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IMPACT LSU

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EDUCATION

Primary care physicians needed McKenzie Womack Staff Writer

Student Government debate calm, civil Judah Robinson Senior Contributing Writer

Editor’s note: Candidates are listed in alphabetical order of presidential candidate’s last name.

In a rather calm and nonconfrontational Student Government

presidential debate Thursday night, both tickets addressed budget cuts, sustainability and issues facing minority and underrepresented groups at the University.

The two tickets in the debate included T Graham S. Howell and Kaitlin Torké’s ticket, Impact LSU, and John Woodard and Taylor Parks’ ticket, UNITE LSU.

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SG presidential candidates T Graham S. Howell [top left] and John Woodard [top right] debated Thursday along with their respective vice presidential candidates Kaitlin Torké [bottom left] and Taylor Parks [bottom left].

One of the issues brought up in the debate was budget cuts and how, if elected, each candidate would deal with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration.

Howell was asked what he would say to Jindal if he had the opportunity to meet with him.

“I’d tell him to stop taking our money,” Howell said. “We

are facing millions of dollars of higher education cuts, and the brunt of that will be taken from LSU. We need to find a long-term, permanent DEBATE, see page 11

The Daily Reveille gives the highs and lows of the debate, p. 9.

The University was home to more medical school applicants than almost any other school in the country last year, but that doesn’t mean people should expect to spend less time waiting on their doctors, said Owen Farcy, director of pre-health programs for Kaplan Test Prep.

Last year, 280 University undergraduate students applied to medical schools, but a survey of 543 pre-medical students across the country conducted by Kaplan found that only 32 percent plan to become primary care physicians, while 68 percent say they plan to become specialists like cardiologists, neurologists and anesthesiologists.

“The issue the country is facing is the massive shortage of physicians, primarily in the primary care physicians,” Farcy said. “We’re actually short 9,000, and it’s expected to balloon to 65,000 in the next 20 years PHYSICIANS, see page 11

CONTEST

Weekend forecast: Chili Chili cookoff set for this weekend Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

The seventh annual Louisiana Regional and State Chili Cookoff will commence Saturday morning, a competition comprised of the nation’s best chili cooks and chili enthusiasts competing for a chance to advance to the World’s Champion Chili Cookoff in Palm Springs, Calif.

The cookoff is officially sanctioned by the International Chili

Society, which outlines various taste the different chilis and to vote rules and regulations to be followed to contribute to the People’s Choice during competition. winner. Net proceeds If you go: The event is sponfrom the cookoff will sored by the Knights What: Louisiana Regional benefit Our Lady of of Columbus, Catholic the Lake Children’s Community Radio and and State Chili Cookoff Hospital.

When: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 Audubon Kiwanis.

Individuals from The cookoff will p.m., Saturday and Sunday across the country are take place from 10:30 currently signed up to a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sat- Where: John M. Parker participate in the coourday and Sunday in Coliseum koff, which includes front of the John M. four separate categoParker Coliseum on campus. It ries: chili verde, traditional red, will be held in conjunction with the home style and salsa.

LSU Spring Garden Show and Sale “Home style chili is a new and the Spring Car Show. category added by the ICS that The event is open to the CHILI, see page 11 public and offers them a chance to

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Wanda Dearing (left) of Newton, Miss., hands out samples of her Fire in the Hole chili at the Louisiana Chili Cookoff on March 26, 2011, at the Parker Coliseum.

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INTERNATIONAL Dublin Airport reopens after plane’s landing gear collapses and fails DUBLIN (AP) — Flights at Dublin Airport were temporarily suspended Thursday when a BinAir cargo plane’s nose wheel collapsed after touching down, the second such landing gear failure to beset the small German charter airline.

The Dublin Airport Authority said nobody was hurt when the forward landing gear of the Fairchild Metroliner twin-turboprop aircraft failed.

Five inbound flights to Dublin were diverted and dozens delayed as authorities shut down the obstructed runway.

Egypt’s police protest against Muslim Brotherhood after two years of unrest CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of low-ranking policemen on strike across Egypt on Thursday refused orders to work and protested what they claim is the politicization of the force in favor of the president’s Muslim Brotherhood party.

The strike threatens to unravel a security force already weakened by two years of unrest following the ouster of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

For decades, Egypt’s police aggressively targeted the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups that were once outlawed.

Nation & World

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Workers surround a BinAir plane after the aircraft’s landing gear failed Thursday at Dublin Airport. This was reportedly not the first landing mishap for BinAir.

Toyota chief stresses safe, global growth after recent recall crisis TOKYO (AP) — After four tumultuous years bookended by an unprecedented recall crisis and a return to the top of the global auto industry, Akio Toyoda is refashioning Toyota Motor Corp. into a leaner company that’s more imbued with the venture spirit of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, his grandfather.

Toyota’s president said he is putting new auto plants on hold for three years and reshaping the automaker’s structure to give more autonomy to regional divisions and foreign executives.

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STATE/LOCAL

Hit-and-run suspect arrives in New York City after Pennsylvania arrest

In transition, LSU’s BR hospital reducing services as staff departs

NEW YORK (AP) — A man arrested in connection with a car crash that killed a rabbinical college student and his pregnant wife, whose newborn later died, arrived back in New York City on Thursday, a day after surrendering in Pennsylvania.

Julio Acevedo arrived at a Brooklyn police precinct hours after waiving extradition. Acevedo surrendered to police in the parking lot of a Bethlehem, Pa., convenience store on Wednesday evening.

He was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident but could face more serious charges.

Arkansas GOP overrides Democrats, puts more restrictions on abortion

Georgia backs relaxing gun laws for mentally ill depending on treatment

(AP) — Declining staff levels at LSU’s Earl K. Long Medical Center and its clinics in Baton Rouge have led to a reduction of inpatient and outpatient services to the poor and uninsured.

Employee departures have picked up since late January when LSU officials moved up the Long facility’s closure date to April from its original November target date, while turning operation of Long’s four free-standing clinics over to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.

That hospital will become home to LSU’s inpatient hospital care and medical education programs on April 15.

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawmakers in gun-friendly Georgia want to ease rules preventing some mentally ill people from getting licenses to carry firearms.

Legislators in Georgia’s House voted 117-56 on Thursday to allow people who have voluntarily sought inpatient treatment for mental illness or substance abuse to get licenses. The same bill would force officials to check on whether applicants have received involuntary treatment in the past five years before issuing licenses.

NATCHITOCHES (AP) — Natchitoches Parish authorities say a man was arrested after allegedly putting a variety of drugs on a counter as he prepared to walk through a security checkpoint at the parish courthouse.

The Town Talk reports that the man went to the Natchitoches courthouse for a birth certificate and allegedly placed crystal meth, marijuana, pills and drug paraphernalia on the counter.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Not content with enacting the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, Arkansas Republicans plan to press the legislative advantage their party hasn’t enjoyed since Reconstruction by making it even harder for women to get abortions in the state.

The GOP-controlled Legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill banning nearly all abortions beginning in the 12th week of pregnancy, when a fetus’ heartbeat can typically be detected through an abdominal ultrasound.

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Pennsylvania State Police, along with New York City police officers, transport Julio Acevedo, 44, from the State Police Barracks on Wednesday in Bethlehem, Pa.

Man arrested after placing drugs on courthouse security counter

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

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Volunteer LSU aids in renovations to Lincoln Theater

Theater has strong Civil Rights roots Jonathan Olivier Staff Writer

Students associated with Volunteer LSU will come together on March 15 to help clean Lincoln Theater, a building in the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to Carl Bakenhus, music junior and Baton Rouge restoration and beautification focus area chair for Volunteer LSU, 15 to 20 students will be present to help with renovations.

“We’ll be helping with remediation of the building,” he said. “Volunteers will be helping clear furniture and clean the place a little bit so it can be remodeled in the future.”

Registration for the project closes today, said graduate assistant for service at Campus Life

Angela Russell.

Lincoln Theater will be the home of the Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Museum. The theater was chosen as the site for the museum because of the huge historical impact it had on the African-American community in Baton Rouge, said Erin Brush Duncan, director of preservation field services at The Foundation for Historical Louisiana.

According to an NRHP document, African-Americans used the theater to watch movies and performances by prominent black musicians during the time of segregation. Patrons in the 1950s enjoyed live performances by artists such as Lionel Hampton and Orchestra and Nat King Cole.

The theater not only served as a place of entertainment for AfricanAmericans, but it was also at the center of the Civil Rights Movement in Baton Rouge during the 1950s.

African-Americans held a bus boycott in Baton Rouge in 1953

according to the NRHP document, which was “seen as an important precursor to the better-known Montgomery Bus Boycott” led by Martin Luther King Jr. “There are tantalizing bits of information to indicate that perhaps the Lincoln figured prominently as a meeting place for boycott leaders,” the document states.

The Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood is a certified cultural district by the Office of the Lt. Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

Duncan said the certification is in large part to the presence of Lincoln Theater in the neighborhood.

Kristen Smith, business junior and president of the Student Activities Board for Campus Life, said she plans to attend the project to aid in the theater’s restoration.

“This will be a great thing for the community, because I think a lot of buildings in Baton Rouge, especially in south Baton Rouge, have been abandoned and [those buildings] are pillars and beacons of the

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Volunteer LSU will be helping to renovate the Lincoln Theater on Myrtle Walk, which is being turned into an African-American museum.

community,” she said. “When you restore them, it not only takes away this ugly spot and makes something beautiful out of it, but it restores that beacon, restores that light, that

landmark to the community.”

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

ADMINISTRATION

Task force talks consolidation McKenzie Womack Staff Writer

The Transition Advisory Team’s Technology task force discussed Thursday the necessity of consolidating services while the Revenue Generation task force spoke about the benefits of privatizing parts of the University.

The Transition Advisory Team is evaluating ways to reorganize the components of the LSU System.

The Team will present its initial findings to the LSU Board of Supervisors on March 18.

Director of Finance and Administrative Services Patrick Martin presented to the Revenue Generation task force about the cost-saving benefits of privatization.

Privatized services at the University include the bookstore, dining and concessions, said Martin.

“Privatization makes a lot of sense in a number of areas,” he said.

“There may be other areas that are worthwhile to explore.”

The University saves money from a drop in full-time employees, Martin said.

“For dining, bookstore and concessions, that’s 200 total fulltime employees that we’ve dropped essentially to zero to a savings of over $3.5 million in personnel alone,” he said.

Auxiliary models that include residential housing, athletics, parking, student media, student health and Auxiliary Services also benefit the University because they operate from self-generated revenue.

“Each one is 100 percent selfsupporting. They don’t get tuition money; they don’t get state general fund money,” Martin said.

About 80 percent of housing residents are freshmen, and

LSU Libraries Film Series March 13, “Stolen” 2 p.m. in the Hill Memorial Library Refreshments provided.

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Brian Nichols, chief information officer at LSU, speaks Thursday at a Technology Subcommittee Task Force meeting in the School of the Coast and Environment Building.

retention rates of freshmen who live on campus is 86 percent, but only 79 percent for those who live off campus, he said.

“The more kids feel that they’re part of the University, that they know other people … those are the things that affect retention rates,” Martin said.

The profitability of student housing allows the University to invest the money back into housing.

The money is put back into preparing for things like maintenance and replacement plans, he said.

The consolidation of email accounts was a big item at the Technology meeting. Chief Information Officer Brian Nichols said LSU Baton Rouge has more than 100,000 email accounts that include students, employees and University retirees. Some users have more than one account.

“Email has become such a ubiquitous service,” said retired

CIO and Vice President of Exxon Mobil Pat Bodin. “It’s hard to rationalize why you need so many. … I sat on a number of boards of Fortune 500 companies, and I don’t know any that had more than one system.”

President and CEO of the LSU Foundation Lee Griffin said the task force needs to figure out how to gather costs on common items and services that the campuses of the System produce, so that they can think about bulk buying.

“If we — all the campuses — were using the same system like Dell and had that buying power, it would be really big savings,” said Jennifer Rood, professor and associate executive director for Cores and Resources for Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Contact McKenzie Womack at mwomack@lsureveille.com

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WORLD

Friday, March 8, 2013

Chavez body to be put on permanent display Paul Haven The Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez’s body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders like Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s acting head of state, said Chavez would first lie in state for “at least” seven more days at the museum, which will eventually become his permanent home. It was not clear when exactly he would be moved from the military academy where his body has been since Wednesday.

A state funeral will be held today attended by 33 heads of government, including Cuban President Raul Castro and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat, and former Rep. William Delahunt, a Democrat from Massachusetts, will represent the United States, which Chavez often portrayed as a great global evil even as he sent the country billions of dollars in oil each year.

Maduro said the ceremony would begin at 11 a.m., but did not say where.

“We have decided to prepare the body of our ‘Comandante President,’ to embalm it so that it remains open for all time for the people. Just like Ho Chi Minh. Just like Lenin. Just like Mao Zedong,” Maduro said.

He said the body would be held in a “crystal urn” at the Museum of the Revolution, a stone’s throw from Miraflores presidential palace.

The announcement followed two emotional days in which Chavez’s supporters compared him to Jesus Christ, and accused his

national and international critics of subversion.

A sea of sobbing, heartbroken humanity jammed Venezuela’s main military academy Thursday to see Chavez’s body, some waiting 10 hours under the twinkling stars and the searing Caribbean sun to file past his coffin.

But even as his supporters attempted to immortalize the dead president, a country exhausted from round-the-clock mourning began to look toward the future. Some worried openly whether the nation’s anointed leaders are up to the task of filling his shoes, and others said they were anxious for news on when elections will be held. The constitution mandates they be called within 30 days, but the government has yet to address the matter.

“People are beginning to get back to their lives. One must keep working,” said 40-year-old Caracas resident Laura Guerra, a Chavez supporter who said she was not yet sold on Maduro, the acting head of state and designated ruling party candidate. “I don’t think he will be the same. I don’t think he has the same strength that the ‘comandante’ had.”

At the military academy, Chavez lay in a glass-covered coffin wearing the olive-green military uniform and red beret of his paratrooper days and looking gaunt and pale, his lips pressed together. In a nod to the insecurity that plagues this country, mourners had to submit to a pat down, pass through a metal detector and remove the batteries from their mobile phones before they entered.

As they reached the coffin, many placed a hand on their heart or stiffly saluted. Some held up children so they could see Chavez’s face.

“I waited 10 hours to see him, but I am very happy, proud to have seen my comandante,” said 46-year-old Yudeth Hurtado,

sobbing. “He is planted in our heart.”

Government leaders had been largely incommunicado Wednesday as they marched in a seven-hour procession that brought Chavez’s body from a military hospital to the academy. They finally emerged before the cameras Thursday but offered no answers.

Asked when an election would be held, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said only that the constitution would be followed. He continued to refer to Maduro as “vice president,” though he also said the rest of the government was united in helping him lead the country.

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Sports

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Senior Send-Off

Marcus Rodrigue

Tigers face off against Ole Miss to close out regular season

Sports Contributor

LSU men’s basketball coach Johnny Jones couldn’t help but beam as he flashed back to 1984 and reminisced about his Senior Night.

The night couldn’t have gotten off to a more catastrophic start for the former LSU guard. Jones burst through a banner as he was introduced in the starting lineup, but he slipped on a piece of the banner as he turned to fist-pump at the crowd.

Jones cut open his left wrist when he hit the floor, but opted to play through the injury.

The stars aligned for Jones, who closed out his playing days in dramatic fashion. LSU was leading Florida by one point in the waning seconds when Jones picked off a pass and turned it into a layup at the other end to clinch the win for the Tigers.

Jones’ Senior Night mirrors the present-day Tigers’ (18-10, 9-8 Southeastern Conference) SEC campaign. The first four games of the conference schedule spelled disaster for the Tigers, as they came up short in each contest. But since then, LSU is 9-4 and is poised to improve that record when Ole Miss (22-8, 11-6 SEC) pays a visit to Baton Rouge on Saturday for Senior Day and the final game of the regular season.

“I don’t think any team wants to see us in the conference tournament right now,” said senior guard Charles Carmouche. “We could pretty much go at it with anybody, especially at a neutral site.”

Carmouche has been on a tear, scoring 20 points or more in four straight games. Carmouche will be SENIORS, see page 7

Tyler Nunez Sports Writer

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LSU senior guard Charles Carmouche (0) drives to the basket Feb. 6 during the Tigers’ 57-56 victory against Vanderbilt in the PMAC. Carmouche and three other seniors will be honored Saturday during their game against Ole Miss.

LSU to host Alabama in final home meet Marcus Rodrigue Sports Contributor

The No. 4 LSU gymnastics team will be fighting for more than a victory against No. 5 Alabama when the teams compete in the sixth annual Etta James Memorial Meet tonight in the PMAC. The Tigers (9-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), in conjunction with former LSU linebacker Bradie James’ Foundation 56, are using the annual Pink Meet as an opportunity to fundraise and increase breast cancer awareness.

James, who plays for the

LSU holds on to beat Auburn, 65-62 Lady Tigers face Georgia today

GYMNASTICS

Meet raises breast cancer awareness

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Houston Texans, established Foundation 56 in 2007, six years after breast cancer took the life of his mother. The foundation raises money to provide resources and assistance to breast cancer patients and survivors.

“We all have causes that are near and dear to us,” James said. “… It takes a little work, but that’s what it’s about. You want to give back as much as you can. This is not only a way to give back to [LSU] and be an ambassador and representative of the school, but to help people.”

The LSU gymnastics team hosted a Pink Meet a few years prior to partnering with Foundation 56, but coach D-D Breaux said PINK MEET, see page 7

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LSU sophomore all-arounder Rheagan Courville performs her floor routine March 1 during the Tigers’ 197-196 win against Georgia in the PMAC. The Tigers will take on Alabama at the annual Pink Meet tonight in the PMAC.

The No. 22 LSU women’s basketball team extended its recent hot streak into the postseason on Thursday night as it defeated Auburn 6562 in its Southeastern Conference Tournament opener.

The game was competitive for about 10 minutes before sixthseeded LSU (20-10, 11-6 SEC) put its foot on the gas and sped past No. 11 seed Auburn (16-14, 5-12 SEC), leading by as many as 18 points in the second half.

Auburn was able to make things interesting, cutting the deficit to within a possession with fewer than 10 seconds remaining, but it was too little, too late and LSU escaped with its seventh straight win.

LSU assistant coach Tony Perotti said the coaching staff reminded its team before the game that Auburn was playing for its life for a spot in the NCAA Tournament “Give them credit,” Perotti said.

“They got down a bunch, but they did not quit.”

Junior forward Theresa Plaisance led LSU with her seventh double-double of the season with 15 points and 14 rebounds.

LSU senior guard Adrienne Webb also had an impressive outing, shooting 7-for-12 from the field for 18 points.

LSU also got a spark off the bench from freshman guard Anne Pederson, who shot 4-for-7 for eight points.

“When we got [Pederson] opportunities to get open looks, she knocked down jumpers,” Perotti said. “That’s her game.”

Auburn was led by senior guard Blanche Alverson, who posted 17 points and nine rebounds in what was likely her last game at the program.

With the win, LSU moves on to the third round of the conference tournament where it will take on the third-seeded Georgia (24-5, 12-4 SEC) tonight.

The matchup comes almost a month after LSU defeated the thenNo. 9 Bulldogs 62-54 in what was LSU’s first victory of its current seven-game win streak.

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

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BASEBALL

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Tigers host Huskies in final series before conference play

Voth’s pitching may present challenges

Cape Cod, where Voth hit in the said. “Getting those runs out there mid-90s with his fastball and over- for Aaron will be big to give him powered many of some comfort.” his opponents – ‘I really want to treat Katz will team something the Tiup with left fielder these games as much Raph Rhymes to gers will see reguChandler Rome larly on Friday present the bigSports Writer like I would treat nights in the SEC. gest challenge of next weekend In its final tune up before “He’s a good Voth’s night, with Southeastern Conference series arm,” Katz said. [at Mississippi State] both seniors riding play begins, LSU (12-1) will treat “He throws hard; 11-game hitting as possible.’ its weekend series with Wash- a power guy. It’s streaks. ington as just that – a conference good for us to be Junior third Paul Mainieri weekend. able to see that gobaseman Christian LSU baseball coach The Huskies will do their best ing forward, espeIbarra also proto oblige. cially.” vides a challenge After tinkering with the Katz also played on Pehl’s at the bottom of the order as the lineup as the team ran over Ste- team in Cape Cod, remembering diminutive junior college transfer phen F. Austin and Sacred Heart him as a great hitter who uses all has quietly crept his way up the in the midweek, LSU coach Paul parts of the field and is especially stat sheet with a .375 batting avMainieri said he’ll send the usu- fond of the right-center field gap. erage, second on the team behind al gauntlet of Tiger hitters out Sophomore Aaron Nola will Rhymes. against the Huskies toe the rubber for the Mainieri said both Katz and Next up for (4-8).

Tigers looking for Rhymes’ early-season struggles “I really want to his second win of the didn’t worry him and now that the the Tigers: treat these games as season. The hard- two have returned to form, he’s much like I would Who: LSU (12-1) vs. throwing righty has been able to recall a piece of advice treat next weekend Washington (4-8) been stellar all season, bestowed to him as a young coach. [at Mississippi State] When: 7 p.m. Friday but he hasn’t factored “Eventually the good hitters as possible,” Mainieri in the decision during are going to hit,” Mainieri said.

Where: Alex Box Stadium his last two outings “Somebody once told me many said.

The Huskies will Listen at home: Eagle after underwhelming years ago that ‘When the dust setoffer up what Mainieri 98.1 WDGL FM run support. tles, the guys that are supposed to calls an SEC-caliber That needs to hit .400 will hit .400, the guys that arm in junior Austin Voth, the Pac- change tonight, Katz said, adding are supposed to hit .300 will hit 12 leader in strikeouts. Voth was that the Tigers need to strike quick- .300 and the guys that are supposed a Cape Cod League All-Star this ly against Voth to give Nola a cush- to hit .200 will hit .200.’” summer alongside Husky outfield- ion as he fills the strike zone with er Robert Pehl and already has 31 his patented pinpoint accuracy.

Contact Chandler Rome at strikeouts through 21.1 innings.

“We know what Aaron is gocrome@lsureveille.com; LSU junior first baseman Ma- ing to give us, and we’re going to son Katz recalled facing Voth in ride him like we always do,” Katz Twitter: @Rome_TDR

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SENIORS, from page 5

PINK MEET, from page 5

honored along with senior center Andrew Del Piero, senior forward Eddie Ludwig and walk-on junior guard Mychal Williams. Williams is a senior in terms of academics and has another year of eligibility remaining, but he will be honored with the seniors because it is uncertain if he will make the team next year.

Jones expressed the necessity of defending Ole Miss junior guard Marshall Henderson, whose dangerous jump shot Next up for has made him the SEC’s leadthe Tigers: ing scorer with Who: LSU (18-10, 19.6 points per game. The ri9-8 SEC) vs. Ole otous Rebel Miss (22-8, 11-6 guard has soSEC) lidified his When: 12:30 p.m. place as college b a s k e t b a l l ’s Saturday bad boy and is Where: PMAC infamous for Watch or listen taunting opposat home: SEC ing fans and, in Network, 98.1 FM one instance, throwing ice at his own student section.

“The intensity level will have to be there all the time,” Jones said.

“You can’t have any downtime. We refer to playing every second, every play all the time. When you talk about guarding someone like [Henderson], I think that’s ideal. … He has no limitation on what he’ll do or where he’ll do it from.”

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LSU junior all-arounder Sarie Morrison pumps up the crowd March 1 in the PMAC. Morrison is expected to compete on vault against Alabama tonight.

those meets were monetarily ineffective and only fostered awareness. She approached James about joining forces to raise money for the cause, which James said surprised him.

Though tonight’s spotlight will be on philanthropy, Senior Night and Alumni Night, the Tigers are still tasked with defeating the twotime defending national champion Crimson Tide (5-2-1, 4-2-1 SEC).

LSU did not fare well against Alabama when the two first squared off Jan. 18, as the Tigers recorded their lowest team score of the season in a 196.575 – 195.525 loss.

The main inconsistency for LSU is on balance beam, where the Tigers have faltered as of late. LSU ranks 18th in the nation on beam compared with its No. 1 ranking on floor, No. 2 position on vault and No. 6 ranking on uneven bars.

A poor performance on beam cost the Tigers a victory at Auburn two weeks ago, as LSU let a 0.350 lead slip away on the final rotation.

Sophomore all-arounder Rheagan Courville, whose all-around 39.480 regional qualifying score places her at No. 4 in the country, said the team has been working to rid itself of nerves in meet situations.

“Obviously [beam] is a nervewracking event, and it’s probably always going to be,” Courville said.

“But we just have to learn to control it. … We have a great anchor and a great start, and all the people in between have been doing their job most of the time. It just needs to come together.”

The Tigers may need that solid

beam performance to come together against Alabama, as LSU tallied a 48.650 – its lowest beam score of the season – in its previous loss to the Tide.

Junior all-arounder Sarie Morrison, whose persistent ankle injuries have been a cause for concern for Breaux, was held out of the vault competition in LSU’s 197.050 – 196.825 victory against No. 7 Georgia last week.

“Our vaulting team this year has the most depth that we’ve ever had since I’ve been on the team,” Morrison said. “I’m very confident in every person, and I know they’re all going to hit [their routines], and potentially most of them are going to stick their landings.”

The rationale behind keeping Morrison from vaulting was to preserve her ankles for the Alabama meet, and Breaux said she expects Morrison to be in the vault lineup on Friday night.

Courville dismissed the idea that the Tigers had peaked early and said her team is in a perfect position to improve.

“We’re in a great place, and I think we’ve really progressed through the season,” Courville said. “It’s just kind of our time to break out, and this can really be an opportunity for us to just have a great meet and beat them. They are beatable, and it would be great to beat the two-time defending national champions.”

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Court case proves Alabama definitely still racist SCUM OF THE GIRTH PARKER CRAMER Chief Columnist Is Alabama still racist?

Is the sky blue? Will the sun rise tomorrow?

Shelby County in Alabama, just southeast of Birmingham, is challenging the constitutionality of a federal law. The law requires areas with a history of racial discrimination to seek permission from the Department of Justice or a federal court before changing any voting laws.

Currently, these restrictions apply to nine states (primarily in the South) and parts of several others.

The Supreme Court is hearing the case.

This sounds to me like someone is trying to find a small answer to a much bigger question — is the South still racist?

Yes. A million times yes. A proverbial yes. But so is the rest of America.

The rest of the country sees us the way we see Mississippi — backward. Not because we’re any more crooked than them, but because they want to make

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People wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 27 to listen to arguments in the Shelby County, Ala., v. Holder case.

themselves feel less prejudiced.

Every region has a particular demographic that doesn’t bode well with the status quo. It’s not a uniquely Southern phenomenon.

Obviously, not all Southerners are racist, but every Southerner knows a racist. They come in all shapes and colors. I know several.

I probably know more racists than I do black people.

It’s not that I purposefully try to hang out with racists, I just hear racist comments coming from a lot of white mouths. It’s more subdued

than it was 30 or 40 years ago, but it’s still here.

Keep in mind, this is Baton Rouge. We have an eclectic mix of cultures here. It’s the state capital, which means we’re at least 8 percent less racist on average than the rest of Louisiana.

So how do you think Shelby County feels about black people?

Well, Shelby County is 85 percent white and only 11 percent black. Every elected official in Shelby County is white. And I don’t mean just normal white — I mean

Republican, hippie-hating white.

Not even the women have hair over their ears, everybody rocks the high n’ tight. Don’t believe me?

Shelby County’s government website has employee photos.

Only 5.7 percent of businesses in Shelby County are black-owned, while 92 percent are white-owned. More than 30 percent of businesses are owned by women, according to the most recent census data.

Clearly, whites dominate just about everything in Shelby County.

Even women, who have historically suffered similar prejudices as African-Americans, are doing way better than the average black person.

So how do we know they’re racist?

We don’t. I would bet my last dollar some of them are, but we can’t prove it.

The Voting Rights Act was put in place to ensure all Americans equal opportunity in political participation. So wouldn’t it make sense, in areas that used to hang black people for sport, to keep a watchful eye out?

Nobody can prove the current Shelby County is racist. But based on the old Shelby County, and the rest of Alabama, feelings of white supremacy are never far away.

So let’s just keep an eye on them and make sure everyone, including a small black minority, has their voices heard.

Parker Cramer is a 22-yearold political science senior from Houston.

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Assisted suicide laws deprive citizens of right to die FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist Here’s a question for the trivia fans out there: According to the preamble of our Declaration of Independence, what three “inalienable rights” are all men endowed with by their creator?

Hopefully you said, “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

If you’re trying to be a wise guy here, maybe you said, “Well originally it was ‘Life, liberty, and property,’ but…”

But nothing. That stuff doesn’t fly in trivia — not at Pluckers, not at Mellow Mushroom and certainly not here.

Now, on to the next question: what happens if two or more of those things are in conflict?

For example, what if the whole “pursuit of happiness” shtick isn’t

really applicable to your life anymore because you’re slowly and painfully dying from a debilitating terminal illness?

Sorry, I know it’s morbid, but it’s a reality some people face — people like 59-year-old Marie Fleming, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986 and is now entering its final stages.

Fleming, who lives in Ireland, is wheelchair bound, lives in constant pain and is afflicted by frequent choking fits that leave her exhausted.

Unable to help herself and with no chance of recovery, she wants to die peacefully in the arms of her long-term partner, Tom Curran.

Unfortunately for Fleming, there may be no reprieve from the pain. Assisted suicide is illegal in Ireland, although her lawyer is fighting to secure her right to die with dignity at the time of her choosing.

Here’s a tougher question, trivia fans. Why is assisted suicide

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illegal in Ireland, and, more importantly, in most of the U.S.?

Some objectors take a religious standpoint. “Suicide is not the answer,” they say. “There’s a reason for suffering.”

They might even suggest the Old Testament story of a prosperous and righteous man named Job as an example. God killed Job’s ten children, rained fire on his livestock and let Satan smite him like crazy — all because Satan said Job only loved God because he was blessed.

Toward the end, Job has just about had enough and said, “So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. I loathe it.”

He doesn’t kill himself, though, and finally God gives Job health and a brand new family, because families are interchangeable, right?

However, Fleming’s situation, hardly correlates. As I’ve previously stated, the outcome for Fleming is predetermined. The only

variable is how long she’ll suffer.

I find it difficult to believe Fleming will find something of spiritual significance just by prolonging that suffering.

Also, we have — at least in theory — separation of church and state. So even a moral opposition to suicide from a religious standpoint shouldn’t affect the government’s ruling on it.

Nonetheless, some might argue legalizing assisted suicide would open the way to abuse of that law.

Fleming’s lawyer Brian Murray said it best: “The fact that other people might break the law and cause involuntarily deaths is not in itself good constitutional justification.”

Furthermore, safeguards are in place in the three states where assisted suicide is already legal — Washington, Montana and Oregon.

In Oregon, for instance, a patient must make two oral requests, one written request, have only six months to live and meet a slew of

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It’s not a matter that’s taken lightly, and it shouldn’t be.

We place high value on sovereignty, but how much freedom does a person have over his or her life if he or she can’t choose to end it?

Suicide has been stigmatized by our culture, but assisted suicide offers some solace to the infirmed and terminally ill. Approximately 3 to 4 million animals are euthanized each year by the Humane Society.

How long until that humanity is extended to willing individuals who would otherwise languish in pain for the remainder of their lives?

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

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The Daily Reveille weighs in on Thursday night’s SG debate

by The Daily Reveille Editorial Board The first 39 minutes of the debate were wasted on useless, generic questions that told us practically nothing about how suitable these candidates were to lead the University. Both the panelist questions and the lightning round consisting of hard-hitting questions like, “What’s your favorite LSU landmark?” were inconsequential.

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John Woodard and T Graham S. Howell matched. Clearly, Student Government presidential style is a navy blue suit, a white button-down and a red tie with blue stripes.

Taylor Parks and Kaitlin Torké were far more charismatic than their male running mates. Parks was well-spoken and charming as the best speaker of the entire group.

The flashback to former SG President Cody Wells’ answer to “What is your Achilles’ heel?” was classic and wellplayed by Torké, who defined “Achilles’ heel” for us.

Torké’s answer about the three biggest issues facing campus right now was spoton: budget cuts, reaccrediation and retention. It would’ve been nice to hear more about how their plans actually affect these areas.

We should have heard a more specific discussion about minorities — black, Latino or international students, women, the LGBTQ community and others. As the candidates said themselves, they should represent all students, but we didn’t hear much about how every student on campus and his or her views will be represented.

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Attendance. The Holliday Forum was packed and students had to sit upstairs to watch the debate. We’re glad to see students were interested in the debate, though it appeared most people in attendance were on the tickets.

Travis Cobb was a respectable, classy moderator.

Though we would have liked to see more aggressiveness on his part, he was witty and kept the debate running quickly and on-time.

Howell sounded incredibly rehearsed and seemed robotic, while Woodard seemed awkward. Both presidential candidates should work on their public speaking skills if they want to represent a university of almost 30,000 students.

Neither presidential candidate proved that he knew anything about budget cuts, which is possibly the biggest and most important issue facing campus right now.

Howell said Gov. Bobby Jindal has made “valiant” efforts to help higher education, which is far from true, and couldn’t elaborate on a specific plan to fix higher education funding problems. Woodard said the problem stems from a lack of state funding, but administrators will tell you that the lack of state money isn’t entirely the problem. Several public state universities

receive little in state money, which helps them to be more autonomous. The difference between them and LSU is that they have large endowments and fundraising plans.

The topic on everyone’s minds after Thursday night’s SG meeting is Scantrons and blue books. We heard nothing about them and we have no idea if the candidates plan to continue giving free Scantrons and blue books to students year-round. SG is arguably best known among students for giving these to students for free.

There were so many problems with the entire discussion about the LSU System Board of Supervisors seat. Former SG President Cody Wells also claimed it was likely he would get the Board of Supervisors seat, which he didn’t. The idea that somehow the SG president sitting on the Board of Supervisors would mean that the vice president has to run all of campus is completely wrong. And neither candidate could give a concrete answer about why he should sit on the board. Woodard’s answer was better than Howell’s, but both fell short.

Instead of asking about issues that have recently come to light in the Greek community like hazing and sexual harassment, the Greek issues discussed were about mail delivery and waiting for the bus. Greek Life missed an opportunity to ask a hard-hitting question that pertained to all students, not only those who live in Greek houses.

Because the debate was so short, every answer was as surface-level as it gets. We would have preferred a longer session with real debate and real answers as opposed to this short format where we walked away feeling like we didn’t learn anything.

Where was the debate? Where was the clash? Woodard and Howell didn’t swipe at each other’s campaigns, nor did they attempt to give us a solid reason why the other campaign was bad. This seemed more like a question and answer session.

Buzzwords. Howell and Torké’s repeated use of their campaign slogan, “impact,” was tiresome five minutes into the debate. Woodard and Parks used “unite” a few times, but they didn’t go completely overboard with their usage of it.

Why did all of the candidates keep saying they have to work to be a mouthpiece for students? Shouldn’t they already be one? Isn’t that the definition of Student Government?

Closing statements. While Howell’s was stronger than Woodard’s, neither were interesting, memorable or impressive. Neither made us want to run to MyLSU and check off their names on our ballots.

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Transparency needed with domestic drones MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist When you play the game of drones, you win or you routinely get spied on by tiny, flying robots.

The U.S. Air Marshal Service has experimented with using drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, for domestic surveillance, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

In 2004 and 2005, the U.S. Marshals experimented with drone technology, but the experiment ended in failure when the drones crashed. The ACLU documents offer the first official glimpse into the program.

Nonetheless, the Marshals haven’t been open to giving out details about their experiment. Of the 30 pages they had on the program, only two were given to the

ACLU — and even those were heavily redacted.

Little is given about the nature of the program — when drones can be used, how they can be used, how they can’t be used, etc. — other than the machines’ role in providing surveillance during tactical operations.

Maybe the Marshals understood how domestic drones are being perceived by the American public.

A June 2012 poll by Monmouth University found that while 80 percent of Americans supported the use of drones for search-and-rescue missions and 67 percent support their use for tracking criminals, only 23 percent want drones to be used for routine matters such as speeding tickets.

Citizens are worried about the threat drones pose to their privacy if the machines became a routinely used technology. In fact, only 15 percent of respondents had no privacy concerns

when it came to drones.

The Seattle Police Department terminated its drone program last month, promising to send its equipment back to the manufacturers after public outcry at a city council meeting. Both houses of the Virginia Legislature passed bills putting a twoyear moratorium on the use of drones by law enforcement or regulatory agencies. Montana even has a bill that would make evidence acquired from a drone inadmissible in court.

If Americans are already at least a little concerned about domestic drones, how fearful will they be once drones become more common and more sophisticated?

Last year, Congress required the Federal Aviation Administration to loosen regulations and open air space for drones by 2015, so Americans should expect the machines to play a larger role in upcoming years.

The National Geographic’s John Horgan even detailed this

year that the Air Force is creating “micro air vehicles,” tiny drones the size of bugs.

I can’t see the American public reacting favorably to that when we already are having trouble with the ones we can identify.

A swarm of bug-sized robot spies sounds a little too Orwellian for me.

However, it’s possible to reach a middle ground without banning drones altogether. Drone programs can be transparent and laws designed to protect peoples’ privacy can be passed.

A bill in Florida that would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before deploying drones is moving through the state legislature.

A similar bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives by Representatives Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

Regulations such as these instill trust in the people that the government’s new toys aren’t

being abused.

Law enforcement agencies can similarly make more efforts to educate citizens about their drone policies and to ensure that the drones do not violate people’s privacy.

Drones aren’t scary in and of themselves. However, the secrecy that exists behind their policies and the lax protections afforded to the public make them concerning to many Americans.

If law enforcement and the government make more efforts to ensure privacy is protected, then maybe we can remove the stigma surrounding the technology.

And we humans can rest easy.

David Scheuermann is a 21-yearold journalism and computer science junior from Kenner.

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allows you to put anything in that pot you want – it’s not restricted by rules,” said Rae Phillips, co-organizer with the Audubon Kiwanis.

“Red chili has a restriction that you cannot have any fillers in that red chili for competition, which means beans, rice, pasta, nothing – just pure meats and seasonings. The green chili, which is chili verde, usually is white meat – like pork or chicken – that has green peppers in it.”

The 2012 Louisiana state champion in the chili verde category and 2013 cookoff chairman Jason Blevins said the chili made at the cookoff isn’t the typical “Super Bowl Sunday-type chili.”

“You really have to take care in what you’re doing,” he said. “It’s not just like you just throw everything in a pot and turn it on and let it cook and it’s done. You really have

DEBATE, from page 1

solution to fund higher education.”

Howell also said that he would focus on the Louisiana legislature for solutions to higher education funding problems as opposed to just the governor’s office.

Woodard said the decrease in the state’s funding of higher education has affected the University.

“In 2007, LSU received 60 percent from the state, and today it’s less than 40 percent,” Woodard said. “That is unacceptable.”

Woodard said the University should be supported by the state, rather than “scrapping” for money.

Another issue both candidates addressed was related to issues that are faced by minorities and underrepresented within SG, as Howell said minority representation in SG

to watch it, season as you go and create layers of flavor.”

It took Blevins an entire year to create his prize-winning chili recipe that gave him not only a chance at a world title but also $25,000.

“The world competition is a very unique experience — there are cooks from all over the world there and over 500 cooks [present],” he said.

Although Blevins didn’t win world recognition for his chili, he is taking the experience gained from cooking competitively at a high level to help organize this year’s cookoff.

According to Blevins, participants from all over the country, as well as former world champions, compete in the Baton Rouge cookoff, making the event a huge deal for competitive chili cooks.

“Winning this [competition] actually means a lot in the chili community,” he said. could be improved.

“When it comes to student diversity, Student Government is under-represented,” Howell said. “We have made great strides bringing in minorities and we plan on continuing these efforts.”

Woodard said he would reach out to under-represented groups like international and LGBTQ students.

“We want to take the time to understand the needs of these organizations,” Woodard said. “We want to take the time to listen to students from every different corner of campus, so that we know what issues need to be addressed.”

Each campaign also addressed environmental issues and sustainability.

“Going green is extremely important,” Howell said.

The Daily Reveille There is a rigorous judging process created by the ICS, Phillips said, which includes a private room for judges to taste different contestants’ chili in unmarked containers.

“They get a spoon full of chili [to taste] and then they each have a pallet cleanser in between the tasting of the chilies they have,” she said.

Prizes for different places in the various categories differ, but the top prize is $700 for a first place finish in the traditional chili category, the most coveted of the categories to win in the competition, according to Blevins.

Winners from each category will advance to the World’s Championship Chili Cookoff, set to take place in October 2013, and compete for prizes up to $35,000.

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com Howell also said sustainability, although not one of Impact LSU’s 26 listed initiatives, is important for his ticket.

Woodard said the University has implemented good sustainability initiatives and he hopes to implement new ones. He said the Unplugged energy conservation competition is a great program.

Woodard also said one of UNITE LSU’s initiatives is to increase the recycling of water bottles at home football games.

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or so.”

The shortage comes largely from the baby boomer generation. A large part of the physician work force is made of baby boomers, Farcy said. As they age, more retire, so there are fewer physicians. But the population at large will need more doctors as the baby boomers get older because there are more patients, he said.

“One the one hand, it means that patients can expect to spend even less time with their doctors — longer wait times, fewer doctors to see. This is leading us toward a model of health care that is team-based,” Farcy said.

A team-based model means more patients will be seen by nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants, he said.

The medical education community, led by the Association of American Medical Colleges, which represents all 141 accredited U.S. allopathic medical schools, is preparing for the physician shortage by building new medical schools around the country and expanding the number

of students admitted to medical school, according to the Kaplan survey.

Farcy said schools are also considering shortening medical school to three years, which could save students $50,000 in tuition.

In a recent interview, Steven Nelson, dean of LSU Health New Orleans, said the school is looking into expanding its school to a three-year accelerated program in Lafayette that is dedicated to primary care. He said they are also considering opening a fouryear research medical school at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge or expanding the New Orleans program to Baton Rouge so medical students would complete their basic sciences in New Orleans, but their clinical training would be at Our Lady of the Lake hospital.

“There are several different models we could follow,” Nelson said. “The interest is there, the need is there – it’s just a matter of funding.”

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