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Student dies of unknown cause

By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

A 24-year-old University student died of an unknown cause Saturday evening.

Dane McCandless, a University business student, died at 5:44 p.m. Saturday, and the reason for her death is still unknown, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office.

McCandless was a Baton DANE Rouge native MCCANDLESS and resident who transferred to the University from Baton Rouge Community College, her brother Spencer McCandless told The Daily Reveille on Monday.

Spencer McCandless said his older sister loved Baton Rouge and LSU. “She always wanted to attend LSU,” he said. “She was definitely a big fan of LSU sports.”

Her brother said she was looking forward to graduating from the

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Paying for their Puffs

Federal tax increasing tobacco prices may put strain on avid smokers

By Leslie Presnall Staff Writer

Ashley Laguaite sat outside Middleton Library on Monday afternoon puffing on a Camel cigarette, which only cost her $4.30 a pack. But starting Wednesday, she will be forced to dig deeper into her pockets before enjoying a drag.

A federal tax rate will raise the prices of tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco April 1, making it the largest tobacco tax boost ever.

A 62-cent increase per pack will be placed on all tobacco products, adding up to $1.01 in federal tax. The current tax is only 39 cents a pack.

“I try not to think about [the tax],” said Laguaite, history senior. “My friends and I have been taking turns buying packs.”

The new federal tax will fund the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which will give states matching funds for family health insurance. President Obama signed the $32-billion TAX, see page 7

MCCANDLESS, see page 7

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Runoffs between two remaining tickets could surprise Krupkin, Upton push for the Next Level

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NEXT LEVEL, see page 6

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Make it Reign shows support for More ’09 Students voting in today’s Student Government run-off election will be participating in one of the largest, though relatively mildest, SG campaigns in recent memory.

Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann, presidential and vice presidential candidates for the More ’09 campaign, had the largest percentage of votes between the five separate tickets with 35.21

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Today, students across campus will be participating in the final leg of one of the most crowded Student Government elections in recent history.

Though the Next Level ticket only received 29.76 percent of the vote in the general election, recent campaign developments may suggest a shift in the campaign’s number of supporters.

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percent of the vote in last Tuesday’s general election.

Jeffrey Noel and Ryan Ginn, the former presidential and vice presidential candidates from the Make it Reign campaign, also threw their individual support behind the leaders of the More ’09 campaign earlier this week.

MORE, see page 6

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic extremists.

The security forces stormed the compound on the outskirts of Lahore to end the eight-hour siege by the grenade-throwing gunmen, with three militants blowing themselves up and authorities arresting four, officials said.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missiledestroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea‘s imminent rocket launch, as Pyongyang stoked tensions Monday by detaining a South Korean worker for allegedly denouncing the North‘s political system. North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8. The U.S., South Korea and Japan suspect the regime is using the launch to test long-range missile technology, and warn it would face U.N. sanctions under a Security Council resolution banning the country from any ballistic activity.

NATION, STATE AND CITY BRIEFS

Obama puts GM, Chrysler on short leash

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama asserted unprecedented government control over the auto industry Monday, bluntly rejecting turnaround plans by General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, demanding fresh concessions for long-term federal aid and raising the possibility of quick bankruptcy for either ailing auto giant.

Obama took the extraordinary step of announcing the government will back new car warranties issued by both GM and Chrysler, an attempt to reassure consumers their U.S.-made purchases will be protected even if the companies don’t survive. “I am absolutely committed to working with Congress and the auto companies to meet one goal: The United States of America will lead the world in building the next generation of clean cars,” Obama said.

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President Obama, with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and former Deputy Labor Secretary Ed Montgomery, right, makes remarks on the American Automotive Industry.

EPA head announces new Voodoo fest reaches port emissions proposal deal with La. City Park NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency wants to limit emissions along the nation’s coastline and within its seaports, just as the agency does along highways, with tougher pollution standards on large commercial ships.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday that the United States and Canada have applied to the International Maritime Organization to create a 230-mile emissions control area around much of their coastline.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

In the March 30 article entitled “Computer worm may hit April Fool’s,” The Daily Reveille misidentified Sam Oliver as a history sophomore. He is a classics sophomore.

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Habitat for Humanity sponsors ‘Act Speak Build Week’ Students raise housing awareness

By Xerxes A. Wilson Contributing Writer

Jake Stowe spends a typical Saturday in the hot Louisiana sun driving nails, laying sod or many other activities involved with constructing a home for someone in need.

Stowe is the project organizer for the University’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity which is hosting “Act Speak Build Week” in conjunction with other collegiate chapters across the country.

The group will have displays and activities in Free Speech Alley from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day this week except Thursday.

The group constructed a display board Monday for people to sign to show their support for fighting poor housing conditions. The group also hosted a kickball game on the Parade Grounds to begin the week of awareness.

All of the displays and events this week are meant to interact with students so they can become more informed about substandard

housing issues facing people globally as well as in Baton Rouge, said Rebecca Krimmel, Habitat for Humanity’s advocacy chair for the University.

“You would be very surprised how many people around the state and around the country that don’t live in adequate housing,” Krimmel said. “Either because they are charged too much or there are too many people in the house they live or [the house] is falling apart.”

This week, Habitat for Humanity members are getting out and advocating for students to educate themselves and move them to action in their own community.

“The main thing is the message that one person can do a lot, and if you help the situation you can make a difference,” Krimmel said. “Just one person volunteering for a couple of hours can make a huge difference.”

The University’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity typically tries to make this difference by sending students to help build houses in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas every Saturday in a build season, Stowe said.

The Baton Rouge affiliate for Habitat for Humanity assigns

University students to a project for a particular weekend. The students will do anything from framing the home to laying down sod or building interior work depending on the stage of the project that particular weekend.

The group has about 35 active members, but tries to take 10 to 15 students who may not be active members to build every Saturday.

The group will assist with about four different builds each semester.

Typically the houses are fourbedroom, two-bath homes with a kitchen and dining room area. Most of the work is done by volunteers, except some skilled tasks requiring people like electricians.

“What many people don’t know is that Habitat for Humanity is not just a give away program,” Krimmel said.

The people who will own the homes being built by volunteers must also invest in what the group calls “sweat equity” — 300 to 500 hours of work on their home.

The material costs are paid back to Habitat for Humanity at no interest, which makes the home affordable.

Habitat for Humanity then invests the money repaid to starting new

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Ray James, political science sophomore, (left) and Justin Golden, mass communcation sophomore, (right) sign their names on the Habitat for Humanity display Monday morning in Free Speech Alley. Habitat for Humanity is hosting “Act Speak Build Week.”

projects, Krimmel said.

“It’s definitely a part of Louisiana’s culture that we are very community oriented people, and I think its important that we try to help people who need our help, and we try to do things for them,” Stowe said.

Habitat for Humanity will be sending 20 University students to Immokalee, Fla., during spring

break to help construct homes in the area.

“You get to build all day and then at night go to the beach and relax,” Krimmel said. “Its a great opportunity, and you get to actually do something with your spring break.”

Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com

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Class registration for Welfare users to take drug tests could be summer, fall begins Felons banned for 10 years to join a wait-list for classes that already have a full number of students. A number is displayed by the wait-list so students can track where they are on the list.

By Kyle Bove Students are notified when a Chief Staff Writer course becomes available or the Students began scheduling course is added automatically.

“It’s getting students the their summer, fall and intersession classes on Sunday evening, courses they need when they need them — it and all seems to doesn’t get better be going smooththan that,” Dooly so far, accordlos said. ing to University Clay Benton, Registrar Robert assistant registrar, Doolos. said to get on a A list of wait-list, a stuscheduling dates dent first has to was included in a attempt to add the broadcast e-mail course. He said sent to students students often see Friday. Students there are no seats schedule coursleft for a course es based on the Robert Doolos and look for the amount of hours University registrar wait-list which they have earned. isn’t there.

Doolos said Online prerequisite checkhe hasn’t heard about students having problems with course ing is another relatively new feaavailability yet, but said the wait- ture that allows students to view list feature — in its second year prerequisites for more than 800 of use — has been a success. For courses. When students know the spring 2009 semester, 11,933 what courses they are eligible to courses were added to students’ take, scheduling is a lot simpler, schedules from wait-lists, Doolos Doolos said.

Scheduling dates run through said. Before 2007, students had to contact professors about trying April 24. to get into a class or simply had to wait until the next semester to take a course.

“It’s a much fairer way for students to get into a course,” Contact Kyle Bove at Doolos said. kbove@lsureveille.com The feature allows students

Students can choose classes until April 24

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‘[The wait-list is] getting students the courses they need when they need them — it doesn’t get better than that.’

By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawmaker who sparked a furor last year by proposing that the state pay poor women to have themselves sterilized will push this year to ban drug felons from receiving government assistance for up to 10 years.

State Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, also wants to require drug testing for all adults receiving welfare under a family assistance program. The proposals, unveiled at a news conference Monday, are likely to generate debate — but not the uproar prompted by the sterilization idea, which LaBruzzo soon abandoned.

State law now bans drug felons from obtaining public assistance for one year from the date of conviction. LaBruzzo’s bill would expand that to 10 years; however, a drug felon who goes through a drug treatment program approved by the Department of Social Services could become eligible for assistance two years after completing the program.

As for drug testing, current law calls for drug testing of “certain” adult recipients of aid through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program but leaves it to the state Department of Social Services to determine which recipients will be tested. LaBruzzo’s bill would require testing for all adult TANF recipients.

DSS currently does no routine testing of recipients for drugs, department spokesman Trey Williams said. It does put all applicants through a drug screening interview. If the interview indicates drug use, they are referred to the state Office of Addictive Disorders for treatment.

Those failing to comply with OAD requirements cannot receive cash assistance, Williams added.

Last year, more than 400 were referred to OAD, he said.

Although less controversial than the sterilization proposal, which drew no public support from any other lawmaker last year, the drug testing and welfare eligibility proposals will face opposition.

“That is a suspicionless, warrantless search,” Marjorie Esman, Louisiana director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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

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BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY

Plan Baton Rouge Phase II presents final draft Ideas include more affordable housing

By Joy Lukachick Staff Writer

Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish Kip Holden opened the third public meeting for Plan Baton Rouge Phase II with a salute to the whole community for the growth of the downtown area.

Plan Baton Rouge Phase II began in October 2008 to continue building on the first plan, which started in 1998, to revitalize the metro area, and the team suggested areas of Baton Rouge most in need of improvement.

The third and last public presentation was Monday night, and final drafts are going to be submitted to the Mayor’s office in June.

The team of developers presented the plans, which improve the greenery downtown, manage parking areas, provide more affordable housing and create a larger

entertainment district.

“We continue to send a signal across America that this is a place you want to come and see, because this is a place where people are on the move,” Holden said.

The team of consultants suggested downtown needed more housing opportunities and parks within the city. One suggestion in the master plan was to build two signature urban parks connecting neighborhoods such as Beauregard and Spanish Town.

The team said the metro area needs to be greener and more sustainable. Besides creating more parks, the team suggested planting more trees in the area.

Large cities have pledged significant tree planting since 2000, including Houston, Boston, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Cooling the city, oxygen enhancement, absorption of water and controlling water all are benefits to having street trees, the team said.

Davis Rhorer, Downtown District Developer director, said the

project was a collaboration of many organizations.

The funding partners include Baton Rouge Area Foundation, City of Baton Rouge, Fannie Mae, Center for Planning Excellence, Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and Downtown Development District.

The team of consultants highlighted the limited amount of space offered in the area. More than 50 percent of all the spaces downtown are not available to the general public.

On-the-street parking makes up 13 percent of available space.

The team also suggested affordable housing was needed. The available acres in Baton Rouge were outlined at specific areas including River park that has 22 acres, East Downtown area has 14 acres and Nicholson Drive Corridor has 66 acres available for housing.

Two ways to cut the cost of housing are subsidizing more funds and finding more private lenders.

“But ultimately the vision is one of a city that is green ... and a

ECONOMY

Sallie Mae adds loan options $6.3B in private loans issued in ’08

By Lindsey Meaux Staff Writer

As the uncertain economy continues to discourage high school students from applying to colleges and college students from entering the job market, as well as invoking financial uncertainty at every level, student-loan company Sallie Mae is offering a solution — more studentloan options.

Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading college savings and loan company, has introduced the new “Smart Option Student Loan” in an attempt to enable students to cut the debt they face after graduation. But economics instructor Kaj Gittings said the option could aid students nearly as much as it could deter students.

“Students are going to end up paying less money,” Gittings said of the loan. “Basically, one of two things is going to happen. They’re not going to get [the loans] or they’re actually not going to go to college.”

Paying interest on the loan while still in school could save the student thousands while cutting the amount of time required to pay off the loan in half, Patricia Christel, spokeswoman for Sallie Mae, said in an e-mail.

“A typical student with the average loan size of about $8,000 would make monthly interest-only payments of about $70 while in school,” Christel said. “As a result, [they] could save almost $9,000 over the life of the loan and pay off in six years instead of 15.”

In the long run, the loan winds up being cheaper because paying interest while enrolled in school would dramatically cut down the amount of money owed on the loan after graduation, Gittings said of the difference, calling it “astounding.”

Smart Option Student Loan: •Available for every eligible student for the 2009-10 school year •Repayment term will range from five years to 15 years •Interest-only monthly payments required while still in school Source: Sallie Mae

The new loan offered by Sallie Mae is private.

Sallie Mae issued about $6.3 billion in private student loans in 2008.

Gus Wales, Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance spokesman, said private loans are used after “all federal student loan monies” options have been exhausted.

Crystal Oubre, assistant director for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Student Aid, said while Student Aid encourages students to opt to pay interest on their loans while enrolled in college, private loans are more of a last-ditch resort for students who still need money after scholarships, grants and federal loans.

“We have them exhaust all avenues before ever certifying a private loan,” Oubre said. “Any private loan is going to have a higher interest rate than the Stafford Loan funded by the government.”

Student Aid has processed about 600 private loans in the past year, Oubre said.

Contact Lindsey Meaux at lmeaux@lsureveille.com

variety of new residential opportunities,” said Alan Mountjoy, project manager for urban design and planning. “And it has a variety of ways one can wander about through and between these great attractions and destinations.”

He said the steps to becoming a more vibrant downtown area began with small steps but grow into larger, more developed ideas.

Contact Joy Lukachick at jlukachick@lsureveille.com

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Mayor-President Kip Holden delivers the opening speech at Plan Baton Rouge’s final public proposal Monday afternoon in the Old State Capitol.

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Unity ’09 and One Voice ’09 campaigns, respectively, endorsed Palermo and Hathorn on Friday in a press conference.

Though support of Krupkin and Upton made up 30.47 percent of the vote in the general election, Palermo said his ticket hasn’t changed much since it began campaigning.

“I think the real reason they are supporting us is the common understanding that we have been in SG and know what is going on inside SG,” Palermo said.

While Palermo said he didn’t support every issue his former rivals Andy Palermo proposed, he SG presidential said if elected, candidate his administration would pick up feasible ideas from other campaign’s push cards.

Palermo’s push card contained 25 points of interest his campaign has vowed to change if elected. During his campaign, Palermo has said his potential administration would work with the University to establish a true dead week before final exams.

Palermo said he would go straight to Vice Chancellor and Provost Katrice Albert and request the University enforce a policy prohibiting tests, papers and projects on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before finals week.

“The biggest hurdle with that is getting the professors to cooperate because they’re too used to being able to do it if it’s on their syllabus,” Hathorn said.

Next Level leaders have proposed keeping the University dining halls open until at least 9 p.m. and offering students healthier menu options.

David Hiedke, director of LSU Dining, said the plan hinged on increased costs for meal plans and how much longer hours would cost in terms of dining hall employment.

Palermo also included in his list of proposed changes a motion to re-

serve the Hart parking lot for student commuters and Tiger Band members during football games.

“Students pay for passes, and they should be able to utilize them, especially on game day,” Hathorn said.

Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said the real issue was how much money would be available to cover such a lot and who would be responsible for paying for it.

Graham said the idea has the potential for trouble because it would be difficult to identify commuters, who could give their parking passes to non-students for game day. Graham said he didn’t understand the need to hold a particular lot for campus commuters.

Palermo’s push card calls for an extension of the time period students have to appeal parking tickets.

“It’s doable,” Graham said. “It is just a matter of how much time we’re talking about and getting through the University administration.”

Graham also commented on a plan shared by both the More ‘09 and the Next Level tickets to reroute University buses through campus during school days. He said it would be fairly simple for the University to adjust bus routes, and it was unlikely to cause problems.

Both tickets still in the run-off have made environmental sustainability an issue throughout their campaigns. However, Palermo said his campaign focuses on accomplishable sustainability issues.

Palermo said many of the issues the More ‘09 campaign has put forward have already been debated in SG and are likely not feasible if they have not already been implemented.

The SG Senate proposed condensing night classes into just a few buildings, a plank in the More ‘09 campaign, several months ago. Palermo said because each building on campus has instructor offices, he had been told it was impossible to close the buildings at night.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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Though the members of the former Make it Reign campaign are supporting Watkins and Scheuermann, they said they did not want to tell their supporters to vote for the More ‘09 campaign.

“If I can use the fact that I ran to get more More votes, I will,” Noel said. “But I’m not going to tell anyone how to vote.”

Noel said he did not believe the Next Level campaign was practicing what it preaches when it comes to environmental sustainability on campus. He said it was hypocritical of the campaign to plan for a paperless campus, yet still print thousands of push cards.

Ginn said he chose to support More ‘09 because he felt they were the better ticket running on a more feasible platform.

According to Watkins, their platform has been growing since they began campaigning.

More ‘09 has made environmental sustainability on campus one of its most important issues during the campaign season.

Watkins said he plans to approach facility services and LSU Dining regarding his plan to increase composting on campus. By using leftover meals and excess food, he said the University can continue working toward “going green.”

Denise Scribner, manager of facility services and campus sustainability, said the University has been working to increase composting on campus for several months.

She said the plan was simply not yet campus wide.

To make such a plan effective, Scribner said there would first have to be talks with the planning department about which land could be set aside for composting and where the resources would come from.

She added there would need to be an educational component added to any composting program to inform students.

Scribner also commented on Watkins’ call to condense night

and intersession classes into fewer buildings in order to save energy, saying it could be done after the right studies were conducted and classes rearranged. But she said it may take more time than they realize.

“Those are really huge programs, and they might not even be implemented in the next year,” Scribner said.

Scribner met with Watkins and Scheuermann in February to discuss their stance on campus sustainability. She Stuart Watkins said they not SG presidential only had good ideas, but a pascandidate sion for “greening” campus.

Scheuermann said her campaign is also concerned with campus safety and plans to add more security cameras in poorly lit areas around campus, especially in residence hall parking lots.

Though this kind of equipment can cost between $500 and

tuesday, march 31, 2009 $5,000 depending on the model of the camera and installment requirements, Watkins said he would not compromise because of price.

“Even though the University is facing budget cuts, as student leaders we’re going to do whatever we can to ensure students’ safety,” Watkins said.

The More ‘09 push card, like their rival ticket, suggests restructuring a bus route which would pass through campus during the day.

Watkins said there is currently no easy way to travel through campus, but the problem that could be solved by using something the University already has.

Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said this plan was not a reasonable suggestion. He said other transportation plans the More ‘09 campaign has suggested, such as a night route to Tiger Land, would have to wait until there was a definite plan formed about the new bus system.

Contact Adam Duvernay at aduvernay@lsureveille.com

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sales are important to his business, but he doesn’t expect the tax law in February. increase to have a major effect on More than 23 percent of Loui- business. siana adults smoke, according to “It’s not going to kill our sales,” the Centers for Disease Control and Green said. “People aren’t going to Prevention. And a state resident who stop smoking. When gas went up, smokes a pack a day can expect to people still drove. After they get a spend nearly $2,500 annually after couple of drinks, they will be here the tax increase. to get cigarettes.”

But in addiGreen said he tion to the federal expects people to tax, one Louisiana buy cheaper cigalawmaker wants rettes in response smokers to pay an to the tax. He said additional $1 per Camel cigarettes pack of cigarettes, are cheaper, and which would raise he’s already nothe per-pack state ticed an increase Mark Duport tax to $1.36. in demand for that history freshman State Reprebrand since the first sentative Karen Peprice increase. terson, D-New Orleans, said the tax A pack of Camels currently would create $209 million in annual costs $4.47 plus tax, he said, and revenue and help reduce the state’s one pack will cost about $7 starting budget deficit.

Wednesday. But smokers in some Peterson didn’t return phone states are preparing to pay nearly $9 calls for comment before press per pack. time.

“It’s a lot, but it’s not as bad as Lawmakers will consider the people think,” Green said. “It’s just proposal in the legislative session not a norm to us right now.” that starts April 27. But Gov. Bobby Jindal told the Associated Press two Contact Leslie Presnall at weeks ago that he would veto the lpresnall@lsureveille.com tax increase because he opposes any tax increases during the recession.

The federal tax increase alone may cause smokers to begin changing their smoking habits.

An estimated 20 percent of Americans smoke cigarettes, according to the CDC. And studies show cigarette tax increases prompt smokers to quit, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, an anti-smoking group.

For every 10 percent increase in the cost of cigarettes, smoking rates decline 3 percent to 5 percent, according to the group.

Mark Dupont, history freshman, spends $4.89 on one pack of Marlboro cigarettes every three days, but said he will quit after the tax goes into effect Wednesday.

“I’ve been planning on quitting, but this [tax] is the last straw,” Dupont said.

Joe Mullen, manager of Southdowns Discount Liquor and Cigarettes on Perkins Road, said he’s unsure how the tobacco tax will affect his business in the long run.

“Cigarettes are in our name, so they’re pretty important [to our business],” Mullen said. “We can kind of afford it, but there’s going to be this threshold where we could start losing money. Say 30 percent of our customers stop smoking, it’s going to hurt us, but 15 percent isn’t that big of deal.”

Cigarette retailers saw a price increase earlier this month when the manufactures were forced to raise prices because of production and shipping costs, he said.

Mullen said more smokers will likely try to quit smoking, but he doubts they will be successful.

“People are asking ‘Why did they have to charge us?’ and ‘Why should I have to pay for these businesses failing just because I smoke?’” Mullen said. “There’re a lot of people who just can’t afford it. They can only afford a certain amount of cartons per month, and now it’s not in their budget. They have to smoke half the amount they’re used to.”

Jarvis Green, manager and owner of Green’s Purple and Gold on Nicholson Drive, said cigarette

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‘I’ve been planning on quitting, but this [tax] is the last straw.’

an artist, and she enjoyed painting with her friends, he said.

University and starting a career in She loved animals and conbusiness. Dane McCandless was stantly had four or five pets at all interested in the sales side of busi- times, Spencer McCandless said. ness, and she was an employee at She had a heart for helping aniScott Bailey Office Group, a Baton mals, he said.

Rouge-based business, her brother “She had rescued dogs and said. cats of her own,” he said.

She was registered in the UniCatherine Cardneaux, a friend versity College of Dane McCandCenter for Freshless, described her man Year and was personality as “reregistered for one ally sweet.” class this semester, Several famaccording to Uniily members and versity Spokesfriends signed an woman Kristine online guest book Calongne. linked on the Web Adrienne Laurent Spencer Mcsite of Resthaven online guest book commenter Candless is her Gardens of Memonly sibling, and ory and Funeral her parents are Robert and Re- Home, the Baton Rouge funeral becca McCandless, who all live in home where her service will be Baton Rouge. conducted. She was described Both of Dane’s parents de- as a beautiful woman and a dear clined to comment, but they did friend. communicate through her brother “Dane’s life was cut too short, about their daughter’s life. and everyone will miss her ter“Growing up, she really liked ribly,” said Adrienne Laurent of sports,” Spencer McCandless said. Starkville, Miss., on the online “Basketball was her thing.” guest book.

One of her favorite recent hobThe visiting service will be at bies was painting, he said. She was the Resthaven Funeral Home today

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‘Dane’s life was cut too short and everyone will miss her terribly.’

PAGE 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The religious service is Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church.

While the cause of her death is unknown, she was tested for blood clots after having a cosmetic surgery last week, according to chief of operations for the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s office, Don Moreau.

She had breast implant surgery last week, and sometimes complications including fat clots or blood clots can occur after such a procedure, Moreau said. After conducting an autopsy, no blood clots were found. “[There are] no obvious causes of death,” Moreau said.

More tests are being conducted to find the cause of her death, he said.

Spencer McCandless said the family didn’t want to comment further on her death, because they wanted to focus on her life in this article.

In lieu of flowers, the family requested mass in her honor.

Contact Joy Lukachick at jlukachick@lsureveille.com

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Sticking Around Athletic director expects Chancellor, Johnson at LSU for years to come

By David Helman Sports Writer

BILL FEIG / The Associated Press

Women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor yells to his team March 24 in the women’s NCAA tournament against Louisville.

LSU hasn’t had a problem rewarding success in recent years.

That fact poses a serious question about the future of LSU basketball.

The University took one of the first steps in college football’s nuclear arms race by upping Nick Saban’s annual salary from $1.6 million to $2.3 million after the Tigers’ 2003 Bowl Championship Series National Championship.

LSU also rewarded baseball coach Paul Mainieri with a $125,000 raise in potential compensation after LSU’s run to the 2008 College World Series and gave football coach Les Miles a bump up in total annual compensation from $2.8 million to $3.751 million — $1,000 more than the aforementioned Saban made last season at Alabama.

MIKE CARLSON / The Associated Press “I want to win in every sport,” said Men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson claps for his team LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva. “I don’t March 13 during the second half of their win against Kentucky

COACHES, see page 14 in the Southeastern Conference tournament.

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‘I want to win in every sport. I don’t care what sport it is ... I want every sport to be a priority.’

Joe Alleva

LSU athletic director

STEVE HELBER / The Associated Press

BILL HABER / The Associated Press

MY OPINION

Coaches’ legacies hinge on next season

Let’s take this time to give major kudos to LSU basketball coaches Trent Johnson and Van Chancellor for their amazing seasons.

Johnson took over a program and a group of players that everyone — including former coach John Brady — had given up on and turned them into instant winners, capturing the Southeastern Conference championship and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

The LSU men’s season didn’t end the way Johnson probably had hoped, but let’s be real — LSU is better than a No. 8 seed and proved it by giving CASEY GISCLAIR North Carolina Chief Sports Writer its toughest run in the Big Dance so far.

Chancellor’s go around in the SEC didn’t go as smoothly as Johnson’s, but the end result was the same. The Lady Tigers advanced to the Round of 32 before being defeated by Louisville — which is still playing in the women’s NCAA tournament and has looked as sharp as any team outside of Connecticut.

That’s not half bad when you consider only two players on the Lady Tigers’ roster had any significant playing experience, and neither had any major experience as starters prior to this season.

But despite the smooth sailing for both programs in 20082009, both coaches are at major LEGACIES, see page 14

BASEBALL

Tigers in the midst of ‘toughest stretch’ of season LSU travels to face Tulane tonight

By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor

The No. 2 LSU baseball team travels to in-state rival Tulane today after winning its home series last weekend against No. 15 Ole Miss, continuing what could be a makeor-break stretch for the Tigers.

“Before we started this series with Ole Miss, I looked at the next 11 games on the schedule, and I said this was going to be our toughest stretch,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri.

The Tulane game is the 28th

game, the halfway point, in the Tigers’ season.

Mainieri and LSU hope to get the bats going after not hitting any home runs against Ole Miss, the first time since May 11-13, 2007, against Florida that LSU (21-6, 6-3 SEC) failed to hit a home run in a weekend series.

“This was going to be the stretch that was really going to test our team. But I honestly felt ... this is the stretch that the team is going to put it together,” Mainieri said.

“It’s going to toughen us up to the point that it’s going to prepare us for the last stretch of the season.”

Mainieri is confident the Tigers will fix things quickly despite the tough stretch of competition.

“LSU, through [its] rich history, has always been a better team in April and May than February and March, and that’s how I feel we are going to be,” Mainieri said.

The Tulane matchup has been a bitter rivalry through the last few seasons.

“Anytime you play Tulane, it’s going to be a spirited, exciting ballgame,” Mainieri said. “I wasn’t there through the ‘90s and the early 2000s. I guess there’s been some really spirited games through the years.

Mainieri has gone back and forth against Tulane (16-11, 1-2 Conference USA) since coming to TULANE, see page 12

MAGGIE BOWLES / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman pitcher Chris Matulis throws a pitch March 17 against the Northwestern. The Tigers visit in-state rival Tulane tonight.

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VOLLEYBALL

LSU passes on hard courts in favor of beach training Team goes 6-2 in eight weekend sets

By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor

Instead of practicing on the traditional hard court to prepare for its spring tournaments, LSU’s volleyball team has been training on a more comfortable and therapeutic surface — the beach.

The Tigers practice the entire fall season on the hardwood of the auxiliary gym of the PMAC, which is less forgiving and more bruising on the lower body compared to the softness of the sand, so they use the spring as a way to get out of the gym and onto the sand.

The beach training seems to be working so far, as the Tigers took six of the eight sets they played in the

Rice Spring Tournament during the weekend.

The Tigers played two set matches against four teams with no deciding sets.

LSU lost a set to Stephen F. Austin and SMU but swept TCU and Rice, an NCAA tournament team last season.

“The whole day I experimented with lineups, and I would say 90 percent of the reason we lost the two sets we lost was because I put people in positions that they were not accustomed to playing in or maybe had never played,” said LSU coach Fran Flory.

Flory said she experimented with lineups to teach the Tigers to have more “volleyball savvy” on the court in the fall.

“Part of the goal for the spring is to be able to adapt and to focus on the task at hand instead of focusing

on, ‘Who is next to me?’ or, ‘Am I in the right spot?” Flory said. “I want them to be more adaptable ... and for the most part, they did a great job.”

The Tigers took only seven players who will be on the team next year because of various injuries. Former Tiger Elena Martinez joined the team as a safety net to make sure the Tigers had enough healthy players to compete.

The return of rising senior outside hitter Marina Skender, who had not played since the end of the 2007 season after injuring her ACL during spring practice in 2008, was another positive to the weekend’s tournament.

Dabbs said the Zagreb, Croatia, native did an amazing job in her return.

“You couldn’t even tell that this was her first tournament back,” Dabbs said.

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UPCOMING Flory has her team practicing at a local beach volleyball facility, thanks to the emergence of the Southeastern Conference Beach Tournament, which started last year.

The beach tournament this season isn’t until April 18, but Flory said the team already looks better on the beach now than during last spring’s beach practices.

“The first few days this spring were head and shoulders above the first few days last spring,” Flory said. “We’re actually doing drills and playing at a level from the start that we finished at last spring. They enjoy it, and they want to be good at it now.”

LSU rising senior Samantha Dabbs, who transferred from Louisville, said this season marks her first time competing at a college level on the beach.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Dabbs said.

“It’s a completely different game and a totally different mindset.”

Dabbs also said it helps get the team in shape because of the difficulty of playing in sand compared to playing on the hard wood.

“It really picks up your game on the court,” she said. “You feel like you are jumping higher and getting to the ball faster when you get on the court, so it’s a great training tool.”

The Tigers will have to wait to start their spring break until Sunday, as they will be competing in a Houston tournament this weekend hosted by the Texas Tornados, a club team that former Tiger Kyna Washington played for in high school.

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NBA

Tigers focus on RBs, WRs in ’10 Posey out three games LSU already has six commitments

By Tyler Harvey Sports Contributor

LSU landed Rivals.com’s No. 2 recruiting class with a banner 2009 year, but coach Les Miles and his staff are already hot on the recruiting trail for 2010.

The Tigers have already secured six commits for ‘They need the 2010 class, fourguys who including star wide receivhave the er Mike Davis fourability to (Houston), star safety Eric come in Reid (Geismar), and play defensive back Simon early ...’ Tharold (Eunice), lineMike Scarborough backer D.J. Welter (Crowley), Tigerbait.com fullback Brandon Worle (LaGrange, Ga.) and tight end Nick Jacobs (Many).

Mike Scarborough of Tigerbait. com said LSU will particularly focus on two positions for 2010 — running back and wide receiver.

“With how they finished last year’s class, they would have liked to have another receiver and another running back,” Scarborough said.

“They need a solid group numberswise, but they need to be solid players, no guys that might be two or three years up the road. They need guys who have the ability to come in and play early with that kind of ability.”

The Tigers started strong securing the commitment of Davis, one of the top receivers for 2010 and the No. 129 overall player according to Rivals.com.

“He’s fast, and he adjusts real fast to the ball,” said Davis’ high school coach Reginald Samples.

“He’ll do some good things.”

But Miles and staff are also hot on the heels of some of the other elite

players for 2010.

“In Louisiana, the wide receivers start with Trovon Reed (Thibodaux),” Scarborough said.

“There’s also James Wright from Belle Chase, but he hasn’t been offered [by LSU] yet. They are recruiting nationally for wide receivers, and I think they need to sign at least three. They are recruiting all the top guys in the Rivals 250.”

A slew of top running backs are interested in the Tigers, headlined by Lache Seastrunk (Temple, Texas), Marcus Lattimore (Duncan, S.C.), Michael Dyer (Little Rock, Ark.) and Storm Johnson (Loganville, Ga.).

Seastrunk, Rivals’ No. 2 overall player in the nation, is cousins with wide receiver prospect Reed.

Seastrunk (No. 2), Lattimore (No. 4) and Dyer (No. 9) are all ranked as top-10 players overall according to Rivals.com.

Reed said he and Seastrunk want to play together in college, so

one school may receive a package deal.

“I think Seastrunk is the guy they have the best shot at,” Scarborough said. “He and Trovon Reed are real close. I wouldn’t trade LSU’s chances with anybody [for Seastrunk].”

Other LSU prospects to keep an eye on include the No. 56 overall player, defensive end Jordan Allen (West Monroe), and tight end prospect Travis Dickson (Ocean Springs, Miss.), brother of LSU tight end Richard Dickson.

Scarborough said LSU commit Tharold Simon could move up in the rankings, when Rivals evaluators see his impressive game film. Tharold Simon is expected to end up in the Rivals 250, according to Scarborough.

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with sprained elbow

By The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey will miss the next three games with a sprained left elbow.

The injury occurred during Friday night’s game in New York. Posey will be re-evaluated on Saturday once the Hornets return from a threegame road trip that begins Tuesday at Sacramento. He will travel with the team on the trip.

Posey was hit on his elbow during the Knicks game and underwent an MRI exam on Saturday.

In Friday’s loss at New York, Posey threw the ball in frustration at referee Gary Zielinski’s feet in the fourth quarter, which caused an ejection from the game. The NBA suspended him for one-game.

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Saints to hold summer training camp in Metairie N.O. preseason schedule announced

By The Associated Press METAIRIE — The New Orleans Saints said on Monday they will hold training camp this summer at the same place they practice the rest of the year — their Metairie facility.

Saints owner Tom Benson said the team has a state-of-the-art facility and sees no reason to leave it to train at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., where the team has worked out the past three summers.

Training camp is tentatively scheduled to begin July 29. It will mark the fourth time in the team’s history the team held training camp at its permanent facility. The team held training camp at the Metairie facility from 2003-2005.

Benson says fans from the region are welcome to visit training camp.

General manager Mickey Loomis said the decision to stay home was based on shifting “dynamics and economics.”

“We have decided that holding training camp at our facility would provide us with enough quality fields to work on, an indoor practice facility in the case of inclement weather as well as access to the technology we have available at our headquarters in Metairie,” Loomis said.

The Saints stayed in dormitories at Millsaps and used the school’s fields and facilities in the past, and Benson spent money to upgrade some of the school’s playing fields and added air conditioning at the gym.

Coach Sean Payton said in the past he liked the focus staying at Millsaps gave the team.

Officials from Millsaps were not available for comment Monday.

The Saints are the 17th team to announce they’ll be holding workouts at their home base this year.

“As NFL training facilities evolve and develop, there is a trend to want to maximize the exposure your team has to all of the amenities that help make training camp successful,” Loomis said. “Training

camp is a very physically and mentally demanding period of time for the players and by being able to utilize our facilities, we feel like it is the best decision that we can make for our team at this time.”

PRESEASON SCHEDULE NEW ORLEANS — The Saints will host the Cincinnati Bengals and the Miami Dolphins in this year’s preseason and will travel to play Houston and Oakland.

The team announced the opponents on Monday, but did not give specific dates and times for the games.

The Saints will open their preseason slate by hosting the Bengals at the Louisiana Superdome during the weekend of Aug. 13-17.

New Orleans travels to Houston in the second weekend of games being held Aug. 20-24. The second road game sends the Saints to Oakland between Aug. 27-31 to play the Raiders.

The Saints will close the preseason with a home game against Miami during the weekend of Sept.

3-4.

ROSTER MOVES METAIRIE — The Saints have resigned backup quarterback Joey Harrington.

Harrington, who is entering his eighth season, first signed with the Saints early in the 2008 season. A first-round draft choice in 2002 by the Detroit Lions, the 30-year-old quarterback served as the Saints’ third-string quarterback in 12 games but did see any time on the field.

In seven seasons, Harrington has started 76 of the 81 games he has played in, completing 1,459 of 2,538 passes for 14,693 yards with 79 touchdowns and 85 interceptions.

Harrington became a free agent after last season and re-signed with the Saints on Monday, at the outset of the club’s offseason conditioning program.

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ED ZURGA / The Associated Press

Saints head coach Sean Payton makes a call as the Saints play Kansas City on Nov. 16. The Saints announced on Monday they will hold training camp in Metairie.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Griffin leads AP All-America team

By The Associated Press Blake Griffin and Tyler Hansbrough spent a lot of time together on the court last weekend and were back together Monday as the top vote-getters on The Associated Press’ All-America team.

Griffin, the sophomore forward from Oklahoma who led the nation in rebounding, was the only unanimous selection for the team.

Hansbrough, the consensus player of the year last season as a junior, repeated as a first-teamer the day after his Tar Heels beat the Sooners 72-60 to advance to the Final Four.

Joining them on the team were players from schools with little All-America history, sophomores DeJuan Blair of Pittsburgh, James Harden of Arizona State and junior Stephen Curry of Davidson.

Griffin, who averaged 21 points and 14.3 rebounds while shooting 63.5 percent from the field, became college basketball’s image for toughness when he returned from a concussion only to drive headlong onto the scorer’s table.

He received 71 first-team votes and 335 points from the same national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. Balloting was done before the NCAA tournament.

Hansbrough, a unanimous pick last season along with Kansas State’s Michael Beasley, got

50 first-team votes and 304 points.

This is the fourth straight season the 6-foot-9 forward received AllAmerica recognition. He was a third-team pick as a freshman and was on the second team after his sophomore season.

Blair is Pittsburgh’s second first-teamer, joining Don Hennon in 1958. Curry, who led the nation in scoring, is Davidson’s second as well. Fred Hetzel was Davidson’s first first-teamer in 1965.

Harden is Arizona State’s first AP All-America.

Griffin, the Big 12 player of the year, is the third Oklahoma player to be selected and the first since Stacey King in 1989. Wayman Tisdale of the Sooners was a three-time All-America from 1983-85.

“When Coach (Jeff) Capel started recruiting me, he talked to me a lot about changing the culture of this program and getting it back to a place where guys like Wayman Tisdale and Stacey King and those guys came to play,” said Griffin, a native of Oklahoma City. “It’s definitely an honor.”

Hansbrough, who is in his second straight Final Four with the Tar Heels, is the third North Carolina player to repeat. He joins Phil Ford (1977-78) and Michael Jordan (1983-84).

“Those are some of my favorite Carolina players. To be up there with them — that’s special,” Han-

sbrough said. “I never dreamed of that when I came here.”

Blair, who was third in the voting with 294 points, averaged 15.6 points and 12.2 rebounds, was the only postseason All-America player not to be on the preseason team.

One of the best offensive rebounders in recent years, Blair became a fan favorite when he was often caught smiling during games.

Harden, who received 290 points, was the Pac-10 player of the year after a sophomore season that saw him average 20.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 35.8 minutes. He led the Sun Devils to their first NCAA bid since 2003 as they posted consecutive 20win seasons for the first time in 28 years.

Curry became an overnight star in Davidson’s run to the round of eight last season, and he backed it up with a junior season that saw him lead the country in scoring while making the transition to point guard.

He averaged 28.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists as the Wildcats won the Southern Conference regular season title but lost in the tournament and didn’t make the NCAA field.

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BENJAMIN OLIVER HICKS / The Daily Reveille

LSU freshman rightfielder Mikie Mahtook hits a single bringing in LSU senior designated runner Chris McGhee in the eighth inning against Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers defeated the Rebels, 2-1.

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LSU in 2006. LSU lost both games it played against Tulane, 16-9 and 8-3, in 2007, but the Tigers fired right back to win, 8-4 and 7-5, in 2008.

Mainieri said one of his favorite parts of the rivalry is coaching against Tulane coach Rick Jones.

“Rick does a great job,” Mainieri said. “Rick really manages a good game. I enjoy the in-game strategy against Rick. He really knows the game. I’m looking forward to that from a personal standpoint.”

But LSU’s starting pitcher will be a young southpaw experiencing the rivalry for the first time.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing how [freshman Chris] Matulis

handles the whole situation,” Mainieri said. “This will be his real big test of the season.”

Matulis is undefeated this season (4-0) and has a 2.51 ERA in 28 2/3 innings pitched.

Junior outfielder Jared Mitchell said the storied rivalry doesn’t weigh on his mind when facing Tulane.

“For me, it’s just another team,” Mitchell said. “It’s more of a rivalry with the fans.”

Tonight’s game begins a stretch of four road games for the Tigers, who travel to No. 6 Georgia this weekend.

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care what sport it is ... I want every sport to be a priority.”

So at the end of a successful basketball season for both the Tigers’ men and women’s teams, will LSU up the ante again?

Men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson likely hopes so.

LSU’s surprising run to its 10th Southeastern Conference regular season championship earned Johnson $100,000 in incentives, and the Tigers’ selection to the NCAA tournament netted him another $100,000.

All told, Johnson stands to make a maximum of $600,000 in incentives if he ever guides an LSU team to a national championship.

“I’ve never been in an institution that had the facilities and the ability to recruit a high caliber of player and sustain [success] over a long period of time, like I have here,” Johnson said last Wednesday.

Johnson’s total annual compensation sits at $1.2 million, which

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crossroads. And next season will be defining years in the tenures of both at LSU. Johnson has some major work to do.

The former Nevada and Stanford coach has to replace 43 points per game of offense and five of the top-seven players in his rotation.

Johnson does return forward Tasmin Mitchell and point guard Bo Spencer, who were the team’s second and third offensive options and averaged 28 points per game combined this season.

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could be a lot less than new Alabama hire Anthony Grant. Media reports have said Grant could make as much as $2 million in his first season as the Crimson Tide’s coach, but the details of his contract have yet to be made public.

Alleva said he and Johnson discussed the coach’s contract, but nothing has come of it yet.

“He still has four years left on his contract,” Alleva said. “But we’ll talk about that as the summer goes along ... There’s no urgency, there’s no rush.”

Women’s coach Van Chancellor made his own surprising run to the NCAA tournament this season.

It sounds odd to refer to an LSU tournament berth as a surprise, as the Lady Tigers are one of women’s college basketball’s prominent teams.

But Chancellor lost all five starters from his 2008 Final Four squad and managed to achieve a 19-11 record and a trip to the tournament’s second round.

“Our kids played hard — we Those players will have to be the core of what Johnson hopes will allow him to build on his success and establish the Tigers as a traditional power in the SEC — something Brady wasn’t able to do.

Brady’s Tigers advanced to the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons just once in his 11-year tenure, a lack of consistency many felt ended up being the reason for his dismissal.

It will be Johnson’s ability — or inability — to field good teams year-in and year-out that will determine whether he will be

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did all we could humanly do,” Chancellor said.

The team’s accomplishments earned Chancellor an extra $10,000 in addition to his $250,000 base salary.

Chancellor told The Daily Reveille on Thursday he was “really pumped for another year,” and said he wished it were fall so the season could start.

Alleva affirmed Chancellor’s commitment just as emphatically as his gold medal-winning employee.

“He’s not retiring — not with this young group he has,” Alleva

said. “The future is really bright for him and for that team.”

A bonus of $150,000 awaits Chancellor should he guide LSU to its, and his, first national title.

As Chancellor prepares to build on a tournament team, Johnson’s instant success has undoubtedly raised eyebrows around the world of college basketball.

Johnson is adamant in his hope that “this next team won’t be judged by the team we just had,” but college athletics rarely work that way.

SEC powerhouse Kentucky is reportedly offering Memphis coach John Calipari $35 million for an eight-year contract to restore the Wildcats to national prominence — just two years after luring Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie with a base salary of $2.3 million.

Kentucky isn’t the only national power, or set of Wildcats, looking for guidance.

Arizona is looking for a coach to continue its nation-leading streak of NCAA tournament appearances

— which sits at 25.

Georgia is also looking to replace the recently-dispatched Dennis Felton.

While the Bulldogs’ men’s basketball team isn’t usually regarded as prominent, Georgia was reported to have the nation’s most profitable athletic department by CFO Magazine in 2006, earning an annual profit of roughly $23.9 million.

This all serves as proof LSU isn’t the only program prepared to pony up for progress.

But Alleva didn’t seem too concerned, even with all this in mind, about the approaching future.

“There will be a lot of jobs open,” Alleva said. “Coach Johnson is here, and I would like to see him end his career here. That’s what our goal is.”

a program-defining coach like Dale Brown or just a flavor of the week like Brady.

That issue should become more clear this time next season.

Chancellor’s path is close to the exact opposite of Johnson’s but will be equally difficult.

The Lady Tigers will return all but one player in 2009 and will have a core that, on paper, should compete for the SEC championship.

But with talent oozing out of the locker room, LSU’s hallof-fame coach has to first teach his

young players how to handle expectations.

This season the Lady Tigers were virtual unknowns and were in the national top 25 only one week of the season, which allowed the team to slowly creep up the SEC standings without the publicity and the bull’s-eye that usually comes with wearing “LSU” across your jersey.

But that bull’s-eye will be firmly planted on LSU’s chests again next season, and how Chancellor gets his youthful players to handle them will be key in LSU making that next step from being a pretty

good team to becoming a potential Final Four team — a place where LSU fans have become accustomed to being.

So, Coach Johnson and Coach Chancellor, you’re both at pretty large forks in the road.

Choose your paths wisely, guys, because in a lot of ways, your stays at LSU will be remembered largely by how you fare next season.

‘I’ve never been in an institution that had ... the abilities to sustain [success] ... like I have here..’

Trent Johnson

LSU men’s basketball coach

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Opinion

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Make it Reign endorses More ‘09 When we decided to run for Student Government president and vice-president, we committed to run our campaign the same way we would’ve run our administration.

For us, that included making no promises to fiscally-irresponsible pet projects.

Ultimately, we feel only one campaign has been conducted in the same way. The More for LSU campaign, led by Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann, created a platform based on sustainability.

Rather than just having words on a push card, they took direct action, placing recycling stations in the Quad and Free Speech Alley.

The student body showed it is committed to recycling, voting overwhelmingly to spend $5,000 of existing student fees on more recycling bins throughout campus.

Watkins and Scheuermann continued to uphold their views by refusing to purchase giant campaign signs that are the epitome of waste, staying well under the maximum-allowed campaigning budget. Their opponents, Andy Palermo and Phoebe Hathorn of The Next Level, plan to

“encourage faculty to distribute syllabi and accept assignments electronically, thus saving paper.”

They advertised this by handing out thousands of paper push cards, thus wasting paper.

The Next Level has elaborate promises. They are deficient, however, in tangible solutions to many of the problems LSU faces. With our University facing $45 million in budget cuts, they focus on springing up a costly parking lot. It will not happen.

Next Level supporters love to promote their promise to establish a true dead week. However, when asked at the Tiger TV debate how to specifically accomplish this task, presidential candidate Andy Palermo instead chose to talk about why we needed one, rather than offer a real solution.

Inconceivably, by endorsing The Next Level, leaders of the One Voice and Unity tickets have abandoned their own remaining candidates, some in close races where they directly oppose Next Level candidates — for example, the Business College senate race. As further embarrassment, the leadership of those campaigns felt it necessary to personally attack the desire, initiative and ability of the More candidates.

Those attacks are unfounded.

It’s time to support a campaign

steeped in accountability and sustainability. We encourage everyone to vote for Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann and embrace viable solutions rather than empty promises.

Jeff Noel and Ryan Ginn former presidential, vice presidential candidates, Make it Reign

More support for More ‘09 While I appreciate the candor and sincerity of the former presidential and vice presidential candidates of the One Voice ‘09 and Unity ‘09 tickets, there is a substantial number of candidates and supporters of both of those tickets who now seek to support Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann in the run-off election that will be held on Tuesday, myself included.

Personally, I try to give my support to the candidates that have the courage and fortitude to work hard for the students of this university and to effect positive change both in policy and through positive example.

In the primary election, I supported the candidacy of Greg Upton and Laura Boggs, as I believed

these candidates to have possessed the qualities that would most complement LSU. I also ran with One Voice as a candidate for the University Court.

With that said and the primary campaigning season over, it is time once again for students to select the remaining candidate they feel would most effectively represent them.

Many believe, as I do, that Watkins and Scheuermann are the best candidates for this role. I personally worked with Scheuermann for a year on the UCFY College Council when she was the president of that body. I have witnessed firsthand her natural leadership skills and her tenacious drive to accomplish more.

I feel this more than qualifies her for the office of Student Government Vice President. I also have faith in Watkins’ ability to uphold the office of Student Government President for the benefit of all students.

The support the More ‘09 campaign enjoys is large and diverse, and I do expect and encourage voters to choose them once more in the run-off election. They have put in the work to deserve it, and they will continue to put in that work once elected.

James Zitzmann political science junior SG director of external affairs

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009

Daniel Morgan wrong on chivalry Daniel Morgan’s March 30 column was ignorant. Luckily, more people on campus know better than to call Reveille writers a “credible source.”

Saying chivalry is dead is like saying capitalism is dead. Ladies, don’t let Morgan mislead you to believe that all the nice guys are gone.

I don’t care how attractive or rich or unpopular a girl is, if I am going to eat with her for any reason, I will always pick up the tab.

Any young man in their right mind should hold a door open for not only a lady, but anyone coming through a door. It is just good manners.

This is the South, it’s how we were raised as boys and we should continue it even though there are people like Morgan, who inexplicably find it funny to “snap the door shut behind him” when a “goodlooking female follows.”

So girls, don’t get yourself down if you happen to go on a date with Morgan. There are WAY better fish in the sea.

Spencer Lamb finance sophomore

FREEMAN OF SPEECH

Unity ’09, One Voice ’09 betray tickets for political gain Student Government elections are all about empty promises and bogus campaign tactics.

Most of the empty promises I can live with. I didn’t actually expect SG President Colorado Robertson to follow through on his promise of a live, public feeding of Mike the Tiger.

But this election season saw a little bit of everything.

From a vice presidential candidate missing a live debate on TigerTV because of a sorority chapter meeting — that would be you, Laura Boggs — to the owner of a used car dealership with shady ties to a frat he left without the slightest bit of honor — hello, Ari Krupkin — I saw the best of the worst personalities on campus.

Friday saw the ugliest side of campaigning and the benefits of shunning an entire ticket for an endorsement with the potential for a staff position.

Both the Unity ’09 and One Voice ’09 tickets — headed by Krupkin and Melanie Oubre and

Greg Upton and Boggs, respectively — endorsed Andy Palermo and Phoebe Hathorn’s The Next Level ‘09 ticket for today’s runoff election.

In doing so, the four contradicted themselves in citing reasons as to why Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann’s More ‘09 campaign didn’t merit endorsement.

“We have argued that this campaign is not about who has the most experience, but who is the most capable to bring about the change that SG needs,” Krupkin said, right before his running mate, Oubre, said she believed Palermo’s ticket has the most experience.

This happened right after Upton cited both Watkins’ and Scheuermann’s lack of experience in SG — despite his support for the novice Vice President Shannon Bates in their 2008 Foundation campaign.

This was after Boggs cited Palermo as the most experienced

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Upton and Boggs have every reason to be bitter. After all, the pair almost contributed as much to their campaigns — $1,889.26 each — as the More campaign spent, $3,933.80, according to SG Eric Freeman Jr. expense reColumnist ports.

In supporting The Next Level, the former heads of Unity and One Voice decided to pretend their own candidates aren’t still in runoff elections today.

I would now like to pay homage to these candidates in today’s runoff, betrayed by the tops of their tickets.

From the Unity campaign: Brandon Burke, Business vice president; Annie Jacobson, Education Senate; Adam Lagneaux, UCAC Senate; and Michael Jones, UCFY Senate.

From the One Voice campaign: Ashley Johnson, Agriculture Senate; Brittany Bourg, Agriculture Treasurer; Sarah Bertrand, Agriculture President; Chaylon Brignac, Arts and Sciences Senate; Steven Belflower, Arts and Design Treasurer; Matt Babineaux and Beau Bebeau, Business Senate; Kelly Springet, Business Secretary; Katie Peaslee, Education Secretary; Beth Higginbotham, Education Vice President; Will Delaney and Steven Menard, Engineering Senate; Gabriella Arroyo, Engineering Executive Secretary; Blaine Fuselier, Engineering Vice President; Robert Ingram, Engineering President; Kyle Mancuso, UCAC Vice President; Brooke Story and Cody Wells, UCFY Senate; and Hannah Chambers, University Court.

A total of 5,467 votes were cast for the One Voice run-off candidates, while the four Unity runoff candidates received a total of 906 votes.

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The Unity and One Voice campaigns officially sacrificed a total of 6,373, presumably in the name of their collective future.

By throwing these candidates off their already derailed buses, Unity and One Voice have proven to be anything but united or speaking in unison. They traded their tickets for whatever political gain Palermo and Hathorn can give — that is, if Palermo and Hathorn win today.

Congratulations, SG. You wreaked havoc on Free Speech Alley for the past two months in the name of your individual resumes.

No wonder more than 2/3 of this campus didn’t vote at all last week.

Eric Freeman Jr. is a 22-year-old political science junior from New Orleans.

Contact Eric Freeman Jr. at efreeman@lsureveille.com

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.”

Winston Churchill British prime minister Nov. 30, 1874 — Jan. 24, 1965

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Print media faces inevitable death by Internet It was simple and unobtrusive enough — a small color strip advertising CBS television at the bottom of the page. But for those who follow print journalism, it might as well have been a tolling bell.

It wasn’t just any page. It was the front page of the Jan. 5 edition of The New York Times, the newspaper’s first Monday issue of 2009.

The front page until then had always been free of ads, a testament to the prestige the paper wielded.

But recently, the Times — and print journalism in general — has been suffering and was forced to put even its once-sacrosanct front page up for sale to pay the bills.

Print media’s financial woes are well documented. They began with the advent of the Internet. As more people began to look for their news online, newspaper readership began to slump.

The declining economy has turned that slump into a crisis.

Newspapers, already losing readers to the Internet, have had more difficulty finding sufficient advertisements to meet operating costs. The New York Times Media Group faced a 21.1 percent drop in November, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. This drop is especially dire considering it was election season, which should have generated huge revenues.

More sinister, the Tribune Company, which owns The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, filed for bankruptcy the same day the The New York Times’ first front-page ad ran.

With such monolithic news entities as the Tribune and the Times suffering, and smaller, local newspapers closing their doors entirely, it’s hard to avoid the fact that print news is facing imminent extinction.

With print media on the verge of collapse, the question must be

asked — does print deserve to die?

In some respects, the Internet is a clearly superior method of communication. It is ubiquitous, easy to access and immediate. Online journalists can change content in real-time Matthew Albright and respond to events as they Columnist unfold.

And online editions allow for participation from readers through comments and polls.

From a business perspective, it is far less expensive to run an online operation. And from an ecological standpoint, the Internet isn’t made from felled trees and polluted ink, like its paper predecessor.

With all of these advantages, perhaps paper media doesn’t deserve to live. In many ways, the

transition is already occurring.

Unable to support their print operations, newspapers across the country are switching to digital-only format.

The arguments for the continued existence of paper media are growing less potent every day.

Most supporters of print point to more intangible benefits of paper — the concrete feel, its more tangible nature, its ease of reading with the morning coffee. Some people just can’t stand reading on a computer screen.

But these complaints are largely those of the previous generation — we grew up looking at computers and are used to getting information from the Web. And as technology increases, this disconnect can only get smaller.

Many media critics point out print journalism is a more deliberate media — it takes a measured, analytical approach and provides

far better commentary and context.

Internet journalism has the same potential flaws as TV journalism — research and context are almost inevitably sacrificed in favor of breaking the story.

These flaws may be real, but they’re irrelevant. Those concerns, though important, are largely within the realm of intellectuals, and the average reader is simply looking for convenience, affordability, accessibility and immediacy.

And in all of these areas, the Internet is clearly superior.

Matthew is a 19-year-old mass communication sophomore from Baton Rouge.

Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com

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President Obama’s overexposure reveals insecurities

President Obama’s series of televised appearances has done precisely what is was designed to do. It distracted America from the crisis at hand and marketed the president’s policies to a jaded, skeptical nation.

His appearance on “The Tonight Show” recalled his campaign days, when all he had to do was show up on late night television and plug himself for the presidency.

Obama feels the need to market himself, especially given his recent drop in approval ratings.

Apparently, the hype that surrounded Obama during his campaign has not translated into reality. Internet blogs speculate this occurrence is mostly because of Obama’s economic policies.

It’s likely Obama is disenchanted and seeks to repair his image — and he is doing it the only way he knows how. He is essentially hitting the campaign trail again. But this time he isn’t seeking votes. He is seeking to impress and sucker the public into buying his economic plan.

The president’s campaign style bleeding into his presidency has not escaped the attention of political analysts.

“It’s part campaign-style politics and part ‘American Idol,’” said political strategist Simon Rosenburg of Obama’s media blitz last week.

Speaking of “American Idol,” Obama bumped that show from its slot last Tuesday to make way for his own address to the nation.

There’s nothing wrong with the president bumping “American Idol” if he has something of merit to say. The overall consensus, however, was the president

simply maneuvered his way into a prime television spot to pitch a series of jumbled ideas and make defensive responses to reporters who asked tough questions.

The Associated Press released a fact after Linnie Leavines check the president’s Columnist speech and reached the consensus that the speech was not only devoid of substance, but actively contradicted itself. They concluded the president’s economic strategy did “not fit quite so neatly with his bullish budget.”

Apparently, the AP could not understand how the president plans to cut the deficit in half by increasing spending and expanding federal programs. Essentially, its critique was simply a refined way of accusing the president of being incapable of understanding basic mathematics.

Obama would do well to focus on internal communications as well, rather than courting a suspicious public. Perhaps a strengthened internal dialogue would’ve caught the AIG bonus provision written in the original AIG bailout plan before it became media fodder.

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., made provisions for these bonuses, which means the federal government knew what was going on beforehand.

The government is to blame for these bonuses. Anger should be directed at them, not AIG, which was technically correct in using taxpayer money for

bonuses.

If our government is sincere about stopping such “corruption” as it claims to be, perhaps it would be prudent for it to focus inward and quit pointing fingers at the blameless.

Finger pointing is a sign of desperation. So is overexposure.

If Obama’s economic plan is a good idea, then why does he feel he must try so hard to sell it?

If the government truly isn’t to

blame for the AIG bonuses, then why are they rabidly pointing fingers at every opportunity?

This string of media blitz is nothing more than a flashy carnival designed to throw dust in the face of the American people to distract them with misplaced hate for AIG, misguided awe for their president and a contradictory economic plan devoid of logic.

This overexposure isn’t an attempt to reassure the American

people. It’s a sign of the underlying desperation that has gripped our government and will soon grip our nation.

Linnie Leavines is an 18-year-old mass communication freshman from Central City.

Contact Linnie Leavines at lleavines@lsureveille.com

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