The Daily Reveille - March 3, 2010

Check an interview with local Inside alternative rock band Winbourne, page 6.

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CRIME Two students arrested for fighting on campus, page 3.

Acclimation

New football coaches get to know players during practice, page 7.

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Secret Gardens

Hill Farm promotes student gardening, growing produce without pesticides

By Grace Montgomery Staff Writer

For students tired of eating junk food, Hill Farm Community Garden provides a unique, healthy option.

Tucked between East Campus Apartments and Lod Cook Hotel, Hill Farm offers students and Baton Rouge residents the opportunity to grow their own organic produce.

“We’d like people to see Hill Farm as a place where students can learn about gardening,” said faculty adviser Carl Motsenbocker.

For $10 a semester, students are given a 9-by-5-foot plot of land where they can grow any seasonal plant.

Students aren’t allowed to grow plants like trees, vines or bushes.

Hill Farm Student President Ken Kuchta said the most unusual plants he’s seen are loofah plants, hot peppers and bitter melons.

Greens and root vegetables are currently in season, Kuchta said.

People renting the plots meet weekly on Mondays at 4:30 p.m. to garden and socialize.

The community garden is located on the four-acre Hill Farm. The farm is primarily used as a teaching facility and features greenhouses, classrooms and an orchard for horticulture students and professors.

Because the farm is getting progressively smaller, the future of Hill Farm is unknown.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

FACULTY

Candidate points out Grad School problems

By Mallory Logan Contributing Writer

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A candidate applying for dean of the Graduate School acknowledged weaknesses in the school on Tuesday, mentioning problems like low faculty-to-student ratio and low student diversity percentages.

David Constant, candidate and Interim Director of the Graduate School, spoke at 1:30 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium on how his leadership will benefit the school if selected dean.

“We’ve accomplished a lot over the past eight months,” said Constant.

The Search Committee selected Constant and the other finalist, Patrick Hesp, Geography and Anthropology Department chair, from ten original applicants. The committee consists of six professors from different departments and the president of the International Student Association. Hesp will speak at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in Dodson Auditorium.

“Administrative experience was first looked for in a candidate

Charlie Johnson, horticulture professor, gives a tour Tuesday of the Hill Farm greenhouse. Students can pay $10 per semester to grow their own plants at Hill Farm.

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ORGANIC, see page 16

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AWARDS

Billy Cannon named LSU Alumnus of the Year Honor to be given in ceremony April 16

By Ryan Buxton Senior Staff Writer

University football superstar Billy Cannon has been named the LSU Alumnus of the Year, the LSU Alumni Association announced Tuesday.

Cannon said he accepts the award with honor in his own name and in the name of his former teammates who have supported him throughout the ups and downs of his career.

“I take it humbly, but also

very damn proudly that we were merit and what people have done a great football team and I was while they were at LSU, after they one of the outwere at LSU and standing players as they move foron that field,” said ‘I receive this award not ward in their proCannon, who is fessional careers,” as an athletic award, Ramezan said. widely known for his 89-yard punt Cannon led but for service to this the Tigers return touchdown to their against Ole Miss first national great University.’ in Tiger Stadium championship win on Halloween in 1958 and is also Billy Cannon night in 1959. the University’s former LSU running back The alumonly Heisman nus of the year is Trophy winner. chosen by a selection committee But Cannon said he can’t take based on confidential nomina- credit for the success the Tigers tions, said Jason Ramezan, Vice enjoyed while he was on the team.

President of Alumni Relations.

CANNON, see page 15 “[The award] is based on

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Billy Cannon, former LSU running back and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, sits in Sonny’s Pizza on Oct. 28 in St. Francisville, La., and discusses the Halloween touchdown in the 1959 game against Ole Miss that made him famous.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010

Nation & World

INTERNATIONAL

NATIONAL

US questions Jamaica’s reliability as ally against drug trafficking

Fla. man pleads guilty to threatening to kill president, his family

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica’s reluctance to hand over an alleged crime boss is straining relations with the U.S., which is questioning the Caribbean nation’s reliability in the drug fight. The two governments have been negotiating over Christopher Coke since the U.S. requested his extradition in August.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening to kill President Barack Obama and his family.

Federal prosecutors said 30-year-old Renee Curet pleaded guilty Tuesday in Pensacola. A judge scheduled Curet’s sentencing for May 11.

Curet is already in custody at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution on unrelated charges, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

Official: Uganda landslides kill at least 70; 250 still missing BUDUDA, Uganda (AP) — Rivers of mud swamped houses, stores and at least one school after heavy rains in this Central African country, killing at least 70 people with some 250 still missing, officials and survivors said Tuesday.

Rains that began Monday evening continued through the night, triggering landslides in the Bududa region, 170 miles (275 kilometers) east of Kampala.

Topeka unofficially changes name to ‘Google, Kan.’ during March TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The capital city of Kansas will be referred to for the month of March as “Google, Kansas — the capital city of fiber optics.”

Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten signed a proclamation Monday

calling for the temporary name in an effort to convince Google to make Topeka a test site for an ultrafast Internet connection.

Bunten said he hoped the move would set Topeka apart from other cities vying for Google’s attention, which include Grand Rapids, Mich., and Baton Rouge.

Rove admits to error on Iraq as Bush strategist in new memoir NEW YORK (AP) — Political strategist Karl Rove says President George W. Bush made the right decision to launch the Iraq war in 2003, but the former White House adviser admits the failure to find weapons of mass destruction badly damaged the administration’s credibility.

In his new memoir, “Courage and Consequence,” Rove blames himself for not pushing back against claims that Bush had taken the country to war under false pretenses, calling it one of the worst mistakes he made during the Bush presidency.

STATE/LOCAL

Landrieu apologizes to La. health secretary for harsh comments

Impasse could leave 4,300 without unemployment benefits in La.

(AP) — Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu has apologized to Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal’s health secretary for a stinging rebuke suggesting that he should leave his post because of his opposition to the Democrats’ health care overhaul proposal.

A Landrieu spokesman and Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine both confirmed Tuesday that the senator had called Levine this week to apologize for comments Landrieu made in an interview with The Associated Press.

In those remarks last week, Landrieu said of Levine, “I just think he’s wrong, usually morning, noon and night, and as far as I’m concerned, he can go get another job.”

The comments came as Landrieu offered her full backing for President Barack Obama’s health revamp proposal and complained about Jindal’s and Levine’s opposition to it.

(AP) — About 4,300 Louisiana residents could lose their unemployment benefits this month because of a congressional impasse over a spending bill. That’s according to the U.S. Labor Department. However, lawmakers expect to settle the dispute this week. The House passed a shortterm extension of benefits Thursday, but the bill is stuck in the Senate.

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Dogs break into Baton Rouge Zoo, kill 17 flamingos Sunday night (AP) — Dogs broke into the Baton Rouge Zoo on Sunday night and killed 17 flamingos, more than a third of the zoo’s flock.

Workers didn’t discover what happened until Monday when they arrived to check on the birds, said Zoo Director Phil Frost.

Zoo officials are not sure how the animals got in and Frost said the flamingo exhibit is not under video surveillance.

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STATE

Louisiana sales tax revenue down more than 20 percent Gradual decline began in 2009 Staff Writer

Because people are worried about their jobs, Albrecht said people are cutting back on spending.

Albrecht said businesses are doing the same.

“Households and businesses are spending 20 percent less money,” he said. “That’s pretty dramatic.”

The revenue could also be down

Campus Crime Briefs

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because of recent tax cuts eliminating sales taxes on a variety of business purchases, Albrecht said.

He said the forecast predicts the state of the economy will improve by the end of the fiscal year, with only a 15 percent drop.

“I don’t see us turning around yet,” he said. “We could end up Afroze had started a fire on the floor with a pile of newspapers and claimed she didn’t know it was against the law to start a fire in her apartment. LSUPD encouraged Afroze to seek medical treatment, but she refused, Tabor said.

Afroze was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Two students arrested last Wednesday for fight after class

Wittmer was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student caught smoking marijuana in Enchanted Forest

Two students were arrested Feb. 24 for fighting each other on campus.

Jenna Levert, 24, of 7018 Pelican Crossing Drive in Gonzales, reported to the LSU Police Department that she was hit in the face several times by 19-year-old Kristen Briseno of 5344 David Drive in Kenner, La., following a class they had together on campus, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.

Briseno said Levert hit her first, Tabor said. Both women were issued misdemeanor summonses for simple battery and released.

Student loses book, attempts to steal another copy from Union

University student Ryan Shoultz of 8749 Polo Drive in Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested Feb. 27 at 7:45 p.m. for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

An officer was on bike patrol near the Enchanted Forest, next to the Greek Amphitheater, when he smelled marijuana and saw Shoultz smoking, Tabor said.

The officer brought 19-yearold Shoultz to back to his dorm in Jackson Hall, where he discovered rolling papers and approximately 7.1 grams of marijuana weighed in a container.

Shoultz was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student arrested for marijuana possession in dorm room An 18-year-old University student was arrested Feb. 23 for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her on-campus dorm.

LSUPD was dispatched to Jackson Hall when a student complained about smelling marijuana on the third floor, Tabor said. The officers also smelled marijuana as they went to the room.

The resident, Hilary Wittmer of 231 Macarthur Drive in Williamsville, N.Y., signed a consent to search form, and officers found 0.7 grams of marijuana in the room as well as a glass pipe and water bottle filled with dryer sheets, which Tabor said can be used in exhalation to mask the smell of smoke.

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‘We are relatively better off than other states, but we’ve had a sharp run-up in unemployment.’

By Sarah Eddington Louisiana’s sales tax revenue has dropped significantly since the last fiscal year.

“On a purely cash basis, we are down 20.5 percent,” said Greg Albrecht, chief economist of the Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office.

“That’s a big drop.”

The state’s sales tax revenue has been gradually declining since the 2009 fiscal year, which saw a drop of 3 percent from the 2008 fiscal year.

Albrecht said the decline is caused by multiple factors, including unemployment.

“We are relatively better off than other states, but we’ve had a sharp run-up in unemployment rates during the course of a year,” he said.

worse off than we think.” sales tax revenues dropped 5.96 Albrecht said next year could percent from the previous year, acsee a “bounce back” when people cording to a news release from the begin purchasing Mayor-President’s more.

Office.

“But the Despite losing bounce back might $10.2 million in only be 5 percent,” sales tax revenues he said. “We won’t in 2009, Mayorrecover this loss by President Kip any stretch of the Holden said the Baimagination.” ton Rouge budget Dek Terrell, remains balanced Greg Albrecht economics profeswith no reduction chief economist, sor, said Louisi- Louisiana Legislative Fiscal Office in services. ana is weathering “As we tracked the recession better than most other the downturn in the national econstates. omy, we were conservative in our “Everyone builds up a budget budget estimates and conservative in proportional to their tax base,” Ter- our spending to make sure that our rell said. “And we have a smaller city-parish budget remained sound,” percentage of people out of work.”

Holden said in the same release.

Terrell said Louisiana is supposed to see slight improvements in economic growth within the year, Contact Sarah Eddington at but not employment. seddington@lsureveille.com In East Baton Rouge Parish,

Philip Piediscalzo, 19, of 216 Hidden Springs Lane in Covington, La., was arrested Feb. 24 for stealing from the Union bookstore.

LSUPD was dispatched to the Student Union Bookstore at 10:53 a.m. for a shoplifting report. Bookstore management saw Piediscalzo take a book from the second floor, sit in the café area for about 15 minutes, then put the book into his bag and try to leave, Tabor said.

When interviewed by LSUPD, he said he lost a copy of the same book and didn’t want to buy it again. Piediscalzo was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student deliberately starts fire in on-campus apartment LSUPD arrested a 25-yearold student Feb. 26 for aggravated arson and simple criminal damage to property after she started a fire in her on-campus apartment.

Officers went to Nicholson Apartments just after 9 p.m. when an RA reported smelling smoke.

Both the RA and LSUPD knocked on the apartment door with no answer. Tabor said LSUPD gained entry into the room by taking down the door and found the suspect, Tamanna Afroze of 3550 Nicholson Drive, Apt. 2079.

38-year-old man arrested in twoyear-old burglary warrant A 38-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 25 for warrants on six counts of simple burglary, one count of burglary on an inhabited

dwelling and 10 counts of criminal damages to coin-operated devices.

The warrant was issued Dec. 11, 2007, for John Reed Jr. of 15535 Greenwell Springs Road in Greenwell Springs, La., following the investigation on a string of thefts of vending machines on campus.

LSUPD was contacted by the Mississippi Department of Corrections on Feb. 24 and told Reed had been incarcerated in Mississippi for an extended

period and was being released the next day.

LSUPD traveled to Mississippi and picked up Reed, who was then booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

TECHNOLOGY

Local entrepreneur expands thriving phone repair business

MyphoneMD plans to open more stores

By Elizabeth Clausen Entertainment Writer

Conrad Green grew up wanting to be a superstar, but he settled for entrepreneurship.

Instead of pursuing fame, the ambitious 22-year-old “M.D.” has kept true to family tradition.

“My dad’s a doctor, my brother’s a dentist,” he said. “But I’m a doctor you don’t have to go to school for.”

Green hasn’t graduated college yet, but he has already started a successful iPhone repair business, working as salesman, repairman, supervisor and co-owner.

He insists he’s not the overachiever in the family.

“I jumped in headfirst, to the point where I thought I might break my neck on the bottom of the pool,” Green said. “But that’s what makes life interesting for me — risk, every single day.”

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Conrad Green, co-owner of myPhone MD, repairs a cracked iPhone screen while manager Amy Anderson answers the phone.

Green was a University finance junior, but he is taking a break from school to focus on his growing business.

“I know I’d be in the classroom just waiting to get out and do something interesting,” he said. “Thankfully, I found my goal and my passion, which is business and people. I found my way into it.”

His business, myphoneMD, has four locations in Louisiana, two of which are located in Baton Rouge.

The new location on Airline Highway opened three weeks ago.

Green plans to open 15 to 25 new stores by the end of the year.

Originally named iPhoneMD, the company began on Craigslist as a short-term solution to a financial problem when he saw a need for iPhone repair services.

“That’s what most people are in the business for,” Green said. “It’s like, ‘How much money can I make right now? Screw the future.’”

Seeing an opportunity, Green taught himself how to repair iPhones in less than two years and sold the landscaping business that he started at 17 years old for capital.

Though he was told that he was getting in over his head, Green was undaunted and took a chance by opening his first store on Perkins Road in August 2009.

The company has been expanding ever since.

“People don’t take risks because they don’t want to fail — it’s instilled in them,” he said. “If I fail right now, I’ll just be another college student in debt. It’s not that big of a deal.”

Green said his ability to relate to customers has played a role in his success.

“Whenever people feel like you’re on the same level as them, they feel like they can trust you, and they’ll give you their business,” he said.

The employees of myphoneMD have seen almost every kind of smart phone problem.

They even fixed a cell phone crushed by an 18-wheeler.

“Cracked screens, water

damage, baby throw-up... everything you can possibly imagine, we’ve seen it,” Green said.

He said his company prides itself in the quality of the repairs it offers, and hopes to provide valuable services not only for customers but also the community. Long-term goals are the main focus.

“I want to provide enough jobs for people to make a living off of,” Green said. “I want to bring business to Baton Rouge and Louisiana and, through that, form different programs to help the community.”

For students interested in starting their own business, he said it’s important to have a well-developed business plan and stressed the importance of investments and savings.

“Support is a key factor from others around you,” Green said.

“Have all your ideas together. Don’t do drugs, stay in school ... oh yeah, I’m not in school. So scratch that last one.”

Contact Elizabeth Clausen at eclausen@lsureveille.com

TRANSPORTATION

New, larger buses to replace temporary models

By Sumit Kumar Contributing Writer

The Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation will introduce new Tiger Trails buses later this semester.

Gary Graham, director of Parking, Traffic and Transportation, said about 13 new buses will be replacing the old ones. He said the buses are taking longer to set up because they are larger than the previous ones.

The introduction of the new buses came in a response to the discontent from University students with the quality of previous bus service.

“Students were becoming unhappy with the quality of service of CATS,” Graham said. “They asked us for other options.”

The new buses will be bigger, with lower floors and can carry 10 to 20 more students than older models, Graham said. They will be operating on heavier routes like Highland-Burbank, Tigerland and the Purple and Gold Routes.

The deployment of new buses is also part of the general upgrade of alternative transport in the master plan for Parking, according to Graham.

“It’s a response to students who want good mass transit,” he said.

The campus currently has 22

transit buses, some of which are temporary and will be replaced by the new buses. The new buses will be accessible to anyone in the University.

Bus fees are already included in the student fee bills.

Graham said wider usage of buses will ease campus traffic and reduce parking problems.

“Nearly 10,000 students ride buses instead of cars — that’s a whole lot of cars not coming to campus,” he said.

No modifications will be made in the transit fees, the number of campus bus stops or the night campus transit consisting of three minibuses, Graham said.

Students like Kelsea Renton,

mass communication sophomore, welcomed the idea of new buses on campus.

“It’s quicker than parking, and the drivers are very friendly,” she said.

Michael Weber, chemical engineering sophomore, said he was happy about the track system of Tiger Trails, although sometimes he ends up waiting for a long time.

“I am eagerly waiting for the new ones to come,” Graham said.

“The students will be very pleased with what they’ve selected.”

Contact Sumit Kumar at skumar@lsureveille.com

SARAH HUNT / The Daily Reveille

A LSU Tiger Trails bus waits for students to cross the street Monday on Forestry Lane.

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TECHNOLOGY

Apple bans thousands of sex-related applications Playboy, SI Swimsuit apps allowed to stay

By Leighann Armand Contributing Writer

Apple removed thousands of applications from its App Store recently due to overtly sexual material, citing user complaints for the ban.

Apps displaying photos of women in bikinis or lingerie are among those removed since the ban went into effect Feb. 15.

Apple marketing executive Phillip W. Shiller said in an

Shiller said such apps haven’t interview with The New York Times the decision to remove the apps was been removed because they come made after the company received from a more well-known source than smaller apps. complaints from Sexually related users calling the apps are still found apps degrading to among the top enwomen and said tertainment apps. they should not be Many students easily accessible feel Apple’s deciby younger users. sion is a step in the Apple’s deciright direction. sion to remove the Kenny Kingston “The ban is a apps has received mixed reviews, es- biological engineering freshman good thing,” said Kenny Kingston, pecially after the company allowed certain apps such biological engineering freshman. as the Playboy app and Sports Il- “Sex in apps is unnecessary.”

While Brooke Hebert, elemenlustrated Swimsuit app, to remain in tary education sophomore, agrees the App Store.

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‘Apple is going to do what it wants. They don’t need to worry about the competion.’

with the ban, she does not think Apple should allow certain sex-related apps to remain.

“I don’t see why Playboy should be allowed,” Hebert said. “If they are getting rid of some apps, they should get rid of them all.”

With the introduction of the new iPad, Apple placed the ban as a way to maintain their image and mainstream appearance, according to The New York Times.

The ban follows Apple’s attempt in June to set up parental control settings and a rating system within the App Store.

Apple screens all apps before they are allowed to be sold in the App Store, but Google doesn’t

screen apps sold in the Android Market. Many technology bloggers believe many developers of the Apple-banned risqué apps will move over to the Google platform.

Kingston doesn’t believe the new Google Droid and the Android Market will take much business from Apple’s App Store, despite the new ban.

“Apple is going to do what it wants,” said Kingston. “They don’t need to worry about the competition.”

Contact Leighann Armand at larmand@lsureveille.com

POLITICS

Jindal develops extensive campaign organization Gov. insists efforts only for re-election

By The Associated Press For his re-election bid, Gov. Bobby Jindal has tapped into an extensive network of Republican fundraising and consulting firms known for their work for GOP candidates and causes around the country.

Jindal is seeking a second term as governor, but he’s also assembled the type of campaign organization and connections that reach far beyond his home state — and that could help launch future political campaigns on a national stage.

An Associated Press review of the Jindal campaign’s most recent finance report shows nearly half its spending in 2009 — at least $431,000 — paid for the web of out-of-state consultants, strategists, direct mail companies and fundraising coordinators. Jindal’s campaign spent $911,000 in 2009, two years before the election.

The companies and fundraisers hired, in many instances, are prominent in national Republican politics, linked to an array of high-profile candidates, conservative groups and party leaders.

They’ve done work for former President George W. Bush, former GOP presidential candidate John McCain, the Republican National Committee, conservative political action committees and Republican governors, senators and congressmen in dozens of states.

The governor’s office directed all questions about Jindal’s campaign spending to the state Republican Party and its spokesman, Aaron Baer, who is familiar with the finance report. Baer said the spending wasn’t designed to organize anything other than Jindal’s 2011 re-election bid.

“The governor’s principal purpose for everything in this campaign is to raise money for his re-election so he can continue to help Louisiana,” Baer said Tuesday. “The governor wants to use the best folks that

are available and want to help out.”

Baer said most of the money spent in the campaign was directed to fundraising efforts orchestrated by campaign fundraiser Allee Bautsch, whose company was paid $85,000 last year to organize a prodigious, multi-state fundraising effort that has brought in millions.

The campaign has more than $7 million on hand, and Jindal has no announced opponent for the 2011 race.

Among the biggest spending, the campaign paid more than $97,000 last year to Olsen & Shuvalov, a Texas-based company that does direct mail fundraising for Republican political campaigns and causes.

Another $70,000 was paid to Advanced Mailing Services LLC, a Virginia-based firm that does similar work.

Former Bush fundraiser and former McCain campaign finance director Mary Kate Johnson, of Maryland, received $52,000 for

her fundraising work for the Jindal campaign last year, according to the finance report.

Baer said fundraising consultants in other states, like Johnson, help choose vendors and locations and help contact potential donors.

The governor has crisscrossed the nation to raise campaign cash, visiting at least a dozen states last year for fundraisers — some of those states several times — as he capitalizes on his national profile and on speculation that he may make a White House bid in the coming years.

But Jindal insists he’s only running for re-election and has no political plans beyond that.

Meanwhile, Jindal’s campaign spent more than $80,000 last year for the services of OnMessage Inc., a consulting firm that does strategy, research and media for candidates.

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

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Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks Tuesday at a news conference at the State Capitol where he announced his proposal to allow universities more freedom to increase tuition.

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Revelry

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010

Winbourne’s lead singer Jordan Earles and bassist Drew Miller spoke with entertainment writer Kieu Tran about the band and its upcoming CD release and performance at Chelsea’s Cafe at midnight on Saturday.

Q: Tell me a little bit about your band.

Earles: “It’s an alternative rock band. We’re in between Kings of Leon, The Fray and John Mayer.”

Q: How did the band get started?

Earles: “My drummer called me and said he wanted to start a band with me. He said he had a bass and guitar player lined up. So we started playing together, and I fell in love, and I just couldn’t give it up.”

Q: Describe your sound.

Miller: “We grew up in church playing music, so our

music has uplifting and moral undertones — It’s what we strive to do.”

Earles: “Our style is so much different from everybody else. It can be very commercial, very mainstream, but it’s also not quite the same. Every song is different from every other song because with a lot of bands everything on their album sounds exactly the same. But with our album, every song sounds different, so you’re not going to get bored after the first song.”

Students on Facebook and Twitter are finishing the sentence:

dull and less than flagship quality.”

— @beaverg

a waste of my $3.”

— Thomas Lege

boring...”

— Erich Hoffmann

with Winbourne

Q: What are your songs about?

Earles: “They are songs about love, break ups, songs about being there for people, songs about hurting people, reaching out to them. There is a song in our album called, ‘Easy,’ and it’s mid-tempo, kind of upbeat song. It almost has a U2 feel going on. It’s light pop rock. Another song called ‘I love you’ has a John Mayer feel to it, kind of like Mayer’s song, ‘Gravity.”

awesome! well, the Shinedown part is.”

— Jenn Tycer Alvarez

“I think the Groovin on the Grounds lineup is ...

Lame.”

— Brett Herman

WEDNESDAY’S Q&A

full of a bunch of nobodies. I’ve literally never heard of anyone that will be playing.”

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Sophomore pitcher Bourgeois shines in first LSU start after spending time in junior college

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LSU sophomore pitcher Joey Bourgeois warms up in between innings Feb. 21 during the Tigers’ 4-0 win against Centenary at Alex Box Stadium.

Before the season be- LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “He’s not gan, few people were aware afraid. He’s going to go right after hitLSU baseball had a bulldog ters.” on the roster.

The Metairie naThe canine in tive pitched six scoreBy Johanathan Brooks question is sophomore less innings in his startSports Writer pitcher Joey Bouring debut for the Tigers geois. while striking out seven batters and only “He’s got that temperament about allowing four hits in LSU’s 4-0 win him, and then his body language leads against Centenary on Feb. 21 you to believe he’s a bulldog,” said “I was a little bit nervous,” BourBOURGEOIS, see page 11

FOOTBALL

New coaches develop chemistry with team Wilson, Gonzales break in new players

By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer

The LSU football team’s running back and wide receiver corps have a lot to gain in 2010 despite the loss of influential players like Brandon LaFell, Charles Scott, Keiland Williams and Trindon Holliday.

Running backs coach Frank Wilson and wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Billy Gonzales are two new faces who took the field with the team on the first day of spring practice Monday, and players say a unity already exists among the new leaders and

their protégés.

Sophomore Russell Shepard, who is making the transition to full-time wide receiver this spring, said Gonzales is a big asset in helping him become acclimated with the complexities of the position.

“Coach Gonzales brings a lot of things the ’07 and ’08 Florida teams did with Percy Harvin — moving here and there, getting in the backfield and getting in at quarterback with quarterback sweeps,” Shepard said.

Shepard said he “idolizes” Harvin, who won the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award in his first season with the Minnesota Vikings. “[Gonzales] puts the pressure on me,” Shepard said. “He tells COACHES, see page 11

Hightower, Barrett earn postseason SEC honors

By David Helman Deputy Sports Editor

LSU senior guard Allison Hightower and sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett both earned All-Southeastern Conference honors Tuesday, as the league announced its women’s basketball postseason awards.

Hightower was a unanimous selection to the coaches’ All-SEC First Team, and she also earned a spot on the conference’s All-Defensive team. She was one of three unanimous selections to the First Team, along with Kentucky junior forward Victoria Dunlap and Tennessee junior ALLISON guard Angie H IGHTOWER Bjorklund.

LSU senior guard Kentucky swept this year’s major awards, as Dunlap won SEC Player of the Year, freshman guard A’dia Mathies won Freshman of the Year and coach Matthew Mitchell won the Coach of the Year award.

Hightower has been voted onto the First Team for the second consecutive year, giving LSU a first team player for seven consecutive seasons. She is also the first LSU player to receive the honor multiple times since Sylvia Fowles, who was named to the first team from 2006-08.

“It’s just an honor to be named to the team that has so many great players,” Hightower said in a news release. “It’s an honor to be up there with the best.

It shows if you keep working hard day after day, great things happen.

That’s the mindset I take to practice.”

Hightower provided much of the offense during LSU’s 20-8 run this season. She leads the team in scoring with 18.3 points per game, and she is currently shooting 41 percent from 3-point range.

Barrett earned her secondteam honor after averaging 12.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game this season. She was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Year in 2009.

The Lady Tigers begin postseason play Friday night as the No. 4 seed in the SEC tournament. They will face the winner of Thursday’s game between Vanderbilt and Arkansas.

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New LSU wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales, left, runs with junior wide receiver Terrence Toliver on Monday during practice in the Indoor Practice Facility.

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NFL

Former LSU football players participate in scouting combine Hawkins, Coleman, Riley perform well

By Johanathan Brooks Sports Writer

More than 300 former college football players gathered in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis this past weekend to showcase their football skills and attempt to impress potential employers. Among them were 12 former LSU athletes — the most from any school at the combine this year.

The NFL Scouting Combine, held Feb. 24 to March 2, showcased some of the best potential pro prospects who will be participating in this year’s draft.

“There is no doubt that there is great correlation between putting many players in the draft and winning on Saturdays,” said NFL draft analyst Mike Detillier. “When you look at who has put the most players in the NFL draft, it’s been Ohio State, USC, Oklahoma, Texas, LSU and Florida. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see those are the people

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Former LSU football player Harry Coleman makes a catch as he runs a drill at the NFL Scouting Combine Monday in Lucus Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

that are playing for national championships.”

Only two other teams, Florida State and Miami (Fla.) have also put many players into the draft without consistently competing for championships.

Players at the combine are evaluated based on their performance in a multitude of physical and mental tests along with how they fair in position-specific drills.

They are also given full medical evaluations and participate in oneon-one interviews with teams.

Detillier said former LSU cornerback Chris Hawkins, and former linebackers Harry Coleman and Perry Riley all put in surprising performances at the combine and have improved their respective draft stocks. “[Hawkins] held up well and I think he has a chance to play in this league,” he said. “He ran well, did pretty well in all of the drills and will end up being a late-round pick.”

Hawkins ran a 4.43 second forty-yard dash and did 16 repetitions of a 225 pound bench press.

The linebackers’ performances

were a direct result of LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis’ taking over defensive duties prior to the 2009 season, Detilier said.

Coleman ran a 4.65 40-yard dash and lifted 13 repetitions. Riley ran a 4.64 second 40.

Much hyped former LSU receiver Brandon LaFell, a player that Detillier said needed a big performance at the Combine, did not deliver.

LaFell has been listed as high as the No. 5 wide receiver in some mock NFL drafts but has lost some steam as a result of his lackluster performance.

LaFell ran a 4.59 second 40.

“He’s been on a slow fall now since the start of the season,” Detillier said. “Most people would have probably liked for him to run better, and he’s got kind of a diva personality to begin with, so you can see sort of this drop-off from being a first round pick.”

Detillier predicted LaFell would slip into the second round.

Another Tiger expected to be in the second round is former two-sport standout Chad Jones.

Jones declared early for the

draft and put together a solid showing at the combine.

He ran a 4.57 second 40-yard dash and did nine repetitions of the 225 pound bench press.

“4.57 for a man who is 220 pounds is pretty good,” Detillier said. “He was fairly smooth in most of the drills, but the nine reps surprised me that he didn’t do a little better. I know in the offseason, he’s spent a lot of time with baseball so he hasnt spent a lot of time with the weights.”

Most of the other players are expected to be mid-to-late round draft selections or undrafted free agents in April.

Although he is expected to be a later-round selection, one former Tiger turned a few heads with his 40 time.

Trindon Holliday ran the second-fastest 40, officially, with his 4.34 second effort.

“The guy’s a world-class sprinter,” Detillier said. “You knew he was going to run fast.”

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GOLF

Tigers rally for second-place finish in invitational

Ladies ranks ninth overall in challenge

By Luke Johnson Sports Contributor

The LSU men’s golf team couldn’t rally past its opening-round struggles to repeat as champions of the John Hayt Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., but the team saw welcome contributions from the bottom of its lineup.

LSU finished in second place with a 24-over par 888, 12 strokes behind champion North Florida. The Ospreys won with a 12-over 876.

Sophomores Austin Gutgsell and Sang Yi pulled together their best overall performances of the season in the John Hayt Invitational.

Gutgsell saved his best play for

the last round. The Mandeville native enjoyed a bogey-free 18-holes en route to a 2-under par 70 to close the tournament.

The Tigers finished the first day of the tournament with virtually no shot of repeating as champions in the event. LSU sat in a three-way tie for seventh place after the first day.

LSU’s top two golfers, juniors Andrew Loupe and John Peterson, had uncharacteristically rough days.

Peterson opened up the John Hayt invitational by shooting a 9-over 81, his worst round this season and his first round in the 80s since last season’s Schenkel/E-Z-Go Invitational.

Loupe, coming off a secondplace finish at the Gator Invitational, fired an opening round 5-over par 77.

The Tigers’ opening round was saved by Gutgsell and Yi. Gutgsell finished the first round with an

even-par 72, while Yi fired LSU’s second-best round of the day with a 3-over 75.

Things started looking brighter for LSU following the conclusion of the second round. With the exception of Gutgsell, every Tiger improved their score in the second round.

Yi soared up the leaderboards following his 2-under 70. Yi had a blemish-free scorecard on the front nine and carded five birdies in the second round.

The Tigers finished the second round in sole posession of seventh place, but LSU wasn’t done moving up the team leaderboard.

Gutgsell’s strong third-round performance was followed by Peterson’s best round of the tournament, an even par 72, and another 3-over 75 by Yi. The Tigers posted a 3-over 291 for the final round, their best round

of the tournament and the best team score of the third round.

LADY TIGERS FINISH NINTH IN VALDOSTA The No. 20 LSU women’s golf team finished in the middle of the pack in the Kinderlou Forest Challenge at Kinderlou Forest Golf Course in Valdosta, Ga. LSU complied a 39-over 915 team score, putting the Lady Tigers in ninth place.

Junior Megan McChrystal and sophomore Tessa Teachman proved to be a formidable one-two punch for the Lady Tigers. Both were tied for ninth place in the individual standings following the second round.

Teachman shot a cumulative score of 4-over 223, while McChrystal bested her teammate by one stroke, finishing at 3-over 222.

Teachman finished in a tie for 10th place, and McChrystal finished in a

tie for seventh.

The remainder of the Lady Tigers failed to put up consistent scores, however. Sophomore Jacqueline Hedwall shot a promising 2-over 75 in the first round, but followed it with back-to-back 5-over 78s to close out the tournament.

Juniors Abby Oberthier and Amalie Valle struggled throughout much of the tournament. The two golfers combined to post five rounds in the 80s.

LSU finished the tournament 26 strokes behind the Kinderlou Forest Challenge winners, Tulane.

The Green Wave finished at 13over 889.

The Lady Tigers return to action Friday, March 12 for the TigerWave Classic in New Orleans.

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FOOTBALL

Alabama, Florida dominate SEC spring headlines last year and will have his favorite target back this spring ­— sophomore wide receiver Ashlon Jeffery.

If coach Steve Spurrier and company can create a wall to protect his finest asset in Garcia, South Carolina could have Atlanta in its sights.

LSU begins practice earlier than others

By Sean Isabella Sports Contributor

While the LSU football team opened spring practice Monday, most teams will wait another few weeks for spring practice to kickoff.

Here’s a preview of the Southeastern Conference spring schedule.

SEC WEST ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Spring practice starts March 12 Spring game: April 17 What to expect: The defending national champions should be the early favorite to repeat. The Crimson Tide return a host of players at the skill positions, including senior quarterback Greg McElroy, junior wide receiver Julio Jones and the two-headed monster of junior running back Mark Ingram and sophomore Trent Richardson. Alabama should enter the spring with a bull’s-eye on its back as Tennessee was the last SEC Champion to repeat in 1998.

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS Spring practice starts March 30 Spring game: April 24 What to expect: Junior quarterback Ryan Mallett is back under center for the Razorbacks but will miss the entire spring after suffering a broken foot injury. Arkansas has no problem putting up points, but its defense remains suspect after finishing last in the SEC in total defense for allowing 25.8 points a game. The Razorbacks return junior linebacker Jerry Franklin, who led the team in tackles in 2009.

AUBURN TIGERS Spring practice starts March 24 Spring game: April 19 What to expect: Auburn coach Gene Chizik picked up Florida coach Urban Meyer’s lost baggage when the team signed five-star junior college transfer Cameron Newton. The formerly troubled Gator quarterback is expected to run offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn’s high-powered offense. The Tigers lose experience in the backfield with the departure of running back Ben Tate, but they return junior wide receiver Darvin Adams, who hauled in 60 catches and 10 touchdowns in 2009.

OLE MISS REBELS Spring practice starts March 27 Spring game: April 17 What to expect: The Rebels must replace several playmakers on both sides of the ball after losing a handful of valuable players, including Jevan Snead to the NFL draft and Dexter McCluster and Shay Hodge to graduation. The departure of Snead shocked quite a few people, and there is no clear-cut replacement as signal caller. Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt will rely heavily on junior running back and Baton Rouge native Brandon Bolden to anchor the offense.

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Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy throws a pass Oct. 3 during the second half of the Crimson Tide’s 38-20 win against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS Spring practice starts March 23 Spring game: April 17 What to expect: Second-year coach Dan Mullen has looming questions on the offensive side of the ball with the departure of running back Anthony Dixon. Redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Russell is expected to push for time with junior Chris Relf, but the biggest questions remain on defense. Mullen brought in Manny Diaz from Middle Tennessee State and Oklahoma’s Chris Wilson to spruce up a defense that finished second to last in the SEC in total defense and points.

SEC EAST FLORIDA GATORS Spring practice starts March 17 Spring game: April 10 What to expect: Urban Meyer’s health condition is still up in the air, and the team has to deal with departure of quarterback Tim Tebow. Junior John Brantley finally gets his shot at quarterback and with another top-ranked recruiting class, Meyer and the gang should be in the mix for a trip to Atlanta for the SEC Championship game.

GEORGIA BULLDOGS Spring practice starts March 4

Spring game: April 10 What to expect: Georgia coach Mark Richt and his staff will showcase several new looks this spring. With former quarterback Joe Cox no longer around, redshirt freshmen Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger are expected to trade blows for the right to throw to All-SEC wide receiver A.J. Green.

Richt also brought in former Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham as his new defensive coordinator, who will unveil a new 3-4 defense.

KENTUCKY WILDCATS Spring practice starts March 31 Spring game: April 24 What to expect: New coach Joker Phillips will have his hands full this spring. The Wildcats lost a slew of defensive players, but Phillips can turn to junior Randall Cobb for stability. The former quarterback turned receiver/special teams extraordinaire found the end zone 15 times last year.

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS Spring practice starts March 16 Spring game: April 10 What to expect: South Carolina has the tools to derail Florida from the SEC East throne, but that will all depend on the arm of junior quarterback Stephen Garcia. Garcia was second in the SEC in passing

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS Spring practice starts March 18 Spring game: April 17 What to expect: The Lane Kiffin era is done in Rocky Top Nation. Former Louisiana Tech coach Derek Dooley, who was an assistant under Nick Saban during his tenure at LSU, inherits the few pieces left in place by Kiffin.

Senior quarterback Nick Stephens has patiently waited his turn, but his safest bet may be handing the ball off to super sophomore running back Bryce Brown, the former No. 1-ranked player coming out of high school.

VANDERBILT COMMODORES Spring practice starts March 17 Spring game: April 10 What to expect: If finishing last in the SEC with a 2-10 record in 2009 wasn’t bad enough, running back Rajaan Bennett, the Commodores top-rated signee for next year, was killed in an apparent murder-suicide two weeks ago. The good news is most of the defense returns from a unit that finished third in the SEC in pass defense, but Vanderbilt’s success will lie in the hands of the offense. Junior quarterback Larry Smith should see the majority of snaps, but junior college transfer Jordan Rodgers, the brother of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, could stir things up in Nashville.

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BASEBALL

Tigers’ schedule already booked through 2013 Teams seek to play national champions

By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor

Making reservations for a weekend date with LSU’s baseball team is as hard as getting a table at Walk-On’s right after a football game. In fact, it’s harder.

And LSU coach Paul Mainieri doesn’t even reach out for teams to come. In fact, Villanova is the only team Mainieri has called to schedule a date with, when the teams faced in the season opener last year.

The main reason for Mainieri wanted to play Villanova is because their coach, Joe Godri, is a friend of Mainieri’s from when

he coached Notre Dame, and Mainieri needed someone who would understand the pomp and circumstance surrounding the opening of the new stadium.

Now with a national championship and one of the most recognizable collegiate ballparks in America, the Tigers’ schedule is booked through 2013, and they are even starting to build the 2014 schedule.

With what Mainieri called “non-household names” on the Tigers’ schedule – from Harvard last season to William and Mary this past weekend and extending to a few more Ivy League teams this weekend — one would think LSU’s pre-Southeastern Conference schedule would be a cake walk.

But not so fast.

“It’s a double-edged sword,”

Mainieri said. “When a team calls you to play, that means they have confidence in themselves, so you know you are taking on some pretty good teams.”

William and Mary proved this past weekend to be one of those “double-edged sword” teams Mainieri mentioned.

Tribe coach Frank Leoni called Mainieri a few years back asking for a weekend series knowing his team would be young and looking for experience.

“I wanted us to get an opportunity to come down here and see what it’s like to play at the highest level,” Leoni said. “It’s priceless getting the experience we got [during the weekend]. Having an opportunity to say that [we played] a couple of good games against the national champions

NFL

Reebok sued over ‘Finish Strong’ T-shirts with trademark dispute Brees adopted slogan during 2009 season

By Alan Sayre The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowlwinning season has led to a trademark dispute involving the team’s unofficial 2009 motto and two manufacturers of athletic wear.

In a suit filed in Chicago federal court, Finish Strong LLC claims trademark infringement

by Reebok International LLC, which manufactured and marketed a T-shirt using the “Finish Strong” mantra that Saints quarterback Drew Brees adopted during the 2009 NFL season.

Finish Strong claims it has had a registered trademark on the phrase since 1998 and uses it in a branded line of apparel including T-shirts, pants, skirts and shirts.

The Reebok T-shirt carries the slogan: “We Finish Strong!

We Are Saints.”

The suit, filed on Feb. 25, asks for Reebok to turn over all profits from the shirt to Naperville, Ill.-based Finish Strong, plus unspecified damages.

In a statement, Reebok said

it did not believe it was infringing on Finish Strong’s rights. The company said it was not aware of Finish Strong until December, when it received an attorney’s letter, and the words “Finish Strong” had been adopted to describe the Saints’ style of play and widely adopted and reported in the media at that time.

“We clearly used the words in a purely descriptive manner, which is obvious from the T-shirt presentation, and not in any way likely to be taken as an indication of origin, which could be confused with Finish Strong LLC,” said Reebok, which is owned by Frankfurt, Germany-based Adidas AG. The suit said Brees adopted the “Finish Strong” mantra after reading a book by the same title by company founder and owner Dan Green. Neither the Saints nor Brees were named as defendants.

On the Finish Strong Web site, Green’s book was being advertised, along with a YouTube video of the Saints’ Super Bowl

win.

In the days leading to the Saints’ first-ever Super Bowl appearance, a separate trademark dispute erupted between the National Football League and New Orleans T-shirt makers who were selling shirts with the phrase “Who Dat.” After some T-shirt makers were hit by cease-and-desist letters by the league, Louisiana’s attorney general conferred with NFL counsel and said the league was only targeting shirts that were marketed or presented as official Saints gear. The dispute, a big topic before the big game on radio talk shows, died down after that and no suits were filed.

The chant — “Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints” — is often shortened to “Who Dat” on shirts and signs and has been a mainstay at the Superdome since the 1980s.

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should carry forward for us when we get into our conference schedule.”

Outside of those so-called “cake walk” teams, the next few years will bring in such powerhouses as Cal State Fullerton next season and even Mainieri’s old club Notre Dame in 2012.

Though none of those bigger name teams are coming to the Red Stick this season, there are a few teams noticeably missing from the Tigers midweek, preSEC schedule: Grambling and Southern. But Mainieri gave a reason for that back at LSU’s media day.

The former coach at Grambling, Barret Rey, moved to Alcorn State to take the head coaching job, so Mainieri, a friend of Rey, decided to play Alcorn this season instead of Grambling.

Southern was scheduled to play at Alex Box this season, but the Jaguars’ coach, Roger Cador, wanted the Tigers to travel to play Southern on the road, something Mainieri wouldn’t do to for various reasons.

So Southern was scratched from the Tigers’ schedule for the next few years, though Cador would later tell Mainieri he regretted his decision.

“Frankly, I think we’ve got a pretty nice facility, and it’s an attractive place for people to come and play,” Mainieri said. “You just can’t squeeze everybody in there with the 56-game limit.”

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NFL

Bills sign free agent DT Marlon Favorite

By The Associated Press ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have signed free agent defensive tackle Marlon Favorite.

A member of the 2007 national champion LSU Tigers, Favorite spent his first NFL season last year splitting time on the practice squads of St. Louis, Kansas City,

Seattle and New Orleans. He has yet to appear in an NFL game, and first signed with Carolina in May as an undrafted free agent.

At LSU, Favorite had 17 starts in 40 career games. He’s listed at 6-foot-1 and 317 pounds.

COACHES, from page 7

me things Percy was able to do at a young age and that I’ll be able to do if I keep working hard and keep growing. He challenges me to be that great player.”

Senior wide receiver Terrance Toliver said Gonzales will be a valuable coach to work with young receivers like Shepard and sophomore Rueben Randle.

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“He wants everybody to work hard and go full-speed in every drill,” Toliver said. “I’m pretty much one of the only seasoned guys, but we’ve got a lot of talent with Rueben and Russell. They’re going to be ready this year.”

Senior running back Richard Murphy’s relationship with Wilson goes back further than LSU. Murphy said Wilson played a major part in recruiting him from

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LSU sophomore pitcher Joey Bourgeois steps up during a pitch Feb. 21.

BOURGEOIS, from page 7

geois said after that game. “Obviously, you’re not human if you’re not nervous. Teammates came by and helped me out and calmed me down. I went out and competed with everything I had.”

The road to the mound that Sunday wasn’t the conventional one for Bourgeois.

Instead of enrolling directly at LSU following his high school baseball days at Lutcher, the righthander made a pit stop at LSU-Eunice to play junior college ball despite wanting to play at LSU then.

“Coming out of high school, I really wanted to come to LSU,” Bourgeois said. “They were actually the first people to contact me. I went through that process, and then they stopped talking.”

Former LSU pitching coach Terry Rooney told Bourgeois in high school he needed to go to junior college to develop, and he would eventually be offered a chance to come to LSU. While in Eunice, Bourgeois did develop.

“There were games last year where Joey pitched for us when he was unhittable,” said LSU-E coach Jeff Willis. “When Joey had those three pitches working and he was able to control them and keep that fastball down, there were games where it didn’t matter if you ran the Yankees out there or a junior college out there against him. He’d be able to get guys out.”

Willis said he saw flashes of Bourgeois’ bulldog-like personality in his performances on the mound in Eunice.

“He’s got that pitcher’s bulldog mentality that you like to have,” he said. “He’s a guy who wants to get the ball and get on the mound and challenge hitters.”

Bourgeois finished his one sea-

son at LSU-E with a 12-2 record in 15 starts while striking out 98 batters and maintaining a 5.90 ERA. He was also drafted by the Atlanta Braves’ system in the 39th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, but he chose to forego the professional ranks to play at LSU. Bourgeois said it was a goal of his to play baseball for the Tigers — a team he had followed sporadically throughout his life.

“I came to a few games as a kid,” he said. “I kind of got lost with high school ball and junior college last year, so we couldn’t get to that many games. I came to a few series last year.”

Once he got to campus, Bourgeois impressed the coaches with his performances in the fall and spring drills and was named the Sunday starter for the season-opening series against Centenary.

“Earlier in [that] week, coach told me I was going to get the job on Sunday,” Bourgeois said. “I just took advantage, and I did what I had to do and just went with the flow.”

Bourgeois’ second outing of the season wasn’t quite as good as his first. He gave up four earned runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings of work in LSU’s 9-6 win against William and Mary, receiving a nodecision for the game.

But Mainieri said the Feb. 21 game was an audition for Bourgeois and said if he pitches like he did that day regularly, it would bode well for LSU this season.

“His fastball was down on the knees all day,” Mainieri said. “He’s got a good curveball and changeup.

He’s a three-pitch guy. When he throws the ball low in the zone, he’s tough.”

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Rayville High School in Rayville when Wilson was running backs coach and special teams assistant at Ole Miss.

“When I found out another coach was coming and it was him, I felt more relaxed because I felt he wasn’t worried about what I know,” Murphy said. “He’s a calm, collected but hard coach. Everybody is growing more and building chemistry with him.”

Murphy said Wilson is not wasting any time breaking in new players, such as redshirt freshman running back Michael Ford, an alumnus of Leesville High School.

“Coach was telling Michael Ford today, ‘Don’t run not to make mistakes,’” Murphy said. “If you’re going to make a mistake, make a mistake going 100 miles an hour.”

Meanwhile, Murphy is in his final season at LSU, and he said he and Wilson are in tune with each other’s passionate, hard-working football styles.

“I feel like he knows I’m going to work hard, Murphy said. “And it’s my last year, so I’m going to be the guy they want me to be.”

LSU coach Les Miles agreed Gonzales and Wilson mesh well with the team’s offensive mindset.

“It’s fun to watch Billy and Frank coach,” Miles said. “Both guys seem to get along well with the players. They come in remarkably informed and ready to coach.”

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LSU running backs coach Frank Wilson, left, works with sophomore running back B.J. Wilson on ball-handling drills Monday during practice in the Indoor Practice Facility.

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Opinion

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Article about Law Center budget cuts overstates problem The LSU Law Center appreciates The Daily Reveille’s coverage of activities related to our campus.

However, the Feb. 2 article on budget cuts at the LSU Law Center contained several significant factual errors.

The article stated that “many members of the [Law Center] staff were subjected to voluntary furloughs.” The article also stated that “days off without pay were also given.” Both statements are incorrect.

The Law Center sustained budget cuts in December 2009 and earlier in July 2009. We were forced to eliminate five full-time positions and enact many costsaving measures. Though the decision to cut five staff positions was difficult, our overriding goal

has been to preserve the academic core of our legal education program. Your article incorrectly gives the impression that all staff members were required to take furloughs and days off without pay. To set the record straight, no employees of the Law Center were subjected to furloughs, either voluntary or forced, and none of our employees were required to take days off without pay.

The article also asserts that our tuition and fees are the lowest of Southern law schools. Though

our tuition and fees are comparable to those of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and other outstanding SEC law schools, our tuition and fees are not the lowest in the South. One of the Mississippi law schools actually has the lowest tuition, according to reports submitted in 2008 to the American Bar Association. However, we were recently ranked #17 in the nation among “top value” law schools.

Our top ranking was based upon tuition costs and important quality measures, including state bar

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 exam passage rates and the percentage of students employed after graduation.

Thank you for correcting these factual errors.

Karen M. Soniat, Ph.D. Director, Communications and External Relations LSU Law Center

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NIETZSCHE IS DEAD

Blockage brouhaha broadcasts broken bureaucratic balance

Somewhere in the great elaborate clock of our government, a single gear has stopped working. And, in typical bureaucratic fashion, the entire machine has ground to a screeching halt.

In what was supposed to be a quick, painless and largely technical issue — a rarity in the contemporary polarized political process — Senate Democrats raced to extend cash and health insurance benefits to unemployed citizens. The vote, labeled an emergency measure by the Democrats, required a unanimous vote of approval, but, given the immediate impacts its passage would have on the millions of unemployed Americans trying to recover from the recent recession, the vote was expected to go through.

Until Sen. Jim Bunning, D-Ky., stood up and challenged the vote.

One can only imagine the immediate responses of congressional staff all over Washington when news of Bunning’s blockade swept across the Capitol.

Both Republicans and Democrats alike stopped in their tracks and issued a collective, “Wait — what?”

Bunning claims he is obstructing the process because Democrats have not matched sufficent funds to pay for the $10 billion measure, which conflicts with recently-passed “pay as you go” rules preventing legislators from adding to the budget.

Democrats argue that because of the gravity of the situation — the colossal recession from which the country is only now beginning to emerge has created a staggering 10 percent unemployment, and governmental leaders are scrambling to remedy the situation — the bill is an emergency

measure that deserves a pass from the “pay-go” rules.

While the simple fact that Bunning is the only member of the 100-person body that has any objections to the measure is a strong indicator that he’s wrong on Matthew policy grounds; Albright Opinion Editor the move is undeniably unwise from a practical political perspective.

While it may be unfair to say Democrats are accepting Bunning’s actions with glee, the ramifications of his obstructionism are heavily in their favor. The move plays perfectly into the Republican’s biggest negative stereotype as the “party of no” — the party content to stymie Democratic efforts at every opportunity rather than coming to the table and dealing.

This concept is not lost on Republican leaders, who have hardly been able to conceal their rage.

But perhaps the most perplexing part of the problem is Bunning’s status — he’s retiring at the end of this term. His motivations can’t be tied to some backwards attempt to court his constituency at home, and they can’t be a result of some unknown political pressure.

Bunning’s a lame duck. He’s beholden to no one. So we can only assume he’s doing all this because he thinks it’s the right thing to do.

In the end, it’s entirely possible that Bunning is right, though I doubt it. And there’s even room to applaud him for standing up to his convictions, if that’s in fact his motivation here.

But it’s a forehead-slappingly

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annoying example of one of the many structural flaws in our governmental operations.

What in the hell kind of democracy allows one old man with nothing to lose politically to hamstring much-needed aid to countless Americans left burnt by the recession?

Our representaties should probably investigate whatever rules require a unanimous vote.

There should be a system in which Bunning is allowed to voice his dissent without the power to collapse the whole process.

But, more importantly, powerful men like Bunning need to know when is the time to fight ideological battles and when is the time to compromise. We can make all the structural changes we want, but if politicians don’t

learn to compromise, well, it won’t do any good.

Matthew Albright is a 21-yearold mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.”

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Income inequality can be perfectly fair and just My eighth grade religion teacher once made 10 kids pull 10 desks to the front of the class.

Every student represented a tenth of the population, and each desk represented a tenth of the wealth.

“Everyone has his own desk.

That seems pretty fair, right?”

The teacher then demonstrated different decades’ income distribution’s by progressively cramming more kids into the leftmost desk and letting the rightmost kid comfortably rest his feet on more and more seats. The details have faded, but the moral remains with me: The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

Almost a decade too late, I have a list of points to undercut the demonstration: 1. Yes, the rich are most certainly getting richer, but the poor are getting richer, too. The poorest in America might be poorer now compared to the rich, but — in absolute terms — both groups have made tremendous gains. Most of

us would take the poor’s standard of living in 2010 over the rich’s standard of living in 1910. Today, almost all Americans can refrigerate their food, vaccinate their children, listen to any musician at any time and instantaneously communicate with anyone around the world. In addition, there have been vast increases in leisure time — especially for the less educated.

In my teacher’s metaphor, each desk should have gotten larger as he moved from decade to decade.

2. The rich are getting richer relative to the poor, but “the rich” and “the poor” aren’t set groups.

Those in the latter are capable of working harder, and those in the former are capable of wasting away their fortune. Don’t take my word for it; perform the experiment. Slack off at work and see if your income gets reduced.

In my teacher’s metaphor, people should only get more desks if they helped make the desks larger.

3. My religion teacher might object that we don’t live in a meritocracy. Rich children get an unfair advantage compared to poor children. Fortunately, this is a question we can approach with data. We can use statistics to measure the intergenerational income Daniel Morgan correlation. If Columnist the number is one, then there’s perfect correlation between how much parents and their children make. Zero means no correlation, and negative one means there’s a perfect negative correlation.

In the ’70s and ’80s, statisticians estimated the correlation to be around 0.2. Capitalism seemed fair because parents and children largely had uncorrelated incomes.

Unfortunately, this research was flawed.

In the ’80s and ’90s,

economists controlled for yearly variations and the correlation rose to around 0.4. Capitalism seemed unfair since wealth, rather than work, begat wealth. Fortunately, this research was also flawed.

Recently, statisticians have used twin and adoption studies to account for the effects of nature and nurture. Economists can contrast identical twins (with identical DNA) with fraternal twins (with similar DNA) or compare identical twins adopted into different households.

For instance, MIT economics professor David Cesarini finds an income correlation of 0.545 between identical twins and 0.266 between fraternal twins.

The conclusion: Smart, hardworking, ambitious parents give their successful genes to children who become successes.

Perhaps income inequality isn’t the right word. Perhaps we’re studying income differentiation.

And perhaps the income redistribution my teacher was

advocating also is an Orwellian misnomer. Wealth can’t be “redistributed” because that implies it was distributed in the first place.

We weren’t assigned desks as we walked into a classroom; we built the desks through economic interactions. Bill Gates and Warren Bufett deserve to have lots of wealth. They earned it.

As if that weren’t optimistic enough, as people get wealthier, they care less about income and more about status. For Gates, Buffet and other philanthropists, this means they give away billions to the truly poor overseas.

That strikes me as even better than fair.

Daniel Morgan is a 22-year-old economics major from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_dmorgan.

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Americans should get on board with discrimination Let’s take a journey back in time.

The date is April 10, 1912, and you and your family are preparing to board the Titanic.

As your family boards, you notice something alarming: there aren’t nearly enough lifeboats. You immediately start having second thoughts about your family’s safety crossing the iceberg-laden northern Atlantic.

Billy Zane scorns your trepidation, saying, “God himself couldn’t sink this ship.” Al Gore assures you icebergs don’t exist and urges you to consider Man-Bear-Pig insurance instead.

But you’re still leery, so you make a simple arrangement with a deckhand reserving a small raft for your family — just to be safe.

Sure enough, the ship scrapes an iceberg and starts sinking. Luckily your family is safe.

Or so you think.

But in the midst of the turmoil, anarchy erupts. A belligerent Billy Zane storms your family’s raft, bursting the raft and dumping your family into the frigid ocean.

Across the ship, rafts are being overrun and imploded. Nobody is safe.

Sure, this scenario is a tad extreme. But it helps illustrate some commonly held misconceptions about our sinking health care system.

Put into proper perspective, health insurance, like lifeboat insurance, is designed to protect clients from incredibly rare, unforeseeable future risk — not accommodate every ill-stricken person.

Politicians love railing against

insurers for “discriminating.” But the fact that insurance companies discriminate shouldn’t enrage anyone. The whole point of the insurance industry is precisely to discriminate based on preexisting conditions.

From Scott Burns both a social Columnist and financial standpoint, this isn’t villainous; it’s heroic. Discrimination reduces premiums and controls costs by encouraging people to apply for coverage before they get sick, not after. This system rewards the financially wise while punishing procrastinators.

Like it or not, healthy discrimination plays a much-needed role in shaping our daily decisions.

Girls agree there’s nothing wrong with shooting a guy down based on his “preexisting condition” of “registered sex offender.” Similarly, guys have every right to avoid girls whose preexisting conditions are “slutty” or “high maintenance.”

Metaphorically speaking, forcing lifeboat captains to take on excessive risk only endangers the people already on board.

Sadly, many public officials would rather elicit populist support by preying on easy targets — like health insurers — than actually help right the ship.

High insurance premiums and restricted coverage are only symptoms of our medical sector’s underlying problems.

If we’re really concerned with protecting all Americans, our goal

shouldn’t simply be extending medical coverage to all. The goal should be to reduce medical costs and enable competition by removing barriers to entry and eliminating unnecessary licensing restrictions.

When the supply of medicallytrained personel increases and rates become more affordable, wealth is created, not redistributed.

Using our Titanic metaphor, we need more rafts and less overcrowding.

Unfortunately, these appeals to long-term sustainability and fiscal restraint are often drowned by the incessant complaints of shortsighted politicians and moral posturers.

Contrary to popular rhetoric, Americans aren’t morally obligated to embrace the president’s proposed health care overhaul.

The best solutions to our medical problems don’t involve further government control, but voluntary arrangements and free choice.

Besides, denying coverage doesn’t mean denying aid entirely.

There are plenty of voluntary charities and clinics that would benefit from legitimate, market-based reforms. These alternatives need to be encouraged, not dismissed.

I’d have a much easier time taking universal health care advocates seriously if they at least made some concerted effort to live out the values they so desperately want to impose on others.

That said, I welcome proponents of a single-payer system to put their beliefs into action. They can start by establishing voluntary collectivized health care schemes

that don’t deny anyone coverage.

This would give us a better chance to observe the magical cost-cutting merits of collectivized medicine in practice rather than in theory.

The world would be far better if these self-proclaimed moralists stopped distorting ethics and pretending to care about the less fortunate and actually started acting on their convictions.

But I’m not holding my breath.

Scott Burns is a 20-year-old economics junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sburns.

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along with someone with a vision for the Graduate School during this dire financial time,” said Louis Day, alumni professor and chair of the Search Committee.

Constant said they are trying to have 20 percent of graduate students ethnically diverse in the future.

Another of Constant’s initiatives is to create relationships with possible employers of the University’s graduate students.

“My assignment is to get out there and promote our programs,” Constant said.

Despite weaknesses, Constant used the Common Data Set Initiative’s information to say the University’s graduate school is the most affordable compared to similar institutions.

“We are the best deal in town,” Constant said.

The Search Committee has posted an online assessment form that students and faculty may submit about each candidate.

“They gave out paper surveys last year, and the online surveys will be better because only interested faculty and students will respond,” Day said.

The Search Committee will

CANNON, from page 1

“I have received a number of honors, and the honors go to Billy Cannon. But they’re not for Billy Cannon — Billy Cannon didn’t win or lose a game by himself,” Cannon said. “As for one guy ruling the Southeastern Conference, I didn’t do that. I had tremendous support.”

Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor of University

send a memo to Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Astrid Merget explaining the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates after information is collected from the survey results.

Merget will decide which candidate will become dean from the analysis, but no date is set for reaching the decision.

“We are following basically the same protocol as we did last time a new dean was put in place,” Day said.

Ryan Orgera, geography graduate student, is vice president of the Graduate Student Association.

“We’ve really encouraged the students to go so we can put out a general consensus,” Orgera said.

GSA members were present to hear Constant speak and to voice graduate student opinions.

“We’re really interested in finding the candidate who can lead us through these budget cuts and who can guarantee fairness in administrating any such cuts,” Orgera said.

When dealing with budget cuts, Constant said keeping the Flagship Agenda of the Graduate School will be a top priority.

The previous dean, William Relations, said Cannon represents the University well as an exemplary alumnus.

“He stands tall among athletic alumni and LSU alumni in general,” Vincent said. “He’s asked about and revered nationwide.”

Cannon said he is aware of doubts people may have about his selection due to the darker parts of his personal life, namely his imprisonment for his role in counterfeiting money during the ’80s

PAGE 15 Worger, was let go after eight months and was replaced by Constant in May 2009.

Despite previous controversy about the sudden dismissal of Worger, Orgera said it’s not unusual for students to be uninformed of such occurrences.

“I don’t think students are ever told why a dean is fired,” Orgera said.

Electrical engineering graduate student Charisma Edwards said Worger was doing a good job.

“He was making lots of positive changes and making the LSUGS more than just a place to go for logistics and formalities,” Edwards said.

She said she wanted a better explanation for the sudden release.

“Given that we, as graduate students, have been through so many deans and interim deans, we deserve to know something,” Edwards said.

Editor’s note: Check Friday’s edition of The Daily Reveille for part two of this series on the search for a Graduate School dean.

Contact Mallory Logan at mlogan@lsureveille.com after being left in debt from gambling and real-estate investments.

“I asked [the Alumni Association] and requested strongly that they have a recount to be sure ... they could take some of the press’ backlash from me being named,” he said.

The LSU Alumnus of the Year is reviewed for significant accomplishments at the University, and financial contributions are also taken into account, Ramezan said.

Cannon said he recognized that financial support played a part in his selection, but said he knows there are people who have contributed much more money than he has.

“I receive this award not as an athletic award, but for service to this great University,” Cannon said.

Cannon will receive the award during a ceremony April 16. He currently works as the resident dentist at Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola.

Contact Ryan Buxton at rbuxton@lsureveille.com

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 ORGANIC, from page 1

Heads of Hill Farm discussed working with landscape architects to make the area a multipurpose site in the past, Motsenbocker said.

Moving the farm and requiring students to drive to an off-campus site may become necessary as the campus expands, said Charles Johnson, horticulture professor.

University officials have expressed interest in using the current area for parking, Johnson said.

Hill Farm stresses using organic gardening techniques. They don’t use herbicides or pesticides.

Many common gardening products are made from carcinogenic chemicals left over from World War II, Kuchta said.

“You can grow healthy, vibrant gardens without chemicals,” Kuchta said.

Gardeners lay newspaper to prevent weeds, use mixes of herbs and spices to deter bugs and use white vinegar to fight mold to follow organic practices.

One major tenant of organic gardening is the idea of slow and sustainable food, which promotes locally grown produce, Kuchta said.

It’s possible to maintain a garden with a student schedule, Kuchta said.

“Keeping a garden is kind of like owning a pet,” Kuchta said. “It’s easy if you do it right.”

Once planted, if the proper materials are used, it could only take 15 minutes a week, Kuchta said.

Talking to current members or reading books are the best ways for new members to learn about gardening, Kuchta said.

Kuchta became interested in the garden when he lived in the East Campus Apartments. His family gardened in his home state of Virginia, and he wanted to continue in college.

Student interest in the garden waxes and wanes but has recently increased, Motsenbocker said.

The community garden began in 2000 when students from a gardening class expressed interest in continuing to care for a garden, Motsenbocker said.

Motsenbocker began offering the gardening class in 1999.

Because the class is offered each fall, there is usually more space for students interested in starting a garden in the spring, Motsenbocker said.

The Horticulture Club also meets at Hill Farm. The club sells plants at garden shows in the fall and spring each year.

Hill Farm began in 1927 as a research farm for horticultural crops.

Former department head Julian Miller was given 40 acres to start the project.

The farm spread from around the Horseshoe to University Lakes, Kuchta said.

As the University’s campus developed, the farm shrunk to accommodate new buildings.

In the ’60s, a large section of the farm was used to build the sorority and fraternity houses around University Lake.

Hill Farm housed a rose garden until the early ’90s, and The American Rose Society conducted the All American Rose selection at the farm then.

Contact Grace Montgomery at gmontgomery@lsureveille.com

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