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TREY LABAT · Sports Contributor hat happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Tiger fans will find out Saturday when its revamped LSU offense meets Florida’s Southeastern Conference-leading defense. Florida (4-1, 2-0 SEC) brings in a defense that combines size and speed, which might remind a few people of LSU (5-1, 2-1 SEC) defenses from the past couple of seasons. “It’s the No. 1 defense against the
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Sophomore running back Jeremy Hill (33) runs with the ball Saturday as he attempts to score during the Tigers’ 59-26 victory against Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. Hill has scored nine TDs going into the Florida game.
The University has added 350 parking spots near the LSU Golf Course for those attending the LSU-Florida game on Saturday and for future games, the University announced in a news release. The spots will be free, but first come, first served, across the street from Alex Box Stadium said Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette in a news release. Tailgating will be allowed in the lot as long as the travel lanes are not being blocked, the Athletics Department’s Parking Manager Adam Smith said. The West half of the paved golf course lot, as well as a new grass parking area next to it, will provide the space — an attempt to EXTRA SPACES, see page 19
WORLD
Garment workers urge admin. to support fair trade companies
Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer
After years working in the unsafe garment industry, Yenni Perez and Maritza Vargas decided they were tired of constant physical and verbal abuse, pollution and low wages that only provided their families with one meal a day. That’s when their college clothing company, Alta Gracia Apparel, was born. Perez and Vargas’ company pays its workers nearly three times the local minimum wage and provides its employees with a safe working environment. They visited campus on Thursday to inform the campus community how students can be advocates for fair wages and human working conditions simply by checking clothing labels before making a purchase.
Amy Kessel, a representative for United Students Against Sweatshops, said the University bookstore carries a few of the company’s shirts and urged students to consider buying humanely made items rather than those made in sweatshops. With the help of a translator, the women described their plight for fair wages and better conditions. Vargas and Perez organized with other workers because working conditions were horrible, describing the factory as a “labyrinth.” The only option for workers to be heard was to unionize, Vargas said. Now both women are able to provide for their families and send their children to school. They said their whole town
feels the positive economic effects of the fair pay factory. Perez said Alta Gracia proves companies do not have to lose money for workers to get decent treatment and wages. “Alta Gracia was born out of a lot of sacrifices to see this industry change,” Perez said. The garment industry abuses women physically and verbally, and in some cases, women have also been tricked into going to foreign countries for better pay but are instead manipulated into selling their bodies, Vargas said. The women said students should ask University administration to create a reasonable space for Alta Gracia apparel and affiliate with worker rights consortiums. WORKERS, see page 19
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Maritza Vargas, garment worker from Alta Gracia Apparel, speaks to students about working conditions in the Domincan Republic. Amy Kessel, a representative for United Students Against Sweatshops, said the University bookstore carries some clothing items from Alta Gracia Apparel.
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INTERNATIONAL Fear grips Somali town raided by Navy SEAL commandos MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, a coastal town in Somalia where U.S. Navy SEALs came ashore in a failed raid last weekend, is gripped by fear and tension as residents worry they’ll be accused of spying and the insurgents ready for another attack. Foreign fighters and Somali members of al-Shabab have in recent years moved into the town, edged by red desert and emerald seas, as African Union peacekeeping troops and Somali government forces pushed the Islamic insurgent group from Somalia’s capital. Canada’s 82-year-old Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize in Literature STOCKHOLM (AP) — If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize, Alice Munro would probably win that, too. “Among writers, her name is spoken in hushed tones,” fellow Canadian author Margaret Atwood once wrote. “She’s the kind of writer about whom it is often said — no matter how well known she becomes — that she ought to be better known.” Munro, 82, was awarded literature’s highest honor Thursday, saluted by the Nobel committee as a thorough but forgiving chronicler of the human spirit.
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Armed al-Shabab fighters travel into Mogadishu on Dec. 8, 2008. International military forces carried out a pre-dawn strike Sat. against foreign fighters in the southern Somalia village where U.S. Navy SEALS four years ago killed a mostwanted al-Qaida operative, officials said.
Chemical weapons inspectors visit 3 Syria sites, seek to destroy stockpiles BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, a spokesman said Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country’s stockpile and delivery systems amid a raging civil war. Underscoring the complexity of the mission, a regime warplane bombed the rebel-held town of Safira, an activist group said. A regimecontrolled military complex believed to include chemical weapons facilities is located near the town.
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2nd U.S. astronaut in orbit dies Thurs. at 88-years-old from stroke
Stolen motorcycles, tractor, drugs seized, 3 suspects arrested
DENVER (AP) — Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth, was guided by two instincts: overcoming fear and quenching his insatiable curiosity. He pioneered his way into the heights of space and the depths of the ocean floor. “Conquering of fear is one of life’s greatest pleasures and it can be done a lot of different places,” he said. His wife, Patty Barrett, said Carpenter died Thursday in a Denver hospice of complications from a September stroke. He lived in Vail. Mother of American detained in North Korea allowed to visit her son
NEW IBERIA (AP) — The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office estimates that $40,000 worth of stolen items from Iberia and surrounding parishes have been recovered in a burglary investigation A news release from Sheriff Louis Ackal says the items include electronics, utility trailers, motorcycles and even a farm tractor. The discovery of some of the items at an Iberia Parish residence led to an investigation that led detectives to another location, where they found more stolen items and illegal drugs. Three suspects have been arrested in the case and authorities were searching Thursday for a fourth.
SEATTLE (AP) — The mother of an American man detained in North Korea for the past 11 months is being allowed to visit him, his family said Thursday. Myunghee Bae of Lynnwood has arrived in Pyongyang and was scheduled to meet with her son, Kenneth Bae, Friday morning local time, Bae’s sister Terri Chung told The Associated Press. “We’re very happy she’s being allowed to visit him,” Chung said. “It’s been a long time. I think it will be a source of comfort and encouragement for him.”
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Scott Carpenter, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, and the second American to orbit the Earth died Thursday.
Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 28 years in federal prison for corruption DETROIT (AP) — A former Detroit mayor was sent to federal prison Thursday, after offering little remorse for the corruption under his watch but acknowledging he let down the troubled city during a critical period before it landed in bankruptcy. Prosecutors argued that Kwame Kilpatrick’s “corrupt administration exacerbated the crisis” that Detroit now finds itself in. A judge agreed with the recommendation that 28 years in prison was appropriate for rigging contracts, taking bribes and putting his own price on public business.
Judge wont dismiss ex-BP engineer’s indictment for deleting messages NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss obstruction-of-justice charges against a former BP engineer accused of deleting text messages and voicemails about the company’s response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval rejected claims that there were serious defects in the grand jury proceedings that led to Kurt Mix’s indictment.
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National Sober tailgates offer gameday alternative Coming Out Day celebrated Elizabeth Thomas Contributing Writer
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While the entire month of October — LGBT History Month — is special in the LGBT community, Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, is set aside for those in the process of coming out. Spectrum, a campus LGBT group, will host a discussion in the Women’s Center for all students who want to learn what it means to “come out” at 6 p.m. tonight. While all of October celebrates LGBT history, the 11th was chosen because it is the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Micah Caswell, graduate coordinator for the LGBTQ Project in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said he hopes this year, students at the University will recognize the day as special to all those struggling to define who they are. “The idea behind it is to give it a day that people can come out to their loved ones if that is what they are ready for,” Caswell said. Caswell said the process of coming out is often delicate and can be one of the most personal and important decisions in a person’s life. “Coming out is extremely empowering,” Caswell said. “Many LGBT people go through some part of their life hiding something. ... Coming out is when you claim yourself instead of letting other people do that for you.” Caswell said a day dedicated to coming out is important because it provides a feeling of solidarity to anyone who struggles with finding out who they are. “The day is such a simple thing,” Caswell said. “But if you do it on Oct. 11, you can do it on a day where you know that others all across the country stand with you and are doing the same thing.” National Coming Out Day is an integral part to LGBT history month, and Caswell said he hopes having a meeting on campus will help reach out to anyone who needs help with the process. “When you come out, sometimes you can feel isolated,” Caswell said. “On Oct. 11, you can know people are standing with you, even if you do not know them.”
Contact William Morris at wmorris@lsureveille.com
A program named Recovery First Tailgaters is looking to change your typical Saturday tailgate routine. The program, an extension of St. Christopher’s Addiction Wellness Center, provides students with a safe place to tailgate in an alcohol- and drug-free zone. “We are just a bunch of fun people who don’t drink anymore,” said Director of Business Development at St. Christopher’s Felicia Kleinpeter. Dwayne Beason, president and owner of St. Christopher’s, started the Recovery First Tailgaters last year with a tailgate for the LSU v. Alabama game. Kleinpeter said these tailgates provide a safe haven for those who are in recovery or are just looking to tailgate without the pressure of drinking. “There are students that do not want to be exposed to the level of drinking and insanity during an LSU tailgate,” Kleinpeter said.
This week’s tailgate for the LSU v. Florida game will be located in the middle of the Old Alex Box Stadium parking lot and is the third RV on the right. Flags displaying a tree symbol are displayed at every sober tailgating with the college’s team colors. Free food, games and televisions will be available at the tailgates. Students who attend the tailgate should not worry about the event being a marketing tool for recruitment or that they will be approached about alcohol and drug treatment, Kleinpeter said. She said the tailgate is just an opportunity to gather a group of people who don’t drink anymore for some college football fun. “You can just show up, eat food and then leave if you want,” Kleinpeter said. “We just don’t want the community to think that we are soliciting business.” The only requirement when attending their tailgates is to respect the alcohol- and drug-free environment, Kleinpeter said. Recovery First Tailgaters is
teaming up with other schools across the nation, such as UCLA and the University of Texas, to have sober tailgates. Kleinpeter said the program trademarked its name and logo, but it’s letting others use it in an attempt to brand the tree with being associated as a safe place. “If [students] move away and they want to start sober tailgating, they can get the Recovery First Tailgaters logo and start their own sober tailgates,” Kleinpeter said.
The program currently only holds tailgates for college football games but plans to expand to professional football games and concerts. For more information on Recovery First Tailgaters and a list of its events, visit its website: www.recoveryfirsttailgaters.com.
Contact Elizabeth Thomas at ethomas@lsureveille.com
OCTOBER
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Sister Hazel - L'Auberge Casino Hotel Baton Rouge
4:00 PM
Oktoberfest - Rivertown New Orleans Andy Forest - The Spotted Cat Music Club
5:00 PM
Baton Rouge/Pine Grove Corn Maze - Courville Cornfield Rick Trolsen - Old Point Bar
6:00 PM
Kermit Ruffins - Blue Nile Washboard Chaz Blues Trio - The Spotted Cat Music Club Moonshiners Jazz Band - The Three Muses
UREC Open Challenge Course
6:30 PM
The 13th Gate Haunted House - 13th Gate Haunted House
Adventure Education will be hosting open challenge course hours Be sure to bring athletic clothes and closed toe shoes Deadline registration is Oct. 11 2013
7:00 PM
The Mortuary Haunted House - The Mortuary LSU vs. University of Missouri Soccer - LSU Soccer Facilities LSU vs. Ole Miss Volleyball - PMAC RISE Haunted House - RISE Haunted House
7:30 PM
Passion Pit - The Civic Theatre-New Orleans Louisiana Gospel Tradition - Baton Rouge River Center You're Ok! How Am I? - Baton Rouge Little Theater Wonders of the Fall Sky - Highland Road Park Observatory
8:00 PM
ComedySportz - La Nuit Comedy Theater A Night with Cameryn Moore - Shadow Box Theatre The House of Shock - House of Shock Love and Theft - Texas Club NoiseCoil - Phil Brady's Bar & Grill Bustout Burlesque - House of Blues New Orleans The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters - Preservation Hall
9:00 PM
Dirty Disco 5 Year Celebration Pt. 2 - Splash Night Club The Tomatoes The Scoreceses - Mud and Water NuCorp - Paragon Casino Resort Derrick Freeman's Smokers World - Blue Nile Braids - One Eyed Jacks Mike "Soulman" Baptiste - Rock 'N' Bowl Mutzie - The Funny Bone Comedy Club Rachael Hallack - Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's
9:30 PM
Hug Life - Adult Improv Show - La Nuit Comedy Theater Chapel Blues - Old Point Bar
EVENTS
Myrtles Plantation Halloween Experience Haunted tours from 6-9pm Oct. 25 Admission is only $10 and can be bought ahead or at the door. www.myrtlesplantation.com for more or call 225-635-6277
$10 Race Night Take advantage of $10 races on the outdoor track all night! Come be a rockstar at Baton Rouge’s premiere indoor kart facility, Rockstar Racing! www.rockstarracing.net
10:00 PM
Cottonmouth Kings - The Spotted Cat Music Club Red Baraat - Tipitina's - New Orleans Bingo Players - Club Ampersand DJ Dizzi - Howlin' Wolf The Wild Magnolias - D.B.A. Corey Henry's Treme Funktet - Blue Nile
10:30 PM
Stand Up Showcase - La Nuit Comedy Theater Bustout Burlesque - House of Blues New Orleans Rebirth Brass Band - Howlin' Wolf Rotary Downs - Chelsea's Cafe
Dance to the Beat in Pink Come out to this FREE dance party in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Dance like you never have before and don’t forget to wear PINK! Clif Bars and other giveaways will be on hand for those best dressed in PINK!
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Comedy Central comes to campus for show Elizabeth Thomas Contributing Writer
Comedy Central on Campus brought three of its favorite, hot, upcoming comedians to the LSU Student Union Theatre Thursday evening. Kevin Barnett from MTV2’s “Guy Code,” Thomas Middleton from the HBO Series “Silicon Valley” and T.J. Miller from “She’s Out of My League” gave individual stand-up performances discussing race, homophobia, drugs, puking, Evian Natural Mineral Water Facial Spray and much more. “I’m here to talk about some real shit,” Miller said. The show began with a performance from the winner of LSU’s Last Comic Standing Amber Arnold, also known as “Candy Rox,” who was able to hang out backstage with the comedians before and after the show. Arnold, a biology sophomore, made jokes about how she takes pride in being white and how she has plans to claim friends’ possessions once they die. Following her performance, Barnett came on stage. Before the show, Barnett said if it was his last day on earth and he could only do one thing, he would do as many back flips as he can do drunk.
“I’ve tried drunk backflips Saturday obsession, how it is difbefore, but that was back in the ficult for a man to take a good picday when I didn’t believe in my- ture of a woman and his marijuaself,” Barnett said. “I think I can na use. He also said he considers do about eight and a half.” himself a radical and progressive When asked to describe him- feminist. self, Barnett jok“Why are ingly responded there no snow with “black, hats ‘I’m here to talk about women?” Miller and tired.” said. “Why are some real shit.’ He explained we teaching our to the audience young women evthat he and his ery winter that we T.J. Miller friends consider must build men up comedian themselves heavy in our society just pranksters and to see them melt described his most memorable away in the summer like a bad pranks, which include convinc- fourth of alcohol?” ing his homophobic friend that The crowd erupted in laughhe performed sexual acts with ter as Miller described how he another male while intoxicated at would create a snow women by a club. carving breasts. Middleton came to the stage Miller also threw giveaways next for his stand-up performance into the crowd including one of of “whimsical jokes.” The Cana- his Comedy Central specials on dian comedian compared the Uni- DVD, his fake album, a remix CD versity to Hogwarts and told the to his fake album and Koozies. audience his best puke story from The show ended with Mida scuba diving trip in Australia. dleton joining Miller on stage for “They are swimming and an improvisational performance floating, and all of the sudden of a summer job as a lifeguard little yellow remnants start float- gone wrong. ing down and next thing I know, they are playing with my vomit,” Middleton said. Miller gave the last standContact Elizabeth Thomas at up performance in which he ethomas@lsureveille.com discussed his Raising Cane’s
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Comedy Central comedian Kevin Barnett does stand-up comedy Thursday during Comedy Central on Campus in the LSU Union Theater.
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State, local officials LSU raising violence awareness lead in energy law Desiree Robertson Contributing Writer
Olivia McClure Contributing Writer
State and local governments will be leaders in dealing with new energy law challenges, be helping set public opinion and encouraging new sources of energy, according to Florida State University College of Law professor Hannah Jacobs Wiseman. Wiseman’s lecture was part of an event Thursday launching the Liskow and Lewis Visiting Professorship in Energy Law at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The professorship, made possible by Liskow and Lewis, a law firm with offices in New Orleans, Lafayette and Houston, will annually fund visiting scholars to the new John P. Laborde Energy Law Center. Energy law in the U.S. has changed significantly in the past three to five years, Wiseman said, because of developments in production such as hydraulic fracturing — commonly known as fracking — and renewable energy becoming more price competitive. Recent changes to federal policies have also affected energy law, she said. Fracking has made states such as Louisiana, Texas and Pennsylvania leaders in energy production from shales — underground formations that were long considered not useful — which has led to lower natural gas prices and increased manufacturing in the U.S., Wiseman said. Renewable energy production using wind and biofuels has also grown in recent years, but that trend is often ignored in the South even though those energy sources are becoming more affordable, she said. Wiseman said people often think federal government can do the most for energy development through policy creation and enforcement, but in fact, state and local actors may be
more effective. Sub-federal governments impose environmental regulations and control zoning and permits, so it is important for state and local officials to work toward common energy goals, she said. Because local governments must deal with people who protest issues such as fracking or building wind farms, they must also remember they are influential in setting public opinion on these issues, Wiseman said. Wiseman said sub-federal governments should work to enhance regulations while encouraging development to ensure energy is affordable, reliable and clean. She said local and state agencies can help by addressing infrastructure needs of companies moving into the area. Activism is often organized locally, so sub-federal governments should cooperate to resolve conflicts that arise when local organizations want to ban energy practices such as fracking while the state government sees it as a positive step economically, Wiseman said. States can create sustained economic growth by passing laws on how to decommission old energy facilities and impose severance taxes on resources that can be reinvested into communities. Energy companies can also encourage economic growth by hiring local people when they move into an area, she said. Wiseman said it is important to remember that fossil fuels and renewable energy can coexist. By involving people at the sub-federal level, government and companies can better cooperate to explore energy alternatives for the future.
Contact Olivia McClure at omcclure@lsureveille.com
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Fall Fest today at 11 on Parade Ground Elizabeth Thomas Contributing Writer
The University Fall Fest celebration kicks off Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to welcome more than 30,000 students, faculty and staff to the University with free food, entertainment, vendors, activities and giveaways. With a new location on the Parade Ground and an extra hour added to this year’s event, Fall Fest gives the University community the opportunity to visit more than 60 department and vendor displays and share their love for the campus culture. The annual event will feature performances by the CJ Solar Band, the LSU Cheerleaders, the LSU Tiger Girls Dance Team, The Golden Band from Tigerland, the Legacy Dancers and a step show preformed by LSU fraternities and sororities.
There will be a food court located near the middle of the Parade Ground that will serve free hamburgers, sausage po-boys, vegetarian burgers and chips with proof of Tiger Card or a prospective LSU student event wristband. Local vendors such as Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Smoothie King and Kona Ice will also be giving away various food and drink items. LSU President F. King Alexander will give a welcome address along with LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell, LSU Vice Chancellor for Student Life and Enrollment Services Kurt Keppler and Student Government President John Woodard. Contact Elizabeth Thomas at ethomas@lsureveille.com
The University is bringing awareness to sexual and domestic violence by giving students a place to share their stories at Take Back the Night, a candlelight vigil and march on Sunday. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at Memorial Tower with live music from the band Storywood along with free food and T-shirts, said Kathryn Saichuk, Health Promotions coordinator for the Student Health Center. During the event, the names of all of the people who lost their lives due to sexual or domestic violence in the past year will be read, and a silhouette to represent the person will be held by someone in the audience, Saichuk said. Before a 1-mile march through campus, students and people from the community will present information about domestic and sexual violence, and survivors will share their stories, said Summer Steib, Women’s Center director. At last year’s event, psychology junior Courtney Brandabur shared her personal story of being attacked and how she found healing. Brandabur said she realized that she couldn’t change what happened to her, but she could control how she handled the situation and how it affected her. She said she didn’t want to be naïve about what happened, but she was determined to be positive. While Brandabur said speaking at such a large and public event like Take Back the Night was hard and intimidating, it helped her
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Baton Rouge residents gathered Oct. 14, 2012, in front of the Memorial Tower for Take Back the Night and created T-shirts for the Clothesline Project.
find strength. Brandabur said it was one of the most empowering things she had done and it began her journey as a women’s activist. She founded Girl Warrior and now helps women from the University and the surrounding community. Take Back the Night allows girls to become more aware about sexual violence. This is beneficial to the University because, statistically, it is likely that women will either deal with sexual violence themselves or have friends that will, Brandabur said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five women will experience an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. Also, one in four women will experience intimate partner violence, according to The Department of Justice. Brandabur said more events like Take Back the Night are needed in
the community to help survivors, but sexual violence is still a taboo subject, and survivors often feel shame about what happened to them. Saichuk said events like Take Back the Night are important because they help participants understand how traumatic relationship violence affects people and that there are many campus and community resources for anyone who is in a dangerous situation. “We don’t have to except behavior and attitudes that are derogatory toward us when we are in a relationship,” Saichuk said. Steib said this event helps make sexual and domestic violence real for students because they don’t just get to hear the numbers but get to see people who are affected. Often times it’s people they see every day.
Contact Desiree Robertson at drobertson@lsureveille.com
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Friday, October 11, 2013
University receives record making grant for computer NSF donates $3.92 million to program Renee Barrow
Contributing Writer
The University’s Center for Computation and Technology recently received a recordbreaking grant to purchase a new supercomputing cluster known as SuperMIC. This will add to the University’s collection of supercomputers. Deputy Director for the CCT Honggao Liu said $3.92 million of the funding came from the National Science Foundation.
“We want to use the cluster to train a new generation of scientists including faculty, researchers and students,” Liu said. SuperMIC is categorized as a heterogeneous, high performance computing (HPC) cluster. What makes this technology the most up-to-date is Intel Xeon Phi and NVIDIA Kepler K20X graphics processing unit accelerators. According to the project proposal, heterogeneous computing clusters are becoming the norm for such systems; three of the top 10 Top 500 supercomputers use accelerators. With this program, Liu said more students will be attracted to
computer science study areas. “It will attract not only students, but more high profile faculty as well,” Liu said. Current members of the University community can benefit from SuperMIC immediately, including ongoing research. Projects include a collaboration between the CCT and biological sciences department concerning drug discovery, another pertaining to climate change and a black hole simulation, Liu said. SuperMIC will be open for use by the University community. Any student — undergraduate or graduate — will have an opportunity to use it, if they are
working with research staff, said James Lupo, assistant director of computational enablement for the CCT and SuperMIC project director. “This is history in the making,” Liu said. “Fifteen years ago, we couldn’t say that computers are as fast as they are now.” Liu believes this is the next step in computer science, as a field of study and industry. “Computation is one of the most important aspects of scientific discovery,” Liu said. “Our goal is to prepare our students for this and have a big future impact.” The project has paved the way for other opportunities,
such as Beowulf Boot Camp, a summer camp for exposing high school students to supercomputing. At the camp, participants will assemble a system and learn to program. Planning for the future of supercomputing will help the growth of Louisiana’s economy, Liu said. “We are trying to increase efforts to work with businesses,” Lupo said. “We are talking to a few companies now.”
Contact Renee Barrow at rbarrow@lsureveille.com
RESEARCH
University awarded $1 million for research data Alyson Gaharan News Editor
The National Science Foundation awarded University faculty nearly $1 million for a campus-wide project aimed at bringing “big data” computational capabilities to LSU research groups, the University announced in a news release on Thursday. The project, officially titled “CC-NIE Integration: Bridging, Transferring and Analyzing Big Data over 10Gbps Campus-Wide
Software Defined Networks,” will help University researchers develop advanced technology and cyber infrastructure they need to complete genome sequencing research, the news release stated. Seung-Jong Park, associate professor of computer science with joint appointment in the Center for Computation and Technology, along with co-investigators Joel Tohline, Sean Robbins, Lonnie Leger and K. Gus Kousoulas are just some of the faculty members involved in this new project, the release said.
“Big Data is a very hot term right now,” Park said. “Genome sequencing is one of the major drivers for Big Data research. It is not unusual to produce many terabytes of data in sequencing the human genome, or trillions of digital information bytes. But processing terabytes of data has been a headache for researchers using their own equipment.” Because genome sequencing requires large amounts of data processing, it requires immense computational power and data storage capabilities, which the grant money
will help fund. Although the University already has multiple powerful supercomputers, they are not adapted for big data, which the project requires. “But that is set to change. Park and colleagues are building a highspeed intra-campus network that will connect separate lab groups on campus to LSU’s primary supercomputer facility,” the release states. The network – collaboration with Samsung Electronics – will be similar to cloud computing and will eliminate the need for separate
supercomputers because every researcher could be connected on a single network. “The cyberinfrastructure developed at LSU with this NSF funding can serve as a model for facilitating and promoting biomedical and other research collaborations among all LSU campuses and other institutions in Louisiana in the future,” Kousoulas said. Contact Alyson Gaharan at news@lsureveille.com
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PLAYER TO WATCH
Bayou Madness The LSU men’s and women’s basketball teams held the inaugural “Bayou Madness” in the PMAC on Thursday. Both the men’s and women’s rosters were introduced to fans, and LSU players competed in a dunk contest and a 3-point shoot out.
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RECEIVING RUSHING PASSING
GATORS’ 2013 STATISTICS
Tyler Murphy
530 yards, 1 INT, 5 TD
Matt Jones
352 yards, 75 ATT, 2 TD
Solomon Patton
348 yards, 19 REC, 4 TD
TEAM STAT COMPARISON 2012 - 2013 STATS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE FLA: 125 points, 25 points per game LSU: 273 points, 45.5 points per game
Rushing offense FLA: 960 yards, 192 yards per game, 8 TD LSU: 1,184 yards, 197.33 YPG, 20 TD
Passing offense FLA: 1,007 yards, 201.4 YPG, 7 TD LSU: 1,749 yards, 291.5 YPG, 15 TD
TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE FLA: 217 points, 12.2 points per game LSU: 367 points, 24.7 points per game
Rushing defense FLA: 325 yards, 65 YPG, 3 TD LSU: 957 yards, 159.50 YPG, 9 TD
Passing defense FLA: 760 yards, 152 YPG, 3 TD LSU: 1,245 yards, 207.5 YPG, 7 TD TREY LABAT / The Daily Reveille
There are things synonymous with a college football Saturday. Grill smoke fills the air, Southeastern Conference defenses surrender more points than ever, LSU fans exit the stands before halftime and Florida head coach Will Muschamp contorts his face in ways not thought possible. Of all the aforementioned pageantry, I most enjoy Muschamp’s antics. Is his sideline demeanor unprofessional? To some extent. Overzealous? Probably. But it’s all for the love of the game. Whether he’s spiking his headset into the turf, grabbing a player’s face mask to give him extra coaching or making his veins bulge out of his head and neck, Muschamp’s in-your-face style brings with it an unrivaled passion for his players not displayed by many other coaches. And before Tiger fans extend to boorishly lambasting their oncerevered defensive coordinator as he runs out of the visiting locker room Saturday, remember where that passion was cultivated. In a magical 2003 season that will be remembered Saturday, Muschamp oversaw a filthy Tiger defense littered with future NFL talent that brought LSU to the promised land. Muschamp hasn’t
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LSU senior guard Andre Stringer (10) participates in a dunk competition Thursday as a part of Bayou Madness in the PMAC.
MUSCHAMP, see page 15
SOCCER
Tigers to take on Missouri tonight LSU heads into game as SEC lead Marcus Rodrigue Sports Contributor
At the halfway point of its Southeastern Conference schedule, the LSU soccer team couldn’t be in a better position. The Tigers (8-3-2, 4-0-1 SEC)
are the only unbeaten team in the conference and currently sit atop the standings five games through the SEC slate. LSU is off to its best start in conference play in program history, and its six-game unbeaten streak will be at stake when Missouri (6-6-1, 2-2-1 SEC) pays its first ever visit to the LSU Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m. tonight. LSU enters tonight’s matchup MISSOURI, see page 15
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Freshman forward Summer Clarke (4) weaves between University of Tennessee players Sept. 27 at the LSU Soccer Stadium.
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Fla. student newspaper sports editor on Saturday’s game Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer
Each week The Daily Reveille presents a firsthand view of LSU’s latest opponent as we team up with beat writers from student newspapers around the country. This week we talk to The Independent Florida Alligator sports editor Phillip Heilman for Saturday’s game against the Gators. Tyler Murphy is in charge of the Florida offense now that Jeff Driskel is injured. What does Murphy bring to the table Driskel didn’t? Heilman: It seems crazy to say, but Tyler Murphy brings poise and precision to the quarterback position that Jeff Driskel often failed to offer. Murphy — a guy who was passed over numerous times by multiple quarterbacks during the past few years — has shown an ability to avoid turnovers and negative plays. He knows where to go with the ball and has an ability to move around in the pocket to buy himself added time. The LSU defense has been shaky at times this season. How does Florida plan to attack the Tigers? Heilman: Even with Murphy playing well, the key to Florida’s offense is still the ground game. That’s how UF beat LSU last season — by grinding out the clock with running plays. Although the Gators have more explosive receivers than they have had in years past, Matt Jones and Mack Brown will still be leaned on heavily in the game. Florida lays claim to the SEC’s top defensive unit, but the LSU offense has been explosive through the first half of the season. How do the Gators plan to stop quarterback Zach Mettenberger and the Tiger offense? Heilman: Florida leads the SEC in nearly every defensive category. The key to that is pressure. Dante Fowler Jr. and Jonathan Bullard can really get after the quarterback. In the secondary, Florida has a plethora of NFL talent in Marcus Roberson
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Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy (right)celebrated his 42-yard touchdown interception during the first half of the Gators’ 30-10 win against Arkansas on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla.
(if he plays), Loucheiz Purifoy and Vernon Hargreaves III. Saturday features one of the best position matchups in the nation when Florida cornerbacks Vernon Hargreaves and Loucheiz Purifoy go against LSU wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. What can we expect from the Gators’ side of this battle and any idea which Gator lines up against which receiver? Heilman: The battle between Florida’s secondary and LSU’s receiving corps is going to be tremendous. It’s hard to say which cornerback will be covering which receiver because Florida likes to mix coverage and blitz its corners from time to time. What I can tell you is Florida employs a very physical secondary that will look to knock LSU’s receivers off their line. I would be surprised to see much, if any, zone coverage, and Florida won’t give any cushion. Who are the Florida players to watch on Saturday that some Tiger fans may not be familiar with heading into the game? Heilman: Solomon Patton has been extremely productive at the
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Florida defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy (15) runs for a 42-yard touchdown after intercepting an Arkansas pass during the first half of the Gators’ 30-10 win against Arkansas in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday.
receiver position this season after not doing much the rest of his career. On the defensive side of the ball, Michael Taylor always seems to be around the play. Prediction? Heilman: LSU 20, Florida 13. Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs1313_TDR
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O’Bryant impressed Tigers return home for this by newcomers’ ability season’s third SEC match Tigers settling into roles as a team Cole Travis
Sports Contributor
With the start of the season just more than a month away, the LSU men’s basketball team is hard at work trying to combine a veteran core with a top-10 recruiting class to make the Tigers’ first NCAA Tournament team since 2009. Nowhere is this process more evident than in the front court, where First Team All-Southeastern Conference junior forward Johnny O’Bryant III and senior Shavon Coleman are surrounded by five freshmen and a transfer junior. The Tigers’ leading scorer and rebounder last season, O’Bryant has taken it upon himself to be a more vocal leader and to use his experiences to help the younger players learn the game, much like former LSU forward Malcolm White did for him, O’Bryant said. “Things are not always going to go your way when you are a freshman or any time in college, but you have to have guys that are there for you,” O’Bryant said. “Malcolm was like that for me, so that’s how I’m going to be.” Among O’Bryant’s pupils is freshman forward Jarell Martin — the No. 11 recruit according to ESPN. While Martin is listed at 6 feet 9 inches and 241 pounds, LSU coach Johnny Jones said he is the type of player that could play any position on the court. O’Bryant agreed with Jones’ sentiment, saying Martin has shown great versatility since arriving at LSU. “[Martin] will play at the
next level someday,” O’Bryant said. “He can do so much, that’s what amazes me. He can knock down the deep three, he can take his man off the dribble, he can cut back door [and] he can post up low.” ACTIVE DEFENSE Junior guard Anthony Hickey made a name for himself last season by picking the pockets of opponents. Hickey finished with 2.9 steals per game — an SEC best and third overall in the NCAA. Hickey may have some competition in that department this year as some of the freshmen are expected to be impact performers on defense. Freshman forward Jordan Mickey’s 6-foot-8-inch frame allows him to cover larger players. But throw in a 72-inch wingspan and freakish athleticism, and he could be a matchup nightmare. “Mickey has that next level of athleticism,” O’Bryant said. When Hickey heads to the bench, the Tigers will use a variety of players to make up for his play making ability. One of the likely choices is freshman guard Tim Quarterman, a true point guard who is familiar with Jones’ aggressive up-tempo style of play from high school. Quarterman said the Tigers’ overall athleticism should benefit the defense. “This team is going to be really good at defense because we have really long defenders and everybody is so competitive that they don’t want the other person to score,” Quarterman said.
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the Tigers would win consecutive matches for the first time since the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup in The LSU volleyball team re- September. Head coach Fran Flory turns home to take on Ole Miss on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. in pointed to a newfound energy on the PMAC. The match is the sec- offense as an explanation for the ond for the Tigers in a stretch that recent resurgence in play. “We finally found it and we sees them play three matches in created,” Flory said. “We hit refive days. LSU (11-3, 1-1 Southeast- ally good shots and that was something that was ern Conference) is needed.” coming off a victoriNext up for Flory credited ous trip to College junior setter Malorie the Tigers: Station, Texas, on Wednesday in which Who: LSU (11-3, 1-1) Pardo as being an essential component of it overcame a two-set the Tiger offense as deficit before even- vs. Ole Miss (10-7, her 46 assists and 10 tually beating Texas 0-4) digs against the AgA&M in five sets for When: 7 p.m. today gies will attest. the Tigers’ first SEC Where: PMAC Pardo is taking a victory. streak of seven conThe Tigers are secutive matches with looking to improve their conference record against a double-double into the matchup the Rebel Black Bears (10-7, 0-4 against Ole Miss. Pardo said the Tigers are SEC) who have yet to win an eager to start another winning SEC match. Despite its penchant for streak after dropping back-tothrilling comebacks, LSU is fo- back matches for the first time cused on getting off to better this season, and history shows starts and not falling behind in the Tigers are in good position to the early sets, said senior middle do just that. LSU has enjoyed a successful blocker Desiree Elliott. “I think we were just worried about [the opponent’s side] and not what we were doing,” Elliott said. “Once we figured that out, we really put it together.” With a win against Ole Miss, Dimitri Skoumpordis Sports Contributor
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Junior Malorie Pardo serves Aug. 30 against Texas San Antonio. The Lady Tigers took home a 3-1 victory.
run against Ole Miss in the Flory era as the team has won 22 of 29 matchups against the Rebel Black Bears.
Contact Dimitri Skoumpordis at dskoumpordis@lsureveille.com
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Basketball teams entertain fans in Bayou Madness
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[1] LSU women’s basketball head coach Nikki Caldwell steps off of a motorcycle Thursday during Bayou Madness in the PMAC. [2] Senior guard Andre Stringer (10) waves during his introduction before the event began. [3] Senior forward Theresa Plaisance (55) dances to “Don’t Drop That Thun Thun” Thursday during a break in the madness. [4] Junior guard Keith Hornsby (4) participates in the dunk competition at Bayou Madness.
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Verlander sends Tigers to ALCS with Game 5 gem The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched another Game 5 gem in Oakland while carrying a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera homered to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Athletics 3-0 Thursday night and back into the AL championship series. Joaquin Benoit retired Seth Smith on a fly ball with two on in the ninth to close out the deciding game of their division series. The Tigers became the first team to reach the ALCS in three straight years since the New York Yankees from 1998-2001. Game 1 is Saturday in Boston. The Tigers went 4-3 against the Red Sox this year. They have never faced each other in the postseason. Verlander gave up a clean, two-out single to Yoenis Cespedes in the seventh to end his chance at the third no-hitter in postseason history. The hit hardly fazed him, however. On a night where he allowed only three baserunners, Verlander made it a postseason-record 30 straight scoreless innings against one team since Coco Crisp hit a leadoff home run for the A’s in Game 1 last October. Just 364 days earlier, Verlander tossed a four-hit, 6-0
masterpiece in Game 5 in this very ballpark, a 122-pitch performance for his first career postseason shutout and complete game. He nearly matched that with a spectacular 111-pitch outing in a rematch of his thrilling pitcher’s duel with rookie Sonny Gray five days earlier in Game 2. Aching slugger Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the fourth off with a drive into the left-field seats for his first homer since Sept. 17 and just his third extra-base hit in 99 at-bats. That ended a 20-inning scoreless streak by the Tigers at the Coliseum. Gray danced with danger from the start with stuff not nearly as crisp as just five nights before when he matched zeros with the 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner. This time, Verlander didn’t allow a baserunner until Josh Reddick drew a one-out walk in the sixth — but the no-hit bid remained until Cespedes’ single the next inning. The hardest hit ball was a fly to the center-field warning track by Stephen Vogt in the sixth. Verlander struck out 10 in eight innings, giving him 21 Ks in these two starts. He has 43 strikeouts in his four playoff outings against Oakland the past two years. The A’s saw their season end at the hands of Detroit for the third time in as many postseasons,
including in a four-game sweep in the 2006 ALCS. Oakland has lost its last six winner-take-all Game 5s and fell to 1-12 in potential clinchers since 2000. The A’s struck out 57 times for the most in a best-of-five playoff series. Verlander earned the nod for the decider after Game 1 winner Max Scherzer pitched in relief of an 8-6, season-saving win Game 4 in Detroit. Manager Jim Leyland had no qualms turning again to Verlander, who went 13-12 this season. When asked before the game about his bullpen availability, Leyland nodded his head and quipped, “Verlander, he’s available.” Gray, meanwhile, looked overmatched this time. He wiped his brow and never looked comfortable. A’s manager Bob Melvin went with Gray over 18-game winner and 40-year-old Bartolo Colon, who yielded three first-inning runs to lose Game 1. These Game 5s becoming awfully familiar for both sides in their recent October rivalry. Detroit held another clinching party in the visiting clubhouse of the Oakland Coliseum, where a raucous crowd of 46,959 swirled yellow towels until Benoit threw his hands in the air at the final out.
Catcher Alex Avila met Benoit in front of the mound for a long embrace as their teammates quickly joined them — with cheers of “Let’s go Oakland!” still ringing out. The Tigers came together near the mound for a unique chant in which they squatted in unison and raised their hands in the air. The 93-win Tigers are determined to take the next step and win a championship after being swept in four games of the 2012 World Series by the San Francisco Giants. The 23-year-old Gray, pitching to chants of “Sonny! Sonny!” in his 12th career start, returned for the sixth inning at 92 pitches but was done once he allowed consecutive singles to Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta. Omar Infante then drove in the third run with a fielder’s choice grounder off Dan Otero. Along the 880 freeway just outside the Coliseum, a billboard blared: “IT’S ALWAYS SONNY IN THE TOWN.” The only thing sunny was the outfield for the early evening start, which had players shielding their eyes to deal with tricky shadows and sun angles. Center field and right field initially played in bright sun. Rookie starters have lost their last six winner-take-all postseason games since Daisuke Matsuzaka
beat Cleveland in the 2007 ALCS for Boston. Gray’s curveball had less break and he never found the same groove that carried him in his playoff debut. It was a breezy Bay Area night and 19 degrees cooler at first pitch than the 82 degrees in a game starting an hour later Saturday night. This marks another disappointing exit for the low-budget A’s, who have baseball’s 27th smallest payroll at $71.1 million after having the lowest at $59.5 million last year. Both managers tweaked their lineups, most notably in the middle infield with Peralta back at shortstop for Detroit and the A’s Alberto Callaspo playing second base in his first career postseason start. Peralta, who served a 50-game suspension until late September for his ties to the Biogenesis clinic accused of distributing performanceenhancing drugs, hit a three-run homer in Game 4 to help extend Detroit’s season.
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Strong cross-divisional rival leaves LSU at disadvantage THE CHAMPION SOUND Alex Cassara Senior Reporter
LSU’s home matchup with Florida Saturday is hotly anticipated – as it is every year. The matchup will likely be tightly contested and has fatal consequences for the loser’s national title ambitions. Again a top-25 matchup, the Tigers’ surprising juggernaut of an offense will smash into the teeth of Florida’s always formidable defense, ranked No. 2 nationally. The loser will stay alive in its quest for a conference championship, but the BCS Championship is out of its picture. In college football, every loss is devastating. To minimize missteps, contenders pay hopeless teams to line up like bowling pins for their non-conference slate. Any scheduling disadvantage potentially holds severe consequences. So it’s not surprising LSU coach Les Miles has become the most vocal opponent to the SEC’s mandate of permanent cross-divisional rivals, even if it wasn’t apparent in his weekly press conference Wednesday. “I have no idea [about scheduling developments,]” Miles said. “None whatsoever. I’m excited about the opportunity to play Florida, and I’ve given no thought to the scheduling issues.” But he’s had plenty to say in
the past. On teleconferences and at media days, Miles has fervently advocated for the rectifying of what he says are inequalities in SEC scheduling — a stance that is defensible. While as of late, LSU has had to deal with the Urban Meyer/Will Muschamp succession and His Heisman Holiness Tim Tebow, Alabama capitalized on a revolving door of incompetent coaches at Tennessee. The imbalance is especially potent this season, with Georgia rotating to the Tigers and Kentucky to Alabama. “It’s interesting to see how you would compare our schedule with others,” Miles said in April on a coaches’ teleconference. “I wonder if there should be no permanent partners.” Since Miles joined the Tigers, their series with Florida is even at 4-4, and both teams were ranked in each of those matchups. Saban and Alabama, on the other hand, flogged Tennessee each of the last six seasons in the “Third Saturday of October” to the tune of 23 points per game. In the only game the Volunteers were ranked, Saban’s first year in Tuscaloosa, an unranked Tide whipped them by one point more than that average. The permanent rivals have had variable effects on the rest of the West in the league’s era of BCS dominance. In the “Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry,” Cam Newton is the only Auburn quarterback to have beaten
Georgia since 2006. Mississippi State gets to beat on a Kentucky team whose fans forget football exists in anticipation for basketball season. Ole Miss’s rivalry with Vanderbilt has perennially been as competitive as the Rebel Black Bears have been inconsequential. Arkansas had South Carolina’s number before Johnny Football and a quickly developing Texas A&M snatched the Gamecocks, and was left with Missouri. So it’s not unfair to interpret LSU’s point of contention of having stemmed solely from Alabama’s dominance of Tennessee. Miles and LSU athletic director Joe Alleva have gained support in the form of South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier, who in June, according to ESPN’s Chris Low, noted that the combined record of 2012 SEC Championship contenders Alabama and Georgia’s cross-divisonal opponents was 6-26. Alleva said on Matt Moscona’s radio show in June that he recruited Spurrier to the cause, and that he was encouraged by a promise at this year’s annual SEC meetings to study the matter. But what’s holding the league back from making a move? Its insistence on keeping up storied, century-old rivalries, which SEC commissioner Mike Slive has said will be an important consideration when mulling a permanent solution to the “bridge” schedules established
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LSU head football coach Les Miles speaks to the media July 18 during SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.
in 2012 to accommodate the two new teams. The current format runs through 2015. “There’s not going to be [a format], I think, that’s absolutely perfect where everyone will be completely happy,” said Slive last week, according to AL.com. “For me, my hope is to have the schedule that’s in the long-term best interests of the conference.” The SEC powers that be will have to decide whether tradition trumps parity in a time during which the conference is growing and changing at an unprecedented rate, with a dedicated cable network set to
launch next year. Until then, Miles will keep the Tigers’ heads down. He wasn’t spouting the company line Wednesday; he may know better than anyone that there’s nothing he can do but play the Florida game, no matter how unfair he perceives it to be. Alex Cassara is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from New Orleans. Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @cassarayall
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Friday, October 11, 2013 feat at the collegiate level. “I was able to finish the following last weekend’s road chances I was given,” Clarke said. sweep of Arkansas and Alabama. “In other games, I had similar chances, and I wasn’t On Oct. 4, LSU dereally scoring them feated Arkansas, and finishing the op5-3, in a back-andNext up for portunities I had.” forth shootout. LSU the Tigers: This weekend, wrapped up the every team in the weekend with a 2-1, Who: LSU (8-3-2, 4-0-1 SEC will play only double-overtime vic- SEC) vs. Missouri (6-6-1, on Friday night as tory at Alabama on 2-2-1 SEC) opposed to the usual Sunday, good for its Friday and Sunday third overtime vic- When: 7 p.m. tonight tory of 2013. Where: LSU Soccer Stadium schedule. Kinneman and Lee agreed the “We’ve got a extra time to rest will lot of really good scoring chances in a lot of these be beneficial at this point in the [previous] games,” said senior season. “It’s a benefit for us and evgoalkeeper Megan Kinneman. “We just had a game where we eryone else in the SEC in terms finally came through and scored of general player health,” Lee some goals. I think that it was a said. “Two of these two-game long time coming to get those weekends in the SEC are enough, goals, and it was nice to actually so we’re looking forward to this weekend.” put them all in the net.” Last weekend, LSU showed Freshman forward Summer Clarke made her mark over it could adjust to any style of socthe weekend, scoring a hat trick cer. Whether Missouri chooses to against Arkansas and delivering play a close game or a fast-paced both of LSU’s goals at Alabama. shootout, LSU has shown it can Clarke earned multiple accolades handle it all. “[The players are] really for her efforts, including SEC Offensive Player of the Week and competitive and tough-minded,” TopDrawerSoccer.com National Lee said. “Across the board, they just really want to win each game. Player of the Week. LSU coach Brian Lee said They have taken the scouting reClarke has become more comfort- ports well and adapted them to able with the college game and her each game at the time, and I think teammates, resulting in the bar- combining those two things has rage of goals. Clarke, who leads caused a lot of success.” LSU with eight goals, said she scored a hat trick previously in Contact Marcus Rodrigue at her career, but was still impressed with herself for accomplishing the mrodrigue@lsureveille.com
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forgotten, either. As I listened in to the weekly Southeastern Conference coaches teleconference Wednesday, I was brought back down memory lane as Muschamp feverishly rattled off names like Corey Webster, Jack Hunt, Chad Lavalais and Marcus Spears — even touching on position switches and battles that went on during the season. Of course, he remembered that overcast afternoon in Tiger Stadium when Chris Leak and Ciatrick Fason put an end to the Tigers’ undefeated aspirations. He gave the Gators credit and hoped for a similar result Saturday. But here’s what he failed to mention. Without Muschamp, the Tigers don’t contain Heisman winner Jason White in the BCS National Championship Game. They don’t twice stymie the greatest statistical SEC quarterback of the last two decades in David Greene. And they don’t hold South Carolina, Auburn and Alabama to a combined 17 points. The stats and facts weren’t what enamored Muschamp, though. “We had a bunch of guys go play on Sunday,” Muschamp said. “But we had a bunch of successful people, whether they are teachers or in the business world, who have done an outstanding job.” Successful people. It was clear to me that’s what Muschamp was most proud of, having molded the boys he was handed into men.
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Florida head coach Will Muschamp yells to an official in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.
He groomed a young LaRon Landry. He was instrumental in reviving the career of an Avoyelles Parish prison guard named Chad Lavalais, who had given up on football after academic setbacks. When he left for Miami with Nick Saban, Muschamp didn’t forget Baton Rouge. He said Wednesday he and his wife Carol still have friends in the city and have nothing but great memories from his time in Baton Rouge. He was contacted about the 2003 reunion by LSU officials, but for obvious reasons, he won’t be able to partake in the pregame festivities. So, as a replacement, I issue
a challenge to those who come through the turnstiles on Saturday. Give Muschamp another great memory. Instead of ballyhooing about the current state of the Tiger defense, give the man who orchestrated the finest unit in LSU history an ovation. An ovation that would even make him grin. Chandler Rome is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Contact Chandler Rome at sports@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Rome_Chandler
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Chivalry isn’t dead, and it doesn’t deserve to die assuming that the social rule applies only to women, and start opening doors for all people, regardless of their gender. The best way to demonstrate the unoppressive nature of chivalry is to look back at its roots in the middle ages. The intention of chivalry was to round out the knight’s ability to withstand violent combat, and highlight the importance of being honest, respectful and kind to others. Somehow, this was warped to mean men being courteous in exchange for sexual favors. Had the armies in the middle ages included females, we would have seen women doing the same — it was expected of the military system to be kind when not on the battlefield. Chivalry was not intended to be sexist, nor could its beginnings be construed as sexist. If anything, it was classist, as it was used to make knights feel superior and proud, which is necessary if you were a king trying to convince your male citizens to march into a battlefield where you would more than likely die. Instead of arguing over the
kindness that is social expectation of men in regards to women, we should be expanding the expectation to include all humans toward one another. We have an excellent platform to expand on, and by not taking advantage of it, we are oppressing the kind potential in all humans. Modern day chivalry is perceived as acts performed by men to women with a motive of gaining something in return. Generally speaking, the act of doing anything for women in return for something is manipulative and oppressive, and that behavior should be cut out. But if we go back to the roots of chivalry as a moral code of kindness and honor, it doesn’t have to die.
“Since this entire argument is based on definitions, the Constitution also once defined an African American as 3/5 of a person…” -mdubos3
you say you support equality, but you don’t. The basic human dignity of an individual shouldn’t be left up to a majority vote. If we let citizens vote on equal rights for women or black folk in Louisiana today it probably wouldn’t work out the way it should. To argue against the humanity and dignity of another is unAmerican and unChristian.” -Bruce P
“This is embarrassing. You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but to claim that you are in favor of everyone being treated equally, but not in favor of equality is absurd. How about owning that you don’t think same-sex couples should be treated equally. Saying you like Black people and then joining the KKK doesn’t really do much for me. This essay is hateful, but worse than that it is fake and foolish. You don’t support equality and that is okay. Just have the nerve to say that. In Louisiana it is against the law to make a false promise. It is also illegal to gargle in public places. That is the law of the land. Are you suggesting we start putting people in jail for lying? If so you are probably in some trouble because
“I hope you know that in the historical context your statements will be judged by their striking similarity to the arguments once used against interracial marriage. This is the definition of marriage, any changes are unnatural,’ etc. In fact, that historical tidbit brings up a flaw in your reasoning, huh? Hmm, I think that it’s the fact that marriage has been a socially evolving institution since humans first crawled out from the trees. Before recorded history. Before Judaism and before Jesus plagiarized Confucius (the patent on the Golden Rule must have expired) and organized Christianity was a thing. Hilariously, the Bible deals with a lot of polygamy though. A LOT OF POLYGAMY. So what tradition are you
protecting? Let’s go back to the tradition of the wife having little to no rights compared to the husband. How bout it fellas? Yet, of course, modern culture, especially in LA, isn’t affecting your view on this topic. Another example of independent thinking eh? Marriage is continuing its social evolution, and considering marriage can be defined as monogamous or polygamous, I’d say that the definition isn’t being changed as drastically as you say. It can’t slip into a definition it already covers! That fact just shows how you’re trying to “slippery slope” the argument for monogamous gay marriage, which is what everyone is arguing for. Your social conservatism is dying, and your generation will be the one that nails the last coffin. Might as well hop in a DeLorean, gun it to 88, and make a nice life in the Victorian Era.” -lelibertaire
THE BOX DOES NOT EXIST Jana King Columnist Being raised in the South, I can’t count the number of times I’ve had a male hold open a door for me, offer to help me carry something or offer me his seat. Having experienced this for my whole life, I don’t believe that chivalry is dead, but I also can’t believe it when people say that chivalry is insulting, oppressive or harmful. Today, there seems to be a war raging against chivalry, and it has two sides. On one hand, we have women who feel like having the door held open for them is a man asserting his dominance over them. These women ask why the man thinks she can’t open the door for herself. On the other hand, we have men who are angry that there is a social expectation that they hold open the door for a woman. These men ask why they
WEB COMMENTS The Daily Reveille wants to hear your reactions to our content. Visit lsureveille.com, our Facebook page and our Twitter account to let us know what you think. Check out what readers had to say in our comment section: In response to Christine Guttery’s column, “Marriage’s current definition makes the most sense,” readers had this to say: “I hardly believe your repetition of ‘I’m not against same sex marriage.’ Your clear ‘opinion’ is that you don’t believe in equality. And who’s decision is it to define marriage? The definition of marriage has changed several times in history, and it’s changing again. I’m sorry, but your support of these leaders actions is helping to deny people in this country their rights and happiness as Americans everyday. Have compassion.” -anonymous “She says in plain English that she is against same-sex marriage in paragraph three. Did you read the article thoroughly? She also says she believes ‘everyone should be
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have to treat women differently than men. The obvious answer to this problem would be that everyone just open the door for themselves, right? But that would be throwing away the potential that we have with modern day chivalry – to turn these kind acts toward
women into kind acts toward all people. To the women in the first category, I’ll suggest this — assume his kindness isn’t affected by your gender, thank him for opening the door, and then open the door for him next time. To the men in the second category, I’ll suggest this — stop
treated with equal respect and kindness’...which makes absolutely NO sense if she’s against marriage equality. Honestly, it doesn’t matter how you want to define it, change it, or say she meant it like this or that, the overall sentiment of this article is a step backwards, a tone of anti marriage equality, no matter how you look at it and quite frankly it irks to see someone young have this stance when we as a country are trying to push forward concerning social issues. And hello...gay people can be parents too! They are usually the ones adopting unwanted children... This article is poorly researched and riddled with biased and discriminatory opinions.” -LSUstudent113
right. If you continue to redefine things to fit what you want them to be, eventually we are going to have a confused undefined society.” -sunshine1974
“The writer didn’t say she wasn’t against same sex marriage. She said the opposite, that she is opposed to it. In reference to who’s decision is it to define marriage, if you choose to go that route, who’s decision is it to define anything for that matter? Why don’t we redefine the word steal to now mean using somebody else’s possessions to bring the new user happiness and fulfillment because that is their
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Quote of the Day “The government is us; we are the government, you and I.”
Theodore Roosevelt 26th U.S. president Oct. 27, 1858 — Jan. 6, 1919
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Shutdown shows why government needs to be limited THE UNRIDDLER Christine Guttery Columnist The government shutdown has shed light upon our need to return to constitutional, limited government. But during these times of political chaos, we may start to wonder if it would be such a bad thing if government didn’t exist at all. Just think. If the federal government completely — not just partially — shut down, we wouldn’t have to worry about the government imposing laws that suppress our freedom, nor would we have to wonder who was spending our redistributed tax dollars and on what they were being spent. And of course, we wouldn’t have to deal with the NSA spying on us. Alas, abolishing government would be a most unwise decision, because eventually, we’d end up captive to someone else more powerful. Anarchy is utopia only in our imaginations, and we need laws and authorities to punish injustice and to keep order in society. If we are accountable only for ourselves, we end up victims to each other. Imagine if people could steal, rape and kill without fear of law or punishment. One person’s freedom to do as he or she pleases eventually results in another person’s freedom
being taken away. Therefore, law and authority are necessary in order to promote equal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Government, at best, promotes order and justice. But when the government acquires too much power, it restricts freedom instead of protecting it. Even during the partial government shutdown, the government has continued to lord its power over people and restrict people from exercising their rights. In the name of government shutdown, the U.S. Park Police attempted to bar World War II veterans from viewing the monument that commemorates the war they fought in. The government also banned priests under contract to the military from ministering on military bases, even on a volunteer basis. Those are only two examples. But on Tuesday the government did nothing to prevent illegal aliens from having a rally at the closed national mall. Clearly “partial” shutdown means “selective” shutdown. As I mentioned before, we do need leadership, but apparently our leaders have forgotten that true leadership is about serving, not power. As the saying goes, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” When we let the government take control over every aspect of our lives, they own us. That’s
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not freedom. The 10th Amendment states that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Maybe President Barack Obama should brush up on the Constitution, because I’m pretty sure the power to regulate health care isn’t mentioned.
And speaking of the Affordable Care Act, why in the world would anyone believe that our corrupt, inefficient, irresponsible government could provide us all with quality health care? It makes no sense. Utopia in anarchy is an impossibility. Big government restrains freedom. We can’t expect any form of government to solve all our problems,
but the closest we can get to utopia is constitutional limited government. Christine Guttery is a 20-yearold English junior from Baton Rouge. Contact Christine Guttery at cguttery@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @theunriddler
Current math system ineffective for some students GATES OF REASON
Mariel Gates Columnist People whose brains don’t function in a mathematical way and will never need math for their profession or major shouldn’t have to take it. For those people, like me, whose interests are art- and literature-based, we have no need for math. Beyond the basic skills of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, I will never need any other math in my personal or professional life. So why are we forced to learn it from a young age and all the way until college? I have never done well in the subject. Arithmetic has left ugly dents in my transcripts, causing me to have GPAs that don’t properly represent how smart and hardworking I am as a person and as a student. I am not alone in this.
The current system of forcing everyone to take analytical reasoning classes, regardless of their personal skill set, ability, or future plans, has been wasting the valuable time of people who just don’t need to be extensively learning about math. For the less mathematically challenged, taking a math class or two wouldn’t be so painful if it wasn’t for the current way it’s run at LSU. A lot of the math courses only have a one hour class a week. I’ve talked to people in other math classes and the complaints are all the same — the teacher doesn’t have enough time to properly teach any of the lessons, and students are still expected to do homework and take quizzes on them. Yes, there’s math lab, and yes, there are tutors. The lab itself and the way it’s run hold their own problem. Every week, most math students must spend three hours in the math lab. For those lucky enough to have never needed to
visit Pleasant Hall, a hall with a very inaccurate name I might add, I’ll enlighten you. You’re in a huge room surrounded by people. You can’t talk, can’t listen to music, can’t check your cell phone and can’t do anything but math. You must have three clocked hours in this hellhole a week. Homework and quizzes are due at 9 p.m. each week. This requirement to sit in a room surrounded by people in silence and do only math infuriates me. It’s part of the lazy system of “teaching” that benefits some students and shackles others. I can’t study or do homework with people. I need to be alone and I need some sort of background noise, specifically classical symphonic and piano music. The math lab bans listening to music, so I am hindered. Lastly, there’s the 9 p.m. deadline. Why is it at 9 p.m.? Last semester I took Math 1029 and thrived. The deadline was at 12 a.m. on Sundays and Tuesdays and there was no math lab. I came
out of that class with a B and was proud of how I’d done. Why can’t students do their math homework on their own time in the comfort of whatever environment they can best focus? Because they need the three hours of math lab to be considered class time for their school hours. Why don’t we just have three hours of class time a week? That’s a great question that I wish I had the answer to. Some people would consider it effectively systematic. I call it a negligent attempt at running a program, even if it’s just the intro-level classes. While the current system of math lab — minimal time with your teacher and 9 p.m. deadlines — works for some people, it has had such a negative impact on my grade and ability to learn that it shouldn’t be the standard. If students are forced to take a class that doesn’t benefit them at all, they should at least be given the option of taking it in a way that’s more effective for their way of learning.
Math department, I urge you to think about this problem. A system that cripples the ability of a large portion of the students to learn, regardless of how pointless it is on their life path, needs to be re-evaluated and improved. Mariel Gates is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from Baton Rouge.
Contact Mariel Gates at mgates@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @mgatesj_TDR
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The University has added 350 new parking spaces in anticipation of the crowd for Saturday’s football game. The spots will be free, but first come, first served.
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help with overflow in the Hayfield and Levee lots, according to officials in the Office of Parking and Transportation Services. The majority of the parking, 250 spaces, is coming from the grass field next to the golf course and 100 spots from the golf course parking lot, Smith said. Only cars will be able to park in the lot and RV’s will not, Director of Parking and Transportation Services Gary Graham said. The
lot will only be used for football games, not for weekday commuter use, Graham said. However, the lot will eventually be used for overflow of baseball event parking as well, Smith said. Though no plans have been made, Smith said he hopes to see the space paved in the future.
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LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill (33) avoids tackles Saturday during the Tigers’ 59-26 victory against Mississippi State.
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Contact Michael Tarver at mtarver@lsureveille.com
No. 1 offense. It’s going to be a great matchup,” said senior linebacker Lamin Barrow. The Gator defense is coming in to Tiger Stadium having allowed more than 20 points only once this season, against Miami in a 21-17 loss. Florida mixes a stout run defense with a ball-hawking secondary to shut down opposing offenses. The Gators are only allowing 2.78 yards per carry and have intercepted eight passes while only allowing 760 yards in the air through their first five games. Florida’s defense has allowed less points than they have drives on the season. The Gator defense will be forced to slow down an LSU offense that has been clicking on all cylinders this season, scoring 30 or more points in all three SEC games so far — something they did only twice last season.
Senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger is ranked No. 4 in passer efficiency in the nation and No. 1 in the SEC in the same category. Mettenberger is also on pace to break school records for both passing yards and touchdowns. With a signature win against the SEC’s top-ranked defense, Mettenberger could bolster his already growing Heisman campaign. LSU coach Les Miles said if Mettenberger were thrown into the Heisman race, he expects Mettenberger would be able to deal with the increased scrutiny and pressure. “I would expect that Zach would handle that kind of scrutiny pretty well, considering the things that he’s already kind of handled very well in this season,” Miles said. “I think you’ll find that all those people that are in the running for national awards, their team does extremely well. If that continues, I think that there will be a large number of national awards for Zach as well as other guys.”
Mettenberger said he relies on his teammates to make him look good, and he isn’t worried about any of the individual awards he might receive, focusing solely on team achievements. “What he’s doing is facilitating victory,” Miles said. “So some days throwing for 250 [yards] is not enough. You’re going to have to throw for 300. It’s based on what’s needed for victory.” Though most of the praise has gone to the new and improved passing game, LSU’s running game has continued to excel. Sophomore running back Jeremy Hill has averaged 7.5 yards per carry on his way to 594 yards and nine touchdowns this season. Junior running back Kenny Hilliard re-emerged from the depths of the running back rotation during the Mississippi State game scoring three touchdowns on only six carries. The running game will have its hands full against the Florida run defense, which is allowing just 65 yards per game — first in the SEC. “[Florida] is the No. 1 team defensively in the league. They’re allowing 12 points, 217 yards, 65 yards rushing and 152 yards passing,” Miles said. “They lead in all major defensive categories. I don’t underestimate our offense, nor do I underestimate [offensive coordinator] Cam [Cameron]. I think he’s a great coach. … We look forward to welcoming Florida to Tiger Stadium, and we expect that it will be a loud, very, very home-team friendly crowd.” Contact Trey Labat at tlabat@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @treylabat_TDR
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Jack Richards, a mass communication freshman, said after the talk, he plans on shopping more consciously, keeping fair trade in mind. The representatives from the factory said they hoped to get students to unite for the cause. Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com
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