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Obama proposes student loan changes
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Radio Bar, owned by Brian Baiamonte and Dave Remmetter, allows patrons to select songs they want to hear from a music library of more than 20,000 tracks.
Sip, Collaborate and Listen Mid City bar allows patrons to select tunes Morgan Searles Staff Writer
Baton Rouge’s newest bar is off to a rockin’ start with about two weeks of business under its belt. Radio Bar, located on Government Street, is catering to the 21-and-over crowd, serving drinks, cocktails and patron-selected tunes to the city’s young professionals. Owned by locals Brian Baiamonte and Dave Remmetter, the bar is the first of its kind, allowing guests to select and rearrange the night’s set list through an iPhone app.
The pair said they have been planning the bar for about a year, organizing the concept, acquiring zoning permits and nailing down every detail from drink specials to light bulbs. Baiamonte and Remmetter said they walked the Mid City neighborhoods surrounding their current location several times, gathering support and petitioning to allow the bar to open on Government Street, before standing before a vote from the Metro Council. Rezoning for Radio Bar was approved by a close vote, and Remmetter, who also owns Chelsea’s Cafe and Cuban Liquor, said they have already seen many community members support the business. “It’s important to the neighborhood because they wanted it,” he said. “The community around here rallied for us to get rezoned. They wanted it, and we were happy enough to
give it to them.” Baiamonte, who is also a local freelance photographer, said the idea snowballed into reality. “We want to give ownership to people in the bar,” he said. “It can still be this mini subculture when we’re not even open.” The bar works like a high-tech jukebox, allowing guests to select songs they want to hear from a list of about 1,500 more “approachable” songs taken from Remmetter and Baiamonte’s personal libraries, using the smartphone app. Baiamonte said people can also choose from a selection of songs from the entire music library that contains more than 20,000 songs.
President Barack Obama’s administration will enact a series of reforms to help college students manage their loans, the White House announced Tuesday. Obama’s three main proposals will let students cap their student-based loan payments at 10 percent of their expendable income, consolidate loans and increase knowledge about financial aid for students leaning toward taking out loans. Currently, student loan borrowers can cap monthly payments at 15 percent of their expendable income, but Obama and Congress enacted a plan last year to reduce that amount by 5 percent as part of a “Pay As You Earn” proposal. That will decrease monthly payments for an estimated 1.6 million student borrowers and go into effect next year, according to the news release. The government plans to let students consolidate their direct loans with Federal Family Education Loans to save money on interest and reduce payments to one per month. “Putting a college education within reach for every American has never been more important,” Obama said in the release. The government’s proposed “Know Before You Owe” project will create a Financial Aid Shopping Sheet that outlines loan coasts before students enroll at universities.
RADIO BAR, see page 11
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CULTURE
University students reflect on the essence of Hinduism Kate Mabry Staff Writer
In a predominantly Christian region of the United States, many students may be unaccustomed to religious practices outside of their home, but Hinduism, which is often referred to as “the oldest living religion,” continues to be the world’s third-largest faith after Christianity and Islam. According to Abhishek Bharad, agricultural economics graduate student and president of the University’s Indian Student Association, there was no official name for Hinduism before the Arab people settled
in India around the 13th century. The local name for the Indus River, the Sindhu, was mispronounced by the group as You gotta “Hindu,” and the stuck have faith misnomer with the native A series looking at religions people. of the world at LSU Hinduism contains thousands of sects within each community, all of which follow a different theology. These theologies have developed over time and depict several different ways to practice. Hindus are people who practice
the Vedic religion, which follows the four Vedas, or ancient manuscripts written by scholars thousands of years ago. In addition, the 18 Upanishads, or collection of parables, guide Hindus in their search for the answers to their lives, Bharad said. Ritu Roy, psychology junior, described Hinduism as more than a religion. “It’s very much a society and culture intertwined with the beliefs and religious doctrine,” Roy said. Roy said she experiences Hinduism as a spiritual connect with a higher power, and she strives to acknowledge the greater good in all she encounters.
“I try to focus on the good while interacting with others or the world in general,” Roy said. Within Hinduism, she said there is a desire to supersede all physical limitations and reach a higher enlightenment, or nirvana.
“Hinduism is ... a way to reach the supreme soul through selfrealization Srikanth Earpina and achievfood science ing dharma.” graduate student
For Roy, the goal of Hinduism is to be liberated and to reach true enlightenment, which can only be achieved through relinquishing materialist pleasures and HINDUISM, see page 11
Girish Yajurvedi
electrical engineering graduate student
“Hinduism is a set of social practices derived from ... the book of Vedas.”
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Canada’s Conservative government to ease gun registration laws TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Conservative government introduced legislation Tuesday to scrap a controversial law that requires the registration of rifles and shotguns. Canada has long required registration of hand guns, but the long-run registry law passed in 1995 faced bitter opposition from rural Canada, the Conservative party’s base, which considered it an overreaction to the problem of urban crime. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said they don’t want laws targeting law-abiding citizens such as hunters. UN condemns US embargo against Cuba for 20th straight year UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to condemn the U.S. embargo against Cuba for the 20th year in a row. The final tally was 186-2, with only Israel joining the United States as it did last year. The small Pacific nations of Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands abstained as they also did last year. Last year’s tally for the symbolic measure was almost identical, 187-2, with three abstentions.
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Killer whale Kasatka leaps out of the water Nov. 30, 2006, while an unidentified trainer gives signals during SeaWorld’s Shamu show in San Diego.
PETA lawsuit seeks to grant killer whales 13th Amendment rights SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal court is being asked to grant constitutional rights to five killer whales that perform at marine parks — an unprecedented and perhaps quixotic legal action that is nonetheless likely to stoke an ongoing, intense debate at America’s law schools over expansion of animal rights. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing the SeaWorld parks of keeping five star-performer whales in conditions that violate the 13th
Amendment ban on slavery. SeaWorld depicted the suit as baseless. The chances of the suit succeeding are slim, according to legal experts not involved in the case; any judge who hews to the original intent of the authors of the amendment is unlikely to find that they wanted to protect animals. The suit, which PETA says it will file Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego, hinges on the fact that the 13th Amendment, while prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude, does not specify that only humans can be victims. Last B53, US’s largest nuclear bomb, dismantled in Texas
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The last of the nation’s most powerful nuclear bombs has been taken apart in Texas. Technicians at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo removed the uranium Tuesday from the last of the nation’s largest nuclear bombs, a Cold War relic known as the B53. The bomb, put into service in 1962, was 600 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, that killed as many as 140,000 people at the end of World War II. The nation’s largest nuclear bomb now is the 1.2-megaton B83. The B53 was 9 megatons.
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STATE/LOCAL
Baton Rouge public safety the topic of panel’s discussion Wednesday (AP) — A new East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, a new juvenile services facility, a new shared public safety headquarters and a larger addiction treatment facility top a list of about $300 million in priorities a panel is sending to the Metro Council for consideration this week. The Advocate reports the council is expected to discuss the public safety committee’s recommendations Wednesday. The recommendations are shaping up to what could be a tax and bond issue for voters to consider in the spring. Manhunt ensues after burglar escapes from Pine Prairie Detention VIDRINE (AP) — Louisiana State Trooper Stephen Hammons says at least 40 people are hunting for an escaped burglar in Evangeline Parish, where witnesses identified him as the robber who held up a bank in Vidrine. Hammons says officers from three state police troops and the state police air unit and U.S. marshals joined deputies in Tuesday’s search for 42-year-old Brian Keith Soileau, who escaped Oct. 13 from the Pine Prairie Detention Center.
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TECHNOLOGY
EA to hire summer student interns Morgan Searles Staff Writer
Game fanatics bold enough to battle wizards despite dwindling health points or throw Hail Mary passes with the clock running out may find themselves faced with their biggest challenge yet. Sure, die-hard players can master their favorite titles — but Electronic Arts is determined to find who can create the next hit game. EA held a recruiting session at the University on Monday and Tuesday to fill summer intern positions. The entertainment software company is searching for software engineers, designers, technical artists, online software engineers, software quality assurance engineers and business analysts. In addition to traditional internships, EA also offers opportunities through co-op positions, which can allow students to earn course credit while working at one of the company’s development studios during the school semester. The spring season spans 16 weeks from January to May 2012. The summer season is 12 weeks from May to August. EA has been working with the Center for Computation and Technology and the AVATAR Initiative. The company targets students majoring in computer science,
business and digital media but are open to students from different fields. Marija Radulovic-Nastic, EA vice president of Central Development for Canada, gave a lecture about the history and structure of the company to aspiring interns and employees Monday in the Life Sciences Building. Shawnna Adamson, university relations manager for EA said the company holds these recruiting sessions to build relationships with students and faculty and to better understand the programs offered by different universities. She said EA is looking to hire from a generation that has grown up in the digital era. “Right now there’s a push from the top of our company for new grad hires,” she said. “We want to bring new people into the company to bring a fresh outlook on games.” Adamson said about 40 University students participated in the prescreening process, and about 10 were selected for interviews. A second pass will be made over the applicants, and phone interviews may be set up at that point. “Obviously we’re looking for students with a passion for gaming,” she said. “We also look for interest in or love of technology, and we look for skill sets that fit each studio’s needs.” EA has 22 studios in four countries, with 10 in North America.
Dakota Greene, ISDS senior, said he is interested in finding a job with EA in business analytics. “I’m interested because EA has a lot going on,” Greene said. “Employees can move around internationally, and it would be a neat opportunity to work with consumers.” Adamson said interns are treated as valuable members of the company and are given tasks concerning features of a game that can land their name in the credits. “This is a very real job with very real responsibilities and deadlines,” she said. “Obviously there are different scales of pay, but we are very competitive with other gaming companies out there. We would never want to lose talent over compensation.” EA will have new housing in the third floor of the 94,000-squarefoot Digital Media Facility currently being built the University’s main campus. Adamson said EA is excited to partner with the University for future digital media development. “I’ve been really impressed by what I’ve seen here,” she said. “This is a first visit for me, and I’m really impressed with the campus, the students, the faculty and the programs they’re working on.” Contact Morgan Searles at msearles@lsureveille.com
SUSTAINABILITY
University plans for ‘green’ week Laura Furr
Contributing Writer
The University will observe National Campus Sustainability Day today with several events planned to encourage students to make more environmentally friendly choices. In conjunction with Bike Week, there will be a bike auction from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tower Drive between Coates Hall and Free Speech Plaza. Abandoned bikes collected by the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation this summer will be auctioned. Pictures of the bikes and their starting prices will also be posted on Student Government’s Facebook page. At 7 p.m. in the Energy, Coast and Environment Building, there will be a showing of the documentary “FRESH,” which follows several urban farmers and activists as they promote healthier and sustainable food alternatives. After the viewing, students are invited to join in a webcast seminar, or “webinar,” called “Campus Conversations” to discuss the importance of sustainability on college campuses. In addition, the new Residential Life Sustainability Committee will be in the dining halls all day, offering students the opportunity to pledge to “live green.” This year is the first time the University has organized events to
observe National Campus Sustainability Day, said LSU campus sustainability manager Denise Scribner. The “day of focus” is a nationwide initiative of the Society for College and University Planning and is meant to raise awareness on college campuses about sustainability and creating long-term health and well-being. “We are trying to reach out to the students on campus,” Scribner said. “We are working really hard with Campus Life to get the word out there and get a greater population of students and even staff involved [in the initiative].” In the last year, the University has made great strides in becoming a more sustainable campus, Scribner said. The University received an Environmental Leadership award from the Environmental Protection Agency and was ranked by the
Princeton Review in the top 310 most green college campuses. The University is now entering its second year as a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The organization will calculate the University’s “green rating” to evaluate sustainable initiatives on campus. Scribner encourages students to “like” the LSU Campus Sustainability Facebook page to learn about other projects throughout the year.
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Chemical engineering sophomore Freddie Smith takes a pie to the face for Beta Kappa Gamma’s event to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.
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GOVERNOR
Jindal staff to change for new term Teepell leaves for OnMessage Inc. Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
Gov. Bobby Jindal may have been re-elected over the weekend, but some of his administration will not be present for his second term. Timmy Teepell, Jindal’s chief of staff and political strategist, and Melissa Sellers, Jindal’s communications director, are leaving his campaign, The Associated Press reported on Monday. Teepell is a long-time Jindal strategist who led Jindal through two Congressional elections and both gubernatorial elections. The Associated Press reported that Teepell will join OnMessage Inc., a political consulting firm in Virginia, as a partner. But this doesn’t necessarily mean Teepell’s advising for the Jindal administration is finished — OnMessage worked on all of Jindal’s campaigns, the report stated. Sellers is traveling a different route, The Associated Press said, as she leaves Jindal’s communications office for the Dallas Theological Seminary on Dec. 1. The governor’s chief of staff will now be Stephen Waguespack, who has been Jindal’s acting executive counsel. Waguespack has held the title of Jindal’s interim chief of staff since Teepell started working on the governor’s
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Bobby Jindal delivers a speech Saturday night at his re-election party in the Renaissance Hotel. Jindal will be replacing two staff members in his new term.
re-election campaign. Kyle Plotkin, Jindal’s press secretary, will assume the role of communications director, The Associated Press reported. Jindal has not yet announced who he will back as House speaker and Senate president for January’s term, but The Associated Press reported he is “talking with legislators” about it and his recent
overwhelming victory for re-election. “The reality is I think people are generally pleased with the direction the state’s going,” Jindal told The Associated Press.
Officers stopped Christine Slama, of 239 Revere Drive in Mandeville, for improper lane usage at 1:45 a.m., Lalonde said. Slama submitted to field sobriety and breathalyzer tests and registered a .104 BAC. Lalonde said LSUPD officers discovered several different types of pills in Slama’s vehicle, including Adderall, Xanax, clonazepam
and dextoamphetamine, commonly used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. Slama, who is unaffiliated with the University, had no prescriptions for any of the drugs, Lalonde said.
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CAMPUS CRIME BRIEFS Man wanted for Law School laptop theft found already in custody A 35-year-old man was arrested Oct. 22 for felony theft of a laptop after the LSU Police Department received numerous tips about the thief, said Capt. Cory Lalonde, LSUPD spokesman. The laptop was stolen Oct. 20 from the University Law School building, and pictures of a suspect were soon spread among the community, Lalonde said. LSUPD investigators received tips and were able to identify Fred Miles Levy, of 180 Bayou Pine Circle in Richwood, as the culprit. A warrant was issued for Levy’s arrest, and LSUPD investigators were contacted by Baton Rouge Community College police who had Levy in custody for a different crime, Lalonde said. Levy, who is unaffiliated with the University, was arrested and booked at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Drunk driver arrested for posession of numerous unprescribed pills A 53-year-old woman arrested for driving while intoxicated Oct. 23 was also charged with possession of four different unprescribed narcotics, Lalonde said. She was not booked in prison because of undisclosed medical conditions.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sports
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
CHANCELLOR
Martin does not support proposal to pay players
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Emphasis on money concerns chancellor Hunter Paniagua Sports Writer
The winds of change are blowing in the NCAA, but LSU Chancellor Michael Martin doesn’t agree with all the moves. NCAA President and former LSU Chancellor Mark Emmert said Monday during a conference with the Knight Commission that he plans to bring a proposal to the board of directors that would Martin grant studentathletes an extra $2,000 on top of scholarships to cover the full cost of attendance at the University. The Knight Commission is a group formed in 1989 by university presidents and chancellors to combat the growing scandals in college sports. The group, of which Martin is a member, met in Washington, D.C., on Monday to present several recommendations to Emmert. Martin expressed his disapproval with Emmert’s proposal, which each conference will vote on. Martin said when the PROPOSAL, see page 7
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LSU junior center and Iowa State transfer Justin Hamilton, right, defends LSU senior forward Malcolm White during a scrimmage Tuesday evening in the PMAC.
Tall Order
Transfer Justin Hamilton has big shoes to fill at LSU Chris Abshire Sports Writer
Seven-footers don’t grow on trees for the LSU basketball program.
While the PMAC has been home to the outsized personalities of big men Shaquille O’Neal and Glen “Big Baby” Davis and the electrifying athleticism of power forwards Stromile Swift and Tyrus Thomas, LSU hasn’t had a scholarship player over 7 feet tall since Geert Hammink in the mid-1990s. Enter Iowa State junior transfer Justin Hamilton, a 7-foot, 265-pound center who, after sitting out the 2010-11 campaign, will soon bring his post presence to a Tiger roster short on size. In addition to LSU’s impressive history of big men, LSU coach Trent Johnson also tabbed Hamilton as the likely starter at center and “a guy we hope to potentially run an offense through.” With that kind of pressure, Hamilton would be forgiven for feeling the same type of searing heat that greeted the Utah native upon his transfer to Baton Rouge last summer. But the junior’s easy-going attitude and
athletic background leave little room for anything but fun on the court. “I’m a calm guy. I enjoy pressure,” said Hamilton. “Sometimes, I’ll get aggressive and fired up when I’m playing, but it’s always fun for me. That can be hard for people to recognize, though.” Hamilton’s parents were each standout athletes in the 1980s at Brigham Young University. His father, Larry, was a two-sport star, starting at defensive tackle for BYU’s 1984 football national championship squad and wrestling for the Cougars. Meanwhile, his mother, Tami, set the NCAA volleyball assists record in 1986 and was a two-time all-conference performer during her collegiate career. Hamilton said playing a different sport than his parents prevented any familial HAMILTON, see page 7
VOLLEYBALL
Tigers in a struggle to win seventh-straight division crown Loss to Ole Miss sets back LSU’s efforts Albert Burford Sports Contributor
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LSU senior defensive specialist Lauren Waclawczyk hits the ball Sunday during the Tigers’ 3-2 loss to Ole Miss, which set LSU back in its quest for another division victory.
Prior to this season, the LSU volleyball team was picked to win the Southeastern Conference West Division. While it may look like an honor, it’s standard operating procedure for a team that has won the division for the past six years. On Sunday, though, LSU hit a speed bump on its road to a seventh-straight division title: a 3-2 loss to SEC West rival Ole Miss. The defeat was only the fourth
in 56 matches against an SEC West opponent since 2006. Moreover, the loss was LSU’s first home loss to an SEC West opponent since 2004. Prior to the loss, LSU had gone 35 straight matches without falling to an SEC West rival in the PMAC. LSU coach Fran Flory outlined the team’s goals at volleyball Media Day. “We want to keep our run of six straight SEC West championships and six straight NCAA tournament appearances going,” Flory said. “We’re one of the few programs in the country that’s been able to have that type of run.” LSU is one of 18 programs to make the past six consecutive NCAA tournaments.
Junior outside hitter Madie Jones put the loss in perspective. “In the beginning of the season, you look at what you want to accomplish this year, and a loss like this definitely puts a damper in the plans,” she said. “That just means you have to be more resilient, bounce back and take a win off of teams like Tennessee, Florida or Kentucky, who are at the top of the SEC.” As the rankings currently stand, LSU still controls its fate atop the SEC West. The Tigers will face Arkansas, the team that looks to be their biggest challenger in the West, tonight. Arkansas is just one game behind LSU in the division standings SEC WEST, see page 7
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
WATER SKI
Miles: Absent trio to Club team joins strong La. tradition play Alabama game Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
Mark Clements Sports Writer
The Bayou Bengals got a little stronger as LSU coach Les Miles announced sophomore running back Spencer Ware and sophomore cornerbacks Tyrann Mathieu and Tharold Simon’s return to the team Tuesday after a one-week hiatus. Miles said the players were not suspended, but rather “withheld from play,” and added that he expects them to play in the next week’s showdown at No. 2 Alabama. “If they continue to do the things they’re doing, we would anticipate that they would play,” Miles said. “[The decision] is certainly one in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the school and institution. We’ve operated as this discipline would be internal and that we would handle it in that way, and our guys have returned to practice.” Miles left the possibility open that the players may not return for the Nov. 5 clash with Alabama, but called the idea “heavy-handed.” “I don’t recall that I ever suspended them,” Miles said. “We’re not going to live on deadlines in any way. We’re practicing and preparing them to play and operating along that way. They enjoyed being with their team, [they] worked hard, [were] missed.” MILES DISCUSSES TEAM INJURIES The Tigers should be at full strength in the coming days as they
approach one of the most pivotal matches of the college football season. Miles said junior center P.J. Lonergan, who went down with a leg injury Oct. 8 and missed last week’s contest with Auburn, practiced Tuesday and will likely return for the Alabama game. “[Lonergan] practiced the whole time,” MATHIEU Miles said. “He really could have played Saturday, but it just worked out that we didn’t need him.” On the defensive line, Miles said startSIMON ing senior defensive end Ken Adams, who also missed Saturday’s game with a bum knee, will be expected to practice soon and should be good to play Nov. 5 WARE against Alabama. “[Adams] is a little nicked, but he’ll be fine,” Miles said. “We worked him out today. [We] did not give him snaps, but he’s much improved and he’ll be getting snaps Contact Mark Clements at mclements@lsureveille.com
If the term “water skiing” conjures images of the clear, blue water of coastal Florida, it may be surprising to find that the best collegiate skiing takes place on the swampy waters of Louisiana. “If you think water skiing, a lot of times you think Florida, but your collegiate powerhouses are here in Louisiana,” said Jay Bennett, owner of Bennett’s Water Ski and Wakeboarding School in Zachary, which is considered one of the world’s top ski schools. University of Louisiana-Monroe and University of LouisianaLafayette share 28 of 33 National Collegiate Water Ski Association national titles. Along with Bennett’s, which was also established 33 years ago, they form a strong Southeastern Louisiana water ski tradition the recently reformed LSU Water Ski Club is looking to build on. “I’ve been working hard,” said mass communication junior Jaime Wallace, club co-founder and president. “I’m trying to get [the team] going really good so when I graduate it’ll be stable and hopefully like these other teams out here [at the 2011 national tournament] and be right up there competing with them.” LSU’s club competed in Division II of this year’s national tournament in only its second semester back, placing 1ast. Bennett said he wasn’t surprised they qualified because of how the qualifications were set up. “[Division II] is set up to
encourage people,” Bennett said. facility,” Bennett said. “They “It’s set up more for participation would take a scholarship in a heartbeat at LSU to be able to train here. than competition-based.” Bennett said an LSU ski team We could turn it into a national beat the odds in 1987 to place third championship in a matter of a couin nationals, despite a lack of fund- ple of years if funding was there.” Bennett said funds for water ing from the University, but a startup team like LSU today would skiing are hard to attain directly have trouble competing with Divi- from universities because it is not sion I teams like ULM and ULL an NCAA-recognized sport. Due to the sport’s structure, there is no without significant funding. clear distinction between amateur That doesn’t worry Wallace. “The teams like ULM, they and professional skiers. Despite its name, the Water didn’t start out as scholarship Ski Club is still teams at all, and considered a stuthey gradually dent organization. progressed toward Wallace said the that,” said Walteam hopes to get lace. ULM and together with UniULL provide versity Recreation scholarships to the soon to become best skiers in the a sports club and Jaime Wallace world to lure them acquire funding to their schools. co-founder, LSU Water Ski club from the complex. Eight of ULM’s Another revnational competitors in the 2009 enue option the team is exploring tournament hailed from seven dif- is Student Government’s Programferent foreign countries. ming, Support and Initiatives Fund, Adam Sedlmajer, a skier from which was established to support Czech Republic who just finished new student organizations, among his eligibility with ULM, won the other things. For now, though, Bennett sugInternational Waterski and Wakeboard Federation World Champi- gested that the team would benefit the most from a similar grassroots onship Men’s Overall in July. Wallace said some LSU alum- outlook of the 1987 team, and Walni have agreed to provide funding lace, unprompted, echoed the same for a scholarship for one woman sentiment. “There are good skiers at and one man. She said she hopes to gradually increase the number of LSU,” Wallace said. “We’ve just scholarships every semester. got to get them together.” “If you could give scholarships to the high-end skiers around the world like ULL and ULM, it would be instant success because Contact Alex Cassara at they’d be here training in my acassara@lsureveille.com
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 HAMILTON, from page 5 pressure in his basketball career. “They’ve been there for me, in every way possible,” he said. “Obviously, as former athletes, each has tried to give me some tips and mental guidance for my game. Some of it works with basketball, and other advice, not so much. But it’s never an issue.” Hamilton began his career at Iowa State, playing 63 games for the Cyclones in 2008 and 2009. Following consecutive 15-17 seasons at Iowa State, Hamilton became one of 10 players who transferred during an 11-month span from the school, which was quickly becoming a program in disarray, when he announced his intention to transfer in March of 2010. “There was some different things, a lot of differences between the coaching staff there and I,” Hamilton said. “I needed to move on.” That was when LSU and Johnson entered the picture. Hamilton said Johnson and his staff were the first to call him about a new place to play, and he was sold after his campus visit just weeks later. After watching from the sidelines last season, Hamilton said he is “ready to roll” and is expected to be the true inside presence the Tigers have sorely lacked in Johnson’s first three campaigns. At Iowa State, Hamilton averaged 6.4 points and 5.4 rebounds and led the Big 12 in offensive rebounds per game with 3.7 while swatting 33 blocks his sophomore season. Hamilton — noted for his surprising shooting range and an almost ambidextrous ability to finish around the rim off both shoulders — has had to sharpen his game with Storm Warren, Malcolm White and freshman sensation Johnny O’Bryant III challenging him in the paint each practice. “Justin will be an impact guy for us, and is competing at a high level every day in practice,” Johnson said. “He has no choice with how physical it can get down low.” Sophomore guard Ralston Turner said Hamilton’s focused demeanor is a steadying force for a team still adjusting to several roster shakeups this offseason. “He’s fit in fine here,” Turner said. “Justin’s worked his butt off to be a leader. He’s just such a constant in practice. He’ll be a guy ready to stand tall with us out there.” While Hamilton said he is still getting used to Louisiana’s balmy weather and “crazy” culture more than a year after transferring, he emphasized the adjustment period on the basketball court is finished. “The NCAA Tournament is the goal,” Hamilton said, breaking from his usual monotone. “We’re excited, and I’m excited because we know that isn’t out of reach. How could I not be ready for that?” Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com
that West Virginia will move from the Big East to the Big 12. That vote comes to the Southeastern left many speculating Missouri would soon vacate its spot in the Conference, he will reject it. “Mark knows I disagree,” Big 12 and head to the SEC. Martin said the SEC hasn’t Martin said. “I’m not sure what $2,000 does. I’m not sure it’s go- made any decision about adding ing to stop any cheating. I’m not a 14th team and said the conference will wait until sure that it’s Missouri officially fair. I’m not leaves the Big 12 sure that there before advancing in aren’t some any further discusprograms out sions. there, for which “As we have an additional always said in the $2,000 per SEC, we are willing student-athlete to have construcwouldn’t break tional conversations their bank.” with anyone who has Martin Michael Martin completed their diworried that chancellor vorce with their curuniversities rent relationship,” with small athletic budgets could not afford Martin said. “We’re not going to to pay their players. He said at be in the middle of a relationship schools like New Mexico State, with the Big 12 and Missouri.” A number of other proposals where he served as chancellor before coming to LSU, the benefits came out of the Knight Commisof granting athletes additional sion meeting, Martin said, includfunding would not outweigh the ing a limitation on non-coaching personnel and a restriction on a costs. “We created this convolut- school’s postseason participaed system that can’t be fixed by tion according to its Academic $2,000,” Martin said. “He may Progress Rate, a metric used to eventually convince me he’s measure a program’s success at right, but the arguments that I’ve graduating its athletes. Emmert said the APR restricheard to date simply don’t do it tion could be instituted in time for me.” Martin said conference re- for the NCAA men’s basketball alignment dominated the discus- tournament. Had the limitation sion during Emmert’s meeting been in place last season, national champion Connecticut would not with the Knight Commission. Martin believes conference have been allowed in the tournarealignment has become chaotic ment. Martin said that fact presents and irrational. Martin said Emmert tried to address concerns Emmert’s strongest argument about the issue, but admitted the about the importance of academNCAA president has little control ics. “He’s been adamant about over the issue. “Conference realignment that,” Martin said. “It changes and the BCS are two of the ma- what programs pay for. There’s jor things over which the NCAA going to be a much higher investhas almost no control,” Martin ment in academic support. Coachsaid. “So while he can express his es are going to be more reluctant opinion as part of the NCAA, the to recruit students on the margin.” Martin said the proposal ability of the NCAA right now to do much about it is pretty lim- would call for a greater reliance on the junior college system. ited.” Reports surfaced Tuesday He said coaches would likely be
PROPOSAL, from page 5
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‘We like to believe there are deeper values in all this, but ... 95 percent of the conversation is about money.’
page 7 reluctant to recruit players with poor academic backgrounds and would instead send them to a junior college before giving them a scholarship. One issue Emmert failed to address was a need for transparency of the money generated by the NCAA and major football conferences, Martin said. “We need to bring in some kind of completely independent auditor to look at the entire NCAA budget and certify in some sort of public way what the real numbers are and where that money really goes,” Martin said. Unfortunately, Martin said, money continues to dominate every discussion topic. “We all know what the truth is,” Martin said. “Sometimes we have a hard time facing it. We like to believe there are deeper values in all this, but in all candor, maybe 95 percent of the conversation is about money.” Contact Hunter Paniagua at hpaniagua@lsureveille.com
SEC WEST, from page 5
and rides a two-game winning streak into its matchup with the Tigers in Fayetteville, Ark. LSU is halfway through its SEC schedule and ‘You have will play a home and away match to be more with each oppo- resilient ... nent the rest of and take a the way. Flory said win off of the team faces teams ... some issues because of its rela- who are at tive youth. the top.’ “In previous years, we’ve Madie Jones LSU junior had a veteran outside hitter team when other teams in the league have been younger,” she said. “This is the year that turns around. Ole Miss and Arkansas have a more veteran team than we do in some key positions, so it’s up to us as a staff and our players to respond.” Contact Albert Burford at aburford@lsureveille.com
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What are you going to dress up as for Halloween?
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Carrie Garrison
‘I’m going as a devil. It was a convenient costume to buy at the time.’
chemical engineering freshman
‘The invisible man – I have a feeling it’s going to be creepy because no one can see Kevin McDuffie history senior my face.’
Blake McDuffie
‘I’m planning on being the Doctor from “Doctor Who.” I like the Doctor.’
English junior
‘I might be Emily Dickinson because I already have stuff that looks like Emily Dickinson.’
Stephanie Hedrick philosophy junior
‘I’m going to be Jesus Tap Dancing Christ. ... I’m going to have a box of wine and Daniel Grammer write ‘water’ English senior on it.’
Drinking age should be lowered to 18
Those of us 18 and older are considered old enough to buy tobacco, serve on a jury, and join the military, yet the state Legislature
authority to prohibit the consumption of a substance by adults. Laws like the current drinking age are the result of a government full of “Moral Majority”-type old men who are out of touch with modern society. I find it hard to believe that my desire to have a glass of wine warrants an act of the state Legislature prohibiting it. It’s time to repeal this draconian abuse of government power and lower the
drinking age to 18. I’ve already contacted my state legislators about this issue, and I encourage everyone else who opposes authoritarian laws to do the same. Garrett Ordner Economics freshman Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at opinion@lsureveille.com
SHOCKINGLY SIMPLE
STEM graduates must learn to live sans science According to a new study from Georgetown University, employers are placing more value than ever on degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The study’s co-author, Anthony Carnevale, argues that science and technical degrees have “become the common currency in the labor market,” allowing graduates more opportunities than their peers in the humanities and liberal arts. According to the study, 65 percent of STEM bachelor’s degree graduates will earn more than their peers who obtained master’s degrees in nontechnical fields, even though the majority of STEM graduates do not follow science-related career paths. The study found only 10 percent of students who graduate with a STEM degree actually enter a related field such as engineering or physical science. The report argues most of these graduates forgo technical careers for higher-paid opportunities in areas like medicine, law and finance. Many graduates also enter related fields before quickly reaching their earning potential and either switching career paths or entering higherpaying managerial positions. I worry the report may be sugar-coating the reality many young science graduates are facing every day. A STEM degree is no longer a surefire path to a job in the sciences, as many pure science graduates especially have trouble finding jobs in their fields. The high proportion of STEM graduates entering nontechnical fields may be an indication that many of them are underemployed and unable to find the job they want, despite the increased earning potential their degree brings them. STEM programs and faculty should do a better job of preparing their students for the possibility they might not find work directly related to their field, and help students cultivate their nontechnical skills while in school. Science majors must also be
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(due to the federal government’s coercive withholding of highway funds) prohibits us from purchasing and consuming alcohol. This law is ineffective (teens drink anyway) and dangerous (teens drink less responsibly when they’re more worried about circumventing the law than their own safety), but most importantly, a drinking age of 21 is illegitimate. No government has the
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wary of a lack of job prospects in academia, which has become increasingly competitive as the number of PhDs increases while the number of faculty positions remains the same. This stalling of academic positions has caused a massive increase in the number of PhDs who are forced to take multiple temporary postdoctoral positions before ANDREW finally landing a SHOCKEY tenure-track job or Columnist quitting academia entirely. Grants from organizations like the National Science Foundation make obtaining and holding academic positions possible, but research dollars have been hard to come by as the endowments of scientific organizations struggled to keep pace with inflation even before the economic downturn. Many young academics are re-
quired to land major research grants to obtain tenured faculty positions, but over time this process has become increasingly difficult as a growing class of young academics fight for scraps from tenured professors. In 1970, the average age academics received their first major grant was 35, while in 2005 the average age rose to 43. Doctoral programs need to better prepare their students for the growing possibility they will enter a field as something other than an academic researcher, and restructure their educational system accordingly. The massive time investment required to obtain a PhD in the United States worries some observers when doctoral programs in countries like the United Kingdom award doctorate degrees in almost half the time of their American counterparts. Professors and universities are incentivized to keep their graduate students for longer, as their quality of research increases over time.
Extending the amount of time doctoral candidates spend on research may not be beneficial to students who are becoming increasingly likely to take jobs outside of research. While high-earning potential and employment for STEM graduates is definitely good news, students should be better prepared for their likely job prospects, since statistically STEM graduates are unlikely to find STEM positions. Encouraging technical students to take classes outside of their program, in areas likely to affect their future careers like business and communications, could go a long way in preparing graduates for the unscientific job market. Andrew Shockey is a 21-year-old biological engineering junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_Ashockey. Contact Andrew Shockey at ashockey@lsureveille.com
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“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
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WEB COMMENTS
As usual, our website, lsureveille.com, has been absolutely buzzing with reader comments. Check it out today, and let your voice be heard.
Opinion
In response to the Oct. 19 article “Source: Mathieu, Ware, Simon suspended for Auburn game,” readers had this to say:
college students smoke weed. They smoke weed because they (for the most part) can. If Joe College knew there was testing and had the added pressure of being a part of a National Championship team, they would at least abstain until the off-season. That being said, this sucks.” -Anonymous
“This is what you deserve when you place football prowess over academic and social respectability. When you allow a program to win at all costs by recruiting athletes instead of student-athletes you will have to deal with the consequences. I was a student at LSU and place high value on intelligence and integrity in academia therefore I do not root for LSU nor do I have pride as an alum. Don’t give me the excuse that most
“I am a huge big Bama fan stuck in the middle of Louisiana. I wish these college athletes wouldn’t make poor decisions like this. As someone else said earlier, these are truly selfish decisions made by these young men that is affecting all of their team-mates. Hopefully, these guys can take these decisions and learn from them. If they desire to be professional athletes, they can still achieve this goal. I just hate that
this will be hanging over lsu for the rest of the season. LSU is still loaded with good athletes, it isn’t the end for them, they still have a very good ball club. I hope the team can pull it together and still play like I know they can. I say all of that, but I still say Roll Tide.” -Anonymous
can be terminated and prosecuted as they deserve to be. These poor kids have rights that have been violated by criminals who do not deserve to be associated with LSU. Keep your eyes and ears open and step and report them idiots so they can be dealt with!” -Anonymous
“Wow. Speculation and inuindo apparently is fodder for idiots. The tragedy here is that The reveille, ESPN, CBS etc. would report information as if it were fact when nothing has been validated. Whoever “leaked this story” and the idiots who have published it should be sued by the young men. Whoever leaked the information... whoever the sources are will mess up and brag. LSU Nation, lets rally together and find the rat(s) and report them to LSU so they
“LSU is a team made up of many outstanding athletes/players. We lost our starting quarterback, we had a great player step up to lead out team, and now we are ranked No. 1 in the nation. If we lose Mathieu and Ware, guess what, we have a magnitude of great players waiting for a chance to step up and help lead our team to a national championship. Coach Miles will regroup and our fighting tigers will come out and show everyone what they are —
page 9 competitors who never give up, and WE ARE IN IT TO WIN IT!! GEAUX TIGERS!!!” -Anonymous “Typical of LSU! They will allow them to play in the Bama game though, even if it means getting them out of jail to do it! Just like Jefferson!” -Anonymous “Kids just aren’t taught morality, loyality, and team support like we were back in the 70’s. I know they are watched more closely than we were but they should know that.” -Anonymous
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THE BOTTOM LINE
‘Sin taxes’ are favorable for sake of Louisiana economy
On Saturday, Louisiana voted on five proposed amendments to the state constitution. Three passed, including an amendment which renews a 4-cent tax on cigarettes and sends some of the money from that dark-brown, sun-cured goodness to TOPS. The tax was set to expire next year, but this amendment effectively sets the higher tax level in place permanently, up to 36 Devin Graham cents. But LSU Opinion Editor smokers need not be totally discouraged. The tax isn’t actually going up at all. It’s just not going down next year. So, for all of you who enjoy a pack every once and a while, no worries. Your already-expensive cigarettes won’t get more expensive because of this amendment. TOPS will also get a boost in cash, to the tune of some $80 million for the current fiscal year, according to The Associated Press. So, things aren’t all that bad for LSU smokers, especially if you enjoy TOPS. Many so-called “sin taxes” aim to discourage certain behaviors by making them more costly, all while benefiting from the tax money. At least that’s the platform they use to get the votes they need. It’s an easy push politically. Say the problem is obesity. We want to decrease spending on low-quality food, so we tax the hell out of fatty, low-quality foods. Opposition is hard to find when you oppose such an easy target. But reality is a tough mistress, and small price changes rarely have any significant effect on spending when we’re talking
about things like food preference, drugs, alcohol, gas, cigarettes and the like. Consider the friendly smoker who is always just one good tax hike from “finally giving it up, bro,” but never actually quits. In economics, it’s called elasticity, and it’s one of my favorite parts of the field because it shows the real humanity behind the numbers. During the late 2000s recession, U.S. spending on alcohol continued right on up, clear through the recession, because hell, times are tough and we all need a drink, apparently. We call that inelastic, and all the good stuff tends to be inelastic. It is the good stuff, after all. Similar principles are at work with cigarettes. A paper in the October 2008 journal Public Health polled some 483 Taiwan residents and found that a massive 44 percent increase in the price of cigarettes would only lead to a 12.87 percent reduction in purchases. In other words, even when these smokers were just asked if they would quit if cigarettes reached a certain price level — the most optimistic situation I can imagine — the results still weren’t very impressive. Generally speaking, smoking is more common among lower income levels, so many commentators, both political and economic, have expressed concern over the tax being “regressive.” That is, a tax hike of any size is tougher on those with fewer resources. But to be honest, our 4-cent tax — which isn’t even an increase, just not a decrease — won’t be affecting many people, no matter what their income. The change may be small, but the cumulative effect can be huge, and that’s where these taxes really shine — makin’ that money.
See, when the Man is in need of a quick buck, he has to raise taxes. This isn’t totally true for the U.S. financial system, but it’ll work. If he taxes something like say, hot dogs, people will buy fewer hot dogs, and more hamburgers. No one buys hot dogs, and no tax revenue is collected. The Man is left empty-handed, and rest assured, we may not feel “trickle-down economics” when it’s surplus working
its way down, but deficit trickles just fine. No good news there. So, we tax something like gas. Economists know we’re pretty much stuck on our gas spending, so it’s a near surefire way to raise cash. And that’s what “sin” taxes do well — raise money. Even with absurd increases, tax increases are not an effective deterrent. So, support your favorite
South Eastern Conference school this season. Buy a pack.
Devin Graham is a 22-year-old economics senior from Prairieville. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_DGraham.
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performing religious duties. When she seeks guidance or feels thankful, she said she doesn’t feel that folded hands or elaborate chants are necessary. “I can just say thank you to someone else or a higher power for having a blessed day,” she said. “It’s all about having a connection with a higher power.” While living in Calcutta for eight years, Roy said she practiced Hinduism from a cultural perspective, and when she moved to the U.S. for college, she began to “venture towards the spiritual aspects of [her] religion in order to better understand what [her] beliefs were.” Since her move, Roy said she has found herself researching the essence of her religion more now than when she lived in India. Because India is so large and populous, the versions of practice
RADIO BAR, from page 1
The playlist also streams online via Radio Bar’s website. Baiamonte said visitors can expect to hear music from a variety of bands, such as the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Willie Nelson and Led Zeppelin. The library also includes recent hits and will continue to grow with the bar. “Dave’s been booking fans forever, and people send him tons and tons of music,” he said. “When I was 18 or 19, I started buying a couple CDs a week. It’s kind of cool, seeing young people get turned on to music that we thought was awesome when we were their age.” Remmittner said they fought to open in the Mid City area because they believe it’s an up-and-coming location for Baton Rouge — one that will one day be comparable to Magazine Street in New Orleans. Radio Bar is already a part of the Mid City Merchants. “This bar is going to grow with the neighborhood,” he said. “In the next 10 years, more of these organic bohemia local businesses could open up. Radio Bar will be able to be nostalgic for Baton Rouge. This could be one of the coolest places in the city.” He said he has enjoyed seeing the space transform from an empty garage to a working business in 10 months. Baiamonte said he is trying to reach an untapped demographic with Radio Bar, providing a smokefree environment for adults or older students. “We’re not trying to be the cool bar or the bar for young hip people,” he said. “We’re here for young professionals to enjoy good music and art and who are creative but are further along in their career. We want young people, but we’re 21 and up.” Radio Bar is open Monday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Remmetter said he expects the concept will catch on with other cities. “Who doesn’t want to have a bar and a radio station?” he said.
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greatly differ. According to Satya Avva, biology graduate student, there are many different forms of Hinduism, including pantheism, the belief that God is in all nature; monotheism, the belief in only one God; and even atheism and agnosticism, which still follow traditional practices. While Avva is still developing his own theology, he said he is leaning toward the
The Daily Reveille monotheism aspect of Hinduism at this moment. “It’s something that you experience, a combination of reasoning and intuition,” he said. “There is also no heresy in Hinduism. You can argue and reason your points and even draw comparisons with gods from other religions.” Tathagata Acharya, mechanical engineering graduate student,
page 11 said he is able to appreciate all other religions. He has attended other religious ceremonies, including mass at a Catholic church, and was able to worship alongside churchgoers. Acharya views Hinduism as a way of life in which one can follow what he or she chooses. In this respect, Hinduism is not as much a religion as it is a philosophy and a way of life.
Priyanka Rotti, computer science graduate student, said she believes in a monotheistic version of Hinduism. She said all Hindus have a similar understanding of their religion, but interpretations between individuals can differ greatly. Contact Kate Mabry at kmabry@lsureveille.com
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