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Beer, online degrees, the el- to reduce the University’s reliance derly and nuclear reactor control on state funds. He said the Univerrooms are part of Chancellor Mi- sity is 58 percent dependent on the chael Martin’s vision for the Uni- state. versity’s future. Martin said the University Along with raising traditional would be sustainable if funds from funds for the Unithe state made versity, Martin has up only a third of By Xerxes A. Wilson outlined strategies University funding Senior Staff Writer for augmenting, and the rest were learning and growth at the Univer- generated from tuition and other sity as state funding shrinks. income streams. Martin said once the UniverReducing dependency on the sity reaches its goal of raising $750 state by such a scale requires fundmillion in the Forever LSU fund, raising in a traditional sense, but he wants to see the University’s en- Martin outlined more endowment grow from $322 million trepreneurial goals for growth with to $1 billion in the next decade. This is a part of Martin’s plan FUNDING, see page 8
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BRPD: Toliver, Harris SG ELECTION arrested after altercation Bonvillain, By Staff Reports LSU senior wide receiver Terrence Toliver and freshman forward Dennis Harris were arrested Saturday night after an altercation in Tigerland, according to a Baton Rouge Police Department report. Toliver was tased by police officers after refusing to obey officers’ commands, according to the report. The receiver was charged with disturbing the peace, public intoxication and resisting an officer. Harris’ charges included interfering with a police officer and entering or remaining after being forbidden. A third man in the altercation, identified as Timothy Moran, was also charged with disturbing the peace and public intoxication. None of the three were booked into parish prison, according to the report. LSU football coach Les Miles has talked to Toliver on the phone about the incident and will meet with him in person Monday, said LSU
sports information director Michael Bonnette. Bonnette said Miles is still gathering information before making a decision about Toliver’s future, and no decision has been made as to whether or not Toliver will practice with the team Tuesday. “I’m hesitant to say he is going to practice or he’s not going to practice,” Bonnette said. “I don’t know what his answer is going to be for Tuesday ... At this time, there is no decision made on whether he’s going to practice or not.” LSU men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson will meet with Harris sometime Monday morning to discuss the incident, said Kent Lowe, LSU senior associate sports information director. Johnson will address the incident with the media Monday afternoon, Lowe said. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
Sellers head “Leading the Way”
By Catherine Threlkeld Staff Writer
Editor’s note: This story is the first in a four-part series on the Student Goverment campaigns. The candidates will be presented alphabetically by last name. Student Government presidential candidate Brooksie Bonvillain and vice presidential candidate Chris Sellers are “leading the way” into election season with a campaign of more than 90 students. Bonvillain and Sellers announced their candidacy under
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Christopher Sellers, SG vice presidential candidate, talks to a student Friday about the Bonvillain/Sellers “Leading the Way” ticket in front of the Union.
the slogan “Leading the Way” on Wednesday to a crowd of supporters in the Manship School of Mass Communication. Sellers said “Leading the Way” summed up his and Bonvillain’s personalities perfectly.
“It’s very self-explanatory,” Sellers said. “Our mission is to lead the way, and that’s what we’re here to accomplish.” The pair has worked together CAMPAIGN, see page 8
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NATIONAL
Toyota aims to refute critic who blames electronics, not gas pedals
Cablevision customers face Oscar night without broadcast amid feud
NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. plans Monday to try to undercut suggestions that its electronics systems caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to the recall of more than 8 million vehicles. The automaker plans an event in which it will seek to debunk a critic who claims faulty gas pedals did not cause the sudden acceleration.
NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of cable subscribers faced the prospect of Oscar night without the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday after ABC’s parent company switched off its signal to Cablevision customers and the two companies blasted each other for failing to reach a deal in a dispute over fees. In dueling statements dispatched early Sunday, the two companies traded blame for the stalemate ahead of one of the mostwatched nights of television.
American al-Qaida spokesman says Fort Hood killer serves as role model CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood. In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslims, especially those serving Western militaries.
Black, Latino businesses’ complaints rise as they get fewer stimulus bucks WASHINGTON (AP) — Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely
track who receives governmentfinanced work. Latinos and blacks have faced obstacles to winning government contracts long before the stimulus. They own 6.8 and 5.2 percent of all businesses, respectively, according to census figures. Yet Latinoowned business have received only 1.7 percent of $46 billion in federal stimulus contracts recorded in U.S. government data, and black-owned businesses have received just 1.1 percent. E-mail compares first lady Michelle Obama to Tarzan’s sidekick Cheeta NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The CEO of Tennessee’s hospitality association is apologizing for sending an e-mail to a group of public figures that compares first lady Michelle Obama to a chimpanzee. The Tennessean of Nashville reports that Tennessee Hospitality Association CEO Walt Baker’s e-mail compares the first lady to Tarzan’s sidekick Cheeta.
STATE/LOCAL
Louisiana lawmaker targets cell phone users who text while driving
Teen charged with stealing car with 2-year-old child inside
(AP) — A Louisiana state lawmaker wants to strengthen laws that prohibit texting while driving. It’s already against the law in Louisiana, but it’s a secondary offense. That means police can’t pull you over for texting, but they can ticket you for the offense if they stop you for breaking another traffic law, such as speeding or running a stop sign. State Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, calls the current law “ridiculous.” He wants to make it a primary offense, which will allow authorities to more aggressively enforce the ban approved by lawmakers two years ago. Gautreaux’s bill would keep the current fines in place — $175 for the first offense and $500 for subsequent ones. Fines are doubled if the driver is in a wreck.
KENNER (AP) — Authorities have arrested a teenager who allegedly stole a car and sped off last month with the vehicle owner’s 2-year-old boy strapped into a car seat. Police said 17-year-old Joseph Leonard was arrested Friday, just one day after authorities identified him as a suspect.
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RELIGION
Jesus’ role in art, history examined at symposium Different views of Christ discussed By Ryan Buxton Senior Staff Writer
His name rings in churches and religious texts throughout the world, and Jesus was the topic Friday as University professors gathered to share their research on one of the world’s most wellknown figures. Professors from disciplines including history, religious studies and English came together for a symposium of Jesus and the changing aspects of his role in religion, art and history. History professor Suzanne Marchand, who organized the event, said many aspects of Jesus are ripe for exploring. “The image of Christ has changed greatly over time and space, and there are lots of discussions both in the scholarly world and the popular world over what
this figure looks like and how he can be read,” Marchand said. There are several dueling perceptions of Jesus which historians are interested in addressing, Marchand said. “He can be read as a social revolutionary who champions the poor or as a founder of a religion, which has an established set of traditions and clerical duties,” she said. “Is he someone very much rooted in Jewish tradition or someone who has nothing to do with Judaism?” Marchand began organizing the symposium when she got Susannah Heschel, a Jewish studies professor from Dartmouth College, to speak at the University. Heschel’s presentation dealt with the idea of a “purified” Aryan Jesus created by European scholars as a way to separate Christianity from Judaism, Marchand said. “Independently, we’re all working on things that overlap, but there never seems to be an opportunity to talk to each other
about them,” she said. History professor Meredith Veldman gave a presentation on the changing visual image of Jesus in Britain during the 19th century. Veldman said the important role of painters during that time contributed to changes in the widespread image of Jesus. “Painting had much more power in the 19th century because you didn’t have movies yet, so art was more popular than it is now,” Veldman said. Religious studies professor Delbert Burkett’s presentation examined the evolving conceptions of Jesus — “a mental image of who Jesus was and what he did.” Ideas of Jesus vary even in the Bible, Burkett said. The Gospel of Mark does not mention Jesus being any more than a human with power bestowed on Him by God. But the Gospel of John represents him as a divine being, Burkett said. Burkett said his presentation explored why
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Dartmouth Professor Susannah Heschel discusses different religious views toward Jesus Friday in Tureaud Hall during the History Departments’ conference “Jesus in Global and Historical Perspective.”
people have re-imagined Jesus is many ways. “It reflects on why Jesus has been such a popular figure and why so many people have thought it necessary to think of
Jesus is so many different ways,” he said. Contact Ryan Buxton at rbuxton@lsureveille.com
ENVIRONMENT
LPSC to review renewable portfolio standard Wednesday The South lagging in implementing policies By Mary Walker Baus Contributing Writer
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is trying to increase “green” efforts in Louisiana. The LPSC has proposed a new environmental policy called a Renewable Portfolio Standard — or RPS — and will present its policy proposal for review on March 10. According to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Web site, a RPS requires electricity companies to purchase or generate a certain amount of power
• RPS requires
electricty companies to purchase or generate a certain amount of their power from rnewableenergy resources.
• Renewable energy sources include
biomass, solar, wind, water and geothermal.
• What is biomass?
Louisiana’s most available renewable resource is plant and animal waste which can be burned.
• Twenty-eight states
as well as Washington, D.C. have adopted RPS policies.
Information profided by The Allience for Affordable Energy and the The LSU Center for Energy Studies.
from renewable energy sources, like biomass, solar, wind, water or geothermal. “This is something across the country to encourage renewable energy development,” said Christian Roselund, communications director for the Alliance for Affordable Energy. “It’s been the most widely adopted policy in the U.S.” Twenty-eight states have adopted RPS policies as well as Washington, D.C., Roselund said. An additional six states have a pending RPS target, he said. Roselund said southern states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have not implemented an RPS. “[The South is] behind the rest of the country in energy policy in general,” he said. “Frankly, I see regressive political structures. The excuse has been made that Louisiana doesn’t have enough renewable energy. It’s the resistance of companies like Entergy. They’ve strongly resisted renewable power and have been able to get away with it.” LPSC’s RPS proposal will require utility companies to derive 12.5 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2025. The LPSC’ proposal also involves a goals-based or voluntary RPS policy. But the Alliance for Affordable Energy is opposing the LPSC’s proposal for various reasons, Roselund said. “It’s not a RPS,” he said. “It includes nuclear energy and advanced coal technology, and those are not renewable energies.” Roselund said the LPSC’s RPS goal of 12.5 percent by 2025
is too weak. He said the Alliance recommended a goal of 20 percent by 2025, which was similar to national targets. He said the LPSC’s proposal is unacceptable because it is voluntary and not binding. “Unfortunately, the Louisiana Public Service Commission staff has chosen a bizarre interpretation of what a RPS is and one that was unexpected,” Roselund said. “A non-binding RPS is meaningless.” Lauren Stuart, Center for Energy Studies research associate, said 96 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Louisiana are energy related, which is why energy policy is important for the environment. “Currently our renewable sources of electricity generation are a negligible portion of the state’s energy use,” Stuart said. “Putting the sources of our electricity up to 12.5 percent would be a significant increase from where it is now.” Setting a low goal of 12.5 percent will more likely be accepted by the utilities industry, Stuart said. Setting a high goal has the benefit of adding pressure to the utilities industry to use renewable energy resources, she said. Roselund said biomass is Louisiana’s most available renewable energy resource. Biomass is biological matter, like plant or animal waste, that can be burned to generate electricity, he said. Roselund said Louisiana’s inland wind is unsuitable for large scale wind generation, but Louisiana’s offshore wind is strong and has the potential to be a valuable renewable energy resource.
He said solar energy is another potential resource. “A shift to renewable energies will result in tremendous job growth in rural and urban areas [in Louisiana],” Roselund said. “It’s the future of our state ... not just for stabilizing energy prices and job creation but carrying Louisiana through the 21st century.” Stuart said measuring the benefits of an RPS policy is tricky. She said the most likely outcomes will be increased utility bills for customers, expanded renewable energy industry opportunities and decreased electric power emissions. “What is for certain is that
utility companies will not want to pay this out of their profit margin,” Stuart said. “They’ll pass along the cost to their consumers.” The LPSC will vote in May on whether to adopt an RPS for Louisiana. It will choose on Wednesday either to keep the current RPS proposal or to revise it further. “What proposal they decide to go for is the most significant point,” Roselund said. “If they vote on this policy, it will set us back. The big fight is not the vote, but the policy.” Contact Mary Walker Baus at mwalkerbaus@lsureveille.com
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MUSIC
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010
WORLD
A Capella Choir to be Families of Chilean University honored, perform at students safe after earthquake minor damages division convention Only suffered by friends
“The convention isn’t a competition,” Fulton said. “When you receive the invitation to perform, you have already won.” The choir will join the University of Mississippi Choir By Mandy Francois and the Loyola University Contributing Writer Choir in singing “Requiem” The A Capella Choir will by Johannes Brahms for its add another honor to its list performance. of achievements this week The choirs won’t have a when it performs at the ACDA chance to practice together until Convention. they all arrive in Memphis. The Southern Division “As a whole chorus, we will American Choral have about five Directors Associhours of practice ation Convention together,” Fulton is scheduled for said. “We will March 9 to 12 in only have about Memphis, Tenn. four and a half This is the sevhours of practice enth time in the with the orcheslast 25 years the tra. Not a whole A Capella Choir lot of time to perwas invited to fect a one hour perform. piece.” Dr. Kenneth Te r r a n c e Dr. Kenneth Fulton Fulton has directBrown and choir director ed the choir for all Kathryn Drake, 25 years. both University The ACDA hosts national graduate students, will perform competitions in March of odd- solos. numbered years, and the seven The choir will perform division conferences take place Friday night, and come back to in February and March of even- Baton Rouge on Saturday. numberd years. Some students were To be considered for a concerned about traveling so performance spot, choirs must close to midterms. send a demo of performances “Some students have from the last three years to the expressed their concerns to me,” ACDA. A committee listens to Fulton said. “But this is the time the demos and then chooses the of the year that we usually travel perfomers. – they are used to it. They have “The year I was on the to make it work, just like any committee, there were 96 athlete that has to travel away for submissions,” Fulton said. “From games.” those 96 submissions, only 4 were chosen to perform.” The choir has performed twice at the national convention. This year will mark the choir’s Contact Mandy Francois at seventh performance at the mfrancois@lsureveille.com division convention.
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‘The convention isn’t a competition. When you receive the invitation to perform, you have already won.’
By Sumit Kumar Contributing Writer
Two University students from Chile said none of their families or friends were seriously affected by the Feb. 27 Chilean earthquake. Daniela Schoffer, art history junior from southern Santiago, the capital of Chile, said her brother and his wife were safe in the city, despite the 8.8 magnitude tremors. Her parents live in Louisiana. Schoffer said she learned about the earthquake shortly after midnight on Saturday, while chatting on Facebook with a Chilean friend living in California. “I tried to contact my brother after that, but there was no power,” Schoffer said. She was finally able to contact him an hour after the quake, and learned he was safe. Schoffer said a friend of her brother was driving a car at the time of the quake, which stopped running because of the shock waves generated by the earthquake. Gustavo Chacon Rojas, engineering graduate student from Chuquicamata in northern Chile,
said his family and friends in they were taught in school about Santiago survived the earthquake emergency procedures to be without much damage. followed during earthquakes. “My friends were saying “We were told to get away that at some point, everything from windows and go under was going down to the floor,” an arch of wood like the door,” Rojas said. “One of them said he Schoffer said. “Even if it falls, couldn’t move.” it’s not going to be as heavy.” Rojas said he heard about Both said they were conthe earthquake at 3 a.m. Satur- cerned about their families after day from a friend. He tried to the incident, even though they contact his family on Skype but were safe from the calamity. was unsuccessful because of the “I was really more scared power and phone than worried,” line outages in the Rojas said. city. “There was noth“My dad ing I could do. I called me on feel bad, but at Saturday around least I didn’t have 3:30 p.m. saying any family in the everyone was all South.” right,” Rojas said. Schoffer said Rojas’ father she was shocked lives in his homewhen she thought town of Chuquiabout her family camata, which living through the was safely out of strong quake. the earthquake’s “I didn’t Gustavo Chacon Rojas range. His mother know how strong engineering graduate student and uncle live [the earthquake] near downtown was,” Schoffer Santiago. said. “When I found out, I got a Schoffer said Santiago is a little scared.” modern city, and the buildings Neither Rojas nor Schoffer have been specially designed to have plans of going immediately survive earthquakes and small back to Chile. tremors, which are frequent in the area. “We’re pretty used to it,” she Contact Sumit Kumar at said. skumar@lsureveille.com Both Schoffer and Rojas said
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‘My friends were saying that at some point, everything was going down to the floor. One of them said he couldn’t move.’
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BOARD OF SUPS
Degree programs could be standardized in 2012
Engineering, others could be 120 credits By Sarah Eddington Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors approved the Academic and Student Affairs Committee’s resolution to standardize bachelor’s degree credits and implement a student tracking system at Friday’s meeting. Michael Gargano, vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, said some degrees, such as liberal arts, social sciences and engineering, require more than 120 credits for “no rhyme or reason.” The new resolution will allow individual campus chancellors and staffs to determine whether bachelor’s degree programs could standardize the number of credit hours for a degree at 120 hours. “It will be less expensive for students and the University,” Gargano said. “We should be able to reduce many degrees by three to six credits.” The Student Tracking Model
will monitor students’ progress toward graduation by using online tracking and in-person adviser sessions. The tracking system would monitor students’ progress during their first four semesters, notifying both students and advisers when students are not completing critical requirements and are not on track for graduation. “It will require the University to offer courses in the right sequence so students can graduate on time,” Gargano said. “It will get the campus to take responsibility for student success.” Both measures will be implemented in fall 2012 on all LSU system campuses. The Board also approved the implementation of the third year of tuition and fee increases already approved by the Louisiana Legislature for the 2010-2011 academic year. The “3-4-5 Tuition Plan,” created by the Board of Regents, allows a campus’s tuition within 10 percent of its peers’ tuitions to seek a 3 percent increase in tuition, said John Antolik, chief financial officer for the system. If the campus’s tuition is
between 10.1 and 20 percent of its peers’ tuition, it is authorized to seek a 4 percent increase in tuition. If more than 20, it can seek a 5 percent increase. Most University campuses are authorized to seek a 5 percent increase, Antolik said. Kevin Cope, Faculty Senate president, spoke about the state of the University’s retirement options for faculty. There are two different retirement plans offered for faculty — the Optional Retirement Plan and the Teachers’ Retirement System. Cope said most institutions have 2.5 to 3 times the University’s state contribution to ORP, and this can serve as a disincentive to stay at or come to the University. TRS rates are comparable to that of other institutions, but Cope said in 90 percent of cases, ORP is the only reasonable choice for a person who has any academic competition because the plan allows for mobility and is based on contributions — not benefits. “The longer you stay at LSU, the more you’re going to be slammed by this abuse,” Cope said. Cope said an increase in
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Board member Rod West expresses his concerns at the LSU board of supervisors meeting Friday at the LSU System Office.
contributions would be the easiest solution. “Some of you might say this is a bad time to start talking about giving out more money, but I have been here 27 years, and there has never been a good time,” Cope said. “So as long as it’s a bad time — and it’s always going to be a bad time — we might as well try to get some good results. “ Cope said faculty members may not be accountants, but they
can recognize when something is wrong. “If you’re down at the dock, and you see a flagship, a battleship and a rubber ducky going by, you can at least tell the difference,” Cope said. “The Optional Retirement Plan is more in the rubber ducky category than it is in the flagship category.” Contact Sarah Eddington at seddington@lsureveille.com
SAFETY
Database can crack missing person cases — if used By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A new online database promises to crack some of the nation’s 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families, but only a fraction of law enforcement agencies are using it. The clearinghouse, dubbed NamUs (Name Us), offers a quick way to check whether a missing loved one might be among the 40,000 sets of unidentified remains that languish at any given time with medical examiners across the country. NamUs is free, yet many law enforcement agencies still aren’t aware of it, and others aren’t convinced they should use their limited staff resources to participate. Janice Smolinski hopes that changes — and soon. Her son, Billy, was 31 when he vanished five years ago. The Cheshire, Conn., woman fears he was murdered, his body hidden away. She’s now championing a bill in Congress, named “Billy’s Law” after her son, that would set aside more funding and make other changes to encourage wider use of NamUs. Only about 1,100 of the nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide are registered to use the system, even though it already has been hailed for solving 16 cases since it became fully operational last year. “As these cases become more well known, as people learn about the successes of NamUs, more and more agencies are going to want to be part of it,” said Kristina Rose, acting director of the National Institute of Justice at the Justice Department. Before NamUs, families and investigators had to go through
the slow process of checking with medical examiner’s offices one by one. As the Smolinski family searched for clues to Billy’s fate, they met a maze of federal, state and nonprofit missing person databases that weren’t completely public and didn’t share information well with each other. NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, allows one-stop sleuthing for amateurs, families and police. Anyone can enter all the data they have on a missing person, including descriptions, photos, fingerprints, dental records and DNA. Medical examiners can enter the same data on unidentified bodies, and anyone can search the database for potential matches that warrant further investigation. So far, about 6,200 sets of remains and nearly 2,800 missing people have been entered, said Kevin Lothridge, CEO of the National Forensic Science Technology Center in Largo, Fla., which runs NamUs for the Justice Department. Detective Jim Shields of the Omaha, Neb., Police Department hadn’t heard about NamUs until he saw a presentation at a conference in 2008. He then had a local volunteer associated with NamUs input his data on several missing people. Among them was Luis Fernandez, who had been missing for nearly a year before his family went to police in 2008. Shields didn’t have a lot on Fernandez, a known gang member who’d been in and out of jail — only gender, race, height, weight, age and some data on his tattoos. It proved to be enough. Just a few weeks later, similarities were spotted with the unidentified remains of a homicide victim found in a farm
field in Iowa in 2007. In January, a lab informed Shields it had a DNA match — and that he could break the news to Fernandez’ family. “I could say fairly certainly that this would never have been solved if not for NamUs,” Shields said. Some other recent successes: — Paula Beverly Davis, of the Kansas City, Mo., area, had been missing for 22 years until a relative saw a public service announcement on TV in October for NamUs
and told her sister, who gave it a try. Among the 10 matches her sister found were a body dumped in Ohio in 1987 that had the same rose and unicorn tattoos as her sister. DNA tests confirmed the body was Davis. — Sonia Lente disappeared in 2002. Last June, an amateur cybersleuth with the Doe Network, a nationwide volunteer group that helps law enforcement solve cold cases, noticed similarities between Lente’s description in NamUs and an uniden-
tified body found near Albuquerque, N.M., in 2004. Dental records later established it was Lente. Detective Stuart Somershoe of the Phoenix Police Department said his agency, which has over 500 open missing persons cases, just finished entering 100 cases into NamUs. He’s hopeful his department can make a match. Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at news@lsureveille.com
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Trophies were presented Saturday to the winners of the Great Rover Road Run. The event was hosted by the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine’s in order to increase awareness of animal obesity.
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[From left] Lindsay Yann, Mo Stallings, Chelsea Duhon, Dennis Donaldson, Kathleen Brannen and Jacob Grosskopf of the University’s geology club enjoy a concert Saturday night at Northgate Tavern.
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Former LSU football player Bradie James discusses his breast cancer foundation, Foundation 56, with auction participants Thursday in the Stadium Club.
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David Fabian, petroleum engineer junior, and Lauren Morris, secondary education junior, enjoy the baseball game Thursday night against Pepperdine.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
‘I’d like to give thanks to God and Bo Spencer.’ Tasmin Mitchell LSU senior forward
Spencer’s shot brings the Tigers to a 50-48 victory, sends Mitchell out on a high note By Chris Branch Sports Writer
Senior night went as planned. Forward Tasmin Mitchell poured in 20 points in his final contest at the PMAC as LSU powered its way to a 50-48 win against Georgia. The win marks LSU’s second Southeastern Conference victory of the season. “I’m happy for the seniors and happy to get a win,” said LSU coach Trent Johnson. “Obviously, it was a very emotional night, and it was a very emotional week, quite frankly.” Junior guard Bo Spencer scored 10 points, his last two proving to be the game-winning points. Spencer drilled a 15-foot jumper with 19 ticks remaining to push LSU’s lead to the final margin. “I’d like to give thanks to God
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LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell holds back tears as he waves to the crowd Saturday before playing his final game in the PMAC.
Vanderbilt overcomes deficit to top LSU By Rachel Whittaker Chief Sports Writer
and Bo Spencer,” Mitchell said. Bulldog sophomore forward Trey Thompkins led Georgia with 19 points and 16 rebounds, while sophomore guard Travis Leslie contributed seven points in the loss. Senior guard Alex Farrer also closed out his Tiger career Saturday by seeing his first action all season. Farrer injured his knee in a preseason scrimmage and wasn’t able to play until Saturday. The Phoenix, Ariz., native was noticeably hindered by the knee injury but still managed to play four minutes before Johnson pulled him. “I’ve been really reluctant to play him,” Johnson said. “Obviously, when you look at him in warmups and in the game, he’s dragging that thing around. SENIORS, see page 11
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LSU junior guard Bo Spencer runs the ball down [Above] LSU senior forward Tasmin Mitchell steps up to shoot a the court Saturday during LSU’s 50-48 win 3-pointer Saturday during the Tigers’ 50-48 win against Georgia against Georgia in the PMAC. in the PMAC.
The LSU women’s basketball team failed to advance to the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament for the first time since 2001. The No. 4-seeded Lady Tigers (20-9) could not hold onto some early first-half momentum Friday night, as they lost to No. 5 Vanderbilt (22-9), 63-61, in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament in Duluth, Ga. The Commodores lost, 6849, Saturday in the semifinals to No. 1-seeded Tennessee, who eventually beat Kentucky on Sunday for the tournament title. Vanderbilt opened Friday’s game against LSU with a 3-pointer by senior guard Merideth Marsh. Then LSU went on a 15-0 run to put the Commodores in a hole with 12:39 to play in the first half. But the Lady Tigers again let a lead in a tight game slip away, as Marsh and junior forward Hannah Tuomi took control of the game by scoring 17 points each. Tuomi was 7-of-9 from the field, and Marsh converted all four of Vanderbilt’s 3-point shots. LSU coach Van Chancellor blamed the loss on failing to understand the importance of every possession. “At 15-3, we had Vandy VANDERBILT, see page 11
BASEBALL
LSU nabs victory against Brown Tigers use four-run sixth inning to win By Andy Schwehm Sports Contributor
Call it contagious, call it getting hot or call it feasting on weakening starting pitching. Whatever it’s called, LSU’s baseball team has made a habit this young season of using a big offensive inning in the middle of games to provide the team’s margin of victory. Sunday’s game at Alex Box was no different, as the Tigers strung together a four-run sixth
inning off tiring Brown pitcher Rob Wilcox en route to a 9-2 victory in front of 6,150 fans. The No. 2 Tigers (11-0) are off to their best start since 1997, when LSU started the season with a 19-0 mark. The win was also LSU’s 17th-straight home victory, dating back to last season. “We came out sluggish,” said LSU sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook, noting it was the Tigers’ first noon start of the season. “It was just one of those days where we had to wake up. Coach [Paul Mainieri] got into us a little bit in the dugout, and once we got a couple of hits, we just went from there.” After the Tigers’ slow
offensive start in the first three innings, LSU put across a run in both the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game. LSU sophomore second baseman Tyler Hanover started the sixth with a one-out single before junior center fielder Leon Landry hit his second triple of the day, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Mahtook followed Landry by hitting his second home run of the season, a two-run lined shot that caught the top of the wall and bounced over to give LSU a 5-2 lead. The Tigers added another run on a two-out single by sophomore shortstop Austin Nola.
BASEBALL, see page 11
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LSU sophomore infielder Tyler Hanover (11) throws the ball to first base Sunday during the Tigers’ 9-2 victory against Brown in Alex Box Stadium.
PAGE 8 FUNDING, from page 1 dwindling state dollars.
PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING The University is considering entering a public-private partnership to fund graduate housing to replace the Nicholson Apartments, which have reached the end of their use, said For an in-depth Eric Monday, look at the associate vice housing chancellor for partnership, Finance and Administrative check Tuesday’s Services. edition of The University Daily Reveille. Auxiliary Services Director Jason Tolliver said in one model the University will acquire a private business partner, which would invest capital to build the facilities. The company would then lease the 35 to 40 acres of land where old Alex Box and Nicholson Apartments sit to recoup the investment by hosting private retailers which would be approved by the University. The final business model hasn’t been decided, but the end result would be a University residential area mixed with private
THE DAILY REVEILLE businesses. Monday said utilizing the land with retail partnerships can generate extra revenue to subsidize the projects or student rent. LSU ONLINE Martin wants to increase the University’s online degree offerings in the next couple of years from zero online-exclusive degrees to at least six degrees completely online. “I’m not picking on Phoenix or Kaplan or anyone else,” Martin said. “I am absolutely convinced that people will pay at least as much as they pay to those institutions to be a Tiger and not whatever you are if you go to Kaplan.” College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek co-chaired a task force that spent the last year assessing the feasibility of taking University classes online. Koubek said the online degrees have to be at least revenue neutral, and historically, they generate profit that can be reinvested in the college. Provost Astrid Merget said the University will target graduate degrees and post-college certificates for master’s degrees in its
online expansion. TIGER LAGER Martin also hopes to spread the University’s influence in the art of brewing beer. He said students of the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute at the E.J. Ourso College of Business are developing a tentative business plan for a microbrewery to be housed at Lod Cook Hotel on campus. Martin said the Mockler Beverage Company, an Anheuser-Busch distributor, has signaled interest in a partnership for the brewery. John Finley, chair of the Food Science Department, said the brewery could be profitable. The profits could then benefit the Food Science Department, and students could take a class in brewing at the brewery. UNIVERSITY FOR RENT Martin wants to better utilize equipment and facilities the University already has to generate revenues. One way of doing that is renting out expensive University equipment. He said an agreement in which
CAMPAIGN, from page 1
in SG since their freshman year. “[Sellers] ran on a fall ticket, and I ran independent,” Bonvillain said. “He sent me a Facebook message supporting me, and our relationship has blossomed from there.” Bonvillain and Sellers worked together on several issues, committees and organizations. In the search for a running mate, Bonvillain said she knew Sellers had “great work ethic and dedication to see the job through.” Sellers was first approached by two other candidates for help with campaigns, but he turned them down to support Bonvillain. “Brooksie is the only person I can see that has the experience and leadership to do the job,” Sellers said. “I could not be more supportive of her.” Bonvillain said the
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Christopher Sellers, SG vice presidential candidate, and Taylor Cox, UCFY President, talk to Lacey Hauser, biology freshman, Friday about the issues on the Bonvillain/ Sellers ticket at the “Leading the Way” tent in front of the Union.
leadership qualities are shared. “I feel like we’re both more than capable to do any duty that
comes up,” Bonvillain said. “We’re a very versatile pairing, and I completely trust Chris to do
the University provides use of its expensive equipment, such as a spectrometer, to private companies after 5 p.m., could be profitable to the University. That scenario is only applicable in some cases because of the nature of research and the complexity of the equipment, Martin said. The University needs to make greater use of its facilities such as the PMAC and Tiger Stadium for events, Martin said. AUGMENTING LEARNING Following the successful integration of Electronic Arts on campus, Martin wants to invite more private companies onto campus to augment student learning. Only companies that add to the educational atmosphere are invited on campus, Martin said. He said a company is considering bringing nuclear engineering and nuclear training tasks to the University. That company would build a nuclear power plant control room simulator to train and certify people. The company would bring attention to the University’s emerging nuclear engineering anything I’d have to do myself.” Bonvillain and Sellers have already started campaigning under their tent in front of the Student Union. To accommodate the University’s financial hardships, Bonvillain and Sellers devoted a special section on their pushcard to finance. One issue Bonvillain looks forward to working on is creating an SG scholarship fund. “With the discussion of TOPS funding to be cut ... we couldn’t give back to the students in the magnitude that TOPS does,” Bonvillain said. “But we could help alleviate those financial hardships.” She said she hopes the fund will start small but accommodate room for growth. Sellers said one of his top priorities if elected is to interact more with organizations by making a comprehensive list of accounts so students know what
Monday, March 8, 2010 program, Martin said. RETIREMENT CAMPUS Martin also hopes following the path of other Universities by building a retirement village on or near campus. He said he has been involved in the development of two similar facilities near other campuses. Martin described the facilities as campuses for retired faculty, staff and alumni and said they were enormously successful. “If people live in a University village once they retire, they are more inclined to put [that university] in their will once they die,” he said. “We are not looking to kill people off. Be careful this doesn’t come off as advocacy for death.” The retirement village can be profitable particularly if it was on University land — for instance, near the golf course — Martin said. He said the University can also benefit from the retired members of such a facility because they often advise students, participate in graduate committees and take classes. Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at xwilson@lsureveille.com money is out there and available. “It’s going to make it so much easier to put on events for campus,” Sellers said. Reflecting on this year’s SG administration, Bonvillain said she is a fan of this year’s new SG position, director of sustainability. She plans to create a “Purple, Gold and Green” sustainability program that would further extend the position and encourage recycling throughout campus. “We’re very proud of the initiatives we put forward,” Sellers said. “Now that we see the initiatives other campaigns put forward, we feel we have the most tangible issues. One year later, students will see what has changed on campus.”
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SOFTBALL
No. 16 Lady Tigers sweep the Purple and Gold Challenge Senior center fielder Kirsten Shortridge, sophomore left fielder Ashley Langoni and senior right fielder Rachel Mitchell racked up two RBIs each. Eight of the nine Tiger starters had hits, By Jarred LeBlanc contributing to LSU’s 11 hits in Sports Contributor the game. Mack (4-2) earned the vicThe No. 16 LSU softball team beat Syracuse on Sunday tory after pitching the full six into win the Purple and Gold Chal- nings, giving up four hits and one run, walking five and striking out lenge championship, 9-2. The Tigers (18-4) won five seven. LSU earned shutouts in games during the tournament and extended their winning streak to games two and three against South Alabama (9-9) and Camp13. LSU broke a scoreless tie in bell (2-12-1), 11-0 and 8-0, rethe second inning against Syra- spectively. It took the Tigers only five cuse when sophomore catcher Morgan Russell hit a sacrifice innings to earn both victories. Freshman pitcher Rachele fly ball to score sophomore left Fico (7-2) earned the victory in fielder Ashley Langoni. The Tigers scored another the circle against the Jaguars. She run in the inning on a single by pitched all five innings, struck senior center fielder Kirsten out four batters and gave up two hits, no runs and no walks. Shortridge. Trahan earned the victory Syracuse (6-9) managed to score two runs on LSU sopho- against the Fighting Camels. She more pitcher Brittany Mack in pitched five innings, gave up five hits, struck out the top of the five batters and third inning, tying allowed no runs the game after the and no walks. Tigers scored two Mitchell led runs in the botthe Tigers oftom of the second fensively in both inning. games. She comSenior pitchbined for three er Cody Trahan hits on five at bats entered the game with one home to relieve Mack Cody Trahan run and five RBIs. with two outs and M i t c h e l l ’s bases loaded. LSU senior pitcher five hits and sevTrahan (5-0) en RBIs during escaped the inning without further damage and the weekend earned her Most earned the win after pitching 4 Valuable Player honors for the 1/3 innings, giving up no hits, tournament. “It was good that we could no runs and no walks. She also come out, get our hacks in and do struck out two batters. “It was good to see her come what we do best,” Mitchell said. LSU earned a come-fromin, and she slammed the door on Syracuse,” said LSU coach behind victory in game four against Campbell, 2-1, on SaturYvette Girouard. Syracuse freshman pitcher day evening. After the Tigers and the Stacy Kuwik earned the loss after pitching 2.2 innings, walking two Fighting Camels exchanged runs batters and giving up seven hits in the fifth innings, sophomore second baseman Courtney Holand seven earned runs. LSU’s bats came alive in the lier broke the 1-1 tie with a walkoff home run in the bottom of the bottom of the third inning. The Tigers had four of their eighth inning to give the Tigers 10 hits and scored six of the the 2-1 victory. The win was Fico’s second team’s nine runs in the inning, making the score 8-2 after three victory of the tournament. She pitched eight innings, struck out innings. Junior third baseman Jessica six batters and gave up five hits, Mouse highlighted the inning one run and one walk. LSU has won three straight with a two-RBI home run off the tournaments at home and will beleft-field foul pole. “When we’re hitting like we gin Southeastern Conference play are right now, as pitchers we just this weekend in Columbia, South go out there and throw,” Trahan Carolina, against South Carolina said. “If we make a mistake, our after a Wednesday game against team is behind us, and they’re go- in-state rival Nicholls State. ing to pick us up.” LSU opened the tournament against Syracuse on Friday and Contact Jarred LeBlanc at cruised past the Orange, 9-1, in jleblanc@lsureveille.com six innings.
Team extends win streak to 13 games
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GYMNASTICS
No. 10 Tigers take down No. 6 Oregon State
the team.” Senior Susan Jackson stole the show Friday night, garnering her eighth all-around title of the season and the 13th of her illustrious career. By Rob Landry Jackson also took home the Sports Contributor floor exercise title and split the The No. 10 LSU gymnastics vault crown with Oregon State team finished the third annual Etta junior Mandi Rodriguez. She also James Memorial meet with plenty finished second on the uneven bars of reasons to be proud. and third on the balance beam. The meet raised a sizeable “I came out tonight, and I donation to cancer research, and wasn’t nervous,” Jackson said. the Tigers (6-4-1, 2-3-1) upended “Usually I’m pretty nervous. I No. 6 Oregon State (10-2, 5-1), guess the significance of the meet, 196.925-195.525, in front of a with it being the ‘Pink Meet,’ and season-high crowd of 5,641 in the the excitement of that I was more PMAC. relaxed. And I was happy with my The 196.925 score was a sea- performance.” son high for LSU Junior Sam and marked the Engle also posted fifth straight meet a big performance it has posted highfor the Tigers. er than a 196. Engle won the “We were agbalance beam title gressive tonight, and posted a caespecially on the reer-high 9.925 on beam, and that the apparatus. She was a message also went 9.825 on we’ve been carthe uneven bars rying through in and 9.750 on the D-D Breaux practice,” said floor exercise. LSU coach D-D “I was a little LSU gymnastics coach Breaux. “We have nervous coming been demanding into the meet, but 9.825 and 9.85 performances in once we actually got on the floor practice, and we approached that it all just went away because tonight. It was very gratifying for everyone’s attitudes were just
Meet raises $38K for breast cancer
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‘Senior night is always kind of exciting, and it’s always kind of sad because we have a great senior class.’
great and we were having a great time,” Engle said. “It was really good.” The Tigers scored a team season high on the balance beam and matched their season’s best score on the uneven bars, where senior Summer Hubbard walked away with the title. The proceeds from the meet went to Foundation 56, a breast cancer awareness foundation founded by former LSU and current Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bradie James. The meet raised more than $38,000 for the foundation. LSU has raised more than $120,000 for Foundation 56 in three years of hosting the Etta James meet. “Everybody had such a great impact on putting this together,” James said to the crowd following the meet. “So it’s not just us that put this together. You all gave the money so give yourselves a hand.” Breaux was also very appreciative of all the work that went into putting on the Pink Meet. “I feel like people have taken ownership of the event,” Breaux said. “The meet tonight was about LSU gymnastics, but the whole event — the silent auction, the tailgate party we had Thursday night in Tiger Stadium — that’s about the community.”
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Freshman gymnast Ericka Garcia performs on the beam Friday. The Tigers raised more than $38,000 for Foundation 56, a breast cancer awareness foundation.
The Tigers’ next meet will be Friday night against Iowa. The meet will be the final home meet for the four seniors on the squad — Hubbard, Jackson, Sabrina Franceschelli and Kayla Rogers. “Senior night is always exciting, and it’s always kind of sad because we have a great senior class,” Breaux said. “The significance of this particular se-
nior class — this group that has taken us to two Super Sixes, this team that has won individual national titles — I just think they’re a tremendous, competitive group, and I don’t think you replace that. You just have to rebuild from that.” Contact Rob Landry at rlandry@lsureveille.com
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“Fortunately, the guys shook themselves and got refocused,” Mainieri said. “We started to swing the bat in the middle innings well.” Defensively for the Tigers, freshman pitcher Jordan Rittiner threw six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on nine hits while striking out two. The southpaw limited the Bears to two runs on the afternoon, but the damage could have been much worse. Brown got both of its runs in
SENIORS, from page 7
He’s upset and he wants to play, but I couldn’t live with myself if he got out there and he got hurt. The last thing I want to do is see Alex Farrer being carried off the floor as a senior.” The ceremony was emotional beforehand. Both Johnson and Mitchell, who brought 10 family members to the game, were a bit teary-eyed when Mitchell walked out for his final game on the PMAC floor. “The ceremony was real emotional because I’ve been here for a while,” Mitchell said.
VANDERBILT, from page 7
right back on their heels,” Chancellor said in his postgame press conference. “All of a sudden, we think we’re going to become a 3-point shooting team. We’re out there jacking up 3-balls, and we ought to have been getting it inside trying to draw fouls.” Vanderbilt let LSU creep back with some missed shots late
THE DAILY REVEILLE the second inning, one on a noout blooper single by third baseman Cody Slaughter that fell just over the head of Hanover. The other came on a single to left field by center fielder Nick Punal. Rittiner put himself into a bind in the fourth and fifth innings, though he gave up no runs. He loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth but got out of the jam by getting Brown shortstop Graham Tyler to pop out to right field. Rittiner again ran into trouble in the fifth, giving up a pair of noout singles before inducing a double play and getting a groundout
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to end the inning. “I wasn’t locating my pitches really well,” Rittiner said. “We had a lot of big plays in the infield, including a couple of big double plays. The defense did phenomenal behind me.” Brown strung together a few hits late in the game but left nine men on base. “We had our chances. We had men on base all day,” said Brown coach Marek Drabinski. “Our defense did well, and our pitchers did well. We just couldn’t get the big hit. Junior catcher Micah Gibbs
provided the Tigers with a spark for a pair of victories on Friday and Saturday. Gibbs went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and two runs in a 13-7 win against Brown on Friday night. Both of those RBIs came via a double in the Tigers’ eight-run second inning and put LSU ahead, 5-0, at the time. The junior from Pflugerville, Texas, then put together another two RBI performance that helped provide the margin of victory in a 3-2 win against Pepperdine on Saturday night. “I’ve just been swinging
hard and taking the approaches our coaches have been giving us,” Gibbs said. “So far it’s been working out.” LSU sophomore right-hander Joey Bourgeois (2-0) threw seven innings of one-hit ball for the Tigers to get the victory on the mound while sophomore closer Matty Ott got the save in relief. Ott gave up a two-run home run before picking up the save.
“It’s my last game playing at the Georgia’s biggest lead came at PMAC, so I just cherish this mo- seven points, and the game saw ment. Having all nine ties. The my family out teams played to there and all my a 20-20 tie in the teammates was first period, with great. It was real Mitchell notching emotional.” nine points in the Mitchell half. couldn’t have The second asked for a better half saw much of Tasmin Mitchell game. Both teams the same. MitchLSU senior forward had a hard time ell caught fire finding the net, early in the secwith LSU shooting 31 percent ond half and matched his firstfrom the field and Georgia hitting half output with nine points in 36.5 percent of its shots. the first seven minutes of the half. But it was close nonetheless. The teams played to a
stalemate until Spencer’s gameclinching jumper. “Coach J said for me and Taz to screen and re-screen and one of us take the best available shot,” Spencer said. “We did the screen twice. I gave it to Taz, and he gave it back to me. I took a dribble and felt like I was open to shoot, and I knocked it down.” LSU is now in one-and-done territory. The Tigers will travel to Nashville, Tenn., this week to play No. 13 Tennessee in the first game of the SEC tournament. A loss would end LSU’s season. The Tigers remember the 2007-08 Georgia squad that
posted a 4-12 record in conference play. Those same Bulldogs caught fire in the conference tournament and won the league’s automatic bid. “Hopefully, we can try to keep this thing going in the SEC tournament,” Mitchell said. “Georgia did it a couple of years ago. They had a record like us and went on to win the SEC tournament. That’s what we’re going to strive for now.”
in the game. The Commodores led, 63-59, with one minute to play, but Marsh missed three free throws to give LSU an opportunity. LSU sophomore forward Taylor Turnbow cut the lead to two points on a basket with 20 seconds left, but senior guard Allison Hightower was doubleteamed on LSU’s final possession, leaving her with no choice
we’d lose the game, I wouldn’t have believed that in a million years.” The LSU bench took only three shots Friday, with Turnbow converting the only two made baskets. Sophomore forward LaSondra Barrett was forced to hit the bench early after collecting two quick fouls. She scored nine points in 22 minutes. “We don’t need her to play 22 minutes — we need her to play about 38 minutes,” Mays said. “When she got in foul trouble there, it changed the dynamics of our team. Tonight, we couldn’t find the person to step up and fill that gap.” Chancellor gave Vanderbilt credit for sending LSU to its earliest SEC tournament exit in nine
years. “They get in this baby, and they bring it,” Chancellor said. “Vandy had more heart, more character, more of everything.
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‘It’s my last game playing in the PMAC, so I just cherish this moment.’
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LSU guard Katherine Graham (1) tries to get past Vanderbilt guard Jence Rhoads (22) Friday during a second-round game of the SEC tournament. LSU lost, 63-61.
but to heave a desperation shot from behind half-court. “I’ve been trying for three years with 17 seconds on the clock to get her to go get the ball,” Chancellor said. “They miss a free throw, I’m down two and I got what I think is the best open floor player in the conference. I’m out of timeouts, and I can’t get her the ball.” LSU shot just 21-of-60 — 37 percent — from the floor and 3-of-14 from 3-point range Friday. Vanderbilt was much more efficient, shooting 23-of-47 — 49 percent — and 4-of-9 from behind the arc. Hightower led all scorers with 24 points, her 14th straight game in double figures. Junior guard Katherine Graham also added her fourth double-double of the season as she chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds. A rather misleading statistic was the turnover battle. LSU scored 21 points off 18 Vanderbilt turnovers, while LSU only turned the ball over seven times. “It’s the type of game that makes the entire coaching staff pretty sick,” LSU assistant coach Travis Mays said in a postgame radio interview. “As a staff, we thought we had the perfect game plan and thought we were the better team. If you would have told me they’d have 18 turnovers and
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Opinion
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OUR VIEW
Monday, March 8, 2010
University looks for ways to decrease reliance on state With the state’s budget in crisis, the University has taken the brunt of cuts being made across Louisiana. Teachers, students and activists are trying to reform the way the state gives out money so higher education isn’t one of the first things to suffer cuts. But what if the University didn’t depend so much on state funds in the first place? “The state should always pay its share at LSU because the state benefits enormously,”
Chancellor Micheal Martin said last week. “On the other hand, if we are so dependent on the state that every time we hit this kind of ripple we have to go through this type of anguish, its going to be damn tough for the long haul.” Like Martin, we believe efforts to lobby legislators and other public figures to support higher education even in tough times are important. But there are other ways to keep LSU well-funded and our education well-supported.
Martin’s plans to decrease our reliance on state dollars will ease the problems caused when those dollars suddenly disappear. Partnering with private businesses on Nicholson would allow the University to infuse money without the need to petition the legislature. Increasing the number of online degrees, which are more cost-effective than traditional educations, would help the University increase funds raised by tuition. And integrating companies into the edu-
cational environment — the highprofile partnership between LSU and EA Games is a shining example — would provide the University the ability to add to its income while gaining valuable experiences and opportunities for its students. Finally — and most deliciously — an on-campus brewery would provide a refreshing opportunity to make some additional money, while simultaneously adding classes in brewing that students would rush to signup for.
We applaud Martin and his staff for thinking outside of the box for solutions to our budgetary woes. We certainly still advocate legislative changes, but these are innovative measures to make the University less dependent on the state — which, during these hard times, we can all agree is a very good thing. Contact the Editorial Board at editor@lsureveille.com
NIETZSCHE IS DEAD
Resurrecting Neanderthals ultimately questionable Remember the scene in Jurassic Park where the archaelogists witness real, live dinosaurs emerging from their eggs? Sam Neil’s character watches the creatures start to move their tiny, scaly necks and wiggle their thin, bony arms, and he is overcome with a mixture of awe and excitement — and trepidation. Some real-life archeologist might face an eerily similar set of emotions themselves in the near future. Genetic scientists have been working on a process since at least 2008 that could theoretically allow them to breed a living, breathing woolly mammoth. After sequencing the now-extinct mammals’ genetic code from fossilized hairs, some scientists apparently believe they are close to perfecting a process by which they could manipulate the DNA of modern elephants to produce the massive creatures within a few generations. Even scarier, some have gone so far as to predict the ability to breed a Neanderthal — just a short genetic step down the evolutionary ladder from humanity. It’s certainly not within my expertise — or really the expertise of anyone outside that specific scientific community — to judge whether this idea is feasible or practical, but the ethical questions raised by the proposed experiment are fascinating to ponder. The scientific benefits of “cloning our ancestors” are obvious. Observing real, living predecessors to humanity could help scientists of all stripes better understand a myriad of mysteries. Evolutionary scientists could answer lingering questions about how the evolutionary process functions.
Natural historians could see in living color exactly what our ancestors looked like. And even your average genetic tourist can appreciate the amazing prospect that is actually looking at an extinct humanoid life from up-close. But how ethical would the whole process be? The JurasMatthew Albright sic Park charOpinion Editor acters found cloning extinct animals was bad idea, but they were largely disenchanted by the clones’ propensity for snacking on whatever humans they could get their hands on. But there are many less immediately life threatening (but no less important) reasons why cloning is ethically questionable. The first argument against cloning is that life is sacred and should not be toyed with. The Catholic Church — the largest and staunchest advocate of the sanctity of human life — has come out strongly against the proposal. But the question has to be asked: Does a genetic forbear to humanity deserve the same protections as a human? Would a living Neanderthal count as a human or an animal? Whatever the technical classifications, it would be hard to keep the human out of any description of a Neanderthal. They (largely) walk like us. They have a face with and ears and a mouth, two arms and two legs. It would take a cynical, detached observer to look into their very human eyes and say these mammals weren’t at least humanlike. Watch 15 minutes of “Cops”
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and you’ll see a few people who look approximately as human as a Neanderthal. OK — bad example. Either way, scientists should probably leave Neanderthals in the biological history books. In the modern day, they would be liked caged circus animals, a distinctly human-like being brought artificially into existence for the sole purpose of scientific experimentation and observation. This isn’t a religious qualm — although such hestitations certainly exist. The simple fact is we’re eventually going to have technologies
that allow us to answer the relatively minor riddles that could be solved by bringing re-creating a Neanderthal. Neil’s character said it best as he watched the unnatural birth of raptors millions of years after their species’ demise: “The world is changing so fast, and we’re all running to catch up. I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but look. Dinosaurs and man ... two species separated by 65 million years of evolution, have suddenly been thrown into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea of what to expect?” Probably not Armageddon,
and probably not even anyobdy on a toilet getting eaten by a T-Rex. But the whole situation is at best unsettling and at worst Frankensteinian. But when it comes to woolly mammoths, well, bring ’em on. I want to ride one. Matthew Albright is a 21-year-old mass communication junior from Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_malbright.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcom Jurassic Park (1993)
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State of Texas keeps America’s ‘lost’ celebrities lost
What do Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi have in common? They make up five of the six people who have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. So who’s the sixth? That may come to surprise some. The sixth recipient of these three awards is Norman Borlaug. Most people probably haven’t heard of Borlaug, I hadn’t before there was a tiny blip about him on The Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan’s blog affiliated with the Atlantic. The next questions that logically come to mind are: What did this man do, and why isn’t he well-known? To answer the first, Norman Borlaug was an agronomist and plant pathologist who sparked the Green Revolution. His work in Mexico developing new strategies to grow wheat has been cited as the reason for the seven-fold increase in the production of wheat in a 40-year period.
This Green Revolution is credited with saving the world from largescale famine and allowing for world population growth to essentially triple since its start. The second question is a bit more ambiguous. First, the Green Revolution’s benefits have been refuted by some as leading to overpopulation, thereby diluting some of the support for Dr. Borlaug. Another more controversial reason can be found in neighboring Texas. Texas is one of the largest markets for school textbooks, giving it sway over the material included not only in Texas schools but also in schools around the country. The Texas Board of Education is the elected 15-member group that decides the curriculum and appropriate textbook content for Texas schools. Republicans dominate the board, not surprisingly considering the Republican dominance of Texas. But seven of the members have formed an ultra-conservative voting
bloc in attempts to reshape the education policy of Texas — and thereby the rest of the country. According to Religion Dispatches, some of the more recent controversial proposals include the exclusion of Thurgood Marshall, Cesar Chavez and Ann Hutchinson from social studies textbooks. According to this online Stephen Schmitz magazine, one Columnist of the appointed academic experts for the board, Rev. Peter Marshall, has called for Hutchinson’s exclusion because she “didn’t accomplish anything except getting herself exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for making trouble.” Yet it’s hardly surprising such contemptible hate speech and slander came from a man who also claims divine wrath caused Hurricane Katrina and strives to essentially turn the U.S. into a theocracy.
Luckily, elections this past week have hurt the conservative bloc that holds court over the board. One of their leaders retired, while another lost the Republican primary to a more moderate Republican, whittling down the seven member ultraconservative bloc to six. Nevertheless, the damage this board has done to the nation’s schoolchildren is immeasurable. To teach President Reagan’s infallibility instead of Hutchinson’s importance or to teach limited government based on Christian traditions as fact is, at best, willfully ignorant and, at worst, morally reprehensible. America’s schoolchildren will likely never know Norman Borlaug’s impact, nor will they likely hear about Denham Fouts. Fouts was the arguably the world’s most influential “kept man.” According to Butt Magazine, Fouts was discovered working in his father’s Jacksonville bakery by a German baron in the ’20s and was thereafter linked romantically to King Paul of Greece, Prince Paul of
Yugoslavia, Margarine heir Peter Watson, Lord Tredegar Evan Morgan and the Shah of Iran. Fouts isn’t the best role model. He was promiscuous, manipulative and addicted to drugs. The story here is about human potential. Truman Capote said “had Denham Fouts yielded to Hitler’s advances, there would have been no World War II.” The stories of Borlaug and Fouts likely won’t be taught in America’s schools. But if these stories aid reason and logic in taking hold of America’s education system, then maybe American’s most famous individuals you have never heard of won’t be so lost after all. Stephen Schmitz is a 20-year-old mass communication sophomore from The Woodlands, Texas. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_sschmitz.
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Power of music taken for granted in today’s society
Music. The word itself should bring to your mind a brief sample of that intangible feeling that pervades you when you listen to it. We love music of all kinds. And we know it’s a powerful human phenomenon because it’s been around for so long. Here in the 21st century, it’s easy to realize how music has especially taken a prominent part in our daily lives because of the wonders of audio recording. Walk through campus and count how many people you see with earphones connected to an iPod. Now bring the matter to yourself. Maybe you have an iPod on as you read this column, or maybe not. Music for most people is mere entertainment, and they listen to it consciously just a few times a week. But it can’t be denied — it’s everywhere. What are the implications of the near-omnipresence of music in our society? If you’ve never given it a thought, I advise you to do so. Music’s power is well known to scientists. It’s been proven music has a much more profound impact on our brain than spoken word. There are countless pieces of research that attest to that. Words inform — music forms. What can I say about the delightful combination of words and music? More than simple words could ever say, a song can impress meaning in different parts of our brain than just the area related to speech. Music in all forms immediately relates to our rational and emotional mind simultaneously. A brief example: Try to replace
the words of a popular folk song when you’re having a hard time memorizing a period or a definition that you need to know for an exam. Adjust the length of the phrase(s) to the melody, sing along a couple of times and voilá — Marcelo Vieira just think about Columnist that song when you’re taking the exam, and you have your memorized phrase. Music has a unique property precisely described by the word “entrainment.” Entrainment is what makes you tap a rhythm automatically when you hear a tune. Because of that, my point here intends to go far beyond just developmental theory. Music can shape social behaviors and influence actions in a very effective way. Music is also the best portrayal and symbol of a community’s values. Sadly, a great deal of alienation and ignorance is stimulated — if not created by — the enormous amount of bad music that invades our lives daily. If all you listen to is a sequence of repetitive beats installed by the poorly toned MIDI sound of a fake band/orchestra, over which someone superposed meaningless lyrics, I’m truly sorry. The abundance of music that mindlessly talks about crime, sex and violence is not just a portrayal of a society, it’s a strong advertisement of that negative environment. I’m not talking about specific genres. The only thing I’m certain
of is there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And music is food for the mind. If you eat junk food, don’t expect your body to be ready to fight diseases or to perform well physically. Listening to good music is an activity that will give you emotional and mental
exercise and will benefit your being and life pricelessly. Mind your music. Look for variety, richness of timbres and forms, beauty and — most importantly — for messages that will contribute to your appreciation and understanding of the world around you.
Marcelo Vieira is 32-year-old a jazz cello graduate student from Brazil. Follow him on Twitter @TDR_mvieira. Contact Marcelo Vieira at mvieira@lsureveille.com
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