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Palermo, Watkins Anticipated budget cut headed for runoff BOARD OF REGENTS
figures announced LSU System may cut $102 million By Kyle Bove Chief Staff Writer
Members of the Board of Regents received anticipated higher education budget cut figures for the 2009-10 fiscal year on Wednesday, under which the LSU System would see a reduction in state funding of $102,087,705. Gov. Bobby PROJECTED Jindal’s proposed BUDGET state spending CUTS budget has higher • LSU System: education taking a $102,087,705 $219 million reduction, on top of the • SU System: now permanent $55 $16,942,411 million mid-year • UL System: cut, to help make $67,054,816 up for slacking state • LCTC System: revenue. $28,794,979 In distributing the $219 million reduction between the state’s four university systems, Regents staff “phased in” the muchtalked about performance-based funding formula in combination
7,771 students vote in this year’s SG election By Adam Duvernay Staff Writer
This year’s Student Government presidential election will continue with a run-off election between the leaders of the Next Level ticket, Sen. Andy Palermo and Phoebe Hathorn, and the More ’09 ticket, Stu- Log on to see art Watkins and Martina presidential Sheuermann. candidates’ More than 300 stu- reactions. dents packed Dodson Auditorium on Wednesday night, filling the hall with applause, cheers and congratulatory hugs as the winners of this year’s SG elections were announced. Commissioner of Elections Jordan
Milazzo began the announcement ceremony by welcoming current SG President Colorado Robertson to greet the students present. Robertson greeted the crowd and applauded the candidates for running a clean campaign that focused on the issues of the election instead of the personalities involved. He also told the candidates who didn’t win their particular elections to remain undaunted and continue working for the University. The More ‘09 campaign earned 35.21 percent of the votes and moved
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[Above] Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann of the More ’09 ticket celebrate Wednesday after finding out they made the SG election runoff. [Left] Phoebe Hathorn, left, Drew Prestridge, center, and Andy Palermo, right, celebrate after finding out the Next Level ticket is moving to the runoff.
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CULTURE
New body art trends emerge in BR Health risks make branding illegal in La. By Victoria Yu Contributing Writer
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Piercer Jake Brooks puts dermal anchors in the face of a tattoo artist at Atomic Tattoo on March 15.
Marcus Sylvas walked into his friend’s apartment with the intention of burning the Phi Beta Sigma letters onto his flesh. “You’re going to get it burned on so it’s definitely something you want to think
about,” said Sylvas, Phi Beta Sigma president and agricultural business finance junior. Tattoos, branding and piercings are applications of body art that have become more common and socially acceptable these days. But certain kinds of body art could pose health risks and legal problems. Branding is illegal in Louisiana, according to Title 51, Part 28 of the Louisiana Administrative Code. “We just can’t offer that service, and
we discourage any nonprofessional modification,” said Jake Brooks, a piercer from Atomic Tattoo on Lee Drive. Kathryn Saichuk, Wellness Education coordinator, said branding poses a high risk of infection. “Branding is done by heating surgical grade sheet metal to 1,900-2,100 degrees and then applying it to the skin,” Saichuk said in an e-mail. Meanwhile, branding sites that aren’t BODY ART, see page 19
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that America’s “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs and its inability to stop weapons from being smuggled into Mexico are fueling an alarming spike in violence along the U.S.-Mexican border. Clinton said the United States shares responsibility with Mexico for dealing with the violence and that the Obama administration will work with Mexican authorities to improve security on both sides of the border.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama’s plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as “the road to hell” that EU governments must avoid. The blunt comments by Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to the European Parliament on Wednesday highlighted simmering European differences with Washington ahead of a key summit next week on fixing the world economy. It was the strongest pushback yet from a European leader as the 27-nation bloc bristles from U.S. criticism that it is not spending enough to stimulate demand.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The post office will run out of money this year unless it gets help, Postmaster General John Potter told Congress on Wednesday as he sought permission to cut delivery to five days a week. “We are facing losses of historic proportion. Our situation is critical,” Potter told a House panel. The agency lost $2.8 billion last year and is looking at much larger losses this year. Reducing mail delivery from six days to five days a week could save $3.5 billion annually, Potter said. Potter also urged changes in how the post office pre-pays for retiree health care to cut its annual costs by $2 billion. If the Postal Service does run out of money, the lingering question, Potter told the House Oversight post office subcommittee, is which bills will be paid and which will not.
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Postmaster General John Potter testifies Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the post offices’ financial situation.
Unified Democrats mirror Louisiana gained 9,600 Obama budget priorities jobs in February WASHINGTON (AP) — In a springtime show of unity, congressional Democrats welcomed President Barack Obama to the Capitol Wednesday and unveiled budget blueprints that embrace his key priorities and point the way for major legislation this year on health care, energy and education. Even so, both the House and Senate versions lack specifics for any of the administration’s signature proposals. And Democrats decided to cut spending — and exploding deficits — below levels envisioned in the plan Obama presented less than a month ago.
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FACULTY
Scholarship named after prof. $20,000 needed to endow scholarship By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer
Imagine the amount of students who pass you by in four years in college. You can bet Cecil Eubanks has seen more. Eubanks is a political science professor who has taught undergraduate and graduate students at the University for more than 40 years. Eubanks came to the University in 1968 and served as the chair of the political science department from 1990 to 2000 with a one-year hiatus. In 1992, Eubanks was selected to be an Alumni Professor, a special honor awarded by the Alumni Association to professors notable in the area of teaching, he said. Because of his dedication to teaching at the University for four
decades, political science graduate students have worked hard this past year trying to raise money for The Cecil L. Eubanks Award for Graduate Student Advancement, a scholarship named after their esteemed professor. “[The scholarship] made me feel honored and pleased that they chose that way of remembering me,” Eubanks said. “It’s a very nice and appropriate gesture for a teacher.” In April 2008, the faculty, staff and graduate students of the political science department threw a surprise party in the LSU Faculty Club to honor Eubanks for his 40th year at the University and to announce the creation of The Cecil L. Eubanks Award for Graduate Student Advancement. “The best gift we could give him was to create an endowed scholarship named after him,” said Thomas Laehn, political science doctoral student. “The desire to
create the scholarship grew out of the desire to honor his 40 years of teaching.” The LSU Political Science Graduate Student Association is aiming to raise $20,000 to permanently endow the award. “LSU requires that we raise $20,000 to make it a permanent scholarship,” Laehn said. “We want to make this a lasting honor.” The Eubanks Award is intended for political science graduate students who specifically want to teach. The award will be distributed annually to a small number of graduate students so they can attend teaching conferences and workshops. “There’s no better way to honor a man who has dedicated his life to teaching than by ensuring that our department is producing great teachers,” Laehn said. “All of the conferences and workshops SCHOLARSHIP, see page 6
STATE
Senate runoff scheduled April 4 District 16 seat up for grabs By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer
With less than 10 days before the run-off election, candidates for Louisiana State Senate District 16 are making a last push to claim the seat. The candidates, Lee Domingue and Dan Claitor, are running on the Republican ticket in the April 4 runoff election for the seat vacated by recently elected U.S. Congressman Bill Cassidy. Domingue received an endorsement from Gov. Bobby Jindal. In the primary election March 7, Claitor received 38.79 percent of the vote while Domingue received 34.33. Roy Fletcher, Claitor’s media director, said among Claitor’s assets as a candidate are his Baton Rouge roots, his education and his business background. “When we have budget problems in Louisiana, health care and education always get hit,” Fletcher said of the lawyer and University alumnus’ plans. “And that’s something that we’re going to have to get away from.” Fletcher said the campaign is trying to “raise money and spend money.” A television advertisement from the Claitor campaign premiered Wednesday, and a radio advertisement is set to premiere Monday. The biggest problem for the Claitor campaign has been associated with available funds, Claitor told The Daily Reveille after the March 7 primary election. “We were outspent four or five to one,” Claitor said. “But our message and our presentation resonates with the voters.” The Representatives from Domingue’s campaign did not return phone calls for comment by press
time. Web site, Leonardo Alcivar, Domingue’s District 16 stretches east from campaign manager, told The Daily the LSU lakes. Reveille after the primary election To encourage students to turnout that the campaign for the April 4 elecwould continue to tion, Fletcher said spread its message the Claitor campaign of “change and rehas been coordinatform” in the days ing through the Unipreceding the April versity’s fraternities 4 election. and sororities. “In 30 days, “Being an LSU Lee Domingue is grad, I wish that the going to win this LSU student body Roy Fletcher race,” Alcivar said. would turn out more Dan Claitor’s media director “We ran a campaign aggressively in these that was validated campaigns,” Fletchon the part of voters considering we er said. “When I was there 30 years won round one.” ago, people were talking about the If elected Domingue plans to same thing.” “fight for strong families in Louisiana and to protect the constitutional Contact Lindsey Meaux at rights bestowed upon us by our lmeaux@lsureveille.com Founding Fathers,” according to his
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Tim Hebert [above] of the Baton Rouge Fire Department stands outside Middleton Library on Wednesday night after investigating a fire alarm that caused a 35-minute evacuation. See lsureveille.com for more information.
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Computer science enrollment increases Nicholson First increase since ‘dot com boom’ By Steven Powell Contributing Writer
A recent survey shows a national increase in computer science majors, the first enrollment increase since the “dot com boom.” According to the 2007-2008 Computing Research Association Taulbee Survey, the national enrollment for computer science majors increased 8.1 percent last year, marking the first increase in computer science enrollment in six years. The average number of new students majoring in the field is up 9.5 percent from last year. “The upward surge of student interest is real and bigger than anyone expected,” Peter Lee, incoming CRA chairman, said in a news release. “The fact that computer science graduates usually find themselves in high-paying jobs accounts for part of the reversal. Increasingly, students are also attracted to the intellectual depth and societal benefits of computing technology.” Sitharama Iyengar, Computer Science department chairman at the University, said he sees a clear increase in enrollment. “I’m very optimistic there will be an increase in computer science majors in years to come,” Iyengar said. “There seems to be a slight enrollment increase, and many students are coming to talk to us about majoring.” Iyengar said students are gradually understanding the application of computer science to real-world problems and job opportunities, like computer models used to understand weather patterns and intricate programs used in research by drug companies. “People are starting to realize the potential of computer science,” he said. “They’re not just designing Web pages or doing Mickey Mouse work. This is the next generation of computer architectures, language programmers, cyber security workers and so forth.” Iyengar said many of the University’s computer science graduates achieved high-quality jobs with Google, Microsoft, Firefox and other prominent companies — jobs usually offered only to graduates from schools like Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Iyengar said after the shortage of job opportunities following the dot com boom, most students opted for other fields, not wanting to put forth the effort required for the computer science curriculum.
But undergraduate research, translated into actual products, have enticed many students back to the field, he said. Tyler Robinson, computer science freshman, said he plans to use his computer background to assist with his ultimate goal — editing and designing media in the film industry. “I’ve always liked computers and learning what I can about them,” he said. “I recently found out Baton Rouge might have a film business, so I’d like to try to find a job there.” Iyengar said the computer science curriculum is different from other majors because it requires statistics, logical thinking and a solid mathematical background — it’s not just about reading and comprehending. “The courses are fairly tough, and it’s a rough curriculum,” he said. “But the quality of our students is excellent, and they are dedicated and passionate about their major.” Jessica Green, biology sophomore, started out as a computer science major but switched to biology because of lack of interest. She said her initial plan was to become a software engineer. “I found it to be boring,” she said. “It’s just not the major for me. I’m a very energetic person, and sitting at a computer all day just doesn’t fit me.” Green said she only took a few computer science classes but found the curriculum difficult. “A few people in my class and I found some of the classes to be tough,” she said. “It’s a hard
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subject.” Robinson said the curriculum is too difficult and time consuming, having to take 3 semesters of calculus and putting in five to 10 hours into each computer program. “The curriculum is a little more difficult because there’s a lot of detailed information, and you have to retain the concepts as it builds,” he said. “You can’t just ‘get by.’” Peter Harsha, CRA director of government affairs, said the Computing Research Association surveys departments from 200 academic institutions, taking only a slice of the data available. “Despite taking only a subset of data and using only 200 institutions, our numbers have
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historically correlated with the National Science Foundation’s survey of all available academic institutions,” he said. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, computer and mathematical science occupations, which include computer programmers, computer software engineers and operations research analysis, earn an average yearly salary of $72,190. “There are many opportunities for computer science graduates,” Iyengar said. “We are training the next generation of the global workforce.”
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Baseball game attendees will have to find a new parking location at home baseball games. Parking cars along Nicholson Drive is prohibited, according to an LSU Sports news release. The rule will be enforced beginning Friday. The long-existing portion of the Baseball Fan Guide will be enforced for safety reasons and because the fans who have “begun to encroach on that area throughout the early weeks of the season” are damaging the grounds. The proximity between the road and railroad tracks along Nicholson Drive creates safety problems. The LSU Baseball Fan Guide defines the area along either side of Nicholson as a “no-parking area.” Fans will be “encouraged” to park in the Hayfield Lot, the Levee Lots and Lot D, according to the release. The University will make Hayfield more appealing by adding trash cans, portable toilets and “supplemental” lighting, according to the release. Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com
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Program Senate requests equitable budget cuts seeks fair advises Senate treatment for cuts ‘LSU students summer should not pay more of a share for work attending a flagship
By Alice Womble Contributing Writer
Instead of relaxing during the summer months, students are encouraged to transform their summer into work experience by test driving a job in their field of interest. The experiential education division of Career Services held a summer work experience workshop as part of “Experiential Education” week on Wednesday evening to emphasize the importance of having work experience. “Just because you have a degree does not mean you will get a job,” said Rashanda ‘Just beBooker, experiential educacause tion coordinator. you have “There are plenty of people with a degree experience and a doesn’t degree who canmean you not find jobs.” The experi- will get a ential education job.’ division seeks to give students the Rashonda necessary tools Booker to compete in the experiential educajob market. Stution coordiantor dents are encouraged to gain experience thorough internships, volunteerism, part-time and full-time jobs. All jobs should have value and transferable skills. Booker said many students don’t realize the importance of getting jobs early. Having internships is a great way for students to find out what they want to do — or don’t want to do — through experience. This division provides a variety of opportunities for students, including helping students structure resumes, holding mock interviews and teaching students how to conduct themselves during an interview. “Students have to be able to articulate how and who they are in an interview,” Booker said. “A lot of students don’t know how to be personable. These are things we can address.” Besides learning about the importance of having work experience, students were informed about a variety of places to find internship and volunteering information including studentjobs.gov and internships-usa. com. Dawn Monahan, anthropology junior, said though she knew a lot of information from her human research education class, she found the workshop helpful. “I’ve learned a lot here that I didn’t know,” Monahan said. “I’ll definitely use the federal job Web site they gave us because I want to work for the government.”
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larger university with greater tuition income could better handle budget cuts than smaller educational institutions. He said UniBy Adam Duvernay versity students should come Staff Writer together to demand budget cuts Following the announcement based on performance rather than of the results from the Student size. Government general election, SG Sen. Brett Jackson, E.J. Ourmembers made their way across so College of Business, presented campus to participate in the an amendment to the resolution weekly senate meeting. which suggested the University The senators spent most of be exempt from budget cuts altotheir time debating two resolu- gether. tions put forward by Sen. Aman“Why not protect LSU forda Gammon, College of Arts ad ever and keep us as a tier one inSciences, and Sen. Parker Wi- stitution, because if we cut LSU shik, Manship School of Mass we’re not going to be tier one Communication, concerning next semester,” Jackson said. University budget The amendcuts. The resolument was not adtions were backed opted to the resoby SG President lution because the Colorado Robertsenate recognized son. it was likely an The first resimpossibility. olution brought Gammon aubefore the senate thored SGR No. body was SGR Brett Jackson 27, was written to No. 19, which E.J. Ourso College of Business senator request the Louiurged the Louisisiana Board of ana State System Regents amend to administer performance based the performance based funding budget cuts to the University formula to reflect an equal perrather than the across the board centage state share of cost districuts the state has proposed. bution among all Louisiana four“We don’t think the highest year institutions. preforming school in our state Currently, the state has set should get a larger cut just be- the state’s share of University cause we have more people,” costs at 56 percent while other Gammon said. “Just because four-year in the state are generwe’re better doesn’t mean we ally covered up to 60 percent. should get less.” The resolution urged the state Robertson said he disagreed to be equitable in its assignment with the state’s assessment that a of funding instead of providing
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less money because of the UniRobertson and Gammon said versity’s size. the resolution was “LSU stunot aimed at takdents should not ing money away pay more of a from smaller share for attendschools in favor ing the state’s of the University, flagship univerbut instead creatsity,” Robertson ing an even field said. “It puts LSU when it came to at a cost disadstate funding. Colorado Robertson vantage and lower We could ask SG president accessibility.” for 100 percent Some senafrom the state and tors were unconwe wouldn’t be vinced the resolution was in the taking money from other people,” best interest of the state at large, Gammon said. “The little guy because smaller schools would is not going to have to get more take a greater cut should the Uni- money taken from them.” versity not. Both resolutions were even“I want LSU to come out tually passed by the senate body. unscathed, but you’re hurting education as a whole,” said Sen. Matthew Babineaux, E.J. Ourso College of Business. “Others schools are looking out for themContact Adam Duvernay at selves, too. You can’t expect evaduvernay@lsureveille.com eryone to go to LSU.”
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students. “He has lectures, but he also are very expensive. A scholarship engages the class in discussions,” that gives students the funding to said Paula Fredin, political science fly and register for these events will exchange student from England. “He’s a very good train them to be betprofessor, very ter teachers. “ intellectual and Two aspects bephilosophical.” hind Eubanks’ dediLaehn said cation to the Univeranyone can make sity is the beautiful a contribution to campus and his inThe Cecil L. Euteraction with stubanks Award for dents. Thomas Laehn Graduate Student “I enjoy teaching very much,” Eu- political science doctoral student Advancement by sending a check banks said. “I love the students, I love the University to the LSU Foundation with the and I love the idea of a university. account number (107-40-F008) in It’s such an incredible creation of the memo line. The account numhuman beings. This institution to ber ensures that the check goes which people come and we teach directly to the Eubanks Award and and we conserve these grand ideas not a general fund. Contributors and push the frontiers of knowl- can also bring the check with a note edge further, it’s just an incredible for Laehn to the political science department on the second floor of opportunity.” Drew Thompson, political sci- Stubbs Hall. ence doctoral student, studies under Eubanks directly. Thompson said Contact Mary Walker Baus at Eubanks is “in his element” when mbaus@lsureveille.com he teaches in front of undergraduate
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Professor Cecil Eubanks teaches his political science class Wednesday morning in Stubbs Hall. A group of political science graduate students plan to raise $20,000 to endow a scholarship established in Eubanks’ honor.
HEALTH
Indoor tanning raises concerns States considering teen tanning bans By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Miss Florida Teen USA Kayla Collier was 15 when she first visited a tanning salon so the stage lights at a local pageant wouldn’t make her fair skin look ghostly white. Later that year, as she tried on homecoming dresses, her mother noticed what looked like a scab on her back. It turned out to be skin cancer. And though she can’t definitively link the tanning to the cancer, Collier, now 18 and healthy, won’t be back under the bulbs. On Wednesday, her voice catching, she asked Sunshine State lawmakers to ban people under 16 from using tanning beds. “I know teenagers that go every day, every week, twice a day sometimes to tanning beds,” said Collier, who wore her sash and a sunshine yellow jacket. “I do believe that it did play a part in my skin cancer.” Florida is among 17 states, including Hawaii, considering laws this year that would restrict indoor tanning by minors. Proposals would ban teens from tanning salons or require them to get notes from parents or doctors. After the Florida bill passed a Senate committee, Collier’s mother, Claire, who had signed the permission form that allowed her daughter to tan, said she hopes the full Legislature will approve it. “Do you really realize that your daughter or son — after just a few times in the tanning bed — could have melanoma? I didn’t,” she said. Opponents say the tanning beds are safe for teens and their use should be up to parents, not states. “I gotta tell you, you cannot
regulate everything in this world,” said Florida Sen. Mike Bennett, a Republican who voted against the bill. “I suppose we could say the same thing and outlaw tanning on the beach.” Persuading teens to stop tanning could be a hard sell. According to one study released in 2002, a quarter of those ages 15 to 18 had used indoor tanning in the past year. Florida already requires parental approval before minors can use tanning salons. If the new law passes, it would be among the strictest in the nation. Only one state, Wisconsin, bans teens 16 and under from using tanning beds, though a handful of others — California, New York and New Jersey among them — ban the under-14 crowd. At least 29 states have some regulations governing tanning by minors.
Even more restrictive proposals in Texas and Vermont would prohibit anyone under 18 from using a tanning bed without a doctor’s note. Texas state Rep. Burt Solomons, a Republican, says it makes sense to ban minors from tanning just like they’re prohibited from buying cigarettes because both are known carcinogens. And Democratic Vermont state Rep. Janet Ancel, who introduced her bill after having skin cancer herself, said just requiring parental consent isn’t good enough. “It isn’t healthy for a young person to be in a tanning booth, so allowing it with a parent’s consent isn’t going to protect them,” she said. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
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The Future Starts Now
Loss of five seniors causes Tigers to move forward with different team By David Helman
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Hornets drop key game to Nuggets By Brett Martel
Sports Writer
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The fifth floor of the LSU Athletic Department seemed to offer greater perspective than the bowels of the Greensboro Coliseum for LSU coach Trent Johnson. It has been five days since North Carolina eliminated Johnson’s Tigers from the NCAA tournament. But the first-year coach was in a better state Wednesday than he was last Saturday. “It’s taken me a while to bring closure to the Carolina game, because we were in a great situation,” Johnson said. “The guys played extremely well and extremely hard — probably as good basketball as we’ve played all year long.” The Tigers’ coach wasn’t the only one who noticed. Sports SENIORS, see page 18
Inside: The Tigers have already landed four recruits during Johnson’s first season, page 8.
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LSU coach Trent Johnson directs the Tigers on March 19 against Butler during the first half of the teams first-round 2009 NCAA Tournament game in Greensboro, N.C.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carmelo Anthony scored 29 points and the Denver Nuggets beat New Orleans 101-88 on Wednesday night, snapping the Hornets’ three-game winning streak. Chauncey Billups scored 26 points, hitting four of his five 3-pointers in the second half to help the Nuggets pull away after the game was tied with a little more than 7 minutes to go in the third quarter. Chris Paul had 19 points and 13 assists, and David West scored 18 points for New Orleans (4426), which dropped a game behind Denver (46-26) in the Western Conference standings. The score was tied at 55 when Anthony scored six quick points on two free throws and a pair of transition jumpers. The flurry began a 17-6 run that lasted late into the third quarter, putting Denver up 72-61. Billups drained his third 3 of the game during the spurt, while Kenyon Martin dunked and J.R. Smith converted a tough driving layup into a crowd. Billups added two more 3s and a mid-range jumper early the fourth quarter. Then Smith, a former Hornets first-round draft choice, nailed a 3 to give Denver a 94-73 lead with 7:38 left. Fans began getting up and heading for the exits, while one HORNETS, see page 18
BASEBALL
Tigers receive unlikely spark from freshman bat Mahtook hits two home runs in win By Casey Gisclair Chief Sports Writer
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri knew he needed freshman pitcher Chris Matulis to eat up innings Wednesday night against Harvard with a critical series against No. 11 Ole Miss looming this weekend. The LSU bullpen had been overworked in the last few games and pitched a combined 8 1/3 innings since Sunday’s 11-3 win against South Carolina.
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Matulis gave the Tigers’ bullpen much-needed rest Wednesday and pitched seven innings, allowing two runs in the Tigers’ 10-2 win against the Crimson. “That’s just the way baseball is,” Matulis said. “Sometimes the bullpen picks up the starting pitching, and sometimes the starting
pitching helps pick up the bullpen. I was glad to do what I could out there to help those guys today.” The teams traded scoreless innings until the bottom of the second when LSU sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu and freshman center fielder Mikie Mahtook each hit home runs to spark a three-run inning. Mahtook was one of four Tigers who aren’t regulars in the batting lineup to get the start against the Crimson — a move Mainieri said was made after he saw a lack of effort from a few players in Tuesday’s 4-3 win against Harvard. MAHTOOK, see page 18
LSU freshman outfielder Mikie Mahtook swings at a pitch Wednesday night during the Tigers’ game against Harvard in Alex Box Stadium. Mahtook hit two home runs and had four RBI to lead the Tigers to a 10-2 win against the Crimson. BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille
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RECRUITING
Four recruits commit during Johnson’s first season first recruit of the 2010 class. The Jackson, Miss., native led Provine High School to the state title game this year, accounting for 24 points and 14 rebounds in the game. “He can shoot from the outside,” Shipp said. “He can also get inside and play above the rim.” The power forward averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds as a junior. The 6-foot-7-inch, 210-pound forward had offers from Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia State and Missouri. “[He’s] maybe a younger version of Tasmin Mitchell,” Shipp said
Two will play for LSU in fall By Michael Lambert Sports Contributor
LSU coach Trent Johnson did more than lead LSU to a regular season Southeastern Conference championship and a first-round NCAA tournament victory during his first season. Johnson has retooled the men’s basketball team for the future since receiving commitments from four top recruits in an attempt to help fill the void left from losing five seniors. Guard Aaron Dotson and forward Eddie Ludwig signed in November for the 2009 class. Forward Jalen Courtney committed for 2010, and guard John Isaac committed for 2011. Sonny Shipp, Louisiana recruiting analyst for Scout.com, said Johnson is recruiting forward Matt Derenbecker, guards Langston Galloway and Bryan Williams and others for 2010. AARON DOTSON Dotson is the highest-rated recruit Johnson has signed. The Seattle native is a four-star player and the No. 22 shooting guard in the nation, according to Scout. com. The 6-foot-4-inch guard sustained a season-ending knee injury in January during his senior campaign at Rainier Beach High School. He underwent surgery Feb. 16 in Baton Rouge. Rainier Beach High School coach Mike Bethea said losing Dotson affected the dynamic and success of the team. “We qualified for state but didn’t place,” Bethea said. “When you put Aaron into the lineup ... I think we probably would have been a top-10 team in the country.” Shipp said Dotson recovered from his knee injury. “The surgery was a success, and he should be ready to go when he gets [to LSU],” Shipp said. “He’s got a good chance to come in and get a lot of playing time if not start.” EDDIE LUDWIG The Country Day High School power forward is the second signee of the 2009 class. Ludwig averaged 23.2 points, 14.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks his junior season. The 6-foot-8-inch forward led Country Day to the Louisiana Class 1A title as a senior. He was an All-State selection and the 2009 Small Schools All-Metro Player of the Year for the greater New Orleans area. Ludwig finished his career as Country Day’s all-time scoring leader with 2,530 points. Shipp said the Metairie native will provide depth for LSU. “When they get him in here and they get him in [LSU’s] system ... he’s definitely going to be a
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Power forward Eddie Ludwig, (center) signs his commitment letter to play at LSU with his parents, Trip (left) and Lisa (right) sitting by his side.
contributor,” Shipp said. Shipp said Ludwig knows the game of basketball very well. “He may not be the quickest guy on the floor, but he’s got a
good basketball IQ,” Shipp said. JALEN COURTNEY Courtney committed to LSU on March 8. He was Johnson’s
JOHN ISAAC LSU received a commitment from Isaac two years before the Pickering High School guard will graduate. The 2011 recruit did not want the attention of being a top recruit. “He’s not someone who needs all the parading and everything,” said Pickering High School coach
George Thomas. “He felt like [LSU] was the place he wanted to go.” The 6-foot-4-inch, 205-pound shooting guard averaged 18.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game last season. Shipp said the Leesville native could get bigger before coming to Baton Rouge. “He may be 6-6 by the time he gets [to LSU] and could be one of those big off-guards that would create a lot of mismatch problems,” Shipp said. Thomas said he coached Isaac since seventh grade, and the recruit never stopped trying to get better. “[Isaac] comes home after a game — especially if he felt like it was bad — and he’s out there working and shooting free throws,” Thomas said. Contact Michael Lambert at mlambert@lsureveille.com
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
LSU aims for top-20 finish at NCAAs Tigers send five swimmers to meet By Amos Morale Sports Contributor
The Lady Tigers finished the season with their highest finish at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships since 2001. A week later, the No. 17
Tigers head to the men’s championships expecting similar results. The Tigers head to the Texas A&M Student Rec Center Natatorium with hopes of a top-20 finish. LSU placed 29th last season with five swimmers who competed in six events. The Tigers send five swimmers and one diver to Texas A&M this year, but the Tigers are entered in more events this season.
LSU senior Christoph Lubenau leads the charge for the Tigers. “In dual meets when we needed a win, he’d pull it off,” said LSU coach Adam Schmitt. Lubenau was the only LSU athlete to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA championships. But the Leizpig, Germany, native, said he wanted to make sure his teammates made it too. LUBENAU, see page 12
SOFTBALL
Tigers return for doubleheader LSU welcomes back former All-American By David Helman Sports Writer
The No. 17 LSU softball team isn’t quite done playing teams from Mississippi, which may or may not be a good thing. The Tigers (21-7, 8-3) cooly dispatched Mississippi State last weekend, sweeping the Bulldogs by a combined score of 16-10. But a midweek trip to play Ole Miss didn’t go as well, with a lateinning rally from Ole Miss resulting in a 3-2 loss and a doubleheader split with the Rebels. Tonight’s close encounter of the Mississippi kind will be with Mississippi Valley State (24-9, 9-0) at Tiger Park. The Devilettes sit atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference and are the only team in the league with a winning record. Their standing probably comes as no surprise to LSU coach Yvette Girouard, as the Devilettes have won five-consecutive SWAC championships and advanced to the NCAA regionals against LSU in 2008. The Tigers defeated MVSU, 8-0, in five innings at the old Tiger Park. “Mississippi Valley State is always a regional team and are leading the SWAC once again this season,” Girouard said. MVSU’s trip to Baton Rouge will mark another homecoming for a former LSU softball player. Former LSU outfielder Trena Peel — who was named 2002 Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year — will return to campus as an assistant coach for the Devilettes. “It’s always special to welcome back a former Tiger to LSU,” Girouard said. The Tigers’ crop will probably be more focused on getting hits than meet-and-greets. LSU managed five runs off seven hits in its second game against Ole Miss, but the Tigers’ four hits and two runs in the opening loss to the Rebels was enough to stick in Girouard’s mind despite the win. “Our goal for Thursday is to concentrate on the Tigers,” Girouard said. “We need to continue to get better every time we take the field.” A big factor in plate production
will probably be LSU junior outfielder Rachel Mitchell. Mitchell was named both the Southeastern Conference and National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Player of the Week on Monday. Mitchell tallied six hits for 11 RBI in wins against Mississippi State and No. 4 Alabama. Her production tailed off slightly against Ole Miss, as she hit 1-for-6 at the plate. The Tigers’ likely starter tonight will be either junior pitcher Cody Trahan or freshman pitcher Brittany
Mack. Mack (7-1) has won six-straight games, including Tuesday’s win against the Rebels. Trahan (6-2) seemed poised to collect a complete game, no-hitter against Ole Miss, but the Tigers fell apart in the final inning. Trahan allowed three hits to let the Rebels back into the game and surrendered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. Contact David Helman at dhelman@lsureveille.com
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Freshman Juliana Santos and junior Rachel Mitchell congratulate freshman Morgan Russel on her home run March 11 and celebrate their 4-3 win against Baylor.
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Rain delay doesn’t stop 250th win for Minnis Kantor clinches match for LSU By Rachel Whittaker Sports Writer
LSU women’s tennis coach Tony Minnis had to wait through a three-hour rain delay Wednesday. But in the end, his team rewarded him with his 250th career win as darkness fell at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. The Lady Tigers beat Oregon, 5-1. Minnis said he was more excited about the players’ performance than his milestone. “I am as proud of them as any team I’ve ever coached,” Minnis said. “I’m really excited because I was very worried about this match. We had two starters out, so to step up and come through was great.” LSU seniors Megan Falcon and Staten Spencer did not play on Wednesday because of injuries, but two of their freshman teammates stepped up in their absence to carry the Lady Tigers (11-4) to a win against the Ducks (7-9). “Hopefully [Falcon’s] injury is not too serious,” Minnis said. “She is day-to-day for now.” LSU freshman Whitney Wolf moved up to court No. 2 and was first to finish, beating Pavlina Smatova, 6-2, 6-2, to run her singles record to
13-12 this season. “To win this way was really encouraging,” Wolf said. “[Having Megan and Staten out] made everyone a little bit nervous, but we handled it really well and took care of business. It was nice to beat them that bad.” Fellow freshman Nicole Smith also handily defeated her opponent, Siobhan Cavan, 6-1, 6-1. The South Africa native is now 9-9 in singles play. “Nicole played unreal. That was the best I’ve ever seen her play,” Minnis said. “And Whitney is a very talented player. She had been out with [mononucleosis] for a while, so
that was good to see.” LSU junior Nicole Kantor clinched the match for the Lady Tigers with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Oregon’s Ana Cecilia Olivos. Kantor said the Lady Tigers stuck together against a tough Oregon team, despite Falcon’s recent injury. “We were a little flustered, but we knew we needed to carry the team now because she’s done so much for us the past three years,” she said. “We all just really stepped up today, especially the freshmen. They were off the court so fast, and it was nice to know we already had two points.”
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LSU freshman Whitney Wolf returns the ball Wednesday evening during her singles match. She defeated Oregon’s Pavlina Smatova in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
Kantor said she realized how important it was for her to come through and seal the win with LSU ahead of Oregon, 3-1. “I knew it pretty much came down to my match toward the end,” she said. “At 4-all, it got kind of tight, but luckily I was able to win
that game. At 5-4, I knew how much I needed to step up because I saw [LSU senior] Mykala [Hedberg] was having a tough match.” Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
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“It is like extra motivation,” Lubenau said. “It is not just you racing there. It is you racing for your team.” He helped the Tigers’ 200and 400-yard freestyle relays qualify for the NCAAs. “I just think the more guys go, the more fun it is going to be,” Lubenau said. Lubenau transferred to LSU after starting his college career at Eastern Carolina University. “I kind of decided late to go to college in the U.S.,” Lubenau said. “It was around this time in March or February, so there wasn’t much scholarships left at bigger schools — schools like LSU — so I had to take what I was offered.” He said he chose LSU because both the academics and
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athletics were superior to ECU. “He could see that we had been improving over the years and that we were a program where he could come fit in and be a player right away,” Schmitt said. Lubenau placed ninth, the highest of any LSU participant last season, in the 100-yard butterfly last season at NCAAs. Lubenau’s qualifying time of 45.99 seconds gives him the 11th seed in the event this year. He finished fourth in the event at the Southeastern Conference championships. “It was sad that he couldn’t get a medal, being a senior at his last SECs,” said sophomore Jane Trepp. “But he can go faster in the NCAAs.” Senior Julius Gloeckner qualified for two individual events after missing last years NCAAs. Gloeckner will swim the 200-
BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille
Christoph Lubenau, freestyler and butterflyer, swims the third leg of the 200 free relay Oct. 22 in the Tigers’ meet against Florida at the LSLU Natatorium.
and 400-yard individual medley and the 200-yard butterfly. He is seeded 13th in the 400 IM. Senior Brandon Selts qualified for the 50-yard freestyle. Selts was a member of the Tigers’ 200 frees relay team that earned All-America honors at last years NCAA’s. This year’s 200 free relay team is seeded 13th. Sophomore Hannes Heyl makes his second trip to NCAAs.
Heyl qualified for the 100-yard backstroke, 100 fly, 100-yard freestyle — the same three events he qualified for in last years NCAAs. Heyl finished 24th, 16th and 43th at last year’s NCAAs in those events, respectively. His seed times are all faster than what he swam at last year’s NCAA events. The 400 free relay team is seeded 16th. Senior Niko Dalman is the
thursday, march 26, 2009 lone diver representing LSU. He makes his third trip to NCAAs and will compete in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform diving events. Junior Sean LeNeave heads to the NCAAs as the Tigers’ other relay swimmer.
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Students flying high
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FILM
Outhouse screens amateur films By Jake Clapp Entertainment Writer
KIM FOSTER / The Daily Reveille
[From left to right] Eugene Lopez-Ona, Jason Cary, Abe King and Ryan Meyer, mechanical engineering seniors, stand in front of the hang glider they built for the Red Bull Flugtag Competition.
Team of mechanical engineering seniors prepare for Red Bull Flugtag Challenge By Jack LeBlanc Entertainment Writer
Five mechanical engineering seniors at the University are doing their best to defy the laws of gravity. As a senior design project, the group is building a hang glider to fly at the Red Bull Flugtag Competition this summer. The Flugtag competition challenges teams to build homemade, human-powered flying
machines and pilot them off a 30-foot high deck in hopes of flying. After a few feet in the air, the homemade machines land in the water below. “We are essentially running off a 30-foot pier with the hope of flying,” said team member Eugene Lopez-Oña. The machines are judged based on the flight’s distance, creativity and showmanship. This prompts some interesting designs and wacky displays of courage when approaching the 30-foot drop-off.
“When you see it on the Internet, it looks like a bunch of guys goofing off and falling off a pier,” team member Abe King said. “We approached it as a legitimate low speed aerodynamic problem. It has real engineering behind it.” The record for the farthest flight stands at 195 feet, set in 2000 at Flugtag Austria. The U.S. record is 155 feet, set in Nashville, Tenn., FLUGTAG, see page 17
Big-screen movies, such as “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Déjà Vu,” can easily attract audiences in theaters, but Louisiana is home to hundreds of filmmakers whose works may never have that kind of exposure. The Outhouse Film Festival exists for these filmmakers. In its 10th year, Outhouse offers the unique opportunity for any filmmakers to submit their work to be screened at the large, two-day film festival presented at the University. Each year, the LSU Cinema Club freely accepts submissions from filmmakers across the globe. The club then picks out the best films to present to the public in a free and open film festival. “The basic purpose of Outhouse has always been to bring local filmmakers together,” said Garick Giroir, president of the LSU Cinema Club. “We are trying to keep film alive in Louisiana.” Founded by the Cinema Club in the spring of 2000, Outhouse is one of Baton Rouge’s oldest film festivals and has grown from a small, one-day showing to a large event that has covered three days, included guest speakers, workshops and an awards ceremony. University alumnus Mark Landry was the original president of OUTHOUSE, see page 17
FASHION
New Orleans-based designer to hold trunk sale Model casting for LSU show follows
By Jack LeBlanc Entertainment Writer
Designer Seema Sudan of LiaMolly will make a stop on campus today, and the New Orleans-based designer will be holding a trunk sale in the lobby of the Human Ecology Building from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sudan, known for her progressive knitwear line, will sell her original designs at wholesale prices. “I like to push the limits of knitwear by making pieces and shapes that you don’t typically see,” Sudan said. “I am influenced by my travels around the world and nature and fashions past and future. I design
timeless pieces, not fads.” Erin Williams, Hemline presiLiaMolly is sold at Anthropol- dent and textile, apparel and merogie, Bloomingdale’s and 100 inde- chandising senior, said the compapendently owned boutiques across ny is seeking confident models who the country. can showcase the garments down a After the trunk runway. show, there will be Because of the a model casting sizes of the mancall in the lobby of nequins on which the Human Ecolthe garments are ogy Building at 7 produced, models p.m. for the May taller than 5-feet-7 9 LSU En Vogue -inches and with a Fashion Showcase. waist between 24 Seema Sudan The fashion and 27 inches are New Orleans-based designer show, which will preferred. take place at The Williams said Purple Monkey on Government she’s excited about finding models Street, includes garments produced and is thrilled to have someone as by University designers and will successful as Sudan coming to the also incorporate an art gallery and University. dance performances. TRUNK SALE, see page 17
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A model shows a design from LiaMolly’s new summer collection. LiaMolly designer Seema Sudan will hold a trunk sale at the Human Ecology Building today.
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MUSIC MOVIES BOOKS TELEVISION
I Love You, Man Dreamworks
Dan Deacon
Papa Roach
Bromst
Metamorphosis
Carpark Records
Interscope Records
“I Love You, Man” is a bromantic comedy about Peter Klaven, a man who realizes he doesn’t have any guy friends and goes on a series of man-dates to find his Best Man for hi upcoming wedding. This movie, led by Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, will make the audience laugh so hard they’ll cry. The humor, mixed with an amazing soundtrack that includes Rush, Vampire Weekend and Santogold, is guaranteed to please the entire audience.
The best way to describe Dan Deacon’s brand of electronic, up-beat, dance music is to imagine if you will, Animal Collective met a really drunken Battles at a party and they went out to the back of an old VW van for wild, rough, dirty sex and 9 months later produced a baby. Then that baby developed an alcohol problem and met LCD Soundsystem for a night of debauchery, the resulting mash-up of dance music and creative use of electronic effects and beats would be Dan Deacon’s 2009 album “Bromst.” Listen to it and you may need a cold shower later.
From the rap-metal of their major label debut “Infest” to the straight radio rock of “Lovehatetragedy,” Papa Roach has always been a band difficult to identify. And their sixth studio release “Metamorphosis” is no different. The band may have abandoned rapping entirely, but the wanna-be metal sound on this record certainly isn’t the best route to take.
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Knowing
Pet Shop Boys
Duplicity
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Prod. Company
Yes
Universal Pictures
Astralwerks
Fortunetelling has never been as intense as it is in “Knowing” starring Nicholas Cage. Cage’s son receives a list of numbers written 50 years ago. Cage deciphers the numbers and concludes that they are predictions of the future. The controversial twists and turns between determinism versus randomness of the universe propel the movie forward. The film does not fail to keep the audience’s interest, but the end dances on the line between ridiculous and moving.
“Yes,” the tenth studio album by the electronic pop duo Pet Shop Boys, hearkens back to their glory days of the late 1980s. One would think that the Pet Shop Boys would be struggling to stay musically relevant in the new millennium, but with the assistance of one of the best British songwriting houses, Xenomania, the duo continues knocking out catchy electronic pop hooks. “Yes” is an album that any longtime Pet Shop Boys fan will be proud to own.
Clive Owen, the perfect leading man, teams up with Oscarwinner Julia Roberts to deliver a witty and smart film about rival CIA agents. While the film is a romantic comedy at its core, it still has charm, especially while the leading characters are double-crossing each other left and right. There are a bit too many plot twists but Owen and Roberts are too good to disappoint.
L. NUNEZ
B. LeJEUNE
A. NORSWORTHY
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Editor’s Pick The
Decemberists The Hazards of Love Capitol Records
FOR FANS OF: Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, The New Pornographers
“The Hazards of Love,” the fifth album from The Decemberists, probably won’t produce many singles. The album weaves the fantastical tale of a girl named Margaret and, well, the hazards of love. Each song builds on the next, with frontman Colin Meloy telling the story with help from Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond, Shara Worden from My Brightest Diamond and Jim James of My Morning Jacket.
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FILM
Alum authors hit film ‘Knowing’ Writer’s future path scary, uncertain
By Lindsay Nunez Entertainment Writer
“Knowing,” the controversial, action-packed film released Friday was written by an alumna of the University’s creative writing program. University graduate Juliet Snowden made it big in Hollywood with her screenplay for this box office hit starring Nicholas Cage. The movie is controversial in its pursuit of deciphering religion and the theories of determinism versus randomness of the universe. Audiences had tremendous reactions to the film. Since its release, blogs have appeared that are devoted to the debate of this movie. “I write from my heart and soul. Some people are going to get that; some people aren’t.” Snowden said. “And I’m OK with that. It’s what being an artist is all about.” It took Snowden a great amount of time, patience and sacrifice to get where she is today. Snowden explained the career trajectory of an artist is not as straightforward as other career options. “Other people know their path,” Snowden said. “But an artist’s path is unpredictable and scary. You have to make sacrifices and you have to keep honing your craft.” Snowden accredits some of her creative influences to the University.
“I loved LSU.” Snowden Snowden’s hometown of Natchisaid. “The programs, students and toches. After working on the script teachers were really nurturing to for two years, they were unable to sell it. However, the piece did help my creativity.” She explained she always felt them receive a manager, an agent at ease and inventive while at the and meetings in Hollywood. She explained the majority University and said she was inof first scripts are not bought and spired by her professors. Snowden graduated from the there is typically a 10-year period University with a degree in creative of attempting to make it before an writing and English. After gradua- artist may succeed. During this waiting period, tion, like many freshly graduated Snowden and her 22-year-olds, she husband worked still had no idea full-time jobs to what she wanted make ends meet to do as a career. and worked on She decided leavtheir scripts at ing Louisiana was night. Snowden her best option and worked as a volunmoved to Philadelteer recruiter for a phia and worked Juliet Snowden non-profit organifor an editing comUniversity alumna, screenwriter zation that renopany. vated libraries and “Sometimes it’s good to leave home and see the taught inner city children to read. world.” Snowden said. “You can White worked in the special effects get more experience that way.” department for Stan Winston StuShe explained post-graduation dios. is a scary time for artists and writShe explained that maintaining ers. Snowden also said many writ- a social life under those circumers avoid the challenge of working stances was difficult, but the sacrion their own writing and resort to fice was worth the accomplishment editing. that came with the extra effort. “I wasn’t happy editing,” Snowden’s big break came Snowden said. “A friend of mine with her rewrite of “Boogeyman” asked me if I could do anything, in 2005, which aired in New Zeawhat would it be, and I said film. land and made $20 million. She And then there it was.” Snowden also worked on “The Need” which then began taking film classes and was released in 2006. loved it. She attended University of A remake of the 1982 film Southern California and received a “Poltergeist” is Snowden’s next master’s degree in screenwriting. big venture. The movie will come Snowden now teams up with out in 2011. her husband, Styles White, to write screenplays and to work on rewrites for other scripts. Contact Lindsay Nunez at The couple’s first screenplay was a wedding horror story set in lnunez@lsureveille.com
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Baton Rouge 15 (Mall of La) Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail Duplicity PG-13 4;35, 10:35 11;50, 4;20, 7;35, 10:40 Knowing PG-13 11:10, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 5:10, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10
Race to Witch Mountain PG 11:40, 2:25, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Last House on the Left R 12:05, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Watchmen R 11:25, 6:55 Monsters vs. Aliens PG 11:05, 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:55
I Love You, Man R 11:20, 12:20, 2:20, 4:40, 5:20,7:20 8:15, 10:05, 11:00 Taken PG-13 11;55, 2:35, 5:05, 7:50, 10:50 Confessions of a Shopaholic PG 11:15 12 Rounds 11:00, 4:45, 7;30, 10:15 Coraline PG 10:30
Monsters vs Aliens 3d PG The Haunting in Connecticut 11:30, 12:15, 2:00, 2:45, 4:30, 5;15 12:00, 1:45, 2:30, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7;45, 9:30__ 7:15, 8;00, 9:45, 10:45
9-10:30pm Air Force One 12-1:30pm V for Vendetta 3:00-3:30pm Newsbeat Live 3:30-4pm The Rundown Taped 4:30-5pm Sports Showtime Live 7-8:30pm Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Runners come out for good causes run the whole thing in eight min- participate is $20, and registration utes.” ends April 12. The race is a traditional 5K, but Chris Swanson, communicamany different awards are offered tions studies senior, has particias well as food and pated in many runs beverages. and adventure By Ashley Norsworthy “Several races since his juEntertainment Writer vendors will sell nior year of high With the weather warming up, food and beer and school. it seems as if there is a charity race drinks,” Major “I really like almost every weekend. This gives said. “There is also the Susan G. Korunners, walkers and those who a band after the men [5K],” Swanwant to benefit local causes many race. The band this son said. “You see Alicia Chatman options this spring. year is The Michael a lot of people out co-race chair, Race for the Cure in there who don’t Alicia Chatman, co-race chair Foster Project.” for the Susan G. Komen Race for All profits are run other races. Baton Rouge the Cure in Baton Rouge, said al- donated to the Big They are out there most 10,000 people participated in Buddy Program and the Mid-City to support it and do something this year’s run on R e d e v e l o p m e n t good.” March 7. Alliance. The race Swanson has also run in the “This year raised $20,000 last Big Apple 5K and many other races was monumental,” year for charity. around Baton Rouge. Chatman said. “It “The Big Bud“It’s a good way to stay in was our biggest dy program is for shape,” Swanson said. “Some peorace ever.” underprivileged ple drink and party to clear their Race for the kids that don’t have head, but I like to get out and clear Cure is a national any guidance or my head running.” corporation and leadership in their Other races this spring include Alicia Chatman has foundations in co-race chair, Race for the Cure in lives,” Major said. the Fat Boy 5K on Saturday, Hapmany cities. Nancy “The Mid-City Re- py’s 5K on April 4, Louisiana DiBaton Rouge Brinker, Komen’s development Al- etetic Association 5K on April 20 sister, founded the Susan G. Ko- liance is a nonprofit organization and Fleet Feet 5K Siesta on May 1. men branch. responsible for improving the Mid “The Komen Foundation is on City area.” Contact Ashley Norsworthy at the premise of Nancy and Susan,” The race will be held downanorsworthy@lsureveille.com Chatman said. “Susan died when town April 18 at 9 a.m. The cost to she was 36 of breast cancer. [Nancy] promised her sister she would do everything she could to find a cure.” This was the 13th year for the foundation, and it counts every year a success. “The cause itself is so personal,” Chatman said. “But not all [participants] are survivors. It’s the families of survivors, doctors, nurses. They all come out.” The funds raised by the race are donated to benefit local efforts. “Seventy-five percent of proceeds go to the community,” Chatman said. “We fund education, people who are uninsured and those who need assistance.” The rest of the money raised goes to the Race’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas, for research funding. The Providence Corporate Cup is another local race that raises money and promotes wellness. Providence Engineering reincarnated the race two years ago. “The race has been around for about 25 years,” said Rich Major, senior managing partner of Providence Engineering. “The Business Report started it, and an individual bought the rights and ran it for about 10 years.” Major said the race was “dormant” for four years before Providence bought it and made it a nonprofit function with a twist. “Most people just go out and run,” Major said. “But this is designed to promote corporate wellness and corporate commodity.” If a team is formed, one team member must be female and one must be older than 40 years old, making the crowd quite diverse. “It’s all over the board,” Major said. “That’s a good thing. People come out and walk, some come out with their babies and some people
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The five have been working on their flying machine since the bein 2007. ginning of the fall semester. They “Our goal is to beat the U.S. did a paper design in the fall and record,” Lopez-Oña said. “We also are now working on building the want to win the competition, which real thing and testing. is based on show“Our grade manship and crecomes from the ativity in addition quality of design to flight distance. and the engineerWe are going to ing analysis we have to dress this conducted to show thing up and really the validity of our get the crowd indecisions,” Lopezvolved if we want Oña said. “The Abe King to win.” competition is the Flugtag team member The team fun part.” plans to decorate Cary and the glider’s base like a Mardi Gras Meyer chose Flugtag as their sefloat, complete with beads and a bi- nior project because it was one of cycle disguised as a tractor. the only projects that didn’t require Flugtag, German for “flying a sponsor. day,” started in Vienna, Austria, “The sponsors expect a lot out in 1991. Since then, more than 35 of these projects and have certain Flugtags have been held around demands,” Cary said. “In this one, the world attracting up to 300,000 we got to come up with own idea spectators. and funded it ourselves. All we The University’s Flugtag have to do is meet our own expecteam consists of King, Lopez-Oña, tations and standards and comply George Hunsucker, Jason Cary, with Red Bull’s rules.” and Ryan Meyer, all mechanical Red Bull stipulates the wingengineering seniors. span cannot exceed 30 feet, and
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the Cinema Club and fondly recalls starting the club and Outhouse. “A bunch of friends and I were really interested in cinema and wanted to be filmmakers, so we got together, started making movies and formed the cinema club my junior year,” Landry said. “We saw that there was a lot of talent in the area and decided to try and bring them together with a film festival.” That first Outhouse, named so because Landry and the Cinema Club felt they were on the outskirts of the sports-minded LSU community, was nine-straight hours of film on a Saturday afternoon in the spring of 2000. “It started out as an experiment, but after 200 people showed up that first day, we thought we may keep doing this,” Landry said. After graduating from the
University, Landry attended the University of Southern California’s film school and now works as a producer, editor and writer in Los Angeles. Filmmakers at the University have followed in his footsteps. For Brady Crane, Outhouse has been something he grew up with since he attended the first meetings with his older brothers. “I have a real appreciation for Outhouse,” said Crane, a 24-yearold sociology junior at BRCC. “The festival helps to inspire young filmmakers and gives them a fun reason to pursue working with film.” Crane, along with his three brothers, started a production group called Crane Films and has submitted movies and short films to Outhouse since its inception. “Outhouse has been a great way for me to network and get to
the combined weight of the glider, the team is working on the frame. cart and pilot cannot exceed 450 “We are trying to make it pounds. The flying machine has lighter to be better for low-speed to float and be environmentally flights,” King said. “Usually when friendly. you fly [a glider], you get pulled Machines must also be human into the air by an ultra-light airpowered, meanplane, or you can ing there can be jump off a cliff. We no motors, rubber ‘We have to make do have to make do bands, propellers with what we’ve got with what we’ve got and make it as light or anything else that stores poten- and make it ... light ... as possible to get tial energy. the best lift without to get the best lift.’ a cliff or plane.” The University’s Flugtag Red Bull hasn’t Abe King team chose to announced the loFlugtag team member use a hang glider cation and dates of because it allows the competition yet. more leeway for inexperienced pi- Last year, there were competitions lots to lean back and get the most in Tampa Bay, Fla.; Chicago, Ill., distance with little speed. and Portland, Ore. The group of five bought two Prizes vary from competition hang gliders from Steve Burns, a to competition and, in past years, veteran hang glider from Austin, have included a trip to Salzburg, Texas. They plan to use the sail Austria, cash and free flying lesfrom one glider for the Flugtag sons. machine and to use the other glider for flying practice. The sail will fit over a collapsible aluminum frame, which will be attached to a woodContact Jack LeBlanc at en cart mounted on wheelchair aleblanc@lsureveille.com wheels. The cart is complete, and
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know people not only as filmmakers but as friends,” Crane said. “I want to see this continue to get bigger and help the local film industry.” The Crane Brothers will premiere their third feature-length movie “For Hearts” in the Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes as a non-competition entry at 7 p.m. Saturday. For other filmmakers, such as Travis Hedges Williams, Outhouse provides a rare chance for their films to be seen by a larger audience. “One of the hardest things about being at the independent level of filmmaking is getting a venue to show off your movie,” Williams said. Williams, general studies junior, randomly found out about the festival while in high school and has participated in seven Outhouse
Film Festivals since. “Baton Rouge has a small but growing community of filmmakers,” Williams said. “Outhouse is about fostering this community. It motivates filmmakers to make something because they know it has a good chance to be seen.” Williams and his production group Hedges Pictures will be premiering three pieces at Outhouse: the comedy “Dance World Revelations,” a horror piece called “Lost Island of Laveau” and a music video entitled “Dangerous Games.” The 10th annual Outhouse Film Festival will run Saturday and Sunday starting at 12 p.m. each day
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“It’s not easy to do what she has done,” Williams said. “I’m encouraged that she is taking the time to come speak to us. Her success is inspirational.” Sudan got her start in the fashion industry at Liz Claiborne. She also worked for Calvin Klein and as the senior sweater designer at Anthropologie. Then in 2006, Sudan decided to move to New Orleans to start her own business. “My husband is from Louisiana, and we felt a strong pull to come to New Orleans,” Sudan said. “Being in New Orleans meant we had to start our own business, and there isn’t a fashion industry here.”’ Sudan said she loves designing lines for the new seasons. “It always comes out a bit differently from where I started, but telling a new story through a new collection is very exciting.”
Contact Jack LeBlanc at aleblanc@lsureveille.com in Dodson Auditorium, except for the film “For Hearts.” The festival will conclude with an awards ceremony at 5 p.m. on Sunday, honoring the best pictures of the festival as judged by the Cinema Club. Outhouse is free and open to the public. A full listing of movies and times can be found on the Outhouse Film Festival Facebook or MySpace pages.
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PAGE 18 SENIORS, from page 7 Illustrated’s Joe Lemire caught a glimpse of the Tigers during their stint in Greensboro, N.C. He said they represented the Southeastern Conference very well. “Even if the SEC had a down year, a major conference champion kind of deserves a better seed than what [LSU] got,” Lemire said. “So they kind of got a raw deal, but they did an admirable job giving North Carolina a scare ... They forced Roy Williams to take a timeout after a run, which he hates to do.” Such praise usually draws little or no response from Johnson, who says, “There’s not silver lining to losing.” But Johnson was willing to look back on a 27-8 record and a 10th SEC championship — if only for an hour — with the season behind him. “I feel a sense of accomplishment for [the team],” Johnson said. “This team maximized their talent. They overachieved ... and there’s a sense of satisfaction for them, but the grind for me continues. I know how hard it is to compete at this level.” LSU starts its 2009 season in less than a week. Johnson said he will meet with returning players April 1. Johnson said the offseason program will be crucial, as the Tigers lose the current SEC Player of the Year in Marcus Thornton and two
MAHTOOK, from page 7
“I wanted to play some kids who were really hungry to play [Wednesday],” said Mainieri. Mahtook made the most of his second start of the season and went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs and four RBI. The Lafayette native said he was trying to avoid doing too much at the plate with limited at bats this season. “You’re not supposed to really think too much at the plate,” he said. “I was just trying to do the best I could, and I just put a few good swings on a couple of balls.” The Crimson battled back for a pair of runs in the third inning on a two-RBI single by sophomore centerfielder Dillon O’Neill. Those runs were the only
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first-team SEC All-Defensive players in Garrett Temple and center Chris Johnson. “You just don’t replace [the seniors] with any high school or junior college player,” Johnson said. “The biggest thing for our basketball team is this spring and this summer.” LSU junior forward Tasmin Mitchell would be equally hard to replace for the Tigers, but his future is not as clear as the departing seniors. Johnson said Mitchell is on pace to graduate in the summer with one more year of eligibility remaining. But Mitchell could decide to forego that final season and enter the 2009 NBA Draft. “We’re compiling as much information as possible so he’ll have facts, and he’ll be able to make a decision that is the best for him,” Johnson said. Mitchell has until April 26 to declare for the draft. Early entry or not, one of this season’s Tigers could give LSU its fifth-straight NBA draftee. Johnson said Thornton and Temple are interviewing with agents, while the Tigers’ three other seniors are preparing for the offseason. Aran Smith, analyst for NBADraft.net, said Thornton’s lateseason hardware could be important toward a selection in the 2009 draft. “Winning the SEC Player of the Year opened the eyes of a lot of
scouts as to how good he is,” Smith said. “I’d put him as a mid-second rounder with a chance to move up ... he probably wouldn’t be a first-round pick because of the amount of early entries this year.” Smith called Thornton a “nice package” but said his smaller stature — one to two inches shorter than a standard NBA shooting guard — is the biggest knock on his potential. Smith wasn’t as optimistic about Chris Johnson or Mitchell’s potential but did not rule anything out. He said adding either one could slip into the later part of the draft. “[Mitchell] is scrappy and strong, but he needs to go back and become a perimeter player ... he didn’t raise enough eyebrows this season,” Smith said. “I see Chris Johnson as an NBA athlete who needs to add some strength ... He’s kind of stuck because he has the strength of a small forward and the game of a power forward.” Smith said he saw the NBA’s Developmental League in Europe as a possible destination for Chris Johnson to hone his skills. Whatever their destination, Trent Johnson said he will be there to help his seniors with their futures. “I’m always around,” he said.
ones the Crimson could plate off Matulis who struck out five hitters and allowed just five hits in his seven innings to improve to 4-0 on the season. “He did a good job,” Mainieri said. “We expect a lot out of him, but I think he has a chance to be a really great pitcher, and he’s almost there.” Mahtook struck again in the bottom of the fourth inning and hit a towering home run over the left field fence to put LSU ahead, 5-2. The Tigers added five more runs in the seventh inning to put the game away. Sophomore Ben Alsup and freshman Randy Ziegler pitched the eighth and ninth innings to preserve the win for LSU. Mainieri said it was important for him to get Alsup and
Ziegler into Wednesday’s game because the Tigers are searching for middle relief pitching to fill the gap from the team’s starters to the team’s closer, freshman Matty Ott. “We’ve become so accustomed to [Anthony] Ranaudo and [Austin] Ross and [Louis] Coleman pitching six and seven innings for us,” Mainieri said. “But that may not happen every game. In those days when we can’t do that, we’ve got to have someone else, so I was happy with the way Alsup and Ziegler threw today.”
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LSU senior guard Marcus Thornton celebrates on Saturday during LSU’s NCAA tournament game against North Carolina. The Tigers lost the game, 84-70.
HORNETS, from page 7
yelled, “you never should have let him go,” in an apparent reference to Smith, who had 16 points. Hilton Armstrong and Rasual Butler each scored 10 points for New Orleans, which played an unusually sloppy game. Paul turned the ball over six times, and Denver wound up converting 19 Hornets turnovers into 18 points. In the second half, Anthony and Billups combined for 33 points. Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at sports@lsureveille.com
thursday, march 26, 2009 RUNOFF, from page 1
on to a run-off election with the Next Level campaign which earned 29.76 percent of the votes. Tickets not proceeding to the run-offs were the Unity ‘09 campaign with 11.76 percent of the votes, the One Voice ‘09 campaign with 18.71 percent of the votes and the Make it Reign campaign, which took 4.56 percent of the votes. About 33 percent of the student body — or 7,771 students — voted in this season’s presidential election, according to Milazzo. Of this season’s 72 different races, 44 were moved into run-offs.
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with each system’s funding base required by the executive budget. “As we have analyzed the various reduction allocations, it is also clear that use of the new performance-based funding formula and its performance funding emphasis must be implemented even in this time of budget challenges,” Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen told system presidents in letters sent on Wednesday. “We will adopt the new funding formula approach and pursue its desired outcomes as we move through this budget reduction
BODY ART, from page 1
properly cared for can lead to infection. In serious cases this can cause the loss of large amounts of tissue or a limb, Saichuk said. Brooks said he’s also seen a rise in customers coming in and asking
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Milazzo said there are 128 students left in the run-off election. Milazzo said the Election Board would be spending the next week reviewing the expenditures of each campaign and preparing to advertise the run-off election. Milazzo said the results of the general election wouldn’t be final until Friday at 4:30 p.m., the deadline for candidates to file election complaints. The run-off election will be on March 31, and the results will be announced the following day. Run-off election results will be validated on April 3. Once the announcements had been made, the candidates’ support-
ers flooded the winners with praise and congratulations. Palermo said he and his campaign would continue doing what they had been doing during the past weeks to try and win over the voters who had not voted for his ticket. “I really feel like we’re going to take it home next week and snatch up those extra voters,” Palermo said. Hathorn said her heart stopped beating when she saw her ticket alongside the More ‘09 ticket in the run-off. Hathorn said she and her ticket would be back to working hard in the coming week. “Tonight we sleep, tomorrow
we campaign,” Hathorn said. Watkins said he and his ticket would celebrate Wednesday night but get right back to campaigning the following day. “We’re going right back to the drawing board, and we’re going to do what we’ve been doing for the past couple of weeks,” Watkins said. Scheuermann said she was humbled by the opportunity to have another week of campaigning with the students and praised the members of her ticket for their support and determination. She said she had been comfortable going into election night but
didn’t want to be overconfident before the results were in. “This is about feeling comfortable in what you believe in and giving it your all,” Scheuermann said. Also added onto the ballot was the resolution from the Temporary Student Initiatives Committee which allowed students to choose between three options for spending $5,000 of their student fees. Of the three resolutions, 47.05 percent of students voted for more campus recycling bins.
process.” During a March 13 news conference, Jindal said he wants to see the cuts distributed based on performance. The performance-based funding formula has been in the works for nearly two years. The formula used to fund fiscal year 2008-09 is based mainly on enrollment while the new performance-based formula is based on an institution’s level of research, graduation rates and workforce development. “While not designed to be a budget-cutting tool, the phased-in approach for using the new formula
will guide systems in making imaginative, specific, targeted, strategic and performance-based decisions when crafting their campus plans,” Clausen said in March 25 news release. When the Legislature approves a final state budget during the session that begins April 27, the Board of Regents will have the responsibility of distributing funds to each system. From there, system leaders will distribute the funds among their campus entities and make budget recommendations. The Legislature will make final appropriations. According to LSU System esti-
mates calculated earlier this month, a $101 million cut to the System would result in about $45 million in cuts for LSU A&M in Baton Rouge. How the cuts will be distributed among systems and campuses won’t be finalized until the legislative session. The cuts to state funding for higher education are $219 million — or 15 percent of current state funding — only after including nearly $219 million in federal “stimulus” money. Without the federal money, spending could’ve been cut by more than $400 million. But the funds are only good for
about two years, meaning higher education’s budget situation may be significantly worse come 2012. “The issues we face may extend out at least two, if not three years,” Clausen said. “Unless the economic conditions change for the better, higher education in Louisiana will be required to respond to a $440 million shortfall by 2012.” Higher education budgets will be presented to the House Appropriations Committee on April 21.
for dermal anchors, a type of surface piercing. Dermal anchors involve punching a scalpel into the skin. Unlike an earring, the punch does not go all the way through. The jewelry is then lodged into the skin because it has a bottom with small holes. The
skin grows through these holes so the jewelry is irremovable without surgery. “I had them located two on each side in between the rib cage so they would be in between each bone,” said Konstantin Foltz, construction management engineering junior and
member of Phi Delta Theta. Foltz said his fraternity brother handed down his piercings. “It was more of a symbolic meaning, more of a bonding type thing,” he said. “It was something fun to do, a passing down.” Title 51, Part 28 does not men-
tion dermal anchoring. “Dermal anchors are a little extreme,” Sylvas said. “It looks more painful than being branded.”
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WALK HARD
Government exerts tyrannical force over AIG bonuses The revelation that some executives from embattled insurance company AIG received seven-figure bonuses dominated the news cycle last week. Upon learning of the bonuses, President Barack Obama told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to “pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayer whole,” according to The New York Times. It is infuriating to think of executives receiving any kind of bonus when AIG is at the heart of the economic crisis facing the country. But what is more troubling is the power the federal government applies in recouping the taxpayers’ money. The government has used money collected from taxes to purchase enough stock in AIG to effectively own 80 percent of the company. This process of buying up stocks was couched in terms like “capital injection” and “in-
vestment” in an attempt to rename what the Bush administration began and the Obama administration is trying to carry out to its natural conclusion — nationalization. AIG is no longer a private company. The government owns it — and now the government is trying to run the business. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., is one of the most outspoken proponents of the government using its ownership powers to control the future of AIG and its employees. “We can’t keep them from getting their bonuses, but we can keep some of them from continuing in their jobs,” Frank said on The Today Show. There was a time when government ownership of a private corporation was unthinkable. But those days ended when former President George W. Bush said he abandoned the free market to save it. Fiscal conservatives’ worst nightmares are being realized as
a result of the firestorm these bonuses have generated. There is a sentiment among the Washington establishment similar to that of French revolutionaries. Executives at companies like AIG claim some politicians are out of touch with reality like Marie Antoinette was when she proposed to feed her starving people with Drew Walker cake. And, like the French Columnist radicals, politicians in Washington are eager to whip out their guillotines. The Washington elite are trying to use any means they can to strike a blow against corporate America in favor of the “taxpayer.” Sen. Charles Schumer, DN.Y., gave a chilling speech about the power of the federal government to control the economic en-
gines sustaining this country. “We will take this money back by taxing virtually all of it. So let the recipients of these large and unseemly bonuses be warned, if you don’t return it on your own, we’ll do it for you,” Schumer said. Bowing to pressure from the kingmakers on Capitol Hill, Edward Liddy, the newly installed CEO of AIG, told a House subcommittee he would ask AIG employees “to step up and do the right thing. Specifically, I have asked those who received retention payments of $100,000 or more to return at least half of those payments.” Implicit in the outrage over these bonuses is the notion that bonuses should be performancebased. Since AIG is struggling and nearly brought down the entire financial sector, executives should not be rewarded. The government employees who occupy the hallowed halls of Congress are experts at underper-
forming. And while outrage directed toward executives of failing businesses who receive bonuses is appropriate, the taxpayers should save some of their indignation for the bloated paychecks received by arrogant congressmen. It was Congress — acting first under the “conservative” Bush administration and later under the Obama administration — who paved the way for this incendiary set of events. The taxpayers’ dollars never should have been on the line. Had the government preserved free market principles, AIG would be gone and the contracts at the center of this controversy would have been nullified. Drew Walker is a 24-year-old philosophy senior from Walker.
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Religion neither social menace or outline for civil law By Jordan Soffer Badger Herald
MADISON, Wisc. (UWIRE) — If someone were to try to pigeonhole me into a specific political category, I think they would ultimately find I am part of the diminutive and rarely mentioned religious left. I am fiscally liberal and a social libertarian not in spite of my religious views but because I do not believe spiritual law can influence secular law. My ideal vision of the direc-
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Blame your parents - not the investment banks A global crisis has been unwinding for more than a year now. Our media blames the banks
tion of my synagogue does not need to mirror the direction I’d like to see in my government, and my interpretations of religious law cannot influence my understanding of American law. If this is forgotten, the important distinction between the two will be erased. One issue that seems to manifest this idea is my understanding of same-sex marriage. Religiously, I see no way to validate permitting a man to wed another man other than to completely disregard the scripture at
the core of Abrahamic faiths for thousands of years. While that may be a fine outlet for some, my presuppositions about religion and religious doctrines do not allow me to do this. I hardly believe, however, the words of my scripture need to run parallel to the words of my constitution. A secular union of two people of the same sex does not infringe on our freedom of religion and should undoubtedly be allowed. Call it a union, call it marriage — the name does not really matter; what matters is the human rights
of these couples be protected. I understand that all religions pose laws dictating actions of other religions (i.e., Noachide Laws), but if you chose to live in a religiously free democracy like our own you simply cannot attempt to enforce those laws. Enforcing them would be just as wrong as enforcing any other religious doctrine in secular court. Being against same-sex marriage is understandable because marriage itself is a religious word. Being against same-sex unions is not right. What it is not
is bigoted. It is a gross misinterpretation of the relationship between church and state. Religion is not the cause of all of the world’s problems, and belief in the power of prayer is not some weird superstition just as unfeasible as Santa. Religion and state must remain separate if we are going to retain democracy.
who bet on our real estate market with money they didn’t have. This led to the current economic situation. I don’t support the despicable greed these financial institutions exhibited, but I do look further into the root cause of our nation’s downturn — and it all starts with our parents. The baby-boomer generation has been living beyond its means
for more than a decade, and we are feeling the effects. Our parents’ generation has indulged themselves in unnecessary luxuries for which they could never pay. With the average adult carrying thousands of dollars of debt each month, they simply spent more money than they had. This created a false economy with false growth.
Essentially, the over use of credit cards and buying homes our parents could not afford created a mirage that more money existed in than in actuality; it had to unravel at some point. The banks amplified the problem with leveraging. However, the foundation of our nation’s issue rests in overspending. And we, as a generation of
new ideas, need to recognize the consequences of living beyond our means. Take a lesson from our parents’ greed: live appropriately. To our parents: “Stop looking for a scapegoat, and start living within your means.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.”
Hannah Arendt American philosopher Oct. 14, 1906 — Dec. 4, 1975
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Michelle Obama has right idea about healthy eating
I have a huge crush on first lady Michelle Obama. And no, it has nothing to do with her beautifully sculpted biceps. She has arguably the keenest intellect of any first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. Instead of engaging in the mainstream media’s desire to turn her into a fashion model, Obama is using her talents and platform to preach a new message about healthy eating and lifestyle choices. Did she rebel against 24hour fast food eateries or criticize the makers of mass consumption foods? No. She planted a vegetable garden. Armed with shovels, rakes, pitchforks and fifth graders, the first lady broke ground Friday on a 1,100-square-foot, L-shaped patch of grass on the South Lawn of the White House. The garden will include spin-
ach, broccoli, at least four different kinds of lettuce and berries, and various other fruits and vegetables, including a beehive. The 26 fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington, D.C., assisted in shoveling up dirt, raking leaves and wheelbarrowing dirt into a central location. After finishing their work, the children were treated to apples, apple cider and cookies in the shape of a shovel. This garden is the first kitchen garden planted on the White House lawn in 60 years. The last first lady to plant a garden? Eleanor — with her Victory Garden planted during World War II. The first lady’s decision to plant a vegetable garden on the White House lawn — complete with a wish list from the White House kitchen in terms of fresh produce — comes at the same time as a disturbing report from
the New England Journal of Medicine. The study concluded AfricanAmericans suffer heart failure at a rate 20 times higher than their white counterparts. It found heart failure rates for African-Americans in their 30s and 40s are the same as white patients in their 50s and 60s. It also found one in 100 black men Eric Freeman Jr. and women Columnist could develop heart failure before age 50, according to CNN. This study frames the importance of the White House vegetable garden in a whole new light. It’s a symbol of sustainability — clearer than anyone testifying to Congress on C-SPAN and visible from E Street on the South Side of the White House.
And the garden idea has others jumping on the freshness bandwagon. California first lady Maria Shriver announced on last Tuesday plans for an edible garden on the grounds of the state Capitol. Both gardens have been championed by noted California chef Alice Waters, who has lobbied for a White House garden for the last decade. “Fresh, wholesome food is the right of every American,” Waters told The Associated Press. “This garden symbolizes the Obamas’ commitment to that belief.” In an age where we can order tacos, cheese sticks, bacon, egg and cheese biscuits and double decker burgers all at the same place at any time of the day, this new garden will send a powerful message about the benefits of local, homegrown produce — both in terms of physical and financial prosperity. Locally grown fruits and veg-
etables are not only healthier than their canned and processed alternatives packaged in bulk at most supermarkets, they taste infinitely better and cost much less. The conveniences of the 21st century have allowed this nation — and this state in particular — to get increasingly fat, myself included. But we can cut back. We can show the world we aren’t a nation of lazy slobs addicted to high fructose corn syrup as if it were crack. With one day of hard work, Michelle Obama proclaimed it from the loudest megaphone in the world. I love her. Eric Freeman Jr. is a 22-year-old political science junior from New Orleans.
Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com
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College students not likely to recover from recession
We’re not Generation Y. We’re not the Information Generation either. We’re not even Generation OMG, as The New York Times writer Kate Zernike so cleverly coined. We’re Generation OMFG — because classmates, we’re effed. W e ’ r e thousands of dollars in debt from student loans — and bar tabs. Six months after we toss our hats we’ll Drew Belle Zerby be using them Columnist to collect spare change on street corners so we can pay back our loans in time. Twenty-two percent fewer college graduates will be hired this year compared to last year, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Sixty-seven percent of employers said they have altered their hiring plans for the class of 2009 by lowering and even eliminating spring hiring. And 21 percent are offering less internship opportunities. The unemployment rate as a whole was 8.1 percent in February, which is nearly double what it was a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And at the rate it’s going, May won’t be much prettier — which means “Pomp and Circumstance” won’t be music to our ears. Although Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, claimed the recession will be done by the end of the year, that doesn’t mean
there’s a light at the end of the tunnel — because when the current Fed chair decides to do the first interview in the history of Fed chairs, you know it’s bad. The recession, or rather the Great Recession, is the worst to hit the U.S. since the early 1980s. It lasted from July 1981 to November 1982, and skyrocketed the unemployment rate from 7.2 percent to 10.8 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the wages of those who graduated during this recession didn’t return to pre-recession levels for at least 10 years. So in today’s terms, that means we college graduates will probably be flipping burgers at the local Sonic or pumping gas at the neighborhood filling station until the lag ends. Not that there’s any shame in that. But it’s kind of a downer when you worked your butt off for four years, sleeping on cots every other night in the design building, or burning your skin off every day in the chemistry lab, or even pulling all-nighters just to earn that little piece of paper. And now that little piece of paper is pretty much worthless, unless your degree happens to be in one of select few recessionproof fields. Getting a job in the fields of education, energy, environment, financial services, government, health care, international business, law enforcement, technology and the funeral home business
are our safest bets for moving back to that not so sweet home and rooming with the ’rents. So basically, if you’re not willing to teach snot-nosed kids, empty bed pans or embalm corpses, you’re plumb out of luck. But don’t sell your bodies or commit suicide quite yet. The January 2009 unemployment rate for those with a bach-
elor’s degree or higher was 3.8 percent while the rate for those with less than a high-school diploma was 12 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. So maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is a dim one. And if there’s not, go ahead and drive your car off a cliff because at least I’ll be making mon-
ey writing your obituaries.
Drew Belle Zerby is a 22-year-old mass communication senior from Vidalia.
Contact Drew Belle Zerby at dzerby@lsureveille.com
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