The Daily Reveille - February 15, 2013

FOOTBALL: LSU to announce Cam Cameron as new offensive coordinator, p. 5

BASKETBALL: Tigers cruise to an 18-point victory against S.C., p. 5

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CRIME

Tigerland assault suspects arrested

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Opening Night

Chandler Rome Sports Writer

Two students booked in prison Brian Sibille Entertainment and Deputy News Editor

Two University students spent their Valentine’s Day in handcuffs after the Baton Rouge Police Department made an arrest for a Tigerland attack in October 2012.

BRPD officers, with help from the LSU Police Department, arrested Stuart Seiler, pre-engineering major, and Steven Lambou, biological sciences major, on campus Thursday, according to BRPD Media Relations.

Seiler and Lambou are two of three suspects allegedly involved in an attack on a person leaving Reggie’s Bar on Oct. 11, 2012, near the 1100 block of Bob Pettit Blvd.

Seiler and Lambou were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, both facing second-degree battery charges.

Contact Brian Sibille at news@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_news

Tigers take on Terps in opening series

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The 2013 LSU baseball team gathers Feb. 5 around head coach Paul Mainieri. The Tigers will face Maryland tonight in one of the most challenging season openers in Mainieri’s tenure at LSU.

With the slight Harahan twang in his voice, LSU first baseman Mason Katz abandoned his straitlaced and well-mannered demeanor when posed a question he’s gotten ad nauseam since July.

Eight months removed from watching his College World Series dream go by the wayside on a humid June night in Alex Box Stadium, Katz kept his brutal honesty when describing his feeling coming Next up for into the dugthe Tigers: out, watching Who: LSU vs. Maryland as Stony Brook rejoiced in its When: 7 p.m. tonight exploits.

Where: Alex Box Stadium “[Like] Listen at home: 98.1 FM shit,” Katz said matter-of-factly.

Determined not to culminate his senior season with the same fate, Katz, with fellow senior and “bash brother” Raph Rhymes, will lead the No. 10 Tiger squad on the first step of their journey to redemption, welcoming ACC foe Maryland to Baton Rouge.

Rhymes said he and Katz have taken it upon themselves to educate the transfers and true freshmen of the goals of the season, always vigilant of the possibilities that lie ahead.

“We’ve got to keep that goal in mind,” Rhymes said. “We’ve got to be leaders and set the example for the younger guys so we don’t have that same feeling [at the end of the season].”

While graduation and the MLB Draft took their toll on Paul Mainieri’s squad, SEASON OPENER, see page 11

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Presidential candidate not guilty Woodard accused of violating 7 rules Judah Robinson Senior Contributing Writer

Student Government presidential candidate John Woodard was found not guilty Thursday evening of several election code violations during an SG University Court hearing — the first of this campaign season.

The complaint filed with the court, Boudreaux v. Woodard, argued Woodard violated several SG governing documents through premature campaigning and should be

immediately disqualified from the SG presidential election. The court ruled in Woodard’s favor. Woodard was accused of violating seven different sections of the SG election code.

The election code states, “ticket organization and preparation may begin at any time, but absolutely no campaigning may take place during these stages outlined in this section.”

Biochemistry and French sophomore and complainant Jacob Boudreaux said a variety of social media posts indicated Woodard’s intentions to run for SG president prior to the beginning of passive campaigning.

According to the original statement of complaint a hashtag campaign was discovered Feb. 6 on

Instagram and Twitter titled “#WoodardWednesday.” The original complaint argued “#WoodardWednesday” was used to raise awareness of Woodard’s campaign and his ticket prior to the mandated beginning of passive campaigning.

Photos that were posted on the social media websites, which included the hashtag “#WoodardWednesday,” encouraged viewers to visit Mike’s Daiquiris for free cover charge on “Woodard Wednesdays,” according to the complaint.

“By going to these events, Mr. Woodard directly associated himself CANDIDATE, see page 11

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Student Government presidential candidate and finance junior John Woodard holds a piece of evidence presented by his opponent Thursday during a UCourt hearing in the LSU Student Union.

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INTERNATIONAL South African amputee Olympic sprinter Pistorius charged in slaying PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, was charged Thursday in the Valentine’s Day slaying of his girlfriend at his home in South Africa, a shocking twist to one of the feel-good stories of last summer’s Olympics.

Pistorius buried his face in the hood of his workout jacket as officers escorted him from a police station after his arrest in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp, a 30-year-old model who had spoken out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women.

Litany of secrets revealed by Vatican spokesperson after papal retirement VATICAN CITY (AP) — For an institution devoted to eternal light, the Vatican has shown itself to be a master of smokescreens since Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation announcement.

On Thursday, the Vatican spokesman acknowledged that Benedict hit his head and bled profusely while visiting Mexico in March. Two days earlier, the same man acknowledged that Benedict has had a pacemaker for years, and underwent a secret operation to replace its battery three months ago.

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South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius reacts Aug. 4, 2012, after finishing first in a men’s 400-meter heat in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Egypt military offers rare admission, apology for child street vendor death CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s military made a rare admission and apology on Thursday for mistakenly shooting and killing a 12-year-old street vendor in Cairo, a day after activists accused the government of trying to cover up the death.

The boy, Omar Salah, was killed on Feb. 3 near the U.S. Embassy and Tahrir Square during clashes in the area. Activists discovered his death coincidentally as they were searching for missing protesters in hospitals.

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STATE/LOCAL

Cartel kingpin in Mexico is Chicago’s new Public Enemy No. 1

Jindal administration looks to free up money for state construction projects

CHICAGO (AP) — A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city’s new Public Enemy No. 1 — the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibition-era gang wars.

The Chicago Crime Commission announced the move Thursday, saying it considers Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman even more menacing than Capone because he’s the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, which supplies most of the narcotics sold in the city.

(AP) — The Jindal administration is looking at ways to restructure Louisiana’s debt to keep dollars flowing for state construction projects, even as the state hovers near its debt ceiling.

The governor’s top budget adviser, Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols, said Thursday that the administration will ask the Bond Commission next week for approval to bring on a financial adviser to help chart the plans.

Among the options being considered, she says, are a debt refinancing that could help the state take advantage of lower interest rates, which could free up more money for construction projects.

NYC police to stop booking, arraigning many marijuana arrests NEW YORK (AP) — Police in the nation’s largest city will soon stop booking and arraigning many people arrested on low-level marijuana-possession charges amid debate over the tens of thousands of such arrests each year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.

Starting next month, people who get picked up on charges of having a small amount of marijuana will be released with desk appearance tickets if they have identification and no open warrants, Bloomberg said, spotlighting the issue in his State of the City address.

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A poster at a news conference Thursday shows Joaquin “El Chapo’’ Guzman, a drug kingpin in Mexico, who was deemed Chicago’s Public Enemy No. 1.

NRA chief renews call for armed guards at school, urges gun owners NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has renewed his call for armed guards in schools and urged gun owners to “stand and fight” for the Second Amendment.

In a Thursday speech billed as the NRA response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union call for new gun regulations, LaPierre told the National Wild Turkey Federation in Nashville that Obama’s speech didn’t mention school security.

Mayor-President Holden presents reasons for firing police chief White (AP) — EBRP Mayor-President Kip Holden is making a case for firing Police Chief Dewayne White, accusing him of leaking confidential information, shredding documents and failing to discipline an officer who lied under oath and repeatedly violating departmental policy.

White’s attorney, Jill Craft, dismissed the allegations as “ridiculous.” Holden’s administration fired White on Feb. 6.

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Former Czech Republic ambassador and Velvet Revolution leader Martin Palouš speaks Thursday in front of the Hill Memorial Library after his speech to students on Vaclav Havel: Resisting Tyranny and Making the Velvet Revolution.

Former Czech ambassador chose revolution when Soviets invaded Palouš: ‘Celebrate’ human rights Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

Former Czech Republic ambassador to the U.S. and revolutionary Martin Palouš described the importance of youthful spirits during revolutions, particularly regarding the Velvet Revolution.

Velvet Revolution leader Palouš addressed students at the Hill Memorial Library with a Valentine’s Day theme to his speech on resisting tyranny and totalitarianism. “[Human rights] is not only our Czech point of view that is taking stake here, but something we all have in common that we can celebrate on St. Valentine’s Day,” Palouš said.

Palouš was presented the Order of Merit from the Eric Voegelin Institute after the presentation.

Palouš generally refrained from speaking about his own diplomatic efforts and accomplishments, but instead spoke about the work of the recently deceased first president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel.

“He was someone who struggled for the cause of human rights,” Palouš said.

Havel, Palouš and many others led the movement to

resist Soviet tyranny leading up In human rights, “politics are to the Velvet Revolution, liberat- subject to law, and law is not subing several Eastern European na- ject to politics,” Palouš said. tions.

Palouš said Havel was a In 1968, when the Soviets playwright and used language as invaded, Palouš his main tool.

‘It was the most said he found “Havel was himself with the important embodiment famous for his options to emitheater.

Later, of the idea of human when reflecting grate, get used to the change or try in prison on the rights.’ to resist totalitarisocial power of anism with Havel Ambassador Martin Palouš theater, he said and others. it brings people director of Vaclav Havel Library, Palouš said together and lets human rights activist he and Havel did people contemnot want people to end up mind- plate human identity,” Palouš less like the totalitarian leader said. wanted.

Thus, to remember his legaIn regard to the peaceful cy, the Vaclav Havel Library has methods of the Velvet Revolu- been established in Prague. tion, Palouš said he was certain Palouš is the director of the that even though revolutions are library and said it was inspired by about abrupt changes, the peace- American presidential libraries to ful methods were the right ap- collect records and documents, proach. publish research, conduct outHe said this era of revolution reach for non-government orgaopened opportunities for a new nizations and most importantly, form of communication such as stand to remember those conCharter 77, a petition by Czech cerned for human rights around scholars and politicians demand- the world. ing the Communist government “Thanks to people like to recognize human rights.

Havel, we have moved from “It was the most important the 20th to the 21st Century,” embodiment of the idea of human Palouš said. rights,” Palouš said.

When states and society are subject to moral sentiments, or something that is biding them and is sacred and unconditional, Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at that is human rights, Palouš said. fsuarez@lsureveille.com

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GREEK LIFE

New app for Greek students launches

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Camille Stelly Contributing Writer

The Greek community and non-Greek community now have a new way to connect through the LSU Greeks application for the iPhone.

The application includes an interactive map of the fraternity and sorority houses, an events calendar and chapter history.

Under the events tab, every event for each chapter is listed.

Events range from Greek Board of Directors meetings to Greek Week to training sessions for new officers.

President of the Greek Board of Directors and Tri-Delta sorority member Sarah Lichterman said the app was developed as a way to make communication between Greek chapters easier.

The app features brief history about each of the active Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council and Panhellenic Council chapters on campus such as the date the fraternity or sorority was founded, its nickname, when it was founded on campus, its symbols and its colors.

For each chapter, there is contact information for the president, a link to the chapter’s website and Facebook profile and a link to the national website. For the chapters under IFC or PHC, contact information is listed for the recruitment chair.

The app also features a map of every fraternity and sorority house on campus. Lichterman said the initial idea for an app came from demand for an interactive map.

ISDS junior and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity member Dylan Staley is the technical developer for the application. Lichterman, marketing junior and Phi Delta Theta frat member Paul Broussard and the 2012-2013 GBOD Public Relations Committee all collaborated on the features and the way the application would work.

Major updates will include chapter council and GBOD information and push notifications for the calendar feature.

According to Lichterman, one of the main goals behind launching the application is to connect the Greek community to the non-Greek community.

The interactive map feature, chapter history and contact information is beneficial for students going through recruitment and intake processes, said Lichterman.

An Android application is being developed currently and is expected to be launched by the end of the semester.

Contact Camille Stelly at cstelly@lsureveille.com

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KLSU station manager and political science senior Zachary Diaz (left) gives a kiss to Student Union social media coordinator and communication studies senior Lacie Laurendine (right) in a mock proposal Thursday in Free Speech Plaza to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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FOOTBALL

LSU to announce offensive coordinator Ravens coach Cameron confirmed Tyler Nunez Sports Writer

The LSU football team will announce Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron as its new offensive coordinator in a news conference today.

The Associated Press reported Thursday night that LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette confirmed the selection of the new coordinator.

Rumors have circulated since last week that Cameron would be coming to Baton Rouge. He led the Super Bowl champion Ravens’ offense for the better part of the 2012-13 season before being fired Dec. 10 after a loss to the Washington Redskins.

Greg Studrawa, who took over the position in 2011 when Steve Kragthorpe was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, is expected to return to his job as LSU’s offensive line coach.

Cameron and LSU coach Les Miles have a relationship going back to when they coached together at Michigan in the 1980s and ’90s. They are close friends and Cameron was a groomsman in Miles’ wedding in 1993.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @NunezTDR

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COCK BL CKED Tigers battle Rice MEN’S TENNIS

O’Bryant sets career record in win at South Carolina

Owls to 4-3 victory

Marcus Rodrigue

Freshman secures first win of career

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Sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III scored almost half of LSU’s points as he set a new career high with 30 points in a 64-46 victory at South Carolina on Thursday night.

O’Bryant’s 30 points are the most in a single game for LSU since forward Tasmin Mitchell dropped 38 points against Auburn in 2010. O’Bryant tacked on 10 rebounds, good for his tenth double-double of the season and his seventh in the last eight games.

“Defensively, [O’Bryant] played extremely hard,” said LSU coach Johnny Jones in a post-game radio interview.

“He played solid on both ends of the floor. ... On the offensive end, you have to give Johnny a great deal of credit.

They were trying to force him off the block. He was extremely patient, got great angles to the basket and really finished at the rim.”

The Tigers (14-8, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) have won four of their last five games, with their only loss coming at Alabama. The victory avenges their 82-73 overtime loss to the Gamecocks (12-12, 2-9 SEC) in January and splits the season series at 1-1, with the road team winning each contest.

Both squads started off slowly, but played each other closely through the first half. O’Bryant scored 10 of the Tigers’ first 14 points, carrying them to a 26-24 halftime lead.

But LSU caught fire coming out of the break, going on an 18-8 run to begin the second half. O’Bryant continued to exert his dominance in the paint, outmuscling the Gamecock defenders on his way to a 68.4 percent shooting clip.

SOUTH CAROLINA, see page 6

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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III (2) shoots over University of South Carolina freshman forward Mindaugas Kacinas (25) during the Tigers’ 73-82 loss to the Gamecocks in the PMAC in January. O’Bryant poured in a career-high 30 points as LSU beat South Carolina 64-46 on Thursday.

The No. 25 LSU men’s tennis team battled to a 4-3 victory against Rice on Thursday afternoon.

The Tigers raced out to win the doubles point as the duo of sophomore Chris Simpson and senior Stefan Szacinski dominated their match 8-1. LSU won the doubles point when freshman Boris Arias and senior Olivier Borsos won their match 8-5.

When play resumed in the singles competition, Simpson continued the impressive run of form during which he has won both of his last two matches.

Simpson won his first set 6-0, and then started off the second set 5-1 before letting his opponent — junior Philipp Seifert of Munich, Germany — battle back. The match ended in a 6-3 victory for Simpson.

Simpson said closing out a match with a win in the first set 6-0 can be difficult sometimes, as whenever something goes wrong, a player can start to doubt himself.

“Simpson had a big win today,” said LSU coach Jeff Brown. “[Seifert] beat him last year, so it’s good to see him come out and win the way he did against him.”

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GYMNASTICS

Tigers host Arkansas at home coach D-D Breaux. “It’s the teams that can settle into the 197 and can consistently score that that will be The No. 7 LSU gymnastics successful. I think the telling thing team isn’t buying the about us is that we did hype surrounding the it on the road and now Next up for early part of its 2013 we’re coming home the Tigers: campaign. after being gone for The Tigers — Who: No. 7 LSU vs. No. 20 four weeks.” who compete against Breaux referred Arkansas No. 20 Arkansas toto the fact that not night — have man- When: 7 p.m. tonight only has her team aged to score higher Where: PMAC scored a 197 twice in than a 197 twice this Watch or listen at home: three weeks, but they season, a score they did it in the middle of hadn’t achieved since CST a monthlong road trip.

2010.

Over the four“One-hundred ninety-seven is meet road stint — covering as a big score for any team,” said LSU many states — the Tigers scored Mike Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

an average of 196.444.

Sophomore Rheagan Courville has led the charge for the Tigers. She is ranked in the top 15 in three different categories including 13th in the all around.

“Of course we’re thinking about it,” Courville said. “But we’re trying not to focus on any of that. We’re just trying to focus on what we can do to get better and that’s just going to add up in the end. … We’re really excited to be back home after four weeks away.”

Courville has gained considerable attention this season after securing her 12th individual title of ARKANSAS, see page 7

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LSU sophomore all-around Rheagan Courville flips over uneven bars Jan. 11 during the Tiger’s 196.87-196.57 win against Florida in the PMAC.

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SOFTBALL

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Tigers host second consecutive tournament

Spencer Hutchinson Sports Contributor

The LSU softball team is set to host its second consecutive weekend tournament, kicking off the Purple and Gold Challenge on Friday against North Dakota State.

The No. 10 Tigers (5-1) will host five games in three days, playing two games against Virginia (2-1) and individual matchups with Memphis (1-4) and Nicholls (3-2) in addition to Friday’s opener.

LSU finished its seasonopening Tiger Classic last weekend with a 4-1 record, its only blemish coming in a 3-1 loss to No. 22 North Carolina in the final game of the tournament.

The Tigers were led by solid performances from senior pitcher Rachele Fico and junior pitcher Meghan Patterson. The two combined for 29 strikeouts in as many ANGELA MAJOR / The Daily Reveille innings of work, while only giv- LSU freshman Bianka Bell (left) high fives teammate Alex Boulet (right) Feb. 8 during the Tigers’ first game of the season ing up three earned runs. against North Carolina at Tiger Park.

Despite collecting the loss to beat multiple opponents in a against North Carolina, Patter- for a Tigers’ lineup averaging al- pitcher,” Fico said.

Impressive performances short amount of time, Fico said. son pitched five innings and sur- most five runs per game.

In the Tigers’ 9-1 rout of Ole from the Tigers’ group of true The Tiger ace, who will have rendered only three hits, but she Miss in a rare non- freshmen has sparked the lineup. most likely started five games in left two runners on conference matchup Bianka Bell, Sandra Simmons, less than a week-and-a-half by base that eventually Wednesday, LSU Kellsi Kloss and Hailey Smith the end of this weekend, said the scored after she was Next up for have combined to drive in 10 of added run support gives her conlaunched four home relieved by Fico. the Tigers: runs accounting for the Tigers’ 29 runs. fidence that the Tigers can have LSU coach But perhaps the most sig- success in another busy weekend.

Beth Torina said she Who: No. 10 LSU (5-1) vs. seven RBIs. The offensive nificant addition to the Tigers’ “We’re trying to make the couldn’t expect more North Dakota St. (1-4) outburst in the first offense so far this season is the most of the practice we do have from Fico or Patter- When: 4:30 p.m. Friday seven games of 2013 breakout performance of junior because we have so many games son. is a welcome change third baseman Tammy Wray. now,” Fico said. “We need to “ [ P a t t e r s o n ] Where: Tiger Park Wray struggled in 2012, make sure we really get quality from the fewer than was fantastic all last three runs per game amassing just 19 hits in 125 at reps in before the games.” weekend,” Torina bats. This season, Wray is leadsaid. “I hope she doesn’t change the Tigers averaged last season.

“Anytime you pitch on a ing the team with two home runs one thing about her performances. She was one of the bright team that hits that way, it gives and seven RBIs, which is just two you a big comfort level, and any- short of her total from last season. spots of the first weekend.”

With little time to prepare or Patterson’s loss came in a time you have that kind of run Contact Spencer Hutchinson at game where run support was support, it gives you the free- rest before each opponent, genminimal, which has been a rarity dom to work on things more as a erating runs is the easiest way shutchinson@lsureveille.com

Friday, February 15, 2013 SOUTH CAROLINA, from page 5 LSU allowed a season-best 46 points against South Carolina, and senior forward Lakeem Jackson was the only Gamecock to score in double digits. The Tigers pulled down 14 more rebounds than the Gamecocks, who shot 28 percent on the night.

The Tigers shut down South Carolina freshman forward Michael Carrera, who finished with eight points and eight rebounds for the Gamecocks. Carrera gave LSU fits in the teams’ previous matchup, recording 10 rebounds and a career-high 23 points.

“It’s probably one of the most complete games we’ve played all year in terms of defending extremely well,” Jones said. “… Then on the offensive end, I thought we did an excellent job of being patient, getting the ball inside and getting touches inside.”

The Tigers will return to the hardwood at 4 p.m. on Saturday when they square off with Mississippi State in the PMAC. LSU pulled out a 69-68 victory Feb. 2 in Starkville, Miss., courtesy of a game-winning shot from sophomore point guard Anthony Hickey with 1.5 seconds left in the game.

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Freshman Harrison Kennedy was a surprise inclusion in the Tigers’ singles lineup, which has been the same all year. Kennedy played on court six as Szacinski sat out. “[Szacinski] has been struggling with his body and getting fit lately,” Simpson said. “So he sat out, and [Kennedy] played really well in his place.”

Kennedy raced out to a 6-2 victory in the first set and continued to dominate during the start of the second set. Although

Kennedy allowed his opponent back in the match, he was able to claim the first dual match victory of his career.

“He’s been playing really well in practice so we gave him a shot,” Brown said. “It’s always nerve-racking going out there for your first match, and he had some mistakes, but overall he played very well.”

While the freshman excelled, Borsos’ struggles in singles competition continued. Borsos dropped a three-set thriller to Rice senior Jonathan Chang, bringing his match record so far

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Brown cited the process of coming back from an injury and the struggle to regain top form as the main reason of Borsos’ troubles so far this season.

The Tigers will continue building toward Southeastern Conference play with matches against No. 27 Texas Tech and No. 4 Ohio State on Feb. 14 and Feb. 22, respectively.

Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com

page 7 ARKANSAS, from page 5 2013 — three of which were in the all around.

“Every time we get in the gym, we work even harder because we know whatever kind of meet we just had, it wasn’t good enough,” Courville said. “The best we’ve done all season — that needs to be the baseline of our expectations.”

Breaux echoed Courville, saying gymnastics is a sport of constantly trying to find errors and correct things.

Sophomore Lloimincia Hall scored a perfect 10 in Columbia,

Mo., last weekend, but Breaux still found errors in the routine.

“The perfect 10 for her that night was followed by her teammates after that and the judges gave her a 10 because it was the best routine in the meet,” Breaux said. “I’m sure that if you looked at it on the video, we can find something that could be better. And that’s the message we want to give to the kids, we have got to get better each week.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

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Friday, February 15, 2013

The Battle for Boys’ Rights Boy Scouts should allow admission of gay scouts and adult leaders despite being a private institution SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Word on the street is the Boy Scouts might allow gays soon?

I’ll believe that when an exNazi pope retires.

The Boy Scouts of America, perhaps one of this nation’s most treasured organizations, is debating whether to allow openly gay scouts.

They plan to announce their decision in May. In the meantime, civil rights groups all across the country are gearing up for what is being dubbed “The Battle for Boys’ Rights.”

Several Scout Masters have already been dismissed for mistakingly referring to the event as “The Battle for Boys’ Tights.”

Following the recent dismissal of the U.S. Military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, it would make sense for the Boy Scouts to adopt a similar stance toward homosexuals within their organization.

However, there is one major difference between the Boy Scouts and the military — one is public and the other is private.

Public institutions like the military are under more pressure than private institutions to adopt an open-door policy toward the LGBT community. Not only do gays pay taxes that go toward military spending, but they also serve in the military and should be able to be open about themselves just like any other soldier.

Private institutions, as we’ve

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Stephen Cyr (left), 13, and his brother Paul Cyr (right), 15, of Boy Scout Troop 21 in Oak Cliff, Texas, attend the ‘Save Our Scouts’ Prayer Vigil and Rally on Feb. 6 in front of the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America said it needed more time before deciding whether to move away from its divisive policy of excluding gays as scouts or adult leaders.

seen in the past, can get away with whatever the hell they want — and rightfully so.

This is America. If I want to start a club and only let my friends in, far be it from anyone to tell me otherwise.

That being said, if I were to start a club, and I chose not to admit homosexuals just on the basis of

their sexuality, I’d be an asshole.

Like I said, this is America, where we protect an asshole’s right to be an asshole.

Legally speaking, the Boy Scouts are fully within their rights to continuously deny admission to openly gay scouts, opting to only admit closet pedophiles instead. It’s a ridiculous course of action, but it’s

their constitutional right.

The reason the Scouts are forced to debate this issue is simple — money.

The Boy Scouts are a nonprofit organization. They rely on funding from a number of sources, including corporations and religious organizations.

After the Boy Scouts reaffirmed

produced more food than South Korea because the North used huge amounts of chemical fertilizers, which when coupled with sanctions on oil by the US, the collapse of Soviet Union and the end of aid they were receiving in 1991, plus the death of Kim Il-Sung in ‘94 and the coming to power of the playboyeesque yet utterly useless Kim JongIl, you start to realize that denying them oil to produce chemical fertilizers has actually resulted in the US being responsible for the death of thousands of Korean civilians and creating a more closed nation, tightening the control of a few crazy generals. It has just reinforced all the

fascist/socialist concepts they feed their starving people, because no matter how much aid we send them, they wont say its from the US, they’ll just keep pointing at us and saying we are responsible for so many of their people dying, to which 40 percent of the country still has people who were alive or are relatives of someone that was either killed or horribly disfigured when we dropped hundreds of tons of napalm and agent orange, more so in three years than the entire length of the Vietnam war. Most American’s have no clue about what they did or why they hate you, because we dont get taught our history, so we stay dumb and

ignorant, and incapable of formulating a real solution.”

- westerngermany

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In response to Megan Dunbar’s column “Feminist is not a dirty word, though few claim the title,” a reader had this to say: “I was on board with your article until you mentioned catcalling.

Really? This is gender inequality?

There’s a different word for that: immaturity; it certainly isn’t lacking on a college campus. Hell, I’ve had drivers yell all sorts of things at me, even when I’m not biking!

I also don’t appreciate your quip

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their ban on gays last year, several corporate sponsors pulled back their support from the organization, according to The New York Times.

It’s simple business logic — all customers are the same and must be treated equally. If we are seen supporting an organization that marginalizes a certain group, such as the LGBT community, it’s bad for business.

However, churches sponsor nearly 70 percent of Boy Scout units, and many have threatened to end their support if the national organization ends its ban on gays.

The Scouts have also toyed with the idea of letting local chapters decide for themselves, taking the anti-federalist approach to governing.

This would only lead to individual chapters caving to the will of their particular sponsor.

The Boy Scouts need to get with the times. The only people they should be focused on keeping out are sexual predators, which they haven’t done the best job of in the past.

Pedophiles are sexual predators, homosexuals are not.

I feel like Alabama would argue this one with me.

Rest assured, eventually all but the most radical organizations in America will adopt an equal opportunity admission policy — or they will simply fail to exist.

Parker Cramer is a 21-year-old political science senior from Houston.

Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_pcramer

on beards. Maybe it’s easy if you’re letting it grow where it pleases. For most, it takes a lot of effort to maintain facial hair a certain way.

Maybe I’m overreacting to that statement, and my point is that you were insensitive, whether or not you meant it. You reinforced a gender inequality, albeit a silly one, and that’s exactly what your two super bowl commercials did.”

- jb Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @TDR_opinion

Quote of the Day “A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.”

Robert Baden-Powell Founder of the Scout Movement Feb. 22, 1857 — Jan. 8, 1941

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Dykes kidnapping incident proved merit of snitching FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist After Jimmy Lee Dykes murdered beloved bus driver Charles Poland Jr. and brought 5-year-old Ethan Gilman down into his Alabama bunker, I was reminded of Schrodinger’s cat.

Erwin Schrodinger devised the thought experiment in 1935 to discredit certain implications of quantum superposition, the fundamental principle of quantum theory that posits a quantum system — such as an atom — can exist simultaneously in all possible states until observed.

In Schrodinger’s hypothetical experiment, Schrodinger asked if the principles of quantum mechanics apply to larger systems — a cat in this instance. The cat is placed inside a steel chamber with a radioactive element, a vial of hydrocyanic acid and a device attached to a geiger counter monitoring the element.

If the geiger counter registers the decay of a single atom of the element, the device swings a hammer, smashing the vial and killing the cat in the name of science.

To the outside observer, however, the cat’s state is unknown and thus considered both alive and dead until the chamber is opened and one reality must instantly assemble itself.

On Feb. 4, six days after the Dykes ordeal began, an FBI team “opened the chamber” and stormed the bunker.

Ethan emerged alive. Dykes did not.

Another reality also materialized that day. It illustrated more than a failure in security, gun control or support for the mentally ill — it showed a failure of normal, everyday people to take

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Officials identified Jimmy Lee Dykes, a 65-year-old retired truck driver, as the suspect in a fatal shooting and hostage standoff in Midland City, Ala.

preventative action.

They had options.

Dykes was a paranoid man who frequently patrolled his yard at night with a shotgun and flashlight.

That’s strange but not quite illegal.

He did, however, shoot a boy with a pellet gun for riding his fourwheeler near his property and beat one neighbor’s dog so badly with a lead pipe it later died from the injuries.

Dykes could have been charged for either of those offenses. Animal cruelty alone constitutes up to six months in jail and up to a $3,000 fine in Alabama.

In the best case scenario, Dykes serves six months, is prevented from firing two shots at his neighbor Jimmy Davis and his truck carrying a six-month-old girl in December and possibly even dissuaded from committing the murder and abduction that occurred two months later.

At the very least, police would have been aware of Dykes’ odd behavior, and seeing his 1995 arrest

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This picture shows the pipe FBI agents and Dale County negotiators used to communicate with Jimmy Lee Dykes while he held a 5-year-old boy hostage in a bunker on his Midland City, Ala., property for a week.

for improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearms would have raised some red flags.

I’m not so naïve to believe this “best case scenario” is really the greatest option, though.

Some have cited Dykes’ imminent court date as the motivation for taking a hostage. While I dislike the insinuation that we should fear reprisals from punished criminals, a few things are true.

First, Dykes’ mental state had likely been deteriorating over the years. We can only speculate how he might have reacted to an arrest in the past.

Would he have been reformed?

Or would it have only catalyzed his violent behavior?

Second, a short stay in jail would either ignore or exacerbate the underlying cause of Dykes’ hostility. His neighbors were aware he had served in the Vietnam War and believed he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder as a result.

This brings us to their

second option. Why not try to have Dykes treated?

He surely would have resisted, but under Alabama law he might have qualified for involuntary commitment to a mental health clinic.

His neighbors would only need to prove that he was mentally ill, unable to make rational decision regarding treatment, would continue to face mental distress and deterioration of ability to function independently and that he posed a threat to himself or others.

Dykes, however, was never formally diagnosed with PTSD, and he was capable of functioning independently, despite seeming quite insane. It would have been difficult to have him committed without raising hell about infringing on his civil liberties.

With all this in mind, I can’t fully condemn his neighbors for not taking action.

Sometimes it’s difficult, and a phenomenon known as the diffusion of responsibility guarantees

we’ve all been guilty of inaction when others are present and responsibility isn’t explicitly assigned — even when the stakes are low.

Action is necessary, though.

It’s fun to entertain hypotheticals, like in the Schrodinger’s cat experiment where something can simultaneously exist in several states, but eventually, one reality must come into being.

By not seeking help when threatened we allow that reality to be a little worse and enable others to continue doing harm.

In the case of Jimmy Lee Dykes, two people died and a third could have lost his life as well.

I hope we all learned something from that.

Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old Spanish senior from Destrehan.

Contact Aaron Friedman at afriedman@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AmFried

U.S. should follow Canada’s lead on removing pennies BUT HE MEANS WELL GORDON BRILLON Columnist When I was young, my mom taught me a rhyme: “Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck.”

So anytime I saw a penny on the ground, I’d grab it, slip it into my shoe and move on to a day of outrageous fortune.

Now that I’m a bit older, I have a pile of pennies overflowing on my desk, growing by the day and generally being a nuisance.

The penny has overstayed its welcome, and our ever-prudent neighbors to the north have finally done something about it.

Last Monday, Canada officially removed the penny from circulation, a move our government should consider copying. It’s going to be a simple transition for them, with plenty of valid reasons for making it that aren’t singular to Canada.

Canadians will still be able to make transactions down to the cent using credit cards or checks, something old people taking too long in line at Walmart will be delighted to hear, but all cash exchanges will be rounded to the nearest 5-cent denomination.

Simple, isn’t it?

It’s a wonder our government, despite its cost-cutting mood in recent years, has not opted to make a similar switch.

The best reason for eliminating the penny is an extremely simple one – the production cost of one penny

is more than the value of the penny itself.

In 2011, the U.S. Mint reported that the price induced to produce one penny had risen to more than two cents. For the nearly $50 million dollars worth of pennies produced that year, the government spent about $120 million.

That kind of waste is unjustifiable in a time when we’re supposed to be enduring a modicum of sacrifice and austerity. Even in a time of prosperity, it’d be a sizable amount of money going down the drain.

Is anyone going to be upset if we get rid of the penny?

The only real problem I can think of is that Abe Lincoln will now be slightly less represented on our currency than some other presidents.

But something tells me he won’t be terribly upset about that.

It’s 2012, and the world is changing.

Drugstores don’t sell bubblegum or Mary Janes for a penny anymore, but we can flash our smartphones under a scanner to buy our morning coffee. Our little copperwrapped zinc coin is now nothing but a tiny anachronism.

Give it a few years, and we’ll have chips implanted in our arms we use to pay the bills. Cash is on the way out, and getting rid of the penny is a good first step in that direction.

The mint estimates about 140 billion pennies are currently in circulation. Given the price of the metals making up the coins, the government could recoup about $700 million by melting down the coins and selling the metals at face value, according to Coinflation.com’s intrinsic value table.

It may be only a drop in the bucket of our national debt, but there’s hardly a downside when the pennies will just be sitting in old coffee cans collecting rust anyway.

For me, we should follow the Canadians’ lead on a lot more than their penny policy, but this is something even the most hardcore fiftyfour-fortiers can get behind. It’s just like Game said in “State of Emergency;” if it don’t make dollars, don’t make cents.

Gordon Brillon is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Lincoln, R.I.

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Friday, February 15, 2013 SEASON OPENER, from page 1

the seventh-year coach stressed he hasn’t dwelled on the bitter ending to last season, only focusing on the tremendous potential he sees from this season’s squad.

“Everybody wants to keep bringing it up because it’s the last thing that happened,” Mainieri said.

“All I preach to the kids is we hope we can get ourselves to the same position this year that we were in last year.”

To get in that position, the Tigers will face a Terrapin club that Mainieri said poses the toughest opening weekend challenge in his seven years at the helm.

Freshman shortstop Alex Bregman, hitting in the three-hole ahead of Katz and Rhymes, will anchor a

more powerful LSU lineup than last season while providing a sure hand on the left side of the infield.

Though he’s played in showcases and all-star games before, Bregman said he can’t fathom the atmosphere under the lights tonight with almost 10,000 screaming fans.

“I heard it’s unbelievable,” Bregman said. “The intensity is out of this world and everyone is excited to get the season going.”

The Terps, an upstart program

by Mainieri’s standards, face valiant competition in the ACC with the likes of North Carolina, Miami (FL) and Virginia and will start the weekend with senior southpaw Jimmy Reed on the mound tonight.

Tiger sophomore righty Aaron Nola will counter, fulfilling one of his season goals as the

The Daily Reveille opening night starter. The Baton Rouge native and strike-zone aficionado finished last season with 89 strikeouts in 89.2 innings.

Fellow Baton Rouge native and sophomore Chris Sciambra will lead off for LSU, fully recovered after suffering a grisly neck injury against Auburn last season, while true freshman Mark Laird will step in at right field and hit second.

Mainieri marveled at the rate his team gelled together, a rate he hasn’t seen in over three decades.

“I already like this team and we haven’t even played a game yet,” Mainieri said. “It’s time to line it up and play.”

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

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with this campaign,” Boudreaux said in an opening statement. “If random people were using his name, it would be different. The fact that Mr. Woodard went to these events proves that he had direct knowledge of this event happening.”

However, the defense argued that Woodard had no involvement in the planning of the “Woodard Wednesdays” events.

If Woodard were found guilty of these violations by the court, his campaign would have been immediately disqualified.

“I don’t think it could have gone any better,” said Joe Gipson, a member of Woodard’s counsel and a political communication and English junior.

Gipson said this was a sticky situation, but he is glad the judicial branch favored his side.

“I saw this as a clear violation of the rules,” Boudreaux said. “Even the commissioner of elections wanted this to be a clean and fair election, and I saw this as early campaigning.”

Boudreaux said he would have preferred a harsher punishment.

“He is not going to be disqualified, but I’m glad that he will no longer be associated with this event,” he added.

Contact Judah Robinson at jrobinson@lsureveille.com

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