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‘Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ to film in Baton Rouge Ryan Buxton Staff Writer
Baton Rouge’s film industry will gain some fresh blood this fall as the next installment of the
“Twilight” saga comes to shoot in the capital city. Summit Entertainment has announced it will be filming parts of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” in Baton Rouge and
Vancouver, Canada, beginning in the fall. Amy Mitchell-Smith, executive director of the Baton Rouge Film Commission, said Summit has been scouting locations
and researching Baton Rouge for “well over a month.” Summit is still deliberating what will specifically be filmed in Baton Rouge, Mitchell-Smith said, but the production will
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Lsu.edu email accounts blocked Ryan Buxton Staff Writer
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A seven-foot-long alligator crawled Thursday from the Mississippi River to a landscaping building on campus, behind the old Alex Box Stadium and across the street from the football practice field. It is believed heat caused the alligator to seek cooler temperatures inside. The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries sent a nuisance alligator handler to remove the gator, which will soon be relocated to the Joyce Wildlife Management area south of Ponchatoula.
Everyone with an “@lsu. edu” email address was unable to send messages for a 24-hour period this weekend because of account hackings causing email carriers to block the addresses. The incident, which happened over Saturday and Sunday, was due to an influx of spam being sent out after lsu.edu accounts were hacked, said Sheri Thompson, IT planning and communications officer. “Our ability to send out emails completely died because we got blacklisted,” Thompson said. “No one from lsu.edu could send an email to anyone else.” Hacking into the accounts was a result of phishing scams, or an online scam to get users to enter personal information SCAM, see page 4
LITERATURE
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ celebrates 50th anniversary Iconic novel remains educational tool Nicholas Persac Staff Writer
The fictional “tired old town” of Maycomb, Ala., has captured the imaginations of high school students across the globe during the last 50 years as the setting of the iconic Southern novel that instilled in American culture that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” “It’s a powerful book, and it
captures a moment in time,” said Steven Bickmore, a University professor who teaches secondary English education. “It gives you a lot to think about, and it’s had quite an impact. Even 10 years after first being published, it was considered a type of classic and was entrenched in both American culture and the education system.” The 1961 fiction Pulitzer Prize winner “To Kill a Mockingbird” is translated into more than 40 languages, has sold more than 30 million copies and was adapted into a 1962 movie version that won three Oscars, according to
the Smithsonian. The landmark piece of literature celebrated its 50th publication anniversary July 11, and readers today are still taking from the novel relevant social commentary, including themes of race relations, gender issues and life in the South. “As an adult, students can pull different things from the book,” Bickmore said. “Adolescents will quickly identify with characters like Scout and Jem, who face adolescent issues, but college students can start to look at Atticus and see these big-time
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A display at the LSU Union bookstore Monday celebrates the 50th publication anniversary of the iconic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.
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Nation & World
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
New al-Qaida threat: Somali group claims blasts
Police: 3 dead, 4 wounded in Albuquerque shooting
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Ñ East Africa saw the emergence of a new international terrorist group Monday, as SomaliaÕ s most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militia claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people during the World Cup.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Ñ A gunman opened fire at an Albuquerque fiber optics manufacturer Monday, killing two people and wounding four others before turning the gun on himself in what police said was a domestic violence dispute. Earlier Monday, police Chief Ray Schultz said there were six dead. He explained at a news conference later that responding officers had seen people down and believed they were dead, then continued into the building to search for the gunman.
Srebrenica massacre memorial to point finger at UN SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) Ñ Phillip RuchÕ s monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of EuropeÕ s worst massacre since World War II. The Ò Pillar of ShameÓ is to be raised in the hills above Srebrenica with a controversial goal: singling out the United Nations and international leaders as the ones responsible for failing to prevent the killings.
First lady touts anti-childhood obesity initiative KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ñ A child obesity epidemic fed by fast food, sugary drinks and too much television threatens to create the first generation of American youths who live shorter lives than their parents, Michelle Obama
said Monday. The first lady was keynote speaker at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleÕ s national convention in Kansas City. She spent much of her half-hour address discussing her Ò LetÕ s MoveÓ initiative to combat child obesity. Stocks in narrow range ahead of earnings season NEW YORK (AP) Ñ Stocks closed mixed Monday as investors grew more cautious while they waited for the start of second-quarter earnings reports. They got some good news after trading ended, when Alcoa Inc. reported better than expected results. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 18 points, and the other big indexes also had slight gains. But almost two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, a sign that investors were wary about earnings.
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—BP officials attached Monday a tighter-fitting cap that could finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. The 18-foot-high, 150,000-pound metal cap was attached on Monday, but officials will have to test and monitor the equipment for two days. Late Monday afternoon, the cap was being lowered into place and was just 40 feet away from the top of the well. Ñ The Obama administration is issuing a new moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling, and itÕ s no longer based on water depth. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made the announcement Monday, arguing a pause is still needed to ensure oil and gas companies implement safety measures to reduce risks Ñ and are prepared to handle spills. The new moratorium will last through Nov. 30. Unlike the last moratorium, which applied to waters of more than 500 feet, the new one applies to any deep-water floating
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TECHNOLOGY
University phone app slated for August release Ryan Buxton Staff Writer
University news, videos and interactive campus information — beginning in the fall, there will be an app for that. The official University mobile app for smart phones will be available for free by Aug. 23, the first day of the fall semester, according to Heath Price, assistant vice chancellor of Financial and Administrative Services. “The target date is to be live for the first day of class,” Price said. “Barring something that is completely out of our control, we are on a timeline to have it launched on or before the first day of class.” When it launches, the application will include University news, videos, faculty and staff directory, as well as a campus map featuring interactive information on buildings, places, tours and GPS bus tracking, said Jeffrey Lee, IT analyst. The app, which was originally slated to be released in June, was delayed until August because of technical issues with getting information for the news feed and other features into the correct format, Lee
said. “The technology required to feed these articles to the LSU Mobile application suite took time for University Relations and ITS to create,” Lee said in an email to The Daily Reveille. “The data driving the Buildings and Places components had to be collected, or created in some instances, categorized, and formatted before it could be used.” Price said creating the app has required a significant amount of collaboration between University departments. In addition to aggregating information from a wide number of on-campus systems, the technology will also allow content on the application to be updated in real-time, Lee said. Price said he is satisfied with the features and functionality of the app, but students may find one thing noticeably absent — University sports content. Sports information will not be available on the app because of a corporate sponsorship contract University athletics has with Verizon, according to Price. “Verizon has precluded iPhone applications from having LSU
Sports content,” Price said. “There’s no problem with that — that’s a valuable partnership LSU athletics has. But it will limit what data we can push through to the app.” The application will be available for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Google’s Android platform, Price said, and it will also be accessible via the Internet for other types of phones. Though the app will be available through various avenues, Price said the main focus with development has been on the iPhone. “We’ve been focused on the iPhone because the market share is what it is,” he said. “The iPhone is absolutely dominant.” Price said because most students will use the application via the iPhone, that platform is the standard for the app’s usability. Price said delays that prevented the app from being released in June did have one benefit. More content than anticipated was able to be included for the app’s August launch. The faculty and staff directory as well as the tours component were able to be included with the extra time, Lee said. After the initial launch of
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[Left] A screen shot from the new University mobile phone app shows a list of LSU news. [Right] A screen shot of LSU’s campus map locates users and buildings.
the app, work will continue on expanding its features. Price said the developers will examine whether they want to explore making the app more personalized for students. “The sentiment is that this type of dynamic application could be used as more of an authenticated mechanism to allow you to schedule
classes or pay your fee bill,” he said. Price said the University will have to determine whether expanding the app in that direction is a valuable endeavor. Contact Ryan Buxton at rbuxton@lsureveille.com
MATTICUS FINCH
Emmys honor ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Glee’ with most nominations The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Thursday what may be its most promising list of Emmy nominations in several years. As always, a plethora of eye rolls can come from reading the list of nominees — Jon Cryer, anyone? — but one can hope the Emmys will get it right when Aug. 29 rolls around. If not, at least we have host Jimmy Fallon.
COMEDY There’s a whole lot of glee abounding the comedy categories this year. Pun intended. Huge props to the Emmys for nominating “Modern Family” for just about everything worthwhile — except poor Ed O’Neill, who was the only significant supporting star to be shut out of the acting categories. While it would be nice to see “Family” take home Outstanding Comedy Series, we can probably expect to see the ubiquitous “Glee” steal the honor instead, if the Emmys can sacrifice giving it to “30 Rock” or “The Office” for a year. The lead acting categories don’t offer much in terms of surprise, and we see yet another overdone nomination for “Monk’s” Tony Shalhoub, who will apparently be nominated for every season in which he breathes. The supporting categories are entirely more appealing, however. Five of the 12 Best Supporting Actor and Actress nominees comes from “Modern Family,” and it would be especially nice to see Ty Burrell and Sofia Vergara take home some Emmy gold, but comedy fans can expect Vergara to receive a tough run for her money. The Emmys have probably
already etched viewer favorite Jane Lynch’s name on the Supporting Actress statuette for her “Glee” work, although perhaps “Saturday Night Live” favorite Kristen Wiig has offered enough laughs to make her a winner next month. But curses to the Emmys for honoring Holland Taylor and Jon Cryer — both of the atrocious “Two and a Half Men” — who stole spots from O’Neill and all the supporting players of “30 Rock” and “The Office.” Also notably missing from the comedy categories Matthew Jacobs Senior Staff are Mary-Louise Writer Parker — and all of “Weeds,” for that matter — and Courteney Cox, who has finally redeemed her name with “Cougar Town.”
DRAMA Long live “Lost,” and the Emmys followed suit, albeit not as much as they should have. The mysterious drama’s final season received all the major accolades it was expected to, including a much-overdue nomination for lead actor Matthew Fox, who we can only hope will win in order to assail his many previous snubs in the category. Repeat nominees Michael Emerson, Terry O’Quinn and Elizabeth Mitchell all scored well, but unfortunately Yunjin Kim — easily the show’s best actress — and Jorge Garcia are lost from the ballot. Both exit the series with a disheartening zero nominations.
But Emmy voters can expect critical darlings “Mad Men” and “Dexter” to give the ABC drama and its players a run for their mystery. With the exception of entries from Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton — who finally receive attention for their “Friday Night Lights” work — the lead acting categories are plastered with favorites like Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”), Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) and Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”) on the male side and Glenn Close (“Damages”) and Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”) on the female side. Expect Chandler, Britton and “Lost’s” Fox to be shut out in favor of Hamm and Margulies. Emmy notably didn’t express any love for “Big Love” in its fourth season, however. The HBO drama received no major acting nominations. Even critical darling Chloë Sevigny — who won the Golden Globe in January for her performance — was left off the ballot.
VARIETY It’s a mad, mad world in the arena of late-night talk shows. The Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien battle wages on, and O’Brien can add a few duly noted points to his name. The booted-out talk show host earned several nominations — including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for his version of “The Tonight Show” — while Leno and his “Tonight Show” were shut out of the Emmy list entirely. It
probably wouldn’t be too much of a shock to see O’Brien walk away with some of those deserved nominations, either, if for no other reason than a well-played “told you so” directed straight at NBC’s idiocy. Good job at sticking it to the man, Emmy voters. Now keep up the good work by awarding “Modern Family” and “Lost” with everything possible. Thanks. Contact Matthew Jacobs at mjacobs@lsureveille.com
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under the guise of an official email, Thompson said. Thompson said users responded to emails that claimed the account’s 20 gigabytes of ram had been filled up and the user’s password was needed to solve the issue. When the password is given, the account is hacked and
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adult decisions he has to make.” The book is narrated by Scout Finch, who watches with her older brother Jem as their lawyer father Atticus defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. The children struggle with racial backlash from the community because of Atticus’ client and are ultimately saved by the mysterious Boo Radley, the reclusive neighbor who leaves gifts for the children in a tree. “There are so many little stories inside of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’” said Susan Weinstein, assistant English professor. “There is a lot for people to latch on to and relate to.” Nancy Colyar, assistant dean of LSU Libraries, said her
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remain in the city until spring 2011. “That in and of itself makes this, aside from the pop culture phenomenon aspect of ‘Twilight,’ something that will be hugely beneficial for the [Baton Rouge] market,” she said. “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth chapter in the “Twilight” story, will be released as two separate films in the franchise, which has grossed more than $1.4 billion worldwide to date, according to a news release from Summit Entertainment. Getting the vampire film juggernaut to the Red Stick was the result of aggressive marketing by the Baton Rouge Film Commission, said Paul Arrigo, chairman of the BRFC and president of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The Baton Rouge Film Commission was very involved with soliciting and nabbing ‘Twilight’ for Baton Rouge,” Arrigo said. Mitchell-Smith said she worked hard to communicate constantly with the film’s producers, making herself available at all times for questions about production. “We’re putting our best foot forward in the market and showing them exactly what it is they want to see,” she said. “This is about customer service, first and foremost.” In addition to Louisiana’s tax incentives to production studios, Mitchell-Smith said Baton Rouge offers a wide array of benefits that lure projects to the city. “The film industry obviously spends so much money locally that another major reason you have local offices like our Baton Rouge Film Commission is so we can be aggressive promoters and marketers of our area,” she said. One of the city’s programs to benefit film studios is a
begins sending spam mail. “Some of them say the emails are from a ‘system administrator,’ but its not from anyone real,” Thompson said. A similar incident occurred last week, Thompson said, when lsu.edu addresses were blocked by filters at Hotmail and MSN. The threat was quickly contained and the blocks from those department has a total of six print copies of the novel in circulation with an additional two videocassettes and one LP recording in the collection. Since each of these editions has been available, they have been checked out a total of 356 times, she said. Bickmore guesses 75 percent of American high schools teach the book, and Weinstein taught the novel in Bolivia, where she said high school students reaffirmed the American racial tensions shown in other media coming from the states. Patricia Suchy, a performance studies professor in the Department of Communication Studies, “had a fascination” with “To Kill a Mockingbird” when she first read it during high school, and at the University she
The Daily Reveille carriers were lifted. But the incident on Saturday and Sunday was much more widespread, constituting what Thompson called a “phish frenzy.” Because of the high volume of spam, all email carriers blocked lsu.edu addresses, Thompson said. The block mostly affected
faculty and staff members who use the lsu.edu email system. Students who have a tigers.lsu. edu address were unaffected, Thompson said, though messages sent to their lsu.edu address and automatically forwarded to their tigers.lsu.edu address may not have been received. Thompson said it is important to prevent this from
happening again, and users can ensure that by not responding to emails asking for any sensitive information. “We never ever ask you to give your password ever or any personal information over email,” she said.
sponsored a performance about online experience. the book in the HopKins Black “Instead of trying to say Box Theatre. ‘this is the way you The 2004 should read the novperformance el,’ we wanted to “13 Ways To take many aspects Kill a Mockof the book,” Suchy ingbird” used said. “It showed 13 videos, live different ways of performances looking at the book and other vibut letting the audisuals to tackle ence wander around the book’s [the theatre] to see many angles. the different porSuchy said she tions.” realized the Harper Lee, Susan Weinstein book meant who wrote “To Kill LSU assistant English professor different things a Mockingbird,” has to people, and been notoriously she wanted reclusive since the to capture its entire essence in book’s publication and did not the performance, which she follow her first novel with a seclater adapted into an interactive ond. Though she rarely grants
interviews or makes public appearances, Lee traveled in 2007 to the White House, where she received from President George W. Bush the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the U.S. “There is something about the person who comes out with one great book and then just disappears that appears to our imagination somehow because of the mystery,” Weinstein said.
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‘There are so many little stories inside of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ There is a lot for people to latch on to and relate to.’
“grassroots vendor discount pro- haunts for members of the production to sink their teeth into. gram,” Mitchell-Smith said. “There will be so many peoThe program includes more than 70 local businesses, rang- ple temporarily in town, including ing from office supply stores to actors, actresses and crew, who restaurants, spas and car rental are, in effect, visitors,” Arrigo companies, which typically offer said. Mitchell-Smith said Baton 15- to 20-percent discounts to film Rouge offers film productions. casts and crews amIn addiple activities to ention to helping tertain them during keep producdowntime. tion costs man“If you spend a ageable for film couple months workstudios, the ing in a market unfaprogram also miliar to you, work benefits local is a priority, but you businesses that want to have some get more traffic fun,” she said. “One and can create of the benefits of brand awarefilming in southern ness in the Louisiana in general film industry, is you can go to LSU Mitchell-Smith football games or you said. Amy Mitchell-Smith can ride bikes around The production’s pro- Baton Rouge Film Commission the LSU lakes, like executive director Patrick Dempsey has longed presbeen doing.” ence in Baton Dempsey has Rouge will be advantageous for local crew been in Baton Rouge for the last members who will have work for several weeks filming “Flypaper,” as long as the project is in the city. a comedy about a bank robbery, “Sometimes you’re on a and has been spotted around the show for two to three months, city. Arrigo said he hopes to dethen you’re looking for another production,” Mitchell-Smith said. velop ways to tie in aspects of “Folks on this [project] will have Baton Rouge and Louisiana with consistent employment and a huge the presence of “Breaking Dawn” resume builder, never even having and the HBO series “True Blood,” which filmed in Baton Rouge last to go to California.” Mitchell-Smith said “Break- summer. With the current craze of ing Dawn” will be an “enormous boost” to Baton Rouge’s economy vampire literature and film, Arthrough set building and produc- rigo said area attractions like the tion work, as well as the stimulus 13th Gate haunted house and the of cast and crew who stay in ho- Myrtles Plantation could be tied in to those productions. tels and eat in local restaurants. “There’s a certain following “There is a constant multiplication on the dollars the produc- that would come to this area and tion is spending in our commu- want to visit to those sites,” he said. nity,” she said. As the “Breaking Dawn” production swoops into Baton Rouge, the city also has a chance Contact Ryan Buxton at to promote itself by offering local rbuxton@lsureveille.com
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‘Folks on [the ‘Twilight’ project] will have consistent employment and a huge resume builder, never even having to go to California.’
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Sports
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LSU pitchers Joey Bourgeois, Chris Matulis to undergo Tommy John surgery
QB Chris Garrett to transfer from LSU OL Stavion Lowe parts with Tigers Michael Lambert Contributing Writer
the surgery and the rehab,” Mainieri said. “It’ll be at least a year before they will get back to form.” Mainieri said he was most worried about the pitchers themselves. “My biggest concern is for them,” Mainieri said. “They were both very distraught about the news for obvious reasons.” Mainieri said Bourgeois and
A large spotlight isnÕ t typically shone onto a football team’s third string quarterback. But the situation is different at LSU, where the backup quarterbacks are seen as a way to gauge the future of the team. Redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Garrett will no longer be part of LSU’s future after deciding to leave the program, according to sports information director Michael Bonnette. Garrett was sitting third on the depth chart behind junior quarterbacks Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee. “We wish Chris the best,” said LSU coach Les Miles in a press release. “There are no hard feelings. Chris is a good kid. We hope he has success wherever he ends up.” The 6-foot-4-inch, 235-pound quarterback didn’t throw a pass in a regular season game, only getting limited action in LSU’s spring games. Shea Dixon, managing editor for TigerSportsDigest.com, said Garrett received a letter saying he would not be on scholarship next season. Dixon said the quarterback decided his time in Baton Rouge was done after talking to Miles. “Heading into this summer he
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[Left] LSU sophomore pitcher Joey Bourgeois warms up between innings Feb. 21 during the Tigers’ 4-0 win against Centenary at Alex Box Stadium. [Right] LSU sophomore pitcher Chris Matulis throws the ball March 4 during the Tigers’ 8-1 win against Pepperdine. Bourgeois and Matulis will not play next season while they undergo Tommy John surgery.
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri has said his least favorite day of the year is the first day of the MLB draft when he has to say goodbye to veteran players and sweat out the potential of losing recruits to the big leagues. Last week Mainieri experienced another painful day when he heard two of his experienced pitchers, sophomores Joey Bourgeois and Chris Matulis, need Tommy
John surgery. doctor and found out they needed “I was absolutely shocked,” Tommy John surgery.” Mainieri said. “It The procewas kind of a dark dure, named after a Michael Lambert day for me.” former MLB pitchContributing Writer Mainieri said er, has advanced the pair of pitchers found out around through the years, but recovery is the same time after experiencing el- still a lengthy road. bow pain. It is caused from the wearing “They were playing catch and down of a ligament in the throwing started feeling pain in their elbows,” elbow. Mainieri said. “They went to the Ò ItÕ s a long process for them Ñ
BASEBALL
Mahtook selected to national collegiate team Gaudet competes in Home Run Derby Mark Clements Contributing Writer
One of the highest honors in sports is representing your country on a national level. LSU outfielder Mikie Mahtook has earned those honors. After a week-long tryout held in Cary, N.C., Mahtook was one of 22 players selected to the 2010 USA Collegiate National Team. Thirty-six players, including LSU shortstop Austin Nola, traveled to Cary for trias last week, and the final roster was announced Sunday.
Although Nola did not make the final roster, Mahtook got the good news that he would be playing outfield for the national team. “They both did fantastic, and I’m just so proud of them. All the people associated with LSU should be proud of them,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. “I told Mikie that as much as we all love LSU, heÕ s playing for a much bigger team now … he’s playing for the whole country.” The trials included seven days of intra-squad games and practices held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in North Carolina. The team consists of collegiate players and coaches from around the country, and makes stops in two different countries. Team USA will play a five-game
series against Korea Republic, followed by a one-game international friendly match against the Japanese Collegiate All-Star Team. Competition begins July 14 and will be held in Rosenblatt Stadium. The team then travels to Taipei, Taiwan, to take on Chinese Taipei and Tokyo, Japan, for the FISU World University Baseball Championships. Team USA has won the past three FISU Championships, in 2004, 2006 and 2008. “It should be a great experience for him to travel and get to play in Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha and then travel to the Orient,” Mainieri said. “It’ll be a wonderful experience.” BASEBALL, see page 7
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LSU sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook (8) fouls off a pitch March 13 during the Tiger’s 4-2 win against Kansas in Alex Box Stadium.
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Matulis have the capability to return to form after the surgery. Bourgeois started 12 games this past season, going 4-1 with a 6.68 ERA. The Lutcher High School product saw most of his time on the mound in the beginning of the season. Bourgeois only had one start in the final 23 games, working mostly out of the bullpen. Matulis was in the weekend rotation for some Southeastern Conference games before returning to
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was trying to see when he would get a shot,Ó Dixon said. Ò Miles let it be known Jordan Jefferson and Jarrett Lee would be the top guys for the next two years. Chris just thinks heÕ s good enough to play before then.Ó Garrett will finish out the summer at LSU and then move on to another school. Ò [The LSU coaches] felt he didnÕ t make enough progress from the time he was there,Ó said Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision. Ò He didnÕ t show enough growth.Ó Dixon said Garrett was told he couldnÕ t transfer to any Southeastern Conference school except Mississippi State. The Tupelo, Miss., native initially committed to the Bulldogs
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Despite Nola not making the team, Mainieri said the situation may have actually worked out better for him. Ò I think the best thing for him was to go back to the [Cape Cod Baseball League] where he can get a chance to play every day and play shortstop every day,Ó Mainieri said. Ò I think itÕ s important that he gets the repetitions and plays a lot of games against outstanding competition.Ó Mainieri went on to say the honor of being asked to the national team extends far past baseball skills. Ò I think it speaks volumes about not only the ability of our players, but the character of our players as well,Ó he said. Ò ThereÕ s no way a player would even be invited to the USA team trials, much less make the team, if they werenÕ t of impeccable character.Ó Mahtook averaged .335 with 80 hits and 14 home runs last season and had a fielding percentage of .962. The Lafayette native was a vital member of the baseball teamÕ s 2009 National Championship run. Nola batted .320 last season with 83 hits and five home runs, with a fielding percentage of .976. Mainieri said he is looking to Nola once against to start at shortstop next season. Ò When you think of LSU baseball going into 2011, the first couple names that will pop into your mind will be Mahtook and Nola,Ó Mainieri said. Ò Those guys are great representatives of our school and of our baseball program.Ó GAUDET COMPETES Last Wednesday, LSU senior designated hitter Matt Gaudet got his first opportunity to stand in the batterÕ s box at Rosenblatt Stadium. The former Tiger was one of
the bullpen. The left-handed pitcher recorded a 5-3 record with a 5.33 ERA. Ò Things like this happen,Ó Mainieri said. Ò ItÕ s sad because both of these kids have to improve.Ó They were both expected to at least vie for spots in the weekend rotation, which is already going to be young after the loss of Austin Ross to the Milwaukee Brewers and potential loss of Anthony Ranaudo to the Red Sox. Ò ThereÕ s going to be a lot of new faces on the pitching staff,Ó Mainieri said. Ò WeÕ re going to have
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maybe 10 or 11 new pitchers.Ó Juniors Ben Alsup and Daniel Bradshaw are the most experienced pitchers left, even though both werenÕ t staples in the rotation. Alsup finished the 2010 season strong, allowing one hit in seven innings of work against Ole Miss in SEC tournament. Bradshaw was mainly limited to the bullpen but started and gave the Tigers a victory against Alabama in the SEC tournament championship game. Zach Lee, Ryan Eades and Kevin Gausman are all incoming
freshman who were selected in this yearÕ s MLB draft but could bypass the big leagues and compete for a starting job at LSU. Ò If we are fortunate with the draft, we could end up with a nice group of pitchers,Ó Mainieri said. Lee, who was chosen 28th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, is believed to be staying at LSU to play football and baseball for the Tigers. The McKinney, Texas, native has been enrolled in summer classes and is practicing with the football team.
Gausman was taken by the Dodgers in the sixth round. Eades, a Northshore High School alumnus, was picked in the 19th round by the Colorado Rockies. Ò There will be some growing pains,Ó Mainieri said. Ò We are going to be young, but itÕ ll be fun to watch them develop.Ó
before signing with LSU. Garrett would have to sit out a year if he switched to an NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision school, but he could play this season if he moved to a Football Championship Subdivision program. Ò HeÕ s contacted schools in Louisiana Ñ Southeastern for sure,Ó Nadeau said. Dixon said a lack of practice repetitions aided in GarrettÕ s decision to transfer. “He got big-time reps his first spring, and this year he hardly got any reps,Ó Dixon said. Dixon talked to GarrettÕ s parents, who said they fully supported their sonÕ s decision. Ò TheyÕ re big fans,Ó Dixon said. Ò They were behind Chris. They just want things to die down so Chris can make his decision.Ó GarrettÕ s departure leaves four
quarterbacks on the depth chart, with Jefferson and Lee on top with the most experience. Ò [LSU is] taking a big chance by letting a quarterback go,Ó Nadeau said. Ò They are going to roll the dice.Ó Incoming freshman quarterback Zach Lee has been practicing with the team this summer. Lee was selected with the 28th pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers in this yearÕ s MLB draft, but all signs point to the McKinney, Texas, native remaining at LSU to play football and baseball. “Zach Lee is definitely staying,Ó Dixon said. Ò They wouldnÕ t cut a guy if they thought [Lee] was going pro.Ó Walk-on Barrett Bailey from University High School is also on the roster. Ò They have to feel pretty good
about Barrett Bailey,Ó Dixon said. Ò HeÕ s got a golden opportunity.Ó
Dixon said playing time was the biggest reason for the move. Ò He said it was a personal decision,Ó Dixon said. Ò He felt like he wants to crack the field.” Dixon said Lowe is looking to transfer to a top school and take the year off, per NCAA rule. Ò He wants to sit out a year and then be ready after that,Ó Dixon said.
eight collegiate sluggers selected to participate in the TD Ameritrade Inaugural Home Run Derby. Gaudet hit two homers in the competition but did not advance past the first round of competition. Mainieri said despite the early exit, he was proud to have a Tiger represented in the competition. Ò Matt Gaudet could have swung and missed at every pitch and I still would have been proud of him,Ó he said. Ò I was just so happy for him that he got the opportunity to step into the batterÕ s box at Rosenblatt Stadium.Ó Gaudet batted .283 with a team leading 19 home runs last season. Throughout his career, Gaudet was plagued with missing
opportunities to hit at Rosenblatt Stadium. In 2008 Gaudet was injured for the second half of the season and traveled to Omaha, but was not able to play with the team. In 2009, the slugger was left off of the team due to new 35-man roster limitations. And in 2010, the baseball team came up short of advancing to the College World Series. Ò I thought this was a great way for him to cap his career and give him an experience heÕ ll never forget,Ó Mainieri said.
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LOWE LEAVES LSU Offensive lineman Stavion Lowe has also left the LSU program, according to Bonnette. Ò He has left the program,Ó Bonnette said. Ò I just know he is no longer in school and will pursue a new situation.Ó The Brownwood, Texas, native came to the Tigers as a Scout. com four-star recruit in LSUÕ s 2009 recruiting class.
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Blizzard plans to combat trolls, but changes its mind
Technology is such a fickle mistress. You could go out and buy the latest and greatest, top-of-the-line you name it — computer, TV, phone — and by the time you get it home, there’s already something superior out on the market. Something will always be better than what you have, and news can change before it’s even written. This brings forth many challenges for me as the tech writer for The Daily Reveille. I could write a column on a certain topic and a few months later, everything I wrote about would look completely silly due to facts changing or something evolving. Technology could also advance so quickly by the time I write about the topic I pitched a week prior, it could be old news or completely changed. In a funny turn of events, both of these scenarios have finally caught up with me for today’s column. But since I’m quick on my feet — rather, my keyboard in this instance — I can make it work. During the spring semester, I
wrote a column about how giving people anonymity on the Internet brings out the worst in some people. It’s humorous how bold some people can get when they’re nothing but a screen name behind a keyboard in an Internet forum. While these “trolls” can ruin a user’s online experience, it’s something that’s been going on and should just be ignored. However, nowhere did I mention users’ real names should be plastered on message boards when posting to combat Internet trolls — that would be silly. While it would alleviate some of the trolling problems, it would easily be more of a danger and concern than a proper solution. Obviously myself and World of Warcraft developer/publisher Blizzard Entertainment didn’t agree (at first). Last Tuesday the publishing giant announced to combat “flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness.” All users posting on the Battle.net forums would have their real first and last names displayed alongside their forum username.
For those unfamiliar, Battle.net is a service Blizzard provides for its games – such as StarCraft, World of Warcraft, Diablo, etc. — that not only hosts games but also allows players to talk about current games with other users as well as interact with other features provided by Blizzard. Unfortunately like most Internet forums, Battle.net had its fair share of AdAm Arinder users that seem to get off on Columnist stirring up trouble on the Internet. Therefore, Blizzard devised “Real ID” to help battle forum trolls. While it makes sense on paper that forcing users to post their real names would help tame outspoken posters, it would also easily lead to stalking, sexual harassment and possibly real-life violence, among other possibilities. To show support behind their new campaign, Blizzard
employees started including their Real ID alongside their posts to show “it wasn’t a big deal.” Shortly after users discovered one employee’s real name, personal information was posted, including his phone number, picture, age, home address and family members’ names, ages and photos. Yeah, that does sound like a big deal — a big, scary deal. You think Facebook stalking is bad? Some people take their StarCraft matches very seriously and don’t like to lose. What would happen if they found out the player who just humiliated them online lives only 30 minutes away? You may be thinking no one would be stupid enough to hurt or kill someone over a video game, but there are some sick people in this world. Sadly I have many an example of this type of situation, but that’s another column for another day. Fortunately, these questions I just asked can be set aside for now because not only does Blizzard make highly successful games – they also do a good job of listening
to their players. A mere three days after Real ID was announced (and two days after I pitched this column) Blizzard announced they would be retracting their Real ID “solution” due to community feedback. Blizzard stated it will still continue forward with other planned improvements to Battle.net in preparation of the upcoming release of “StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty” and the next World of Warcraft expansion, “Cataclysm,” but it will be removing the Real ID feature at this time. The “at this time” phrase worries me because this could mean Real ID could return, but hopefully its nothing but PR speech. The Internet should stay the anonymous cesspool it is right now. Sure, it may make some websites an annoyance to visit, but while Internet flaming may be bad – stalking, harassing and murdering in real life is always worse. Contact Adam Arinder at aarinder@lsureveille.com
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Stay excited about turning 21, it’s downhill after
You’ve heard it before, and I’m here to say it’s true. It’s all downhill after 21. If you’re 21, you know the downward spiral I’m referring to. If you haven’t reached this bittersweet age yet, enjoy the ride, because it doesn’t last long. We all know the joys of birthdays, and as the numbers increase, the rewards get bigger until they eventually flatline. Remember when it was a big deal that you turned 13? That’s the wonderful number that separates the children from the teenagers. You start getting a little more responsibility from your parents and, in turn, a little more freedom. You can finally watch PG-13 movies and go places with your friends without parental supervision. This was also the age that I got my first cell phone and back then, that was a big deal. My friends could call me at any time, and I could stay on the phone for as long as I wanted (only if it was after 7 p.m. or on weekends, but hey, I wasn’t going to complain). I also remember this being the point where I started to realize the impact of my upcoming birthdays and what the future held in store for
me.
Skipping the awkward tween ages of 14 and 15, we arrive at 16, which is usually the earliest opportunity of being able to drive. Now, I was a late bloomer and didn’t get my license until I was 17 (thank you parents), but having friends that could drive at 16 was just as good. It is the greatest feeling to jump into your friend’s car, with the intention of going nowhere, and driving around all night listening to muBrittAny dAvis sic and finding Columnist some trouble to get into. Those are the kinds of nights that make being a teenager so fun. It’s the innocent time of your life with no real responsibility or things to worry about and life couldn’t seem much better. But, in the state of Louisiana, at the age of 17, a person is no longer considered a minor or a juvenile and they can be tried in court without the special protections offered by the juvenile justice system, so maybe those innocent times won’t last too
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long. One upside of turning 17 is being able to see R-rated movies. No more buying tickets to another movie and sneaking in the theater, hoping not to get caught. Then we get to 18, which in actuality is a bigger birthday than 21. In the United States, at the age of 18, all legal citizens can vote and enlist in the military. On a lighter and more fun note, you can finally get into bars and buy cigarettes. But in most other countries, the legal age for everything is 18, including drinking. For some reason, the powers that be arbitrarily decided that 21 should be the legal drinking age in the United States, which makes for a big build up because once the excitement of turning 18 wears down, the itch for 21 begins. There aren’t many things special about turning 19, unless you live in Alabama, Alaska, New Jersey and Utah because this is the legal age to buy cigarettes, not 18. And unfortunately, there aren’t many exciting things about turning 20, either, except that you are no longer a teenager, so maybe this is why there is such a build up turning 21. Then, finally, you reach the pinnacle, golden age of 21 and all the
alcohol and gambling that comes with it. But once the birthday celebrations are over and stores actually don’t card you as much as you thought they would, the fun wears off, just like with the other special birthday numbers. And now what? You can rent a car at 25, and that’s about it. Birthdays lose their importance
over time, but I guess no one needs to celebrate their 47th birthday. Like the ole’ folks say, “It’s just another year.” So enjoy the milestones, kids, because they won’t last long. Contact Brittany Davis at bdavis@lsureveille.com
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New W policy sweet for slackers, good for LSU Your alarm clock goes off. You stumble your way to the nightstand and press the snooze button. Five awesome minutes later, another really annoying radio jingle pollutes your ears. You get up again and turn the clock off. After drifting back to dreaming about Scarlett Johansson, you are once again awakened, this time by your cell phone alarm. You look at the screen which reads “Bio exam #2.” Great. Another exam for a class you haven’t been to in weeks. You start to weigh your options. Failing would suck. The comfort of your bed says otherwise, but you know you shouldn’t just sleep it away. Then the magical letter pops into your mind, the great twentythird letter of the alphabet that’s been saving struggling students
forever: “W.” After a quick logging on to Paws and a few clicks the deed is done. Instead of having a failing grade for the course, you now just get a withdrawal grade. LSU’s new W policy going into effect this fall is great news for both students and the University. The previous policy broke down W’s into five tiers. Tier one, freshmen with 0-29 hours, were allowed three W grades. The other four tiers (30-59, 6091, 92-119, and more than 119 hours) were allowed only one W grade. The new policy changes the number of tiers from five to three. The first tier is students with 0-59 hours and is allowed three W grades. The second tier is 60119 hours and also allows three W grades. Finally the third tier is
above 119 hours and allows only one W. The group most negatively affected by this new policy is freshmen. No longer can a LSU noob “find out about college” by earning three W’s in less than 30 hours. As per the new Cory Cox policy, it is Columnist now stretched out to 60 hours. As an incoming senior, I am happy to see I now have an additional opportunity to use a W. Lo and behold I’m also in the lucky group that got to use an extra “W” during previous tiers because of the new policy’s grandfathered clause. Thank you, LSU. Although I am a support-
er of Ws I think that setting a limit is the right decision by the administration. Some schools like Florida, offer students unlimited W’s. This seems like a classic case of “too much of anything is a bad thing.” I could see some people racking up W’s until they’ve reached Van Wilder-like years in enrollment. I know pre-med and law students and generally anyone interested in going to grad school might be worried about having a W on their transcripts. That decision is up to you, but a W is definitely better than a failing course grade. An F will bring 0 points to your grade point average while a W does not hurt or help the GPA. The University will also benefit from this new policy. Hypothetically, a student could fail a class, bring down his grade point average low enough and eventu-
ally flunk out of LSU altogether. I’m sure we all know someone who has done this. With (hopefully) more upperclassmen staying in school because of the new policies, the University will boast a higher graduation rate along with an overall higher grade point averages across the board. Several W grades will often lead to a student having to enroll in school additional semesters, bringing more money to the University. So when you’re at a crossroads in life next midterms and can’t decide if you should study for a class you are already failing or head out to Boogie’s to slam brews, keep the new W policy in mind. It always comes in handy. Contact Cory Cox at ccox@lsureveille.com
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Voices of the Gulf: The Boat Launch Chronicles
In keeping with my usual predilection for oil spill-related coverage, I have opted for a Gulf Coast column today — if my editorials can even be described as “reporting,” since these rhapsodies on ruination and oil greed are usually about as objective as some of the infamous BP blog postings describing skimming boat operations as “a ballet at sea as mesmerizing as any performance in a concert hall” — except my mutineer ramblings tend to fall on the opposite end of the political spectrum of discourse. To clarify my expertise in Gulf surveying, I am seasonally employed by a Colorado-based research company — a consulting firm ultimately passing along its collected data to a federal agency, NOAA. It is a queer experience issuing these surveys: an incongruous kid shuffling up to a crew of fishermen with an officiallooking clipboard in hand and the same nervous smile and professional credibility of a used car salesman. Then there is the honorific stigma of identifying oneself as a representative of “NOAA,” a name that conjures up the same gut feelings of fear and loathing for charter fishermen as the corollary white-collar terror of a strange man in suit and tie confronting you at work and formally introducing himself as an IRS agent. It was NOAA, after all, who instated hardline regulations on red snapper to prevent “overfishing” of the species in 2008. When I spoke with the deckhand Pete of the Pat-Al charter boat docked in Delta Marina in Empire, my mention of NOAA’s
red snapper-season arbitration gave him serious pause. “That’s another joke, right there,” he said, going on to describe the actual abundance of red snapper in the Gulf. “The captains and deckhands, they’re not allowed to keep any red snapper. The [guests] are allowed two each.” Conversely, commercial fishermen are allowed to catch 300 pounds of red snapper — per Trevor Fanning 12 hour period. Pete went Columnist on to explain what happens to a fish swimming at a depth of 80 feet that is suddenly reeled up to the surface. “They puff up,” he said, gesturing an inflating balloon motion with his hands. Pete explained that deckhands are instructed to pop the red snapper’s grossly inflated “swim bladder” with a fish hook or special tool. “But even with that, when you throw ‘em back, you’re only talkin’ about a 50% chance of survival,” he said. “I mean, you can throw ’em back in and watch the sharks eat ’em, but you can’t keep ’em. It’s stupid.” These sorts of anecdotes serve as a grim reminder of the frequent discord between career fishermen and the bureaucratic entities that regulate the high seas on which those same fishermen toil to earn their daily bread. And while their livelihoods might not be as directly and irrevocably compromised by April 20th’s Deepwater Horizon blowout, recreational fishermen are similarly irate and no less critical
of the man-made calamity and its perceived inadequate response efforts by both federal agencies and BP. “Of all the people – British Petroleum,” said Mike, a local fisherman who permanently docks his boat in the wet slips of Cochiara’s Marina in Jean Lafitte. “If it were Chevron, or Exxon, or even Shell — although Shell was originally a foreign company too, Royal Dutch Shell — the other companies wouldn’t handle it like this.”
Mike explained the scheme of “improvident avarice,” to borrow a phrase from the American slave and writer Olaudah Equiano, which was employed by BP as a normative measure and as a matter of company policy in response to the spill. “British Petroleum, they’re tight — they don’t like to spend a lot of money so they can keep profits high — just like Texaco did in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s.” The sagely knowledge of
just a handful of the thousands of people afflicted by this spill is enough to give one a certain humbling perspective on the uniqueness of our unusual state’s culture — and embolden all of us to help preserve it in whatever small way, in the cosmic scheme of things, we possibly can.
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TuEsdAy, july 13, 2010 767-2678. NO PETS. CONdO FOr rENT 2 Bdrm, 2 Bath, gated, First floor, with Frig. dW. Stove. Wsh/dr. hookup. call for details 337.519.0017 L S U Walk to Campus -pool- 2Br all appls. inc w/ d $695 1Br $495 Studio inc ul’s $445. 2Br near BrCC $595. 766-5511 HOUSE FOr rENT 3 Br, 2 BA, Close to LSU. $1200. mo. $500. deposit. Pets welcome. Call 985.688.2757 3 BEdrOOM CONdOS 5252 Brightside View. washer/dryer $1200/mth $600 dep. 588-3070 southlandpropertiesinc. com CArLOTTA/ E. STATE/ IVANHOE walk to class. 1 and 2 bedroom units $350-$495 call Eric 225-588-3039 3 Bdr CONdO 1.5 bath, on bus route, gated, security, w/d, dw, HdTV, gym, pool, $1050 225.769.2840 1Br/1BA FOr LEASE Condo near LSU on Park Blvd. $850/mo Includes water, cable & internet. Gated community, across from City Park. For more info call Keyfinders realty Or VISIT www.keyfindersBr.com 225.293.3000 2 BEdrOOM 1. 5 bath apt. on Nicholson dr. $400 deposit. $650 per month. (225)768-7093 $AVE $ WALK TO LSU! LGE 1 Br APT 7697757 / 266 -8666 / 278-6392 rOOMATES NEEdEd 2 bed/bath for
rent in house near LSU. rent $500 (negotiable) plus utilities. Girls preferable. Call for details - 225.247.0804 1Br/1BA FOr LEASE $495/mo on LSu Bus route. 4647 Earl Gros #6 & 7 dep. $400 1st months rent 1/2 off. call Keyfinders realty for more info or visit www.keyfindersBr.com 225.293.3000 LSU TIGErLANd SPECIAL Lg Studios 1&2 Br TH &Flat Pool, w/f, $450 to $695 225.615.8521 HIGHLANd ANd LEE 175 Burgin Ave, 1br/1ba, w/d on site, w/s included. $589/mo, $400 deposit. 225.252.3163 1 Bd rM AVAIL AUGUST 1ST. 4065, 4118 and 4243 Burbank. From $475. 978-1649. $300 deposit. Near Walk-Ons and Mellow Mushroom. www.lsubr.com for pictures and floor plans. 3 BEdrOOM CONdO Highlander condominium - Gated Community - 3 bed/2 bath/Inside Laundry - walking distance to campus - Full kitchen appliances with refrig/ice maker $1200 a month 504.909.3157 LSU 1 BEdrOOMS 1984 Brightside # 219 $650 gated, on bus rt. pool 588-3070 1464 SHArLO 3 Bedroom 2.5 Bath Townhome $1100/mth $600 dep. fenced patio, w/d 955-6480 southlandpropertiesinc.com GArdEN dISTrICT BUNGALOW , 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, living and dining rooms. Available immediately. $1000/ mo, 225 343 2924 0r 225.270.2825 3Br/2.5BA 1500SqFT $1140/MONTH
South Brightside View drive: On-Site Manager, Flexible Leasing Terms, Washer & dryer, Ceiling Fans, Central A/ C, Near Bus Stop, Small Pets Allowed, Master Bedroom has it’s own Bathroom and Walk-In Closet, Available Now 225.978.7400 IVy CONdOS 223 West Parker Blvd. 1Br,2Br flat,2Br town homes, W/ d Included Call 225-572-9002 BLOx @ BrIGHTSIdE 3br 1 1/2 bath all amenities, gated, pool, workout area, bus stop, $1000 a month 225.485.5515 rOOM FOr rENT $450. Utilities Included. For more information, call Noel at 225.588.0309 BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IN Nicholson Lakes, 2yrs. old, 4bedrms/2ba, double garage, fenced yd. $1750.per mo.+util.with 1yr. lease 504.717.5188 423 WINTErHAVEN $1250 3 bdr.2 bth, all appliances, yard, garage 6mi from LSU 504.780.2583
Roommate Wanted rOOMATE WANTEd! All utilities paid. Wireless internet. 4 Br, brand new house in Nicholson Lakes 3 miles south of LSU, with very nice furnishings in the common areas. 550 / month. (225) 933-8732. rOOM FOr rENT IN LArGE house in Nicholson Lakes. House has all upgrades.
PAGE 11 Move-in specials available. 2rooms available-take one or both! $550/ month. lakehouse378@yahoo.com 225.335.0818 2 FEMALE rOOMMATES NEEdEd! 3 bedroom condo. $550 a month in a gated community right outside LSU campus. Call Mary for more information.
225.229.2955 rOOMATE WANTEd 3Br 2.5Bath HUGE corner townhouse in Heatherstone off Brightside dr, fully furnished common areas, pool access, all utilities included $600/ month. 443-928-4112 or LPeter1@students.towson.edu.
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