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FOOTBALL
Alleva: LSU investigating possible football violations By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
LSU is investigating possible violations involving the football team, Athletic Director Joe Alleva confirmed Monday in a prepared statement.
“Compliance issues are routinely monitored by our compliance staff and LSU is currently researching possible violations involving one assistant coach and one student-athlete in the sport of football,” Alleva said. “The involved student-athlete has not
participated in competition for LSU. By procedure, the Southeastern Conference Office has been made aware of this circumstance by LSU. Privacy concerns for the University employee and the student-athlete preclude further comment at this time.”
An LSU official told The Advocate the assistant coach involved in the investigation is wide receivers coach D.J. McCarthy. Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor for University Relations and senior associate athletic
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director, would not confirm the name of the coach or the player. “This is an ongoing matter,” Vincent said. “I’m not at liberty to say anything more than what’s in the statement.” VIOLATIONS, see page 15
HEALTH
About 200 students vaccinated for H1N1
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Gallery. Parker said the Union Art Gallery is moving its operations from the Union to Foster Hall during the renovations, which will last until the summer. “The merger gives us a year to reorganize and plan how to run the gallery next year,” he said. Judi Stahl, Union Art Gallery director, said the gallery didn’t have any problems with the transition but is seeing fewer visitors than in the
The Student Health Center reported a steady stream of students lining up for the first day of H1N1 inoculations Monday. The Health Center distributed about 200 H1N1 vaccines to students and faculty yesterday, according to Julie Hupperich, associate director of the Health Center. “It was just a slow and steady line of people throughout the morning and afternoon,” Hupperich said. Hupperich said the first day of the vaccination process went about as smoothly as possible thanks to strong preparation and the experience of October’s seasonal flu inoculations. The Health Center called in two additional nurses to help administering the shots, Hupperich said. She said the process was even more streamlined than the seasonal flu vaccinations because the federal government provided the H1N1 shots for free. Brian O’Donnell, music senior, said he signed up for a vaccination because it was free and he had free time Monday. O’Donnell said it was mostly a precautionary measure for him, but he wasn’t too concerned about getting sick or the possible side effects. The Health Center’s doors opened at 7:30 a.m., and inoculations began at 9 a.m. Hupperich said there were a few students who came early and finished paperwork before vaccinations began.
GALLERY, see page 14
VACCINES, see page 14
[Left] Richard Kurtz, interim director of CAMD, gives a tour Friday. [Above] The University’s synchrotron, a type of particle accelerator, is one of only eight in the nation.
CAMD offers unique research opportunities By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer
The way online extras at lsureveille.com Log on to see Kurtz explain the synchrotron at CAMD and see photos of the accelerator.
Trillions of electrons are injected into a ring 150 feet in circumference, accelerating to an energy of 1.3 trillion volts and emitting radiation strong enough to produce a CT Scan with 1,000 times more resolution than a hospital’s. This hub of scientific research can be found at only eight locations throughout the nation, and one of them is LSU. The University’s synchrotron, a type of particle accelerator, can be found at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, or CAMD. Located off campus on Jefferson Highway, CAMD puts the University on par
with other schools with synchrotrons, like Stanford and Cornell universities. “Without CAMD, [LSU] is like a ‘me too’ university,” said Challa Kumar, head of the nanotechnology group at CAMD. “Everyone has a physics department, a materials department and a biology department. But who has a synchrotron? CAMD gives a niche to Louisiana and LSU.” Construction on CAMD began in 1989, and the first data was collected from it in 1992, said Richard Kurtz, interim director of CAMD. The original investment was $25 million, but new equipment for the facility has built the CAMD, see page 15
School of Art struggles with budget cuts Union gallery merges with Foster Hall gallery By Steven Powell Contributing Writer
As the University deals with budget cuts, the LSU School of Art joins a list of departments struggling to keep up services. Though the School of Art has operated the
gallery in Foster Hall for a couple decades, last summer’s budget cuts are forcing the school to find other options to keep up with the facility. Rod Parker, School of Art director, said the school no longer has a full-time staff member to run the Foster Hall gallery and is relying on graduate students to run the facility. “We’ve been able to do it with string, ceiling wax, goodwill and careful organization,” he said. But, the budget cuts coincided with the Student Union renovations, leading to a perfect merger between the School of Art and the Union Art
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Nation & World
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
Guantanamo detainees arrive in Italy, to be tried on terrorism charges
Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan
ROME (AP) — Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo arrived in Italy late Monday and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said. Canada float plane crash kills 6, including baby
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of debate, President Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas.
SATURNA, British Columbia (AP) — A float plane crashed off Canada’s Pacific coast, killing six people, including a Vancouver doctor and her six month-old baby, as well as two American residents. Two people on board survived. Cuban Catholic Church launches faith blog HAVANA (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church is joining Cuba’s booming blogosphere with a new Web site launched Monday that aims to provide a virtual forum for the island’s faithful.
Movement under way in California to ban divorce SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California.
The effort is meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008, largely on the argument that a ban is needed to protect the sanctity of traditional marriage. If that’s the case, then Marcotte reasons voters should have no problem banning divorce. German tourist arrested in Disney fake bomb threat ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A German tourist has been arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat while visiting Walt Disney World. A report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says 37year-old Jochen Naumann of Leipzig, Germany, was going through the security checkpoint at the entrance of the Magic Kingdom Sunday when he told a Disney employee he had two bombs in his back pack. The report says the Disney employee questioned Naumann and he repeated the threat.
STATE/LOCAL
Agriculture department declares much of La. disaster
Authorities: 5th child dies following van crash
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal disaster declaration announced Monday allows Louisiana farmers affected by early-season drought and late-season rains to seek emergency loans or other aid. The declaration, covering much of the planting and production year, April through October, affects all but one Louisiana parish. It also allows for farmers in more than two dozen neighboring counties, in Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas, to apply for assistance. It’s not clear how many farmers will qualify for the government’s low-interest loan offer. While the program can be useful, allowing farmers, for example, to pay down higher-interest debt, “the overriding issue there is, it’s still another loan they’re going to have to pay for years to come,” said Kurt Guidry, an agricultural economist with the Louisiana State University AgCenter.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fifth child died Monday as a result of injuries sustained after a minivan carrying 15 people blew a tire and crashed on Interstate 10 over the weekend, authorities said. State police said 12-year-old Ariel Hines, of Harvey, died Monday at a Baton Rouge hospital.
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TRANSPORTATION
Annual Candlelight Celebration to be held in Shaver Theatre By Mary Walker Baus Staff Writer
The University will welcome the holiday season today with the 2009 Candlelight Celebration, but the event will be held in the Shaver Theatre in the College of Music and Dramatic Arts building this year instead of the Memorial Tower because of weather. The celebration includes the lighting of the Christmas tree and theatrical and choral performances. “It’s a celebration of the holidays, and it includes the celebration of Christmas, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa,” said Melissa Foley, media relations editor in the Office of Communications and University Relations. “There are representatives of all different areas to get everyone on campus in the
holiday spirit.” Foley said the 70 percent chance of rain in the Baton Rouge forecast tonight caused the move of the Candlelight Celebration indoors. Foley said more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and families from the Baton Rouge community flock to the Memorial Tower each year to make s’mores, sing carols, visit with Santa Claus and watch performances. She said having the event indoors may limit some of the traditional activities. Foley said the Men’s Tiger Glee Club, students involved with the Baton Rouge Ballet Theater, the Cox Choir, the Schola Cantorum and some soloists will perform traditional holiday songs and dances. Brian Kittredge, LSU Schola Cantorum conductor, said his choir will be singing “Angels We Have
Heard on High,” “Carol of the Bells” and an arrangement of “Deck the Halls.” “[Performing at the Candlelight Celebration] is a tradition for this choir,” Kittredge said. “It’s a nice way to end the semester. It’s a great way to bring in the holiday season, and a lot of students are looking for relief during exams.” The University bought this year’s Candlelight Celebration “Giving Tree” from Windy Hills Farm, a local vendor in Ethel, La., for the first time since the celebration started in 1995. “It was kind of a sustainability issue,” Foley said. “The trees we’d been getting were shipped from other parts of the country because there weren’t larger trees in Louisiana. We tried to look in the state of Louisiana because it would save a lot
on shipping.” Foley said this year’s tree is not as big as previous trees, but it is more sustainable. She said the University also wants to plant a permanent tree on campus for events like the Candlelight Celebration to be even more sustainable in the future. Marcia Cox, owner of Two Roosters Tree Farm, said the University is looking to buy and plant one of the farm’s cedar trees on campus. The University purchased previous trees from tree farms in Washington and Oregon for about $6,000, but this year’s tree will only cost about $500 after delivery, Nancy Little, Public Affairs coordinator, said in an Oct. 16 article in The Daily Reveille. Adding the spirit of giving to the holiday celebration, Volunteer LSU will accept donations of new,
unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots program. Donations can be deposited in the boxes around the “Giving Tree” and at the Volunteer LSU office in the LSU Student Union from Dec. 1 through Dec. 4. Other activities include the Holiday on Campus at the University Student Recreation Center and a preKwanzaa celebration in the Union at 6 p.m. Foley said Hillel at LSU, the Jewish student organization, will sing and light a menorah. The Candlelight Celebration, which starts at 5 p.m., is free and open to the public.
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THEATER
Show exploring Lincoln’s death to open tonight and their roles in the assassination,” Loup said. “A Simple Assassination” isn’t like a typical theatrical reading, he said. The show has costumes, projection effects and interaction between By Kyle Bove characters. Senior Staff Writer But nobody plays Lincoln in the In honor of President Abraham show. Rather, the play focuses on Lincoln’s 200th birthday anniversary events that happened before and afcoming up in February, the staged ter his death and unfolds like a murder mystery. reading “A Simple “It’s different,” Assassination” will Loup said. “It’s open tonight in the very Americana. studio theater of the It’s dark.” Music and DramatLoup is graduic Arts Building. ating in May and The LSU Thesaid “A Simple Asatre production exsassination” may be plores conspiracy his last show at the Jennifer LeBlanc theories surroundUniversity. ing Lincoln’s asassistant director “[The LSU sassination and will Theatre] program run from Dec. 1 to 6 at 7:30 p.m. with an additional show is so strong and so diverse,” he said. “They don’t want the program to get at 2 p.m. on Dec. 6. Tickets are $5. “It’s very conceptual,” said assistant director Jennifer LeBlanc. “It’s educational to a point, but there’s a human element.” Theatre senior Jake Loup plays Noah Brooks, a reporter and close friend of Lincoln. “A Simple Assassination” follows Brooks as he investigates the events that led to the president’s death. Several historical figures make appearances, as well as some fictional characters from the imagination of the show’s playwright Robert Friedman. “It’s all about these characters
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‘It’s very conceptual. It’s educational to a point, but there’s a human element.’
into a rut — they are always trying to bring something new to the table.” Director Femi Euba said “A Simple Assassination” stuck out in his mind after reading several other Lincoln-themed plays. “It reviews those truths of the past not only to remind us of similar disruptive events along the historical path of the American political process, but also to inform us of possible developments in present circumstances,” he said. The show is considered a laboratory performance, which offers many opportunities for undergraduate students. LSU Theatre puts on about 10 laboratory performances each year. LSU Theatre is presenting “A Simple Assassination” in association with the Louisiana Abraham Lincoln Commission. Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com
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Alexander Galick [left], theatre graduate student, and Jake Loup, theatre senior, rehearse a scene from “A Simple Assassination” during a dress rehearsal Monday night. The performance opens tonight in the studio theater of the MDA Building.
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ADMINISTRATION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009
TRANSPORTATION
Chancellor Martin Shuttle service first run a success addresses expansion By Brianna Paciorka Contributing Writer
Updates provided to students via e-mail By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer
Chancellor Michael Martin updated students, faculty and staff on the Tucker Commission, Flagship 2020 and University construction in an e-mail Monday. The update addressed pressing campus issues and continued University expansion in the face of budget cuts in the next fiscal year. Martin said the University is expecting to start construction on spring 2010 projects MICHAEL MARTIN including the Chancellor Business Education Complex, Choppin Hall Annex expansion and the new band hall. Martin also said the University will seek funding for French House remodeling, the purchase of South Campus land and several renovation and maintenance projects. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget is in the process of visiting each college to present early drafts of the next flagship agenda — known as Flagship 2020 — and is looking for feedback from students, faculty and staff. Martin said the University should meet the goal of raising
$750 million by 2010 through the Forever LSU campaign. Martin also reminded students the University is interviewing candidates for the Center for Computation and Technology Director and Vice Chancellor for Student Life positions. The University will soon begin to search for a Dean for Arts and Sciences and a Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, Martin said. Martin also said the PostSecondary Education Review Commission — also known as the Tucker Commission — is expected to reveal a set of recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of higher education institutions in Louisiana by mid-winter. The committee coordinating University realignment is expected to present a plan for realigning several academic units early in the next calendar year, Martin said. Martin said Merget has initiated three groups to review civic engagement, long distance learning and multi-year budgeting. He said planning is progressing for commemorating the University’s 150 anniversary next year. Martin was unavailable to comment on the update by press time.
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The holiday shuttle service offered to students for Thanksgiving went well in its first trip, said Noah Miller, Student Government transportation director. “It went surprisingly smooth,” Miller said. “For the first time, I thought there’d be some bumps and bruises on the way ... I couldn’t imagine it going better.” Miller said more than 120 students used the shuttle service, which offered transportation to the Baton Rouge and New Orleans airports for a fee. Students were charged $10 for transportation to the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport and $20 for transportation to the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. The shuttle service will be offered for the Christmas holiday, and Miller said the only potential
changes to the ‘It went services would be extending the surprisingly return times for the Baton Rouge smooth ... shuttle, signs di- I couldn’t recting students imagine to the pick-up it going location in the Agricultural Lot better.’ and additional Noah Miller information on airport pick up. Student Government Dates for transportation director the Christmas service have yet to be determined. “There was a little confusion on where to pick up the shuttle at the airport, so I sent an e-mail out on Saturday night about where to pick the shuttle up,” Miller said. “We want to try to make this as efficient as possible.” Miller said he hasn’t received any complaints from students about the service.
“One thing we’ve learned is to get information out sooner,” Miller said. “I’ve been getting a few emails from students and parents saying how thankful and appreciative they are of the shuttle service.” Santiago Patiño, marketing freshman, said he was excited to use the shuttle service for his flight from New Orleans. Patiño said he originally asked friends for a ride to the airport, but when plans became complicated, he chose to pay for the shuttle instead. “Paying $20 is not bad — obviously everyone would like it to be free — but as long as I get there on time, I’m not worried,” Patiño said. “If they have the shuttle for every holiday, I’ll use it all the time.
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HEALTH
Students seeing effects of acne Cause still unknown, treatments developing By Sarah Lawson Contributing Writer
The cause is unknown. It can’t be stopped with a healthy diet or hygiene, and excitement and stress makes it worse. Acne developed during puberty often continues to haunt young adults well into their college years and can show up unpredictably in adults. Nearly 50 million Americans have acne, and 85 percent of teenagers develop the skin condition, which can last into adulthood, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, “It’s not necessarily something you outgrow,” said William Poche, Baton Rouge dermatologist. “We’re seeing people spark at 30 that never really had it before.” Poche said though acne usually peaks at about age 18, his practice sees many college-aged patients. And some of his patients are more than 50 years old. A 2007 study published online in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed of the more than 1,000 male and female subjects tested, more than 50 percent of women and 43 percent of men experienced acne in their 20s. Common treatments for the condition include topical retinoids, topical antimicrobials, oral antibiotics or isotretinoin, according to AAD. Accutane, a well-known isotretinoin treatment for acne, was pulled from the market by Swiss health care company Roche Holding AG in June because of pending litigation against the medication and other business decisions. Poche said Accutane still has 120 generics worldwide. Many Baton Rouge pharmacies still carry either the brand Accutane or its
generic formulas. Carolyn Lancon, pharmacy supervisor in the Student Health Center, said the center no longer carries Accutane, which had to be special ordered for patients, but generics are still available at much lower prices. As of Nov. 19, the Health Center has filled 50 prescriptions of generic Accutane medication and about 570 total prescriptions for acne medication this year. Not included in the totals are three forms of oral treatments and some birth control prescriptions for the condition, like Ortho Tricyclen. Poche said, and about 400 medications exist for acne. More traumatizing than the pustules associated with acne is the psychological stress that usually accompanies breakouts, he said. “This is evidenced by all the commercials that you see ... people are cosmetically embarrassed,” Poche said. Acne can often leave scars, he said, but laser treatment can often nullify unsightly aftermath. But Ira Thorla, Baton Rouge dermatologist, said though permanent scarring from acne is rare, it is difficult to repair. Poche said dermatologists still cannot articulate the cause of acne, and it cannot be cured — only
treated. He said stress or excitement can’t cause the condition to develop, but it can cause flareups. Thorla said hormones trigger acne, not poor diet or hygiene. He said many male students break out in college because the male body is still changing hormonally after the 20-year mark, and students usually drop off treatment when they enter college. “We see people that are away for the first time ... It sort of sends some of them over the edge,” Poche said. But Poche said the efficacy of new medicine has drastically improved from methods 10 or 20 years ago. Thorla said Accutane has been linked to emotional disorders, irritable bowel conditions and severe danger to pregnant women. But he said isotretinoin is also responsible for much of the substantial improvements in acne treatment in past few decades, and its introduction to the market 30 years ago revolutionized acne treatment outcomes. Thorla said Proactiv, which relies on a main ingredient of benzoyl peroxide, is often overrated, but he recommends over-the-counter ACNE, see page 14
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Looking Ahead
Tigers try to forget disappointing loss at NIT Season Tip-off, prepare for ULL game
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Unbeaten teams face off in Ruston By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
By David Helman Sports Writer
Junior point guard Bo Spencer may have to wait a little longer to play after making an early exit in the Big Apple last week. “I don’t know if he’s going to play,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “If he shows he has ability to pass and cut to my liking, and to Sean Eddy, our trainer, and our medical people, then he’ll play.” Spencer’s ankle injury last week against No. 13 Connecticut was just one in a series of setbacks for LSU (3-2) at the NIT Season Tip-off in New York City. The Tigers suffered
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[Left] LSU freshman forward Eddie Ludwig shoots a basket during the Tigers’ game against Indiana State on Nov. 17. [Above] LSU junior guard Bo Spencer defends against Indiana State sophomore forward Koang Doluony during the game in the PMAC. The Tigers won, 56-45.
through depth and foul problems against UConn and Arizona State and dropped double-digit losses in each game. “It wasn’t a very good week ... This is a group that don’t like losing, especially in that kind of setting,” Johnson said. “In these national TV games, you can’t hide ... Stats don’t lie.”
If Spencer is unavailable to play tonight against Louisiana-Lafayette (1-3), fans can expect to see more of walk-on sophomore guard Zach Kinsley, who got his first collegiate start on the floor of Madison Square Garden last week. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, see page 13
Two women’s basketball teams in Louisiana have not lost a game this season. No. 7 LSU (5-0) and Louisiana Tech (3-0) will attempt to cause the other team’s first loss of the season tonight at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, a game Louisiana Tech first-year coach Teresa Weatherspoon said will give her team “great exposure.” “For so ‘This is [La. many years, Tech’s] Louisiana Tech dominated the Super Bowl state of Louigame of siana,” Weatherspoon said. the year, and we “LSU has done a good job of have to stepping up their program and in be ready essence domi- to play for nating the state their best the last six or shot.’ seven years. It’s a big game for Van Chancellor us.” LSU women’s The Tigers basketball coach have won the last four meetings between the teams, but Louisiana Tech leads the all-time series, 12-10, since 1976. LSU coach Van Chancellor said the Lady Tigers have to be ready for the “passion and intensity” of the Lady Techsters. “This is their Super Bowl game of the year, and we have to be ready to play for their best shot,” Chancellor said. “Weatherspoon has done a fantastic job and instilled in them a LA. TECH, see page 13
FOOTBALL
Holliday leads seniors to win RB led special teams, ground game By Jarred LeBlanc Sports Contributor
Trindon Holliday can run a 100-meter dash faster than any other college football player, and Saturday night the LSU senior running back made a run that will last a lifetime. The two-sport standout, whose 10.00-second 100-meter time is the fastest any
college football player has ever run, showed his world-class speed on the football field Saturday against Arkansas when he led the Tigers in yardage for special teams and in the running game. Holliday returned a punt 87 yards for a touchdown in the beginning of the second quarter to give LSU a two-score lead, a play he said he’ll remember as the biggest moment he’s ever had in Tiger Stadium. “It was senior night, so I told myself I wanted to do something that I would remember in my last game in Tiger Stadium,” said
Holliday, the reigning national champion in the 100-meter dash. To many Tiger fans, the run seemed reminiscent of when Holliday ran a 92-yard kick return back for a touchdown against the Razorbacks to seal the victory in 2006. “I enjoy playing Arkansas,” Holliday said. “With the things that they do, I find ways to make things happen.” The touchdown was Holliday’s first return for a touchdown this season. Holliday now has two SENIORS, see page 8
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LSU senior running back Trindon Holliday leads the Tigers in the game against Arkansas on Saturday in Tiger Stadium. LSU won in overtime, 33-30.
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BABBLING BROOKS
Florida, Texas will meet in the BCS Championship us.
Bowl season is almost upon
Most teams have already finished their regular seasons and many — those with at least six wins — are eagerly awaiting bowl invitations. Here’s how I think a few key bowls will look once invitations are sent. BCS Championship game: Florida vs. Texas These two teams seem to be on a collision course lately. Texas staved off an upset by rival Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night and only have a Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska in its way, as coach Mack Brown tries to get to his fourth
BCS bowl game in the past six seasons. Florida, on the other hand, has a much tougher task before they can punch their ticket to the championship game. They face No. 2 Alabama in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the Southeastern Conference Championship game Johanathan Brooks Saturday. The winner Sports Columnist will advance and likely win the BCS Championship. Rose Bowl:
Ohio State vs. Oregon The winner of the Pac-10 usually plays the winner of the Big Ten in this one unless either of those teams is No. 1 or No. 2. Ohio State is nowhere near No. 1 or No. 2, so the Buckeyes will be going to Pasadena, Calif., for the first time since 1997. The winner of the Pac-10 will likely be Oregon. The Ducks face in-state rival Oregon State on Thursday night in the annual Civil War — this time for conference supremacy. The last Civil War saw Oregon roll to a 65-38 win. Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Cincinnati The SEC has a tie-in to this
PATS ON THEIR BACKS
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Saints running back Pierre Thomas dives into the end zone for a touchdown during New Orleans’ 38-17 victory against the Patriots.
game and will face a BCS at-large team. Alabama, who will probably fall victim to the Tim Tebow steamroller, will likely make the trip to New Orleans for the second season in a row. Last season Utah upset the Crimson Tide, 31-17. Cincinnati, the probable Big East champion, currently sits at No. 5 in the BCS polls. A win this weekend would vault the Bearcats ahead of No. 4 TCU who sits idle until its bowl game. Fiesta Bowl: Boise State vs. Iowa This game has a tie-in with the Big 12, so this matchup will be between two at-large teams
unless Texas loses to Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game. Iowa stayed undefeated for a large portion of the regular season before dropping two of its last three contests. The Hawkeyes are the No. 2 team in the Big Ten and are idle until their bowl game because the Big Ten doesn’t have a conference championship game. Junior quarterback Ricky Stanzi was injured in early November but could return for the bowl game. The Broncos are from the Western Athletic Conference and have only played in one BCS bowl, but it was a memorable one. BOWL GAMES, see page 8
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Lazare, Temple continue careers in D-League Former Tigers hope to move to NBA By Chris Branch Sports Contributor
Welcome to the minor leagues. Major League Baseball has its respective farm systems. The NHL gets to pluck talent from the planet’s smaller, independent leagues. And the NBA has the Developmental League. The D-League is the NBA’s official minor league in which all 16 teams have direct affiliations to NBA franchises. According to the NBA, 20 percent of players on rosters at the end of the 2008-2009 season had some form of D-League experience. Two former Tigers — Darnell Lazare and Garrett Temple — hope to someday be among that percentage.
LAZARE SEIZES OPPORTUNITY The road from Baton Rouge to the NBA has been long for former Tiger Darnell Lazare. After graduating from LSU in 2007, Lazare spent stints on a myriad of teams, domestic and foreign. Now that has changed. The Maine Red Claws, who are affiliated with the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Bobcats, drafted Lazare 27th overall with the ninth pick in the second round, giving Lazare a slim shot at being picked up by an NBA squad at some point during the season. “It was an opportunity that presented itself,” Lazare said. “Initially, I thought I was going to go back to Europe this season, but this opportunity came along, and I thought it would be a great way to get some exposure, so I jumped on it.” Lazare has played three games so far with the Red Claws. He’s averaged seven points and four rebounds in the three contests.
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Lazare had spent the last two seasons overseas in Sweden and Ukraine, respectively. The 6-foot8-inch, 240-pound forward is now trying to reacquaint himself with the American style of play. European basketball is more focused on fundamentals than athleticism. Europe has produced players like Dirk Nowitzki, Peja Stojakovic and Manu Ginobili, who are known more for a silky shooting touch and precise passing than a windmill dunk. “Coming from Europe, it’s a different style of play in the D-League — it’s a little bit faster, and there are some bigger guys,” Lazare said. “It’s been an adjustment and a learning curve, but at the end of the day it’s still basketball.” That doesn’t mean Lazare regrets his time spent across the pond. “It was great,” Lazare said of his experience. “I got a chance to work on my game and just work on some things I wasn’t able to work on
as often in college. I just polished up a few things and tried to get better as a player.” The Baton Rouge native and Woodlawn High product played at LSU from 2003-2007. He was a four-year contributor for former coach John Brady. Lazare now sees a significant opportunity to culminate a lifelong goal. He’s not looking that far down the road, though. “My goal is to make it to that level [NBA],” Lazare said. “I’ll see what happens and see what opportunities come along.” ROCKETS HIGH ON TEMPLE Fellow former Tiger, Temple, has not traveled such a winding road — yet. Temple, who graduated from LSU this past year, is currently a member of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the D-League. The former University High standout played on the Houston Rockets’ Summer
League team and garnered an invite to Houston’s training camp. He was one of the Rockets’ final roster cuts. The cut does not mean the Rockets have given up on Temple. The Vipers are Houston’s D-League affiliate, and the organization thinks Temple has a future in the organization. “We’re very, very high on Garrett,” Rockets vice president of player personnel Gersson Rosas told the Houston Chronicle. “We really believe in his upside and that he will continue his development with our involvement.” Temple has averaged six points in three games with the Vipers.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
Men and women sign 15 recruits No. 1-rated middle LB mulling LSU offer By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor
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Middle linebacker Jeff Luc has made a quite a name for himself at Treasure Coast High School in Port Saint Lucie, Fla. The 6-foot-1-inch, 240-pound Scout.com five-star recruit runs a 4.67-second 40-yard dash, benches 335 pounds and clears 700 pounds on the squat rack. But Luc’s skills do not end in the weight room. The blue-chip prospect had 125 tackles and nine sacks in 2008 when he was on the Palm Beach Post AllArea Team. “He’s a dominating-type linebacker in this year’s class,” said Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision. “He has all the tools to be a great.” Luc is the Scout No. 1-rated middle linebacker for 2010 and the No. 6 recruit on the Scout 300. Luc has LSU on his long list of possible college destinations. The Sunshine State native has taken advantage of the recruiting trail, making stops at LSU, Florida, USC, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida State. He most recently visited the Seminoles for their Nov. 21 game against Maryland. Luc was initially thought to be leaning towards Florida State, but Shipp said Luc’s options are now wide open. Luc has a strong bond with Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong and has been impressed with Alabama and USC, according to Scout. The linebacker met with LSU on July 21 when he came to Baton Rouge for a short summer visit. He talked to LSU wide receivers coach
D.J. McCarthy and defensive coordinator John Chavis. “The coaches got a chance to spend time with him, and he also took in the atmosphere of LSU,” Nadeau said. Luc has yet to return to Baton Rouge, but a visit appears to be in the works. “The key is getting him back on campus,” said Scout recruiting analyst Sonny Shipp. “He wanted to come for the Arkansas game, but he couldn’t because his team had a playoff game.” Luc plays beside Scout threestar linebacker Deon Rogers at TreaLINEBACKER, see page 8
The LSU men’s swimming and diving team signed five recruits, and the Lady Tigers signed 10 in the early signing period, between Nov. 11 and 18. LSU coach Adam Schmitt praised assistant coaches Kevin Clements, Jessica Botzum, Liam Gallagher, David Geyer and diving coach Doug Shaffer in a news release for finding this year’s group of signees. “A lot of the credit goes to the efforts of my assistants for showing these athletes from around the world what a great University and many great traditions we have here at LSU,” Schmitt said. Lady Tiger signees Cari Blalock, Torrey Bussey, Emily Schwabe and Andrea Staub participated in the
2008 Olympic Trials. Bussey is ranked No. 77 on CollegeSwimming.com’s Top 100 swimmers, and Blalock is ranked No. 83. Staub trains at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, which produced Olympic medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff. Staub swims in a variety of events, including the 200-yard and 200-meter individual medley, the 400-yard and 400-meter individual medley, 200-yard and 200-meter butterfly and the 200-meter freestyle. Two of the men’s five signees are divers. Sean McKinney is a three-time Junior National finalist, and Daniel Helm is a 2009 Junior Olympic Regional and Zone champion. Shaffer said he couldn’t be happier with the team’s recruiting class
in a news release. “Daniel and Sean represent a truly exciting future for LSU diving,” Shaffer said. “They come with a wealth of experience at the Junior Olympic level on both springboard and platform.” Helm is both an accomplished platform and springboard diver, with a promising future on the platform, Shaffer said. “He is fiercely motivated, and I’m confident he’ll excel immediately,” Shaffer said. Shaffer also praised McKinney, describing him as a well-rounded and experienced diver on all levels. “He is a seasoned competitor with tremendous talent and potential,” Shaffer said. Contact Katherine Terrell at kterrell@lsureveille.com
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PAGE 8 SENIORS, from page 5 kick returns and two punt returns for touchdowns in his LSU career. His ability to break through and score in open space has forced opposing teams to avoid kicking the ball to Holliday. But when teams finally do kick the ball to Holliday, both opposing coaches and LSU coaches collectively hold their breath, because the great rewards come with great risks. After Holliday’s touchdown Saturday, he muffed a punt later in the second quarter at Arkansas’ 40yard line. “If Trindon didn’t muff that punt, [the game] might get away from them,” said LSU coach Les Miles. “He hit a home run, and then he gave them the ball on a short field. It happens.” LSU held on and captured the 33-30 victory against Arkansas despite the fumble on a night when 24 seniors said farewell to Tiger Stadium. “[The coaches] talked all week about sending the seniors out on a good note and coming in and getting a win,” Holliday said. “I think all the seniors are happy that in our final game in Tiger Stadium we came out with a win.” Holliday finished the game with 109 punt return yards, 46 kick return yards and 57 rushing yards. All three totals led the team, along with his 6.3 yards per carry average. “[The coaches] told me that I was going to have a bigger role and that I was going to get a lot of carries this ‘[Holli- week,” Holliday “And I just day’s] aw- said. got my mind set fully impor- on doing some tant to this big things for the offense.” team. We Holliday is count on used to putting big numbers him every up with his punt week to returns, kick and get return returns rushes. yardage in He leads both punt the team in allpurpose yards and kickoff this season with return.’ 945 total yards. Holliday was second on the Les Miles team behind LSU football coach senior running back Charles Scott with 1035 total yards during his junior season and second on the team behind former Tiger halfback Jacob Hester with 865 total yards during his sophomore season. “He’s awfully important to this team,” Miles said. “We count on him every week to get return yardage in both punt and kickoff return.” And the Tigers will count on him one more week when Holliday and the rest of the seniors travel to play in their final bowl game in a Tiger uniform.
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“If they get someone like him, it could open things up for Maclin or another linebacker to play defensive sure Coast. Rogers committed to Geor- end,” Shipp said. The Treasure Coast standout gia, but he is still considering other schools, including LSU, according plans to graduate in December and enroll early in college. to Scout. Nadeau said Nadeau said Luc would probthe Tigers sparked ably see early playLuc’s interest being time as a freshcause of their repuman. tation. Luc’s addition “If anything would ease the pain else, the history and of losing three top tradition of LSU has linebackers — segot him interested,” Rene Nadeau niors Harry ColeNadeau said. “LSU man, Perry Riley also sent a bunch ESPN and TigerVision and Jacob Cutrera. of players to the football anyalyst “They need anNFL, and that also appeals to Luc. LSU is definitely in other linebacker since they are going to lose a few after this season,” Nathe mix.” Three linebackers have commit- deau said. “LSU doesn’t really have ted to LSU for 2010. Scout four-star a lot of second-level linebackers to linebacker Justin Maclin (Memphis) step up.” Nadeau said Luc’s commitment and three-star linebackers Luke Muncie (Spring, Texas) and D.J. Welter may take a while with so many suit(Crowley, La.) already pledged to ors still under consideration. the Tigers. Luc’s presence would give LSU Contact Michael Lambert at depth as well as allow other recruits mlambert@lsureveille.com the chance to change positions.
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BOWL GAMES, from page 6 They beat Oklahoma in 2007 with a few trick plays, and Bronco running back Ian Johnson proposed to his girlfriend afterward. They very well could knock off a school from a major conference this year. Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. TCU This game’s tie-in is with the Atlantic Coast Conference, and because the Yellow Jackets are likely to win the conference but have two losses, they are out of national championship game contention. The Yellow Jackets would be going to the school’s first-ever BCS bowl. TCU has been one of the six unbeaten teams in college football this season along with Florida, Alabama, Cincinnati, Boise State and Texas. This would be the school’s first-ever BCS bowl as well, and the Horned Frogs actually have a real chance to win it. They boast the No. 2 total
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009 defense in the country, which they’d need to stop the Yellow Jackets’ triple-option attack. Capital One Bowl: LSU vs. Penn State This bowl has tie-ins with both the SEC and the Big Ten. With LSU’s win against Arkansas and Ole Miss’ loss against Mississippi State, the Tigers have seized control of the No. 3 overall spot in the SEC. In fact, the Tigers are the only team besides Alabama and Florida with a winning conference record this season at 5-3. Penn State is the No. 3 team in the Big Ten. Neither team’s BCS goals will be realized this season, and they will have to settle for Orlando on New Year’s Day. Johanathan Brooks is a 22-yearold mass communication senior from Powder Springs. Ga. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_jbrooks. Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE, from page 5 “During practice Coach called it the basketball Mecca, and that’s what it was,” Kinsley said. “It was unbelievable to play in there.” Kinsley shot three-of-four from 3-point range, notching a career-high 14 points. That and several other pleasantries, like eating Thanksgiving dinner with ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, made the holiday unique but disappointing for the Tigers. “It was a great experience, but I didn’t enjoy the trip very well because we lost — I guess that’s just me,” said senior forward Tasmin Mitchell. “I didn’t enjoy it like I wanted to ... but the people that were there, the place we played in, the town we were in, you couldn’t beat it.” With primetime games behind them for now, the Tigers turn their attention to the Ragin’ Cajuns, a group ‘I just that pushed didn’t like LSU to the our lack of brink last New Year’s Eve in aggression an 81-79 loss. “We strugand our gled, and we overall were very lucky constant to beat [ULeffort in Lafayette] last Johnterms of year,” son said. “It’s sprinting important that we come out back.’ tomorrow and Trent Johnson that we play well — that we LSU men’s play like we’re basketball coach capable of.” Johnson faces many of the same problems if Spencer is unable to play tonight. LSU’s frontcourt of sophomore forwards Storm Warren and Garrett Green and freshman forward Dennis Harris found itself in early foul trouble against UConn. “Whether they intimidated us or whatever, I just didn’t like our lack of aggression and our overall constant effort in terms of sprinting back,” Johnson said. The Tigers jumped out to a seven-point halftime lead against Arizona State, but the offense couldn’t maintain a rhythm and shot 20 percent from the field in the second half. “We played probably as good a half of basketball versus Arizona State as we have all year,” Johnson said. “In the second half we got away from what we did in the first half — there were some shots that were there that didn’t go down.” The Ragin’ Cajuns are trying to end a two-game skid after falling one basket short against McNeese State on Saturday. Senior forward Tyren Johnson and senior guard Randell Daigle lead the team in scoring with each notching 13.8 points per game. Tonight is the first of a fivegame homestand for LSU, although it is the last time the Tigers will take the court until after final exams. LSU plays 11 games during the winter break, including its first three Southeastern Conference games. Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com
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winning attitude. Their team has really adopted her personality.” LSU will make one change in the starting lineup Tuesday. Sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett will start for sophomore forward Courtney Jones, who twisted her right ankle Wednesday against Tulane. But Jones is expected to be at full strength tonight and play as a reserve. Barrett’s promotion comes after she led all scorers against Tulane with 22 points and 11-of-12 from the free throw line. She and Jones are just two Lady Tigers that Weatherspoon said present a threat for Louisiana Tech. “Their bench is very, very good, and they can play down to the 10th, 11th or 12th player,” Weatherspoon said. “If you look down in the paint with [sophomore forward Taylor] Turnbow and what she’s done at such a young age, they’re pretty big down in the paint.” Weatherspoon said LSU presents some matchup problems for Louisiana Tech, including LSU senior guard Allison Hightower. Hightower left the Tulane game with leg cramps, an injury that has plagued
her before, but she is expected to be ready to play tonight. “Allison Hightower is a tremendous name known all over women’s basketball,” Weatherspoon said. “She is the engine that makes this team go.” Weatherspoon said one of the Lady Tigers’ biggest strengths is their ability to get defensive rebounds and convert them to fastbreak points. LSU allows an average of 45.4 points per game, and opponents shoot 34 percent from the field although Tulane scored 65 points and shot 43 percent Wednesday. “The moment you get by one [player], you have 20 others to get by,” Weatherspoon said. “They do a great job of on-ball defense. It doesn’t matter whether you have the ball or not, they are in great position relative to the basketball.” LSU senior point guard Andrea Kelly, the Lady Tigers’ leading 3-point shooter in 2008, still has not practiced since suffering a foot injury in late October. Kelly will not play against Louisiana Tech, team spokesman Bill Martin told The Daily Reveille. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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LSU senior guard Allison Hightower drives past Houston forward Courtney Taylor during the Lady Tigers’ 72-54 victory Saturday in the PMAC.
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remedies as a first-stop for breakouts before consulting a physician. He said birth control medication is also a standard therapy today, and modern pills deliver more hormones with fewer side effects than those in previous decades. He said a large portion of the birth control market comes from dermatologist prescriptions. To keep breakouts at bay, Thorla suggests reducing stress. “Really there’s not much you can do — just try to have good health practices,” Thorla said. Kami Savoie, general studies senior, said her college acne shows up when she’s stressed, but she only suffers the physical aspect of the condition. Her only worry is the occasional pimple, and she said she uses over-the-counter products too control her acne. Randall Weber, civil engineering senior, said his acne does not flare up because of stress but from Baton Rouge’s water. He used Accutane in high school, and it only exacerbated his acne. “It was painful. It made my face dry and flaky, and I broke out like crazy,” Weber said. Contact Sarah Lawson at slawson@lsureveille.com
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The paperwork classified students by demographic information and identified them by the priority groups set up by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. People between 6 months old and 24 years old fall into the broadest priority group. Other priority groups include health care employees and child caregivers.
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Union. “We didn’t anticipate the same volume of visitors, but we’re doing our best to make people aware of the new location,” she said. Stahl said the Union Art Gallery will use the facility to host Union Gallery shows, in addition to financing class-required shows from the School of Art. The School of Art graduate students use the Foster Hall Gallery to display student’s final shows. Stahl said the Union Gallery is planning its schedule around graduate exhibitions, allowing the students to host shows. The next School of Art student exhibit will take place Dec. 8 to 18. Next semester’s student exhibits are April 12 to May 7 and May 11 to 21. The Union Art Gallery opened
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Patients were also asked to fill out a form of consent and enter information into the state immunization system. Following a nurse-administered shot, patients were asked to remain in the building for about five minutes of observation to prevent allergic reactions. The overall process took between 10 and 15 minutes a patient, Hupperich said.
Billy Platt, veterinary medicine junior, said he was in and out the Health Center within 10 minutes. He said the injection was quick and relatively painless, and he said he didn’t feel any immediate side effects. “Most people who come in have had seasonal flu vaccines before, and they haven’t had bad reactions in the past,” Hupperich said. Platt said he wanted to get vac-
cinated to make sure he was healthy for his exams. “I’m not living in fear or paranoia, but I always manage to get sick around finals,” Platt said. Inoculations will continue throughout the week between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
in Foster Hall on Nov. 6, with an exhibit entitled “Notes from the Artistic Underground.” The exhibition follows with the School of Art’s Invisible Populations Project, and runs until Dec. 4. The University cut approximately 10 percent of the School of Art’s budget — because of tenured positions and other restrictions, the cuts come from the operations budget, Parker said. He said the school is working to distribute the cuts evenly across the program while preparing for a potential second round of cuts next year. The school is trying to offset cuts through other means, like art sales. “It takes discipline, but there’s a certain satisfaction in keeping operations running with the difficulties of budget cuts,” Parker said. “Foster is an essential part of the educational mission ... we plan to think strategi-
cally and balance resources to continue the gallery.” Shirley Plakidas, LSU Student Union director, said the west side of the Union, which includes the art gallery, is undergoing ceiling work and mechanical touch-ups, as part of required building code updates. Stahl said the Union Art Gallery expects to move back to the Union for the start of the fall 2010 semester. “The Foster Hall Gallery is a beautiful gallery,” she said. “I hope more visitors will come to the gallery and see this beautiful area.” Colin Ash, marketing junior and Union Art Gallery student worker, said the Foster Hall location is calmer than the Union Gallery because of
less traffic. “Aesthetically, it’s a great gallery,” he said. “But we’re seeing less visitors. The Union has a lot of traffic, so more people come to see the shows.” Parker said the budget cuts give graduate students valuable experience in running a gallery, but the cuts also come with negative aspects. “It’s important to understand that the cuts are real — they are not abstract,” he said. “We’re working hard to mitigate the effects of cuts in some areas. But it’s still a significant loss of funding.”
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 CAMD, from page 1
total investment to $175 million, Kurtz said. The synchrotron works by accelerating electrons in a vacuum using large magnets to produce radiation, similar to radio waves. “When you send electrons up and down a radio antenna, that emits radio waves,” Kurtz said. “When electrons turn the corner [in the synchrotron], that’s acceleration. Because they are going so fast, instead of radio waves, you are emitting light.” The light comes from all parts of the spectrum and can be used for research in a number of disciplines including biology, physics and chemistry. One-third of all patents held by the University come from CAMD users, Kurtz said. The research conducted at CAMD seems complicated, but the science leads to practical, realworld applications, said Phillip Sprunger, physics professor. One example is work in nanotechnology that led to the new types of hard drives for computers 12 years ago. “In 12 years, we’ve revolutionized the hard drive industry,” Sprunger said. “Everybody thinks basic science is three or four decades out from being used, but that’s not the case anymore.” Some of that practical research comes in biology. Biologists can focus the synchrotron’s X-ray light and examine specific molecules to determine their structure, which has a number of valuable applications, said Marcia Newcomer, head of the biological sciences depart-
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ment. One such project deals with antibiotics that kill bacteria. After an antibiotic is used for a while, bacteria develop a resistance, rendering the medicine ineffective. But by examining molecular structures at CAMD, biologists can more easily alter the antibiotic to make it useful again. “You can come up with and design novel antibiotics using the information you get from CAMD,” Newcomer said. “It’s a silver bullet kind of thing — make a bullet to kill the molecule, and when you kill it, the bacteria can no longer survive.” Part of Kumar’s work at CAMD deals with cancer treatment, with a specific focus on metastatic cells, which are hard to detect and treat. “Ninety percent of primary tumors are treatable,” Kumar said. “The problem is with metastatic tumors — those that move away from primary tumors and get lodged into different parts of the body.” Current contrast agents are not efficient enough to detect cells smaller than a micrometer, but the new agents being developed by Kumar could detect those tiny cells. “We cannot take synchrotron radiation to a hospital, so it’s not a direct tool in that sense,” Kumar said. “It’s an indirect tool because without it, it will be difficult to develop these contrast agents.” This type of research is plentiful at CAMD. There are 60 principal investigators from the University from 19 different departments, Kurtz said. About 180 University
students also use the facility, as well as 61 more principal investigators from other universities. Users apply for beam time, which is typically booked four to six months in advance. The high demand and limited amount of beam time can cause problems, Kurtz said. “In some areas of research, the beam lines are oversubscribed, so we get twice as many requests as we can honor in terms of assigned beam time,” he said. With so many researchers working at CAMD, the facility is a magnet for grant money. CAMD researchers have brought in $19.5 million in the last three months alone, Kurtz said. The facility also gives the University an important advantage in recruiting graduate students, said Chancellor Michael Martin. “Great research programs are run as much by great grad students as by great faculty,” Martin said. “[CAMD] is a grad student magnet that others cannot easily match.” CAMD provides a more personal environment for grad students because there are fewer users than at other synchrotrons, Martin said. The smaller scale of CAMD also makes research more cost efficient. Even though it has its own synchrotron, the Argonne National Laboratory installed a beam line at CAMD for a much lower cost. “It cost them about $100,000 in initial investment, whereas at their own synchrotron, it would cost about $10 million,” Kurtz said.
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Researchers at CAMD are always keeping an eye on costs, said Vic Suller, accelerator director at CAMD. The facility shut down in August to replace a metal vessel that insulates liquid helium to keep magnets superconducting. “Helium is about the same cost as a good bottle of wine, for the same amount,” Kurtz said. The helium, which costs $2,500 to refill, now only needs to be replaced every 150 days, Suller said. It had to be changed three times a week before the new vessel. University administration and faculty agree CAMD is vital to LSU’s profile as a research university. “CAMD is ... one of the few, if not the only, leadership-class research facilities that we have on campus,” said Brooks Keel, vice chancellor for research and economic development. “It provides a very visible opportunity for LSU to take a leadership role in research.”
Vincent said the buyout in coach Les Miles’ contract would not be affected in light of the investigation. “Coach Miles’ contract is not an issue pertaining to this,” Vincent said. “This just involves an assistant coach.” Miles has “an obligation personally to comply with and to exercise due care that all personnel and students subject to his direct control or authority comply with governing athletic rules,” according to his contract. The announcement came on the Monday following the Tigers’ final regular season contest and at a time when most Louisiana sports fans were likely focused on the New Orleans Saints’ key matchup with the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football.
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FREEMAN OF SPEECH
If you drive or walk and text, you deserve to be egged I’m installing egg turrets on my Corolla. For those of you who think it’s cute to walk or drive and text at the same time, fair warning. I’m going to cover you in yolk. The statistics are out there. The widely cited study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute explains just how dangerous driving and texting is, raising the probability of a crash 23 times. Thankfully, Louisiana is one of 14 states to outlaw texting and driving, with fines starting at $175 for a first offense, according to DrivingLaws.org. As a whole, texting rose last December to a level 10 times higher than the rate three years before, according to a July 27 New York Times article. The evidence is out there. Did you know you’re four times as likely to crash while texting than while drunk?
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Do us all a favor: Wait until you’re parked to search your iPhone for these stats. More than anything, texting exposes the newfound banality of communication. Expressions, emotions and attitudes change with the impersonality of a text or e-mail. Problems abound with Louisiana’s driving text ban. It’s improbable that this law is even enforceable. Other than setting up security cameras in every car in the state, there’s no logical way to prosecute this highly dangerous activity that doesn’t waste valuable tax dollars and police time prosecuting real crimes, like smoking pot. I can already hear the libertarians applauding my next thought. We need to bring back citizen’s arrests so we can enforce this new law on our own. We need to splatter eggs on
the faces of the nonbelievers. Literally. Driving in Baton Rouge is already perilous, as the city is home to the 36th most congested traffic in the nation out of the top 100 most populous cities, according to INRIX National Traffic Scorecard and reported in The Daily Reveille on Sept. 9. The UniEric Freeman Jr. versity is admitColumnist tedly a walking campus, but when Easy Streets are let up and I drive around campus, I’m stopped every 10 seconds by someone busy chatting with somebody on Facebook. They fail to notice my beige, 2,000-pound bringer of death. A rev of the engine goes a long way in getting texters involved. There’s no law against walk-
ing while texting —it’s just a pet peeve of mine. After all, the University has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, and it’s a shame so many are missing out because someone found a new application that simulates a crying Korean baby. I don’t have an iPhone, but that idea’s not that far-fetched. There are more than 100,000 apps in the iTunes store. Doesn’t it say something about our society that we can’t even walk without having our eyes consumed in an alternate, hand-held reality? Do your Twitter followers really need to know that you smell like a foot because you’re walking to your car? Do your Facebook friends need to chat with you while you drive to Taco Bell at 3 in the morning while you’re putting off a paper? To fight off the impending failure of the planet to stop ADD
and the unexplainably compulsive need to be pithy, I propose everyone bring a carton of eggs to school and hurl them — violently — at anyone who’s walking and texting. For the drivers, my Corolla tank with built-in “Egg-K47” will debut in the spring. And for anyone else who thinks there’s nothing wrong with texting while walking or driving, take a good long look in the mirror. Oh God, there’s probably an app for that. Eric Freeman, Jr. is a 22-year-old political science senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @ TDR_efreeman.
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GUEST COLUMN
Catholic video game raises viral marketing questions By Cody Worsham Special to The Daily Reveille
EDITOR’S NOTE: Cody Worsham is a guest columnist not regularly appearing in the Daily Reveille. I come to you today with good news and bad news. First, the good news (gospel, if you will): According to our friends at www.masswepray.com, the Catholic Church has gone Wii. That’s right, my clerical comrades, invading the Internet this past week was the marketing campaign for “Mass: We Pray,” all the fun of the Catholic Church captured in the interactive Wii format. Released by Prayer Works Interactive, the “Mass: We Pray” trailer features two children (aptly christened Paul and Mary) enjoying all the consecrated components of the game, including a wireless cross controller with rosary bead bracelet and a kneeler accessory. The gameplay involves “24 unique and exhilarating ceremonies,” ranging from “Anointing the Sick” and “Ring the Tower Bell” to “Holy Procession.” The mastering of these ceremonies earns the gamer “grace points,” with which one can either unlock the “holy mysteries” or move forward pew by pew to the
front of the church. Expert players will consider the Seven Sacraments and Holy Rituals Expansion Pack to enhance the gaming experience, the totality of which promises to “bring your family closer ... to heaven.” Now, for a subtle, witty transition to the bad news: the game is not real. Pardon my straw-man editorialization, but despite the many journalists (as notable as The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg) reporting the game as real, the game is faker than a Stepford wife. “Mass: We Pray” was simply too good to be true, but the campaign was not simply sacrilegious comedic relief. The advertisement is the most recent viral marketing campaign for another game, “Dante’s Inferno,” based loosely on Dante’s “The Divine Comedy.” I don’t know what’s more disappointing: the fact “Mass: We Pray” was a promotional farce or the fact I needed to investigate for an hour to find out the true nature of the ads. Sadly, the reason my search took so long was the fact so many journalists reported the game as legitimate. Thus, the ad unveils a couple of trends, both of which are important to note. First, most obviously, the Catholic Church has a serious image problem. Even in Louisiana, a highly
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Catholic state with a Catholic governor and two Catholic senators, the Church and its bishops are the butt (pun intended) of more jokes than road-traversing poultry. The fact a company seeking to maximize exposure for a gaming product used the pulpit as a platform of mockery to do so reflects poorly on the state of the Church. That said, the ads reveal an even more surprising, subtle trend. Viral marketing is old news in respect to today’s YouTube world, but the effect it’s having on our culture is a new phenomenon. Because of the explosion of advertising, especially in the virtual market, today’s audience has virtually no filter to distinguish fact from ad. Americans see, on average, 5,000 advertisements per day, according to the New York Times. Blank space is a more valuable entity than gold, and the viral market has eliminated the need for even that. All media are open for ad space, and perhaps even time itself could be sold for the right number (see “Infinite Jest”). Now that promotion has invaded all aspects of life, there remain almost no criteria to distinguish viral marketing from general reporting. Both have an agenda, and both disguise themselves to become
integrated in our thought processes. The days of heading to the fridge during commercial breaks are gone. We can’t escape the world of advertising any more than we can escape oxygen intake. Advertising is not only a factor in our world. It’s slowly integrating itself into our world. And nothing is off limits.
Including mass, apparently. Cody Worsham is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge.
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Conservative collegiate hypocrites like rap music Why do some white Republicans like rap music? Because they can? That’s cool. It’s a free country, I know. They can also get naked and ride a komodo dragon to school, but that wouldn’t make much sense either. Some things are hard to infallibly prove to the extent that there are almost always exceptions. President Obama is one — the mocha-skinned messiah who rode the American dream to the Oval Office, proving what the modern minority may achieve. Eminem is another — the white rapper who graduated from Detroit’s darkest corners to the big stage, where he walked free to accept his nine Grammy Awards. But these are only exceptions, in whose footsteps some still follow reverently. The rest of us white guys are different. Some of us are exathletes who spend NFL Sundays
screaming vicariously for our favorite black running back to go “HERE” instead of “THERE” as our own high school trophies earn another year of dust. Some of us aren’t into politics at all, but come Election ’08, we slapped on the red or blue paint and went to war for the ideals hardwired into us by our parents, developed from our own experiences, or both. But what does rap music have anything to do with the above? Popular rap music, despite some beautiful and cerebral exceptions, promotes values which directly conflict the ones Republican students just got done voting for and are still fighting for. The following is a snapshot of something that actually happened and will happen evermore: It’s 1:45 a.m. on a Saturday. Everyone’s drunk at the bar and loving life. It’s the last song, and New Orleans’ own Lil’ Wayne is
singing it. Take it away, Wayne: “Young Wayne on them hoes, A.K.A. Mr. Make it Rain on them hoes.” When Wayne talks of making it rain, he means to literally throw around money. You know, in the financially responsible manner the guy Jack Johnson next to me argues for when Columnist he’s sober. The bartender, employing a more literal interpretation, sprays water into the air to play along, and the crowd members go wild during the baptism. One girl who Facebook calls a proud conservative, shakes her butt in nonverbal agreement: “Yes, Wayne. I am a hoe!” She will upload pictures from this moment for the world to see in
a few hours, but the hypocritical signifiers are long gone, washed away in the redeeming inebriation of night. And the guy? He doesn’t want a public health care option, but he does pop in a copy of rapper Ludacris’ album “Chicken-n-Beer,” as he drives to Pluckers Wing Bar for late-night helpings of both. The above scenario is an exaggeration only to the extent Louisiana is not a Republican state, or LSU is a campus that hates to party. The scenario is unlikely to the extent the lyrics in question are the only ones in rap promoting materialism and misogyny. With every gyration of your hips, you perpetuate not just the rhythm, but the message behind it. That’s cool. I do too, sometimes. Just don’t act like you can’t understand why someone would act that way outside the guiltless weekends.
I’m not saying liberalism is lecherous, there is no merit in rap, all Republicans like rap or you’re wrong if you do. I wouldn’t have this observation if I voted for either candidate last election. It just doesn’t make sense for some to be so politically charged when their social preferences suggest far more neutral sensibilities. The point is, you’re not as diametrically opposed as you view yourselves. I think at times — at least with kids my age — both sides share a mutual admiration, if only they’d swallow their pride to admit it. All the time. Jack Johnson is a 23-year-old mass communication junior from Fort Worth, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_jjohnson. Contact Jack Johnson at jjohnson@lsureveille.com
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Landrieu’s cloture vote doesn’t reflect constituency
Funny how Louisiana always manages to make national news for all the wrong reasons. If we aren’t being laughed at because of Hurricane Chris rapping in our legislature or being scoffed at because one of our justices of the peace refused to marry an interracial couple, we’re being targeted by the talking heads because our senator, Mary Landrieu (D-La.), voted for cloture for the Senate health care bill in exchange for $100 million for Louisianans on Medicaid. This time is not the first Landrieu has used her leverage in securing funding for Louisiana. And in this case, the extent of her leverage is surprisingly vast. The cloture vote totaled 60 yeas and 39 nays, toeing the expected party lines precisely and barely meeting requirements for the motion itself. This, of course, was why hard-to-get moderates like Landrieu were recognized as highly valuable swing voters for those desiring cloture. Given the narrow line the bill has walked in the Senate thus far, it’s a small wonder why Landrieu possesses one of the most coveted votes. And of course, it’s hardly unreasonable to assume her vote may be closely related to the $100 million earmark tucked in the legislation. To dispel rumors, Landrieu mentioned her cloture vote doesn’t indicate her final position on the bill. She claims she still has reservations about the bill’s content. Most notably, Landrieu does not want the public option. “If we are not careful on this
public option piece, you could eliminate private insurance. And that’s not what we want to do,” Landrieu said in an interview with Politico. Despite her gripe with the public option, Landrieu’s affirmative cloture vote was explained by her recognition that there are “enough signifLinnie Leavines icant reforms and safeguards Columnist in this bill to move forward, [though] much more work needs to be done.” Obviously, Landrieu’s voting should reflect the needs and wants of her state. This case in particular is difficult because there appears to be conflicting interests — she is reluctant to reject $100 million for her state, but if the money is embedded in legislation 61 percent of her constituency is opposed to, according to a Rasmussen poll. Considering the pervasive effects of the health care bill and the wish of her constituents concerning it, the outcome should be obvious. Landrieu should vote according to how they feel about the bill, not according to how she thinks they might like the $100 million. The fact that her constituency has spoken on this matter should negate any dithering over earmarks, which are relatively small when compared to the ramifications of the health care bill. Granted, Landrieu tried to gauge if voter sentiment changed
as a result of the earmark. Leading up to her vote, Landrieu polled her constituency by encouraging them to call in and voice their opinion about cloture. But given this poll was rushed, laissez-faire and sparsely publicized, the purpose of this poll seems to be more of a front than a genuine attempt to gauge the feelings of Louisiana voters. Landrieu will undoubtedly remain a pivotal figure as the bill continues
through the Senate, regardless of her erroneous polling practices. Assuming Landrieu is genuine in her concerns about the bill, perhaps she can use her pull as a hard-to-get moderate Democrat to edit as she sees fit, even within the confines of cloture. But to believe so would be overly optimistic, given the limited debate time paired with the sheer length of the bill. And of course, too many variables are in play to say with
any certainty how she will vote in the end, regardless of legislative changes and the addition of Louisiana-specific earmarks. Linnie Leavines is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Central City. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_lleavines.
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