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Professor advocates computer program that searches for alien life, p. 4 Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

FOOTBALL

Tigers hold final scrimmage today Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

FUNDING The construction, which began in March, is funded by a public-private partnership. The state agreed to supply $30 million to match the school’s collection of $30 million in private funds.

Currently, the school is $8 million shy of its target, according to Karen Deville, senior director of advancement for the College of Business.

“It’s a tough environment with the economy the way it is,” she said.

COMPLEX, see page 14

MILES, see page 14

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Construction continues on the Business Complex on Nicholson Extension. The complex is funded by a public-private partnership.

The LSU football team will scrimmage for the third and final time this preseason today with the season opener against North Carolina looming just 11 days away.

The Tigers emerged at No. 21 in the Associated Press preseason poll Saturday and are preparing to face the No. 18 Tar Heels on Sept. 4.

Miles had no reaction to the rankings, and he said the team’s attention will turn solely to a game plan for North Carolina after the scrimmage.

“We’re always told we have to earn where we’re at,” Miles said.

“We’ve been ranked first, and I didn’t appreciate that. We’re ranked No. 21, and I don’t appreciate that. ... Our team recognizes they’ve not been complimented with the preseason rankings.”

Miles said the scrimmage will still primarily pit the LSU offensive scheme against the LSU defensive scheme. Some LSU players wore blue jerseys at practice Monday to

A rendering of the new Business Eduction Complex shows a new quadrangle expected to be complete in December 2011.

Business Education Complex construction two weeks ahead of schedule The construction of the $60 million Business Education Complex is currently ahead of schedule and expected to be complete in December 2011.

The BEC will serve as a mecca for the E.J. Ourso College of Business, housing all the required core classes for the college.

“Right now, our students take classes in maybe 10 different buildings on campus, so this will get us closer together as a college,” said Timothy Rodrigue, assistant director of Alumni and External Relations for the College of Business.

“Until this complex is opened,

LSU remains one of very few, if Once the complex is completnot the only, major institutions in ed, it will serve as the new home of the United States that doesn’t have the Business College. The College its own separate of Engineering housing for a colwill take over PatSarah Eddington lege of business.” rick F. Taylor Hall, Staff Writer The complex Rodrigue said. will contain a four-story glass roThe new 156,000-square-foot tunda containing a commons area, complex is one of the largest contwo banks of pavilions housing struction projects the University both undergraduate and graduate has ever seen, said Emmett David, classrooms and a separate structure director of Facility Development. featuring a 300-seat auditorium.

“The original design for the Amenities for the complex in- Business Education Complex as clude numerous laboratories, din- it stands now was bigger in scope, ing options, a patio and its own but due to budgetary reasons it quadrangle. was cut down,” Rodrigue said.

FACULTY

AAUP to investigate Homberger, van Heerden cases Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer

The University will be under investigation for alleged violations of academic freedom later this week.

Robert Kreiser, associate secretary for the American Association of University Professors, said a committee of three professors will be at the University on Friday and Saturday to interview faculty members and review the history of the Ivor van Heerden claims and Dominique Homberger complaint.

The AAUP, whose purpose is to advance academic freedom and define standards for higher education, receives hundreds of

complaints each year but only investigates four or five cases, Kreiser said.

“The cases involve such serious matters that they warrant the undertaking of an investigation,” Kreiser said. “Only a handful reach the level of seriousness that these cases reach.”

This past April, College of Basic Sciences Dean Kevin Carman removed Homberger from teaching Biology 1001 because of abnormally low grades. Ninety percent of students in her class had a D or F at midterms.

“Being taken out of the course is unheard of,” Homberger told The Daily Reveille on April 20.

“You do this to someone who

comes into class drunk or if someone brings a gun into class. There are cases where you are justified to do that, but not about grades.”

Homberger continued her research with the University, but her removal from teaching the class caused an uproar among professors last semester, questioning the administration’s jurisdiction in classroom matters. Kreiser said Carman’s action raises questions about academic freedom.

Kreiser sent a letter April 5 to Chancellor Michael Martin that said the AAUP “has consistently viewed an instructor’s authority in assigning particular grades to be a AAUP, see page 14

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Biology professor and researcher Dominique Homberger explains research projects April 19 in her lab. Homberger was removed from teaching in April.

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Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Some 200 women gang-raped by rebels near Congo UN base

DEA seeks Ebonics translators to help with drug investigations

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwandan and Congolese rebels gangraped nearly 200 women and some baby boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers’ base in an eastern Congo mining district, an American aid worker and a Congolese doctor said Monday.

Will F. Cragin of the International Medical Corps said aid and U.N. workers knew rebels had occupied Luvungi town and surrounding villages in eastern Congo the day after the attack began July 30.

More than three weeks later, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo has issued no statement about the atrocities and said Monday it still is investigating.

Cragin told The Associated Press by telephone that his organization was only able to get into the town after rebels ended their brutal spree of raping and looting and withdrew of their own accord on Aug. 4.

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.

The Drug Enforcement Agency recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent Michael Sanders said Monday.

Ebonics, which is also known as African American Vernacular English, has been described by the psychologist who coined the term as the combination of English vocabulary with African language structure.

Some DEA agents already help translate Ebonics, Sanders said. But he said wasn’t sure if the agency has ever hired outside Ebonics experts as contractors.

“They saw a need for this in a couple of their investigations,” he

said. “And when you see a need — it may not be needed now — but we want the contractors to provide us with nine people just in case.”

Hearings into cause of Gulf oil spill began in Houston on Monday HOUSTON (AP) — Federal investigators heard testimony Monday from BP executives in a joint probe into the cause of the explosion that led to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP’s Gulf of Mexico marine authority official Neil Cramond testified Monday in Houston.

Two officials from Transocean, the owner of the rig, testified later Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Bureau of Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement are conducting the investigation.

Federal investigators are trying to uncover what caused the April 20 explosion on the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig that led 206 million gallons of oil to pour into the Gulf.

STATE/LOCAL

Thousands of fish found floating at Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet CHALMETTE (AP) — Thousands of dead fish have been found floating at the mouth of a shipping channel that connects the Port of New Orleans with the Gulf of Mexico.

St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro says the fish kill was found Sunday afternoon at the mouth of the Mississippi RiverGulf Outlet, or MR-GO. He says between 5,000 and 15,000 dead fish were found, collected in pockets of boom that was deployed in the area to block oil from the spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig.

Taffaro said Monday the species found dead included crabs, sting rays, eel, drum, speckled trout and redfish.

There’s no word on what caused the kill. Taffaro says they believe there’s some recoverable oil in the area but can’t specifically link it to that because there’s also been some depleted oxygen

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Ex-state Sen. Charles Jones convicted in tax fraud case SHREVEPORT (AP) — A federal jury has found former state Sen. Charles D. Jones guilty of tax evasion and other tax charges.

U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says Jones, of Monroe, was convicted Monday of filing two false tax returns and one count of tax evasion.

Sentencing is set for Dec. 6. The 60-year-old Jones faces up to three years in prison and a $100,000 fine on each of the filing false tax return counts and up to five years and a $100,000 fine on the tax evasion charge.

Jones was accused of failing to pay at least $190,000 in taxes.

Jones’ first trial ended in a mistrial June 3 because jurors could not agree.

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Please bring an updated resume. Business attire.

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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the Aug. 23 article “Gulf Disaster still poses a threat,” The Daily Reveille should have said while the Obama administration claims 25 percent of the oil remains, Coastal Studies Institute Director Gregory Stone believes the report is misleading because it accounts for only surface oil, and an unknown amount of of oil remains at the sea bed or in the water column.

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TRANSPORTATION

Parking garage, bookstore to begin construction this year Women’s Center, AACC to receive new facilities Rachel Warren Contributing Writer

Construction on the new parking garage and bookstore stretching from Highland Road to East Campus Drive could begin as early as November, according to Facility Services.

Emmett David, director of Facility Development, said construction documents are currently under plan review. Once the project is approved, Facility Services will put it on the bidding market.

David said he hopes the project will be put on the market sometime in the next 60 days.

Once construction begins, it is expected to take about 18 months

to complete.

The new structure will require the Highland Cafeteria, the Women’s Center, the African American Cultural Center, the Morris House Civil War Center and part of the Old President’s House to be demolished. The Women’s Center and the African American Cultural Center will receive new buildings near the same area as the parking garage.

David said the new buildings will contain larger offices, conference rooms and courtyards and will comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He said the Women’s Center and the African American Cultural Center will temporarily move to Hatcher Hall until construction is completed.

Catherine Hopkins, director of the Women’s Center, said she

is excited about the new spaces.

“I understand the historical significance [of the Carter House], but this will give us more space and so many more resources,” she said.

Hopkins said the newly-constructed buildings will be more than double the size of the current ones.

David said construction costs for the project are estimated to be about $25 million. He said it’s impossible to determine what each building costs because it is bid as one complete project.

David said the project has not been affected by budget cuts because it’s being funded by revenue bonds the University sold in May. Some students worry the benefits of the garage won’t outweigh the problems it may cause.

“The bad thing about parking

HEALTH

H1N1 virus not expected to be a problem this f lu season, year SHC observes fewer cases since Aug. 2009 Parker Cramer Contributing Writer

The H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, is not expected to be a problem this year, according to Julie Hupperich, associate director of finance and administrative services at the Student Health Center.

Flu activity most commonly peaks in the U.S. in January or February, according to the Center for Disease Control’s website.

During the week of Aug. 31, 2009 to Sept. 7, 2009, the LSU Health Center diagnosed 259 influenza cases, according to documents obtained by The Daily Reveille.

When influenza cases appeared outside of regular flu season, they were treated as if they were H1N1 cases, Hupperich said.

The number of influenza cases at the University does not correlate with the expected peak of the influenza virus in the U.S. The University had 29 diagnosed flu cases from Jan. 18, 2010 to Feb. 7, 2010, which is typically the peak of flu season, according to the CDC website.

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Emergency for 2009 H1N1 Influenza expired on June 23, 2010,” according to the CDC website.

Overall, the University had a declining number of cases from August 2009 until February 2010, according to Student Health Center data.

The data trends seen at the University were reflected by the data of other nations around the world.

“The first wave of the swine flu pandemic saw a peak in midto late July with estimates of over 100,000 new cases a week in England by the end of July,” according to the United Kingdom’s Department of Health website.

The H1N1 virus tended to be mild on a worldwide scale, but it did cause severe illness and death in certain cases, the U.K. DOH said.

Even though swine flu appears to be a thing of the past, flu season is approaching quickly and necessary precautions must be

taken. Getting vaccinated against the flu is one of the best ways to help prevent it.

“The U.S. 2010-2011 seasonal influenza vaccine will protect against an H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus, and the 2009 H1N1 virus,” according to the CDC website.

Avoiding close contact with others, staying home from school or work when sick, washing hands regularly and covering coughs are ways to help prevent the spread of flu, according to the CDC. Some CDC research also shows a higher number of influenza infections in smokers compared to nonsmokers.

Flu vaccines for the 2010-11 flu season will be available for $10 at the LSU Student Health Center in October.

Contact Parker Cramer at pcramer@lsureveille.com

garages is that they get crowded really easily,” said Chad Hoffman, psychology sophomore. “It could be a good idea, but it could be a bad idea.”

Hoffman also said he is looking forward to having a larger bookstore on campus.

“That sounds like a good idea because [the current bookstore] gets pretty crowded,” he said.

Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said part of the parking garage will be designated for on-campus residents and part will be assigned to faculty.

Graham said the rest of the garage will be used as paid parking for bookstore visitors.

“It will basically be the same as the metered parking we have in front of the bookstore now,” Graham said.

Graham said there are no

definite plans for what will be done with other staff parking on campus once the garage is built, but some of those spots could become commuter spots.

“If there’s a demand, we’ll certainly look into it,” he said.

Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

TECHNOLOGY

Free computer program lets students search for alien life mouth to keep up.

While his hair is graying, his face is just barely starting to wrinkle, his bright blue eyes are sharp, flicking around the room as he fidgets.

He still talks and moves like the Matthew Albright eager graduate student who founded Staff Writer the “MIT Mystery Hunt,” where stuIn Aaron Vavrek’s dorm room, dents at the prestigious Massachuthe universe is exploding. setts Institute of Technology comOn his laptop, which looks like pete in teams to solve riddles and any of the thousands of other unas- decipher arcane puzzles in attempts suming laptops in most dorms on to find coins hidden somewhere on campus, stars are wheeling in long, campus. loose arcs across the screen. Thin While he may no longer be at red, blue and green lines trace vast MIT hunting for pennies, Schaefer is trajectories, while little lines of in- helping to unravel a cosmic mystery. decipherable text dot the black of “It would be the biggest discovspace. ery of the millennium,” he said.

When asked what his computer In the search for extraterrestrial is doing, Vavrek, astronomy sopho- life — which Schaefer simply refers more, shrugs his shoulders and mut- to as “E.T.” — powerful radio-teleters, “I dunno — searching for aliens scopes, like the one at the Arecibo or something.”

Observatory in Puerto Rico, conIt turns out he’s right. stantly scan the horizon searching Vavrek’s computer is running for broadcasts from other intelligent the program “SETI@home” — SETI civilizations. stands for Search Scientists are for Extraterrestrial hoping to stumble Intelligence — inupon radio wave stalled to earn extra communications credit for his asby other sentient tronomy class. The life-forms. Humanprogram connects ity has been broadhis humble laptop casting radio waves to a network of into space since the more than a million ’30s. worldwide personal “Think of it as computers, all of ‘I Love Lucy’ as which are tied into our galactic ambasBrad Schaefer a series of powerful sadors,” Schaefer astronomy professor radio telescopes, said. “It’s horrifyscouring the skies for signs of alien ing, really.” life.

The radio-telescopes scan space “It’s like the movie ‘Contact,’” for similar broadcasts — from alien said Brad Schaefer, Vavrek’s profes- civilizations. sor. “[The movie] is actually pretty “We’re hoping to find somemuch right.” thing like ‘I Love Vululugulians,’” It’s immediately obvious Schae- Schaefer teased. fer is excited by the opportunities the When scientists first developed SETI@home system provides. In the technology to probe deep space, fact, Vavrek said Schaefer is excited they had a significant problem — no by everything. existing supercomputer could pro“He’s kind of crazy,” Vavrek cess the huge volume of data necsaid. “He is really, really excited essary to analyze it. So a team of about astronomy.” computer scientists at the University As he explains how of California, Berkeley designed the SETI@home works, Schaefer fidg- SETI@home program to process the ets eagerly in his chair, pumping mind-boggling amount of informahis hands and tapping his toes. He tion. speaks loudly and quickly, as if his “It was the first ‘wow’ exbrain was moving too fast for his ample of distributive computing,”

Prof. offers extra credit for download

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‘The odds of aliens looking like us are virtually zero. Unless there’s been some inter-galactic hankypanky.’

HILARY SCHEINUK / The Daily Reveille

Astronomy professor Brad Schaefer speaks to his class Monday in Lockett Hall.

Schaefer offers extra credit to students who download SETI@home.

Schaefer explained.

By sending out packets of data to personal computers, the scientists were able to create a kind of collective computing that, according to Schaefer, allows it more processing power than any previous project.

So Vavrek’s computer — like millions of others around the world — is taking in chunks of data from the radio-telescopes and exhaustively analyzing them for evidence of alien communication.

“My mother — my mother, of all people — has it on her computer,” Schaefer exclaimed, the pitch of his voice rising dramatically. “She could find E.T.!”

The program, available for free download, only runs when the computer is inactive. The observation screen acts as a screensaver, and the program only runs when the user

leaves the machine idle.

“We get to use all the computing cycles that are getting wasted,” Schaefer said.

As soon as a user touches the mouse or keyboard, the program switches off.

“You lose nothing. It’s a winwin,” Schaefer said.

As far as the extra credit goes, Schaefer is dismissive.

“To me, the extra credit is almost meaningless compared to what you’re actually doing,” he said. “You could find E.T.! Think about that!”

Stephen Hawking, the worldrenowned theoretical physicist, famously said in April, “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

But, like Hawking, Schaefer said the odds of that happening are almost non-existent.

“The most likely thing to happen will be some distant contact,” he said. “But there’s no way they’re coming here.”

Schaefer said the reason is simple — space is huge.

If what we know about physics is true, Schaefer said, then it would take centuries for communication, let alone spaceships, to make it back and forth.

While fictional aliens typically at least resemble, as he described, “humans with a lot of plastic on their head,” the professor said, aliens would likely look nothing like us.

“The odds of aliens looking like us are virtually zero,” he said. “That is, unless there’s been some intergalactic hanky-panky.”

But just how good are the odds of us actually finding alien life?

Schaefer thinks aliens are probably common.

“In my personal opinion?”

Schaefer asked himself. “We’re finding that most stars have planets around them, just like ours does.

And a hefty fraction of them are in the habitable zone.”

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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TECHNOLOGY

Phishing attempts, identity theft still dangers at University Eric Allen Contributing Writer

ITS is warning students and faculty to be aware of hackers attempting identity theft through University emails.

This summer, University email addresses were blacklisted for a week because a hacker infiltrated the system and sent out spam emails. A blacklist identifies email addresses that are likely spam or phishing sources. It was the worst phishing attack in University history, said Sheri Thompson, IT planning and communications officer.

Because the University is a

public school with public email accounts, it is much easier for hackers to send spam emails to students and members of the faculty, Thompson said. Hackers often make their spam emails look legitimate to trick people into giving their private information over the Internet.

“When most people think of phishing emails, you think of the ‘Wealthy prince is giving away tons of money’ or the ‘You just won $1 million, click here!’ [emails], but there are more clever forms of phishing,” Thompson said.

To avoid becoming a phishing victim, Thompson recommends ignoring emails students or faculty

don’t expect from the University.

If a URL looks suspicious or the email in question asks for any personal information immediately, it is a phishing attempt, she said.

The Anti-Phishing Working Group, an international organization devoted to the education and reporting of phishing, also recommends users regularly monitor their credit card and debit payments, ensure their browser is up-to-date with security patches, always use secured websites when making an online purchase and consider installing a Web browser toolbar to protect from known fraudulent sites.

APWG suggests Internet Explorer Version 7 and Mozilla Firefox Version 2.0 as search engines that offer the toolbars.

Previously, LSU Campus Federal Credit Union offered a free credit monitoring service to students and faculty, but because of cutbacks, it will no longer be offered after September 2010.

“All it takes is just one person to hack into all emails on the server,” Thompson said.

University email addresses are no longer blacklisted, and all

accounts are operational, Thompson said.

APWG offers more tips and contacts for victims of phishing on their website, antiphishing.org.

Thompson recommends victims of phishing contact their bank and credit card companies to report any identity theft and notify the police immediately.

Contact Eric Allen at eallen@lsureveille.com

COMMUNITY

Neighborhood organization on State Street to clean up area Landowners looking for community aid

Tuesday August 24

Frederick Holl Staff Writer

Change is coming to State Street, one person, one day and one brick at a time.

Jeremy Dellafiora, a landlord who owns two apartment buildings on State Street, is starting a neighborhood organization to gentrify the popular neighborhood near the University’s North Gate area.

“I hate to say association because it implies dues,” Dellafiora said.

Dellafiora bought his first property on State Street in 2002 before seeing it. He said he was afraid he would be scared away from the purchase if he saw it in person. When he finally arrived to take a look, he knew something needed to be done.

“I didn’t really have a plan. I just knew it needed to be cleaned up,” Dellafiora said.

Dellafiora and other local landowners have taken steps over the years like creating a sidewalk and warding off criminal activity, but he said they need the support of the community now.

“I believe the student body is the key to change,” Dellafiora said.

Dellafiora envisions the neighborhood having two to four information gatherings with residents a year, with the first meeting to take place before the annual Carlotta Street Halloween block party.

“If the residents were empowered with information, they would have the ability to make good decisions,” he said.

A few months ago, Dellafiora was doing foundation work on his property when he saw a man walking down the street with what looked like a stolen air conditioner window unit in a rolling trash can, he said.

But across the street, there was a young man following the man on the phone with the police, Dellafiora said.

“To me, that was the

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community coming together. That said, ‘This is my street, and that’s wrong,’” he said.

Dellafiora confronted the man, who ran away down Highland Road and was picked up by police minutes later, he said.

“If he hadn’t called the cops, the guy would have gotten away with it,” Dellafiora said.

Wilford Gallaspy, an undeclared sophomore who lives on State Street, had called the police.

Gallaspy said he has seen the need for change in his community.

“People walk up to your residence and offer you drugs,” he said.

“The worst thing is the beggars — they’ll ring your doorbell and ask for money.”

But State Street has more to offer residents and visitors than suspicious activity.

State Street is a unique community with a lot of history, said Clarke Cadzow, owner of Highland Coffees.

“Many of my employees and

customers live on State Street, and the words I would use to describe the neighborhood are ‘eclectic’ and ‘alternative,’” Cadzow said.

State Street used to be called “Professor’s Row,” named for the many professors who lived in the area, and many of the houses on the street were built in the 1930s and ’40s, according to Cadzow, who studies the history of the North Gate area.

The neighborhood association and the efforts to clean up the streets are not meant to interfere with any of the unique culture the State Street area developed over the years, Dellafiora said.

“We want the art culture,” Dellafiora said. “I just want to clean up the beer bottles, cigarette butts, panhandlers and occasional violent crime.”

Contact Frederick Holl at fholl@lsureveille.com

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Spencer transfers to Nebraska as walk-on Staff Reports Former LSU point guard Bo Spencer has transferred to Nebraska, LSU Senior Associate Sports Information Director Kent Lowe confirmed Monday.

Spencer was suspended from the men’s basketball team for failing to meet academic requirements following LSU’s 2010 season. He was dismissed from the team prior to the start of the fall semester.

Lowe said the move was out of LSU’s hands, as SpenBO SPENCER cer was no lonFormer LSU point ger enrolled at guard the University.

“He was out of school at that point, so it’s his choice to continue his education,” he said. “It’s not a situation LSU has any control over.”

Spencer will join the Cornhuskers’ roster as a walk-on and will be a senior when he becomes eligible for the 2011-12 season.

The Baton Rouge native would have been the Tigers’ top returning scorer this season. He averaged 14.5 points and 36 minutes per game as a junior last season.

Spencer also helped LSU to the 2009 Southeastern Conference title, averaging 11.4 points and shooting 40 percent from 3-point range on the Tigers’ run to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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

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Piece of the Pie

Jefferson’s offseason experience could help offense climb charts Rob Landry Sports Contributor

“It’s you and me, baby, there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that.”

LSU coach Les Miles easily could have borrowed this line from the classic television

show “The Jeffersons” when talking to junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson about the 2010 season.

For the first time since the 2006 season when JaMarcus Russell returned, the Tigers will open their season with the same quarterback that started the

‘I’m confident in this team and confident in this offense ... I’m just waiting for a great season.’

Jordan Jefferson LSU junior quarterback

previous season.

LSU offensive coordinator Gary Crowton said the experience Jefferson gained last season will help him exponentially this season.

“Quarterbacks need to JEFFERSON, see page 15

Jefferson stats: 2009: Yards: 2,166 TD: 17 INT: 7 Rating: 137.18 Highlight: 242 yards, two TDs (Oct. 24 vs. Auburn) 2008: Yards: 419 TD: 4 INT: 1 Rating: 112.8 Highlight: 142 yards, 1 TD (Dec. 21 vs. Georgia Tech)

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LSU junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson prepares to throw Monday during practice.

Career: Yards: 2,585 TD: 21 INT: 8 Rating: 125.05

RENOVATIONS

Colored windows coming to stadium Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva has a new vision for Tiger Stadium, one of the most iconic landmarks on the LSU campus.

That vision includes the installation of 430 new purple and gold windows, a $3.6 million project to increase the stadium’s aesthetic appeal and protect it from the dangers of moisture seeping in.

Alleva said the stadium is long overdue for a facelift.

“We do all this stuff to the outside, so it’s a shame it’s taken this long to do something about those windows,” Alleva said.

The preliminary plan is to replace a bank of 12 windows in the next two weeks before football season to give fans a preview of what the construction will look like.

The money for the project will be privately raised, Alleva said, by selling each window for $2,000.

Seventy-five windows on the north side have already been sold.

Alleva said the goal for the windows’ completion is the end of the 2010 football season. He hopes alumni who lived in the Tiger Stadium dormitories — opened in the 1930s and closed in the ’80s — will be inclined to purchase windows to expedite the renovation process.

“We hope people will say, ‘Wow,’ and hopefully they’ll want to help us out,” Alleva said. “We’re STADIUM, see page 19

FOOTBALL

Ridley, Murphy, Ford muscles behind running back corps Murphy honored with No. 18 jersey Rowan Kavner Sports Writer

Too slow. Too young. Too injury-prone.

LSU’s running backs have heard it all. Now junior Stevan Ridley, senior Richard Murphy and redshirt freshman Michael Ford can silence the naysayers.

The Tigers were ranked No. 84 nationally in rushing yards with 1,596 and No. 83 in rushing touchdowns with 15 in 2009.

But the Tigers ran the football well with a fresh group of running backs in LSU’s spring game March

27. The white team averaged 6.7 finding the end zone in 2009, endyards per rush, and the purple team ing the year as the starter after foraveraged 5.6 yards per rush. mer running backs Charles Scott Ridley said the trio has main- and Keiland Williams were injured. tained a positive relationship while Ridley finished with three rushing battling for touchdowns, only one playing time. less than Scott, de“Until one spite only starting the of us separates final two games. ourselves and “The real gamedistances ourtime experience is goselves from ing to give me a little another, you’re edge coming into the going to see season,” Ridley said. three backs in “I wouldn’t say I’ve Stevan Ridley there,” Ridley sealed the spot by any LSU junior running back said.

“That’s means. But I’m definot really a bad nitely working hard to thing, because everybody will have pick up where I left off, and I left fresh legs, and they’re going to be off last year the starting back.” able to roll.”

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‘The real game-time experience is going to give me a little edge coming into the season.’

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Tulane defenders tackle LSU running back Stevan Ridley on Oct. 31 during the Tigers’ 42-0 win. Ridley finished the season with three rushing touchdowns.

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Two new starters to join Levingston on defensive line Chavis impressed with junior Adams Erin Henley Sports Contributor

The 2010 edition of the LSU defensive line will feature new faces and a completely revamped look.

LSU will have two new starters at defensive end. Defensive coordinator John Chavis was impressed with 6-foot-5inch, 255-pound defensive end Kendrick Adams, a junior college transfer.

“He looks totally different than the way he did when he got here,” Chavis said of Adams. “If you haven’t seen him yet, you will be impressed when you do see him.”

Also competing for a spot at defensive end are returning sophomores Lavar Edwards and Chancey Aghayere, along with redshirt freshmen Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery.

Adams thinks the competition for a starting spot ups the stakes at practices.

“Everybody wants a spot out there,” Adams said. “So everyday you have to go out there and compete and work hard.”

NFL

Saints’ reserve running back out for the year Hill and Lynell both out with injuries The Associated Press METAIRIE (AP) — Sean Payton would prefer to have a running back other than Reggie Bush or Pierre Thomas handle the pounding of certain short-yardage carries and those late-game runs when the Saints are trying to protect leads and wind down the clock.

With two preseason games left, the search for that role appears wide open.

Running back P.J. Hill, a promising second-year pro out of Wisconsin, was waived on Monday and is expected to be placed on injured reserve with a partial triceps tear that will sideline him for the season.

Hill’s injury comes less than two weeks after a season-ending right knee injury to Lynell Hamilton, who entered training camp as the leading candidate to become the third running back after Mike Bell, who handled that role in 2009, left for Philadelphia in free agency.

“There’s a couple players that

aren’t here who were here a year ago at this time, Lynell being one of them, who’s now injured, Mike Bell certainly being the other,” Payton said. “These other guys are going to have to really step up and prove themselves for a spot on the roster.”

Now that Hill is out, the “other guys” now consist of undrafted rookie Chris Ivory, recently acquired veteran free agent Ladell Betts and DeShawn Wynn.

Ivory, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound power runner who last year transferred from Washington State to Division II Tiffin, has impressed Payton so far, rushing 26 times for 96 yards and one touchdown in two exhibition games. However, he has made some rookie mistakes and last Saturday against Houston, he was unable to score on first-andgoal from the one-yard line.

“He ran hard and had good effort. He’s got good balance,” Payton said. “He finishes runs well, which has been pretty exciting to see, and yet there’s a ton of things that he’s working on like any rookie would be.”

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Chavis is excited about the impact redshirt freshman Michael Brockers could have at defensive tackle this fall.

“Michael Brockers is a name that you are going to want to know.” Chavis said.

Checking in at 300 pounds, the 6-foot-6-inch Brockers adds bulk and depth to the defensive tackle position. Chavis may have singled him out, but Brockers was eager to talk about the defensive unit as a whole.

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Junior defensive end Kendrick Adams (94) goes up against another defensive player in a drill March 9 at the indoor field of the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.

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Peterson, others attempt to fill Holliday’s shoes this season Seniors return at punter, placekicker Hunt Palmer Sports Contributor

After four years of electrifying Tiger fans on kickoff and punt returns, Trindon Holliday has moved on to the NFL. Though diminutive in stature, the 5-foot-5 inch speedster leaves behind a giant statistical hole in the Tiger return game. It’s a hole that a number of players are eager to fill.

“Playing kick returner is nothing new to me. When I was in high school, I played punt returner and kick returner,” said junior cornerback Patrick Peterson. “It’s definitely going to be fun this year.”

LSU coach Les Miles has identified Peterson as the primary punt returner but mentioned junior cornerback Ron Brooks, sophomore wide receiver Russell Shepard and sophomore cornerback Morris Claiborne as players who may see time, as well.

Shepard relishes the challenge of replacing the second-leading returner in school history.

“It’s something that I look forward to,” Shepard said. “I’ve never had that much space in my career, and I look forward to seeing what that’s like.”

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Sophomore cornerback, Morris Claiborne (17) and senior cornerback, Jai Eugene (4) practice Monday. Claiborne is expected to see time this season.

The only member of the team with any substantial experience in the return game is Brooks. He returned 13 kickoffs in 2009 for an average of 19.4 yards. Brooks said playing alongside Holliday for a season was great experience as he gets set to take on a greater workload in 2010.

“I just sat back, and I really watched Trindon. The way he made a move, made a cut, he made

it full speed. That’s something that I’ve taken and added to my game,” Brooks said.

Brooks’ contribution to special teams doesn’t stop with the return game. He has been a vital member of the kickoff coverage unit, which ranked first in the Southeastern Conference in net yards per kick last season.

Another member of that unit is senior safety Daniel Graff. The

New Orleans native returns as a leader on the kickoff unit after amassing seven tackles last season.

Graff’s future was uncertain eight months ago, but the NCAA granted him a sixth year of eligibility in February, an opportunity Graff welcomed with open arms.

“I was a little worried in January because I had to start looking for a job. I had to start putting my résumé together,” he said.

Now that Graff’s future is more certain, he is ready to enjoy his final season.

“It’s fun. The kickoff team, we call it the ‘Attack Team.’ That pretty much sets the tone for the game,” he said. “We all love it.

We like to make little bets on who gets down the field fastest or who makes the first tackle of the year.”

“Nobody wants to lose,” joked junior linebacker Ryan Baker. “Nobody wants to give up any money.”

Baker has been a standout on special teams his first two years as a Tiger but was slated to start at linebacker in 2010 before breaking his jaw in practice. He will miss four to six weeks.

The added responsibility of a potential starting role won’t detract from his special teams work.

“I haven’t given it up,” he added. “It’s what got me where I am.”

Senior placekicker Josh Jasper will be kicking the balls Graff and

company will be covering. Jasper kicked off 67 times last year, three of which were touchbacks. It’s the part of his game that received the most attention this summer.

“I’m working really hard on kicking off and trying to get the ball deeper,” said Jasper. “Hopefully we can get a few more touchbacks this year.”

Jasper was 17-for-20 on field goal attempts last season and wowed the fans with a 57-yard kick in to a strong wind in the Tigers’ spring game.

Derek Helton is the returning starter at punter after averaging what he called a “mediocre” 40 yards per punt last season.

Helton, a senior, will be pushed by true freshman Brad Wing. Wing, who graduated from Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge, hails from Melbourne, Australia.

He arrived late to fall camp after the NCAA took extra time to look over his transcripts before clearing him to participate in practice, but he has been promised a chance to compete for the job.

“We’re good friends,” Wing said of Helton. “Hopefully we can push each other and make each other better punters.”

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FOOTBALL

Tebow or no Tebow, Florida the team to beat in SEC Rest of conference is wide open

Sean Isabella Sports Writer

The Southeastern Conference’s East Division is about as wide open as can be following the departure of Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow.

But despite being without Tebow for the first time in four years, the Gators should have enough talent to go back to Atlanta for the SEC Championship.

Other than Florida, South Carolina has the tools to put together a viable squad to compete with the Gators, while Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt round out the division and will duke it out for the remaining bowl bid opportunities.

Here’s a preview of the SEC East with teams listed in predicted order of finish with predicted records in parenthesis.

FLORIDA (10-2) Notable games: Oct. 2 at Alabama, Nov. 27 at Florida State What to look for: Say farewell to the beloved Tim Tebow and get familiar with the Gators’ new quarterback, John Brantley. The junior

has huge shoes to fill, but following another top-ranked recruiting class, Florida is the early favorite to make it to the SEC Championship for the third-straight year.

SOUTH CAROLINA (9-3) Notable games: Sept. 11 vs.

Georgia, Oct. 30 vs. Tennessee What to look for: It’s now or never for Stephen Garcia. The junior quarterback finished last season as the SEC’s second-best signal caller behind Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett and should have a shot to dethrone Florida at the top of the SEC East.

In each of the previous two seasons the Gamecocks have burst out of the gate with 5-2 records in their first seven games, yet only managed to win two games the rest of the way to post back-to-back 7-6 records.

GEORGIA (7-5) Notable games: Oct. 30 vs.

Florida, Nov. 27 vs. Georgia Tech What to look for: Fresh off a disappointing 8-5 season, Georgia is amid a transition to a 3-4 defense to spruce up a unit that finished in the bottom half of the SEC. Redshirt freshmen Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger were expected to battle it out to replace Joe Cox at quarterback, but that crumbled after Mettenberger

was dismissed from the team for violating team rules.

Bulldogs coach Mark Richt needs someone to throw the ball to All-American wide receiver A.J. Green, leaving Murray in competition with junior Logan Gray to lead the Georgia offense.

KENTUCKY (5-7) Notable games: Sept. 4 at Louisville, Nov. 27 at Tennessee What to look for: Randall Cobb.

Remember that name because he is probably the only thing you’ll hear associated with the Wildcats. Cobb is a prototypical jack-of-all-trades guy – as the former quarterback splits time at receiver and running back and also handles the team’s kickoff and punt return duties.

TENNESSEE (5-7)

Notable games: Sept. 11 vs.

Oregon, Oct. 9 vs. Georgia What to look for: Things can’t be much worse in Rocky Top Nation. Former Louisiana Tech coach Derek Dooley will somehow try and patch up a disorganized team left by Lane Kiffin.

Junior college transfer Matt Simms remains atop the depth chart at quarterback but will be without former No. 1 running back recruit Bryce Brown who transferred to Kansas State.

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Florida quarterback John Brantley (12) rolls out looking for a receiver against Florida International Nov. 21, 2009.

VANDERBILT (4-8) Notable games: Oct. 23 vs. South Carolina, Nov. 6 vs. Florida What to look for: The Commodores may very well have the least -talented team in the SEC. Even so, new coach Robbie Caldwell should help Vanderbilt fans cope with the fact that they haven’t had a winning SEC season since 1982.

Caldwell provided entertainment at SEC Media Days in July with his thick country accent and jolly personality, but fans will have to wait until Caldwell and his troops open up with Northwestern on Sept. 4 to see if that can translate to the gridiron.

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Deville said the school has been collecting donations since 1998, and more than 100 donors have contributed upward of $1,000. The leading gift, contributed by RoyOMartin, a Louisiana lumber company, is $3 million.

“A lot of them are business school alumni, while some have no connection to LSU whatsoever outside of wanting to support the flagship university of the state and especially the College of Business,” Rodrigue said.

He said fundraising will be an ongoing process.

“It’s definitely a concern in that we do need and want to raise the money,” he said. “They’re not going to start tearing down the complex anytime soon — we aren’t worried about that.”

Rodrigue said he is confident the Business College can raise the remaining money.

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“get used to the [North Carolina] color scheme,” Miles said.

“We’re not that far along [in preparation], to be honest,” Miles said. “I always feel like we’re ahead, but when I look at the execution, it has to be better. We’ll start to introduce North Carolina. ... There might be a period or two that is North Carolina in nature, but by and large we’ll be practicing against LSU.” Miles said sophomore wide receiver Chris Tolliver will not play in the scrimmage after suffering a noncontact injury in practice.

Junior linebacker Ryan Baker also won’t play, but Miles said his recovery from a broken jaw is progressing at an encouraging rate.

Miles said the earliest Baker could return would be the first week in September, three weeks after the injury. “[Tolliver] took a very unusual fall. No other player was involved,” Miles said. “They’re trying helmets on [Baker]. We’re closer than we’ve been.”

The condition of sophomore defensive tackle Josh Downs, who was carted off the field Aug. 19 in the team’s scrimmage, is questionable.

Miles said he had “an inconclusive view” of Downs’ injury.

With the departure of quarterback Zach Lee to the Los Angeles Dodgers last week, Miles said LSU has awarded the scholarship he left, though he would not acknowledge the recipient.

“It makes no difference how I coach these guys if they’re on scholarship or they have no aid,” Miles said. “I don’t necessarily focus on the people on scholarship as I do the team. We’re using the scholarships we think we should use.”

Miles complimented the play of freshman defensive back Eric Reid in practice, and he said Reid, redshirt freshman safety Craig Loston and freshman defensive back Ronnie Vinson “may play real snaps.” “[Reid] is a guy with good size and speed, and he’s smart as a whip,” Miles said. “In time he’ll certainly hold down a secondary spot. ... He’s potentially a bright player long-term.”

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“Once people see the physical signs of the complex, more interest will be generated in people wanting to give,” he said.

But the remaining $8 million only covers the cost of construction. A separate fund will be established to cover the cost of furnishing the complex.

“That’s a separate topic,” Rodrigue said. “Fundraising isn’t going to stop once the complex is built.”

No deadline to raise the remaining $8 million is in place, Rodrigue said.

CONSTRUCTION STATUS The Lemoine Company, which constructed both the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes and the LSU Museum of Art, had the winning construction bid of $40 million.

“It’s a fairly large project for us,” said Bryan O’Connor,

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direct corollary of the freedom in the classroom.”

Homberger also filed a grievance with the grievance committee, a subsidiary of Faculty Senate.

The committee collects evidence, requests information of concerned parties and makes a final recommendation to the Office of Academic Affairs, according to Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope.

Cope said the findings are confidential to Homberger unless she releases them. Homberger is currently out of the country and unavailable for comment.

The AAUP is also investigating the case of van Heerden, a former University professor and former director of the Hurricane Center, who claimed his contract was not renewed for retaliatory reasons.

Van Heerden told The Daily Reveille on April 23, 2009, 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 claims caused a huge uproar and garnered national attention because of the case’s close tie to Hurricane Katrina.

Van Heerden filed suit against the University last year, stating he was wrongfully terminated for retaliatory reasons. A federal judge dismissed the case because van Heerden failed to show how the University’s decision was based on levee failure during Hurricane Katrina.

Kreiser’s letter to Chancellor Martin said van Heerden’s firing “raises significant issues of academic freedom, tenure and due process.”

“We have been in correspondence with administration in reference to the case about van Heerden, and there have been no responses from the chancellor,” Kreiser said. “Their attorney said they would not cooperate with the investigation.”

The chancellor will comment on a draft text prepared by the AAUP based on its findings.

The committee will then prepare a report, which will be

assistant project manager. “It seems challenging, and it’s something we wanted to be a part of.”

O’Connor said complete steel structures for two of the four main buildings are nearly finished and concrete is poured for both the auditorium and the undergraduate pavilion.

“We’ve been planning this for about 12 years now,” Rodrigue said. “So to finally see it come to fruition creates a lot of excitement.”

People interested in monitoring the progress of the construction can go to the College of Business website, which has a live webcam of the construction site.

“We definitely want people to see our progress,” Rodrigue said.

“We want to be as transparent as possible and let them know what’s going on at the college.”

FUTURE OF THE COLLEGE Rodrigue said the complex reviewed for publication and published on the AAUP’s website.

“The authority of the AAUP is an authority we have had since our founding in 1915, which is to ensure the acceptable standards of academic standards and due process,” Kreiser said. “Actions taken by the administration in these two cases do not conform with these standards.”

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 will create new opportunities for the school.

“Our main focus with this is it’s not just about the complex,” Rodrigue said. “It’s about what the complex will allow — the programs it will allow our students to take part in and projects our faculty will be able to provide for our students.”

Rodrigue said one of the growth initiatives of the College of Business is globalization, which is why the school partnered in 2009 with the University of São Paulo in Brazil.

“This allows us to bring in more faculty, do better exchanges with other countries that our students are going to have to ultimately work with when they start their career,” Rodrigue said. “For us to be able to do that, we have to be able to communicate with people not only in the state but outside the state, as well.”

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The former fullback is beginning to acquire a running back’s frame. He said he’s already down to 225 pounds after playing the spring game at 242 pounds.

“I don’t know about my speed if it’s picked up that much, but I do definitely feel quicker with my cuts,” Ridley said. “I feel more explosive than I was before.”

LSU coach Les Miles said Murphy should also be elusive once again after recovering from an ACL tear he suffered last season against Vanderbilt. He is sporting the No. 18 jersey this season, passed down from past leaders Jacob Hester and Richard Dickson to the player who best represents LSU. “That tells you who Murphy is,” Miles said. “Off the field, Richard Murphy is a great young man, and on the field they expect him to play with great talent and ability and make them proud of that number.”

Murphy, who has rushed for 442 yards and two touchdowns and has 19 receptions for 170 yards in 29 career games, said he is proud of the new number on his back. He formerly wore No. 26.

“It’s an honor to wear it,” Murphy said. “It makes you feel good. That’s the number everybody passed down. You’ve got a role to play. I feel I can be the guy to represent LSU on and off the field.”

The Tigers also boast freshman running backs Spencer Ware, Jakhari Gore, Connor Neighbors and Alfred Blue. But the rookie expected to contribute immediately is Ford, who redshirted last season.

He is the youngest and least known member of the starting trio, but the anticipation surrounding him is undeniable. He broke the rushing record at Leesville High School and turned heads at the spring game, running for a staggering 139 yards on 19 carries.

Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton said Ford was fast, explosive and difficult to tackle throughout the spring.

“He’s got a chance to keep battling in there and see what happens when we get to our league play,” Crowton said. “I have a very positive feeling about Ford.”

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understand the offense, understand the game, understand the situations,” Crowton said. “And having that year under his belt as a starter for the whole year is something that will really help him.”

But Crowton is not finished attempting to perfect Jefferson’s game.

“We’re working on his accuracy, we’re working on keeping his feet up underneath him,” Crowton said. “As a runner, try to get him to get vertical and get down the field, and try to get him to get down instead of taking big hits.”

Jefferson spent much of the offseason working on his release time to cut down on sacks. In 2009, Jefferson led the Southeastern Conference and was eighth in the nation in sacks, going down 34 times.

“Another element that I had to work on during the offseason, and I’m having to work on it in camp, is pocket presence,” Jefferson said. “I’ve just got to feel the defender and step up into the

pocket, trust my offensive line the season opener at Washingand keep my eyes upfield.” ton when he completed 11-of-17 Another part of the passing passes for 172 yards and a careergame in which Jefferson has been high three touchdowns. making strides is cutting down on His mobility is another asindecision in the pocket. set. Jefferson has rushed for 305 “I’ve been working on mak- yards and two touchdowns. ing my reads quicker,” Jefferson But his lack of maturity and said.

“The composure negareceivers are tively affected the open, and Tigers at times last they’re goseason, especially ing to work down the stretch in the routes, and games — most nowe’re going to tably in LSU’s 25win in one-on23 loss at Ole Miss, one situations. in which Jefferson Jordan Jefferson So whenever I spiked the ball to LSU junior quarterback see a guy open stop the clock as I’m going to time expired with release the ball to them.”

LSU deep in Rebel territory.

Jefferson completed 61.5 “We were leading every team percent of his passes for 2,166 but one in the fourth quarter, and yards, 17 touchdowns and seven we lost four games,” Jefferson interceptions in 2009. He com- said. “If I was very experienced piled these stats despite being the and the guys that had played youngest starting quarterback in were very experienced, I feel like the SEC and the youngest quar- we could have won twelve games terback to start a season opener last season.” for the Tigers since 1945 – when Miles said he has faith the St. Y.A. Tittle started against Rice.

Rose native is resilient enough Jefferson showed flashes of to put his past shortcomings his high potential, especially in behind him and take control of

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‘I live to be in control. I live to manage the team.’

pressure on opposing quarterbacks, with only 21 recorded to each other, we go out as a unit. sacks in the 2009 season.

Right now I’m feeling really “We are trying to concengood about our unit and every- trate more on pass rush,” Levthing that we put into it.” ingston said. “Because we kind While seof fell short of pass niors Lazarius rush last season, and Levingston we’re trying to bring and Drake that back.”

Nevis will be While many veterans, Chaagree the unit is talvis expects ented, some have Brockers and expressed concern fellow redabout the lack of size shirt freshmen inside. The 6-foot-4Chris Daveninch Levingston is port and Benlisted at 280 pounds Lazarius Levingston nie Logan will but claims to be see some ac“292 plus.” LevingsLSU senior defensive tackle tion at defenton dismissed any sive tackle. concerns fans may Levingston, nicknamed have about the defensive unit.

“Pep,” started at defensive end “I like to see myself along last year but is hoping to bring with my team as a versatile more speed inside with a move group,” Levingston asserted. to defensive tackle. Levingston “We just don’t want to sell ourplayed 11 games last year with 10 selves short for being able to do starts and finished the year with one thing.”

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the huddle.

“One thing about it,” Miles said. “When you have a tough man at quarterback, leadership will eventually come to him because he has to be tough.”

Jefferson is ready to be the go-to guy and take command of the offense.

“I live to be in control,” Jefferson said. “I live to manage the team.”

That drive to be the face of the offense has Jefferson optimistic about the Tigers’ ability to move the football.

“I’m confident in this team and confident in this offense,” Jefferson said. “Every individual here, I’m confident in them, and I’m just waiting for a great season.”

Jefferson’s play will be vital in whether the Tigers make it to the east side in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game and have a shot to get a piece of the pie.

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‘I like to see myself along with my team as a versatile group ... We just don’t want ... to do one thing.’

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LSU senior defensive tackle Lazarius Levingston pushes past Mississippi State junior offensive lineman Addison Lawrence on Sept. 26. The Tigers won, 30-26.

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CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE

Opinion

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010

Union renovations leave students hungry for more options

I vividly remember my first semester at the University in summer 2005. Classes were dynamic, people were friendly and the Student Union was my in between class hangout.

Five years later, the classes are still dynamic and the people continue to be friendly — but my old stomping ground remains in a state of perpetual renovation.

I once gorged on some of the best home-cooked breakfast items imaginable, though now I can only taste them in my dreams. The Freshens Smoothies were refreshing, the salad bar was healthy and the Chick-fil-A

was there to cater to my cravings for waffle fries and nuggets to no end.

Sadly, my on-campus food mecca eventually succumbed to the ever-popular and seemingly unending curse of campus renovations.

Union construction broke ground in fall 2006. Four years and $54.6 million later, my once favorite hangout is still unfinished. The Tiger Lair food court is a veritable wasteland — filled with only fond memories of days gone past.

So what is one to do when their primary source of on-cam-

pus food goes out of commission for this long?

I n i t i a l l y, I starved. But after a few hours of hunger pangs I ventured out a little bit and found a whole new world of sustenance.

Andrew For the Robertson Opinion Editor on-campus option, Subway became my newer, and healthier, way to “eat fresh.” Journeying off campus led me to discover Atcha

Bakery on Nicholson Drive, and then Roul’s Deli and Highland Coffees on Highland Road.

And in the years since, I have discovered a smorgasbord of student-friendly options to satisfy the empty space created in my stomach by perpetual Union renovation.

If the Union ever actually reaches completion, I’m certain it will be remarkable. There’s no doubt our campus will be graced by one of the premier student hangouts in the nation — though with our current financial situation, I can’t help wondering if there will be any students left to

enjoy the lavish facility we’ve sunk vast resources and energy into “fixing.”

Andrew Robertson is a 23-yearold English writing and culture senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_Arobertson.

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SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE

Report says the oil may be invisible, but it’s not gone

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a four-page report Aug. 4, attempting to quantify the amount of oil remaining in the Gulf of Mexico after the spill and to explain what exactly happened to the oil no longer forming slicks on the Gulf’s surface.

According to the report, about 25 percent of the oil has naturally dissolved or evaporated, another 25 percent has been burned or skimmed, about 24 percent was either naturally or chemically dispersed and only 26 percent of the original oil remains.

The study sparked a great deal of controversy, both from residents of the coast and from researchers in the Gulf. Both groups have described the report as more spin than science, but for just for a moment, let’s take the report as fact.

If the report is accurate, we certainly have something to celebrate. If three quarters of the oil is no longer a problem, there shouldn’t be much left to clean up at this point.

Unfortunately, this sunny outlook doesn’t take into account the magnitude of the original spill.

According to the most recent government estimates, about 207 million gallons, or 4.9 million barrels, of oil escaped from the Deepwater Horizon well. That means there are about 54 million gallons of oil still pooling on the surface of the gulf, about five times the amount spilled by the Exxon Valdez accident in 1989.

Fortunately, the Gulf of

Mexico and Prince William Sound have dramatically different climates and ecosystems.

The warm water of the Gulf not only encourages the evaporation of the oil and other comAndrew pounds, but it Shockey also plays host Columnist to millions of microscopic oil-eating organisms not found in large numbers in colder climates.

An oil spill of this magnitude is obviously unnatural and constitutes an ecological crisis, though the Gulf of Mexico regularly deals with smaller amounts of oil naturally leaking from the ocean floor.

However, evaporation and dissolution only account for about a quarter of the spill, which, when combined with human efforts like skimming and burning, only account for half of the original oil. The last 24 percent of the vanishing oil was dispersed either naturally or “as the result of operations,” according to the NOAA’s report.

This does not mean the oil is gone. When oil is dispersed, it breaks up into tiny droplets that are then distributed throughout the water column, many of which recombine and sink to the ocean floor.

While this certainly makes the surface look better, and can make it easier for the oil to naturally dissolve and biodegrade, it comes at the cost of pouring toxic

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oil dispersants into the Gulf.

This process not only pollutes the water but also makes the oil impossible to recover through other methods and affects bottom dwelling sea creatures such as shrimp and crabs.

Research is currently underway on the long-term effects of the spill on Louisiana’s blue crab populations after oil was found contaminating crab larvae. Tainted crabs could have long term effects on numerous sea creature populations, which would affect Louisiana’s $300 million-a-year

crab industry, not to mention populations of redfish and other crab eating animals.

Dispersed oil hasn’t gone anywhere. It has just changed form.

The bottom line is even if the best-case scenario is true and half of the oil is gone, there are still more than 100 million gallons of oil either floating on or beneath the surface of the Gulf.

While the well is finally capped and clean up crews are packing up, there remains a monumental task ahead of us, and we

will most certainly be living with BP’s big mistake for a long time.

Andrew Shockey is a 19-year-old biological engineering sophomore from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_Ashockey.

Contact Andrew Shockey at ashockey@lsureveille.com

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Quote of the Day “Plato was a bore.”

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Study shows iPhone users have more sex than others Fall is in the air.

The changing of the seasons brings fellowship, football season, the return to the stately oaks and broad magnolias, and cooler weather. Well, this is south Louisiana, so scratch that last one.

As students return to campus, some things never change. Classes are boring, Tigerland parties, the University is falling apart faster than Earth in “2012” and I still hate Apple.

Fortunately, I’m not here to bring the doom and gloom of forlorn budget cuts you’ve been reading about these first two days of class. I’m here to talk about how another prestigious organization spends its money to further research and knowledge.

The online dating website OKCupid recently released a survey distributed to its members and reported the thrilling fact that iPhone users have more sex than any other

smart phone handler.

Groundbreaking information, I know.

The website polled 9,785 of its users, asking various questions concerning photo attractiveness in certain situations, what time of the day users feel they Adam Arinder look their best Columnist and how many sexual partners they’ve had.

The report shows men with iPhones have had 10 sexual partners by age 30, compared to eight partners for men with BlackBerrys and six for those with Android devices.

The study also shows women are a bit more, let’s say, promiscuous than their male counterparts.

On average, by age 30 women with iPhones have had 12 1/2 sexual partners, with BlackBerry owners reaching almost nine and Android holders at six.

First of all, the fact someone, somewhere took the time to crunch this data amuses me. While a toptier University is struggling to keep the power turned on, studies are being conducted to show who gets more action.

But hey, it’s a dating website.

Everyone lies about their information on those things anyway.

Secondly, why are the numbers so staggering?

While it’s no secret iPhones have taken over the world, one would assume because it’s the best selling phone, of course its users would get around more.

Not so fast, my friend.

The iPhone has appeared to be the second coming of Christ for the past three years, but that may

not necessarily be true. Earlier this month, the NPD Group released numbers for the second quarter of 2010 in respect to smart phone sales, and Android has become the top-selling operating system among smart phones in America.

Score one for the little green robot.

But then again, does having more sexual partners mean you’re “cooler” than everyone else?

Living in a day where society has taught us that being cool means you have to go around glowing orange with hair like a greased monkey, fist pumping your way to a TV show, it’s not surprising to hear stuff like this.

How I learned of this study was my Apple rep from work sent me the link as a retort to me bragging about Android being No. 1 in sales (I’m a proud Droid Incredible owner myself).

This is the world in which we

live. Complete morons get on TV and become rich while those looking to further their academic careers find themselves studying in fear over the thought of losing their degrees or even entire colleges.

But a fair warning to all those iPhone owners hoping this new study can help you pick up that cute girl or guy for a fun night to get your number closer to “average” — just because your Apple product can’t catch any viruses doesn’t mean you can’t either.

Given these numbers, chances are you will catch something — and trust me, there isn’t an app for getting rid of it, either.

Adam Arinder is a 20-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com

POP GOES THE CULTURE

‘Vampires Suck,’ and so does the Twilight Saga Two teams will overtake the city of Baton Rouge this November with their infamous rivalry.

I wish I was talking about football.

Instead, I’m referring to “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.”

The final installment will be shot in Louisiana’s capital city toward the end of the fall semester and throughout much of next spring.

I can hear the rabid female fans squealing now.

Warning: This column will probably provoke a ton of hatemail — and that’s OK. At least you’d be displaying a strong-willed opinion, which is more than can be said for Bella Swan.

The announcement this summer has caused widespread speculation about where teen heartthrobs Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart — better known as the vampire Edward, his werewolf enemy Jacob and their object of desire, Bella — will be filming.

You’d practically have to be living in a coffin these past few years not to know the intense hostility — and stupidity — of the fanbases sparked by Stephenie Meyer’s book-turned-film franchise.

As it is in the storyline, common sense and self-preservation seem to fall by the wayside whenever “Twilight” fandom is involved.

Women of all ages devour the novels and flock to the movies in droves, just to fantasize about a sparkly, though sociopathic, vampire and a usually-shirtless werewolf.

Fans debate the pros and cons of dating vampires versus those of werewolves, while traditional literature enthusiasts argue with “Twilight” readers that vampires

spontaneously combust, rather than shimmer, in sunlight.

All parties concerned forget one thing: vampires and werewolves don’t exist.

And if they did, neither would make a good companion for Kelly Hotard a human.

Columnist So before Baton Rouge erupts in “Twilight” mania, it is time to propose a truce between Teams Edward and Jacob, the “Twi-hards” (reminiscent of toddler-speak when read aloud) and the “Twi-haters.”

What better way to relax tensions and promote peace than by gathering at a movie theater to see a great comedy with a meaningful message for the whole family, equipped with a profound title?

“Vampires Suck.”

Let me be clear: This “Twilight Saga” parody is not a good movie in the conventional sense. It is 82 minutes of pathetic dialogue and unconvincing performances centered around graphic, plotless action.

This over-the-top quality is what makes it so true to “Twilight” — the satire must be stupid to depict the reality of the original.

But at least the directors of the “Scary Movie” spoofs aren’t trying to pass off their latest creation as anything else. It has a conscious absurdity, and that’s what makes it better than “Twilight.”

Even in all its crude humor and gore, “Vampires Suck” portrays infinitely more realism than the franchise it mocks. It exposes the so-called saga for what it really is: two monsters fighting over a

piece of meat.

It’s sad when it takes a parody to infuse common sense into the pop culture of a generation. “Vampires Suck” serves as a long-overdue and much-needed platform for intervention.

People should appreciate this feature-length caricature — not for any cinematic quality, but for the good cause it represents.

“Vampires Suck” tells you everything you need to know about the first two “Twilight” films in fewer than 90 minutes while producing more laughs than all the novels and movies combined.

That’s no small feat.

But directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer didn’t stop the cultural criticism with “Twilight” — delightful backlashes against the idiotic “Jersey Shore,” “Gossip Girls” and Lady Gaga abound.

“Vampires Suck” is an eyeopening, must-see movie for Generation Y. If you or someone you know exhibits Twi-hard tendencies or guido/guidette symptoms, see this movie immediately. Say you’re going “Twilight” star stalking, if you must — whatever it takes to get them to the nearest showing.

If you’re immune to the above pop culture trends, great. You’ll truly be able to appreciate the sadbut-true statements in “Vampires Suck.”

Yes, the movie is graphic. But how else to illustrate to Teams Edward and Jacob what awful love interests vampires and werewolves would make?

And although everyone needs a good dose of fantasy and romance in his or her life, the colder-thanEdward truth is this: “Twilight” is neither.

Stephenie Meyer’s multi-million dollar cultural phenomenon

is a sick excuse for a love story. If that’s your version of soft porn, the state of human sexuality is more deplorable than I thought.

“Twilight” is for those who hate reading but want to look smart by carrying around a 3-inch-thick book — never mind that each installment is 300-plus pages of the most mindless prose ever.

Quit calling it the modernized “Romeo and Juliet” or “Wuthering Heights.” That’s an insult to authors, screenwriters and readers worldwide.

But most importantly, quit comparing it to “Harry Potter” and other fantasy works with actual literary elements beyond romance.

I’ll end with a sardonic thanks to “Twilight” for turning “bite me”

— a lame, out-of-vogue putdown —into a sexually-laced catchphrase for our generation.

And thank you, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, for making “Vampires Suck” my favorite movie of 2010 so far.

Kelly Hotard is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Picayune, Miss. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_khotard.

Contact Kelly Hotard at khotard@lsureveille.com

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Old, decaying Tiger Stadium windows will be replaced with new purple and gold ones.

STADIUM, from page 7

reaching out to fans, and there were guys who used to live in those dorms, so there’s sentimental value there. I hope that’s something that gets going where people say, ‘Hey, I lived in that dorm. I’ll buy a window!’”

Eddie Nunez, senior associate athletic director for internal affairs and development, said it is critical for the LSU community to recognize the significance of the window renovation, which he called “Alleva’s brainchild.”

“Tiger Stadium is an enormous structure that people come to see,” Nunez said. “It is important to invest time in enhancing the facility.”

Nunez agreed with Alleva’s assertion that the purpose of the

window overhaul is two-fold — visual improvement and protection from environmental hazards.

“The windows need sealing properly to keep the elements outside so we don’t crush the facility from the inside out,” Nunez said.

The most recent renovation to Tiger Stadium before the windows came in 2009, when a 27-foot-high by 80-foot-wide high-definition video board was added to the north end zone.

Tiger Stadium’s capacity of 92,400 puts it in the top 10 largest college football stadiums in the country.

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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