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Facility Services keeps bathrooms clean By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
Whether a commuter or an oncampus resident, members of the University community all share a common experience — using public bathrooms. Be it the tight-spaced stalls in Lockett or the marble and vibrantcolored surfaces in the French House, these facilities vary across campus and leave students with preapproved locations for that quick break from class. “I try to avoid public bathrooms in general,” said Megan Dugas, biology freshman. Some may consider public bathrooms one of the worst parts of college life, but more than 200 University employees make the care and cleaning of campus bathrooms a daily focus. Facility Services employs 245 custodians to keep campus buildings tidy. “They are kind of the hidden person on campus,” said Building Services Assistant Director Kim Gardiner. “But it’s a big business.” And this “big business” not only includes the 886 men’s stalls, 498 urinals, 975 women’s stalls and 1,668 sinks on campus that Custodial Services cleans, but it also includes a hefty price tag — the University spends $72,000 per year on paper towels, $23,000 on soap and $53,000 on toilet paper. “It’s the largest of building services,” Gardiner said. “We clean 6 million-plus square feet every day.” A DAY IN THE LIFE Custodians are assigned to work in three shifts throughout the
day. The first shift lasts from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the second is from 3:30 p.m. to midnight and the third is from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The number of custodians who work during each shift varies because traffic in buildings fluctuates throughout the day. Custodians check in at one of 15 custodial stations on campus during shifts and walk to their assigned buildings nearby. The third late-night shift operates in Middleton Library only, Gardiner said. Each building has multiple closets with cleaning supplies for custodians. Supervisor James Wilkerson said it’s easy to fall into a daily routine, no matter which building he’s assigned. First, custodians rinse down the entire bathroom and then close each bathroom for 45 minutes to an hour once a day to deep clean the whole facility. Finally, custodians return to clean off stronger chemicals left from the deep cleaning process. “Once clean, we spray the walls down with solution to rinse it off,” Wilkerson said. Black lights are used before and after deep cleans to locate areas needing more attention than others. “It illuminates bacteria and other things that to the natural eye in a restroom that otherwise looks clean,” Facility Services Manager Charles Manogin said. Custodians return two or three times a day to make sure bathrooms are clean. Custodians walk around BATHROOMS, see page 11
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THE GOOD, THE BAD
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CRIME
LSUPD satisfied with its response By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
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Following an internal investigation, the LSU Police Department said officials are satisfied with the response to the incident in the Quad in February. LSUPD’s response time came under scrutiny from students and parents after architecture junior Storm Erie drove a car into the Quad and unloaded an assortment of items before leaving the area with his dog. Following the incident, many students felt the police should have responded more quickly to a potentially dangerous situation. Telephone and radio recordings indicate police reached the Quad four minutes and 51 seconds after the first report. The first indication police had of the incident came when an unidentified witness called police saying “a car just drove into the Quad and almost hit a couple people.” The police operator then continually received calls reporting the incident. Some calls had a sense of
A custodian uses a black light to see where germs are in a campus bathroom stall. Facility Services employs 245 custodians to keep campus buildings clean.
QUAD, see page 11
ENVIRONMENT
Volunteers needed to help clean up oil spill on the coast By Rachel Warren Contributing Writer
News of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has spread through campus, and many students want to know how they can help. Petty Officer Brandon Blackwell with the U.S. Coast Guard said BP, the company responsible for the oil spill, has set up several organizations to coordinate volunteer efforts. People looking to volunteer can call the BP hotline and give the operator their information, Blackwell said. The information will then be given to a specific department depending on the volunteer’s personal skills. The department will contact volunteers and determine what they will be doing.
Volunteers are needed to pre-clean the beaches in case the oil reaches the coast. Blackwell said clean beaches are easier to clean oil from. Blackwell said many people are interested in working to preserve wildlife, but working on the coast itself is just as important. Ralph Portier, environmental sciences professor, said he’s had several students ask about volunteering, but many are unable to help because they lack hazardous materials training. Portier said an ideal situation would be training available to students after finals to create a bigger group of volunteers to clean up the spill. Several areas of volunteering require training, but some don’t. “There will be a lot of people needed
for organization, administrative work, loading cleaning products onto trucks and other things,” Blackwell said. There are currently response centers in Pensacola, Fla.; Venice, La.; Mobile, Ala.; and Pascagoula and Biloxi, Miss. A Facebook group called LSU SCHOLR (Student Coalition to Help the Oil Leak Relief) was created by members of several student organizations to provide students with up-to-date information and a forum to discuss events and volunteer opportunities. Students looking to report directly to BP to volunteer should call 1-866-4485816.
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Justin Main, an Institute for Marine Mammal Studies volunteer, inspects a turtle May 2 on the beach in Pass Christian, Miss.
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Nation & World
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
Chancellor Merkel: $29.6 billion in aid for Greece planned as bailout
Nashville braces for more flash flooding Monday as river swells
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet approved legislation on Monday that would give Greece euro22.4 billion ($29.6 billion) through three years as part of a wider bailout, as the German government acknowledged that letting Greece go bankrupt could send the euro into a tailspin and hurt Germany’s own economy.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville braced for more deaths Monday as the flooded Cumberland River continued to swell, sending muddy water rushing through neighborhoods and into parts of the historic heart of Music City after a destructive line of weekend storms killed 22 people in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. The flash floods caught the city off-guard, and thousands of residents and tourists were forced to flee homes and hotels as the river rapidly spilled over its banks.
Video shows Pakistan Taliban boss alive, threatening attacks KABUL (AP) — The leader of Pakistan’s Taliban appeared in a video Monday threatening attacks against the U.S. three months after American and Pakistani officials believed he died in a U.S. missile strike. Hakimullah Mehsud’s emergence occurred as a suicide bomber attacked the gate to a CIA base where seven agency employees were killed last December.
Condemned British woman in US loses appeal of murder case GATESVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 51-year-old British grandmother convicted of murdering a 20-year-old woman and kidnapping her newborn son will soon be executed, after the U.S. Su-
preme Court rejected her last appeal on Monday by declining to review her case. Linda Carty, who moved to the U.S. from St. Kitts in the British Virgin Islands, insists she played no role in the May 16, 2001, slaying of her neighbor, Joana Rodriguez, and abduction of Rodriguez’s 4-day-old son, Ray. Procter & Gamble Co. ships dish liquid to help clean Gulf mammals CINCINNATI (AP) — Procter & Gamble Co. says it has rushed 1,000 bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid to the Gulf of Mexico region to help clean wildlife soiled by the massive oil spill. A P&G spokeswoman says a shipment from a Kansas City plant was delivered by truck Saturday and another 1,000 bottles are being readied. Wildlife rescue workers have used Dawn for more than three decades.
STATE/LOCAL
New Orleans gets ready to guard Lake Pontchartrain from oil
Search called off for two missing boaters on the Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans plans to open a staging area at Fort Pike for the effort to protect Lake Pontchartrain from oil advancing from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who took office Monday, said the city is working with St. Tammany Parish, which borders the northern end of the lake. Lake Pontchartrain is connected to the Gulf the Rigolets and the Chef Menteur passes. It was one of the primary conduits of storm surge from the Gulf during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Local officials and environmentalists spent decades cleaning up the lake and in recent years many species of wildlife have returned to its brackish waters. Dolphins are frequent visitors and manatees have visited. Fort Pike, a historic landmark, was built in the early 1800s.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescue officials have ended their search for two boaters missing since their pirogue capsized on the Mississippi River. Paul Barnard, civilian search and rescue coordinator, told The Times-Picayune that officials searched Saturday and Sunday morning for the men to no avail.
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TELEVISION
Report: Hulu to start charging for ‘plus’ version May 24 Some episodes to be available for free By Jacob Most Contributing Writer
Users of the free online video service Hulu could soon be paying for what they watch on the Web site. Hulu, which allows users to watch recent episodes of popular network and cable television shows for free by showing commercials online, is reportedly switching to a pay model May 24, according to an LA
Times report. The service, called “Hulu plus” would cost $9.95 per month and offer users access to Hulu’s entire video library. A free version of the service would still be available offering the five most recent episodes of shows on Fox, ABC and NBC. FOX, ABC and NBC are all part owners of Hulu. Advertising professor Lance Porter said he is skeptical of the proposed pay model because he thinks Hulu would have to be available on televisions through some sort of settop box, similar to a digital cable box, to be accepted by consumers.
The advertising currently available on Hulu is not very effective, Porter said. He said many advertisers are unhappy with the current advertising model available on Hulu and other free online television show Web sites, where one commercial is shown multiple times during an episode. Megan Thompson, business sophomore, said she currently uses Hulu on her computer but would be unhappy to use a pay version of the Web site. “I have On Demand service from my cable provider that I pay for,” Thompson said. “I don’t really
see what the difference would be if Hulu became a set-top box On Demand service.” Thompson said she pays about $70 per month for her cable and Internet service from Cox. She said she receives highspeed Internet, HD channels, a DVR recording device and premium cable channels like HBO in addition to On Demand service. Robert Enwright, chemistry junior, said his parents receive an online service called HBO GO through their Verizon FiOS service. Enwright said the service is like Hulu, but it’s made up of only HBO
programming without commercials. Jennifer Roberts, finance freshman, said she subscribes to Netflix, and some shows are available online each month. “I like to watch the show ‘Dexter’ on Netflix online,” Roberts said. “I get unlimited viewing of television shows online for $8.99 a month.” Hulu ranks second to YouTube in video streams per month in the United States.
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CONTEST
RepreCENSUS campaign receives honorable mention LSU 1 of 86 schools to submit entries By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
The repreCENSUS campaign received national recognition by placing as an honorable mention in the national Bateman competition for promoting the Census at the University throughout the month of February. The Public Relations Society of America’s Bateman competition assigns students to design and implement a campaign throughout the month of February and analyze its success in March. Sixty-eight schools submitted entries to the Bateman competition this year. Judges ranked three schools as finalists and 16 as honorable mention. “We decided the judges were either going to love it or hate it,” said Bateman team member Jennie Armstrong. Five mass communication students — Jennie Armstrong, Bridget Cloud, Erica Fisher, Chelsey Laborde and Lauren St. Pierre — were selected to be part of the University’s Bateman team. The campaign took place in February, but the Bateman team spent eight months working on the project. Students applied for the Bateman team in September, and more than 20 students applied this year, Armstrong said. The five team members are selected by Manship School of Mass Communication faculty, and research for the project begins soon after, Armstrong said. “Every year it gets harder to make the team because you learn how much impact the campaign has,” Laborde said. In an initial survey by the repreCENSUS campaign, 64.1 percent of respondents said they knew little to nothing about the Census. Only 25 percent said they knew nothing about the Census in a poll after the campaign was implemented. The Bateman team tested po-
tential themes on focus groups, friends and other community members. The team considered options like DefineBR and UncensorUS before choosing repreCENSUS. Bateman members were assigned a campaign last year for the Consumer Banker’s Association promoting an early start to saving for college, Laborde said. The target audiences of the campaigns were different, but the
team used its work as a starting point to create the repreCENSUS campaign. The team met officially once a week for a five-hour class, but also met at the end of each day during February to plan and monitor the campaign. Laborde said the members had to be self-motivated because a repreCENSUS event was scheduled each day of February and end-of-day meetings sometimes
photo courtesy of Bridget Cloud
From left, Lauren St. Pierre, Erica Fisher, Chelsey Laborde and Bridget Cloud promote the Census in February at the St. Vincent DePaul soup kitchen.
didn’t begin until 10 p.m. “It took dedication — staying in Hodges until 3 a.m., checking your e-mail first thing every day and preparing for any situation that comes your way,” Cloud said. The Bateman team hopes its campaign will help participants in
future competitions. “Our campaign will be a stepping stone for campaigns in future years,” Armstrong said. Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com
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FACULTY
University responds to criticism about fired professor Student attrition rate given as cause By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
The University has broken its silence, defending College of Science Dean Kevin Carman’s decision to remove a professor from teaching a course because of abnormally low student grades. The response attempts to justify Carman’s decision by explaining the rationale behind it. University biology professor Dominique Homberger is demanding an apology after receiving a message from Carman while administering the course’s second exam saying she was relieved of her teaching duties because of “a developing situation concerning student grades.” Bill Wischusen — Homberger’s replacement — raised grades for the first exam by 25 percent. The removal has sparked a fierce debate questioning whether Carman’s actions were justified. The response details abnormally low grades and abnormally high drop rate for Homberger’s section. Ninety percent of students in Homberger’s section had a D or F for midterm grades. The response states previous sections had an
average of 12 percent scoring a D or lower. The response also points out 53 students had dropped the course at the time of her removal. The average rate of attrition for the class last semester was 13 students per section. “It was the conclusion of Dean Carman that Prof. Homberger’s attrition rate and grade distribution rate were beyond the scope of reasonable expectations for student performance in BIOL 1001,” according to the statement. Homberger said the average from the first exam increased about 20 percentage points, and the midterm grades were based on 128 points of 480 total for the class. Carman’s critics also feel due process should have been allowed because Homberger’s grades for the class were improving. “He was presented with class statistics on March 24, one week before the deadline to withdraw the class,” the response states. “Based on grade distributions, there was a concern that there would be further significant attrition from the class. Therefore immediate action was taken.” Homberger’s allies also contend Carman had no right to remove Homberger because of rules concerning academic free-
dom and rights to assign grades. PS-44 from the faculty handbook states, “Individual instructors are expected to assign grades equitably and consistently in accordance with the standards established by the faculties of various colleges and schools.” The release states Carman conferred with the department chair and three associate chairs and Academic Affairs which confirmed his right to remove Homberger. The response also challenges the notion this action sets a dangerous precedent. Homberger told The Daily Reveille on April 20 she thinks young instructors will fear being yanked from a classroom if they are not passing enough students or giving enough A’s for the course. “Removal of a faculty member from a class is and should be extremely rare,” the response states. “There is no pattern of removal of faculty members from classes at LSU for the distribution of low grades.” The response also said Wischusen was under no departmental pressure to increase the grades before the drop date, and he had the authority to do so after he had taken over the class. It also states the removal was not in response to student complaints.
LEGISLATURE
Bill to make cell phone usage during driving a primary offense Many students talk, text while at wheel By Sarah Eddington Staff Writer
A bill that would ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving, whether it’s texting or talking, passed through a House committee last Tuesday. House Bill 863, which awaits further action from the House floor, would also make violations of the law a primary offense, meaning an officer could pull a driver over just for that crime. According to data from the LSU Highway Safety Research Group, 2,387 vehicles were involved in crashes caused by cell phone distractions in 2009. Sixteen of those incidents resulted in fatalities, and 786 resulted in injuries. Cell phone-related accidents comprised 15 percent of all vehicular accidents caused by known distractions in 2009. Jamie Ainsworth, public information officer for the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, said the numbers are misleading. “These numbers are low compared to the rest of the coun-
try,” Ainsworth said. “But it’s im- one from her high school who ran portant to keep in mind that most into a pole while texting and drivof these are self-reported follow- ing. Sgt. Don Kelly, spokespering a crash.” Detective Kevin Scott from son for the Baton Rouge Police Department, said the LSU Police the primary reDepartment said sponsibility of a cell phones are driver should be a distraction for to operate the vedrivers. hicle safely and “Cell phones responsibly. are the No. 1 con“We favor tributor to vehicle anything that cuts related crashes down on distracresulting in injury tions for drivers,” or fatality, other than alcohol,” he said. Kevin Scott Scott said. “I used to text LSUPD Text messagtoo, but I stopped ing is a secondary offense under after I saw Oprah’s ‘No Phone the current law, meaning driv- Zone’ campaign,” Henson said. ers can only be cited if they are Patrick Crowder, communipulled over for another offense. cation studies sophomore, said “There needs to be a provi- his friends text and talk while sion that allows it to be the pri- driving. mary reason for stopping motor“I receive a lot of texts from ists,” Scott said. people who are driving,” he said. Making the violation a priKristen Knipe, mathematics mary offense would make it easi- and biology senior, said she freer to enforce, Scott said. quently talks while driving. Dominique Henson, animal “It’s not a distraction to me, science sophomore, said she sup- but I could see how it could be,” ported the new legislation. she said. “Pretty much everyone I know texts while driving, and all of them talk while driving,” HenContact Sarah Eddington at son said. Henson said she knew someseddington@lsureveille.com
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‘There needs to be a provision that allows [cell phone usage] to be the primary reason for stopping motorists.’
STUDENT GRADE DISTRIBUTION COMPARISON: Average grades of eight sections in fall 2009
Average grades of professor Homberger’s class
A - 18.5 percent B - 38 percent C - 26.2 percent D - 8.6 percent F - 3.1 percent
A - 0 percent B - 2.7 percent C - 6.6 percent D - 15.5 percent F - 75 percent
percentages rounded; information from College of Science Dean Kevin Carman
University spokesperson Herb Vincent compiled the University’s response, which explains the University’s position and seeks to stem some misconceptions over the removal. Vincent and Carman said they couldn’t comment further because it’s an ongoing personnel issue.
The response was necessary because of common misconceptions about the situation were rapidly developing, Vincent said.
Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com
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ENVIRONMENT
BP pledges to pay for cleanup, damages from oil spill By The Associated Press VENICE, La. (AP) — BP PLC gave some assurance Monday to shrimpers, oil workers and scores of others that they will be paid for damage and injuries from the explosion of a drilling rig and the resulting massive oil spill in the Gulf. A fact sheet on the company Web site says BP takes responsibility for cleaning up the spill and will pay compensation for “legitimate and objectively verifiable” claims for property damage, personal injury and commercial losses. President Barack Obama and several attorneys general have asked the company to explain what exactly that means. BP spokesman David Nicholas said the company doesn’t know how much the cleanup will cost and hasn’t decided how to pay for it. People like Dana Powell, manager of the Paradise Inn in Pensacola Beach, Fla., have feared what will happen to the Gulf Coast’s staple industries such as tourism and commercial fishing. “Now when there’s a hurricane, we know it’s going to level things, devastate things, be a huge mess and it’s going to take several years to clean up,” she said. “But this? It’s going to kill the wildlife, it’s going to kill lifestyles — the shrimpers, the fishermen, tourism. Who’s going to come to an oil-covered beach?” In the Chandeleur Sound on Monday, about 40 miles northeast of Venice, thick, heavy oil was slicked in long clumps that looked like raw sewage. Several sick and dying jellyfish could be seen in the water. “This rain is mother ocean crying because of all this oil in her,” said charter boat captain Bob Kenney. “This is what makes me cry.” Numerous dead turtles, fish and other wildlife have washed up on Gulf shores, though authorities have not yet confirmed that any of the animals died because of the spill. Procter & Gamble Co. says it has rushed 1,000 bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid to the region to help clean any wildlife soiled by oil. BP CEO Tony Hayward said Monday that the equipment that failed and led to the spill belonged to owner Transocean Ltd., not BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon rig. Guy Cantwell, a Transocean spokesman, responded by saying the company was waiting for all the facts before drawing conclusions. A board investigating the explosion and oil leak plans to hold its first public hearing in roughly
two weeks. The cause of the April 20 explosion, which killed 11 workers, has not been determined. Meanwhile, BP officials are waiting for results on how effective it was using underwater robots to shoot chemicals directly into the leaking well, which are supposed to break down the oil and keep it from reaching the surface. The update on the dispersants came as BP was preparing a system never tried to siphon away the spill of crude from a blown-out well a mile underwater. However, it will take at least another six days before crews can lower 74-ton concreteand-metal boxes being built to capture the oil and siphon it to a barge waiting at the surface. The first of the boxes will be loaded onto a barge Tuesday to be taken to the well site. That delay could allow at least another million gallons to spill into the Gulf, on top of the roughly 2.6 million or more that has spilled since the April 20 blast. Those numbers are based on the Coast Guard’s estimates that 200,000 gallons a day are spilling out, though officials have cautioned it’s impossible to know exactly how much is leaking. By comparison, the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons off the Alaska coast in 1989. Bad weather forced authorities to temporarily halt skimming oil by ship and dropping dispersants by air, although Doug Suttles, BP’s chief operating officer for exploration and production, said skimming may resume Tuesday. Everything engineers have tried so far has failed to stop the leak. After the explosion, the flow of oil should have been stopped by a blowout preventer, but the mechanism failed. Efforts to remotely activate it have proven fruitless. BP has started drilling a second well to relieve pressure on the first, but oil could keep gushing for two to three months before it’s finished.
The drill will burrow down about 18,000 feet and inject heavy drilling fluid and then cement to stop the flow of oil, Suttles said at a news conference Monday. Many coastal communities are desperate to keep the slick away from their beaches. One person had a suggestion at a BP town hall meeting held in Navarre, Fla., however. “Would it be possible to just go out there and bomb the hell out of it?” said Kenny Wilder, 67, of Navarre. Besides the immediate impact on Gulf industries, shipping along the Mississippi River could soon be limited because the slick was precariously close to a key shipping lane. Ships carrying food, oil, rubber and much more come through the Southwest Pass to enter the vital waterway. Shipment delays — either because oil-splattered ships need to be cleaned off at sea before docking or because water lanes are shut down for a time — would raise the cost of transporting those goods. “We saw that during Hurricane Katrina for a period of time — we saw some prices go up for food and other goods because they couldn’t move some fruit down the shipping channels and it got spoiled,” PFGBest analyst Phil Flynn said. The Port of New Orleans said projections suggest the pass will be clear through Tuesday. Obama toured the region Sunday, deflecting criticism that his administration was too slow to respond and did too little to stave off the catastrophe. The administration has also strongly defended any comparison to the slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The containment boxes being built were not part of BP’s original response plan. The approach has been used previously only for spills in relatively shallow water. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said engineers are still examining whether the valves and other systems that
feed oil to a ship on the surface can withstand the extra pressures of the deep. BP was trying to cap the smallest of three leaks with underwater robots in the hope it will make it easier to place a single oil-siphoning container over the wreck. One of the robots cut the damaged end off a pipe at the smallest leak Sunday, and officials were hoping to cap it with a sleeve and valve sometime Monday, Suttles said. A company official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the volume of reserves, confirmed reports that tens of millions of barrels of oil were beneath the seabed being tapped by the rig when it blew up. Bob Fryar, senior vice president for BP in Angola, said any numbers being thrown out are just estimates at best. On Sunday, fishermen from the mouth of the Mississippi River
to the Florida Panhandle got the news that more than 6,800 square miles of federal fishing areas were closed, fracturing their livelihood for at least 10 days and likely more just as the prime spring season was kicking in. Peter Young has worked nearly 18 years as a fishing guide and said he’s afraid his way of life may be slipping away. The government has overreacted by shutting down vital fishing areas in the marshes, he said. Until he sees oil himself, Young will keep fishing the closed areas. “They can take me to jail,” he said. “This is our livelihood. I’m not going to take customers into oil, but until I see it, I can’t sit home and not work.” Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
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Places to get tacos in Baton Rouge on Cinco de Mayo
•Coyote Blues
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Things to do on Cinco de Mayo
•La Carreta, Government Street, 3-6 p.m.: Mexican Beers are two for one; Small Margarita, $4; ToGo Margarita, $5
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• Mango Margarita, allrecipes.com
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Ingredients: 4 oz. tequila 1 oz. Triple Sec 2 mangos, peeled and seeded 2 oz. water 2 cups crushed ice
Ingredients: 1 can frozen limeade concentrate 6 oz. beer 6 oz. tequila 4 cups ice 1 lime, sliced
Directions: Add all ingredients to blender and blend until smooth. Makes two servings.
Directions: Add all ingredients to blender and blend until smooth. Makes two servings.
•Superior Grill, Government Street: Bloc party 4-11 p.m.; draft, $3; domestic beer, $3; True Spin band
•Casa Maria, College Drive: house margaritas, $3; top-shelf margaritas, $5; Jose Cuervo Shots, $3
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Drinks to make on Cinco de Mayo
•On the Border Mexican Grill, Citiplace Court: Two bands, including Colorblind; 2-for-1 Margaritas; happy hour all night
•Serrano’s Salsa Company, Highland Road, til 2 a.m.: Gameday set up, with performances by Sweet Root, Mojo and Chris LeBlanc; drink specials with tequila and margaritas
TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
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TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010
FOOTBALL
Miles suspends Hebert indefinitely
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UNLUCKY SEVENS
By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
LSU junior center T-Bob Hebert has been suspended indefinitely from all football-related activities after being charged with driving while intoxicated Saturday morning, LSU football coach Les Miles announced on Monday. Hebert was arrested after running his vehicle into a parked car in the South Fraternity lot, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Warden’s Office. Hebert will not be reinstated until he fulfills obligations assigned by Miles. “This is a very serious charge,” Miles said in a news release. “We have a high level of expectations for the players in our program, and this type of behavior is not acceptable. T-Bob made a poor decision, and it will not be tolerated.” Hebert was taken to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison around 3 a.m. Saturday, said Nathan Fisher, Hebert’s attorney. There he submitted to a breathalyzer test, which revealed him to be above Louisiana’s legal limit of .08 blood alcohol content, according to the LSU Police Department. LSUPD spokesman Kevin Scott said Hebert stayed in the parking lot until officers arrived. “It was a vehicle crash as a result of him backing into a vehicle,” Scott said. “From that point, officers were dispatched and made contact.” Hebert was released on $4,000 bond Saturday, the Warden’s Office said. T-BOB, see page 10
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LSU sophomore infielders Grant Dozar (above) and Tyler Hanover (below) slide into base during the Tigers’ 12-5 victory against Alabama on April 16 at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU nurses worst losing streak since ’82 with Lions approaching By Johanathan Brooks Sports Writer
LSU baseball is looking to the past for help after suffering seven consecutive losses. Coach Paul Mainieri showed his team a video package Monday featuring highlights from the 2009 LSU baseball team that won the
national championship. “I wanted them to see themselves playing good baseball,” he said. “They have talent and they can be successful. I want them to fill their heads with nothing but positive thoughts.” The seven-game streak is the longest under Mainieri and the longest since 1982.
Junior catcher Micah Gibbs said the losing streak is the toughest stretch he has been through since playing baseball. “We’ve been kind of spoiled in the two years we had before that,” he said. “I know a lot of people are worried, but we’re definitely not.” No. 24 LSU (32-13, 11-10) will try to end its skid when it hosts
Southeastern Louisiana tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium. “We’re going to get after this game like it’s a [Southeastern Conference] game,” Mainieri said. “It’s not really because of Southeastern. We need to win a game ... We want to taste victory.” SEVEN, see page 10
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Former Tigers sign as free agents Black waiting for NFL opportunity By Chris Branch Sports Writer
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Former LSU defensive end Rahim Alem struggles with former Mississippi offensive lineman Derek Sherrod during the Tigers’ 34-24 victory Sept. 27, 2008, at Tiger Stadium.
Nearly two weeks have passed since the conclusion of the 2010 NFL Draft, but some former LSU football players have only recently learned where their professional careers will begin. Eight former Tigers signed free agent contracts with NFL teams in the past week, joining six
former 2009 LSU football teammates selected in this year’s draft. Two former LSU players signed with NFL teams Friday. Defensive end Rahim Alem signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, while tight end Richard Dickson signed with the Detroit Lions. Defensive tackle Charles Alexander of the Philadelphia Eagles, linebacker and defensive back Harry Coleman of the New Orleans Saints, linebacker Jacob Cutrera and cornerback Chris Hawkins of the Jacksonville Jaguars, defensive back Danny McCray of the Dallas Cowboys and running back
Keiland Williams of the Washington Redskins have also signed free agent contracts. One notable LSU player remains undrafted. Ciron Black, with an LSU record of 53 consecutive starts at left tackle, has yet to sign a deal with any NFL team. Local NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier said many NFL scouts were concerned whether Black had the athleticism to play tackle in the NFL. He said this has not affected the interest Black has received. UNDRAFTED, see page 10
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
FAMOUS AMOS
Baseball pitching staff needs to step up to secure wins I wrote a column March 29 about the LSU baseball team’s pitching staff doing just enough to give the Tigers the chance to win ball games. At the time, the Tiger pitchers were allowing runs but were able to hold teams just enough, while the Tigers’ offense seemed to get hot at the right times. That feels like a long time ago — and it’s barely been a month. Amos Morale The Tigers Sports Columnist were off to the second-best start in program history with a 32-6 record. The best was the 1997 squad’s 33-5 start. Since then, LSU has come apart at the seams — or should I say stitches. This team dropped its last seven games and has fallen to fourth place in the Southeastern Conference Western Division. If the SEC tournament started today, the Tigers would be the seventh seed. What is to blame for this 180-degree turnaround? I blame the men on the mound — the same men I praised a little more than a month ago for their poise and composure. The LSU pitching staff has been awful during this stretch.
There are no exceptions. LSU ace, junior Anthony Ranaudo, has gone through two of the worst starts of his college career. Ranaudo gave up nine runs through just 1 1/3 innings April 24 at Ole Miss. He gave up four runs through two innings his next start. Oddly enough, the rest of the pitching staff, which was keeping the ship afloat in Ranaudo’s absence, seems to be struggling just as much. Junior right hander Austin Ross, who began the season as the Saturday starter, has been coming out of the bullpen recently and has been struggling to find success on the mound. He has seen his ERA climb to 5.54. Sophomore right hander Joey Bourgeois, who looked like he would be one of the Tigers’ most consistent pitchers early in the season, has watched his ERA climb above six. Sophomore lefty Chris Matulis, who earned a starting spot midway through the season, has lost his last two decisions after beginning the season 5-0. All of these pitchers look like they aren’t in rhythm on the mound. For example, Matty Ott, usually LSU’s right-handed closer, started the third game of LSU’s series at Florida and looked
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LSU junior pitcher Anthony Ranaudo throws a pitch April 16 during the Tigers’ 12-5 win against Alabama at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers are on a seven-game losing streak.
uncomfortable. This is the same staff that was giving up big innings earlier in the year but was able to focus in and stop the bleeding. The pitchers don’t seem to be able to do that now. What makes the Tigers’
hurlers look even worse is that the LSU offense hasn’t been as potent as it was at the start of the season. This drop in production seems to coincide with the loss of sophomore left fielder Trey Watkins to injury. Watkins scored 36 runs and
stole 13 bases in the 25 games he played. The 13 bases rank third for the Tigers. Watkins also has the third-best on base percentage. Watkins was a great leadoff hitter because he found ways to get on base and move his way into scoring position. He is patient at the plate – he draws walks and waits for his pitch to hit before putting the ball in play, leaving the door open. The Tigers moved right fielder Mikie Mahtook to the leadoff position in Watkins’ absence. Mahtook is more than capable of batting at the top of the order, but helped the offense more when he batted later in the lineup. Having Mahtook at the plate with runners on base helps the team more than him being at the plate and jacking leadoff homers. But, when it all boils down, the Tigers could score as many runs as they want to. Unless the pitching staff steps up, LSU could be watching the SEC tournament, not playing in it. Amos Morale is a 22-year-old history senior from Houston. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_amosmorale3.
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GOLF
Weekend sport takes on new meaning for players Some athletes hope to play professionally By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor
Golf — unlike team sports such as football, basketball or baseball — is enjoyed by many as a leisurely outlet to visit with close friends with a cooler full of beer, a couple of cigars and half-fabricated stories of miraculous, mostly lucky shots. But golf takes on a different meaning for the small portion of the population talented enough to play the sport competitively. “I do golf basically all day, every day,” said LSU sophomore
golfer Sang Yi. “The times I’m not practicing golf, I’m going to be either in the gym working out or in my apartment eating food. All the other times of the day, I’m practicing.” The members of the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams play the sport to pay for their education and for a shot at possibly playing golf professionally. The demanding nature of being a student-athlete is challenging for the players, but the hours logged on the course aren’t an issue. “To tell you the truth, I don’t really get that tired of the game,” said sophomore golfer Austin Gutgsell. “I want to do it for a living, and it’d be better than sitting in an office working. I like to practice
as much as I can because I enjoy it.” Gutgsell said he feels “privileged” because he gets to compete in a sport many consider a getaway from the grind of everyday life. The Tigers have played several top-notch courses this season, which average golfers don’t have the opportunities to play, such as the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla., which used to be the site for The Players Championship. “We get to travel all over the nation and play all these great golf courses that have high green fees and are really hard to get on,” Gutgsell said. “We get to play them for free and live a really good lifestyle to do that.” The game doesn’t offer much opportunity to be casual on the
NFL
Safety Sharper returns to Saints By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — All-Pro safety Darren Sharper is returning to New Orleans for a chance to repeat as Super Bowl champion in 2010. “He’s real motivated to win another Super Bowl,” said Sharper’s agent, Joel Segal. “It’s rare to have that opportunity and he’s very excited.” Saints general manager Mickey Loomis also confirmed in an e-mail that Sharper had agreed to terms for one more season. He did not disclose financial terms. The 34-year-old Sharper intercepted nine passes last season, returning three for touchdowns, and helped the Saints win their first Super Bowl. His total of 376 interception return yards set new NFL single-season high, breaking the mark of 358 yards set by Baltimore’s Ed Reed in 2004. Sharper leads all active NFL players in
interceptions with 63, a career total that places him in a tie with Ronnie Lott for sixth on the alltime list. His 11 career interception returns for TDs ranks second to Rod Woodson’s 12. Sharper’s 1,412 career interception return yards ranks second to Woodson’s 1,483. Sharper was hoping for a multiple year deal, but his negotiating position appeared to weaken when he had minor arthroscopic surgery after the Super Bowl to alleviate swelling in his left knee that bothered him intermittently during the second half of the season. He talked with other clubs, including Jacksonville, last week, before deciding Monday to remain in New Orleans, where he made several offseason appearances to soak in post-Super Bowl celebrations. “We have said since the end of the season that we would love to have Darren back in a Saints
uniform for 2010, and I’m glad we’ve been able to make that happen,” Loomis said. “Darren was an integral part of our Super Bowl-winning team, and we look forward to having him back.” Soon after agreeing to terms, Sharper posted a note on his Twitter account, reading: “To the entire WHO-DAT Nation, guess what? I’M BAACKK!” Sharper will be entering his 14th season out of William & Mary. He spent his first eight NFL season with Green Bay, which drafted him in the second round in 1997. He then played four seasons at Minnesota before joining New Orleans last season. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
links for Yi. The competitive nature that makes him able to play at the collegiate level doesn’t allow him to play without honing his craft. “Whenever I’m playing at home with my friends, there’s always competition,” Yi said. “I wouldn’t ever say I’m out there to have fun. All my friends are just as competitive as I am, and it gives me a reason to go out there and focus and a reason to strive to beat everyone I play with.” Gutgsell said he plays a noncompetitive round on occasion, but knows when it is time to focus on getting better for the season. “In-season, it’s kind of hard to have a non-competitive round of golf,” Gutgsell said. “I have a lot of friends from my high school golf team that I’m still friends with that
play college golf at other places, so we just go and play little games out on the course and have fun.” Though the LSU golfers play golf almost non-stop throughout the season, they manage to squeak some time in for other activities popular with many college-aged people. Gutgsell blows off steam by playing NBA Live or NCAA video games, while Yi has taken up another leisure sport with his teammates. “Some of the other players on the team like to fish,” Yi said. “So whenever we get any off time we get together and fish.” Contact Luke Johnson at ljohnson@lsureveille.com
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of thinking of this as our new season.” Wanting may not be enough If LSU is indeed trying to start for LSU. anew, it’ll have to do it in a short The Lions (33-13, 15-9) won period of time. four of their last five games. The Tigers have 11 games re“Their record is legitimate, maining before the start of the SEC and they deserve all the accolades tournament. Nine are conference that they get and matchups. the positive things “If we play said about them,” well down the Mainieri said. stretch, I don’t see “[Southeastern any reason why coach Jay Artigues our RPI can’t be has] done a tremenaround 10 or 11 Paul Mainieri dous job with their by the end of the LSU baseball coach team, and they’ve year,” Mainieri got good ballplaysaid. ers. I’m sure they’re going to come Whether or not LSU plays here tomorrow night with a lot of well may rely on pitching. desire.” The Tiger pitching staff has Gibbs said the team feels like allowed 59 earned runs during the it has wiped its slate clean and is stretch. focused on winning its next game. Junior Austin Ross is respon“Right now we’re just looking sible for getting the pitching staff forward to Southeastern to put it all on track tonight. behind us,” he said. “We’re 0-0 — Ross (3-4) has amassed a 5.54 that’s our mentality ... We’re kind ERA while striking out 57 and
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“What is amazing is here’s a guy that’s been durable and hasn’t missed any time, but the biggest knock on him now is his durability and whether he can hold up,” Detillier said. Detillier said Black has the talent and work ethic to play in the NFL. He expects a team to sign Black as a guard despite lingering concerns about his durability. Undrafted free agents face a difficult road in the NFL, said Detillier. “Once training camp hits, everything is open; but, I’ve always felt the draft choice had the better opportunity because [teams] put up
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Fisher said he came to get Hebert at about 3 p.m. Saturday. He said Hebert is fully aware of the severity of the charge against him. “He appears to me to be a very tough-minded individual,” Fisher said. “I would tell anybody who thinks he’s taking this lightly that they’re absolutely mistaken. Anybody who spends one hour — much less 12 — in the parish prison can get a dose of reality really quickly.” Hebert broke a bone in his lower leg during a spring scrimmage March 20 and missed the remainder of spring practice. He started 11 games at center in the 2009 season. Hebert will battle sophomore P.J. Lonergan for the starting spot in 2010. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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LSU sophomore outfielder Johnny Dishon dives during the Tigers’ 9-7 victory against Alabama on April 17 at Alex Box Stadium.
walking 13. Mainieri said Ross will only pitch a limited time, and he will use multiple pitchers after that. “What I’m going to do is ask Austin Ross for four shutout innings, which he’s done several times this year,” Mainieri said.
“It’s been that fifth inning that’s been his ‘bugaboo’ ... Let him dominate two times around the order and then get him out of there and try somebody new.” Southeastern Louisiana will start sophomore Josh Janway on the mound.
Janway (3-0) gives up an average of 2.08 earned runs per nine innings pitched and has 37 strikeouts and nine walks.
the reputation of [their] scouting “I think the big thing, from a department on that player,” Detil- free agent standpoint, is if you have lier said. “Teams are going to give some skills on special teams. That’s the draft choice the one thing that every benefit to normally catches a make the roster.” coach’s eye,” DeBut undrafted tillier said. “The free agents have more you can do one advantage, the better chance Detillier said. you have to suc“One thing ceed.” you have the opDetillier said Mike Detillier portunity to do as Coleman, who relocal NFL draft analyst a free agent is to corded 180 career look around to see if there’s a team tackles as a safety and linebacker that has maybe not addressed a po- at LSU, can make an immediate sition need,” Detillier said. impact for the Saints. He also said undrafted play“I think Harry’s a really good ers must exhibit versatility to show football player, and I think he’s gothey are worthy of a roster spot. ing to be a nice player in the NFL
because he can do a lot of things,” Detillier said. “He’s a very athletic guy, very hard-hitting and very physical. And whatever [the Saints] ask him to do he’ll do it.” Hawkins can also make an impact with the Jaguars, Detillier said. “He’s a really good athlete, and he matches up well in nickel and dime situations,” Detillier said. “And another thing, when you play opposite of [LSU cornerback junior] Patrick Peterson, you will be targeted. And he held up real well, especially this year.” Detillier believes Cutrera is a good fit for the Jaguars because the team released a number of its defensive starters from the 2009
season. Cutrera is best suited in the NFL as an outside linebacker, Detillier said. He also said Alem will likely keep his roster spot with the Bengals as a third-down pass rusher because the team experienced a multitude of injuries along the defensive line last season. “Rahim is another pass rush specialist, the type of guy who can get up the field and pressure the quarterback,” Detillier said. “And you can never have enough of those guys.”
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 BATHROOMS, from page 1
throughout the day with spray bottles to clean off door handles, paper towel dispensers and walls, which was helpful during the H1N1 scare last year, Gardiner said. The crew decreases to five people on weekends, Gardiner said. Facility Services also works to promote a community environment in the workplace. Pictures of custodians line the walls of the Custodial Services building. In the foyer, a map hangs displaying the many nationalities of its employees. Building Services hold a weekly financial settlement seminar promoting financial literacy for employees. “The better they are, the better we are,” Gardiner said. STUDENT LIFE Student relations with custodians are favorable overall, Gardiner said. “We’re helpful to them and are met with friendly faces and respect,” Manogin said. Supervisor Andrew Woods said while students mostly keep to themselves, they sometimes say hello in halls. Most students agree that custodians are friendly. “Custodians far outdo their job in the art and design building,” said landscape architecture graduate student Kyle Loyd. “Not only bathrooms, they have lots to deal with like scraps of wood and other materials.” Graffiti is not as much of a
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BEST, WORST ON CAMPUS Manogin said he thinks all bathrooms remain clean but some need to be cleaned more often because of frequent use. “I would like to say they’re all clean,” Manogin said. “But Lockett gets messy due to high usage.” Custodians agreed the size of restrooms contributes to their cleanliness. “Allen gets lots of use but stays clean because it’s bigger,” said Custodial Supervisor Warren Lyons. Many students agree Lockett’s bathrooms are the worst on campus. “Bathrooms on campus are hit or miss,” said Kathryn Gutentag, history for secondary education sophomore. “Lockett is definitely a miss 99 percent of the time.” Students often consider the recently renovated bathrooms in the Student Union or in Cox Auditorium the best on campus. Many agree it’s not that bathrooms are unclean, but they look outdated and old. “The bathrooms are never gross,” said Gia Antoinette, psychology junior. “It’s definitely not a custodial problem.”
Proctor and Gamble make products like Mr. Clean, Spic and Span and Comet, Gardiner said. “The reason custodians use these products are because people can identify with these products,” Gardiner said. “They use them at home, the only difference is that ours are hospital-grade.” These products kill all bacteria and viruses except tuberculosis, Gardiner said. Facility Services is making efforts to move toward more environmentally friendly practices. “We try to be earth friendly,” Gardiner said. “We use green chemicals that never have odors or mask bacteria.” Microfiber mops and towels are used in four buildings on campus — Cox Auditorium, the Student Health Center, the Energy Coast and Environment building and the Lab school. The tools are more sanitary than regular cleaning mops and towels because people or dirty water never contaminates the microfiber pads, Gardiner said. Microfiber products not only use less water but are also re-usable. Each pad can be laundered and reused 500 times, Gardiner said. “The days of the mop and broom are gone,” Gardiner said. Facility Services hopes to move to using microfiber in all buildings, but it will take time since the products are expensive, Gardiner said.
PRODUCTS USED TO CLEAN Custodians use Proctor and Gamble products when cleaning restrooms.
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problem in bathrooms as it is on other areas of campus, Manogin said. “Not as much as you’d think,” Manogin said. “Some creative artists draw on walls in the Dodson area, but mostly the only thing we get are doodles on desks.”
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urgency saying, “It looks like it could be a dangerous situation,” while other witnesses laughingly reporting Erie unloading a gas can. “You have people snickering about it,” LSUPD Spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor said. “The important thing to note here is that it’s kind of alluding to the supporting details that it wasn’t a dangerous situation.” The operator commanded officers to the scene at three minutes and 37 seconds after receiving the first call. The time lapse was a result of the of the influx of calls coming in about the incident, Tabor said. About 45 calls were received during the incident, he said. Radio recordings indicate police had reached the Quad four minutes and 51 seconds after receiving the first call. Joe Rhodes, University instructor and doctoral student, made his second call to police at five minutes and 25 seconds, claiming no police were near as Erie left the Quad. Tabor said there was some contention about the exact time the police reached the Quad because witnesses did not notice police entering the Quad. The officers arrived too late to see Erie enter the Art and Design Building, Tabor said. Rhodes called again at six minutes and 52 seconds and asked if the police wanted him to clear the building. The police dispatcher told him yes.
PAGE 11 The dispatcher continued to receive calls even after officers had arrived. “There was never any indication that there was any gas poured on the car,” Tabor said. “One of the officers who responded was in our K-9 bomb detection division. There was no indication of any incendiary devices anywhere on the vehicle.” The first police at the scene remained at the vehicle until they were informed about Erie’s location in the Art and Design Building, Tabor said. “At this point we don’t have any information that this is a dangerous situation except that there is a gas can on the vehicle,” Tabor said. At nine minutes and 10 seconds from the first call, Rhodes informed police of the student’s location in the Art and Design Building, where Erie remained until police found him about 17 minutes after the first call. “Worst-case scenario: This is when he is custody,” Tabor said. “But radio traffic leads me to believe he had been in custody several seconds before that.” It’s likely no charges will likely be filed, Tabor said. “Why he did it, we don’t know,” Tabor said. “It’s one of those things we may never be able to answer.” Erie did not return e-mails requesting an interview. Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cars need to be careful around pedestrians The University’s Easy Streets program, limiting the amount of traffic on campus, has been in effect for some time now, and I think the program has made it easier to walk around on campus during the day due to less traffic, but it has lead to the unintended consequence of making it VERY dangerous to walk on campus after 4:30 p.m. I have
had the unfortunate situation of almost being hit by a passing car on more than one occasion. If I am in the middle of a marked crosswalk, it is the car’s duty to yield to me. It’s a PEDESTRIAN campus and just because it’s after 4:30 p.m., that does not mean that crosswalks are null and void. I think people driving on campus should be aware of crosswalks and aware of the fact that pedestrians in those crosswalks have the right of way! I do not want to have to fear for my life every time I cross the street. Please be more courteous to those crossing the street and obey on campus speed limits!
Chantel Chauvin sociology Ph.D. candidate
Academic dishonesty reflects badly on everyone I am a freshman student enrolled in MUS 1751. One of the requirements for this class is that each student attend at least three concerts put on by the LSU Music School and submit stamped concert programs to the instructor. Today, I received an e-mail
— sent to everyone enrolled in my section of the class — from a student, who evidently did not attend any concerts, and wanted to buy three of them, for $10 each from any student who had extras. Let’s put aside for the moment the outraged feelings I have about University students like this one, who think they can advance their grades not by working hard but by bribing other students. Having already seen incidences of plagiarism in two other classes, I already knew there were such people. What really insults me — and should insult every honest University student — is that this person not
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 only thought he could get ahead by cheating but also thought that everyone in the class would keep quiet while he tried to cheat and not report his attempted bribery. Is he right to think that? Does the University student body keep quiet when unethical behavior is in our midst? If so, my respect for University just went way down. Philip Goppelt civil engineering freshman
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CANCEL THE APOCALYPSE
Modern religion requires a new, relevant set of theses The following sentiments are brief and to the point. I don’t have the space to defend them here, but I only hope to provoke thought from you, the reader. I don’t have 95 like Mr. Luther, but these, my personal theses, will hopefully find relevance in a world gone mad with complacency. So, without further adieu, here now is my list of demands for a beautiful faith hijacked by static thought: 1. Terrorism is a timeless phenomenon and cannot be limited to a single faith. Don’t let your government or clergy convince you an entire people, country or religion is evil. 2. The separation between clergy and laity is a demeaning lie. All who seek their Ultimate Concern are chosen, though few care. 3. The rock stars of the Christian faith must be demoted to what they really are — jackasses. The educated voices of Tillich, Kierkegaard and Spong speak more truth in a whisper than Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyer or Benny Hinn could ever hope to. 4. Redemption is a virtue that must be sought and fulfilled by an individual; find it yourself and recognize your own power to change. 5. The doctrine of original sin degrades human decency and pervades innocent minds. If you are capable of looking at a child and thinking they’re cursed, reevaluate your life. 6. A literal virgin birth, resurrection and ascension no longer make sense in a literate and educated society — they are metaphors and symbols, people. 7. A God that would favor one group over another and suspend
natural order for its benefit is a tribal and malicious deity and has no place in a dignified society. 8. The terms “theism” and “atheism” are equally ambiguous. Neither can be adequately or appropriately defined, so the meanings of both are dead and obsolete. We must find a new way to talk about God. 9. No one knows what Andrew awaits us in the Robertson afterlife. When Columnist someone claims to know, grab your wallet and run. 10. More seriously, propagating the belief of an afterlife reward or punishment can no longer be used to hold people in submission or make them conform to another’s will. Before solving the afterlife mysteries, try and solve the mysteries of this life. In the words of John Lennon, “Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try.” 11. A fundamentalist is anyone who confuses his definition of “god” with God. God’s not a Christian, Muslim or Jew — get over it. 12. Your neighbor, as in “love thy neighbor,” is everyone in the world, not just those within your income bracket, neighborhood, congregation or race. 13. The use of violence, or threat of violence, to carry out the will of God is abhorrent, and those who do so should have no place on this Earth. 14. If someone accuses you of heresy, you’re probably doing something right. 15. There is no eternally rele-
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vant governing moral code. Realize this and learn to transvalue morals — or their significance will die in upcoming generations. 16. One’s color, gender or sexual preference cannot be deemed moral qualities and certainly cannot infringe on one’s liberty as a human being; we’re all children of God. 17. The teachings and life of Jesus of Nazareth need more focus and incorporation than his death and resurrection. I don’t care what Paul said — he never met Jesus. Compassion defeats legalistic dogma any day. 18. No one should read his holy text. Everyone, however, should vehemently and rigorously study his holy text. Learn what it meant then
before claiming to “know” what it means now, and if you don’t, keep your mouth closed. 19. Intercessory prayer, as a proactive measure to alter a probable outcome, is nothing more than magic and must be dismissed as such. 20. Calls for a new reformation and enlightenment must not be laughed off — the time is coming, and has now come, when the masses will again ask “why?” 21. Our children will only go as far as we enable them. Stop indoctrinating them — start educating them. 22. Wherever there is oppression of life or love, there cannot be God. Oppression is the timeless ant-
onym of God. 23. It’s everyone’s duty to proactively discourage the end of the world from coming to fruition. Theocrats have no place in serving eschatological dreams. We must all continually act to cancel the apocalypse. Andrew Robertson is a 23-year-old religious studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_arobertson.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
David Russell American film director, screenwriter Aug. 20, 1958 — Present
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Graduating senior gives advice on growing up As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a grown-up. To me, being an adult was better than being the president of the United States. A lot of kids had hardwood dreams, maybe even thought about being an astronaut. Me? I wanted a wife, kids, house, car and a stable job. Fifteen years later, and I want the same things. Some would blame idle idols. Others would say I was molded at a young age in a religion I relied on and got caught up in superstition. But the thing is I am now a grown-up gambling on two notthat-successful career choices. Thing is I’m as happy as a caffeinated clown who just made a child cry during his fifth birthday. So how did I make it? To which I’ll respond, “What
kind of arrogant question is that? But, if you insist.” Never let them see you sweat. The moment you complain, the moment you ask a breathy question then sigh, the moment you cup your face in hopes that when you remove your hands you’ll be in Candyland, those are the moments hateful bastards revel in like fat pigs in slop. We’re all self-conscious — I’ll be the first to admit it. Then, when your teacher gives you a 20-page assignment due on dead week, you can look her in the face and ask, “So, can I sleep with my interviewee?” Because if you don’t want to give a damn, don’t give a damn. But don’t act like you give a damn — that’s being damn inconsiderate. Ain’t life tricky? No matter how hard you try,
not everyone is going to like what you like. Try as you might to shove the loaf of wheat bread that is Pretty Lights or “The Boondock Saints” down the throats of your friends. Millions of people will hate it. Better to learn this now than 50 years down Matt Sigur the road. Columnist Nobody wants to be the 70-year-old English teacher who gardens by herself. Nobody wants to listen to Pete Fountain all alone while wondering why her husband left. Meanwhile, the rest of the family hates spending time with her. But if you must know, The Replacements’ “Favorite Thing” is one of the best songs ever
made. Beck’s “Odelay” is one of the best albums. “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” is the best movie from the last decade. “Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job” is the best television show since “Seinfeld.” See, it’s all about walking the line. Say R-rated jokes around your friends, PG-rated jokes around attractive women. Dress down every once-in-awhile, but don’t make Sperry’s, shorts, tiedyed shirts or sunglasses part of your everyday uniform. Love is a mixed metaphor. Hate is a reminder of past loves. Indifference is the last resort after being strung out on both. But don’t write this in the little box under your profile picture on Facebook. The sooner you realize college life / meeting people / grow-
ing up is all one big patience-trying joke, the sooner you’ll be able to laugh at the smallest things. We all wanted to be grownups. Now, it’s here. All you ever wanted is spinning on a microwave plate, heating up like leftovers. What are you going to do? It’s your choice now, because this wide-eyed kid has spewed all the nonsensical advice he can. Cue the opening notes of “Here Come the Warm Jets.” Matt Sigur is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from West Monroe. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_msigur.
Contact Matt Sigur at msigur@lsureveille.com
murda, he wrote
Spill is the latest symptom of America’s oil addiction From the very beginning, comparing the current oil spill to the likes of Hurricane Katrina was an easy narrative put forward by media outlets. Both are considered disasters of epic proportions. And yes, both took place in the Gulf Coast. But that’s where the similarities end. The key difference between these two disasters is Katrina was started by Mother Nature and was exacerbated by human failure. Our current disaster is from plain old human failure. And to whom can we point for this failure? Because the oil companies were made unequivocally responsible for their spills after the Exxon Valdez spill, policy decisions were based heavily on the testimony of oil companies when recent discussions about the future of offshore drilling came up. When filing its plan for the Deep Horizon platform, BP assured regulators it could handle any potential accidents. But its worst-case scenario estimates for a potential oil leak have already been exceeded. Which brings us to our public officials. Sen. Mary Landrieu dismissed the likelihood of a major spill in the U.S. when congressional hearings about the safety of offshore oil drilling came up just six months ago. “I mean, just the gallons are so minuscule compared to the benefits of U.S. strength and security, the benefits of job creation and energy security,” she said. “So while there are risks associated with everything, I think you
understand that they are quite, quite minimal.” Washington bought what BP and other oil companies were selling them — that offshore drilling is safe, with a clean track record of several decades. Such assurances led President Barack Obama to support opening new offshore drilling in a political concession Mark Macmurdo to pass a new climate bill. Columnist Perhaps our government officials are guilty of naïveté. But responsibility is another thing altogether. Reflecting both frustration and misunderstanding, some point the finger at the federal government. One Associated Press photo showed a group of women standing behind a crude sign which read “Obama send aid.” Of course the federal government should provide any support it can. It has had an active role from day one — from the rescue missions performed by the coast guard to the allocation of booms and vessels. But going back to the Katrina comparison, the federal government is equipped to deal with disasters requiring direct aid to individuals. It isn’t — nor should it be — designed to clean up the problems of private businesses. “Our job is basically to keep the boot on the neck of British Petroleum to carry out the responsibilities that they have,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said
regarding the federal role in the disaster. That said, given the company’s failure, we should utilize all relevant federal resources and send BP the bill. But outside of skimming for oil and setting up booms, only BP can solve the most pressing issues — shutting off the primary valve, placing containment domes and drilling a relief well. We as individuals should still examine our own role in the disaster. Gov. Bobby Jindal rightfully said this oil spill “threatens our way of life” in Louisiana. He was speaking of the environmental, recreational and economic damages created by the spill. His point speaks to a larger issue: The role of oil in our society. Our reliance on oil makes us less secure. Buying oil from the Middle East puts consumers at the mercy of an oil cartel who sets artificial prices, indirectly funds terrorism, creates strategic problems for our country in times of war, limits our foreign policy ambitions, creates pollution and leads to an overall increase in cash flowing outside our borders. Halting all oil production is obviously not a practical solution, but this incident should raise questions about our long-term relationship with oil. The mantra “drill baby drill” is mostly wrong because it claims to have a simple answer to a complex problem. If we want to increase the health and safety of our country, we need to plant the seeds for energy independence today. That independence is ultimately not achievable through
domestic oil production. Like Landrieu said, the only way to eliminate the risks of oilrelated disasters is to not search for oil. While not immediately achievable, reducing our reliance on oil — both foreign and domestic — is a pressing goal of strategic importance.
Mark Macmurdo is a 23-yearold history and economics senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mmacmurdo.
Contact Mark Macmurdo at mmacmurdo@lsureveille.com
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