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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Tigers hold off No. 17 Missouri, p. 7
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LSU coach Les Miles is up for a raise at Friday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Five years with a stable salary — or job — is a long time in college football. LSU coach Les Miles may no longer be part of that rare breed. The LSU System Board of Supervisors will vote on
an amendment to Miles’ contract Friday, giving the coach his first raise since early 2008 when he was months removed from a BCS National Championship. The proposal pushes Miles’ annual salary from $3.75 million per year to $4.3 million and would make him the fourth-highest paid coach in college football. He’ll be the fifth college coach to boast a
$4 million-plus salary. New contract talks surfaced following Arkansas’ brief flirtation with Miles for its coaching vacancy back in November, and an LSU news release said the amendment was agreed upon in principle in December. It’s hardly a surprise that another Southeastern Conference school had anything to do with bolstering CONTRACT, see page 6
Annual Coaching Salaries: 1. Nick Saban, Alabama - $5.62 million 2. Mack Brown, Texas - $5.35 million 3. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma - $4.55 million 4. Les Miles, LSU - $4.3 million 5. Urban Meyer, Ohio State - $4.3 million in 2012 (because of one-time relocation fee), $4 million currently for 2013, but contract could be redone. 6. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa - $3.84 million 7. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina - $3.59 million Gene Chizik, Auburn - (Fired) $ 3.58 million Chip Kelly, Oregon (Left for NFL) $3.5 million 8. Gary Patterson, TCU - $3.47 million 9. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State - $3.28 million 10. Bret Bielema, Arkansas - $3.2 million
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A recent spike in biking tickets on semester, Lalonde said. campus is attributed to an increase Lalonde said LSUPD stepped up in pedestrian accidents, according to enforcement in November 2012 and reports from the LSU handed out 51 traffic Nic Cotten Police Department. violations to cyclists beStaff Writer In 2012, LSUPD tween then and Monday. reported 613 traffic crashes, 27 of After the increase in traffic ciwhich were bike or pedestrian-relat- tations, LSUPD reported one traffic ed accidents, said LSUPD Spokes- accident with bikers or pedestrians man Capt. Cory Lalonde. Of the 27 accidents, 16 took place in the fall CYCLING, see page 6
The American Association of University Professors sent a letter this week to University officials to express its concerns about the lack of faculty involvement in the system reorganization and the merging of the presidential and chancellor positions. University faculty members contacted the AAUP, which then issued a formal complaint challenging the LSU Board of Supervisors’ insistence that the merger process has been “fair and inclusive,” along with the Board’s restructuring approach. “We strongly disagree with the general implications of the letter concerning the reorganization process and presidential search,” said Interim System President and AAUP, see page 6
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INTERNATIONAL Explosives cause blast at Zimbabwean tribal sorcerer’s house, six left dead HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Police in Zimbabwe said Wednesday they found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer’s house where a massive blast killed six people and damaged 12 nearby buildings. Police official Charity Charamba said the sorcerer and assistants, one of them a former police officer, were suspected of trying to extract a compound of mercury sometimes used in the manufacturing of explosive materials. The dead sorcerer was identified as 24-year-old Speakmore Mandere. Israel launches rare airstrike on Syria, targets incoming weapon shipments BEIRUT (AP) — Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria near the border with Lebanon, foreign officials and Syrian state TV said Wednesday, amid fears President Bashar Assad’s regime could provide powerful weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. Regional security officials said Israel had been planning in the days leading up to the airstrike to hit a shipment of weapons bound for Hezbollah, Lebanon’s most powerful military force and a sworn enemy of the Jewish state.
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Zimbabwean police attend to the scene of an explosion in Chitungwiza on Jan. 22. The explosion occurred Jan. 21, causing extensive damage and killing six people.
Brazil nightclub owner blames country for fire; expresses grief over incident SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire Jan. 27 deflected blame to “the whole country,” as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, “regretted having ever been born” because of his grief over the fire, but still blamed Sunday’s tragedy on “a succession of errors made by the whole country.”
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Ala. gunman kills bus driver, kidnaps 6-year-old hostage, in long standoff
Police find car in Tensas River, bodies of three missing since Jan. 7
MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 6-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an allnight, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said. SWAT teams took up positions around the gunman’s rural property and police negotiators tried to win the kindergartner’s safe release. Sheriff Wally Olsen said the man shot the bus driver when he refused to hand over the 6-year-old child. Recent study sees prostate cancer treatment side effects, sexual issues
TALLULAH (AP) — The bodies of 2 men and a woman who had been missing since Jan. 7 were found Wednesday in a car pulled out of the Tensas River in northeastern Louisiana, state police said. Eddie Cobb Jr., 68, Ella Williams, 52, and Cobb’s nephew Brady Brown, 49, apparently drowned after their 2006 Dodge Stratus ran off the road, said Lt. Julie Lewis, a state police spokeswoman. The vehicle apparently went down the I-20 median for about a quarter-mile before going into the river near a bridge, she said.
(AP) — A new study shows how important it is for men to carefully consider treatments for early-stage prostate cancer. Fifteen years after surgery or radiation treatment, nearly all of the older men in the study had some problems having sex. About one-fifth had bladder or bowel trouble, researchers found. The study doesn’t compare these men — who were 70 to 89 at the end of the study — to others who did not treat their cancers or to older men without the disease.
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Armed men come down the hill from the direction of the Dale County hostage scene Wednesday. Forces were in an overnight standoff with the gunman.
Zimmerman’s defense lawyers aim to delay trial, renew donations request ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin to death asked for more time to prepare his case Wednesday, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence. Zimmerman’s lead attorney, Mark O’Mara, renewed his request for donations to Zimmerman’s legal defense, which he said could cost up to $1 million. Spokesman Shawn Vincent said Zimmerman’s attorneys want his second-degree murder trial to be moved from June to November.
GOP lawmakers seek to fight new gun limits in opposition campaign (AP) — Republican state lawmakers are launching a counteroffensive to federal efforts to put new limits on guns, setting up a statewide opposition campaign and proposing to ban enforcement of any new restrictions on semi-automatic firearms. Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, recently announced an effort called “Defend Louisiana” that he said is designed to defend gun ownership rights in Louisiana. Similar bills are being talked about in other states.
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Students plan to help LSU System Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
As the University moves toward reorganization, students on the Student Experience subcommittee of the Transition Advisory Team expressed an eagerness to represent the voices of the LSU System from a variety of perspectives. Medical student and Student Government President at LSU Health Sciences New Orleans Renford Cindass said this committee was developed to look into areas such as student opportunities, recruitment, enrollment efforts and financial aid. “I plan on doing things electronically and sending surveys out to the student body. I really want to see what students would like to get out of this reorganization,” Cindass said. Sanjay Juneja, medical student at LSU Health Sciences Shreveport, said one of his main concerns is the future of LSUHS-S. “We had a lot of wish-wash last year if we were still going to be a medical school, and we want answers,” Juneja said. “My biggest goal is to really articulate how much our medical school really appreciates the opportunity to get our education through LSU. We offer a lot to LSU and want to be a strong part of the
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system in the future.” Former student-athlete and communication disorders senior Janelle Garcia said she was unaware of the nomination until one of her friends congratulated her. “With athletics, I’ve had no opportunity to get involved, and now I have the chance. It’s an honor, and I want to see what I can do to do my part,” Garcia said. She added that she wants to see how the reorganization changes will apply to athletes, given that sometimes student policy and athletics policy do not coincide. James Sudduth, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center student and Student Bar Association executive vicepresident, said he is glad the administration finally saw the importance of having students involved. He said he can address the committee from various perspectives. “I can speak to the committee as an LSU undergrad and a graduate student in the law program,” Sudduth said. “As a law student, I have learned to think like a lawyer, so I can bring a legal perspective to looking at and analyzing problems.” Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com
Science Café highlights research Students, faculty discuss findings Judah Robinson Senior Contributing Writer
The University held its first Science Café at Chelsea’s Café on Tuesday night, a monthly event that will highlight a wide variety of scientific research done at the University in a casual setting. Science Café offers students the opportunity to hear free presentations on scientific research as well as free food. The event takes place at 5 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month at Chelsea’s Café. The first gathering featured assistant professor and curator of ichthyology Prosanta Chakrabarty, who explained some of the research he has conducted regarding his discovery of a new species of fish in Louisiana. Chakrabarty described his discovery of the Louisiana Pancake Batfish, a finding that made the International Institute for Species Exploration’s Top 10 New Species of 2011. Chakrabarty also discussed his travels to the Gulf of Mexico, the shores of Taiwan and the caves of Madagascar in search of new species. “I think scientists need to communicate with the public in events like this because most of the public doesn’t have access to most of the scientific literature
that is out there,” Chakrabarty said. “Having these public events means you can talk directly to the public to explain your work and hopefully make it less daunting.” Although Science Café is new to the University, it’s not an entirely new idea, according to Ashley Berthelot, director of Research Communications. “The idea of a science café has been around for a pretty long time,” Berthelot said. It originated in Europe and eventually made its way here to the States, she said. Berthelot said the Science Café fills a void in today’s exposure. “The average person doesn’t get exposed to science anymore,” she said. “Many newspapers don’t have science sections anymore,” which makes these type of events even more necessary, she said. Berthelot also stressed that science ca n be interesting and engaging. “Not all research is lab work — it’s fun, it’s exciting and it’s adventurous,” Berthelot said. “We want to make the sciences approachable and interesting.”
Sara Keinig, human sciences and education graduate student who attended the event, said she is excited about any event with a goal to communicate science. “A lot of researchers have a hard time communicating what they are studying,” Keinig said. “I love an event that is all about communicating science.” Keinig said she will probably be back every month. “There’s free food, and I get to learn about new and interesting things,” she said. Erik Vinson, criminology senior, said he came to the event to learn more about the research being done at the University. “You always hear about all the research here at the University, but you don’t always hear exactly what they’re doing,” Vinson said. “This is a nice event to hear what type of research is being done at our university.” Vinson said he is looking forward to next month’s Science Café because the event will focus on criminology. Contact Judah Robinson at jrobinson@lsureveille.com
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LIVING
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Art community planned next to Circa 1857 art shop Design intends to meet artists’ needs Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer
An artist complex adjacent to the Baton Rouge art shop Circa 1857 is scheduled to be built this year to offer local artists an economical place to live and work. Danny McGlynn and local artist Dennis Hargroder co-own Circa 1857 and worked together to develop the new complex located on Government Street, an area the pair said will be an art hub for Baton Rouge. McGlynn said the complex is anticipated to be three stories, have approximately 30 living spaces and contain 5,000 to 6,000 square feet of retail. The complex will also have work spaces for artists, said Hargroder, and working in such close proximity with one another will allow them to collaborate on works. “They can get inspiration from each other and [have] cooperative shows,” he said. The co-owners said purpose of the complex is to serve primarily as an artist community, but those who aren’t artists will also be allowed to live there.
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A new art community is scheduled to be built in 2013 next to the Circa 1857 art shop. The complex is intended to help transform the Government Street area into a local art hub.
“It will be to provide living, workspace and inspiration for artists and to establish Government Street as an arts street or district,” McGlynn said. “There will be a preference for artists, but not a requirement.” Rates have not been finalized at this time, but McGlynn said the rooms will be “subject to affordable rates” calculated from funding received from sources. McGlynn said some of the rooms will be rent restricted but not all of them. “It’s incentivized to help artists who are early in their careers and
need a place to live and work and to artists to generate ideas. try to make it economical for them Photography junior David to live there,” Hargroder said. Gibbs said the anticipated low cost Shelby Hemelt, graphic design of the complex’s rooms would help junior, said Baton aspiring artists. View more renderings Rouge has needed “That’s less something like this money on rent, at lsureveille.com. for a while. more money on art “I’m aware of those types of supplies and making art,” he said. facilities in other states,” she said. Funding for the project is a “[It’s] key in order to bring artists combination of private sources and here.” new market tax credits from the East Other cities with successful Baton Rouge Redevelopment Auart scenes usually contain artists thority. living complexes, Hemelt said, Circa 1857 was granted the which serve as a place for various credits from the RDA but lost them
because of a deadline, McGlynn said. “We hope that RDA will receive new credits in early March, that we can apply and be awarded somewhere within a month or two,” McGlynn said. If the tax credits are available, the project may begin around August he said, but starting in 2013 is the goal.
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GUN CONTROL
Informal student club promotes concealed carry Students seek gun rights advocacy
Nic Cotten Staff Writer
On most Thursday nights in the Student Union, a group of students gathers in front of Einstein Bros Bagels and talks about bringing guns to school. This is the Students for Concealed Carry club, and though the University does not recognize them, they are affiliated with a national organization, according to sociology senior and club president Philip Egusquiva. The club hopes to work with the regional and national chapters to raise awareness about a recent state amendment that guarded the Second Amendment in Louisiana, and the group hopes to eventually remove the “gun-free zone” from LSU’s campus, Egusquiva said. “There is literally a line on the edge of campus I cannot cross with a gun or I’m a felon,” Egusquiva said. “I’m the same law-abiding citizen with a gun across the street and on campus.” Egusquiva said the national organization has a “holster protest” once a year, in which the club will participate in, where students carry an empty holster on their person during a day in April.
Brian Apple, electrical engineering senior and club member, said people might be against them because they do not understand what this club is asking for. “We are asking for the option to bring a licensed gun on campus,” Apple said. “We are not forcing a gun into every student’s hands.” Apple said it takes a lot of work to get a concealed carry permit, including thorough background checks and an age requirement of 21. Mechanical engineering senior Grant Brumfield said state police “pulled my medical records and took my fingerprints, along with more of the extensive screening to have my concealed carry license.” Apple and Brumfield are getting certification to be instructors for those trying to get licenses to carry a concealed weapon, Apple said. Egusquiva said other schools in the country that allow licensed guns on campus, including the University of Colorado at Boulder, are safer than gun-free campuses. “Campuses who allow concealed carry have had zero crimes with firearms or suicides,” Egusquiva said. “You are more likely to die from a hammer or drowning in a pool than being shot.” Egusquiva said the group’s meetings consist of working to
increase awareness on social media, but without an adviser, it cannot have official club meetings or events. “We use time in meetings to find an adviser,” Egusquiva said. “But everyone either didn’t want to help or didn’t have time to.” Andrea Mathis, communication studies junior, said the campus has no need for students with guns. “Why do you need that?” Mathis said. “I don’t understand why they need guns on campus. Do they feel that unsafe?” Elementary education sophomore Courtney Braud said she
wants to stay protected but is worried about who would be carrying the guns. “I’m not comfortable with some random student carrying around a gun,” Braud said. “But if something were to happen, a student with a gun could help us.” Egusquiva said he hopes people realize the club members are trying to make the campus a safer place.
“There is zero correlation between crime and guns,” Egusquiva said. “We go to school where if someone wanted to do something, we have signs up that say we can’t do anything about it.”
Contact Nic Cotten at ncotten@lsureveille.com
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Senate votes to amend bylaws to update SG website Judah Robinson Senior Contributing Writer
With 95 percent in favor, the Student Government Senate voted Wednesday to amend its bylaws allowing an update to its website to no longer include voting records. With the passage of the bill, site visitors will no longer be able to see each senator’s vote corresponding with each piece of legislation on the legislative branch website. Instead, they will now see a percentage of the vote. Update procedures for each facet of the website have also been changed from monthly to quarterly updates. The resolution states SG’s website will include general information, announcements and current editions of SG’s Constitution, Bylaws and Election Code. According to the resolution, each branch’s website must contain certain information. All elected officials, staff members or appointees specific to the branch in which they serve, along with their classification and college, must be listed on the website, according to the resolution.
The resolution states that an email address for each elected or appointed official and office hours, if that official is required to hold them, must be posted as well. A link to each respective branch and the general SG website must also be posted. SG’s website will be divided into five separate branches: legislative, executive and judicial and newly added sections for college councils and the election board. The added college councils section will include an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of expenditures and an electronic copy of the college council constitution. The election board’s website, also new, will include a notice of upcoming elections and dates relevant to SG elections, a notice when constitutional amendments are being considered and an electronic copy of all election board returns, complaints and judgments. The executive branch’s website must include an electronic copy of the executive charter, an electronic copy of quarterly breakdown of expenditures and an electronic copy of communications, which include news releases and
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During the Student Government meeting to amend bylaws Wednesday, Speaker of the Senate Meredith Westbrook swears in Zachary Fitzpatrick (left) for the College of Science and Austin Matthews (right) for the College of Mass Communication.
policy statements. The bill mandates the legislative branch’s website include an electronic copy of each piece of legislation filed with the Senate office, an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of expenditures and a
vote percentage corresponding with each piece of legislation. The judicial branch’s website will feature an electronic copy of a quarterly breakdown of expenditures and an electronic copy of all judicial documents, which
include opinions, and complaints.
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STATE
Poverty Point nominated as World Heritage Site Site would be first in Louisiana added Erin Hebert Contributing Writer
Louisiana’s Poverty Point National Monument is in the running to be listed alongside the likes of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt as a World Heritage Site, largely thanks to the work of Louisiana archaeologist Diana Greenlee. If chosen, the monumental earthwork site near Epps, La., would be the first site in Louisiana and the second in the southeastern United States to be added to the list. Greenlee said Poverty Point is estimated to be at least 3,100 years old. Five mounds, six concentric urban ridges and a large interior plaza comprise the site, which Greenlee said was built by ancient hunter-gatherers. Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said Poverty Point’s selection as a World Heritage Site would be “an incredible boost to northeast Louisiana” from both an economic and tourism standpoint. University history professor Alecia Long said Poverty Point’s age, size and complexity contribute to its significance. Greenlee said Poverty Point is significant because, prior to its discovery, archaeologists did not believe anyone other than farmers could build such a massive earthwork.
“There’s no other site like it After signing on, Greenlee in the world,” Greenlee said. “It’s said each country decides which pretty special.” of its own sites are internationalGreenlee has ly significant and been employed them on ‘There’s no other site places by the University the Tentative List. of Louisiana at like it in the world. It’s Greenlee said Monroe and the she discovered pretty special.’ Louisiana Divithe U.S. National sion of ArchaeolPark Service, the Diana Greenlee ogy as a Poverty agency responsiPoint station ar- Poverty Point station archaeologist ble for compiling chaeologist since the U.S. Tentative 2006. She said as a new employ- List, was accepting applications ee, one of her assigned tasks was for a new list not long after she researching the steps for having began working at Poverty Point. Poverty Point named a World The most recent list before then Heritage Site. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, compiles the World Heritage List, which contains sites ranging from the Taj Mahal to the Grand Canyon. According to the UNESCO website, countries must sign the World Heritage Convention “pledging to protect their natural and cultural heritage” before submitting nominations.
had been compiled in the 1970s, Greenlee said. After submitting an application in 2007, Greenlee said Poverty Point workers learned of their Tentative List placement in 2008. In summer 2011, the World Heritage Committee moved Poverty Point from the Tentative List to the official nomination process. From then until Dec. 2011, Poverty Point workers prepared the nomination file, which Greenlee said includes formal documentation with discussion of the site’s significance, history,
management and issues that may threaten its integrity. Greenlee said the next step in the nomination process will occur in June or July, when members of the International Council on Monuments and Sites will formally evaluate the site. In 2014, the World Heritage Committee will decide whether to officially add Poverty Point to the World Heritage List or to defer its decision. Contact Erin Hebert at ehebert@lsureveille.com
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top-flight coaching salaries. In 2012, the SEC had eight of the top 25 coaching salaries in the NCAA. One of those coaches, Auburn’s Gene Chizik, was fired in November. Arkansas eventually hired Bret Bielema for $3.2 million annually, immediately placing him among the top 10 highest paid coaches. But Miles ultimately won’t be judged against Bielema, South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier — who makes $3.59 million a year — or even Georgia’s Mark Richt and his $2.93 million annual salary. Miles’ anticipated salary is unquestionably elite, with topflight bonus opportunities and a well-compensated staff already in place. His competition bears names like Nick Saban, Bob Stoops, Mack Brown and Urban Meyer, Miles’ fellow top-five fiscal foes. With three-straight 10-win seasons, two conference titles, two national championship appearances and a seemingly permanent spot in the top 10, Miles compares favorably. Miles’ new wage would jump that of Meyer, who took a year off after resigning from Florida before leading Ohio State to an undefeated 2012 campaign that was limited by probation and a bowl ban. Personal health problems, player discipline issues and a five-loss 2010 campaign marred Meyer’s final few seasons
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Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins. “LSU faculty members have been included in those processes, continue to be included and will continue to play a vital role as the reorganization process unfolds over the next 18 to 24 months.” The letter was also copied to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which is the agency responsible for the University’s accreditation. According to the letter, faculty complained they were denied an opportunity to participate in the discussion that led to the Association of Governing Boards’ recommendation to consolidate the two positions. “The whole process started in large part due to the feedback that was generated by faculty and staff,” said Board of Supervisors member and Presidential Search Committee Chairman Blake Chatelain in response to the letter. “Problems that were identified in large part by faculty and staff is what led the Board to figure out changes. … I’ve had the back of faculty members on that deal.” Chatelain said some understand the report and like it, but some do not, and the Board has gotten feedback from both sides. “The AAUP is a clear and strong signal to any reasonable decision maker that the University is well out-of-step with expectations for a major and comprehensive research University,” said Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope. The AAUP’s Statement on Government emphasizes the “shared responsibility of both the faculty and
at Florida. Brown is only 22-16 at Texas in the last three years and hasn’t led the Longhorns to a prestigious bowl game since 2009. Texas missed postseason play completely in 2010. Stoops’ Oklahoma teams haven’t finished with fewer losses than LSU since 2008, and he is 1-5 in BCS Bowls since 2003. Saban is the Goliath in the game — both monetarily and on the field — with three national titles at Alabama in four seasons and four years of one regular season loss or fewer since 2008. Miles has fared better than most against Saban, posting a 3-4 record versus his LSU predecessor. Meanwhile, Miles has more SEC wins since 2005 (47) than any coach and an overall winning percentage of 80.1 (85-21). One way Miles could earn his new salary would be by filling his résumé’s only glaring hole in comparison to those top-five peers: lead his team to an undefeated season.
Check out lsureveille.com on Friday for an update from the Board of Supervisors meeting. Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AbshireTDR Board in the search for and selection of a president” and “envisions the faculty’s playing an active role in the decision-making process.” “It is not to the advantage of the University, students and citizens of Louisiana for the Board to ignore or marginalize the faculty,” said B. Robert Kreiser, associate secretary for the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance for the AAUP. Kreiser signed the AAUP’s letter. The letter said only one faculty member is involved in the search committee. According to Chatelain, three faculty members currently serve on the search committee: William Cooper, professor of history; Thomas Klei, interim vice chancellor of Research and Economic Development; and Cherie-Ann Nathan, professor, vice-chair and director of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Cancer Research at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport. Faculty leaders emphasized the importance of a president with a Ph.D. and research experience, but the published job description omitted this stipulation, according to the letter. “The Board understands the desires for the faculty and the importance of an academic background, and we take that seriously,” Chatelain said. “We didn’t want to cast our ad in a way that would discourage anybody. … We want to do a nationwide search and get the best candidate, and we don’t want to box ourselves in.” The letter also states the AAUP’s concerns about the faculty’s
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Father says dead son wasn’t real The Associated Press THIBODAUX (AP) — A man accused of beheading his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the head in his yard appears to believe that the boy was a robot or a ventriloquist’s dummy, two defense experts have told a judge. Psychiatrist Sarah DeLand and psychologist Robert Storer told state District Judge John LeBlanc they don’t think Jeremiah Wright, charged with firstdegree murder of Jori Lirette, is faking a delusion, The Daily
CYCLING, from page 1 since November, Lalonde said. Stop sign violations accounted for 30 of the 51 cyclist citations, Lalonde said. Noah Baldridge, English junior, was issued a $152 ticket on his bike while riding across a crosswalk. “I saw a guy on a bike hit an SUV during spring testing, but since then I have witnessed no accidents,” Baldridge said. “There are some individuals who ride like idiots, but a cyclist is responsible for his or her actions. It would be wrong to villainize every bike rider for the poor decisions of the few.” Landscape architecture junior “little to no” representation on the subcommittees — aside from the Academic subcommittee — for the Transition Advisory Team. The Academic subcommittee has seven faculty members, the Finance and Revenue has no faculty members, Technology and Operations has three, Research and Discovery has four and the Student Experience has two. “We are hoping the Board of Supervisors will realize the error of their ways and begin to behave as those who are responsible for a large, public treasure ought to behave,” Cope said.
Comet reported. Lirette, who had severe cerebral palsy and little speech, was killed Aug. 14, 2011. His mother, Jesslyn Lirette, said she will comment after LeBlanc decides. Wright seems to understand the legal proceedings and the charges against him, but the delusion has persisted in the 18 months since he was arrested and will hinder his ability to assist his attorneys, they testified. Both said Wright thinks his son was actually a government
social experiment. DeLand quoted Wright as telling her, “I don’t believe they can do anything to me because it wasn’t a real person. His skull was made of plastic. He had foam in him.” Testimony continues through Thursday in the sanity hearing.
Greg Dahlke said he believes the police are just handing out tickets and not trying to enforce the law. “I got pulled over for turning at a yellow light,” Dahlke said. “The cop said it would be my fault if I got hit. And my friend got a ticket for riding a bike across a pedestrian crosswalk. People don’t want to ride bikes anymore — they are worried about getting tickets.” Tammy Millican, director of communications for LSU Campus Sustainability, said her office is working closely with LSUPD and Parking, Traffic and Transportation to enforce bike safety rules. “We do know that the number of bicyclists on campus is steadily increasing, and that’s a positive
for LSU and the environment,” Millican said in an email. Lalonde said bikers should obey the same traffic laws as cars, including traffic signals and stopping at pedestrian crosswalks. LSUPD has more information about biker and pedestrian laws on its website, the LSUPD Facebook page and through broadcast emails, Lalonde said.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Tigers best No. 17 Mizzou, 73-70 Chandler Rome Sports Writer
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Senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan (left) and sophomore sprinter Aaron Ernest (right) practice at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium on Wednesday. Ernest says he likes being in the shadow of Duncan, a Bowerman Award winner and nine-time All-American.
ERNEST COMPETITION Sophomore enjoys running in senior star’s shadow
Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor
For an athlete, competing in someone else’s shadow can be tiring, and with the history LSU track and field has, there are a lot of shadows for athletes to dodge. Currently, no track athlete casts a bigger shadow than senior sprinter Kimberlyn Duncan. The Bowerman Award Winner, ninetime All-American and five-time NCAA Champion’s tendency to hog every collegiate track and field award available leaves little room
for LSU’s other runners to grab any limelight. Even sophomore sprinter Aaron Ernest, who is quickly establishing himself as one of the country’s best, can go unnoticed when sitting on the same roster as one of the greatest sprinters in LSU’s history. But he’s not complaining. “I kind of like being under her shadow because I can stay under the radar,” Ernest said. “Everyone knows when they come to an LSU track meet that Kimberlyn Duncan is going to be there, so I can just
keep flying under the radar. That’s fine with me.” Ernest and Duncan both run the 200-meter, 100-meter and 60-meter sprints, and though Ernest doesn’t quite have the trophy case that Duncan boasts, he is quietly building a formidable résumé of his own. In his freshman season, Ernest earned three All-America Honors and an NCAA Championship as a member of the 4x100 relay team, which puts him right on
As each previous Southeastern Conference game came to pass, LSU seemed to follow a familiar script: start out in a hole, switch to a full-court press and claw back just close enough to sniff victory before having it snatched away. The Tigers (11-7, 2-5 SEC) had no such issues Wednesday, not even needing their trademark press as they raced out to a 17-6 lead in the opening minutes and held on for a 73-70 upset of No. 17 Missouri in the PMAC. LSU looked nothing like the 1-5 team that entered the contest, as its lead swelled to as much as 16 using a bevy of jumpers from guards Andre Stringer and Anthony Hickey to erase any worries about a bad start. “Before the game, we huddled up and said we ain’t had our first come-out punch,” Hickey said. “We haven’t had our best game yet. We were able to just work as a team and get the lead up in the first half.” Going into the locker room up 39-26, LSU coach Johnny Jones realized his team needed to be wary of nationally ranked Missouri (15-5, 4-3 SEC), knowing
the visiting Tigers had fight left in them. He didn’t need to voice it, though. “It was encouraging to hear our guys talk about ‘We need to play like we’re 13 down and not 13 up,’” Jones said. “They had a real good understanding of where we were, so I didn’t need to tell them how we needed to play.” If they understood, the Tigers didn’t seem to heed their own advice early in the second half as Missouri quickly whittled the 13-point lead down to four within the first, highlighted by eight straight points from junior guard Phil Pressey. Pressey, who was named the preseason SEC Player of the Year, dazzled off the dribble all evening to the tune of a gamehigh 25 points, all the while being harassed by Hickey on every Missouri possession. Hickey answered his counterpart as he reeled off seven straight points out of a timeout, including a 3-pointer that stretched the lead back to nine and sent the 8,804 purple and gold-clad fans into a frenzy. “I just talked to my team and said we were going to take BASKETBALL, see page 9
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GYMNASTICS
Athletes battle constant injuries Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor
They fly through the air with the greatest ease only to come crashing back down to earth. LSU gymnasts attest that those graceful acrobatics that gymnasts are so famous for are, more times than not, accompanied with reverberating pain and injury. “If I had to put a number on it, I’d say 75 percent of the girls are competing with some sort of injury or pain every time they compete,” said LSU graduate assistant athletic trainer Matt Gregg. “There’s a high risk to it and a high skill as well.” According to Gregg, almost
every member of the team will see him at one point during the week for some kind of treatment. Many of the injuries are degenerative, stemming from years of constant wear and tear on joints and bones, primarily in the legs and feet. As Gregg pointed out, most of the gymnasts have been doing this since they were old enough to do a cartwheel, and that grind on their bodies carries over into their college careers. “We always push through pain,” said LSU junior Kaleigh Dickson. “That’s what we’ve been taught since we were six starting this sport. We do have those little aches and pains, but what’s greater is our love for the sport.”
LSU junior Sarie Morrison has battled injury throughout her time as a Tiger, missing the majority of the 2012 season after needing surgery to remove a lesion, or tissue abnormality, in her left foot. After her early injury, Morrison was still able to compete on the uneven bars while aspiring to return to the vault for the NCAA championship meet at the end of the season. “Everyone kept telling me, ‘You’re never going to be able to vault or do floor again because you’ve had so many ankle injuries,’” Morrison said. “I thought ‘No, I’m going to prove them wrong, and I’m going to INJURIES, see page 10
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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) out-rebounds Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers (21) on Wednesday during the Tigers’ 73-70 victory against Mizzou in the PMAC.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
LSU seeks Webb focuses on postseason goals first SEC Senior hopes to road win finish on high note at Auburn Bria Turner Sports Contributor
The LSU women’s basketball team heads to Auburn on Thursday looking to improve its standing in the Southeastern Conference with an uncommon road win. The Lady Tigers (12-8, 3-4 SEC) have lost all four of their away SEC games, but LSU coach Nikki Caldwell said better rebounding and stronger defense can help LSU win this game outside of Baton Rouge. “If we can make the conscious effort to defend harder and be tougher on the board, then things will fall our way,” Caldwell said. “Hopefully we get tired of losing on the road enough that we make that an important part of our game plan.” Junior forward Theresa Plaisance continues to lead the Lady Tigers with averages of 18 points and eight rebounds. Senior guard Adrienne Webb and sophomore guard Danielle Ballard follow Plaisance with 13 points per game a piece, with Ballard adding clips of six rebounds and three steals. Sophomore guard Hasina Muhammad leads Auburn (13-7, 2-5 SEC) in scoring, averaging 16 points per game, and blocks, tallying 26 total this season. Caldwell said the team not only needs to disrupt Muhammad’s game but keep turnovers to a minimum, limit putback opportunities and remain competitive during the game. “One thing that this group has got to understand [is] that it is a 40-minute basketball game,” Caldwell said. “If we can ever wrap our mentality to play 40 minutes of LSU basketball, we’ll come out with a victory.” Caldwell said the team runs out of that “little push” toward the end of the game, which she credits to the young bench with only three veteran players. At the end of the games when the Lady Tigers are only down by four, Caldwell said LSU is still in the game. But Caldwell said small mistakes like missed rebounds usually cost LSU the victory. “Those are the plays that we cannot continue to give people because they’re capitalizing on it,” Caldwell said. In regards to LSU’s postseason prospects, Caldwell said the team is “below the bubble” in wins, but also that success is attainable. “We’ve got a chance still,” Caldwell said. “They can play with some of the best teams in the country, they just have to believe now that they can beat them.” Contact Bria Turner at bturner@lsureveille.com
This could be somewhat of a lofty goal. ESPN’s latest projected bracket has the Lady Tigers on the bubble as one of the first four teams on the outside looking Tyler Nunez in. Webb is determined to finish Sports Writer the season on her terms. “[Being a senior] is extra When LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb is at her best, motivation to the NCAA Tourshe leaves her opponents feel- nament,” Webb said. “We want ing much like victims of the to finish the season strong, play arachnid trap that so appropri- well in the SEC Tournament and hopefully get a ately sounds like good seed so we her surname: helpless. ‘[Webb] is trying to be a can play here.” Graduation Webb has made quite the leader for this team. She is just beyond impact in her is trying to do what we the horizon, but Webb has no infour years at LSU, during ask of her both offensively tention of hanging up her sneakwhich she has and defensively.’ ers. Instead, only sat out two she intends on games. In 115 finding a new career games, Nikki Caldwell home where she Webb has averLSU women’s basketball coach can continue to aged just under play her favorite 10 points and more than three rebounds per game. “I want to go overseas and game and earning a total of 88 ascontinue playing,” Webb said. “I sists, 62 steals and 24 blocks. But Webb’s contribution to hope to find a team so I can keep the sport that I have loved playLSU transcends the stat sheet. “[Webb] is trying to be a ing since I was a kid.” leader for this team,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell. “She is trying to do what we ask of her both offensively and defensively.” She is a primary source of motivation for her fellow Lady Contact Tyler Nunez at Tigers, especially when she is hot tnunez@lsureveille.com; from beyond the arc, where she is Twitter: @NunezTDR successful in more than a third of her attempts. “When she is in sync, the rest of the team feeds off of her,” Caldwell said. “She brings a lot of energy to us.” Webb had a wake-up call early in Southeastern Conference play this season in LSU’s match against Arkansas when she failed to get on the scoreboard for the first time since her freshman season. In an attempt to help Webb bounce back from the performance, Caldwell suggested she make 400 shots outside of practice before LSU’s next game against Mississippi State. “I set a goal for myself to get in the gym and set shots up for myself,” Webb said after the game. “... I just wanted to be more productive for my team and make us better.” The extra practice worked. Webb poured in a career-high 28 points against the Bulldogs and didn’t look back, scoring in double digits in every game since. With her notable career as a Lady Tiger quickly coming to an end, Webb reminisced about her time at LSU, citing last season’s victory against then-No. 6 Kentucky in the PMAC as her favorite memory. With just eight games remaining in the regular season, she has put all of her focus on one objective: getting her team to the NCAA Tournament.
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LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb (10) looks for an opening Sunday during the 54-51 victory against the Vanderbilt Commodores in the PMAC.
Thursday, January 31, 2013 ERNEST, from page 7 Duncan’s pace. “I know what it’s like because that was me at one point,” Duncan said. “Everyone else was getting theirs, and I was just in the back being happy for them. I know that’s how he is, but he’ll get his time.” All-time great runners like Duncan are commonplace at LSU, and Ernest said he uses the legacy of other runners who came before him as a benchmark. Ernest said former Tiger greats such as Richard Thompson, Trindon Holliday and Xavier Carter inspire him to cement his name in LSU lore the same way they did — a feat that Duncan said is well within Ernest’s grasp. “He’s a great athlete,” Duncan said. “He’s focused when he has to be. He goes out there and gets the work done. I’m looking forward to when I’m gone and coming back and seeing what he will do.” Ernest’s history as a top-tier football player gives him the confidence to become one of the runners who breaks school and national records the way Duncan has, according to LSU coach Dennis Shaver. In high school, Ernest received several Division I scholarships to play football, which left Shaver and other track coaches around the country wondering if the New Orleans native would even run track in college. But Ernest committed himself as a track-only athlete and accepted a scholarship offer from LSU during his senior year in high school.
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whatever they were going to give us,” Hickey said. “We were able to get great open shots.” As the Tigers each traded buckets, Missouri broke off a mini-run that cut the LSU lead down to three with just more than three minutes to go going into the final media timeout. Out of the timeout, a Pressey jumper brought Missouri back to
Shaver said he would have never attempted to compare Ernest to Duncan in the beginning of Ernest’s career at LSU, as he struggled through his first indoor season while adjusting to the weight-lifting and training regimen. Now the two star sprinters’ similarities are evident, Shaver said, with one exception. “I don’t think Kim had the same level of confidence at that stage of her career as Aaron has as a sophomore,” Shaver said. Even though Ernest and Duncan practice at separate times, run against different opponents and will probably never race each other, that doesn’t mean a little friendly competition and smack talk isn’t warranted. Keeping Duncan humble about her accomplishments isn’t hard, but Ernest likes to do his part by playfully reminding her every now and then that he’s not impressed. “Every day I’ll tell her she’s not even good,” Ernest said. “I always mess with her like, ‘You’re really nothing. You only won 19-straight 200s. Anyone can do that,’ but it’s all in good fun.” But Ernest doesn’t downplay Duncan’s excellence. He said she is welcome to share her knowledge whenever she wants. “I would love to learn tips from a two-time national champion, but she’s keeping all the secrets to herself,” Ernest said.
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CLUB SPORTS
Lady Tigers Lacrosse looks to build on initial season’s success
Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com
The LSU women’s lacrosse club is back in business thanks to the relentless efforts of its student leaders. After disbanding in 2010 due to lack of student interest, the club’s future looked bleak. That was when international relations and political science senior Kylee Rader, current club president, decided to take action. “I saw that [Florida] had a team, so I thought, ‘Why can’t LSU?’” Rader said. Rader contacted former club president Mary Condo to find out the steps to getting the club active again. That got her in contact with University Recreation Sports club coordinator Zach Wood. Working closely with Wood and Condo, Rader began the process of resurrecting the women’s lacrosse club, which began by registering as a student organization in the Office of Student Life. The team then had to operate independently from the University Student Recreational Complex for a year before being allowed to
reapply to become a sanctioned That finish was achieved often sports club. This presented some while playing a man down or with challenges to the rebuilding ef- no substitutions. fort. By working through the “We almost had to start from rough times of that first year, the scratch. [Many] of the girls had Lady Tigers laid the organizanever played before,” Rader said. tional and personal groundwork “Getting field for many seasons time was tough. ‘The talent, teamwork to come. We had to fight “We have a and work ethic are with Quidditch lot of freshmen,” there. All we have to do Rader said. “They [occasionally].” Even after the all have very is put it together.’ Lady Tigers were sound fundamenreinstated as an tals. … They will Dru Cowan official club sport take care of [LSU biological chemistry junior in fall 2011, there Lacrosse] after were more obstacles to overcome. I’m gone.” The club was unable to find a The Lady Tigers will begin coach until March, forcing Rader their pursuit of a playoff berth to take a player-coach role, some- this weekend, traveling to Housthing she does not advise anyone ton to face Rice and traditional to attempt. powerhouse Texas A&M in their “Being a player-coach is not first matches of the season. easy,” Rader said. “Some of the “The talent, teamwork and girls would struggle listening, work ethic are there,” said bioprobably because I wasn’t much logical chemistry junior Dru older than them.” Cowan. “All we have to do is put Despite all of those hardships, it together.” the Lady Tigers finished their first season with a 3-4-2 record in the Contact Cole Travis at Texas Women’s Lacrosse League, one position out of the playoffs. ctravis@lsureveille.com
within three. Then the Dallas native made perhaps his only mistake of the evening, hacking Stringer as he buried a 3-pointer from the wing. Stringer would sink the free throw to give the Tigers a seven-point cushion and momentum squarely on their bench. “It was a great confidence builder for our team,” Stringer said. “I saw Pressey coming behind me so I just followed through. Luckily, he fouled me.”
The veteran Missouri squad didn’t stay down, reeling off five straight points to pull within a bucket with 1:06 to go. After Stringer sunk two foul shots and Missouri guard Earnest Ross buried a 3-pointer, the two-point game got a jolt of energy. LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III got behind the ensuing inbounds play for a wide open lay-up to lock up LSU’s fate – which added three more free throws down the stretch to seal the upset.
“[Jones] told me to go long,” O’Bryant said. “I saw the [defender] wasn’t ready for it so I just took off.” O’Bryant finished with his fourth straight double-double, pouring in 14 points and grabbing 11 boards while shutting down Missouri forward Alex Oriakhi, who finished with only one point. After his first signature win at the helm of his alma mater, Jones could only look to the future after running over to the packed LSU
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student section to thank them for the support. “It was emotional, not only for myself but for the players,” Jones said. “Hopefully, we did what we needed to do tonight to bring them back out there on a consistent basis.”
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come back and do the events that I love to do or I wouldn’t have gone through all that to begin with.’” Fortunately for Morrison, she was able to return to the vault, but during preparation for the meet, she shattered the navicular bone in the same foot. However, that didn’t stop her, as Morrison competed through the pain. “I was competing in nationals on vault in so much pain,” Morrison said. “I thought in the back of my mind, ‘What if I’m never able to do vault again? At least I’ll be able to do this one last time.’” To battle the pain, gymnasts rely on a series of tailored treatments that range from the traditional ice and Advil regimen to the more modern technique of dry needle physical therapy. “[Dry needles are] almost like acupuncture with the needles sticking through, but it works off of trigger points in the muscles,” Gregg said. “[The physical therapist] will try to find the trigger points in the muscle and dry needle them to get the spasm to relax. That helps a lot when we have girls with chronic stuff.” Gregg works with LSU coach D-D Breaux constantly throughout the season with weekly injury reports that help to create workouts that won’t interfere with rehabilitation. “We always err on the side of what our trainers are telling us,” Breaux said. “Of course, as coaches we push and we push and we try to get as much as we can out of our student-athletes, but gymnastics is an everyday pounding. It’s a contact sport.” Breaux and her staff routinely stress the importance of what she calls “prehabbing.” According to Gregg, if the team has a meet on Friday, the Tigers will be back on the mats in full practice by Sunday, therefore injury turnover needs to be as quick as possible. The team members maintain their bodies with a strict regimen of cardio, conditioning, cold baths and overall up keeping of their health. “The biggest thing is to try and get them coming in the next day feeling as good as possible so they can perform well in [the practice gym] and then on Friday,” Gregg said. One of the more controversial treatments for today’s athletes, LSU gymnasts included, is the cortisone injection. Cortisone is a chemical naturally created in the body, but when injected straight into ligaments, it reduces inflammation, thus reducing pain. One of the side effects of cortisone injections is a possible thinning or damaging of joint ligaments later in life if used too many times during a short period of time, leaving the decision of accepting the shot to the gymnasts themselves. “It sounds bad, but I kind of live in the present and I don’t worry about the effects of it,” said Dickson, who has utilized the treatment. “It makes me feel good at the time and it makes me able to compete and that’s what I love to do.”
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LSU senior gymnast Ericka Garcia wraps her ankle Monday in the Carl Maddox Field House.
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COMPETITION
The Shoobies
Mass communication junior Winston Triolo, vocalist and guitarist for The Shoobies, sings along with the crowd Saturday at The House in Tigerland. RICHARD REDMANN /
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Rebecca Docter
On a typical night at the bar, people might expect to hear a Bruce Springsteen cover or an old Michael Jackson song. But when The Shoobies are playing, a remix of “Tighten Up” by The Black Keys can be heard blaring from the speakers. The Shoobies, made up of University mass communication
junior Winston Triolo, electrical when they started playing music engineering senior Patrick Her- together. It wasn’t until open mic nandez, accountnight at Mellow ing senior Andrew Mushroom that Pancamo and histhey found Triolo, tory senior Eric who would evenGuidry, formed tually sing for l a in the spring of c Lo band light The Shoobies. 2012 and started While The Spot playing shows in Shoobies are in late August. the process of Hernandez, Guidry and Pan- writing their own material, they camo were in different bands currently play covers at their
Contest gives chance to meet author, poet Kaci Yoder Entertainment Writer
shows, which are typically in Tigerland bars. According to Triolo, their sound “brings a new experience to the typical bar-goer.” The key difference between The Shoobies and usual cover bands is the band’s setlist. Sticking to ’90s and 2000s alt-rock, the band commonly plays selections from The Black Keys, The Strokes, The Red Hot Chili
Maya Angelou may know why the caged bird sings, but tonight she’s also why the college student slams. Mic with Maya, a free poetry slam hosted by the Student Activities Board, will give students a shot to meet and perform for renowned author and poet Maya ANGELOU Angelou. Students will step up to the microphone and deliver their own words with rhythm and rhyme in hopes of winning a once-in-alifetime opportunity. The winner of the competition will take the stage again Feb. 19 and perform his or her poem at the University’s A Night with Maya Angelou event. According to human resources education junior and SAB chair of Trending Topics Melanie McKoin, Mic with Maya offers students a chance to stand up and be heard by more than just their peers. “The chance that you get to
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University students give the term ‘cover band’ a new spin
Entertainment Writer
Student poet to slam for Angelou
CULTURE
Last local comic shop remains strong despite other closures Store takes pride in customer service Rob Kitchen Entertainment Writer
On the corner of South Sherwood Forest Boulevard and West Bricksome Avenue in an easy-tomiss suite sits an almost unusual sight — Louisiana’s Double Play, the last remaining comic book shop in Baton Rouge. For about 20 years, the shop
has been under the ownership of ran from 1956 to the early 1970s Robert Broussard. In those years, and introduced many of the classic it has become the heroes of today go-to location in such as SpiderWatch a video of Baton Rouge for , the X-Men, Louisiana’s Double Play Man anyone interested the Avengers at lsureveille.com. in reading comics and the Justice and collectLeague, as well ing cards for games such as “Mag- as updated or new versions of Suic: The Gathering.” perman, Batman, Flash and Green While the store may sell items Lantern. such as comic book issues, graphic The issues at Louisiana’s novels and card packs, there are Double Play are valuable collecmore valuable items hung from the tors’ items and include issues of walls: an assortment of Silver Age COMIC BOOKS, see page 14 comics. The Silver Age of comics
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Workers label comic books on the counter Tuesday in Louisiana’s Double Play, Baton Rouge’s only comic book shop. See more photos at lsureveille.com.
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Reveille Ranks
“Movie 43”
MUSIC
Relativity Media
I don’t even know where to start with “Movie 43.” It’s practically nothing but the most disgusting humor imaginable with an all-star cast ranging from actors like Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry to Snooki. However, the cast does not redeem everything else about the movie. The basic premise is that Dennis Quaid is a screenwriter pitching a movie to a studio executive. There may be a few laughs, but the final sketch that runs after the credits is just so disgusting and repulsive you forget almost everything you just watched. In retrospect, the one part that stands out is when Kate Bosworth questions Richard Gere’s business practices. If only some company executive did the same thing to “Movie 43”’s writers.
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“Project Runway,” Season 11
Lifetime
I’d like to congratulate the sadistic minds at Lifetime for creating “Project Runway: Teams.” Instead of fending for themselves, the 16 competing designers are forced to work together in teams to create cohesive looks for every challenge. At first I was horrified, thinking that the drama would take center stage over the clothing. Shockingly, most of the designers put their differences aside and worked together peacefully to make decent collections. Who knows how long that will last? The few clunkers in each collection were hilariously bad, particularly Stanley Hudson’s poorly fitted Catwomanmeets-Studio 54 jumpsuit. Matthew Arthur’s adorable collared blouse and full skirt was my favorite of the looks. In the end, Team “Keeping it Real” managed to defeat “The Dream Team.” “Project Runway: Teams” might be worth the watch, if only to hear the wisdom of Tim Gunn. MARIE CHANEY
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Lisa Loeb, “No Fairy Tale”
429 Records
“No Fairy Tale,” Lisa Loeb’s latest album in a line of eight stretching back to 1994’s “Purple Tape,” falls flat. Loeb seems to be grasping for a connection to the youth of today with two songs on the album written by Canadian rock duo Tegan & Sara. One of them, “The Worst,” has more of an acoustic feel, so it is more tolerable than the try-hard bubblegum pop of the rest of the album. This may be coming from someone who only identifies with Loeb’s No. 1 single “Stay” from 1994, but she is losing her touch. What came off as charmingly naive nearly two decades ago now seems immature and artificial. Loeb will draw a larger audience from children with this album than 2011’s “Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs,” an album actually made to accompany a children’s book.
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Tegan and Sara, “Heartthrob”
Sire
For seven albums, Tegan and Sara have established themselves as indie darlings with acoustic tunes and a cult lesbian following. “Heartthrob” is a combo breaker that brings in pop producers and synth beats to transform Tegan and Sara’s sound from mixtape for your feminist queer lit club to Robyn meets The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Some purists may consider “Heartthrob” a classic case of a popular indie act selling out to become mainstream, but Tegan and Sara have done the opposite of playing it safe with this makeover. The departure from their typical vibe is a definite risk, and it pays off. Despite a few moments that feel a bit derivative (as so many synthpop efforts are prone to), their talent for writing poignant songs about relationship angst remains strong under all the gloss and glitz, and lead single “Closer” promises to stick in the listener’s head. “Heartthrob” is nervy, refreshing, catchy and even radio-friendly. KACI YODER
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The Strokes, “One Way Trigger”
RCA Records
Longtime fans of New York-based The Strokes, close your ears: “One Way Trigger,” the debut single from their upcoming album “Comedown Machine,” is unlike anything the band has done before. Lead singer Julian Casablancas doesn’t sound like the guy who sang “Is This It” in 2001. Instead, he dons a Matt Bellamyesque falsetto for most of the song, while his lower voice is reserved for parts of chorus. Even stranger is the ska-style synthpop melody that pushes the song along at a quick pace. While these stark differences may sound like negatives, they aren’t — “One Way Trigger” is a blast to listen to. The high-pitched verses and upbeat tempo pair for one fun track. Sure, the lyrics are nonsense, but it’s nothing on Vampire Weekend’s level of absurdity. While this isn’t the single fans were hoping for, The Strokes are finally done with their old sound, and that isn’t a bad thing. TAYLOR BALKOM
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EDITOR’S PICK: Local Natives, “Hummingbird”
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Local Natives’ first record, “Gorilla Manor,” earned a devoted fan following in the U.S. and UK, and critics were crazy about it. But “Hummingbird,” the L.A. quartet’s sophomore effort, is not “Gorilla Manor Pt. 2.” “Hummingbird” incorporates elements the Natives are known for — lush harmony and insane hooks — but the sound is older and tried. These 11 songs are dark. That’s probably the result of losing a band member and, for vocalist and keyboardist Kelcey Ayer, a mom. This only intensified the group’s gift for layering strong emotion on every track. There’s brokeness and uncertainy, like on the magnificent “Colombia,” but tracks like “Black Spot” build into bliss that hint at redemption and acceptance. Loyal fans, give it a chance and be appreciative BRIAN SIBILLE Entertainment Editor of Local Natives’ evolution.
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Concert features Rodrigue piano in his iconic style. The product of the School of Music’s collaboration with RoInstead of blue dogs, a piano drigue will be on full display Fripainted by Louisiana artist George day night, with LSU faculty pianist Rodrigue will come to the Univer- Willis Delony playing an original sity on Friday night for the School arrangement of the classic “Tiger of Music’s Concert Spectacular, Rag.” which aims to raise money for the Rodrigue’s son Jacques Roschool. drigue, executive director of the The event includes perfor- George Rodrigue Foundation of mances from multiple ensembles the Arts and an LSU graduate, said within the school, as well as an the painted piano is a great way to appearance by the Rodrigue Stein- benefit the school and will help to way, a grand piano painted by Ro- raise awareness for supporting the drigue. arts. The event will begin at 7:30 After the piano’s Union Thep.m. this Friday in the Union The- ater debut Friday, it will tour the ater. Proceeds will go toward sup- country for two years before being porting the School auctioned off to raise of Music scholarship funds for the School of fund drive, as well as Concert Spectacular: Music and the George efforts to offset losses When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Rodrigue Foundation. from budget cuts. “Art, in general, Where: Union Theater The school is not Cost: $30, $15 students satisfies an emotional alone in raising funds and spiritual instinct and offsetting losses. that we all share,” said Rodrigue, known to some as “the percussionist junior Scott Graves. blue dog guy,” has collaborated “I believe universities should do with the School of Music to do just whatever they can to preserve the that. fine arts.” The Steinway piano, which Graves is playing Friday with was originally donated by Hall the LSU Wind Ensemble and SymPiano Company of Metairie to the phony Orchestra. School of Music, was given to the “Concert Spectacular gives all George Rodrigue Foundation of the departments in the School of the Arts to be painted by Rodrigue Music and Dramatic Arts a chance
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Painted in the style Rodrigue is known for, the Rodrigue Steinway piano will be featured in the School of Music’s Concert Spectacular this Friday evening.
to showcase what they do for a couple minutes in a sort of run-on performance,” he said. The concert is to be presented in a “no-pause-no-applause format” which promises to make for a lively event. The featured ensembles in the concert will be playing everything from jazz and classical music to experimental music. These ensembles include the LSU Symphony Orchestra, the A Cappella Choir, Schola Cantorum, the LSU Jazz Ensemble, Hamiruge, the LSU Percussion Ensemble and the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana. Contact Daniel Catalanello at dcatalanello@lsureveille.com
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itting Room The Daily Reveille talks fashion
Add a pop of peplum to your wardrobe Silhouette flatters any body type
History repeats itself, and fashion is no exception. W h e n the flair at the waist silhouette known as SHAMIYAH peplum hit the KELLEY runway in fall Fashion Columnist 2012, it created a wave of nostalgia for the 1940s film stars who originated the peplum trend. This blast from the past has already transcended beyond the fall 2012 season and into spring 2013. There’s no doubt in my mind that peplum is here to stay for seasons to come. The beauty of the peplum trend is that it’s universally flattering to every body type. Peplum adds instant curves to a thin figure, and plus-size fashion bloggers have raved about how the peplum silhouette hides that little extra pudge in the stomach area with no need for shapewear. Sadly, there aren’t many students around campus wearing this flattering silhouette. However, there are many ways to incorporate the peplum trend into
your wardrobe. For a chic daytime look, pair a bright-colored peplum top with a pair of coated denim or try chinos on a hotter day with some loafers. Add a bold statement necklace and throw your hair in a topknot for an effortless look. A peplum dress with a plunging neckline is perfect for a night out on the town. Step into a pair of sky-high heels and apply a deep rouge lipstick to channel a daring, ultra-feminine look. Urban Outfitters has a few peplum tops in a myriad of colors for only $34 each. Check out Boohoo.com for a whole slew of peplum items. It has everything from peplum skirts to peplum pants. Its items are a bit on the pricey side, but definitely worth the investment. Next time you’re out shopping, consider picking up an item with a peplum silhouette. You won’t regret it. Shamiyah Kelley is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Irmo, S.C.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Super Bowl weekend events for college students on a budget Taylor Schoen Entertainment Writer
Friday What: Rebuilding Together: Kick Off to Rebuild According to its website, “In February 2013, we will mobilize hundreds of volunteers, past and present NFL members and players, community leaders, wellknown national celebrities, and local and national sponsors to complete renovations on homes in the Algiers neighborhood of McClendonville.” When: 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Where: McClendoville neighborhood, How much: Free What: VH1’s Best Super Bowl Concert Ever Feat. Train When: 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. Where: The Sugar Mill How much: Free, but tickets are limited Saturday What: Player Networking Event According to its website, this NFL-sanctioned event is the only Super Bowl event designed exclusively to support active and former players’ transition from the game. When: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Sheraton Hotel, New Orleans How much: Free, but request must be approved at www.pneinfo.com What: VH1’s Best Super Bowl
Concert Ever feat. Journey and Rascal Flatts When: 9 p.m. until midnight Where: The Sugar Mill How much: Free, but tickets are limited Sunday What: Game Day Fan Plaza When: 1 p.m. until TBD Where: Champions Square How much: Free for Super Bowl ticketholders All Weekend Events: What: NFL Experience, games
and attractions When: Jan. 30 through Feb. 3, times vary Where: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center How much: $20-25 What: Verizon Super Bowl Boulevard, concert series When: Jan. 31 through Feb. 3, times vary Where: Woldenberg Park How much: Free Contact Taylor Schoen at tschoen@lsureveille.com
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meet Dr. Maya Angelou makes this poetry slam completely different than any other poetry slam that has been hosted at LSU,” McKoin said. “Not every day do you get to go around saying, ‘I wrote a poem and now I get to meet Dr. Maya Angelou.’” The event will showcase more than classical poetry. Information systems sophomore Na’Kia Ricks speaks her mind through rap, using a wide range of personal experiences to put her own spin on Angelou-inspired themes like self-esteem, black history, family or violence. “I write about what’s actually going on,” Ricks said. “Whether it’s in my life or the next person’s life, I’m writing about it. Whether I’m spending this money or not making money at all, I’m writing about it. Whether I’m in the club or getting stopped by the police, I’m writing about it. I don’t discriminate when it comes down to topics.” For performers like Ricks, any poetry slam is a chance to channel the same tenacity and power that made Angelou famous. “Usually before a performance, I’m backstage getting
ready to bring an attitude into the microphone. I’m listening to other people’s music, making phone calls, trying to get hype, bouncing around, just so that I can bring that same energy,” Ricks said. “And to see the looks on people’s faces once I’m done or to personally know I’ve done a good job, is my favorite thing.” This connection between the performers and the audience could make Mic with Maya a memorable evening even for those who don’t take on the challenge. McKoin encouraged all students to attend, even if they’ve never written a verse. “If you are there just to watch the event, that’s OK too,” McKoin said. “I hope that you get a sense of who Dr. Maya Angelou is through our poetry slam, and I hope you come to understand her greatness by the words of your peers.” Mic with Maya will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in the Live Oak Lounge of the Student Union.
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we play,” Guidry said. “We’re just trying to find our own Peppers and Jimi Hendrix. Some sound,” Pancamo added. of their greatest crowd-pleasers What also sets The Shoobies are “Steady apart from othWatch a video of As She Goes” er bands is that by The RaThe Shoobies’ live each member conteurs and belongs to a performance at “Take Me different fraOut” by Franz lsureveille.com/multimedia. ternity, which Ferdinand. allows their “The strength of our band is fanbase to grow faster. our setlist,” Hernandez said. “It brings a lot of people toAccording to the band, play- gether,” Triolo said. ing covers forces them to pay The Shoobies will be dismuch more attention to detail playing their alt-rock fusions toand, throughout their time as a night at Fred’s and Friday night band, the members have evolved at JL’s. the overall show. Instead of playing outright covers, The Shoobies See more photos of The usually improvise during their Shoobies at lsureveille.com. shows, changing the sound of the songs they play to fit their overall mood. Contact Rebecca Docter at “We can’t listen to the origirdocter@lsureveille.com nal versions of a lot of the songs
SHOOBIES, from page 11
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COMIC BOOKS, from page 11
“The Amazing Spider-Man,” “The Avengers,” “Batman” and “Superman.” These issues are for sale as well as the variant covers of different newer series ranging from “Amazing Spider-Man #700” to “Avengers vs. X-Men,” to “Justice League” and hard-to-find issues of “The Walking Dead.” While Louisiana’s Double Play is currently the only comic store in Baton Rouge, it was not always that way. According to manager James Gaspard, between the years of 2007 and 2012, other stores gradually went out of business. For the staff of the store, going out of business was never something that seemed like a possibility. “We kept confident on knowing how to operate properly,” Gaspard said. “Everything’s different in a comic book market. The main thing is customer service in addition to everything else.” For most of its history, customer service is something the store has prided itself on. “A lot of the times, a lot of the complaints with the other stores were with comics in stock,” Gaspard said. “They said they would order something a customer wanted, but when a customer went back to go check on it, it wasn’t ordered or they forgot to order it or they didn’t order the right thing.” Dedicated customers come to Baton Rouge from other parts of
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Shop manager James Gaspard stands Tuesday inside of Louisiana’s Double Play, Baton Rouge’s only comic book store.
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Books, playing cards, action figures, and other items fill the counter and walls of Louisiana’s Double Play, the only comic book shop in Baton Rouge, on Tuesday.
the state just to visit the store. “We have people who drive from Hammond, Prairieville, Gonzales,” Gaspard said. “Before I worked here, I used to come out from White Castle to come here.” Since the store has a large group of devoted customers, it has one day set aside when it organizes events as part of the national event known as Free Comic Book Day. The event is held on the first Saturday in May, which is May 4 this year, and gives publishers a chance to bring in new readers with different special releases, all available for free. While different stores carry different issues, Louisiana’s Double Play said that they will be carrying the “Star Wars” release from Dark Horse Comics. Not much is known about the release, but it promises new material. Recently, the comic book industry has been trying to
borrow a page from other industries such as the music, film and news industries and incorporate digital into the medium. DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics have launched apps that allow readers to carry their libraries with them on their phones and tablets. But the push to digital has not affected Louisiana’s Double Play, according to Gaspard. “Comic book people are always going to buy comics,” Gaspard said. “There’s something about having that physical copy in your hands as opposed to sitting there moving your finger on a tablet or your phone swiping from page to page to page.”
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Cats lethal species, top threat to U.S. wildlife SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Are you living with a lethal pussy? Cats — yes, cats — could be the most killer species in the United States. Cats are estimated to kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds annually in the United States, according to Nature Communications. The feisty felines are also responsible for an estimated seven to 20 billion mammal deaths annually. To sum it up, cats kill 18 times China’s population in animals every year. I’ve known about the dangers of cats for quite some time now. A kitten moved into my apartment almost 10 months ago and has yet to pay rent, let alone utilities, which we agreed to split evenly. His name is James and he weighs 13 pounds. He is all black, except for a faint white patch on his belly, which he had done last week at the salon. He’s going for the Mitt Romney touch of grey, for pizzazz reasons. His favorite thing to do is bite. Some cats like to snuggle, others like to eat. James likes both of those things, but not as much as killing.
If he were human, he’d be in the Manson family. I also suspect his tail may have Parkinson’s, because even if he’s sleeping, his tail is twitching all over the place. This phenomenon spawned one of his many nicknames, Michael James Fox. I thought he was going to be a great cat. But if I had to pick one word to describe him, it would be “gangster.” Normally, if a cat bites you and you pop it on the head and tell it no, it won’t do it again. But James, being so damn gangster, goes tit for tat. If I pop him, he bites back twice as hard — which created another nickname, Evander Holyjames. So what do I have to say about cats killing billions of animals each year and decimating American wildlife? The bastards are just getting started. I started being suspicious of James a few months after he moved in. He’d be gone all night, dressed entirely in black, adhering to JayZ’s principles. I warned him about street life and the dangers of “the game,” but he just didn’t listen. I began to notice lye burns on his legs, and he was always cut up and bruised. I wondered if he was being abused by his ex-wife, Roxy, from whom he is estranged. Turns out James up and joined a fight club. I only discovered this after I found Brad Pitt in my
kitchen, peeing in my soup. James thought it was hilarious. Don’t be deceived by their soft purrs and seemingly nonchalant attitudes toward life. Nobody’s that laid back — use your heads. They’re pushing downers and they’re up to something. I think they mean to kill us all. James keeps talking about gathering recruits and taking off to rural Afghanistan for training and “purrification,” as if I know what that’s about. Cats are sophisticated. They poop where they’re supposed to and wipe their own rectums. Sounds a lot like us, don’t you think? So don’t give your cat a silly name like Mittens or Stinky, when it’s actually more of a Bernard or Socrates. Respect its intelligence. They’ve been watching us for centuries, learning our habits, vices, what gets us all hot and bothered. They sit quietly in the shadows, or sometimes by the window, where the sun shines through. Revenge is a dish best served cold — like tuna. Parker Cramer is a 21-yearold political science senior from Houston. Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_pcramer
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The 0.44-pound runt kitten Cheddar sits in a 16-ounce coffee mug. Cats are estimated to kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds annually in the United States.
Keep sexual predators off my Facebook, Indiana BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Columnist Facebook is a creepy place. You can look through picture galleries of people you’ve never met, check where everyone you know is at all times, and do it all without anyone ever knowing about it. But we’re not satisfied with all that, are we? We just keep finding new ways to put ourselves out there, because surely someone, somewhere, cares. So how can we possibly make Facebook a little bit more unsettling for everyone? We could use it to give all our private
information and shopping habits to multinational corporations. But we’ve already been doing that for years. We need a gamechanger to really hit Peak Creep. Luckily for us, we have the state of Indiana. A U.S. court of appeals in Indiana recently struck down a 2008 law banning sex offenders from using social networking sites, saying it violated the principles of free speech. Usually, this is the kind of thing I’m all about — preserving free speech, helping the rehabilitation of convicted criminals. But sometimes, I just get the feeling that these judges get so wrapped up in taking the Constitution literally that common sense gets left behind. Do we need convicted rapists and child molesters trawling
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through Twitter and Facebook’s oceans of free information? People, especially children, are not well-informed enough to do what’s necessary to keep their pages private. A U.S. District Court judge even said last June that social networks create a “virtual playground for sexual predators to lurk.” The Indiana court just opened the gates to the playground, told the supervisors to go on break and painted a big red and white target under the playground slide. Now of course, there are different classes of sexual offenders. On the one hand, you have your public urinators and high school kids convicted of statutory rape for having sex with other high school kids. But then you have people like the guy court — ordered to
knock on my door last week – a 25-year-old who had been carrying on a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old. The problem is the law does not differentiate between the two. When Johnny the sexter and Manfred the rapist are lumped into the same category, there’s an obvious disconnect between the law and reality. Why not enact a law splitting sex offenders into two classes with different restrictions? We already have laws in place that restrict the activity of sex offenders, so that’s not the issue. And there have been cases where courts have ruled that other interests of the government take priority over the preservation of free speech. It wouldn’t be hard to convince the courts that, in the cases of rapists
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and child predators, protecting potential victims takes precedence. The irony is that the plaintiff of the Indiana case is the exact kind of person you don’t want on Facebook – he served three years in an Indiana penitentiary for exploitation of a minor. I get the feeling we’ll see this case taken to a higher court, so the decision could well be reversed. Until then, steer clear of inbox messages offering candy and windowless van rides. Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I. Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_gbrillon
Quote of the Day
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods. They have not forgotten this.”
Terry Pratchett English author April 28, 1948 — Present
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Hate crime legislation has good intentions, but falls f lat FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist Sex trafficking, fraud, forced human labor and murder. Linda Ann Weston — the woman charged with committing these acts and the ringleader of a group that caged four mentally disabled adults in a small, damp and dark Philadelphia boiler room — is a monster. I will not pretend this is controversial. However, there is controversy to be found. At the end of Weston’s long list of charges is the accusation of a hate crime — the first ever levied for crimes against mentally handicapped persons. Although I doubt it will be difficult to prove this is a hate crime under its current definition, I still do not fully agree with the existence of such charges. LSU Law professor Ken Levy provided great insight about the nature of hate crime legislation. Levy said Congress defines
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This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Linda Weston. A grand jury in Philadelphia alleges that Weston confined several disabled adults in subhuman conditions in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, and that two people died as a result.
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a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant’s conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of another individual or group of individuals.” This definition differs depending on the statute, he said. Some statutes protect groups not included in Congress’s definition, while other statutes do not protect groups that are. Weston, for instance, is accused of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which criminalizes violence motivated by discrimination against the disabled. My first major objection, and perhaps the most controversial aspect of hate crimes, is that it gives added legal importance to the motivation for a crime. Levy explained that psychological states like jealousy may be the motivation for a crime, but they must be “funneled” into the legal category of mens rea, the mental aspect that does not alone constitute a crime. “With hate crimes,” he said, “there is no such ‘funneling.’ In this way, hate crimes uniquely elevate the purely psychological motivation… to the level of a legal category comparable to the other… mens reas.” But why? By punishing the motivation, hate crime legislation doesn’t just identify the crime as worse, but, despite itself, insinuates the victim’s life is somehow more valuable. To a grieving mother or father, the murdered child’s life had immeasurable value — regardless of race, religion or the murderer’s motive. I understand that certain groups, like the mentally disabled, are more in need of our compassion and protection. Well, what about other vulnerable and neglected groups? What about women, who are victimized daily? Even though gender is included in Congress’s definition of a hate crime, and some would argue the Violence Against Women Act is
“hate crime” legislation, the Hate Crime Statistics Act does not include crimes against women. What about children, perhaps society’s most vulnerable? It seems like severe penalties for crimes against children already safeguard them, making hate crime protection unnecessary. When looking at specifics, though, this isn’t always true. The Denver Post reported those found guilty of child abuse resulting in death in Denver between 2007 and 2011 received 25 percent shorter prison sentences than those convicted of second-degree murder for killing adults. There are some quasi-convincing arguments for hate crime legislation, though. Hate crimes — even when targeting individuals — can be perceived as threats against entire communities, which may increase tension, leading to more violence. Despite this, I would argue that murders always affect entire communities in some manner. Also, in what cases are the tensions likely to be raised and between whom? Is a hate crime going to pit two races against each other? Two religions or nationalities? Or men against women? Disabled vs. ablebodied people? Straights vs. gays? The elderly vs. the young or middleaged? Though I’d like to see harsh penalties for Weston or anyone who commits what we define as a hate crime, the statutes themselves are too inconsistent or unjustly value or devalue lives when they seek to punish criminals. Linda Weston may have renewed my belief in monsters, but I still cannot fully believe in the integrity of hate crime legislation.
especially this Gene guys testimony, someone who has a pile of stuffed animals in case a couple of school kids happen by?” -WJOinfo
Tracy without even addressing Tracy’s questions. h t t p : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . com/watch?feature=player_ embedded&v=_lZhxsDAHJM It’s time to truly worry about the youth of America when guys like Parker are too intellectually lazy to ponder the discrepancies, and instead attacks the messenger with snarky, fourth-grade level journalism. Parker, you’ll have a great future as a blogger of celebrity gossip or a government shill when they start taking Americans to FEMA camps under the NDAA.” -USObjector
“Parker Cramer is typical of the intellectually lazy know-it-all claque that believes everything his government tells him. Anyone who doesn’t believe everything his government tells him is a lunatic. Parker probably wouldn’t know who E. Howard Hunt is, and would never do any research to learn about his deathbed confession of who killed JFK and why: http://rense.com/general76/ hunt.htm Worse of all, Parker attacks academic freedom by firing off ad hominem attacks on Professor
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A 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator is attacked May 3, 1963, by a police dog after defying an anti-parade ordinance of Birmingham, Ala. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act made great strides in defending the rights of the African-American community.
Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old Spanish senior from Destrehan. SANDY HUFFAKER / The Associated Press
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“Wow, what a poorly written article. If you’re going have an opinion, could you at least have some facts to back up your opinion instead
White supremacist Jeff Hall holds a Neo Nazi flag outside his California home Oct. 22, 2010. The Jewish community is one of the many cultural groups protected by the Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
of making references to Elmo? If you had actually done some research there are quite a few things that don’t line up with Sandy Hook. The RIP Facebook pages being posted days before the massacre? The medical examiner declaring the weapon used was a rifle when the rifle was found in the trunk? A photo of Emily Parker with Obama when she was supposedly dead? FEMA just so happened to be training 20 minutes away on Children Disasters? Oh, and lets not forget there was absolutely no footage and only one photo of the entire scandal. There are plenty of reasons to question it, you may not want to, but you could write a better article if you’re going to do so.” -Tigah In response to the article “‘Facial
Expressions’: Facial hair trend growing in Louisiana,” readers had this to say: “Very nice. Thanks for supporting the beard & facial hair! - Louisiana Beard & Facial Hair Assn.” -louisianabeard “THIS is news? Maybe in the Ambush... ugh.” -Louis Cannon “Great article Rebecca! Thanks again.” -Russ Andre Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_opinion
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