The Daily Reveille - October 25, 2013

FOOTBALL: Read about the secrets surrounding Furman, p.5

HOMECOMING: Check out an interview with Karmin, p.3

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Friday, October 25, 2013 • Volume 118, Issue 44

Homecoming History Renee Boutte Myer made Tiger, civil rights history as LSU’s first black homecoming queen

Senator fears end of Black Caucus Camille Stelly Contributing Writer

MICHAEL TARVER · News Contributor

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s Renee Boutte Myer accepted her homecoming crown, she smiled and waved to a silent audience who stared back at her with dropped jaws.

Myer stepped into civil rights history in a pair of high heels when she became the University’s first AfricanAmerican homecoming queen.

What separates Myer’s experience from other famous civil rights examples is that it did not happen in the distant past. She was crowned in 1991 – only 22 years ago, the same year many 2014 graduating seniors were born.

Myer’s experience as an undergraduate was different than most students at the University. As a 22-yearold journalism senior, she became a symbol few could imagine. Though she was deeply involved on campus and HISTORY, see page 15

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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Renee Boutte Myer became the first African-American homecoming queen at LSU when she was crowned in 1991.

When Ashley Hebert brought a resolution to Student Government two years ago to establish a black caucus, she did not expect the resolution to spark the debate it did.

“I never thought that trying to help the black community at LSU, I would face so much ignorance,” said the former senator and University alumna. “Until there are equal amounts of black students at this school, you cannot see there is no need for this caucus.”

Some SG senators voiced opposition to the caucus, expressing worry that the black caucus system will racially segregate people and potentially fragmentize student government. Hebert, the lead author, even received death threats.

Despite the intense debate, the resolution was enrolled on March 3, 2011.

CAUCUS, see page 15

MANSHIP CENTENNIAL

Bernstein stresses basic ideas

Jonathan Olivier Contributing Writer

Journalism means something different today.

In an age of partiality and preconceived notions, the news media need return to the “basic notions” that made American journalism great, Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Bernstein told Manship School students Thursday on the opening day of the school’s journalism program centennial.

Bernstein, who rose to fame at the Washington Post for his and Bob Woodward’s coverage of Watergate in the early 1970s, mingled informally with mass communication students in a question and answer session before speaking to a $50-a-plate public luncheon arranged by the Manship School.

Those basic notions, Bernstein said, include common sense reporting that uses the “best obtainable version of the truth,” which, he said, guided him while

covering the Watergate scandal that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

“The press exists for the common good and we are losing sight of that,” he said.

News organizations today claim impartiality but don’t use the basic notions while reporting, Bernstein charged. The result is biased content from publications and broadcast outlets that have ratings BERNSTEIN, see page 15

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Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Carl Bernstein speaks to students Thursday morning in Hodges Hall.

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INTERNATIONAL 1 dead, 40 hurt in Mexican candy factory explosion Thursday CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — An explosion inside a candy factory in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday left one person dead and at least 40 injured, Mexican authorities said. Several workers remain missing.

The blast took place on the second floor of the Dulces Blueberry factory and caused the floor to collapse, injuring people working downstairs, said factory worker Ismael Bouchet.

UK soccer fan jailed for punching police horse after his team lost LONDON (AP) — A British soccer fan has been jailed for 12 months for punching a police horse in the head after his team lost a derby match.

Barry Rogerson was one of several fans arrested after violence erupted following Newcastle United’s 3-0 loss to Sunderland on April 14. Clashes between their fans aren’t uncommon because of the fierce rivalry between both teams.

The 45-year-old Rogerson, who was drunk, first clapped in the face of, then punched Bud, a horse working for West Yorkshire Police.

Nation & World

Friday, October 25, 2013

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Indiana woman who donated kidney weds organ recipient 3 years later

New Orleans police reinstate cop who sued N.O.P.D. over being fired

Kyle Froelich smiles at his new wife Chelsea Clair after their wedding Oct. 12 at the Danville Conservation Club.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Police Department has reinstated a detective who was fired after she testified as a defense witness during the 2010 trial of five other former officers charged in a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina.

A statement from the department on Thursday said it has withdrawn disciplinary charges that Catherine Beckett violated department rules and regulations for moral conduct, neglect of duty and restricted activities based on her trial testimony.

Boy who killed Nazi dad at age 10 to be sentenced more than 2 years later

Pirates kidnap Americans from Louisiana commercial ship Wednesday

Swiss authorities recover two bodies in fighter jet crash Thursday

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana woman who promised to donate one of her kidneys to a man she barely knew has married him three years after his successful transplant surgery.

Chelsea Clair and Kyle Froelich met at a 2009 car show when he was 19 and she was 22. Clair learned that day that Froelich had a serious kidney disease — and she told him then and there she would give him one of hers.

She underwent the necessary tests and ended up being a near perfect match. Three years ago, she donated one of her kidneys to him.

Detroit on ‘razor’s edge’ weeks before bankruptcy; $18 billion in debt

GENEVA (AP) — Authorities recovered two bodies Thursday from the site of a fighter jet crash in central Switzerland and identified the victims as a Swiss Air Force pilot and a doctor who went along on the training flight.

The Federal Department of Defense said in a statement that the pair had died in the crash near Alpnach in the Lake Lucerne region, and that the flight data recorder from the two-seater F/A-18 fighter jet had been recovered along with their bodies.

DETROIT (AP) — Short of cash, Detroit was delaying payments to vendors and “operating on a razor’s edge” weeks before it filed for bankruptcy protection, the head of the city’s turnaround team testified Thursday.

Ken Buckfire, a Wall Street investment banker and Detroit-area native, gave the most detailed testimony so far on the second day of a trial that will determine whether the city can stay in bankruptcy court and eventually unsaddle $18 billion in debt.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The blond boy was 10 when he put a gun to the head of his sleeping neo-Nazi father and pulled the trigger.

It was over in an instant for Jeff Hall, but sorting out the fate of his troubled son has been a 2½-year journey that approaches its final stage Friday in a hearing to determine where he’ll spend his teens and, possibly, his early adult years.

The judge hearing the case in a Riverside County courtroom must decide not how to punish a child for second-degree murder, but how to rehabilitate someone who grew up in an abusive environment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pirates kidnapped two Americans working on a commercial ship near the coast of Nigeria, U.S. officials said Thursday. And the Nigerian navy ordered its forces to mount a rescue operation.

The two were kidnapped from the U.S.-flagged C-Retriever, a 222-foot ship owned by Edison Chouest Offshore of Louisiana, a U.S. defense official said.

The vessel and 11 other members of the crew were released and the two hostages were believed taken to shore in Nigeria, the official said.

RAYMUNDO RUIZ / The Associated Press

Police stand next to an injured man after an explosion at the Dulces Blueberry factory in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday.

The explosion caused a floor to collapse.

ROBERT SCHEER / The Associated Press

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Board of Regents

Homecoming

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Remedial Karmin plays LSU Homecoming Concert student pilot study expanded Rebecca Docter

Entertainment Writer

Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez Staff Writer

The Louisiana Board of Regents extended its study of remedial students accepted into higher education institutions at its October meeting on Wednesday.

The Developmental Education Co-Requisite Delivery Pilot, started in 2012, offers students who do not meet college acceptance requirements entry to the colleges and supplemental instruction.

Previously, the Core 4 plan, which outlines basic guidelines for college admittance, would stop offering developmental courses in 2014 for students who didn’t meet the plan’s standards.

But the Board felt in order for the program to be evaluated properly, it needed to be extended.

Pilot students will report to the board with their grades and post-test results to see how effective the program is. There are currently 15 institutions in the pilot study.

Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said another important part of extending the pilot is comparing results with information from other institutions.

Though this initiative was approved, not every state institution is participating.

Regent Robert Levy said the schools that do not participate will not be allowed to admit remedial students, unless there is a special exception.

Additionally, the Board has introduced the preliminary budget request for Fiscal Year 2014-15.

The budget is a first draft for the upcoming year.

To determine the numbers, the Finance Committee used a cost calculator and in the preliminary request will ask for a total of $187 million in additional funds from the state.

Barbara Goodson, deputy commissioner for Finance and Administration, said in this request, all tuition will be retained by each institution.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center requested $3.3 million in addition to its $16.7 million base. The money will be used to get more programs up and running.

The proposal outlines a $30 million fund for the Board to help institutions out of backlog. Goodson said the money can come from one-time funds and its purpose is to help various institutions.

Contact Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez at fsuarez@lsureveille.com

The name “Karmin” is a “portmanteau,” or combination of words, created from the Latin word “Carmen,” meaning “songs” and the word “karma.”

It’s safe to say that karma has definitely been on Karmin’s side.

Headlining for LSU’s annual Homecoming Concert, the pop duo is famous for its genre-bending music, and began its internet takeover by posting covers of songs spanning several genres. Beginning its venture in 2011, Karmin has made great strides in the past two years.

“We were actually doing originals first and nobody cared, so we were like, ‘how can we get people to care,’ so we started covering songs in a way that was kind of unique so that people were a little curious about our original stuff” said Nick Noonan, one half of Karmin.

But Karmin never expected the type of notoriety they would receive for the internet endeavor. Besides the massive YouTube reception (the hit single, “Brokenhearted,” clocks in at almost 19 million views), the group’s popularity thrived after being discussed on the social news and entertainment website, Reddit.

“We started using YouTube because we were too broke to tour, so at the time, we were like, ‘the Internet is great and it’s free to upload a video,’ so we sort of stumbled into YouTube,” said Amy Heidemann, the other half of Karmin.

The duo has collaborated with a number of artists, including the likes of Big Time Rush and

producer Warryn Campbell, who has produced tracks for Alicia Keys and Kanye West. Of all of the collaborations Karmin has had, the group’s favorite dates back to one of Heidemann’s childhood idols.

“Shaggy — when I was younger, the ‘It Wasn’t Me’ song, that was like the ‘no no’ song in my house, and my parents were like ‘that’s naughty!’ I grew up in a really Christian home,” Heidemann laughed. “So I always loved his voice and we basically talked to each other on Twitter and I sent him a track. It was kind of like an Internet collaboration.”

As for future collaborations, the duo has its sights set a bit higher, naming artists like Kanye West.

“His album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,’ I remember when it came out, and I don’t buy many albums, but when it came out, I got it and listened to it nonstop,” Heidemann said. “And that was actually before we started rapping, and it actually gave us the courage to start doing that.”

Karmin’s next album, composed of only originals (with a song featuring Shaggy), is said to be due out toward the end of 2013. One single from the album, “Acapella,” was released in July.

“We’re right around the corner from finishing it, and it was one of those things where we did two phases ... It just kept getting better every phase,” Heidemann said.

CHARLES CHAMPAGNE / The Daily Reveille

Amy Heidemann and Nicholas Louis “Nick” Noonan, of Karmin, perform Thursday at the LSU Homecoming Concert held at the Parade Ground.

OCTOBER

25 EVENT CALENDAR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013 5:00 PM

Live After Five - North Boulevard Town Square Myrtles Plantation Halloween Experience - The Myrtles Plantation 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 Louisiana State vs. Tulane Swimming - LSU Natatorium Linnzi Zaorski - D.B.A.

7:00 PM

The Mortuary Haunted House - The Mortuary LSU vs. Georgia Soccer - LSU Soccer Facilities LSU vs. Missouri Volleyball - PMAC RISE Haunted House - RISE Haunted House Grey Gardens - Film - Independence Park Theatre Seven Deadly Sins - Cafe Istanbul Greg Gibbens Ghost Chase - LSU UREC

7:30 PM

Jason Aldean - New Orleans Arena Five Flights - Claude L. Shaver Theatre Frank Marino's Divas - Harrah's Casino - New Orleans The Woman in Black - Baton Rouge Little Theater The Great World Wide Star Count - Highland Road Park Observatory

8:00 PM

ComedySportz - La Nuit Comedy Theater Evil Dead The Musical - Shadow Box Theatre The Molly Ringwalds - Paragon Casino Resort The House of Shock - House of Shock The Lone Bellow - House of Blues New Orleans The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters - Preservation Hall

9:00 PM

Glen David Andrews - The Three Muses Saint Vitus - One Eyed Jacks Tab Benoit - Rock 'N' Bowl Kevin Clark and Barry Foulon - Fritzels Jazz Club Hypnotist Gary Conrad - The Funny Bone Comedy Club

9:30 PM

Hug Life - Adult Improv Show - La Nuit Comedy Theater The Hill Country Hounds - Old Point Bar

Contact Rebecca Docter at rdocter@lsureveille.com

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

Greg Gibben’s Ghost Race The Greg Gibbens Ghost Chase is an annual 3k Fun Run in memory of former UREC employee Greg Gibbens.

Starting at the UREC, this 3k Fun Run will host an assortment of ghosts and ghouls, all competing for the chance to win the Ghost Chase Title.

Visit http://lsuuniversityrec.com/lsuurec/ for more info.

10:00 PM

Wolfgang Gartner - The Joy Theater-New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings - The Spotted Cat Music Club Bootsy Collins' Birthday Bash - House of Blues New Orleans In The Den: P.A.I.N.T. - Howlin' Wolf Mike Dillon Band - D.B.A. Space Capone - Tipitina's - New Orleans

10:30 PM

Stand Up Showcase - La Nuit Comedy Theater Eric Schmitt & Clay Parker - Chelsea's Cafe

For more information on LSU events or to place your own event you can visit www.lsureveille.com/calendar

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Lawsuit

career services

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Friday, October 25, 2013

University Fraudulent job posts target students to submit Career Services offers safe database brief for appeal Gabrielle Braud

Contributing Writer

Appeal argument similar to original Gordon Brillon Staff Writer

The University must submit its brief for appeal of the contempt of court ruling and the approximately $65,000 fine that comes with it by November 15th, University attorney Jimmy Faircloth said.

The brief will contain a summary of the facts of the trial as heard by district judge Janice Clark and the reasoning behind the University’s appeal of her decision to hold the University in contempt.

Clark held the University in contempt of court for its failure to quickly respond to a court order that ordered the University to hand over papers containing details of the applicants considered in the University’s search to fill the vacant position of University president earlier this year. Clark placed a $500 per day contempt fine on the University, which accumulated from her original order in April until the University handed the documents over in September.

Faircloth said the University’s arguments in the appeal brief will be substantially the same as those used in the original trial. Loretta Mince, attorney for NOLA.com | The TimesPicayune and The Advocate, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said Faircloth’s argument was based on the University’s attempt to appeal the case in August.

Mince said the University will also file an appeal at a later date pertaining to Clark’s overall ruling that the documents ought to be public records. Depending on the timing of the filing of the second appeal, Clark said the Court of Appeals may decide to consolidate the two into a single hearing.

Faircloth said it is unlikely the cases will be consolidated because the trial court clerk’s office has not yet filed Clark’s final judgment.

“The only thing that’s preferable to us at this point is when we can get the briefs in and register our arguments,” Faircloth said.

“Until the clerk’s office files the judgment, we can’t do that.”

Contact Gordon Brillon at gbrillon@lsureveille.com

With midterms past and scheduling underway, it is also the time of year to start applying for spring internships and jobs.

To conduct this search, college students and recently graduated twenty-somethings may go straight to the Internet to find what they are looking for, just like they do everything else. But when it comes to looking for a job, the Internet may not always be the best answer.

Trey Truitt, associate director of Employment Services for Career Services, said job postings on external sites like Craigslist are not always reliable.

Truitt said he has had experiences with students in recent years that have fallen victim to fraudulent job postings outside the Careers2Geaux system, with job posting on external sites asking for credit card information or initiating money transfers right

after a student applies for a job. suspicious activity.

“In essence, students have All job posting on the been provided some form of pre- Career Services website go payment for work, and upon de- through an extensive vetting proposit of the money, their accounts cess conducted by dedicated staff have been whipped out,” Truitt members who review every job said. posting.

Fraudulent employers tend to “Careers2Geaux has over provide quick compensation for 500 job postings that have all been work and tend to hire before in- evaluated,” Truitt said. terviewing a canIn the event ‘I can’t imagine didate, which is a that an employer tempting deal for a suspicious having to deal with posts the typical jobjob description, hungry college this and also trying to it is red flagged student. on the website be a student.’

Truitt said the and investigated key to picking out further by Career Trey Truitt fraudulent postServices profesings is looking for Career Services associate director sionals, Truitt short descriptions said. or personalized email addresses Although the processes are that do not match up the compa- in place to protect students from nies the employer claims to be fraudulent postings, it doesn’t representing. mean that those posting can’t Truitt said that over the sneak into the system, Truitt past few years, Career Ser- said. vices has put in place vari“We pride ourselves in trying ous measures to eliminate as to vet every job listing we get and many fraudulent postings as educating our staff internally on possible. the trends in job scams,” Truitt LSU Police Department said. spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde However, Truitt said students said there have been no recent re- should be more vigilant when usports of that nature, but students ing websites like Craiglist. should immediately report such “I can’t imagine having to

deal with this and also trying to be a student,” Truitt said.

In the event a student does fall victim to job fraud, Career Services helps students notify LSUPD. Lalonde said that the investigative team handles these cases and uses the job listing to track down the “employer.”

“More often than not, they originate oversees,” Lalonde said.

“Once it is traced out of the country, it is out of our jurisdiction to prosecute.”

In these instances, Lalonde said the case is referred to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, which is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center.

“If students do see suspicious job postings, we still want to know about it,” Lalonde said.

“Students just need to be careful and be wary.”

Contact Gabrielle Braud at gbraud@lsureveille.com

environment

Teams join together to help with sustainability Jonathan Olivier Contributing Writer

Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta will be gaining international attention this year.

Teams of engineers, scientists and other researchers from the private sector and around the world will be joining together to re-envision the sustainability of the southern portion of the river in the Changing Course competition.

According to Changing Course, nearly 1,900 square miles of the state’s coastal wetlands have been lost in the last 100 years, and the problem is only growing. The importance the Mississippi Delta region has on the state’s economy regarding shipping and natural resources places stopping further subsidence as a priority of the competition.

The teams will be a combination of local, national and international firms coming up with new ideas for the lower Mississippi River.

That vision will encompass the importance of navigation, commerce and the people living on the coast, according to Clinton Willson, chair of the technical team for the competition and University associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering.

“It’s broader than just science, but bringing the pieces together,” Willson said. “We’re really looking at what we want the river to be in 25 years to make sure navigation is sustainable and utilize resources for coastal restoration.”

The results the various teams

come up with will build on the State of Louisiana’s 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast, a plan meant to halt the encroaching sea on the coast.

The effort by all of the teams will likely generate carefully thought out solutions, which have the potential to make an impact on the 2017 Master Plan, Willson said. However, there is no guarantee a team’s plan will be accepted.

Teams are currently in the process of submitting a request for qualifications, due tomorrow, which will be the first screening in deciding what teams make it to the next step, Willson said.

Jeff Carney, University associate professor in the school of Architecture and director of the coastal sustainability studio, is participating in the competition and will be submitting a request to participate.

The opportunity for local firms to partner with international organizations and create a knowledge exchange is something of real value, Carney said.

“The [2012] master plan is the perfect base because it’s a dramatic step forward and we need to test it, and push it, to the next level,” he said.

In December, teams will be selected based on qualifications and skill sets they possess, where they will then craft and submit proposals in January in New Orleans, Willson said.

From those proposals, a group of around four teams will be selected to advance to the design competition

Phase I, he said.

“They will get funding and can spend four to five months to create a framework design, a strategy for maintaining the river and effective use of resources,” he said.

In late summer 2014, the remaining teams will present their design and from there, two teams will be selected to move forward to Phase II, Willson said.

“The first part of the competition is framework,” he said.

“The second is a move toward an in-depth assessment of technical

aspects. If you do something to change the river, what would that mean from an engineering standpoint .”

The team to advance from Phase II will effectively have won the competition based on the quality and nature of their plan.

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

Sports

Friday, October 25, 2013

ALL Getting ABOUT THE to know the foe

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REBOUND

Furman running expansive cover-up LOCKS OF JUSTICE MARCUS RODRIGUE Sports Columnist

Furman University (3-4, 2-2 Southern)

PLAYER TO WATCH

WEEKEND MATCHUP No.13 LSU vs.

Furman:

Who: Tigers (6-2, 3-2 SEC) vs.

Furman (3-4, 2-2 Southern) When: 6:00 p.m. Saturday Where: Tiger Stadium Watch or listen at home: ESPN3, 98.1FM ROGELIO V. SOLIS / The Associated Press

JAIRUS HOLLMAN

LSU junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson (90) chases Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace (14) as he runs for a first down during the Tigers’ 27-24 loss against the Rebels in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Tigers will try to avenge last weekend’s loss against Ole Miss with a win against Furman on Saturday.

QUICK HITS · DEFENSIVE BACK · SOPHOMORE · 6’1”

· 12 TACKLES LAST GAME · 185 LBS.

PASSING

PALADINS’ STATISTICS Q Reese Hannon

RECEIVING RUSHING

B 573 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT R Hank McCloud B 604 yards, 115 ATT, 4 TD W Gary Robinson R 351 yards, 24 REC, 2 TD

TEAM STAT COMPARISON 2012 - 2013 STATS TOTAL AND SCORING OFFENSE Furman: 131 points, 18.7 points per game LSU: 314 points, 39.3 points per game

Rushing offense Furman: 1055 yards, 150.7 yards per game, 13 TD LSU: 1473 yards, 184 yards per game, 24 TD

Passing offense Furman: 1074 yards, 153.4 YPG, 5 TD LSU: 2175 yards, 271.9 YPG, 16 TD

TOTAL AND SCORING DEFENSE Furman: 169 points, 24.1 points per game LSU: 181 points, 22.6 points per game

Rushing defense Furman: 1081 yards, 154.4 YPG, 15 TD LSU: 1244 yards, 155.5 YPG, 11 TD

Passing defense Furman: 1411 yards, 201.6 YPG, 7 TD LSU: 1723 yards, 215.4 YPG, 8 TD TRIP DUGAS / The Daily Reveille

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Tigers look to bounce back with win against Furman TYLER NUNEZ · Sports Writer

ast week the LSU football team attempted to put all the pieces of the puzzle together.

Now it needs to mend these pieces, deformed in frustration last week when the Tigers tried to force them in spots where they didn’t fit, and lost in

a shocking 27-24 upset to Ole Miss.

“This football team is talented, and they go to the field with the idea that they can make every play,” said LSU coach Les Miles.

“Our weakness [at Ole Miss] was that they thought they had to make every play and that they needed to

win the game with that play.”

No. 13 LSU (6-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) gets a break from SEC play as it takes on Football Championship Series opponent Furman (3-4, 2-2 Southern Conference) Saturday in the REBOUND, see page 11

As a little-known Football Championship Subdivision liberal arts school in Greenville, S.C., the Furman brand isn’t exactly engraved into college sports culture, and most folks haven’t the slightest idea of what a paladin is.

But the old adage says know your enemy, and it’s undoubtedly important to know when someone’s entrails are about to be incinerated by a level 72 Avenging Wrath spell.

This is the danger presented by the Paladins (3-4, 2-2 Southern Conference), who may or may not ride into Tiger Stadium wielding broadswords and casting auras on white stallions. Vegas Insider set the point spread at 47 in favor of LSU, but it’s not certain if that number truly represents the point spread or a body count.

But Furman doesn’t want the public to know its true intentions.

FURMAN DEFINED, see page 8

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Miles not harsh enough on lawbreakers HUTCHDOWN DANCING SPENCER HUTCHINSON Deputy Sports Editor Welcome to the LSU football program, where abuses of women, simple battery misdemeanors and unlimited chances abound.

Yet again on Wednesday, LSU coach Les Miles took it upon himself to do the bare minimum by simply suspending another player instead of taking more drastic measures.

Freshman defensive back Jeryl Brazil is just the most recent example of Miles giving players all the leash they could possibly need, as the Tigers’ coach simply suspended the freshman back indefinitely despite his second alleged violent crime in less than two months.

Brazil was arrested for simple

battery and simple criminal damage to a property at 3 a.m. last Friday — the same day LSU travelled to Oxford, Miss. — after he allegedly grabbed a woman by the neck and threw her onto a couch during an argument. The 5-foot-10-inch, 190-pound Brazil proceeded to punch a hole in the woman’s apartment wall before he left.

This is the same guy who, at the beginning of September, received a misdemeanor for fighting with another man in the loading dock area of The 5 dining hall. And he still has a window of opportunity to eventually return to the Death Valley playing field.

Geaux Tigers, right?

Heck, not three months ago Miles reinstated Jeremy Hill on the day LSU started fall camp, just hours after Hill’s probation was extended for pleading guilty to a simple battery charge of his own.

MILES, see page 11

RICHARD REDMANN / The Daily Reveille

LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill runs with the ball Oct. 12 during the Tigers’ 17-6 victory against the Florida Gators in Tiger Stadium. Hill and freshman defensive back Jeryl Brazil have caused trouble for the Tigers this season.

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FOOTBALL

Friday, October 25, 2013

Tiger Band to bring back banned songs against Furman

‘Oh-wee-oh’ on list of songs to return Trip Dugas Sports Contributor

The 2010 football season produced memories for LSU fans and players alike. There was revenge at home over Alabama, the Tennessee extra-play thriller and a Cotton Bowl victory against Texas A&M. But nothing from that season has transferred into present day Tiger football more than the removal of the infamous “Neck” chant. And now, after three years of hibernation, the Tiger Band will attempt to ease tainted songs back into the game day playlist.

Tiger Band members started a Facebook page titled “Keep ‘Neck’ and Oh-wee-oh’ clean” on Tuesday, revealing the return of “OhWee-Oh” for Saturday’s homecoming game against Furman. The page urges students to keep the cheer clean, and if students abide, “Neck” could return for good.

What started as an innocent and catchy rendition of a Dem Frachize Boyz song soon evolved into a vulgar lyrical taunt to opposing teams. Fans replaced the original lyric, “talking out the side of your neck,” with a sexually demeaning command.

Because the Tiger Band is mic’d for nationally televised

games, the student section’s message roared not only throughout Death Valley but into the ears of viewers across America. The band was prohibited from playing “Neck,” but LSU students refused to let their vulgar command go muted.

“Once the student section realized, ‘oh they’re not playing ‘Neck’ anymore,’ the chant transferred over to the rest of our playlist,” said senior architecture major Christopher Doiron, a four-year member of the Tiger Band.

The student section quickly flooded the same explicit lyrics into the band’s more popular songs like Kanye West’s “All of the Lights” and Lil’ Wayne’s “Right Above It.” “It started just last home game,” Doiron said. “We started to play ‘All of the Lights’ and then our directors cut us off and we went into ‘Coda Fight’ because the ‘Neck’ chant started.”

The Tiger Band’s playlist is diminished and limited at the sake of the student section, and it’s beginning to wear on Tiger Band members.

“It’s extremely frustrating,” Doiron said. “All these songs that we are putting in our repertoire to pump up the crowd, to get the crowd going when there are television timeouts, it’s getting ruined because we have to cut everything.

So basically, we’re going to have to play a ‘Hey Fighting Tigers’ all the time, so people better get used

to it.”

And it’s not just modern radio songs that are becoming too risky to play. “Oh-wee-oh”, the transitional song from PAT to kickoff, was on a hiatus because of the student section’s explicit remix. Since “Oh-wee-oh’s” removal, fans explode after a score and wait for ensuing kickoffs.

Even “L-S-U” in the ending to the traditional “Go Tigers” first down cheer was replaced with a more offensive phrase, “kick their ass”.

“I thought it was going to get phased out with people graduating, but now that it’s such a big deal, it’s basically been immortalized,” Doiron said.

The band members aren’t the only ones frustrated. Senior linebacker Lamin Barrow said the removal of some of the band’s songs has affected his experience on the field.

“Of course some songs get you a little more hyped than others,” Barrow said. “I loved the ‘Neck’ song. Even when it’s not playing I can hear it in my head.

When I hear those trumpets and I hear those horns, I get hyped.”

On Saturday, the student section will have the opportunity to change the future of the LSU gameday experience.

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Tiger Band will atempt to bring back fan favorites such as ‘Neck’ and ‘Oh-wee-oh’ this Saturday against Furman. Band members created a Facebook group called ‘Keep ‘Neck’ and ‘Oh-wee-oh’ clean’ in preparation for the game Saturday.

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Tigers need a commanding win to keep BCS hopes alive Four games left to prove BCS worth Trip Dugas Sports Contributor

While national championship hopes may have vanished after the loss to Southeastern Conference rival Ole Miss last weekend, LSU has four games remaining to prove they belong in a BCS bowl game.

The road to that goal begins Saturday against Football Championship Subdivision opponent Furman (3-4, 2-2 Southern Conference).

The Tigers are 47-point favorites against arguably the easiest team on its 2013-2014 schedule. Furman lost four games already this season and experimented with five different quarterbacks.

But with BCS implications

on the line and an upcoming bye week where LSU can’t control its own destiny, the Tigers must dominate the undermanned Paladins to stay in the hunt for a BCS berth.

“The season is not over,” said sophomore running back Jeremy Hill. “Last time this team won a national championship they had two losses. It’s a long season.

There are a lot of upsets and we were one of them. We just have to keep playing.”

The Tigers’ 388 total yards of offense last week were overshadowed by senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger’s three interceptions. Mettenberger has the chance to redeem himself Saturday against a Furman defense that allowed more than 20 points in five of its seven games this season.

Mettenberger acknowledged that the LSU offense suffered from his individual play against Ole Miss and looks to bounce

back on Saturday. football and take advantage of “I got a little ahead of my- the opportunities. Being able self, and I obviously paid for it,” to execute plays and carry out Mettenberger said. “I learned assignments is the most important from it and I’m getting ready for part.”

Furman.”

Earning a spot in a BCS bowl Mettenberger is not the only game also calls for an improvethe LSU offensive player strug- ment on the other side of the ball, gling as of late. where the LSU While Hill was ‘The season is not over. defense allowed held to 64 rush525 total yards of Last time this team offense last week. ing yards last week, star junior “We can get won a national wide receiver the confidence Odell Beckham championship they had back up for the has gained less team,” two losses. It’s a long whole than 80 yards resaid junior deceiving in the last season. There are a lot fensive tackle two games comAnthony Johnof upsets.’ pared to his 114 son. “We can’t let yards per game any opponent off average throughlightly. We’re goJeremy Hill out the first six ing to come out sophomore running back games. and prepare for “I think we are just shooting Furman.” ourselves in the foot,” said juThe chaotic nature that the nior wide receiver Jarvis Landry. end of the season brings can in“We have to be smarter with the fluence the BCS picture week to

week. With two top-15 matchups remaining, the Tigers still fight for a spot in a prestigious bowl game.

“We’re going to try to get better,” said sophomore linebacker Kwon Alexander. “We’re going to play our hardest in every game. We’re going to try to get to a BCS Bowl. We’re going to do all we can to get to a [BCS] Bowl.”

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VOLLEYBALL

Unranked Tigers look to upset No. 11 Missouri Mike Gegenheimer Sports Writer

The last time the LSU volleyball team played a ranked opponent at the PMAC, Texas handed the Tigers in a dominating, three-set loss.

On Friday, the second ranked opponent in three weeks rolls into Baton Rouge hoping to pile on LSU’s recent troubles, when No. 11 Missouri comes to town.

But LSU coach Fran Flory hopes this time around, the final line will tell a different story.

“If we play smooth on our side, we’ll have a pretty good matchup,” Flory said. “but they’re seasoned veterans and we’re still a pretty young team.

It’s going to be a tough matchup for us.”

LSU enters the game on a two-match losing streak after consecutive losses on the road to Auburn and Alabama. The Tigers failed to push the match past four sets on both occasions.

Flory said she thought the offense played better during the previous two matches than it did against Texas, but the defense is what fell apart for her squad — the opposite of how she felt following the match against the Longhorns.

This week, the goal is to put together both offense and defense during the course of a match — something that may provide more than a fair share of obstacles for the young Tigers. Flory said she hopes her team can become less predictable on their side of the court and produce more weapons and scoring zones. “[Missouri is] a good team,” junior setter Malorie Pardo said.

“They’re going to be in system and their setter is very good.

We’re going to have to play to

the best of our ability as a group — which we’re capable of doing, we’re capable of beating them. But they’re a good, solid team.”

The experience the team gained from playing Texas earlier this season is crucial for a matchup like this and since anybody can beat anybody on any given

day, the Tigers know what they need to do to secure a victory, Pardo said.

Missouri senior setter Molly Kreklow is the main focus for LSU going into the match, as Kreklow leads the conference with 12.43 assists per set and is the only setter in the league to surpass the 900 assist mark this

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Flory said there’s no taking a player of Kreklow’s skill out of the game, but the Tigers will attempt to make her job as difficult as possible Friday night.

“In system, out of system, she is awfully good,” Flory said.

“The key is keeping the rest of [the team] passing the ball and

defending the ball so that she’s touching the ball behind the attack line.”

Contact Mike Gegenheimer at mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Gegs1313_TDR

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That’s why few outside of South Carolina have seen them play — Furman is orchestrating one of the greatest cover-ups in the history of the world.

The historical paladins, also known as the Twelve Peers, were the highest ranking knights in the court of the Carolingian King Charlemagne. But Furman didn’t adopt the Paladin nickname until 1961, and the 12 century gap leaves too many questions unanswered.

Paladins exist in the fictional realm as well. Many online roleplaying games feature paladins as a playable warrior class, most notably in “World of Warcraft.”

“This is the call of the paladin: to protect the weak, to bring justice to the unjust, and to vanquish evil from the darkest corners of the world,” reads the official World of Warcraft website. “These holy warriors are equipped with plate armor so they can confront the toughest of foes, and the blessing of the Light allows them to heal wounds and, in some cases, even restore life to the dead.”

Let that sink in for a minute.

Not only are paladins the personal bodyguards of kings, but they are infused with magical abilities.

It’s no wonder Furman is touted as South Carolina’s most selective private university, but perhaps the “liberal arts” being taught in Greenville are actually dark arts.

LSU soccer coach Brian Lee played and coached at Furman for 15 years before accepting his job in Baton Rouge, and he is presumably well-versed in the Paladin culture. But Lee said the school didn’t teach its students the history of the 8th century knights, ruling out the possibility that Furman based its moniker on the medieval paladins.

Lee said a paladin was nothing more than “a knight on a white horse,” but his quick, short-winded answers hardly shed light on the true nature of the Furman Paladins.

Lee denied being knighted, learning magic or swearing any blood oaths at Furman, which is exactly what a wizard-knight sworn to secrecy would do.

The Paladin brotherhood is more than likely a covert international web of sorcerers and demonkillers, as they may have another sleeper cell in the Tiger ranks. A suspected Paladin is in the LSU football locker room — and it’s none other than senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger.

Mettenberger revealed what appeared to be an innocent connection to Furman when he told reporters he attended youth football camps at the school. But the Watkinsville, Ga., native said he knew Furman very well and that the trip from his home to the campus took exactly 1 hour and 27 minutes.

His precise knowledge of Furman’s location should send up red flags, as it indicates an intimate and familiar relationship with the university. However, Mettenberger gave false information — the suggested Google Maps route from Watkinsville to Greenville said the trip should take only slightly less than two hours.

Why would Mettenberger feed the media lies about Furman’s location?

The only logical answer is

Furman is actually a Hogwartsstyle school surrounded by spells to keep out non-magic users and the government. Mettenberger tried to throw reporters off the track, and it’s obvious where his allegiance lies.

The senior quarterback conveniently “doesn’t remember a lot” about the football camps he attended in his youth. That is either another shameless cover-up or a desperate cry for help from the part of Mettenberger’s subconscious that was brainwashed by propaganda and wizardry while within the magical barriers of Furman.

Did the Paladins invite promising football stars to their camps to brainwash them into strict

obedience and teach them swordsmanship and the ways of the Holy Light, anticipating some prophetic day of retribution? We probably won’t know until they’re upon us.

And when that moment comes, even a Frost Armor spell won’t save the Tigers.

Marcus Rodrigue is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Thibodaux, La.

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LSU attempts to get back on track against Georgia Match could be last at home for seniors

last game. I just want to enjoy the last time out here with these great LSU fans and the team we have this year.”

Following last weekend’s losses, the Tigers dropped to No. 63 in Marcus Rodrigue the Ratings Percentage Index, which Sports Contributor measures a team’s strength of schedAfter a month at the top of the ule. The RPI’s top-64 teams at the Southeastern Conference, the LSU end of conference championships resoccer team will have to play catch ceive bids to the NCAA Tournament, up in the league for the first time this and LSU continues to flirt with the cut-off number. season.

Despite falling to Ole Miss The Tigers (9-5-2, 5-21 SEC) were the conference and Florida, LSU’s three remainfrontrunners until they suffered ing games present opportunities back-to-back losses to Ole Miss to drastically increase its RPI. The and Florida last weekend, dropping Tigers wrap up the regular seathem into a three-way tie for fourth son with two of the SEC’s top place. LSU’s first chance to climb three teams in Kentucky and Texas back up the SEC ladder comes to- A&M, which sport RPIs of 26 and night when it hosts Georgia (10-5- 40, respectively.

No player or coach 1, 3-4-1 SEC) at the was happy with LSU’s LSU Soccer Stadium at Next up for mentality during its last 7 p.m. two losses, according “It was a rough the Tigers: to Brian Lee. Ramsey weekend, we all know Who: LSU (9-5-2, 5-2-1 heaped some of the that,” said senior goalkeeper Megan SEC) vs. Georgia (10-5-1, blame upon herself, vowing to turn things Kinneman. “But we 3-4-1 SEC) around in tonight’s still have an oppor- When: 7 p.m. tonight pivotal game against tunity to do what we Georgia. want to do this season. Where: LSU Soccer “After Ole Miss We’ve flushed those Stadium scored [its] first goal, games and are trywe had our heads ing to focus on these last three, especially Georgia on down,” Ramsey said. “It’s really up to me in the midfield to bring the team Friday.”

The Tigers experienced a crip- back up again. I take some of that on pling drought during the weekend as they were unable to score a goal in either game. Freshman forward Summer Clarke, who leads LSU with eight goals, said the offense executed well but struggled to finish chances near the goal.

LSU will likely need to capitalize on every chance it gets against the stingy Bulldog defense. Georgia senior goalkeeper Caitlin Woody is allowing only 0.73 goals per game this season. “[Georgia is] always feisty with us, so I think it’s going to be about composure and keeping our heads in it,” said senior defender Alex Ramsey. “We have to play our game, which is the feistiness up top, moving the ball and tiring the other team out.”

The Tigers will be without the services of freshman defender Megan Lee, who received a call to join the New Zealand Women’s National Team for training camp and two friendly matches next week. Megan Lee played valuable minutes since she returned from a sprained ankle in mid-September, but LSU coach Brian Lee said his scheme won’t change in her absence.

“Megan is certainly a kid we think is one of the top-level youth players in the world,” Brian Lee said.

“But the kids are filling in for her, and they know what we’re looking for and what they need to do.”

Unless LSU draws a home game in the NCAA Tournament, tonight’s match against Georgia will be the last time the Tigers’ senior class plays on its home field. Ramsey and Kinneman both said they will miss the support of the fans once their time at LSU is over.

“It’s coming quick, and it’s kind of crazy,” Kinneman said. “It doesn’t feel like it’s going to be my

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LSU junior midfielder Alex Ramsey kicks the ball Oct. 25, 2012, during the Tigers’ match against Arkansas in the LSU Soccer Stadium.

my part, and we’re going to work on that.”

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volleyball

Efficient killers lead to success Dimitri Skoumpourdis Contributing Writer

In a season where the LSU volleyball team has endured a rollercoaster ride of wins and losses, one thing has remained consistent through its 13 wins.

This team can kill and, according to their sixth best hitting percentage in the Southeastern Conference, they can do it efficiently.

Sophomore outside hitter Cati Leak and freshman middle blocker Briana Holman have led the attack so far this season as each ranks 14th and 15th in the SEC for kills, respectively.

“It’s definitely very fun [to get a clean kill],” Leak said. “It usually comes at a time that the setter puts it at the right position to kill it and you end up with a one on one.”

Leak is not just being modest by crediting good serving for the success of the team’s killing percentage. Junior setter Malorie Pardo has been engineering the offense every game as her top-five ranking in SEC assists will attest.

“She’s done a really good job of giving us one-on-one opportunities,” Leak said.

The team has enjoyed a nice chemistry between Pardo and all of her hitters and it is still developing as they navigate the schedule.

Pardo said the hardest part to maintaining good chemistry is the simple fact that every touch is different and the best way to work it out is to continue playing together.

“The flow of the game is always changing, so chemistry is always changing,” Pardo said. “I think my hitters trust me to get them the right set.”

Senior middle blocker Desiree Elliott would most likely be right up there with Leak and Holman if

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Tigers’ annual homecoming game.

On the surface, this contest seems pretty meaningless. When a top-25 traditional powerhouse program takes on an FCS cupcake with a losing record, it doesn’t take expert analysis to predict the probable outcome.

The Tigers could easily mail this one in and head into the bye week without a second thought.

But they have other plans.

“Our goal is just to go out and dominate,” said senior linebacker Lamin Barrow. “We have to come out and try to dominate this team.

It doesn’t matter if it’s Furman or if it’s a bigger opponent, just to feel better about ourselves. After losing to Ole Miss, we have to get that taste out of our mouths.”

Senior quarterback Zach Mettenberger had a rough start in Oxford, Miss., throwing three interceptions in the Tigers’ five firsthalf drives.

He was not alone as the LSU offense as a whole struggled against the Rebels, gaining less than 400 total yards for only the second time this season.

“We just need to be more

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LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill (33) runs downfield on Sept. 21 during the Tigers’ 35-21 victory against Auburn in Tiger Stadium.

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it wasn’t for her missing time early in the year due to a foot injury she suffered in non-conference play.

Elliott is averaging 2.34 kills per set, which is just shy of Leak’s 2.35 and Holman’s 3.12.

Despite the injuries, Elliott has picked up right where she left off and shows no signs of lingering effects from her injury. She credited her instincts as the reason for the lack of a dropoff.

“I’ve hit so many balls that it’s kind of muscle memory,” Elliott said. “I try to go up and do whatever comes naturally.”

Pardo echoed Elliott’s comments about kills being an instinctual part of the game of volleyball.

“I play with instinct,” Pardo

said. “We have to think a lot for certain situations but for me it’s just more what I do.”

Pardo said playing with so many talented and gifted hitters has made playing setter for this team a lot of fun.

As the chemistry on the team continues to develop as the year goes on, there’s nowhere to go but up as far as hitting goes, Pardo said.

“I love all my hitters,” Pardo said. “If they can put the ball away for me, they’re my favorite person in the world.”

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By the way, Hill was on probation to begin with because he pled guilty to carnal knowledge of a juvenile a little more than a year earlier when he was being recruited by Miles.

Two players with crimes against women, two completely useless indefinite suspensions and one coach who has a serious discipline issue on his hands.

Miles made the mistake of not removing Hill from the team a few months ago, and now he’s set a precedent that he can’t break. He couldn’t kick Brazil off the team Wednesday night because people would then accuse the Mad Hatter of favoritism toward Hill, a potential All-American running back, and Miles can’t have that swirling around, can he?

All Miles said on the subject Wednesday night was that Brazil had been indefinitely suspended, and he didn’t travel with the team to Ole Miss.

Well that’s fine and dandy, Les, but why wait to announce that until the media uncovered the story?

Why not stand up for the victim in this case and make an example that abusing women will not

patient,” Mettenberger said. “Defenses are really game planning us well for taking away the run at times and taking away the pass. ...

Receivers need to run their routes the right way and understand that, yeah, they’re getting doubleteamed one play, but maybe the next play they won’t.”

Mettenberger said he looks forward to bouncing back against the Paladins, who have allowed opposing quarterbacks to complete almost 72 percent of their combined passes for an average of more than 200 yards per game against FCS competition.

LSU’s defense also struggled last Saturday, allowing Ole Miss to tally 525 yards of total offense and convert 11 of 18 third downs, including two on the Rebels’ gamewinning drive.

Junior defensive tackle Anthony Johnson said the Tigers simply got too excited and missed assignments, something that LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis worked specifically to fix in practice this week.

“Coach Chavis repeated a couple of plays to make sure everybody knew that ‘Hey, you don’t have to do his job. You do your job. He’s going to be right there

behind you. He’s going to take care of what he has to do. So don’t try to make a play and be Superman,’” Johnson said. “We took that to heart this week.”

This is more than an exhibition match against an inferior

opponent for the Tigers. This is an opportunity to redeem themselves and regroup before preparing their marquee opponent of the season: No. 1 Alabama.

“We can get the confidence back for the whole team,” Johnson

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be tolerated in the LSU football program? Why not get ahead of the media and announce it the day you learned about it before boarding that bus to Oxford?

Miles dismissed Tyrann Mathieu from the team for smoking marijuana, but he simply suspended two players accused of harassing women. I’m no college football coach, but perhaps it’s better I’m not so my perception of right and wrong doesn’t get that screwy.

As the brother of two sisters, I struggle not to think about what I would want Miles to do if Jeryl Brazil had thrown one of my sisters onto a couch by her neck. One thing’s for sure, I wouldn’t take an indefinite suspension with inevitable reinstatement as acceptable punishment.

And furthermore, I struggle to see how Miles, a father of two daughters, didn’t do the same.

Spencer Hutchinson is a 21-yearold mass communication senior from West Monroe.

Contact Spencer Hutchinson at shutchinson@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Hutch_TDR said. “We can’t let any opponent off lightly.

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University still racist, but in different ways SHUT UP, MEG Megan Dunbar Columnist Our University has a very evident issue with white supremacy.

If you take a cross section of students in the Union, the Quad or even in The Daily Reveille’s newsroom at any given time, you’ll come up pretty short as far as diversity goes.

Nearly 30 percent of Louisiana’s population is black, and only 11 percent of LSU’s undergraduate student population is.

That’s almost halved.

If you take an even closer look, the whole of The Reveille’s opinion staff is white.

That means we have no minority voices taking advantage of a daily publication most students read at least weekly.

The interesting part: No one black applied to the section this semester.

However, I am the first

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female opinion editor in a few years, and coincidentally eight of the twelve people who work for me are also female.

Last semester everyone but myself was male.

That’s a failure of half of one of the most vocal official LSU organizations on campus. But what about the other half: Student Government?

It’s a group that should provide a voice for every University student, but instead of using its power to champion minority issues, it attempts to squash those ideas in the form of the Black Caucus.

Currently clocking in with a single member — one of those who founded the caucus two years ago — the Black Caucus is in danger of dying next year after De-Andre Beadle graduates.

And no one besides Beadle seems to be worried about the caucus doing effective work.

This should be a schoolwide issue if student government wants to have as much of an impact on campus as possible. Most of the University is white, but

that doesn’t have to be all that’s represented in our government.

Obviously our own country didn’t make great decisions when part of the population remained unrepresented pre-Civil War. I don’t think we’ll backslide into a culture of agricultural slavery on campus if the Black Caucus dies, but that’s not a contemporary issue at this university.

Our issue is making sure a black woman can cross campus on gameday without enduring people screaming racial slurs.

Welcome to the year 2013.

This is not a post-racial society.

This is a society that’s very confused about where we stand on gender, race and class.

If the white hegemony is allowed to continue, we will. No one wonders why a bunch of white students sit at the same table in 459 Commons, but when black students congregate at that one back table at The 5, it’s a whole other issue.

Why would they choose to separate themselves from everyone else? Isn’t that a form of racism? They’re being racist, so

it’s okay for us to discriminate against them too.

No. It’s not.

And if it is, then every white person talking to another white person is also racist. How dare they?

We have racial and, therefore, cultural differences. Skin color is still taken as an indicator of upbringing and class, for the most part, and black falls on the negative end of that perception.

It falls to our generation to continue trying to change that stigma, and one of the ways we can is by allowing minorities a safe place to speak.

Sometimes women need to speak to a woman, or a man needs to speak with another man.

It’s knowing you’re talking to someone who biologically understands you.

No matter social background, every black person on this campus has experienced some form of racism, whether it’s a drunk man yelling about how much better the South used to be or your own lack of wanting to speak up about things that bother you because no

one will listen.

And speaking to someone who knows where you’re coming from has power.

Knowing someone exists who can help you — who comes from the same emotional place — matters.

This is why the Black Caucus matters.

It doesn’t fragment the government. It’s not a power play.

It’s not a group of people looking to turn white people into the victims.

It’s an advocacy issue, and as a student body, we will all be better off if 11 percent of our population knows they’re safe in the hands of our student government.

In my opinion, all colleges and universities should have armed guards/patrols but that’s it.

It’s a waste of resources and policemen to have them stationed at every single school.”

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“I really appreciate this article being published and on the front page. I feel like people are not educated enough on rape. I hope this article opens everyone’s eyes and makes them realize that no means no.

There is another article I read today. That states: ‘A huge component of this is consent. Consent in sexual situations is usually taught as, ‘If a woman says no, it means no.’

That’s nice, but it completely glosses over the complexity of the issue. It continues to frame sex in a ‘Women get to decide, you have to convince them,’ perspective. This reinforces the perception that men must somehow prove themselves to women and women must somehow be ‘won over’ by a man to have sex with him.

This isn’t consent, it’s mutually reinforced manipulation.’ http://goodmenproject.com/ featured-content/7-things-sexeducation-should-have-taughtus-but-didnt-hesaid/ This is a bigger issue and should be talked about, especially on college campuses. There are so many things wrong in today’s world, this is just one of them.

My heart goes out to the woman in this situation. Thank you for getting help. This happens to a lot more often then we think it does. People deserve to be punished for forcing themselves on someone else.

Starting up conversation about this issue is the way to go to stop whats going on.”

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when it became obvious to her that it was riddled with inconsistencies and errors in her story.

Ms Baker has inserted herself into events that certifiably did occur, which makes it rather difficult to anyone who hasn’t followed how this thing has developed over the last ten to twelwe years to distinguish research from fiction. Ms Baker also, unfortunately, has a habit of doing her very best to character assassinate those who regard her story as nothing but fiction.

Researcher Dave Reitzes has compiled a page which is a good start for anyone interested in this subject: http://www.jfk-online. com/judyth-story.html” -Glenn V

In response to Gordon Brillon’s article, “Blown Away: Electronic cigarette shop offers unique variety of home-brewed smoke juices,” readers had this to say: “Personal vaporizers (e-cigs) have been a lifesaver for me. I was a 25yr, pack +/day smoker and NOTHING broke the habit: Zyban, patches, gum, lozenges, hypnotism. I started vaping (with the proper kit & at the right nicotine level) and didn’t even have a serious craving. I’ll be 2 years cigarette free in January. p.s. Stay away from Blu/ Njoy/and all those other BIG TOBACCO “cig-a-likes”. They’re bogus if you really want to quit, and WAY over-priced for what you get.”

-KAMoberly In response to Zachery Carline’s article, “Man charged with rape of student,” readers had this to say:

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Kevin Thibodeaux Taylor Balkom Brian Sibille Alyson Gaharan Megan Dunbar

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In response to Gordon Brillon and Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez’s article, “Oswald’s girlfriend offers variation on JFK assassination,” readers had this to say: “Ms Baker claims that ‘(Despite) all their protests, they don’t ever attack the book, because it’s full of documentation.’

Almost all serious JFK assassination researchers have long since rebutted her story. That is, the story she first presented. What she now presents is the result of more than ten years of debate, where Ms Baker has changed most everything as compared to the first book. She has learned diligently from a seriously critical research community and now presents a story that’s been revised beyond recognition. Ms Baker disavowed her first book

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Do whatever you can while you still have the time ’DAM, GIRL Morgan Searles Columnist Nine weeks into the semester, with a few class lectures, rainbows of junk food and a handful of exams behind us, it’s a good time to reflect on proper time mismanagement.

It’s easy to become transfixed with the lull of inertia in at an age when we should be constantly moving from one activity to the next. But personal responsibility can keep laziness and boredom in check.

I spend excessive brain power imagining the things I could be doing if I weren’t obligated to study, write or research. The result is usually a B average, three sheets, two pillows and one set of oversized couch cushions holding up my new blanket fort.

But the moment an exam is over or the essay is handed in, students revert to creatures of ennui.

Compare the dreams and desires from last week’s all nighter to the calendar you’ve kept in the past seven days.

With the obstruction of academic responsibility firmly wedged between us and personal freedom, bikes needed riding, new albums wanted listening and every post on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram demanded attention.

Even Crossfit seemed like a good idea. But without the extra work holding me back, I watched eight episodes of “New Girl,” ate a whole frozen pizza and reached the end of the Internet.

It’s an underutilized universality that we always want what we can’t have, but time shouldn’t

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go unappreciated when it’s finally acquired.

This semester abroad has been an unexpected experiment in living with the brakes on. For the first time what I’m calling my adult life — see part about blanket fort — I don’t have a high-demanding job or two. I’m not on an internship.

I’m not in any clubs or organizations and I go to class three and a half hours a week.

I’m drowning in unprecedented quantities of free time, and it’s been challenging to make each day count without ticking on someone

else’s clock.

We will never again have this much say in how we spend our time. Down the line, our activities will be dominated by the demands of careers, families and the fear of that middle-age belly that comes with a slowing metabolism.

There will never be a more age-appropriate time to wait tables, attempt a drinking contest, let your parents feed you or shop at Urban Outfitters. The era of crashing on a friend’s couch is dwindling, and soon a few of our favorite things will be lost to the pressures of

maintaining a sane and mature image.

You know those guys who run around the quad in gorilla and banana suits? They’re doing it right.

Jobs, classes and clubs keep us connected in a chain reaction of opportunity. Being busy keeps your mind sharp and creative, and it keeps you hungry. Friends from the office want to party after a hard day. Going to class, we meet likeminded people who can introduce us to new interests. Concentrating on studies prompts imagination and motivation to do the things that

make us happy.

As the saying goes, if you’re bored then you’re boring, and we do not have time to waste on being blasé.

Morgan Searles is a 21-year-old mass communication senior from Baton Rouge studying abroad in Amsterdam.

Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @morgansearles

Mental health is often overlooked by college students THE BOX DOES NOT EXIST Jana King Columnist Take a look around, and find four people aged 18-24. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of them has a diagnosable mental illness.

There are roughly 30,000 students attending LSU right now, leaving 7,500 of them facing a mental health problem — and many of them are undiagnosed.

For some, it might be hard to believe that the people they walk by could be dealing with mental illness troubles, because we are conditioned to associate mental illness with insanity and mental institutions.

But many who struggle with mental disorders live relatively

normal, functioning lives.

In fact, I’m almost positive that none of the four people you picked out look like they belonged in “American Horror Story: Asylum.”

Because of this negative image of mental health problems, people are reluctant to seek help and, therefore, go undiagnosed.

Stigma — the shame associated with a circumstance — is the number one barrier between college students and mental health diagnosis.

In a 2006 study by mtvU 503 college students were interviewed across the country, on stress, depression, stigma and college life. Of those, 72 percent said that a fear of embarrassment was the reason they would not seek mental health resources, should they have a problem.

That fear of embarrassment comes from those surrounding you, and in college that means your

friend group. Especially among college-aged males, there is a stigma against emotions and a fear of being viewed as weak.

Interestingly enough, more than half of those students said that they would recommend that a friend seek help. I know this might sound crazy, but if your friends care about you they would probably want you to get better.

Another fear, that I myself have experienced, is the fear that admitting you have a problem will cost you your independence. As if making the responsible decision to actively seek medical attention means that you cannot be trusted with your own life.

These fears are very real in college students, and they are also very dangerous. Mental illnesses are not that different from physical illnesses, and when left untreated they often get worse.

My favorite comment on the

issue of mental health stigma in the United States is from game show host Howie Mendel.

“We take care of our dental health, but not our mental health.

We go to the dentist for x-rays when there’s no issue. Just to make sure everything is okay. But we don’t get a mental health check-up, because there is a stigma involved,” Mendel said in a February 2013 interview with ADDtitude magazine.

Not only is mental health as important as physical health, the two can often depend on each other.

I’ve suffered from digestive problems since middle school, and had countless medications and diagnoses since. But it wasn’t until a doctor suggested that it was anxiety related that I started seeing results.

I was anxious about work, school and my relationships, but I wrote it off as normal stress. I let it go for several years, and now I will have a messed up digestive tract for

the rest of my life.

Don’t be so quick to write off extreme stress as normal. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, seek help.

LSU has numerous resources for students, and most of them are free and confidential. This includes The Phone, a crisis intervention hotline operated by LSU, where trained counselors are available 24 hours a day to talk to you. The number is (225) 924-3900.

In the end, the most important thing is you and you should never let a stigma keep you from being healthy.

Jana King is a 19-year-old women and gender studies sophomore from Ponchatoula, La. Contact Jana King at jking@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @jking_TDR

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Friday, October 25, 2013 Beadle has reached out to minority student organizations One of the other authors of the on campus such as Black Student bill was Senator De-Andre Beadle. Union, NAACP and the National Beadle has been with the Pan-Hellenic Council to listen Black Caucus since its incep- to the needs of minority students tion, but fears its demise when he and to relay the foundations of the graduates — he is the only active caucus. member.

Delegates from each organiza“We are striving hard to make tion will attend caucus meetings sure there is a future. I’m worri- so they can express the needs of some that the caucus could pos- students and brainstorm initiatives sibly die after I graduate,” Beadle that adequately display minority said. “So the future I see would representation on campus. hopefully have the While the strength as a com- Read a columnist’s view Black Caucus’ mittee in student goal is to promote senate to review on why the Black Caucus the needs of the is important, p. 12 legislation and put University’s miit on the floor.” nority community, The sociology senior wants it also serves to dispel negative legminority students to utilize the islation that can hinder minorities, Black Caucus so it will be a lasting Beadle said. sector of Student Government.

Since the caucus’ inception, “I hope the caucus can bring there haven’t been any tangible black and minority students on things done that students directly campus together to say ‘Let’s get feel. This is primarily due to the something done. Let’s use the re- consistently bleak representation source of Student Government to numbers in SG. get our needs heard,’ ” Beadle said.

Although Beadle is the only “That is the future I want to see for active member in the Black Cauthe Black Caucus.” cus, he has received help from

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had many friends within her classes, her crowning came as a shock to a large majority of the student body.

At the homecoming game ceremony, Myer was rewarded with silence in Tiger Stadium, with the few exceptions of her close friends, family and sorority sisters. Myer said that when she walked back up to the student section in the stadium she was met with glaring eyes of disbelief. Myer responded to these glances with a smile. The significance of her being crowned did not sink in until after the ceremony, she said. These days people still approach her on the street and thank her for the role she played in African-American history at the University.

“As an undergraduate student you don’t realize the impact you might have in history,” Myer said.

Not only was Myer the first African-American homecoming queen, but she was also the last queen crowned without a king. In 1992, the University crowned its first homecoming king, making Myer’s accomplishment even more memorable and significant.

Myer’s experience was reenacted in a production as part of the Alumni Reunion Celebration on September 6. The production highlighted numerous African-American figures that had a profound influence in University history.

The event also celebrated the

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first reunion of the University’s gospel choir as well as recognized the first African-American to receive a master’s degree from the University.

Though Myer is a historical symbol of the African-American community, she is still an advocate for University students as

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Sociology senior De-Andre Beadle is the sole member of the Student Government Black Caucus.

fellow Senator Jared Williams to strengthen its foundation. Beadle says he wants the foundation of the caucus to be concrete before other black senators join.

“I’m excited there are more

black senators but before I bring them in, I want to make sure there is something concrete that they can come to,” Beadle said.

While the Black Caucus’ purpose is to provide the “black

the director of advocacy and outreach for the college of Human Sciences and Education.

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or monetary goals in mind.

Washington Beltway politics riddled with “ideological closemindedness” only furthers the need for the next generation of journalists to use impartiality and the facts as a guide, warned Bernstein, who now teaches at Stony Brook University on Long Island, N.Y. LSU Manship School Dean Jerry Ceppos, who introduced Bernstein to students, asked the former Washington Post reporter how the coverage of Watergate might be different today given the popularity of reporters using social media as part of their coverage.

Even with the age of technology and the 24-hour news cycle, responded Bernstein, covering the news is no different than it was 40

perspective” and the members serve as representatives for the minority students, Beadle invites senators of other races to join.

“I don’t care if you are black, white, Hispanic, Asian, if you have the desire to hear the concerns of black and minority students on campus, I welcome you to attend,” Beadle said. “I don’t think we should discriminate to anyone being a part of the caucus.”

Beadle says he wants the black caucus system to expand to other schools, as the University is the only Southeastern Conference school that has a formally recognized black caucus.

“I went to the Student Government SEC Exchange and other schools were very interested in developing the caucus system,” Beadle said. “Some schools have a black caucus but it isn’t in the scope of student government.”

Contact Camille Stelly at cstelly@lsureveille.com years ago.

“Social media can be helpful, but it’s not an elemental part of reporting,” Bernstein said.

The Watergate reporting was an example of the American system working, Bernstein said, adding the press obtained the truth and the branches of government worked together to prove that no one is above the law, “even the president of the United States.”

Bernstein called on the aspiring journalists to adhere to the basic notions, to be fair, and not approach news with pre-conceived notions. Do that, he urged, and the country will be better served.

Contact Jonathan Olivier at jolivier@lsureveille.com

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