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Mili Reyes grew up in San Pedro Sula, the second largest city in Honduras, where she attended a bilingual high school. Reyes, a construction management senior, said LSU is popular with Honduran students looking to receive a better college education. Carlos Flores, former Honduran president, is an alumnus of the University. Though she came to LSU with several students who attended her high school, Reyes said immigrating helped her branch out. LSU encourages international students to attend to increase diversity and the University’s global reputation.
‘There are 30,000 Saudi students in the U.S., but in Louisiana there are only 50. I think LSU can do better.’ Mohammed Al Tammar petroleum engineering alumnus
The U.S. has been struggling to keep up with other nations in higher education. Last year 691,000 international students attended school in the U.S., according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Though this was a record high, the American share of international students declined 5 percent from 2000-2008, while worldwide the number of students studying abroad increased by 85 percent. Higher tuition, location and the recent process of obtaining a visa have made the U.S. less attractive to international students. In spring 2011 there were 1,538 international students attending LSU — 1,113 graduate students and 445 undergrads, according to the International Student Association at LSU.
GOVERNMENT
LSU in ‘favorable’ spot at end of session Tuition to increase by more than $500
Laura Furr Staff Writer
LSU Chancellor Michael Martin announced last week that the outcome of the 2011 Louisiana state legislative session was favorable for LSU. ‘This Three passed bills and one decritical nied bill will afinitiative fect University funding. means that A tuition inLSU will be crease authorized last year under able to ... the original LA lower the GRAD Act received legislative cost of our approval. business The act will operations.’ help LSU adjust tuition fees to Michael Martin mirror other state LSU chancellor schools. The bill gives University management the authority to increase tuition up to 10 percent as long as LSU meets performance goals. The increase will allow LSU to raise tuition from $5,764 to $6,350 this fall. LEGISLATION, see page 11
HEALTH
Cigarettes to carry graphic labels Kaitlin Torke
Contributing Writer
Last week, the FDA unveiled graphic warning labels required to appear on every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States, but some question the labels’ constitutionality. The FDA approved nine of the proposed 36 images. The images depict diseased lungs, rotten teeth and babies in incubators. According to the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act, the top half of the cigarette box and 20% of tobacco advertisements must contain one of the nine images. John Devlin, University law professor, said the labels are a potential issue regarding compelled commercial speech. He said the government can regulate commercial speech to an extent, but tobacco corporations are being forced to display messages. “The courts will likely take up this issue,” Devlin said.
The FDA claims the graphic labels will “help prevent children from smoking, encourage adults who do to quit, and ensure every American understands the dangers of smoking,” according to a news release. Some University students think the warnings won’t do anything. “You’re going to smoke either way, regardless of the warnings,” said Amanda Plumb, business freshman. CIGARETTES, see page 11
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Brent Bowling, petroleum engineering sophomore, smokes Wednesday in the Quad. Bowling is one of many who may be affected by recent FDA packaging regulations.
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INTERNATIONAL
Thursday, June 30, 2011
NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
UK: Iran conducting secret ballistic missile tests and launches
Arizona police confirm 2nd hacking attack on officers’ email account
Shootings trial: Officer says she saw two armed men fleeing scene
LONDON (AP) — Iran has conducted covert tests of ballistic missiles in addition to a 10-day program of public military maneuvers, Britain alleged on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons that there had been secret experiments with missiles that would be able to deliver a nuclear weapon, but did not specify precisely when the tests had taken place. Iran has “been carrying out covert ballistic missiles tests and rocket launches,” Hague said. Two French journalists freed after being held captive in Afghanistan
PHOENIX (AP) — A second computer hacking attack in as many weeks against Arizona state police targeted personal email accounts of some of its officers, an official confirmed Wednesday. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is reviewing the information released by a group calling itself AntiSec, agency spokesman Capt. Steve Harrison said. An attack last week by the computer hacking collective group Lulz Security targeted officers’ DPS emails. Gay marriage foes target New York senators who flipped their votes
(AP) — A police officer whose frantic radio call led to a deadly encounter between police and residents on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina testified Wednesday that she heard gunfire and saw two armed men before she summoned help. Officer Jennifer Dupree, a government witness in the federal trial of five current or former officers charged in the fatal shootings and an alleged cover-up, said she heard the shots and saw two men with guns running away while she and other officers were on a highrise bridge that runs parallel to the Danziger Bridge.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A group that opposes gay marriage promised to spend at least $2 million to oust seven state senators who changed their positions to make New York the sixth state where same-sex unions are legal. The Washington-based National Organization for Marriage said in a fundraising email to supporters that it is committed to helping elect majorities in 2012 that support marriage as being between only a man and a woman.
(AP) — The Shaw Group Inc. says it has won the contract to build Entergy Louisiana a new electricity generating unit at its Ninemile Point plant in Westwego. The utility announced the $721 million project last week. The Louisiana Public Service Commission has to approve the project. Plans call for the unit, which will burn natural gas, to begin generating by mid-2015. It will replace two 1950s-era generators.
PARIS (AP) — Two French journalists held hostage in Afghanistan since December 2009 were freed Wednesday in good health in France, which has been united in its campaign to bring the two men home. Stephane Taponier and Herve Ghesquiere, in captivity for nearly 550 days, were freed along with the journalists’ translator, Reza Din, authorities said. Two other Afghans held with them were freed earlier, but nothing was said in order to keep negotiations on track, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said.
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A Shahab-3 missile is launched during military maneuvers on Tuesday. An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander claims to have longer range missiles.
Greece backs austerity vote despite violent protests from citizens ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece approved more austerity measures needed to avert default next month, in a vote Wednesday that calmed markets but triggered a second day of riots. The passage of the bill was a decisive step for the country to get the next batch of bailout loans from international creditors and was met with relief in markets and by Greece’s partners in the eurozone. A Greek default could potentially trigger a banking crisis in Europe.
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CRIME BRIEFS Man arrested for iPhone thefts LSU Police Department officers arrested a 19-year-old man unaffiliated with the University on June 22 for the theft of two iPhones. Carnealius J. Burrell, of 501 Crosley Drive, allegedly approached two female University students in the North Ag Parking Lot at 8:53 a.m. and asked to use a phone. One student handed her iPhone to Burrell. When Burrell saw the other student also owned an iPhone, he convinced her to give him that phone as well, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman. Burrell got in a car and left the scene with both phones. However, the victims were able to copy his license plate number, which they reported to LSUPD, along with a description, Tabor said. Officers investigated the information, identified Burrell and arrested him for stealing the cell phones. Burrell was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Men arrested by Acacia frat house LSU Police Department officers arrested two men after investigating a suspicious vehicle parked on West Lakeshore Drive. Michael J. Lockhart, 24, of 28899 Brett Drive and Dustin B. McKnight, 25, of 29475 Joyce Street, were arrested on June 23. When officers tried to find the owners of the vehicle, they found McKnight standing at the back of the Acacia fraternity house. After speaking with McKnight, Lockhart began talking roughly to the officers and took an “aggressive posture,” according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman. Lockhart resisted when the officer attempted to arrest him. When McKnight was placed under arrest, officers found a glass smoking pipe in his pocket. Officers also found 0.4 grams of marijuana in the car. McKnight was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia. Lockhart was also booked in EBR Parish Prison for simple assault, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana. Man arrested for drug posession Sammie Porter, 35, of 2049 Jasper Ave., was stopped by LSU Police Department officers at 12:59 a.m. on June 26 near Nicholson Drive. Porter did not have a valid driver’s license. When he opened the glove compartment to get his registration and insurance information, the officer noticed an unlabeled brown pill bottle, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman. Porter did not have a prescription for the 17 Lortab capsules found inside the bottle, and officers also found two partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in the ashtray of Porter’s car, Tabor said. Porter was arrested and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for stopping, standing, parking on a roadway, no valid license and possession of marijuana and schedule three drugs. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
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Tentative committee created for funding Vote planned to be scheduled in fall Rachel Wilson Contributing Writer
The Student Government Summer Planning Committee wrapped up discussion on merging the Undergraduate Organization Relief Fund, Graduate Organization Relief Fund and Programming, Support and Initiatives Fund. They concluded discussion on College Councils as well. The committee has tentatively named the merged committees the Student and Organization Support Fund, but the name is still up for debate. Former SG President J Hudson helped streamline the constitution for the merged committees. Some of the changes discussed were removing all references to the Vet School, removing the chair of the Student Senate Finance Committee, removing the graduate student appointed by the Graduate Student Association president (pending their approval) and having two undergraduate students appointed by the student body president and two student senators elected by the student Senate. Senate Speaker Aaron Caffarel told the committee this change would better represent how the University looks and how the committee operates. Other changes included limiting the practice of appointing proxies, meeting quorum, naming the duties of members and how to limit funds. Students will have to vote in a special election at the beginning of the fall semester to approve these changes.
Caffarel said he hoped to have a student vote within the first few weeks of the fall semester to implement this. To approve the changes to the college councils, Caffarel told the committee it would take about five bills and that they would present those to the Senate in the fall. Caffarel said they would have a separate bill to assure current elected college council members that they would keep their seats for the coming year — the new changes will be implemented the next year. Caffarel told the committee that he was in the works to get “clickers” for the Senate. He said he is working on a price estimate for 75 “clickers” and a receiver, and the software would be free. “This will save hours of time,” he said. “It can help with roll call and voting.” Caffarel said he is hesitant to have the clickers covered by student fees, and is working to find other means of funding the purchase. Director of Finance Amber Guillory suggested talking to ITS about renting the software to try it out for a semester. SG President Cody Wells said he is still working to get more sponsors for the Oregon football game bus trip. “Hopefully we will have a much improved sponsor list this year,” Wells said.
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TECHNOLOGY
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J.K. Rowling introduces online Harry Potter project Website to contain new information from the author
‘I think [Pottermore] is pretty cool. I will check it out.’
Rachel Wilson
Contributing Writer
Last Thursday, “Harry Potter” fans everywhere gathered around their computers to watch author J.K. Rowling reveal her newest Potter project — Pottermore. “I am thrilled to say that I am now in a position to give you something unique — an online reading experience unlike any other,” Rowling told fans through a YouTube video. Pottermore is an interactive reading experience of the Harry Potter books. It’s a free website that allows readers to help shape the world of Harry Potter. Some have likened it to the popular game “World of Warcraft.” “I will be sharing additional information I’ve been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter,” Rowling added in the announcement video. Rowling was vague but revealed that a group of fans can experience Pottermore before its October launch. She will announce how lucky readers can compete for an early Pottermore spot on her main character’s birthday — July 31. “It’s the same story with a few crucial additions. The most important one is you,” she said. The Pottermore website is also where, for the first time, Harry Potter e-books will be sold exclusively. Students had mixed reactions about Pottermore. Nick Bertrand, LSU Quidditch captain and psychology senior, said while he’s interested in the Pottermore project, he’s more excited about the latest Harry Potter movie. “[Pottermore] seems pretty cool,” he said. “I guess I’ll learn more about it in October.” Jodi Hernandez, curriculum and instruction doctorate student, said she hasn’t heard about the latest Pooter installment. “I’ve been so busy with school,” she siad. “I don’t even know what that is.” “I wish I knew more about the Pottermore project,” Skye Jackson, English senior, said. “It sounds really interesting.” While he agreed Pottermore was interesting, Michael Cheatham, environmental engineering junior, said he prefers to watch. “I’m not a reader,” he said. “I’m just ready to see the movie.” Jeri Marchan, English senior,
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‘I wish I knew more about the Pottermore project. It sounds really interesting.’
was ambivalent. “I like that the Harry Potter series is finished,” she said. “If anything’s missing, the reader can just make it up in their head.” Until Pottermore launches in October, fans have other means to feed their Potter addiction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2, the eigth and final movie, comes out July 15. Bertrand said the Quidditch team would be attending the eighth and final movie in uniform. To learn more about the project, visit pottermore.com.
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J.K. Rowling announces her new Harry Potter web project, Pottermore, at the Victoria and Albert Muesum in London on June 23.
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Ceramic center offers pottery courses to beginners and experts alike
Coated to the elbows with a layer of brown, muddy teaching studio outside of academia. People come from clay, John Gargano sat outside behind a pottery wheel the community to learn how to make things,” Camon Saturday, creating five intricate obbric said. “We also provide a meeting Morgan Searles jects in just over an hour. ground for those who have had experiStaff Writer Gargano was one of 15 demonence and we give them a studio facility strators at Red Hot Days of Clay, the to work in.” first weekend-long event presented by Red Hot Center Cambric said the event took about six weeks to for Clay off Highland Road. prepare and participants included studio assistants, loOpen since October, the center hosts long and cal professional potters and many University alumni short-term ceramic and pottery courses, encouraging with degrees in ceramics. hands-on learning. Cambric said LSU is one of the best ceramic proLeanne McClurg Cambric, founder of Red Hot grams in the country, and “has been for many years.” Center for Clay, received her MFA in ceramics from “A lot of people graduate, and there is nothing LSU and has been teaching ceramics since 1993. CLAY, see page 7 “We are unique to Baton Rouge in that we offer a
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[Left and above] John Gargano, ceramics professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, makes the lid for a jar on a pottery wheel Saturday for Red Hot Days of Clay.
FILM
BR Gallery event combines silent movies, live music Slapstick series plays this summer Morgan Searles Staff Writer
The smells of popcorn and bug spray were thick in the air surrounding the Baton Rouge Gallery on Saturday night as locals braved the lingering summer heat to watch Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid.” Despite its original format as a silent movie, attendees to the gallery’s monthly summer event, Movies & Music on the Lawn, are never deprived of audio. Local band Righteous Buddha provided a largely improvisational musical performance to accompany the 1920s film. They are one of three alternating bands performing at Movies and Music this season.
Every last Saturday of the five years ago. month, from May to October, the “We’ve made an effort to Baton Rouge Gallery welcomes make the program better,” Anmembers and guests to bring dreasen said. “This year’s theme chairs, blankets, food and pets to is Slapstick. When you do slapthe outdoor space behind the gal- stick comedy, the subject is a lery to enjoy a lot more accessible. classic silent Almost everybody film — scored knows the name by a local band Chaplin.” — on a big Righteous Budscreen. dha, comprised of The galDenton Hatcher, lery has hostguitar, Scott Sibley, ed Movies & drums, David HinMusic on the son, bass, and John Lawn since Smart, keyboard, is Jason Andreasen the late 1980s, performing at MovBR Gallery executive director said Jason Anies & Music for dreasen, extheir second season. ecutive director for the gallery. Hinson said it’s fun to play when Most screenings draw a crowd of spontaneously inspired by the about 150 people. However, An- emotions in the movie. dreasen said “The Kid” attracted “We get to entertain while an audience of about 360 — the also being entertained,” he said. biggest crowd he has seen since he started working at the gallery LAWN, see page 7
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‘You’re watching Charlie Chaplin next to a jam band. No one has ever heard it before.’
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People gather behind the Baton Rouge Gallery on Saturday to watch Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid” as part of this summer’s Music & Movies on the Lawn event.
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Grimes/d’Eon, “Darkbloom”
Hippos in Tanks/Arbutus
Montreal-based avant-garde artists Grimes and d’Eon teamed up on this split 12” EP, which is marked by haunting melodies and unexpected pop samples. For Grimes, this is an example of her best, most developed work. Standout tracks “Crystal Ball” and “Vanessa” layer her high, crystalline voice with sweeping melodies and pop hooks to create a refined, unusual sound. d’Eon’s contribution to the album is not stellar but is still worthwhile. “Transparency” is his best track, but his lyrics struggle to convey Grimes’ sense of mystery and magic. His literal-minded music is catchy and interesting, but it can’t compare to Grimes — her music is a new, otherworldly listening experience. STEPHANIE GIGLIO
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“The Help,” Kathryn Stockett
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Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” is a moving novel. The fact that it’s been at the top of The New York Times Bestseller list for 18 weeks speaks for itself. Stockett completely engrosses the reader in the stories of Skeeter, Minnie and Aibileen and leaves the reader wanting more — in a good way. Stockett deals with the subject of 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, with grace, humor and compassion, but she doesn’t sugar coat it. This is a fantastic novel that can make you laugh, make you cry and make you tremor with anticipation — wanting to find out what comes next. I highly recommend this novel, and if you plan on seeing the movie when it comes out in August, I would definitely read the book. There are just some bits that the filmmakers can’t incorporate, and trust me, you don’t want to miss a thing!
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“True Blood” season 4 premiere
HBO
Take a bite out of this summer’s guilty pleasure. Everything fans love about HBO’s “True Blood” was packed into the season 4 premiere Sunday: Vampire Eric and southern boy Jason are still as sexy as ever, Bill and Sookie’s relationship is facing outlandish complications and Lafayette is even more badass with a mohawk. As if this weren’t enough, Season 4 introduces evil fairies, creepy witch cults, new couples and a shocking overthrow of power. Season 4 proves “you don’t need a pulse to make hearts race.”
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“Weird Al” Yankovic, “Perform This Way”
Volcano
With his new album released last week, “Weird Al” Yankovic continues to show why he is the one and only king of musical parodies — especially with his new single “Perform This Way.” A parody of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” the song touches on every strange aspect that is Gaga. From her actions to her video directions to her outfits, “Weird Al” covers it all while still keeping the beat of the original track. While “Perform This Way,” is a funny song (and more hilarious music video), it fails to bring all of the charm of some of Yankovic’s classics such as “Eat It” or “White and Nerdy.”
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XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito - Steak
ADAM ARINDER Taco Bell
The XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito from Taco Bell is too much fail to handle — literally. I couldn’t pick it up to eat it. This new dish seems to be Taco Bell’s attempt at a “fancy” burrito, like ones from restaurants such as Izzo’s or Qdoba. But unlike the neatly compacted massive burritos at Izzo’s, the XXL Grilled Stuft Burrito is so floppy and loose it falls apart — which makes sense because the only thing that really got bigger from the original Grilled Stuft Burrito is the tortilla. While the “filling” may have increased slightly from the original, the increase in price is not worth few extra grains of rice and pieces of steak. The addition of tomatoes and guacamole is a tasty touch. But almost $7 for a single item at Taco Bell defeats the purpose of going to Taco Bell in the first place. Instead, spend the money on seven Beefy 5 Layer Burritos, you’ll thank yourself — and me.
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Bad Teacher
Sony Pictures
Cameron Diaz is back on the big screen. No, not another installment of her adventures as a giant green ogress. This time she’s a different kind of monster altogether. Diaz plays super-bitch Elizabeth Halsey, a gold-digging foul-mouthed middle school teacher who will do anything for a boob job. With sharp delivery and an arsenal of drool-worthy shoes, viewers will surely be rooting for the villain. But the real star is leading man Jason Segel, who perfectly portrays the charming, absurdly clever and funny-as-hell gym teacher. With quotable quips and a few painfully uncomfortable moments, “Bad Teacher” is a hilarious crude comedy.
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MORGAN SEARLES
It’s being called the most dramatic change to the Internet in decades, and we’ll be around to see it. Last week in Singapore, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revamped the Internet’s Domain Name System. With a vote of 13 approving, one opposed and two abstaining, the new plan will rid the Web of the required domains — such as .com or .org. “ICANN has opened the Internet’s naming system to unleash the global human imagination. Today’s decision respects the rights of groups to create new top-level domains in any language or script. We hope this allows the domain name system to better serve all of mankind,” said ICANN president and chief executive officer Rod Beckstrom. What this means is any company, if they so choose, can have a custom domain name for their website. For example, The Daily Reveille’s website could change from www.lsureveille.com to www. lsureveille.news or www.reveille.lsu — the possibilities are endless. Examples could include banks using .bank or porn sites using .xxx. I can’t wait to make a website and name it www.adam.awesome. These new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will “change the way people find information on the Internet and how businesses plan and structure their presence,” according to ICANN.org. The gTLDs can end with almost any word in any language around the world, therefore allowing companies new ways to market and innovate their brands. “[The] decision will usher in a new Internet age,” Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors, claims. “We have provided a platform for the next generation of creativity and inspiration.” After many years of discussion and debate within the Internet community as well as business groups and the government, the decision to proceed with the gTLD program was approved, ICANN.org explains. Unfortunately, there is a catch to this new proposal. Registration for unique domains starts at $185,000, and each has an annual fee of $25,000, according to G4tv.com. There goes adam.awesome. ICANN’s website says a global campaign for the new proposal will begin soon to share this dramatic
change with the world. It also states applications for new gTLDs will be accepted from January 12, 2012, to April 12, 2012. The site gives no word of an official launch day. This is definitely a scary move for the Internet. However, that doesn’t ADAM ARINDER mean it’s a bad Columnist development. As a creature of habit, I’m not big on dramatic changes — but I could see this proposal as a positive step in the long run. People are used to nearly everything ending in .com, but the
possibilities of these new domains could be helpful for search options. Many will meet this change with opposition. But once everyone gets used to the new system, .com will seem unnatural. Tweaking domains is like owning a DVR — once you experience it, you can’t imagine yourself without one. Change isn’t always a bad thing, and the gTLDs could revolutionize the way people experience the Internet — one .xxx at a time. Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder. Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com
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Danielle Runnels demonstrates decorative, functional spoon making Saturday for Red Hot Days of Clay at Red Hot Center for Clay.
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outside of the academic institution for them to keep up with a sense of community. So that’s one reason why we thought this would be good for Baton Rouge.” Gargano, a ceramic professor at the University of Lafayette, became involved with Days of Clay when Cambric sent out an email asking for demonstrators. Gargano has been working with clay since 1988. “Working with your hands has its benefits,” he said. “Clay is kind of an addictive material because it’s expressive and there are so many ways to work with it. It’s around us everywhere.” Gargano explained how the appeal of ceramics comes from its variety and functionality. “If you like precision, you can work it that way, and if you like to be loose and organic, you can do that too, and everything in between,” he said. ‘Clay is “People really funckind of an appreciate tional, handaddictive made objects. material It’s on the upswing for sure.” because During his demonstration, it’s sepaexpressive.’ Gargano rated blocks of John Gargano red-brown clay smaller UL ceramic professor into pieces with a wire, selected the right size piece for his future object, and slapped it down on the potter’s wheel. Spectators watched as Gargano quickly shaped the clay into a jar and lid, bottle and cap, and more, explaining the process of each. Nick Quint, University ceramics graduate, said a group setting is part of what is attractive about the medium. “The community has a real openness,” Quint said. “You just have to try it. Once you touch clay, it’s fun and there’s an instant gratification. It’s really good for the city, to open people up.” Classes like Clay Date — a one night, bring-your-own-beverage lesson — cater to people looking to play without commitment. Clay Date costs $35 per person for a two and a half hour session. A six-week
Patrons wait in line for free popcorn Saturday before watching Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid” at the Baton Rouge Gallery’s Movies & Music on the Lawn event.
“It’s different and fun to play continuously and to improv for the fight scenes or the sentimental scenes. This is the biggest crowd we’ve seen so far.” Andreasen said the community is attracted to uniqueness and originality of the event. “There’s something different about watching a film that you know when it was first shown it didn’t sound anything like this,” Andreasen said. “You’re watching Charlie Chaplin next to a jam band. No one has ever heard it before, and they’ll never hear it again.” Barrett Miller, business sophomore, said he enjoyed the experience. “This definitely has a much
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Leanne McClurg Cambric’s pottery is on display for sale Saturday during the Red Hot Days of Clay at Red Hot Center for Clay.
program introduces beginners to the potter’s wheel and teaches techniques to those with more serious interest. Many classes are available for different levels of experience. Cambric said Red Hot Center for Clay is starting out small but with high standards, intending to
add more class offerings. “We’re going for ceramic domination,” she said. “Soon we’ll take over the ceramic kingdom.” Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
better atmosphere,” Miller said. “There’s roomier seating compared to a theater. And at five dollars, the price is twice as good.” Andreasen said keeping the event free for gallery members, inexpensive for everyone else and offering free popcorn is a method of introducing people to the event, the gallery and contemporary art. “People are always looking for something that is fun and different and affordable,” he said. “There really isn’t another place in town where you can experience an outdoor movie with live music and free popcorn for five dollars.” Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
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Google offers fix for Gmail, TigerMail login I wanted to let you all know that the issue in these articles is no where near as inconvenient as the writers are leading you to believe. It is true that now that TigerMail works like a Gmail account, you cannot be logged into your personal Gmail account and your TigerMail account at the same time
on the same browser. However, this isn’t as big of an issue as you would think because this is Google we are talking about, and they have a convenient feature explicitly designed for this situation. It’s called multiple sign-on and it’s easy to use, but you first have to enable the functionality in your TigerMail profile. To do this, go to the top right hand corner of your TigerMail account. There, you’ll see that your name has a drop down arrow next to it now. If you click on this, then click on account settings, you’ll be taken to a page with your profile
on it. On this profile, you’ll see a field for multiple sign-on, which is defaulted to OFF. Click on edit, then click the radial button (the little circle button) that says to turn it on. You’ll then need to check off the four little boxes to state that you understand what it means to turn on multiple sign-on. After you do this, go back to your TigerMail account and drop down the menu under your name again. In the bottom, right-hand corner you will have a new button that says switch accounts. Click on that, then click “Sign in to another account...” This will take you to another log in screen. Simply
log in with your personal Gmail account and voila! From now on, just click on that switch account button, and click the account you want to switch to, and you’ll have it up within seconds. Once you finish this set up, it takes all of 5 seconds to switch back and forth between two Gmail accounts. This is minorly more inconvenient than having them both up in the same window at the same time, but this should be a fair trade for the full functionality of a Gmail account that comes with it. I would also like to note that this feature allows for you to swap between more than just two
Thursday, June 30, 2011 accounts, so if you have several Gmail accounts, you can add them all to that list. I find it ridiculous that GROK does not have a tutorial on how to do this easy but obscure fix for this inconvenience. Having two separate browsers open at once shouldn’t be necessary. Thank you for your time, and I hope that this helped you! Jace Linson Philosophy senior Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
TO THE POINT
NLRB exceeds authority in assault on Boeing Company Like most federal agencies, the National Labor Relations Board has grossly expanded its authority to address labor issues outside of its original, legitimate jurisdiction. When the NLRB was created in 1935, its purpose was to enforce the National Labor Relations Act and to oversee union elections. Austin Casey In the Columnist 1930s, unions had less than adequate power to ameliorate the extremely poor working conditions and unfair pay for laborers. The inequitable treatment of union employees, such as owners hiring strikebreakers loaded with machine guns and tear gas, legitimately necessitated legal intervention. Now the NLRB has moved far from its legitimate purpose of protecting union employees from unjust employer practices to demonizing lawful employers, dictating business decisions and discriminating against right-to-work states and employees. In April, the NLRB filed a complaint against The Boeing Company after the company opened a new manufacturing plant in South Carolina, a right-to-work state. Boeing’s plants in Seattle and Portland lost billions of dollars over the past 36 years because of five strikes from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union. The NLRB accused Boeing of punishing IAMAW workers for said strikes by opening its new plant in a right-to-work state. The
NLRB asserted several times that Boeing had intimidated union employees into refraining from striking and had threatened them with loss of jobs. Compare the current complaints to those of the 1930s, when unions sought the rights to work in safe and sanitary factories and to earn wages that could literally feed their families. The complaint that Boeing created a plant in South Carolina as punishment for past strikes would be legitimate if the NLRB could produce even one person in Washington or Oregon who lost a job as a result of Boeing’s decision. Boeing didn’t shut down its
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Washington plants and has since created around 2,000 jobs in Washington. In addition, workers did not see a reduction in wages or benefits. Citing an interview of the company’s CEO Jim Albaugh, the Board accused Albaugh of threatening “the loss of future Unit work opportunities because of such strikes.” After watching the video and hearing him say, “[Washington] is the headquarters of Boeing commercial aircraft and will be, I think, for probably forever,” any normal person would conclude the NLRB was delusional. On a broader level, the case underscores the role and scope of
the federal government. Does the federal government have the right to require a company to relocate to a different state? Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce, and the executive branch — and therefore the NLRB — is charged with enforcing Congress’ laws. Congress has made no law authorizing or mandating the NLRB to dictate in what states companies can or cannot expand businesses. The NLRB’s prescribed remedy is an egregious breach of its granted powers. The NLRB has overreached its legitimate jurisdiction by fighting a battle grounded not in legitimate
complaint but in liberal ideology. Boeing has every right to open its facility in the right-to work state of South Carolina. Neither the NLRB nor any other federal agency has the authority to dictate where the company can expand its business. Austin Casey is a 19-year-old medical physics junior from Mandeville. Follw him on Twitter @TDR_Austincasey.
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College education predicted to be next ‘bubble’ to burst College education used to be the obvious choice for those with the means — complete college and the world will fit squarely into your hands. You will make more money, quickly move up the corporate ladder and secure your job against recession layoffs. Or at least, that’s how it used to be. Over the past few decades, this constant push for post-high school education has driven prices and application requirements up around the nation as would-be CEOs and Nobel laureates enter the schools of their dreams. Unfortunately, it comes with a hefty price tag. Take any reputable MBA program — we’ll use Berkeley’s. The cost for nine months of tuition, not including food, transportation or living expenses, comes out to a lowly $52,328 — for one year. So, feel free to double that price before you have the sweet, incomeincreasing sheet of paper. Berkeley’s website also lists
a “conservative” estimate with these extra expenses included — $77,054 for a non-California resident. So, for a two-year, reputable program, we’re looking at around $150,000. No big deal, right? We’ll make the cash back up later with those massive pay increases. It isn’t that simple, though. School’s like Berkeley’s full-time MBA program would almost necessitate leaving a full-time job for a part-time position, if not leaving the workforce altogether, and therein lies the dilemma. If you had just stayed working for the two years, you wouldn’t have the degree, but you wouldn’t have the massive amounts of debt, either. In the end, you can’t be sure you won’t just break even. So, doctors with notoriously high debt from top medical schools make around the same over their lifetime as plumbers do, given the cost of repaying student loans. The only caveat? If someone else pays
for your education, all bets are off. You can clearly win out. The benefit of additional education are marginal at best, given the cost of repaying massive loans. A c c o r d - Devin Graham ing to an April Columnist 2011 article in The Economist, Peter Thiel, cofounder of PayPal and “legendary investor,” is famous for identifying bubbles in the market. He claims education has all the traits of an economic bubble. Essentially, education is like housing — it’s about safety and security. Housing prices rise consistently and are thus a good investment. If you’re educated, you’ll always make more money. When compared with reality, however, these axioms of investment just don’t hold up.
Paul Krugman, opinion writer for the New York Times, aptly points out that technological advancement, rather than promoting high-tech jobs, may reduce society’s need for “high-brow” mathematicians and engineers, since many of the tasks that used to require a well-educated background can now be handled by computers. In other words, your job may actually be substantially safer as a plumber or carpenter than an engineer or computer programmer. As the demand for these degrees fall, schools will have to cut back on programs and services in order to lower costs and make it worth students’ time. According to data from the Law School Admission Council, applications for law schools have been falling at record-breaking rates over the last decade. Apparently, people are becoming less excited about piling up massive debt for law school just to become one of the many unemployed lawyers
working at Starbucks. Cheaper online alternatives are quickly growing in popularity, not least of all because of the substantially lower price tag, though employers still prefer four-year degrees for management positions. Low-cost, Wal-Mart styled universities may very well follow suit in order to capture the growing number of students unimpressed with big-name university degrees. All things considered, I’m not dropping out, and you shouldn’t either — but I’ll definitely be looking for hefty scholarships to foot the bill. Devin Graham is a 22-year-old economics senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Dgraham.
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SCUM OF THE GIRTH
Worldwide overspending a dangerous trend, global concern
The recession, the depression, the falling economy — it has many names that all seem to mean one thing: Everyone is becoming poorer. Not just people mind you, but entire nations, regions and currencies. A year ago, $1 U.S. would buy you .75 Euros or .69 British pounds. Today, that same dollar buys .69 Euros and .62 British pounds. This Parker Cramer Columnist figure fluctuates constantly. The dollar is losing value in the worldwide market. Traveling to Europe right now would be more expensive for Americans than it was last summer if we could even afford to get there in the first place. Despite all of our economic problems in the Americas, Europe isn’t doing as well as they’d like for us to believe. Since the introduction of the Euro as a multinational currency, it has made the European economy similar to the United States’. For example, in the U.S., California, Michigan and other rust belt states were dragging the economy down. In Europe, Ireland, Portugal and Greece are their Michigan and California. Despite being separate countries, they share a common currency and therefore must ensure that failing economies in certain countries don’t drag down stable economies in others. While there are obviously many factors that have contributed to this worldwide recession,
one of the biggest is undoubtedly overspending. Not just overspending, but overspending on things we don’t really need. This year, the United States government spent $928.5 billion on defense while spending only $140.9 billion on education. What these numbers say to me is that we have plenty of guns, but we’ll be too stupid to know how to shoot them. Moreover, $898 billion was spent on health care, but just about all of that went to either senior citizens or welfare recipients. So we’ll still have plenty of guns, but the middle aged middle class will be too sick to shoot them. Beautiful. Greece is in a similar situation. They spent entirely too much
borrowed money on projects such as the Athens Olympics in 2004. Greece also has a tourism dependent economy, so when the rest of the world became too poor to go to Santorini every summer, they suffered. Now they are asking for a second bail out package to accompany their original $146 billion package. Ireland received a $113 billion bailout package. Naturally, $112 billion will go towards whiskey research, and the last billion buys everyone a Guinness for their troubles. Portugal received a $110 billion bailout, which I imagine will be spent in full trying to get back at Spain for winning the World Cup. The only country that is clear-
ly doing worse off than the United States is Mexico. The peso fell further than the dollar, and drug driven cartel violence makes many regions of the country nightmarish to say the least. The bottom line is that we have to spend less money. Simple as that. While spending less is a priority, spending more responsibly is just as important. We need to cut spending where we can and perhaps even increase it where it’s more needed, if we can afford it. These are basic principles we learn as children. If you don’t have enough money to go to Chuck E. Cheese, then you have to earn it so you can. Even when we finally got to Chuck E. Cheese — a toddler’s Bellagio — all he did was teach us
how a casino works. You buy tokens in hopes of winning lots of tickets, which translate into big stuffed animals and Chinese finger traps. Nobody gives loans to children; that would be crazy. But if they disguise themselves as government officials, then maybe one day they’ll get a multi-billion dollar bailout. Wouldn’t Chuck be proud. Parker Cramer is a 20-year-old animal science junior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_pcramer. Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com
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Blake Clark, sociology junior, agrees. “I already know of the risks of smoking, so it doesn’t matter to me,” he said. Other students, like English senior Alexandra Goodwin, think labels might be effective. “It’ll push people not to smoke as much,” Goodwin said. “It’s an effective label.” Baton Rouge psychologist Joseph Tramontana also thought the labels would be effective. “People associate bad images with bad things so I think the labels would be deterrents,” he said. Tramontana also said mindfulness is an aspect of addictions. Habits are often automatic, and warning labels allow people to be mindful of their smoking habits. The University is also taking measures to deter smoking. In April, the University Senate passed legislation restricting smoking on campus within 75 feet of a building entrance. After September 22, 2012, cigarette packs without FDAapproved graphic labels will be prohibited for sale in the United States. Contact Kaitlin Torke at ktorke@lsureveille.com
LEGISLATION, from page 1
Martin said increases may strain students but are important for the University’s long-term success and growth. “No one likes tuition increases, but LSU students can be assured that every dollar is going to maintain quality education. LSU remains one of the best bargains for a national university and provides a disproportionate amount of need-based aid,” Martin said in an email to The Daily Reveille. LA GRAD Act 2.0 was also passed this session with an overwhelming 37-1 vote. It will also give the University autonomy, which will help save money on bulk purchasing, contracts and other projects. Martin said in a broadcast email to faculty and staff that the bill’s success was imperative. “The passage of this critical initiative means that LSU will be able to exercise operational autonomies that will lower the cost of our business operations and allow us to direct funding back to our academic core,” Martin said. Retirement plans for University employees will remain the same. Several bills were set to increase contribution rates and alter benefit calculation. However, the bills were not approved. The University also received funding to purchase additional land around South Campus and to renovate the French House and art buildings. An additional 100 acres south of the University on Nicholson Drive near Gardere Lane will be used to build 3.1 million square feet of new facilities. Contact Laura Furr at lfurr@lsureveille.com
INTERNATIONAL, from page 1 While this is an increase of approximately 100 students from the 2009 spring semester, the University has dipped from its enrollment of 1,737 international students in 2003. Following Obama’s 2010 announcement of a government goal to lure more international students to the country, the U.S. Department of State now promotes higher education abroad by holding fairs and sending agents to attract students. “I dispersed and got to know people from all over,” Reyes said. “If you get involved and start meeting new people you really learn American culture. … It’s so cool getting to hang out with people.” Chao-Xuan Liu and Sital Tiwari enrolled at the University in order to conduct academic research in the College of Engineering. Liu, a graduate student from southern China, said he is proud of the progress he has made in his research on electrical sensors, but it’s not the main reason he loves LSU. “The study was a completely new and an exciting experience, but it would have been the same at any university,” he said. “It is the social life and culture of Louisiana that has made me love it here.” Tiwari came to the U.S. to escape political instability in his home nation of Nepal. “In the U.S. I could get a world class education,“ he said. “Earlier years were difficult, but slowly I have adapted to the culture out here. I certainly miss home in special occasions, but LSU’s amazing tradition is what [keeps] me from being homesick.” Mohammed Al Tammar, petroleum engineering alumnus, immigrated to the U.S. from Al Qasr, Saudi Arabia. Al Tammar chose LSU because his uncle attended the University in 1979. He said he enjoyed the social and academic atmospheres while attending the University as an undergrad. However, he recognized that the University could make
changes to attract more international students. “There are 30,000 Saudi students in the U.S., but in Louisiana there are only 50. I think LSU can do better,” he said. “With tuition for foreign students being $50,000 a year, why wouldn’t they want that?” International students contributed $20 billion to the U.S. economy in college expenses in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. International students create a global business envi‘In the U.S. ronment if they to their I could get return home nation a world after graduation. class Al Tameducation. mar said he Earlier was never giva “presenyears were en tation” from difficult, the University but slowly I when applying to schools. He have said other uniadapted to versities held or hostthe culture forums ed recruitment out here.’ programs. In today’s Mohammed global colleAl Tammar giate network, petroleum “commercial engineering agents” are alumnus paid to attract foreign students to the U.S. They promote certain schools, and some assist in application and exchange procedures. Al Tammar said the University could improve in teaching students English. He said most schools provide a preparatory year, allowing students to learn the language before starting classes. “LSU needs to have a program to teach American students to merge with international students, “ he said. “The world is a big place, but it is definitely starting to merge.”
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