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Business: Forbes ranks BR No. 7 for employment opportunities, p. 3

Tailgating: An out-of-state freshman gives her first gameday experience, p. 9

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Tigers down UK 35-7, ‘repay a debt’

The LSU and Kentucky series plenty of motivation despite Kenhas been a wild one since the turn tucky’s slow start to the season. of the millennium. Unless you put “I told this team to repay a the game in Tiger Stadium. debt to the 2007 team,” Miles While the Tigers’ recent trips said in reference to that team’s to Lexington, Ky., have been com- 43-37 loss in triple-overtime in plete with BlueLexington. “We Chris Abshire grass Miracles were ranked No. and triple-over1, then we went Sports Writer time heartbreak, to Kentucky and the Wildcats again couldn’t mount finished second in the ballgame. I a serious threat between the Tiger think that they took that to heart.”

Stadium lines, even with a slugWhile today’s Tigers remain gish LSU team and sleepy crowd the nation’s top team, Southeastplaying to their advantage. ern Conference rival Alabama LSU’s 35-7 victory Saturday continued to creep closer to LSU kept LSU at No. 1 in the AP poll after it moved to No. 2 following a and marked the third consecutive pair of dominant conference wins victory for LSU against Kentucky against Arkansas and at Florida. at home dating to 2000. The Ti- It’s the first time since 2000 that gers outscored the Wildcats, 118- the top two teams in the poll are 7, in those three meetings, and from the same division.

Kentucky’s fourth-quarter touchLSU opened the scoring down Saturday was the first in its with a familiar face back under last 12 quarters of play in Baton center. Embattled senior quarterRouge. back Jordan Jefferson, making While LSU seemed to spend his first appearance since a susmuch of the game exhaling from a pension from his involvement in rugged four-game opening stretch, coach Les Miles said his team had KENTUCKY, see page 6

TECHNOLOGY

myLSU to phase out PAWS system

New portal ‘more graphically pleasing’

Joshua Bergeron Contributing Writer

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LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu runs a fumble in for a touchdown Saturday in the Tigers’ 35-7 victory against Kentucky.

Beginning today, students will be able to access a new portal system, myLSU, as ITS slowly phases out PAWS. The new myLSU portal will be accessible via the header of the LSU homepage. PAWS will remain accessible for the next few years through a link in the new portal. The left navigation of the new portal will mimic the navigation of PAWS to prevent confusion during the transition, according to ITS. Thomas Rodgers, Student Government director of academics, said PAWS is being replaced PAWS, see page 15

MUSIC

Hazy Ray wins Battle of the Bands Four local groups participate Juliann Allen Contributing Writer

Music lovers and tired tailgaters lounged under oak trees and enjoyed rock tunes after the football game as four local bands vied for the top spot Saturday in the Battle of the Bands in Free Speech Plaza.

New Orleans-based band Hazy Ray claimed first place and a slot at the Groovin’ on the Grounds spring concert on March 24 after judges scored each competitor.

“It feels incredible,” said P. Michael Hayes, Hazy Ray trombonist and music education senior.

“We put in a lot of work in the last couple months.”

Hazy Ray graced listeners with a smooth, jazzy, alternative sound, incorporating a trombone and cello into each of its songs.

The Broken Rubber Band, from Baton Rouge, kicked off the show with songs ranging from blues and jazz to rock ‘n’ roll.

With three of its members clad in variations of suits and ties, the band got a few of the concertgoers dancing with its song “Waltz.”

Framing the Red, a band from Natchez, Miss., livened the mood as it cranked out sounds of

high-energy rock.

People clapped and cheered while one young boy danced in the middle of the plaza.

Familiarity set in when audience members joined in to sing a rendition of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.”

A crowd of more than 100 accumulated for the event, with many gathering near the stage and others simply sitting in the grass with their dogs.

Baton Rouge group Pushing Pandas ended the performance as the sun began to set, playing a few rock songs with funk, pop and reggae influences.

Electrical engineering junior BANDS, see page 15

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Members of Hazy Ray perform in the Battle of the Bands in Free Speech Plaza after Saturday’s game. Check out a blog and gallery of the competition at lsureveille.com.

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World

Monday, October 3, 2011

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Afghanistan urges Pakistan to end Taliban insurgency, promote peace

Hurricane Ophelia picks up speed as it travels north toward Canada

Twenty-seven pianists from 13 countries compete in Alexandria

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan government urged neighboring Pakistan on Sunday to take concrete steps to help end the Taliban insurgency and use its influence to bring the militants to direct peace talks.

The appeal follows accusations that Pakistan, through its historical ties with some of the militant groups, has played an active role in supporting attacks across the border on U.S. and Afghan targets — a charge it denies.

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Ophelia is expected to pass near or over Newfoundland, Canada, by early Monday.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday that Ophelia was a Category 2 storm with top sustained winds of about 100 mph. The storm was moving northnortheast at 33 mph.

Ophelia was centered about 485 miles southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and a tropical storm watch was in effect for Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula.

ALEXANDRIA (AP) — A chance to perform in St. Petersburg, Russia and at Carnegie Hall is bringing 27 pianists from 13 countries to compete in central Louisiana.

David Holcombe, president of the Louisiana International Piano Competition, tells The Town Talk that the competition brings the world to an area where income averages $24,000 a year per person.

The competition has taken place every other year since 2005.

First through third prizes include a performance at Carnegie Hall. First prize also includes a performance in Russia with the St. Petersburg Symphony and $6,000.

Conservation Fund partnership unites Maurepas Swamp, WMA

Parents: Children forced to strip off clothing in elementary school MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Human Rights Commission is investigating an elementary school for allegedly forcing sixth-graders to strip down after $13 disappeared.

The commission is launching its probe following parents’ complaints and a report by the human rights commission in Michoacan.

The national commission said Sunday that the principal and teachers of a public school in the city of La Piedad ordered the children to take off their clothes when they were searching for the money.

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Afghan police officers walk in front of anti-Pakistan demonstrators Sunday during a rally protesting against Pakistan’s interference in Afghanistan.

Polish Catholics celebrate miracle in communion wafer Sunday WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Roman Catholics in Poland gathered Sunday for a special Mass celebrating what they see as a miracle: the appearance on a communion wafer of a dark spot that they are convinced is part of the heart of Jesus.

The communion wafer in question developed a brown spot in 2008 after falling on the floor during a Mass in the eastern Polish town of Sokolka. Two medical doctors determined that the spot was heart muscle tissue.

Illegal students face obstacles even after college graduation PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When Rhode Island became the 13th state to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at public colleges, supporters heralded the move as one that would give students the kind of advanced education they need to succeed in the workforce.

But students who are not here legally may still face a major obstacle, even with a college degree: Many have no immediate pathway to legal status and, under current federal immigration law, employers cannot legally hire them.

(AP) — The Conservation Fund expands the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management area by 40 percent, joining two previously separated areas of public land west of Lake Pontchartrain.

Gov. Bobby Jindal says the partnership with the Conservation Fund adds 29,600 acres of land for hunting, birdwatching and other outdoor activity. It brings the area’s public land to more than 100,000 acres in four parishes.

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KICKIN’ IT IN THE QUAD

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The LSU Cheerleaders and Golden Girls perform Friday morning in the Quad at the University’s annual Fall Fest. Go to lsureveille.com to see a photo gallery of Fall Fest.

BUSINESS

Forbes ranks Baton Rouge 7th in employment outlook Andrea Gallo Staff Writer

Recent college graduates shouldn’t sweat finding a job in Baton Rouge, according to a new study by employment firm ManpowerGroup, which led Forbes to rank Baton Rouge seventh in the country for employment outlook during October through December.

The study for 2011’s fourth quarter gives Baton Rouge an employment outlook of 12 percent, tied with neighboring cities New Orleans, Metairie and Kenner, and cities across the country like Boise CityNampa, Idaho, and El Paso, Texas.

University economics professor emeritus Loren Scott said discoveries of natural gas acquisition techniques, like fracking, have contributed to Baton Rouge’s economic slope.

“The No. 1 thing is that Baton Rouge has a very large petrochemical base to its economy,” he said. “The chemical industry, in particular, is doing very well right now.”

Scott, who publishes the Louisiana Economic Report, said Baton Rouge’s newfound surplus of natural gas propelled the city into competition against European markets.

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden touted more job attractions to Baton Rouge on Sept. 26, when he announced Baton Rouge Shrimp Company’s plans to establish processing and distribution centers in the city.

Holden said Baton Rouge Shrimp Company’s $2.1 million facility will spur 38 direct jobs and nearly 60 indirect jobs for East Baton Rouge Parish with an annual payroll of about $1 million.

“The rest of the nation is having problems, but Baton Rouge is still creating jobs,” Holden said.

Sales tax revenues are also climbing, which Scott said is a sign of a growing economy because it means people have money to spend.

“The one kind of weak employment area is state government employment,” Scott said. “But everything else is doing pretty darn well.

We did not get hammered by the great recession like the rest of the country.”

But University economics professor R. Kaj Gittings said in an email that ManpowerGroup’s statistic is not useful because it is calculated as a difference between employers surveyed who expect to hire workers minus employers who are projecting employment cuts. Thus, if employers hiring are only expecting meager gains but other employers are making deep cuts, then there is still a net loss of workers.

Rachel Miller, who graduated from the University in May, is about

to begin working full-time at Covalent Logic, a public relations firm, and has been interning part-time at AARP since April. Miller said she was lucky that her internship networking led to her job, and that’s how she advises college graduates to look for jobs.

“Every person you meet, you sort of tell them what you want to do, and they know somebody who knows somebody who can help you,” Miller said.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Monday, October 3, 2011

Local artist paints live on sidelines during pre-game Josh Naquin Staff Writer

The pre-game festivities at Death Valley involve a program steeped in tradition, but this Saturday added a new element to the festivities — live performance art.

Baton Rouge-based performance artist Christopher Turner made history by painting his vision of the pre-game events on canvas from the sidelines, the first event of its kind in Tiger Stadium.

“Everything just lined up to make this happen,” Turner said.

Turner’s creation, a painting of a tiger, will be auctioned off at Tigerama to raise funds for scholarships in the LSU School of Music and Tiger Band.

“We are very lucky to be able to do this. It is not an opportunity granted to just anyone and we feel

very blessed,” said Pamela Matassa, director of community relations and special projects for the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts and executive director for Tigerama.

Matassa, a former Golden Girl, said the painting’s sale via silent auction at Tigerama this Friday will help garner financial support for music programs at the University.

“Tigerama is our No. 1 fundraising event for the year and it is more important now than ever with the loss of scholarship money due to budget cuts,” Matassa said.

Turner first thought of doing a live art performance inspired by the University in 2010. He originally set out to perform a live art interpretation at Tigerama, but the timing was off.

Turner said he had several

motives for his live art performance.

“I wanted to make history, but beyond that, I wanted to add awareness to budget cuts in LSU’s music department,” Turner said.

A Baton Rouge native, Turner sold peanuts in the stands at University football games during his youth and recognizes the need for increased financial backing of the arts.

Turner has painted at many other live music events including the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, and he said he gets a kick out of performance art and the feedback it provides.

“I enjoy getting energy from the crowd,” Turner said. “You get a certain verse of emotion, a rush of feeling.”

Looking to the future, Turner hopes to continue creating

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Artist Chris Turner paints a tiger on the sidelines during the band’s pre-game show for the Kentucky game Saturday. The live performance art is the first of its kind.

performance art at music events. He said all forms of art are beneficial to people because they help them see things in different ways.

“Meeting two art forms together opens our eyes to new

concepts,” Turner said.

Contact Josh Naquin at jnaquin@lsureveille.com

BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

DreamWorks supervisor discusses animation industry Friday University alumnus spoke to students

Morgan Searles Staff Writer

After years of living in California as research and development supervisor for DreamWorks Animation, Marty Sixkiller hasn’t lost any passion for his home state of Louisiana.

Sixkiller, a University alumnus, discussed the different aspects of the animation industry with participants at the Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day downtown Friday.

He noted the importance of professional networking and risk taking when building a career in the animation industry as he explained how his career evolved since graduating from the University in 1992, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design.

After working locally as a computer artist at Video Park, he said he left Louisiana to follow his dreams.

“I said ‘I gotta do this,’” Sixkiller recalled. “I swore I’d never leave Baton Rouge, and I left.”

After working as an animator in Miami, Sixkiller decided he could further his career by moving to Hollywood. Researching potential future employers, he decided on Pacific Data Images, where he began work as a generalist.

He started working for DreamWorks in October 1995 as an effects animator when the company acquired Pacific Data Images. He then worked in layout for nine years writing code before becoming the senior technical director and then the research and development supervisor at DreamWorks.

Sixkiller said he chose to work in graphic design because he knew he needed to find a job he would enjoy, and it has proven to be the right direction for him.

Budding animators and attendees interested in working in the

animation industry were encouraged to ask questions, get to know people and accept challenges.

“The biggest mistake people make is to not ask questions,” Sixkiller said. “You find success by not being afraid to take risks as an entrepreneur and by not being afraid to fail. You have to find other people with a similar idea and light it on fire.”

Sixkiller has worked on 24 animated projects and said DreamWorks is working on 10 films right now for the next several years, with about 400 to 550 people working on each movie. Many employees work on multiple projects at a time.

The idea of starting an animation studio in Baton Rouge was a hot topic at the event, considering the recent boom of the local film industry.

“A company coming into Louisiana offering animation would allow [filmmakers] to finish a movie here,” Sixkiller said. “We already know you can shoot here, but we need digital effects that would attract companies.”

Sean McIntosh, digital art junior, said the city needs to develop a strong animation industry.

“We need this kind of thing in Louisiana and at LSU,” McIntosh said. “It’s lax on the digital side of things. It’s already here with film, and if the college can match that in animation it would be great.”

Phyllis Sims, attorney with Kean Miller LLP, explained the elements behind the Louisiana motion

picture and digital media incentives to attendees.

Sims said those incentives are the reason large numbers of filmmakers choose to work in Baton Rouge.

“Companies have to file an application with the state Office of Entertainment if you want your project to be qualified as a state certified project,” Sims said.

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Marty Sixkiller, research and development supervisor for DreamWorks Animation, gives a presentation for Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day on Friday at Kean Miller LLP.

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STATE

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ELECTION

Commission discusses Site bypasses partisan policies Elect higher ed. fund reform Americans creates online ballot Ohio specialist advised synergy Clayton Crockett Staff Writer

The legislatively mandated Governance Commission for Louisiana’s higher education hosted talks with officials from across the nation in consecutive meetings Wednesday and Thursday to better plan for the future of higher education funding in Louisiana.

“You don’t have the right mix between appropriations and tuition today,” said David Longanecker, president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Longanecker’s presentation focused on national trends regarding state appropriations to educational institutions, the tuition policies of those institutions and financial aid — all of which should work together rather than separately, he said.

“You want a reasonably priced set of tuitions for the value that students are receiving,” Longanecker said, adding that Louisiana has failed to establish such tuition policies.

“You are substantially underpriced for the value your students are receiving.”

Louisiana’s “underpriced” tuitions wouldn’t be a problem if there were unlimited funds on the state level, but that’s not the case, he said.

“Good policy is affordable tuition, not low tuition,” Longanecker said.

LSU System President John Lombardi described the current funding transition as a shift to “more and more student support and less and less state support.” This transition, he said, is both “unmistakable and unavoidable.”

The problem is that substituting state money with student money, like tuition increases, does not result in the same net gain, Lombardi said.

In dealing with this issue, Lombardi warned the commission not to neglect the diversity of higher education institutions in the state.

“I urge you to be cautious about broad-scoped changes that will affect institutions differently depending on their functions and their structure,” he warned.

Rich Petrick, executive director for the Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy, provided the commission with direction in their approach.

“A bleak budget environment is the new normal,” he said. “How do you deal with the new normal?”

Petrick said that any campus or state can cut its budget, but such decisions “often tend to be very shortterm” and “do not fundamentally bend the cost curve.”

The right approach is to become more strategic and productive, he said.

Petrick stressed the importance of collaboration and communication between all public bodies in the state, especially for accounting and budget.

“If you do all of these good things and you don’t communicate it, it will be a failure,” he said.

Melanie Amrhein, executive director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance, discussed the changing role of TOPS funding over the years.

She highlighted the fact that TOPS is a merit-based financial aid rather than need-based, like Pell Grants.

Over the past three to four years, she said, the GPA requirements for the upper levels of TOPS were reduced from 3.5 to 3.0, allowing more students to qualify.

Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell criticized the LA GRAD Act for the negative consequences it hangs over the heads of higher education institutions.

Schools often lower their target goals to ensure success because “the risk of losing is so high,” Purcell said. When falling short of goals carries so many negative consequences, schools tend to aim lower to increase likelihood of success, he said.

Purcell preferred a format in which higher education institutions would be funded more for showing any improvement with each new year.

Many institutions in Louisiana are within reach of their maximum potential, Purcell said, and when they achieve it, “we need to make sure they’re rewarded for staying there.”

The Governance Commission was formed over the summer to study the management of postsecondary education in Louisiana.

Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com

Gauthier sees the utilization of user input as one of the most promising aspects of the project.

“It’s their questions that are getting answered,” she said.

And the response on campus Clayton Crockett has been positive, Gauthier said.

Staff Writer She estimated Americans Elect now As frustrations mount in the has a presence on about 50 campuspolitical arena, the new website es nationwide.

“We’re just tired of not having Americans Elect allows Internet users to bypass political party al- choices,” Gauthier said. “All that this stands for legiances and select is being able to a new presidential choose.” candidate.

Although The website Americans Elect works by having will have a cannew users rank politdidate in the race, ical priorities, such it does not fit the as economics and Mardi Gauthier definition of a foreign policy, and early education junior political party as answer questions to it lacks political gauge their political positions. Through online surveys views and guidelines. With neither and forums, Americans Elect will platform nor policy, Americans match users with a unique candidate Elect is a tool voters can use to hone and, eventually, place that candidate their views and find candidates that match them. on the national ballots.

To encourage growth, AmeriReserving a position on the presidential ballot in all 50 states cans Elect has set benchmarks for is no small task, though, and Mardi campus leaders. Gauthier said that Gauthier, early education junior, is doing her part to advance the movement.

Gauthier is the on-campus leader for Americans Elect at LSU. “I feel like this could be the future,” she said.

According to Gauthier, candidate registration will begin next spring and an online convention to select one will follow in June. The primary process will also involve debates featuring the most popular candidates, and online voters will choose the questions asked.

The website also features forums where politics can be discussed and debate questions decided.

“It’s trying to change government in what I think is a helpful way,” Gauthier said.

‘‘

‘Young voters often feel stuck, and we kind of are.’

once she brings 500 new users from the University to the website, the organization will send a guest speaker to campus.

The real draw for students is the nonpartisan approach, she said.

“This allows people to choose who they think will be the best candidate, period,” Gauthier said. “Not just the best Republican or Democrat.”

She said this approach will especially appeal to voters who are politically apathetic or “don’t want to subscribe to party lines.”

“Young voters often feel stuck,” she said. “And we kind of are.”

Gauthier first heard about Americans Elect when COO Elliot Ackerman appeared on “The Colbert Report” on Aug. 10.

By that time, Americans Elect had garnered approximately 1.6 million signatures for its ballot petition in California, breaking state records there.

Contact Clayton Crockett at ccrockett@lsureveille.com

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ENVIRONMENT

‘Hairy crazy ants’ invade Louisiana Species identified in Sulphur in June Meredith Will Contributing Writer

Hairy, erratically moving ants native to South America and the Caribbean have been in the United States since the 1950s, but now the pests are moving into Louisiana.

A pest control agency in Sulphur sent a sample of the “hairy crazy ants” to the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, where curator Victoria Bayless identified the species for the first time in Louisiana.

Bayless said the ants, whose scientific name is Nylanderia pubens, appeared in Florida in the 1950s and Texas in 2002. Ever since the hairy crazy ants came to southeastern Texas, etymologists like Bayless have expected their arrival in Louisiana.

Sulphur is the only place hairy crazy ants have been found thus far, and Bayless said the speed of their migration into the rest of Louisiana is unpredictable because of the new climate.

She said researchers have not yet found a way to prevent or get rid of the ants.

According to Bayless, the ants’ common name is indicative of the way they move.

“Their movements are very erratic, so they look crazy,” she said.

Bayless said the main

KENTUCKY, from page 1 August’s infamous Shady’s bar fight, scored a touchdown on a quarterback sneak midway through the first quarter to put LSU ahead, 7-0.

But his entrance was met with a chorus of boos from a previously subdued Tiger crowd.

While LSU lost sophomore running back Spencer Ware to an early hamstring injury and struggled on offense most of the game, the Tigers may have found some new firepower at the skill positions.

Heralded freshman running back Terrence Magee’s redshirt was removed, and he scored a touchdown in his first career appearance as a Tiger. Overall, six Tigers received carries in the game, and sophomore Alfred Blue led the way with 16 rushes for 72 yards — both career highs — and a touchdown.

Freshman receiver Odell Beckham Jr. wowed with three catches for 75 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown reception where he dashed across the length of the field while eluding several Kentucky defenders en route to the end zone.

Miles said he was “pleasantly surprised” with the youngster’s contributions, but indicated that Ware might have returned if the game had been tight.

“He could’ve played,” Miles said. “The good news is he’ll have time to rehab it and quiet it down.

It’s a muscle issue.”

Kentucky managed only two first downs in the first half, as LSU’s defense harassed Kentucky’s two quarterbacks to a horrendous

difference between this species and other ant species is the size of the colonies. A single colony can contain millions of the pests because there are multiple queens, or head ants, that work together.

She said hairy crazy ants reproduce rapidly and do not respond to normal pest control methods.

The ants are dispersed by people moving them, such as picking up flower pots and putting them down in a different environment.

Bayless said they spread out and nest underneath things.

Hairy crazy ants have also been reported in walls of houses, she said. They can cause electrical shortages as they accumulate in large numbers.

Biology sophomore Ina Tillison said she would “lose her mind” if she found hairy crazy ants in her house.

“I wouldn’t be able to stay in the house,” she said, explaining she is allergic to ants.

Bayless said the hairy crazy ants bite, and they cause similar allergic reactions to other ant bites.

Because the species originated in tropical climates, Bayless said the ants will be limited in their migration northward because of the colder climates.

She said the introduction of hairy crazy ants into a location where they are not native will likely cause imbalances in the ecosystem.

“All invasive species can potentially be a very serious problem,” Bayless said. passing day while sacking them five times. Kentucky had just 155 yards of total offense in the game.

Sophomore defensive back Tyrann Mathieu continued his fringe Heisman candidacy with another virtuosic performance.

Mathieu forced two more fumbles, giving him nine in 18 games and setting the LSU career record. He essentially sealed the victory with a sack and strip of Kentucky freshman quarterback Maxwell Smith that he picked up and returned 23 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter for a 28-0 LSU advantage.

The Tigers’ bruising defensive performance forced Wildcat coach Joker Phillips to rotate between weary quarterbacks and open his post-game press conference with an injury report.

With LSU preparing for its annual showdown with Florida, whose starting quarterback John Brantley was knocked out of Saturday’s game against Alabama, the Tiger defense will likely have another chance to tee off on an unsteady quarterback core next week.

“It’s Florida,” said junior corner back Morris Claiborne. “We’ve all been around for these match-ups and watched some of those great games. Our defense has to prove itself again against them. The team knows what kind of history is there.

We paid back UK, now we’re ready for the next challenge.”

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com

Monday, October 3, 2011

PLANT PEOPLE

In Texas, the ants get into bee hives and eat larvae, causing a bee shortage. Bayless said this also affects agriculture because there are fewer bees to pollinate.

This also causes economic issues because of the additional costs to beekeepers to try to get rid of the ants, she said.

Bayless said there is much more research to be done in order to know more about this invasive species, such as how to decrease their population and how to avoid spreading them into homes.

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Contact Meredith Will at mwill@lsureveille.com

Decorations welcome visitors to the University’s Hilltop Arboretum PlantFest!

2011 event, a plant sale with more than 5,000 plants.

Sports

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Back In Business

Cross Country

Teams finish 2nd, 3rd at Stampede

Andrew Chapple Sports Contributor

“There’s nothing we haven’t really seen. We’re excited and Jordan and Jarrett are going to lead us to where we want to go.”

The Tigers were unanimously unhappy with the crowd’s reaction to Jefferson taking the field.

“I’m very disappointed in the boos,” Blackwell said. “It doesn’t really matter who’s in there at quarterback for us. I don’t think it’s good for our program or good for our school.”

Senior offensive guard T-Bob Hebert didn’t play against Kentucky, but he took to Twitter to talk about the crowd.

“Anybody who booed [Jefferson] today

The Tigers placed their top five scorers in the top 16 en route to a second place finish behind McNeese State in the eight-team field at the 2011 McNeese Stampede in Lake Charles on Saturday.

The Tigers’ tag team of seniors Cullen Doody and Richard Chautin switched finishes from last week. Doody led the Tigers, finishing sixth overall in 19:40, and Chautin finished second for the Tigers and eighth overall with a time of 19:48.41 in the fourmile race.

“We work well together,” Doody said. “I feel good about the way I felt today and I know a lot of the guys felt the same way.”

Last week at the LSU invitational, Chautin bested Doody by 23 seconds in the 8,000 meters.

“Overall I’d say we had a great day today,” Chautin said.

“Cullen Doody and William Wiesler ran great individual races, and as a team we still have room to get better for conference.”

Wiesler, a redshirt freshman, ran 20:36 and finished 14th. Junior Roger Cooke and sophomore Alden Heaphy ran 20:13 and 20:47, finishing 12th and 16th, respectively.

The Lady Tigers finished third behind Nicholls State and McNeese State.

Junior Leigh-Ann Naccari led the team, finishing fourth overall in 17:48 for the

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Senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson tries to evade a Kentucky defensive player during Saturday’s game against Kentucky in Tiger Stadium. The Tigers won 35-7.

Jefferson makes return to football field after suspension stemming from incident Albert Burford Sports Contributor

Jordan Jefferson must love his critics.

Amid a smattering of boos throughout Tiger Stadium, No. 9 stepped on the field for the first time this season on a fourth and goal situation at the Kentucky one-yard line and took care of business.

The senior quarterback ran the ball in to put No. 1 LSU ahead, 7-0, against Kentucky, a lead the Tigers would never give up.

While it was only one yard, the run was a giant step for a quarterback that was pegged as the starter prior to the season and his offseason criminal trouble following the Shady’s

incident in late August.

Many players said Jefferson didn’t miss a beat while he was suspended from the team.

“He’s already been in the playbook every day and throwing everyday,” said freshman wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. “He’s been wanting to be back and be part of this team again, and now he is.”

Jefferson finished the game with four rushes for 29 yards, which included two 12yard quarterback keepers and a touchdown.

The team was quick to dispel any notions that Jefferson’s return to the team would cause complications.

“It’s been five years now [for Lee],” said senior offensive guard Will Blackwell.

SOCCER

Tigers use early goals to beat Bulldogs Chris Abshire Sports Writer

All the talk surrounding the LSU soccer team this past offseason was about the team’s focus on reclaiming Southeastern Conference Western Division superiority.

Following a weekend home sweep of two of the SEC East’s strongest foes, Tennessee and Georgia, an outright SEC title is suddenly in play for the Tigers.

LSU defeated Georgia, 2-1, on Sunday afternoon behind an early goal onslaught to move to 4-0 in conference play. Auburn also fell to division rival

Mississippi State on Sunday, leaving the Tigers (9-3-1) with the lone unbeaten mark in conference play.

Senior Taryne Boudreau was again at the center of an increasingly dangerous Tiger offensive attack. Following a Bulldog turnover, Boudreau gained possession in the ninth minute and found junior forward Carlie Banks, who netted her second goal of the season from eight yards out.

“Taryne and Carlie continue to have a nice rapport, especially in the final third of the field,” said coach Brian Lee. Just eight minutes later,

Boudreau took a Natalie Martineau pass inside the penalty box, spun off a Georgia defender and buried a left-footed liner to give LSU a 2-0 advantage.

The goal marked the eighth in nine games for Boudreau, and LSU has gone 8-0-1 in that stretch.

Senior goalkeeper Mo Isom said the early goals were especially important given the physical, grinding nature of Sunday matches in the SEC. “It’s a boost to your defense getting up like that early,” Isom said. “You need a cushion like WEEKEND, see page 11

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Freshman defender Jodi Calloway (10) fights a Georgia player for the ball during the game Sunday at the LSU Soccer Complex. The Tigers defeated Georgia 2-1.

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VOLLEYBALL

Monday, October 3, 2011

Tigers lose two straight at home to Tennessee, Kentucky

LSU now ranked fourth in SEC Michael Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

The Tigers haven’t lost backto-back home games since the 2004 season.

But that changed this weekend when LSU dropped its Friday match against No. 23 ranked Tennessee, 1-3 (17-25, 25-23, 21-25, 14-25), and its Sunday match against Kentucky in straight sets (26-24, 25-16, 25-17).

The Tigers (10-5) dropped to 3-2 in Southeastern Conference play, falling to fourth in the SEC but retaining the top spot in the Western Division.

LSU was unable to generate any momentum against the quicker and more accurate Wildcat team in Sunday’s loss.

“Speed and ball control are

areas where we hang our hat on, and today speed and ball control were on the other side of the net,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “And when you have that, you’re going to win the match.”

LSU was led by senior middle blocker Michele Williams, who posted a .348 hitting percentage with 12 kills on the day. But the Tigers also recorded a disappointing .165 hitting percentage and 19 errors to Kentucky’s .385 hitting percentage and 11 errors.

Kentucky senior middle blocker Becky Pavan and freshman outside hitter Lauren O’Conner led both teams with .533 and .545 hitting percentages, respectively. “[Kentucky] controlled every aspect of the match and we didn’t respond very well,” Flory said. “Our defense and ball control has really led us and created opportunities, and for the first time this year that failed us.”

LSU played Kentucky close in

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Freshman outside hitter Helen Boyle (8) digs the ball Friday in the PMAC against rival Tennessee. The Tigers lost 1-3.

the first set, losing by two points. Going into the second and third sets, the first lost set was clearly in the minds of the Tigers, as the team came out flat and unable to keep pace with the speedy Wildcats.

“When a team [loses a close first set] I think that should spark a fire, and today we just didn’t answer any of the calls on the court,”

Williams said.

LSU went on to drop the next two sets by a combined 17 points, committing 13 errors, while Kentucky scored five of their six aces in the match. Kentucky also doubled the Tigers in total team blocks through the last two sets with eight.

LSU lost its first game of the

weekend to SEC-leading Tennessee in front of a season-high crowd of 1,581.

Junior outside hitter Madie Jones and sophomore middle blocker Desiree Elliott led the Tigers with 11 kills each, while freshman outside hitter Helen Boyle added nine more.

Freshman setter Malorie Pardo dropped to No. 2 in the SEC in assists behind Tennessee’s Mary Pollmiller despite recording 38 assists on the night.

The Tigers’ 13 blocks weren’t enough to stop Tennessee sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Robinson, who posted 20 kills.

LSU will continue SEC play on the road next weekend when the team travels to Columbia, S.C., to take on the Gamecocks on Friday.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Lady Tigers start season with a sweep of Tulane at home LSU victorious in all 16 home events Scott Branson Sports Contributor

The LSU women’s swimming and diving squad swept its way to victory to start the 2011-12 season Friday.

The Lady Tigers won all 16 events to start the season 1-0 with a commanding 193-98 victory against in-state rival Tulane.

“We definitely saw some things in the water that we didn’t see last week [at the intrasquad meet],” said swimming coach Dave Geyer. “We saw a little bit more of a racing edge from some of our athletes.”

Diving coach Doug Shaffer said he told the divers he wanted them to fight through aches and pains, and he was pleased with what he saw against Tulane.

“We’re beat up, sore and tired, but they did what I asked them to do, which was to set that aside and compete,” Shaffer said.

Freshman diver Alex Bettridge claimed first place in both

the one-meter and three-meter events.

“Hopefully I make it to NCAAs this year,” Bettridge said.

“And I’d like to get my name up on the [LSU records] board.”

Bettridge met one of her goals Friday and nearly accomplished the other. The Austin, Texas, native qualified for the NCAA Regionals and her one-meter performance of 318.0 was just 13 points off the school record.

She posted a 268.57 in the three-meter competition.

Junior Jana Ruimerman swam in the 1,000-yard freestyle for the first time at LSU and finished first with a time of 10:20.74. Geyer said Ruimerman will swim the 1,000 free again later in the season to help the team.

“We talked about it before the meet and the last time she swam the 1000 free was when she was about 15 or 16,” Geyer said. “A light bulb went off in my head to experiment a little bit this week and give her that trial run and play with it and see where it leads.”

Junior swimmer Sara Haley finished first in the 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle and contributed to two relay teams that

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The Lady Tigers swim team defeated Tulane 193-98 at the meet Friday evening in the LSU Natatorium.

took first place.

Senior swimmer Samantha Goates won both the 50- and 100yard freestyle sprints, and sophomore swimmer Torrey Bussey posted first place finishes in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200yard individual medley.

Junior swimmer Amanda Kendall was held out of the meet as she prepares to represent the United States at the Pan American

Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, in October. Kendall will miss two LSU meets while competing in Mexico.

“It was a team decision holding her back in the meet,” Geyer said. “It gives the women an opportunity to see how we can fill in those gaps without her competing for us.”

The men’s and women’s squads return to action Oct. 14

when they take on Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. The following day, the Tigers and Lady Tigers will open Southeastern Conference competition against Florida in Gainesville, Fla.

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GUEST COLUMN

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First LSU tailgating experience eye-opening, memorable When I told people in my hometown of Greenville, S.C., I was going to school at LSU, their eyes widened.

“Don’t even look at funnels,” they said. The second piece of advice was, “Tailgate. And send me pictures.”

Sixteen hours before an 11:20 a.m. kickoff against Kentucky, I rode my bike campus Megan Dunbar across and passed three Guest Columnist couches on curbs occupied by polo-wearing fraternity boys, two dads unloading SUVs full of bag chairs and one girl on the phone in front of Memorial Tower, shouting that the buttons were supposed to be at the house yesterday.

Glimpsing at these pockets of preparation seemed like an adventure, but the cool, dark calm was still the campus I’d spent the past couple weeks figuring out.

The next day blew my mind.

Two hours before kickoff, I

squeezed through the solid purple and gold crowd in front of the PMAC, following a blessed upperclassman who agreed to lead me to a tailgate near the baseball stadium.

People, generators and ice chests covered every square inch along the way. We nabbed some cookies from a gigantic dome-like tent, turned sideways to fit between two RVs parked end-to-end and ducked under a setup complete with electric fans, a television and a rug.

We emerged from the crush of plastic into full sunlight on the corner of Nicholson and South Stadium, and I stared at the endless white tents wondering which one housed the incoherent friend who had just hung up on me. The pause allowed my sensory overload to take effect.

“Callin’ Baton Rouge” blared from one tailgate’s speakers for the umpteenth time while “All I Do is Win” played from another, and more adults than I’d ever seen on LSU’s campus sized up this year’s crop of freshmen.

Brigades of college

women dressed in their gameday best streamed past. They were as intimidating as an army in full battle gear, and campus had somehow become their home base. I’m pretty sure I saw every single shade of purple and gold within the span of five minutes.

It dawned on me that there was no way to capture the insanity in a picture, no way to box up this experience and ship it home for the benefit of my family.

“There are so many people here,” I said. The upperclassman nodded. “Look at all of them,” I said.

“How is this even possible?” He laughed.

It occurred to me I knew nothing about what these people wanted to do with their lives, what kind of jobs they had or what worries clouded their minds. For a second, the fact that I lived 670 miles away from home and the idea I might not see this upperclassman again in a school so huge bothered me.

I watched as a herd of Kentucky fans crossed the road, and a change came over the crowd. Everyone —

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Tiger fans lounge on the Parade Ground Oct. 1. before the Kentucky football game.

children, freshmen and grandparents alike — turned as one toward the blue-clad intruders and chanted the infamous, “Tiger bait! Tiger bait! Tiger bait!”

I’d only ever heard this yelled by my great uncle and grandfather as they watched LSU games on television, sitting in armchairs while my cousins and I played hide-and-seek.

Joining in felt like becoming part of a sacred club, a family of diehard fans who know, no matter age or social standing, this is their

turf. They protect the team for which they cheer and know that no place is better than LSU’s campus on a gameday.

Megan Dunbar is an 18-year-old mass communication freshman from Greenville, S.C.

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GOLF

Four Tigers compete at Squire Creek Intercollegiate Morgan Wampold Sports Contributor

The men’s golf team sent four Tigers to compete individually today in the Squire Creek Intercollegiate in Choudrant.

Senior Austin Gutgsell, sophomore Smylie Kaufman, sophomore Landon Lyons and freshman Stewart Jolly will represent the Tigers in the tournament.

Those that didn’t make the traveling squads for other events were chosen to play, said senior golfer Sang Yi. The tournament marks the first of Jolly’s collegiate career.

“This tournament gives valuable experience to the players who don’t get to compete in some of the bigger tournaments,” Yi said. “It keeps the players sharp by allowing everyone to have some competition.”

Louisiana Tech, who won the overall competition at Squire Creek last year, is hosting the tournament for the eighth straight year. Although LSU players will be playing as individuals, the tournament is considered a team competition.

Last year’s tournament yielded strong performances from the four Tigers competing, and Yi said they are hoping for a similar success

this year.

Former Tiger Ken Looper finished the 2010 tournament in second place behind individual champion Horacio Leon from Southeastern Louisiana. Looper finished at 1-over par 73, putting him seven shots behind Leon.

Lyons also competed in last year’s tournament as a freshman, finishing fourth place overall with a

3-over par 75. It was the first tournament of his collegiate career.

Sophomores Franco Castro and Andrew Presley rounded out the Tigers’ representation last year. Presley tied for 16th place with a 9-over par 81, followed by Castro who tied for 54th place.

Yi said he expects all four Tigers competing in the two-day tournament to shine.

“If they all play their best game, any of them could win,” Yi said.

Yi also said that his experiences with the Squire Creek course have proven relatively easy. However, the greens can be somewhat difficult due to their slope and size, he said.

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TENNIS

Monday, October 3, 2011

Tigers, Lady Tigers experience mixed results in tournaments Adrian Wintz Sports Contributor

The Tigers and Lady Tigers hit the court with mixed results this weekend.

Junior Stefan Szacinski finished the weekend with a win in singles Sunday, along with senior David Roberts and sophomore Matt Zachary, at the Rice Fall Invitational in Houston. Freshman Chris Simpson and junior Roger Anderson lost their final singles matches of the tournament.

The doubles team of Szacinski and Anderson and the duo of senior Tom Knights and Roberts both finished the tournament with

wins on Sunday.

Seniors Mark Bowtell and Tom Knights both won their consolation flight Saturday. Simpson, Anderson and sophomore James Turbervill also won Saturday second-round matches, while Szacinski, Zachary and Roberts each lost second-round matches.

Szacinski and Anderson won their second doubles match of the tournament Saturday, while the duo of Bowtell and Simpson and the team of Turbervill and Zachary won in consolation flight play. Knights and Roberts lost their consolation flight match Saturday.

Roberts, Szacinski, Anderson, Turbervill, Zachary and Simpson all defeated their first-round singles

opponents Friday, while Bowtell and Knights lost, 5-7, 3-6 and 4-6, 3-6, respectively.

“We got a lot of good performances, and we got a lot of work done,” men’s coach Jeff Brown said .

The pair of Szacinski and Anderson was the only LSU doubles team to win Friday.

“We have some new teams that have some work to do,” Brown said.

“But they did a good job of handling things [this weekend].”

Senior Neal Skupski and junior Olivier Borsos will compete this week in Tulsa, Okla., at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Qualifying tournament.

“In doubles, Neal’s been playing

really well, so we hope that [Skupski and Borsos] mesh as a team,” Brown said.

Two Lady Tigers were also in Texas this weekend, playing at the Stephen F. Austin Fall Invitational in Nacogdoches.

Sophomore Hayley Everett and freshman Paige Bahnsen each lost their first two singles matches Friday, but together earned a first-round doubles victory, marking the duo’s third straight doubles victory.

Everett and Bahnsen scored singles victories Saturday — Bahnsen in round robin play and Everett in consolation flight play.

The pair dropped their secondround doubles match, 0-8, but won

their consolation flight match, 8-5, Saturday.

Senior Olivia Howlett and junior Kaitlin Burns lost their singles pre-qualifying matches Saturday in the first round of the ITA All-American tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Senior Whitney Wolf starts singles qualifying play in the ITA All-American tournament Tuesday, where she will also partner with Burns in doubles.

Contact Adrian Wintz at awintz@lsureveille.com

NFL

Saints get off to fast start, hand inept Jaguars 23-10 loss The Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It was a mismatch on paper and on the field.

About the only thing that made Sunday’s game between the New Orleans Saints and Jacksonville Jaguars interesting were chippy plays near the end.

Drew Brees threw for 351 yards and a touchdown, Darren Sproles added 188 all-purpose

yards and the Saints beat the Jaguars 23-10 in a game that was more lopsided than the score indicated.

The Saints (3-1) scored touchdowns on their first two possessions and looked well on their way to scoring 30 points for the fourth consecutive week. But Brees threw two interceptions, John Kasay missed two long field goals and the Saints managed just nine points in the second half.

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Bacchus the bulldog watches LSU’s soccer team defeat the Georgia Bulldogs, 2-1, on Sunday.

“If you had told us before the game that you’re going to have 500 yards of total offense and you’re going to convert 50 percent of our third downs, we would have thought that’s 40 points,”

Brees said. “Unfortunately, it was 23 points because we got inside the 20 three times in the second half and didn’t come away with touchdowns.“So that’s disappointing, but feel we have proven that

we can move the ball. Now we just got to score touchdowns.”

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Monday, October 3, 2011 send boos his way during his tumultuous freshman campaign. needs to stop watching #LSU “I’ve been in that position begames and stop cheering for the fore,” he said. “We’ve got some tigers, we don’t need you and dedicated fans and sometimes don’t want you,” that happens. But he tweeted. you’ve got to Hebert later shrug it off and I thanked the supthought he did a portive fans, good job.” which he said Lee played were the majority. his least statistiLSU coach cally attractive Les Miles said he game of the seaJarrett Lee didn’t talk to Jefson. senior quarterback ferson following He was 8-ofthe boos.

21 passing for 169 “He certainly understands the yards and a touchdown, but Miles position he’s in,” Miles said. “He’s showed his confidence in the setaken defensive ends on and line- nior by subbing him in for Jefferbackers on, and I suspect he can son on a third-and-six situation in handle 2,500 fans that are a little the fourth quarter. disposed to bemoan a guy that’s Miles said the way the Tigers busting his tail to do everything he used Jefferson was specific to the can do for LSU.” Kentucky game plan.

Senior quarterback Jarrett “There’s an opportunity to use Lee has had Tiger Stadium crowds him in a variety of ways,” Miles

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‘He was getting us excited and that’s how Jordan is.’

said. “I can tell you this: Jarrett Lee is our starting quarterback.”

Blackwell said having Jefferson back will provide more competition for Lee, rather than become a distraction.

“Jordan Jefferson was here last year and we went 11-2,” Blackwell said. “Jarrett Lee was here too. I think they’re just going to compete and it’s going to make both of them better.”

Some players said Jefferson’s return gave the team an energy boost.

“He was excited to be back,” Lee said. “He was ready to get on the field. He was being really vocal. He was getting us excited and that’s how Jordan is.”

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that sometimes, because mistakes happen in Sunday matches.”

LSU made a mistake of its own in the 23rd minute, allowing Georgia sophomore midfielder Nicole Locandro to deflect an Isom save back into the net and cut the Tiger lead in half.

Both teams were silent for the final 65 minutes, as each managed a handful of scoring chances while tired legs and tight defenses helped LSU preserve the victory.

“They got [a goal] against the run of play, and that can change everything on a Sunday with momentum,” Lee said. “We really had to grind it.”

On Friday night, LSU took down No. 16 Tennessee, 2-0, with a dizzying array of midfield passes and another stingy defensive effort.

Senior midfielder Natalie Ieyoub notched the Tigers’ first goal in the 34th minute with a 20-yard, right-footed strike off an assist from sophomore Addie Eggleston.

In the 62nd minute, Eggleston took a break-away from midfield and finished past two Volunteer defenders from eight yards out to cement the Tiger victory.

LSU is now 4-0 in the SEC for just the second time in Lee’s seven-year tenure. The Tigers also opened up with a 4-0 mark in 2009.

LSU now has a month-long unbeaten streak working, but the Tigers’ last eight matches have

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LSU sophomore cornerback Tyrann Mathieu (7) celebrates after his touchdown from a recovered fumble Saturday afternoon in Tiger Stadium.

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Sophomore forward Addie Eggleston evades a Georgia defender during the game on Sunday at the LSU Soccer Complex. The tigers are 4-0 in conference play.

come in the cozy confines of the newly-renovated LSU Soccer Stadium.

The Tigers will hit the road for six of their final seven conference matches.

“We feel great about how we’re playing at home, and now the challenge is being mature enough to play that quality soccer on the road,” Lee said. “We know that you don’t win the SEC at home on a Friday night. You win them on the road, when you’re tired in Sunday games and facing Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com

5,000-meters.

“Coach [Mark Elliott] told me to start the race at a faster pace today because this course is flat. So I did what he said and tried to keep the pace,” Naccari said.

Naccari beat her personal record for the event by more than a minute.

“I was especially happy to see how Leigh-Ann did,” said senior Laura Carleton. “I thought she was capable of running like that, but it’s still always a bit surprising when someone is able to drop a minute off of their time.”

Carleton, who is using her redshirt this season, won the race as an unattached runner in 16:50 for 5,000-meters, setting a new cross country personal record.

“I can’t wait [to be back on the team next year]. Hopefully I’ll be running even better, and I know the rest of the team is going to keep improving,” Carleton said. “The team ran really well, a lot of the girls had personal records, so that was exciting.”

Juniors Brea Goodman, Laura Aleman and Dakota Goodman broke personal records in the 5,000-meters, finishing 11th, 14th and 19th overall. Freshman Andria Aguilar was the last scorer for the Lady Tigers, finishing 25th overall.

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Opinion

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OUR VIEW

Monday, October 3, 2011

With Jefferson’s quick return, Shady’s incident lingers

This past Wednesday should have seen the close of what has been a dark public relations storm at LSU. But after a brief respite, LSU football coach Les Miles summoned the clouds back to Baton Rouge on Saturday.

After the now-infamous Shady’s altercation, LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Johns, both of whom where charged with felonies, went before a grand jury Wednesday and testified about the fateful night.

Jefferson left the courthouse with a reduced charge of simple battery, and Johns had his charges dropped completely.

Both rejoined the football team immediately, as they should

have. Each served his suspension.

Each had to watch as his teammates stormed to a 4-0 record, a No. 1 ranking and the best month of football the school has seen since 2007.

Their punishment was more than enough for a bar fight. No gripes there.

But when Miles decided to insert Jefferson into the lineup on the Tigers’ second drive of the game, he brought attention back to the murky waters Baton Rouge waded through in early September.

Met with a mix of boos and cheers, Jefferson pushed into the end zone for LSU’s first touchdown.

It was a strange moment.

Some of the boos were probably

directed at Jefferson, and others at Miles for putting Jefferson in the game so soon.

After the game, many players took to Twitter to voice their displeasure with the boos. Offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert went so far as to tell the dissatisfied fans that “we don’t need you and don’t want you.”

There’s nothing wrong with defending a teammate. No qualms there.

The problem is the fact that we’re still talking about the altercation, which has now pervaded the national conversation about LSU for more than a month.

It’s a black eye for the football team and a black eye for LSU. Simply, Miles should have

sat Jefferson. At most, Jefferson should have seen action in garbage time. Why mess with the rhythm and chemistry of the best team in the country?

The grand jury’s verdict Wednesday should have been the end of a month-long obsession with barroom antics rather than the University’s athletic and academic prowess. But Jefferson’s presence in Saturday’s game, just days after the case’s conclusion, reopened a fresh wound.

Not a day has gone by since Aug. 19 that we haven’t heard Jefferson’s name, and perhaps a week outside the spotlight would have given fans time to let the incident go and Jefferson time to settle back into the routine of playing football

with a clear head.

This isn’t about Jefferson. It’s about the dark cloud that has hung over the University for weeks. If Jefferson would have played his first significant snaps next weekend against Florida, with more days between the case’s conclusion and his return to the field, it’s likely that not a boo would be heard.

It’s understandable to get him into the mix. But doing it so soon prolonged an already depressing conversation.

It’s time to move on.

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Facebook Timeline is a cute gimmick, stalker’s paradise It’s amusing to me how much people are obsessed with Facebook. It’s also amusing to me how much people whine about Facebook.

Whether it’s chatting with friends, watching the news or even reading my Facebook feed, it seems everyone just loves to complain about the social networking giant.

Then again, with more than 800 million users, it’s easy to see that Facebook is a big part of many people’s lives. But that doesn’t mean everyone needs to throw a hissy fit every time CEO Mark Zuckerberg decides he wants to make a few tweaks to his baby.

After the “Facebook in your Facebook” update went live a couple weeks ago, everyone went up in arms posting angry status updates complaining about the changes. The backlash was ridiculous and unnecessary, especially considering the changes weren’t all that drastic.

Sure, I still can’t figure out what the site considers a top story for me and what isn’t. But it doesn’t mean I can’t stalk people the same way I’ve been doing for years. There’s always a work-around.

However, after seeing the aftermath of the last minor change to the social network, I’m going to start getting my “block” button ready for the angry statuses I’ll be seeing this week. Set to go live at the end of the week, your Facebook profile will change to the new Timeline.

Timeline organizes everything you’ve ever done on Facebook since you joined the site.

Want to see a status update you posted in November 2008? Done.

Want to know how many new Facebook friends you made in 2010 or how many pages you liked that year? Also done.

It does it all.

I was able to opt-in to the new Timeline profile last week, so I’ve been playing and exploring all weekend. OverAdam Arinder all, the update is Columnist pretty nifty.

Users start by picking an album cover to be proudly displayed at the top of the Timeline along with your normal profile picture.

Then, all of your statuses, added pictures, likes, etc. are posted next to a long vertical line extending down the page — your timeline.

From there, you are able to either delete and add activities or organize your posts by decades, years or months. It’s a really cool way to take a trip down memory lane and see what your past self was like.

Fortunately or unfortunately, if you’re able to meticulously search through your Facebook Timeline with such ease, someone else will be able to as well.

When the live news feed (the “Facebook in your Facebook”) was added, people complained it was an easier way to stalk friends. Well, Timeline makes it even easier.

When my profile switched to Timeline, I was asked if I wanted to

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take a tour of the new features or not.

What I’m about to tell you is very important — take the tour.

While most of the tour is telling you about very trivial and obvious features, the tour ends by doing something Facebook normally doesn’t do after a major update — explicitly tells you how to change your security features to better protect your privacy.

About three times during my tour, a pop-up box appeared pointing me in the direction of the “View Activity” button. Here users can set what others — from the general

public to individual users — can see in their timelines.

Timeline is supposed to go live Thursday, according to my profile when I updated. Whether it actually will or not is another story. Updates have been postponed in the past.

Timeline is one of the best changes Facebook has done — at least during my five years on the site.

I know it will be met with backlash and many ignorant status updates, but it seems Zuckerberg is trying to keep his site relevant and fresh — especially with Google+ chomping at his heels.

Just remember to take the time and tweak those privacy settings. If not, you’ll be sharing your life with everyone.

Adam Arinder is a 22-year-old communication studies senior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_aarinder.

Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com

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Italian seismologists are unjustly accused of manslaughter On April 6, 2009, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the central Italian city of L’Aquila, killing 308 people and destroying the homes of more than 28,000 residents.

Victims of other natural disasters share their fear and uncertainty, but two weeks ago, authorities in L’Aquila began an entirely different kind of disaster.

Six of the Italian seismologists and representatives responsible for studying and reporting seismic activity have been indicted for manslaughter due to their inability to predict the L’Aquila earthquake.

Whether people executing their noncriminal jobs in good faith should ever be accused of criminal acts is debatable, but “earthquake predictor” is a job that does not exist.

While scientists understand earthquakes are caused by the buildup of stress along fault lines between tectonic plates, no reliable earthquake prediction system has yet been developed. The best seismologists can currently do is provide the public with information of the seismic risk associated

with different areas of the world.

The region surrounding L’Aquila is classified as a Category 1 seismic zone, the highest level where residents risk “high or catastrophic seismicity.”

I am not suggesting residents of L’Aquila and other high-risk seismic zones Andrew to abandon their Shockey homes and move Columnist to less earthquake -prone areas. As a lifetime resident of southern Louisiana, I understand the forces pulling us home in spite of the natural world’s apparent desire for our departure.

The people of L’Aquila have rebuilt their homes in the past and should continue doing so in the future, but their treatment of the seismologists trying to help them during this ordeal is ignorant and counterproductive.

Science is a method based on observation and logic we use to

make sense of the world around us, and while science has brought humanity many advances, perfect knowledge is not one of them.

Science is heavily based on the study of uncertainty. The real objective of a scientific experiment is not to prove an explanation correct, but to find evidence for why one explanation is better or worse than another. A good scientist is always open to the possibility of being wrong, and over the decades many ideas about how the world works have been disproved, leaving us with a set of best guesses backed up by millions of hours of close observation and experiments.

When faced with devastation, the people of L’Aquila did not want uncertainty or a scientist’s best guess — they wanted predictions beyond the abilities of modern scientists.

While earthquake prediction is still impossible, L’Aquila’s best chance at an accurate system being developed is supporting the work of the men and women who have devoted their lives to studying

the problem.

By indicting these seismologists based on the public’s unreasonable expectations, L’Aquila is not only slowing progress in earthquake prevention by threatening scientists who fail, but also dissuading seismologists from helping people in the region rebuild their homes and businesses to better withstand the next major earthquake.

Proponents of the indictment argue the seismologists did not adequately convey the dangers of a major earthquake to the population in the days of minor seismic activity leading up to the L’Aquila earthquake, but again I believe the public placed unreasonable expectations on the group of scientists.

After several days of minor earthquakes, the Italian seismologists concluded, “There is no reason to say that a sequence of small-magnitude events can be considered a predictor of a strong event.” This statement reflects the currently impossible task of earthquake prediction.

With our current

understanding, a series of small quakes could mean a major earthquake is coming, but the probability of raising a false alarm is at least 100 times more likely than a major earthquake actually occurring.

Scientists are slowly unraveling the mysteries of the natural world. Just a few decades ago, hurricanes would kill thousands of people without warning, but meteorologists are now able to predict the path and intensity of most storms with remarkable precision.

We may never be able to predict earthquakes, but if we ever hope to find the way, we cannot lock up the people doing the searching.

Andrew Shockey is a 21-yearold biological engineering junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_ashockey.

Contact Andrew Shockey at ashockey@lsureveille.com

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Using Adderall and neuroenhancers is not cheating

This week, as many as one quarter of LSU undergraduates will use prescription drugs like Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse to enhance their cognitive performance, according to a 2008 study.

Use — or abuse.

A 2007 column in the Cavalier Daily, the University of Virginia’s student newspaper, eloquently de- Phil Sweeney Columnist clared that these students “create work that is dependent upon the use of a pill rather than their own work ethic.”

“That constitutes outright cheating,” it continued.

Be that as it may, the problem with this position is that there’s really no implication to its accusations of “cheating” — if anything, we’re presumed to understand that cheating is immoral.

Many students have doubts about the morality of using such drugs, popularly dubbed “neuroenhancement” by the medical community. In the context of sports, by comparison, pharmacological performance enhancement is indeed cheating — it’s explicitly prohibited in the “rules.”

There are no such rules, however, in academia. “Cognitive performance enhancement” is a term applicable to private tutors, triple espressos and eight

hours of sleep, for instance.

No, what’s at the heart of such accusations isn’t morality.

It’s inequality — students using neuroenhancers outperform those who don’t.

But the evidence indicates otherwise.

According to Martha Farah, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, neuroenhancers are decidedly less helpful for students scoring above average — such students aren’t being disadvantaged, in other words.

On the contrary, neuroenhancers actually might promote academic equality of opportunity, which is an explicit goal of our education system. A 2007 report by the British Medical Association argued that “selective use of neuroenhancers amongst those with lower intellectual capacity, or those from deprived backgrounds who do not have the benefit of additional tuition, could enhance the educational opportunities for those groups.”

Either way, the idea of “brain steroids” and “brain hacking” isn’t by any means a novel one — in fact, some of humanity’s most celebrated thinkers were “cheaters,” as it were.

English polymath Sir Francis Bacon, for one, voraciously consumed the spice saffron, writing that “it maketh the English sprightly.” Lock him up.

French novelist Honoré de Balzac reportedly guzzled gallons of coffee — which “chases

away sleep” — to power his notoriously protracted writing spells.

Throw the book at him, too.

French philosopher JeanPaul Sartre actually resorted to using amphetamine — speed — to finish “Being and Nothingness” and “No Exit.” Mon Dieu!

Off with his head!

Just as there’s nothing new about all this, there’s also nothing wrong.

“Toward responsible use of

cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy,” a 2008 article published by the University of Pennsylvania — and authored by academics and neurologists from the University of Cambridge, the University of Manchester and Harvard Medical School — went as far as endorsing neuroenhancement outright.

“Like all new technologies, cognitive enhancement can be used well or poorly,” the article

said. “We should welcome new methods of improving our brain function.”

Indeed, maybe we should.

Phil Sweeney is a 25-yearold English senior from New Orleans. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_philsweeney.

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Monday, October 3, 2011 PAWS, from page 1

because it is more than 10 years old and is quickly becoming obsolete. The new system will integrate existing components of PAWS like the degree audit and schedule request tabs.

The function of PAWS is to take portlets — individual parts of the portal that were developed in the 1970s — and integrate them into one interface, according to Sheri Thompson, IT communications and planning officer.

PAWS was created in the ’90s and has remained largely unchanged until now. ITS will slowly switch to myLSU because the current portlets in PAWS are outdated. Replacing the components will take a significant amount of time, Thompson said.

“As we replace the individual components with new technology, the integration needs to be seamless,” Thompson said. “It would take too much time to code these new systems for PAWS.” Rodgers said this change is necessary to keep up with the

latest technology.

“Students frequently experience server problems during times of high usage,” Rodgers said. “A good example of this is when students schedule classes.”

Thompson said the function of myLSU is to integrate the new portlets once they are developed. These portlets will sit inside myLSU and perform similar to the current, outdated ones.

Though myLSU will replace the mainframe of the current PAWS, Rodgers said students should not experience a major difference in performance until the individual components are also replaced. Rodgers said the most noticeable difference is the layout of myLSU. “It is a lot more graphically pleasing than PAWS,” Rodgers said. “It also will have event notifications that will keep students better informed about what is going on.”

ITS is looking to gauge the new portal’s reception on campus.

“A Portal Advisory Committee has been formed at the

The Daily Reveille University to obtain feedback from the campus community,” Thompson said in an e-mail.

The committee includes faculty and staff from many areas of campus, with Rodgers as the only student on the committee. But Thompson said students will be able to provide feedback through several focus groups that ITS will conduct.

The committee’s main responsibility will be to help determine what features will be integrated, Thompson said. The committee’s first meeting is Sept.

26.

Contact Joshua Bergeron at jbergeron@lsureveille.com

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Matthew Loupe said he wanted to see the bands perform and would like to play in next year’s Bat- ‘Our motto tle of the Bands. is ‘music “[It was] with a pretty decent.

Better than I mission.’’ thought it was going to be,” Khristen Jones said Antonio Students on Target director Smith, mechanical engineering freshman, who happened to stumble upon the event as he was walking around campus.

Students on Target, a part of Student Government, hosted the event that has been taking place at the University since the ’90s.

“Our motto is ‘music with a

mission,’” said Khristen Jones, SOT director and accounting senior.

She said there was an increase in talent and a great audience turnout at this year’s contest.

“I think all of the bands have been really, really good,” said Christina Tran, SOT member and microbiology junior.

SOT works to promote a healthy lifestyle and delivered wellness messages throughout the event.

Each band submitted an application and CDs, and SOT members chose the four bands that competed Saturday.

Contact Juliann Allen at jallen@lsureveille.com

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