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DEEPWATER DAMAGE Freshman admission ENROLLMENT
Long-term effects of oil spill expected, uncertain
numbers on the rise
By Rachel Warren Contributing Writer
Few foresaw the devastation to follow when the BP Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig exploded two weeks ago. But the Gulf Coast could feel the incident’s effects for years to come, and many people, including University students, are trying to find ways to help. The Deepwater Horizon exploded around 10 p.m. on April 20. One hundred and twentysix people were aboard, and 11 were missing after the explosion. Seventeen were injured in the accident. The U.S. Coast Guard announced three days after the explosion rescuers were no longer searching for survivors. The rig sank two days later, and the U.S. Coast Guard originally said no oil was leaking from the undersea well at the site of the explosion. The next day, oil was found to be leaking at about 42,000 gallons per day. Gov. Bobby Jindal issued a declaration of emergency on April 29, nine days after the explosion. President Obama traveled to the coast Sunday and spoke about the disaster. He assured residents the oil spill has the government’s attention and officials will continue to respond. Crews began attempting to contain the spill shortly after the explosion using booms — malleable materials used to fence in oil. The Coast Guard laster set fire to the oil to lessen what would wash ashore. The cause of the explosion hasn’t been released by authorities.
By Xerxes A. Wilson Senior Staff Writer
and fisheries will prevent people from consuming any fish exposed to oil. Organizations will constantly monitor fish for exposure and food distributors will be alerted to avoid tainted fish, he said. He said he’s unsure how the spill will affect the fishing industry and the economy. Commercial fisheries are seasonal and only harvest during certain times of the year, he said. “If the fisheries are closed for even a small amount of time, the effect it will have on the industry will be significant,” he said. Craig Westerman, a member of the Disaster Science and Management Association, said the
Even in a budget crisis, the University is attempting to grow. Preliminary projections estimate 520 more freshman will enroll in the University next fall as part of Chancellor Michael Martin’s intention to increase enrollment. Martin said the mid-5,000 range for incoming freshmen would be ideal, and he wants to grow the overall enrollment from 27,992 students to 32,000. The projections for freshman enrollment are based on last year’s applications and enrollments compared to this year’s admission levels at the same time, said Robert Kuhn, associate vice chancellor of Budget and Planning. Kuhn said spring orientation figures and other factors also play into the estimates. The University has admission criteria instead of selective admission, so whoever meets the criteria must be admitted. This creates some uncertainty with the actual number admitted versus how many actually enroll and come to school in the fall, Kuhn said. As of April 29, the University
SPILL, see page 15
FRESHMEN, see page 15
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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns April 21 after exploding the day before. The explosion triggered a 42,000-gallon-per-day oil spill off the Louisiana coastline, despite the Coast Guard’s original reports.
THE EFFECTS Michael Kaller, School of Renewable Natural Resources assistant professor, said it’s impossible to know what kind of effect the oil will have on the environment and economy right now. “Right now the major effect is that the fisheries are shut down,” Kaller said. “Ecologically, we’re still not sure — the worst part of the oil spill is still offshore.” Kaller said some places have been devastated by oil, while others still seem unaffected. He said the effects can be minimal if a body of water is exposed to oil for a short time. “The two big questions right now are how much is exposed and for how long,” he said. Kaller said he’s certain the government
ENERGY
Biodiesel powers LSU mowers Fuel derived from 459 cooking oil By Ryan Buxton Senior Staff Writer
LSU Dining serves hundreds of students every day, but the cooking oil used in one dining hall feeds something other than mouths — the University’s lawnmowers. After it is used to make meals for students, cooking oil from the 459 Commons is converted
to biodiesel and used to fuel the lawnmowers maintaining the University’s landscaping. Facility Services has supplemented its regular petroleum diesel with biofuel for about two years, said Fred Fellner, assistant director for Landscape Services. The biodiesel is mixed with regular diesel to create a mixture called B20 or B30, which contains 20 or 30 percent biodiesel, respectively, Fellner said. The oil is converted to biodiesel at the W.A. Callegari Environmental Center, a part of the LSU AgCenter focusing on
environmental issues. Bill Carney, head of the Callegari Center, oversees the conversion process. The oil is stored in tanks at the 459 Commons and collected using a homemade vacuum truck that sucks up the oil and stores it in a 125-gallon tank, Carney said. How often the cooking oil is collected depends on how many students are on campus. Collections are made once every two to three weeks during the regular semesters and about once a month during the summer, Fellner said. MOWERS, see page 15
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Waste is removed from used vegetable oil from the 459 Commons on May 4 so the oil can be combined with diesel to create fuel for the University’s lawnmowers.
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Nation & World
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
Iraq’s Shiites form alliance, unite to try to create new government
Massachusetts woman with no arms, kneecaps prepares for black belt
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s two largest Shiite electoral blocs announced Tuesday they have formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, but they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister.
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who was born without arms or kneecaps is preparing to test for her black belt in taekwondo. Sheila Radziewicz is scheduled to take her test next month at Bruce McCorry’s Martial Arts in Peabody. The 32-year-old brown belt, who was born with thrombocytopenia-absent radius, or TAR syndrome, tells The Salem News she’s been training in martial arts for three years.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il to meet Chinese leaders on rare visit BEIJING (AP) — North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was making his way Tuesday to China’s capital on a rare overseas trip meant to be so secret that Beijing refused to confirm it — despite videos shot by foreign media showing him leaving a Chinese hotel. Kim is expected to meet with President Hu Jintao and other top Chinese leaders just as South Korea inches closer to blaming the North for the recent sinking of a navy ship that killed 46 sailors.
Times Square bomb square suspect charged with terrorism Tuesday NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistaniborn U.S. citizen was charged Tuesday with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in the botched Times Square bombing. The government said he confessed to receiving
explosives training in Pakistan. Faisal Shahzad, the son of an air force officer in a wealthy Pakistani family, was arrested Monday night, pulled off a plane that was about to fly to the Middle East. According to the complaint, Shahzad confessed to buying an SUV, rigging it with a homemade bomb and driving it Saturday night into Times Square, where he tried to detonate it. Prosecutors: Man strangled his 82-year-old mother, went to store SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 52-year-old man strangled his mother, wrapped her body in a sheet and then used her credit card to buy chewing tobacco before returning to their Southern California condominium and calling 911. Orange County Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh told jurors Monday that Ethan Rosenfeld murdered his 82-year-old mother, Helen Rosenfeld, in May 2005.
STATE/LOCAL
Louisiana House briefly criticizes Gov. Jindal’s response to oil spill
Jury selected for trial of alleged Ku Klux Clan recruit’s death
(AP) — The Louisiana House briefly went on record repudiating Gov. Bobby Jindal for a lackluster response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But that was only because most lawmakers in the chamber didn’t realize what they were approving. As soon as they found out, the House voted 60-32 to reconsider its backing of the resolution by Democratic Rep. Juan LaFonta of New Orleans. The legislation would ask Congress to direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate Jindal for his “refusal to timely declare a state of emergency” after the oil spill. The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig happened April 20. Jindal declared an emergency nine days later, after federal officials and oil company BP said the leak and the potential devastation of the spill was far worse than originally thought.
COVINGTON (AP) — Jurors were set to hear opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of an alleged Ku Klux Klan leader charged with second-degree murder. Potential jurors were asked whether they could set aside their antipathy toward the Ku Klux Klan and fairly decide the case of a Klan leader who killed an Oklahoma woman in 2008.
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Louisiana charter boat guide says that three-quarters of Gulf is clean GRAND ISLE (AP) — The head of the Louisiana Charter Boat Association says the oil spill is a public relations disaster. Daryl Carpenter, a guide who was elected president of the 300-member association 17 days ago, says he’s struggling to get Americans to understand that three-quarters of the Gulf is clean and open to fishing.
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FASHION
Human ecology students create clothing for the ages
Class focuses on design, sustainability By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer
Many students watch designers on Project Runway create garments on TV, but seniors in human ecology get to experience it firsthand. Students in Lisa McRoberts’ senior capstone class were assigned to create three garments as part of one cohesive collection. They designed one sustainable garment, one free-range garment and one piece for the Dallas Career Day competition — a competition for students in the fashion industry. The theme of the garments is fashion through the ages, McRoberts said. Students’ garments will be displayed at the annual Hemline fashion show May 20 at the Lyceum Theater at 8 p.m., along with designs from other students in the major Students worked in teams to
Campus Crime Briefs MAN DRIVES ERRATICALLY, ARRESTED FOR DWI A 27-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested April 30 for improper lane usage and driving while intoxicated. An LSU Police Department officer was patrolling on Highland Road when a truck was seen swerving in and out of its lane at a low rate of speed around 2:39 a.m., said Sgt. Jason Bettencourtt, LSUPD spokesman. As the truck approached South Stadium Drive, the driver crossed the yellow center line and continued crossing the line for about 50 yards, Bettencourtt said. The officer stopped the driver, Brandon Hawkins of 1104 Chemin Drive in Baker, on Stanford Avenue. Hawkins was ordered out of the vehicle but refused, Bettencourtt said. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol on Hawkins’ breath when he approached the truck. Hawkins exhibited poor balance when he exited the vehicle, Bettencourtt said. Hawkins refused to answer the officer’s questions but did submit to field sobriety
create the three garments in the past, but now each individual makes one collection. “Dr. McRoberts has seen that while you do work as a team in the real world, you need your own vision, your own creativity and your own initiative,” said teaching assistant Stefanie Ramirez. Students had about two and a half weeks to create each garment, said Ramirez. “It’s very high-stress when it gets down to deadlines,” said Michelle Judice, textiles, apparel and merchandising senior. Students first submit a sketch of the design, then create a “sew-up” using muslin fabric of the garment before creating the final product. “You have lots of creative freedom,” said Nichole Steuart, textiles, apparel and merchandising senior. “The class emphasizes creativity and makes us more innovative as designers.” Finding inspiration for fashion is different every time, Judice said. “Sometimes ideas just come to me — other times I have to seek it
out,” Judice said. “Everyone is different — some use pieces from specific lines or historical pieces.” The Dallas Career Day piece could fit into a number of categories such as career wear, outerwear, casual and the little red dress. University students received five awards at the competition this year. The sustainable garment was required to be 60 percent cotton or more, Ramirez said. Students learned about sustainability through in-class demonstrations using natural dyes like tea, coffee and camelias, McRoberts said. One student created a garment using Louisiana strawberries as dye, McRoberts said. “Sustainability was a challenge for me, but I’m glad we did it,” Judice said. “It helps us think outside of the box, and our market is headed toward more eco-friendly designs.” Much of the class is geared toward preparing students for real world experiences, Ramirez said. “We want to make sure students
tests, during which he showed signs of intoxication, Bettencourtt said. Hawkins refused to submit to a chemical test. He was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
the Public Safety Building got the driver’s attention and warned her to stop, but Wilson sped away. Bettencourtt said the officer pursued the vehicle onto Nicholson Drive, where Wilson continued her attempt to flee, driving more than 70 mph. Wilson eventually stopped on Nicholson Drive near West Chimes Street, and the officer saw a beer can in the vehicle’s console and smelled alcohol on her breath. She agreed to field sobriety tests, during which she showed signs of intoxication, and refused a chemical test, to Bettencourtt said. Wilson was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
WOMAN DRIVES DRUNK, ATTEMPTS TO FLEE POLICE Morgan L. Wilson, a 22-yearold woman unaffiliated with the University, was arrested April 22 for DWI, flight from an officer, having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and careless operation. An LSUPD officer observed a vehicle driving on the sidewalk on the north side of Tiger Stadium at a high speed around 3:55 a.m., Bettencourtt said. The driver then left the sidewalk, paused and headed west on South Stadium Drive. An officer standing outside
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[From left to right] Senior apparel designers Michelle Judice, Ryan Auld and Jenna Nunmaker show off their designs May 4 in the human ecology building.
are prepared in any arena,” she said. “By the end of the class, we want students to have designs they can add to their portfolios.” Judice said the experience helped her learn where she wants to go as a designer.
“It gave us the opportunity to explore our ideas and perspectives as designers,” Judice said. Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com
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ACADEMICS
University provides for students during finals, dead week CAS offers advice for testing, tutoring By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
The University is making plans to reduce the stress of dead week and finals week. And churches and study areas are providing snacks and resources during the stressful time. The Five and 459 Commons dining halls hosted the
Chancellor’s Pancake Breakfast on Tuesday from 10 p.m. to midnight. The event features free pancakes and a chance to meet the chancellor. Students can pick up blue books and scantrons from Students Government and could win tickets to the Bayou Country Superfest on May 29 and 30. Sherry Leger, campus minister at Christ the King Parish and Catholic Center, said food will be available to students throughout the week.
Students can enjoy refreshments at any time from Monday to Saturday in the Church’s activity center. Leger said the center will also offer lunch May 12 and dinner from May 10 to 12 at 6:30 p.m. Middleton Library will be open 24 hours a day from Monday, May 8, to Thursday, May 16. The library will remain open until 2 a.m. on May 17 and 18. The Center for Academic Success also has different study hours during exam week.
STUDENT HEALTH CENTER
Facility to offer online scheduling System should be implemented by fall By Sabrina Trahan Contributing Writer
The Student Health Center will implement a new online appointment scheduling method next semester. “We’re hoping by the fall to have the electronic clinic management system, which will allow students to schedule appointments online,” said Kathy Saichuk, Wellness Education coordinator at the Student Health Center. The current system only allows appointments to be scheduled by phone during health center hours. The new system will enable students to schedule appointments online at any time, not just during health center hours, Saichuk said. Electronic schedulers are advanced systems beginning to be used in many hospitals, Saichuk said. “We’ve been trying to do this for several years,” Saichuk said. “It’s an expensive endeavor to get started.” The health center must choose the best system for all three branches — Medical Care, Mental Health and Wellness Education. “We are working with the IT department to see if this system can be integrated with what’s already present at LSU,” Saichuk said. “It would be a great benefit to our students.” The center will be available
during the summer to students takThe center won’t allow preing summer classes and students scription refills that last the entire returning in the fall semester. summer because of legal issues, Students Saichuk said. currently taking “Graduating classes enrolled seniors taking pre‘[An online for the fall sescriptions written mester may still appointment system] out in a particular take advantage of can fill up would be a great month the center’s disthe remaining recounted pharmacy benefit to our students.’ fills at the health and services for center at our reKathy Saichuk an $85 prepaid fee duced costs,” Saor $25 per visit, Wellness Education coordinator ichuk said. even if they are Students may not registered for summer classes, want to get prescriptions refilled Saichuk said. soon because the center usually The summer fee is included gets busier around exams, Saichuk in students’ fee bills if they are said. Graduating seniors particufull-time summer students taking larly try to schedule appointments a minimum of six hours, Saichuk and take care of health issues besaid. fore graduation, Saichuk said. Students pay a $144 prepaid The center will be open Monfee as part of their tuition for the day through Friday from 8 a.m. to fall and spring semesters. 4:15 p.m. during the summer. The health center also allows students leaving Baton Rouge for the summer to pick up prescripContact Sabrina Trahan at tion refills before the end of the semester. strahan@lsureveille.com
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CAS will offer chemistry tutoring May 10 to 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 39 of Allen Hall. They will also offer math tutoring May 10 to 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Middleton 141-B and physics tutoring May 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in room 102 of Nicholson Hall. “We suggest [students] make a master to-do list for each final,” said CAS Director Melissa Brocato. “Try to put it in perspective of what they need to know and use that as a guide to get through
all the material.” Brocato said another method is to study in short increments — no more than an hour at a time — and alternate different subjects to give the brain a break. The CAS teaches students to get enough sleep, eat right, have an outlet for stress and take study breaks to have fun.
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Dead week begins today SG providing forms for violations By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer
Dead week is meant to give students extra time to put aside for studying, but some students have concerns that dead week is more stressful than finals week. Ann Marie Barlass, communication disorders senior, said dead week should be a little more dead. “I usually have exams, papers and quizzes due, so it’s not a concentrated study period as it’s supposed to be,” she said. “I don’t think I’ve actually had a dead week.” The spring semester’s dead week – officially called “concentrated study period” – runs today through Sunday, according to the University academic calendar. “As far as I know, its purpose is to give students an opportunity to prepare for final examinations while no extracurricular activities are scheduled,” said University Registrar Robert Doolos in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. Graded required coursework, including exams, quizzes and homework, may be assigned during the concentrated study period if the work counts for at most 10 percent of the student’s grade in the course, according to the LSU General Catalog. Laboratory courses are exempt from the policy. Assignments scheduled on the syllabus within the first two weeks of the semester are also exempt from the 10 percent limit assuming that the work on the assignments is done throughout the semester, according to the catalog. Justin Gilberti, sports administration junior, said he has a marketing test during dead week that counts for at least 25 percent of his grade. “It’s unfair because it’s putting pressure on me,” he said. “I should be preparing for exams instead of focusing on a regular test.” Student Government provides print and electronic forms for students to report dead week violations. These appeals were created by previous SG President Stuart Watkins last fall. Current SG President J Hudson said students were never able to see if any action was taken on reported violations in the past, and SG plans to change that. “Something we’re working on with the first round of violations is where students can see progress with violations,” Hudson said. “They’ve sent them and never seen the results. We’re going to keep an anonymous spreadsheet that will show if any action was taken.” SG wants students to report violations no matter how small, Hudson said. “We want to make sure Academic Affairs knows about the situation,” he said. “If there are hundreds of e-mails, we want to take those, analyze them individually and make sure each student’s voice is heard.” Diane Mohler, assistant director for the Center for Academic Success, said no new material should be
‘[Dead week] should be free time so we can study.’
‘I don’t think I’ve actually had a dead week.
Justin Gilberti
Ann Marie Barlass
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introduced during the concentrated study period. She said assignments like papers or presentations would be good to have during dead week if they pull together material learned throughout the semester. Mohler said the week before finals is a good time for a concentrated study period because it helps students focus if they take advantage of it. “Students can have the opportunity to fully integrate what they’ve taken in throughout the semester,” she said. Dead week is also a good time for students to catch up on sleep and
get healthier, Mohler said, which are critical to doing well on finals. Middleton Library will have extended hours during dead week. The library will be open from 7:15 a.m. to 2 a.m. today through Friday. Nancy Colyar, assistant dean of libraries, said the first and second floors in Middleton Library will remain open for 24 hours starting Saturday and ending Saturday, May 15, to cope with the large amount of students studying at the library.
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Caddywhompus is a two-piece noise rock band from New Orleans by way of Houston. The duo has been lauded throughout South Louisiana for its intense live show and hazy, distorted riffs. The band will release its first full-length album, “Remainder,” on May 11 through Community Records, a New Orleans-based label. Caddywhompus will premiere the songs from the new album for the first time in Baton Rouge at Northgate Tavern on Saturday night. Drummer Sean Hart recently spoke with entertainment writer Chris Abshire about the band’s recording process and more. Download a free mp3 of Caddywhompus’ song “Let the Water Hit the Floor” at lsureveille.com.
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Caddywhompus Q: The band’s lo-fi sound a result of using programs like GarageBand or is it an intentional quality? A: “I think we like to capture the garage-y aspects of us as musicians, and those are the kinds of sounds that we love to play. It usually involves a lot of distortion and thrashing, so that lo-fi sound is kind of a natural result of those tactics.”
Q: What does the band look foward to about playing in Baton Rouge? A: “The people there are really down with us. Like, I remember playing at Insomkneeacks my first time in Baton Rouge and making a lot of friends in town. People keep on coming back to our shows in BR, and it’s an awesome experience to play there live every time.”
Q: What was the process in recording “Remainder”? What does the record sound like?
Q: How is releasing an LP different from the putting out EPs and demos?
A: “The process was really slow. We had been writing the songs for a year, and we recorded ourselves in our practice studio all in one week with GarageBand. After that though, we spent a month fixing it. It sounds really different than our previous recordings for sure, but in a good way. [The process] was a lot of fun. It just took a long time.”
A: “First of all, working with Community Records was awesome, and they helped make the album a lot stronger and more organized. Everything was sort of last minute with Community Records, but they helped the process a lot. Our EP was sort of just a collection of random songs, so we wanted to have a cohesive album to represent the band, and say ‘Hey, this is what we are really about.’”
Q: Caddywhompus has a dynamic reputation associated with your live shows. How does the band approach live perfomances? A: “We want to play live like we do in all our practice sessions. We really only have one volume, and we can’t really turn it down. It’s kind of like we’re on max volume all the time.”
Q: Saturday night will be the band’s first show at Northgate Tavern. What do you expect from it? A: “I’ve driven by the place a whole bunch of times, just never played there. I’m expecting a different group of people that I’ve never met before. We’ve played The Spanish Moon the last four times in town, and we see a lot of the same fans. But I think it’ll be great to finally try our live show out at Northgate.”
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TENNIS
Dean’s career night helps Tigers snap losing streak, 9-5 By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor
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LSU senior first baseman Blake Dean swings at a pitch Tuesday during the Tigers’ victory against Southeastern.
If losing was an illness, LSU’s baseball team may as well have been bedridden, losing seven straight games. The Tigers finally found the cure Tuesday night against Southeastern Louisiana: a shot. Only the shot wasn’t at all painful, at least to the Tigers. It was a two-run, towering shot over the right field wall by talismanic senior first baseman Blake Dean in the bottom of a three-run seventh inning that gave the Tigers a 7-5 lead. No. 15 LSU (33-13) would go on to a 9-5 victory against Southeastern (33-14) in front of a crowd of 5,545, thanks in part to Dean’s 3-for-5 night that left him a triple shy of the cycle. “When Blake hit that home run, that was a feeling we haven’t felt in a while,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “You need your big guys to step up, and Blake did just that.” The career night for Dean also moved him up numerous categories in the record books. The home run was the 53rd of his illustrious career, putting him in sole possession of fourth on LSU’s all-time home run list. The two RBI on the homer gave him 246, tying him for third place all-time with Todd Walker, and the run he scored was the 206th of his career, tying him for seventh on LSU’s all-time list. STREAK, see page 11
Tigers, Ladies miss tourney
By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor
The LSU men’s tennis has become synonymous with the NCAA tournament throughout program history. The Tigers have made the tournament 25 of the last 26 years, including five quarterfinal appearances, two semifinal appearances and one runner-up finish in the NCAA tournament since 1987. But for the first time in 16 years — and the first time in LSU coach Jeff Brown’s 13-year tenure — LSU (8-15, 3-8) failed to make the 64-team field. The bracket was announced Tuesday afternoon on ESPNews as Brown and his team huddled around the big screen television at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium only to find out they will watch the tournament at home for the first time since 1994 when former coach Jerry Simmons led LSU to a 10-13 record. “I really wanted them to get in,” Brown said. “It will be disappointing because I want them to be able to practice for two more weeks and go to the tournament and have the experience.” Brown and LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan knew the Tigers would be either the last team in or the first team out, and Bryan said the Tigers would have had to jump to No. 42 in the latest ITA rankings which were released Monday. They fell one spot short, coming in at No. 43. “We’ve always known this was a developmental year pretty SHORT, see page 11
BASKETBALL
Roberts strives for career in coaching Former center wants to earn degree in 2 years By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor
College basketball players who leave school to enter the NBA join a league in which money and fame can lead to temptations and vices. Former LSU center Stanley Roberts left LSU after two years to pursue a professional basketball career in 1990. He gave into temptation and, on Nov. 24, 1999, was expelled from the NBA for drug violations. More than 20 years later, the 40-year-
old former Tiger star is back at LSU and is two years from receiving his college degree. Roberts said he’s glad he came back to LSU, and he recommends every athlete should get his degree at some point. “If they do decide to finish early, they need to come back and get their degree, because without that piece of paper, it’s hard to get a job in today’s economy,” Roberts said. The 7-footer came back to school in the fall of 2007 and has been studying human resources education, but Roberts said he plans on switching his major to sports management. Roberts wants more than just a degree — he wants a career as a basketball coach.
Roberts has tried his hand at coaching. He worked the NBA Players’ Association’s basketball camps before he came back to the University and currently joins former LSU teammate Randy Devall each weekend to teach kids the game of basketball. Devall has run a basketball camp for seven years called Randy Devall’s Better Basketball Skills, and he said Roberts has caught on to coaching and is a good teacher. “When working with the kids, he started off kind of slow, but it’s just so natural for him now,” Devall said. “The kids love working with him. He has a great feel for coaching and dealing with people.” ROBERTS, see page 11
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Stanley Roberts, former center on the LSU basketball team in the ’90s, is back at the University to get his degree.
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SOFTBALL
Pitcher Fico dominates during freshman campaign Conn. native set record in high school By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
To call LSU freshman pitcher Rachele Fico dominant is an understatement — she’s close to perfect. The Connecticut native set the national high school record for perfect games with 26 at Masuk High School in Monroe, Conn., leading the Panthers to Class LL state championships in 2007 and 2008. Fico amassed numerous other accolades. She was the 2008 and 2009 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year, and she was recently named the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance Female Athlete of the Year. Fico finished high school with a 105-3 record, compiling a meager 0.07 ERA. Her transition from high school to college hasn’t been the treacherous switch many freshmen experience. Fico was thrown right into action, posting the lowest ERA (1.09) on the LSU pitching staff while tossing a team-leading 128.2 innings. She also has the most wins (17) and all five of the Tigers’ saves this season. Her focus on softball began at an early age. Fico’s father, Ralph Fico, said it took convincing for her to play tee-ball when she was 5 or 6. “When we first signed her up for tee-ball, she didn’t want to do it,” her father said. “When she got there, she realized she was good at it. When you’re good at something, you start to like it.” Rachele Fico’s brother, Nick Fico, played baseball throughout high school. He said he and his sister used to practice at the cages with their father for hours growing up. “When we were little, my dad used to have a ball, and we used to throw it back and forth until we didn’t miss it for a hundred times,” he said. Rachele Fico’s father said she found her niche as a pitcher after taking lessons when she was 9. She and her father would throw about 100 pitches six or seven days a week, he said. “We knew that there was something there,” her father said. “We just wanted to give her the avenue to make any decision she wanted to make.”
Fico made a verbal commit- said she invited Fico to the Timent to LSU when she was a ju- gers’ clinic after seeing her pitch nior in high school. Ralph Fico in person. said his daugh“She came to ter wanted to our clinic in Janufind a top softary, and the team did ball program an unbelievable job offering an edat the time of really ucation major. selling LSU,” Gir“She exouard said. cels in heat and The decision behot weather, came a two-headed and she didn’t race between AlaMorgan Russell want to play bama and LSU after LSU sophomore catcher on the west Fico narrowed her coast,” he said. “She had letters choices to the Southeastern Confrom UCLA and Washington.” ference. LSU coach Yvette Girouard “When we went to Alabama
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‘When [Fico’s] out there, I’ve never seen someone so focused before.’
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LSU freshman pitcher Rachele Fico throws a pitch Feb. 28 during LSU’s 4-1 win against Jacksonville State. Fico struck out ten batters during the game.
on an unofficial visit, they did a great job of recruiting her,” Fico’s father said. “She was 90 percent chosen on that school until she made a visit to LSU. It kind of had a home feeling. It looked like Connecticut without the hills.” Girouard said Fico has a bright future in Baton Rouge. “I knew she was going to be very good because of her work ethic, her maturity within the circle,” Girouard said. “She doesn’t get frazzled. She knows the game.” Sophomore catcher Morgan Russell said Fico’s talent is unquestionable, and she’s beginning to understand the speed of the college game. “When she’s out there, I’ve never seen someone so focused before,” Russell said. “She’s looking at that batter, telling her, ‘You’re going down. You’re not
going to hit this ball.’” Fico played alongside LSU junior third baseman Jessica Mouse for the Stratford Brakettes, an Amateur Softball Association team that has had 11 Olympians and 19 Hall of Famers. Fico also played for the Gold Coast Hurricanes, her traveling summer club team. “For the past two years I played with [Mouse] a little bit over the summer when I was home,” Fico said. “But I spent the majority of my past two summers traveling with the Gold Coast Hurricanes.” Fico said she will play with the Brakettes full-time this summer.
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FOOTBALL
Summer camps could bolster 2011 recruiting class Biggest holes in defense, quarterback
By Chris Branch Sports Writer
The fancy Nike and Under Armour camps are wrapping up. Students will get out of school soon. Summer is no longer a mirage. Many high schoolers will head to the beach or find summer joba, but the country’s elite young athletes will peruse America’s biggest and best football campuses, trying to find a suitable home for their football skills. It’s a coach’s field day. No longer do the Les Mileses and Nick Sabans of college football have to watch tape on prospective players. Summer is the time for camps held at each university, placing recruits on a tangible platter for inspection. “The summertime is when the kids really hit the team camps,” said Scout.com recruiting analyst Sonny Shipp. “They’ll go to some schools that they’re interested in whether they have offers in or not. That gives them a chance to show the coaches firsthand some of their skills and also show the coaches how well they take coaching and how able they are to take new techniques and apply them.” The drills are mostly noncontact, including weightlifting, running and 7-on-7 offensive drills. Miles will hope to have his pick of the litter during the sunny months. His 2011 recruiting class has 10 commitments so far, with two five-star prospects and four four-star prospects. He could add a few more top-rate players. “You’re probably looking at anywhere from eight to 10 spots left in the class,” Shipp said. “I think by the time the summer camps hit, LSU could probably be sitting at about 14 commitments by the end of summer.” Four-star running backs Kenny Hilliard and Jeremy Hill, along with three-star back Terrance Magee, could have Miles and company laying any worries about the backfield to rest. Combine that with four-star wide receiver Jarvis Landry and threestar wideout Alonzo Lewis, and the offensive skill positions are stacked. Some of the defense needs to be shored up, Shipp said. Nabbing a quarterback could also be a top priority for Miles’ coaching staff. “Going forward, they probably want to get another two defensive lineman, find a corner and maybe a safety and a quarterback or two,” Shipp said. Potential targets for those slots are emerging. Evangel High defensive end Jermauria Rasco figures to be a top target. The Shreveport native has offers from
a myriad of top programs — including LSU, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and USC — but told Scout.com the Tigers, Longhorns and Crimson Tide are high on his list. Rasco is rated the No. 2 defensive end prospect in the country. Another option on the defensive line could be Covington native Mickey Johnson, a defensive tackle from St. Paul’s. Johnson is rated No. 24 on the defensive tackle list and is considered a three-star prospect, according to Scout. Johnson would, if he commits, join five-star defensive tackle Anthony Johnson in the trenches for the 2011 class. Possibly joining those two on the defensive side of the ball is Renaldo Thomas, a free safety from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans. Thomas has hinted he might commit to LSU
soon. “Renaldo Thomas is talking about committing at the end of May before the summer starts,” Shipp said. “If he does, there’s a safety right there.” The quarterback position is a different story. Shipp said to watch for Miles to snatch a quarterback during the summer to bolster the balance of the class. Catholic High product and Baton Rouge native Zack Oliver could be the signal caller chosen. “At quarterback, I wouldn’t be surprised if Zack Oliver from Catholic of Baton Rouge gets an offer after the June camp,” Shipp said. “I think quarterback is going to be as big a priority as any other position.”
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FALL 2010 RECRUITS Not committed: • DE Jermauria Rasco 6’4”, 251 lbs. • DT Mickey Johnson 6’1”, 310 lbs. •FS Renaldo Thomas 6’4”, 205 lbs. • QB Zack Oliver 6’3”, 214 lbs.
Committed:
• RB Kenny Hilliard 6’0”, 251 lbs. •RB Jeremy Hill 6’1”, 215 lbs. •RB Terrance Magee 5’10”, 200 lbs. • WR Jarvis Landry 5’11”, 185 lbs. • WR Alonzo Lewis 6’2”, 200 lbs. • DT Anthony Johnson 6’2”, 296 lbs.
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plate, I told myself that I wanted to tie it up,” Mahtook said. “He left it up a little bit, and I took it out.” LSU pitching also held its own for the most part.
Junior starting pitcher Austin Ross went exactly four innings as planned, giving up three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. All three of those runs
were manufactured on RBI singles in the third inning and allowed Southeastern to nab a 3-2 lead. Two walks in the inning were what Ross felt hurt him. “The base hits were decent pitches, but the walks came back to get me,” Ross said. LSU used five relievers to finish the game. The help ran into trouble in the middle frames, but double plays became the Tigers’ best friend. Tiger sophomore reliever Joey Bourgeois surrendered a run to give the Lions a 4-3 lead in the fifth before loading the bases. He would induce a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning. After the Tigers tied the game back up, LSU junior reliever Ben Alsup got himself into his own
spring of 2008. Roberts said the job requires him to attend many LSU sporting events, but he makes sure he doesn’t have to work during LSU basketball games because he likes to attend the games as a fan. “I try to go there, enjoy the games and pick up some coaching tips,” Roberts said. Roberts attended five home
games during LSU’s 2009-10 season. He said the team’s struggles were to be expected. He said LSU coach Trent Johnson did well during the 2008-09 season by leading the team to Southeastern Conference regular season championship, but this season was a rebuilding year after losing key players from the championship team.
“Trent did the best job he could in the position he was in,” Roberts said. “He had a lot of walk-ons, and he didn’t have the total spectrum of his team in place.” Roberts said he would like to coach at the college level in the future, but his current goal is to get a degree and coach a high school basketball team after he graduates. Devall said Roberts is on the
right path to accomplish his goals. “Stanley’s decision to come back to get his degree is probably the best thing he could have done,” Devall said. “From what I’ve seen, I think Stanley has a bright future in coaching.”
25 teams, including six matches against top-10 teams. The only win came March 19 against thenNo. 21 Wake Forest. “There’s a lot of frustration,” said LSU junior Julien Gathier. “Even against the top teams in the country, most of the time we were in the matches, but we were missing one point that could have
made a difference.” Virginia received the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament and eight Southeastern Conference teams made the field — Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Auburn, Alabama and Vanderbilt. The LSU women’s tennis team also missed on the women’s
portion of the NCAA tournament. The Lady Tigers weren’t selected for the first time since 2006 after compiling a 10-15 record on the year and had a similar situation to the men in terms of youth and inexperience. LSU coach Tony Minnis started three freshmen and a sophomore in his singles lineup
and had no dominant player to anchor itself on when things went sour. The Lady Tigers finished the final regular season rankings ranked No. 70, their lowest ranking since 1993.
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Dean also hit his 63rd career double in the third inning that helped set up LSU to tie the game at 3-3 at the time. That double moved him into third all-time. “I felt like I needed to do more this game, and I got that big hit for us,” Dean said. The rest of LSU’s offense also seemed to find its way, as the Tigers collected 15 hits to feast off Southeastern pitching. Sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook blasted a solo home run off Southeastern starting pitcher Josh Janway in the sixth inning to tie the game at 5-5. Janway would be chased after giving up a double to the next LSU batter. “Briefly when I walked to the
ROBERTS, from page 7
Roberts will be Devall’s assistant coach for the Lady Angels basketball team this summer for girls ages 13 and younger. When Roberts is not in school and not coaching kids, the Hopkins, S.C., native works as a student worker for the Athletic Department, where he began working in the
SHORT, from page 7
much,” Bryan said. “The fact is that we were really young, and we had a tough schedule.” LSU had arguably one of the toughest schedules in the country — one of the main reasons for its 15 losses. The Tigers played 12 top-
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LSU sophomore infielder Tyler Hanover, left, reaches to make a play at second base Tuesday during the Tigers’ 9-5 victory against Southeastern in Alex Box Stadium.
quandary as he allowed Southeastern to regain the lead at 5-4. Alsup got his own double play, a 5-4-3, to end the Southeastern threat for the second-straight inning. “Our bullpen had been struggling, so we had a team meeting to say that people need to step up,” said LSU senior reliever Paul Bertuccini, who went 1 2/3 innings in his 100th career appearance. Junior pitcher Anthony Ranaudo came in the ninth to close out the game. He got two strikeouts to start the inning before giving up a walk and two singles to load the bases before getting a groundout to end the game. Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com
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Oil spill in the Gulf will affect, hurt Louisiana economy It’s been two weeks since the British Petroleum offshore drilling rig exploded. The immediate effects have been tragic, but the worst is still to come for Louisiana. It has been a dark last couple of days for the Chandeleur Islands, the easternmost point of our state, where the first sheens of the spill recently arrived. And, while the remainder of the Louisiana coast awaits the oily apocalypse, leaks continue to
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Water flouridation a real problem Imagine a substance that could increase your chances of bone cancer by 600 percent, a substance that if consumed over a period of time could lower your IQ by five to 10 points. Imagine a substance that is slightly more toxic than lead and slightly less toxic than arsenic.
spew Texas tea into the Gulf only a few miles from our coastline. Worst of all, estimates coming in are saying the leak may not be stopped for two to three months. So what does this mean for Louisianans? Initially, you may want to cancel your condo reservations if they aren’t on the East coast — unless you enjoy building flammable sand castles. And in the long term, the ecologically inherent seafood issues might make the currently detestable act
of buying Chinese crawfish seem tame. Many seafood restaurants around town are struggling with curious customers not so eager to ingest toxic chemicals in their meals. Others can’t keep enough in stock to satiate those who anticipate the coming spike in shellfish prices. Bottom line: The local economy is already experiencing the aftereffects of this environmental crisis. But the effects of this crisis
may go far beyond canceling your order for a seafood platter in coming weeks. Fishermen who have finally recovered from Katrina are now facing another complete disaster. They’ll still have their boats, but possibly no catch in the coming months. Tack this imminent blow to the fishing industry on to the recent economic turmoil of our great state, and it gets that much worse. And if you think this is bad, just wait. It could be 20 years
until the delicate ecosystem of the affected areas returns to normal if the aftermath goes as predicted. This could mean wiping out much of the coastal marshland, and, more seriously, disruption in shellfish reproduction. If this occurs, every species that depends on oysters, shrimp and crabs will be affected — including us.
Now consider the possibility of this substance being consumed by over 70 percent of the U.S. population in immeasurable quantities through the nation’s water supply. Yep, this is all real. It is called water fluoridation. I grew up like any other child in Louisiana, learning the basics of life as taught by my family and friends. Wash your hands before you eat, wipe your shoes off on the doormat, and brush your teeth morning and night were the cornerstones of my childhood lessons in life, and somewhere along the way I learned about the “magic”
of fluoride. First of all, fluoride is a pretty cool-sounding word. That matters a lot when you’re a kid. Secondly, I remember being very impressed by my hometown’s dental health ad campaign on TV. I think it involved a big smiling hippo with sunglasses that drove around in a racecar and kept saying stuff like, “I don’t drink beer often, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis,” or actually maybe that wasn’t it. I can’t remember. All I know is that the big smiling hippo convinced me at a very young age that fluoride was obviously a good thing, even if I knew
hardly anything about it. Flash-forward to present day — my opinion of fluoridation could not be more different. My mind changed when I discovered a new state law, Act 761, which will cost us over $15 million to expand water fluoridation across Louisiana. I could go on and on about why we should avoid fluoridation but I would prefer you not take my word on it. I challenge all who read this to simply do a Google search on “the effects of fluoridation,” and I promise within two minutes of reading you will find enough information to cause
alarm. I will end with a quote by Dr. Dean Burke, co-founder of the National Cancer Institute. “More people have died in the last 30 years from cancer connected with fluoridation than all the military deaths in the entire history of the United States.” Help to reverse this law by going to www.safewaterlouisiana.org.
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NIETZSCHE IS DEAD
Never let labels, easy answers make your decisions
This is my last regular column for this paper. That realization is setting in as I sit down at my computer to write this, and all kinds of feelings are washing over me. All of my mentors and all of my colleagues have told me I need hard news experience, and next semester I intend to go out and find it. So, as I prepare to go into a world of pressing deadlines, noncompliant sources and later nights, I can’t help but think about what this job has meant for me. It’s been a great ride. I started working at this paper purely by chance. I was sitting in the old, yellowed Pentagon Cafeteria (before it had been transformed into the snazzy new “The Five” — man, I feel old all of a sudden) when a friend randomly walked by on his way to Reveille applications. I did it on a whim. Now it’s a career and a calling I hope to pursue after graduation. Writing as a columnist for
15,000 circulation paper as a sophomore is a daunting prospect. Thousands of people are watching what you say, and many of them are just waiting to catch every mistake you’ve made. And, trust me, I’ve made my share of mistakes. I’ve referred to a state senator by the Matthew name of an LSU Albright football player. Opinion Editor I’ve accidentally said a person without a college degree didn’t have a high school diploma. And God only knows how many little errors have made it into the paper. If there’s one thing this job has taught me, it is that everybody is human. Everybody makes mistakes — especially me. Columnists eventually come to love the hate mail. I’ve been told I’m a disgrace to my parents and to
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my country. I’ve been called a communist and a socialist, a Muslim and atheist. I’ve even been told to go work for Fox News. I’ve been called a wild-eyed liberal the same week I’ve been called a rigid, racist conservative. And the more comments I get that try to label me, the more I realize those labels don’t really apply. This is, at its core, what I’ve tried to say this whole time. Labels and generalizations are never sufficient. The easiest answer is usually the least correct, and the broadest generalizations are usually the most false. “Always” and “never” are seldom appropriate. The world is seldom painted in shades of black and white, but in varying sides of gray. The “beats” I’ve covered for this paper are politics and religion. They’re the things you’re not supposed to talk about at dinner, the things that are too divisive and intense for everyday discussion. What I’ve tried to say is that’s
not how it has to be. In politics, we’re told we live in a bi-polar world of deep reds and blues. We’re told social progress only happens when one side “wins,” and we’re constantly looking to align ourselves against the side that loses. What I’ve tried to say is that’s not how it has to be. In politics, there’s always room for debate, the answer’s never obvious and the solutions are seldom easy. So we should stop trying to pretend any one person, party or ideology is always right — or anywhere close to it. In religion, we grapple with the biggest questions and the ultimate issues. The meaning of life — and the meaning of the afterlife — are up for debate, and souls and their salvation or at stake. The loudest, most publicized religious folk believe everyone else is evil, while the loudest nonreligious folk believe everyone else is stupid. What I’ve tried to say is that’s not how it has to be. Nobody knows for certain whether there’s a God or
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what he looks like. We should stop trying to pretend we know all the answers to all the eternal questions and go about this life without damning each other to hell or otherwise. The most common criticism I’ve received as a columnist is that I don’t take positions. Well, what I’ve tried to say is that sometimes the best answer is “I don’t know,” and the best course of action is to listen. It’s a great big crazy world we live in. What I’ve really meant to say is we’re human, and there’s nothing wrong with admitting we don’t understand it. And that means we need to work — together, all of us — until we do. Matthew Albright is a 21-year-old mass communication major from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
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Start making love to math geeks before it’s too late For my final column as your Devil’s Advocate, I’d like to make a point so counter-intuitive it goes against the double helix twisting the strings that control your decisions. Your genes don’t usually lead you wrong, but the world is changing faster than evolution can adapt to it. Believe me when I say this: You need to start sleeping with math geeks. Humans have been around for more than a thousand centuries, but this “civilization” thing is roughly 100 centuries old. Knowing how to throw a spear was necessary for survival on the savannah, so it became essential for attracting mates. Today, almost everyone can learn to chunk spears, and everyone finds physical prowess attractive. The Olympics shower status and sex on exceptional spearchunkers even though modern spear-chunking helps no one sur-
vive. In pre-history, probability theory didn’t help our ancestors find dinner. Today, one could use Newtonian physics to predict where a chunked spear would land, but it was easier and quicker to just practice until the subconscious committed it to muscle memory. What modern math Daniel Morgan Columnist nerds we have are weird, evolutionary experiments that happened to work out — mutant dinosaurs born covered in feathers who somehow learned to fly. Today, we live in a world ruled by quants. Math geeks at GoldmanSachs make billions on smart bets. Newtonian physics steers destructive missiles across continents.
Forecasters literally predict the future. Math rules the world in the same way muscle used to, but our evolutionary attraction mechanisms, mine included, are too busy oohing and ahhing over shoulder and hip widths to be turned on by a geek who memorized the Gamma Function. That’s fine by me. The more uncommon my skill set, the more I’m paid. But imagine what the world will be like in 100 centuries. Today’s mathematicians hone their skills on the fringes of society, unsure of their value and nervously shuffling from problem to problem. In the future, they will stride in confidence through the utopia numbers build. Cowboys will carry graphing calculators in holsters. Mathletes will be treated like gods, and numerophobes will be treated like
gingers. If you want your genes to last — and your genes have only lasted so far because they want to last — you need to start mixing them with whatever math geeks you can find. Screen your partners. At your first date, ask them if they’ve ever purchased a lottery ticket. When the bill comes, ask him or her how large the tip should be. If the first answer is a yes or the second answer comes after more than a five-second pause, let that one go. If they answer “only when the expected value exceeds zero” and to the nearest penny, then make love to them. Make love with reckless abandon. Make love as though your very survival depends on it. In the long, genetic view, it does. If you’ve already snared a nerd into your love life, you’re one of the lucky few, but if you settled for a non-quant husband, find a suitor
who looks like him and pray your provider never takes a paternity test. There aren’t enough geeks to go around, and you might miss out on your piece of the action. Worst-case scenario: Your partner writes you a derivative text message about he “wants to lie tangent to your curves.” Best-case scenario: Your genius progeny rule the future. I hope you take my advice before it’s too late. And I even more sincerely hope my girlfriend doesn’t read this column. Daniel Morgan is a 22-year old economics senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dmorgan. Contact Daniel Morgan at dmorgan@lsureveille.com
BURNS AFTER READing
Grade inflation causes intellectual menstruation
American universities have long been considered breeding grounds for venereal diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea. But according to recent academic studies, there’s a lethal new contagion spreading throughout our nation’s colleges: grade inflation. Grade inflation, according to academic researcher Stuart Rojstaczer, is a phenomenon that occurs when there’s a continued, unwarranted rise in the number of higher grades assigned to students. Some researchers have downplayed the role of grade inflation, but many analysts fear it has subtly entrenched itself in the grading system and infected virtually every realm of higher education. Average GPAs at universities have climbed during the last century from approximately 2.3 to 3.1, according to gradeinflation.com. This trend has accelerated significantly during the last 25 years, and researchers insist it applies both to public and private universities. The average GPA at LSU, for instance, rose from 2.3 in 1965 to nearly 3.0 by 2001. More recent results indicate the University average has settled down near 2.88. Researchers say progressive increases in state funding and government-issued student loans are two of the driving forces behind grade inflation in public universities. Because many states issue funding based on enrollment size and academic performance, analysts believe college administrators are encouraged to prop their grades up to maintain their existing student body while also bolstering their performance records. “Paradoxically, students and governments are spending more and more money for an education that seems to deliver less and less
content,” Rojstaczer observed in an article in The Christian Science Monitor. Grade inflation might not sound like too bad of a deal for college students at first glance. After all, what’s so bad about everybody getting higher grades? The answer is higher grades aren’t necessarily bad, but grade inflation dilutes the gradScott Burns ing system and thus makes it Columnist harder for universities to successfully separate the average students from outstanding students. Not only does grade inflation mitigate the benefits of good performance, it also distorts academic incentives by encouraging students to “settle” for satisfactory grades rather than striving for excellence. Finals week is fast approaching, and we can all see how this works by looking at the ever-popular “final grade calculator” on Moodle. Because, grading-wise, there’s essentially no difference between an 89 and an 80, many students (myself included) use the device to see how poorly they can do and still attain their desired grade. This might not be the most admirable approach. But it’s an entirely sensible strategy given the ways grades are currently determined. Grade inflation may well be entrenched in our educational system. But there are ways to reduce its undesirable effects. One method many universities have adopted is the plus-minus grading system. Students are assigned partial credit based on their
numerical grades under such a system rather than merely receiving a “one-size fits all” letter grade based on our current 10-point grading scale. For example, a student who earns a B+ might receive as many as 3.33 credit points rather than the mere 3 points he or she would receive under our current grading model. A student who earns a B would receive approximately 3
points, while a student who earns a B- might receive as few as 2.5 points. As Warren Buffett famously said, “It’s only when the tide goes out that you discover who’s been swimming naked.” The plus-minus grading scale won’t entirely reign in the high tides of grade inflation. But it at least gives employers a chance to clear up the water supply so they can see
what swimwear students are really wearing beneath the surface. In my case, that’d be a men’s banded-waist thong.
Scott Burns is a 20-year-old economics junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sburns. Contact Scott Burns at sburns@lsureveille.com
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Help Wanted College of Basic Sciences has an opening for a student worker beginning June 1st. Applicants must be able to work 30 hours per week during summer and should not be a BASC major. Duties include assisting with freshman orientations and office projects. Applicants must be proficient in Word, Excell and PowerPoint. Submit letter of application, resume and references by Friday, May 7th to Martha A. Cedotal, Senior Assistant Dean, 351 Hatcher Hall. 225.578.4001 ATTENTION FRESHMAN Busy Pediatric Cardiology office looking for Hardworking students Criteria: Pre- Med, PreDent, Pre- Vet or Pre- PA GPA of 3.5 or higher. Required to work summer and continue through fall. Contact Acourville@pcaofbr.com SUMMER CAMP EMPLOYEES River Road Summer Camp is looking for f/t and p/t employees. Must be 18 or older. 15 minutes from LSU. 225.336.9030 The University Club golf course is now hiring lifegaurds, servers, and cart staff. Flexible schedules and fun environment. Please come fill out an application today! 225.819.0311 casa maria mexican grill now hiring summer waitstaff. Apply in person at 7955 Bluebonnet Blvd. near Perkins Earn $1000-$3200 a month to drive our brand new cars with ads placed on them. www. YouDriveAds.com Now Hiring For SUMMER & FALL! Child Care Center near LSU now hiring for Summer and Fall Semesters. Afternoon Teachers needed 2:30-5:30 Mon-Fri. 225.766.1159 Can we reduce how much sugar we absorb? The purpose of this study is to determine if a drug can help reduce the amount of sugar our body absorbs from the foods we eat. PBRC is looknig for people to participate in this 8-week study. Call 225.763.3000 or visit www. pbrc.edu STUDENT WORKER POSITION AT THE AQUACULTURE RESEARCH STATION: Work in routine maintenance of laboratories and running flow cytometric samples. Background in biological sciences essential. Requirements: good academic standing, strong work ethic, and ability to work in a team. Contact Dr Jonathan Daly: jdaly@agcenter.lsu.edu. 225.765.2848
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Do you have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome? The purpose of this study is to determine if cinnamon extract will lower blood sugar levels in women diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PBRC is looking for people to participate in this 28-week study. Earn up to $600. Call 225.763.3000 or visit www.pbrc.edu
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oil spill will affect the seafood industry for years. He said he believes the government would be forced to eventually implement some kind of regulations such as where people can fish, how much they can catch and what they can catch. Westerman said based on when crews can stop the leaks and what methods they use, it will take years for organizations to completely rid the water of oil — if ever. HOW STUDENTS CAN HELP Members of several student organizations created the Facebook
THE DAILY REVEILLE group “LSU SCHOLR (Student Coalition to Help the Oil Leak Relief)” to provide students with up-to-date information and a forum to discuss events and volunteer opportunities. SCHOLR is working with DSMA to organize volunteers. Jonathan Carpenter, SCHOLR president, said he’s found hundreds of students interested in getting involved in relief efforts despite the disaster occurring so close to finals week. “It’s a bad time right now because everyone is so crazy with finals, but after that everything should get a lot easier,” he said. Carpenter said his group is constantly growing, and he thinks it’s a
good way to get students involved. The group has helped involve student organizations like ECO and the Student Wetland Society, he said. The Office of Research and Economic Development sponsored the LSU Gulf Coast Oil Spill Research Forum on Tuesday to get faculty and students together and discuss recent events. Doris Carver, interim vice chancellor of the Office of Research and Economic Development, opened the forum. Carver said she thought it would be a good way for faculty to share their ideas with each other and potentially collaborate on projects to aid the government response to the spill. Lauren Mauser, DSMA president, and Carpenter both said their organizations have been working to obtain hazardous materials training for volunteers at little to no cost. There are currently response centers in Pensacola, Fla.; Venice, La.; Mobile, Ala.; and Pascagoula and Biloxi, Miss.
For oil spill recovery information, log on to lsureveille.com. Contact Rachel Warren at rwarren@lsureveille.com
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has admitted 12,715 prospective freshmen, compared 10,296 a year ago, Kuhn said. Though more than 10,000 students were admitted last year, only 4,779 actually enrolled in classes in the fall.
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Carney must separate the usable oil from the waste before the oil can be converted to biofuel. “All the trash like grit, old French fries, chicken fat and anything else that comes out of frying in the cafeteria will settle on the bottom,” Carney said. The oil is then put through a chemical process called transesterification in which it is heated to 130 degrees Fahrenheit and mixed with methanol and lye, Carney said. A reaction takes place, and biodiesel is created within hours. The process occurs in a $10,000 computer-operated reactor, Carney said. An expensive machine had to be purchased so the cooking oil could be converted without extensive time or labor resources the Callegari Center doesn’t have. “We went higher on the front end and got something expensive so we don’t have to spend as much time doing it,” Carney said. Facility Services pays 50 percent of the market value for the biodiesel. “We charge them $1.50 a gallon, and it costs me, if I had to equate my labor and equipment, about $1.25,” Carney said. “I just get a quarter out of them to help defray the costs.” “Predicting this is a complex procedure,” Kuhn said. “We won’t know exactly until summer.” There are ways the University can increase enrollment before having to add more faculty and resources, Kuhn said. The University must maximize
PAGE 15 The Callegari Center receives about 50 gallons of oil per week from LSU Dining, Carney said. The biodiesel conversion produces a one-to-one ratio of product, which equals approximately 50 gallons of biofuel per week. That is only a small portion of Facility Services’ fuel usage, which Carney said is about 250 gallons per week. Though the biodiesel use is small compared to total fuel use, Fellner said Facility Services has saved money in the process. “We’ve probably saved about $1,000 up to this point,” he said. “But it’s a small number compared to what we do. We’re at around $50,000 a year in diesel.” Using also limits harmful output caused by petroleum diesel. Biodiesel emits 65 to 80 percent fewer greenhouse gases than regular diesel, Carney said, and can even perform better. “It has lubricating qualities that regular petroleum diesel doesn’t have, so it helps the engine out,” Carney said. “It’s a lot better for the environment, has a lot less soot, has less of a carbon footprint and has no sulfur whatsoever.”
Contact Ryan Buxton at rbuxton@lsureveille.com its classroom capacity and resources to take more students and not increase costs, Kuhn said. Larger class sizes are part of the equation when accommodating the increase in freshmen, Kuhn said. “If you are in a class of 18 and there are two or three more students in there, do you know the difference?” Kuhn said. “If you are a freshman, do you know the difference if you have never been in a college class?” Another solution is having some freshman take freshman classes later in their college career, Kuhn said. “Again part of the solution to the budget problem is increasing these revenues,” Kuhn said. “And more students is more revenue.” The University stands to gain about $3,500 per student annually by increasing enrollment by these numbers. “An increase in freshmen is only one part,” Martin said. “One is graduate students. I believe its proportion ought to go up.” Martin said he wants to increase the amount of transfers to build relationships with community colleges along with increasing the proportion of graduate students to undergraduates.
Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com
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