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N.O. rally to protest professor’s firing By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer
the oath of office in front of the SG Senate. Though they were officially inaugurated at 9:30 p.m., it was the second time they were sworn in that day. Watkins and Scheuermann first swore
A New Orleans-based organization has begun campaigning to publicly display its disagreement of the University’s firing of professor and scientist Ivor van Heerden. Under the direction of Levees.org, the protesters are rallying together to form a demonstration in front of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans today at 10 a.m. “This is much bigger than Ivor van Heerden,” said Levees.org director Sandy Rosenthal. “It’s about the citizens.” Levees.org was founded shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. It was created to tell the public that the city flooded not because of a natural disaster but because of engineering failure, Rosenthal said. The protest is in response to the University firing van Heerden, a prominent voice for Louisiana, she said. And Rosenthal is anticipating a large turnout for the rally. “Since our phones are ringing off the hook, and our e-mail boxes are filled with messages from people who are angry, we have decided to respond with a rally so people can be
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FIRING, see page 19
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[Top] University Court Chief Justice J. Ryan Hudson (right) swears in SG President Stuart Watkins (middle) and Vice President Martina Scheuermann (left) into office Wednesday afternoon in front of Memorial Tower. [Bottom] Former SG President Colorado Robertson speaks prior to Watkins and Scheuermann’s inauguration.
FRESH FACES
Watkins, Scheuermann take over for Robertson, Bates By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer
The reigns of Student Government power officially changed hands Wednesday night when President Stuart Watkins and Vice President Martina Scheuermann took
BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Numerous protestors gathered at the State Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to participate in the Baton Rouge Tea Party. The Group protested President Obama and his tax plan.
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ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian scientists have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients, the leader of the research said Wednesday. The female goat, named Hana, was born early Wednesday in the city of Isfahan in central Iran, said Dr. Mohammed Hossein Nasr e Isfahani, head of the Royan Research Institute. “With the birth of Hana, Iran is among five countries in the world cloning a baby goat,” said Isfahani, an embryologist.
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombia’s most wanted drug lord was cowering like a dog under a palm tree when he was captured Wednesday in a jungle raid involving hundreds of police officers, the defense minister said. Daniel Rendon Herrera, a far-right warlord known as “Don Mario,” was taken in shackles to the capital to await possible extradition to the United States. Operating in a banana-growing region bordering Panama, he commanded a private army of hundreds and shipped some 100 tons of cocaine to the United States, authorities said.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Whipped up by conservative commentators and bloggers, tens of thousands of protesters staged “tea parties” around the country Wednesday to tap into the collective angst stirred up by a bad economy, government spending and bailouts. The rallies were directed at President Barack Obama’s new administration on a symbolic day: the deadline to file income taxes. Protesters even threw what appeared to be a box of tea bags toward the White House, causing a brief lockdown at the compound. Shouts rang out from Kentucky, which just passed tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol, to Salt Lake City, where many in the crowd booed Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman for accepting about $1.5 billion in stimulus money.
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(AP) — LSU’s public hospital in New Orleans is on the chopping block, to cope with budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bobby Jindal for next year. The New Orleans hospital would bear the brunt of the reduction to the seven public hospitals in south Louisiana that make up the LSU Health Care Services Division. Gov. Bobby Jindal proposes a $911 million budget for the division in the new fiscal year that begins July 1. That’s $25 million less than what the hospitals expect to spend this year, and LSU proposes cutting $24 million from its hospital in N.O.
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Martin: Students, state ‘covenant’ must remain intact Staff Senate spreads budget information By Ryan Buxton Contributing Writer
University shortcomings because of budget cuts could not only hurt current students, but could also take away some prestige from degrees of University alumni, Chancellor Michael Martin said Wednesday. Martin’s budget update to the Staff Senate at its monthly meeting stressed the importance of maintaining the University’s reputation amid the financial obstacles it now faces. “The value of your LSU pedigree depends not on how good the institution was when you were there, but on how good it is now,” Martin said. Martin said maintaining the significance of all University degrees is the reason academics must not
suffer. He said when students attend the University, they enter a contract with the state — they work hard, and in return, the state promises them a valuable education. “You cannot violate the covenant between the state and those students that they would have a quality education,” Martin said. The chancellor also spoke about the University’s reorganization and said it is not meant as a money-saving measure. The purpose of realigning the University departments is to create a more efficient academic setting and to show the University is being proactive in being the best it can be, Martin said. “We want to realign, be more effective in the long run and, in the process, send a message to the legislature that the flagship is dedicated to making itself better all the time,” Martin said. “There is some substance and some symbolism there.” Jason Droddy, director of the
chancellor’s office, told the Senate the best thing they can do now is spread the word about the situation’s severity. “I would presume our staff covers about 28 legislative districts,” Droddy said. “You can go back to the many districts you live in, talk to people and let them know how you feel about LSU and how concerned you are.” The Senate and chancellor agreed on the importance of spreading first-hand information about the budget. Martin said news tends to get caught up in “rhetoric and hyperbole.” Staff Senate President Patricia Beste said confusion about the cuts is a problem among staff, which is why plans are in motion for several small meetings among the chancellor and staff members who may not be properly informed. “We want to target facility services, as they may not have as much access as some of us who are
on our computers all day,” Beste said. “If we have layoffs or furloughs, it will affect people who aren’t as highly paid or haven’t been here as long, and facility services has a high turnover because there are so many positions.” Though the situation is daunting, Martin said he will do
everything possible to protect the University and jobs. “I happen to be a pathological optimist,” he said.
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Chancellor Michael Martin speaks Wednesday morning at the Staff Senate meeting about budget cuts and plans to realign colleges.
STATE
Report indicates $19.6 billion in pork spending Landrieu called out twice on list By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer
The annual Pig Book focuses on finances on the national scale. And on the heels of the dreaded April 15 tax deadline, the Pig Book turns Americans’ attention from personal to national finances. The 2009 Pig Book is released by Citizens Against Government Waste, a self-described “private, non-partisan, non-profit organization.” It draws attention to the $19.6 billion in federal funding for the 10,160 planned projects for this fiscal year. The book also draws attention to Louisiana and to Sen. Mary Landrieu. Louisiana ranks No. 31 for the $113,383,813 in earmarks received, down 19 spots from its No. 12 position in 2008. Robert Hogan, political science professor, defined earmarks as money attained from the federal government for a project through means that stray away from standard operating procedure. It’s funding — typically added on to legislation at the last minute — aims to benefit a particular legislator’s constituency and is commonly referred to as pork barrel spending. “In their district, it’s pork,” Hogan said. “In your district, it’s economic [funding] well spent.” The list mentioned Landrieu twice, once for more than $35 million and again for $500,000. She ranked fourth among her peers for the amount of earmarks received in 2008. The 2009 list didn’t mention Landrieu’s Senate counterpart, Republican David Vitter.
Landrieu used $35 million for 24 projects, including $400,000 for East Baton Rouge Parish. The half-million dollar sum was for the Lafayette Escadrille in France. This is a monument for the U.S. pilots’ efforts in France prior to the United States’ entry into World War I. “There will always be a need to direct appropriations dollars based on the needs on the ground,” Landrieu said in a statement. “At the same time, I have supported earmark reform and greater transparency, and I will continue to do so.” Landrieu’s ability to acquire federal funding for Louisiana could be indicative of her prowess as a senator, Hogan said. “Pork often goes to the members of congress who have the most clout,” Hogan said. “People in Louisiana like the fact that [Landrieu] brings federal dollars here.” Some of the pork-barrel funding acquired by Landrieu is used to protect the state, she said in a statement. “These energy and water
projects support our coastal restoration and flood control efforts,” Landrieu said. “If the federal government makes wise investments now, coastal Louisiana will be better prepared for the next disaster.” Kevin Guillory, College Democrats president, said he supports pork-spending reform, just not an across-the-board reform because “not all of pork spending is bad.” “You have to look at exactly what is being considered pork spending,” Guillory said. “Obviously, Landrieu [has] been heavily involved in getting money to rebuild the coastline ... Some of these projects that people consider pork are important projects.” But some legislators are straying away from pork spending until the process is reformed. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., has taken a clear stance against pork barrel spending until it is reformed. “Americans are concerned with overspending in Washington,” Cassidy said in a statement. “Abuse of the earmarking process
is a symptom of that disease ... My position is not an indictment of every earmark, but it is an acknowledgment of the fact that Americans do not trust a flawed process.” Chuck Fontenot, College Republicans president, said, aside from Landrieu, Louisiana’s lack
of presence in the report indicates Louisiana’s conservative values. “Louisiana has a great congressional delegation,” Fontenot said. Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Senators sworn in at final spring ’09 legislative meeting senators Tyler Martin and Brett Jackson were elected Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore. Following the election of the legislative board, SG President and Vice President Stuart Watkins By Adam Duvernay and Martina Scheuermann were Staff Writer officially sworn in, completing There were a few tears and a the transition period of SG. lot of applause Wednesday night Before the 2009 spring sesas the final meeting of the 2009 sion ended, the Senate body held Student Government spring leg- one more session of heated deislative session drew to a close. bate over a series of resolutions Though many senators said involving Louisiana House Bill goodbye to the senate chambers No. 27, which would authorize for the last time around 9:30 the carrying of concealed handp.m., it was not the end of the SG guns by permit holders on camlegislature for the pus. evening. The debate Immediately ‘If LSUPD can’t control began with the rethe .7 percent with a introduction of SG following the adjournment of the permit, how can we Resolution No. 21, 2009 spring seswhich supported sion, new sena- expect them to control the state legislators were sworn the other 99.3 percent?’ ture. in for the beginAuthor of the ning of the 2009 resolution Sen. Brooksie Bonvillain special legisla- senator, Manship School of Mass Brooksie Bontive session. villain, Manship Communication Once the School of Mass new senators were sworn in, they Communication, began the devoted to elect the new members bate by presenting some facts of the legislative staff. and statistics about the state legE.J. Orso College of Business islature’s bill and statistics about
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concealed handguns. The resolution failed after Bonvillain said only 0.7 per- a roll call-style vote. It was folcent of Louisiana residents are lowed by the opposing resoluregistered to carry concealed tion, SGR No. 30, which would handguns, which would make the have urged the state legislature number of concealed weapons on not to pass its bill. campus insignifiThough the cant. ‘This body could not resolution was “If LSUPD to pass come to an opinion, expected can’t control the because of the 0.7 percent with and [it] develops the previous resolua permit, how can failed, SGR official opinion of the tion we expect them to No. 30 also failed University.’ control the other by a single vote. 99.3 percent?” Because the Colorado Robertson Bonvillain said. Senate wanted to SG president Bonvillain resend something minded the senato the state legtors they were voting on a con- islature, they voted to pass SGR stitutional right which affected No. 31. not only University students, but The resolution would not people in the immediate Baton urge the state one way or the othRouge area who are also not al- er but would only present the relowed to carry their concealed sults of the SG statistician’s findweapons on campus. ings on student opinions. Other senators, such as ManOf the 500 students polled by ship School of Mass Communi- the statistician, 62 percent were cation senator Parker Wishik and opposed to permit holders being Graduate School senator Suman allowed to bring their weapons Kumar, said their constituents on campus. had spoken out strongly against Though the bill passed the the resolution. They said they Senate, it was immediately vetoed would be voting with their con- by former SG president Colorado stituents. Robertson in his final official act
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ADMINISTRATION
Board to tackle budget cuts at meeting System faces more than $102M in losses
By Leslie Presnall Staff Writer
The looming budget cuts will dominate discussion at today’s LSU Board of Supervisors meeting. The LSU System’s 11 institutions will together face more than $102 million in budget cuts for
the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Board will receive an update on planned spending cuts and a campus-by-campus evaluation of the impact on teaching and research, including job and service cut backs, according to a System news release. The Board of Regents will present its funding formula to inform the Board on a proposal to complete the financing for construction of the new $60 million College of Business building on Nicholson Extension.
The Federal New Market Tax Credits would be sold to generate $10.5 million to achieve the $30 million needed in the private sector funding for the state to match the amount. The Board will also vote on the approval of the South Campus master plan and design codes. The design codes include a plan of the site that illustrates the buildings, street grid, parking lots, structures and open spaces. The architectural types range from the traditional Northern
Italian Renaissance of the Quad buildings to structures such as warehouses or engineering shops. The Board will also be updated on health care matters, including the construction of the new LSU Academic Medical Center in New Orleans.
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as SG president. Robertson said he vetoed the bill because it was the Senate’s role to take a stand. “This body could not come to an opinion, and this body develops the official opinion of the University, and it deferred to a poll of only 500 students,” Robertson said.
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GEOLOGY
Researchers study ‘big anomaly’ in Indian Mounds By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer
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Archaeologists and soil scientists from LSU and the Louisiana State Division of Archaeology took core samples Wednesday morning from both of the LSU Mounds.
Campus Crime Briefs MAN ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING LSU Police Department officers arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on April 7 at about 1:30 p.m. for trespassing and illegal carrying of burglary tools. LSUPD received a call about a suspicious person walking through a construction area on campus, said LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Russell Rogé. Officers eventually found, stopped, and questioned Chris J. Leonard, 48, of 3000 Hodges Street, Lake Charles, when he was riding his bicycle near West Lakeshore Drive. Officers searched the book bag he had with him. Inside the bag, officers found a pair of bolt cutters, two screwdrivers and several other small hand tools, Rogé said. Leonard was arrested for criminal trespassing and illegal carrying of burglary tools. Officers confiscated the tools, issued a misdemeanor summons and banned Leonard from campus. MAN ARRESTED FOR BATTERY OF A POLICE OFFICER LSUPD arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on April 10 at about 11:30 p.m. for battery of a police officer, resisting arrest and for a fugitive warrant issued in Baton Rouge. Officers saw Robert H. Keel, 55, of 811 Marton Street, Wilimington, N.C., pushing his bicycle between the Greek Theatre and the School of Music and Dramatic Arts construction site, Rogé said. When officers asked Keel for his identification, he told them he was homeless. After obtaining Keel’s identification information, officers discovered there was a warrant out for his arrest for stalking, Rogé said.
When the officers told Keel to put his hands behind his back, Keel struck one of them. Keel resisted arrest before officers were able to put him in handcuffs, Rogé said. The officers booked Keel in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for battery of a police officer, resisting arrest and the fugitive warrant. He was banned from campus. MAN ARRESTED WITH STEROIDS LSUPD arrested a man unaffiliated with the University on April 14 at about 7:30 a.m. for possession of steroids and drug paraphernalia, among other charges. Officers stopped Jonathon H. Brignac, 23, of 16325 Shenandoah Avenue, Baton Rouge, on Highland
A group of nearly a dozen safariclad people stood at top of the Indian Mounds on Wednesday searching to explain a previously discovered, unexplained phenomenon. The University’s two Indian Mounds provide recreation for children and drunken students and have lost samples of their dirt for scientific research. As the second part of a class project, researchers from throughout the University and the state spent the day coring, or pulling samples from, the 5,000-year-old mounds. This coring project aimed to date the mounds through carbon dating, demonstrate how far the mounds have sank into the ground, identify how they were built and Road near South Stadium Drive for improper lane usage and an expired vehicle inspection sticker, Rogé said. During the stop, officers spotted an unopened syringe on the passenger seat of Brignac’s vehicle. Brignac told the officers he had the syringe because he is diabetic, but later told them he had steroids with him, Rogé said. The officers placed Brignac under arrest and searched his vehicle. Officers found a 9 mm handgun with two fully loaded magazines, four unopened 60 cc syringes, 25 unopened 5 mL syringes, four 10 mL glass bottles containing suspected testosterone and other items used for taking steroids, Rogé said. Officers booked Brignac in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for possession of Schedule III drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal carrying of a weapon.
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lsureveille.com Log on to see a snapshot from the day-long exploration. explain an inexplicable phenomenon discovered during the first portion of the project, according to Brooks Ellwood, geology and geophysics professor. “We wanted some additional data,” Ellwood said. “When we ran the last course, we identified a big anomaly ... It suggests that it was probably a fired zone and a really hot fired zone.” The fired zone likely originated from an old fired hearth — but a hearth capable of being hotter than a typical hearth. The mounds haven’t
been cored since the 1980s. “Nobody had a project that they wanted to do on the mounds that they felt they would be allowed to do,” Ellwood said of the nearly 30-year gap since the last coring. “If you’re going to do an archaeological project, you’ve got have a plan; you’ve got to have permissions. Whatever you dig, that’s gone forever. People are reluctant to have someone go in and excavate in the mounds.” The Louisiana Antiquities Commission granted permission for the project. The results of the study will have to be submitted to the Commmisssion. Funding for the project came from money from Ellwood’s endowed professorship. Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com
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LSU coach Les Miles kisses a pig for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The fundraiser “Kiss the Pig” raised one thousand dollars
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to uphold the bylaws of the SG constitution at a modest ceremony in front of the Memorial Tower earlier in the day. The ticket didn’t officially assume power until the official inauguration at the Senate meeting. The first inauguration ceremony began with a welcome from former SG President Colorado Robertson when he recognized the newly elected SG senators and College Council members. Robertson said he expects the next administration to have a large workload ahead but said Watkins is fully capable of handling the responsibility. “He’s got a bigger job than we had,” Robertson said. “He has to maintain what we built and start a whole new series of initiatives.” Robertson has included Watkins and Scheuermann in many SG activities since they were elected, including the final session of Robertson’s “Straight Talk with SG” on Wednesday. Though Watkins was in class during the event, Robertson introduced Scheuermann to students and discussed issues such as the new bus system fees and the realignment of colleges. While other students left campus during spring break, Robertson and former SG vice president Shannon Bates stayed in Baton Rouge to meet with Watkins and Scheuermann to help them get started on their path to student Log on leadership. to see a They spent last video from week meeting with University the Student administrators, Government introducing inauguration. the presidentelect and vice president-elect to important contacts around campus. During the first week of transition, Watkins and Scheuermann met with Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget to discuss the realignment of different colleges. “We wanted to make sure we had a full understanding of the realignment and that she knew the students’ concerns about the issue,” Scheuermann said. Scheuermann said there are no foreseen scholarship cuts because of the realignment of colleges into different departments, and the realignment would not affect the credibility of student degrees. Scheuermann and Bates met last Tuesday for a personal meeting about the responsibilities of being SG vice president.
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[From the left] Stuart Watkins, Martina Scheuermann, Colorado Robertson and Eric Monday talk in front of the Memorial Tower on Wednesday afternoon after Watkins and Scheuermann were sworn into office.
The vice presidents spoke about the continuation of Bates’ Orgs2Geaux program, which has attempted to reach student organizations throughout the semester. Though the program will be continued next semester, Scheuermann said she will play less of a role in Orgs2Geaux than Bates
did. The program will fall under the jurisdiction of the new and still unfilled position of director of Organizational Outreach. The new executives also had an introductory meeting with Chancellor Michael Martin. Though they did not thoroughly discuss pressing University issues,
they did set up additional meetings for the rest of this semester. Watkins and Scheuermann also met with SG coordinator Cortney Pitcher to better understand the SG budget. “We’ve been meeting administrators since the campaign started, and it was nice to sit with
them again and take the next step forward,” Watkins said. Watkins’ proposed budget was authored by Sen. Chris Sellers, College of Arts and Sciences and the chair of the Finance Committee, and presented to the executive staff for review. Watkins built on Sellers’ budget after working on it with Robertson. Watkins said his budget would establish the new First Year Experience department, which previously had to share its budget with the University College for Freshmen Year. Watkins also said the new budget would work to cut down on SG paper use. The SG senate approved the budget Wednesday night. Watkins said he and his administration are still figuring out the proper avenues to take when dealing with the impending cuts to higher education. “This is going to be the thing students are going to have to face in the coming months,” Watkins said. “As student leaders, we need to be prepared to take a stance on things.” Like Robertson, Watkins said he supports endorsing performance-based cuts for the University rather than the proposed across-the-board cuts. Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com
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GYMNASTICS
Tigers take aim at national title By Rob Landry
Nicholls State goes through eight pitchers, allows only four hits to upset No. 1 Tigers By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer
Nicholls State baseball coach Chip Durham had two rules for his team prior to its meeting with No. 1 LSU. The first was to have fun. The second rule was for the Colonels to
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play hard regardless of the score. Nicholls State did both to perfection Wednesday night and held LSU to just four hits in a 3-1 win — the Colonels’ first win against LSU in the team’s past 18 meetings. UPSET, see page 7
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Buzzy Haydel (left) and Blake Dean (above) swing and miss in the Tigers’ loss to Nicholls State on Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium. [Top] Pitcher Chris Matulis confers with catcher Sean Ochinko and pitching coach David Grewe.
Last season, the LSU gymnastics team advanced to the Super Six meet for the first time in school history. Today the Tigers will attempt to become the first LSU team to make back-to-back appearances. LSU will compete in the NCAA national meet in Lincoln, Neb., which consists of the nation’s top-12 teams. The teams are broken into two groups of six, with the top-three teams in each group advancing to compete for the national title in the Super Six meet Friday. Senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney said the experience of making Super Six last season will help the team on this trip. “[Competing in Super Six last year] is motivation,” Clare-Kearney said. “We want to let everyone know that we got there because we are good enough, not because we got lucky.” Junior Susan Jackson will also defend her individual national championship on the vault. But Jackson said while she is excited to defend her vault title, she has her eyes set on winning the national title on the balance beam as well. “People see me as more of a powerful gymnast,” Jackson said. “Winning beam would have people saying, ‘Oh, she can do it all. She won vault last year; she’s got the power. But she can do beam too, so she’s got grace and power.’” The Tigers are slotted in the SUPER SIX, see page 14
NBA
Hornets lose in overtime New Orleans drops to No. 7 seed, will face Denver By Paul J. Weber The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michael Finley hit a buzzer-beater, Tim Duncan was nearly unstoppable and the Spurs claimed another division title. The playoffs are here, and things are looking familiar in San Antonio. Down by five with 48.7 seconds left, the Spurs clawed to an thrilling comeback against New Orleans that began with Finley sinking a 3-pointer as time expired in the fourth quarter and Duncan dominating
in overtime to stun the fading Hornets in a 105-98 victory Wednesday night. Coupled with a Houston loss to Dallas, the Spurs clinched the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference and will play the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. The Hornets fell to the seventh seed after letting this one slip away. “Just enough time,” Finley said of releasing his 3-pointer that forced overtime. “Everything lined up for us.” Did it ever. Even with a win, the Spurs weren’t assured of starting the playoffs at home. But San Antonio didn’t have to sweat the NBA scoreboard after the game, since the Rockets fell in Dallas before the Spurs and OVERTIME, see page 11
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Spurs guard Tony Parker shoots over New Orleans Hornets center Tyson Chandler (6) and forward David West (30) in the second quarter Wednesday in San Antonio. The Hornets lost in overtime, 105-98.
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RECREATION
Underestimated LSU rugby team heads to nationals No. 5 Tigers to play No. 7 Utah on Fri. By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor
Opponents facing the LSU rugby team see a small squad that could be easily outmuscled. But the Tigers take advantage of their size, using their speed and athleticism to run around and past competition. LSU won both of its games at the Western Championships in Greeley, Colo., during spring break. They squeaked by Colorado State, 18-14, and demolished Air Force, 51-18, to advance to the USA rugby collegiate playoffs. The LSU rugby squad (13-1) is one of 16 teams traveling to Berkeley, Calif., this weekend for the national tournament. The Tigers are ranked No. 5 by AmericanRugbyNews.com and will face No. 7 Utah in its first match Friday.
“Utah is going to be a bunch of big guys just like we are used to playing against,” said Brendan Batt, pre-veterinary senior. “We’ll probably be faster and more fit than they will be, but I don’t see us losing to Utah.” Jimmy Rehkopf, kinesiology senior, said the LSU rugby team outruns its opponents instead of running over them. “Our game is a speed game,” Rehkopf said. “We try to score as much as we can.” Batt said this year’s team is the smallest in his five years at LSU, but the Tigers don’t let size faze them. “We are not just small and weak,” Batt said. “We tackle really well. We don’t lose a lot by being small.” Batt said much of the national competition underestimates LSU. “A lot of these teams are looking at us as some kind of fluke,” Batt said. The winner of LSU and Utah will play either No. 10 Bowling Green or No. 4 San Diego State.
If LSU wins both games in the national playoffs, the Tigers will travel to the semifinals at Stanford in two weeks. Money will be limited for a third trip across the country, but Rehkopf said the team will find a way to pay for it. Because the rugby team is not fully funded by LSU, the team has to resort to other ways to finance the trips. It relies on limited money from Student Government, advertising, donations, dues and fundraisers. “We are better rugby players and a better rugby team, but we just don’t have the funding,” Rehkopf said. Despite the money situation, Rehkopf said the team is ready to face the competition at the national playoffs. “This is time for the big boys,” Rehkopf said. “We are on the prowl right now. We expect to make it to the championships.” The rugby team has been training for the playoffs the entire year. “Every part of our lives revolve
RECREATION
Lacrosse gains popularity at LSU Team preparing to finish season By David Helman Sports Writer
The future looks bright for LSU lax — which may seem odd, considering how few Louisianians know what that means. Lax is a common term used to abbreviate lacrosse, and LSU’s lacrosse club is set to finish a landmark season this weekend. The Tigers boast a 4-5 record and have a shot to finish the season with a winning record if they can beat Tulane tonight and Memphis on Saturday. That only sounds exciting considering where the club ranked a few years ago. “When I started, we went 0-10 — we lost every game,” said Stephen Krobert, history senior. “From where we started, it’s a big improvement.” The transformation has occurred under the watch of LSU coach Nick Joslyn. Joslyn played four years for LSU after arriving from Maryland, where lacrosse powerhouses such as Johns Hopkins, Loyola-Maryland and Maryland-Baltimore County battle for national supremacy. “We’re not going to have the same skill level as other teams, but I don’t want the best guys. I want the best team,” Joslyn said. The sport is an ultra-physical blend of hockey and soccer — two teams of 10 players don padding and netted sticks called crosses and proceed to beat the crud out of each other while trying to score on the other team’s goal. Lacrosse has traditionally been a mainstay along the East Coast, but it has recently gained popularity in Texas and Arizona. Schools LACROSSE, see page 14
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LSU lacrosse player Philip Niddrie (5) runs through Rice’s defense on April 3. The Tigers host Tulane tonight before finishing their season Saturday against Memphis.
around rugby,” said Cody Cadella, finance junior and LSU rugby president. Cadella said the team is looking to win this weekend and advance to the semifinals.
“We have as good of a chance as anyone,” Cadella said. Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com
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The LSU rugby team fights for the ball in a scrum against Texas Tech on March 7. The Tigers begin play in the USA rugby collegiate playoffs this weekend.
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TRACK AND FIELD
Alumni Gold meet Saturday
conditions for the meet,” Shaver said. “Other than a few spotted rain showers, it looks like it will be nice and warm, and we’ll have another good competition this year.” By Rowan Kavner But the National Weather Sports Contributor Service may have something to The star-studded LSU Alum- say about that. NWS currently predicts a ni Gold meet this weekend marks the LSU track and field team’s 50 percent chance of scattered showers and last home event of thunderstorms the season at Ber‘There’s a lot of ... Saturday during nie Moore Track day, jumping Stadium as a part good universities the to 60 percent by of Super Tiger coming ... It makes it the evening. The Weekend. are Students very competitive.’ temperatures predicted to be have the oppormoderately warm tunity to watch Dennis Shaver in the 60s and former standout LSU track and field coach 70s. athletes who still LSU also train at LSU, such as 2008 World Indoor Champion hosts the LSU Combined Events Lolo Jones and 2008 Beijing today and tomorrow, but no LSU Olympic silver medalist Richard athletes will compete in those Thompson, compete at LSU’s outdoor track. LSU coach Dennis Shaver said Thompson is slotted to run the 100-meter dash, and Jones is running the 100-meter hurdles. The Tigers and Lady Tigers are expected to compete in full at Saturday’s Alumni Gold meet. “Everybody on our team will be competing in [Saturday’s meet]. There will be about 25 other universities here competing, as well as the Canadian national men and women’s sprint and hurdle group, as well as a lot of professional athletes from around this area,” Shaver said. Shaver said the plethora of athletes and universities competing will result in a fight to the finish. “Traditionally, it’s been a great competition,” he said. “There’s a lot of really good universities coming to the meet. It makes it very competitive.” The LSU Alumni Gold meet went exceptionally well last year for both LSU teams, as the men’s and women’s 4x100-meter relay teams both won their respective events. Senior Trindon Holliday and junior Samantha Henry both won in the 100-meter dash at the competition last season as well. The meet is one of the last chances for LSU track and field athletes to set NCAA regional qualifying marks before the 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships at Louisville on May 29-30. “It’s going to be exciting.” Shaver said. “We do have the Penn Relays. But for many people, improving on their regional qualifying mark or establishing themselves as regional qualifiers in their individual events is going to be important, because it does look like the weather’s going to be pretty good.” Shaver predicts Saturday’s weather will be fairly clear, unlike the rainy conditions at LSU’s first home outdoor meet of the season. “We have always been pretty fortunate and lucky that we’ve had pretty good weather
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events. “We don’t have anybody that’s going to be competing in [the LSU Combined Events],” Shaver said. “We’re trying to get ourselves prepared and cranked up for Saturday’s competition.” Shaver said other colleges will be represented at today’s LSU Combined Events, but he is not yet sure who will be there. Shaver also said some events the teams will compete in on Saturday won’t be run at the Penn Relays on April 23-25. “We don’t run the 200, the 400, the 800 [meter dashes] or anything like that in the Penn Relays, so you can’t qualify those events,” he said.
Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
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SOFTBALL
No. 18 Tigers sweep Southeastern in doubleheader Neither game lasts full seven innings By David Helman Sports Writer
Neither of No. 18 LSU’s Wednesday night wins against Southeastern Louisiana required a full seven innings of play. The Tigers (27-10-1) swept aside the Lions (17-25) by scores of 9-1 and 8-1, giving them a four-game winning streak
heading into this weekend’s series with No. 1 Florida. “The secret to our success lately has been the primetime situations — getting base hits with people on,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been doing that, and it’s been the difference in our run production.” Six different Tigers finished the night with RBI, and the team finished the first game with a season-high 14 hits. LSU entered the sixth inning of game one leading, 6-1,
when an RBI single from sophomore second baseman Ashley Applegate and a two-run home run from freshman first baseman Anissa Young gave the Tigers the win by run-rule. Junior outfielders Jazz Jackson and Kirsten Shortridge added to the hitting clinic, as they extended their current hitting streaks to 12 and 11 games, respectively, with Shortridge adding two RBI. “Shortridge has been a phenomenal addition for us,” Girouard said. “She’s one of the best players I’ve coached, talent-wise.
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LSU junior centerfielder Kirsten Shortridge stretches for a fly ball Wednesday afternoon during the Tigers’ doubleheader against Southeastern in Tiger Park. The Tigers took both games in fewer than seven innings.
Jazz is having the best season fly to deep left field. she’s had since she’s been here, The Tigers’ pitching staff aland this is the Jazz we thought we lowed 12 hits but just two runs were getting when in relief of junior we recruited her pitcher Cody Trahere.” han. Four separate Sophomore multi-run innings pitcher Casey helped the Tigers Faile threw LSU to an 8-1 win in to the first win, the night’s second striking out a game, securing career-high eight Yvette Girouard the sweep. Jackbatters and allowson and Shorting just one run LSU softball coach ridge reached on five hits. home once again in the game’s “My rise ball and changeup first inning to open a 2-0 lead, definitely were a must in this while RBI from junior outfielder game,” Faile said. “Both of them Rachel Mitchell and Applegate were there. My rise ball was a improved the tally to 4-1. little bit shaky, but it managed to Applegate hit 4-for-7 on the work enough to get it done.” day with three singles, a triple Freshman pitcher Brittany and four total RBI. Mack finished the night in the “I’m really focusing on using circle for the Tigers. Mack struck my lower half — I tend to slap out just four batters but worked at the ball [with the bat],” Apple- her way out of three separate gate said. “I’m trying hard to see jams, stranding eight batters in the ball late to my bat and find the process. contact.” “We’re the owner of many A blooper double to left field weapons but the master of none by Jackson scored Shortridge and right now, and therein lies the freshman catcher Morgan Russell problem we’re trying to solve,” to give LSU a 6-1 lead. Girouard said. Applegate and Young returned to the scoreboard with a big fifth inning. Applegate extended LSU’s lead to six runs Contact David Helman at with an RBI triple, and Young brought her home with a sacrifice dhelman@lsureveille.com
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Hornets finished regulation. The Spurs haven’t opened the playoffs on the road since Duncan was a rookie in 1998. Back then, David Robinson was their leading scorer, they played in the Alamodome and Duncan’s first postseason lasted just four games when they were ousted by Phoenix. After this one, the Spurs can largely thank Duncan for keeping the streak going. Taking over the game in overtime, Duncan scored six of his 20 points in the extra period and finished with 19 rebounds. His brilliant final five minutes included six rebounds, two assists and stopping Chris Paul with a block. The jewel came on a turnaround, one-handed baseline jumper with 41.1 seconds left that pushed the lead to seven. David West scored 34 points for the Hornets but fumed after Duncan sank that one. “It’s great that we have home court,” Duncan said. “It’s a great way to end the season.” It was possibly the most commanding performance from Duncan since the All-Star break, when his aching knees became a constant worry. Tony Parker led the Spurs with 29 points and was serenaded with chants of “MV-P!” as he sank free throws in the closing seconds to seal the unlikely win. “That was the old Timmy,” Parker said. “Just controlling the
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game.” Not so for the Hornets. New Orleans has stumbled down the stretch as badly as any playoffbound team in the West and have lost six of eight. Had the Hornets won — which looked likely until the final minute of the fourth quarter — they’d have gotten the No. 6 seed. West, frustrated after the game, said the Hornets should’ve fouled before Finley hit the final shot. The Spurs inbounded with 7.6 seconds left, and Roger Ma-
son had the ball in his hands for most of the time before passing to Finley at the last second. He calmly sank the 3-pointer, sending the crowd into a frenzy and the Hornets back to the bench in disbelief. “We played pretty good for about 47 minutes and 40 seconds, something like that,” said Paul, who had 26 points and 14 assists. “We got burned again with that last-second shot. We played on him as tight as possible, and he hit another tough shot as usual.”
Paul finished as the league leader in assists with an 11.0 average. Said West: “We’re going to need guys to step up. That’s just the bottom line. We’re going to need guys to make shots. We need guys to make plays for us.” For the first time in months, the Hornets entered San Antonio at full strength. Tyson Chandler returned for the first time since inflammation in his left ankle forced him out of the lineup on March 2. He had 10 points and
PAGE 11 three rebounds in 20 minutes. It was the 16th division title for the Spurs, but their first since 2005-06. That was the same year the Mavs and Spurs last met in the playoffs, when Dallas outlasted San Antonio in seven games and went on to play in the NBA finals. This year, the Mavs and Spurs split their season series at 2-2. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
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first group in the afternoon meet, which will begin at 1 p.m. The other teams competing in the afternoon session are No. 1 Georgia, No. 5 Florida, No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 9 Stanford and No. 12 Penn State. Junior Sabrina Franceschelli said competing in the afternoon
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group will help the team because it will give them more time to rest before the Super Six meet if they advance. The Tigers’ rotation for the meet has been set in advance. They will begin the meet on the balance beam, followed by the vault and floor exercise and finish on the uneven bars. LSU coach D-D Breaux is glad
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LSU senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney swings from the uneven bars earlier this season.
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“We’re not supposed to win this game,” Durham said. “I’m very proud of our guys, and we’re going to enjoy this win.” The Colonels kept the LSU offense out of rhythm throughout Wednesday’s game and used eight different pitchers. The Tigers (27-10, 10-5) mustered just four hits — two coming from junior outfielder Blake Dean. “I’ve never faced that many pitchers,” Dean said. “It’s tough. It’s difficult for a hitter because it’s the first time you see a guy basically every inning.” LSU coach Paul Mainieri paid high praise to the Colonels’ pitchers and said they were all capable of consistently recording outs against Southeastern Conference competition. “Their pitching was surprising, I have to admit,” Mainieri said. “They threw [eight] kids tonight, and I’d love to have any one of those kids. They all threw with good velocity and had good secondary pitches. They kept our kids off balance.” Both teams were scoreless until the bottom of the third inning when LSU senior third baseman Derek Helenihi hit a sacrifice fly to center field to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. The sacrifice scored senior first baseman Buzzy Haydel, who was hit by a pitch from Colonels’ senior pitcher Ryan Harding to lead off the inning. But the Colonels (17-18) fired back and took a 3-1 lead with a three-run fourth inning. Junior right fielder Scott Moseley and junior first baseman Tyler Minto each had RBI singles in the inning off LSU starter Chris Matulis, and junior designated hitter Adam Miley added an RBI on a fielder’s choice ground out.
The runs were the only allowed by Matulis, who pitched five innings and allowed three runs on four hits. But Mainieri said despite a solid start, he still hoped for more from his freshman starter. “To me, effective pitching is the level of pitching it takes to win the game,” Mainieri said. “And that wasn’t the level of pitching it took to win the game, so it wasn’t effective. You just can’t walk a guy and fall behind on left-handed hitters and have to lay pitches in there when you should have the advantage.” Sophomore Ben Alsup relieved Matulis and pitched three scoreless innings, and senior Nolan Cain and freshman Matty Ott combined to pitch a scoreless ninth inning. But they were
her team will start on the beam. “We’ve been plagued with having beam last since the SEC Championships last year,” Breaux said. “I’d much prefer trying to get the kids ready to deal with it first than having it hanging over our head.” The beam has been ClareKearney’s nemesis for a good part of the season. Clare-Kearney has fallen off the beam in each of the Tigers’ last four meets. But she said she is confident going into the national meet. “I’ve stopped trying to control it,” Clare-Kearney said. “If it’s meant to be, it will be. I don’t think there’s anything else I can do to coach myself or anything my teammates or coaches can do to help me figure out why I haven’t stayed on the beam. So I’m hoping it works itself out because I know I’m capable of being successful on that event.” The Tigers feel they are primed to make a run at the national title despite the struggles on beam. “We’re really excited and very confident,” Franceschelli said. “We used last week as a great preparation for ourselves. We’re just trying to stay as consistent as we can.” Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com
unable to receive help from the Tigers’ offense. The loss marks the third time LSU has been defeated by instate opponents this season. Louisiana-Lafayette defeated the Tigers on March 11, and Tulane beat LSU on April 1. Dean said the team’s lack of intensity in mid-week games is something that must change as the season goes forward. “We shouldn’t be losing these kinds of games,” Dean said. “We should be coming out here and winning these and obviously we’re not, so we need to come out here and play better.”
Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com
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across Louisiana — from Shreveport to New Orleans — have picked up lacrosse in recent years, and LSU is reaping the benefits. “When I first got here, we’d be lucky to get 10 guys out here ... We had just enough to field a team,” Krobert said. “Now we’re getting kids from schools in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette ... People are finding us on Facebook.” Krobert, the team’s starting goalkeeper, is counting on the influx of talent to carry the club. He is one of just three senior starters on a roster of 32. “Next year, we’ll struggle because we’ll have a first-year goalie,” said Stefan Benoit, chemical engineering sophomore. “But if we have the recruiting we had this year, it’s definitely going to be ... amazing.” The Tigers recently thumped Rice, 9-2, the team’s first victory against the Owls in Krobert or Joslyn’s tenure. “That was the best team game I’ve been affiliated with in LSU lacrosse, and I’ve played for four years and coached for three,” Joslyn said.
thursday, april 16, 2009 “Everyone knew what was going on, and everyone was comfortable ... We ran them right into the ground.” The spread of lacrosse across the state doesn’t seem likely to stop. Krobert doubles as a coach at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, and the Tigers currently boast a freshman class of 20 players, most of whom have high school experience. “That’s where we draw from. We’re not going to get kids from the Northeast, but there are plenty of kids in Louisiana,” Krobert said. “They’re going to be coming in full strength soon.” Krobert and his fellow seniors have two more games for LSU. The Tigers play the Green Wave at the Sport and Adventure Complex on River Road tonight at 6:30 p.m., and they host Memphis on Saturday at 6 p.m. “We’re becoming more of a team,” Krobert said. “We’re becoming competitive ... and in a couple of years, Texas A&M and Texas will have to look out for LSU.” Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com
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Entertainment
Out with the old Consignment, resale stores benefit from down economy By Sarah Aycock Entertainment Editor
At a time when many business owners worry whether they’re going to make it through the next year, resale and consignment stores are singing the praises of the sinking stock market. The troubled financial landscape has guided customers to these stores in droves, where they can trade clothes and other items they no longer want in exchange for money and buy gently used items for a reduced price. There are various independent consignment and resale stores throughout the South. Plato’s Closet, a chain resale store, has locations in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, while Buffalo Exchange, another chain, has a location in New Orleans. In resale stores, suppliers can get cash outright for their items, while consignment stores pay the supplier a percentage of the selling price after the item is purchased. RESALE, see page 17
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[Left] Morgan Bergeron, fashion merchandising junior, checks clothes Wednesday at Plato’s Closet. [Top right] Resale clothing has become an option for those wanting to save money. [Bottom left] Meagan Snedigar, business sophomore and Plato’s Closet sales associate organizes a rack of gently used jeans Wednesday.
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MY OPINION
Music site creates democracy for listeners
Every once in a while, you come across a Web site so engaging it starts to take over your life. TheSixtyOne.com is such a site. This site will change the way people discover new music. While my friends were getting wasted at the beach, I was spending hours hunched over my computer discovering hundreds of new bands I’d never heard of before and testing my music-listening skills. In the past, the music industry has been dominated by suits. They pick what they think we will like, and then bombard us with propaganda and marketing until we actually start to like the music. JACK LEBLANC But what if Entertainment listeners decided Writer which artists and tracks were “good?” The Sixty One lets users do just that. It makes music democratic. The Sixty One lets artists create profiles and upload their music. Users then listen to the tracks and award “bumps” to the songs they like — very similar to the popular site Digg.com. Digg features user-submitted content other users can “digg.” When users log on, the most “dugg” content shows up first, allowing users to access information from across the Web, based on how many users like SIXTY ONE see page 17
LOCAL MUSIC
Chelsea’s to host relocated band’s album debut Streamline aims to revamp music scene By Ashley Norsworthy Entertainment Writer
A band may have finally come to revamp the Red Stick music scene. Streamline, a band with geographically diverse members, will hold their album release party Friday at Chelsea’s at 10 p.m. The Vettes will open for the band. Mike Hogan, frontman and guitarist, has been acquainted with Jon Scholl, keyboardist, and John “Tank” Viavattine, bassist, since high school. All three are from Rochester,
N.Y., but relocated to Baton Rouge Something Corporate drummer Brilast year and have aimed to revamp an Ireland to sit in for some songs. the city’s music scene ever since. “I was in the studio with Wil“I started playing with Jon liam Tell, another band,” Ireland said. [Scholl] when I was “We did a couple of 13 [years old],” Hosongs, and I kind of gan said. “We startkept in contact with ed a band ... and [Streamline].” when we wanted Ireland said to take it into a difhe was “very imferent direction, we pressed” when he met up with bassist listened to StreamJohn [Viavattine].” line’s songs and Brad Ourso After graduatheard Hogan’s ing, the guys took voice. After that Streamline guitarist a summer road trip fateful summer, to the West Coast. Hogan, Scholl and After scheduling a midnight record- Viavattine moved to Los Angeles ing session at a studio in Los AnSTREAMLINE, see page 17 geles, the incomplete band asked
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[From left] Members of Streamline – Brad Ourso, Brian Ireland, Mike Hogan, Jon Scholl and John Viavattine – will play at Chelsea’s on Friday.
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TELEVISION
MTV ‘Real World’ star to be deployed By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Ryan Conklin, the impish, guitar-playing merry prankster of this season’s “The Real World: Brooklyn,” was packing his guitar to head off to Iraq on Sunday. The former cast member of the MTV reality show was feeling more than a little anxious. “I want to get this thing started, because the sooner I do it, the sooner it’ll be over,” he said Wednesday. “I’m kind of just getting antsy with time.” He hopes to serve a rotation of just nine months. The 23-year-old Gettysburg, Pa., native was on the front lines three years ago. He received his
deployment notice while living in the “Real World” house. It was one of show’s most poignant moments: His brother called with the news, and Conklin’s emotional reaction ran the gamut from denial to disbelief to tears. Conklin, who voiced his opposition to the war and participated in a Veterans Day parade on the show, touched the hearts of viewers who sympathized with his predicament. “I knew it could happen,” Conklin said of being redeployed. “I really wish it never did, but it did.” Contact The Daily Reveille’s entertainment staff at entertainment@lsureveille.com
THEATER
‘Vagina Monologues’ to perform this week Play will celebrate female sexuality By Lindsay Nunez Entertainment Writer
The University’s undergraduate feminist organization, Women Organizing Women, is celebrating female sexuality and spreading awareness of violence against women with their presentation of “The Vagina Monologues.” The performance will take place tonight and Friday at the Baton Rouge Gallery at 7 p.m. Regular admission is $10, and student admission is $5. The proceeds from the performance will be donated to the Baton Rouge Rape Crisis Centers. The group’s goal is to raise $2,000 for the cause. “The Vagina Monologues” is an internationally acclaimed series of soliloquies. The series was first written and performed by Eve Ensler in 1998. The show escalated into a national campaign known as V-Day. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the violation and exploitation of women’s bodies and to raise money for local agencies with the same motives. The University’s WOW group carries on Baton Rouge’s contribution to V-Day. An open casting call was held for women interested in taking part in the performance. A total of 12 women, ranging from students to activists to local obstetrician/gynecologists, will perform. Rachel Hebert, the community organizer of Baton Rouge’s V-Day 2009 production, explained each piece relates to a certain aspect of being a woman. Some of the pieces are celebratory and humorous while others are touching and emotional. The performances will be in conjunction with Venus Envy, a local
all-female multi-media art exhibit. Michelle Linschoten, psychology senior and women’s studies minor, will perform a monologue about the alternative terms for the word vagina. Linschoten explained that most alternate terminology tends to be negative, insulting and derogatory. She also said language used in substitution for the female anatomy should be disclaimed. “I’m excited about my piece. It’s provocative,” said Linschoten, president of WOW and community organizer for the University’s campaign. “And it’s just really great to see how the monologues touch people’s lives.” Contact Lindsay Nunez at lnunez@lsureveille.com
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Wendy Dolan, owner of REfinery Children’s Consignment Boutique, said the economy has forced people to find ways to save money. “With the economy taking a downturn, people are looking to save money by buying resale and to make money by consigning their items,” Dolan said. Dolan said since the recession, her store has seen a 14 percent increase in sales and a 12 percent increase in consignors. Michelle Livingston, marketing director for Buffalo Exchange, said the revenue at their New Orleans location in 2008 was 20.95 percent over 2007s revenue, and the year-todate revenue for 2009 is 9.71 percent over 2008. And that growth isn’t exclusive to Louisiana. Stores such as these are seeing increases across the nation, according to the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops. In a survey of 185 NARTS members, 71.4 percent said their sales increased, with an average growth of 30 percent from fourth quarter 2008 sales figures compared to those from the same time period in 2007. The survey also noted that 82.3 percent of the stores saw an increase in new customers. Livingston said resale and consignment stores do well during recessions because people are reluctant to give things away when they could receive money in exchange. “To some degree, we are [benefitting from the economic downturn]
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permanently. “I thought they were really talented, so I quit the William Tell project and joined Streamline,” Ireland said. Ireland said he joined the band after Something Corporate decided to expand on individual projects. “We’re technically still together,” Ireland said. “We realized it wasn’t making anyone really happy ... and everyone was sensing that. We’re probably going to do something in the future.” Even with the addition of a drummer, the band decided another guitarist was needed. Brad Ourso, University alumnus, was living with Hogan, Scholl, Viavattine and a girl Ireland was dating at the time. Ourso was a member of Ireland’s girlfriend’s band but was invited to a jam session by Hogan. “We hit it off and realized we liked a lot of the same music,” Ourso said. “Streamline was a better fit.” As a running joke, Ireland says
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it, not on marketing or name recognition. Both Digg and The Sixty One are all about giving the little guy a chance. Digg allows users to access obscure blogs and sites they would otherwise never encounter. The Sixty One lets users listen to independent artists from across the globe. Unlike Digg, each user is given a limited number of “bump points” to spend, so users can’t go “bumphappy” and bump every song they hear, ensuring users only bump their favorite songs.
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because of our business concept,” Livingston said. “In an affluent society, people give stuff away instead of trying to sell it.” Kristin Tubb, owner of Orange Peel vintage consignment boutique in Jackson, Miss., said her sales have gone up “tremendously.” Her store meets with consignors by appointment and said her calendar is full until the end of April. At a time when many businesses are cutting back, Orange Peel is expanding. “We’re actually adding on to the business about 820 square feet,” Tubb said. “We’re going to start doing furniture.” Tubb said depending on the quality of the items consigned, people have the opportunity to make a lot of extra money. “One lady brought in a lot of jewelry last month, and I wrote her out a check for $700 this month just for that,” Tubb said. “It depends on how much they’re bringing in and what they’re bringing in.” According to the same NARTS survey, 46.7 percent of stores surveyed said they experienced an increase in the volume of people supplying goods to their stores. Tubb said that consigning clothes can be a good way to make extra cash. “If you hang on to your clothes, and you have something that’s cute that you don’t like on you, don’t necessarily get rid of it,” Tubb said. “Consign it, resell it, take that money and you can go get new clothes… people are realizing they can cut back in certain areas. They can pay their
bills and actually not be so crunched when it’s time for bill time.” The recession is inspiring customers to find cheaper solutions for big-spending events too. Nita Jacobs, owner of The Clothing Loft in Lafayette, said she saw a lot of women visit her store during the carnival season. “I had quite a few comments from women at Mardi Gras saying … ‘you’re only going to wear it that one year anyway and with the economy the way it was, there’s no need to spend the big bucks,’” Jacobs said. “I did do very well for Mardi Gras due to the recession.” While resale and consignment stores have seen a boom in people shopping at their stores, students also see the stores as a source for quick cash. Some students are considering resale stores as a source for extra income when money gets tight. Erin Derbins, chemical engineering senior, said she has never brought clothes to a consignment store but would consider it. “I don’t take good care of my clothes and it sounds like more trouble than it’s worth,” Derbins said. “I have started to consider doing it though, because I have gotten fat and grown out of my clothes, and I’m strapped for cash.” Derbins said she only shops at resale or consignment stores for costumes, and would probably just shop less instead of shopping at the stores.
he “basically stole her guitarist right after I broke up with her.” Once the band was complete, the guys started getting serious about getting their music into the public eye. Ireland grew up in Orange County and was very familiar with the California music scene. “California is no good place to grow a band,” Ireland said. “We made a unanimous decision to leave California and go somewhere else.” Eventually, and with the help of Ourso, the band ended up relocating to Baton Rouge in February 2008. “There isn’t really a music scene here,” Ireland said. “There’s a lot less competition, and I know of a lot of people who would love to have an original band out of Baton Rouge.” A year later, the band has met success and is releasing its second EP Friday. The band recorded, mixed and mastered the entire album themselves. “This was the past eight months of my life,” Scholl said. “I went to school for recording.” The drums were recorded in a studio but all other elements were
recorded in a house in town. The seven-track CD, named “The Arsonist and the Alchemist,” is a self-portrait of the band’s personality. “We’re rock and we have pop elements, too,” Hogan said. “We want to put music out there that is completely us. When we do something, for better or for worse, it’s who we really are.” The lyrics are catchy but not cliché and the sound is very diverse. “Hurricane” incorporates a banjo while “Let Go” concentrates on the rock elements in the guitar. “The album is very representational of us five creating music together,” Ourso said. “It’s diverse.” All members of the band has big goals for the future. “I really think this band has the type of appeal to reach multiple demographics and reach a massive amount of people,” Hogan said. “We have big expectations. Hopefully we can be a real integral part of what music is for the next generation.”
The tracks that receive the most “bumps” are compiled into “hotlists” which are displayed when users log on. The Sixty One remembers what you like and makes recommendations based on your previous bumps, much like Last.fm or Pandora.com. The Sixty One takes the best elements from sites like Digg, Last. fm, Pandora.com and Myspace.com and combines them into one coherent and easy-to-use site. Where The Sixty One breaks new ground is by awarding points when someone bumps a track you’ve bumped. So, if you are the first to bump a song that is later bumped by other users, you earn points.
It’s a competition. The site basically rewards you for liking music before other people like it, which is great for me because I spend a good portion of my life listening to music most people have never heard. The best part of the site is the music player. Unlike MySpace music or similar sites, the music keeps playing no matter what you do on the site. You can build playlists in real time, “bump” songs and download MP3s. And the music never stops.
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BATON ROUGE 15(Mall of La) BATON ROUGE 16 (O’Neal) **17 Again PG13 10:45, 11:30, 1:55, 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:45 **CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE R 11:00, 11:45, 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 8:00, 10:15, 10:45 **STATE OF PLAY R 10;30, 1:45, 4:00, 7:15, 8:00, 10:15, 10:45 **DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION PG 11:55, 2:10, 4:25, 6:55, 9:55 **HANNAH MONTANA G 11:15, 12:00, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 10:00 **OBSERVE & REPORT R 1;35, 4:50, 7:25, 10:35 **SUNSHINE CLEANING R 10;40, 2:35, 5:10, 7:55, 10:50 **ADVENTURELAND R 11:05 AM only **FAST AND FURIOUS 4 PG13 11:20, 2:20, 5:05, 7:05, 10:40 **THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT PG13 10:55, 1:40, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 **MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (3D) PG 10:35, 11:10, 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 10:10 **I LOVE YOU MAN R 2:25, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 **KNOWING PG13 10:50, 2:00, 6:50, 9:50
**17 AGAIN PG13 11:15, 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:00, 7:15, 8:00, 9:55, 10;00 **CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE R 12:30, 2:00, 3:00, 5:30, 7:45, 8:30, 11:00 **STATE OF PLAY PG-13 12:10, 1:00, 4:05, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 10:05, 10:45 **HANNAH MONTANA G 11:00, 11:45, 1:30, 2:15, 4:00, 4:50, 7:05, 9:45, 10:25 **FAST AND THE FURIOUS 4 PG-13 11:05, 12:00, 1:50, 2:35, 4:30, 5;15, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15 **MONSTERS VS. ALIENS PG 11:30, 12:15, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 **DRAGON BALL PG 11:10, 1:55, 4:25, 7:35, 10:10 **HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT PG13 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7;25, 10:00 **ADVENTURELAND R 10:40pm **KNOWING PG-13 12:45, 3:45, 7:55, 10:10 I LOVE YOU MAN R 11:25, 5:05, 10;20 RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN PG 10:55, 1:35, 4:10, 7:20 OBSERVE AND REPORT R 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 8:25, 10:55
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9-10:30pm Quantum of Solace 12-1:30pm RockNRolla 3:00-3:30pm Newsbeat Live 4:30-5pm The Rundown Live 7-8:30pm Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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MUSIC MOVIES BOOKS TELEVISION
Adventureland Sidney Kimmel
Death Cab for Cutie
Dragonball Evolution
The Open Door - EP “Adventureland” is a teen angst movie set in 1987 about a recent college graduate who gets a job at a crappy adventure park to earn money in the hopes of moving to New York City. The movie, featuring a promising Jesse Eisenberg, does a good job of giving off a “real” feeling of a lame summer job that still ends up being a great time. With the bonus of a great soundtrack mixed with some crude humor and lots of emotion, this flick is bound to please most moviegoers.
20th Century Fox
Atlantic Records
Death Cab for Cutie released an EP with a full album to follow. The release, available on iTunes, has five tracks and a video of a song from their previous album. The band has successfully stayed true to their roots. Every album is similar to the next. While nothing unexpected is included on “The Open Door,” fans and casual listeners will find themselves tapping their feet to every track.
Good acting, likeable characters and an engaging story line are just a few elements that comprise a decent movie. Unfortunately, “Dragonball Evolution” has none of these qualities. In fact, throw in terrible CGI and a half-assed plot loosely based on the popular Japanese manga/cartoon to the list of this film’s offenses. It’s no secret that Hollywood screws up beloved franchises, but this one may be the worst of them all. Avoid DBE like the plague.
C. VOGELS
A. NORSWORTHY
B. LEJEUNE
Fast & Furious
Neil Young
Silversun Pickups
Reprise Records
Dangerbird
Although removing “the” from the title and bringing back Vin Diesel were brilliant ideas, the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise can’t live up to its expectations. The film, which is for some reason a prequel to the third movie, quickly loses any sense of logic. So what if you only care about the cars and crashes? Well director Justin Lin (“Tokyo Drift”) can’t seem to match the racing sequences of the first film, causing them to detract from the already anemic script.
After singing about war and fictional towns in California, Neil Young is now singing about a car. Not just any car. He’s singing about his LincVolt, a 1959 Lincoln that he has transformed to run off of alternative energy. “Fork in the Road” features classic Young singing about life on the road and the problems in America over raw yet polished guitars. Young’s singing is as good as it was on “Harvest” and “After the Goldrush.” “Fork in the Road” should be played as loud as possible whenever listeners get behind the wheel.
Be prepared to swoon over Silversun Pickups newest release. The Los Angeles indie rock band’s first full length album “Carnavas” was an extremely tough act to follow and normally most bands who release a sophomore album following great success of their debut usually coast by on past glories or fall flat on their face. Not in the case of “Swoon.” Silversun Pickups have released a fantastic follow-up to their 2006 release, one that captures the best of “Carnavas” but transforms it into a deep and at times brooding album that goes from quiet and delicate tunes to huge awe-inspiring displays of loud momentum and power.
B. BOURGEOIS
J.CHENIER
J. CLAPP
[B] [B+] [F]
Universal Pictures
Fork in the Road
Swoon
[D] [A] [B]
Editor’s Pick Observe and Report
Legendary Pictures
FOR FANS OF:
The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, Eastbound & Down
“Observe and Report” is a funny film, with Seth Rogen starring as a mall cop who dreams of becoming a “real cop” while trying to stop a streaker. But the film also has a dark side Rogen’s character suffers from bipolar disorder and has delusions that often bring painful consequences at work. While the film sometimes suffers from confusion, it still has many funny points. If nothing else, see this movie to see the trailer for “The Hangover,” which looks to be one of the funniest hits of the summer.
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thursday, april 16, 2009
thursday, april 16, 2009
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LSU professor Ivor van Heerden (left) talks to a group about the damage New Orleans suffered from Hurricane Katrina just days after it hit the state. The University informed van Heerden his teaching contract for 2010 will not be renewed.
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heard,” Levees.org members said on the Web site. The University notified van Heerden on April 9 that his yearly contract as research professor in the Department of Engineering would not be renewed in 2010, and he was stripped of his title as deputy director for the LSU Hurricane Center. Van Heerden said he was aware of the protest and had nothing to do with organizing the event. The quick response to the decision could be because people recognize what the Hurricane Center did during and after Katrina, van Heerden told The Daily Reveille on Wednesday. While van Heerden was appointed as a board member for
Levees.org about six months ago, he was not part of heading the organization, Rosenthal said. Levees.org members have written a petition for Chancellor Michael Martin and posted the letter on the Web site. University spokeswoman Kristine Calongne said the Chancellor was aware of the petition but didn’t comment by press time. The Levees.org director posted the petition at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, and the list contained 840 signatures by 7:30 p.m. Petitioners from Seattle to San Diego to Chicago signed the letter along with many Louisianians. “I understand that you have stripped Dr. Ivor van Heerden of his title as deputy director of the LSU Hurricane center,” the letter for the chancellor read. “This is a huge loss
for the citizens of south Louisiana ... and I request that you reconsider those decisions.” Rosenthal said they “are pleased that people understand.” The petition is more than about the professor, she said. It’s about the safety of the Louisiana and more opportunities for development. Van Heerden said he has not made any move to file any legal actions against the University because there is room for negotiations. “It would be very beneficial if the chancellor and I had a one-onone [meeting],” van Heerden said.
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on is a “road to communism.” Robin Edwards, president of Baton Rouge Tea Party, LLC, said the protest began as a “grassroots” movement in response to a suggestion by CNBC anchor Rick Santelli that he was going to organize a Boston Tea Party-style protest against Obama’s Home Affordability and Stability Plan. Since then, protests have been held in states around the country — culminating Wednesday with hundreds of separate “tea parties” around the country to speak out against various aspects of Obama’s presidency. Baton Rouge protest organizers used a Facebook group to recruit participants — the group has 1,750 members. At least 1,500 people attended the protest, packing shoulder-toshoulder on the Capitol steps, and Edwards said she estimated as many as 4,000 showed up at peak times. Hundreds of signs could be seen held up high and, at rallying moments during speeches given by Couere and Chad Rogers, founder of the Louisiana news aggregator, The Dead Pelican, protestors shook their signs, chanted and booed. “END the FED” read one sign. “Stop spending my future,” said another, held by a small child. Edwards said despite the laundry list of programs and issues protestors were identifying, one unifying theme among the protestors was “voting out those who are in office now” who “aren’t listening to their constituents.” “You can tell everyone’s frus-
PAGE 19 trated,” Edwards said. Kelley Dick, construction management junior, said he attended the rally because he was “worried about my future.” “I already owe more money than I’ll make in the first five years of my first job,” Dick said of the government running large deficits. Michael Houser, a home automation specialist, stood underneath a tree next to the Capitol steps, wearing a “Tyranny Response Team” T-shirt and handed out copies of a movie titled “The Obama Deception.” “The people are not being represented,” Houser said. Louisiana Democratic Party spokesman Scott Jordan said he sensed there was “a little disconnect from the facts” among the protestors. “I hope they know Obama passed the largest tax cut in history,” Jordan said. Jordan also said Obama has “pledged to cut the deficit in half” and people should not forget “how we got into the situation” — blaming former President George W. Bush for running up the “biggest deficit in history.” Susie Labry said she took the day off from her job as an actress to attend the rally. She said the tone of the rally wasn’t an ideological or partisan one. “Everybody has a right to speak and participate,” Labry said.
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FREEMAN OF SPEECH
Student fees should be increased, called ‘taxes’ Oliver Wendell Holmes never needed to go to the University Student Recreation Complex. But the former Supreme Court justice did offer some enlightenment for the situation confronting University students. “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society,” he said. Across the country, Wednesday’s “Tax Day Tea Parties” brought together thousands of people nationwide to protest what they called “wasteful spending” by buying millions of tea bags and throwing them all away. The message has to do primarily with government bailouts but, thanks to Fox News’ corroboration disguised as “coverage,” turned into a nationwide exercise in hypocrisy. The looming budget cuts will wreak havoc on the quality of living, setting the University back “decades,” according to Chancellor Michael Martin.
As a result, students now face larger class sizes, the elimination of scholarships and higher student fee increases. The first two would limit the quality of learning, but student fee increases should be appropriately named to reflect their impact on the University. We should be calling student fees “taxes.” And they should be increased. I just lost most of you — I can feel it. The traditional argument against tax increases is the prevention of the growth of businesses, reducing the number of jobs allegedly created by small and large business owners. In this case, government is likened to its own entity, scheming and plotting to rob everyone of everything from their money to their guns and, inevitably, their beliefs. What was lost on the crowds
around the country was literally surrounding those crowds, as the parks and waters, the roads and bridges, the municipal buildings and the police guarding them, were all funded with taxes. Here on campus, we can eat lunch in the Student Union, rent books from a vast library, work out at the Rec and even get checkups and mental health e x a m i n a t i o n s Eric Freeman Jr. complete with Columnist support groups and wellness units, all from student fees. But some students act like facilities at this University should just be given to them without any method of payment, though not necessarily on a silver platter.
After all, tuition should go for something, right? Wrong. Student fees, like taxes, go into what we will of them, and we make those decisions based on who we put in office. Mayor-President Kip Holden should be commended for the construction projects around the city to repair outdated and broken roads. Anyone upset with construction clearly can’t see the huge signs displaying the total state and federal funds, under the eight-foot long caption, “Your Tax Dollars at Work.” Much like those in Massachusetts, who recently agreed to raise taxes to provide health insurance for its residents, I’d like to think my sales and payroll taxes are going to provide for the common good. Personally, I’ve been to the Rec exactly once but I am a regular patron at the Student Health Center. As a student, I’ll take every ad-
vantage to visit a counselor to help with a stressful semester or advice in handling major traumatic events. As a New Orleanian, I’m hard pressed to find someone who can legitimately claim taxes are unfair, considering the levees that broke in my city in August 2005. As an American, I’m confused when the same people who rail against taxes implore their fellow Americans to support our troops protecting our freedoms overseas. Protesting against taxes and supporting our troops don’t go hand in hand. After all, as the old adage goes, freedom isn’t free. Eric Freeman Jr. is a 22-year-old political science junior from New Orleans. Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com
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Bars need condom machines available to customers Vending machines in bars are in dire need of an upgrade. Instead of providing patrons with tax-high cancer sticks or prehistoric feminine hygiene products, bars should offer customers something more useful and affordable —condoms. Every so often a patron may stumble upon a rusted condom machine in the restroom of a run-down bar, but it’s most likely empty. If it’s not, the chances of its contents being safe to use are slim to none. In the Bible Belt, holy rollers aren’t supposed to promote promiscuity and drunken, meaningless sex, so the possibility of finding a condom machine around these parts is unlikely. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist. If used properly, condoms are
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Faculty concerned about redistribution A university is a place for exploring ideas and examining them. They operate on long time scales making them conservative about traditions. Therein also lies their stability. The great universities of this country and
85 to 98 percent effective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Condoms also greatly reduce the risk of HIV and AIDS transmission. STD rates in Louisiana are among the highest in the nation. Baton Rouge tops many of the national charts with high cases of STDs, including syphilis. Baton Rouge also ranked sixth in AIDS case rates among the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., according to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Yet somehow the University ranked 12th on Trojan’s 2008 sexual health report card. Nearly 70 percent of college students admit to having engaged in sexual activity primarily as a result of being under the influence of alcohol, or to having sex they wouldn’t have had if they had been sober, ac-
cording to a recent California Polytechnic University study. Putting two and two together, 60 percent of STDs are transmitted and 2/3 of unplanned pregnancies occur. But apart from the health benefits of installing condom machines in bars, people must also consider the convenience factor. It’s much easier to insert a couple of coins Drew Belle Zerby in a condom maColumnist chine at some bar than having to run by a convenience store later — because convenience stores really aren’t that convenient. They close hours before the bars do. And if for some reason one is miraculously open at 2 a.m., by the time you buy a pack of rubbers,
your drunken significant other’s beer goggles have worn off or that person has passed out waiting. Talk about a mood killer. In many places, condom machines are as common as beer on tap. Bars in larger cities, from New York to New Orleans, house condom machines. In most European countries, it’s not unusual for pubs to stock condoms, vibrating penis rings and even Viagra. You don’t have to go to the toilet for these. The bartenders conveniently store them behind the counter so patrons can purchase a pack as they close out their tabs. And surprise, surprise — U.K. STD rates are substantially lower than the U.S., according to Avert, an international AIDS charity. While condom machines may
be a healthy, convenient investment, bar owners may not be too keen on installing them on their premises as they are at least $300 a pop, pun intended. And Bible beaters would probably give them quite a bit of flak. However, if installing condom machines in a couple of bars is all it takes to prevent the clap, then that’s a solid investment. And paying $1 for a condom is much cheaper than paying for knocking up a partner from a onenight stand.
Europe having centuries-old histories, not true of any company or business. Yet, universities are also sites of innovation. This necessarily means a tension between the two, yet one that works often to advantage. Any change that occurs after serious deliberation and incubation among many is likely to be better than one hatched by just one or two at the top. A faculty has a longer time
horizon than students and administrators. There is a wealth of knowledge and expertise in faculty across campus, some of it specific to us, and it should be brought to bear on proposed changes to our Flagship’s course. It should not be any administrator’s “project.” In that vein, let me pose some questions regarding the “realignment plan.” Does it make sense to move Experimental Statistics, which has
its roots in agricultural and biological data and in mathematics, into a college that has none of those disciplines? Why is Mass Communication not part of Humanities and Social Sciences or Education? What is gained by simply elevating some schools into colleges, yet still with just one department? So long as we are rationalizing units, why not do so also on the basis of equitable size among various colleges? Consider-
ing the costs associated even with mundane items like changing letterheads, what is the cost of these changes, and is this the right time to be incurring them? And, above all, how does the new system compare to the current one? Let there be a vigorous discussion.
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A.R.P. Rau physics and astronomy professor
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.”
John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. president May 29, 1917 — Nov. 22, 1963
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New draft should be option to win domestic wars AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE — During his presidential campaign, President Obama garnered massive support from his promises to build a new “army of teachers.” We really do need an army of new teachers. And to build it we shouldn’t be afraid to use a draft. Some choose to serve our country voluntarily — the best example being the thousands of active and reserve troops in the military. But for a large contingent of Americans, we enjoy the rights and privileges of citizenship in a democracy without sacrificing much beyond our paychecks, by way of taxes. Out of college or high school we hit the job market, ready to start working to improve our individual lives, not our society. In classical Greece citizenship was directly tied to one’s ability to defend the country — only those who were able to continue their society could have a say in it. This mentality was also reflected in the U.S. when women received the right to vote in 1920 — but only after they proved their ability to help defend their country by providing it with supplies during World War I. The close connection between national service and citizenship
continues today in other countries. In Israel, for example, every able-bodied individual isn’t just on a draft list — they’re actually required to serve in the military for two to three years. While requiring citizens to serve their country may certainly postpone individuals’ life plans, it’s not a prison sentence. Those who serve benefit from im- MARK MACMURDO proved civics Columnist and greater social understanding — they undoubtedly feel more responsible for their country and are consequentially more politically engaged. In some countries, many go without serving because of costs. The Brazilian military, for instance, has a limited budget. Of all individuals eligible for the draft, some want to join voluntarily. When they can’t meet their quotas this way, they revert to drafting individuals out of a pool. Still, not everyone is drafted. In the U.S., our military has been able to maintain a volunteer army, but at the expense of the
many regulars and reservists who have been forced to extend their deployment as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But we are in serious need of more teachers: America needs 240,000 new educators every year, according to the national teacher certifying board. One recent report projects 1/3 of all teachers retiring in the next four years. We also need nurses. A Vanderbilt University report predicts a shortage of up to 500,000 by 2025. These problems are just as serious as any war, which is why the draft should be used to fill any role essential to the vitality of the nation. Of course, conscription is perfectly consistent with our nation’s history, albeit it has always been used for one of the many aspects of our national security — defense. We should do all what we can to institute creative programs that offer individuals incentives — including financial assistance for education, reduced taxes or other benefits — like the military does, to induce voluntarily service. But when the shortfalls come, we shouldn’t hesitate to reach into the general population and draft individuals.
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This doesn’t remove the free market from the picture — if private interests can meet the needs of our society, there would be no reason to even discuss a domestic draft. Having such a policy would not only be useful to combat domestic “wars,” it would also create better citizens. Giving the draft a wider scope of use would increase the duties of being an American.
And increasing the duties of being a citizen can only increase the value of citizenship — and consequently the quality of government. Mark Macmurdo is a 22-year-old economics and history senior from Baton Rouge. Contact Mark Macmurdo at mmacmurdo@lsureveille.com
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Forced servitude contradicts, complicates purpose
Since the Great Depression, several presidents have attempted to instill in Americans a greater sense of communal responsibility. In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps. Nearly thirty years later, an ideological descendant, John F. Kennedy, established the Peace Corps. Former President Bill Clinton, who idolized JFK, constructed AmeriCorps in 1993. And in 2002, former President George W. Bush promoted volunteerism by enacting the USA Freedom Corps. President Barack Obama plans to continue this tradition by taking advantage of the growing national desire to serve through the most ambitious volunteer service program in the nation’s history. Harvard professor Stephen Goldsmith told the Chicago Tribune in 2008 the “9/11 generation” is deeply attracted to service as a result of that tragic morning. This, Goldsmith said, represents a real shift to interest in community service. But Obama’s pretension is hardly commendable. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed House Resolution 1388, also known as the GIVE (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) Act. The bill calls for the consid-
eration of a “reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able-bodied young people.” The bill passed 321 to 105 with no Democratic opposition and miniscule Republican support, and is under consideration by the Senate. World Net Daily reported Obama’s Web site, www. DANIEL LUMETTA c h a n g e . g o v, Opinion Editor announced the bill would require all middle school through college students to participate. After an aggressive online backlash ensued, the language was immediately revised. As it stands now, middle school through college students will be required to complete 50 to 100 hours of community service every year. The best part is that membership comes complete with a uniform. Obama did not specify whether the shirts would be brown. The program is expected to cost $6 billion over five years and calls for 250,000 volunteers for a National Civilian Security Force. While promoting this “volunteer security force” during his presidential campaign, Obama
said the program should be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the military. Obama did not clarify why a volunteer program with a population of 250,000 should be as wellfunded as a national military force of more than 2 million, nor did he clarify what constitutes community service or who will make that decision. In an interview with FOX News, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-SC, questioned whether this was the best use of taxpayer money given the economic climate. What many fail to realize is forced volunteerism is a tax paid with time, not a charitable donation of that time. Joesph Farah, editor of World Net Daily, identified the hypocrisy of Obama’s pledge, asking what happened to Obama’s claim that government spends too much on defense. Regardless, the plan will allegedly strengthen the nation’s social fabric and overcome civic challenges through diversity. Obama apparently doesn’t understand that forced servitude makes individuals less responsible, not more so. It won’t make people more politically engaged precisely because their service is forced. If individuals aren’t motivated to volunteer out of selflessness,
how will government-mandated volunteerism produce engaged citizens? Luke Sheahan, editor of the Family Security Foundation, explained to FOX News that forced charity is contrary to the idea of charity, removing the responsibility for charity from the people to the government. Michael Kinsley from TIME magazine summed up why universal voluntary public service is an oxymoron: “If everybody has to do it, then it’s not voluntary ... if it’s truly up to the individual, then it won’t be universal.” J.D. Tuccille, columnist for Civil Liberties Examiner, expanded on Kinsley’s explanation that forced volunteerism is a contradiction: “...Nobody will be arrested for
declining to participate. But nonparticipants also won’t be allowed to graduate from high school, and without those diplomas, life could get a bit rough.” Tuccille then accused Obama of “soft fascism,” which complicates the identity of “the enemy” and produces no martyrs for the nightly news. The motto of the U.S. Army Infantry is “Follow me.” I urge all those considering service in the name of the defense of this nation to seriously consider doing so. Daniel Lumetta is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Metairie. Contact Daniel Lumetta at dlumetta@lsureveille.com
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