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Friday, February 1, 2013 • Volume 117, Issue 82
Indian-American students’ deaths remembered
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Ferris McDaniel Senior Investigative Reporter
On the cusp of two University students’ seemingly bright futures, tragedy struck. On Dec. 13, 2007, international Ph.D. students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam were tailed by two or three men to the latter’s home at the Edward Gay Apartments near the Tiger Band Hall. The stalkers followed the two men upon entering the apartment — binding Komma with a computer cable as Allam possibly attempted to escape. They were both shot dead. The five-year-old case is still alive today, though, as the University dedicated a remembrance garden to Komma and Allam in December and motion hearings for their two suspected killers will begin this month. “I didn’t know about it until the next day,” said Maureen Hewitt, manager of LSU’s International Cultural Center. “It was a terrific shock. You don’t like making generalizations about these things, but [Indian-Americans] seem to be an extraordinarily gentle people. So, it was just
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The International Cultural Center dedicated the Komma and Allam Remembrance Garden in December, five years after the deaths of the two international students from India. See photos from the 2008 vigil at lsureveille.com.
The University Student Recreation Complex is about to undergo a makeover that will result in a lazy river in the shape of the LSU logo, the longest indoor running trail in any collegiate recreational facility and a CrossFit course complete with an indoor turfed ramp. Despite the UREC’s ability to attract approximately 50 percent of the University’s student population, LSU’s 20-year-old student recreational facility is considered to be one of the worst in the Southeastern Conference, according to LSU Director of University Recreation Laurie Braden, who said Auburn is just behind LSU. With the majority of planning for the UREC Expansion and Redesign finalized, LSU University Recreation is set to undergo the first phase of its two-part renovation in late April or early May of 2013. Phase two of the renovations has a target completion for the 2015-16 UREC, see page 11
CRAWFISH
Prosperous season expected Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
When most people eat crawfish, they’re used to seeing the bright red crustaceans sprinkled with spices and cooked to perfection. But some University students, alumni and faculty members see the other, less glamorous side of crawfish. They say that after getting off to an early start, Louisiana is in for a successful crawfish season. Every spring, renewable natural resources senior Benjamin Brackel partakes in his family tradition and harvests crawfish. He said his
grandfather taught him everything he knows, and he harvests crawfish recreationally. “I like being out in the swamp and seeing everything the swamp has to offer — everything from alligators, to turtles, and sometimes crawfish,” Brackel said. When the weather and river are right, Brackel will set off to the Honey Island Swamp at sunrise and set 25 deepwater nets. He said he will then make four to five rounds, bring the critters home, and clean and boil them for family and friends. On the other side of the coin, University natural resources and
ecosystem alumnus Josh Fogarty harvests crawfish commercially. He explained there are two parts to the season: Pond crawfish season, which is already in full force, and wild crawfish season, which begins at the end of February. For a prosperous season, the winter in Louisiana cannot be too harsh, but for the north, the more snow the better, said Fogarty. He explained the snow from the north floods the river just enough for the critters to come out. “A mild winter and a lot of CRAWFISH, see page 11
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Floating traps float in a crawfish pond Wednesday, located at LSU’s Aquaculture Research Station on Ben Hur Road.
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INTERNATIONAL Iran announces plans to speed up nuclear program through uranium VIENNA (AP) — In a defiant move ahead of nuclear talks, Iran has announced plans to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment, which can make both reactor fuel and the fissile core of warheads. Eager to avoid scuttling those negotiations, world powers are keeping their response low-key. Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency of its intentions last week, and the IAEA informed member nations in an internal note seen by The Associated Press on Thursday. Experts puzzled by unexpected discovery of 150 skulls in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid or temple complex in Mexico. Experts are puzzled by the unexpected find of such a large number of skulls at what appears to have been a small, unremarkable shrine. The heads were carefully deposited in rows or in small mounds, mostly facing east.
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An Iranian technician works Feb. 3, 2007, at the uranium conversion facility just outside the city of Isfahan, 255 miles south of the capital, Tehran.
More than 100 seabirds covered in sticky substance wash up in UK LONDON (AP) — Animal protection groups in Britain say they are trying to rescue more than 100 seabirds that have washed up on the coast covered in an unidentified sticky substance. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says a team is cleaning up the guillemots, but the effort is hampered because it’s unclear what the white substance is. The society is urging the government to find the source. Many of the birds were found near Weymouth south of England.
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Federal investigators confiscate $13.6M in counterfeit sports goods
Louisiana running low on money for ongoing construction projects
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New Orleans during Super Bowl week, a federal law-enforcement official said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said authorities also have shut down more than 300 websites selling counterfeit goods as part of an enforcement effort dubbed “Operation Red Zone.”
(AP) — The state’s pool of money to pay for ongoing construction projects is running dry, and Louisiana is teetering so close to its debt ceiling that there’s little room to borrow more to replenish the fund. State senators were told of the problem Thursday, in a state financial briefing by Sherry PhillipsHymel, the chamber’s chief budget analyst. Whit Kling is director of the State Bond Commission that oversees construction borrowing. He says without a new infusion of cash, the state will run out of money to pay for its construction projects in about four months.
Jury finds Oregon car-bomb suspect guilty of federal terrorism charges PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal jury found an Oregon man guilty of federal terrorism charges on Thursday, rejecting the defense team’s argument that Mohamed Mohamud was entrapped or induced by a yearlong FBI sting that began to target him when he was a teenager. Mohamud was accused of leading a plot to detonate a bomb at Portland’s 2010 Christmas treelighting ceremony. But the device he thought was a bomb was a fake, supplied by undercover FBI agents posing as members of al-Qaida.
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Confiscated merchandise is shown at a news conference regarding counterfeit NFL football merchandise and tickets for the upcoming Super Bowl XLVII.
Nine Philadelphian judges charged with ticket fixing at traffic court PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Get caught speeding? Running a red light? Leaving the scene of an accident? For years, it was no problem, authorities say — so long as you were in Philadelphia and knew the right people. The city’s traffic court was the place where moving violations went to die, according to a federal indictment that charged six Philadelphia traffic court judges and three suburban judges with fixing tickets for friends, relatives, business associates and political allies.
Former Baton Rouge lawyer pleads guilty to one count of wire fraud (AP) — James M. Bernhard III has pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge federal court to one count of wire fraud and admitted that he schemed to divert more than $453,000 of his former law firm’s money to his personal use. The Advocate reports Bernhard told Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson that he has been under a psychiatrist’s care and is taking medically prescribed drugs.
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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the Jan. 31 article titled “Informal student club promotes concealed carry,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly spelled Philip Egusquiza’s name as Philip Egusquiva. We regret the error.
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LSU bus Super Bowl service day comes to BR system to be evaluated Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer
Student input weighted heavily Gabrielle Braud Contributing Writer
The Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation will conduct an evaluation of the University’s bus system from Feb. 4 to 7. The goal of the evaluation is to determine what kind of service students want, what technology they are looking for in a bus system and what they would be willing to pay for advanced bus services, said Gary Graham, the director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation. Graham said a transportation consultant is coming to help evaluate the current bus system. Graham said his department, along with Student Government, has organized forums for students to express to the consultant what they envision for a new bus system. The open forums will be Monday at 2 and 6 p.m. in the Student Union International Room. Graham said students should expect a survey about the bus system in the coming week and are encouraged to attend the forums to speak with the consultant. Contact Gabrielle Braud at gbraud@lsureveille.com
Students and volunteers from across the city will unite Saturday to partake in the Super Saturday of Service in Baton Rouge for the first time, which is connected with various projects under the same name in New Orleans presented by the Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee. Volunteers will work with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge and host committee sponsor BASF chemical company from Geismar on various projects in the Rosewood neighborhood near Gardere Lane in south Baton Rouge. The site contains more than 40 existing homes and, once completed, will house 55 families. “We’re going to be raising the walls on one house, pre-building two houses, painting a house and landscaping seven houses,” said Lynn Clark, executive director for the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge. More than 200 volunteers are expected Saturday. Approximately 100 people will be present from Habitat for Humanity and the rest are expected to be employees of BASF, according to the company’s Communications Specialist Elizabeth Canfield. Bill Willis, third year law student and member of the Public Interest Law Society’s community service committee, will attend the project Saturday along with around 10 additional law students. According to Willis, PILS
members attend a community service event each semester and, after hearing about the Super Saturday of Service, the group signed up. “As future lawyers and future area professionals, we all feel that it’s an obligation of ours to give back to the communities that we’re going to be working in and serving,” he said. Laura Martin, fifth year architecture student and vice president of the University chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students, said NOMAS members participate in community service projects often. She said those who signed up for the Super Saturday of Service did so to gain hands-on experience as architects while giving back to the community. “Service work and our involvement with Habitat is very important to our group, and we participate in a Habitat build every semester,” Martin said in an email to The Daily Reveille. According to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge Volunteer Coordinator Kristen Lastrapes, around 30 additional students are scheduled to attend the service event as well. Canfield said BASF wanted to bring the service day to Baton Rouge to offer the community a chance to help local families in need, so the company approached the Super Bowl XLVII Host Committee with a proposal to extend the Super Saturday of Service to Baton Rouge. “We are very committed to giving back to our community
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Volunteers prepare a construction site Thursday in the Rosewood neighborhood off of Burbank Drive. Volunteers will construct homes as part of Super Saturday of Service.
and we’re really trying to make an effort to have more of a presence in not only the Ascension Parish community but the Baton Rouge community as well,”
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Beautiful weather graced the ceremony that day, Hewitt said. Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden spoke at the dedication, along with Vicente, Hewitt and Vamsi Boyapati, a close friend of both students, who closed with a poem by Sri Aurobindo titled “Cosmic Consciousness.” Ideas for the garden began stirring in spring 2008, and construction began in summer 2011, Hewitt said. The finishing touch — a metal globe crowning the base of a fountain — was added in fall 2012. Hewitt said plans are in the works to add benches around the memorial, along with a plaque containing a description of Allam and Komma. Additionally, a scenic overlook will be constructed near the edge of the lake for people wishing to reflect further. A path will be paved between the globe statue and the overlook.
THE SUSPECTS No motive was ever discovered for the killings of the two students, Hewitt said; however, two suspects, Casey Jermaine Gathers, 24, and Michael Jermaine Lewis, 23, both of Baton Rouge, were arrested on May 22, 2008, in Vermilion Parish. They were charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Komma and Allam. Devin Parker, a third suspect, 23, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty in June to armed robbery and accessory charges in the case. He agreed to testify in future legal proceedings. Motion hearings for Gathers and Lewis will begin Feb. 8.
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TWO OF A KIND Allam and Komma hailed from Andhra Pradesh, a state in southeastern India. Each left behind a widow after their killings. They had each passed their general exams for their respective Ph.D. degrees earlier in 2007. Eventually, the University honored Allam and Komma with posthumous degrees in 2008. The University’s leaders believed that the remaining degree requirements would have been achieved had Allam and Komma not been killed. Allam, 34, joined LSU’s Chemistry Graduate Program in 2005 to pursue his Ph.D. Komma, 31, obtained a Master’s Degree in horticulture from LSU in 2003 and immediately transferred to the Ph.D. program in biochemistry in the University’s Department of Biological Sciences. For two years, Allam participated in a research group at the University and served as a teaching assistant for chemistry courses. A passion for research burned
THE GARDEN On Dec. 13, 2012 — the fiveyear anniversary of the students’ passing — the Komma and Allam Remembrance Garden, outside of the International Cultural Center on Dalrymple Drive, was dedicated to their memory.
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LSU MOURNS The University held a candlelight vigil on the Parade Ground where then-LSU System President William “Bill” Jenkins addressed the community from the steps of the Memorial Tower. Jenkins — once an international student from South Africa studying at the University of Missouri — eventually stepped down to join the crowd to show he felt its grief, Hewitt said. “I just couldn’t imagine how my family could have felt and how my wife could have felt. I could relate to that even more so because of my own experience as a visiting student who had studied in the United States,” Jenkins said. “We really mourned their loss — mourned the circumstances. The University came together in universal sympathy for what had happened.” The assembly marched from the Parade Grounds to Allam’s former apartment, where it deposited candles in remembrance. A diverse mix of people attended the ceremony, Hewitt said.
important. ... I realized later that I believe Komma had a very natural, and almost super-human, way of seeing above and beyond things that most people allow to cloud their perceptions. He never thought of me as the ‘American guy’ or the ‘white guy,’ which is why he was so casual and comfortable celebrating Thanksgiving with my family, or never thought twice about having me over for poker, basketball, spicy Indian food parties. He just liked people for who they were and could see through the small things. I wish more people were like that.”
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a great shock that this particular violence happened to this particular group.”
inside of Allam, according to Graca Vicente, Charles H. Barré Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Allam’s mentor. Vicente elaborated on that in an email that Hewitt shared with The Daily Reveille. Allam’s research had already resulted in one publication, and he sought to follow a career in research “to help others survive currently untreatable diseases, such as malignant brain tumors,” according to a letter written by Jenkins, thenacting Chancellor, to John Lombardi, then-LSU System President. “Kiran was truly passionate about his research project at LSU,” Vicente wrote. “Kiran was an extremely caring person. He always had a smile and kind words to share, and he loved people, in particular, children. He was very friendly and encouraging to others — a true friend. He will forever be missed by all that knew him.” Komma’s research involved determining the three-dimensional structure of a catalytic domain of a tyrosine phosphatase, a major step in comparing these enzymes and their functioning. He was attempting to turn proteins into crystals so he could capture a “picture” of them, according to an email written to Hewitt from Matthew Gilbert — a colleague, poker partner and backyard basketball teammate of Komma’s — describing the aspiring scientist. “The field of science he was in requires a lot of trial-and-error,” Gilbert wrote. “You set up an experiment — or hundreds of experiments — let them run, and see if it works. If not, try again. Towards the end of his time at LSU, he was making progress and would get excited about it, saying, ‘I got a crystal!’ That’s a very genuine, intellectual, scientific inquisitiveness that not many possess.” Komma’s research resulted in a co-authorship on a publication in the “Journal of Biological Chemistry.” “Joyful” was the appropriate word to describe Komma, Gilbert said. When the two would meet up — for whatever reason — Komma would dress his face with a “big happy grin,” Gilbert remembered. “He always looked as though he was about to tell you the best joke he ever heard,” Gilbert said. “He made you feel welcome and
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Don’t Call It A Comeback
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Sophomore outfielder battles back from injury to compete for starting position
Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor
Labeling LSU sophomore outfielder Chris Sciambra as a living miracle might not be too far out of the question. Walking off the field with a concussion and two non-displaced fractures in his C-1 vertebrae after colliding head-on with the center field wall while attempting a diving catch may qualify as a miracle in itself — let alone his full recovery and return to baseball. More than 10 months after suffering his grisly injury, which caused him to spend more than three months wearing a neck brace and many more months learning the basics of baseball again, Sciambra is back on the diamond and preparing to start another season with his team. Just don’t call it a feel-good story. Sciambra said he doesn’t feel special despite having been inches away from potential spinal cord damage that could have ended his baseball career. “I know people will probably want to make excuses for me if I don’t do well or if I strike out, but I won’t be making excuses for myself, because I know that I’m past the injury and it’s no longer affecting the way I play,” Sciambra said. Sciambra said other broken bones and baseball injuries such as Tommy John’s shoulder surgery are equally as bad and require equally
Tigers escape at Auburn, 59-55 Tyler Nunez Sports Writer
goodness,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “To see him back out
The LSU women’s basketball team earned its first road victory since Nov. 25 with a 59-55 win against Auburn in Auburn Arena on Thursday. LSU (13-8, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) defeated Auburn (13-8, 2-6 SEC) in a battle with 11 lead changes and six ties. “This team has a composure about it, and it does not get rattled,” said LSU coach Nikki Caldwell in a postgame radio interview. “… We had some big plays down the stretch, and we made defensive stops when we needed them.” It was another slow start for LSU, as Auburn jumped out to an early 13-6 lead – the largest lead either team would see all night. LSU quickly struck back and found itself with a 28-26 halftime advantage. The back-and-forth trend continued into the second half until a layup by LSU freshman center Derreyal Youngblood put LSU up 46-44 with about seven minutes remaining – a lead that LSU would not concede. Auburn kept the game close until a steal with 22 seconds
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ROAD WIN, see page 6
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LSU sophomore outfielder Chris Sciambra talks to a reporter on LSU Baseball Media Day in Alex Box Stadium on Jan. 25. Sciambra suffered a concussion and two fractures in his vertebrae after a head-on collision with the outfield wall last season.
inspirational comebacks. Despite his best efforts to downplay his injury, Sciambra’s coach and teammates aren’t
buying it. “With what could have happened to that young man, fracturing his C-1 vertebra, oh my
S.W.A.T.S. scandal exposes sprawling stupidity THE CHAMPION SOUND ALEX CASSARA Deputy Sports Editor I can see it now. Ray Lewis cha-cha slides to the pulpit, the media eagerly awaiting his latest manifesto. He takes a spritz, clears his throat and declares, “God willed it so, this deer antler extract, and so it is my will.” Spritz. Invoking the Big Man has gotten you out of stuff like this in the past, right? That’s the most ridiculous resolution I can come up with to the most ridiculous story since, well, two weeks ago. Lewis was the most famous of several athletes implicated as customers in a Sports Illustrated story detailing a company called S.W.A.T.S. – Sports with Alternatives to Steroids – that hocked what were nevertheless banned substances. That they got from deer antlers.
These aren’t just any deer though — they’re enchanted deer from Middle Earth. According to Christopher Key, one-half of the two man operation, the company freezedries the antlers of New Zealand-bred deer and extract from them Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), which is closely related to Human Growth Hormone. The extract comes in both pill and spray forms, the latter of which is applied under the tongue. Other products sold by Key and his partner Mitch Ross include holographic stickers that are supposed to redirect harmful frequencies, negatively charged water that supposedly hydrates more efficiently and a “beam ray” light bulb that – well, the story mentions something about swine flu. How is LSU supposed to compete with the Tide, several players of which, yes, were said to have met and done business with Key before the National Championship blowout in 2012, when they’ve got irradiated jackalope blood? Before you blow a gasket and demand a recount, it doesn’t matter that much.
Every major sports league in America, including the NCAA, has an unenforceable ban on IGF-1; it slips past current tests much like its more infamous cousin hormone. It’s just one more quirk in a broken system. They’re only cheaters if they’re caught, and moral victories don’t mean squat. But what about AL.com’s story that quotes Key as saying LSU, along with plenty of other SEC schools, also used the stuff? SI verified its reports with recordings provided by Key and only mentioned LSU players indulging in the stickers. He also says to AL.com that this is all just a misunderstanding, that only synthetic IGF-1 is banned, not the natural deer extract kind. Then why are schools sending cease and desist letters? Wouldn’t they know the rules better than this flamboyant con artist? This is a guy who claims he cured his own cancer with a ray gun. He can’t prove his own science, so he defends it by imploring scientists to disprove it. CHEATING, see page 7
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis speaks at an NFL Super Bowl XLVIII football news conference Wednesday in New Orleans. Lewis is under question for using deer antler extract to recover from an injury.
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LSU heads to N.Y. Tigers face slumping for invitational Bulldogs on Saturday championship meets where even in the prelim round you have to run it like it’s a final,” Shaver said. The LSU track and field team “… They’ve got to hit it quick, or will travel to the Armory Colle- they’re not going to get a chance giate Invitational in New York this to run it the second time.” Shaver said there will be a weekend for its largest meet of the indoor season with a heavy focus couple of changes and additions on preparation for the indoor na- in the event lineups. Senior jumper Damar Forbes will participate tional championship meets. LSU coach Dennis Shaver in the long jump for the first time said the meet, which has more this season. Forbes, who finished as the than 100 universities competing on Friday and Saturday, has 2012 NCAA Indoor runner-up, a “carnival kind of atmosphere” said lately he has been setting a lot with similarities to the Southeast- of personal records in his events, ern Conference and NCAA meets so he is excited about finally getting started on his in late February and main event. early March. Next up for “I’m just trying Shaver said his the Tigers: to keep calm right younger athletes now and not get will benefit from Who: LSU Track and Field, competing in such a Armory Collegiate Invitational too energetic about anything,” Forbes hectic environment with so many dis- When: Today and Saturday at said. “I’m trying to noon stay focused.” tractions. Middle dis“Even when Where: New Balance Track and tance runners juyou go to SEC and nior Natoya Goule NCAAs, you really Field Center in New York, N.Y. and senior Charhave to focus on the things you have control over and lene Lipsey, who placed first and block out all of the other things,” second in the 800-meter run last Shaver said. “It’s always interest- weekend at the Razorback Invitational, are testing the waters in difing to see how they adapt.” Large meets teach the athletes ferent events. Lipsey will run the to have consistent performances at 1000-meter run, and Goule will a high level, according to Shaver. run the 400 meters. An event like the 60-meter dash may feature as many as 100 runners in the trials. Contact Bria Turner at “That’s all part of getbturner@lsureveille.com ting them prepared for the Bria Turner
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“We still have a great challenge ahead of us Saturday,” Jones said. “[Mississippi State] is somewhat With identical 2-5 Southeastern similar to us with their guard play. Conference records, equally short ... They try to control the tempo in benches and first-year coaches, LSU terms of their style of play.” and Mississippi State will come into Freshman guard Fred Thomas, Humphrey Coliseum the only Bulldog avNext up for on Saturday as aperaging double figparent mirrors of ures, chips in 10.6 the Tigers: each other. points per game for But looking be- Who: LSU (11-7, 2-5 SEC) at coach Rick Ray, yond the win-loss Mississippi State (7-12, 2-5 who inherited a mess record, the Tigers SEC) from former coach and Bulldogs have Rick Stansbury. taken varying roads When: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. With Arnett into conference play, Where: Humphrey Coliseum, Moultrie gone to with the former surg- Starkville, Miss. the NBA, Dee Bost ing after taking two playing professionof three at home, Watch: CST (FSN) ally overseas and while the latter controversial big trudges through a five-game skid — man Renardo Sidney out of the losing by an average of 22.6 points. picture, Ray’s team is a shell of the “There’s no weak team in this Bulldogs’ NIT squad from last sealeague,” said LSU junior guard son. Andre Stringer. “Obviously, they “They’re young, they’re kind haven’t won so many games, but we of small in size, but they’re tough,” haven’t either.” said LSU sophomore forward JohnComing off coach Johnny ny O’Bryant III. “Same with us. Jones’ biggest win of his short LSU We’re not big at all, but we’re going coaching career, the Tigers (11-7, to fight.” 2-5 SEC) will try to rectify a 1-5 O’Bryant posted his fourth road record and keep the pressure straight double-double against Mison the fledgling Bulldogs (7-12, 2-5 souri, where he scored 14 points SEC), who average 17.7 turnovers and grabbed 11 rebounds against a a game. taller front and backcourt. Jones acknowledged the upset against No. 17 Missouri on Wednesday as a reward for the work Contact Chandler Rome at his players put in, but he remained crome@lsureveille.com; steadfast in his preparation for Mississippi State. Twitter: @Rome_TDR Chandler Rome Sports Writer
ROAD WIN, from page 5 remaining by LSU freshman guard Danielle Ballard led to a pair of free throws that finally put the game out of reach. Senior guard Adrienne Webb led the way for LSU with a gamehigh 21 points, including three crucial 3-pointers. “Webb has been working extremely hard on being a leader for us,” Caldwell said. “… She is someone who comes in before practice and the last one to leave practice. She has been a great teammate.” LSU junior forward Theresa Plaisance also had a big night with 16 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. The performance came despite going up against an Auburn squad that, with four starters who are more than six feet tall, is one of the biggest teams in the SEC. “I thought that Theresa still kept her composure,” Caldwell said. “She still tried to play tough for us down the stretch.” The victory against Auburn capped off a road-heavy stretch for LSU in which it played five of its last seven games in opponents’ home venues. Caldwell said she and her team look forward to playing their next three games in the PMAC. The first of those games will be Monday against No. 16 Texas A&M in the first match between the new conference rivals.
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on that field and participating fullspeed, no-hesitation, it’s really a miracle.” Senior infielder Mason Katz said Sciambra’s comeback continues to be a motivating factor for the Tigers as they begin a new season. “Seeing a kid come off a horrible neck injury like that makes you think, ‘If he’s out there working by himself, and he just came off a neck injury, why can’t I?’” Katz said. Katz was one of the first teammates to reach out to Sciambra after his injury last March. Katz called him soon after the accident and dedicated the remainder of the season to him, which Sciambra said meant a lot coming from one of the upperclassman leaders of the team. Both undrafted out of high school and not as highly recruited as other LSU players, Katz said he couldn’t help but feel a connection with Sciambra even in the short amount of time they had played together during Sciambra’s freshman season. “We weren’t these high recruits like JaCoby Jones and Ty Ross coming here and turning down draft money,” Katz said. “We came here with no money, just to go to school at LSU because we love LSU.” With only one spot in the Tigers’ outfield locked in with All-American outfielder Raph Rhymes, Sciambra thinks his opportunity to play is even greater than last season. Sciambra inserted defensive intensity into a short-handed outfield last season while contributing solid numbers from the batters box. He started 16 games in center field and batted .246, driving in 11 runs in 61 plate appearances. This season, Sciambra will compete for one of the two final starting positions in an outfield that is more crowded than the unit he broke into last season with freshmen Andrew Stevenson and Mark Laird now on the roster. But Sciambra said he feels confident he will play a bigger role on the team thanks to the experience he gained in his short freshman season. “Right from the beginning of the year, I felt like I have a much better chance to play, so I’m going to set my goals a lot higher this year, knowing that going into the year I’ll be such a key part of the team,” Sciambra said.
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The spray contains small quantities of the banned substance, which may not work on humans in the first place. And those stickers? Their packaging was more effective in tests. The negatively charged water? Physically impossible. Key was previously fired from another company selling the stickers for overplaying their effects. His partner Ross, formerly a stripper, slanged stolen steroids before “finding Christ.” They’re still dodging court-ordered payments of $5.4 million after an NFL client’s spray contained a steroid that failed a test. Nearly every single athlete Key boasted about has severed ties, denies any tie ever existed or simply didn’t return SI’s phone calls. The one athlete who initially complied: Lewis, our favorite phony. Lewis actually appeased SI after a Dec. 23 game, confirming that he spoke to Ross on the day he incurred his tricep injury. He said he’d used the company’s products for “a couple years … the regular stuff, the S.W.A.T.S., the stickers or whatever.” A far cry from Lewis’s claim on Tuesday: “Two years ago, it was
the same report. I wouldn’t give that report or him any of my press. He’s not worthy of that. Next question.” (Yahoo reported two years ago that Key provided text messages from Lewis confirming the linebacker had received a shipment and would need more.) The conversations ended similarly, with Lewis walking away from SI when the antler extract was specifically brought up. It’s a shame, I truly want to know if the pills “rebuild your brain via your small intestines” like Ross pitched to Lewis. Read that again. That’s an actual pitch made to an athlete who then became a customer. These delusional players will apparently do anything for an edge until they think they’ll get caught, which probably won’t happen because of inept policies. Sports are a crazy, convoluted thing these days. It provides just what our society needs: more role models with shit for brains.
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The gymnastics team will face off against Kentucky on the road.
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French Quarter Football
Mardi Gras atmosphere may heighten emotions as Super Bowl Sunday makes a home in the Big Easy POLIVIN’ THE LIFE JOHN POLIVKA Columnist Well, it’s that time of year again. It’s time for the liquor to flow like water as thousands drown themselves in beads and shame along Bourbon Street, while pizza from The Boot litters the streets of Uptown, with other remnants of lost pride. For six days, the students of LSU are granted the opportunity to make the drive down I-10 into New Orleans and let the debauchery ensue. But this year, there is a catch. That’s right, Super Bowl Sunday will be held in the MercedesBenz Superdome, the week right before what is arguably the greatest event of the year — Mardi Gras. So what are you waiting for? Whether you plan to drink some hurricanes and watch the game at Pat O’Briens or make a drunken case along Canal Street for a Saints comeback in 2013, any excuse to make the trip to New Orleans is a good one. In the days leading up to the Super Bowl, however, there will be talk of conserving money for next week and taking some time off to get mentally prepared for what will ensue during Mardi Gras. Don’t listen to that.
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Fireworks explode as the NFL Super Bowl XLVII Roman numerals float on the Mississippi River on Thursday in New Orleans. The city will host the game — which happens to fall during Mardi Gras festivities — between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens.
While its not terrible advice, a little less sleep and a road trip won’t kill the lead up to your Mardi Gras break. And attending an event that showcases the last game Ray Lewis will don the purple and black or where there’s a possibility of Randy Moss getting his first ring is on the table here. So maybe you can catch history being made; live in the moment
and take in the smells of America’s greatest sport and city all at the same time. That’ll make you puke if the drinking doesn’t. Or you may even stumble through the French Quarter with a hand grenade, shouting obscenities and proclaiming your hometown team should have been here. I am assuming most will do the latter. I’m sure many have already
been forewarned of the danger that comes with large, out of town crowds in New Orleans (see: Alabama Tea-bagger). In a high stakes atmosphere, however, emotions will run rampant no matter where the location of the game is. Two weeks ago outside of the Georgia Dome, an Atlanta Falcons fan was stabbed by a San Francisco 49ers fan in an altercation after the Falcons’ heart-breaking loss
to harsher penalties because it is believed that they groups hold more value, the increased penalty comes from a greater desire to punish the criminal. You say that you are against a harsher penalty for a crime contingent on the criminals mind state but that is the way the legal system is; The Mindstate(Mens Rea) is half of a crime with the other part being the Actus Reus. In criminal law the Mens Rea (psychological) is analyzed to determine if the crime is an accident that is still punishable or product of a depraved and malignant heart and demands community admonishment. A man who side swipes a pedestrian while driving through low light is not held to be as blameworthy as a mass murderer such as Jeffrey Dahmer. - Kenneth Barnes
In response to Gordon Brillon’s column “Keep sex predators off my Facebook,” a reader had this to say:
AND when ONE person commits a crime that is on the registry, new restrictions will be passed to punish and restrict those that had nothing to do with the crime. The registry can’t be challenged, appealed and has no recourse, But you are ok with banning the whole group for expediency purposes. You know what Gordon? All the things I outlined above about how the registry was created? Those things render the registry illegal BECAUSE it is done AFTER a sentence has been completed, outside of a court of law, and has no recourse, never mind that the ONLY outcome of the registry is threats, banishment, isolation and fear that leads to a loss of safety and/ or security and ultimately a more dangerous community. It is why I do not register,
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“Interesting how you write your opinion. You want sex offenders off of Facebook, then you go into how the registry has obvious ridiculous outcomes by making sex offenders from people that committed minor crimes, and then you conclude that free speech has so little value that it is okay to get rid of all the sex offenders regardless of who they are to ensure that the dangerous ones are not on there. Is that how freedom works? You get a legislature who has FULL CONTROL over who gets named, can do it at any time and they only need a theory of protection in order place restrictions upon the whole group,
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in Atlanta. Geaux Dirty Birds? In all seriousness, violence like this can occur at any sporting event, regardless of the city the game is played in, but is more than likely a rare occurrence. One more check toward you going to Nola. I’ll go ahead and also make the assumption now that everyone remembers, or partially remembers — or was informed later — the National Championship game in New Orleans last year. And aside from the outcome for the Bayou Bengals, most in attendance would love to relive that euphoric weekend again and again. So do it. Please don’t mistake my priorities to be in other places outside of education or safety, which are of the upmost importance. But before you’re in a cubicle somewhere, checking the ESPN app on your iPhone and refreshing Twitter, it is important to do something of exactly this nature. And more importantly, hide your kids and hide your wife if you are brandishing the name “Roger Goodell” because that is the only reason I can think of to stay home this weekend. John Polivka is a 21-year-old creative writing junior from Houston. Contact John Polivka at jpolivka@lsureveille.com can keep my Facebook account (regardless of Facebook’s illegal policy) and not have to worry that I become the target of some politician’s or community’s fear mongering. Until there is some DUE PROCESS, in a court of LAW, under established standards of proof, you can’t even enforce that registry upon me, (regardless of what your laws state) nevermind getting me off of Facebook.” - Rudy101
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“A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.”
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Baton Rouge should make drunk driving legal SHUT UP, MEG MEGAN DUNBAR Columnist Dear Tigers, are you done with DUIs? Aren’t you sick and tired of bumming rides after drinking too much in Tigerland? Don’t you wish you could sip a cold one while flying down River Road? Ireland holds the solution — legalized drunk driving. Five of eight councillors on Ireland’s Kerry County Council support a piece of legislation that would allow drunk driving permits for those living in the countryside. If Baton Rouge follows suit, fewer people will be legally liable for their deadly mistakes (great, right?) and we would have fewer people in prison. We’d just have more funerals, totaled cars and knockedover mailboxes on our hands. LSU Police Department Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said the state and parish have come far in the enforcement of drinking and driving laws, and a step like this would be a mistake. A sponsor of the plan in Kerry County, Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, supports his idea by pointing out a lack of culture for local youth without the community of bars. Wouldn’t we lose the college-town feel without Tigerland? Why not enhance its dingy pleasure? What is Baton Rouge youth
culture if not the sticky, 190-littered floors at Mike’s Daiquiris and Grill, the sweaty-Polo-andcigarette scent of The House and infamous documented hookups at Reggie’s? Dinner, a movie or visiting some museum are all passé. Who even eats dinner, except to act as a buffer between a classy night and throwing up out the window of your friend’s car? With this measure, instead of relying on that friend to take you to some couch after a particularly bad night, you could take yourself home. If you drive 20 mph below the speed limit, maybe you’d only fatally fold your car around a lamp post three nights out of four. Or drivers would never do that, because people would take better care of themselves if they knew it was their car they had to drive home at the end of the night. By this argument, the Irish measure could even increase responsible drinking. By extension, there would be less of those crazy nights during which you are captured in embarrassing photos, resulting in fewer incriminating pictures tagged on Facebook that prevent you from getting hired anywhere with a decent reputation. Actually, drunk driving would help graduates find better jobs more quickly — if they’re not already limbless or dead under their drunken comrades’ wheels. According to Healy-Rae, the proposal would also help farmers out of depression so they aren’t “looking at the four walls, night
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in and night out.” Lalonde countered that, saying those who require drinking to ward off depression may have bigger issues on hand. Bigger issues like the soullessness of Herget Hall or the Pentagon, or freshmen lamenting their lack of transportation on a Friday night? No matter what you say, the drunk bus is not always a viable option. It’s slow as hell and
fills up fast. If we just pay $20 for a drunk driving permit with the rest of our University fees, that would take care of it all. That money up front would definitely be worth the amount of damage idiots would do to Daddy’s car over the course of our first semester. So what are you waiting for, Baton Rouge? Legalize a little bit of drunk driving. It would
help your reputation in the long run — and kill off the flagship University’s entire student body. Megan Dunbar is a 19-yearold English junior from Greenville, SC.
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Trump’s Times buyout would spurn propaganda machine SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist The unfettered flow of objective, bias-free news and information, available to everyone, is essential to having both a wellinformed electorate and ultimately a successful democracy. Unfortunately, this is a fleeting notion today in America, as manipulation by the mass media currently shapes everything we read, hear and watch. We are undeniably a grossly misinformed nation. In fact, a recent study conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University determined that people who watch no news at all could answer more questions about international current events than those who watch cable news outlets like Fox
News and MSNBC. Why do you think this is the case? Is it because we’re lazy? Indifferent? Fearful? Busy? Unaware? All of the above? Actually, none of these bear the responsibility for fostering a country that runs on ignorance. In reality, the chief reason why Americans don’t have the slightest clue about what’s going on in the world is because of people like billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump. Indeed, Trump, a hardcore conservative and one of the most outspoken critics of the Barack Obama administration, often finds himself the center of media attention. Whether he’s insinuating that he might run for president, declaring that Obama is not an American citizen or simply sporting that outrageous hairstyle, Trump is adept at inserting himself within the focal point of the
news cycle. Last week, however, “The Donald” made headlines in a different way when New York Magazine reported that Trump had been holding meetings about possibly buying the New York Times Co. While it’s unlikely the Sulzberger family, who owns the company, would relinquish The New York Times to Trump, his newfound desire to write the news demonstrates a fundamental insight into the modern rightwing psyche, which is obsessed — more than anything else — with power. Trump’s motives for wanting to acquire the Times are blatantly obvious: by taking one of the most read newspapers in the world, Donald would have an effective means for transforming our national discourse to align with that of his own conservative ideology. Put in simpler terms, Trump
would try to use the Times as a propaganda machine, seeking to manipulate viewers’ positions on contentious subjects by publishing material that contains inherent bias, exploiting the difference between perception and reality. The scary thing is that if Trump does somehow manage to pull this acquisition off, he could have a legitimate shot at influencing national consensus. Take, for example, global media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, a news program showing to contain so much mistruth and “spin” that the more viewers are exposed to Fox News, the further misinformed they would be, according to a study by World Public Opinion. People like Murdoch and Trump serve the powerful interests and individuals that own them. Many of these interests profit from the ignorance that Fox helps
to proliferate by purposely deceiving the American electorate, thereby tilting the scales of public opinion. Though the Sulzberger family probably won’t sell the Times to Trump, it is nevertheless imperative that we transform how we receive our news and information. Given that our nation is polarized at this moment in time, it is important that we have independent, honest sources of information. The Republic cannot function properly if voters are casting ballots based in dishonesty. Jay Meyers is a 20-year-old economics sophomore from Shreveport.
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Friday, February 1, 2013 UREC, from page 1 academic year. The whole project is estimated to take 36 to 48 months and be completed sometime during the 2015-16 academic year. “Twenty years ago, the needs of students were very different than what they are today,” Braden said. Phase one of the UREC Expansion and Redesign will expand the current field complex on River Road and Gourrier Avenue to the north and to the east and will include additional paved parking, Braden said. While those fields are being expanded, an additional 363 parking spaces and nine new tennis courts will be added to the north side of the current Student Recreation Complex, affecting fields 1 and 2 of the current complex, Braden said. Roger Husser, director of Planning, Design and Construction for Facility Services, said the whole expansion project is broken into two phases so students can see the impact of the project. Although the construction plans for phase two are not finalized, the phase will focus on redesigning spaces within the existing UREC and will include the development of an approximate half-mile indoor running trail that will be inclined and sloped as it weaves throughout three levels of the renovated UREC. “It will be the longest indoor running trail in a collegiate recreational facility,” Braden said. The final part of phase two will be the outdoor leisure pool, which will include a lazy river in the shape of the LSU logo as well as two 25yard pools. The approximately $84.75 million UREC Expansion and Redesign will be funded by student fees, which Student Government passed following the November 2011 UREC Expansion and Growth Survey. Vice Chancellor of Student Life and Enrollment Kurt
Keppler said the fee is expected to go into place during the summer 2013 intersession. Keppler said the student fee will increase incrementally over a three-year period, with an addition of $45 each year. The fee will have increased by $135 after three years, meaning students will pay a total of $200 for their UREC fees, up from the current $65 that students pay. “Any student that pays a part of the fee increase and then doesn’t have an opportunity to use the facility because they graduated before it is brought online, will have the opportunity to use the facility for as many semesters as they paid for it,” Braden said. Once the new fee is in place, students will basically pay around what is equal to a $36 monthly gym membership. SG President Taylor Cox said students have been involved in every step of the planning and redesign of the UREC. “What we saw is that our UREC is doing the best it possibly can to meet the needs of our students, but we believe it is so important to build a more up-to-date facility,” Cox said. Keppler predicted that the changes will attract students and keep them at the University. Cox said some students see a university’s recreational facility as a drawing point when choosing a school. “I will put it up against any other collegiate recreational facility in the country when we are done because we will be the benchmark for the next level,” Braden said. She said the expansion will also increase student employment opportunities with the renovated facility employing between 375 and 400 students annually. Contact Gabrielle Braud at gbraud@lsureveille.com
CRAWFISH, from page 1
water makes for a very good crawfish season,” Fogarty said. Brackel said the river stage needs to be at 14 to 15 feet so the boats can get through the cypress leaves in the swamp, but the crawfish are still evenly distributed. Crawfish and Fisheries research associate Chris Bonvillain said there is no defined crawfish season because everything is so depen-
page 11 dent on water levels. Given the drought, last year was one of the worst for crawfishing, Fogarty said. Because this winter has been mild and the north has gotten plenty of snow, predictions for this season look good, he said. “When it’s good, everyone is dropping everything they do, because it’s a huge turnover,” Fogarty said. He said prices fluctuated based on the water level.
“By the peak of the year, crawfish should get around a dollar per pound or below a dollar a pound,” Fogarty said.
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