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Student death sparks awareness Carbon monoxide detectors given out

By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer

LSU faces first ranked foe in No. 15 Xavier

By David Helman Sports Writer

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LSU sophomore Bo Spencer dribbles the ball during the Tigers’ win Wednesday against Mississippi State.

To a Louisianian, the name Xavier on the LSU men’s basketball team’s schedule probably doesn’t inspire much enthusiasm.

But as New Orleans Hornets forward and former Musketeer David West would say, this is Xavier of Ohio (16-2, 5-0), not Xavier University of Louisiana. The No. 15 Musketeers will be LSU’s first ranked opponent of the season when the two teams square off Saturday at 7 p.m. in the PMAC. XAVIER, see page 6

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Xavier center Kenny Frease shoots a layup against Cincinnati on Dec. 31. LSU faces the No. 15 Musketeers on Saturday.

Blake Oser and his parents handed out carbon monoxide detectors to passerbys Thursday in the Northgate area, hoping to raise awareness and spur prevention. They know first hand the dangers of the highly toxic gas.

Sterling Kyle Oser, Blake’s older brother, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment at 528 E. State St. on Saturday afternoon. Kyle’s death was accidental, caused by a natural gas space heater in a small, unventilated room, according to Sgt. Don Kelly, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman. Lyric Cox, Kyle’s girlfriend and renter of the apartment, was found with Kyle and is currently in the ICU at West Jefferson Hospital, where she is expected to survive.

The carbon monoxide level in Oser’s blood was 60 percent, AWARENESS, see page 6

BOARD OF SUPS

Jindal reappoints former member Anderson to Board Staff Writer

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The LSU Board of Supervisors welcomed back former Chairman Ron Anderson at its meeting Thursday. He was first appointed to the Board by Gov. Mike Foster, and Gov. Bobby Jindal announced last week he would reappoint Anderson.

Anderson will fill the seat vacated by Board member Louis Lambert, whose term expired in June.

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new Tiger Marching Band Hall’s exterior design.

The hall is 19,500 square feet, including an indoor rehearsal room, musical instrument storage, uniform storage and dressing rooms and features practice fields on the northeast side of campus.

The new facility will replace the facility adjacent to the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.

The total cost is $10 million with $5 million in self-generated funds from the University.

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The Board began its meeting by discussing the impact of mid-year budget cuts on the System’s institutions. The University is facing a $10.3 million mid-year budget cut.

In addition to a reduction in state general funds of nearly $29 million, selected programs have been reduced by 5 percent for a total of $107,500.

The Board asked each of its institutions to target areas where funds can be reduced.

The University proposed reducing the amount of funding provided to the Digital Media Center for AVATAR. The Board also approved the

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LSU Board of Supervisors members and LSU System President John Lombardi discuss how to deal with government budget cuts in Thursday’s meeting.

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The rally and subsequent march to the Supreme Court came two days after the swearing-in of President Barack Obama, which many demonstrators said emphasized their need to become more vocal with their message. Among those attending the rally was Kirk Kramer of Cottage City, Md. Kramer, a Democrat, said he has mixed feelings about Obama. He supports the president’s position on Iraq but said he was concerned about statements Obama made during the campaign indicating support for the Freedom of Choice Act, which would overrule many state-level restrictions on access to abortion.

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Abortion opponents gather for a rally on the National Mall in Washington on Thursday before marching to the Supreme Court to mark the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade March for Life.

Obama’s personal win: Police: VaTech student keeping the BlackBerry knew suspected killer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry. Obama will be the first sitting president to use e-mail, and he has been reluctant to part with his ever-present handheld device. Its use will be limited to keeping in touch with senior staff and personal friends, said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

SG offering students opportunity to spend $5,000 Suggestions to be voted on in elections

By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer

While many students have been dissatisfied with the way Student Government spends their dollars, this semester’s SG election will finally provide an opportunity for students’ voices to be heard.

As part of a new SG initiative inspired by the actions of universities including Yale, the Senate is now taking suggestions on how best to spend about $5,000 of student fees.

“This is an opportunity for students to get a say in the funds that al-

ready go to SG and have them spent on something they want,” said Sen. Tyler Martin, College of Business, who sits on the Temporary Student Initiatives Committee overseeing the program.

Students received a broadcast email Jan. 20 asking them to submit project ideas to the SG Senate. Drop boxes will be set up at each of the University colleges today to collect student suggestions and will remain there until Feb. 10.

Sen. Greg Upton, College of Business, said the biggest complaints SG receives from students is about how and why student funds are spent.

Student opinions vary on how the money could best be spent. Suggestions range from smaller ideas

with more directed investments to were less sure where they would like larger projects, which could involve to see the funds spent. the whole campus.

“I really don’t know where I “I would hire more tutors and would spend the money,” said Britcounselors so students can have an tany Martin, business management equal opportunity freshman. “I’m not to get aid with their really sure what the studies and their campus could do personal lives,” with $5,000.” said Samuel Devall, Log on to see In its e-mail mathematics sopho- how students to the students, the would spend 5K. more.

SG Senate offered Erica Callihan, the students direct communication discontrol over $5,000 orders junior, said she would like to from the Senate Contingency Acsee more beautification projects and count. The amount was set as a balla greener campus. She also suggested park figure. improving the campus parking situa“The neat thing about this bill is tion for off-campus students. that the number 5,000 does not ap. “If a Even if they agreed with the pear on it at all,” said new initiative, many other students great idea were proposed that cost

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$7,500, we would consider that, too.”

Student suggestions will be collected through Feb. 10, after which SG officials will sort through the ideas to weed out those that are unfeasible or impractical. Of those suggestions left, only three will be put up for a vote on the ballot in the coming spring election.

More than 40 students replied to the broadcast e-mail Tuesday within four hours of it being sent, according to Martin. While some of the ideas did not fall within the scope of the program – such as fixing the University bus system – Martin said any input from students is beneficial.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

ROTC

ROTC welcomes first female battalion commander Woodward a leader in fitness, academics

By Nichole Oden Staff Writer

Each semester, the University’s ROTC passes command of the unit to a new battalion commander based on physical fitness, academics and leadership skills. This tradition takes place bi-annually, and this semester Meredith Woodward became the first female chosen to be battalion commander at the University.

The University’s Army ROTC’s change of command ceremony — in which commanders over each company and the battalion commander pass their titles and responsibilities to the new commanders — took place Thursday.

The students in Army ROTC stood in formation, hands placed behind their backs and feet at shoulders

width, waiting for the ceremony to begin. The color guard held the unit flag. Then Lt. Col. Philip Pugh, Preston Collich, general studies senior, and Meredith Woodward, biochemistry senior, entered and took three seats at the front. After both an invocation and the national anthem had been presented, Pugh spoke briefly about both Collich, Woodward and the ROTC program overall.

At the ceremony a flag, called the battalion guidon, was passed from Collich, the current battalion commander to Meridith Woodward, incoming commander. This flag is always in the unit’s colors and symbolizes the unit’s identity. The passing of the flag symbolizes the leadership and command of the unit being passed from one leader to the next.

Pugh said Woodward excels as a leader and in physical fitness, pointing out that she received a perfect score on her physical fitness test.

Each semester the ROTC has a

change of command ceremony, Pugh said. The commanders are always senior cadets, and they run the battalion almost completely on their own.

The battalion commander is responsible for running events for ROTC and attending weekly briefings with Pugh. Some of the events Woodward said she will be responsible for handling are Chancellor’s day, the military ball and FTX, a joint physical training session between all of the region’s ROTC units. Last semester Collich said he helped with events such as salutes, stadium clean-ups, and a ranger challenge team.

The cadets are chosen to be commanders by an evaluation based on 16 different dimensions of leadership including communication skills, decision-making skills and their ability to motivate the rest of the unit.

The cadet’s GPA and physical fitness level are both taken into account.

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ACADEMICS

More professors posting texts Copyright laws still unclear to some

By Leslie Presnall Staff Writer

In today’s digital world, students could potentially gain access to all required course readings without ever spending a penny.

Since the University instituted Moodle as its only course management system this semester, more professors are posting excerpts and chapters from books, handbooks and other works like articles, poems and online materials.

While posting texts helps students’ wallets and acts as a handy tool, one problem that arises is copyright law.

There is an exemption in the copyright law for the limited use of copyrighted material in education, but the distinction between fair use and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined.

“Professors have to be aware the rules don’t change significantly just because the material is distributed on Moodle as opposed to the classroom,” said Louis Day, mass communication professor.

The law does not define a specific number of words, lines or notes that may be used in a classroom without permission.

“There is no quantitative measure written into the law that covers all works, and it would be hard because there are so many different works out there,” Day said. “The question is if it is fair use and how much you can use.”

Copying parts of copyrighted works, like paragraphs, for education purposes qualifies as fair use.

But copying an entire chapter may be questionable.

“Copying a couple of pages of a 1,000 page novel is not very substantial,” Day said. “But copying four lines out of a 16 line poem is 25 percent, so that’s a lot.”

Though there is no set measure

of what is legal or not, different organizations produce guidelines on what they believe is legitimate. Congress developed guidelines, but they were never written into the law, Day said.

“My publisher told me that I could not quote more than 50 words from any source,” Day said. “I have no idea where that [number] came from, but if I’m quoting from a 10,000 word piece, 50 words is just a drop in the bucket.”

The rules are vague and monitoring Moodle would be difficult for the University and time consuming for the publishers. Professors must rely on common sense to decide what is fair use and what is infringement, Day said.

Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, English professor and Communication across the Curriculum director, requires her students to purchase one textbook each semester. But because she can’t find one textbook containing all the information students need, she often posts readings online to TEXTBOOKS, see page 5

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Lt. Col. Philip M Pugh Jr. [left], Cadet Meridith Woodward [center] and Cadet Preston Collich [right] stand at attention Thursday at the change of command ceremony. Woodward is the first female battalion commander for the LSU Army ROTC.

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ENVIRONMENT

Planning needed for state’s flood protection systems CPRA hosts first conference

By Kimberly Brown Contributing Writer

The outcome of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters that occurred in Louisiana caused officials to talk about the unorganized plans of many local and national leaders’ decisions for the coastal community.

The Coastal Protection Restoration Authority of Louisiana gave emergency and local officials an opportunity to discuss their experiences, assumptions and initiatives for the coastal communities in Louisiana by hosting a two-day Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Conference that continues today in the Energy, Coast and Envi-

ronment Building in the Dalton J. Woods Auditorium.

“We have had previous programs before, but this conference is targeted toward a broader audience,” said John Pine, Director of Disaster Science and Management.

Since levees are a big part of the Louisiana community, panel members discussed topics including comprehensive planning for restoring ecosystems, protecting communities, coastal hazards, inland flood risks, storm surge modeling and flood-protection issues.

Some of the panel members included Alexandra Evans, Transportation, Coastal Protection and Environmental Adviser for Louisiana Recovery Authority; Sandra Gunner, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Community Development of

Louisiana Recovery Authority; Eric Shaw, Community Planner for Louisiana Office of State Planning and Louisiana Recovery Authority and Windell Curole, General Manager of the South Levee District.

Mark Davis, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy at Tulane University said that comprehensive planning is the beginning to a better, safer and stronger coastal community.

“It was not a mistake that people settled here in Louisiana,” Davis said. “We have huge value here and we want to make people more confident to stay here.”

The Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy, which controls flood and wetland restoration in coastal Louisiana is one of the plans created before hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Carlton Dufrechou, Director of Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, said the Multiple Lines of Defense Strategy will not just work along levees as other man-made features are needed.

“Building levees that are high is feasible, but they will not last forever,” Dufrechou said.

Melanie Gall, an assistant professor and sesearcher of the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, said in order to reduce flood damage and its impact on individuals in the community, mitigation is needed.

Mitigation is the process of planning, programming, setting policies, coordinating, facilitating, raising awareness, assisting and strengthening.

“One of the biggest benefits of reducing flood damage is building levees,” Gall said.

“Many people think that when

you live behind a levee that you are safe. This is a false sense of security”.

The National Flood Insurance Program, Flood Mitigation Assistance, Flood Control Act, Emergency Loans and Rural Housing Loans and Grants are some of the financial resources that will support the coastal hazards and comprehensive planning initiatives.

Today, the Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Conference will cover the structural controls of building levees, planning, maintaining and enhancing the flood protection system from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact Kimberly Brown at kbrown@lsureveille.com

ENVIRONMENT

NASA: Global warming leads to more hurricanes Studies focus on water temperatures

By Peter Hubbs Contributing Writer

Baton Rouge felt the full wrath of Mother Nature last semester as Hurricane Gustav ravaged Southern Louisiana.

The natural disaster added to a recent increase in severe weather highlighted by hurricanes including Katrina and Rita.

Many experts speculated global warming contributed to these hurricanes, but now evidence shows the changing climate causes more hurricanes, thunderstorms and even snow — which University students witnessed on campus for the first time in nearly 30 years during final exams.

Global warming causes more deep convective clouds to form, according to a NASA study released on Dec. 19. Deep convective clouds differ from the average cloud by reaching higher within the atmosphere and in turn leading to more severe weather and rainfall.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory senior research scientist Hartmut Aumann released these findings during a speech to the American Geophysical Union.

His team’s findings showed high cloud formation strongly correlates with the average sea surface temperature in tropical oceans.

Every degree Centigrade — 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit — increase in surface water temperature causes a 45 percent increase in the frequency of high clouds formed, which compose the tightly packed centers of hurricanes.

“Clouds and rain have been the weakest link in climate prediction,” Aumann said. “The interaction between the daytime warming of the sea surface under clear-sky conditions and increases in the formation of low clouds,

high clouds and, ultimately, rain is very complicated. The high clouds in our observations . . . present the greatest difficulties for current climate models.”

But climatologists will know only the probable amount of high clouds to form. They still cannot guarantee which high clouds become hurricanes.

“It’s a chicken-before-theegg-scenario,” said Barry Keim, Louisiana state climatologist. “We are still not sure if the high clouds cause the hurricanes or the hurricanes cause the high clouds.”

Regardless of which came first, the warmer waters have created more severe weather in the past decade than this area normally experiences, according to Aumann’s report.

Even the snowfall arose from global warming’s development of more rain bearing high clouds during the winter months. The

excess high clouds created larger fronts that along with a dip in the Jetsream brought Baton Rouge several inches of snow Dec. 11.

The warm water storms affect Louisiana economically through damaged property, destroyed wetlands and disrupted migration patterns among coastal wildlife, according to the National Wildlife Federation.

“We are currently studying if global warming has effected the migration patterns of ducks, particularly mallards, to Louisiana,” said Frank Rohwer, program leader in Wildlife & Fisheries School of Renewable Resources.

“The warmer weather up North allows them to stay longer and feed off grain in the fields ... like they prefer.”

The warm water also affects the Louisiana fishing industry HURRICANE, see page 5

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STATE

New law allows BR schools to teach alternatives A two-page document known as Act No. 473 is the cause of heated controversy throughout the state.

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved new rules last Thursday on 2008 legislation allowing science teachers to discuss and challenge controversial issues, including global warming, the origins of life and the Charles Darwin theory of evolution.

The Louisiana Science Education Act, signed by Gov. Bobby Jindal on June 25, also gives sci-

ence teachers the green light to bring in outside materials including textbooks not part of the curriculum.

But the idea of teachers challenging evolution and teaching other theories has some groups nervous, such as the American Civil Liberties Union.

“We are very concerned about this law, as a way to sneak religion into the classroom,” said Louisiana ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman.

No violations of the First Amendment will occur if teachers follow the guidelines set in the legislation, Esman said. But the ACLU is watching for any signs of educators teaching creation, because the act was endorsed by the Louisiana Family Forum, a non-profit Christian organization.

Louisiana Family Forum helped write the document and endorsed the bill before it was brought to the House of Representatives.

“We put the safe-guards in place to say no religion can be advanced,” said Gene Mills, Louisiana Family Forum executive director.

Mills said the act was not meant to advance religion but to use the facts to prove inaccuracies in science.

The State Senate unanimously passed the act, which said the law will not “promote any religious doctrine” or “promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.”

In the past, teachers have been afraid to approach the subject, Mills said. Teachers now have confidence to discuss controversial is-

sues in the classroom with the new law.

The supplemented textbooks teachers can bring in the classroom must meet the same standards as other textbooks, Mills said.

Christopher Gregg, biological sciences professor, said it’s detrimental to science when outside topics are introduced.

The idea of intelligent design is “based on the idea that universe and life is so complex it couldn’t have come together without some designer,” Gregg said. “The problem with that idea is there is no way to test what that is.”

Moshe Cohen, Hillel interim program director, said science and religion are two separate issues that should not be mixed together.

“I don’t think evolution challenges why we are here,” Cohen

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deal of what I’ve put together, I’d appreciate it if they’d have the students buy it.”

Bridwell-Bowles said a statement to faculty about violating copyrights could be useful when posting to Moodle.

“I think [posting online] is a trend,” Bridwell-Bowles said.

“We’re all going in that direction because of cost.”

Rachel Dowty, disaster management professor, said she also uses Moodle to post the course syllabus and readings.

“I prefer to draw materials from a variety of sources,” she said.

“It helps consolidate these sources where students can access them.”

Dowty said students used to rely on the library reserves, and students were forced to read course materials professors kept on file at the library.

“The reliability of Moodle access and functionality has been an issue at times, but I still think it beats having to wait in line for library reserves,” Dowty said.

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ACLU concerned about new measure

By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

by causing the outbreak of large algal blooms that infect shellfish with cholera and creating stormy weather that prevents use of the seas.

The high frequency of hurricanes threatens to get worse as global warming increases air temperatures over time, but some experts still believe the problem will subside because the water temperatures follows a different cycle.

“The jump from global warming air temperature change to ocean surface temperature change is too great without more evidence,” Keim said. “The North Atlantic temperature patterns are great proof that the ocean surface temperature does not follow the same pattern as the air temperature at all. However, this study helps point research in the right direction because cloud formation is the wildcard in understanding global climates.”

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supplement the text.

“You have to be careful about what is fair use for educational purposes,” Bridwell-Bowles said. “But if I find one article here and one article there, and it’s relevant to my classroom, then I post it on Moodle.”

Since posting to Moodle is more economical for students, BridwellBowles posts two or three articles a week in addition to scanning in textbook excerpts.

“I’m careful about not scanning too much and following those fair use policies,” she said. “I’m not copying more than 10 pages out of a 300 page textbook.”

Bridwell-Bowles said she draws from about 50 different textbooks a semester.

“This is not new for me,” she said. “I’ve been supplementing textbooks my whole career.”

But Bridwell-Bowles said if she needed to copy a large section of a textbook, she would require students to purchase it instead.

“I’m actually the editor of a couple of textbooks myself, and I wouldn’t want people copying,” she said. “If they’re going to use a great

Contact Leslie Presnall at lpresnall@lsureveille.com

After the cadets’ third year they attend a four-week camp called the Leader Development and Assessment course. When Pugh decides the next battalion commander, he takes into account his or her performance at this camp.

“Sometimes students who perform well at the University don’t do well at the camp,” Pugh said.

“Students who exceed both at the University and the camp are usually chosen.”

The change of command ceremony is an Army tradition that has been practiced since the era of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

Woodward, who was executive officer of the unit last semester, said this didn’t come as a complete surprise to her.

“Basically, it’s my responsibility now to make sure that everything happens smoothly,” Woodward said.

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said.

Steve Pollock, biological sciences professor, said creationism does not belong in science textbooks.

“Authentic scientific inquiry is based on the things that can be studied and tested.” Pollock said in an e-mail.

Mills said the act will not allow educators to teach religion in the classroom but instead, have open discussions about evolution and present new discoveries.

The school districts can now decide what materials are allowed in the classroom, he said.

Contact Joy Lukachick at jlukachick@lsureveille.com

Fla. employee sends joke emergency text GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials said a man has confessed to sending a mysterious message through the school’s emergency text message system.

UF spokesman Steve Orlando told The Gainesville Sun that the man, a former employee of the university’s text messaging service, told investigators the message was sent by accident.

Thousands of current and former faculty, staff and students received a text message reading “The monkey got out of the cage” Tuesday night.

Orlando said it does not appear that university data was compromised.

Authorities are investigating the incident. The university said officials are working to determine which agency has jurisdiction the case.

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according to Don Moreau, chief of operations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office. A normal level is between 0 and 2 percent.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas created from any burning fuel. When breathed in, carbon monoxide is absorbed by the blood, preventing the body from using oxygen properly. Common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headache, seizures, cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 170 people in the U.S. die every year from carbon monoxide produced by non-automotive

consumer products, like space heaters.

The space heater in Cox’s bedroom, where she and Oser were found, was built into a wall.

Cox’s apartment had four space heaters total, but the only one in use on Saturday was in the bedroom, Lee Cox, Lyric’s brother, said.

Barry Mounce, assistant to the Fire Chief, said every winter the fire department deals with several incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning.

“If [a space heater] is working properly, it will not produce carbon monoxide,” Mounce said.

If the flame in a space heater is not a clear blue color, there is potential for carbon monoxide poisoning to occur, Mounce said.

When burning correctly, space heaters produce carbon dioxide. When burning incorrectly, a space heater will produce carbon monoxide. The change between the two can happen quickly, Mounce said, so it is important to regularly inspect space heaters and avoid using them in unventilated rooms and overnight.

“The No. 1 thing [you] can do is to get a carbon monoxide detector,” Mounce said. “It works like a smoke detector. It will provide you a level of safety — it’s the absolute best thing [you] can do.”

Lee Cox said his sister had installed a carbon monoxide detector in the living room area of her apartment. Since her bedroom door was closed, the carbon

83 points a game. fenses. The Tigers sit at No. 2 in the The team shot an average of Southeastern Conference in scoring LSU’s last home game against a 50.2 percent from the field in the defense, allowing just 61.1 points ranked foe was a 47-45 loss Feb. 9 poundings of South Carolina, Ole per game. Xavier’s ‘D’ ranks No. 3 against No. 7 Tennessee. But the Ti- Miss and Mississippi State. in the Atlantic 10 Conference, avergers’ 2007-2008 season was already “Our execution has been pretty aging 61.9. over at that point, as good, and maybe we Temple said “it’s the perfect the loss to Tennescaught some teams time for this game.” see gave LSU a 1-7 at the right time,” “Any non-conference game, or record in conference Johnson said. “One when you’re playing a top-25 team play. of the things with after December is big,” he said.

The last time the Log on to see this group early on “Even if we have a slipup it still Tigers played mean- Trent Johnson was that I thought won’t count against our conference ingful games against talk about the their basketball IQ record which is good. This is good ranked teams may upcoming game. was a little better just to test us and see who we are.” have been December than I had heard ...

2005 and January we’ve got six guys 2006 when LSU posted convincing that can pass and catch the ball, and victories against No. 6 Texas A&M that’s a start.” and No. 18 Connecticut, respectiveContac David Helman at As good as the offenses have ly. been, both teams field strong dedhelman@lsureveille.com But Saturday’s matchup has fans and faculty alike excited.

“Our team is playing above even what some people expected going in,” said Chancellor Michael Martin. “[LSU coach] Trent [Johnson] has brought them a long way in a short time, and that has people genuinely excited.”

Students have packed the 3,000 allotted seats for the team’s past two home games. Team spokesman Kent Lowe said the PMAC has “less than 1,700” tickets remaining for the game, but “a sellout doesn’t include the student seating.”

“They’re on fire,” said Justin Alfred, mechanical engineering junior. “If they play defense like they did [Wednesday] night, they might be able to do something ... A loss wouldn’t be devastating, but a win would be outstanding ... I’m coming for the chance that they might win.”

Coming off a 13-18 season and a Daily Reveille file photo two-year postseason draught, the Tigers face a program that has reached LSU senior guard Terry Martin drives past a defender during LSU’s win against the NCAA tournament seven of the Northwestern State. The Tigers face No. 15 Xavier on Saturday in the PMAC. last eight years, including two Elite Eight runs, under coach Sean Miller.

“Obviously there’s a lot of rich tradition with their basketball program,” Johnson said. “This is a basketball team that’s very skilled.

They’re good basketball players.

They’re very mentally tough. It’s what you expect from a team that’s had a lot of postseason experience.”

Xavier presents a challenge greater than anything LSU (15-3, 3-1) has faced this season. The Musketeers are No. 6 in Ratings Percentage Index, a power ranking. Their strength of schedule is No. 10 nationally. LSU’s slate ranks No. 220.

And Xavier’s visit couldn’t come at a better time for LSU. The Tigers are fresh off their third consecutive conference win, averaging

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monoxide that filled her bedroom did not reach the alarm.

A memorial service for Kyle Oser, a Mandeville native, was held in Covington on Monday.

His close-knit group of friends and family were in attendance. “[Kyle] was always cheerful,” Blake Oser said. “I couldn’t tell you one person who didn’t like him.”

Oser was a general studies senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He and Cox began dating shortly before she moved to Baton Rouge from New York on Jan. 2. Cox spent last summer in South Africa helping children diagnosed with AIDS and worked

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009 with AmeriCorps. She plans to major in psychology, Lee Cox said.

Lee Cox said Lyric is undergoing treatment in a hyperbaric chamber, slowly restoring oxygen to her body.

She suffered a small heart attack on Saturday but is now stable and responsive, though on a ventilator. Lee said the timeline for her recovery is indefinite, but she has made improvements over the past few days. Lee said they are still not sure to what extent her brain is functioning.

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

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Bitten at the Buzzer Last-second shot sinks LSU, gives Miss. St. first ever victory in Baton Rouge

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

With the score tied at 36 and less than 20 seconds to play, Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Sharon Fanning wanted the ball in junior guard Armelie Lumanu’s hands.

And with regulation coming to a close, Lumanu delivered, taking a pass from the wing and driving past LSU junior guard Allison Hightower to deliver a game-winning layup as time expired to give Mississippi State a 38-36 win — its first ever win victory Baton Rouge.

“We definitely wanted the last shot,” Fanning said. “So we

put it [Lumanu’s] hands on penetration . . . She made a big play.”

Lumanu’s basket overshadowed what was a poor offensive game for both teams.

Mississippi State shot just 28 percent from the floor for the game, and LSU had six more turnovers than field goals for the game.

“This may not go down as one of the sharpest games in terms of execution,” Fanning said. “But it would probably have to go down as one of the most exciting.”

Mississippi State took an early 7-6 lead 10 minutes into the game.

FOOTBALL

Wide receiver Dixon leaves team

By Amos Morale Sports Contributor

BUZZER, see page11

BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

[Above] Mississippi State junior guard/forward Armelie Lumanu puts up the game winning shot against LSU during the Lady Tigers’ 38-36 loss Thursday night in the PMAC. [Left] LSU coach Van Chancellor kneels just before the final shot.

LSU coach Les Miles announced on Thursday wide receiver Ricky Dixon decided to transfer.

Michael Bonnette, LSU sports information director, told The Daily Reveille early Thursday afternoon that Dixon had left the program but could not confirm rumors he was transferring.

Miles later confirmed Dixon’s decision Thursday afternoon through a news release.

“Coach [Les Miles] confirmed it for me this afternoon that Ricky has decided to leave the program,” Bonnette said.

Larry Dauterive, Dixon’s high school coach at East St. John, told The Advocate on Thursday that Dixon will transfer to Texas Southern.

“I talked to him, and he told me that’s what he’s doing,” Dauterive said. “He said he felt like he was too far down on the depth chart at LSU, and with only two years left, he wanted a chance to get on the field a lot quicker at that level.”

Rodney Bush, Texas Southern sports information director, said as of Thursday that Dixon had not enrolled at the university.

Bonnette said Dixon cited a lack of playing time as the main reason for leaving.

“He wants to go somewhere that he can play,” Bonnette said.

Dixon played in a total of 15 DIXON, see page 11

GYMNASTICS

Tigers look to rebound on road Klein expected back, Franceschelli out

By Sean Isabella Contributing Writer

LSU’s gymnastics team will try to follow up last week’s season high score tonight against Kentucky.

The Tigers (5-1, 0-1) will take on Kentucky (1-1, 0-1) in its first Southeastern Conference road test of the year.

The Tigers posted a total team score of 195.950 in a loss to thenNo. 8 Georgia, which far surpassed their previous high of 194.90 three weeks ago at the Cancun Classic.

Despite the season high total, the Tigers’ overall numbers have

‘‘

‘We’re going to go into Kentucky with the same attitude as we went into Georgia.’

Ashleigh Clare-Kearney senior gymnast

been slightly down. Through three events this season, the team average is 195.008. Last season, the team average was 195.975 after three events.

LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said she isn’t worried about the lower numbers and the slow start.

“I think we were a little bit ahead of where we were right now last year because of better kids giving us more consistent performances,” she said. “Once that settles down, we know what those kids are capable of doing.”

Injuries plagued the Tigers, which put more pressure on the team.

They have been without senior Lauren Klein and sophomore Nicole Lyons because of foot and ankle injuries, respectively.

Breaux said senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson have tried to do too much to make up for the injured gymnasts.

“They are trying to do it all,” GYMNASTICS, see page 11

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LSU junior Summer Hubbard dismounts the bars in the PMAC on Jan. 16 during the Tigers’ loss to Georgia. The Tigers hit the road to face Kentucky tonight in their first Southeastern Conference road match of the season.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Tigers hit road to compete in Auburn Spring Classic

semifinals at the indoor championships. “[Venus] had so many long matches in the SEC tournament,” Brown said. “If he would have had

By Rachel Whittaker a tough SEC tournament where he Sports Writer lost early or something, we probaThe LSU men’s tennis team bly would take him. But he did fine, begins their final tournament this and he got everything he needed out weekend before the Intercollegiate of it. The matches you have to play Tennis Association’s Kickoff Week- at No. 1 and No. 2 are hard enough, so we want him to be as fresh as end. possible.”

The No. 19 TiVenus, who is gers will travel to currently No. 2 in Auburn for the Authe nation, lost as burn Spring Classic the top seed in the hoping to build on semifinal round to their performance No. 8-seed Carlos in the Southeastern Cueto of Florida.

Conference CoachBoth sets went to es’ Indoor Champiintense tiebreakers, onships.

John Targardh with Cueto winning LSU men’s (7-6 (7), 7-6 (6)) on tennis coach Jeff tennis senior Monday.

Brown said the AuVenus said he burn tournament will help the team build momentum was just eager to be on the court again. on indoor surfaces.

“It would have been nice to “This tournament is like a part B of last week,” Brown said. have won it, obviously, but it didn’t “Both these tournaments have been happen,” he said. “It was just imindoors, just helping us with our portant to start playing some matchpreparation. We’re looking to build es again. I hadn’t done that for a confidence, that’s the main thing, while.”

Venus also had success in and get some wins. Now it’s for doubles with freshman Neal Skupreal, and it counts.”

Brown said senior Michael ski. They reached the finals of the Venus will not travel with the team indoor championships, and Brown to Auburn, after he reached the said the tandem inspires LSU’s

No. 2 Venus to rest this weekend

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‘It’s been great seeing hard work finally pay off and seeing some results come.’

doubles play.

“They play with a lot of energy,” Brown said. “They’ve been such a spark for us. I can see them really helping us get some momentum going and keep up our energy.”

Skupski is the brother of former LSU tennis player Ken Skupski, who is now on the professional circuit. Neal Skupski said his own experience at LSU has gone well so far, and the older players have helped him adjust and play to his potential.

“I’ve had a good fall season.

And then playing with [Venus], you learn a lot of confidence and experience,” Neal Skupski said.

“My brother told me before I came just to work hard. When I arrived, I didn’t really have any friends.

James [Cluskey], John [Tragardh] and Venus — the seniors — helped me learn really well.”

Tragardh is seeing his first extensive action of his LSU career.

He advanced to the round of 32 in singles and doubles last weekend.

“It’s been great seeing hard work finally pay off and seeing some results come,” Tragardh said.

“It’s exciting to be in a team atmosphere all the time. It’s what you look forward to when you start college, and it’s a good way to end it.”

Daily Reveille file photo

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

Senior Colt Gaston returns a shot during the doubles match against Florida last season.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Track gets no love Tigers begin indoor season at home Both LSU teams from University ranked in Top 10 Here’s a fun fact: LSU’s track and field season starts this weekend.

Here’s another fun fact: No one cares.

The most successful program in LSU history is also one of the least publicized and least cared about.

It’s kind of sad, but at the same time completely understandable.

The blame lies mostly with the LSU Athletic marketing department.

I ’ v e seen the soccer complex crammed and watched Johanathan Brooks many of the Maravich Columnist Maniacs get free T-shirts. But not once have I gotten a broadcast e-mail about anything going down involving track and field.

The Athletic Department treats them like the red-headed stepchild of the LSU sports family. And it doesn’t make any sense because they’re probably more like the second prettiest kid there.

I’m allowed to say things like that because I dated a red head once upon a time — and a lot of people really look down on Ginger kids.

The school does a poor job of publicizing upcoming events and giving students an incentive to go watch them.

Since the priority point system was introduced, no track meets have ever been priority point events.

The only other sports that also haven’t been point events are tennis, golf and swimming and diving.

Guy Gaster, LSU director of marketing, said his organization is working on events to promote outdoor track this season and has had promotions in the past where fans were given free admission with ticket stubs from other sports.

But they currently have nothing planned for the indoor meets and haven’t in the past because of space limitations.

The Carl Maddox Field House, where indoor meets are held, has a capacity of 3,000, considerably more than the 1,500 of the LSU Soccer Complex or the 1,000 of the old Tiger Park where softball plays. Yet both have had priority point events.

None of these sports have had even near the success of the track and field program, so it’s more understandable for them to not get any publicity. But even that’s not a really good reason.

The introduction of these point events have helped out many of the LSU sports teams.

I’ve noticed more and more people coming to soccer matches, even when the attendance wasn’t worth two points toward getting football tickets for the next season.

Seven of the largest crowds in the complex’s history were from the past two seasons, and in that span, there were only four priority point games.

I know nothing about marketing, but I really don’t think it’s hard to make up some promotion so the

track and field teams get more face time, especially with the world-class athletes on track and field teams.

The track athlete most students probably know the most is senior Trindon Holliday, and that’s only because he also plays football — not because he can run the 100-meter dash in 10.02 seconds.

Most students haven’t heard of Richard Thompson, and he won a silver medal at the Olympics in the 100-meter dash, which leads me to believe he’s pretty good.

Maybe the general population would have known who Thompson was if LSU had done a better job of publicizing him and his teammates.

Perhaps LSU should get its act together and start letting people know how good of a track program they’ve got going here.

Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

The LSU men’s and women’s track and field teams are missing some faces from last season, but athletes who have emerged this year have coach Dennis Shaver feeling confident.

LSU will host the Purple Tiger Indoor Track and Field Classic to begin their indoor season Friday at 3 p.m.

“This is a different-looking kind of team, but we have a lot of the same strengths,” Shaver said.

“The men’s team will be tougher and very competitive with new additions.”

One of those new additions to the No. 8 Tigers is North Carolina transfer Walter Henning. The sophomore will make his LSU debut in the weight throw event this weekend, and he said he is excited

to be a part of the LSU track and field team.

“The one thing I’m most excited about is to showcase what we’ve been doing here the past couple of months ... and show the nation what kind of program we have down here,” Henning said. “Last year at North Carolina when I came in and saw the whole LSU team wearing the same stuff and this big crowd of people coming in wearing purple and gold, that really impressed me.”

Shaver said Henning, who also participates in the hammer throw in the outdoor season, will be a valuable addition to the Tigers’ indoor arsenal.

“He’s going to be a big complement to the team in the field events this year,” Shaver said. “Walter was third in the NCAA Championships in the 35-pound weight throw, so he’s got some experience and is going to help us a lot.”

All-American senior sprinter

Trindon Holliday will be back in action as well, and Shaver said he is considering adding the 200-meter dash to the sprinter’s 60-meter dash regimen.

“Trindon’s role is huge,” Shaver said. “He would have been the NCAA champion in 60 meters and also the school record holder if [former LSU sprinter] Richard Thompson wouldn’t have beaten him. The 200 meters is something we’re going to take a good hard look at as the season progresses with him.”

The Lady Tigers are the reigning outdoor national champions, and they come in ranked No. 2 in the coaches’ poll. Shaver said while the team lost much of its experience from last year, including sprinter Kelly Baptiste, the 2008 NCAA 100-meter dash champion, there are athletes to fill in the holes.

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

LSU hopes for repeat at A&M Tigers focus on speed in road meet

By Amos Morale Sports Contributor

The last time the LSU swimming and diving teams traveled to the Texas A&M Student Rec Center, many LSU swimmers dropped school record times. Some of those times were disallowed because the pool was measured too short.

“It was kind of a bummer,” said LSU senior Connor Farber.

But the Tigers and Lady Tigers were still able to break a few school records.

The teams head back to College Station, Texas, this weekend

BUZZER, from page 7 The Lady Tigers were unable to crack the Lady Bulldogs’ zone defense throughout the first half and shot just 9-of-28 from the field in the opening half.

“They played a little tandem zone,” said LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor.

“It’s something we’ve seen all year. But we just couldn’t make a shot.”

But LSU’s man-to-man defense was just as smothering, forcing eight turnovers in the half and containing the Lady Bulldogs to just 25 percent shooting.

But LSU took a 22-17 lead into halftime thanks to rebounding and paint scoring.

LSU out-rebounded Mississippi State 23-16 in the half and 49-37 for the game.

Freshman forward Ayana Dunning hit the boards for the Lady Tigers and pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds to go with nine points.

The Bulldogs solved LSU’s man-to-man attack in the fist 12 minutes of the second half and used an 17-9 run to take a 32-29 lead with 8:06 to play.

LSU missed 13 of their first

DIXON, from page 7 games during his LSU career. He caught only one pass last season, on Sept. 13 against North Texas, and one pass his freshman season for 9 yards.

Dixon would not lose a year of eligibility if he transferred to Texas Southern because the school is a Division I-AA — or Football Championship Subdivision — school.

If Dixon transfers to Texas Southern, he would join another Miles recruit — former Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid.

Reid was redshirted during Miles’ last season as Oklahoma State’s head coach and transferred to Texas Southern before the start of last season after losing his starting job midseason to rising senior Zac Robinson.

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with one thing on their minds — swimming fast.

“I don’t think anyone will be thinking about the pool’s distance,” Farber said.

The No. 18 Tigers defeated the Aggies, 186-114, last season, and the women were defeated by No. 8 Texas A&M’s women’s team, 178119.

The teams are coming off three straight home victories but are now going on the road to try and continue the momentum they’ve built up at the LSU Natatorium.

LSU swimming coach Adam Schmitt said his team probably benefitted from the home advantage, but he thinks the travel can also provide a spark for the team.

“Being in some place new can

give you a little bit of excitement,” Schmitt said.

In addition to excitement about hitting the road, some swimmers are excited about the opportunity to swim at a pool where records were broken.

“It’s a really fast pool,” said junior Lauren Grandy. “We’ve always swam fast there.”

Farber said he doesn’t expect his team to come out sluggish.

“Swimming fast has to do with the way we train,” he said. “So us swimming fast is just a product of our work.”

16 shots in the second half.

But LSU was able to muster offense at the foul line, getting into the bonus midway through the second half.

With shots from the field not falling, LSU was to overcome a seven-minute field goal drought thanks to five free-throws to take a 34-33 lead with 2:48 to play.

Mississippi State committed 20 fouls in the game compared to 10 for LSU, which allowed the Lady Tigers to outscore the lady Bulldogs 9-4 at the free-throw line.

LSU freshman forward LaSondra Barrett broke the field goal drought with a layup to give LSU a 36-33 lead.

But Lady Bulldogs junior guard Alexis Rack tied the game on the next possession, hitting a contested 3-pointer with the shotclock expiring.

Hightower and Barrett each led LSU in scoring with 10.

The Lady Tigers return to the floor on Sunday when they travel to Lexington to take on Kentucky.

The Lady Wildcats had Thursday off after being defeated, 52-45, by Mississippi State on Sunday.

Sophomore forward Victoria Dunlap and Eleia Roddy lead an interior-oriented Lady Wildcats offense and average a combined 24 points and 17 rebounds per game.

LSU has dominated its matchup with Kentucky in recent history. The Lady Tigers have won the past 11 meetings between the two teams, including two regular season victories and 66-49 win in the Southeastern Conference Tournament last season.

Hightower said the Lady Tigers focus this weekend will be playing with poise — something the Arlington, Texas native said LSU struggled with against Mississippi State.

“I feel like we were kind of holding back,” she said. “We were being real tentative. We were playing like we didn’t want to make a mistake and we just have to come out of that, because you can’t play basketball and not make a mistake.”

Contact Amos Morale at amorale@lsureveille.com

Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com

Breaux said. “They need to relax and enjoy the competition and try and enjoy the performance.”

Clare-Kearney said the slow start will work out in the long run.

She said she would rather work out all the little things now and peak at the right time.

“In the past two years ... I’ve been progressively getting better as each meet went on, and I’ve peaked at the end of the season, so I think that’s where I’m definitely aiming at right now,” she said.

The Tigers climbed from No. 14 to No. 11 in the polls, despite last week’s loss.

Breaux said she isn’t too worried about the rankings this early in the season.

“You’re seeing a lot of turnaround, a lot of people dropping low and then jumping and making a tremendous leap just because of one score,” she said. “That’s not really valid yet.”

Clare-Kearney said the team isn’t overlooking tonight’s matchup despite Kentucky’s low season average of 192.53.

“We’re going to go into Kentucky with the same attitude as we went into Georgia,” she said.

Clare-Kearney said their two previous road scores have been anything but impressive.

“We have to do everything we can to end up with a good road score, so later on down the road, when it’s time for regionals ... we can put ourselves in the best possible situation [for the NCAA tournament],” she said.

KLEIN EXPECTED BACK IN LINEUP The Tigers are expected to welcome senior Lauren Klein back to the lineup tonight after suffering an ankle injury three weeks ago.

“We’re hoping to at least put her in and do [uneven] bars, and then from there we’ll see where we can go,” Breaux said.

Breaux said Klein’s ankle has improved, and she is about “70 percent.”

She said the event they need her most in is the floor exercise, but Klein will have to be full strength in order to compete.

“That will be a while,” Breaux said.

Junior Sabrina Franceschelli has the flu and will not make the trip to Kentucky, according to an LSU news release. Sophomore Staci Schwitkis will likely replace Franceschelli in the lineup tonight.

Contact Sean Isabella at sisabella@lsureveille.com

Pluckers wing bar Friday and Saturday:

$4 Crown, Jack, Grey Goose.

If you don’t like our wings, we’ll give you the bird.

Mellow Mushroom pizza Bakers Live Music: Greg Talmage Bogie’s Beer $2.25 til 10 Beer for Breakfast 1/24

9-10:30pm Wanted 12:00-1:30pm Hellboy II- The Golden Army 7-8:30pm Step Brothers

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FREEMAN OF SPEECH

FRIday, JANUARY 23, 2009

SG class project beautifies ignorance of problems

Three inspiring University halls will soon be shaded by stately, yet unnecessary oaks.

The area outside of Dodson Auditorium will soon host a brand new courtyard, complete with oak trees, a vast lawn area and a money-making scheme to perpetuate future senior class gifts.

Intended as a way for the class of 2009 to “leave their mark” on the University, the proposed Dodson courtyard will feature purchasable and engravable bricks, ranging in price from $75 to $100, meant to fund the class of 2010’s future project.

The courtyard raises many concerns, from the source of funding to the absence of a substantial idea to improve — not merely “beautify” — our campus.

First, the courtyard would only be accessible from the parking lot connecting Stubbs and Audubon halls to Lockett Hall.

An area to relax in such a congested space will only intensify the foot and car traffic, creating

many more problems in an already claustrophobia-inducing campus.

The parking garage — a longawaited yet incomplete vision for decreasing traffic problems — includes moving the AfricanAmerican Cultural Center and the Women’s Center. Postponed by delays involving Highland and Pentagon dining facilities, the parking garage would also house the University bookstore, freeing up space for other student activities and organizations within the Student Union.

With the Union’s renovation behind schedule — now scheduled for completion in April 2011, according to a Daily Reveille report on Jan. 15 — plans for a parking garage are on hold, further congesting campus.

Second, the University was already aiming to renovate the Dodson courtyard into something more useful than a strip of grass with port-o-potties. When SG came up with the plans for the Class Gift Project, the University

jumped at the chance to pass the buck to the students.

“The University was only looking for funding, and the students provided a real way to pay for it,” Dennis Mitchell, campus landscape architect, told The Daily Reveille.

The fiEric Freeman Jr. nal problem is SG’s lack Columnist of interest in student opinion on how fees are used.

The Dodson courtyard idea was funded by the SG Initiatives Account and the SG Surplus Account.

The Daily Reveille’s Editorial Board endorsed the SG Class Gift Project after initial hesitance about spending more than $70,000 of student money.

“If SG has to spend $70,000,” the Editorial Board wrote Nov. 18 when the bill passed, “given

the rules that attend student fees earmarked for SG expenses, SG often does have to spend that money or risk losing it — we’re glad the money will be spent on ... something tangible, generous and relevant to students.”

While criticizing the spirit of giving back to the University can be viewed as mean-spirited, the fact remains SG did not give students the option of spending this surplus money.

SG is remedying this handicap, following a cue from the Ivy League.

In a broadcast e-mail sent by the Student Senate Tuesday, SG asked for student opinion on how to spend $5,000 of student fees.

“Out of all of the ideas submitted, the Student Senate Temporary Student Initiative Committee will narrow them down and check to see which ideas are feasible. The 3 top ideas will be placed on the Spring Election Ballot, and YOU, the students, will be able to vote on which idea you want your $5,000 spent on,”

according to the e-mail.

SG is coming up $65,000 short.

Real change to the University cannot occur with this paltry sum. But if a contest was devised to figure out a way to spend a substantial sum of money — like $70,000 — the produced ideas wouldn’t seem like a lazy attempt at leaving a legacy.

Most students are only concerned with earning their degrees and leaving the University to join the rest of the working world.

SG could make a counterargument, since many in the Senate could claim the body has every right to employ what it feels are the best wishes of the students.

Reality check for SG. The Senate has 14 vacant seats, according to the SG Web site.

No wonder student opinion is underrepresented.

Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com

BURNS AFTER READING

God bless shoe, Mr. Al-Zaidi — enjoy getting laid Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you publicly disgrace the most powerful man in the world by throwing your shoes at him?

A noose necking? A sniper to the skull? Austin Powers’ wrath?

None of the above.

According to word out of the Middle East, you apparently get...

Laid.

Virtually everyone has seen the clips of the enraged Iraqi reporter who rifled his shoes at former President Bush during his farewell news conference in Iraq.

The incident has been widely circulated across global media networks, triggering a slew of Internet games and pop-up ads inspired by the defiant effort.

While Bush spoke, Iraqi reporter Muntazer Al-Zaidi rose from about 15 feet away and hurled a shoe at the president’s head, shouting in Arabic, “This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!”

Bush deftly dodged both shoes while the journalist continued: “This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were

killed in Iraq!”

A scrum of reporters quickly subdued the barefooted journalist, only after his voice was heard.

Even though the size 10 missiles may have missed their target, Al-Zaidi struck a chord with the Arab people.

Since the occurrence, Al-Zaidi has achieved global cult status for his defiance. Millions have latched on to their new favorite icon — establishing the barefoot baron as perhaps the most fashionable trend in the Middle East since the inception of the turban.

Within hours of the assault, more than 1,000 lawyers offered their services, pro-bono.

At Al-Anbar University, hundreds of students marched out of classes calling for the release of “Muntather Al-Iraqi.” When American infantry tried to stop them by shooting into the air, the students stopped in front of them and began throwing stones — and shoes — at the guardsmen.

In Libya, the daughter of a high-ranking official allegedly awarded Al-Zaidi with a medal of courage for his valiant activism.

A Saudi businessman reportedly offered $10 million for the

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shoes.

The list goes on and on.

But remarkably, this 29-yearold reporter has evolved into the most eligible bachelor in the eastern hemisphere.

A Palestinian man, Ahmad Salim Judeh, offered to send one of Scott Burns his daughters Columnist off to Iraq to marry Al-Zaidi, according to The Associated Press. His family also volunteered to fund the wedding ceremony, as well as providing a $30,000 dowry to cover Al-Zaidi’s legal defense.

Not to be outdone, an Egyptian man, Saad Gumma, is reportedly extending his daughter’s hand in marriage as well.

The daughter, 20-year-old college student Amal Saad Gumma, said she would be “honored” to marry the acclaimed icon.

“I find nothing more valuable than my daughter to offer to him,” Gumma said. “And I am prepared to provide her with everything needed for marriage.”

Lawyers offering their services free of charge? Fathers offering their daughters’ hands in matrimony? Student disregarding their armed authorities?

Imagine what kind of offers he’d get if he actually hit the president.

Unfortunately, the shoeless assassin will be locked up in a prison until further punitive action is taken. But if these reports are valid, Al-Zaidi presumably won’t have any problem conjuring up conjugal visits for the rest of his stint.

While admiration and pride stir in the international community, sentiments here in America seem to stem more out of envy than pride, mostly because many people would crave for such an opportunity.

Let’s be honest — who wouldn’t want to take a shot at some of our corrupted politicians?

The things most Republicans would do for one hurl at that big, bull’s-eye tumor on Ted Kennedy’s skull …

Or liberals would do to fix Dick Cheney’s grinchy face in the crosshairs of their pellet gun.

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As they say, what goes around …

But the reality is, instead of condemning Shoeless Joe, we should praise him for showing Islamic extremists there are ways to receive coital contentment outside the parlous, often disastrous, paradigm of martyrdom.

Don’t turn to immolation when there are plenty of salacious sirens here on earth.

Judging from Al-Zaidi’s exemplar, you evidently don’t need a roll of dynamite and an explicit virgin barter to get your bone smooched. All you need are some black dress shoes.

Besides, those 72 virgins have all eternity to wait.

So thank you, sincerely, Muntadhir Al-Zaidi, for providing a peaceful exemplar for settling civil disputes. I’d be obliged to walk a mile in your projectile shoes any day of the week.

So long as you can find them.

Contact Scott Burns at sburns@lsureveille.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.”

Abbie Hoffman American activist and writer Nov. 30, 1936 — Apr. 12, 1989

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Students should be aware of simple dangers, hazards

It’s been five days since University student Sterling Kyle Oser was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in an apartment.

The accidental death was caused by a natural gas space heater left on in an unventilated room. Such an event brings to light how easily a tragedy can occur in everyday life.

It’s amazing how something

that seems so trivial as a heater can lead to death. We think it’s important students recognize the dangers that exist around them, especially dangers that may be commonplace.

Deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning are rare but not uncommon. When breathed in, the odorless, colorless gas is absorbed by the blood, and common symptoms

of poisoning include headaches, seizures and respiratory failure.

Carbon monoxide kills about 170 people each year in the U.S., according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Most cases involve the use of products like space heaters.

Space heaters, which are not atypical in apartments, should be

used responsibly, especially in small, confined rooms. Despite their effectiveness, the danger involved when not monitoring the use of a space heater isn’t always considered as it should be.

Preventive measures are available and necessary. Smoke detectors may be more common, but carbon monoxide detectors are just as

important — if not more.

We should not ignore the hazards such simple things can cause.

It’s up to everyone to learn the risks and do whatever possible to limit them.

Contact the Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com

PERFECT DYSTOPIA

S. Korea questions freedom of expression on Web The blogs of today have replaced the journals and diaries of a bygone era. Google ‘Internet blogging sites,’ and 20,200,000 different sites pop up. Internet blogging has become a substantially powerful tool for individual expression, not only in America, but throughout the world.

Recently, foreign countries have been facing problems with Internet blogs on Web sites. News about a South Korean blogger and Vietnamese blog regulations are filling the media with questions about freedom of expression in cyberspace.

In South Korea, a liberal democracy since the 1960s, different regulations on speech are implemented.

A popular Korean blogger and online guru was arrested recently for his ideas about the financial market.

Known as Minerva, the blogger “upset the government with his doomsayer’s forecasts for the

economy and his satirical attacks on President Lee Myung Bak’s policies,” according to the Jan. 11 issue of the International Herald Tribune.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported Jan. 10 that the South Korean government arrested him on charges of spreading false information on the Internet with harmful intent, which is a crime punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.

Because of the global economic crisis, the South Korean government has been concerned about negative reports on its economy. The South Korean economy has steadily slumped as exports and consumption rates decline, according to the Jan. 16 article of The Korean Times.

Minerva, for months, has uploaded more than 100 anonymous postings on Daum communications — the country’s second-largest Web site — predicting numerous

collapses, including the collapse of the U.S. investment bank, Lehman Brothers and the devaluation of the Korean currency, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Before he was jailed, he pled ‘not guilty,’ Dini Parayitam explaining his Columnist intentions of trying to help people suffering because of the global crisis.

Although many of his predictions proved false, the government still took legal action because of the negatively affected foreign exchange markets.

Vietnam has also taken legal action to bring more accountability to individuals in cyberspace.

Vietnam approved new regulations

prohibiting bloggers from “discussing subjects the government deems sensitive,” limiting them to writing only “personal issues,” according to a Dec. 25 article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

People’s freedom of expression should be extended to include the Internet. When government restricts an individual’s ability to think, the government infringes upon that person’s innate right to opinion.

Taking legal action against Minerva only makes the South Korean government look suspicious to the people — as if they are trying to hide their economic failures. Instead, they should encourage people to communicate and express their ideas freely — whether those ideas concern the economy or the president.

Freedom of expression will allow democratic citizens to be more informed and active in their

government. Protecting people from harm is a duty of the government, but ideas are not harmful — actions are harmful.

Potential harm lies in human actions. Thus, ideas should never be punished.

But Minerva was denied bail on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times. South Korea’s Democratic Party and opposition to the leader accuse the government of “gagging the Internet,” according to the International Herald Tribune. The Democratic Party has now lined up prominent lawyers to argue Minerva’s case.

Minerva’s case will define South Korean freedom of expression on the World Wide Web. Contact Dini Parayitam at dparayitam@lsureveille.com

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Obscure bands go mainstream, leave true fans behind Product placement isn’t just about products anymore.

Or is it?

Gone are the days of television advertising Diet Coke and Crest Whitestrips because it has found a bigger and better product — bands.

And they’re not just any bands either.

They’re my bands.

Bands I’ve been following for years. Bands I’ve been telling people to listen to for months. Bands people overlooked because they’ve been too busy watching Britney Spears’ comeback.

It’s not until Victoria’s Secret models strut their stuff in their sheer teddies down the runway to a soulful single or “Gossip Girl” blares an obscure blues ballad on its sizzling and sexy season two premiere that people give The Black Keys the time of day.

And it’s not until Michelob Ultra plays a year-old hit on its newest commercial that people start raving over the breakout British band The Kooks.

When Lauren Conrad mentioned going to a Tokyo Police Club concert on an episode of “The Hills,” you know every little pre-teen in America Googled that band on their rhinestone-encrusted iPhones.

An episode of “Desperate Housewives” even featured a Tokyo Police Club song.

Presumably, the majority of those people who started listening to Tokyo Police Club probably didn’t really like them.

The only reason they listened to them is because of their association with popular shows like “Desperate Housewives” and hot celebrities like LC. And that’s not what these bands intended.

Or so I hope.

As the Band-Aid Sapphire from “Almost Famous” so eloquently put it, “[The new girls] don’t even know what it is to be a fan. You know? To truly love some silly little piece of music or some band so much that it hurts.”

And that’s exactly how I feel.

These talented and often underrated musicians are becoming popular not because of their craft or even their hard work, but because they have become trendy thanks to television shows and commercials that are the antithesis of what these bands stand for — their love for music, not money.

When I turn on the television, surf through the channels and hear the familiar tune of one of my

favorite jams in the background of some tween fluff like “90210” or “One Tree Hill,” I don’t get excited.

I don’t crank up the volume and jump up and down on the couch like some little girl at a Jonas Brothers concert.

I get teed Drew Belle Zerby off.

Columnist I’m disappointed because my favorite band is becoming mainstream.

I’m upset because my favorite band is probably going to change their image and sound.

And I’m irritated people will run up and tell me to listen to this amazing band when I already know every lyric to every song on every album they’ve released.

But then I remember these bands can’t play in garages and hole-in-thewall bars forever.

And they probably can’t live off Ramen noodles and cheap beer much longer either.

I’m not calling these bands sellouts, per say.

Because just like us mere mortals, they have to pay the bills, too.

Now that Luke Pritchard of The

Kooks is dating Mischa Barton, you know he’s having to shell out some moolah.

And I completely understand that.

Hell, he’s got to get some new material somewhere if he wants to continue getting free Michelob Ultra and keep Miss Rock ‘n’ Roll jetsetter happy.

And you know The Plain White T’s are rolling in the dough with every “Greek” episode that airs.

So my beef isn’t with the bands falling into the bottomless pit of fame and money because I’m actually proud of them for growing up and moving on with their musical careers.

And it isn’t just with their new groupies that don’t love them like I do, or even remotely like their music.

It’s the fact that these bands are leaving fans like me behind.

And it’s the fact that they’re changing their unique sound and indie image that drew me to them in the first place in order to appeal to a larger audience or climb the musical ladder to rock-star status.

It’s as if fans like me aren’t good enough anymore, and that kind of hurts my feelings.

I found these bands first.

I searched long and hard on YouTube.com and paid close attention to my iTunes Genius. I illegally downloaded songs off LimeWire, risked prosecution and faced thousands of dollars worth of fines.

Yes, I realize some people may not have the time or money to scope out new bands. I’m sure most people don’t have the patience to either.

And now that I’m writing this column, people won’t have to do research at all, which kind of defeats the purpose of my piece.

But oh well.

It’s still not fair.

Why should people discover these musical treasures without even digging?

And why should I share with people that are basically unworthy of these gems?

So call me stingy. Call me snobby. Hell, even call me sensitive.

But I liked to think of these bands as my dirty little secrets. That I was their No. 1 fan.

And now the secret’s out. And I’m certainly not a fan of that.

Contact Drew Belle Zerby at dzerby@lsureveille.com

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LOOKING FOR A JOUS TING PAR TNER 16th century bloke looking for ye olde fair lasses

SEARCHING 4 SOULMATE 20yo Asian guy seeking masculine guy 18-23 to date.

Races open. I’m a sweetheart! tigerboy1988@gmail.com

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