The Daily Reveille - October 7, 2011

Free Speech: Anti-censorship award honors ‘Reveille Seven’ legacy, p. 3

Nutrition: Student-athletes benefit from specialized meal plans, p. 4

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Occupy New Orleans movement begins with mass protest Members plan to stake out City Hall Brian Sibille Staff Writer

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Demonstrators march Thursday through New Orleans’ Central Business District during the Occupy New Orleans protest against the current economic state in the U.S.

Grasping tightly onto signs, sweat soaking their brows and backs, a group of protesters marched through the heart of New Orleans on Thursday shouting, “Whose street? Our street!”

Nearly a thousand members of the Occupy New Orleans movement walked through Central Business District streets as police blocked cars from passing through.

But New Orleans protesters were only a small percentage of a

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movement that has seen thousands of arrests in cities across the United States.

Occupy Wall Street, held in the streets of New York City, began Sept. 17 and has continued to gain support despite alleged police brutality and mass arrests.

The heart of the movement

is dissatisfaction with the current economic state of the U.S., targeting large corporations, wealthy Americans and politicians.

Protests similar to those in New York and New Orleans have appeared across the country in San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta and even Lake Charles.

Members of the movement often identify themselves as the “99 percent” of Americans who are not overtly wealthy. Many of the “99 percent” have taken their cause to the Internet, posting pictures and stories detailing unemployment and difficulty supporting families.

Members of the New Orleans protest crowd ranged from college PROTEST, see page 6

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Voting for primaries begins Saturday Early voters must have photo ID Clayton Crockett Staff Writer

Early voting for Louisiana’s Oct. 22 gubernatorial election primary is slated to begin Saturday and continue through Oct. 15.

Formerly known as “absentee voting,” early voting will allow participants to vote not only for public office holders but policy issues as well.

There will be three locations in Baton Rouge for early voting, including: • 222 St. Louis St., Room 201 • 10500 Coursey Blvd., Room 203 • 3851 Essen Lane EARLY VOTING, see page 6

‘Licking our chops’ LSU defense eager to face freshman QB after injury to senior Brantley

Scott Branson

Sports Contributor

The Tigers’ No. 1 ranking will hang in the balance Saturday when LSU hosts No. 17 Florida in the most recent chapter of the teams’ storied rivalry.

If last year’s contest is any indication, it could be a thriller.

Last season, LSU pulled ahead in the final seconds for a 3329 victory in The Swamp.

The go-ahead touchdown was set up by a fake field goal at Florida’s 36-yard line with 35 seconds left. Former Tiger Derek Helton took the snap and tossed the ball over his shoulder to former LSU placekicker Josh Jasper. Jasper

scooped the ball off the turf and scurried for five yards and a first down.

Four plays later, then-junior quarterback Jarrett Lee found

former LSU receiver Terrence Toliver in the corner of the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.

FLORIDA, see page 6

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The LSU Tigers and the Florida Gators prepare to go head-to-head on the line of scrimmage October 10, 2009 during the Tigers’ 13-3 loss against the University of Florida.

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INTERNATIONAL

Nation & World

Friday, October 7, 2011

NATIONAL

STATE/LOCAL

Chile police move in on student protests for public education

Prosecutors target California pot dispensaries for closure

Post-oil spill test may delay oyster season in Louisiana

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a student march for free public education on Thursday, hours after protesters’ talks with the government collapsed.

A huge deployment of riot police surrounded students in the Plaza Italia, Santiago’s traditional gathering place, where student leader Camila Vallejo tried to lead the march while holding a sign saying “United and Stronger,” only to be pummeled by water cannons and forced to retreat by tear gas.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on some pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law.

At least 16 pot shops or their landlords received letters this week stating they are violating federal drug laws, even though medical marijuana is legal in California.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana may delay the start of the oyster season on most public seed grounds while scientists collect oysters and sediment to check for any damage from last year’s BP PLC oil spill.

National Resource Damage Assessment teams will begin next week to look for information including how big, fat and thick on the waterbottoms the oysters are in various places, said Harry Blanchet, a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Homicide rates in Central America highest, continue to soar MEXICO CITY (AP) — Honduras and El Salvador have the highest homicide rates in the world as killings reach a crisis point in Central America, a United Nations report said Thursday.

The study on homicides by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime blamed organized crime for the region’s surge in violence.

Honduras had 6,200 killings in 2010 out of a population of 7.7 million people, while El Salvador with 6.1 million people had 4,000 homicides.

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Police use a water cannon against a demonstrator Oct. 6 during a student demonstration for education reform in Santiago, Chile.

Mutt attacks pit bull and saves life of 3-year-old girl in Brazil SAO PAULO (AP) — A friendly, floppy-eared mutt named Fluffy may have earned himself a new nickname in his Brazilian hometown: Ferocious-When-Necessary.

Kenya Suelen Rodrigues of the city of Campo Grande is quoted by the G1 news website as saying the normally playful and friendly dog immediately attacked a pit bull that barged into her home Wednesday and headed for her 3-year-old daughter.

Washington judge allows murder defendant to take out-of-state trip SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge is letting a murder defendant take a two-week, five-state road trip before her arraignment.

Peggy Sue Thomas was arrested this summer at her houseboat in New Mexico and charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors say that in 2003 she lured a man named Russ Douglas to the spot on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where he was killed.

Island County Prosecutor Greg Banks says he’s never heard of a murder defendant being allowed to travel out of state before.

Ville Platte officials suspend walking curfew until Thursday NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The ACLU of Louisiana says the mayor and police chief of Ville Platte have agreed to suspend enforcing the city’s pedestrian curfew at least until next Tuesday.

Thursday’s agreement comes one day after the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit in Lafayette.

The organization said the City Council will decide Tuesday whether to drop the ordinance, which prohibits walking after 10 p.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. on weekends.

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The English Graduate Student Association sells books Thursday outside of Allen Hall.

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS In the Oct. 6 graphic entitled “History of the Halls,” The Daily Reveille mistakenly indicated that the Battle of the Bulge involved the invasion of Italy and Sicily in 1943. The battles were separate occurrences.

The photos used in the graphic were credited to the Louisiana State Archives instead of the Louisiana State University Archives.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Professor’s books sold to benefit Lit. Fest Students revel in low-cost texts Austen Krantz

Contributing Writer

University students walking past Allen Hall on their way to class this week had an opportunity to purchase intriguing books from the English Graduate Student Association without emptying their pockets.

English graduate students worked the book booth from Tuesday until Thursday, selling various works of literature including poetry and literary reviews.

Emily Nemens, fiction master’s student, explained the earnings would go toward the EGSA and the upcoming Delta Mouth Literary Festival, which will be held March 17 and 18.

The third annual festival plans to draw nationally and locally acclaimed authors, as well as local artists and performers, to promote literary arts in the Baton Rouge area, according to the Delta Mouth Literary Festival website.

“We’re trying to figure out pragmatic ways to make money,” Nemens said. “We’ve sold a lot. There’s been a lot of great fiction sold and there’s great poetry.”

With the most expensive books priced at $2, some students were taken aback by the low costs.

Elizabeth DeMars, psychology senior, said she saw the books and wandered over to check them out. DeMars, who bought two literary reviews, paid only $1.

“You can’t beat that at all,” she said. “Two books for $1?”

The impressive collection once belonged to the late Jeanne Leiby, editor for the Southern Review and University associate professor of English, who passed away last April, Nemens said.

“Jeanne’s family wanted these books to somehow still benefit her students,” said Sarah Maxwell, a poetry master’s student who worked the book booth.

Graduate students close to Leiby were allowed to browse her personal collection for books they wanted to keep in memory of Leiby, Maxwell said. The rest of the still extensive collection was then used for the book sale, she said. “[Leiby] was a great editor and had a really wonderful collection of books,” Nemens said.

Contact Austen Krantz at akrantz@lsureveille.com

MANSHIP SCHOOL

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photo courtesy of MAC CORBIN

Carl Corbin, former editor of the New Orleans States, was a part of the Reveille Seven. The Manship School is underwriting an award in honor of the group.

Calif. school earns award in honor of the Reveille 7 Josh Naquin Staff Writer

The Manship School of Mass Communication is underwriting this year’s College Press Freedom Award for the first time in honor of the “Reveille Seven.”

The award was given to the staff and adviser of The Sun, the student newspaper at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif. The group was nominated for the award after fighting against a college administration that tried, unsuccessfully, to stifle the paper’s voice in September of last year.

The college administration attempted to block the publication by enforcing an old, previously ignored rule that required the paper submit its printing business to a competitive bid process and sign a contract with the winning bidder. Other limitations levied on the newspaper included reducing the pay of the paper’s adviser, spending $50,000 on an audit of the newspaper and wrongly accusing Sun staffers, who were recycling computers, of theft.

“What happened at Southwestern College last fall was the worst fear of journalists and Americans who cherish our precious free-speech rights,” said Max Branscomb, the Sun’s faculty adviser.

When the newspaper was told it could no longer publish, it contacted the Student Press Law Center for assistance. The SPLC, along with the local community, showed the paper support and applied pressure to get the publication running again.

“The SPLC immediately gave us permission to print and brought

our struggle into national limelight,” said Albert Fulcher, The Sun’s current editor-in-chief, who was on staff last fall.

The series of events that consumed The Sun were eerily similar to a fight for journalistic freedom at LSU nearly 80 years ago.

The Reveille Seven was a group of Daily Reveille staff and concerned students who were expelled after refusing then-Sen. Huey P. Long’s mandates and efforts to censor the newspaper’s content.

Carl McArn “Mac” Corbin Jr., son of the late Reveille Seven member Carl Corbin, said his dad would have been proud to hear of this distinction in the group’s name.

“My father would be honored that the Manship School would sponsor a College Press Freedom Award,” Corbin said. “He remained passionate about freedom of the press and the First Amendment throughout his life.”

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DINING

‘Training Table’ meals address athletes’ nutritional needs

Friday, October 7, 2011

A PASSION FOR JAZZ

Players fueled for competition Paul Braun Contributing Writer

As full-scholarship studentathletes prepare for their opponents this fall in afternoon practices and training sessions, a dedicated staff of four full-time employees prepare those athletes an evening meal.

Each evening at The 5 dining hall, student-athletes are provided with a “Training Table” meal tailored to their unique nutritional needs, said Briggitte Mosley, director of Athletic Dining.

“It is a training meal to teach them the proper way to eat for performance,” Mosley said.

The meal is only available to full-scholarship student-athletes and offered at no cost to the them, Mosley said.

Student-athletes do not have time to count calories as they balance class and practice, she said.

Instead, Mosley uses a system of color codes to indicate how much of each food athletes should eat.

Foods are labeled with red, yellow and green tags.

Foods labeled with a green tag have lower fat content, like vegetables and baked fish. Athletes can eat as much of those foods as they like, Mosley said.

Yellow tags indicate traditional side dishes, such as macaroni and cheese cooked with reduced-fat cheese and additives.

Foods labeled with red tags are typically beef entrees served with one fried food. Examples include fried chicken and beef tenderloin.

The program’s goal is to provide athletes with healthy options they enjoy. Ultimately, the athletes must make the decisions to eat healthy themselves, Mosley said.

What sep‘We don’t arates Training use butter, Table meals we use less from meals ofto the salt and fered general public lower-fat are the preparaadditives.’ tion methods, Mosley said.

“We don’t Briggitte Mosley use butter, we director of Athletic Dining use less salt and lower-fat additives,” Mosley said.

The preparation for the daily meals begins at noon. The staff of three full-time chefs and one parttime employee prepares each meal under Mosley’s guidance.

Working in athletic dining is a long-term affair, as all of the fulltime employees have worked for athletic dining for more than 10 years.

Doreatha Thomas has served student-athletes’ nutritional needs for 32 years.

MARIAH POSTLETHWAITE / The Daily Reveille

The LSU Jazz Area Showcase was held Thursday in the Union Theater. The band is composed of both music and non-music majors.

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Freshmen football players Jarrett Fobbs (left) and Travis Dickson (right) dish up a hearty “Training Table” meal Wednesday at The 5 dining hall.

“As long as I can go, I will keep feeding the [athletes] and seeing the smiles on their faces,” Thomas said.

Mosley, who has been with LSU Dining for 28 years, said she has seen “seven or eight coaches in her time.”

Before the NCAA limited student-athletes to one training meal per day in the late 1990s, the program offered student -athletes three meals per day during the week and two per day on weekends, Mosley said.

Since then, the program’s grocery bill has been scaled down from approximately $100,000 per month to less than $20,000 per month, Mosley said.

Mosley estimated that the program serves 120 student-athletes per semester. Nightly attendance fluctuates between 50 and 90 hungry student-athletes.

Contact Paul Braun at pbraun@lsureveille.com

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Friday, October 7, 2011

EMPLOYMENT

Work-study offers off-beat jobs Students appreciate the flexibility Morgan Searles Staff Writer

All work-study jobs are not created equal.

While many positions require University student workers to complete tasks from behind a desk, others offer opportunities to travel the campus, conduct research, complete surveys and fulfill other unexpected duties.

Full-time students are offered community service work with more than 20 agencies or on-campus jobs.

Courtney Mills, climatology junior, has a student worker job with LSU Recycles. Mills’ responsibilities include driving a golf cart around campus to check, empty and clean recycling bins.

Mills said a friend recommended the job, encouraging her to fill out an application, meet with Solid Waste and Recycling Manager Andres Harris and begin working.

“This is more exciting than a normal job,” Mills said. “I get to drive a golf cart, which is awesome.

I get to spend my day outside, and there’s always something to do and always something to work on. It’s not your typical sit at a desk and work on homework job.”

Mills said she believes she is paid more than people who have a desk job, but she also doesn’t get as much free time for homework while she’s on the job.

“Campus jobs are really nice because they work around your schedule, and I like how you’re a student first,” she said. “If I want to work extra hours I can do that too.

It’s cool in terms of flexibility.”

With a 20-hour per week limit, student workers can make up to $2,400 each year through an hourly wage paid bi-weekly.

Brett Percle, biology sophomore, is involved in a work-study program with the Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology in the Life Science Building.

Percle said he works with plant tissue cultures, studying diseases and viruses in sweet potato plants.

“We have sweet potato plants growing inside tubes in the lab,” Percle said. “If they get too big for the tubes, I’ll cut their stems and put it in new tube to regrow a new species of the same plant.”

Percle said student workers in the department have greater opportunities for higher levels of research, such as DNA extraction.

“Anyone who wants to go into research should do this,” he said.

“They give us practical work to do that we would use if we were to be scientists when we grow up.”

Percle said his wages for working in this research department start out with similar wages of the average student worker, but the pay can increase over time.

“Unlike other student worker jobs, we can work as much as we want because it is a researcher position,” he said. “I can work as many hours as I want in a week, which is

great, especially when I’m trying to Holloway also said he enjoys get extra money.” the flexibility of a student job conJack Holloway, political sci- veniently located on campus. ence freshman, “You can do has a work-study what you want as job at the Public long as you’re proPolicy Research ducing,” he said.

Lab in the Manship UndergraduSchool Research ate students in Facility. need of monetary Holloway said aid can apply for he conducts surthe Federal ColCourtney Mills veys of Louisiana lege Work-Study climatology junior residents about program by comhealth care so Loupleting the FAFSA isiana state officials can form poli- forms early in the school year, accies based on the data. cording to the LSU Financial Aid “I like what I’m doing,” Hol- web site. loway said. “It’s interesting to talk with some of the people living in Louisiana. When they tell you a sad story, you feel for them. You also Contact Morgan Searles at hear interesting stories from people who make their own businesses.” msearles@lsureveille.com

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‘Campus jobs are really nice because they work around your schedule.’

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Climatology junior Courtney Mills empties a recycling bin Thursday as part of her student-worker duties for her job at LSU Recycling.

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“It was a crazy game and the most electric feeling I’ve been around,” said junior center P.J. Lonergan.

Saturday’s match-up pits two of the nation’s top-15 defenses against each other. LSU’s defense is ranked 9th in points allowed, and Florida is ranked 13th.

The Gators’ defense struggled last weekend and was dismantled by then-No. 3 Alabama, 38-10, at home.

Against Alabama, Florida was hindered on offense by the loss of senior quarterback John Brantley to a leg injury. Gators coach Will Muschamp, who’s making his return to Tiger Stadium as a head coach after four years at LSU as an assistant from 2001 to 2004, has since announced that Brantley will miss the LSU game and will likely be replaced by freshman Jeff Driskel.

Driskel took over against Alabama after Brantley’s injury in the second quarter, completing 2-of-6 passes for 14 yards.

Also in the running for playing time at quarterback are freshmen Jacoby Brissett and Tyler Murphy.

“Jeff obviously is ahead because of the playing experience, but we’re repping all three guys for the game,” Muschamp said.

PROTEST, from page 1

students and young professionals to children and the elderly.

Many could be heard chanting “this is what democracy looks like” and denying political affiliation, claiming the movement “is just people coming together.”

The “99 percent” in New Orleans expressed the same outrage as fellow occupiers in New York City, but many localized their grievances to Louisiana. Much of their dissatisfaction was aimed at local politicians like New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

LSU accounting freshman Robin Williams carried a sign accusing the energy company Entergy Louisiana, LLC, of unfairly taxing those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Williams said he learned of the movement online and joined because he agreed with beliefs other members had expressed.

One of Williams’ complaints about the current state of the economy is that minimum wage is not sufficient for the youth.

“It’s too low,” he said.

“There’s no way someone can survive on it.”

Williams was joined by a large

EARLY VOTING, from page 1

Each location will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day of early voting. Voters must provide photo identification.

In public offices, the ballot will include candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state, among other positions.

In the gubernatorial election, 10 candidates will be in the running, including: • David Blanchard, I-Brusly • Leonard Bollingham, I-Baton Rouge

LSU sophomore defensive back Tyrann Mathieu is looking forward to facing whichever young quarterback the Gators place atop the depth chart.

“We’re licking our chops,” Mathieu said. “We want to rattle that guy early. It’s really about us going out there, playing aggressive, playing physical — hopefully get him out of his game early.”

Sophomore defensive back Tharold Simon said with Brantley injured and a freshman taking his place, LSU has to prepare for a different offense than Florida has shown so far this season.

“We don’t know what they’re going to come with yet, but we’ve got good coaches, so I know they’re going to come up with a good game plan for us,” Simon said.

LSU coach Les Miles said Driskel may be young, but he has a similar skill set to Brantley. “[Driskel] is a very talented freshman and capable,” Miles said. “In my opinion he will give them every opportunity to compete extremely well.”

Miles said the LSU defense has been tested against a variety of offensive styles and can easily adjust to fit the opponent.

“Playing different quarterbacks gives you certain things and challenges that must be met,” Miles said. “I think that we’re

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Also on the line Saturday is LSU’s 13-game winning streak in Tiger Stadium. The Tigers’ last home loss was in 2009 when thenNo. 1 Florida beat No. 4 LSU, 133.

The 2009 matchup featured two highly ranked teams with national championship-sized desires.

The same is true of Saturday’s game, but the outlook is much different.

In 2009, Florida arrived in Baton Rouge undefeated, with Heisman winner Tim Tebow at quarterback and aspirations of defending its 2008 National Championship.

This season, the Gators put the game in the hands of an inexperienced Driskel.

The loss of Brantley doesn’t leave the Gators without any playmakers, however.

Mathieu said that senior running backs Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps, Florida’s two leading rushers who both missed last season’s game against the Tigers, are the focus of the defense going into Saturday.

“Florida has a different type of speed,” Mathieu said. “Rainey and Demps, those guys are track stars.”

Contact Scott Branson at sbranson@lsureveille.com

number of college-aged protesters, including Nathan Anderson, LSU political science sophomore.

Anderson said he became involved in the “vague but fluid awakening” because he believes Americans are being robbed of their rights.

“Everyone has a right to an education and a home,” Anderson said, naming student and housing debt as infringements on those rights.

Anderson said he didn’t know what to expect from the protests in New Orleans, but he said it was a “good first step.”

Jillian Chrisman and Sara Mulholland, both seeking master’s degrees in education at the University of New Orleans, said they fear the combination of high student debt and low income for teachers will trouble them later in life.

“I’ll have student debt until I’m 50,” Mulholland said.

The youth have played a large part in the national movement, not only as students but as a generation that will have to deal with a national debt and elders without Social Security, Chrisman said.

“It’s our future we’re defending,” said Genevieve Vegetable, Tulane University public health

graduate student. “There’s an enormous burden on our generation.”

Vegetable said New Orleans has felt the “brunt of corporations” in a country where “Medicare is a fantasy.”

Protesters walked to Lafayette Square to protest the Federal Reserve Building nearby. The members took turns speaking to the crowd, including a woman who performed poetry and a college student calling fellow youth into action.

A man with a megaphone began chanting, “Wall Street says cut back. We say fight back.” A trio with a drum, trumpet and saxophone crafted a melody, leading protesters in loud song as workers emerged from downtown buildings to observe the crowded streets.

“We don’t work for the government,” one woman told the crowd. “They are here to work for us.”

The group eventually moved to Duncan Plaza in front of New Orleans City Hall, where they intend to occupy indefinitely.

• Ron Ceasar, I-Opelousas • Cary Deaton, D-Metairie • Tara Hollis, D-Haynesville • Bobby Jindal, R-Baton Rouge (incumbent) • Robert Lang Jr., I-Natchitoches • Scott Lewis, LibertarianBaton Rouge • Androniki Papazoglakis, D-Baton Rouge • Trey Roberts, D-Gretna Voters can also vote on five constitutional amendments regarding a number of topics, such as an allocation of annual cigarette tax revenues to TOPS

funding and making a soon-toexpire 4 cent cigarette tax permanent, among others.

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has posted general summaries of each constitutional amendment on its website, www.la-par.org.

Though the voter registration deadline for early primary voting was Sept. 21, the deadline to register to vote in the general election will be Oct. 19.

Contact Brian Sibille at bsibille@lsureveille.com

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Friday, October 7, 2011

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Sports

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Return of the ’Champ

Former LSU assistant coach returns to Tiger Stadium for first time since 2007

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ith the coaching staff LSU assembled for “We still have a lot of friends there, my wife and its 2003 national championship run, it’s no I do. We had a great run and the LSU people were wonder the Tigers had the success they did. great to us, and certainly we appreciate the time Led by current Alabama coach Nick Saban, we were there.” the rest of the coaching staff was littered with fuLSU hired Muschamp in 2001 from Valdosta ture stars, including former LSU State, giving the aspiring coach his Mark Clements offensive coordinator Jimbo first Division I coaching job.

Sports Writer Fisher, who is now Florida Muschamp, whose first son State’s head coach, and was born in Baton Rouge, left LSU former LSU running backs coach in 2005 to follow Saban to the NFL, when his forDerek Dooley, who is now head mer boss took a job with the Miami Dolphins. coach at Tennessee.

The two would part ways the next year, and But the staple of the 2003 Tigers have faced each other three times since. was the ferocious defense, headed by “Will is doing a great job there,” Saban said.

Florida coach Will Muschamp, who “I think he’s making his mark on the intangible will make his first trip back to Tiger things that he can affect — their effort, their Stadium since 2007 as Auburn’s de- toughness, their discipline. He’s a hard worker, fensive coordinator. he’s very passionate and I think he’ll do a great His last trip to Baton Rouge job there.” may have left a bad taste in his Muschamp’s title-winning 2003 defense led mouth, as the War Eagles fell to the nation, allowing 10.8 points per game, and a last-second touchdown pass to ranked No. 2, giving up 255.6 yards per game. former LSU receiver DemeThe 40-year-old coach, who has earned a reptrius Byrd, but Muschamp utation as a passionately intense motivator from said his lasting mem- his behavior on the sidelines, has continued that ory of LSU is trend in Gainesville, Fla., where his defense ranks a brighter one. No. 7 in the nation for surrendering 258.6 yards “We had per game and No. 13 in the nation for allowing a lot of good 14.8 points per game.

MATT STAMEY / The Gainesville Sun times in Baton “All the defensive guys seem to have this fiFlorida Gators head football coach Will Rouge,” said ery characteristic about themselves and the way Muschamp celebrates after his team blocked a the first-year MUSCHAMP, see page 11 punt Sept. 17 against the Tennessee Volunteers Gator coach.

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VOLLEYBALL

Tigers go on SEC road trip

LSU faces South Carolina, Florida Michael Gegenheimer Sports Contributor

The Tigers are back on the road this weekend with trips to South Carolina and Florida to play the Gamecocks and Gators.

LSU is coming off back-toback home losses for the first time since 2004 after dropping games to No. 19 Tennessee and Kentucky last weekend in Baton Rouge.

“We have to accept it as a challenge,” said LSU coach Fran Flory.

“It’s something we haven’t done in a long time. We can’t fix it once it’s done; we just can’t allow it to happen again.”

The Gamecocks squad (96, 0-5 Southeastern Conference), comprised of 12 underclassmen, has already matched its win total from last year.

“There’s going to be a lot of errors because we’re so young,” said sophomore middle blocker Desiree Elliot. “South Carolina has improved a lot since last season, and we’re expecting a good game out of them.”

The Gamecocks started the season with an impressive 7-0 record but have dropped five consecutive games since the start of VOLLEYBALL, see page 11

on in Gainesville, Fla.

BASKETBALL

Lady Tigers tip off the new season with first official practice

Caldwell leads team with changes Adrian Wintz Sports Contributor

The Lady Tigers have officially started the 2011-12 season, and after one practice, things are going in a completely different direction than last season.

Coach Nikki Caldwell leads the LSU women’s basketball program into the new season, where big changes were unveiled Thursday at the team’s first official practice of the season. Caldwell, in her first year at LSU after coaching at UCLA for three years, is bringing an up-tempo style of play to the team, with intense practices based

on long periods of running.

“As a coach taking on a new program, you want to see where you’re at, and you want to fix things immediately,” Caldwell said. “But I know it’s going to be a process, so we’re making sure that we’re really going back grassroot into our fundamentals.”

The players are getting used to new things along with Caldwell, experiencing a mindset and training they’ve never seen before.

“It’s a new season, a fresh start,” said sophomore guard Jeanne Kenney. “Practice is faster, and we’re still getting used to the momentum. It’ll take a while, of course, but we feel like we had a really great practice today.”

Along with the fast-paced style of play, Caldwell is also

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LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell instructs her team Thursday during practice at the basketball practice facility.

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VOLLEYBALL

Friday, October 7, 2011

Malorie Pardo making a big impact in freshman season Setter ranked No. 2 in SEC in assists

Louisiana Lafayette in the Tigers’ first tournament of the season.

Much of the offense runs through the setter, so it’s a position that comes with plenty of pressure.

Albert Burford Senior defensive specialist Sports Contributor Lauren Waclawczyk said Pardo’s Most freshmen are still try- mindset and effort when she ing to find their way around cam- joined the team prepared her for pus and juggle school life with the job.

“She came in with a little social life.

Those freshman Malorie swag,” Waclawczyk said. “She Pardo, who’s busy playing as the was an offensive threat, she was starting setter for the LSU volley- playing defense, she was just doing it all, and usually, not just ball team.

Last week, Pardo earned freshmen, but setters, don’t do her first collegiate award as the that.”

Southeastern Conference FreshFlory pointed out that Parman of the Week. do’s confidence is different than Pardo is currently second in cockiness. the SEC in assists per set and No. “She’s not a cocky freshman 12 in the nation in the same cat- that thinks she’s the best player egory. out on the court,” Flory said.

LSU volleyball coach Fran “She’s just very self-assured.

Flory saw Pardo’s potential to When you have that self-confimake an immediate impact on the dence, it allows you to help the court before she even stepped on others around you be successful.” campus.

While Pardo’s teammates “She just had appreciate her all the intangibles confidence, she that every player took nothing for doesn’t have,” granted when she Flory said. “We joined the team. weren’t surprised Pardo said when she came in she didn’t know and had this imFran Flory she would be able pact. I just wasn’t LSU coach to compete for the sure how quickly starting setter spot she could learn with sophomore Shelby Pursley. and be able to run an offense.”

Pardo made her presence “My dad has always told me known in the offense right away, to work hard for everything and setting an LSU single-match not entitle myself to any position, record with a .638 hitting per- so I came in here thinking that centage against University of I was not going to start because

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‘She just had all the intangibles that every player doesn’t have.’

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LSU freshman setter Malorie Pardo (14) reaches to block the ball Sept. 30 during the Tigers’ 3-1 home loss to Tennessee.

I need to earn my spot,” Pardo said. “I love the competition and just being pushed.”

Pardo’s spot near the top of the SEC assists column didn’t come from the play of Pardo alone.

“The setting position is the most controlled position by everybody else on the team,” Flory said. “When you have your

setter performing at that level, she’s making good choices and that’s part of it, but the passers are putting it in her hands, and she’s making good decisions.”

Waclawczyk, who Pardo said she has looked up to ever since she met her on a visit, said the young setter shows a leadership that sets her apart from most freshmen.

Waclawczyk said Pardo has “that strong, gets on top of people, makes people not slack off” attitude.

“As a freshman, being a leader on a team is kind of a big deal,” she said.

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GOLF

Confident Tigers finally Men’s team prepares for Jack hit the road in SEC play Nicklaus Invitational in Ohio

Chris Abshire Sports Writer

LSU soccer coach Brian Lee said he knows the Southeastern Conference title isn’t won at home.

Following a 4-0 start in SEC play at the renovated LSU Soccer Stadium as part of a month-long, eight-match homestand, the No. 25 Tigers (9-3-1, 4-0 SEC) will finally hit the road in conference play tonight when they travel to Nashville to take on a struggling Vanderbilt (66, 0-4) squad.

Senior goalkeeper Mo Isom said the team is ready to take its winning mindset on the road after the momentum boost of home victories.

“We’re prepared to dominate teams on their home field, in front of their fans, and make them cry,” Isom said.

The Commodores have yet to score in SEC play while allowing 10 goals to a quartet of formidable opponents in South Carolina, No. 11 Florida, No. 22 Auburn and Alabama.

While Vanderbilt’s recent woes seem to indicate little challenge for a confident LSU squad — which is 8-0-1 in its last nine games — Lee called the Commodores “maybe the best team in the league, box-tobox.”

“They rely on some really good ball movement, holding possession well,” Lee said. “They’ve been a little unlucky scoring goals. We’ll have to be sound in our midfield play because that’s their strength.”

Vanderbilt defeated LSU, 1-0, in Baton Rouge last year and holds an 8-5-2 advantage in the all-time series.

Despite the Tigers’ recent unbeaten streak, the team is still unproven on the road. Only one match during the stretch, a sloppy 2-1 victory at Houston, was played away from home.

LSU began the season with a

2-3 mark in its opening five-match road trip, scoring only six goals and being shut out twice.

After the slow start, the Tiger offense has roared to life in recent weeks, especially since conference play began.

LSU leads the SEC in conference scoring, averaging three goals per game and netting at least two goals in all four matches.

Providing the offensive firepower has been senior Taryne Boudreau, whose move to forward in the last month has helped her rack up nine goals and two assists in the last nine games, earning her SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors the past two weeks.

Lee said LSU’s offense will need to continue its consistency and force Vanderbilt’s woeful offense to play from behind early.

“We have a lot of confidence in our defense, obviously,” Lee said.

“But road games come down to being composed in the final third and capitalizing on those few chances you get around the net.”

On Sunday afternoon, the Tigers travel to Lexington, Ky., for a huge showdown with Kentucky.

The Wildcats (9-3, 2-2) hold the No. 10 spot in the RPI and are expected to vie for the SEC Eastern Division title.

Kentucky’s steady offensive attack, which accounts for about two goals per game, could challenge a stingy LSU back line in the defensive third.

“I would say the entire back four will have a big impact on how we fare this weekend,” Lee said.

“Players like [sophomores] Shannon McLain and Alex Ramsey need to continue their aggressive kicks and strong passing for us to be successful.”

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Yi confident going into tournament Morgan Wampold Sports Contributor

The men’s golf team tees off Monday in Dublin, Ohio, for this year’s Jack Nicklaus Invitational.

The tournament marks the second of the season for the Tigers, who finished eighth at the Carpet Capital Collegiate last month.

Coach Chuck Winstead said the field of play next week will be difficult, featuring No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Texas, among others.

Winstead said the Tigers’ work ethic has picked up in recent weeks and should contribute to a good showing in the tournament.

“All the guys have been working hard, and we’re ready to play in a strong field on a great golf course,” Winstead said.

This year’s team has never played at the Muirfield Village golf course, where the tournament will be held, but senior Sang Yi earned a

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16th-place finish at last year’s tourHe said despite the youth of nament in Columbus, Ohio. most of the golfers, the Tigers still Yi said his have depth. confidence is at an “The team has all-time high, comcome a long way ing off a solid inin the past couple dividual finish at of months, and evthe Carpet Capital eryone has been tournament, where putting in a lot of he posted a threetime at practice,” round 5-under par Yi said.

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Freshman His play earned Curtis Thompson, him a third-place sophomore AnChuck Winstead finish at the tournadrew Presley and ment. freshman Miles LSU golf coach “I expect to Lewis all posted win,” Yi said. “If I play to the best under-par scores in recent matches. of my abilities, there’s no reason I The Tigers finished sixth at last shouldn’t get the win.” year’s Jack Nicklaus Invitational, Winstead praised Yi’s efforts with top-20 finishes from Yi and this season and said he has high ex- sophomore Smylie Kaufman. pectations for the rest of the season.

Yi posted an 11-over par, putting “I’m proud of the work Sang’s him in a tie for 16th place. Kaufman putting in, and I anticipate he will finished in 20th place with a 12-over continue to have a good year,” Win- par. However, Kaufman won’t be stead said. “He’s already had a great competing in this year’s tournament first tournament.” because he didn’t make the cut.

Yi will be the lone senior at the tournament, as the rest of the Contact Morgan Wampold at Tigers’ roster contains freshmen mwampold@lsureveille.com and sophomores.

‘All the guys have been working hard, and we’re ready to play in a strong field on a great golf course.’

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FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS

Friday, October 7, 2011

Auburn to upend Arkansas, Cornhuskers to topple Buckeyes BODY SHOTS Rob Landry Sports columnist

Yikes.

For anyone who took my advice and actually put down some money on my picks last week, I sincerely apologize.

But considering it was week five of the season and my first under-.500 performance, I can’t beat myself up too much. It was bound to happen.

Had LSU not given up a late, stat-padding touchdown to Kentucky, I would have hit that one on the money. And an uncharacteristic turnover by Baylor junior quarterback Robert Griffin III in the fourth quarter cost me a shot at a win.

Now, with South Carolina, Nebraska and Virginia Tech — well, I blew it.

But this week is a new week — although it’s not very deep in the “sexy matchup” category — and presents a clean slate in which I hope to make some serious improvements.

Iowa +4 over Penn State Nothing about Penn State has been impressive this season.

Alabama came to Happy Valley and took the Nittany Lions to the woodshed, and Temple came within mere yards of pulling an astronomical upset.

Seeing the Crimson Tide take

TODD J. VAN EMST / The Associated Press

Auburn QB Kiehl Frazier will head to his home state Saturday at Arkansas.

no prisoners should come as no surprise, but when Temple almost beats you, there are some issues to address.

Iowa has only lost in overtime at rival Iowa State and appears ready to make its mark on the 2011 season.

Nebraska -11 over Ohio State Before the season, this one was penciled in as a must-see game.

Now, not so much.

Nebraska is fresh off a curb stomping at the hands of Wisconsin, and Ohio State looked like — in Ohio State president Gordon Gee’s words — the “Little Sisters of the Poor” against Michigan State.

But Nebraska coach Bo Pelini will not allow his defense to be embarrassed two weeks in a row.

The Buckeyes will have no counterpunch offensively, and the Cornhuskers will be able to score just enough to cover.

Virginia Tech -7.5 over Miami Miami’s rallying point this season came against that abysmal Ohio State team in week two.

Virginia Tech is looking to bounce back after being throttled by Clemson last week.

A game in Blacksburg, Va., against a mediocre Miami team is just what the doctor ordered for Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer.

Mississippi State -18 over UAB Mississippi State has struggled mightily this season, but AlabamaBirmingham is winless, already carrying losses to powerhouses Tulane and Troy.

The Bulldogs roll.

South Carolina -21 over Kentucky South Carolina is in a bit of disarray right now.

Senior quarterback Stephen Garcia has been benched in favor of sophomore Connor Shaw.

It really doesn’t matter who the Gamecocks have under center. Kentucky is bad enough that sophomore

running back Marcus Lattimore alone could lead them to a big win.

UGA -2 over Tennessee With the injury to Florida senior quarterback John Brantley, the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division is up for grabs.

And despite its slow start, Georgia is right in the mix.

A win here and a loss by the Gators at LSU puts the Bulldogs in the catbird seat to Atlanta.

Oklahoma -10 over Texas Texas has been the nation’s biggest rebuilding story thus far.

Following a 5-7 2010 campaign, the Longhorns are currently 4-0.

But Oklahoma has simply too many weapons to be denied in the Red River Rivalry this year.

Auburn +10 over Arkansas Auburn coach Gene Chizik may have taken former New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig’s place as the “luckiest man on the face of the Earth,” with his string of cardiac victories during the past year.

But luck or no luck, Chizik and his Cam Newton-less roster keep on pulling out W’s, so it’s tough to suggest picking against them.

VandY +29 over Alabama Following last weekend’s 38-10 manhandling of Florida, Alabama is due for a letdown game.

Vanderbilt should not be able to stay on the field with the Crimson Tide. But if Nick Saban’s crew comes out flat, this one could be a little closer than expected.

Florida +14 over LSU Yes, I know Florida will have a freshman quarterback making his first career start — even if Florida offensive coordinator Charlie Weis won’t tell us which freshman it will be — against LSU’s defense, in Death Valley.

But the Gators’ defense is athletic enough to keep LSU’s offense somewhat in check, and speedsters senior running backs Chris Rainey and Jeff Demps have home run potential every time they touch the ball.

Plus, when LSU is a doubledigit favorite in an SEC game at home under Les Miles, it has a record of 1-13-1 against the spread.

Last Week: 4-6 Overall record: 31-19 Rob Landry is a 23-year-old mass communication senior from Mandeville. Follow him on Twitter @RobLandry85.

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Friday, October 7, 2011 MUSCHAMP,, from page 7 they carry themselves,” said senior linebacker Ryan Baker.

“I’ve watched him on the sideline, and any time you can have a coach that is into the game as he is, it speaks volumes for your team.”

With Muschamp having a heavy hand in the defense, the Gators, looking for an offensive boost, hired former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weiss to run the offense.

Florida currently ranks No. 21 in the nation with 210.2 rushing yards per game and No. 37 nationally, scoring 34.2 points per game.

“The offense is much more diverse than it was in the previous regime,” said LSU

coach Les Miles. “Charlie Weis has done great job in coordinating the spectrum of variations in offense.”

Despite having just five games under his belt as a head coach, Muschamp, who has led Florida to a 4-1 record, is already making his impact on the Southeastern Conference.

“They are well coached and well prepared,” Miles said. “Will Muschamp is doing a great job in his first year. He’s a quality coach. [I] would love to have him.”

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White Sox hire Ventura as manager The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Robin Ventura was easing his way back into baseball with the Chicago White Sox. Hired as an adviser to player development director Buddy Bell in June, it afforded him just the right mix of work and time with his family.

When Ozzie Guillen asked out of his contract near the end of the season and eventually ended up in Florida, Ventura was as surprised as anyone.

And when general manager Ken Williams and Bell talked to him and broached the

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working on the Lady Tigers’ toughness.

“It’s as physical as it’s going to get,” Kenney said. “You go after it, you want to win.”

The work ethic on the court isn’t the only thing that has changed entering the season.

New faces on the bench will appear for LSU this November, as assistant coaches Tasha Butts, Tony Perotti and Stacie Terry will join Caldwell for their first season at LSU ‘I fit in well for the 2011-12 with the season.

Caldwell team, the and her staff been pretempo and have paring the Lady all the Tigers in the plays, and I weeks leading to the first can help up official practice the team by introducing the team to the and tempo and style everybody of practices around me.’ they will go through during Krystal Forthan the season. freshman forward “My assistants have done a phenomenal job of working them out,” Caldwell said. “[The team] has worked extremely hard this preseason. I’m excited about the potential of this team this year.”

Caldwell isn’t the only firstyear member of the LSU women’s basketball team making noise in the offseason.

Freshman forward Krystal Forthan will make her LSU debut this November. The high school All-American from Portland, Ore., said she was nervous for her first practice, but she has confidence in her ability to make the transition from high school to college.

“I fit in well with the team, the tempo and all the plays, and I can help the team and everybody around me,” Forthan said.

The Lady Tigers are coming off a 19-13 season with an 8-8 Southeastern Conference record, guided by former coach Van Chancellor.

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possibility of succeeding Guillen, he was initially taken aback.

He mulled it over, discussed it with his wife and after a faceto-face meeting with Williams decided it was the right move, facing a challenge in a place where he was comfortable and well-liked for a decade. An offer, it turned out, he couldn’t and didn’t refuse.

“Not having managed before, I did have apprehension,” the former White Sox star third baseman said in a conference call Thursday. “(Williams) never tried to talk me into it. It was more of what was going to be there and

be available. Ultimately it was going to be my decision.”

Ventura, known for his slick fielding, clutch hitting and lefthanded power, has a good sense of humor and a well-rounded perspective on the game.

Fiery as Guillen? Nope. But he’s had his moments, too.

Who can forget the time he charged the mound after Nolan Ryan plunked him with a pitch in 1993?

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This will most likely be the Tigers’ toughest test of the season conference play. so far after only playing one other Two of the SEC’s top liberos ranked opponent all year in a 3-1 will also face off in the match when home loss to No. 19 Tennessee. junior Meghan Mannari takes Florida has lost four sets the court against South Carolina through five SEC games, including sophomore Paige a 3-2 loss to TenWheeler. Mannanessee, which is ri ranks second in the only SEC team the SEC in digs to beat Florida. per set with 4.4, The Gators are while Wheeler led by senior outclosely trails in side hitter Kristy third with 4.34 Jaeckel, who was digs per set. named the SEC OfDesiree Elliot “Whichever fensive Player of sophomore middle blocker team has better the Week after her ball control and 29 kills, 12 blocks, passing will be the main factor of four digs and two service aces the game,” Flory said. “[Mannari] against Auburn and Georgia last has to have a nice night for us to weekend. win. We play better when she plays “They aren’t the big, bad well.” monster they used to be, but they After the Tigers take on the are still very good,” Flory said.

Gamecocks on Friday night, the “We’ve beaten them before on team will travel to Gainesville, their home court, and we can do it Fla., to play No. 13 Florida. The again.”

Gators tout an 11-3 record (4-1 Contact Michael Gegenheimer at SEC) and boasts the highest national ranking in the conference. mgegenheimer@lsureveille.com

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‘We’re expecting a good game out of [South Carolina].’

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LSU women’s basketball coach Nikki Caldwell watches her team practice Thursday at the basketball practice facility.

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The

Peanut

Gallery

What’s your reaction to the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs?

Paxton Turner

Opinion

Friday, October 7, 2011

Chris Nipper

Arraevia Reed

Taylor McDaniel

Michelle Pizer

mathematics freshman

civil engineering sophomore

psychology sophomore

English senior

elementary education junior

‘As long as Apple is alive, I think Steve Jobs will still be alive in some way.’

‘He’s revolutionized everyone’s life. If you look around, I see eight to 10 people who have iPhones.’

‘I don’t really have a reaction. ... The media is blowing it up, and it’s appropriate, but I’m not watching.’

‘I was surprised at how sudden it was and how not public his last days were.’

‘He changed the music industry.

Apple is a huge part of why we don’t have record stores anymore.’

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WALKING ON THIN ICE

Dining halls should make reusable to-go boxes available The aroma of fresh red beans fills my nostrils. I’m stepping toward the automatic doors when my phone alarm suddenly rings.

This single action instantly reminds me that I am once again so close and yet so far away from eating an actual PRIYANKA BHATIA sit-down meal.

Columnist And yet the dining halls aren’t making it any easier. They offer no alternatives to dining if I want to enjoy their hot food.

Instead, I’m stuck settling for sushi I have to buy out of pocket.

But it’s not because of my restrictive palate that I’m unable to eat in the dining halls or on campus — it’s because of my class schedule.

With only 15 hours of coursework to my name, I wonder how many other students are unable to take advantage of the great food right at our fingertips. With around 29,000 undergraduates, many of whom are required to have a meal plan — many students are most likely running around like chickens with their heads chopped off trying to fit food into their schedules.

Eating — an essential part of living — now has to fit into our hectic routines. Regardless of however many other places there are to eat around campus, it has been proven time and time again that the fresher the ingredients in the food you eat, the healthier it is.

According to The Council of

Maharishi Ayurveda Physicians, a group of doctors dedicated to medicine and prolonging life, more than “90 percent of Americans suffer from everyday digestion problems such as gas.” These are problems that could easily be solved by simply sitting down and eating.

Fast Food Nation, a website offering healthier alternatives to fast food, supports this stance on sitting down to a meal. “Firstly, it encourages people to eat more slowly. It’s been shown that eating food too quickly can lead to indigestion, poorly digested food, irritable bowel syndrome and overeating.”

It’s common sense and yet, without time on our sides — it’s a pain in the gastric intestine to execute.

We opt for using our Paw Points or our own money to buy premade food instead of cooking ourselves. With the dining halls so close, however, the fact that we have to cram fresh food in our schedule seems ridiculous.

Having spent nearly $2,000 a semester for my meal plan, I resent not being able to get full use out of it. I resent that every time I get out of a club meeting, ravenous as a rabid raccoon, the dining hall has already closed.

And while I can’t expect the hardworking chefs and other members of the dining hall staff to work extra late just for me, I think I can at least expect another option for dining.

The University of Florida offers reusable to-go boxes that are returned to the cafeteria for proper

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cleaning so that they can be reused.

Although the concept seems easy enough, the extra labor and time to take in all these boxes is only part of the problem.

The dining halls make sure to cook only what’s needed for a meal by batch cooking in an effort to reduce food waste, and in allowing for both eating-in and takingout, we’re almost intruding on this intricate process.

David Heidke, director of LSU Dining, states that “it is all

you care to eat, but it’s important that happens within the building.

Otherwise you could have a lot of food potentially taken out.”

While taking out food and eating in may seem excessive, a compromise between the two doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

Biodegradable to-go boxes would help to maintain the concept of sustainability on which our food venues are so wonderfully set, while the choice between eating-in and dining-out doesn’t waste any additional food.

It also offers the potential for a future sit-down meal, minus the sickening Quiznos and Taco Bell, upon which we’re often so reliant.

Yet another way biodegradable boxes will save us all.

Priyanka Bhatia is a 19-year-old pre-veterinary medicine sophomore from San Jose, Calif. Follow her on Twitter at @TDR_PBhatia.

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Opinion

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HEAD to HEAD

Should prostitution be considered a sexual offense?

No. Prostitutes are nothing more than hoes and don’t force themselves on clients.

It’s the oldest profession in the world. proper working conditions? If the casino Prostitution, also known as hooking or workers can complain about excessive whoring, has been deemed a poison by our cigarette smoke in their workplace, prostitutes deserve a safe workupstanding, family-minded lawmakers. It ing environment too. is viewed in most parts of the country as a Thirdly, tax them. A disgusting, immoral and a disease-ridden newly enacted Louisiana field of employment.

Prostitution Tax could In Louisiana, prostitution is viewed as provide money for higher not only immoral but sexually offensive. If education — like this uniyou get caught hooking a certain way, you versity. It will be like the are put on the sex offenders registry.

Yes, the one and only. Prostitutes can PARKER CRAMER lottery, except the money would actually go to edube thrown into the lot of serial rapists and Columnist cation instead of the 35 other sexual offenders as if they were the percent of lottery revenue that winds up ones forcing sexual acts upon victims.

Prostitutes can be convicted as sex of- in the State Treasury, designated for God fenders for what is called a crime against knows what.

Legalizing prostitution would not only nature — and let me tell you, nature is easprotect these individuals but also generate ily offended.

Prostitution when oral and anal sex revenue and provide a safer encounter for are involved is considered a crime against both the prostitute and client. For a city nature. A first conviction of a crime against with an extremely high HIV/AIDS rate, nature was a felony until August 2010. A government regulation of solicited sex second conviction of a crime against na- would cut down on disease transmission ture is still harsher than simple prostitution by ensuring safer sex practices.

Prostitution — the answer to budget because the offender must appear on the sex offender registry for 15 years. A third cuts. conviction of a crime against nature gets Parker Cramer is a 20-year-old political them lifetime sex offender status. science junior from Houston. Follow him To put it simply, this is stupid.

Prostitutes are in no way, shape or on Twitter @TDR_pcramer. form sex offenders. Prostitutes provide a service: sexual favors in exchange for money. They are not forcing anyone to have sex with them. So how can they be considered sex offenders? Moreover, how can anal and oral sex carry a heavier penalty than simple prostitution?

We condemn prostitution as a sin Contact Parker Cramer at while simultaneously demanding its service. Prostitutes exist because there is a depcramer@lsureveille.com mand for them to exist. They do the things our husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends and friends with benefits wouldn’t dare.

Prostitution is a dangerous game. Nobody grows up wanting to be a prostitute.

They find themselves in times of hardship. People who lack work skills but possess sexual organs figured out somewhere along the line that sex is a skill that pays.

Prostitutes are raped, beaten and given diseases by less-than-cordial clientele. It is not a safe profession. Yet, what makes it not safe is us — our society, our politicians and our moral high ground. In an attempt to combat prostitution, we have created laws that allow for dangerous working conditions that result in violent crimes.

We can no longer desire and condemn the same thing. Our moral shortfalls allow prostitution to continue, but our pride says we must stop it.

Here’s my proposal — just let it happen. Rome fell, the British Empire fell, the Soviet Union fell — and all the while, prostitution survived. It’s a profession older than dirt that shows no sign of going anywhere.

First, get rid of the crimes against nature. They’re outdated and stupid. Are you really going to pay a hooker for regular sex? Talk about boring.

Secondly, open up brothels and protect these prostitutes. Why shouldn’t they have

Yes. Prostitution laws are meant to protect both prostitutes and their clients.

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A Louisiana judge recently altered an ancient law requiring individuals found guilty of soliciting oral or anal sex, or crimes against nature, to register as sex offenders, while vaginal sex is considered a misdemeanor. Louisiana may be the only state to separate crimes based on classification of sexual act, and GABIE BACQUES in New Orleans, where 40 Columnist percent of registered sex offenders are charged with crimes against nature, people are wondering just how necessary these laws are.

Requiring these individuals to register as sex offenders may seem harsh in some instances, but we’re overlooking a bigger issue.

These people, desperate to make ends meet, are selling their bodies for sexual favors because they don’t see another option.

Instead of trying to alter the laws, we should be thinking of ways to help them get out of the gutter.

Someone found guilty of these crimes against nature fall into the same category as those who molest children and rape others, when their offense is not necessarily a violent one. This may be unfair, but repealing this law completely is unproductive.

Those who were charged prior to this change in law still carry this stigma, while those committing the crimes today are not.

The system clearly needs some cleaning up.

Prostitution is illegal for a good reason. Usually, impoverished and poorly educated individuals take on this lifestyle. This likely contributes to the spread of sexually

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transmitted infections due to lack of proper education and means to protect themselves and others. If there were no consequences for selling sex, it would be rampant in certain areas.

No one aspires to sell his or her body for food, drugs or shelter, and the fact that officials are just altering these charges instead of doing something to prevent more young people from working the streets is repulsive. In the New Orleans area, where 80 percent of the registered sex offenders for crimes against nature are African-American women, it may be related to socioeconomic status.

These laws also catch flak for targeting LGBTQ individuals, as oral and anal sex are typically associated with these groups. Soliciting vaginal sex is in a different category of criminal offense.

Having this stigma on someone’s driver’s license for life, in some cases, seems unfair. A woman may have been charged when she was young, on her own and desperate to survive. She may have turned her life around, but she will be labeled as a criminal, with the same bold, red letters as a rapist or pedophile.

Some may say they chose this path, and that may be true to a degree. Unfortunately, it is difficult for most of us to relate to the difficult situation many find themselves in, and if nothing else, we should be thankful for that.

I doubt anyone decided to strive to make a respectable income soliciting sex, hoping to meet a rich man who buys her clothes and falls in love like Julia Roberts may have us think. It is not glamorous or humorous that these individuals live a life of shame to survive. Instead of judging them and branding them, we should be trying to help those who can hardly help themselves.

We may think it’s acceptable to sleep with anyone and everyone with no emotions involved, but for some it’s a means to live.

Be grateful you can choose when and with whom to have sex without worrying when your next meal will come.

Like any other crime, remorse over the event is not enough to merit forgetting the crime altogether. While it’s unfortunate that a young person may commit a crime he or she will later regret, prostitution is still illegal in Louisiana, and so they are in fact sex offenders. Communities and the families within them have a right to know who lives across the street.

And if nothing else, maybe the heavy charge will scare young men and women out of a risky, touch-and-go life in prostitution.

Gabie Bacques is a 21-year-old animal science senior from Mandeville. Follow her on Twitter @TDR_Gbacques.

Contact Gabie Bacques at gbacques@lsureveille.com

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