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WEATHER

Jindal declares state of emergency

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency for Louisiana on Sunday in preparation for Hurricane Ida. A hurricane watch is in effect from Grand Isle, La., to Mexico Beach, Fla., though the watch does not include New Orleans.

Ida is currently travelling through the Gulf of Mexico at Category 2 strength with maximum sustained winds at 100 mph and is expected to be near the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday.

State climatologist Barry Keim said Ida’s impact on Baton Rouge will be minimal if the storm continues on its projected path.

The University Emergency Operations Center is monitoring the situation closely and will make decisions with safety as the top priority, said Kristine Calongne, assistant vice chancellor of Public Affairs.

All updates will be posted to the University homepage, and Calongne encouraged students to check the site frequently. Calongne said any decisions about potential class cancellations will be made as more information becomes available.

Read more about Hurricane Ida on page 3.

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Monday, November 9, 2009

EVENTS

Knock Down, Drag Out

Campus Life plans 100th Homecoming Celebration

By Xerxes A. Wilson Staff Writer

burst,” said Alabama coach Nick Saban. “He played a good game tonight.”

Jones’ touchdown was a part of the 21 second-half points scored

by Alabama. The LSU defense pestered the Alabama offense throughout most of the first half, and although the Crimson Tide racked up 200 yards of offense in the first half, they only scored three points.

“We played well in the first half,” Saban said “We just didn’t finish drives.”

Paint-splattering drums, inflatable games and building foodcan models of Tiger Stadium and the Memorial Tower are among the activities students will participate in to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Homecoming at the University.

Campus Life, the Homecoming Committee and other campus organizations are hosting events every day this week to celebrate this year’s homecoming.

The week’s events begin with the Homecoming Kickoff at the Memorial Tower at noon Monday.

The organizations involved will map out all the week’s activities and Chancellor Michael Martin is scheduled to speak, said Nadia Maston, higher education administration graduate student who is assisting in organizing Homecoming this year.

“There has always been a service aspect to Homecoming week, but this year’s will be much bigger,” said Erika Boyd, biology junior and service chair for the Homecoming Committee.

Canapalooza will take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons on the Parade Ground.

Student organizations will use canned goods they collected to construct various University land-

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Alabama junior offensive lineman James Carpenter (77) pushes LSU senior linebacker Perry Riley (56) during the Tigers’ 24-15 loss to the Crimson Tide on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Tide clinched the SEC West with the win.

Alabama uses strong second-half offense to beat the Tigers

By Amos Morale Sports Contributor

With his team down 15-13 in the fourth quarter, Alabama junior quarterback Greg McElroy threw a screen pass to sophomore wide receiver Julio Jones.

Jones turned, ran, and 73 yards later, celebrated the touchdown with his teammates “They just needed me to make a play,” Jones said. “I stepped up.”

The play Jones made for his team proved to be the game winner as the Crimson Tide defeated

the Tigers, 24-15.

The loss bumped LSU down two spots in the USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll to No. 11.

LSU moved up one spot to No. 8 in BCS standings despite the loss.

The Tigers stayed at No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Jones, who has battled injuries all season, struggled to be productive in recent weeks but finished Saturday with four catches for 102 yards to go along with his touchdown.

“Probably last week was the first time he looked like his old self in terms of having the juice and the

BR COMMUNITY

Arts Market celebrates 11th anniversary

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

One Saturday a month, downtown Baton Rouge becomes a hub of creativity as artists from across Louisiana and neighboring states come together to share and sell their handmade crafts as part of an 11-year Red Stick tradition.

The Baton Rouge Arts Market celebrated its 11th anniversary Saturday. The market, sponsored by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, is held downtown the first Saturday of every month and the

rise in artists has brought first three Saturdays of a huge rise in attendees, December. said Maureen Joyce, marJewelry maker Suketing coordinator for the zanne Juneau was one Arts Council. of the founding artists of Log on to see “[The market] conthe market in 1998 and photos from the tributes to the cultural still sells her work there Arts Market. economy and downtown today. development,” Joyce said.

“Ten of us met and Local restaurants benefit from the pledged we would come here every week for the first year,” she said. “Since then, large groups of people who flock downtown on Saturdays for the market and it’s grown a ton.”

The number of participating artists has grown to more than 70, and the MARKET, see page 15

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New Orleans printmaker Layla Messkoub sells her work Saturday morning at the Baton Rouge Arts market downtown.

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Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

Government: 91 dead in El Salvador from floods, landslides

Obama to attend memorial for Fort Hood victims

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s interior minister says the death toll is now 91 from floods and landslides touched off by three days of heavy rains.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as “all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable” because it occurred on the nation’s largest Army post.

He praised those who ended the shootings, which killed 13 and wounded 30 others, and lauded the armed services’ diversity — a move designed to calm tensions about the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported, but had turned against, the Taliban, officials said.

Brazilian student expelled after wearing mini-dress SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian university expelled a woman who was heckled by hundreds of fellow students when she wore a short dress to class, taking out newspaper ads Sunday to accuse her of immorality.

Navy ship built with World Trade Center steel goes into service NEW YORK (AP) The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.

“No matter how many times

you attack us, we always come back,“ Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said at the assault ship‘s commissioning. “America always comes back. That‘s what this ship represents.“ He spoke on a Manhattan pier where hundreds of Navy officers and sailors joined first responders and families of Sept. 11 victims.

“I hereby place the USS New York in commission,“ Mabus announced.

Ground broken for Flight 93 national memorial in Pa. SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) With the words “Let‘s roll“ the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims‘ relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial.

STATE/LOCAL

LSU center creates oral history podcast series (AP) — An oral history center at LSU has launched a podcast series recounting Louisiana’s history.

The series, called “What Endures,” is put together by the LSU Libraries Special Collections Williams Center for Oral History.

The first episode, called “Politics and a Pulitzer,” focuses on T. Harry Williams, who wrote a famed biography of former Louisiana Gov. Huey Long and for whom the oral history center was named.

Subsequent podcasts will be posted every two weeks. Upcoming episodes will focus on flood stories, civil rights, university history, women’s history and state veterans of World War II. Head of LSUHSC cancer center named scientific adviser to NCI NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The head of the cancer center at LSU Health Sciences Center — New Orleans is

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named a scientific adviser to the National Cancer Institute.

LSU says Dr. August Ochoa will serve a four-year term on the NCI’s Board of Scientific Counselors for clinical sciences and epidemiology.

The board provides scientific advice and reviews progress of research for the NCI Center for Cancer Research and the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.

Free clinic for La. uninsured Nov. 14 in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Association of Free Clinics says about 400 doctors and other medical providers will be at New Orleans’ convention center on Nov. 14 to treat uninsured Louisiana residents.

The group’s executive director, Nicole Lamoureux, says any state resident without insurance can make an appointment. She says they’ll see as many walk-ins as possible, but people with appointments will have priority.

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HEALTH

Faculty member sparks voluntary ice cream recall Peanuts found in Dove’s desserts

By Kristen M’lissa Rowlett Contributing Writer

When Crystal Johnson discovered peanuts in her favorite pecan ice cream, she didn’t know she would spur the voluntary recall of Dove’s Caramel Pecan Perfection ice cream Oct. 26.

Johnson, assistant professor in the department of Environmental Sciences, stopped at the grocery store Oct. 21 to purchase her favorite comfort food after having a bad day. But she realized something was wrong when she began eating the pecan ice cream.

“It just tasted bad,” she said.

After spitting out what she thought were pecans, she realized her pint of ice cream was full of

chocolate-covered peanuts instead.

Johnson said she thought the company had substituted the pecans for cheaper peanuts, but after checking the label, she said she realized the company had made a mistake.

Johnson said she knew a mistake like this could be fatal. Johnson’s friend almost died after a similar mistake with peanuts at a Thai food restaurant, Johnson said.

“It takes one time to see somebody almost die ... the images stick with you,” she said.

Johnson contacted the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, Mars — Dove’s parent company, the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Prem Menon, physician and founder of the Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Center in Baton Rouge.

An FDA investigator came to her house the following Monday to examine the ice cream, and the

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Assistant professor Crystal Johnson found chocolate-covered peanuts in Dove’s Caramel Pecan Perfection, prompting a recall of that flavor.

product was recalled that afternoon, Johnson said.

“It’s extremely dangerous because the ice cream was not labeled as having peanuts,” Menon said.

About 1 percent of the population has peanut allergies, he said.

People exposed to peanuts can experience swelling of the lips, nausea or vomiting and a drop in

blood pressure, he said.

“If they don’t get proper treatment, they can die,” he said.

The ice cream was recalled in 19 states, including Louisiana, according to a statement released by FAAN. Johnson said the FDA mentioned someone who went to the hospital because of eating the ice cream, but they could not give her details.

Six other people in the nation reported the peanuts in the ice cream, she said.

Johnson received a letter of apology from Mars and coupons for free ice cream, she said.

“It’s just funny because I don’t want a coupon,” she said. “I need the product off the shelf.”

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WEATHER

Twitter still gaining Hurricane Ida aims for Gulf Coast could make Internet popularity Storm landfall Tuesday Use increases from 11 to 19 percent

By Nate Monroe Contributing Writer

It didn’t seem possible for Twitter to get any more popular, but it has.

A recent study by Pew Research reveals a significantly higher percentage of Internet users now use Twitter or similar status-updating services since the last time the survey was commissioned.

“Some 19 percent of Internet users now say they use Twitter or another service to share updates about themselves, or to see updates about others,” the Oct. 21 survey said. “This represents a significant increase over previous surveys in December 2008 and April 2009, when 11 percent of Internet users said they use a status-update service.”

The findings come after a high-profile summer for Twitter — a summer some have dubbed a “Twitter revolution.”

Scores of dissenting Iranians flocked to the status updating service to get around the Iranian government’s restrictions on mass media — a time many national pundits and commentators considered a defining moment for Twitter.

“The immediacy of the reports was gripping,” an editorial from The Washington Times said. “Welldeveloped Twitter lists showed a constant stream of situation updates and links to photos and videos, all of which painted a portrait of the developing turmoil.”

The Pew survey pegged the median age for Twitter at 31 — the second lowest age of major inter-

net social networking sites or status update services.

Myspace has the youngest average age at 26.

The survey also found one important variable in how likely a person is to Tweet: whether they already use a social networking service like Facebook. “[The] data shows that Internet users who use social network sites are more likely to use Twitter or another status updating service, independent of other factors such as that group’s relative youth or propensity to go online via mobile devices,” the survey said.

Vaughn Johnson, communication disorders senior, has had a Twitter account since May. “I just got it to see what the hype was about,” she said.

Vaughn said once her friends got accounts, she understood why people are attracted to Twitter.

“It’s not like updating your Facebook status,” she said, adding that Twitter’s list of trending topics allows for more interesting status updates than she can get on Facebook.

Elizabeth Hood, French senior, got rid of her Twitter account, saying “it was fun at first,” but she eventually realized “it was an extra distraction she didn’t need.”

Hood said Facebook is a “necessary evil” for her — allowing the easiest way to network with her friends and members in various clubs, something Twitter can’t offer.

And, Hood said, “I don’t want to follow anybody on Twitter.”

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By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.

A hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana’s governor declared a state of emergency.

Authorities said Ida could make landfall as early as Tuesday morning, although it was forecast to weaken by then. Officials and residents kept a close eye on the Category 2 hurricane as it approached, though there were no immediate plans for evacuations.

Sunday evening, Ida was located 445 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving northwest near 12 mph.

The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows Ida brushing near Louisiana and Mississippi, then making landfall near Alabama before continuing across north Florida.

Yet many residents took the

forecast in stride.

“Even though we’re telling everybody to be prepared, my gut tells me it probably won’t be that bad,” said Steve Arndt, director of Bay Point Marina Co. in Panama City, Fla. In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal had declared a state of emergency as a precaution, and the National Guard was on high alert if assistance was needed.

New Orleans wasn’t included

in the hurricane watch.

But officials were encouraging residents to prepare for potential gusts of 60 mph by removing any tree limbs that could damage their homes and securing or bringing in any trash cans, grills, potted plants or patio furniture.

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UREC

New GroupX system adds levels, challenges students New structure shows consistency

By Mary Walker Baus Staff Writer

Dawn Monahan said she was intimidated by the new GroupX system because the class she wanted to take was labeled as advanced.

But the anthropology senior spoke with the instructor and found both comfort and a challenge with the new system.

“I like it because there are a lot of people who’ve never worked out … and they’re not going to understand the language [of the class],” Monahan said.

The new GroupX class system divides the classes by intensity and degree of choreography. There are all-level classes, intermediate level classes and advanced level classes.

Monahan said the new system allows students who’ve never worked out a chance to try in a class specified for all levels, and at the same time, allows students who work out more consistently to attend intermediate or

advanced classes which progress in intensity.

“One of my friends takes intermediate ballet, and everyone in the class knows what they’re doing,” she said. “[Because of the level specification], they can do more combinations instead of just the basics.”

Amy Kokemor, Healthy Lifestyles interim coordinator and GroupX instructor, said 85 percent of the classes are for all levels, and the classes labeled as intermediate or advanced will still accommodate any student who wants to participate. She said at least one class for all levels is always available in every time slot. “[The new system is] more fluid,” Kokemor said. “It’s more consistent. People find what fits them the best, and they tend to stay.”

The new system has shown more consistency with specific students. Students are returning more and more each week — something the classes have not seen since participants had to pay a fee — which allows instructors to do more in class and get to know the participants better.

Catherine Sticklen, communication studies senior, said she is a

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Students participate in intermediate and advanced level Group X classes. Different levels were added for certain classes, giving more in-shape students a challenge.

regular participant in the mat Pilates class on Mondays.

Although the class is not labeled as a specific level, the instructors show the participants different levels of each exercise to challenge the more advanced students while accommodating the less advanced students. The classes have progressively gotten harder, as well.

Kokemor said feedback from both participants and the GroupX

instructors were the reasons the two levels were implemented within the GroupX schedule.

“We were finding that there was a wide range of levels in each class,” she said. “We were modifying every exercise [for each level]. There was a boredom factor for advanced people.”

Kokemor said the new system allows regular exercisers to step up through the levels, while providing

students who are more sedentary the opportunity to feel comfortable around others of the same level or speed.

“It gave [the instructors] a chance to experiment with different workouts,” Kokemor said. “They can do workouts they couldn’t do last year when it was all levels for safety reasons.”

Having advanced classes allows for less introduction time and more workouts, routines and combinations. GroupX participation is higher than previous semesters, but these numbers can’t be attributed to the new system specifically.

Shannon Smoke, art history graduate student, said she attends the advanced power yoga class on Sundays and likes the new system.

“It’s a good thing because it was hard to tell if you can keep up with everybody,” Smoke said.

Smoke said she’s learned more yoga positions and is challenged more because of the new system.

Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwbaus@lsureveille.com

BR COMMUNITY

TransGenRx signs $30M deal to produce HGH Company built on AgCenter methods

By Ryan Buxton Staff Writer

Local gene research company TransGenRx has landed a $30 million deal to produce human growth hormone for an Argentinean pharmaceutical company.

TGRx — founded in 2002 with technology developed at the LSU AgCenter — alters and produces genes which are used for pharmaceutical products to treat diseases.

TGRx will produce human growth hormone and sell it to the Argentinean company, which will prepare it for use in generic medicines.

“We’re making intermediate growth hormone products which will be put through a chemical reaction to make it active,” said Richard Cooper, TGRx exectuive vice president of research and development and University veterinary science professor. “[The pharmaceutical company] will purify it and make a generic.”

Cooper is the chief developer of the technology used by TGRx. The company was spawned from research conducted at the AgCenter, which Cooper saw as an opportunity to make a product for profit, said Fred Enright, chair of the veterinary science department.

“We were trying to make fish disease resistant,” Enright said.

“There’s no market for that because the USDA won’t let you put transgenic fish back into a pond ... Dr. Cooper spun that off into a company that makes a product.”

To use the technology, TGRx

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Miles Weeks, left, prepares a sample for quality control, and Breenon Cucullu, right, checks the status on a bioreactor at the TransGenRx labs.

had to license it from the AgCenter, said Wade Baumgartner, assistant director of the AgCenter intellectual property office.

Because of the license, the

University is paid a 5 percent royalty fee from the business transactions of TGRx, Baumgartner said, which means the University stands to make $1.5 million from TGRx’s

$30 million deal.

Though TGRx is an independent company, it still has close ties with the University. TGRx’s labs are mostly populated with University graduates and current students.

“We’ve got in the neighborhood of 15 part-time employees, and nearly all of them are LSU students,” Cooper said. “Probably half of our [full-time] employees have an undergraduate, master’s or PhD from LSU.” TGRx’s role as a commercial company using University-developed technology exemplifies what research Universities strive for,

Enright said.

“One of the prime things that’s supposed to happen from a University’s point of view is to be able to move technology from the University to the real world, so it benefits in a financial way the economy of the state and region,” Enright said.

Cooper said the presence of TGRx as a commercial company and student training facility will have a strong economic impact on Baton Rouge.

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EVERYBODY HURTS

Injuries plague Tigers in Sat. loss against ’Bama; Scott out for season

By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

LSU felt the sharp sting of the injury bug in the LSU football team’s 24-15 loss to Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday night.

On the offensive side, sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson sustained an apparent right ankle injury with 8:25 left in the third quarter, and about four minutes later, senior running back Charles Scott left the game with a right collarbone injury. On defense, sophomore cornerback Patrick Peterson suffered cramping issues at three separate junctures.

LSU coach Les Miles said after the game Scott’s injury “certainly is probably the most serious.” The LSU Athletic Department announced Sunday that Scott is out for the season with a collarbone fracture.

Jefferson left the game after being called for an intentional grounding penalty with Alabama leading, 10-7, but later said he wanted to return to the game.

“It’s probably a low-ankle sprain because I can move it around a little bit,” Jefferson said. “I thought I would be able to [come back in the game], but I

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[From left] LSU senior running back Charles Scott is helped off the field by the Tigers’ orthopedic surgeon Brent Bankston after Scott injured his collarbone Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Sophomore cornerback Patrick Peterson is assisted off the field by trainers. Sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson is tackled by Alabama freshman linebacker Nico Johnson. Jefferson twisted his ankle during the resulting fall.

SOCCER

Gamecocks beat Tigers, 8-7, in PKs for SEC title LSU looks forward to NCAA tourney

By David Helman Sports Writer

One penalty kick gave the LSU soccer team the lead, but several of them took it away.

The No. 16 Tigers (15-5-3) were knocked out of the Southeastern Conference tournament in a shootout for the second straight season — only this time the stakes were a first-ever SEC tournament championship.

“We’re disappointed, but we feel like we didn’t play our best game,” said LSU coach Brian Lee. “Penalty kicks are kind of a crapshoot. Hopefully we can turn around and improve for the NCAAs next week.”

No. 14 South Carolina (18-3-1)

converted eight of nine penalty kicks in a grueling shootout, while LSU senior defenders Katherine Lagow and Chelsea Potts each missed attempts to give the Gamecocks an 8-7 advantage en route to their first-ever tournament championship.

Lee said senior forward Rachel Yepez and senior midfielder Malorie Rutledge missed the shootout with injuries sustained during the game.

“We kind of had to scramble around there at the end,” Lee said.

“Hopefully it was a good learning experience for the younger players, and they’ll know if they want to step up and take a kick if we get into that situation again.”

The loss is LSU’s second close call in as many weeks with SEC hardware on the line. The Tigers came within one point of capturing the regular season conference crown last weekend but were edged out by

No. 10 Florida when the Gators won their last game of the regular season against the Gamecocks, 3-0.

A penalty kick seemed to give the Tigers all the advantage they would need to capture the championship. South Carolina sophomore defender Ellen Fahey tackled LSU sophomore midfielder Taryne Boudreau in the penalty box in the 44th minute, drawing a penalty kick opportunity for LSU. Fahey was ejected from the teams’ first meeting on Oct. 25 for a similar challenge.

LSU senior midfielder Melissa Clarke stepped up to take the penalty and banked the shot off the left goal post and in, giving the Tigers a 1-0 lead entering halftime.

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LSU senior midfielder Courtney Alexander (6) fights for the ball Sept. 27. The Tigers lost to South Carolina, 8-7, during the SEC Championship game Sunday in PKs.

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NFL

Offense leads N.O. to 30-20 victory against Carolina Saint’s 8-0 for first time in franchise

By Brett Martel The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What might be the finest Saints team is off to the best start in club history.

New Orleans moved to 8-0 on Sunday when Drew Brees overcame two early turnovers to pass for 330 yards and a touchdown in a 30-20 comeback victory over Carolina.

While the Saints’ defense did not intercept a pass for the first time all season, the unit forced three turnovers on fumbles. The last produced New Orleans’ seventh defensive touchdown of the season on Anthony Hargrove’s strip, recovery and 1-yard return late in the fourth quarter.

Hargrove might have been down before he advanced the ball, but the play occurred shortly before the two-minute warning and Carolina was out of timeouts, so the Panthers couldn’t challenge.

DeAngelo Williams rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns, and Carolina gained 182 yards on the ground. However, it was Williams’ fumble at his 1 that led to the clinching touchdown.

It was the first time Carolina

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New Orleans safety Roman Harper, left, sacks Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme during the Saints’ 30-20 win Sunday afternoon against the Panthers. The Saints now have an 8-0 record for the first time in franchise history.

lost in Louisiana since 2001 and quarterback Jake Delhomme’s first loss in the Louisiana Superdome.

The Panthers blew a 17-3 lead.

After failing to score a touchdown in the first half for the first time all season, the Saints got the ball to open the third quarter and needed only four plays to score.

Devery Henderson’s 63-yard gain on a short slant pass set up Pierre Thomas’ 10-yard scoring run, cutting Carolina’s lead to 17-13.

It took nearly 10 minutes

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Wolf finishes season with first singles title Sophomore won in straight sets: 6-1, 6-3

By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor

LSU women’s tennis sophomore Whitney Wolf captured her first collegiate singles championship at the Harvard Invitational in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday.

Wolf blew by Cornell’s Christine Ordway in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, to secure the Lady Tigers’ third individual singles title in their last tournament of the fall.

“Whitney played an unbelievable tournament,” said LSU coach Tony Minnis in a news release. “I’m so proud of her for winning.”

Freshman Ebie Wilson was denied a shot at the title in her flight, losing to Cornell’s Sarah O’Neal in the finals, 6-4, 6-3.

Wolf played most of the tournament on cruise control, only losing six games during her three matches.

The Pride native blanked Brown’s Julie Franzer in the first round Friday, 6-0, 6-0, and sailed past Brown’s Misia Krasowski, 6-1, 6-1, on Saturday.

This was arguably the strongest showing of Wolf’s young career at LSU. She was a five-star recruit coming out of high school and was given the distinction of Louisiana’s top-ranked junior player in 2008.

Wolf struggled during her freshman campaign with a 15-19 singles record, including a 1-7 record against Southeastern Conference opponents, but finally found her stroke this weekend.

“She was on fire, and I’ve never seen her play like that before,” Minnis said.

Wolf teamed with senior Nicole Kantor in doubles to post a 2-1 record on the weekend.

The duo knocked off Harvard’s Hideko Tachibana and Alexander Lehman twice during the three-day tournament with an 8-4 decision Friday and an 8-6 victory Sunday to close out the tournament.

The lone blemish came Saturday when they lost to Krasowski and Flanzer, 8-5.

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before the Saints’ offense got back on the field again. Delhomme led Carolina on a 19-play drive that included four third-down conversions and consumed 9:46, setting up John Kasay’s 25-yard field goal.

The drive perhaps should have produced a touchdown, but Delhomme’s third-down pass bounced off Williams’ shoulder pads at the goal line.

New Orleans tied it at 20 by the end of the third quarter on Robert Meachem’s leaping catch and

run for a 54-yard score.

On their next possession, the Saints started at their 2 and drove 76 yards in 13 plays to go ahead 23-20 on John Carney’s 40-yard field goal with 4:36 left.

Their defense held, with Will Smith sacking and stripping Delhomme on fourth down and Hargrove recovering. While New Orleans’ offense could not get a first down on its next series, Thomas Morstead’s punt was downed at the Carolina 2, setting up Hargrove’s

second fumble recovery in less than a minute.

Before that stretch, Hargove, suspended all of 2008 for NFL substance abuse violations, hadn’t had a fumble recovery since 2005.

Carolina led 14-0 on Williams’ touchdown runs of 66 and 7 yards, both of which came before the Saints made a first down.

Williams’ long run came on the second play of the game. Brees was then sacked and stripped by Tyler Brayton on the first play of New Orleans’ second possession.

Jon Beason recovered on the Saints 11, setting up Williams’ second score.

Early in the second quarter, New Orleans had a chance to get back in it when Jonathan Stewart fumbled at the Carolina 16. Two plays later, Panthers cornerback Chris Gamble intercepted Brees’ underthrown pass for Marques Colston and returned it 41 yards, leading to Kasay’s 32-yard field goal to make it 17-3.

In the final 30 seconds of the second quarter, Brees’ 45-yard completion to Colston, combined with a roughing-the-passer penalty, gave the Saints a first down at the Carolina 7, setting up Carney’s second field goal.

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Tigers capture fifth-straight SEC Western Division title LSU defeats Ark., Ole Miss during weekend

By Andy Schwehm Sports Writer

Sir Isaac Newton’s first law of motion states an object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by some outside force.

Apparently the LSU volleyball team has been paying attention in physics class because the Tigers are allowing no outside force to put a halt to their momentum.

LSU got through another pair of Southeastern Conference foes this weekend, defeating both Ole Miss and Arkansas en route to a fifth-straight SEC West Division crown.

The No. 19 Tigers (20-5, 142) have now won 13 of their last 14 matches while recording nine sweeps in that span. LSU has also recorded 28 straight victories against SEC West Division opponents.

The Tigers remain a halfmatch behind Kentucky for the overall SEC crown.

“Winning the SEC West is always a great thing,” said senior middle blocker Brittnee Cooper.

“But our focus remains on win-

ning the overall SEC title.”

Backed by freshman outside hitter Jasmine Norton’s 29 kills, Arkansas tried to stop LSU’s momentum Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Ark. But the Tigers wouldn’t surrender, taking home a 3-2 (25-22, 27-25, 14-25, 21-25, 15-10) fiveset victory against the Razorbacks (11-15, 5-10).

Cooper once again paved the way for the Tigers. Her 18 kills in the match made her the 16th player in program history to record 1,000 or more career kills, as she now has 1,017 career spikes.

She added one solo block and six block assists in the match.

“My shoulder felt much better today,” Cooper said. “It hurt a little Friday night at the beginning of the match, but after that it was fine.”

After taking the first two sets from Arkansas, LSU fell hard in the third set, 25-14, and then fell behind early in the fourth set, 1712. A 6-0 run gave LSU an 1817 lead, but Arkansas eventually stormed back to take the set, 2521, and tied the match at two sets apiece.

The Tigers regrouped in the fifth set with a dominating 15-10 victory to take the match and improve to 3-3 in five-set matches on the season.

As a team, LSU hit a .230

clip while recording 13 blocks.

“We were making it too hard on ourselves in the third and fourth sets,” said LSU senior setter Sam Dabbs. “We were looking ahead, instead of playing one point at a time.”

The story was a bit different Friday night in Oxford, Miss., as the Tigers easily swept past the Rebels, 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 2927).

LSU posted a season-best .416 team hitting percentage in the match, led by senior outside hitter Marina Skender’s seasonhigh .556 hitting percentage with 17 kills and 11 digs to rack up her 10th double-double of the season.

Cooper had 12 kills on 20 attempts with four blocks for LSU in the match, while Dabbs dished out 39 assists for the Tigers against the Rebels (8-17, 2-13).

“Sam did an excellent job of setting and creating opportunities,” Flory said after the match.

“Marina also worked extremely hard to adjust some things in her approach. She hit the right shot in the right situation, and I don’t think she can be much better than she was [Friday night].”

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LSU senior middle blocker Brittnee Cooper prepares to hit the ball. The Tigers won their fifth-straight SEC West title.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

LSU loses consecutive meets to Alabama, Florida Team travels to three states over weekend

By Katherine Terrell Sports Contributor

The LSU swimming and diving teams came up short in consecutive meets against Alabama and Florida State during a whirlwind weekend in which the Tigers and Lady Tigers traveled to three states in three days.

The teams left Louisiana on Thursday morning and competed against Alabama in a dual meet Friday afternoon. Both LSU teams won seven out of 16 events, but it wasn’t enough as the Alabama men won, 166.5-133.5, and the Alabama women won, 170-130.

“I give a lot of credit to Alabama,” said LSU coach Adam Schmitt. “They came out and competed well.”

Four LSU swimmers had two

wins each. Junior Hannes Heyl won the 100-yard backstroke and the 100-yard butterfly, while sophomore Mary Beck won the 200yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke.

Freshmen Andrei Tuomola and Amanda Kendall each won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.

Immediately following the conclusion of the Alabama meet, the Tigers traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., for a dual meet against Florida State on Saturday afternoon.

On the men’s side, the meet came down to the touch of the wall.

In the final event, the 400-yard relay, FSU held off LSU by less than a second to win the meet, 156-144.

“The men’s meet was another classic LSU-Florida State showdown,” Schmitt said. “It came down to the last relay. The Seminoles were able to pull it out, but I thought we performed pretty well.”

The LSU women won 10 out

of 16 events — including both relays — but lost, 162-138.

“We just got behind because of a lack of depth,” Schmitt said.

“We can’t just rely on the top four or five swimmers ... and I think they’re learning that.”

Heyl, Beck and Kendall repeated Friday’s performance with two wins each against FSU. LSU freshman Craig Hamilton and junior Jane Trepp also won two events.

Hamilton won the 1,000-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 9 minutes, 15.64 seconds, which ranks third in LSU history. Hamilton also placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with another personal best time of 4 minutes, 30.20 seconds.

Kendall swept the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle for the second consecutive day, while Heyl had victories in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly.

Trepp won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard breaststroke

NFL

Buccaneers get first win Sunday League now has no winless teams

By The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers saluted their past, then rookie Josh Freeman gave the struggling franchise hope for the future.

Freeman passed for 205 yards and three touchdowns Sunday, including a 7-yard throw to Sammie Stroughter on fourth-and-4, leading the previously winless Bucs to a 38-28 victory against the Green Bay Packers.

In his first pro start, the 17th pick in the draft out of Kansas State completed 14 of 31 passes with just one interception. A critical second pick was wiped out by a Green Bay penalty during the go-ahead drive.

The Bucs (1-7) are the last team in the NFL to win this season. It was also the first victory for the league’s youngest head coach, 33-year-old Raheem Morris, who replaced Jon Gruden after Tampa Bay went 0-4 in December and missed the playoffs last year.

Aaron Rodgers threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns for the Packers (4-4). He also threw three interceptions and had one returned for a touchdown that put the game out of reach in the final minute.

Rodgers was also sacked six times, hiking Green Bay’s NFLworst total to 37 takedowns in eight games.

The Bucs wore throwback creamsicle uniforms and made Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon the first inductee into the Ring of Honor at Raymond James Stadium. They trailed 21-17 during the halftime ceremony, but Freeman refused to let them lose.

The rookie threw second-half touchdown passes to Kellen Win-

slow and Stroughter, a seventhround draft pick who was wide open in the right corner of the end zone with 4:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Freeman’s two-point conversion pass to Michael Clayton put the Bucs up 31-28. The defense, which had all of its sacks after halftime, ensured victory when Tanard Jackson picked off Rodgers and — instead of going to the ground — weaved 35 yards through the Packers to a clinching TD with 35 seconds left.

The Bucs’ win ties them with four other teams for the NFL’s

worst record. The Rams, Lions, Browns and Chiefs are all also 1-7.

The Buccaneers finished their inaugural 1976 with an 0-14 record, the worst in league history until the Lions finished 0-16 last season.

Tampa Bay travels to Miami next Sunday before hosting the undefeated New Orleans Saints on Nov. 22 for the first of the team’s two meetings.

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with season best times. Beck took the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley.

Both teams will be on the road against next week, taking a short trip to New Orleans for a dual meet

at 6 p.m. Friday against the University of New Orleans.

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BASEBALL

Honors given at Governor’s Mansion

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HORNETS VS. LAKERS

Banquet held for champion Tigers

By Staff Reports The honors keep rolling in for the LSU baseball team nearly five months after its College World Series victory in June.

Gov. Bobby Jindal honored the Tigers on Friday at the Governor’s Mansion for winning the sixth national championship in school history June 24.

“These young men are role models, and they represent the people of our state with character and honor,” Jindal said in a news release. “The way these studentathletes carry themselves on and off the field is a tribute to their parents and coaches.”

Jindal visited with each member of the team and gave a special proclamation to LSU coach Paul Mainieri. Chancellor Michael Martin also made the trip with the squad.

“This is a very special group of young men,” Mainieri said in MEGAN J. WILLIAMS/ The Daily Reveille a news release. “What they’ve Gov. Bobby Jindal, right, jokes with LSU coach Paul Manieri and Tiger baseball playaccomplished can’t solely be ers on Friday afternoon. The governor hosted the team at the governor’s mansion measured by statistics. They and gave them a plaque honoring them for their 2009 College World Series win. care about one another, and to a man, it was their goal to bring ship rings Oct. 31 in a brief cer“As a young boy, you dream this championship emony at Alex of days like this,” Mainieri said home to the people at the event. “Then the day gets Box Stadium. of Louisiana.”

All but two here, and I can tell you it’s better Jindal has now players from than your dreams.” hosted members LSU went 56-17 in 2009, the 2009 team of the LSU basewere able to at- posting a 20-10 record in Southball team twice tend the ring eastern Conference play and a this year. Mainieri, ceremony. Sec- 15-2 postseason record. The Tipitcher Anthony ond baseman DJ gers won the SEC regular season Ranaudo and outLeMahieu was championship, SEC tournament fielder Blake Dean in the Domini- title and NCAA title in the same ate barbecue with can Republic season for the second time in Jindal and memplaying for a mi- school history and first time since Bobby Jindal bers of the Louisinor league team 1993.

La. Governor ana National Guard in the Chicago in August.

Cubs’ organizaContact The Daily Reveille’s sports The barbecue was sent by tion, and pitcher Chad Jones was staff at sports@lsureveille.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who made preparing to start at free safety a bet with Jindal before the Col- for the LSU football team against lege World Series final between Tulane.

Texas and LSU took place. Perry sent Texas barbecue to Jindal because LSU won the finals, 2-1.

Had Texas won, Jindal would have sent Perry fresh seafood.

The Tigers also visited Washington D.C., on Sept. 30, visiting the White House and meeting Vice President Joe Biden. The trip included a lunch meeting with Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu and tours of the U.S. Capitol and various memorials such as the Lincoln Memorial and the Vietnam War Memorial.

LSU received its champion-

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‘These young men are role models and they represent the people of our state with character and honor.’

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PRO GOLF

Mickelson overcomes Els, wins the HSBC Champions Tiger Woods falls behind early

By The Associated Press SHANGHAI — Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe.

Only it wasn’t Tiger Woods.

Mickelson made an 18-footer to save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, then holed a 10foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a 3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, who was in the lead until hitting into the water and making bogey on the final hole.

Woods was never a factor in the final World Golf Championship of the year, falling six shots behind on the front nine and doing well to stay on the leaderboard the rest of the way.

He hit into the water with his third shot on the par-5 18th and had

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Phil Mickelson flashes his thumb up to spectators at the 18th green during the final round of the HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai on Sunday.

to scramble for bogey to close with a 72 and tie for sixth, five shots behind.

It was the third time in his last four tries that Woods played in the final group without winning.

Mickelson finished at 17-under 271 and earned $1.2 million in winning his second WGC event of the year. It was the first time he

won a tournament while playing in the final group with Woods.

As clutch as Mickelson was down the stretch, Els was the opposite.

The South African, devastated when Mickelson beat him with a birdie on the final hole of the 2004 Masters, was 10 under for his round and had a one-shot lead playing the

FOOTBALL

Sooners drop out of AP poll Stanford moves in, ranks No.25

By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

On Sunday, the Sooners and Cardinal sort of swapped places.

Oklahoma dropped out of the college football poll for the first time since 2005, and No. 25 Stanford moved into the rankings for the first time since 2001.

The first six spots were held by major college football’s six unbeaten teams, with Florida, Texas and Alabama making up the top three for the second consecutive week.

Florida received 39 first-place votes, Texas received 10 and Alabama 11.

TCU moved up two spots to No. 4, bumping No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 6 Boise State back a spot.

Oklahoma had managed to stay in the rankings this season while losing three close games without star quarterback Sam Bradford, but Saturday’s 10-3 loss at Nebraska dropped the Sooners to 5-4 and out of the media poll.

Since 2000, the 05 season had been the only one in which Oklahoma spent any time unranked.

The Sooners lost two games early and were out of the rankings from mid-September until the final poll. Oklahoma won its bowl game and finished 8-4 that season.

Notre Dame and California also dropped out after losses.

The rest of the top 10 is Georgia Tech at No. 7, followed by Pittsburgh, Ohio State and LSU. Iowa dropped seven spots to No. 15 after losing for the first time

this season, a 17-10 upset at home

by Northwestern. The Hawkeyes fell out of the national championship race but are still in control of their Big Ten title hopes. Iowa and Ohio State play in Columbus on Saturday with a trip to the Rose Bowl on the line.

Stanford (6-3) moved into rankings after knocking off Oregon 51-42 to become bowl eligible.

The Cardinal finished the 2001 season ranked, but haven’t been since. That was also the last season Stanford played in a bowl.

Oregon fell seven spots to No. 14.

No. 24 Clemson also made it into the Top 25 for the first time this season.

The Tigers (6-3) beat Florida State 40-24 to take control of the ACC’s Atlantic division race.

South Florida moved back into the rankings during an off week.

Southern California starts the second 10, followed by Miami and Houston.

Utah, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Penn State and Virginia Tech are 16-20. The Nittany Lions dropped eight spots after a 24-7 loss at home to Ohio State.

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538-yard 18th. From the middle of the fairway, he went at the green with a fairway metal and landed in the middle of the lake.

Els had 218 yards to the front of the green on a downslope in the fairway, not enough for him to hit 4-iron, while a 3-iron might go over the green and down the bank into the water. He opted to hit a high cut with his 5-wood and “basically duffed it.”

“But I can’t think about that,” Els said, who started the round seven shots behind. “For me to come back all the way, to actually share the lead at that point, was quite nice. I’m disappointed about that, but I’m going to really think about the 63 I shot.”

Els settled for a share of the course record at Sheshan International, a 9-under 63 matched earlier in the day by Rory McIlroy, who finished fourth, and Daisuke

Maruyama of Japan.

Els waited in the scoring trailer for Mickelson to finish, and Lefty tried to keep it interesting. He drove into the massive gallery lining the left side of the fairway, then hit into the left rough just short of a bunker. But he hit wedge safely to the middle of the green, and rolled his birdie putt within tap-in range for another victory.

Mickelson won for the fourth time this year, tying a career best.

Ryan Moore, who only qualified for the HSBC Champions by winning his first PGA Tour title in August, closed with a 68 and finished alone in third, which should be enough to move him into the top 50 in the world.

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really couldn’t drop back to pass.”

Before the injury, Jefferson completed 10-of-17 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions, including a 12-yard scoring pass to sophomore tight end Deangelo Peterson in the second quarter.

Miles said Jefferson was performing well against Alabama but he would not elaborate on the extent of Jefferson’s injury.

“Not serious is all I can tell you,” Miles said. “He was trying to get back in the game, but we felt it would be best that he sit. I like everything about that quarterback, and I still like our chances, injuries or not.”

Scott finished with his thirdhighest rushing output of the season — 83 yards on 13 carries — including a 34-yard run to the Alabama 15-yard line that turned out to be his final play as a Tiger.

Two plays later, sophomore running back Stevan Ridley scored his second touchdown in as many games to give LSU the lead again,

PENALTY KICKS, from page 5

equal the score.

“Playing three games in five days caught up to us in the second half,” Lee said. “Rachel Yepez left the game with a hamstring injury, and that certainly hurt our depth as well.”

Senior defender Blakely Mattern played the hero for South Carolina when the game seemed all but decided. Mattern broke free on a give-and-go pass in the 88th minute and found the equalizer with a desperate shot using the outside of her foot to tie the game at one apiece.

“We ran up out of position a little and got caught out of position,” Lee said. “South Carolina is a good team with great character, and Blakely Mattern is a great kid who is going to do anything to help her team win.”

The teams played a tense 20minute overtime period without scoring a game-deciding goal, and the Tigers prepared for another SEC tournament shootout after falling to Tennessee on penalty kicks in last season’s semifinals.

The 64-team field for the NCAA tournament will be announced Monday night at 7 p.m. on ESPNews.

South Carolina earned the SEC’s automatic bid by winning the tournament, and LSU expects to earn its third straight at-large bid. Lee said the Tigers, who have been ranked throughout the second half of the season, could host opening round games in the right circumstances.

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15-10.

Junior wide receiver Terrance Toliver said losing two big offensive playmakers to injury sliced a dagger in LSU’s game plan.

“We rely on leadership from those two guys,” Toliver said. “It was a letdown to lose both of them … Stevan Ridley came in and scored a big touchdown, but we just didn’t finish.”

Sophomore Jarrett Lee entered the game in relief of Jefferson and having attempted only eight passes all season. Lee said he was prepared to take the reins in such a pivotal Southeastern Conference game.

“It’s part of football to bounce back,” said Lee, who finished 4-for10 for 44 yards and one interception with 2:04 to play. “I got warmed up and knew I had to come in …

I could have done better and had some better reads. It’s unfortunate it had to happen because [Jefferson] was playing a good ball game.”

Jefferson said it was disheartening for him to watch the game unfold from the sideline, but he said he will be back to the field next week.

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“It was devastating watching your team fight as hard as they can to put points on the board, and I’m not able to help them,” Jefferson said. “I’ll get myself healthy at the beginning of the week and be at practice in the middle of the week and be ready to play.”

Patrick Peterson was a victim of more than just cramps Saturday.

What appeared to be an interception that would have put LSU near its own 30-yard line down 21-15 was ruled an incomplete pass after an instant replay review.

“I caught the ball, and I got two feet down, definitely,” Peterson said.

Miles said the hardest part of dealing with the call was what to tell Peterson afterward.

“My view from the sidelines, it looked like an interception,” Miles said. “Speculation is rampant … Certainly in a one-possession game, it would be a great position to be in.”

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Shelly Mullenix, LSU athletic trainer, left, adjusts senior running back Charles Scott’s shoulder strap after he broke his collarbone during Saturday’s game against Alabama.

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TV coverage of local elections blown out of proportion For those of you who missed it, last Tuesday was a big night.

It was Election Night in America, the court of public opinion was in session and the jury of American voters went to the polls to pass judgment on the highest levels of government. The Democratic Congress, President Obama, indeed, the whole federal government was on the spot, and the entire world watched with with bated breath as Americans rendered their verdict on public policy.

And most of you lazy college students probably missed it.

I am, of course, kidding.

Tuesday was in fact an election night, but to call it, as CNN did, Election Night in America may be a stretch. The only elections occuring that night were on the state or local level, most significantly gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, a mayoral race in New York City and a congressional race in upstate New York.

If you’re reading this riveting list of high-stakes political battles and wondering why you should

care, well, congratulations, you’re smarter than most of the American TV media.

Which is hardly a resounding accolade.

As obvious a hyperbole as those first few sentences seem, it’s barely an exaggeration of how cable news covered the elections.

Pundits and anchors had been waiting for Tuesday for Matthew Albright weeks, crank- Opinion Editor ing up the hype and amping up the inanity. Almost universally, this grandstanding took the same form: these elections, while small and scattered, would serve as an unscientific forecast of the Democrats’ future political prospects and would measure how Americans feel about Congress and Obama.

By the time the night itself came, news-show personalities had worked themselves into a frenzy. When polls opened in Virginia, a swarm of analysts were

there to sagely breakdown the results.

CNN takes the award for “most grandstanding.” The network boasted eight — count ‘em, eight — different pundits talking non-stop for several hours while the ballots came in.

“Humiliating” is the best word to describe the coverage.

To say CNN — and cable news outlets as a whole — was beating a dead horse is misleading — it’s more like they were beating a horse that didn’t exist.

At no point in the election coverage I watched — I made an exception to my cable news boycott to watch it — did any of the assembled talking heads make the connection between the local races and the national stage. They indicated these elections were a referendum on Obama, but they didn’t say how.

The reason is simple — they couldn’t.

It may be true voter displeasure with Democratic leadership could conceivably push them to vote Republican — for state elections, it’s a stretch, but we’ll

accept it — but there are far more varied reasons why a state would choose a governor.

You know, like, how well voters think they might run the state?

Besides, half the races were almost predetermined outcomes; Republican Bob McConnel was a shoe-in for Virginia’s governorship, and Independent New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was running virtually unopposed.

The real reason networks blew Tuesday night out of proportion is simple — to feed the gaping ratings maw that is 24-hour cable news, nothing but the most sensational, drawn-out coverage would suffice.

It’s the same reason why the New Jersey race had been making news for weeks — the media leaped onto the issue of candidate Chris Christie’s weight, stirring a debate which never should have happened to grab the attention of a perpetually bored viewer base.

The only election that deserved even the smallest attention was the New York’s 23rd Congressional District. That race

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highlighted the huge ideological divide that has kept the Republican Party in chaos, when rigid candidate Doug Hoffman bucked the Republican establishment and ran under his own “Conservative Party.” That race deserved some national attention, simply because it illustrated the weakness of the Republicans and because it attracted input from nationally recognized conservatives such as Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh.

If TV news wanted to — as the current 24-hour cycle demands — blow something out of proportion, it should have been this race.

Nobody outside of Virginia cares who won its governor’s race — and CNN and its contemporaries should stop trying to make us think we do.

On Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962).

This piece of legislation has repeatedly been criticized by Republicans for being too lengthy, at 1990 pages long.

It is sad that these people do not understand the importance of accuracy and organization within a piece of legislation.

Did Republicans desire a brief bill, or did they simply seek to crash the 1990 pages of reform that will expand critical health coverage to over 40 million uninsured Americans?

Surely, we do not look down upon our Congress for crafting a complex bill to heal a complex wound in the American system!

The message from Republicans was clear: thwart the

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coverage of the uninsured by all means possible, make the Democrats look as evil as possible, and insinuate that Democrats are only trying to garnish control over the American population by establishing “death panels” and stealing from Grandma’s purse.

The Republican opposition to this plan has been nothing more than an elementary game of spreading rumors, every argument conjured from lies and falsities, or the furthest stretch of the imagination.

This act gives opportunity and security to all Americans.

If anyone is opposed to that, then they, my friends, are the evils of this country.

Judson K. Watkins political science freshman

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”

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What happens to Santa’s house when North Pole melts?

Standing watch on the USCGC Polar Sea as we sailed toward the Arctic pack ice, I was introduced to global warming and the retreat of the polar ice cap.

Perhaps I had heard of it before 1994. But the beautiful, seemingly barren expanses of ice cemented forever in my mind the comments of LCDR Powers as he explained how the ice had retreated substantially over the years he had sailed in the Arctic.

Diving under the ice to collect samples for the National Science Foundation, we entered a realm of unparalleled beauty. The formidable view from the surface, where the polar bear watch stands with a rifle, belies the beautiful world of cathedral domes and tunnels in the frigid arctic water below.

Perhaps it’s this nostalgia which has caused me to argue against drilling in the Arctic in the past. Maybe my past experience has caused me to side with the proponents of climate change and clean energy.

Nine years of commercial diving in the Gulf of Mexico has caused me to despise the petroleum industry’s methods and lack of concern for the environment.

Without current government regulations, they would be happy to leave our world in a state of disrepair for our descendents – as long as it re- Nathan Shull Columnist turns a profit.

Whatever my inclination, one thing is clear our world as we know it is changing regardless of the veracity of the climate change argument.

The executive summary for the International Energy Agency’s “World Energy Outlook - 2008” concludes: “We can be certain that the energy world will look a lot different in 2030 than it does today. The world energy system will be transformed, but not

necessarily in the way we would like to see.”

In December, international leaders will meet in Copenhagen to attempt to hammer out a solution to our energy and climate crisis, which many argue is already at hand. There is an international push to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Whether or not you believe in global climate change does not alter the fact — and it is a fact — we are destroying our environment through extensive use of fossil fuel.

The need for petroleum will not disappear quickly. The U.S. is currently the No. 1 consumer of petroleum products at 19.5 million barrels per day, compared to China (No. 2) which consumes 7.8 million barrels per day, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Petroleum is a limited resource, and there is a need to develop alternative energy sources.

But, an imminent crisis of global oil supply is questionable and ulti-

mately unlikely.

“Peak world conventional crude oil production could plausibly occur anywhere between 2021 at a volume of 48.5 billion barrels per year and 2112 at a volume of 24.6 billion barrels per year, though neither of these extremes has a substantial probability of occurrence,” according to the Energy Information Administration, using data from the USGS. Regardless, we need to use this time wisely. It is imperative we work to implement energy policy which encourages innovation. It is of equal importance we increase our use of nuclear power.

Nuclear energy is an important key to unlocking our energy independence.

According to the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, France produces 78 percent of its gross electricity generation with nuclear power. Nuclear power in the U.S., by comparison, produces only 19 percent.

“The basic energy fact is that

the fission of an atom of uranium produces 10 million times the energy produced by the combustion of an atom of carbon from coal,” writes John McCarthy, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University on his Web site “Progress and its Sustainability.”

With the massive strides in nuclear safety and technology, nuclear power needs to be a much larger portion of our energy portfolio.

Continued emphasis placed on the development of petroleumfree power within the transportation sector may also enable us to stretch our petroleum reserves until a time when they are no longer needed.

Nathan Shull is a 35-year-old finance junior from Seattle. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_nshull Contact Nathan Shull at nshull@lsureveille.com

FACTORYHAUS

Thoughtful planning isn’t the same thing as dithering Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy once said, “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”

Well, critics of President Obama say that by taking too much time out to plan the next phase of the war in Afghanistan, he is allowing Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to entrench themselves.

To be clear, the longer the war drags on, the more these groups strengthen.

Yet the president’s deliberations beg an important question. If President Bush had taken the time needed and the planning required for modern warfare, would American troops still be fighting in Iraq years after President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished?”

To those on the right, Mr. Obama’s cautious deliberations seem to be either a sign of weakness or a political ploy. Meanwhile, the war hawks in Congress rage about his indecision and how it hurts the troops.

Interestingly enough, it seems these same congressmen have short memories.

Mr. Obama has already deployed an additional 13,000 troops to Afghanistan since taking office.

Last week, the same man that was apparently politicking with the troops’ lives took a late-night visit to the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the country’s casualties of war return home in flag-draped coffins, a move Mr. Bush failed to do in his eight years as president.

This visit exemplifies Mr. Obama’s decision-making process.

The president, it seems, explores

all the options available to him and makes an informed decision from there.

To his allies on the left, the process sometimes seems like he is apprehensive or lacking backbone.

In his canStephen Schmitz didacy, so many of his supportColumnist ers projected their hopes onto him, seeing him through a veil of their own dreams and great expectations.

Yet once Obama ascended to the presidency and these dreams weren’t immediately fulfilled, people began to lose the passion he inspired in them.

This passion around his candidacy blinded supporters from seeing how this former constitutional law professor deliberates.

Sometimes this decision-making process is arduous — for an example, see health care reform.

Yet when one’s job goals include leading the country through two wars, expanding health insurance to millions of uninsured and ending the Great Recession, even everyday decisions should not be taken lightly.

After all this, his critics still accuse him of failing to lead.

If your idea of leadership is (literally) shoot first, ask questions later, then by all means President Obama is a massive failure.

If you count yourself as one who would prefer a more thoughtout approach to governance, then

this is where the president excels.

Count former Vice President Cheney among the former group, along with his daughter Liz Cheney.

During a speech to a conservative national security group in October, Mr. Cheney said, “The White House must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.”

Funny how even when the former vice president shot someone on a hunting trip, the American people rarely saw the man at any sort of

public events save the annual State of the Union; however, now that Cheney has left office, he and his daughter are all over cable news.

Unlike his predecessor, President Obama feels it is his constitutional duty to make sure he will never blindly send American troops into harm’s way without the full realization of the consequences on the troops themselves, American citizens and the citizens of the foreign country being affected.

Despite the tantrums on the right, maybe President Obama is

leading by a different Tolstoy quote: “The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people”— a quote those in the Bush Administration failed to understand.

Stephen Schmitz is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sschmitz.

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marks like the Memorial Tower and Tiger Stadium, said Mallory Trochesset, Campus Life adviser for the Service committee.

A week-long food drive has also been organized for students to donate canned food in receptacles placed in highly trafficked areas around campus. The food collected from Canapalooza and the week-long drive will be donated to Greater Baton Rogue food bank, Trochesset said.

The Residential Hall Association will host Splatter Beat on Tuesday afternoon to coincide

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stick around for a bite to eat, said Katherine Scherer, deputy director of the Arts Council.

The Arts Market is held in conjunction with the Red Stick Farmer’s Market, which is held every Saturday and allows local farmers to sell their produce di-

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with Canapalooza on the Parade Ground. Splatter Beat is a musical activity where students can drum on garbage cans covered in paint, resulting in the students getting splattered with paint as they drum, said Jacob Brumfield, Campus LIfe adviser for the Homecoming Committee.

Live music and inflatable games will accompany Canapalooza on Wednesday, Brumfield said.

Organizers planned a pep rally for Thursday at 7 p.m. on the Parade Ground. LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri is scheduled to speak at the rally, accompanied

by the Tiger Pep Band, Brumfield said.

“The events going on next week are just going to be fun,” Brumfield said. “What do the students want to do? They want to get covered in purple and gold paint.

They want to jump on inflatables, and they want to have a pep rally. These are all student-driven ideas.”

These events are also joined by changes to some traditional aspects of Homecoming. This year the Homecoming Court will include students from sophomore and freshman classifications.

Homecoming Court is typically

composed of only junior and seniors, Brumfield said.

Students will be able to vote on the Homecoming King and Queen from the seniors involved on the court via their PAWS accounts starting Tuesday, Trochesset said.

The “Bayou Blackout” step show will begin the weekend activities Friday at 9 p.m. at the Field House.

The Homecoming Parade scheduled for noon on Saturday will conclude the week’s events.

Brumfield said the committee is adding little hints of this year’s 100-year anniversary of Home-

coming in logos and in the week’s programs because the University itself has a much larger anniversary next year with the sesquicentennial.

The Homecoming events are paid for by $26,160 in student fees derived from the Campus Life Budget. The Homecoming Committee also received $9,395 from Student Government’s Programming, Support and Initiatives Fund along with smaller sponsorships from other organizations.

rectly to customers. Painter and muralist Anita LeJeune said the two markets have a similar purpose.

“We have agriculture, so why not have art culture, too?” LeJeune said.

The artists at the market formed their own art culture with the unique dynamic created by

combining artists from various stages of their careers, Joyce said.

“The artists feed off of each other,” Joyce said. “Artists who have been there for several years help [new artists] rise to the occasion, and new artists come with new energy and new ideas to spark real creativity and innovation.”

Tom Lorio, who has made jewelry for 30 years and teaches a jewelry construction leisure class at the University, said there is a definite sense of community at the market.

“Craftsmen talk,” he said.

“They ask, ‘How did you make that?’”

Lorio answered that very question for another market artist, Joanne McMullen. She met Lorio when she was the head of the University Evening School, now the Extended Learning program.

Lorio taught jewelry construction classes for the program and got McMullen interested in expanding her jewelry operation.

McMullen began working with beads, but took a class at the University with Lorio to learn to

work with metals. She now sells both beaded and metal jewelry two booths away from Lorio at the Arts Market and is still taking instudio classes with him.

Though jewelry is popular at the market, it is only one of the many mediums the artists bring to the table.

“You can find functional pieces like coffee mugs and jewelry and decorative pieces like paintings and sculptures,” Scherer said.

The market also features pottery, hand-spun yarn, journals handmade with materials from Mexico, traditional Louisiana dolls and a soap maker.

Baton Rouge resident Joe Wascome sells wooden crafts at the Arts Market, including bowls and paddles. He said he mostly works with scrap wood he finds within 100 miles of Baton Rouge, and has made many pieces with wood from trees damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav.

Wascome is a builder by trade, and his art is a hobby that has come to occupy more and more of

his time, he said. The same is true for Sid Gale, a 1963 University graduate who retired after spending 26 years in the Marine Corps.

Gale now spends his time making metal art with his wife, Judy. Sid makes the pieces by using materials like spoon handles, rakes and shovels, then Judy paints them. Sid said his art is his pastime of choice.

“I don’t rock in chairs, I don’t play golf, but I make metal art,” he said.

The quality of the wares at the Arts Market is high because it is a juried event, Joyce said. A panel unassociated with the Arts Council reviews submissions and picks exceptional work to be offered at the market.

“The people on the jury are dedicated to the preservation of fine arts and crafts — featuring real handmade objects and moving way from anything mass-production oriented,” Joyce said.

made his mark. He carried the ball four times for 46 yards on a drive that ended with a touchdown catch

by Alabama junior wide receiver Darius Hanks to give the tide a 10-7 lead.

Ingram finished with 144 yards on 22 carries after a slow start in the first half.

LSU sophomore quarterback Jarrett Lee entered the game after sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson was injured with a little more than eight minutes to play in the third quarter.

LSU scored a safety in the same quarter when junior defensive tackle Drake Nevis was credited with a sack after McElroy was called for intentional grounding in Alabama’s end zone, tightening the score to 10-9.

The Tigers struck again in the third when sophomore running back Stevan Ridley scored on an eight-yard touchdown run to give LSU a 15-10 lead.

The touchdown was set up by a 34-yard run by LSU senior running back Charles Scott, but that run came at a cost. Scott was having one of his finest games this season on the ground before breaking his collarbone at the end of the long run.

Scott left the field with his right arm in a sling, and is out for the season.

Alabama made it on the board again with a field goal by senior kicker Leigh Tiffin at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The next score came when Jones took the screen pass to the end zone. Alabama freshman running back Trent Richardson took the ball in for the two-point conversion giving the Tide a 21-15 advantage.

“I was happy for him to make a play like that,” McElroy said of Jones’ play. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen somebody run so fast in my life.”

Sheppard said the touchdown was a turning point in the game.

“The whole game we were bending a little bit, but we never broke until that play,” Sheppard said. “Julio did a tremendous job when he hit the sideline. You’re just not going to catch him.”

Alabama scored the game’s final points with another field goal

by Tiffin. That kick came on a drive where LSU sophomore cornerback Patrick Peterson appeared to have an interception, but the play was reviewed and ruled an incompletion, allowing the Tide to keep possession.

“The play happened really fast,” said LSU senior linebacker Harry Coleman. “But we all thought he got his foot down.

It looked like there was a mark where he dragged his foot, but apparently not. It was a tough game.

We fought hard, so it was a tough loss.”

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The Tide have a Heisman trophy candidate at running back in sophomore Mark Ingram, but they began the game throwing. McElroy attempted 25 passes in the first half, while Ingram only carried the ball six times.

“We planned to spread them out and do a lot of empty [backfield sets], which we did, throw the ball more and create downs,” Saban said. “We knew we were going to try to come back and try to work on the ball at some point.”

Alabama sophomore wide receiver Marquis Maze had six catches for 88 yards, all in the first half. The catch total was a new career high for Maze and the yardage tied his career high.

After a scoreless first quarter, LSU put the first points on the board when sophomore quarterback Jordan Jefferson connected with sophomore tight end Deangelo Peterson for a 12-yard touchdown, capping off a 91-yard drive.

Alabama responded with a 40-yard drive set up by a 40-yard kick return from Alabama senior cornerback Javier Arenas.

The Tide made it into the red zone on the drive but came up short after LSU junior linebacker Kelvin Sheppard intercepted McElroy’s pass with 29 seconds left in the half.

Alabama’s first drive of the second half was where Ingram

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