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Some collectors cling to vintage electronics

By Steven Powell Contributing Writer

Clayton Alsub loves making cassette mix tapes because of the variety of sounds, length of the cassette tapes and personal enjoyment he gets from manual mixing.

But his love has become a lost art with new technology.

“Using cassette tapes gives you more freedom and different sounds,” the philosophy graduate student said. “You’re also more

involved. You can get lazy making mixed CDs; all you do is drag and drop.”

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, with new releases like iPods and Blu-ray players replacing older classics such as vinyls and VCRs. And the constant advances may soon cause these older classics to become obsolete.

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FACULTY

University: Center restructured; van Heerden was not fired

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Coastal scientist Ivor van Heerden wasn’t fired from the Hurricane Center, but his position was eliminated along with all other employees in the center when Director Marc Levitan resigned, University officials told The Daily Reveille on Wednesday.

The University notified van

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Levitan he was forced to step down, and he wanted to continue working with the center.

“The University, about seven weeks [ago], asked me to step down as director,” Levitan said on Monday. “They indicated it was time for some changes.”

However, Levitan said he did not know if the University’s pressure PROFESSOR, see page 4

Business College ponders New Markets Tax Credit

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

The economic recession has left business administrators scrambling for last-minute funds and forced them to capitalize on their location near low-income neighborhoods.

Eli Jones, E.J. Ourso College of Business dean, said the University is considering New Markets Tax Credit to fund the remaining $12.2 million of the $30 million needed to

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Heerden on April 9 that his contract in the Department of Engineering wouldn’t be renewed, but he didn’t realize his position as Hurricane Center deputy director also ended.

“We haven’t fired anybody,” said Office of Research and Economic Development Associate Vice Chancellor Robert Twilley.

When Levitan acknowledged he was stepping down, his staff underneath him was let go, Twilley said.

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match the potential state funding for the Business Education Complex before the June 30 deadline.

“We’ve got a $30 million state match that’s waiting for us,” Jones said of funding for the more than $60 million complex. “We cannot afford to miss that match. This is our best thinking.”

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KABUL (AP) — Millions of new textbooks promised and paid for by the U.S. and other foreign donors have not been delivered to schools in Afghanistan, The Associated Press has found. Other books were so poorly made they are already falling apart. The faltering effort is testimony to how much can be lost to corruption, inefficiency and bureaucracy in this tumultuous country, where it is difficult to get even the most straightforward aid project done.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan troops closed in on separatist rebels in an ever-shrinking coastal war zone Wednesday, as two prominent guerrillas surrendered and tens of thousands of refugees clutching their belongings fled the fighting in boats. The sandy beaches north of the 5-mile-long combat zone were filled with ethnic Tamil civilians, according to photos released by the military. Mothers held infants and others carried sick relatives as they sailed to government territory with a navy escort. The fighting and the surrender of the two officials may be an indication that the guerrillas are feeling pressure from the army’s months-long offensive to end the 25-year-old conflict. The rebels had previously ignored the government’s calls to surrender.

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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a “new era of energy exploration in America” would be a crucial to leading the nation out of an economic crisis. With pieces of wind turbine towers as a backdrop, Obama touted the small manufacturing firm as a success and as a step toward reducing the United States’ reliance on polluting fuels. But as the president on Earth Day set a goal for wind to generate as much as 20 percent of the U.S. electricity demand by 2030, legislation to make that a reality faced a challenge back in Washington in the Democratic-led Congress.

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Man convicted of murdering Craigslist suspect had transgender woman victims’ items GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.

Allen Andrade, 32, of Thornton, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of killing Angie Zapata, 18. The jury deliberated for just two hours before finding Andrade guilty. The case was believed to be the first prosecution under Colorado’s bias-crime statute for a crime involving a transgender person.

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TECHNOLOGY

‘E-cigs’ provide new way to receive nicotine fix Electronic cigarette grows in popularity

By Leslie Presnall Staff Writer

Instead of packing cigarettes, searching for a lighter and standing outside, smokers can now get their nicotine fix anywhere without the hassle, inconvenience and health problems of tobacco.

Electronic cigarettes, or “ecigs,” are gaining popularity among those smokers who want to quit or save money.

“It’s a vehicle for transporting nicotine into your lungs,” said Jobi Collins, manager of Smoking Somewhere, an electronic cigarette vender located in the Mall of Louisiana. “With traditional smoking, this is done by burning tobacco, and the smoke from tobacco carries the nicotine into the lungs.

That’s how the smoker feeds their addiction.”

The electronic cigarette vaporizes water, giving the smoker the nicotine oral fixation without the negative drawbacks of tobacco.

“Because you’re burning a plant [when using cigarettes], it’s producing carbon monoxide, and that’s what is bad for you and what causes lung cancer,” Collins said.

The device looks and feels like a regular cigarette, but includes two

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A smokeless cigarette consists of four parts: The long white piece holds a special filter with water and nicotine while the battery-powered vaporizer creates water vapor that is inhaled through the mouthpiece.

rechargeable batteries, a vaporizer, power cord and adapter and a pack of five cartridges for about $150 or $365 for a one-year supply.

“The batteries last about a full day, depending on how much you smoke,” Collins said. “You charge

one [cigarette] while you use the other, and when you pull on the vaporizer, it pulls in air and heats it.”

With the recent tobacco tax, cigarette prices in Louisiana will reach nearly $7.50, according to Joe Mullens, South Downs Liquor

and Cigarettes manager on Perkins Road.

Collins said purchasing an electronic cigarette kit could save smokers more than $1,800 annually.

The electronic cigarettes con-

tain nicotine but aren’t yet regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA recently reported it is looking into this new technology because of the encouragement from smokers and health officials.

The Louisiana Smokefree Air Act protects nonsmokers from involuntary exposure to secondhand smoke by prohibiting smoking in most indoor areas to the public.

Because the electronic cigarettes don’t produce firsthand or secondhand smoke, they can be smoked legally anywhere, including in restaurants, airplanes and theaters.

“You can smoke these wherever you want,” Collins said. “It’s not harmful to the environment, and it doesn’t stink.”

Brooke Martin, communication studies senior, said she tried the electronic cigarette but was unsatisfied.

“You don’t get the same effect doing it,” Martin said. “The smoke isn’t heavy.”

Martin said for smokers trying to quit, the electronic cigarette may be a good investment, but she doesn’t plan to purchase one.

“I know a couple of people who smoke them,” she said. “But I won’t go out and buy them.”

Contact Leslie Presnall at lpresnall@lsureveille.com

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

[From right] SG President Staurt Watkins, Sen. Chris Sellers and Vice President Martina Scheuermann answer the question of Sen. Ashley Free on Wednesday about next year’s budget.

SG Senate approves Watkins’ charter, appointees, budget

By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer

The Spring ’09 Special Session of the Student Government Senate met Wednesday night to approve and debate SG President Watkins’ executive charter, appointees and budget.

Watkins said his executive charter — his plan for his year in office— was designed to provide the accessibility, accountability and solutions to problems which he promised during his campaign. He asked the senate to back him and his charter.

“This is how we plan to run our administration for the next year, and all of this means nothing if we can’t work with ya’ll,” Watkins said.

In his first few hours, the Senate approved 33 executive staff appointments and seven judicial and election board positions. After a break, the senators approved another 28 executive appointments, which included President’s cabinet positions and committee appointments.

Though the senators did debate several of Watkins’ appointees, all of them were approved. When debate emerged, Watkins returned to the podium to defend his appointees.

“We would not put someone in this position if we were not confident they could get the job done,” Watkins said.

Brent Beniot, a cabinet appointees, was disqualified from consideration because he was not a member of the UREC Sports Club. Once the appointments were made, the senators turned their attention to the SG budget for the 2009-2010 calendar.

Watkins’ $111,532.15 budget was approved by the Senate after nearly half an hour of debating the allocation of funds. Because of Student Union time constraints, the senators were only able to debate two amendments to the budget.

Sen. Andy Palermo, University

Center for Advising and Counseling, proposed the amendments. The failed amendment would have reduced the budget of Watkins’ new First Year Experience department by $500 and the approved amendment reduced the vice presidential contingency account from $6,000 to $4,000. Palermo proposed reducing these budgets in order to shift lost funds back into the Senate contingency account.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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THEATER

Grad student premires ‘The Ticket that Exploded’

By Kimberly Brown Contributing Writer

Nearly 50 University students and members of the Baton Rouge community gathered together in the Hopkins Black Box Theatre on Wednesday night to watch a live performance that included

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was related to van Heerden because, during a private meeting, administrators did not mention van Heerden.

Levitan and van Heerden had led the Hurricane Center since it opened 10 years ago.

Van Heerden said last week he was fired because of his criticism to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for poor levee structure in New Orleans and because the University wanted to receive more federal grants.

The University is restructuring the Hurricane Center, and one of its main goals will be to work with FEMA to receive grants for research about the five levee parishes, according to the Office of Research and Economic Development officials.

The Corps was responsible for building the levees.

The Hurricane Center and all other research centers on campus answer directly to the Vice Chancellor of the Office of Research and Economic Development Brooks Keel, but the appointment of directors is decided by the department in which professors are tenured, Twilley said.

In Levitan’s case, he was accountable to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Twilley’s only response toward Levitan’s allegation was the Office of Research and Economic Development received Levitan’s resignation and accepted it.

“It’s the department that makes all decisions about personnel,” Twilley said, explaining the office of research evaluates the success of the center itself and not the individuals within the centers.

Keel declined to comment about Levitan but referred The Daily Reveille to University Media Relations, which said last week, along with the Department of Civil Engineering, it couldn’t comment on the matter. “[We] have reorganized that center under Robert Twilley,” Keel said. “Its mission is much broader than just hurricanes.”

After Levitan stepped down, Keel said he appointed Joseph Suhayda, former retired coastal science professor, as interim director of the Hurricane Center.

The Office of Research and Economic Development chose Suhayda because he was qualified for the job and was part of the development of the Hurricane Center originally, Twilley said.

The center will temporarily be moved from the College of Engineering office in Patrick F. Taylor Hall to the Energy, Coast and Environment building, Twilley said. The change is just a physical move in office space, because the center has always answered to the research office, he explained.

The research office wants to shape the Hurricane Center to better serve the state and the University

puppets, orgasmic viruses and aliens.

John LeBret, communication studies graduate student, unveiled his comedic play based on William S. Burroughs’ science fiction novel, “The Ticket That Exploded” to a sold-out audience.

LeBret, who has read Bur-

roughs’ novel more than 15 times in the past three years, described the book as being very experiemental.

“Each time I read the book, it was a different story. There is little bits of plot, aliens destroy Earth and Nova police officers try to save it,” LeBret said. “I hope the

audience comes ... prepared for something different.”

The musical performance included live acts featuring a cast of 15 undergraduate and graduate students, a video and several puppets describing the world being attacked by aliens.

“The Ticket That Exploded”

will be presented again this week, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Hopkins Black Box Theatre in Coates Hall.

by including more departments than civil and environmental engineering, Keel said. He mentioned including coastal science, business and law faculty to work with the center.

Faculty members are responsible for gathering the grants with agencies to provide money for the centers, Twilley said. The Hurricane Center doesn’t generate its own money, but the faculty make connections and then secure grants, he said.

Some of the new goals for the Hurricane Center include collaborating with the Governor’s office to provide it with data during storms, Twilley said. Another goal for the center is to work with FEMA, which is responsible for developing data

that identifies the flood zones through Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

“LSU is responsible to help the federal government with the quality of the maps,” Twilley said.

The maps will research flood risk data for the five levee parishes, according to FEMA’s Web site.

The University is working with Homeland Security Department to receive a grant to fund the research with the Governor’s office, Twilley said.

But according to van Heerden, the University purposefully tried to take the Hurricane Center from Levitan and himself.

Van Heerden said one of the main reasons the University is

reorganizing the center is to receive more federal funding. He also said Hurricane Center faculty members ran all grants through the College of Engineering, and they enjoyed the benefits from the grants. He said they earned about $1 million a year.

Levitan and van Heerden together secured $67,245 in February and MMI Engineering Inc. was one of the main grant supporters, according to the office of Sponsored Program Accounting’s monthly report.

And while protests in New Orleans with Levees.org and van Heerden have said the University is sacrificing public safety to receive

more funding, the office of research officials said otherwise.

The long-term goal of the Office of Research and Economic Development with the Hurricane Center is to deal with public safety, Twilley said.

The center hopes to work with both state and federal agencies through partnerships and funding, he said.

“Our mission as a university [is] to provide research tools that gives them a better tool to do their job,” he said.

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Pat Hebert participates in a demonstration Thursday in New Orleans against the firing of University professor Ivor van Heerden.

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NFL

Speaker: La. should not rush on Saints’ deal

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Tigers avenge earlier loss, win Pontiff Classic

By Melinda Deslatte The Associated Press

(AP) — The state shouldn’t rush a new deal to keep the Saints in New Orleans, even if it means the state could miss out on hosting the 2013 Super Bowl, Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker said Wednesday.

The Saints’ ‘I don’t think lease at the we should Louisiana Suallow the perdome runs through 2018, Super Bowl but the Saints to rush could break it us into a after the 2010 season by pay- questionable ing a $15 mildeal.’ lion penalty.

The state and Jim Tucker the NFL team La. House Speaker are in negotiations aimed at extending the club’s lease of the Superdome until 2025.

Without a new deal in place, New Orleans’ bid for its 10th Super Bowl — its first since 2002 — would suffer because the team’s future would remain in doubt.

League owners are slated to vote on the location of the 2013 Super Bowl during meetings May 1820 in Florida.

Tucker, who is from the New Orleans area, said the state’s deal with the team must be in the best interest of taxpayers.

“I don’t think we should allow the Super Bowl to rush us into a questionable deal,” he said.

Tucker said lawmakers would need to approve parts of

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

METAIRIE — LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri knew the Tigers’ bats would have to come alive if they wanted to beat Louisiana-Lafayette with less than his full arsenal of pitchers available for Wednesday night’s game.

The Tiger hitters answered the challenge and pounded the Ragin’ Cajun pitchers and hit three tworun home runs in a 10-6 Tigers win.

“Coach told us going in that we had to bring our bats if we wanted to win the game,” said junior outfielder Blake Dean. “We were relaxed at the plate and were able to take advantage of what their pitchers gave us.”

The game was part of the annual Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic.

Wally Pontiff’s younger brother,

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LSU senior outfielder Nicholas Pontiff, started for the Tigers and was 1-for-3.

“It was my final game playing for Wally,” Nicholas Pontiff said.

“All I wanted to do was remember all of the fun times we had when he was still living as far as going to the park and doing what typical big brothers and little brothers do.”

With LSU having a shortage of available arms, sophomore pitcher Austin Ross started his first weekday game of the season for LSU and was effective and allowed just one hit in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Freshman Chris Matulis and sophomore Jordan Nicholson were less successful and allowed five runs in 2 1/3 combined innings.

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TIGERS IN THE DRAFT: A FIVE-PART SERIES

Jean-Francois seen as risky prospect Lineman likely to be selected in fourth round

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

Former LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois could become a dominant force in the NFL. But Jean-Francois may never start an NFL game — at least according to pundits.

Jean-Francois, the only LSU underclassman to declare for the NFL draft, is considered a risky pick by draft analysts.

“He could be a boom or a bust,” said be a first-round pick before last season. But Rene Nadeau, college the lineman has slipped football analyst for ESPN down the draft board since and TigerVision. then.

Nadeau said the de“He’s probably a guy fensive lineman showed that will end up being a flashes of greatness but third, early fourth-round selection,” Detillier said. wasn’t consistent during Detillier said the linehis eight starts at LSU. man has the potential to be “He’s either the guy Mike Detillier successful in the NFL. that will end up being a reNFL draft analyst “He’s the type of guy ally good player or a guy that you are going to need that’s going to be a tease player his entire career,” said NFL draft the right defensive line coach to push his analyst Mike Detillier.

Detillier thought Jean-Francois would JEAN-FRANCOIS, see page 14

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‘He’s ... going to need the right defensive line coach to push his buttons.’

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Former LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois wraps up Troy running back DuJuan Harris on Nov. 14 in Tiger Stadium.

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TENNIS

Tigers, Lady Tigers head to conference tournament Women seek revenge against Ole Miss

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

The No. 8 seed LSU men’s tennis team will travel to the 2009 Southeastern Conference tournament eager to achieve its second win of the season against No. 9 seed South Carolina.

The Tigers knocked off the Gamecocks, 5-1, on April 5, but LSU men’s coach Jeff Brown said that match was tighter than the score indicated. He said the Tigers can’t take South Carolina lightly.

“South Carolina was one of the teams we really got things going against when we played them on the road,” Brown said. “We won a couple of close tiebreakers in singles, and that helped the momentum of the match. We’re very aware of their level. They’ve been able to beat Kentucky this year, who is a very tough team. The strength of the SEC is apparent.”

Brown said freshman Neal Skupski will play at the No. 3 position for LSU, and sophomore Sebastian Carlsson will move to No. 4.

Skupski played at the No. 4 the past seven matches, and he is 8-1 in that spot overall. He is 2-2 at No. 3 this season, and Skupski said he is not afraid to make the change in his first SEC tournament.

“When we played South Carolina last time, I was playing at the No. 4 position, and I won pretty easy,” Skupski said. “I was pretty pleased [to move up]. There’s more pressure on me to win.”

Skupski and senior Michael Venus advanced to No. 3 nationally in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released Tuesday.

The duo played at the No. 1 position all season and posted an 11-7 record.

Venus also moved up one spot to No. 6 in national singles rankings.

If the Tigers defeat the Gamecocks on Thursday, they will take on top-seeded Ole Miss in the second round Friday in Auburn, Ala. LADY TIGERS SEEDED NO. 10 The No. 10 seed LSU women’s tennis team plays its first-round match of its SEC tournament today against No. 7 seed Ole Miss.

The Rebels beat the Lady Tigers, 5-2, on April 10 and started LSU’s three-match losing streak.

LSU women’s coach Tony Minnis said Ole Miss took him by surprise in the teams’ first meeting in Oxford, Miss.

“I wasn’t as familiar with some of their players,” Minnis said. “They picked up some young players that are really solid. We’ve definitely shown patches of being great, and we’ve shown patches of not being great. It’s exciting to have another opportunity against them.”

Minnis said junior Hannah Robinson and senior Staten

Spencer will switch positions in singles. Robinson, who is 9-18 in singles play this season, will play at No. 6, and Spencer will move up to the No. 5 position.

“Staten has been playing really well, and she’s playing a bit better than me right now,” Robinson said.

“It was a good coaching decision.”

Spencer and fellow senior Megan Falcon had LSU’s two wins against Ole Miss two weeks ago.

Falcon, who received her third straight first-team All-SEC selection Tuesday, said the Lady Tigers need to “come out stronger in doubles” to avenge their earlier loss to the Rebels.

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“I’m actually really excited.

Everybody is looking forward to getting revenge,” Falcon said.

Falcon said the Lady Tigers want to perform well enough in the SEC tournament to improve their seeding in the NCAA tournament, which begins May 8.

“This is a really good opportunity for us to come away with at least two wins and get the chance to host for the NCAAs,” she said.

“That would be pretty awesome.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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[Top] Freshman Neil Skupski volleys the ball back to his opponent on Friday afternoon during the Tigers’ match against Auburn. [Bottom] Senior Megan Falcon returns a serve March 18 against Tulsa. The Lady Tigers are set to face Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC tournament today.

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NFL DRAFT

Former Tigers have difficult journey to NFL Favorite, Helms likely to be drafted

By Chris Branch Sports Contributor

Many NFL dreams can be doused on draft weekend.

Millions of dollars can wither away as each pick rolls off the commissioner’s tongue. This day can be the deciding factor for many of whether employment in the league is attainable.

Four former Tigers appear to have a long, arduous road to NFL prosperity.

FAVORITE APPEARING ON DRAFT BOARDS Former LSU defensive tackle Marlon Favorite, a key player in LSU’s 2007 national title run, is rising on many teams’ draft boards, according to local draft analyst Mike Detillier.

“I think he’s going to get picked,” said Detillier, who has Favorite as the No. 24 defensive tackle in the draft. “A lot of clubs like him at the nose guard in the 3-4 defense.”

Favorite agreed with the assessment.

“It’s a comfortable position,” Favorite said. “I played it in high school. When it comes to playing defensive line, I’m the best at what

Marlon Favorite former LSU defensive tackle

Tremaine Johnson former LSU defensive end

I do.”

Never a difference maker pass rushing, Favorite’s forte is run blocking. Favorite amassed 77 tackles in his career in Baton Rouge with four sacks.

“He was a good teammate,” senior defensive end Rahim Alem said. “There’s always guys on the team you’d rather go to war with than others. Marlon was one of those guys.”

Former teammates also noted Favorite was an asset chemistrywise in the locker room.

“Marlon’s the reason why we come to [the practice facility] and put a smile on our faces,” said defensive lineman Charles Alexander. “He always had a joke or two to up our day whenever times were hard.”

Favorite said he has been in contact with a number of teams, including Indianapolis, New Orleans, Denver, Seattle, Atlanta and

Brett Helms former LSU center

Ryan Miller former LSU center

St. Louis.

“Whoever I go to, I’m thankful,” Favorite said. “I’d like to be out in California, I’d like to play down South, in the Northwest, wherever. I just want to play football.”

OVERSHADOWED JOHNSON HOPES TO IMPRESS Defensive end Tremaine Johnson played in the shadows of other players most of his career.

Though he never gained the media attention of his fellow ends, such as Tyson Jackson and Kirston Pittman, teammates asserted his play was crucial to their success.

“It brought the best out of everybody,” Alexander said of Johnson’s situation. “Tremaine was the reason Kirston was successful, and Tyson was successful, and he was successful.”

Detillier said NFL coaches and executives will be surprised

with Johnson.

“He’s going to be in camp,” Detillier said. “He’s got good speed off the edge and really flashed his skills as a pass rusher.”

Playing behind Jackson and Pittman would cause some guys to transfer, but not Johnson.

“That’s my college roommate,” Alexander said. “He’s a great teammate and a great player.

He’s the ultimate competitor.”

HELMS LOOKING TO ACHIEVE DREAM Center Brett Helms has been looking forward to this weekend for a long time.

“From when he was real young, he always wanted to play [in the NFL],” said Margaret Helms, Brett’s mother. “He used to tell his grandparents all the time.”

Helms agreed.

“It’s always been a goal,” Helms said. “Playing football in high school really got me focused on it.”

Experts have given Helms favorable reviews — Detillier has Helms as his 10th rated center in the draft.

“Brett’s a great technician,” Detillier said. “He knows how to play the [center] position so well.”

Helms said the teams he’s received the most interest from are St. Louis, Indianapolis, Houston and Pittsburgh.

When he’ll be selected is a different question.

“I’ve heard from fourth round to free agent,” Helms said. “There’s no telling where I’ll go.”

MILLER MIGHT SURPRISE Ryan Miller doesn’t get much press.

Miller, at 6-foot-6-inches and 300 pounds, has all the physical attributes to make it in the NFL. He was a vital contributor to a senior class that won a national championship and finished with a 51-14 record in his five years in Baton Rouge. But he was never in the spotlight.

“He’s battled injuries for so long,” Detillier said. “He’s got good size. He’ll probably be a priority free agent.”

Miller was hit hard by the injury bug early in his career and tore his ACL against Vanderbilt in 2005, his redshirt freshman season.

After the injury, Helms took over.

“Ryan’s a great guy,” senior guard Lyle Hitt said. “You’re not going to outwork the guy. He’s always doing what it takes to get better. Hopefully he’ll get picked up by somebody.”

Contact Chris Branch at cbranch@lsureveille.com

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TRACK AND FIELD

LSU tries to repeat star performance at Penn Relays Actor Bill Cosby expected to attend

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

The LSU track and field teams’ experience at this weekend’s Penn Relays could be sweeter than J-EL-L-O. “They do some great market-

ing and promotional things,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “There will be celebrities. Bill Cosby’s always there every day for most all the day. That’s always a treat for everyone who’s there.”

The event in Philadelphia is a spectacle for fans unlike any other during the outdoor track season.

“It’s very much a carnival kind of an atmosphere,” Shaver said.

“It’s really difficult to explain unless you’ve been there.”

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Freshman Rachel Laurent clears a height of 14 feet, 1 1/4 inches Sunday to qualify for the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships.

MATULIS, from page 5

But junior reliever Paul Bertuccini cooled the LouisianaLafayette hitters to secure the win and pitched a career-high 3 1/3 innings and allowed just one hit.

“I told him in the dugout after we took him out that there was the Paul Bertuccini that I’ve always known and loved,” Mainieri said.

Sophomore Daniel Bradshaw closed the door on LouisianaLafayette and pitched the ninth inning and allowed a run.

After a scoreless top half of the first, LSU struck for two runs off Louisiana-Lafayette pitcher Matthew Lackie.

Sophomore second baseman DJ LeMahieu hit an RBI single

with runners on the corners to score freshman shortstop Austin Nola, who had a base hit in the inning.

Junior first baseman Sean Ochinko also scored on the play on a fielding error by Ragin Cajuns catcher Thad Griffen.

Dean continued his torrid pace in the bottom of the third inning and hit a towering two-run home run just inside the right field foul pole to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

The LSU junior was 2-for-3 on the game with two RBI. “Right now, I’m feeling pretty good,” Dean said. “I’m seeing the ball pretty good, and I’m taking some pitches that I shouldn’t be swinging at.”

Shaver said more than 25,000 athletes will compete during the three-day event. On Saturday alone, Shaver expects 45,00050,000 people in the stands.

LSU won six relay titles at last season’s meet, the most ever by any team in a single year at the event, setting a meet record in the women’s 4x100-meter relay on the way.

“LSU’s had more success at the Penn Relays after last year than any university that’s attended the meet in the entire history,” Shaver said.

As the name suggests, most events at the competition are relay events. But the Tigers and Lady Tigers also had individual success at last season’s meet.

Senior Rabun Fox won the hammer throw at the meet last season with a toss of 208 feet, 8 inches, and junior Katelyn Rodrigue won the women’s pole vault last year at a height of 13 feet, 7 1/4 inches.

“Right now they’ve gotten a little bit better than they were last year,” Shaver said. “But even doing that, they’re the second-best people on our team in both of those events.”

Shaver said sophomore transfer Walter Henning, who currently

leads the nation in the hammer throw at 235 feet, 11 inches, and freshman Rachel Laurent in the pole vault are ahead of Fox and Rodrigue.

But last year’s athletes differ from this year’s contestants.

“The success we had last year was last year’s success,” Shaver said. “This year’s a whole new year.”

Senior sprinter Trindon Holliday was a member of the winning sprint medley and 4x100-meter relay teams at last year’s Penn Relays. He said the relay members are still perfecting their exchanges for the meet.

“LSU has been known to go to the Penn Relays and dominate some of the relays,” Holliday said.

“We have been successful the last couple years, so we’re just going to try to continue that tradition this weekend.”

But despite his success in the relays, Holliday has yet to win at the Penn Relays in the individual event he has excelled in throughout his career — the 100-meter dash.

“Trindon Holliday’s going to be working hard to try to win his first ever ... 100 meters at Penn,” Shaver said.

Shaver said the 2003 women’s

The Ragin’ Cajuns narrowed the gap to three runs in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI single by second baseman Kyle Bostick off Matulis, who relieved Ross in the top of the third inning.

The Tigers added two runs in the fourth inning to give LSU a 6-1 lead.

Sophomore catcher Micah Gibbs added a two-run home run for LSU. Gibbs was struggling coming into the game and was hitting just .240 on the season.

But Louisiana-Lafayette’s bats were blazing in the top of the fifth inning and the Ragin’ Cajuns laced five two-out hits to score four runs and cut the lead to 6-5.

But Bertuccini came into the game and cooled the rally and

kept Louisiana-Lafayette off the scoreboard throughout his outing.

“It’s good when you get ahead in the count because I was able to use all of my pitches,” Bertuccini said. “I’ve had problems with control this year, so it was good to get some first-pitch strikes.”

Junior designated hitter Ryan Schimpf hit his team-high 12th home run to give LSU insurance again in the bottom of the sixth inning to put LSU ahead 9-5.

LSU added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI fielder’s choice by Nola.

Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com

4x200-meter relay team will be honored this weekend. The team set a Penn Relays record and still holds the collegiate record in the event at one minute, 29.78 seconds.

“It’s only three times in the history of the world that a team, 4x2, has run under one minute, 30 seconds,” Shaver said.

Following the Penn Relays, LSU will prepare for the Southeastern Conference Championships in Gainesville, Fla., on May 15-17.

Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Entertainment

Spin It to Win It

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FASHION

Sister duo launches design company

By Sarah Aycock Entertainment Editor

Lady Luck intervenes, gives University senior a shot on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ photo courtesy of CBS

By Jack LeBlanc Entertainment Writer

Rikki Hegwood’s bubbly personality and wide grin garnered special consideration from the casting agents of one of America’s favorite game shows.

The communication studies senior will be making her national television debut tonight on “Wheel of Fortune” at 6:30 p.m. on CBS. Hegwood, a native of Picayune, Miss., grew up watching the show with her grandmother.

“When I was a little kid, I was a bit of a freak about it,” Hegwood said. “Hangman was one of my favorite games, and I even won a spelling bee in elementary school.”

“Wheel of Fortune” is the longest-running syndicated game show in American television history and has been the most-watched syndicated program since May 1984. The show sends out casting agents twice a month to find contestants.

Hegwood first heard of an open casting call for the show last fall but was disappointed because she had to work and couldn’t attend.

Hegwood works as a Red Bull representative and was scheduled to be in New Orleans at the same time as the casting call.

That’s when Lady Luck intervened.

The Red Bull car broke down on the way to New WHEEL, see page 12

photo illustration by KIM FOSTER / The Daily Reveille

Rikki Hegwood, communication studies senior, showers herself in cash. Hegwood was cast to be a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune.” Her episode premieres tonight at 6:30 on CBS.

Two Baton Rouge sisters want to cover the city in Cranch Dressing.

No, they don’t want to coat the capital in the buttermilk-flavored condiment. The Cranch Dressing brand provides items “for your body, not your salad.”

Jordan and Meredith Cranch are the brains behind Cranch Dressing, the T-shirt design company whose first designs entered stores April 8.

Meredith Cranch, University alumna, got the idea to start Cranch Dressing while working at Storyville’s location in Austin, where she moved in August 2008.

“I look at T-shirts all day,” Meredith Cranch said. “My little sister had some designs that she had been working on already. I talked to my bosses in Austin, Texas, and originally Storyville was going to fund them, but then we decided to just start Cranch Dressing.”

Jordan Cranch, mass communication sophomore, had some sketches from high school, and when her older sister approached her with the possibility of having her designs printed, she jumped at the idea.

“I thought, ‘Why not?” Jordan Cranch said. “I figured we could get something on the shelves and try to make some money.”

Jordan Cranch said her older CRANCH, see page 12

ART

Animation fest largest in US Students get chance to meet int’l artists

By Leslie Presnall Staff Writer

The Red Stick International Animation Festival this week will give students the opportunity to learn and interact with internationally respected artists, animators, filmmakers and computer scientists.

The fifth annual festival — hosted by the University’s Center for Computation and Technology — will offer workshops and lectures on the latest developments in digital arts and technology.

The festival began Wednesday and will run through Saturday at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Manship Theatre, LSU Museum of Art, Louisiana Art and Science Museum Planetarium and the Old State Capitol.

Stacey Simmons, festival director, and David Beck, Center for Computation and Technology director, created the event to engage the community and get them involved in art and science.

“LSU has a lot of performance computing power,” said Kristen Sunde, Center for Computation and Technology manager. “[Simmons and Beck] wanted to create something that would get the community to understand why technology is important, and the festival is

a good way to do it.”

Sunde said nearly 5,000 people attended the festival last year — making it the largest animation festival in the U.S. Nearly 2,500 people pre-registered for the festival this year — up more than 1,000 from last year’s pre-registration.

“If this trend continues, we could have between 5,000 and 6,000 people total come through for the week,” Sunde said. “Every year, it’s attracted more and more speakers, and we get people from the big studios like Disney, Sony Pictures and Pixar.”

A Red Pass, which includes access to all festival screenings, ANIMATION, see page 12

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Marlene Sharp, children’s television program producer, answers questions about animation in today’s industry Wednesday in the Shaw Center for the Arts.

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Reveille Ranks

MUSIC MOVIES BOOKS TELEVISION

Art Brut

Booker T.

Downtown Records

Anti Records

Indie pop band Art Brut’s third studio album “Art Brut vs. Satan” can easily be described as a genuinely fun album. As you listen to it, the singer’s quirky style mixed with the great guitar riffs just make you want to run around without a care in the world. The further you get into the CD, you get the impression that the band had fun while recording the album. Full of songs dealing with adolescent exploits and the wish to never grow up, the band’s playfulness rings true throughout the album.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Booker T. Jones is back with his first solo album in 20 years with backing instrumentals featuring the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers. Taking the role of a frontman rather than a bandleader, Booker T. provides a surprisingly fresh listen without losing sight of Jones’ roots. Many of the original tracks sound like they could be standard tunes, but an instumental cover of Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” is easily the highlight of “Potato Hole.”

“Crank: High Voltage” is so epic audiences will never want to watch another action movie again. In the sequel to “Crank,” Jason Statham plays Chev Chelios, a B.A.M.F. who survived a Chinese poison and a fall from a helicopter only to have his heart stolen and replaced with an artificial one that requires shocks of electricity. Full of bloody violence and tons of naked women, this movie isn’t meant to impress the audience, even though it boasts amazing cinematography. It is balls-to-the-wall insane and entertaining.

J. CLAPP

B. Bourgeois

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Depeche Mode

Jane’s Addiction Pepper A Cabinet of Curiosities

Kona Gold

Capitol Records

Rhino Records

LAW Records

With the recent spike in 1980s-influenced dance music, who better to release an album than the mopey dance originators, Depeche Mode? With their 12th album “Sounds of the Universe,” Dave Gahan and the gang revisit their old stomping grounds complete with Moog synthesizers and drum machines. The album can be cheesy in its own charming way, but some tunes sound like B-sides from 1983’s “Construction Time Again.”

Gahan’s strong vocals and Martin Gore’s songwriting sharpen this nice piece of nostalgia.

With the newly reformed Jane’s Addiction ready to begin a summer tour with Nine Inch Nails, it is only proper that a collection of some of their older work be released to a new wave of fans. “A Cabinet of Curiosities” features live and demo versions of songs from 1986-1991 accompanied with a DVD of some of their music videos.

The demos and live versions only echo what the new Jane’s Addiction sounds like, and hopefully new material will rise up after collaborations with Trent Reznor.

“Kona Gold” features a live recording of a sold-out show at Fox Theater in Boulder, Colo., in August of 2008.

The recording captures the raucous live and uncensored performance of songs from their 2002 album, “Kona Town,” plus a few extras. The band, originally from Hawaii, incorporates reggae and rock into an infectious blend of party music. The recording, while a little rough at times, captures the energy of the show, and the crowd sounds ecstatic. Gems include “Stormtropper,” “Tradewinds,” and “Officer.” Turn it up and wish you were there.

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J. CHENIER

J. LEBLANC

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Crank: High Voltage

Potato Hole

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Sounds of the Universe

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FOR FANS OF:

“High School Musical” series, “Freaky Friday”

Zac Efron, the reigning sex symbol for teen girls everywhere, stars in his first big movie without the rest of the gang from East High School. Zefron stars as the teenage Mike O’Donnell. The adult Mike O’Donnell, played by Matthew Perry, is disappointed with his life and wishes he could go back and relive it. In a strange turn of events, adult Mike turns into teen Mike and goes back to high school. Zefron does a good job, and if nothing else, audiences get to stare at the Chosen One for a little under two hours.

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TELEVISION

New shows reflect economy

By Frazier Moore The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Wouldn’t it be cool if all the new TV series cultivated from the mortgage crisis added up to an unforeseen message: The crisis is over!

Remember, TV shows have unwittingly served as economic forecasters before — though in the opposite direction.

In November 2000, Fox premiered “The $treet,” a swank, steamy drama about Wall Street high fliers. Fewer than three months earlier, TNT had premiered “Bull,” which also was a swank, steamy drama about Wall Street high fliers.

Both shows arose from the high-flying dot-com surge. But they were too late. The bubble had burst months earlier. Megabuck deals for silly Web sites didn’t click with viewers as absorbing TV drama. Both shows were dead on arrival.

Now comes talk of several new shows that will address American life from the other side, trading on the current recession.

This fall, the Fox schedule may include “Two-Dollar Beer,” a comedy set in a fading blue-collar neighborhood in Detroit (and nicely timed to the auto industry’s implosion). “Millionaire’s Club,” another Fox comedy in the works, focuses on get-rich-quick schemes hatched by its financially reeling heroes.

A candidate for the ABC schedule is “Canned,” about a group of friends who all get laid off the same day. “Little Piggy,” another comedy in development for ABC, is about a husband who becomes financially ruined and returns to the home in which he grew up.

Yet another ABC comedy would star Kelsey Grammer as a Wall Street tycoon who loses his job and retreats to his backwater hometown.

As with any new show, success for all these flavors of Recession TV will depend on execution, not a basic concept that may seem anything but new. (Both “Little Piggy” and Grammer’s project sound suspiciously like an update of Ellen DeGeneres’ short-lived sitcom in fall 2001: On “The Ellen Show,” she played a former hightech magnate who, in the rubble of the dot-com crash, retreated to her backwater hometown.)

Make no mistake: There’s plenty of humor to be mined from corporate downsizing and marketplace corruption — at least, in the right hands.

A recent “30 Rock” episode made hay with the real-life money woes plaguing NBC. Forced to slash the budget for the show she produces by 25 percent, Liz Lemon wrestled with the idea of eliminating drinking straws from the refreshments table. Meanwhile, company boss Jack Donaghy was firing his division heads left and right.

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behind the times,” he told one fired exec.

“We’re NOT behind the times,” the man protested. “We’re GROOVY!” Last week, ABC’s office comedy “Better Off Ted” paid tribute to the sort of fiscal shell games that caused the mortgage meltdown.

As ruthless powermonger Veronica competed in a grade-school drive to sell gift-wrapping paper, she pitched a colleague on an investment opportunity she dubbed “giftwrap derivatives.”

“You can’t lose,” Veronica assured him. “Multiple buyers owe a balance on payments for their gift wrap, so YOU buy shares of pooled debt, generating long-term dividends with minimal risk.”

“That’s how I bought my house,” her prospect replied. “I’m in!”

Presumably, mortgage-backed securities and pyramid schemes won’t be among the ideas pitched on “Shark Tank,” an unscripted series in development for ABC

where rival entrepreneurs try to win financial backing from a panel of tycoons.

“Shark Tank” isn’t the only reality show taking its cue from the recession. Fox got plenty of attention (and a measure of disgust) with its announcement of “Someone’s Gotta Go,” a dog-eat-dog competition that invites employees of a troubled small business to choose who among them should be sacrificed to cut costs.

As a show that’s easily relatable to viewers who are currently laid off or are panicking they soon will be, or are simply mean-spirited, “Someone’s Gotta Go” seems perfect for its time. But what if, instead, its time is already past — or is just about to be?

Amid all the gloomy coverage of economic conditions, hope has started to flicker that maybe things are bottoming out.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s entertainment staff at entertainment@lsureveille.com

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Orleans, leaving Hegwood with just enough time to make it to the first round of casting at the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino.

The Wheelmobile, a 39-footlong yellow bus that travels across the country in search of potential contestants, marked the first stop on her journey to game show stardom.

At the Wheelmobile, Hegwood shared her interests of dancing and karaoke with the casting agents and played a fake round of Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajak and Vanna White impersonators Wally and Holly.

“Then they put me on the spot to perform in front of hundreds of people,” Hegwood said. “So I just started singing ‘Hey Wally, you’re so fine, you’re so fine, you blow my mind.’ I figured that would get me in good.”

Hegwood didn’t win her round and went home feeling disappointed.

Two months passed, and there was no word from the show.

Finally, she received an e-mail from the show inviting her to a second casting.

“I started watching the show every day and bought a handheld game to practice,” Hegwood said.

The practice paid off. She did well at the casting, and the agent said she would get a letter in the mail in a

CRANCH, from page 9

sister spoke with Josh Harvey, one of the owners of Storyville, about printing the shirts as Storyville Originals, but then they decided to approach their father to ask for funding.

“It wasn’t too hard to convince him,” Jordan Cranch said.

“He’s always for anything that could forward us or progress us in a positive manner. He was totally for it. Of course, we’re going to have to eventually pay him back.”

The name Cranch Dressing came from a nickname the sisters had.

“We have 400 nicknames with our last name,” Meredith Cranch said. “Cranch Dressing is obviously a play on ranch dressing, and also dressing because we’re designing clothes.”

With Meredith living in Austin and Jordan still in school, the sisters said it can be difficult to do collaborative work.

“It’s frustrating when [Jordan] won’t answer my phone calls or text messages,” Meredith Cranch said. “She’s the creative one, so I’m currently relying on her for more of the creative output. She’s always busy doing schoolwork or sorority stuff.”

The sisters currently have two designs in stores and have been working on more. Jordan Cranch said she gets a lot of inspiration from standup comedy.

“I like a lot of Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin, that kind of dry humor,” Jordan Cranch said. “The forklift shirt that I designed was inspired by one of Mitch Hedberg’s acts. He said something like, ‘I want to see a forklift lifting forks, it’s so damn literal.’ I thought, ‘why not draw it out?’”

Jordan Cranch said it’s difficult to draw out ideas like this because not everyone gets the joke.

“Meredith said more people

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She left feeling confident, and while driving on Burbank Drive, she got a call from a California area code.

It was the casting agent telling her she would not be receiving a letter. She was a special case. They loved her so much, they wanted her to fly out to Los Angeles in two weeks.

“I literally pulled over into the McDonald’s parking lot, got out of my car and did some strange jumping-up-and-down dance for a few minutes,” Hegwood said.

She immediately told her family, who purchased plane tickets and booked a hotel room.

Last year, more than a million people requested the chance to audition for Wheel of Fortune, but fewer than 600 people were selected to appear on the show, according to the show’s Web site.

“I wasn’t nervous, but I did think a little bit about how I might make a fool of myself on TV,” Hegwood said. “I think I might have at first, but I made up for it by the end.”

Hegwood is keeping her winnings a secret, but won something because she’s already making spending plans.

“I was thinking maybe scuba diving lessons, or I might get some

DJ equipment and try to be a DJ, but I also want to travel to Argentina,” Hegwood said.

Hegwood made some friends while at the show and stays in contact with them through Facebook.

She even led the 20 contestants in the wave backstage before the show.

“It’s weird because they film six shows in one day, but every time Pat and Vanna leave and come back, they’re wearing a brand new outfit,” she said. “And they completely pretend like it’s a whole new day.”

Hegwood’s friend Ann Smith, communication studies senior, said she wasn’t surprised by Hegwood’s success, but she thinks some people might be.

“Rikki’s the craziest girl I’ve ever met in my life,” Smith said. “‘Wheel of Fortune’ is just a baby step for her. She’s going to be famous now. I knew she was just going to come out of left field with something crazy and solve some puzzles.”

Hegwood is having a “watch party” tonight at Chelsea’s Cafe.

“I might as well keep auditioning for stuff,” Hegwood said. “You never know what’s going to happen.

‘The Price is Right’ is next, perhaps?”

have commented on the forklift shirt I designed just trying to decipher its meaning,” Jordan Cranch said.

Jordan Cranch said the popularity of graphic T-shirts has made it difficult to come up with ideas.

“It’s hard to be original because I feel like everything good has already been taken,” she said.

Jordan Cranch said she hopes Cranch Dressing T-shirts will take off because of the popularity of Tshirts in general.

“T-shirts are so much easier than going out and spending money on expensive clothes,” she said. “T-shirts are another way of expressing yourself and getting your ideas and opinions out there.

I wear T-shirts every day. They’re so easy.”

While the sisters are enjoying the new business venture for

now, both are unsure of how long they will continue working in the T-shirt industry.

“This is something to spend my time on and make a bit more money,” Meredith Cranch said.

Jordan Cranch agreed with her sister.

“At this point right now, it’s fun. It’s a little business adventure that I never saw myself getting into until Meredith came up with the idea,” she said. “And we’ve sold some shirts, so it makes it a little more exciting to know there are people out there who do like my work, but I don’t know if I could see myself doing this in 10 years.”

Contact Jack LeBlanc at aleblanc@lsureveille.com

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ANIMATION, from page 9

Cartoon-a-palooza and the Princess Ball, is available free to students.

Participants will be able to enter the Pitch! Contest and have their animated content judged, while receiving tips and making connections with studios and producers.

Al Bohl, art director at SciPort in Shreveport, presented his idea in the Pitch! Contest last year, where it won second place. Bohl made a development deal with 9 Story Entertainment to produce and distribute his original animated TV series.

“I feel that if anyone is interested in animation, Red Stick International Animation Festival is imperative to launching their career,” Bohl said. “The expert teachers, friendly professionals and eager attendees make each Red Stick festival unique and profitable.”

Contact Leslie Presnall at lpresnall@lsureveille.com

Rapper Lil’ Boosie reportedly arrested

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WAFB reported Wednesday afternoon that local rapper Lil’ Boosie, whose real name is Torrence Hatch, was arrested on aggravated seconddegree battery charges.

Sheriff’s officials say the arrest stems from a fight that happened at the rapper’s house on April 12.

The station reported one man was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries as a result of the fight.

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sition] for us. We’ve just got him at a position where he can have the opportunity to make as many plays as he can.”

Smith said Muncie is projected as a linebacker at the collegiate level, but has the ability to play safety.

“The stars are in line for him to have a super future,” Smith said.

Muncie has already racked up scholarship offers from Michigan, Arizona, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Utah, Arkansas, Kansas and LSU. “I think Oklahoma and A&M were his two favorites,” Smith said.

“But he visited around to see enough of what he likes, and once he got to LSU’s campus, it just grabbed him

like the others did not.”

Shipp said Muncie is the kind of linebacker LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis will love.

“When you look at his film, he doesn’t shy away from contact,” Shipp said. “This is one of those guys that other schools are going to be very disappointed about. It’s not like the Texas schools and other schools weren’t after him. It’s a real big pick up.”

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building back from him as a way to give Benson a subsidy without any renegotiated deal be- the state simply writing a check tween the state and the Saints. to the team owner each year.

Both the team And he said while and the state’s he’s hopeful, he’s chief negotiator not sure if a deal have refused to could be worked comment on inout in time for aptentions involvproval during the ing the office legislative session tower.

Tucker that begins Monsaid Wednesday day.

Jim Tucker the lease arrangeThe Jindal adLa. House Speaker ment wasn’t yet ministration and decided. lawmakers hope “It’s not by any stretch of the to free the state from making annual cash payments to the Saints imagination a done deal,” Tucker as part of the deal that keeps the said. team in New Orleans.

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of Carol City High School. He set a Florida high school record with 6.5 sacks in one game.

The lineman was redshirted in 2005 but produced as a backup in 2006. He played in 12 of 13 games and was named to the Freshman AllAmerican Team by The Sporting News.

He was suspended for 12 months in 2007 for academic reasons but came back for the Southeastern Conference Championship Game against Tennessee and the BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State.

Jean-Francois was the Defensive Most Valuable Player in the national championship, racking up

six tackles, half a sack and a blocked field goal.

“He played a good game in the national championship, but he had Glenn Dorsey next to him,” Nadeau said.

Senior defensive end Rahim Alem said Jean-Francois helped the defense in important games.

“The games he played, we needed him,” Alem said. “Especially the Ohio State game, the two big plays he made — we needed them at the time.”

A groin injury limited JeanFrancois to six starts in 2008.

“He did not have the explosiveness that I had seen in earlier games,” Detillier said. “It had something to

do with the groin injury. He was certainly bothered by that.”

Besides playing as a lineman, he blocked three kicks in his career.

Jean-Francois was also on the LSU track and field team and participated in the shot put.

Character issues have affected Jean-Francois’ draft status. He famously called out Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, saying he would try to “take him out of the game,” before the teams’ matchup last season.

“He has some maturity issues that have to be dealt with,” Detillier said.

The lineman has also had a history of problems with grades, which may have been the reason he left for

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Tigers land two 2010 recruits

By Tyler Harvey Sports Contributor

LSU football coach Les Miles and his staff recently added two more prospects to the 2010 recruiting class in offensive lineman Jermarcus Hardrick and outside linebacker Luke Muncie.

Muncie, a 6-foot-3-inch, 220pound linebacker prospect from Oak High School in Klein, Texas, is currently rated by Scout.com as a threestar prospect.

“He’s played free safety for us the last two years,” said Oak High School coach David Smith. “He runs a 4.5 40-[yard dash]. He’s got great ball skills, so he could play any [po-

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buttons,” Detillier said.

Nadeau also said Jean-Francois could be picked in the fourth or fifth round.

Jean-Francois’ former teammate, junior safety Chad Jones, said “the Freak” has the size and skills to play in the NFL. “He’s going to do well and be in the NFL for awhile,” Jones said.

“He’s one of the most athletic big guys I’ve ever seen. A lot of offensive linemen are going to have to step up their game if they’re going to handle Ricky Jean-Francois.”

Jean-Francois was the No. 1 defensive line prospect in Florida out

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‘It’s not, by any stretch of the imagination, a done deal.’

the draft as a junior.

“It wasn’t a surprise that he came out,” Detillier said. “Grades have been a problem throughout his entire time at LSU.” Jones said there could have been various motivations for the lineman to leave early.

“Maybe his family needed the money, or maybe he felt like it was time for him to go,” Jones said. “It’s not really up to me to make a decision on that. It’s all about him.”

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thursday, april 23, 2009 TECHNOLOGY, from page 1 search company — said the technology industry uses a well-known marketing strategy of making products obsolete — a strategy dating back to the early auto industry.

He said companies compete, trying to beat competitors in marketing a new product that outdates its previous product release.

Many people are unsure about investing in new technology because they don’t know what will be released in the future, causing an uncertainty factor, Board said.

“Part of the market is strategy, part is chaos,” he said. “Because of the uncertainty, people will buy what’s attractive to them, but that doesn’t mean the new releases will be a standard.”

Jourdan Arnaud, mass communication sophomore, said she considers herself to be up to date on the latest electronic releases.

“I have an iPod touch and just bought a new MacBook a few months ago,” she said.

Board said Blu-ray players may soon be replaced by digital downloads of movies to video game consoles like the Xbox, because many consumers already have consoles.

“There is the leap frog potential there,” he said. “Many people will want to download movies and games directly to a game console because they don’t want to invest in a Blu-ray player.”

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million for the new complex, Jones said. The total is dependent on how much each individual credit sells for. The market value is typically 75 cents per each credit, but Jones said he hopes to everyone’s “love” for the University will inspire them to pay up to 90 cents for each credit.

The New Markets Tax Credit Program allows qualified taxpayers to receive credit to make investments in areas designated as low-income areas, according to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Web site. The credits, which can be used to pay taxes, can be sold for cash.

The Board of Supervisors must approve the idea, suggested by University alumnus and Stonehenge Capital President Tom Adamek, before groundbreaking can occur.

“We are hoping to put the shovels in the ground in the next 90 days,” Jones said. “As soon as the Board approves, we are ready.

We’re shovel ready.”

The College of Business hopes to open the building in fall 2011.

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Board said smart phones may be on the path to extinction, with the possible popularization of net books, small laptop computers designed for wireless communication.

Wireless carriers may start to subsidize net book sales, he said.

Though smart phones are a current trend, in a few years consumers may switch to net books and WiFi calling, reverting to cheap cell phones for emergency use only, he said.

Board said in the past, researchers played around with the possibility of 3-D technology, before pushing it to the back seat. Researchers are bringing the idea back, developing 3-D gaming, 3-D eye wear accessories and the possibility of 3-D TV, Board said.

Other outdated products to return to popularity are cassette players, used as MP3 player adaptors for automobile stereos, and vinyls, made popular by products like the ION turntable, which allows users to load vinyl tracks onto a computer.

“I just got an ION turntable that lets me digitalize cuts on audio,” Board said. “MP3’s aren’t the highest quality to a true audiophile.

They have a different sound than in the past — it’s too perfect.”

Board said plastic casing could be the next step in electronic designs, creating a vintage, old-school look popular with some groups of consumers.

“Plastic isn’t mined as much as it could be,” Board said. “It can be used to encase sleek, new quality electronic products.”

Board said nine years ago, the idea of push technology — having information “pushed” over the internet directly to a person — was popular. He said push technology enthusiasm decreased in past years, before being revamped by Twitter.

Board said though the form may change, the idea of television will remain long into the future because of the human need to experience other cultures and places.

“Humans love shiny, moving objects,” he said. “TV will be here long after people no longer know why it’s called ‘TV.’” Ralph Portier, environmental studies professor, said dumping electronics into landfills was not seen as an issue a decade ago, but with assimilation of technology into everyday life, landfills are a growing concern.

“The same problem occurred in the ’50s and ’60s,” he said. “Junk yards with abandoned automobiles were very common; now they sell them for parts.”

Craig Colten, geography professor, said many companies have adopted the practice of exporting electronic waste oversees, using cheap labor to extract metal and reusable bits and pieces. He said many of these countries have problems with toxic metals found in circuit

Bill Leucht, public affairs advisor of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, said the tax credit program is geographically based, and it allows Community Development Entities to sell tax credits to other entities to raise funding for economic development. The program is a federal program.

The funds from selling the credits can only be used in locations prior census tracts established as 80 percent below the median income of the area, Leucht said.

The College of Business meets every qualification for the program, Jones said.

“How does a business school qualify for economic development?” Jones questioned. “Think about what we do on a daily basis. We take students, we run them through a curricula. [We] teach them about business, teach them to start businesses ... If we don’t qualify for economic development, I don’t know what does.”

Jones, along with a team composed of College of Business Director Karen Deville, Chairman of Stirling Properties Jimmy

Maurin and Founder and President of SSA Consultants Bill Slaughter has been working to fund the project since December 2008.

The current building for the College of Business is also home to the College of Engineering. The College of Business occupies about 25 percent of the building, and the need for a new building has risen from both size and technological constraints.

The new complex will be composed of four buildings housing five departments, Jones said.

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boards poisoning water supplies.

“Some parts of computers and other electronics can be recycled, but the bulk goes into the landfill,” he said.

Portier said dumping electronics, which contain lead, solvents and chemicals, into landfills can cause extremely expensive superfund sites and damage soil and groundwater.

Portier said companies are starting to use cradle to the grave models for electronic production, keeping track of all chemicals and building materials, and creating plans on appropriate disposal.

“If the economy slows to the point where recycling is no longer profitable, we’ll see a strong decrease in recycling,” he said.

The Capitol Area Corporate Recycling Council is a local nonprofit organization that collects used electronics for recycling and reuse in the community.

“We put computers back into schools and low income families,” said Nancy Craig, executive director. “Lots of material goes into classrooms to teach students how to build computers and to Head Start programs.”

Craig said reusing electronics saves energy, money and materials.

PAGE 15 She said non-reusable materials are sent to venders throughout the state for recycling.

Arnaud said she has some gadgets from the past, such as a CD player and giga pets, but she has given the rest away.

“I’m not much of a pack rat,” she said. “I usually give away old things to Goodwill, friends or siblings ... I like the new technology — it gets faster with each generation.”

Ladawn Dupree, biological sciences sophomore, said she avoids last decade’s popular technology by throwing away what she can.

“I don’t touch that [old electronic] stuff,” she said. “They take up space, and I don’t like junk.”

Tracey Rizzuto, psychology professor, said research shows the willingness or reluctance to embrace new technology is based on personality traits.

Rizzuto said the main factor is experience — people exposed to new technology tend to be open to new ideas and creativity, while those with less experience stick to the tools they’ve always had.

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Rereleasing albums is a sad trick by a failing industry

Often music fans forget the music industry is just that: an industry.

Conversely, often times the music industry forgets its consumers are music fans.

Take the major debacle created by Roadrunner Records last year. Amanda Palmer of the cultfollowed cabaret rock band The Dresden Dolls was set to release a solo album through the company. After making a video for her single, Roadrunner told her it wouldn’t promote her album unless she cut images of her “fat” belly from the video. Her belly wasn’t particularly flabby at all—it was about as normal as a girl’s belly gets. But the company thought it could get more customers by cutting the images.

It was wrong.

Palmer reacted by asking to be removed from the label, and the fans reacted by rebelling against the company. The whole

fiasco did nothing but help Palmer by giving her some unknown national recognition.

The music industry is a business. And often times business and art do not mix.

Another example would be Capitol Records, the record label with whom rock giants Radiohead used to be signed.

Radiohead decided to release its latest release “In Rainbows” without the label. Instead, the band used a Web site pay-whatyou-want plan, which allowed users to decided what to pay — even nothing — for the record. Radiohead made more money from this than previous album sales and was content with its decision.

Capitol was not. Seemingly in response, Capitol rereleased Radiohead’s discography and even made a few greatest hits albums that Radiohead had nothing to do with and that angered fans.

EMI Toshiba, another label

involved with Radiohead, released “Com Lag EP,” a Radiohead EP, with a glaring technical error that make the first track unlistenable. The company refused to recall it at the time of its release, even with the knowledge of the error.

Travis Andrews Now, ApColumnist ple Corps/EMI! is rereleasing all of the Beatles’ “original recorded catalogue.” Of course, there will be some remastering done on the discs, and tons of copies will fly off the shelves.

But why?

The music industry is an industry, no doubt. And the money it makes off stunts like this help it put out more new music.

But I can’t help but feel there is a certain bit of laziness and greed behind moves like this one

that keep smaller bands off the major labels where they could have access to tools to become the “next Beatles.”

Obviously, no one is forced to buy this set. And some fans will like the idea of having these records remastered. Again.

But, at the same time, if the time and effort put into releasing music that is already as culturally prevalent as the Beatles was put into finding new bands and helping them create their own presence, the music world might be a whole lot more interesting right now.

But major labels are beginning to feel threatened.

Radiohead managed to make more money off a label than on one. Sure being on the label for so long helped the band reach this point, but it is not the only example.

Take Lil’ Wayne, the superstar rapper hailing from

New Orleans who releases free songs on the Internet constantly.

Through these mix tapes, he was able to sell more than one million copies of his first studio album “Tha Carter III” when it was finally released.

The music industry is an industry, but its model of releasing things already released in slightly new forms is not helping music.

It’s not making it more interesting, and it’s not making it more enjoyable.

And music fans should stop supporting these tricks.

Otherwise, music will fall further into the stagnant state which it seems to be slipping.

Travis Andrews is a 21-year-old English major from Metairie.

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WALK HARD

Kal Penn to be a savior of the artistic community President Obama has had a difficult time filling appointed positions.

First, Tim Geithner had a rocky road to the Treasury Department.

Then Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for a cabinet level post at the Department of Health and Human Services.

One of Obama’s more recent nominations has had a much easier path to his position, though not without his share of questions to answer.

Kal Penn, the star of the “Harold and Kumar” movies, has been appointed to the post of associate director for the White House Office of Public Liaison. Penn will serve as a representative of the administration, reaching out to AsianAmerican communities and different arts communities, Penn said in an interview with Rachel Maddow on April 10.

Many questions about Penn’s future arose after his character on “House” committed suicide in an episode a couple of weeks ago. But news began to filter out that Penn decided to go to the White House.

There have always been politically active actors who have been portrayed by cynical media outlets as aloof and out of touch.

At first glance, this seemed to be the case with Penn.

Kumar, really?

After listening to Penn explain his decision to accept the post, this astonishing career move should be applauded.

Penn began working with the Obama Drew Walker campaign in Columnist 2007 during the writer’s strike that brought an abrupt end to that season of “House.” Instead of getting captured in compromising situations by the flash bulbs of the paparazzi, Penn used his sudden free time to reach out to voters on behalf of his candidate of choice.

Political activism and public service have deep roots in Penn’s life. His grandparents marched with Ghandi for Indian independence, Penn told Today Show hosts Meredith Viera and Matt Lauer.

He doesn’t appear to be the typical Hollywood elitist who feels compelled to action out of some apparent guilt over his lofty position like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.

Admittedly, reaching out to

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artists and Asian-Americans is not in the same league with hunger strikes and staring down British oppressors, but in this age of rampant cynicism and disbelief in altruism, someone like Penn is a welcomed reminder of what could be in politics.

Yes, the pay cut he is going to take is made less difficult by the success of three movies and recurring TV roles. But maybe, just for a moment, the jaded worldview of 21st century Americans can be countered by an apparent idealism that is less about “me” and more about “we.”

Perhaps Penn is only seeking to advance his own ambitions, but there has been no evidence so far that his motivation is anything other than a desire to do what he can to bring about the change he believes in.

Instead of a knee-jerk reaction about a privileged actor slumming it to show he cares, maybe we should appreciate this choice for what it is, a person who wants to see the country better.

This may be a naïve position — and in fact probably is — but in this political landscape of bitterly divisive rhetoric and destructive partisanship, what does it hurt to be

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a little naïve? Penn isn’t going to be a senior advisor to the president nor will he have secret launch codes or classified information.

Instead of taking the opportunity to lambast yet another elitist, liberal actor, let’s join together in congratulating Penn for making a choice in favor of public service

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over simply amassing more wealth for himself.

Drew Walker is a 24-year-old philosophy senior from Walker.

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TOMS’ charitable mission lost in trend followers

It may be better to give than to receive.

But just admit it—it’s better to give and receive.

And with TOMS shoes, you can do just that.

With every purchase of a pair of TOMS, you give a pair of shoes to a child in need and receive a pair of stylish ones for yourself.

It’s not exactly the definition of a selfless act, but TOMS’ heart is the right place.

And what better way to “feed the children” than by feeding people’s hunger to look cool?

Founder Blake Mycoskie started his mission with a mere $500 and 250 prototypes, according to an April Los Angeles Times article.

Mycoskie only expected to sell and donate 250 pairs to one Argentinean village, he told the Huffington Post in July. But he ended up selling 10,000 and distributing that same number to cit-

izens of the impoverished region of Misiones.

Now TOMS has sold 140,000 pairs and has spread its wealth to several other countries, including Ethiopia, South Africa and even the U.S., according to its Web site.

Mycoskie plans to donate 300,000 pairs this year alone and earn $13 million, which will help in his campaign to cure podoconiosis, a deforming foot disease caused by walking barefoot in silica-rich soil, in Ethiopia.

This number would probably be out of the ballpark for most charities and shoe companies —but not for TOMS. You see, TOMS is not just a charity.

And it’s not just a shoe company.

It’s a cult—a cult made up not of Christian crusaders or social activists, and not just of people who want to make a difference.

It’s a cult made of up of people who want to make themselves look better, and not just in the spiritual, good Samaritan sense.

With TOMS, you can kill two birds with one stone because TOMS sporters not only feel good, but they also look good.

T O M S shoes have transformed from Cinderella’s house slipper to her glass Drew Belle Zerby slipper.

Columnist At the first TOMS shoe drop in Argentina in 2006, the shoes resembled traditional Argentinean alpargata footwear.

Now the shoes resemble regurgitated fruit roll-ups.

They no longer just come in earth-tone colors or canvas styles.

Now you can buy a pair of

tie-dye TOMS a pair of glitter TOMS. You can choose from Vegan TOMS, fleece-lined TOMS or boot TOMS. You can pick up a pair of Oxford-inspired TOMS this fall.

TOMS also recently collaborated with Element Skateboards and Ralph Lauren for pairs of limited edition footwear.

I guess since TOMS has conquered impoverished communities, it’s time for them to move on to the skateboarders and prepsters of the world.

To convince people to contribute to a charitable cause, we basically have to coerce them with trends and lure them in with fancy-smancy marketing tools.

AT&T recently aired a commercial featuring TOMS. And celebrities from the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Stewart don these shoes with a soul.

But it seems to be working.

And these marketing schemes are

making TOMS — and, of course, the little people — millions — of shoes that is.

I’m not saying TOMS is a bad idea. It’s a great one actually because it’s feeding on what people desire most: to be fashionable and to fit in with the cool crowd.

So whether you’re purchasing TOMS for the right reasons doesn’t really matter, because in the whole scheme of things, some child out there is benefiting from your materialism.

But remember, you are what you eat—or in this case, what you wear.

Drew Belle Zerby is a 22-yearold mass communication major from Vidalia.

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Media coverage of mass murder breeds more violence “Death sells. If it bleeds, it leads.”

Loren Coleman, media researcher and author of The Copycat Effect, identifies this philosophy of the media, given their enthusiasm for covering mass murder stories.

In particular, he addresses the special fascination we hold for serial killers, as evidenced by the books, music, Web sites and movies we have dedicated to them.

The media, aware of this fascination and able to feed it, do so readily without discretion or regard for the consequences such meticulous attention to detail might provide.

To glamorize the killers by plastering their methods, their diary entries and their obsessions nationwide for days on end does nothing but satiate public curiosity and boost sales.

This glamorization has an unhealthy backlash, however. It encourages aspiring killers and

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other infamy-seekers to emulate what they hear in the news.

But unless there is a consensus among the national networks, there will be no revamping of this ethical gray area for fear of plummeting sales. Neither will a lone network tone down their profiling, for there is no guarantee the other networks would follow suit.

Therefore the media, fueled by the never-ending competition for the most sensational story, will continue its frenzied courtship of society’s disturbed outcasts.

If the media were to reach a consensus to cut back on the hype, we would not detract from anything truly newsworthy and provide public benefit, considering the alarming correlation Coleman has pointed out between media exposure of violence and an increase of violence.

This correlation explains why mass murder sprees, which are usually a rarity, claimed 60 American lives in the past

month.

It isn’t as if the media could offer us new information by digging up the dirty laundry of killers, so the newsworthiness of extensive profiling is diminished.

All we need to know is, in the broadest sense, these killers are ostracized basement-dwellers who kill to exert control and “get back” at those who’ve Linnie Leavines wronged them.

Columnist By means of this patterned violence they catapult themselves into posthumous infamy, thereby simultaneously “exacting justice” and ensuring they are remembered.

The most notorious example of this is the aftermath of the Columbine shooting, orchestrated and executed by Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris in 1999.

Certain Web sites exist sole-

ly to glorify the violence of the shooters, hailing them as “heroes” of a sort.

Emulation of Columbine extends beyond commending comments. In the month following the shootings, kids across the nation wore trench coats to school in mimicry of Klebold and Harris.

The one who took emulation the farthest was Seung-Hui Cho, the shooter of the Virginia Tech massacre.

Cho wrote in a school assignment about wanting to “repeat Columbine” and eventually followed through with his desire, choosing a day close to the Columbine anniversary to begin his methodical killing spree.

Before he began killing, however, Cho sent an organized news package of angry, self-pitying videos, stills and text to NBC News.

The only obvious conclusion is that Cho pursued infamy, as evidenced by the news package,

and found a way to gain it from what he knew of Columbine, courtesy the media.

Although the media isn’t wholly to blame for these killings, there is an undeniable amount of causation involved, one which journalists should be highly aware of.

Instead of fawning over the killers, the media should place modest emphasis on the victims and their families.

To do so would not only show respect for those who were lost but would serve to discourage prospective killers by eliminating any chance of gaining infamy.

Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, will be giving a talk in the Vieux Carre Room, located on the 3rd floor of the Student Union at 7:30 pm.

Dr. Mocan’s talk, entitled “Should We Sink the Flagship?” will be focusing on the impact of the projected state budget shortfall on LSU, as well as on the

State of Louisiana.

Dr. Mocan will discuss both the political economy of cutting the funding for higher education and its implications for the students and citizens of Louisiana.

These implications are broad and range from wages to health outcomes and everything in between.

We as students here at LSU

are outraged at the thought of cutting higher education, but are the benefits of cost-cutting greater than future repercussions to our state?

The goal of the talk will be to address this pertinent question and empower students to engage in educated discussion on the budget cuts with our elected officials.

It is a great honor to have Dr. Mocan speak at this event, and I encourage all of you to attend.

Linnie Leavines is a 19-year-old mass communication freshman from Central.

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HELP WANTED PARKVIEW BAPTIS T PRESCHOOL Preschool Teachers needed flex days no degree required 293-9447 COUNTER CLERK part time, flexible hours, great for students Welsh’s Cleaners Bluebonnet location and Perkins Rd. at College Dr. location apply in person or call 225-921-6660 !BAR TENDING! Up to $300/Day. No Experience Necessary. Training Provided. Age 18+ OK 1-800-965-6520 xt127 DON’T MISS THIS OPPOR T U N I T Y! Now hiring for all positions at the following locations: JEFFERSON 7615 Jefferson Hwy Baton Rouge 70809 PERKINS ROWE 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge 70810 “Flexible schedules & Benefits for Full Time Associates” Please apply in person during regular restaurant hours.

Equal Opportunity Employer FRONT DESK ATTENDANT S P/T Enthusiastic team players with customer service and computer skills; problem-solving; flex schedules, evenings and weekends; FREE membership.

Apply in person to: C. B. Pennington, Jr. YMCA, 15550 Old Hammond Hwy. BR, LA 70810 or call Rachel @ 272-9622.

T YRUS THOMAS INC. NOW HIRING Tyrus Thomas Incorporated Is now hiring researcher’s and summer staff/ counselors for youth program C. A. T. C. H. Please visit www.tyrusthomasinc.org to apply INTERN ATION AL NEWSLETTER. Sales & marketing assistant. Work on database with sales people. Requires phone, office, computer skills and attention to detail. Flexible hours. e-mail jobs@riderresearch.com or fax 225-769-7166 N E W R E S T AU R A N T C O N C E P T coming to Baton Rouge looking for 20 motivated trainers in both FOH and BOH. Call or send info to coyoteblues2@gmail.com. Visit our website at coyotebluesrest.com. 225.329.2055 IS YOUR METABOLISM SLOW? PBRC is looking for people to participate in an 8-week metabolism study. The purpose of this study is to determine if a combination of caffiene and albuterol can increase your metabolism. If you are18-50 years old you may qualify and earn up to $500.

Call today 225.763.3000 T E M P O R ARY WORKERS NEEDED! TEMPORARY WORKERS NEEDED! LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab is now hiring survey researchers for weekend and night work only. Must have a clear speaking voice, be friendly, willing to communicate with people over the phone, and to follow set procedures.

Pay is competitive, $7-9/hour. Flexible hours!

Great place to work! Prior experience a plus but not required.

Contact Kathryn Rountree, Operations Manager, krount1@lsu.edu to set up an interview.

AWESOME OPPOR T U N I T Y S UMME R CAMP INSTRUCTORS NEEDED- Must be Outgoing, Hardworking, and Enthusiastic with children.

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ATTENTION SCIENCE MAJORS C-K ASSOCIATES, LLC, has a part-time/20hrs a week, with potential advancement to fulltime, position available in the Aquatic Toxicity Testing Laboratory to conduct culturing of freshwater test species for use in acute and chronic aquatic toxicity test. Science Majors with aquaria experience a must. Duties include: adhere to NELAC regulations, perform marine and freshwater system maintenance, and assist in testing facility. Weekly work schedules are flexible to school commitments with a rotating weekend.

This position is a great opportunity for students to gain job experience in the environmental

field. Qualified candidates may apply at www.cka.com or e-mail resume to www.hr@c-ka.com A/ EOE M/ F/ D/ V For more information about C-K Associates, LLC, visit our website at www.c-ka.com FASHION FORWARD CHILDREN to junior boutique in Towne Center featured in US Weekly, is looking for fun, outgoing, fashion oriented employees, available to start asap. Experience preferred. Please contact Carri at The Little House and Co. Excellent pay and flexible hours.

Must be able to work in the fall and spring. Only serious indiviuals apply. 225.757.6730 or 225454-8622 TJ RIBS IS NOW HIRING SERVERS. APPLY IN PERSON AT 2324 S. ACADIAN THRUWAY, BATON ROUGE, LA. **EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER** TJ RIBS - SIEGEN IS NOW HIRING SERVERS. APPLY IN PERSON AT 6330 SIEGEN LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA. **EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER** NOW HIRING FOR SUMMER & FALL! Child Care Center near LSU now hiring for Summer and Fall Semesters. Afternoon Teachers needed 2:30-5:30 Mon-Fri. 225.766.1159 T E A C H I N K OREA! Need work after graduation? Receive: competitive salary, free furnished apartment, free airfare, affordable health insurance and pension, 2 weeks vacation to explore Southeast Asia!

Email: steve@eslcom.net SURVEY TAKERS NEEDED: Make $5-$25 per survey. www. GetPaidToThink.com PROFESSION AL WAREHOUSE PEOPLE Are you worried about JOB SECURITY? At a time when other companies are cutting back and closing their doors, we have not laid-off an employee in over 15 years and continue to grow. Do you enjoy TIME OFF? Within 2 years you will have over a combined month of paid time off and vacation per year!

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Join our company on the ground floor and be prepared to grow as you continue with your education.

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We are currently seeking FULL TIME and PART TIME employees.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply by calling 877MBHIRES or apply online at www.mbhires.com Martin-Brower, 1585 Commercial Dr., Port Allen, LA 70767 AA/ EEO/ m/ f/ h/ d/ v - Drug Free Environment STUDENTPAY OUT S. COM Paid Survey Takers Needed In Baton Rogue.

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COLLEGE OF BASIC College of Basic Sciences has an opening for a student worker beginning May 11th. Applicants must premanently reside in the local area, be able to work 30-40 hours per week during summer/breaks and should not be a BASC major. Duties include assisting with Freshman Advising and Dean’s Office projects.

Must be proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Submit resume by Friday, May 1st to: Martha A. Cedotal, Assistant Dean, 338 Choppin Hall SPEECH THER APY GR AD S TUDENT Needed— Speech therapy graduate student interested in working with 6 yr old over the summer. Can meet on campus or local library/ bookstore for 30 minute sessions. Call 225-205-4702 MEDICAL Physical Therapy Tech needed for Brusly and Plaquemine. Fax Resume 225-791-3549 SUBWAY ON FLORIDA Blvd now hiring assistant managers, shift leaders, crew members. Email resume subwaycaterer@gmail.com SUBWAY 4250 BURBANK Sandwich Artists

Needed! No Late Nights. Flexible Scheduling.

Next to Izzo and Mushroom.

RELIABLE RECEPTIONIS T NEEDED Busy salon seeking reliable receptionist to handle multiple phone lines. Must be able to multi-task and have great customer service and computer skills. 225.200.2957 PAR T-TIME RUNNER needed for small law firm.

Duties include: filing, answering phones, running errands. Please fax resume to 225-3870150.

P A R T T I M E S ALES Sales assistant needed two days a week for small Boutique. Must be mature, out going, and customer service oriented. Thursday 10-6 and Saturday 10-5. Apply in person I Love Shoes, 12728 Perkins Road. 225.767.9043 K O T O N O W H I R I N G F O R R E L O C AT I O N Hiring all positions. Flexible schedule. Apply within. 225.924.1980 EARN EXTR A MONEY Students needed ASAP Earn up to $150 per day being a mystery shopper No Experience Required Call 1-800-722-4791

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 WORK BETWEEN SEMES TERS. The Baton Rouge Families and Teens Project is now accepting applications for parent and teen interviewers. Social science majros preferred. Please visit http://fs.uno.edu/rlaird or call Dr. Laird at 504.280.5454

FOR SALE L S U R U N N I N G / W O R KOUT SHOES CUSTOM MADE NIKE LSU CASUAL SHOES NEW NEVER WORN-SIZE 13- PICTURES ON REQUEST— $65 skrsh@bellsouth.net 601.992.2243 ICCESSORIZE is looking for dependable and energetic sales associates at the Mall of La. Must be available to work weekends and/or some week day shifts. Please call Eddie @ 225.572.2127 3/3 CONDO AT L SU CAMPUS Gated: 3/3 1700SF $206,000 Almost New. The Gates At Brightside. 1.5 from campus. Income producing while your student lives free. 407-353-0564 Susan 2BR/2.5BA ARLINGTON PL ANTATION Gated,

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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 on bus route, all appliances included. Please call 337-479-0252.

laundromat downstairs. $273/month, including utilities. Must be clean!!! ogudkov@yahoo.com

FOR RENT

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FOR RENT NEW TWO BEDROOM TWO BATH CONDO; RENT IS $1,100.00 PER MONTH; 9 FT. CEILINGS, CERAMIC TILE FLOORING, ALL APPLIANCES INCLUDING WASHER/ DRYER IN UNIT; CONVENIENT TO CAMPUS, INTERSTATE AND SHOPPING 225.413.9800

SEEKING ROOMIE Boy, Girl, & 2 Cats looking for 3rd housemate. $400/month + Shared Utilities. (Highland & Lee) Lush yard, close to LSU, balcony, sun room & nice neighborhood. khowar7@tigers.lsu.edu 225.603.3637

ATTN SERIOUS S TUDENT S! Want quiet? Want space? Large 1 and 2 br apts in small complex within walking distance of LSU. No children or pets permitted. 1-br $500. 2-br $700. 7578175 or 924-1934. http//riverroadapartments.tripod.com NEAR L SU CAMPUS 3BR houses with garages.

Washer/dryer and appliances incl. Fenced yards pet ok. $1195-$1295.1BR’s $375-$495 Available June. Call Martha@McDaniel Prop.

225.388.9858 PRE-LEASING FOR SUMMER & FALL LSU Tigerland: Studio,1 & 2 Bdr. wood floors, pool, & laundry $465-$695 225-766-7224 T I G E R M A N O R C O N D O M I N I U M S . U N I T S READY F O R S P R I N G & F ALL 2009! Brand new 1, 2, & 3 bedrooms available. Reserve your unit today!

Walk to class! 3000 July St. 225-346-5055. www.tigermanor.com Location. Location. Location... Star t Living.

1-2 BED- APT S IN Tigerland, near LSU. $450550/month, hot water included, Call Wang 225.278.6622 or 225.278.6621 1 BR ON BURBANK -FROM $475 www.lsubr.com for pictures/floorplan. 4065, 4243 Burbank. $300 deposit. No pets, not even visiting. Leave a message. 241-1649 S T O R E Y OUR S T U F F Student Special - Get 1st Month FREE. Climate Control of LA Self Storage.

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We also have Budget Rent-a-Car and Rent-a-Truck.

225.927-8070 FOR RENT 3br/2bth $350/mth 5 min to LSU 281.216.2532 WALK TO L SU! 2BR/1B Apt on Geranium.

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ROOMMATES $400 ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED ROOMMATEWANTED TO SHARE HUGE-3BR-3BATH-HOUSE WITH MALE. EXCLUSIVE AREA-CONGRESSPERKINS. HIGHSPEED-NET-CABLE-ALARM-WASHER-DRYER-LARGE-YARD-GATED. GREAT FOR ENTERTAINMENT-LSU.225.772.2506 MALE GR AD Needs roommate to share 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath Lake Beau Pre Townhouse minutes from class.

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SEXY MAN-BEAS T ON THE PROWL. Newly single bisexual Abercrombie model looking for love in all the wrong places. Must have love handles.

(504) 376-5525 LOOKING TO MEET WOMEN. I am a 6’0”, brown haired, brown eyed guy lookin for a petite girl to hang out with and have fun. If interested email cubsornone@hotmail.com LOOKING TO MEET COLLEGE GIRL S 6’3 brownhaired, blue-eyed male looking for girl to have fun and hang out with. Have to love music and getting a bit crazy at times. Email winn_tiger@hotmail.com HEY! You always seem to be walking to your car as I am walking to class. Last week you actually waved at me (I think it was at me!).

This has been going on for quite a few weeks, but we both get “surprised” looks on our faces every time we see each other.

Say “Hey!” next time we pass.

LOOKING FOR MY MATCH to fill the little opening in the jumbeled sock drawer of my heart.

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Seeking male companion with high ACT score, high cheekbones and high self esteem. No Weirdos PLEASE! allthegoodonesweretaken666@yahoo.com I F R AT HARD ALL DAY AND NIGHT One thing a frat cant get me is love. Unless Love is a passed out sorority chick, i’ll take that too BTW. Come frat hard with me (polo shirt included)...ffazio1@lsu.edu LOOKING TO SCORE?!?!

Fun, smart, cute blonde babe about to graduate... Looking for involved, soccer-playing male grad-student... Only wanting a quick fling before I move away in the Fall! Come play with me!

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Love it or leave it baby 504.256.7534 L SU GUY Looking for love in all the wrong places. Finally decided to put this up here. I’m 22 going to graduate next May. I need a sweet girl who is content being herself. I like movies, going out to dinner, traveling, and of course LSU Football.

Tigerlovin22@gmail.com

PAGE 19 SEEKING CHARITABLE, outdoor loving individual. Must love animals and the occasional hiking or camping trip. Drop me a message at HighpointingForAmerica.org I WANT TO BE YOUR DERIVATIVE so I can lie tangent to your curves. Nerdy ndn chick seeking an intelligent and attractive conversationalist.

Ladies only, please—I’m tired of natural logs approaching the asymptote. sheenyinabottle@hotmail.com G I R L S JUS T WANT TO HAVE FUN 21 Y/O Male looking for new love. Tired of the old boyfriend.

Would go straight for Hillary Clinton. Call me if you want to talk about how hot Barack is, or if you want to meet up and “discuss” politics.

985.705.8629. I dont bite, hard...

SEARCHING 4 SOULMATE 20yo Asian guy seeking masculine guy 18-23 to date. Races open. I’m a sweetheart! tigerboy1988@gmail.com LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME? 20y/ o Physics major looking for some fun. Text me for a good

time. Lets change our potential energy into kinetic energy. 504-920-8767

MISCELLANEOUS HILIGHT SPECIAL Salon Chateau inc. is offering $20 off full Highlights with Faith Duncon call 225-7570303visit at www.salonchateauinc.com

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