runs, 83 RBIs and a league-high 129 runs scored.

He won the American League Rookie of the Year and finished second in the MVP race.

His 2012 salary: $480,000.

Take the Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey. He learned the knuckleball to prolong his career as a major league journeyman.

This season, at age 37, Dickey won 20 games for a bad Mets team, posted a 2.73 ERA and led the National League with 230 strikeouts on his way to a Cy Young Award.

His 2012 salary: $4,750,000.

Some simple math would show that with some good scouting, a

team could pay a Cy Young-quality pitcher and an MVP candidate five or six times the price of one “superstar.”

Consider the Oakland Athletics.

Last winter, Oakland traded most of its starting rotation, but this season the A’s beat out the Texas Rangers and won the American League West with a starting rotation that included four rookies.

The A’s won their division with the lowest payroll in baseball at $49,137,500, and the Orioles and Nationals made the playoffs with the Nos. 18 and 19 payrolls in baseball.

In comparison, the Rangers’ payroll was more than $120 million.

Parity is increasing and spending money does not always translate to winning games.

Contact Lawrence Barreca at lbarreca@lsureveille.com

perimeter — something he said will continue tonight.

“We’ve got the team to hold it down,” O’Bryant said. “The points are going to come, but I want to see them get after it defensively.”

The Demons force 19.3 turnovers per game and are shooting a blistering 54 percent from the field through their first three contests, forcing Jones to adjust defensively.

Outrebounding opponents by a combined 32 points to open the season, the Demons will challenge the Tigers on the boards, an area where the Tigers have struggled with at times.

“If we can manage the rebounding effort and cut down on the turnovers and make sure we get attempts and looks at the basket, that’ll be important for us,” Jones said.

LSU leads the series 16-7 and has not lost to the Demons since a 103-73 rout in 1956.

Contact Chandler Rome at crome@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_TDR The Yankees have had the highest payroll in baseball for the last 10 seasons and have only one World Series Championship to show for it.

So before you scream that you want your team to pony up major dollars for Hamilton, Greinke or whomever else this winter, remember that winning the hot stove battle in December does not mean a team will hoist the World Series trophy in October.

James Moran is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Beacon, N.Y.

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For some students, a decent night out may mean two weeks of Top Ramen and calling their parents for money. But with enough planning and a working knowledge of bars and restaurants near campus, it’s possible to bar hop without breaking the bank. Here’s a rundown of daily drink specials for cash-strapped and strategic drinkers. Check out lsureveille.com for an expanded, interactive version.

REGINELLI’S: $2 pitchers of beer

M O N D A Y

· BOGIE’S BAR: Drink Exchange with stock market drink pricing · THE CHIMES: $1 off pints · FRED’S IN TIGERLAND: $2 shots midnight to 2 a.m., $2.75 all light beers, $5.50 Jack Daniel’s doubles · MIKE’S DAIQUIRIS & GRILL: $5 mixed drink pitchers, $1.25 well shots · NORTH GATE TAVERN: Beat the Clock ($1 wells 8 to 9 p.m., $2 wells 9 to 10 p.m., $3 wells 10 p.m. to close) · PLUCKERS WING BAR: Happy Hour 3 to 7 p.m. ($1 off all Mother Plucker Mug draft beers, $1 off all margaritas and martinis), $3.50 specialty drinks · REGGIE’S: $0.50 shots · SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: Half-off house margaritas, well liquors, domestic draft, house wine and sangria until 4 p.m., $0.99 margaritas 4 p.m. to close · THE SPANISH MOON: $1.50 PBR, $2 longnecks and wells

MIKE’S DAIQUIRIS & GRILL: Free drinks 8 to 10 p.m., $3 Budweiser/ Bud Light, $3.50 small daiquiris, $5 double Red Bull and vodka

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JL’S PLACE: $1 wine

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· BOGIE’S BAR: $1 pitchers of draft beer and well liquor 8 to 10 p.m., $4 tall calls all night, penny pitchers of mixed drinks · THE CHIMES: $0.50 off domestics · FRED’S IN TIGERLAND: $2.25 longnecks, $4 doubles, $4 Fred’s and Vegas Bombs, $2 shots all night · MIKE’S DAIQUIRIS & GRILL: Free drinks 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., $5 mixed drink pitchers, $2.75 Budweiser, $3 Natty/High Life pitchers · MELLOW MUSHROOM: $2 double wells, $2 tall boys · NORTH GATE TAVERN: Tipsy Tuesday ($5 drinks and $1 refills) · PLUCKERS WING BAR: Happy Hour 3 to 7 p.m. ($1 off all Mother Plucker Mug draft beers, $1 off all margaritas and martinis), $3 margaritas and select Mexican bottles · REGINELLI’S: $2 pitchers of beer · SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: Half-off house margaritas, well liquors, domestic draft, house wine and sangria until 4 p.m., $2 drafts and $2 tacos 4 p.m. to close · THE SPANISH MOON: $1.50 PBR, $2 longnecks and wells

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FRED’S IN TIGERLAND: $2 shots all night, $2.75 imports, $3 doubles

· BOGIE’S BAR: Drink Exchange with stock market drink pricing · THE CHIMES: $0.75 off imports · NORTH GATE TAVERN: Crack the Keg ($5 all you can drink from featured keg of the week) · PLUCKERS WING BAR: Happy Hour 3 to 7 p.m. ($1 off all Mother Plucker Mug draft beers, $1 off all margaritas and martinis) · REGGIE’S: No cover, $1 everything · REGINELLI’S: $10 bottles of wine · SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: Half-off house margaritas, well liquors, domestic draft, house wine and sangria until 4 p.m., 2 for 1 house margaritas and drafts 4 p.m. to close · THE SPANISH MOON: $3 drafts

T H U R S D A Y

· BOGIE’S BAR: Unlimited drinks for $5 from 8 to 10 p.m., $5 tall wells, $3 Jager Bombs, $4 imports · THE CHIMES: Mexican Night ($2.50 Mexican bottles and $2.50 tequila shots) · FRED’S IN TIGERLAND: Ladies Night (no cover for ladies 8 p.m. to midnight), $2.75 Bud/Bud Select/Michelob Ultra, $5.50 Absolut and Absolut Flavors doubles · MIKE’S DAIQUIRIS & GRILL: Free drinks 8 to 10 p.m., $3 import beers, $5 double Red Bull and vodkas, $5.50 double calls, $1 wine · NORTH GATE TAVERN: Ladies Night ($1 house shots, $2 wine, $3 doubles until 10 p.m. for ladies) · PLUCKERS WING BAR: Happy Hour 3 to 7 p.m. ($1 off all Mother Plucker Mug draft beers, $1 off all margaritas and martinis), $5.50 Patron margaritas, $8 Patron Mexican martinis SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: Half-off house · REGGIE’S: Ladies Night (no cover for ladies until margaritas, well liquors, domestic draft, house wine midnight), $2.75 Bud/Bud Light, $3 Michelob Ultra, and sangria until 4 p.m., $3 house mixed drinks $5.50 Red Bull and vodka and drafts, $3 wells and house wine, $4 mojitos · SHADY’S BAR: Ladies Night (no cover and free drinks 8 to 10 p.m. for ladies), $1 calls 8 to 10 p.m. · THE SPANISH MOON: Ladies Night (ladies drink free until 10 p.m.)

· FRED’S IN TIGERLAND:$2 shots all night, $3 imports and Abita beers, $5.50 Jack Daniels · NORTH GATE TAVERN: $9 Abita pitchers, $5 Rumple Minze shots, $4 Jager · REGGIE’S: $3 Big Ass Beers · SHADY’S BAR: Free drinks during LSU football games

S U N D A Y

BOGIE’S BAR: Ladies drink free before 10 p.m., $2.25 domestics, $3 wells, $3 Jager Bombs, $3 Oh Shits, $3 Vegas Bombs

· BOGIE’S BAR: $1 calls 8 to 10 p.m., $5 tall Jim Beam, $4 tall Stoli, $2 Rumple Minze shots · FRED’S IN TIGERLAND: Open bar 8 to 10 p.m. (free longnecks and call brands like Jack Daniels or Absolut), $5.50 Crown Royal 10 p.m. to midnight, $2 shots midnight to 2 a.m. · NORTH GATE TAVERN: $2 house shots · PLUCKERS WING BAR: Happy Hour 3 to 7 p.m. ($1 off all Mother Plucker Mug draft beers, $1 off all margaritas and martinis) · REGGIE’S: Open bar 7 to 10 p.m., ladies drink free before 8 p.m., $2.75 lite longnecks, $3.50 Don Julio shots · SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: Half-off house margaritas, well liquors, domestic draft, house wine and sangria until 4 p.m., $4 mojitos and rum drinks 4 p.m. to close

PLUCKERS WING BAR: Sunday Funday ($3.50 specialty drinks, $3 specialty shots) · THE CHIMES: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. brunch ($6.50 large mimosas and bloody marys) · SERRANOS SALSA COMPANY: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. brunch (2 for 1 bloody marys, red or white sangria, mimosa, painkiller, sunset rum punch, strawberry mojitos)

NIGHTLY · BOGIE’S BAR: $3.50 frozen screwdrivers, $1 wine before 10 p.m. · THE CHIMES: $1 off all pints 4 to 7 p.m. and midnight to 2 a.m. · THE HOUSE: Free drinks 8 to 10 p.m. · MELLOW MUSHROOM: Happy Hour until 7 p.m. ($1 off pints) · THE SPANISH MOON: PB&J ($5 shot of Jameson and bottle of PBR)

Which hot spot has your favorite drink special? Vote in a poll at lsureveille.com.

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The most surprising part of Sunday night’s American Music Awards wasn’t Ke$ha’s obnoxious, opulent performance or Justin Bieber thanking his “haters” during an acceptance speech.

Every potentially shocking JOEY GRONER moment could Entertainment Writer have been, and probably was, predicted by plenty of viewers.

But no one could have been ready for the appearance by a guy whose last veritable hit came in 1991.

Scheduling South Korean artist PSY to perform his worldwide hit, “Gangnam Style,” to close out the show made sense for the AMA’s organizers. “Style” is easily the song of the year and will likely be the song everyone looks to in the future when trying to define 2012. But the performance’s most head-scratchingly awesome moment came when PSY pulled rapper MC Hammer onstage to perform a mashup of “Style” and Hammer’s 1991 hit “2 Legit 2 Quit.”

It was a surreal moment for music fans. One of the biggest one-hit-wonders of all time was sharing the stage with a guy who will probably be the punchline of every 2012-related joke 10 years from now.

The Twitterverse lit up with mentions of Hammer performing, and fans loved it. I’ll admit, the songs came together

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2012 a surreal year for hip-hop fans surprisingly well. As odd as the appearance was, it made sense that PSY, an artist whose quirkiness made him famous, would be the one to bring MC Hammer back into the public eye.

Hammer ’s performance is one that’s indicative of a 2012 trend that I, as a huge hip-hop fan, can’t get enough of. 2012 has become the year of ’90s rap nostalgia.

One of the biggest stories in music earlier this year was the appearance of the Tupac hologram at Coachella. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg — excuse me — Snoop Lion, resurrected the rap demigod during their performance at the California music festival.

The simple fact that Dre and Snoop were headlining a show together was enough to bring back memories of the ’90s. The two had some of their biggest hits together in that decade, such as “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” and “What’s My Name?”

Tupac was the piece that pulled the nostalgic performance together. Fans were polarized, with some claiming it was a dishonor to a legend, while others said it was a classy tribute put together by two of the deceased rapper’s best friends.

Over on the East Coast, it was a relatively big year for another ’90s icon, Mase. Relatively is the operative word here, because for a guy who faded into obscurity after having two of the biggest hits of the late ’90s, being featured on a Kanye West album in 2012 is a big deal.

For the uninitiated, Mase was

the brains behind the 1997 hit “Feel So Good.” He also guested on a number of Sean “Diddy” Comb’s songs, back when Combs was known as Puff Daddy. But he’s most well-known for delivering the opening verse of one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time, The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems.”

After retiring and becoming a born-again Christian, Mase staged an unsuccessful 2004 comeback. He’s since had numerous disagreements with Combs and dropped off just about everyone’s radar.

So it made perfect sense for West to call Mase up for a guest verse on GOOD Music’s recent collaborative album, “Cruel Summer.” Mase delivered a decent verse on a decent song on a less-than-decent album. According to Mase himself, he’s poised for yet another comeback, one that hopefully won’t fail as spectacularly as his last.

It’s hard to pick one cultural phenomenon to define a year. In fact, it’s just about impossible.

But the resurgence of ’90s hiphop stars has my vote for 2012’s cultural quirk. Let’s just hope the comeback craze stops before Vanilla Ice gets word of it.

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MC Hammer performs during “Gangnam Style” at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

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SHOPPING

Black Friday survival guide Josh Naquin Entertainment Writer

Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and as such, it attracts hordes of savings-hungry consumers.

Check out this guide for tips on smart and safe shopping.

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Sales: • Time Warp Boutique and Atomic Pop Shop have a joint Super Sale Weekend, which includes 15 to 50 percent off of select items. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

• Urban Outfitters at Perkins Rowe has 50 percent off of all sale items on Black Friday.

Hours: Midnight to 10 p.m.

Friday.

• Walmart, Kohl’s and Best Buy each have doorbuster deals and extensive item markdowns. Catalogs are now online.

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pair of headphones or a DJ Teddy with an order of more than $100.

Victoria’s Secret: Order $65 or more and receive a free limited-edition tote filled with beauty samples .

Cabela’s: First 600 customers receive a free rifle, smoker, binoculars, hoodie or gift card Target: Receive a free $60 Target gift card with purchase of any iPad. Sam’s Club: Receive a free Starbucks holiday blend coffee cup and Artisan Fresh pastry.

IKEA: Free breakfast or lunch.

Tips: • Game Plan: Shoppers should have a prepared list of stores they wish to visit and items they want to purchase. Having a game plan will help consumers to avoid the allure of deals on items they don’t want or need.

• Know store hours: Coordinating a shopping game plan

around the merchandisers’ operating hours is a smart idea. This way, consumers may avoid the disappointment that accompanies missing sales because they didn’t visit stores in a sensible hoursbased order.

• Maximize comfort: Consumers with a long day of shopping should ensure they wear comfortable clothing and shoes to minimize the discomforts of standing in long lines and traversing multiple parking lots. Additionally, eating a decent breakfast and bringing along a water bottle is advised.

• Bring a friend: Having a shopping partner can help speed up the process with a divideand-conquer strategy. A friend can also throw a block when you have to clamor for the last Tickle Me Elmo.

Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com

High-class style at a low price

According to high-fashion magazines such as GQ, Valet and Esquire, dressing like a million bucks might actually cost a million bucks.

Fortunately for the college man with a college budget, high-class outfitting can be CONNOR TARTER affordable, so Fashion Columnist springing $400 on a silk tie won’t be necessary.

Don’t flip open the coupon book just yet. Finding deals on dresswear requires a little more work. Scoring great prices will require patience, know-how and maybe even some haggling.

When looking for deals, the best place to start is any secondhand store. Older men trying to thin out their closets will blindly donate ties, shirts and even suits to places like Goodwill without realizing the value in some of their items.

Not every item in the pile at Goodwill is attractive or worth money, but if you stay patient and look hard, the best piece of clothing in the store might be waiting for you at the bottom of the stack.

My favorite tie cost me $2.50.

If your local secondhand store isn’t helping, the next-best place to bargain hunt is, believe it or not, the mall. It’s often stores

like Express and Banana Republic that will have sales that can save the budget-minded shopper from spending hundreds of dollars in one trip. Sometimes these sales are only advertised through mailing lists, so sign up online to get the news ahead of the other shoppers.

While you’re online signing up for your email newsletters, stick around the stores’ websites to find some online-only deals.

Stores like Macy’s and Dillard’s will put items only on sale on the web. Bear in mind, this only works if you know and are confident in your sizes. Get fitted so you can take advantage of the deals that might only last a few hours.

In the end, it’s important to remember that dresswear is always going to cost a bit more than casual wear of similar quality,

regardless of deals. This doesn’t mean deals can’t save you a lot of money in the long run.

Watch out for sales, capitalize on opportunities and begin (or expand on) the growth of your dresswear wardrobe.

Connor Tarter is a 20-year-old communication studies junior from Dallas, Texas.

Contact Connor Tarter at ctarter@lsureveille.com

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Developed and Diabetic Recent Report: America still in ‘Fat Club,’ won’t talk about ‘Fat Club’

FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist A new study conducted by the Drexel University’s School of Public Health has churned out an alarming conclusion: Diabetes is highest in developed nations.

At this point, you may be saying, “Duh,” or, “Why are you telling me this? I don’t even know you.”

Well, imagined reader, as you’re aware, we’re a developed nation. Not just any developed nation, though — as a result of our successes and sedentary lifestyles, we’ve become the second fattest one in the developed world.

Even worse, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Louisiana was the fifth-most obese state in the country in 2011.

The Drexel study surmised that “adverse body weight” frequently went hand-in-hand with increased risk for diabetes. This link becomes evident when you consider that in 2009 Louisiana led the nation in diabetes-related deaths.

Deaths. It’s easy to forget people die for this when you’re watching diabetes-care commercials about older women pricking their fingers or Wilford Brimley trying to speak through his gigantic mustache.

It happens all the time,

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though. In 2008, the World Health Organization found diabetes was the eighth highest cause of death in high-income countries and the ninth highest in the entire world.

What are the most common causes of death in low-income nations? Lower respiratory and diarrheal diseases ranked first and second, respectively, while eighth place was taken by prematurity and low birth weight. Finally, something difficult to digest.

This isn’t meant to admonish anyone, though. Food is awesome. In fact, this Thanksgiving I’ll be partaking in my favorite and least favorite holiday traditions: Nearly eating myself to death and the subsequent shame-hangover, respectively.

I’ll eventually regain a clear conscience, too, because this was never about comparing ourselves to other countries.

A quick pass through the Internet will reveal tiny island nations like Nauru, where 95 percent of the population is obese. Then there’s the world’s fattest developed country, Qatar. Its soaring rates of obesity and diabetes can be attributed to the institutionalized, unfathomable amount of eating and cousin-love we thought was trademarked by stereotypes of the American South.

Don’t think too much about them. Instead, consider what makes us how we are. With all the facts in front of us, why wouldn’t we change?

Why would we even want to change when it’s so easy to feel

good about ourselves? In seconds, I surfed the Web and found more obese countries to make myself feel better about my health.

If I feel like eating a cheeseburger so pumped full of chemicals it barely ages, I don’t even have to get out of my car.

By the way, the spread of the fast food we love is partially to blame for the obesity in Nauru and Qatar. It’s also worth noting that obesity and poverty get cozy in the South precisely because those unhealthy, uncostly foods are so easily obtained.

In short, eating whatever we want and making ourselves feel better later is comfortable. We like to eat and food is plentiful — especially in Louisiana where it’s engrained in our culture and traditions.

But I wouldn’t suggest giving up crawfish boils or missing the once-a-year opportunity to binge on Thanksgiving. I wouldn’t even say you absolutely must make a change in your diet and exercise.

First, obesity is one of the largest causes of diabetes. Diabetes does not, however, only affect the overweight. Genetics play a role, too. Second, we’re Americans. If you know the risks, enjoy what you’re doing and it’s not illegal, you always have the right to tell everyone else to go tell it on the mountain.

If, on the other hand, the numbers worry you, changing your diet or becoming more active isn’t difficult. Baby steps help and don’t involve completely reworking your

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You shouldn't really be surprised that Louisiana isn't jumping on that bandwagon. Regulation, at first, inhibits the free market, so the state republicans are ideologically against it. CO2 has been defined as a hazardous waste for several years now, so I think it would be a lot more helpful if the EPA set regulation standards instead of trying to let the states figure it out. I don't think that's going to happen any time soon, plus Obama would actually need to do something besides win elections."

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life. Just ask your doctor, phone a friend, read a book or look up suggestions on the Internet. Food isn’t the only thing at our fingertips.

Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old businesses and individuals nationwide are struggling to stay above water, we should definitely add what amounts to an energy tax on them for not complying with green technology that isn't cost efficient yet. And we should definitely use California, a state that is hemorrhaging money and losing companies hand over fist, as a model for national success.

How could that go wrong?

All the talk about green energy is cute, but it is extremely naive. You can't require businesses to lose money to solve this kind of problem. If you want green energy and lower emissions numbers, prove that doing so is actually good for the business instead

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Opinion

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HEAD to HEAD Should contraception be internationally recognized as a basic human right?

Yes. It helps provide an even playing field for women. No. Societies, cultures should decide for themselves.

BUT HE MEANS WELL

GORDON BRILLON Columnist There has been a lot of talk around the country recently about what qualifies as a right. Obviously, no one is debating the Bill of Rights, but politicians have questioned whether the American people are actually entitled to entitlement programs like welfare and healthcare.

So when the United Nations Population Fund in its annual report last week referred to contraception as a fundamental human right, it got me thinking — how can the United States share these problems with developing countries?

The U.N. report was mostly referring to the lack of availability of contraception in developing countries, and how making it available and destigmatizing it could help stop the disenfranchisement of women.

The theory is that family planning allows women to continue their education and careers, which in turn helps them to escape the cycle of poverty and oppression.

We have much the same problem in the United States. For all the progress we have made in the last century, women are still at a disadvantage in many aspects of professional life.

Women make about 81 cents on the dollar compared to men in America, based on a variety of factors including experience, occupation and discrimination. Experts say between 5 and 7 percent of the wage difference can’t be explained by other factors, and is probably based on discrimination.

Safe and easily available contraception allows women to decide when they want to start a family and when they want to focus on their career or education.

The U.N. report says more than 200 million women in developing countries do not have access to safe, reliable birth control.

But America is not a developing country. We are one of the original firstworld countries, and it’s embarrassing that we still make such a big deal out of contraception.

The simple fact is we are not where we need to be when it comes to gender equality, and that is largely due to puritanical attitudes toward sexuality and gender roles.

Much of the controversy arises from the fact that people whose religious beliefs prevent them from using contraception do not want to pay for others’ contraception.

But the fact is religious beliefs cannot be allowed to dictate public policy in an advanced society, especially when it detracts from individual freedom.

No one complains about cheap condoms sold at gas stations, but when it comes to simple, daily regimens of birth control pills, apparently a line has been crossed.

I’m not comparing our first-world problems to oppression in developing countries, but we have some significant issues that can be solved by widespread and accepted use of and education about contraception.

Teen pregnancy is a serious issue in the United States and especially in Louisiana, where we rank sixth in the nation for teen birth rate with nearly 48 births per 1,000 teen girls.

Part of the problem is our abstinenceonly education program, which essentially plugs its ears at contraception and shouts, “I’m not listening.” By ignoring safe, healthy options for contraception, we are teaching young people their options are abstinence or pregnancy. And who’s going to pick abstinence?

Contraception is a human right — one of the modern, complicated ones the Founding Fathers would never have considered. The U.N. is most concerned with birth control in developing countries, but its report highlights the problems we have in this country.

Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I. Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_gbrillon

BLUE-EYED DEVIL

NICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist The United Nation’s Population Fund released a report on Nov. 14 that called birth control and contraceptives a “universal human right.”

Now, the idea of birth control or family planning as an inalienable and self-evident right is not particularly odious or controversial. In fact, you could argue the U.N. is stating the obvious if you’re willing to define birth control a little more liberally than the way that it’s used in this report.

How that right is articulated, though, is an incredibly consequential sticking point.

The report suggests many existing cultural and legal objections to contraception inherently infringe upon women’s rights, essentially passing judgment on how three-fourths of the world chooses to conduct its business.

The right to decide what form of contraception should be available is

something that must be defined within individual societies — not by international organizations.

Not having sex is the oldest form of birth control there is, and from what I’ve been led to understand, it’s quite effective.

The U.N. cannot dictate to the rest of the world what is and is not correct according to its particular worldview. That is cultural imperialism.

Access to and acceptance of contraceptives — the physical, prophylactic kind — needs to be developed from bottom up, and not the other way around.

My problem with this proclamation has less to do with any principled stand against condoms or the pill, but more to do with the hypocrisy of the organization issuing it.

I find it interesting the U.N. would declare contraception a universal human right and not, say, the right to raise one’s family as one sees fit.

By declaring access to birth control a universal human right, the U.N. utterly ignores the other side of the coin. Shouldn’t the right to bear children unencumbered by culture or law also be part of any declaration of universal family planning rights?

The report reads, “Today, family planning is almost universally recognized as an intrinsic right” — an ironic statement coming from an organization where the People’s Republic of China has an absolute veto.

I suppose it is only family planning when you’re not planning to have a family.

Since 1979, the PRC has mandated Chinese women may only have one child — on pain of forced abortion, incarceration or ludicrously expensive fines.

The report goes on, “The ability to decide on the number and spacing of one’s children… is taken for granted by many in the developed world and among elites in developing countries.” It completely ignores the one in seven human beings who reside within the borders of China.

If we are to have a declaration of a universal right to family planning, it needs to be a declaration that addresses the concerns of all people and ensures the rights of all people — and it needs to recognize the legitimacy of differing cultural interpretations of what, exactly, family planning means.

I suspect, however, we won’t see such a statement coming from the hallowed halls of 1 United Nations Plaza, New York, N.Y. — not so long as China has a hand in what becomes official U.N. policy and what doesn’t.

Ultimately, this U.N. report will wind up like most U.N. initiatives: hyperbolic, ineffective and widely ignored. And people will go on making, or not making, babies the way they have for centuries.

Nicholas Pierce is a 22-year old history senior from Baton Rouge.

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LITERATURE

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FILM

Feminist group hosts poetry read ‘Hobbit’ animals Event held tonight die on unsafe farm North Gate Tavern Kaci Yoder

Entertainment Writer

Before Thanksgiving, there is Snaps-giving.

The University’s premier feminist organization, Feminists in Action, will be kicking off Thanksgiving break with a poetry reading tonight at North Gate Tavern. Students will step up to the microphone to share both original compositions and selections from other writers, all with a feminist spin.

Catherine Cooper, English junior and vice president of Feminists in Action, said she hopes to boost awareness of FIA and enroll

more students with this event. According to Cooper, poetry readings can share the group’s ideas without weighing the message down with vocabulary lessons and complex philosophy.

“Using poetry within feminism is unique because it is accessible to all, not just those in high political or economic status,” Cooper said. “Poetry gives the power of public expression.”

Cooper said FIA wants to use this event to promote more than just the group.

“This poetry reading is a way to express ideas that are not often voiced openly,” Cooper said. “It is a special community gathering that will spread awareness of issues that the group is trying to illuminate, such as the sexual objectification of women and the rape culture that America has become

engulfed in.”

The event encourages a free range of readings, from traditional poetry to rap lyrics, from the feminist-focused to the simply inspiring. Cooper herself has narrowed her reading choices down to a composition by her boyfriend and a Gloria Steinem selection.

Cooper said she hopes this kind of diversity will make students of all kinds feel included.

“We welcome any students, not only those within FIA, to either listen and become part of a social movement or contribute and share words that will incite a community’s love of art,” Cooper said.

Although the organization has held previous poetry readings in conjunction with other allied student groups, the fall poetry reading will be the first time FIA has struck out on its own with an event like this.

The poetry reading will take place at 9 p.m. tonight at North Gate Tavern with a $5 cover to raise funds for FIA’s community involvement.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Animal wranglers involved in the making of “The Hobbit” movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other “death traps.”

The American Humane Association, which moniters animal welfare on the films, say no animals were harmed during the actual filming. But it also says the wranglers’ complaints highlight shortcomings in its oversight system, which monitors film sets but not the facilities where the animals are housed and trained.

A spokesman for trilogy director Peter Jackson on Monday acknowledged that horses, goats, chickens and one sheep died at the farm near Wellington where about 150 animals were housed for the movies, but he said some of the deaths were from natural causes.

The spokesman, Matt Dravitzki, agreed that the deaths of two horses were avoidable and said the production company moved quickly to improve conditions after they died.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first movie in the planned $500 million trilogy, is scheduled to launch with a redcarpet premiere Nov. 28 in Wellington and will open at theaters

in the United States and around the world in December.

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, says it’s planning protests at the premieres in New Zealand, the United States and the U.K. Kathy Guillermo, a senior vice president at PETA, said whistleblowers on “The Hobbit” contacted the organization after it had taken an active role in exposing problems on other movie sets.

The organization sent a letter to Jackson last week outlining its concerns.

“We want to send a clear message to Hollywood that they need to be very careful when using animals and take all the precautions that need to be taken.”

The Associated Press spoke to four wranglers who said the farm near Wellington was unsuitable for horses because it was peppered with bluffs, sinkholes and brokendown fencing. They said they repeatedly raised concerns about the farm with their superiors and the production company, owned by Warner Bros., but it kept being used. They say they want their story aired publicly now to prevent similar deaths in the future.

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