Daily Reveille — January 27, 2009

‘Tough Decision’

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

BUSINESS

Charlie’s Coffee closes two BR locations

By Lindsey Meaux

Video game stores report record-high sales despite harsh economic times Matthew Scallan used to get anxious when he ripped the cellophane off his brandnew video games, often shelling out $60 or more for the new releases.

But after prices started to increase, Scallan, biology freshman, changed his approach for funding his hobby. The one-time purchaser of new games has become a bargain shopper — now peeling “used” stickers from the cover of games which cost him about $30.

For Lindsey Fussell, time at Charlie’s Coffee went hand-in-hand with stress, late nights and finals.

“Freshman year, I practically lived there. During finals week they stay open 24 hours, and there were a few nights when I literally spent the entire night there,” Fussell said of the formerly fish tanklined coffee shop. “We were there so much, we actually named some of the fish.”

But along with the dozens of Charlie’s finals

Scallan, like many gamers affected by the economic downturn, turned to previously owned games to maintain his hobby. And this sale of used video games is helping the industry dodge hits from the troubled economy and keep video game stores thriving during the national recession.

Entertainment, including movies and concerts, will normally see a decrease in sales as people face hard economic times, said Richard Stahl, economics professor.

CHARLIE’S, see page 6

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GAMES, see page 6

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Dustin Nolen, a construction worker from Farmerville, La., shops Monday for used games at GameWare in the Mall of Louisiana.

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‘I buy used games.’

‘I borrow games after they become popular.’

Colin Kirk political science freshman

‘[Video games] are not a priority.’

Randy Dupuis

William Marhoffer

electrical engineering freshman

mass communication sophomore

Former student found dead in complex

By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer

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A former University student was found dead in his apartment at about 7:33 p.m. Saturday, according to Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police Depart-

ment spokesman.

Donald Chase Jarreau, 24, of 1855 Brightside Drive, died of drug toxicity from cocaine, said Don Moreau, chief of operations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office.

Jarreau’s death was accidental, and there was no evidence of suicide, Moreau said.

A friend coming to pick up Jarreau found Jarreau’s body in his Blox At Brightside apartment, McKneely said.

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Overdose kills son of prominent BR broker

Donald Chase Jarreau was the son of Donnie Jarreau, a prominent Baton Rouge businessman and CEO of Donnie Jarreau Companies, dealing in real estate and construction.

Jarreau left the University in 2007.

Visitation was held Monday night at the Rabenhorst Funeral Home East and continues today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Contact Kyle Bove at kbove@lsureveille.com

The Charlie’s Coffee location on the corner of Highland Road and Lee Drive closed after winter break.

Daily Reveille corrects STD story

By Nicholas Persac News Editor

In the Jan. 26 article “New CDC study: STD cases rising because of increased testing,” The Daily Reveille incorrectly reported the number of positive chlamydia tests administered by the Student Health Center.

In 2008, 2,097 students went to the Student Health Center to be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Of these students, 6.8 percent — or 142 students — tested positive for chlamydia.

“In an effort to expose an important issue like STDs, it’s embarrassing we made and error like this,” said Kyle Whitfield, Daily Reveille editor. “And I apologize.”

Contact Nicholas Persac at npersac@lsureveille.com

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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s coalition government collapsed on Monday after an unprecedented wave of public dissent, plunging the island nation into political turmoil as it seeks to rebuild an economy shattered by the global financial crisis. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned and disbanded the government he’s led since 2006. Haarde was unwilling to meet the demands of his coalition partner, the Social Democratic Alliance Party, which insisted on choosing a new prime minister in exchange for keeping the coalition intact.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — More than 150,000 civilians are trapped in a rapidly shrinking jungle battlefield as Sri Lanka hopes to crush a 25-year-old separatist movement. The top U.N. official in the country said Monday their lives are in serious danger. “There’s so many people, so many guns and such a high intensity of fighting,” U.N. resident coordinator Neil Buhne told The Associated Press.

“There have been many civilians killed over the last two days. ... It’s really a crisis now.”

The huge population of trapped, uprooted civilians is living in makeshift shelters under desperate conditions in the last scrap of rebel-controlled territory, Buhne said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner as President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary despite tax problems that might have sunk his nomination in less desperate times. The 60-34 vote, in which handfuls of Republicans and Democrats voted against their party leaders, put Geithner at the helm of Obama’s economic team as it races to halt the worst financial slide in generations. In swift order reflecting the urgency, Obama was expected to attend Geithner’s swearing in Monday evening at the Treasury Department. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Geithner has made amends — he has paid the taxes and penalties — and possesses the talent the nation needs to steer the nation out of the crisis.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner looks on as President Barack Obama meets with members of his economic team.

Obama’s aunt called to Former NFL lineman Fowler dies after surgery immigration hearing BATON ROUGE (AP) — Former NFL lineman Jerry Fowler died Monday of complications from surgery. He was 68. Fowler played in four games for the Houston Oilers in 1964 before moving on to politics. A former Louisiana elections commissioner, Fowler served four years in prison earlier this decade for taking kickbacks on voting machine contracts. “He had surgery Friday night, and he was recuperating from that surgery and operation, and I don’t know, but he just had heart failure, and he died suddenly,” said James A. Wayne Sr., a family friend.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama’s election a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants. The future for Obama’s aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April. The Homeland Security Department had originally imposed the unusual directive days before Obama’s election, an order that would have affected Zeituni Onyango, the half-sister of Obama’s late father.

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HEALTH

Weight loss goals attract influx of UREC visitors and has noticed a difference in the number of people working out.

“There are so many people here that it’s sometimes claustrophobic,” Garcia said. “Last semester, I used

By Jay St. Pierre to be able to come in during the eveCopy Editor ning and get a workout in. NowaAbout 100 steps, two automatic days, I have to come early to get a sliding doors and a card swipe were machine.” the only things standing between Madeline Dreher, education Kendall Duet and his New Year’s sophomore, said she had to rethink resolution. her resolution to get Duet, biolin shape after seeogy freshman, is ing how busy the one of roughly 100 complex becomes. million Americans “The first few who vowed to stop nights were horweight gain and rible,” Dreher said. start doing some“There were so thing about it in many people. I deKirk Simmons 2009. cided to come dur“I’ve made owner, Definitions Fitness Center ing the morning resolutions in the and mid-day hours past, and they’ve all worked out,” when there are less people taking up Duet said. “I stopped biting my nails, the machines.” stopped drinking as much, so I figThe UREC is not the only fitured I should be able to go through ness center experiencing an increase with this one and get in shape.” in its membership and traffic flow.

Duet is not the only one deter“This time of the year is like mined to shed extra pounds.

Christmas for fitness centers,” said Seventy-one percent of Ameri- Kirk Simmons, owner of Definitions can adults made a resolution this Fitness Center near the University year relating to fitness, weight loss campus. “Most of our money — esor exercise, according to a poll con- pecially fitness centers around camducted by Opinion Dynamics for pus — make their money in January Fox News. and in August when everyone is And the University Recre- coming back to school.” ation staff has witnessed this trend Simmons said the center has first hand with increased traffic and signed 140 new memberships since membership sign ups. the beginning of the month. The 140 “January is always our busiest new members are more than the gym month,” said Tricia Milford-Hoyt, signed up in November and DecemUniversity Recreation assistant di- ber combined. But these new memrector of marketing and membership. bers don’t necessarily stick with it.

“We’ve had about 1,200 people per “It’s just a shame that we’ll day come in and out of the complex. see new people start coming in on a A lot of people have resolutions on regular basis, and it’ll start to slow their mind, some are getting settled down right after spring break,” Simin, and some are just regulars back mons said. “It’s a revolving cycle that from the break.” happens every year. Last August, we The University Student Recre- signed up 209 new members. From ational Complex welcomed 24,850 that group, I might see 20 members individuals in the first three weeks of still coming on a regular basis.”

January — 6,016 more than during the same period last January.

Contact Jay St. Pierre at Furthermore, 341 new members have joined since the beginning of jstpierre@lsureveille.com the year.

University Recreation officials were prepared for the increased traffic, according to Milford-Hoyt.

They implemented online class offerings to relieve congestion in the complex.

“People that are new to fitness or who don’t feel comfortable being in a gym with a bunch of people have the chance to work out and reach their New Year’s resolution goals anywhere with an Internet connection,” Milford-Hoyt said. “Because we only have about four square feet per student on this campus, it was a great way to get people started.”

Milford-Hoyt said the online classes have been popular. The kickboxing class had more than 2,000 views, as of Wednesday. The online pilates class had more than 1,200 views.

Though the UREC offers these “stay-at-home” classes, MilfordHoyt said the workout facility usually becomes crowded from 4 p.m. until 11 p.m.

Jordan Garcia, business and marketing sophomore, is a regular

Jan. ‘09 numbers more than Jan. ‘08

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‘This time of the year is like Christmas for fitness centers.’

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Arthur Dupre, mass communication senior, performs an overhead dumbbell press Thursday night in the weight room of the University Student Recreational Complex. The UREC has seen substantial increases in the number of visitors this semester.

Number of visitors to the University Student Recreation Complex in 2008: Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept.

Oct. Nov. Dec.

43,451 54,750 46,459 48,032 25,582 28,369 28,655 33,503 40,437 45,017 32,319 20,936

2008 TOTAL:

447,510

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ACADEMICS

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AGRICULTURE

Students New sugar cane pest discovered in Louisiana could affect plan ahead Insects state’s economy with help from CAS

By Matthew Barnidge Contributing Writer

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

Pesky exams, term papers and quizzes sneak up on unsuspecting students each semester.

But a program hosted by the Center for Academic Success, in conjunction with Student Government, aims to improve students’ time management, help students to continue momentum in the final part of the semester and stay calm amid a week of finals. The first installment in the three-part series begins tomorrow.

Diane Mohler, learning strategies consultant and host of the first session, said the Wednesday evening session will begin at 4:30 in the Atchafalaya Room and will focus predominantly on time management. Students will create calendars to outline the semester.

Time management tips offered at the session include different ways for students to schedule realistically, learning retention and morning-motivation techniques.

“We’ll talk a little bit about the scheduling process if we have time,” Mohler said. “[It’s an early-morning motivation] if you can put some classes or events that you’re excited about to get your day going.”

The workshops began last spring, Mohler said. She said the events — which average about 20 to 40 students — have been positively received in the past. “[We’re] just trying to get students onto the right track early on,” Mohler said. “It’s amazing, statistically, the number of students that don’t prepare anything before class ... There’s just too much information to retain and try to recall.”

The second session in the threepart series is Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m. in the Life Science Annex Building. According to Mohler, the event will focus predominantly on “regrouping after midterms.”

“We’ll look at learning styles a bit during that session,” Mohler said. “We’ll talk a little bit about your professors from the perspective of how they give you that information.”

The third and final session is titled “Facing Finals With Confidence and Calm” and is Wednesday, April 22.

“It’s all about restructuring your mental processes in a positive way,” Mohler said. “[It offers] all kinds of relaxation techniques and just thinking realistically about where you’re at.”

Mohler said pre-registering for the sessions is not required but is heavily encouraged and available on the Center for Academic Success Web site.

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

A new sugarcane and rice pest that could threaten the Louisiana economy arrived in southern Louisiana from Texas in December.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, working together with the LSU AgCenter, trapped Mexican rice borer moths in fields northwest of Vinton, La., to detect the pest’s arrival in the state.

Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said his department expected the arrival of the new pest because of its movement through Texas.

“We keep a very vigilant eye

working with the AgCenter, and part of what we do is watch for any emerging pest,” he said.

Gene Reagan, AgCenter entomologist who assisted the Department of Agriculture and Forestry in the monitoring, detection and trapping of the moths, estimated the potential annual damage to the Louisiana sugarcane and rice crops to be around $250 million.

Reagan said the species has expanded its range at the rate of about 15 miles per year, feeding off not only sugarcane and rice, but other grasses as well.

“That’s probably how it got to the rice field in Vinton,” Reagan said.

Reagan said the new pest is similar to a pest that already exists in Louisiana, the sugarcane borer. The main difference, said Reagan, is the Mexican rice borer flourishes in drier

conditions that are more stressful for sugarcane, whereas the sugarcane borer prefers wetter conditions.

Another major difference is the new pest is more difficult to control than its more familiar cousin because it bores into the plant more quickly, making it difficult to manage through traditional pest control methods.

“They don’t feed on the outside [of the plants] nearly as long as the sugarcane borer, and that’s why they are difficult to manage,” Reagan said.

The Department of Agriculture and Forestry caught the insects using a pheromone trap, which attracts male moths. Reagan said this method can detect the presence of the Mexican rice borer up to a year before the pests arrive in large numbers.

Reagan said Louisiana farmers must use alternate methods to control

the pest.

“We’ll need to have varieties [of sugarcane] that provide a degree of resistance. We need to take good care of the crop so it’s not stressed,” he said.

Kenneth Gravois, AgCenter’s Sugar Research Station director, agreed.

“There are some resistant varieties. That is one of the approaches we’ll take to combat it,” he said.

Fortunately for Louisiana sugarcane farmers, Reagan has already begun examining various sugarcane varieties for resistance to the Mexican rice borer at a research site in Ganado, Texas, in collaboration with Texas A&M University.

Contact Matthew Barnidge at mbarnidge@lsureveille.com

MILITARY

Army adding lawyers to indict sex crimes

By Pauline Jelinek and Lara Jakes The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Monday it is expanding its attention to sexual abuse cases by adding prosecutors, rearranging its criminal investigative unit and stepping up training to change behavior.

The moves, which will include sexual assault prevention training from commanders on down through the ranks, are aimed at stemming crimes that Army Secretary Pete Geren called “repugnant to the core values” of the military service.

“We see the crime of sexual assault as a crime that goes beyond just the criminal act,” Geren told reporters at the Pentagon. “We see it as a crime that destroys unit cohesion.”

Last year, an estimated 15 percent of about 9,000 Army investigations involved sexual assault allegations, said Brig. Gen. Rodney Johnson. However, only 137 cases went to trial, with many cases involving inappropriate comments or other offenses that were punished by

internal disciplinary action instead of criminal charges.

Reports of sexual assaults had jumped by about 24 percent in 2006 and nearly 40 percent in 2005. Officials attributed the increases partly to more aggressive efforts to encourage victims to come forward.

But critics have said they worry that too few perpetrators are being brought to justice and not all victims are being helped.

Geren approved the hiring of 15 new prosecutors and five prosecutor trainers for the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG). The JAG also will hire seven experts in sexual assault litigation training to help prosecutors and train Army lawyers around the world.

The Army Criminal Investigation Command is looking to hire 30 special investigators to focus on sexual assault and harassment cases.

Most of the new hires will be assigned to military bases that have the largest number of cases.

Next month, Army commanders will also begin receiving

sexual assault prevention kits — with DVDs, posters, an information guide and so on — to make them and soldiers aware of the problem.

A report earlier this year showed that a third of women in the military

and 6 percent of men reported that were sexually harassed.

Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com

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NATION

Obama orders push for cleaner, more efficient cars

By Ben Feller The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama opened an ambitious, double-barreled assault on global warming and U.S. energy woes Monday, moving quickly toward rules requiring cleaner-running cars that guzzle less gas — a must, he said, for “our security, our economy and our planet.”

He also vowed to succeed where a long line of predecessors had failed in slowing U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Starting his second week in office, Obama took a major step toward allowing California and other states to target greenhouse gases through more stringent auto emission standards, and he ordered new federal rules directing automakers to start making more fuel-efficient cars as required by law.

The auto industry responded warily. Reducing planet-warming emissions is a great idea, carmakers and dealers said, but they expressed deep concern about costly regulations and conflicting state and federal rules at a time when people already are not buying cars. U.S. auto sales

plunged 18 percent in 2008.

And industry analysts said the changes could cost consumers thousands of dollars — for smaller, “greener” cars.

Obama on Monday directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review whether California and more than a dozen states should be allowed to imposer tougher auto emission standards on carmakers to fight greenhouse gas emissions. The Bush administration had blocked the efforts by the states, which account for about half of the nation’s auto sales.

The new president also said his administration would issue new fuel-efficiency requirements to cover 2011 model year vehicles.

Obama acknowledged the worries of automakers but said urgent action was needed nonetheless. He said, “Our goal is not to further burden an already struggling industry. It is to help America’s automakers prepare for the future.”

He said that U.S. imports of foreign oil have continued to climb, even as previous presidents pledged to reverse the trend. No more, he said.

“I want to be clear from the beginning of this administration that

we have made our choice: America will not be held hostage to dwindling resources, hostile regimes and a warming planet,” Obama said in the ornate East Room of the White House, where an audience of environmentalists cheered him on.

Underscoring environmental worries, a new report said many damaging effects of climate change are already all but irreversible, sure to last until the year 3000 and beyond. “It’s not like air pollution where if we turn off a smokestack, in a few days the air is clear,” said Susan Solomon, chief author of the international report and a climate researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo.

Showing the early limits of bipartisanship, House Republican leader John Boehner said Obama’s reopening of a key California ruling was dangerous. “The effect of this policy will be to destroy American jobs at the very time government leaders should be working together to protect and create them,” he said.

Obama’s order for an EPA review of California’s case could shake up the auto industry — 13 other

CHARLES DHARAPAK / The Associated Press

President Barack Obama signs an executive order after speaking Monday about jobs, energy independence and climate change. Secretary Ray LaHood, center, and Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, right, observe.

states and the District of Columbia have adopted California’s standards, and others are considering them. If California gets a federal waiver to enact tougher emissions standards, the other states could then sign on.

Also, Obama directed federal transportation officials to get going on new fuel efficiency rules, which

will affect cars produced and sold for the 2011 model year. That step was needed to enforce a 2007 energy law, which calls for cars and trucks to be more efficient every year, to at least 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

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week regulars, Fussell, mass communication junior, is being forced to find a new late-night study locale. Van Lam, spokesperson for Charlie’s sister company, said the shop at Highland Road and Lee Drive, along with the other location on Coursey Boulevard, closed soon after the end of the fall semester.

Lam said there are no plans to reopen the two locations in the future.

Charlie’s and Regal Nails are both owned by University alumnus Charlie Ton. While the downtown Charlie’s location is staying

GAMES, from page 1

But home entertainment — DVDs, CDs and video games — sales typically increase.

GameStop Corp. reported a 22 percent increase in their holiday sales — from Nov. 2 to Jan. 3 — this season compared to last year.

New video game software had a growth of 23.5 percent at GameStop during the holidays, and the top-five video games sold were Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War, Guitar Hero World Tour, Microsoft’s Gears of War 2, Blizzard Entertainment’s Wrath of the Lich King and Nintendo’s Wii Fit. GameStop also reported 19 percent of its sales during the nineweek period were from used video game sales.

The locally owned Baton Rouge store, GameWare, also saw profitable numbers during the holiday season.

Stephen Martin, Gameware manager, said his store on College Drive had an increase in sales from last year, and the Mall of Louisiana location matched last year’s sales.

The retail side of the video game industry has not yet seen any direct effects from the troubled economy, Martin said.

Derek Hoffritz, biological sciences sophomore, said he doesn’t think twice about cutting into his monthly budget to keep up with buying video games, even if it means cutting back on other activities.

Cheaper entertainment — including rentals and video games — usually increases during hard economic times because people are looking for a way to save on the more expensive types of recreation — including concerts and movies, Stahl said.

Hard financial times are a logical time to try to escape from reality, a reason for turning to video games, said James Honeycutt, communications studies professor.

Anthony Difedard, manager at Blockbuster on Perkins Road, said though his location doesn’t offer a

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open, the other location closed as a means to “refocus our resources,” Lam said.

“Our main company is Regal Nails. [Ton] wanted to focus on rebuilding Regal Nails,” Lam said. “[To help] them be a little more profitable in their business.”

Lam said Regal Nails has more than 1,000 locations throughout the United States and Canada. “[Ton] is looking to improve the [salon] industry with regards to sanitation,” Lam said of the company’s efforts to “refocus resources” to Regal Nails, manufacturing of nail salon products

and designing salons.

According to Lam, the company purposely timed the closing of Charlie’s.

“We planned to do it at that break so that it wouldn’t disrupt studies for the students,” Lam said.

Dek Terrell, economics professor, said it’s unlikely the shop would close for economic reasons — Baton Rouge is only just beginning to see the effects of economic recession.

“Nationally, the United States is in a recession, so what you would probably see is less sales at the higher end coffees and more of a move to more moder-

large market for video games, he sees a consistent group of customers buying used video games.

The retail side of the industry is still profiting partly because of the Nintendo Wii, Martin said. “[The Wii] expands our market into people who didn’t play video games,” he said.

Martin said he didn’t know of any store having the Wii in stock the week before Christmas.

But the popular market could be fragile if people start to lose interest and get bored with new systems, he said. In 1983, video game users “just lost interest” in the Atari, and the market was almost wiped out, he said.

But that problem is not the case this year, Martin said.

Entertainment is one of the last things people will try to cut from their budget, Honeycutt said.

Playing games can be a psychological outlet to escape trouble, Honeycutt said. Because people need diversions, Honeycutt said the video game industry likely won’t take a big hit during this recession.

William Marhoffer, mass communication sophomore, said he enjoys playing games because of the competition and interaction with other players.

“But money is an issue for me,” Marhoffer said. “Video games can’t be a priority [anymore].”

Randy Dupuis, electrical engineering freshman, said he borrows games from his friends instead of

buying them new.

“I buy games used,” said Colin Kirk, political science freshman.

Many people would stop buying new games if used games weren’t sold, Martin said. People bring in their old games to sell and use the money to buy the latest new games.

But used games are a controversial issue in the gaming industry, Martin said.

“Whenever a used game is sold, the developer doesn’t get a dime,” he said.

While the retail side of the industry is financially stable, Martin said the recession is affecting the production and management side. Web site developers are cutting back, and studios are shutting down nationally.

Depending how long the recession lasts, stores may begin to feel the effects, he said. But for now, GameWare has a good group of customers and doesn’t foresee taking a hit.

Because video games can be addictive, users will continue playing even during hard times, said Alvin Burns, marketing professor and department chair.

“They are difficult to stop playing because people become so involved,” Burns said.

Contact Joy Lukachick at jlukachick@lsureveille.com

ate priced products,” Terrell said. “[But] things like that are just starting to hit Baton Rouge.”

Terrell said it’s unlikely for people to entirely stop drinking coffee for economic reasons.

“It depends how bad things are as far as whether people would quit drinking coffee,” Terrell said. “I think they might switch from expensive coffees to ... Not as expensive a brand of coffee.”

Brad Lawrence, engineering freshman, said he frequented Charlie’s about twice each week.

“I went there, and sometimes I’d have people bring me stuff from there,” Lawrence said. “My

tuesday, january 27, 2009 roommate went there to study a lot, so I would just kind of tag along with him. I don’t understand [why it’s closed].

According to Fussell, all the seats in Charlie’s were sometimes occupied — but that didn’t interfere with her late-night studying.

“There were some nights when Charlie’s was busy, and we would go to other coffee shops until ten or eleven and then go to Charlie’s,” Fussell said.

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

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Sports

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RECRUITING

Defensive end Logan commits to Tigers

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

against Auburn and lost his starting job to then-redshirt freshman Jarrett Lee. Hatch returned to action two games later against Florida and split time with Lee in the next three games for the Tigers before sustaining a lower leg injury Oct. 25 against Georgia. The injury kept him out for remainder of the season.

The Henderson, Nevada native, completed 25-of-45 passes

Defensive end Bennie Logan came into last weekend expecting a greyshirt offer from LSU, but he left with a scholarship.

The three-star Coushatta product is the latest name added to Rivals.com’s No. 1 recruiting class. Logan verbally committed after his visit to Baton Rouge on Saturday.

Logan had eight sacks and forced eight fumbles at Red River High School last season. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound defensive end became the second defensive end in LSU’s 2009 recruiting class.

The star ranking system has not always been the most accurate way to judge high school players, though. Many recruits have not lived up to their five-star hype, but some have exceeded expectations.

Coming out of high school, Rivals.com five-star recruits Claude Wroten, Ryan Perrilloux and Al Woods were dubbed as the future of LSU football.

Four-star Rivals recruits JaMarcus Russell, LaRon Landry and Glenn Dorsey were highly recruited but were not the headliners of their class.

While Russell, Landry and Dorsey led LSU to two national championships and were drafted in the top 10 of the NFL draft, Wroten, Perrilloux and Woods did not live up to their five-star hype.

HATCH, see page 10

RECRUITING, see page 10

“I decided to make the move only a couple of days before the semester started at LSU. It was a tough decision, because I love LSU.” Andrew Hatch, former LSU quarterback

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[Top] Former LSU quarterback Andrew Hatch celebrates with wide receiver Demetrius Byrd after a touchdown Aug. 30 against Appalachian State. [Left] Hatch, who transferred from LSU earlier this month, gets ready to pass Sept. 20.

Hatch has no regrets about time at LSU

By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer

In a span of just two years, former LSU quarterback Andrew Hatch went from being an unknown walkon to being the starter for the Tigers’ 2008 season opener.

But after a season playing a role at the highest collegiate level, Hatch

decided the prospects of playing time and education were better where he began his collegiate career — Harvard.

“I decided to make the move only a couple of days before the semester started at LSU,” Hatch told The Daily Reveille. “It was a tough decision, because I love LSU.” Hatch started the Tigers’ first three games last season, leading LSU to a 3-0 record.

He suffered a concussion in LSU’s third game of the season

AROUND THE SEC

Thornton uncertain for Tenn.

Alabama’s Gottfried resigns after slow start

By David Helman Sports Writer

LSU’s men’s basketball team could be without one of its biggest bodies Wednesday against Tennessee.

The Tigers travel to Knoxville, Tenn., later today but could be without a key contributor in senior forward Quintin Thornton.

“We’re a little banged up right now,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said. “Quintin Thornton is having a problem with his Achilles, so it’s going to be day-to-day in terms of if he’ll even make the trip.”

Johnson also said in Monday’s

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‘Quintin Thornton is having a problem with his Achilles, so it’s going to be day-to-day’ Trent Johnson

LSU men’s basketball coach

Southeastern Conference coaches teleconference that senior guard Garrett Temple missed practice Monday because of an ankle problem.

“Garrett Temple is having a little problem with his ankle so we held him out today,” Johnson said. “But it’s the normal knicks and bruises that occur at this time of year.”

Losing Temple could be devas-

tating to LSU’s chances against the Vols. He averages seven points and 4.2 assists per game, leads the team in steals and is usually assigned the task of guarding opponents’ primary perimeter scorers.

Thornton is not as big a points producer as Temple, but he is averaging more minutes per game than any of the Tigers’ other six substitutes.

He serves as the primary backup to senior center Chris Johnson, and LSU would lose a big inside presence if he does not make the trip.

GOTTFRIED GONE AT ‘BAMA The Tigers’ troubles aren’t much compared to Alabama’s (12-7, 2-3).

Many predicted the Crimson Tide to win the SEC West in the preseason, SEC, see page 10

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LSU senior forward Quintin Thornton secures a rebound last season against Auburn. Thornton is questionable for LSU’s game Wednesday at Tennessee.

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NBA

Paul gets fifth triple-double of season in win vs. 76ers

By Brett Martel The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Chris Paul stole the ball and rocketed the other way, spinning a one-handed floater off the glass as he was fouled, then slapping the padding under the basket with both hands in celebration.

“He’s amazing,” Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic said. “He does so many things for this ballclub and he’s getting better and better.”

Paul had 27 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds and seven steals for his league-leading fifth triple-double of the season, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 101-86 on Monday night.

Penetrating adeptly into crowds of defenders inside, Paul hit several tough, off-balance baskets while being fouled, once while falling onto his back in the lane and another time while stumbling away from the hoop after taking a knee to the groin by Sixers center Samuel Dalembert.

It was the second time this season Paul came within a few steals of a quadruple double, but when asked about that, he could only critique the few times he mishandled the ball or unloaded an errant pass.

“A couple more turnovers and I would have had whatever you call five,” Paul said.

That would be a quintupledouble, but Paul wasn’t really that close to double-digit turnovers. He had four.

The Sixers still might have had a chance if Paul had been a one-man show, but he had help, from Stojakovic, who highlighted a 26-point performance with six 3-pointers.

New Orleans, badly outscored inside while missing center Tyson Chandler (ankle) and David West (back), made up for it with 14 3s as a team.

“We’ve got so many shooters, and when they’re making shots like that, we’re tough to beat,” Paul

said. “We see that from Peja all the time. When he gets hot like that, it’s lights out for teams.”

James Posey and Rasual Butler had 13 points apiece, including three 3-pointers each for the Hornets.

Thaddeus Young had 22 points and Andre Miller 19 for the Sixers, who lost for only the second time in their past 10 games. Andre Iguodala scored 17 points for Philadelphia, and Louis Williams added 11 points.

“We did some good things during the game. We just couldn’t get any breaks,” Iguodala said. “(Stojakovic) made some clutch shots. He’s a great shooter. He got some good shots on fast breaks.

(Paul) is a great point guard. We just couldn’t stop him.”

Posey’s 3 gave New Orleans a 69-63 lead after three quarters. Stojakovic then hit a pair of quick 3s to open the fourth, capping a 9-0 run.

Stojakovic wasn’t finished, sending the crowd into a frenzy while hitting his next three 3-point shots as he accounted for New Orleans’ first 15 points of the quarter.

The last one gave the Hornets an 84-68 lead, but the Sixers responded with seven straight points, ending with Young’s jumper, before Antonio Daniels ended the surge with the Hornets’ sixth 3 of the quarter.

Williams’ offensive rebound and putback began a 7-2 Sixers run that included Young’s floater and Miller’s fast-break layup, cutting it to 89-82 with 2:43 to go.

New Orleans called timeout, then Paul drained a soft jumper from the top of the key and Posey added another 3 to all but seal it.

Paul — recently selected to his second All-Star team in his fourth season — hit double figures in points and assists in the third quarter. He got his 10th rebound in the final minute of the game, delighting the crowd.

“His maturity is something that sometimes really surprises me,” Stojakovic said. “The way he

finishes games, the way he puts us in different spots on the court and talks to us — for his age, it’s something unbelievable.”

The Sixers led most of the first half, pulling ahead 21-20 on Iguodala’s acrobatic reverse layup late in the first quarter. A 10-2 run highlighted by Dalembert’s dunk and Iguodala’s alley-oop jam from Miller helped the 76ers to take their largest lead at 44-34.

Paul, who had 10 points and eight assists in the first half, responded with a 3 and Posey hit another, helping New Orleans cut its deficit to 47-40 at halftime.

The Hornets then opened the second half with consecutive 3s

by Stojakovic and Butler, igniting a 10-0 run for a 50-47 lead early in the third quarter and trailed only once more, very briefly, after that.

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76ers center Samuel Dalembert wraps up a rebound in front of New Orleans Hornets’ forward James Posey during the Hornets’ 101-86 win Monday night. Hornets’ guard Chris Paul recorded his fifth triple-double of the season in the victory.

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THE 6th MAN

Top five players in LSU men’s basketball history The LSU men’s basketball program turns 100 years old this weekend. Happy birthday!

Tiger basketball is probably one of the hottest centenarians ever.

The program has had 10 Southeastern Conference players of the year in the award’s 43-year history and three of the past five SEC Freshmen of the Year.

That’s pretty sexy.

But even with all the good players to come through Baton Rouge, five stand out as the alltime greats of Tiger basketball lore.

4. Bob Pettit He was the first great power forward in basketball, and his No. 50 hangs in the PMAC rafters to this day.

Pettit averaged 27 points and 15 boards a game in three collegiate seasons.

He also went on to have success in the NBA, being named league MVP twice and being elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971.

And really, how bad can a man be if his jersey is retired by the most awesome franchise in professional basketball, my hometown Atlanta Hawks?

5. Rudy Macklin Macklin was a four-time Associated Press All-American with three of those being on the first team.

He amassed 2,080 points and 1,276 rebounds from 1976-1981.

Macklin is on a very short list of college athletes who have both 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in their career.

He led LSU to their second ever Final Four and was named SEC Player of the Year in 1981.

3. Chris Jackson Jackson, better known now as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, changed his name in 1993 after a conversion to Islam.

After the conversion, AbdulRauf refused to stand during the Star-Spangled Banner until he was suspended by the NBA in 1996.

But despite how you feel about the man, no one can deny his basketball prowess in college.

He scored 1,854 points in 64 games during his two year stint at

LSU — an average of 29 points a game.

He was selected as a FirstTeam All-American both seasons and was the No. 3 overall draft pick by the Denver Nuggets in 1990.

2.

Shaquille O’Neal The second best player would have to be one of my personal favorites, “The Diesel” — or Johanathan Brooks whatever he’s calling himself Sports Columnist this week — Shaquille O’Neal.

The original Superman is probably the most dominant post player in NBA history, and he got his start dominating opponents at LSU. He scored 1,941 points, grabbed 1,217 rebounds and blocked 412 shots in his three seasons in the purple and gold.

His 412 career blocks is 282 more than any other player in LSU

history — and he did it in only three seasons. He still holds the LSU record for blocked shots in a game with 12.

All three of those seasons, O’Neal was also named a firstteam AP All-American and won the Adolph Rupp Trophy for being Player of the Year in 1991.

And as good as he is at basketball, he’s an even better rapper. I’ve been bumping “Shaq Fu – The Return” off and on since I was six.

He was great in “Blue Chips” and “Kazaam,” too.

OK, so he isn’t that great at music or acting, but he’s still the best center of all time.

1. Pete Maravich And, obviously, the best LSU basketball player ever is “Pistol” Pete Maravich.

There’s a reason the PMAC is named after him. He dominated basketball for as long as he played at LSU. Maravich still holds almost 10 records for his scoring prowess.

In three varsity seasons at LSU, he scored 3,667 points and is still

No. 1 on the NCAA all-time scoring list.

Most impressive about his nearly 4,000 points is that he did it all before the implementation of the 3-point line.

He was so good, it’s scary.

He was named a three-time AP All-American and won the 1970 Naismith Award as the best college player in the country.

So there you have it. The five greatest names in LSU basketball history.

They’ve given so much to Tiger basketball in its 100 years of existence, and I can never match that.

But since it’s a birthday party Saturday, I still feel compelled to buy a gift.

But what kind of present does one give to a 100-year-old institution?

A tie? A nice bottle of wine?

Maybe a national championship?

I’m no good at shopping for these kinds of occasions.

Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com

UREC

Intramurals begin at the UREC

By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor

Although soccer is not one of the three major sports, it’s gaining in popularity at LSU — at least in intramurals.

Sixty-three soccer teams began intramural competition Sunday at the University Student Recreational Complex — 11 more than last season.

Seventy-five basketball teams also opened play — a 19 team decrease.

Matt Boyer, assistant director of leagues and tournaments, said the basketball numbers are down because some of the games are going to be played outdoors.

“Some people don’t want to play outside,” Boyer said. “If someone takes a tumble, it’s going to hurt.”

A portion of the basketball games will be played outside because the indoor courts are still under construction after damages from Hurricane Gustav.

“It’s not the ideal situation, but, given the circumstances, it’s probably the best we have to offer,” Boyer said. “It’s better than nothing at all.”

Basketball games will be played in University High School’s gymnasium four nights a week, and the other games will be played in the area that was previously used as the UREC tennis courts.

There has been mixed reaction about some of the games being played outside.

“I think it’s kind of cool,” said Ryan Loya, political science junior.

“It gives it more of a streetball feel.”

Sierra Stewart, nursing freshman, understands the changes were necessary.

Some students are looking forward to playing on outdoor courts.

“If the weather is nice there is no reason why you shouldn’t play outside,” said John Sharemet, internal trade and finance sophomore.

If the weather is cold, Loya would rather play indoors.

UREC intramurals feature men’s, women’s and co-rec leagues.

There are also fraternity, sorority and 6-feet and under divisions.

The games are played Sunday through Thursday evenings.

Teams must have a .500 winning percentage and a 2.0 sportsmanship rating to make the playoffs, a single elimination tournament lasting two weeks.

After every game, the officials and supervisors e-mail the team

and issue them a sportsmanship rating. Ejections and unsportsmanlike behavior will influence the rating, Boyer said.

This year the UREC is making the schedule, roster and standings accessible to everyone on the UREC’s Web site.

Basketball and soccer are the first two intramurals in the spring.

Ultimate frisbee registration begins Wednesday.

Softball and sand volleyball start in February, while flag football, tennis and racquetball begin in March.

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not live up to their five-star hype.

Wroten was drafted but suspended for the 2008 NFL season, and Perrilloux was kicked off the team in May. Five-star players are not guaranteed success in college or the NFL. Four-star recruits have the opportunity to make a five-star impact at the next level.

The Tigers have 10 Rivals four-star recruits in its 2009 recruiting class.

Michael Ford Running back Ford (5-feet10-inches, 200 pounds), the No. 59 player on the Rivals100, has the strength to be a durable back.

Ford benches 405 pounds and squats 450 pounds. The four-star recruit broke his collarbone his junior season but came back to rush for 2,953 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior.

“Even when his arm was in a sling, [he was] trying to inspire the guys to work hard,” said Leesville coach Terence Williams.

Williams expects Ford’s work ethic to make him a leader for LSU. “He just led by example,” Williams said. “He is someone that is going to be the first to arrive and the last to leave.”

Leesville coach said Ford stacks up with some of his best players ever.

“The sky’s the limit,” Williams said. “I’ve been blessed to have coached some guys that have

HATCH, from page 7

for 282 yards and two touchdowns and one interception last season. He also rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns.

LSU coach Les Miles said earlier this month that he supported Hatch’s decision and appreciates the contributions he made to the team last season.

“Don’t underestimate what Andrew Hatch did for our football team in 2008,” Miles said in a news release. “He filled a void for us at quarterback in 2008, and his play on the field allowed us to start the season off on a positive note.”

Hatch will now return to Harvard where he began his college career and played junior varsity football in 2005.

An ankle injury while performing a church mission halted Hatch’s career with the Crimson after that season, but he said he plans to continue pursuing a playing career in his second stint with the Crimson.

“I plan on continuing to play football,” Hatch said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to go back and have a chance to keep playing there.”

Harvard coach Tim Murphy told The Daily Reveille in August he felt Hatch had the potential to be an effective Southeastern Conference quarterback.

Murphy has coached quarterbacks Neil Rose and Ryan Fitzpatrick at Harvard. Both started in the Hula Bowl following their senior season, and Fitzpatrick is now No. 2 on the Cincinatti Bengals’ depth chart.

Murphy said Hatch was comparable to each of those players.

“We had him as a freshman, and

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gone on to become first round draft picks and his work ethic, ability and talent are in line with those same guys.”

Drayton Calhoun Four-star athlete Calhoun played both running back and defensive back at Tucker High School in Georgia. The 6-foot, 175-pound athlete runs a 4.48 40yard dash.

“He is a phenomenal player,” Tucker coach Franklin Stephens said. “Offensively he can change the game on any given play.”

Stephen also said Calhoun became more outspoken on and off the field this season.

“Drayton is a very quiet kid,” Stephens said. “This past year he became more of a leader.”

Even though Calhoun was featured as a running back at Tucker, the four-star recruit may be able to be used in other ways, Stephens said.

“He may end up being one of those utility half back slot type kids,” Stephens said.

Kenny Bell Wide receiver Bell from Rayville could be LSU’s top receiver in the 2009 class if the Tigers don’t land Bastrop five-star recruit Rueben Randle. Bell (6-feet-1-inches, 160 pounds) runs a 4.5 40-yard dash.

“He is extremely fast,” Barton said. “The kid just can run really fast and is a tall receiver.”

The four-star recruit caught 900 yards and 15 touchdowns his he was our No. 4 quarterback,” Murphy said. “But he was behind some good players. We obviously thought he had the potential to be a quality quarterback.”

Hatch said he will still be an LSU fan despite wearing crimson and white on Saturdays next season.

One area Hatch said he will pay attention to next season is the quarterback race between rising sophomores Jordan Jefferson and Lee. “I think both Jarrett and Jordan are very talented,” he said. “I think a lot will depend on how the spring goes for each of them.”

junior season at Rayville.

“He will wind up being a good player for LSU,” Barton said. “He’s a hard worker, and he’s a touchdown maker.”

Carneal Ainsworth Ainsworth (6-foot-4-inches, 296 pounds), Rivals’ No. 17 offensive guard, helped lead Parkview Baptist to the 2007 3A State Championship.

“We’ve won 25 games and only lost two while he was here,” Parkview Baptist coach Kenny Guillot said. “He has been an impact player for us.”

Ainsworth must “get bigger, stronger, faster and understand the schemes” if he plans to start at LSU, Guillot said.

The Baton Rouge native should contribute at LSU as he did at Parkview, Guillot added.

“Hopefully they will win a national championship while he’s there and hopefully he’ll be a major contributor to the offensive line,” Guillot said.

Other Rivals four-star recruits committed to LSU include offensive linemen Chris Faulk (Slidell) and Stavion Lowe (Brownwood, Texas), defensive end Michael Brockers (Houston), defensive tackles Aklem Hicks (Sacramento, Ca.) and Josh Downs (Bastrop) and linebacker Kevin Minter (Suwanee, Ga.).

Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com While his time at LSU has been filled with many highs and lows, Hatch said one high point will make him consider his entire stay in Baton Rouge successful.

“There were a lot of great moments the last couple years,” he said.

“But if I have to pick one, it would be the moment we won the national championship. There’s no feeling like knowing you’re the best in college football.”

Contact Casey Gisclair at cgisclair@lsureveille.com

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but Alabama coach Mark Gottfried resigned Monday after a mediocre start to conference play. Alabama beat LSU, 65-59, but has since lost three of its past four games.

Gottfried gave no sign of trouble at the coaches’ teleconference Monday morning. He answered reporters’ questions regarding Alabama’s upcoming game against Arkansas for seven minutes and did not mention his decision.

Alabama assistant coach Philip Pearson has been named interim head coach.

BIG BLUE TAKES BIG OFFENSE TO OXFORD The SEC’s hottest team visits Oxford, Miss., and one of the worst defenses in the league at 6 p.m. tonight. Kentucky (16-4, 5-0) is the conference’s only unbeaten team after two weeks and is outscoring opponents by an average of 14 points per game.

Ole Miss (10-9, 1-4) is on the opposite end of that spectrum.

The Rebels lost three consecutive conference games. The slide

tuesday, january 27, 2009 began Jan. 17 against LSU (15-4, 3-1), with the Tigers winning 83-51.

ESPN will televise the game.

TENNESSEE SET FOR TOUGH WEEK Tennessee (12-6, 3-1) won’t catch any breaks this week. The Volunteers are fresh off a 54-52 loss to No. 18 Memphis and host LSU and Florida (17-3, 4-1) in a four-day span.

Tennessee was a preseason favorite to win the conference but has gone 3-4 since Jan. 1. But all of those losses were non-conference and three of them were to ranked teams. The one unranked team to defeat them, Kansas, is the defending national champion.

Florida fell victim to a lastsecond miracle at South Carolina on Jan. 21. The Gators gave up a fullcourt pass and a game-winning layup with one second remaining against the Gamecocks. The loss ended a 10game winning streak, but the Gators rebounded Sunday night with a 9469 thrashing of Vanderbilt.

Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com

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MURDA, HE WROTE

American patriotism renewed through Obama’s election AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE — Sometime during the past eight years, I became skeptical of self-professed patriots who justified opinions in the name of allegiance to the flag.

Whether it was the American flag lapel pin or a magnetic re-creation of the stars and stripes on the back of an SUV, displays of “patriotism” would always lead me to raise an eyebrow.

It seemed, after 9/11, there was a gradual shift from using patriotism to unite a country to using patriotism to further a political agenda.

That’s not to say every flagwaving, red-blooded American was taken for a ride. And it’s certainly not to say you can’t love your country and express it. But it’s undeniable the use of nationalism has been used disingenuously in the past to achieve political goals.

Hitler — everyone’s favorite historical reference for what not to do — used patriotism and nationalism to convince an entire nation to take part in genocidal world conquest.

Recently, patriotism has been used as a rationalization of political actions and agendas. Whether it

was Guantanamo Bay, the invasion of Iraq, gun control, fuel emissions or the legality of flag burning — patriotism was twisted to impose an ultimatum: Are you American or unAmerican?

While I am very proud of my country’s ideals, I’ve never really described myself as a patriot for the above reasons — it has been tainted by those who seek to use it for political gains.

This changed last week with two personal experiences.

I have always been a supporter of our country’s involvement in toppling the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. However, I wouldn’t say I’ve actually had a real emotional response — like pride — to American involvement there. I just thought it was the right thing to do. Then I met my first Afghani.

A political refugee punished by the Taliban firsthand, he expressed the difficult situation his war-torn country continues to face. He also impressed upon me the gratefulness his people have for the United States’ involvement and the sacrifice of our soldiers.

Being able to talk to an individual who benefited from our country’s ability to do good gave me an incredible feeling — one that cannot be impressed by politicians’ talking points or newspapers, but only through personal interacMark macmurdo tion.

I had a simColumnist ilar revelation when I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama last week. Along with about 200 Americans and French, I was at a viewing party hosted by an anti-racism organization in the port city of Marseille — distinct from the rest of France because of its large immigrant population.

Watching the broadcast 4,000 miles away among French citizens and other expatriates was a unique experience.

Obama’s inauguration was inspirational to the minorities at the party because they live in a country, which still contains a large contingent of xenophobes and opposes

diversity. For this, our country was the source of envy.

Obama’s inauguration epitomized the traits that make America a place to be proud of. Not only was his presence on that podium as “a skinny guy from the south side with a funny name like Barack Obama” significant in the social sense — it was a testament to our advanced society, which has come a long way since Jim Crow.

Beyond the racial significance of his election, his words were something to be proud of. He was able to effectively summarize the spirit of America, especially when he evoked the image of George Washington crossing the Delaware.

I usually don’t buy into these sorts of things. During the campaign, I thought Obama sometimes came off as too poetic. But at this moment — so far away and among this audience of foreigners — it seemed to transcend the normal cliché and resonate as genuine.

Many people will say that what Obama says are just words — and they’re right. But the same could be said for “all men are created equal”

and “liberty and justice for all.”

Words are important because they represent ideas. The ideas Obama expressed were some that make me proud to be an American.

We can only hope he delivers on those words.

The root of American patriotism is believing in the core values of this democracy. It’s a principle that goes beyond party affiliation or political issues in Congress.

Being absent from the country has led me to be less cynical of patriotism and to appreciate all the things America has to offer. With a new president in office who speaks the fundamental ideals of our nation, I am very optimistic the idea of patriotism will be less politically charged and cliché.

It will hopefully return to its rightful place as a reflection of the ideals of our nation and the things that make it great — not which political party you subscribe to.

Contact Mark Macmurdo at mmacmurdo@lsureveille.com

FREEMAN OF SPEECH

State-of-the-art venues lack history, alienate fans I’ll never forget the first time I walked into Wrigley Field in Chicago.

On the ground level, surrounded on all four sides by neighborhoods created out of love for the Chicago Cubs, the first thing that revealed itself to me wasn’t the ivy on the outfield wall or the perfectly sculpted dirt forming the infield.

It was the smell.

Like walking into an old saw mill, the aroma of history — combined with years of leftover vomit, beer and urine — wafted through the crowd’s nostrils with an equal tenacity toward support and admiration of the North Siders.

It was exactly what I wanted.

Regardless of the alleged curse currently haunting the Cubs — no World Series appearances since 1945, no World Series championships since 1908 — the fans of Chicago continue to sell out their most hallowed of grounds.

It’s a shame this trend looks like it’s over.

More often, sports franchises opt for newer, state-of-the-art stadiums in lieu of retaining emblems of their history, by far the biggest

factor in establishing any type of home field advantage.

Entire generations of fans have looked forward to the day when they could introduce their children to the same, almost cult-like worship of their hometown team in their hometown stadium.

It’s exactly what pumped through my veins the first time I entered the Louisiana Superdome.

As a die-hard Saints fan, I can’t fully explain the meaning of the Superdome to anyone who hasn’t followed the sport. Others might think I’m either wasting my time following a “meaningless” activity or even suggest I need a little more church.

On Sundays during football season, the Superdome is church.

But like many other churches, the popularity of “old school” is being replaced with high-tech megabehemoths.

Since 1999, 10 stadiums, labeled state-of-the-art, have been constructed for NFL teams. Two of those arenas house this Sunday’s Super Bowl participants, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals.

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Both Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, which hosts the Steelers, and Glendale’s more recently built University of Phoenix Stadium — housing the Arizona Cardinals — serve as a stark reminder of just how obsessed sports teams are, not Eric freeman jr. with cultivating Columnist and nurturing a fan base but with eliminating any semblance of tradition and history.

The latest obscenity of technology lies in Indianapolis, as the Colts opened Lucas Oil Stadium for its inaugural season last fall. The project was estimated to cost up to $720 million, forcing local counties around the area to raise taxes to supplant the $100 million the Colts put up as a franchise.

Like most other SOTAS, the stadium comes with more than a hundred corporate suites.

ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy,” Bill Simmons wrote a column last November about how SOTAS destroy home-field advantage

by forcing its fans to adhere to the changes and to try to redevelop a tradition to last with the team. He verbalized his discontent by claiming Lucas Oil Stadium was nothing more than “the latest state-of-theart football venue that seems much more interested in looking cool and making money over, you know, actually helping its home team win games.”

It’s this fear that worries me about the future of sports and, most importantly for University students, the upcoming baseball season.

There was no shortage of people attending baseball games at the old Alex Box Stadium. The University even holds the record for most in a season, with 291,676 catching a game in 2003.

The new Alex Box Stadium will house 8,500 seats. The old stadium eclipsed this number five times, despite its capacity of 7,760.

It will feature more than four times more space dedicated to restrooms and 5,100 square feet for an arcade, suites, a club lounge and a hall of fame — all brand new additions to LSU baseball.

While 9-year-olds have the

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chance to ignore the game while pumping quarters by the hundreds into LSU’s Athletic Department, those of us with memories of LSU baseball are understandably miffed.

After losing the 2003 Super Regional to LSU, Baylor head coach Steve Smith commented on what made his experience at old Alex Box memorable.

“I want to commend what I truly believe may be the premiere crowd in all of college baseball — that is a special, special crowd out there. I want to say that the way the fans have responded all weekend to just excellence and outstanding play leads me to believe that they truly do appreciate the difficulty of playing this game. I’m glad to have our players play in front of a crowd that I truly believe appreciated their performance.”

Regardless of the distractions to the game, the fans are what makes a team unique.

Stadiums don’t make dynasties. They simply make money.

Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!”

David Starr Jordan American eugenicist and peace activist Jan. 19, 1851 - Sept. 19, 1931

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Movies, television make teen pregnancy look cool Move over, Miley. There’s a new teen role model in town — who just happens to be preggers.

Fictional pregnant teens like Juno MacGuff of “Juno” and Amy Juergens of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” glorify teenage pregnancy.

Hollywood has made pregnancy cool, according to the “Juno Effect,” a term Time magazine coined when 17 students at a Massachusetts high school became pregnant after allegedly forming a “pregnancy pact.”

The last time I checked, having a baby bump before losing your baby fat was a ticket to hell, or at least to the uncool table in your school’s cafeteria, which is on par with hell.

For the first time in 15 years, the pregnancy rate among girls ages 15 to 19 spiked in 2006, according to the Center for Disease

Control and Prevention’s most recent studies.

A survey monitoring 15- to 20-year-olds recently administered

by Rand Corp concluded teens exposed to high levels of televised sexual content were twice as likely to experience a pregnancy. The same survey discovered about 25 percent of those who viewed the most sexual content on TV were involved in a pregnancy.

And a third of American girls get pregnant before the age of 20, according to the CDC. Sure, the “Juno Effect” kind of stretches the willing suspension of disbelief theory, but there is no doubt shows like this have raised awareness about teen pregnancy.

“The Secret Life” is a collaboration between ABC family and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and offers an advice page on the show’s

Web site.

Characters, such as the ordinary, mildly outcasted Juno and the shy, innocent Amy Juergens — who wasn’t really sure if Ricky Underwood put his P in her V — give teens someone Drew Belle Zerby to relate to.

T h e s e Columnist shows help pregnant teens cope, but only to an extent, said Jennifer Ellis West, an English doctoral candidate who studies women and childbirth.

“It’s possible that teens who identify with these characters could feel less isolated, like they aren’t the only ones,” West said. “[But] it’s harder to say how much impact these shows are having on the way pregnant teens are treated or viewed

by society at large.”

While these can be encouraging, they also present unrealistic scenarios and misrepresent the majority of pregnant teens in America.

Most girls keep their babies and less than 2 percent give them up for adoption, Sarah Brown, CEO of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, told USA Today in March.

Also, how many pregnant girls out there get to have their happily ever after with a geek-chic guy like Paulie Bleeker?

How many of them have a support system like Amy Juergens?

And a guy who is not the baby daddy who genuinely loves them and wants to stick out this rather sticky situation?

Or parents who just kind of sit back and let their daughter take control and act like their 16-year-

old having a baby is the coolest thing since sliced bread?

It is difficult to capture the truth about teen pregnancy because there are several factors that cannot be included in a short film or show, West said.

West doesn’t seem to think teens are as impressionable as we may think.

“I’m not convinced that there are many girls who see ‘Juno’ and, as a result, think, ‘Oh, wow, it looks really fun to get pregnant and give my baby up for adoption. I think I’ll try it,’” she said.

Well, let’s hope not. Because unlike these fictional mothers-tobe, real pregnant teens don’t have the luxury of whipping off that fat suit at the end of the day.

Contact Drew Belle Zerby at dzerby@lsureveille.com

PERFECT DYSTOPIA

Asian parents put excessive pressure on children When I moved to the U.S. from India, I was in the first grade. The school environment, teachers and classmates seemed completely different from those back home. I remember conversations about “my mother made me wash dishes last night” or “I have to make my own bed.”

I never realized I didn’t participate in any of these conversations. I couldn’t say my parents made me do household chores like the other kids because they didn’t.

Instead, I would come home and my mother would have a set of mathematics problems for me to attack before the night was over. Everyday home had more work than school.

This type of pressure is not limited to Indians, but exists in most Asian households. Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Indian kids can compare parents and understand one

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PSA, MSA offend American Despite the overwhelmingly negative response to Dini Parayitam’s India-Pakistan article, I have decided to write this rebuttal to the MSA and PSA. I have the utmost respect for both organizations, but there are some issues in their letters that need to be addressed.

To the PSA: Indeed, Pakistan is a peaceful country. However, there are still terrorists in Pakistan that blemish its otherwise flawless countenance. If Pakistan doesn’t deal with its terrorists, India has the right to take action. Dini only

another’s problems because the situations are similar. Instead of parents demanding “do your best,” it is always “be the best.”

Teachers in these countries have to deal with demanding parents as well.

Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is enacting a new program that renews teachers’ licenses every 10 years. Teachers must complete 30 hours of training and pass an exam, as reported in a Jan. 17 article in The Mainichi Daily News.

As a part of this training, new classes are added to inform teachers on the exact protocol to take when dealing with what the article calls “monster parents” or “complaining parents who make unreasonable demands on schools or teachers.”

Parents in Asian countries do not tolerate mediocrity. The typical Asian parent’s dream is to brag

about his or her child’s academic or athletic invincibility.

“Asian students are socialized to value education and consider it a filial duty. The learning context in Asian countries is characterized as being highly authoritarian, teach- Dini Parayitam ing methods are Columnist expository and praise is seldom used,” wrote Farideh Salili in the Journal of Psychology & Developing Societies.

Math and science subjects are emphasized more in secondary and post-secondary schools than other subjects.

At LSU, “most Indian graduate students are either in the College of Engineering or College of Basic Sciences” says undergraduate senior

posed one side of the argument.

Admittedly, there are many sides, but right or wrong, wise or foolish, her opinion is her own and of little tangible consequence.

In the U.S., freedom of speech is only limited when there is imminent danger. To suggest The Reveille should take action against her is blatantly preposterous. Stop trying to censor anyone that offends you.

To the MSA: Dini’s article neither degraded Islam, nor made any fallacious implications. Undeniably, there are many ignorant people that make false assumptions, but your desire to censor this article due to comments made in a public forum is ridiculous. If you are so offended by others’ lack of knowledge, start spreading the good news of Islam

and stop preoccupying yourselves with unrelated issues.

I found it almost comical that both representatives of the PSA and MSA admitted they can think of many reasons why Pakistan should fight India, yet, they are greatly offended whenever an Indian thinks of reasons for India to fight Pakistan.

You both are hypocrites. Both of you also simply stated you were offended, but never explained why.

Congratulations on beating your chests to show your strength; you should have tapped your hollow heads to show your lack of sense.

Philip Benge math junior

student Axita Gupta. There are comparatively few total Indian graduate students in comparison to other demographics.

Because everyone wants the same careers, a competitive attitude is ubiquitous. Competition comes at a price—the price is stress and dissatisfaction.

Therefore, Asian parental ideology needs to change. Parents need to let go.

Eastern culture is steadily becoming more westernized. The demands on children need to become westernized as well.

Instead of coercing kids to believe in their definitions of success and failure, parents should reinforce children with the confidence to pursue unique and individual dreams.

Condemning a child for becoming an artist or writer should be abolished. Instead, he should be encouraged to be the best Van Gogh he can

Inaugural crowd shows poor taste As an American citizen from the South, I feel a tremendous sense of pride that we have overcome the racial boundaries of the past.

That being said, I am deeply saddened by the actions of the heavily Democratic crowd during the inaugural ceremonies. To hear the crowd mock the now former president by booing him during his introduction was an utter disgrace.

The office of the president should mean more than the man or woman who occupies it. Instead,

be.

Asian kids unable to obey parents are caught in a world of emotional chaos. To mitigate such problems, a more liberal outlook must be adopted.

People may argue that just because the educational philosophy should change, it doesn’t always need to be — considering the academic success rate of most Asian students. But, from an Indian student’s perspective, the stress levels caused by the loads of pressure are not alleviated by any amount of success.

A child’s dreams should not be sacrificed for parental bragging rights.

Only the future will determine how educational philosophy, along with cultural and social values, will change in the eastern world.

Contact Dini Parayitam at dparayitam@lsureveille.com

former President Bush was treated like Jarrett Lee after throwing an interception for a touchdown.

The differences are clear between Republicans and Democrats. The level of respect shown

by Republicans when former President Clinton was elected heavily outweighed the level shown by the Democrats in 2001.

Change has come to America!

But the bipartisan promise from President Obama clearly will not become a reality with this type of continued action. It is time to grow up and act like mature, educated Americans. God bless this country.

Michael LeBlanc mechanical engineering senior

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