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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Athletics’ travel, international recruiting budgets may see cuts

By Amy Brittain Sports Contributor

The doorbell rings, and Skip Bertman stands on the stoop of a former LSU baseball player’s home.

The athlete doesn’t need an ex-

planation for Bertman’s presence.

“If I go see an old player, he usually knows why I’m coming there,” the former athletic director said with a chuckle. “You know what I mean.”

Bertman means money.

And though the U.S. economy

is flailing its arms in the midst of a yearlong recession, Bertman hasn’t stop asking for it.

Bertman’s position as athletic director emeritus is designed to channel his fundraising strengths BUDGET, see page 10

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Business college needs $13M for new building

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Eli Jones rolled the more than six-inch thick master plan onto a table and showed off the business school’s design for a new 156,000 square-foot building.

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WORLD NEWS

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US envoy urges stronger Gaza truce amid airstrikes

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israeli-Hamas violence flared, President Barack Obama’s new Mideast envoy promised on Wednesday a vigorous push for peace, saying Gaza militants must end their weapons smuggling and the blockaded borders must be pried open if a cease-fire is to take hold.

George Mitchell held his first round of talks with regional leaders to determine the next steps the Obama administration would take toward reviving peace negotiations following Israel’s blistering military offensive against Gaza’s Islamic Hamas rulers.

Switzerland (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo brought cautious optimism to the World Economic Forum Wednesday, predicting that his country will achieve its target of 8 percent economic growth this year despite the global financial meltdown. Wen called for enhanced U.S.-China cooperation to address the issue, even as he and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin obliquely criticized the United States, blaming a relentless pursuit of profits for the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Both Wen and Putin said the crisis had impacted their countries’ economies, but Putin refrained from specific forecasts.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night with spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of the young administration’s plan to revive a badly ailing economy. The vote was 244-188, with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama’s pleas for bipartisan support. “This recovery plan will save or create more than three million new jobs over the next few years,” the president said in a written statement released moments after the House voted. Earlier, Obama declared, “We don’t have a moment to spare” as congressional allies hastened to do his bidding in the face of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

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Rights group asks Obama Stimulus bill includes to release Bush-era memos more than $5B in La. aid WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil libertarians urged the Obama administration to release dozens of memos under its control that could shed light on secret Bush-era interrogation, detention and surveillance activities. The American Civil Liberties Union’s list of at least 41 such undisclosed documents is the most exhaustive produced so far.

These memos are a wish list for civil rights, privacy and human rights groups, as well as members of Congress, seeking more information about the legal reasoning that underpinned the Bush administration’s secret programs.

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ART GALLERY

Shaw Center displays University professors’ artwork Works inspired by natural world

By Nichole Oden Staff Writer

Paintings varying from a selfportrait of man sitting at his kitchen table to a black-and-white abstract series of birds painted with short dashes to create the effect of feathers line the lime green and electric blue walls of the Museum of Art in the Shaw Center.

“LSU Art: Past and Present” is an exhibit devoted to works of art by current and past University art professors. The exhibit, on display at the Museum of Art in the Shaw Center, will run until Feb. 15.

All of the work in the gallery is held together by one common theme — inspiration in the natural world.

Every piece of art has images of either humans or animals.

Kelli Kelley, art professor, has three paintings in the exhibit ­— “Promise,” “Colliding Black Holes” and “The Allies.” All three are acrylic on stitched canvas.

“My work broadly explores the connections and disconnections between humans and nature,” Kelley said.

In a physiological way, Kelley tries to explore the more animalistic side of humans.

Kelley said “Promise” and “Colliding Black Holes” are two study pieces for “The Allies.” A study piece shows an image which will be used again in a larger piece of a series.

A monkey shown in “Promise,” and a two-headed animal from “Colliding Black Holes,” are both shown again in the larger painting of the series, “The Allies,” which shows a girl with antlers standing next to a fawn.

Robert Hausey, art professor, has two paintings in the exhibit — “Ron and Renee,” and “Esther Inside, Lizzie Outside.” He works with several different mediums, including oil on paper and gouache on paper.

“Esther inside, Lizzie Outside,” is a painting of two dogs. One is staring out a glass door at the other.

Hausey said one of the dogs was his own, and another was a friend. He

saw the two, thought it was funny and decided to paint them.

Hausey said like “Esther inside, Lizzie Outside,” most of his work is done from observation. Though his work is done from observation, it’s not necessarily realistic.

“My work is realistically descriptive, but the way I paint it is imaginative,” Hausey said.

Hausey said he enjoys showing light and the contrast of colors in his work.

“I try to make a color look like more than it is,” Hausey said. “You can paint two colors on a white wall, and they’ll look the same. But if you use them in a painting, they’ll look like two completely different colors.”

Students admission to the gallery is free with a student ID. “It’s a great experience for the students to come and see all the art by their professors,” museum chief curator Victoria Cooke said.

Contact Nichole Oden at noden@lsureveille.com

RECREATION

Circuit room gains popularity Students workout in minutes

By Natalie Roy

Contributing Writer

Amid late night Taco Bell runs and Pizza Hut lunches in the Student Union, exercising should be a priority for University students.

But whether it’s a lack of time, space or just pure confusion, some students seem to have an everincreasing list of excuses to avoid the gym. And now the University Student Recreational Complex’s circuit room, which opened in January, hopes to change that habit.

With three rotations of 10 workout stations at 45-second intervals, this 30-minute session gives UREC more bang for the buck while providing a less complicated and intimidating way for students to reach recommended fitness goals.

Young adults should do 30 minutes of cardio five days a week and eight to 10 strength training exercises twice a week, according to the American College of Sports Medicine.

“We’re trying to use every minute square foot of this facility,” said Melissa Longino, University Recreation associate director of recreational services. “[The circuit room] gives us the opportunity to employ a space while ... giving students the recommended full-body workout in a fast, thorough way.”

Many students use the circuit room instead of waiting to use a machine in the main workout room or waiting to get in to a group fitness class, Longino said. Because students are constantly switching machines and stations, the fairly

small circuit room can accommodate many students with practically no waiting time.

“It is great for someone who wants something quick but may not really know what to do in the [main] weight room,” said Becky Ellzey, UREC personal trainer and dietetics senior. “Plus, you’re getting [the recommended] ... amount of resistance and cardio, which you usually can’t do in just 30 minutes. “ The circuit room’s specific workout routine includes “pump up” music and instructions on when and where to change stations. Upon walking in to the circuit room, students watch an instructional video

where trainers explain how to do the routine.

If students feel more comfortable with a trainer present, they are welcome to attend weekly group fitness classes, like Body Circuit, which are designed around the circuit room routine, Longino said.

Any student can benefit from the circuit room, as the workout routine isn’t aimed toward either men or women. In fact, University Recreation has seen about an equal number of male and female students using the stations, Longino said.

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Victoria Cooke, chief curator at the LSU Museum of Art located in the Shaw Center down town, talks about the famous “The Kiss” sculpture by Auguste Rodin. The museum also showcases artwork created by University professors.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Senate debates time spent debating Less time available to contest bills

By Adam Duvernay

When a bill is called to the floor of the Senate in the nation’s capitol, senators are provided with an unlimited amount of time to debate. But, in the Student Union’s Atchafalya Room on Wednesday nights, the Student Government Senate isn’t so fortunate.

By passing SG Bill No. 3 in the third SG Senate meeting of the semester, the Senate altered its rules regarding the amount of time available to both the authors and contestants of bills put up for legislation.

Before the bill had passed through almost half an hour of debate and amendments, it limited senators to a maximum of five minutes each time they approached the podium while discussing a bill. Before this bill’s passage, senators were unofficially limited to 10 minutes by Robert’s Rules of Order.

“Five minutes is more than enough time to explain almost any bill,” said Sen. Tyler Martin, College of Business and author of the bill.

Though he proposed a five minute cap on senatorial remarks during a bill’s discussion, he also said he had brought it before the senate so the whole senatorial body could be decided on his bill’s particulars.

The bill caused immediate concern with many of the senators. Some senators were unsure whether a five minute cap was appropriate for both the opening and closing statements,

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right weight that’s challenging for you, anyone can use it,” Ellzey said. “This room is really fit for anyone, especially beginners.”

University Recreation will add a promotional video to the Web site today. Information is also provided in group fitness classes and through signage around the UREC, Longino said. But the biggest form of advertisement is still word of mouth.

Bobby Johns, finance junior, heard about the circuit room through a friend and now uses it frequently.

“It’s awesome,” Johns said.

“Guys usually don’t incorporate cardio in workouts. [The circuit room] seems to fit everyone’s needs while still being pretty beginnerfriendly.”

While the circuit room is available during UREC hours to fulltime students and UREC members free of charge, the circuit room’s equipment definitely wasn’t free.

While the cardio equipment was mainly taken from group fitness classes and other existing UREC programs, making it relatively costless, the five pieces of machinery in the circuit room cost University Recreation roughly $33,000.

The money for the equipment comes from a predetermined budget. University Recreation decides on the most effective and practical

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Feces smuggled into court and thrown at jurors SAN DIEGO – A San Diego judge has declared a mistrial in a kidnapping and assault case after the defendant smeared excrement on his lawyer’s face and threw it at jurors.

The judge boosted defendant Weusi McGowan’s bail from $250,000 to $1 million after the Monday incident.

Prosecutor Christopher Lawson says McGowan was upset be-

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Student Government President Colorado Robertson speaks at an SG meeting on Jan. 14.

debate and questioning.

Sen. Amanda Gammon, College of Arts and Sciences, proposed an amendment to increase the amount of time allowed to senators questioning the author of a bill from five minutes to 10 minutes.

“Sometimes we’re not really sure what we’re talking about, and 10 minutes will give us more time before we get caught in a really long debate,” Gammon said.

Other senators who supported the bill agreed that, should something be important enough to merit more than five minutes, the Senate could easily move to suspend the rules and extend a senator’s time.

Sen. Ashley Free, College of Arts and Design, said providing ex-

tended limits to senators’ time was a waste that could be spent furthering the students’ agenda.

“If you say one thing to make a third of this room mad, your time will not be extended,” said Sen. Andy Palermo, University Center for Advising and Counseling. “When it comes down to things they don’t want to hear, people will limit your time.”

Palermo continued by saying senators who were not willing to stay late and “debate [their] hearts out” to defend the students’ voice needed to reevaluate why they became senators.

ways to use the budget’s contents, and this year, the circuit room made the cut.

University Recreation doesn’t have any real way of tracking the number of people using the circuit room yet, Longino said. People can show up and use the circuit room at their leisure.

“Everyone [at the UREC] is very excited about this room,” said

Longino. “We know it was ... a good decision because ... [the circuit room] is continuing to be more and more populated. Students don’t have an excuse not to work out now.”

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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thursday, january 29, 2009 cause the judge refused to remove public defender Jeffrey Martin from the case.

McGowan had smuggled a bag of feces into court and spread it on Martin’s hair and face before flinging the excrement at jurors.

No jurors were hit.

McGowan has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping for robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and other counts in connection with a 2007 home invasion.

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TENNIS

Irish teammates bond, share common experiences Bowtell knew Cluskey before LSU

By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer

Senior James Cluskey and freshman Mark Bowtell share a unique bond on the LSU men’s tennis team.

Both call Ireland home.

Cluskey said it was difficult adjusting to LSU tennis because he didn’t know anyone on the team when he arrived. Bowtell, on the other hand, knew Cluskey from their days in Ireland prior to college.

The freshman said Cluskey had a big influence on his decision to come to LSU. “There aren’t that many tennis players in Ireland, only about four or five good players from each age group,” Bowtell said. “You pretty much know everyone a few years older than you, so I knew [Cluskey] pretty well before coming here.

When I was looking at colleges, he told me LSU was a pretty good college.”

Cluskey came to LSU in 2005 from Belvedere College in Dublin, Ireland. He played on three national championship teams in high school and became the 2004 Under-18 Irish National Champion.

Cluskey, a general studies major, decided on LSU during a recruiting trip with his high school coach.

“A lot of Irish tennis players will go to college in America,” the Dublin native said. “I talked to [former men’s tennis assistant coach] Mark Booras, and then I ended up talking to Irish guys at home. They said the [Southeastern Conference] is a great conference ... We liked the coaches a lot, and it seemed like a good fit.”

Cluskey said one of the disparities between tennis in Ireland and LSU is the training regimens.

“The biggest difference is it’s a lot more difficult to train in Ireland because of the weather — it rains a lot and it’s cold,” Cluskey said.

“Over here, the facility is right beside where we live. In Ireland it’s some of the worst traffic in Europe, and it’s tough traveling, so you spend a lot of time in the car or public transport.

It’s a lot easier here when you’re two minutes away from the tennis courts and steps away from the gym.”

Bowtell, a Wicklow County native, said the style and pace of American tennis is a lot more enjoyable than in Ireland.

“You have hard courts pretty much all over America,” Bowtell said. “The main surface in Ireland is artificial grass, which is ridiculously fast and not much fun to play on at

all. So it’s nicer over here to play tennis.”

Bowtell plans to major in kinesiology, and he said it was most difficult to adjust to the balance of tennis and studying at LSU. He said in Ireland he never went to school for more than four hours a day at the Institute of Education.

“The training was killing me at first,” the freshman said. “Last semester we started weights at 5:30 a.m., did an hour of weights in the morning and then you go from 2 until 5. And then you have to study in the evenings. So you don’t have a lot of free time, which is a big difference.”

Both men plan to pursue tennis after college.

Cluskey said he is anxious for his senior season to really begin, and he enjoys helping Bowtell prepare for the spring.

“It’s my last year, and I’m very excited,” he said. “It’s a different level when you go into the dual matches, and we get to look after the freshmen. I remember my first year, so I kind of know what Mark and Neal [Skupski] are going through. I know they’re excited and ready to go.”

Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com

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LSU sophomore James Cluskey, Ireland native, hits the ball back over the net during a singles match against Rice University last season.

NBA

Stojakovic’s season high leads Hornets past Nuggets Denver held 24 pts below season avg.

By Brett Martel The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Peja Stojakovic matched a season high with 26 points and the New Orleans Hornets used stifling defense to beat the Denver Nuggets 94-81 on Wednesday night.

Devin Brown added a season-high 18 points for New Orleans, hitting six of his seven shots, including all three 3-pointers. Chris Paul had 12 points and 10 assists.

Kenyon Martin scored 22 points, and J.R. Smith had 20 for Denver, which was 7-of-20 from the field in the final quarter as a slim lead turned into a doubledigit deficit.

Trailing 68-65 after three quarters, Denver surged to a 70-68 lead on Smith’s 3 and his floater in the lane.

The would be the Nuggets’ last lead, as James Posey ended an 0-for-10 shooting drought with a dunk after an offensive rebound. That ignited a 14-0 run that included a pair of jumpers by Stojakovic and ended with Paul’s running floater in the lane.

Chauncey Billups finally snapped the run with a fast-break layup, but Brown hit back with his third 3 to make it 85-72 with 4:18 to go. Soon after, Brown used a fake to convert an inside

basket as he was fouled, putting New Orleans up 88-74 with 3:14 left. Denver coach George Karl started subbing in his reserves soon after.

Missing center Tyson Chandler and forward David West for a fifth straight game, the Hornets made a point of getting back on defense against a squad averaging nearly 18 fast-break points. Denver was credited with only four points on the break. The Hornets

blocked Denver center Chris Andersen twice inside in the fourth quarter, with Sean Marks slapping away a short floater and Hilton Armstrong stuffing a dunk attempt.

Denver, having beaten Memphis 100-85 a night earlier, came in averaging 104.5 points, but finished more than 20 points below that while committing 19 turnovers.

Billups, who scored 29 points

against Memphis, finished with 12 against New Orleans. Nene finished with 11 points.

Led by Brown, the Hornets got unusually high production from reserves, outscoring Denver’s reserves 42-13.

Both teams shot 50 percent in an evenly matched first half.

Denver led 39-34 after Nene’s dunk and Smith’s jumper, then New Orleans responded with 10 straight points, including

back-to-back 3s by Stojakovic and Brown.

Smith’s driving layup as he was fouled pulled Denver to 4442, and New Orleans led 46-44 at halftime after Anthony Carter’s layup as time ran out in the second quarter.

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GYMNASTICS

Athletic Department is Floor excercise not just routine fiscally irresponsible Dances exhibit The Athletic Department is about to get hit by this economic downturn like a Mack truck.

They haven’t publicly said it, but they all can sense it coming.

And even if they don’t come right out and say it, Atlanta-based rapper Young Jeezy has already declared it.

“It’s a recession and everybody’s broke,” the Snowman spit on the title track of his latest album, “The Recession.”

And the LSU Athletic Department is no different — because they don’t spend wisely.

They’ve had to make some tough decisions on finances, decisions that will greatly affect the student-athletes.

One of the things the department has had to look into is the travel budget for teams, because it spend about $4.5 million of this fiscal year’s $75 million budget on getting from place to place.

This included nearly $400,000 for the men’s and women’s basketball teams to charter seven flights each this season. That’s an absolute waste of funds.

And Athletic Director Joe Alleva’s solution?

To consider not playing teams as far away as Utah and Connecticut so the team can just ride a bus and not have to fly.

That’s just dumb. I’ve got a better solution: Fly commercial, which would cost at most $15,000 by estimates.

There is no reason these teams can’t sit in coach like the regular Joe Schmoes, eat their bags of peanuts and pretzels and drink their half-glass of fruit juice while watching a B-list actor in a romantic comedy.

The fans shouldn’t have to be cheated out of good games against teams LSU doesn’t normally play because the players can’t fly commercial.

The people in charge use the excuse of not interfering with academics as a reason to fly commercial. But I’ve had classes with athletes, and they don’t show up anyway.

Another issue the department faces is the new facilities that are either being built or need to be improved in the future.

The department just spent

multimillions on a new Alex Box Stadium, Tiger Park, basketball practice facility and gift shop.

The $2 million they’ve spent for a gift center is ridiculous. They don’t need to spend that money.

There’s a gift center in the bookstore, and it’s sufficiently met my needs for the past three years, not to mention the gift store right next door to the one in construction.

A $12 million softball park is also a bit absurd as well.

The 824 fans per game that went to the old Tiger Park are JOHANATHAN BROOKS really going to Sports Columnist enjoy the new digs.

The fans are already feeling the effects of the department’s bad money handling.

Last year, it was announced football ticket prices would be rising over the next three years.

Maybe if they didn’t build new gift shops, softball stadiums and unnecessary things of that ilk, ticket prices wouldn’t have to be increased.

And on a somewhat unrelated note, one of the department’s other methods of fundraising is absolutely deplorable.

There is no reason Skip Bertman should be going door to door asking former athletes for donations — even if he wants to.

A 70-year-old man who suffered a heart attack last summer shouldn’t really be doing much at all besides enjoying his old age and playing with his grandkids.

I don’t know how most people do it, but if I get that old and have a heart attack, it’s pretty much going to be a wrap on anything remotely strenuous.

I’m just going to watch sports, eat fried foods and live the good life.

A man shouldn’t be risking his health so the Athletic Department can make an extra grand.

Contact Johanathan Brooks at jbrooks@lsureveille.com

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The Athletic Department may have to cut back on its funding in the upcoming year.

personalities

By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor

For LSU gymnasts, the floor routine is more than just a dance. It’s a way of showing their personality.

“The type of music that it is and the type of dancing that it is fits me better than anything else could,” said LSU senior Ashleigh ClareKearney.

The Tigers are consistently ranked among the top floor exercise programs in the nation. The team was ranked No.7 nationally with a 49.158 average last season. This season, LSU is ranked No. 10 nationally with a 48.862 average.

The Tigers also boast two gymnasts in the top 40 nationally on the floor — Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson.

A lot of the success can be attributed to LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux and her daughter, Jewel Fourrier.

Fourrier, a former gymnast and

dancer, said she helps the LSU gymnasts choreograph their individual routines about two months before the start of the season.

“First we compile music to fit their style, and we go from there,” Fourrier said. “We go in the gym and let loose and see what they do best and what fits that music, and we do choreography from there and have Log on to see the fun with the music, gymnastics team working one-on-one setting up for with their routines.”

Breaux said she floor excercises.

“Last year when the football team kept doing it, they just decided that it would be funny if I did it too, and it’s just stuck,” Clare-Kearney said. “The collar pop just helps me to relax because I know the crowd is looking forward to it, and they even do it with me sometimes.”

Jackson does a back flip on her head during her floor routine.

“I started doing it when I was 10 because I was young and stupid,” Jackson said. “We were just playing around at workout one day and I decided to try it.”

At home meets, LSU’s floor exercises are the last event of the evening.

“It’s a big finishing event,” said junior Kayla Rogers. “Our crowd participation is really important to us as well because the more into it they are, the better we react during our routine, and the better the judges react to what we are doing.”

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doesn’t want her team to be a “cookie-cutter team” in their approach to the floor exercises.

“I want each person to have their own style and their own look and let their routines reflect their personalities and their hard work,” Breaux said.

For Clare-Kearney, her routine is far from “cookie-cutter.”

The senior incorporated the “I get money” hand wave into her floor routine last season when the football team began to do it, and she also “pops her leotard” during the event.

Contact Andy Schwehm at aschwehm@lsureveille.com

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Campus Crime Briefs STUDENT STABS SISTER A University student was arrested on Jan. 21 around 4 p.m. for stabbing her roommate, according to Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman.

Josefina S. Massanga, 22, of East Campus Apartments, Unit D, w was arrested on charges of aggravated battery under the domestic violence act. She stabbed the victim, her sister, one time in the back during a dispute, Rogé said.

LSUPD officials and detectives responded to ECA in reference to the stabbing, along with paramedics and fire department personnel. During the course of the investigation, Massanga said she might have stabbed her sister during the confrontation.

Massanga is awaiting bond.

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WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER BEING PULLED OVER A woman not affiliated with the University was arrested on Jan. 23 at about 3:45 a.m. on charges of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, among other charges.

Desiree J. Dreikorn, 23, of 1826 Brightside View, Baton Rouge, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, Log on to possession of see where a Schedule II these drug, possession incidents of marijuana, occurred on our possession of a interactive map. fire arm with a controlled substance, driving with a suspended license and driving with no tail lights, Rogé said.

Officials stopped Dreikorn for driving without tail lights on River Road. Dreikorn told the officers she had a pistol in her car’s glove compartment. The pistol had an altered serial number. When the officers found the gun, they also found marijuana and a smoking pipe. When Dreikorn was arrested, officers found two tablets of Adderall for which Dreikorn didn’t have a prescription.

STUDENT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MARIJUANA POSSESSION A University student was arrested Friday around 10:45 a.m. for possession of marijuana, Rogé said.

Kurt H. Manning, 19, of 1007 West Ashlin, Louisville, Ky., was charged with one count of possession of marijuana.

Officials responded to a complaint that Manning was selling marijuana from his room in McVoy Hall.

Manning signed a consent search form, and officers began searching his dorm room. Manning told the officers that he had marijuana in his underwear drawer, Rogé said.

The officers found a plastic bag with about 32.5 grams of marijuana in his underwear drawer.

BRCC STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA A Baton Rouge Community College student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at about 3 a.m. on Sunday.

Ryan D. Hendricks, 19, of 171 Skrable Road, Jena was in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle on East Fraternity Lane when LSUPD question him. Hendricks exited the vehicle and threw something next to the tire of the car, Rogé said.

LSUPD officials could smell burnt marijuana on Hendricks’ clothing, Rogé said. Hendricks denied smoking marijuana, but told police he had some in a small plastic bag and a pipe, in his center console. Officers found about 7.9 grams of marijuana in the center console, along with a pipe.

ACCREDITATION, from page 1 federal funds.

“Anytime we have an opportunity to demonstrate how responsible we are with the dollars that we are given, we should welcome that,” Haynie said. “It’s always very critical that we demonstrate that to the external community.”

SACS delegated the responsibility of accrediting schools throughout the southern region, including schools in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. All schools accepting federal funds are required to be reaccredited by SACS every 10 years, according to Haynie.

Additionally, schools are now required to submit reports five years prior to reaccreditation.

The University was accredited in 2004, and it is up for reaccreditation in 2014.

According to Belle Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of SACS, the interim reports are required in preparation for the 10-year accreditation process.

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‘Anytime we have an opportunity to demonstrate how responsible we are with the dollars ... we should welcome that.’

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vice provost of Academic Affairs “They won’t lose accreditation over a fifth-year report, but it could trigger some sort of monitoring process,” Wheelan said. “It is to make sure that they’re still on target, and if they’re not, it would allow us to find out earlier in the reaffirmation cycle rather than waiting to see if reaffirmation is an issue.”

Accreditation ensures the University can account for “every single penny,” Haynie said.

“We have about a $450 million budget,” Haynie said.

“For most institutions we are

PAGE 9 incredibly efficient with the money that we have, and it’s amazing to me that our faculty are able to achieve what they do with the resources that we have.”

Among the major things being evaluated will be the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Haynie said. The University’s QEP is comprised of three objectives — to enhance the communication abilities of students, to increase critical thinking and to increase a sense of social responsibility.

Haynie said the University’s communication across the curriculum classes, residential colleges and summer reading program were created to fulfill the QEP. “It’s important in the sense that Congress wants us to be good stewards of the resources that we have,” Haynie said. “We want to be good stewards of the resources that we are given, and we want to be sure that those resources are ensuring students’ success.”

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into the Forever LSU campaign and the Tiger Athletic Foundation’s project funds.

In times like these, every dollar helps. Some may be skeptical of the Athletic Department’s financial needs since the LSU athletic brand is nationally known for its lucrative earnings.

A Washington Post report of 2007 athletic department revenues ranked LSU as the nation’s No. 11 highest revenue earner, totaling $76.5 million.

Athletic Director Joe Alleva said he is aware his department is in a healthier state than many national competitors.

But the question remains: For how long can one sit comfortably without feeling the pinch from national economic woes?

That time could be running out.

RECESSION PROOF? A Sports Illustrated article in October suggested “college football may prove to be recession proof” in the midst of national financial chaos.

Football is certainly LSU’s cash cow. The athletic department earned a 67 percent profit margin — $31.7 million — in 2007 off the sport.

But the premise that football powerhouse athletic programs may be immune from the recession is an incorrect assumption, according to prominent sports economist Andrew Zimbalist.

“The notion that there is true insulation here is far-fetched,” Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College, said. “The real financial collapse started in late September, when most of the financial commitments that support college football had already been made.

No one had to take more money out of its pockets.”

Zimbalist said most commitments such as season ticket purchases, advertising contracts and big booster donations had already been locked in when the crisis began.

“We went through a season where there was insulation from the economic downturn,” he said.

Zimbalist predicts boosters will significantly “pull back” because of the major losses they may face. He said sponsorship levels and luxury seat purchases will probably decrease while negotiation of media contracts may “take a hit.”

Athletic construction projects are dependent on the bond market, which Zimbalist said could be much more difficult to navigate.

“All of these things are crimping the resources of college football,” he said.

INCREASING OVERSIGHT It’s difficult for Alleva to predict how much of a hit his department will take. He said he is preparing for the worst by cutting corners in hopes of not harming competitive efforts.

One area of cutbacks could be the Tigers’ travel funds, which amount for about 6 percent of the athletic department’s $75 million budget.

The LSU women’s basketball team was allotted nearly $213,000 for seven charter flights this sea-

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son, including a $45,000 flight to Hartford, Conn.

The men’s basketball team’s original charter budget of about $187,000 for seven flights escalated after a canceled commercial flight to Utah. Poor weather forced the men to charter a flight costing about $45,000.

Mark Ewing, senior associate athletic director of business, estimates a commercial flight to Connecticut or Utah would have cost about $12,000 to $15,000.

But Ewing said flying charter has its perks, including minimal academic disruptions because of faster transit and seamless travel.

The men’s flight to Utah and the women’s flight to Connecticut cost a significant chunk of change, but it’s merely a fraction of what the football team will shell out to fly to Washington for the 2009 season opener.

“It’s going to cost a ton,” Ewing said. “Probably around $250,000 to $300,000.”

Even though there might not be much money to squeeze out of the travel budget, Alleva wants to take a closer look.

“I’ve already put in place that all charter flights have to be approved by me,” he said. “Probably pretty soon, we’re going to have to put in place that all flights in general will be approved by me.”

The economy could also affect the department’s willingness to schedule long distance, out-ofconference opponents.

“You may not play Utah [in basketball] anymore,” Alleva said.

“You may say, ‘That’s too far away.’ You may say, ‘We’re only going to play [non-SEC] teams that are within a bus ride.’”

The basketball teams typically bus to SEC opponents within a sixhour radius but only if the game is scheduled on the weekend to avoid class conflicts. Busing a team costs just $3,000 to $4,000.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Ewing projects the international recruiting budget, which totaled about $24,500 for the past fiscal year, could take a hit as well.

The sports most likely affected will be track and field, swimming and diving, tennis and golf.

thursday, january 29, 2009 Members of the LSU women’s basketball team board a private airplane Wednesday afternoon destined for Columbia, S.C. Athletic Director Joe Alleva now approves all team charter flights to monitor spending.

Swimming and diving coach Adam Schmitt has athletes on his roster from Germany, Estonia and Denmark. Schmitt said many of his international athletes have committed to LSU “sight-unseen,” made possible given the great strides in technological recruiting efforts.

But if Schmitt needs to bring an athlete for a campus visit, he said it’s not uncommon for several competing schools to pool their resources while going after the same recruit. An athlete may book a flight from Germany and visit three or four Southeastern Conference universities while in the country. The schools then split the international flight cost.

“Every once in a while we might go to a World Cup to recruit,” Schmitt said. “But you’re made aware that you need to be discerning about where you’re spending your money.”

Alleva may also be forced to cut his payroll depending on how the University budget cuts trickle down to the athletic department.

Since assuming his position last summer, he’s already cut three positions: an assistant to the athletic director, an accounting position and an administrative assistant.

“There’s a lot of other people in this department besides coaches, and the preponderance of the people in this department are not going to get a raise this year,” he said.

Some open staff positions are ECONOMY, see page 15

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009

Brew Your Own Beer

University students, faculty take on refreshing hobby

By Ashley Norsworthy Entertainment Writer

Enjoying a cold beer can be difficult in these hard economic times.

With the price of a bar’s cover charge, the tip and gas to get there and back, some students have begun brewing their own beer at home. And for some, their interest has turned into a full-blown hobby.

Charlie Evans, French junior, started brewing his own beer more Log on to than a year ago and said the most see local important virtue in the art of beer beer brewing is patience. makers “You just got to make sure you talk about take your time,” he said. “It takes a their month to ferment and longer if you want to age your beer.” hobby.

While Evans just recently started making his own brew, Charlie Milan is practically a professional.

Milan, president of Redstick Brewmasters and research associate at the School of the Coast and Environment, has been brewing his own beer since 1986. He was displeased with the availability of beer at the time and decided to make his own.

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FILM

Video art series comes to BR gallery

By Jake Clapp

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Entertainment Writer

BEER, see page 14

photos by MEGAN J. WILLIAMS / The Daily Reveille

Charlie Milan, research associate at the School of the Coast and Environment and president of Redstick Brewmasters, brews his own beer Sunday morning at his home.

The Baton Rouge Gallery is beginning this year’s Flatscape Video Series with, as one press release put it, “a bang – the bang of a bomb.”

The annual ‘The more video series, we know, which will run the last Saturthe less day of January, likely we February and touches are to shut March, a hot-button ispeople out sue with this and call year’s theme, Subversion: them crazy.’ “Anarchy, Art & Richard Nelson Activism.” mass communication As in past professor years, the video series will use more than a half dozen works from various genres, many of which are not accessible to most, to spark an intellectual conversation regarding the subject matter and the means by which the video artists present them.

The series, which premieres Saturday, will showcase the use of subversion, especially through terrorism, as a way radical individuals and organizations strive to coerce society to change their established political or social thoughts.

John Michael Byrd, special events coordinator for the Baton Rouge Gallery, is hopeful this video series will open up discussion about SERIES, see page 14

MUSIC

JJ Grey and Mofro bring funky grooves to Varsity Tonight’s show full of songs of the South

By Jack LeBlanc Entertainment Writer

Baton Rouge native and University High graduate Anne Williams isn’t letting 700 miles get in the way of seeing her favorite band, JJ Grey and Mofro.

Williams is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and plans to fly home to see the band at the Varsity Theatre tonight.

“I saw them live at Rothbury Music Festival in Michigan last summer, and they were so great,” Williams said. “I’ve been dying to see them again and thought

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‘I’m from the South, ... so [my music] is always going to be Southern and swampy.’

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singer/songwriter, JJ Grey and Mofro

it would be a good reason to go home this weekend for a visit.”

JJ Grey and Mofro blend rock music with plenty of grooveheavy blues and dirty funk. The band has toured with a variety of acts including the Hill Country Revue, which played at the Varsity last week and Louisiana’s own Galactic.

Singer and songwriter JJ Grey is a Jacksonville, Fla., native, and

his songs are undeniably Southern in sound and subject.

“That’s where I’m from, and that’s the music that moves me,” Grey said. “I’m from the South, and I’m singing about home, so it’s always going to be Southern and swampy.”

But Grey didn’t always embrace his Southern heritage and home. At one time, he was living in Australia and planning to move there, but he changed his mind and decided to move home to begin a career in music.

“It dawned on me that what’s important is my connection with the dirt,” Grey said. “I write these songs to remind myself, not to enlighten anyone else or tell anyone else how to live. I do it to tell MOFRO, see page 14

photo courtesy of TOBIN VOGGESSER

JJ Grey [above] and Mofro will perform at the Varsity Theatre tonight. The band’s blend of rock, groove-heavy blues and dirty funk is rooted in its Southern heritage.

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MUSIC

MOVIES

TELEVISION

Frost/Nixon

Revolutionary Road Defiance DreamWorks Pictures

Paramount Vintage

Ron Howard’s film adaptation of the play “Frost/Nixon” has been nominated for five Academy Awards and rightfully deserves it. The film depicts the 1977 interviews between talk show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon and their clash as one man tries to get the truth about Watergate and the other wishes to restore his public image. The drama mixed with Michael Sheen and Frank Langella’s outstanding performances has produced a powerful movie that is a must see.

“Revolutionary Road,” based on the novel by Richard Yates, features Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio who play a couple that try to rise above the monotony of the 1950s suburban lifestyle.

The two feel trapped inside their cookie-cutter world and make plans to move to Paris. The acting and cinematography are impeccable. The emotions portrayed by DiCaprio and Winslet are so powerful it makes the deteriorating couple almost painful to watch. The plot is so plausible it blurs the lines between theater and real life. The film’s only flaw is how slowly it moves.

“Defiance,” based on a true story, takes place during Hitler’s “Final Solution” in WWII. Three Jewish brothers hide from the Germans in the densely packed woods of what is now Belarus and form a partisan unit that fight against the Germans. They form a community of Jews that live and fight together in those woods until the war’s end. Although the acting of Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber is superb, the melodrama and romantic cliches drag this historical movie from good to average.

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Springsteen Underworld: Rise Bruce Working on a Dream of the Lycans Columbia Records

Franz Ferdinand

In this fantasy-action flick, the lycans — or werewolves — are fighting against enslavement by a cruel vampire king.

Viewers will be impressed by the action, but the plot remains thoughtless and dull.

It does, however, do its job of telling a simple story about the oppression of werewolves.

Some strong actors make a good attempt at trying to hold the film together, but this is by far the worst installment of a successful series.

Albums like “Born to Run” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” are hard to top as far as American rock ‘n’ roll goes, but if anyone can do it, it’s the Boss himself.

“Working on a Dream,” Bruce Springsteen’s 16th album, is as good as any album he made in the 1970s and ‘80s.

2009’s first great rock album mixes lush string arrangements with retro-E Street Band ballads. “Dream” is a soon-to-be classic.

Franz Ferdinand’s first release since 2005 was worth the wait. The band’s decision to make more of a dance record may disappoint some hardcore fans, but the Scottish rockers more than make up for it with strong song writing and addictive grooves. The band’s use of synthesizers and drum machines may be less sophisticated than they may like to think, but their use of a human skeleton as percussion is pretty damn cool. The album will definitely get the party moving.

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Screen Gems (Sony)

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Domino Records

[D] [A+] [A-]

Editor’s Pick Slumdog Millionaire

Celador Films

FOR FANS OF:

Trainspotting, City of God, Millions

“Slumdog Millionaire” is proving itself to be the darling of the awards season. This film tells the story of Jamal Malik, an orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who goes on India’s version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” When he is arrested on suspicion of cheating, he tells his life story to explain how he knows the answers to each question. The cinematography is stunning, and director Danny Boyle’s work is not to be passed up. This drama surrounding a love story will not leave audiences disappointed.

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MUSIC

La. bands nominated for Grammys Artists up for best zydeco, Cajun album

By Ben Bourgeois Entertainment Writer

In its second year of offering a category for best zydeco or Cajun music album, the Recording Academy is acknowledging five artists from Louisiana.

Cedric Watson, Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys, the Pine Leaf Boys, BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet are nominated this year.

Steve Riley, who was also nominated last year with his band Racines, said he is grateful for the recognition.

“It’s always a great honor,” Riley said. “When [the album] actually got nominated as one of the finalists, I was pretty shocked.”

Riley is being nominated for a live performance at last year’s Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Riley said he was surprised a live performance was nominated for the award.

“We put a lot of work into our albums, probably more than other Cajun bands,” Riley said. “This was an album that took us an hour to make.”

The Pine Leaf Boys are

nominated for their second consecutive Grammy Award for their album Homage Au Passé. Wilson Savoy, accordion and fiddle player in the band, said they worked hard to be recognized by the Academy two consecutive years.

“The bands that travel are the bands that get nominated,” Savoy said. “The majority of voting members are outside of Louisiana, so you have to travel to be recognized by a national audience.”

Savoy said the zydeco and Cajun music category helps acknowledge Louisiana musicians on a national level.

“Being nominated promotes the Louisiana bands and is a good tool to have on one’s resumé,” he said.

In the two years the Academy has offered the zydeco and Cajun category, only one person not from Louisiana was nominated. Lisa Haley, who is based out of Los Angeles, considered herself the “black sheep nominee” but was very excited to be nominated in 2008.

“I’m excited that the Recording Academy is giving attention to the swamp,” Haley said. “We have the opportunity to keep this music in front of people.”

Haley said there are more zydeco bands outside of Louisiana than many would think.

“There’s a lot of Cajun bands in California,” Haley said. “Look at reggae music — it started in Jamaica and now everybody knows it. I hope that happens with Cajun and zydeco music.”

Students said they are excited Cajun and zydeco music is getting put in front of a national audience.

Erin Halloran, history graduate student, said the category is long overdue.

“It seems it’s about time since zydeco music has been around for so long,” Halloran said. “It’s good they’re recognizing it.”

Jessie McCumsey, English senior, said the category may get more people listening to Cajun and zydeco nationally.

“It might get people listening to it,” McCumsey said. “It might actually get me to watch the Grammys.”

James Yarbough, marketing freshman, said he is glad more people are seeing zydeco music because he grew up listening to it.

“Compared to rock or rap or country, you hear zydeco only in Louisiana,” Yarbough said. “You can hear [those other genres] all over the U.S.”

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SUPER BOWL

Rave motion pictures

Celebs plan blowouts for Sun.

Mitch Stacy

The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Costner signed on to host a glitzy Super Bowl party this year, but the truth is he doesn’t really like parties all that much. Too much gladhanding, picture-taking and standing around.

The 54-year-old Hollywood star would much rather be up on stage with his band, Modern West, grinding out original tunes in a dark club somewhere, showing people how serious he really is about the music. So if you really want to get Costner to appear somewhere, invite the band, too. Playing live in the middle of the biggest weekend in sports is why he’s coming to Tampa.

“It’s clearly not the need for attention. I’ve had enough of that for a lifetime,” Costner chuckles during a telephone interview. “It’s no fun being a celebrity. I’d rather be a performer. I’d rather sing for my supper.”

But attention is clearly the point for many of the celebrities who stage one of the glitzy, seeand-be-seen happenings that have become as much a part of Super Bowl week as the game itself. The Hollywood types are here, along with the hip-hop guys, dozens of current and former NFL stars, plenty of scantily clad models, prize fighters and assorted Kardashian sisters.

Ashton Kutcher and Lindsay Lohan are scheduled to be here. So is Snoop Dogg. Mike Ditka says

he’s bringing 100 former NFL stars with him.

The lousy economy this year led some regular party sponsors to cut back or pull out of the Super Bowl scene — Playboy and Sports Illustrated both bagged their annual affairs — but there’s still enough going on in Tampa to keep the paparazzi busy all weekend.

Costner and ex-New York Giant Michael Strahan are co-hosting the Saturday Night Spectacular. It’s

going head-to-head with gigs by hip-hop artist T-Pain and rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, along with an affair crawling with Playboy hotties called “Models and Bottles” and an event at a science museum hosted by boxer Antonio Tarver and rapper Nelly.

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myself what I need to remember.”

Grey prides himself on being a new addition to a long history of Southern storytellers.

“My whole family are storytellers,” Grey said. “You have to fight for the floor at the family reunion.”

All of Grey’s songs are about something he has experienced firsthand.

“I write songs and record albums because I need to remind myself of what’s important, and usually those things are pretty

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the use of subversion around the world.

“The films are not what you would expect,” Byrd said. “I am hoping that people come away with more questions than answers about the type of people who do these things and what they are really fighting for.”

This Saturday’s installment, “Campaign of Coercion: Tactics of Rebellion,” will take a look at two films, 1969’s “Chicago Travelogue: The Weathermen” and 2003’s “Get Rid of Yourself,” to examine the mindsets and effects of terrorism on society and use the 34-year gap

BEER, from page 11 “When I started, I didn’t think there was a good variety of beer,” Milan said. “No matter what Budweiser says in their commercials, it doesn’t have a lot of flavor.”

Milan makes his beer entirely from scratch. He purchases his own grain, which he soaks in boiling water to make mash. This activates enzymes that creates sugars from starches.

Then, hot water is poured over the mash to make a malt. This process is called sparging.

“I need those sugars, so I rinse it with hot water,” Milan said. “Then I collect the liquid and start boiling again.”

Those brewing usually buy a pre-made malt, which requires a simple order from a supplier.

“There is an easy way and a hard way to do this,” Milan said. “I like to do it the hard way.”

Once a malt is made, hops are added.

“Hops balances out the sweetness and also gives flavor,” Milan said.

Hops, flowers from the hop vine, can come in a pellet form, which makes them easier to keep and store.

“There are many different types of hops, depending on what beer you want,” Milan said.

Cooling is required before yeast can be added to ferment the product.

After the yeast is combined with the liquid, it must be stored in a keg or bottles for the process to complete.

Brewers can reuse and clean bottles but must buy new caps.

Without a basic beer brewing kit, which can be purchased for less than $80, the process becomes very scientific and fragile. One of the problems is Baton Rouge water.

“The pH is very high,” Milan said. “If you’re making a pale beer, you can’t just add Baton Rouge

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personal,” Grey said. “But personal becomes universal because we are all the same animals. We all woke up and were here, and that can be the most personal and the most universal thing at the same time.”

Lauren Austin, a second-year student at the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport said she loves the band’s sound and feels they really put their souls into the music.

“Their music makes them seem like they’d be cool as hell to hang out with and seem very down to earth,” Austin said. “They’re proud of their roots and have

found a creative way to use their talents and passions that we all benefit from.”

Tonight’s show is part of the Orange Blossoms release tour, which spans 31 cities. The show is actually a make-up gig to replace a show that was canceled because of Hurricane Gustav last year.

“Orange Blossoms” was released in August on Alligator Records, regarded by many as the top contemporary blues record label in the world.

Grey said he’s especially proud of this record and it really spans the gamut of styles,

emotions and tempos. The album was recorded in northern Florida and features 12 songs recorded with long-time friend and guitarist Daryl Hance, bassist/organist Adam Scone, drummer Anthony Cole, saxophonist Art Edmaiston and trumpeter Dennis Mario.

“I’ve been listening to Mofro for nearly five years now, and I can’t understand why they’ve yet to make a major impact in mainstream music,” said Cody Boudreaux, communication studies junior. “Instead, they’ve developed a loyal following among small venues across the country.

between the two films to show the staying power of anarchist and terrorist practices.

Richard Nelson, University public relations professor and a listed expert on terrorism, said that when it comes to terrorism, both sides — the aggressor and the target — believe they are right in their actions.

“Interpretation is a big thing,” Nelson said. “The people who use terrorism believe strongly enough in their cause to use violence, and of course, they don’t think they are wrong.”

One of the key points in this year’s edition of the Flatscape Video Series is the interpretation of how an act of subversion is justified.

“It is a great idea to make this open to the public,” Nelson said.

“The more we know, the less likely we are to shut people out and call them crazy. If we understand their motives and beliefs more, the better equipped we are to solve the issues.”

With such a controversial topic, the gallery hopes to open the eyes of many Baton Rouge patrons to not only show what is happening around the world and even in our own country, but to also show why it is happening.

The series will run at 8 p.m. at the Baton Rouge Gallery with new installments on Jan. 31, Feb. 28 and March 28. Admission is $5 for

non-members of the Baton Rouge Gallery and free for members.

Byrd said the series is in no way an endorsement by the Baton Rouge Gallery of any of the actions presented during any videos in the three installments of this year’s program.

“It is hard to tell the difference between one man’s freedom fighter from another man’s terrorist,” Byrd said. “And with this year’s series, we are hoping that people will ask themselves questions and see that it is a multi-sided issue.”

water. For darker beers, not a problem.”

Milan doesn’t condone beer kits. He prefers his way because he knows exactly what he wants, what he likes and, most importantly, what he is doing.

“But it’s still a challenge to get it right,” he said.

Jeff Canady owns Pelican State Supply Co., a branch of what used to be Perkins Road Hardware. Before burning, the building used to house Bootleggers Brewing Supply before moving to its new location off of Interstate 110.

“Most people [who come in] start with an ingredient kit, a book and an equipment kit,” Canady said.

A basic wine or beer making kit includes an instruction booklet and a fermenting bucket, but not an ingredient kit.

“Just read the book, and you can make beer,” Canady said.

Recipes for beer are available online and brewers-to-be can find interpretations of their favorite beers, such as Abita Purple Haze or Beck’s.

“When I buy a recipe, I buy it from Austin Homebrew Supply. It costs around $30,” Evans said.

However, those interested in brewing should be aware that some legal regulations do exist. First of all, brewers must be at least 21 years old.

“You have to be of drinking age

to make and possess the beer,” said Murphy Painter, Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control commissioner.

“That’s the state law.”

Also, there is a maximum production amount. “[Brewers] cannot exceed 200 gallons per calendar for a two adult household, or 100 gallons per calendar year for a one adult household,” Painter said.

The regulations apply to personal or family use, not for selling the product. Those planning to make a profit need to acquire a license.

While kits for wine making are also widespread and popular sellers, Milan still prefers beer because he believes it is very versatile.

“What makes beer so interesting is you can get anything,” Milan said.

Different kinds of grains, yeasts and hops are available.

“It’s like painting a picture,” he said. “[And the ingredients] are your palette.”

Milan said beer brewing is an interesting and productive hobby to assume.

“Everyone has a hobby,” Milan said. “I could build furniture, but I wouldn’t be able to drink it, so what the hell?”

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But maybe that’s how it should be, as Mofro’s sound is rooted in the tiny bars and juke joints that have influenced the Southern music landscape for generations.”

The show starts at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Chimes box office or online at varsitytheatre.com.

“I am looking forward to Baton Rouge. It has always been good to us,” Grey said. “And the food is always good there.”

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thursday, january 29, 2009 BUILDING, from page 1 until June 30 to collect the money for the state to match the funds with $30 million to build the complex.

“We have a list of potential donors, and we are contacting them every minute it seems,” said Jones, business college dean. “Everyone understands the need for this new business education complex.”

Space is limited for the business college, and the school doesn’t have the latest technology to teach efficiently, Jones said.

“We must take advantage of this opportunity to significantly move the college forward,” said Chancellor Michael Martin in an e-mail to The Daily Reveille. “The chance to do so may not come again for many years.”

The University has commitments from donors and the state for the construction of the new building, Martin said.

Karen Deville, business school senior director of advancement, said the fundraising has focused on the 35,000 business alumni, and members of the team have traveled the country looking for new donors.

For about 20 years, the University knew the business college needed a new building, and they began formulated a master plan, Deville said.

The college of business moved into Patrick F. Taylor Hall around 1987 and had to share space with the College of Engineering.

“By the time we moved in, we had basically outgrown the building,” Deville said.

The College of Engineering has different needs from the

business school, she said. Faculty needs room for labs, and there just isn’t enough room.

“We are using less than 25 percent of the space in the building,” Jones said.

The new complex will give the business college the chance to grow and give the engineering department room for new technology, Jones said.

The dean described the complex as having two wings — a side for graduate students and an undergraduate side with a courtyard in the center. Across from the wings on one side is a 300-seat auditorium, and on the opposite side is a three-story atrium.

“The undergraduate wing is close to the rest of campus that will accommodate undergraduate students,” Deville said.

Deville compared the threestory building to the union with a cafe and tables for students to work.

“When you come in the South gates at LSU and turn left onto Nicholson Extension, there will be this wonderful iconic presence,” Deville said.

The $60 million project will also include the latest technology for the college, Jones said. He showed pictures of the new projectors and web cameras to help further student education.

“Today the way we teach is more along the lines of engaged learning,” Jones said. “It’s a lot of student interaction.”

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frozen and some filled positions could be in jeopardy while coaching salaries continue to escalate.

The trend is not one Alleva appreciates, but he understands the driving force for competitiveness.

“Paying coaches competitive salaries doesn’t ensure, but it does help to win,” he said. “The worst thing you want to do is lose, because then you still see the money go down. If you start losing, the stadium isn’t filled up. You don’t sell concessions.”

projects are $36 million for Alex Box Stadium, $12 million for Tiger Park, $14 million for the indoor basketball practice facilities and $2 million for the gift center.

Alleva would like to add even more to the plate, citing the need for better track, gymnastics and swimming facilities.

But he knows now is not the time to pile on the expenses.

“We want to hold on now,” Alleva said. “We want to maintain.

When things start getting better, we’ll start looking to make improvements.”

TOO EARLY TO TELL LSU football season ticket renewals are open until the end of March, which makes financial projections difficult to currently come by.

Alleva can only speculate that the recession will take some toll.

“I can’t answer your question if we’ve seen it yet. I think we will,” he said. “People only have so much disposable income. If you have to choose between buying tickets and paying the rent, I think people will pay the rent.”

Alleva may not be able to gauge the fans’ anticipated actions, but he can do his best to shield the department from a hard hit.

“You have to use this time for planning and building relationships with potential donors,” he said.

“You don’t use this time to ask for money. It’s not the right time to ask for money.”

It may not be the time to ask for money for new projects, but LSU already has plenty in motion.

The current estimates for ongoing

A SENSITIVE BUSINESS Alleva isn’t the only prominent LSU official with his eyes on the March 31 football season ticket renewal deadline.

Major General Ron Richard, CEO of the Tiger Athletic Foundation, has the date marked on his calendar as well.

“We don’t know what a time like this means to LSU athletics because we’re not in a downturn yet,” Richard said. “Why did I say ‘yet?’

Because we will not know what effect this economic crisis has had on LSU athletics until the renewal period is over for football.”

About a month after that renewal deadline, Richard and a slew of prominent LSU coaches and officials will embark on the yearly Tiger Tour agenda designed to bring in donations and pledges for TAF, the LSU Foundation and the LSU Alumni Association.

“Regardless of the current situation, we’re always sensitive when we’re asking people to donate to a sport,” Richard said. “It’s not an

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PAGE 15 insensitive business. For those that believe it’s an insensitive business, they’re showing their naïveté about what it’s like to go ask a man or a woman for a dollar or a million dollars.”

RINGING DOORBELLS Whether it’s a million dollars or just one, Bertman has a way to sell his proposal.

He effortlessly breaks down a $1,000 donation per year into a $83.33 per month total. Then he divides the total and claims a donor could help scholarship athletes by sacrificing a few restaurant meals or cups of coffee.

Bertman uses this handy sales pitch during house visits or breakfast conversations — evidence that some math skills and imagination prove helpful during tough economic times.

“I do want to say that this is the toughest time I’ve ever had for fundraising,” he said.

Some of that fundraising time is spent combating the financial fear that may consume potential donors.

“I tell them that if they happen to miss one month’s payment, it’s not like someone is going to take their house away,” Bertman said.

But even if Bertman has gotten his share of “No, thank you” answers, he doesn’t plan to stop ringing doorbells.

“All we can do is ask,” he said.

“They won’t be able to say that they weren’t asked.”

Contact Amy Brittain at abrittain@lsureveille.com

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METAIRIE’S FINEST

FEMA ignores responsibility, whines like children FEMA apparently doesn’t feel it’s been ridiculed enough for its disastrously pathetic performance following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Gustav.

FEMA recently claimed the reason Baton Rouge residents, some in need for weeks after Hurricane Gustav, could not get the emergency food and water they required was the gluttony of Louisiana residents.

They said Louisana residents were eating more Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) — or those small brown packages of dry foods that can be heated up with water and a special pouch — than the agency anticipated.

I kid you not. I am not nearly clever enough to think this up.

Both Gov. Bobby Jindal and his spokeswoman Melissa Sellers pointed out this claim is ridiculous and “pretty nutty.”

Yet FEMA will not relent.

Has anyone in FEMA ever actually eaten an MRE? Assuming the residents of Baton Rouge are worrying about stuffing their faces with Meal No. 2, “Chicken with Vegetables

and Noodles” or “Wheat Snack Bread” covered in “Cheese Paste with Bacon and Jalapeños” seems so painfully ignorant it’s not worth writing about.

Assuming anyone in Louisiana would stop to consider their involvement in one of the seven deadly sins after going through the hell those two storms rained upon us seems more ridiculous than a big dog with a little hat.

But, as I type this, I look up and see the two unopened boxes of MREs I got after Hurricane Gustav. I took them to eat if the power didn’t return, but they have been left to sit for months.

I think back to Hurricane Katrina. I spent the semester after the storm in 110 West Laville Hall, and almost everyone on the hall had MREs. Sure, most of us were affected — my house was hit, and my family had to live in Houston for about a year.

But MREs were fun.

We’re college students, and heating food up with water in a pouch — sad as it may be — was entertaining.

FEMA is by no means right.

But perhaps they have a point, however ineloquently they have decided to present it. Almost no one outside of FEMA would claim the agency has been particularly effective while trying to do the single job they are responsible Travis Andrews for. FEMA is Columnist sort of like a plumber who doesn’t know what an Allen wrench is — there isn’t much reason to listen to them.

Excuses, excuses, excuses.

Nonetheless, even a broken clock is right twice a day, and a few other times it’s close.

And that is what FEMA is: almost right.

Of course we shouldn’t be taking MREs when others are in far more need, and we shouldn’t be heating up pouches with water because we think it’s fun.

Of course we shouldn’t stockpile them to eat later when we’ve

spent too much cash at Bogie’s the night before and still need a snack.

Of course we shouldn’t get a box and go through them all, looking for the, like, four tasty treats included in the 12 meals offered.

But of course we do. We’re college students.

And I can’t imagine, in any way, that this stops with us.

“FEMA brought up this same assertion during the storms, and the governor made it clear that it is nutty to tell the people of south Louisiana that we are simply eating too much and are choosing MREs over our terrific local cuisine,” Sellers told The Times-Picayune.

Well, yeah.

But I can’t afford Juban’s every night. Hell, I can’t even afford Wendy’s every night.

I doubt you can either.

And there are thousands in this city who can’t afford it ever.

There are thousands in this city who could use extra MREs. There are probably thousands in this city who took a few extra ones.

We were wrong.

But it still remains unbelievable that FEMA didn’t, oh I don’t know, take this into consideration before coming out here to hand out supplies.

When your job is to feed a city in need, it seems like the idea “maybe some people might eat a bit more than others” might have a punch-you-in-the-face kind of obviousness.

Apparently not.

Not that any of this is surprising. But it doesn’t change the fact that it’s painful to see a government agency charged with one of the most noble and important jobs in the our country act like a 6-year-old who just hit a baseball through the neighbor’s window.

Blaming people in need for being too needy is far easier than helping them.

Maybe FEMA should take a page out of Les Miles’s book and show some courage by taking responsibility for their actions.

We’ll do the same.

Contact Travis Andrews at tandrews@lsureveille.com

WALK HARD

Vitter’s definition of compromise needs reevaluation

Louisiana has been promised “a new day.”

Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Mary Landrieu and Mayor Kip Holden are all popular officials attempting great things for the state.

And then there’s Sen. David Vitter.

Recently, Vitter was one of two senators who voted against the confirmation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and the only senator to vote against her twice.

This vote is, presumably, indicative of Vitter’s convictions, and for that, he is to be applauded.

But, he seems to believe “compromise” is a dirty word indicating an innate weakness and lack of resolve. Perhaps he should reevaluate his definition of compromise and view it as a sign of humility.

Former Sen. Russell Long epitomized the effective senator. Following the news of Long’s death, his successor Sen. John Breaux, said, “[I]t was his kind manner and his quiet charisma that endeared so many people to him.”

Long knew how to accomplish things for the state he represented.

He was so committed to governing effectively he gave up what was a cherished family heirloom.

The desk Huey Long used during his short, tumultuous senatorial career was first the desk of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.

Senators from both states coveted the desk.

Long eventually acquired it only to give it up again to former Sen. Olin Johnston when he ran for majority whip of the Senate in order to assure South Carolina’s vote. He understood business in Washington is accomplished by compromise — not grandstanding.

When Breaux won Long’s seat after the latter’s retirement, he wanted the desk, but was unable to appropriate it because Fritz Hollings was using it.

“Breaux wanted that desk not only because of his respect for Senate tradition, but also out of admiration for those who served honorably before him,” wrote Russell Long Mosely, the grandson of Russell Long, in an letter published in The Advocate on December 3, 2004.

The desk is relevant because it

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was offered to Vitter.

The gift was an indication to Vitter the Senate was ready to welcome him into what mass communication professor Robert Mann called “the club.” It was a sign of acceptance Vitter rejected.

Not only did he reject the desk, he insulted the memory of one of this state’s most influential leaders.

Long’s effectiveness allowed him to accomplish things regardless of who occupied the White House. During his nearly four Drew Walker Columnist decade-long career in the Senate, he was praised by Republicans and Democrats alike.

Sen. Russell Long was a political heavyweight.

Vitter tries to position himself as the moral crusader who defends the cause of what is good, right and virtuous. Some of his supporters see him as a moral lighthouse.

There is good reason for this.

His vote against the PaulsonBush plan should be regarded as a vote for what is sensible and necessary. He deserves credit for his clarity on the issue.

But his detractors believe instead of a lighthouse, Vitter is a lightweight.

Instead working with others who may disagree with him, Vitter sees it as his job to take every opportunity to grab the spotlight.

“There are two categories of Senators — work horses and show horses. The show horses don’t get a lot of respect,” Mann said.

Long was a consummate work horse. He did whatever he could to benefit Louisiana and the country.

He was not perfect but understood his imperfection was not peculiar to this situation and didn’t hold others to an unattainable standard of perfection. He was humble enough to respect his colleagues.

Vitter has yet to learn this admirable trait. He should know by now moral indignation and fiery speeches are no substitute for substantive action.

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to get things done. His inability to reach an accommodation that satisfied 94 other senators shows his interest in demanding perfection that he lacks in his own life.

Voting against Clinton does nothing for Louisiana or the nation because he had no proof. Vitter’s position would force the nominee to overcome the presumption of guilt.

Actions speak louder than words.

One of the greatest acts carried out by a Louisiana politician was the final act of Robert Livingston. On the eve of his ascension to Speaker of the House, it became apparent a scandal was about to break.

In response to this, Livingston simply resigned instead of dragging his family, state and country through an embarrassing investigation.

That’s the sort of thing done by people who ultimately choose to live by the morals they espouse.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s good to know that if I behave strangely enough, society will take full responsibility for me.”

Ashleigh Brilliant British author and cartoonist Dec. 9, 1933 - present

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Parents should inoculate themselves from ignorance In the first two months of 2008, San Diego suffered an outbreak of a once-common disease which has all but disappeared in this country — measles.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dates the outbreak to Jan. 13, 2008, when a 7-year-old boy returned home from a trip to Switzerland, where measles vaccination is less common.

By the time he showed symptoms more than a week later, 12 children were infected. They all had one thing in common — none of them had been vaccinated.

The measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR vaccine, has acquired a certain infamy among parents due to a single 1998 article in The Lancet, a British medical journal, suggesting the MMR vaccine led to higher autism rates in children who received it.

The Lancet later retracted the paper, but the initial results have

been used to justify the avoidance of the MMR shot and other vaccines by parents who distrust either mainstream medicine or the mainstream media.

Sybil Carlson, whose son was exposed to the San Diego outbreak, told The New York Times on March 21, “I saw medical studies, not given to use [sic] by the mainstream media, connecting [vaccines] with neurological disorders, asthma and immunology.”

Other parents’ unease with the shots is even less grounded in reality.

In an interview on the Dec. 19 broadcast of “This American Life,” Hilary Chambers, whose infant daughter was also exposed, claimed that vaccination is like saying to a doctor, “Okay now, inject her with something I have no idea what it is, and it’s supposed to be good for them eventually and protect them, and I hope it does.”

“This American Life” Contributing Editor Susan Burton echoed the sentiment, describing herself as another mom who finds vaccines “scary” because “they’re not all-natural” and “you have no control over them.”

This notion of control is scary enough in itself. One if Matthew Patterson wonders Chambers and Columnist Burton maintain airlocks and decontamination showers at every entrance to their houses.

They must find it time consuming to sew baby clothes out of homespun thread made from hydroponically grown cotton. And when it becomes necessary to bring their children outdoors, it has to be quite difficult to find appropriately

infant-sized gas masks.

Chambers says she has no idea what’s in a measles vaccine, but neither does she know what’s in her produce and meat. The “organic” label only gives her the manufacturer’s promise of the item’s “goodness.” To think this translates to “control” over any product is intellectually bankrupt.

Conversely, the measles virus is totally natural — it’s definitely not man-made.

The many “benefits” of this completely organic item include pneumonia, increased risk of premature birth and miscarriage and encephalitis leading to mental retardation or death.

Unlike many organic products, it’s easily acquired — coughing and sneezing spreads the virus, and it remains infectious for up to two hours in air, according to the CDC. It is because of the ease of

transmission and severe potential complications that all states require vaccination before children enter school, and many universities — including ours — all require incoming students to demonstrate proof of immunization.

In the pre-vaccine days, there was often only one public health measure effective against a viral outbreak — quarantine. Several dozen unvaccinated San Diego families had another taste of that isolation last year.

But non-vaccinating parents deserve no less than total ostracism if they expose their own children and others to virulent and debilitating diseases.

After all, death is also all-natural.

Contact Matthew Patterson at mpatterson@lsureveille.com

COMMON CENTS

Chrysler ad fails to obscure violence of bailout

We are like fish swimming wide-eyed through an ocean of blood that no longer taste the horror in which we are suspended.

On Dec. 19th, eight days after the automotive bailout bill failed in the senate, former President George W. Bush used his executive power to direct $13.4 billion to the automotive industry — $9.4 billion for General Motors and $4 billion for Chrysler.

This is a measure only 36 percent of the country supported, according to a December CNN poll.

The cost of this bailout will be tossed atop the $10.6 trillion U.S. debt, according to the treasury. This is a debt our generation will be forced to spend its lifetime repaying.

To add insult to injury, one of the first things Chrysler did with its money was take out a fullpage, color ad in The Wall Street

Journal and USA Today entitled “Thank You America — thank you for investing in Chrysler” signed

by Bob Nardelli, Chrysler’s CEO and Chairman.

It’s hard to imagine something more disgusting.

Usually when one says “investing,” one refers to voluntarily exchanging money for a share in future profits.

But the “investing” of Bush’s executive order was involuntary.

It occurred not through the invisible hand of the free market but through the iron fist of government power.

To call this “investing” is to kidnap and call it a date.

To call this “investing” is to enslave and insist that it is employment.

To call this “investing” is to rape and plead that it is lovemaking.

One does not have to be an economic expert to appreciate the reality of this situation. The government finances the automakers’ bailout through taxation — through you.

If you do not pay your taxes, then you will receive a court summons. If you do not answer your court Daniel Morgan summons, then Columnist men with guns will come to your door. If you resist them, then you will be shot.

The Detroit Bailout — like all bailouts and all government action — is made possible by the threat of violence. This is the gun in the room Nardelli wants you to ignore. This is the gun that forces Nardelli to lie.

As Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote, “violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.”

If one wishes to speak with honesty and clarity about our society, one must begin by pointing out the difference between voluntary and coercive action — by pointing out the gun.

This is the gun that forces people to act against their selfinterest.

This is the gun that damns politicians to a lifetime of deceit and bribery.

This is the gun that both political parties will gladly wield in exchange for the glories of political power.

Despite having to crawl to

Congress late last year, Chrysler was stable enough to donate almost $900,000 to political causes in the latest election cycle. United Auto Workers, who begged and pleaded alongside them, gave more than $2 million to the Democrats in 2008, according to opensecrets.org.

These voluntary measures, unlike the bailout, could be considered an investment.

When Bush used his executive power to pay back Chrysler, the democratic process failed to represent the will of the people.

But we still have the ability to vote with our dollars.

The next time you need to buy a car, don’t feel pressured to “Buy American.”

Unfortunately, Bove was more interested in causing controversy than in presenting a well researched, balanced article. Nor was he interested in presenting a thoughtful discussion of the issue of posthumous casting.

We would like to clarify a few points: Gary Arseneau is in no way a Rodin scholar, a scholar of art history, bronze sculpture or French law.

He is an enthusiast who, unfortunately, does not understand Rodin’s own artistic production, the terms of Rodin’s will and, most importantly, the very nature of bronze casting. Arseneau has never taken the time to actually

view the exhibition at any of its venues.

The bottom line is that this museum does not exhibit fakes. The issue of posthumous casting is a legitimate discussion, particularly when it violates the artist’s expressed wishes.

However, the fact that a bronze was cast after the artist’s death does not make it a fake or a reproduction since Rodin created the wax and did not actually cast the bronze. The date that each sculpture was cast, when known, is clearly marked on the exhibition labels.

These sculptures are considered original Rodins because they were cast from his original

molds in accordance to the terms of Rodin’s will.

It was the artist’s wish that every museum and every collector have the opportunity to own an original Rodin even after his death.

Gerald Cantor, who founded the Canter Foundation, worked closely with Albert Elsen, long considered the foremost scholar on Rodin, to amass a collection that would travel throughout the United States, Canada and, indeed, the world.

The LSU Museum of Art worked hard to bring this exhibition to Baton Rouge primarily for the benefit of LSU students and faculty.

We are saddened that one misinformed individual could dissuade students from attending this remarkable exhibition.

We hope that students will view the sculptures and the exhibition for themselves before making up their minds.

The exhibition is free to students and we encourage them to experience the sculptures first hand.

Contact Daniel Morgan at dmorgan@lsureveille.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Response: Rodin’s art questioned at museum exhibit The LSU Museum of Art was disappointed at the irresponsible nature of the January 28 article, “Rodin’s art questioned at museum exhibit stop in BR”.

While Gary Arseneau is passionate about his cause, his arguments against the Cantor Foundation’s collection of Rodin sculptures have been discounted

by Rodin scholars, museum professionals and art historians.

Victoria Cooke Asst. Director for Curatorial Affairs LSU Museum of Art Shaw Center for the Arts

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You are already drinking energy drinks, why not drink a healthy one that pays serious cash? email blufrogenergydrink@gmail.com or call for appointments. 318.751.6054 PRE-DENTAL HYGIENE will train as a Hygiene assistant to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Pleas call 225.296.5980 225.296.5980 EARN EXTR A MONEY Students needed ASAP Earn up to $150 per day being a mystery shopper No Experience Required Call 1-800-722-4791 BES T WES TERN CHATEAU is now hiring Front Desk Reps for 10pm-7am Night Audit shift. Lots of quiet study time! Very flexible with class schedules and exams!! Come apply in person at 710 N. Lobdell Ave, Baton Rouge SITTER NEEDED Tues/Thurs nights, every other Sunday. Must be JR, SR, or Grad student, non-smoker. Min. 3 references, reliable transportation. $10/hr plus food expenses. 601.807.3522 SWIMMING LESSONS INS T R U C T O R S NEEDED Great Part Time Afternoon Spring Semester Job-Full Time Summer Job- Great Pay! CRAWFISH AQUATICS, Louisiana’s Total Swim Program- If you are highly motivated, hard working, we can teach you the rest. Please fax resume to 225-706-1636 or e-mail to swimcraw@bellsouth.net WE PAY UP TO $75 per online survey. www. CashToSpend.com RUNNER NEEDED FOR BR CPA Firm 2025 hours per week. Hours are flexible.

Accounting/Finance major preferred. Fax resume to 927-9075 or email to dcarter@psha.com P E R F E C T PA R T T I M E P O S I T I O N Afternoon Preschool Teacher needed for child care center near LSU.2:30-5:30 M-F 225-766-1159 DON’T MISS THIS OPPOR T U N I T Y! Now hiring for all positions at the following locations: JEFFERSON 7615 Jefferson Hwy Baton Rouge 70809 PERKINS ROWE 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Baton Rouge 70810 “Flexible schedules & Benefits for Full Time Associates” Please apply in person during regular restaurant hours.

Equal Opportunity Employer SPOR T S AND S TUDY Sports and Study Buddy for our 7 yr old boy. 5 days/wk MF, 3-5 PM. Must have transportation. Near LSU. 225.266.7924

SMOOTHIE KING SHERWOOD FORES T Now Hiring Engertic Fun Work Environment Great Pay with Incentives Day and Evening Shifts Apply in Person or call 225 291 5464 WEB & GR A P H I C S TUDENT POSITION The Communications Department at Pennington Biomedical Research Center is looking to hire a student worker to assist in updating and organizing web site content and graphic design. Basic HTML knowledge required. Graphics skills a plus. 20 hrs/wk. ISDS, Computer Science, or Design majors should apply.

Send resumes with references to PenningtonCommunications@pbrc.edu PAR T TIME Web Designer. Knowledge of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Photoshop. $10/hr 225.247.3300 SURVEY RESEARCHERS NEEDED! LSU’s Public Policy Research Lab is now hiring survey researchers for weekend and night work only. Must have a clear speaking voice, be friendly, willing to communicate with people over the phone, and to follow set procedures. Pay is competitive, $7-9/ hour. Flexible hours! Great place to work! Prior experience a plus but not required. Contact Kathryn Rountree, Operations Manager, krount1@lsu.edu to set up an interview.

HELP WANTED Part time cashiers and morning produce manager. Apply in person at 7675 Jefferson Hwy. 225.927.2051 MAKE $12-1 5 / H R PLUCKERS MAKE $12-15/HR PLUCKERS IS NOW HIRING DELIVERY DRIVERS APPLY AT 4225 NICHOLSON NOW HIRING Rave Motion Pictures Now Hiring at Both Locations Hourly Managers General Staff Please inquire at the box office 225-769-5176 225-753-2710 LEWIS COMPUTER SERVICES, INC. PT Student Worker. Excellent student opportunity. Will be responsible for completing company errands and basic clerical work.

Must have a clean driving record, excellent communication skills, and basic computer skills. Previous office experience preferred. No nights or weekends.

Please e-mail resume and spring class schedule to jobs@lewis.com PARKVIEW BAPTIS T PRESCHOOL Preschool Teachers needed 3-6 p.m. flex days. no degree required 293-9447 DENTAL OFFICE P/T dental assistant/receptionist needed for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Great opportunity for those interested in medical/dental field. Please fax resume to 225.766.2122 USS KIDD VETER ANS MEMORIAL Now hiring P/T tour guides & overnight camping guides. The position includes ship tours and working in the gift shop, museum, & administrative offices. Apply in person at the gift shop or download an application from our website. M-F, 9-5, 305 S. River Rd. 225-342-1942. www.usskidd.com

ENERGETIC PEOPLE NEEDED! Maggie’s Clean-It-All is looking for enthusiastic individuals to help clean homes and offices on weekday mornings/afternoons.

Pay can be up to $11hr. Only those serious should apply!

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009 person @ Fitness Expo 9603 Airline hwy.

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THE UNIVERSIT Y CLUB Golf Course is now hiring kitchen staff, beverage cart attendants, servers, golf shop staff, and outside services staff. Fun environment

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NOW HIRING an after care person at the Baton Rouge International School Monday thru Friday, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. $10/ hour. Send resume at brisla@yahoo.com or call 225-293-4338.

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L SU AREA - New 3BR, 3 1/2 bath, 1837 LA - Attached garage, Gated Complex, Granite Counter Tops, Stained Floors Appliances included - Open Daily - 10 to 5. $233,000 to $252,000. Jane St. Amant - Keller Williams - 225-937-6430 225.769.4342 CHERRY BED WITH MATTRESS SET Both NEW in boxes with warranty $395 225.924.5336 FOR RENT HEATHERS TONE TOWNHOUSE 2BR/1.5B Like new! Bus rt, cvd pkg, FP $1100 + utL 225.405.0842 1 & 2 BD RM CONDO FR REN JUST OUTSIDE THE SOUTH GATES OF LSU. FRIG, WSHR/ DRYR, MICRO, STOVE, 4264, 4278 oxford 1 & 2 bed rm., 595.00 695.00 & 995.00. 323.691.3129 2 B R / 2 B AT H S H A R L O T O W N H O M E $900. Covered parking, w/ d, fenced courtyard, fireplace. New carpet. 225648-3115 TIGER MANOR CONDOMINIUMS. U N I T S R E A D Y F O R S P R I N G & F ALL 2009!

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Community Pool. Extra Parking. Great Location at LSU. $1500/mo.

225.202.1148 NEW & BEAUTIFUL!! Tigerland large 1BR $550 & 2BR $750. Completed 1/15.. real tile & carpet, granite, paint, wood cabinets! Be the first to live here since remodel! —-297 4009 DOWNTOWN RIVERVIEW CONDOS Renovated 2BR/2BA, granite counters, cypress cabinets. Fresh paint. $1,200/ mo. Plus deposit. Call Don 368-3240.

DOWNTOWN RIVERVIEW CONDOS Renovated 2 BR/2BA, granite counters, cypress cabinets. Fresh paint. $1200/mo. Plus deposit. Call Don 368-3240 NEWLY REMODELED 2BR/1B duplex w/yard pet ok $650 McDaniel Prop

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