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Throwing her cap in the ring University University student running for gov.
her platform on two things she says are lacking: merit and substance. In choosing these themes, PapazoglaFew will be happier to gradu- kis hopes to simplify government ate this winter than Androniki in a manner that prompts collabo“Niki Bird” Papazoglakis. At least ration. On the merit side, for her, the Papazoglakis touts a pending master’s degree in Androniki Papazoglakis’ bachelor’s degree in international trade and public adminplatform: finance from the Uniistration won’t versity along with pubgo unused • Simplify government lic and private sector should she win • Replace political rhetoric with work, including executhe gubernato- merit, substance tive management exrial election in • Foster cooperation with perience and nonprofit October. constituents advocacy work. O u t s i d e • Reform tax policies Papazoglakis perschool, Papa- • Increase permitting, production sonally testified against zoglakis, DGov. Bobby Jindal’s Baton Rouge, for oil and gas industry recent House Bill 55, is busy plan- • Overhaul public transportation which limits registered ning her camsex offenders’ access paign for governor, and she doesn’t expect it to to social networking websites. Though she says the members of be easy. “It’s sad that money buys elec- the House agreed with her, she was tions and media coverage,” Papa- told that it was sure to pass because it was a “governor’s bill.” zoglakis said. Seeing that kind of power and Papazoglakis said she always fights against injustice, of which control encouraged her to compete she said the current administration against Jindal for the governorship, is guilty — as indicated by her bid she said. for governor. ELECTION, see page 11 In response, she plans to focus Clayton Crockett Staff Writer
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Public administration graduate student Androniki Papazoglakis, D-Baton Rouge, is running for governor and hopes to simplify government and promote collaboration.
Majority of students are women Morgan Searles Staff Writer
The battle of the sexes rages on as women consistently surpass men in the student population. The past 10 years’ enrollment figures show more women than men receiving an education from the University, and new research might provide insight as to why. The current student body of 28,985 is made up of 51 percent
women and 49 percent men, a difference of 725 people. In fall 2006, women had 52 percent of the 29,317 total popuWho is lation. In fall 2001, women contributed LSU? to 53 percent of the A five-part 31,402 students, reseries vealing that while looking women have reat the mained the majorUniversity’s ity, numbers are population. starting to even out. A nationwide survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has concluded women see more value
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and benefits from college than men do. “Half of all women who have graduated from a four-year college give the U.S. higher education system excellent or good marks for the value it provides given the money spent by students and their families; only 37 percent of male graduates agree,” the survey said. Matt Ford, business management freshman, said he believes women might value a college education more. “Women now can get better jobs and can compete,” Ford WOMEN, see page 11
You’ve got mail — unless you’re one of the numerous students plagued by problems at the recently relocated mail center. The University switched to RICOH, a privatized mail service now located in the LSU Student Union, at the end of August. The move resulted in changes to the delivery location and address formatting, as well as the elimination of several ZIP codes. Mail carried by USPS has to be re-routed to the three-week-old mail center because of problems within the organization. “We’ve been in touch with the USPS, and we’re working to resolve any problems they may be having,” said Paul Ramirez, manager of mailing services. Problems with mail delivery are due exclusively to the mail carrier, according to Jonathan Mercadel, integrated account manager for the RICOH mail center. MAIL, see page 11
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Vocaldente, an internationally acclaimed a capella group from Germany, performs Tuesday night in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building’s Recital Hall.
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INTERNATIONAL
Nation & World
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Mexico to lessen terrorism charges to disturbing the peace in Twitter case
Feds ask court to dismiss lawsuit about ‘don’t ask’ unconstitutionality
Man pleads guilty to killing bald eagle, will be sentenced in January
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Lawmakers in Veracruz state approved a law Tuesday designed to lessen terrorism charges filed against a man and a woman for allegedly causing a panic by tweeting rumors of drug cartel shootouts. The law would create a new charge of disturbing the peace, allowing prosecutors to revise the indictments against Gilberto Martinez and Maria de Jesus Bravo.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as federal officials laud the end of the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay troops, Justice Department lawyers are trying to dissuade a federal appeals court from deciding if the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was unconstitutional. They filed a motion Tuesday asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to vacate a lower court ruling last September that found the ban violated the civil rights of gay service members.
MONROE (AP) — A 22-yearold West Monroe man has admitted to shooting a bald eagle found beheaded in Franklin Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck said Tuesday. Einck said Jeffrey M. Miles pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Monroe to one count of violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Hayes scheduled sentencing Jan. 3. Miles remains free on personal recognizance. The maximum penalty is a $100,000 fine and a year in jail.
Libyan graffiti artists make fun of Gadhafi with newfound freedom TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan graffiti artists are taking advantage of newfound freedom to make fun of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi on the streets of Tripoli. For 42 years, the authoritarian leader banned writing or drawing on public walls. Artists are now expressing themselves throughout the capital of 2 million people, and their favorite topic is Gadhafi and other former members of his regime on storefronts and office buildings. One picture mocks Gadhafi’s
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Graffiti depicting ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is seen Tuesday on a street in Tripoli, Libya. After 42-years of authoritarian rule artists are finally able to express themselves in public spaces.
habit of calling himself the king of kings of Africa by calling him the “monkey of monkeys of Africa.” Another shows the longtime leader’s public relations officer Youssef Shakhir with a rat’s tail and holding prayer beads, because people said he always held them in appearances. Gadhafi, who remains on the run after revolutionary forces swept into Tripoli on Aug. 21, also is shown with his trademark curly hair, but the mural calls it “barbed wire hair” instead of using his popular nickname “frizzhead.”
Fatal grizzly bear mauling possibly triggered by couple fleeing BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Newly released recordings of 911 calls from hikers who came upon a fatal bear mauling in Yellowstone National Park reveal a harrowing scene in which the hikers heard a bear’s roar and a couple screaming before the man went silent and the woman continued to yell for help. Authorities released the recordings Tuesday along with a report from investigators that concluded the couple’s screaming and running possibly triggered the mauling of 57-year-old Brian Matayoshi.
‘Infertile’ Houma woman rushed to hospital with birth pains HOUMA (AP) — Surprise! It’s a baby! Marjorie Rodrigue, 43, of Houma, said she didn’t even know she was pregnant when she called an ambulance Sunday night and went to Terrebonne General Medical Center because of chest pain and cramps so bad she couldn’t walk. Doctors had told her she couldn’t conceive a child.
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University sees more online classes Brian Sibille Staff Writer
Taking a math exam in pajamas may seem odd to some, but a national trend of increased online college classes is making non-traditional learning readily available. A recent study by Pew Research Center said more than 75 percent of American colleges and universities offer online classes, and 23 percent of college graduates polled said they have taken an online course. The University currently offers 22 undergraduate online courses with multiple sections of each class, according to the University Office of Budget and Planning. More than 1,600 undergrads are currently enrolled in an online class, equating an 83.6 percent increase from last fall’s online enrollment. But some students doubt online courses can provide the same education as those held in classrooms, the study said. “It’s about providing a comparable experience,” said Doug Weimer, executive director of LSU Continuing Education. Weimer said the goal is not to replace the classroom experience but to provide options to cater to nontraditional students — older adults enrolled in courses or students who learn differently. Weimer said the University is following the national trend of increased online education because schools are becoming more accommodating of non-traditional students. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has also begun initiatives to increase the number and quality of online classes. According to the ULL Office of Distance Learning website, the university aims to create an online education program in a cost-efficient way to provide adequate schooling for those who cannot acclimate to
classroom learning. ULL began offering “electronic courses” during the summer 2008 semester, and the number of those courses has increased since. As of spring 2011, 77 Web-based courses were offered. Online classes attract more diverse groups of students, said Kathy Carroll, director of research, planning and communication with LSU Continuing Education. Carroll and Weimer said many individual colleges like the College of Business are beginning to invest in online learning. “There are new technologies and more possibilities,” Carroll said. “Classes are being formed with respect to students and helping them.” Weimer said the University’s approach to online classes does not have much financial motivation. Initially, an online course may cost less than in a classroom, but overall, a significant amount of money is not saved through online classes, he said. The Pew study reported 71 percent of the “general public” surveyed did not think online classes matched the educational value offered in the classroom, but 51 percent of college presidents polled think they do. University students seem to agree with the general public. Dominique Dureau, English sophomore, said she has never taken an online class, but as an aspiring professor, she said she is “thoroughly against” online classes. “I don’t think being online provides the immediate communication we think it does,” Dureau said. The relationship fostered by being in the same room as a professor is not possible online, she said. Dureau also said an online class cannot provide discussion between students and professors with unique perspectives. Diane LaCour, marketing senior, has taken an online class and
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said she learned more on the Internet than in the classroom. “I got more out of it because it took more effort,” LaCour said, explaining that not attending class means students need more independence and responsibility. She acknowledged that Web courses do make it more difficult to approach an instructor because there isn’t a strong relationship. Many students may be substituting class for comfort, but online classes are not rigid enough to support efficient learning, said Andy DeRouen, architecture freshman. DeRouen said he prefers traditional classes because they are what he’s used to, but online coursework could be a viable option for adults who already have established lives.
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Plucker’s Wing Bar Mon: $14.99 All You Can Eat Wings and $3 Pluckers Specialty Drinks Tues: Kids Eat Free, $3 Mexican Beers and Margaritas Wed: Live Trivia at 8 pm, $4.50 34oz Mugs Thurs: $12.99 All You Can Eat Boneless Wings, $4.50 34oz Mugs, $5.50 Patron Margaritas Sun: $3 Pluckers Specialty Shots EVERYDAY BEER SPECIAL: $6.50 34oz Mugs--Blue Moon, Dos Equis, Abitas This week at LSU UREC Join the UREC TigerFit Warrior Challenge! Earn points by participating in GroupX classes. Visit www.LSU.edu/UREC for details. German Game Night Foreign Language Lab at 234 Prescott Hall German Club invites you to join them for a night of fun games & activities No language skills required, just come in good spirits! Fall 2011 Study Abroad Fair TODAY! LAST DAY! 11:00am to 3:00pm Royal Cotillion Ballroom LSU Union Dream. Explore. Discover. Ask an Atheist Day in Free Speech Alley The LSU Community is invited to ask AHA questions about living a secular life sponsored by Atheists Humanists and Agnostics at LSU 10AM - 2PM DO YOU HAVE AN OCCURRENCE? Call Becky at the Student Media Office 578-6090, 9AM- 5PM or E-mail: oncampus@lsureveille.com
CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS PMAC employee steals two TV sets A contracted employee at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center was arrested Sept. 14 for stealing two TVs, said Capt. Cory Lalonde, LSU Police Department spokesman. LSUPD’s investigation into a report of two television sets taken from the PMAC led to the arrest of Randi Moran, 41, of 1410 Convention St., Lalonde said. Moran verbally confessed to the theft after speaking with LSUPD officers. Moran was booked at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Electronic Arts employee arrested for leaking video game information LSUPD officers arrested an employee of Electronic Arts Ltd. on Sept. 16 for illegally posting screenshots and videos of an unreleased video game, Lalonde said. LSUPD was contacted Sept. 15 by Global Corporate Security with EA regarding
information about leaked videos and still images of an unreleased game, Lalonde said. Global Corporate Security was able to connect the leak to Michael Atlas King, who was employed at the EA North American Testing Center located on the LSU South Campus at the time, Lalonde said. King, 20, of 30715 Burgess Road, Lot 71, in Denham Springs, admitted to taking the videos and pictures and later posting them online, Lalonde said. He said the game’s title could not be released at this time. King, who is unaffiliated with the University, was booked at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on felony offenses against intellectual property, Lalonde said. The offense was considered a felony because EA valued the released information at more than $500. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
CAMPUS LIFE
Draft proposed for Study Abroad changes programming downtown expansion Kate Mabry Staff Writer
Morgan Searles Staff Writer
Whether it’s catching beads at a parade, rocking out at a concert or watching the sunset from the levee, downtown Baton Rouge hosts some of the richest cultural opportunities in the city. For this reason the Downtown Development District Commission has drafted a plan to expand the current limits of the downtown district. The district currently consists of land within the boundaries of the I-10 bridge to the south, I-110 to the east, the Capitol Park in the north, stretching directly west to the Mississippi River and the west boundary is the river itself. Two options have been presented in the strategic plan draft. Option one proposes the envelopment of land east of Spanish Town for residential areas, office spaces and parking lots; north of downtown, for an improved industrial district, redevelopment or housing; and neighborhoods east of I-110 and south of I-10, for restoration projects. The second option proposes expansion south of current downtown, developing the land for additional housing along Nicholson Drive, with University students, faculty and staff in mind. This option could include alternative transportation with a possible streetcar service between the University and downtown. Davis Rhorer, executive director for DDD, said the board will
consider the draft at its October meeting. “We, as a capital city, are considered to be a smaller downtown,” he said. “Whether we grow or don’t grow, we want more residential areas downtown, which helps LSU and helps the market by having more people living in the downtown area.” Geographical growth in the district could help the area to overcome disadvantages caused by its small size, according to the draft of the DDD Strategic Plan. “Several key areas on the outside of the existing DDD boundary provide interesting strategic possibilities including additional employment concentrations, community recreation, improved connections to adjacent neighborhoods and the surrounding community, and neighborhood expansion,” the plan said. The plan calls for additional resources, including more incentive programs and increased manpower. The plan also presents options for change, broken down into one category for stewarding resources within the existing boundary, and two categories for stewarding resources with the expansion. The maximum stewardship with all options would be $674,000, according to the plan. Rhorer said if all goes well, the expansion project could be completed within two years. Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
As students wandered from table to table Tuesday at the Study Abroad Fair, they may have noticed a few new programs offered this year. Carolyn Lewis, assistant professor of history and director of the Civil Rights Movement program, said the Civil Rights Movement in History and Memory is a new program this year during spring break from April 9 to 15, and students will earn credit for History 3119. “Many students need to take this class for their major or minor,” Lewis said. “This is an opportunity for them to complete the course in an exciting way.” Students will spend six days on the road while traveling to visit important U.S. landmarks in Jackson, Miss.; Memphis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; Tuskegee, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Atlanta, Ga. Some locations include the National Civil Rights Museum, the King Center and the Civil Rights Memorial Center. The trip is estimated to cost about $900 plus tuition and airfare costs. Since the summer Olympics will take place in London next year, the LSU in London program will include Edinburgh on its agenda. “It was harder to get housing next year with the Olympics,” said Daniel Novak, English associate professor and director of LSU in London and Edinburgh. While in England, the group will visit the Globe Theatre, British Museum and Tate Museums, and in Scotland, it will see the Scottish Parliament and the Mary Queen of Scots Trail, Novak said. During the summer 2011 semester, the students in the program took
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Academic Programs International representative Chelsea Kindred [left] shows accounting sophomore Maggie Schroeder different options for studying abroad.
English, history and theatre courses, but the program is offering English, mass communication and political science courses next summer. The trip is estimated to cost $3,575 plus the cost of tuition and airfare. But a few programs will be cut this year as well. According to Jill Clemmons, assistant director of Academic Programs Abroad, the LSU in the Classical World, a five-week program in Greece and Italy, will not reoccur next year, and the department is unsure if it will continue the LSU in Morocco program. Lola Kasat, ecology graduate student, said she studied in London as an undergraduate at Texas A&M and would love to go back.
“I really like that London was a big city, and there was always something to do no matter what time it was,” she said. Kasat said she is also be interested in studying in South America. “I’ve never been there and always found it interesting,” she said. Anthony Muturi, geophysics junior, said he would like to study abroad within the U.S., including Texas, California and New York. “I have family in Houston, so I wouldn’t mind going there,” he said. “I’ve also been to New York before, and I liked how it was fast-paced.” Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com
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Sports
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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BASEBALL
Mountain-BEERS
WEST VIRGINIA BEER
West Virginia one of 36 Division I schools to sell beer in stadium Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
The Plan Beer will be sold only through brick and mortar concessions Last call will be midway through third quarter ID required for each purchase Two beer maximum per purchase Beer will be sold in plastic bottles without caps
Beer Revenue
First home game vs. Marshall: $160,656 Second home game vs. Norfolk State: $120,797 Designated Driver Program
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When the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the Rockies. When the mountains turn blue and gold, your beer is as cold as the Appalachians that run through Morgantown, W. Va. The West Virginia University Board of Governors approved the sale of beer during Mountaineer football games in June, making it the 36th Division I school to sell alcohol during athletic events. “I believe we have taken a step forward toward our goal of a safer, friendlier and more civil gameday experience,” said West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck after the movement passed by a 10-5 vote. The new policy comes with a list of stipulations. Beer can only be bought from brick and mortar concession stands located away from the student section, and sales end midway through the third quarter. Fans may only purchase two beers at a time and must show a valid ID, regardless of age. Domestic bottles cost $7, and a draft beer from the Morgantown Brewing Company costs $9. West Virginia also implemented a designated-driver program. Attendees who sign up for the program receive a coupon for a free soft drink during the game. Through the Mountaineers’ first
two home games, 132 people have signed up for the program. Tyler Campbell, 22, an exercise physiology senior at West Virginia, said students were indifferent about buying beer during football games. “The students didn’t really care that much,” Campbell said. “They don’t want to pay or can’t afford 7- or 9-dollar beers” While the students may not shell out the money for a sudsy beverage, other fans will — and have. During the Mountaineers’ home opener against Marshall on Sept. 4, the school made $160,656 from beer sales. Of that amount, about $75,000 went back to the university. Sales decreased to $120,797 for the second home game against Norfolk State, but that difference was likely connected to a drop in attendance. Norfolk State attracted just 51,911 spectators compared to the 60,758 that showed up for the Marshall game. “I’d expect, no matter what the size crowd, there would be a little bit more enthusiasm for play at West Virginia,” LSU coach Les Miles said. While West Virginia fans have a reputation for reaching a level of rowdiness typically reserved for Southeastern Conference supporters, Campbell said he hasn’t noticed a change in the gameday atmosphere. “As far as the number of drunk fans and stuff, it was no different than before,” BEER, see page 7
“But I promise you we’d enjoy playing in front of a Tiger Stadium that occasionally had a beer.”
September proving to be a letdown for MLB
Hopes run high, dreams are crushed and tickets are punched. It’s September, and it’s the best time of the year for the American sports power triumvirate — NCAA football, NFL football and Major League Baseball. But there’s a missing dynamic to this Septem- LUKE JOHNSON ber. Where, Sports Contributor oh where are those exciting Major League playoff races, and why does nobody care about what happens in baseball’s final month? America’s pastime is taking a backseat to college and professional football, and it’s not doing itself any favors by producing the most boring September in recent memory. It’s the final week in baseball’s regular season, and there is not a single divisional race that is up for grabs. Sure, there are a couple that could be won with miraculous streaks and lost with disastrous collapses. But with the way the season has played out, every division should be locked up with days to spare. The American League East is the only division providing us with at least a little suspense in the form of the wild-card race between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. Great for the Northeast, bad
Les Miles, LSU football coach SEPTEMBER, see page 7
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Thunder forward Kevin Durant films movie in PMAC Michael Gegenheimer Sports Contributor
The familiar sounds of squeaking shoes filled the PMAC on Tuesday, even though LSU is not hosting a basketball game until November. The scene in the PMAC was different from that of a typical offseason. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was practicing his shot between filming scenes for his upcoming movie, “Switch.” Warner Premier, an affiliate of Warner Brothers, chose to film in the PMAC because of its similarity to the Ford Center in Oklahoma
City. The production team was only on campus for one day but will film in Baton Rouge for the next four weeks. The film is a family comedy about a young boy who idolizes Durant but is only an average basketball player. The boy, played by Nickelodeon’s Taylor Gray, magically switches talent abilities with Durant. “[Durant] is surprisingly with it and a good actor,” said executive producer Bill Johnson. “It was a surprise that he was that savvy and can hit his marks without looking, but when you think about how many commercials he’s done, it
should be a no-brainer for us.” The film isn’t allowed to portray Durant with any Thunder logos or merchandise due to the current NBA lockout. The movie will use “similar-looking logos” until the lockout is over, and the production team is allowed to use real logos for the close-up shots, which will be on hold until the lockout is settled. The film is expected to be released in 2012 depending on when the NBA lockout is settled.
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NBA player Kevin Durant strolls about the PMAC on Tuesday between takes for his upcoming movie “Switch,” which will film in Baton Rouge for the next four weeks.
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FOOTBALL
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tigers play Players remain focused amid No. 2 ranking challenging non-SEC schedule Scott Branson Sports Writer
Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
One would think a team playing in the most competitive league in college football would take it easy when playing non-conference opponents. That’s not the case for the Tigers. “This is really the hardest nonconference schedule we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said senior safety Brandon Taylor. “Coming off two ranked teams … it’s going to be pretty tough.” In week one, LSU dismantled then-No. 3 ranked Oregon, 40-27, holding Heisman candidate running back LaMichael James to 54 yards rushing and surprising the Ducks by matching their oft-heralded team speed. This Saturday, LSU takes on No. 16 West Virginia, a team averaging 42 points and 368 passing yards per game. LSU has the fifth toughest schedule in the country, according to the NCAA, with this season’s opponents posting a 62.1 winning percentage in 2010. Taylor said he is treating the daunting non-conference schedule as preparation for a stronger, quicker brand of Southeastern Conference football. “It’s really getting us ready for SEC play,” Taylor said. “We’re playing against bigger, faster people. Oregon, with the tempo, got us in shape. West Virginia is going to have us in sync in the secondary. ... Everything is just coming together with our defense.” Senior offensive lineman TBob Hebert also said he sees the non-conference schedule as an advantage rather than a detriment. “It’s definitely a tough schedule, but I think in the end it benefits us,” Hebert said. “We’ve taken these games because we like to be challenged. We like doing hard things. I think that benefits us in the end. Playing these other teams, it makes us tougher and makes us able to compete in harsh environments and kind of gets us ready for the SEC West.” Sophomore safety Eric Reid isn’t concerned with the quality of opponents, conference or not. “We go one week at a time,” Reid said. “It doesn’t matter who we’re playing. We look at them, we know that they’re in the way of getting where we want to be, so we’ve got to take care of that team first and then move on to the next team after that.”
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The No. 2 LSU football team has achieved its highest ranking since the 2007-08 season. With that ranking comes the expectation that the Tigers will receive every opponent’s best effort. “Coach [Miles] told us last week that every team we play is going to give us their best shot,” said sophomore safety Eric Reid. “Every week is a new challenge.” LSU has been ranked in the top four all season, after a 2010 season where it was never ranked better than fifth. Despite the lofty status, LSU players said the target on their back is nothing new. “That’s the feeling every week, and I don’t feel a difference” said junior cornerback Morris Claiborne. “We’re not taking any plays off, we’re coming to work.” National recognition is an honor the Tigers’ performance has certainly warranted through three games, but Reid said they aren’t overlooking the responsibility that comes with the rankings. “We know that we have to stay mentally focused,” Reid said. “You can’t get happy with a victory and you can’t get complacent.” Senior safety Brandon Taylor agreed with Reid, saying the team
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Senior safety Brandon Taylor pumps up defensive players Sept. 16 before the Tigers’ 19-6 victory against Mississippi State.
has to come out ready to play every weekend because the players know their opponent will be. “They want to knock off the big team and get their publicity up,” Taylor said. “We know that we don’t want to let that happen and we don’t want to let our fans down.” The Tigers expect that every team they face is looking forward to the opportunity to make a statement and knock off a top-five team. “What people don’t know is
that we’re gunning for them, too,” said sophomore defensive end Sam Montgomery. “We have a chip on our shoulder, so we’re going to come out every Saturday and not hold back on anybody, no matter who it is.” With teams lining up to make a statement against a top-three team, the Tigers are keeping their own agendas in mind and doing what they need to do to win the game. “We have to feel like we’re going out there to beat the No. 1 team
every time we’re playing,” said sophomore defensive back Tharold Simon. Maintaining the same mindset from week to week is something the players use to keep themselves grounded, no matter who the opponent is.
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TRACK AND FIELD
Former track, football star returns as coach Andrew Chapple Sports Contributor
Bennie Brazell once ran under LSU track coach Dennis Shaver. Now he’s coaching alongside him. Brazell will join the men’s track team this season as an assistant hurdles and sprint coach six years after concluding his collegiate career. Brazell was a member of the track team from 2002 to 2005, winning three NCAA titles in the 4x400-meter relay and two in the 4x100-meter Brazell relay, contributing to the Tiger’s 2002 outdoor and the 2004 indoor National Championship teams. “It’s a great experience to come back to your alma mater and be involved in the track program which I was in,” Brazell said. “Words can’t really explain how I feel, it’s such an honor.” The 14-time All-American finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, competing for Team USA. Brazell also made an impact on the LSU football team as a wide receiver. Brazell, a special teams contributor on LSU’s 2003 BCS National Championship team, became the first LSU student-athlete to win a national championship in two sports. Brazell led the team with 22.5 yards per catch during his senior season. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft by the
Cincinnati Bengals, but a knee injury kept him off the field. Brazell said he hopes to add another national championship to his resume — as a coach. “I always wanted to help out with coaching, I just never said anything about it,” Brazell said. “One thing led to another, and now I’m at this desk.” Shaver said he was looking for someone who understood what it meant to be a team. Shaver coached Brazell as an assistant coach from 2002 to 2004 and as a head coach during his senior season in 2005. “Here at LSU, we’re a team-oriented track and field team,” Shaver said. “We want to win championships, and it doesn’t take one person to do that. It takes a team.” Brazell finished second in the 400-meter hurdles and anchored both the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay in 2002, earning 24 points out of LSU’s 64 points. “I know that Bennie, having won national championships in both sports while on the team here at LSU, that without a doubt, he understands what team means,” Shaver said. “You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who understands ‘team’ better than Bennie does.” LSU junior sprinter Semoy Hackett said she feels excited to run under Brazell. “He has been an athlete for many years, so he knows how much our bodies can handle,” Hackett said. Hackett ran on LSU’s championship 4x100-meter relay in 2011. Shaver said he designs workouts for runners but that the assistant
sprints and hurdles coach makes sure the practices go according to plan. “He’s not designing the training program, but he’s helping implement the training program that I write,” Shaver said. Brazell will also be recruiting, which Shaver thinks he will excel at. “Bennie has been involved in
summer track and track clubs before he came to LSU as an athlete, so he’s certainly made a lot of contacts through that, and he’s well known,” Shaver said. Contact Andrew Chapple at achapple@lsureveille.com
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probably that you can’t leave the stadium at halftime any more,” Campbell said. “I wasn’t sure Campbell said. “Once you’re in, what to expect, you’re in. I guess but it hasn’t rethey want to preally made a lot of vent people from noise.” leaving and going Luck did exback to their tailpect the addition gate during halfof beer in the statime. Now they dium to cause a have to buy the stir and increased beer at the stasecurity during dium if they want games. He also it.” ended a longWhile LSU standing “passserves alcohol in Tyler Campbell out” policy that luxury suites, it’s exercise physiology senior enabled fans to unlikely to folat West Virginia leave the stadium low in West Virand return later. ginia’s footsteps “The biggest difference is — the SEC does not allow any
of its member institutions to sell beer to the general crowd during games. Miles welcomed the idea but said he’d leave that decision up to Athletic Director Joe Alleva and Chancellor Michael Martin. “If they did that in Tiger Stadium, I fear that the upper decks might not hold it,” Miles said. “But I promise you we’d enjoy playing in front of a Tiger Stadium that occasionally had a beer.”
Aguillard. “Once the spring comes around, I’m going to get into baseball, and most of my friends would as well.” The stark reality is that people are drifting further away from baseball as America’s national sport. Game four of last season’s World Series between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants drew a paltry 10.4 percent of TV-owning households, while the NFL week eight Sunday Night Football matchup between the
Steelers and Saints was watched by 11.8 percent. That’s disappointing, appalling and lamentably all too real. Baseball needs to do something to fix the doldrums it’s currently facing in the national sports scene, and this ho-hum September “race” isn’t helping.
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for the rest of the country. But until the rest of the majors step up, it’s the only race we’ll get to see thanks to the ultimate choke job going on in Boston. The Sox have lost seven of their last 10 games, opening the door for the ‘Football Rays’ slim has less playoff chancgames. It’s es. “I feel like not as in the AL East, always monotonous you’re going to have throughout those three the season.’ teams — the Yankees, Red Tucker Billeaud Sox and Devil finance sophomore Rays — every year it comes down to two of those three teams going to the playoffs,” said Rays fan Ian Bryson, international trade and finance sophomore. “I think it sucks that only two of them can go.” Even worse than one team losing on a playoff shot is that this lackluster playoff race is widening the gap between football and baseball in the hearts of Americans. Has football become so dominant in the national landscape that nobody outside of the Northeast cares about what happens in the final month of baseball’s regular season? It might be geographical in nature, but with no professional baseball teams within four hours of Baton Rouge, students on LSU’s campus didn’t sound enthusiastic about baseball’s postseason, or the race to get to it. Football reigns supreme in the dirty South. “Football has less games. It’s not as monotonous throughout the season. Baseball doesn’t get serious until September and October,” said finance sophomore Tucker Billeaud. “I enjoy baseball; it’s not even that I don’t like it. It’s just too long, it takes away from it.” Baseball’s 162-game regular season also takes fans like mechanical engineering senior Wade Aguillard away from the game once football season starts. “During the fall especially, football is dominant,” said
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‘We’ve planned to party in Tigerland until the bars close then tailgate overnight. Quick nap, wake up at 10:30, then go Colin Baldridge win the game.’ business senior ‘Day games are already just stupid and this is the bastard child of day games, this noon kickoff. It’s Saturday night in Death Stevens Valley, not Sat- Sam English junior urday brunch.’ ‘It’s too early. I think there’s a better atmosphere for the night games. A game in the late morning just doesn’t seem Adam Landry like a game LSU English sophomore is used to.’ ‘I’m aggravated it changed my plans. I’m probably not going to tailgate now. It’s an early game so that means you’d have to get out Zeringue there really Summer fine arts junior early.’ ‘I don’t like it at all. It’s too early. You can’t tailgate. After the game, normally you just go party some more, but now you have Peyton Rhodes the whole rest kinesiology freshman of the day.’
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In reference to Gabie Bacques’s column, ‘Porn promotes unprotected sex, unrealistic expectations,’ readers had this to say: “I am a girl. I disagree with this post. It seems to suggest that couples never use porn, and consequently that porn is simply for those who are ‘unwilling to experience intimacy for [them]selves.’ Well, I am in a long term relationship, enjoy porn,
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“The opinion that somebody has depends on personal principles. For some, this is perfectly normal, but for others it simply doesn’t fit into moral standards. I know it is difficult sometimes to understand one another when the difference is so obvious. But in the end we all need a common ground, which is the respect and the responsibility for our actions.
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Some may say that people that oppose porn hold on to themselves, but remember freedom is defined by anybody’s ideals. Sometimes attaining freedom means putting discipline to what lead stray from real goals in life. In the end however, whether somebody approves or not porn is a personal choice.” -Anonymous “I agree with everything you said 100%. I am willing to bet, however; there will be more girls that agree with you than there will be guys. Sex is just different for guys and girls, it means different things.” -Anonymous
“You’re right that most porn doesn’t promote condom use or safer sex practices. That’s true. But there is sex-positive, gender-postive porn as well, just not as mainstream. That’s something to fix. Demonizing all porn and putting more guilt into something natural? Not quite.” -Anonymous “win” -Anonymous
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Operation ‘Occupy Wall Street’ will fail
When our brothers across the globe got fed up with their oppressed lifestyle, they initiated what may be the single most important event of our time — the Arab Spring. Inspired by their courage, American protestors headed to New York to let Wall Street know how they felt about our economy. They weren’t overly optimistic. Led by Kalle Lasn, editor-inchief of the activist magazine Adbuster, Occupy Wall Street began Saturday and has been continuing since. We’re approaching the better part of a week now, and I’m still enjoying live feeds of the action from websites like LiveStream. Like many grassroots political movements, the group seems loosely organized at best, bound together only by the website OccupyWallSt. org and a hatred for all that is Wall Street. And I understand. It’s hard not to grab a torch and pitchfork when corporate CEOs rake in more money than Jesus himself — and there’s money in churches, believe me. Numerous videos can be found scattered online, and while it’s impossible to verify her story, one YouTube video features an interview with a particularly charming young black woman. She explains that, even with a full-time job and a master’s degree, it’s still difficult to afford health insurance. Many others agreed. Interestingly, the infamous Internet hacking group Anonymous supported the protest, while demonstrators have shown up wearing the all-too-cool Guy Fawkes mask, made popular by the 2006 movie “V for Vendetta,” though it’s now synonymous with the online group. The larger-than-life CEOs
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didn’t seem to care all that much, but a myriad of police — presumably with no other crime in the city to handle — headed to a peaceful protest to keep things safe for everyone. Realistically, officers must be present to ensure everyone’s safety and make sure no one gets overly passionate and decides to make the all-too-easy slip from a peaceful protest to, “I’ll show ‘em how it feels!” Fortunately, it’s been all daisies and rose petals, according to one anonymous NYPD officer, who explained to Business Insider, “If you find the protest, let us know, because we haven’t heard a thing about it since we got here.” You’d think it DEVIN GRAHAM sounds pretty inOpinion Editor nocuous, but that’s not what the viral videos display. Everything from handcuffing protestors for using a bullhorn to lead a vocal protest, all the way to much more serious cases. The website OccupyWallSt. org claimed Tuesday that several peaceful protestors had already been arrested, and one may be in critical condition. Not all videos are for the faint of heart. So, why the dichotomy? Some officers can’t even find the protest its so quiet, other can’t unsheath their batons fast enough. While videos don’t lie, remember that we have no context on the situation and editing can work wonders for public relations. The goal? Kalle Lasn told CNN Money she hoped the group’s plan to crowdsource expectations would lead to something reasonable. “The demand could be some stupid lefty
thing like ‘overthrow capitalism.” She continued, “We’re hoping it’s something specific and doable, like asking Obama to set up a committee to look into the fall of U.S. banking. Nothing extreme about that.” It’s difficult to explain how passionately I sympathize with those in financial hardship. I cannot imagine how frustrating it must be to be well educated and hardworking, with great health to boot, and unable to find a livable wage. I sympathize, but this will not help. While atrocious crimes have certainly been committed by the white-collar thieves from Wall Street, and I hold deeply the belief that a man with a briefcase can be far more dangerous than one with a gun. This protest is misguided, at least partially. If it’s fair to judge a person’s motivations from a 60-second YouTube interview, many of the protestors want jobs and better pay. They will not find it protesting in front of
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Wall Street. Unemployment is a structural problem facing every nation on Earth. No country is immune from the reality of hardship. I support their effort. I support their determination to make things right. I support the effort of labor to be organized, but Wall Street no more owes anyone a job, a car loan, a new house or a pay raise than the protestors owe Wall Street their paychecks. Instead, let’s push our representatives toward accountability, become informed about basic business, civil law and politics, and work to turn the best we’ve got — an admittedly flawed system — into the best we can get. Devin Graham is a 22-year-old economics senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_DGraham. Contact Devin Graham at dgraham@lsureveille.com
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Netflix’s new Qwikster service shuns original customers
First off, I owe everyone an apology. To my loyal readers, my family, my friends — I’m sorry. I’m sorry for suggesting, endorsing and badgering every single one of you to get a Netflix account. I just didn’t see it coming. I don’t think anyone did. However, I will never be able to apologize as much as Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the company’s newest bonehead move. “I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation,” Hastings admitted Sunday on the company’s official blog. “I want to acknowledge and thank our many members that stuck with us, and to apologize again to those members, both current and former, who felt we treated them thoughtlessly.” Well, an apology won’t cut it this time. For a little back story, two months ago Netflix announced significant changes to the pricing and structure of the company. Instead of
charging customers $10 per month for one DVD by mail and unlimited online streaming, Netflix split the services into two groups, charging $8 for each. For customers wanting to keep both plans, they would be charged $16 per month, or a 60 percent increase. I wrote a column after it all happened, so I won’t rehash it Adam Arinder anymore. I’ll just say the public reColumnist sponse — including my own — was harsh. I cancelled my DVD service and stuck solely to streaming — exactly what Netflix wanted. Streaming is how Netflix makes money, not DVDs, and the company’s latest move proves it. Later this month, Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service will relaunch as Qwikster. Hastings explained in his blog
post that because streaming and mail-order DVDs are becoming two different businesses, the company needs to let each grow and operate independently. If you want to continue getting DVDs in the mail as well as online streaming, you must register on two different websites. Need to change your e-mail address or credit-card information? You get to do it on two different websites. Instead of making things simpler for its customers, Netflix is basically shooing away its original DVD demographic for this new, hip streaming crowd of customers. Hastings named 12-year Netflix veteran and current head of DVD operations Andy Rendich as Qwikster CEO. I feel kind of bad for this guy. Imagine you’re on a luxury cruise liner sailing across the ocean, then all of a sudden being kicked off and told to captain a smaller boat that’s essentially heading over
a waterfall. Not the position I’d like to see myself in. I’m no business major (only a minor), but I’m pretty sure separating your company while destroying any type of brand recognition and customer loyalty isn’t a good way to run a business. But again, what do I know? On a possibly positive side for the new Netflix subsidiary, Qwikster will also start allowing video game rentals — Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii — along with DVDs for an additional monthly fee. This will play direct competition to similar service Gamefly, an outlet that allows customers to rent video games by mail. Hastings promises customers will see a “substantial” addition to the Netflix streaming library, so we’ll see if he delivers on his promise. This is a bold, yet somewhat confusing, move that Netflix is pulling here. If the promise of an
increase to the streaming library is true, I can see a lot of happy customers. However, if the company continues to lose rights to movies and shows from studios — as it has been in the past — then the Netflix cruise liner may be headed over the same waterfall shortly after Qwikster hits the bottom. So, again, to everyone I know — I’m sorry for getting everyone involved in this huge Netflix mess. Whenever a better alternative comes around — which will happen — I’ll be the first to let you know. Adam Arinder is a 21-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.
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Social Security is worth keeping, needs proposed tax hike
For just over 70 years, millions of senior citizens and disabled people in the United States have depended on the largest government program in the world to avoid falling into poverty. This program is roundly referred to as Social Security, an umbrella term which encompasses a numChris Seemann ber of social proColumnist grams designed to assist Americans financially. The program is funded mostly by payroll withholding referred to as the “Federal Insurance Contributions Act Tax.” The program was chartered in 1935 under the Social Security Act, a component of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, and has since grown thanks to ever-expanding legislation. If you are reading this column, chances are that at least one person you know utilizes Social Security. According to the Social Security Administration, 54 million Americans were receiving basic Social Security benefits as of July. The total expenditures for this facet of the program topped $590 billion in the same month. Recently, the program has come under unprecedented attack, with current Republican presidential front-runner Rick Perry labeling the program a “Ponzi scheme” and calling for the eventual dissolution of the program. Surprisingly, the program is still well-received by a nation in which the word “entitlement” might as well be a four-letter one. A January
Gallup poll showed that 64 percent of Americans opposed cutting the program. Perry and his Republican counterparts are not incorrect in asserting that the program, under its current construction, is unsustainable. According to the SSA’s website, the ratio of taxed workers to retirees was 159 to 1 in 1940. In 2010, that ratio had dropped to only 2.9. Obviously, funding the program will become a problem in the coming years, with the ratio expected to dip to only two. Congressional liberals, however, are trying to improve the solvency of the system by increasing payroll taxes on those earning more than $250,000 per year. The current 6.2-percent tax on wages applies on the first $106,000 of a worker’s income. Raising the income cap is not a new proposal, but this iteration’s failure is nearly assured due to the presence of a Republican majority in the House. The party has dedicated itself to a policy entirely opposed to tax increases, and the payroll cap is no different. President Obama, on the other hand, supports halving the payroll tax on employees as part of his jobs plan. The representatives who support the payroll tax increase are making a last-ditch effort to keep the program solvent in the long term. Most other proposals, such as raising the retirement age or freezing the monthly allotment, will shift the burden of the program’s financial travails onto retirees, many of whom are already experiencing financial troubles. Social Security’s intent, after
all, is not to make retired Americans wealthy; the average monthly benefit as of July was only $1,081. The system has enjoyed a successful track record over the past 70 years and has helped to provide a comfortable retirement for millions of working Americans. Those making more than $250,000 annually frankly don’t benefit substantially from the Social Security system. However, it does not seem unreasonable to ask these citizens to contribute minimally to the welfare of those who helped to maintain the solvency of the economy from which they
benefit during their working years. I’m not opposed to reforming the Social Security system and limiting the benefits of those who have not contributed to the system themselves. The intent of the program when it was chartered was, in fact, to provide security — hence the name — to retirees who were the most basic engine of the country’s economy. Although tax increases are never terribly palatable for whomever has to incur them, the current congressional proposal is the only tenable way to preserve the Social Security system without punishing those who depend on it.
And since Social Security has managed to achieve a combination of popularity and effectiveness rarely witnessed among government programs, perhaps, contrary to Rick Perry’s rhetoric, it is worth keeping. Chris Seemann is a 21-year-old mass communication senior. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_CSeemann.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 MAIL, from page 1 “We are the third party,” Mercadel said. “We handle mail once it gets to campus.” Mercadel said recent problems with mail delivery have been confined to services involving USPS. “Reception is going well for us. FedEx and UPS are both running smoothly,” Mercadel said. Leigh Fairey, mass communication junior, said she has felt the negative effects of the postal service’s problems. “With the new system, packages are taking weeks longer to get,” Fairey said. Fairey said USPS is not the only entity to blame. “With anything starting out, there are rough spots, but I feel the mail center could be handling these problems better,” Fairey said. Mercadel said students should make sure all of their mail formatting and information are up to date to avoid any further trouble. Students are reminded to use their full legal name and LSU Box, not P.O. Box. According to Mercadel, the previously used ZIP codes 70893 and 70894 are no longer viable. “Students must use 70803 as their ZIP code for all mail coming through LSU,” Mercadel said. Mercadel stressed the need for students to address their mail properly. The correct format includes the recipient’s name and box number, as well as the center’s address: LSU Student Union, 0 Raphael Semmes, Room 101, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. For further information, students are encouraged to visit the RICOH mail and printing services center, located on the first floor of the Union next to the Tiger Card Office. Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com
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said. “They’re not staying at home to be moms.” The survey also shows that 77 percent of respondents say education is necessary for women to get ahead in life, while just 68 percent said the same for men. Clay Coco, business management freshman, said he personally doesn’t see why he needs a college education. “I already do Internet marketing, so I don’t really value my education because I don’t need it to succeed,” Coco said. “I do value it because it helps you to analyze anything and helps you think better, but I don’t care about college because I already know what I’m doing.” The Pew survey includes a nationally-representative sample of 2,142 adults ages 18 and older. In 2010, a record 36 percent of women ages 25 to 29 had attained a bachelor’s degree, compared with 28 percent of men in the same age group, according to the research. Kelley Davis, nursing junior, said she thinks it’s difficult for anyone to value education in relation to cost in this economy, but she agrees that women are stepping up in universities. “Women are smarter nowadays,” Davis said. “We want to be more independent and support ourselves. I definitely value my education.” Davis said she didn’t realize there were more women than men enrolled in the University. “It hasn’t made a difference to me in my education,” she said. “I think our generation sees past gender behaviors [more] than previous generations.” Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
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Papazoglakis said politicians often use substance-lacking political rhetoric that alienates citizens. “People aren’t engaged and don’t care because they don’t understand,” she said. And the incumbent, Jindal, is wont to engage in such rhetoric, she said. “He has definitely isolated himself as a governor,” Papazoglakis said. “And he is not accessible to many people.” She said there’s a political elite separating itself from the people, and “the divide continues to grow.” According to Papazoglakis, many of the state’s problems cannot be addressed by “egos and politics.” “[Jindal] is buying and positioning himself for a national GOP position,” she said, along with “compromising the well-being of the state for national aspirations.” Among the state’s many problems is higher education, which she says requires better collaboration. “History tells us that a population can’t survive with dropout rates like [those in Louisiana],” she said. To fight dropout rates, Papazoglakis seeks to set in motion a series of internship programs for college students in elementary schools to provide jobs for the college students, motivation for the elementary students and assistance for teachers in need. This is just one example of how Papazoglakis looks to foster collaboration between the public and private sectors. Revenue for the state — and for the education system — will be found through closer cooperation between the state government
page 11 and the oil and gas industry under privatizing everything are “exPapazoglakis’s administration. treme GOP.” As governor she seeks to If his policies on privatizaremove federal regulations cur- tion run as deeply as he says, then rently in place on the industry, Jindal “doesn’t understand a public which will “increase permitting good,” Papazoglakis said. and increase production,” she said. But her bid for governor isn’t “We, as a state, can get the re- entirely reactionary. sources to turn things around,” she “Louisiana has been in trouble said. for a long time,” Papazoglakis Despite her Democratic affili- said. “I just can’t sit back and tolations, Papazoglakis considers her- erate that.” self a fiscal conservative. As for her name, the current “I think masthead reads “Niki most people Bird for Governor” in the state are because of her work moderate,” she in nonprofit advocacy said, “Most against sexual viopeople believe lence, she said. When in fiscal consershe moved from the vatism.” private sector to adThe idea vocacy against sexual that the state is violence, she said she filled with powas recommended to litical extremes, use a fake name due Androniki Papazoglakis she said, is the to the sensitivity of fault of the public administration grad student the topic. media, which Niki Bird stuck, she said is “hiand when the election jacking” the constituents’ political arrives, the ballot will read Anstances. droniki “Niki Bird” Papazoglakis. Along with her fiscal conser- If nothing else, the moniker is easivatism, Papazoglakis also agrees er to remember than Papazoglakis, that the “role of the federal govern- she said. ment has become too expansive.” Contact Clayton Crockett at Papazoglakis said Jindal’s stances of no new taxes and ccrockett@lsureveille.com
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‘[Bobby Jindal] has definitely isolated himself as governor. And he is not accessible to many people.’
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The Daily Reveille
Wednesday, September 21, 2011