Protest budget cuts with SG officials and other University students Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Capitol. Read more in the Letter to the Editor on page 8.
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LSUPD officer files lawsuit over gender discrimination By Ryan Buxton Senior Staff Writer
An LSU Police Department officer filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging she was denied promotion because of gender discrimination. Maj. Martha Helen Haire, who has worked with LSUPD for 21 years, claims in the suit she was passed over for LSU chief of police despite her sufficient qualifications because she is a woman. Haire applied in 2008 for chief of police — a position which specifically required a college degree — but the job went to Maj. Lawrence Rabalais, who didn’t have a degree, instead of Haire, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, according to the suit. Both Haire and Rabalais were unavailable for comment by press time. The suit also makes allegations against Gary Durham, public safety director, who was named interim chief before Rabalais assumed the position. Haire claims Durham openly stated problems are “what happens when you have a bunch of women in charge,” and Durham told Haire during a performance review she was “using too much leave because she is a mother and has children.” LSUPD spokesman Blake Tabor declined to comment, as did Kristine Calongne, associate vice chancellor of Public Affairs. Commenting on impending litigation is against University policy, Calongne said. Haire approached LSU Human Resources to complain “to no avail” about the denial of a promotion, according to the suit. She then filed a charge of discrimination in September 2009 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Louisiana Commission on Human Rights, the suit said. Haire claims Rabalais issued her the “lowest performance evaluation she had ever received” in her years at LSUPD in January, criticizing her “job knowledge and technical skills” on the position she held for several years. The suit claims Haire’s damages include “lost wages and benefits, loss of promotion and promotional opportunities, loss of earning capacity, severe and extreme emotional distress and mental anguish, humiliation and embarrassment, loss of reputation and standing in the community and all such other damages as will be more fully shown at trial.” Calongne said Haire still holds her position of major at LSUPD, and she had no knowledge of any changes to her employment.
Spring Awakening
Tigers conclude practice with spring game at 3 p.m. Saturday in Tiger Stadium By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor
It’s no secret where the LSU football team wants to be for the 2010 season. LSU coach Les Miles has preached a sense of physicality to players and coaches alike during the last four weeks of spring practice. Now it’s time for the rest of the country to judge for themselves. The Tigers will partake in live action in front of a crowd for the first time
since the Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day, a 19-17 loss to Penn State, as they take part in the annual National L Club Spring Game on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. “I’ve talked to a lot of players in the past like [former LSU quarterback Rohan Davey] to Charles Scott to everybody, and they all say this is the most physical spring in LSU history,” sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard said of the team’s intense practices. “And that’s the big thing — when you talk about a big-time program and for this to
be the most physical spring they’ve ever seen, that’s a huge step for us.” The game will serve as a Tweetup, an event in which a group of people who communicate on Twitter meet in person. LSU is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for largest Tweetup. Ford Motor Company holds the record with a 1,149-person event in December 2009. And while the lights from Tiger Stadium won’t shine on the field because GAME, see page 11 photos by J.J. ALCANTARA / The Daily Reveille
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[Top left] LSU senior wide receiver Terrence Toliver tackles a Penn State cornerback Jan. 1 at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla. [Top right] LSU junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson, right, hands the ball off to senior fullback Stevan Ridley (34). [Bottom] LSU freshman wide receiver Rueben Randle bobbles the ball.
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Mexico arrests drug trafficker ‘King of Heroin’ with ties to US
Arizona teen, a Liberian refugee, to be tried as a juvenile for gang-rape
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police have arrested Mexico’s “King of Heroin,” a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said Thursday. Jose Antonio Medina, nicknamed “Don Pepe,” was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday.
PHOENIX (AP) — A teenage Liberian refugee charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl will be sent to the juvenile system for therapy and released in less than three years, rather than face more than 25 years in prison if convicted as an adult, a Phoenix judge ruled Thursday. The 15-year-old, who is not named because of his age, was 14 at the time of the July assault and had been the only one of four boys charged as an adult. All the children involved are refugees from the wartorn West African nation of Liberia.
Qatari government forces out moderates from top Islam Web site CAIRO (AP) — The Qatari government has forced out the moderate leadership of a popular Islamic Web site and plans to reshape it into a more religiously conservative outlet, former employees of the site said Thursday. Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, the cleric who co-founded IslamOnline and is known as a relative moderate, is no longer the head of al-Balagh, the company which funds the Web site.
Eisenhower Memorial would include 80-foot columns, metal ‘tapestries’ WASHINGTON (AP) — A national memorial to former president and World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower would include eightstory columns and metal “tapestries” of photos, according to plans announced Thursday in Washington.
Architect Frank Gehry designed the memorial, but it still needs some $80 million in funding and the approval of federal agencies to be completed. A commission overseeing its construction wants to have it finished by 2015. Planning for the Eisenhower memorial began more than a decade ago and the site was selected in 2006. California ghost town sinks into mud; ducks, geese, wildlife return ALVISO, Calif. (AP) — A ghost town that was once a weekend getaway for San Francisco Bay area residents is slowly sinking into mud, and officials said the best option is to let it be buried. The town of Drawbridge, at the far reach of Alameda County, is part of a $400 million effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore bay wetlands. About 20 buildings remain in the marshy area and as they sink, ducks, geese, shorebirds and other wildlife return.
STATE/LOCAL
Governor Jindal orders partial La. spending freeze on nonessentials
Tulane hires ex-Saints coach Tom Haynes to defensive secondary
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered a partial freeze Thursday on state spending for travel, supplies, contracts and nonessential services in most state government agencies, as Louisiana struggles with its second deficit this year. Economists haven’t given a formal projection of the shortfall in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. But estimates range from $100 million to more than $400 million, and lawmakers and the Jindal administration already are preparing agencies for another round of budget cuts, on top of $248 million in reductions Jindal ordered earlier this year. “The responsible approach is to begin planning now and to begin reducing expenditures now,” said Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, the governor’s top budget adviser. “If it’s non-critical spending, we need to curtail it immediately. It’s imperative that we aggressively pursue savings.”
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans Saints coach has been hired to coach Tulane’s defensive secondary. Tom Hayes replaces Greg Jackson, who resigned earlier this month to accept a similar position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tulane announced Hayes’ hiring Thursday.
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Man claims alligator bit him, but propeller was probably culprit MONROE (AP) — A swirl in the dark water of Black Bayou Lake. followed by a sharp stabbing injury to his arm after he fell into the water, led a man to believe he was bitten by an alligator. But Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agent Capt. Alan Bankston says there was no alligator involved. Bankston says while boat owner Danny Soles was in the water, the boat’s propeller hit Soles’ arm.
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TRACK AND FIELD
Season transitions to outdoor, Tigers host relay All-Americans make their debut By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor
The Tigers and Lady Tigers are working their way back into a normal routine following their first outdoor meet this season, where they were without many of their top athletes. The LSU relays will be held in Baton Rouge, the first of two home meets this outdoor season. “We don’t get a long break between seasons — we just go right into another season,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “Last week, when we went to ULL, we gave [the athletes who competed
CHAMPIONSHIP, from page 5
lately, posting three consecutive scores above its RQS average. “We’re going to be thinking the same thing we have been thinking,” said senior Summer Hubbard. “We went to Centenary and had a pretty decent turnout. Now we just look to push even harder for SECs.” But Hubbard is also aware of the competition the team will be up against. “This is one of the toughest competitions of the season, push
at nationals] a week off. This week teams at the indoor championsome of them will get back into it, ships. The Lady Tigers finished in and next week we’ll go to Texas third place, and the Tigers finished Relays, which is really a meet that in fourth. is well-attended and is a prestiSophomore Barrett Nugent gious event.” was one of the TiLSU will ger All-Americans welcome back during the indoor its athletes who season. Nugent competed in the ran a 7.65-second NCAA Indoor 60-meter hurdle Championships time to place fourth in Fayetteville, in the final. Ark., two weeks As the team Barrett Nugent ago. The 20 athtransitions from sophomore All-American letes were given the indoor season the week off folto the outdoor sealowing their performance in the son, Nugent has to prepare for two national-championship meet. different events: the 4x100-meter LSU racked up 13 individual relay and the 110-meter hurdles. All-American honors and two All“I feel much different coming American honors for its men’s into this year than last year. Evand women’s 4x400-meter relay erything about me is different this
year,” Nugent said. “Last year’s performance doesn’t even compare.” Shaver said LSU will use the meet as a stepping stone to bigger meets with better competition to gauge where his team stands. “There’s not going to be what I would call great competition, there aren’t any real powerhouse teams that are going to be here,” Shaver said. “We’re just getting back on the track again and trying to execute on the relays where we’ve had just a minimal amount of time to work on it. We’re trying to use this meet to prepare and adjust things for the Texas Relays.” The Tigers expect a strong performance from junior jumper Zedric Thomas. Thomas earned All-American honors in the triple and long jumps at the NCAA
Indoor Championships. Senior Armanti Hayes could provide a boost for Tiger sprinters. The eight-time All-American and relay specialist starts his final outdoor season this weekend and will run the 400-meter dash. The Lady Tigers will be led by a strong pack of sprinters, including freshman Takeia Pinckney and seniors LaTavia Thomas and Samantha Henry. This weekend’s meet marks the beginning of the end of the illustrious careers of Thomas and Henry, who have combined for 22 All-American honors, three NCAA Championships and 12 Southeastern Conference Championships.
aside nationals,” Hubbard said. “The SEC, they rock and rule in the gymnastics world.” The SEC Championship poses another new obstacle for the Tigers to overcome: a seven-team meet. Because there are only four events in gymnastics, each team will have three byes mixed in with its four rotations, something the Tigers have not seen this season. “[Having a bye] can be an advantage as far as, if you get a little bit shaky on one event, you have a little bit of time to [recuperate] and reset
your team gets to stand up there, so you’re isolated. It feels a little different; it looks a little different than you’re used to having.” Senior Susan Jackson, the nation’s second ranked all-around gymnast, will be in pursuit of her third SEC individual title. Jackson won the vault title in 2008 and the balance beam crown in 2009. Jackson is ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, No. 6 on uneven bars, No. 12 on floor exercise and No. 13 on balance beam. Hubbard enters the meet ranked No. 15 on the
uneven bars, and junior Sam Engle cracked the national rankings, checking in at No. 16 on the balance beam. Hubbard stressed the key to success this week was quality of repetitions in practice, not quantity. “It’s not about numbers,” Hubbard said. “It’s about coming in here and doing the least amount of numbers but being most efficient with those numbers.”
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‘Last year’s performance doesn’t even compare to this year.’
everybody before you move on,” said senior Kayla Rogers. “As long as we don’t finish on a bye because it’s nice to actually be competing in that last rotation so you actually have some control of what’s going on.” The meet will also be the first time this season LSU will compete on risers. A competition on risers means the apparatuses will be on a raised platform, instead of on the ground as they are during most regular-season competitions. “It gives a little bit, and it shakes a little bit,” Rogers said. “None of
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For day wear [left], Conrad wore a casual dress with a belt her friends call her “Sailor Moon belt.” She wore beaded sandals on her feet to complete the look.
Night Conrad put together another outfit for going out [right], consisting of a versatile black dress with sequin detailing paired with a chic belt. She completed the look with a red bag and black Mary Jane pumps.
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Friday’s Fashion File with Alison Conrad, political science freshman Q: What influences your style? A: “What time I wake up in the morning. I read fashion magazines, if I can afford them.”
Q: Who are your celebrity style icons? A: “I like Katy Perry a lot, and Kim Kardashian. I incorporate a bit of all their stuff. They’re constantly changing.”
Q: Where do you shop? A: “Magazine Street in New Orleans, at boutiques.”
Q: What’s your favorite fashion trend right now? A: “Dresses, now that spring is here. I like that it’s not cold because I don’t have to wear tights. I’m a big belt person.”
Q: What’s your least favorite
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fashion trend right now? A: “It’s not a trend anywhere [besides LSU], but I don’t like tights with Nike shorts.” Information complied by Elizabeth Clausen; photos by Hilary Scheinuk.
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Sports
Friday, March 26, 2010
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No On the Road Again Miles: harm to FOOTBALL
Tigers head to Tenn. to meet Volunteers on their first SEC road series
By Johanathan Brooks Sports Writer
LSU baseball is finally taking its show on the road. After a 20-game homestand to start the season, the No. 7 Tigers (17-3, 2-1) will travel to Tennessee (11-10, 0-3) for a three-game Southeastern Conference series. LSU junior catcher Micah Gibbs said the at ‘They’re atmosphere Tennessee is a very good one, and it dangerous, is likely to be a measuring and we good stick for some know we’re younger memteam. going to bers ÒofItÕ the s gohave to play ing to be a good test because this great road baseball.’ istriptheforfirst a lot of Paul Mainieri guys, and weÕ re LSU baseball coach going to see how they handle the road,Ó Gibbs said. Ò Road games arenÕ t always easy Ñ even for the sophomores. They havenÕ t been to Tennessee yet ... The walls are a lot closer than they are here, and the fans seem to be right on top of you.Ó The Volunteers have had LSUÕ s number in recent years. The Tigers havenÕ t won a series against the SEC East foes since taking two of three games from them in the 2006 campaign. Ò How do we explain that Tennessee has had the upper hand on us for three years?Ó asked LSU coach Paul Mainieri. Ò I just canÕ t do that. I donÕ t know the answer to it. Hopefully we can reverse the trend.Ó This weekend could be as good an opportunity as any for LSU to change its fortunes against the Volunteers. Tennessee lost all three games of its SEC-opening series games against South Carolina last
program, integrity
Spring game roster unveiled for Sat. By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
Junior Anthony Ranaudo has been sidelined with an injury to his throwing elbow since the first weekend of the season but is expected to get the start Sunday, provided nothing hinders his recovery. Ò As long as everything goes well in his bullpen outing, there is
LSU football coach Les Miles said Thursday that LSU had Ò no competitive advantageÓ as a result of the recruiting improprieties released in LSUÕ s report to the NCAA on Tuesday. The investigation was conducted in the correct way, Miles said in his final press conference before SaturdayÕ s spring game. Ò They contained the infraction as best it could be,Ó Miles Les MiLes said. Ò WeÕ ve LSU made sure repeated mistakes football coach would not occur. Both the coach and the player involved are no longer with us, and we go forward. The integrity of this program is not compromised.Ó The football program Ò minimized the damageÓ of the violations by eliminating the player and coach from involvement with the team, Miles said. Ò We didnÕ t get the opportunity to let the player play or the opportunity for the coach to recruit,Ó Miles said. Ò The coach could not use the phones.Ó Miles said he is excited to see spring practice culminate with the
STARTER, see page 7
SPRING, see page 7
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Sophomore pitcher Chris Matulis throws a pitch March 4 during a game against Pepperdine. The Tigers won, 7-4. Matulis is set to start Sunday’s game against the Volunteers. The Tigers have not won a series against Tennessee since 2006.
weekend. The Volunteers were outscored, 18-9, and never held a lead against the Gamecocks in that series. Ò TheyÕ ve got players, but for some reason, they just struggle,Ó Mainieri said. Ò TheyÕ re only hitting about .265 or something like that as a team, which is very unusual and shocking to me. TheyÕ re very dan-
gerous, and we know weÕ re going to have to play great baseball in order to beat those guys.Ó The Tigers have played good baseball lately. LSU has won four of its last five games after losing two of three against Kansas two weekends ago. The Tigers will try to continue their winning ways with the return of their ace to the weekend rotation.
GYMNASTICS
LSU gears up to fight for first SEC title since 1981 Tigers face first 7-team meet of season, get 3 byes
By Rob Landry Sports Contributor
The Southeastern Conference is full of dynasties. AlabamaÕ s football program has been historically dominant, as has KentuckyÕ s basketball program. LSU has been the benchmark for SEC baseball programs since the 1990s. The elite in gymnastics hail from Athens, Ga. The Georgia Gym Dogs have won 15 SEC championships, more than all the other
SEC teams combined. But the 2010 SEC Championship is up for grabs following Suzanne YoculanÕ s retirement as coach of the Gym Dogs. The No. 10 LSU gymnastics team, in search of its first SEC crown since 1981, is one of the teams in the hunt to reign supreme in SaturdayÕ s meet. The Tigers enter the meet ranked fifth in the SEC Ð behind No. 1 Alabama, No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Georgia and No. 8 Arkansas – with a regional qualifying score of 196.415. The Tigers trail four other teams in rankings, but they have already defeated the top-ranked Tide head-to-head at home and tied the Razorbacks on the road. LSU has had quite a bit of success CHAMPIONSHIP, see page 6
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LSU senior Summer Hubbard poses March 13 during a routine in the meet against Iowa in the PMAC.
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TRACK AND FIELD
Season transitions to outdoor, Tigers host relay All-Americans make their debut By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor
The Tigers and Lady Tigers are working their way back into a normal routine following their first outdoor meet this season, where they were without many of their top athletes. The LSU relays will be held in Baton Rouge, the first of two home meets this outdoor season. “We don’t get a long break between seasons — we just go right into another season,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “Last week, when we went to ULL, we gave [the athletes who competed
CHAMPIONSHIP, from page 5
lately, posting three consecutive scores above its RQS average. “We’re going to be thinking the same thing we have been thinking,” said senior Summer Hubbard. “We went to Centenary and had a pretty decent turnout. Now we just look to push even harder for SECs.” But Hubbard is also aware of the competition the team will be up against. “This is one of the toughest competitions of the season, push
at nationals] a week off. This week teams at the indoor championsome of them will get back into it, ships. The Lady Tigers finished in and next week we’ll go to Texas third place, and the Tigers finished Relays, which is really a meet that in fourth. is well-attended and is a prestiSophomore Barrett Nugent gious event.” was one of the TiLSU will ger All-Americans welcome back during the indoor its athletes who season. Nugent competed in the ran a 7.65-second NCAA Indoor 60-meter hurdle Championships time to place fourth in Fayetteville, in the final. Ark., two weeks As the team Barrett Nugent ago. The 20 athtransitions from sophomore All-American letes were given the indoor season the week off folto the outdoor sealowing their performance in the son, Nugent has to prepare for two national-championship meet. different events: the 4x100-meter LSU racked up 13 individual relay and the 110-meter hurdles. All-American honors and two All“I feel much different coming American honors for its men’s into this year than last year. Evand women’s 4x400-meter relay erything about me is different this
year,” Nugent said. “Last year’s performance doesn’t even compare.” Shaver said LSU will use the meet as a stepping stone to bigger meets with better competition to gauge where his team stands. “There’s not going to be what I would call great competition, there aren’t any real powerhouse teams that are going to be here,” Shaver said. “We’re just getting back on the track again and trying to execute on the relays where we’ve had just a minimal amount of time to work on it. We’re trying to use this meet to prepare and adjust things for the Texas Relays.” The Tigers expect a strong performance from junior jumper Zedric Thomas. Thomas earned All-American honors in the triple and long jumps at the NCAA
Indoor Championships. Senior Armanti Hayes could provide a boost for Tiger sprinters. The eight-time All-American and relay specialist starts his final outdoor season this weekend and will run the 400-meter dash. The Lady Tigers will be led by a strong pack of sprinters, including freshman Takeia Pinckney and seniors LaTavia Thomas and Samantha Henry. This weekend’s meet marks the beginning of the end of the illustrious careers of Thomas and Henry, who have combined for 22 All-American honors, three NCAA Championships and 12 Southeastern Conference Championships.
aside nationals,” Hubbard said. “The SEC, they rock and rule in the gymnastics world.” The SEC Championship poses another new obstacle for the Tigers to overcome: a seven-team meet. Because there are only four events in gymnastics, each team will have three byes mixed in with its four rotations, something the Tigers have not seen this season. “[Having a bye] can be an advantage as far as, if you get a little bit shaky on one event, you have a little bit of time to [recuperate] and reset
your team gets to stand up there, so you’re isolated. It feels a little different; it looks a little different than you’re used to having.” Senior Susan Jackson, the nation’s second ranked all-around gymnast, will be in pursuit of her third SEC individual title. Jackson won the vault title in 2008 and the balance beam crown in 2009. Jackson is ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault, No. 6 on uneven bars, No. 12 on floor exercise and No. 13 on balance beam. Hubbard enters the meet ranked No. 15 on the
uneven bars, and junior Sam Engle cracked the national rankings, checking in at No. 16 on the balance beam. Hubbard stressed the key to success this week was quality of repetitions in practice, not quantity. “It’s not about numbers,” Hubbard said. “It’s about coming in here and doing the least amount of numbers but being most efficient with those numbers.”
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‘Last year’s performance doesn’t even compare to this year.’
everybody before you move on,” said senior Kayla Rogers. “As long as we don’t finish on a bye because it’s nice to actually be competing in that last rotation so you actually have some control of what’s going on.” The meet will also be the first time this season LSU will compete on risers. A competition on risers means the apparatuses will be on a raised platform, instead of on the ground as they are during most regular-season competitions. “It gives a little bit, and it shakes a little bit,” Rogers said. “None of
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no doubt youÕ ll see him on Sunday,Ó Mainieri said. Ò I promise you it will be limited. ItÕ ll probably be two innings or 40 pitches, whichever comes first. We plan on having [sophomore picher Joey] Bourgeois to follow him up. ItÕ ll be like a start for Bourgeois, starting in the third inning.Ó Junior pitcher Mitch Mormann said the team has played mostly well without Ranaudo, but he said the New Jersey nativeÕ s return could only be beneficial for the entire pitching staff. “We’re thinking once he gets back in there and does his thing, weÕ re going to be more solid,Ó Mormann said. “We’re trying to figure out how good we can play, so itÕ ll be exciting to see once he gets back.Ó LSUÕ s Friday night starter will be junior Austin Ross. Ross (2-1) has 33 strikeouts through 27 2/3 innings and has amassed a 4.88 ERA. SaturdayÕ s starter will be sophomore lefty Chris Matulis. Matulis (3-0) started last Sunday against Arkansas. He pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed one run on five hits. Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com
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game Saturday. He said junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson will play with the White team, and junior Jarrett Lee will play with both the White and Purple teams. Ò Lee is playing better, and thatÕ s an advantage for our team,Ó Miles said. “Whether it would qualify as pushing the starter, I canÕ t necessarily say.Ó Miles said senior running back Richard Murphy will play at some point in the spring game, although he likely will not engage in full contact. “We believe we can get him in this game ... but with a lot of stopping and not tackling him low,Ó Miles said. Ò Our trainer said we can use him live if we wanted to ... We tackled him live on Tuesday.Ó Miles said the development of the tight end corps has impressed him. Sophomore Chase Clement converted from defensive end to tight end in the spring. Ò I like the move of Chase Clement, and [junior tight end] Deangelo Peterson is a hell of a player and becoming an every-down player,Ó Miles said. Sophomore defensive end Chancey Aghayere, junior safety Karnell Hatcher, junior center T-Bob Hebert, sophomore wide receiver Jhyryn Taylor and junior wide receiver John Williams will not play in the spring game, Miles said. Senior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard, who suffered a Ò rib nickÓ this week, is questionable, Miles added. Ò Kelvin Sheppard didnÕ t play much today,Ó Miles said. Ò He may well play [Saturday].” There is some friendly trash talking between the White and Purple teams as the spring game approaches, he said. Ò The winner may well be seated at the picnic while the losers will do the serving,Ó he said. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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FridAy, MArch 26, 2010
LSUPD needs to respond quickly to lawsuit allegations Maj. Martha Helen Haire, long-time veteran of the LSU Police Department, claimed Thursday she was not promoted despite superior qualifications because she is female. She claims Sgt. Lawrence Rabalais was hired instead of her despite his lack of a high school degree Ñ an advertised requirement for the position.
LSUPD needs to respond to these accusations quickly and publicly. LSUPD administrators have committed a grievous offense if HaireÕ s accusations are true, and those responsible need to be swiftly reprimanded. If her accusations are unfounded, the department needs to have its defense in order quickly.
Whether the officers involved like it or not, these serious allegations reflect poorly on not just LSUPD, but the entire University. It’s a public relations fiasco, but, more importantly, it’s a possible systematic failure of moral and ethical judgment on a reprehensible scale. If true, these accusations
constitute a patently unacceptable example of gender discrimination Ñ especially in a place that is supposed to be a center of open-mindedness and tolerance. ItÕ s sad such prejudices still exist, but they do. We sincerely hope this fiasco is merely the result of a huge miscommunication. But, barring that,
the University needs to respond to the charges immediately, clearly and publicly. We have to send a signal that such behavior is not tolerated in any way on this campus.
Drive to the Louisiana State Capitol to present the official student proposal against budget cuts to higher education. Ò Fund Our FutureÓ is the perfect opportunity for students to show their dedication to their education, their future and their university. We are looking for reliable students to R.S.V.P. their prospective attendance and join us in a historic event. The voice of a student is the most powerful tool we have to combat these cuts. We need your help.
Please contact sg@lsu.edu with your name and hometown. Students are also encouraged to wear LSU attire. We will be pairing students with legislators for the event. Questions about this event or budget cuts in general? Contact us or visit www.sg.lsu.edu. This will be a huge step forward against higher education budget cuts. We want you there.
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‘Groovin’ on the Grounds’ a success despite issues I personally would like to apologize for the blatant disrespect of Barry Kerch, drummer of Shinedown, who decided on his own accord to disregard the nonalcoholic policies of GroovinÕ on the Grounds. However, I am also disappointed in The Daily ReveilleÕ s coverage of this event. I would like to take this time to personally point out very positive steps GroovinÕ has taken this year to create a better atmosphere and engage students. Students were asked to fill out a survey in the beginning of the fall semester of 2009 asking their opinion on who would play this concert. Never has LSU Student Government followed its creed to represent students fully during Students On TargetÕ s GroovinÕ program. Shinedown was in fact a top contender within our means. In choosing this band, I believe Students On Target should be commemorated. For the first time, SOT incorporated using screens, and for more than just live feed. We offered videos (some comical while others serious) that provided valuable resources for various health and wellness issues like mental illnesses, eating disorders and binge drinking. SOT also reinstated the Wellness Fair the day before Groovin’. This event was very successful with students. Those in attendance were able to learn about health and wellness programs and organizations on campus, as well as have fun on the EuroBungy and enjoy free snow cones and popcorn. Brent Smith, lead singer of Shinedown, gave influential words to the crowd of LSU students at GroovinÕ on Saturday: Ò Stay
positive, stay true to yourself, be safe tonight, remember the mission (of this event), and live your life.Ó This was done on his own accord. We had not asked the artists to even mention our message, but we greatly appreciate his doing so. This is our mission Ñ the creation of an alternative environment where students can enjoy a free concert without the pressures of substances, and we were successful in doing so. Melissa Guidry Director, Students On Target
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SG president urges students to rally against budget cuts The time to make a stand for your higher education is here. Monday, March 29, is the opening day of the 2010 Louisiana State Legislative Session. During this time, LSU Student Government has arranged for a rally of students to be bused from Tower
Stuart L. Watkins Student Body President
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QUOTE OF ThE dAy Ò It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.Ó James Thurber American author and cartoonist Dec. 8, 1894 – Nov. 2, 1961
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‘Repo Men’: Vulgar film mistakes violence for virtue A guarantee: You will not watch a more disgusting, morally repellent, wretchedly conceived film in 2010 than Miguel SapochnikÕ s Ò Repo Men.Ó Encased in a carapace of unnecessarily wanton violence is an idea capable of tackling contemporary political issues, such as escalating health care costs and big government alliance with big businesses, as well as philosophical intrigues of what it means to be human or the relationship between jobs and human dignity. The film instead adopts a scattershot approach to these matters. Ò Repo MenÓ is founded on an incomplete view of man, as evidenced in its critical posturing. It manages at the end to retrieve some modicum of human sympathy (or divine grace) Ñ but by then, the audience has already passed out because of exhaustion. Jake (Forest Whitaker) and Remy (Jude Law) are the repo men Ñ armed collecting agents working for a mysterious medical company, Union. Headed by the incomparably
devious Frank (Liev Schreiber), Union makes artificial body organs for sale to patients on credit, and Jake and Remy are called in to repossess the rented property when clients are unable to make the payments. The film thrives on a childish fascination with violence bordering on the voyeuristic, a sadomasochistic urge reminiscent of the fetishistic sex scenes accompanying the car accidents in David CronenbergÕ s Ò Crash.Ó Remy takes on all comers with a gun in one scene Ñ when out of clips, he continues with a knife, a hacksaw and then a hammer in quick succession. Everything is photographed in stylish clarity, blood spurts and all. In another scene unsurpassed in flippant viciousness, Remy makes a surgical incision in a womanÕ s stomach, inserts his hand into her chest cavity and begins beeping her innards with a barcode scanner. The entire sequence is captured in seductive slo-mo in a white clinically sterile room while techno music plays as the soundtrack.
Through the expression Ò A job is just a jobÓ (used by both Jake and Remy), the audience is invited to see the debased form of human nature espoused by the filmmakers. In one sense it means one job is just as good as another Ñ a Freke ette bureaucrat is no different from Columnist a mason. In another sense, it means every avenue to make money is legitimate or, more accurately, there is no illegitimate way to fend for oneÕ s living; the drug dealer is no different from the cop. Ò Repo MenÓ thereby denies a rational aspect to man, reducing him to an animal, to be whimsically tossed around in attempts to satisfy his appetites (Little wonder defaulters are hunted down like rabbits in numerous chase scenes). This supposition is noticed in the economic and political aspects of
the film. Union needs to sell organs to remain profitable, and it needs to convince people that paying upward of $1 million is in their interests. Everyone who listens to their sales pitch acquiesces from an initial hesitation and agrees to the purchase. No one declines. Consider this: People concerned about government taxes can avoid it by keeping their income below the taxable limit. Others concerned with paying car insurance take the bus. Car accident victims refuse EMS transport to avoid paying fees, and yet no one offers the least resistance to Union. As Vizzini says, Ò Inconceivable.Ó Once reason has been withdrawn, all men can achieve equality by becoming debtors Ñ the reason almost none of the victims are identified by name. Parallels to the current health care debate (or fiasco) cannot be avoided at this point. Ò Repo Men,Ó nonetheless, nails to a certain degree the necessary collusion that can exist between big
businesses and the State. The Union agents intentionally kill the creditors by retrieving the organs. Yet no murders are investigated, meaning either the film is situated in an anarchic society, which is highly unlikely, or the State condones such practices by turning a blind eye. Anyone who has dealt with credit card companies will realize Union isn’t entirely a figment of the filmmaker’s imagination. It would be impossible to infer what goes on in the minds of the filmmakers. But their product, Ò Repo Men,Ó is a vulgar, repugnant film, certainly possessing some political and economic insights that are nonetheless not worth the visual assault and mental anguish gotten from watching it. Freke Ette is a political theory graduate student from Uyo, Nigeria. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_fette. Contact Freke Ette at fette@lsureveille.com
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Search for band director not perfect, but almost done Frank Wickes has tamed and conducted the roar of Tigerband for 30 years now. But the great LSU director of bands is retiring when the spring semester ends. His service to the great golden icon in Tiger Stadium, as well as his truly exquisite concert ensembles, will not be forgotten, and his direction will be greatly missed. His successor has big shoes to fill in the void he leaves. A select few members of the LSU community were charged with the difficult task of recommending the new director of bands in fall 2009. Regretfully, the associate director of bands, Linda Moorhouse, did not apply for the position. Having heard her concert ensemble, Symphonic Winds, and having spent two years in Tigerband, I assure you, she would have aptly followed Wickes in continuing the band departmentÕ s tradition of excellence. Laurence Kaptain, dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, nevertheless requested the recommendation of the search committee before the end of the week. The committee announced the three final candidates earlier this semester. These candidates would come to campus for interviews and sessions in which they would conduct ensembles and smaller chamber groups. Each candidate met with an array of different faculty members, students, University community members and the search committee in particular. The committee is composed of three faculty members, one student representative and the chair of the search committee. The initial plan
for the committee included a senior member of the Athletic Department staff. Each member instead has spoken to Senior Associate Athletics Director Mark Ewing. The committee is somewhat diverse in promoting differing opinions, but there are a few problems. Matt Lousteau One problem Columnist I have is with how the student representative came into the position. The LSU Student Government Constitution states all student members of committees affecting students should be either the president or his or her designee. I spoke to SG Vice President Martina Scheuermann, who told me neither she nor SG President Stuart Watkins was contacted by the chair of the committee. Regardless of my opinion of SG, it can serve a truly meaningful purpose in this case. This executive authority enables students to be represented in big decisions that affect them preventing faculty from selecting a Ò vanillaÓ student who wonÕ t fully represent the rest of the student body Ñ an easy step to give students the feeling that their voice affects the school in a positive light. The student representative isnÕ t Ò vanilla,Ó but she is not in Tigerband Ñ just Wind Ensemble, which reduces her contact with the affected students. Regardless, the students got a chance to voice their opinions through a survey of 60 students, mostly from Wind Ensemble and a
fraction from Tigerband leadership positions. Fifty-two percent supported the third candidate, Gary Sousa. I hope this support is reflected in the final decision. Besides this, there is a curious absence of faculty members in the conducting or woodwinds areas. Both of these areas are significantly involved with the director position. They instead have two brass and one piano faculty. Another pertinent issue is the relationship between LSU Athletics and the search. You might initially wonder about AthleticsÕ involvement with the Department of Bands, but Athletics allocated more than $985,000 to
the band department this fiscal year. With such a major contribution, Athletics would surely be significantly involved in the decision, but Ewing says they werenÕ t solicited for the committee seat. He would basically offer his opinion on the candidates. Both the dean and chair of the committee are out of town and were unable to explain the change from the initial intentions, but I did speak to the CMDA Director of Communications, Pamela Matassa. She explained the future director position would be relieved of budgeting responsibilities by the CMDA to focus on all of the ensembles, especially the not-as-visible concert ensembles. I donÕ t agree with
concentrating so much responsibility on a smaller amount of employees. Spreading the responsibility of budgeting, like it currently is, seems like it would lessen the load on any one person, but IÕ m no public administration major. IÕ m sure the provost will make the best decision possible, and LSU bands will roar for years to come. Matt Lousteau is a 20-year-old mechanical engineering junior from Laplace. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mlousteau. Contact Matt Lousteau at mlousteau@lsureveille.com
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of the afternoon kickoff, television cameras will shine brightly instead. The game Saturday will be nationally televised on ESPN2 for the first time in program history, which dates back to 1893. If two consecutive sub-par seasons werenÕ t enough fuel to fire up LSU, Saturday’s national TV audience should do the trick. “This year we have a chip on our shoulder,Ó said senior safety Jai Eugene. Ò The last two years that we have played, we felt like we left something out there. So we have a chip on our shoulder now to prove to everyone that we are that top team.” Junior running back Stevan Ridley echoed EugeneÕ s statement, noting the added excitement the cameras will bring. “As a player, if that doesn’t make you want to play better or play your best game, then I don’t know if you’re ready to play here at LSU,” he said. But before the 3 p.m. kickoff, a handful of players will square off in the Big Cat drill, a one-onone drill that Miles introduced after the first week of practice. The Tigers will go through a full-fledged game duthen ring the first half, while the second half will include more situational work. Position changes and fresh
faces have dominated the spring. Eugene moved from cornerback to safety. Shepard transitioned from quarterback to receiver. Lazarius “Pep” Levingston moved one position over on the defensive line from end to tackle. Junior Stefan Francois converted from safety to linebacker, and sophomore Chase Clement switched from defensive line to tight end. “We realize the spring is an opportunity for us to see a lot of our younger guys and an opportunity to get better at key positions as well as other positions,” Shepard said. The players were divided by Miles and his coaching staff and split into a Purple team and a White team. Not only will there be a chance to display the team’s future to a national TV audience, but bragging rights for the winning team are also at stake. “We haven’t put hot dogs and steaks on this thing,Ó Miles said with a smile. Ò Maybe we need to. We’ll have a picnic after the spring game, and maybe the one team will have to serve another team.Ó
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