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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 • Volume 117, Issue 65

Fourth top-level administrator leaves since last April CFO accepts nearly $100K raise at UK Andrea Gallo Editor-in-Chief

If birds of a feather flock together, then LSU administrators have been taking notes.

First, the LSU System Board of Supervisors fired former System President John Lombardi last April; then the chancellor left for a similar position at Colorado State University last spring; then

University administrators who have announced their departure within the past year: - System President John Lombardi - Chancellor Michael Martin - Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton - CFO and Vice Chancellor for Finance and

Administrative Services Eric Monday - E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Eli Jones - College of Science Dean Kevin Carman

the executive vice chancellor and provost stepped down from his two-year stint over the summer; and now, CFO and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Services Eric Monday announced Tuesday that he accepted a similar job at the University of Kentucky.

Monday has been one of the most visible leading players as the University has waded through a budget crisis for the past several years.

Monday has seen both sides of the coin at the University — he MONDAY, see page 11

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Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative services Eric Monday is leaving for a similar position at the University of Kentucky.

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Arkansas pitches Holiday job offer Celebrations to Miles Staff Reports Numerous news outlets have confirmed that Arkansas offered LSU coach Les Miles a deal on Tuesday to become its head coach in the 2013 season.

The offer, initially reported in a tweet by the Sports by Brooks website, is reportedly for five years and $27.5 million, a $5.5 million per year average.

The Times-Picayune confirmed through a source close to LSU that the Razorbacks indeed extended the offer to Miles.

Miles, who was on a recruiting trip Tuesday night according to LSU Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette, was unavailable for comment. He is scheduled to be paid $3.75 million next season.

“We’ve seen the tweet by Sports by Brooks and we’re not going to comment on rumors or bits of information,” Bonnette said in the Times-Picayune report.

“It has been brought to Les’ attention and he didn’t have anything to say.”

This isn’t the first time in Miles’ tenure at LSU that he has MILES, see page 4

University 10th most dangerous college

LSU students embrace cultural holidays, celebrate Kwanzaa, p. 3

LSUPD: Statistics may be misleading Chris Grillot Staff Writer

View a full photo gallery and video of the events at lsureveille.com. photos by RICHARD REDMANN AND CONNOR TARTER / The Daily Reveille

[Left] Kinesiology sophomore Anna Davis performs during the Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration on Tuesday. [Top] Santa Claus reads the “Cajun Night Before Christmas,” and [bottom] the Christmas tree in front of the Memorial Tower is lit for the Candlelight Celebration.

Just weeks after Baton Rouge was ranked among the top 25 most dangerous cities in the country, Business Insider ranked the University as the country’s 10th most dangerous college.

Business Insider averaged FBI crime data from 2008 to 2011 in schools with more than 10,000 students. Schools were then ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank, weighted 4to-1.

Overall, the University had an average of 26 violent crimes and an average of 474 property crimes per year, according to the publication.

It also noted that the University had an average of 22 robberies in 2011.

However, the statistics cited by Business Insider may be misleading, said LSU Police DeDANGER, see page 4

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INTERNATIONAL Mexican beauty queen killed, had gun in her hands during shootout CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers was likely being used as a human shield, a federal official said Tuesday.

Maria Susana Flores Gamez, crowned 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in February, came out of the car first with a gun in her hands during the confrontation, with the other gunmen hiding behind her, according to the official from the attorney general’s office. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the investigation.

Palestinians predicted historic U.N. vote on recognizing statehood UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians predicted a historic U.N. vote recognizing their statehood this week, praising important new support from France on Tuesday and likely backing from other European nations seen as critical to enhancing their international standing.

The General Assembly vote to raise the Palestinians’ status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state is scheduled for Thursday, just a week after a cease-fire ended eight days of punishing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

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Maria Susana Flores Gamez, who was voted the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in a beauty pageant in February, was killed Saturday in northern Mexico.

China’s Communist Party paper falls for Onion joke about Kim Jong Un BEIJING (AP) — The online version of China’s Communist Party newspaper has hailed a report by The Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as the “Sexiest Man Alive” — not realizing it’s satire.

The People’s Daily on Tuesday ran a 55-page photo spread on its website in a tribute to the leader, under the headline “North Korea’s top leader named The Onion’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012.”

The photos the People’s Daily selected include Kim on horseback.

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NATIONAL

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Nearly 30 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats, many evacuated

Turtle protection device plans shelved by NOAA, federal officials

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bomb threats to 30 courthouses and other government buildings across Tennessee forced many to be evacuated Tuesday, including the federal building in Memphis, but authorities said no explosives were found.

Tennessee became the fourth state to deal with similar bomb hoaxes. One targeted 28 courthouses in Oregon and similar threats were reported in Nebraska and Washington this month. No arrests have been made in Tennessee and authorities had searched about 14 courthouses

by Tuesday afternoon.

Four female military members sue U.S. government to serve in combat

(AP) — New regulations that would have forced shrimpers in the bays and marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to install devices on their nets to save endangered sea turtles were scrapped Tuesday by federal officials.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is withdrawing plans by its fisheries service to require “turtle excluder devices” for small fishing operations that trawl for shrimp in state waters.

NOAA said data collected over the summer showed the devices may not keep small turtles from being caught in the shallower waters.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon’s ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, is the second one this year over the 1994 rule that bars women from being assigned to ground combat units, which are smaller and considered more dangerous.

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Police close roads surrounding the Blount County Courthouse on Tuesday after one of 30 bomb threats across Tennessee.

U.S. Justice Department launches probe into Albuquerque police

Explosives improperly stored at Camp Minden industrial site

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is launching an investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department after a string of officer-involved shootings and high-profile abuse cases that allege the use of excessive and deadly force, officials said Tuesday.

The announcement of a civil probe comes months after the police department in New Mexico’s biggest city was the target of protests, lawsuits and demands for widescale agency overhaul from civil rights advocates.

MINDEN (AP) — State police and Webster Parish sheriff’s deputies were working Tuesday to secure hundreds of thousands of pounds of explosives at the Camp Minden industrial site that officials say were improperly housed by a company.

Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton said containers of explosives were sitting outside in piles and in roofless buildings, exposed to the weather, at the northwest Louisiana site, which is near a local high school, the parish prison and the 800-resident town of Doyline.

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African-American students celebrate Kwanzaa Alyson Gaharan Contributing Writer

Before they break for the holiday, students celebrated Kwanzaa on Tuesday, highlighting principles that have been honored in African culture for centuries.

The University’s AfricanAmerican Cultural Center hosted the Annual Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration for the holiday, which began in the 1960s and is founded on the seven principles of Kwanzaa — unity, selfdetermination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.

Although Kwanzaa is observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1 each year, the University’s celebration was Tuesday evening to give students an opportunity to gather before the end of the semester.

The crowd of students and Baton Rouge community members who gathered to celebrate and reflect on the importance of heritage was diverse, representing all races, ages and religions.

Many attendees dressed up in

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Officers of the African American Cultural Center recite the Kwanzaa Pledge on Tuesday during the group’s Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union.

black clothes or traditional African garments.

“It’s a way to bridge the gap between African heritage and AfricanAmerican culture,” said anthropology and film senior Morgan Weir.

“Many African-Americans aren’t in touch with their African heritage.”

The event began with a litany — a dialogue between the group and a leader — emphasizing the spirit and culture of ancestors.

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Student Life and College of Education professor Darrell Ray was the keynote speaker and spoke about the importance of African-American families, culture and spirituality.

“During this time of year, we think about the connections we have with family and the ancestors that we miss,” Ray said. “Our connections drive us and push us, and we are excited to progress and move on to better days.”

Ray said Kwanzaa is celebrated

at this time of year because it’s connected to the New Year, a time when people consider who they are and what they want to accomplish in the new season.

“Think about what kind of energy you want to take into the new year,” Ray said. “Over the course of the holiday season, think about how you can enrich someone else’s life.”

The message from Ray was followed by musical performances by curriculum and instruction Ph.D. student Reagan Mitchell, who played the saxophone, and kinesiology sophomore Anna Davis.

Although Mitchell and Davis are new to Kwanzaa, Mitchell said his family loosely celebrated the holiday as he grew up.

“It’s about creating connections to the motherland, which is Africa,” Mitchell said. “For me, it’s about the importance of our history.”

Contact Alyson Gaharan at agaharan@lsureveille.com

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EOC hosts review of hurricane, bomb threat Alyson Gaharan Contributing Writer

Months after Hurricane Isaac and the bomb threat, the LSU Emergency Operations Center took responsibility for its mistakes handling the incidents and elicited feedback from an audience of about 50 faculty, staff and students about how to improve emergency procedures.

The LSU EOC hosted an afteraction review of Hurricane Isaac and the bomb threat Tuesday morning in the Student Union Atchafalaya Room.

“We have no preconception that we are perfect,” said EOC Core Team Chair D’Ann Morris. “We have a lot to learn, and who better to learn it from than the people that experienced it?”

After a brief introduction, Morris began the forum by hearing from the audience about Hurricane Isaac and the bomb threat.

Discussion of both topics focused on better communication, which faculty and students said needed the most improvement.

Audience suggestions included utilizing a campus-wide PA system, training more faculty to inspect buildings for anything out of the ordinary, having bomb threat drills, using phone calls in addition to text messages and sending emergency text messages in other languages for ESL students.

While Morris said better communication is needed, she emphasized that students share the responsibility to keep themselves safe by heeding all warnings and staying up

to date with information provided on the website and through other media.

“We use a multitude of communication devices, but some of this has to be on the students to check the website,” Morris said.

Morris said although text messaging is effective at getting news out, the small amount of space it provides necessitates checking other sources for more information.

The University has experienced its share of hurricanes, but the bomb threat presented a new challenge.

“Although this was not the first bomb threat we’ve received, it was the first one of its nature,” Morris said.

Sociology junior Claire Strickland, who experienced both LSU and Texas A&M’s bomb threats, said there was a stark difference between each university’s reaction and suggested LSU consider adapting initiatives she saw while on Texas A&M’s campus.

LSU Chief of Police Lawrence Rabalais said overcoming the bomb threat was a difficult task that included evacuating campus and securing the campus with limited resources.

“We have to look at our procedures, look at our responses and our resources,” Rabalais said. “We’ll have to address more specifics.”

Rabalais said what matters is nobody was hurt, and the focus is now improving the current procedures for future incidents.

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partment spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

Lalonde said a majority of the 22 robberies in 2011 were “snatch and grab” cell phone thefts, when a criminal simply grabbed a phone out of someone’s hands.

“There were very few incidents where there were actual acts of violence during the offense,” Lalonde said.

Despite the ranking, many students said they feel safe on campus.

“I don’t think it’s dangerous,” said mass communication freshman Monique King.

Computer engineering freshman John Hogg felt similarly.

“Overall, I feel pretty safe,” Hogg said, adding that the thought of being threatened rarely crosses his mind when he walks across campus at night.

On the other hand, biology sophomore Victoria Bertrand said she feels insecure at certain times and in certain places.

“The only time I don’t feel safe is when I have night class,” Bertrand said.

She noted that the parking lots near Miller Hall and Herget Hall appear to be dangerous places to walk at night because of the dim lighting.

King mirrored her sentiments.

“I try to avoid walking at night, or I’ll walk fast,” she said.

The only other Southeastern Conference schools to make the list were Vanderbilt University at No. 6 and Florida State University at No. 25.

University of California, Los Angeles ranked No. 1, registering 49 violent crimes per year.

Baton Rouge as a whole was named as the 25th most dangerous city in the country after the FBI released its 2011 crime statistics in late October.

Other Southern cities like Little Rock, Atlanta and Orlando ranked as more violent than Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge’s violent crime rate was 1065.7 crimes per 100,000 in 2011.

Contact Chris Grillot at cgrillot@lsureveille.com

The Daily Reveille Top 10 Most Dangerous Colleges: 1. University of California, Los Angeles 2. New Mexico State 3. University of California, Berkeley 4. Duke 5. Florida A&M 6. Vanderbilt University 7. San Diego State University 8. University of New Mexico 9. University of South Alabama 10. LSU *Information from Business Insider

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been connected to a coaching gig at other schools. Miles was twice connected to his alma mater, Michigan, when it had vacant positions.

The Razorbacks are in the market for a new coach after one tumultuous season under interim coach John L. Smith.

Smith signed a 10-month contract in April to fill in for Bobby Petrino, who was fired after news broke of an affair he had with a woman he hired to work as his assistant. The Razorbacks went 4-8 in Smith’s lone season, including a 2-6 Southeastern Conference record.

LSU beat Arkansas 20-13 Friday to secure a 10-win season — the sixth double-digit win season in Miles’ tenure. Miles has compiled an 85-20 record in eight seasons at LSU, including a 5-2 record in bowl games and a 2-1 record in BCS bowl games.

Miles is scheduled to meet with the media at 2 p.m. today to discuss the Tigers’ bowl options.

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BEHIND Luke Johnson Sports Editor

The purpose of a football player’s uniform number is to identify that player on the field, but a few choose it to identify themselves off the field.

For some, the digits are a tribute to those they admire. For others, the number is either traditionally assigned or selected haphazardly.

Coming out of Houston-area Cypress Ridge High School as a dazzling dual-threat quarterback, Russell Shepard idolized former Texas quarterback and fellow Houstonian Vince Young.

Young served both as a mentor to Shepard and as the impetus behind his selection of No. 10.

Shepard switched positions from quarterback to wide receiver shortly after arriving on the LSU campus, but kept the number he has worn since his high school days.

“We were from the same area, and he always had a good relationship with me,” Shepard said. “So it was to honor him, and I wanted to be better than him.”

Sophomore wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr., made the switch from No. 33, which he wore during his freshman season, to his current No. 3 as a way of making his own name.

His father, Odell Beckham, Sr., wore No. 33 as an LSU running back in the

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T H E N U M B E R S Players offer varied reasons for number selection early 1990s.

“It was an honor to make him proud last year,” Beckham said. “But it was something that I felt was more me, and more comfortable in a way.

“He was definitely proud. I think he still has the No. 33 jersey at home. But he bought a No. 3 jersey. I could have been No. 10 or No. 11, it doesn’t matter.

He’s going to be proud.”

Paying homage to those icons that roamed the fields earlier is a common theme among the players, but it doesn’t always work out.

A young Eric Reid was mesmerized by former LSU safety LaRon Landry. He aspired to be just like the muscular safety that patrolled the Tigers’ defensive backfield and doled out heavy hits in his No. 30 jersey.

Flash forward to 2010, and Reid found himself attending the same school and playing the same position as Landry. He originally planned to wear the same uniform number to show his respect.

“When I got here I wanted to be just like him,” Reid said. “But after talking to my mom and some other people, they told me I should be my own person. So I stuck with No. 1 because that’s what I’ve always worn.”

Of course, it didn’t help that a recent tradition blocked Reid from his path to No. 30.

Starting with Josh NUMBERS, see page 7

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LSU senior wide receiver Russell Shepard (10) hypes up the crowd before the Tigers’ 12-10 victory against Auburn on Sept. 22 in Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Freshmen could signal bright future for LSU Tyler Nunez Sports Contributor

The Lady Tigers are looking to replace what they lost in seniors this season with the help of a talented and diverse group of freshmen.

And this group of high school stars is determined to prove it can play at the next level.

To date, no one has done a better job of this than freshman guard Danielle Ballard.

Ballard has shown consistent improvement in her first five matches, averaging 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds. She solidified her status as the team’s first bench option.

The Memphis, Tenn., native was heavily recruited out of high school,

Tigers’ season a worthy encore

as ESPN ranked her as the No. 25 high school player in America.

If there were any doubts about Ballard, they were erased in Friday night’s match against then-No. 12 West Virginia, when she dropped 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Lady Tigers in the win.

LSU coach Nikki Caldwell was so impressed with her performance that she said Ballard had “graduated to another level” in a post-game news release.

LSU also added some size this season in freshman center Derreyal Youngblood.

Youngblood dominated in her time at John Curtis High School in River Ridge, La., earning three district Most Valuable Player awards

and averaging 15.5 points to lead the Patriots to a Class 2A state championship in her senior season.

Nicknamed “Tank” by teammates, Youngblood garnered a considerable amount of attention since joining LSU, even hearing comparisons to former LSU star and WNBA standout Sylvia Fowles.

But Youngblood knows she has plenty of work ahead of her in order to reach her full potential.

“It’s a big transition,” Youngblood said. “I had to basically grow up and understand that I’m not the star of the team anymore. I have to work towards that goal of making myself better.”

FRESHMEN, see page 7

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LSU freshman guard Danielle Ballard tries to shoot around a Wichita State defender during the Lady Tigers’ 72-70 win against the Shockers on Nov. 11.

Coaches usually fear their teams playing up or down to the quality of an opponent.

The 2012 season was more proof that LSU coach Les Miles embraces it.

Throw out the preseason expectations brought on by a brilliant 2011 and recognize this fall as a worthy follow-up to the greatest LSU regular season ever.

No, the Tigers likely won’t finish in the top five, play in a BCS bowl or win any championships, and they didn’t necessarily look good along the way.

It’s rarely pretty with Les, and that is both his biggest strength and a fan’s ultimate gripe.

During the 2012 season, the Tigers reverted back to the Miles mean, which is often infuriating and exhilarating all at once.

The 2011 season was the outlier, a statistical anomaly in which LSU won nine Southeastern Conference games by an average of 27 points.

Including this year’s onetouchdown average, that figure is 12 points in Les’ other 40 wins against SEC competition. The close games, the playing down to inferior teams, the relieving escapes: they were back in full force this fall.

Regressing in this case still means one of the dozen or so best regular seasons in program history.

Not to mention the obstacles LSU overcame in the process just to get there.

Both internal and external issues to the program made it a trying fall.

Last year’s Heisman Honey Badger was kicked off the team in August, the Tigers featured a new starting quarterback and the defense lost four drafted players from 2011’s daunting unit.

The roster volatility was just beginning, as LSU lost 10 major contributors for significant time due to suspension or injury.

The offensive line was a wreck early in the season, as Zach Mettenberger’s blind side was in peril after left tackle Chris Faulk was lost for the season to a knee injury after one game.

The entire right side of the line missed much of the stretch run, with Alex Hurst and Josh Williford battling long-term injuries.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Tigers don’t put stock in fast start LSU signs 12 athletes New players in fall signing period adapting to light foes Chris Abshire Sports Writer

The LSU basketball team has outperformed its modest expectations early on, outscoring opponents by an average of 18 points per game during a 4-0 start.

Just don’t be surprised if it’s fool’s gold.

LSU is no stranger to quick starts, especially against the bevy of directional schools and lowlevel competition that has littered the Tigers’ schedule so far.

Last season’s squad raced to a 10-3 start against markedly better foes and 7-2 marks ushered in the 2007-08, 2009-10 and 201011 seasons.

Players say they’re aware of how fickle non-conference games can be, but believe this year’s team — which has six players on scholarship for the first time at the Division I-A level — needed to ease into the action.

“This is a whole new team,” said sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III. “These good starts mean nothing, but the experience does. We’re learning to play together right now.”

New LSU coach Johnny Jones said training O’Bryant and sophomore point guard Anthony Hickey as team leaders puts the early games at a higher premium than normal.

To make his point, Jones contrasted his team’s first four games against what it will see Thursday night in Big East opponent Seton Hall.

“Our key guys are those two sophomores and we’ll count on them to carry us against a better

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LSU sophomore forward Johnny O’Bryant III tips in the basketball Nov. 9 in the 77-63 win against University of California, Santa Barbara in the PMAC.

team,” Jones said. “Freshmen like Shane [Hammink] and Malik [Morgan] will be tested like never before and they’ll be looking at the coaches for [help]. I’ll tell them to talk to Johnny and Anthony.”

There’s still the nagging question that follows beating Mississippi Valley State or McNeese State: Was there anything to learn about LSU in those easy wins?

Junior college transfer and leading scorer Shavon Coleman said it’s the attitude that matters.

Coleman recalled Jones chastising the team after allowing 57 second-half points in a lackluster 102-95 win against Northwestern State last week.

“He’s not satisfied with that from us, even though we got the ‘W,’” Coleman said. “Coach doesn’t want a 20-point win; he thinks the other team shouldn’t score. He wants to win by 100 or 200.”

O’Bryant said attitude plays into defensive critiques, which he said don’t change according to the quality of competition.

“Defensively is where you really learn what you’ve got early, because it’s an effort thing,” O’Bryant said.

For inexperienced players like Hammink, getting comfortable with college basketball is preferable to tackling ranked opponents in the first month.

“I need to slowly build my way up, and this start has been like that,” Hammink said. “The decision making is so different at game speed because your head just goes so fast. I’m just now getting comfortable with it.”

With an 18-game Southeastern Conference slate awaiting the Tigers, they don’t figure to have any breathers come 2013. Except several SEC teams have already posted putrid results this month.

Mississippi State has been run off the floor by major conference opponents, Vanderbilt posted 33 points in an ugly loss to Marist, Auburn got blasted by Murray State and fell to Rhode Island and South Carolina lost to Elon.

Six of LSU’s 18 conference games come against those four teams, but O’Bryant said that doesn’t change the approach.

“We’ve done pretty well so far compared to what people thought, but I know what the SEC is like,” he said. “None of us are happy yet because the big challenge starts Thursday and it won’t stop [until] March.”

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AbshireTDR

Scott Branson

Sports Contributor

The LSU swimming and diving program received commitments from 12 athletes in its fall signing period, highlighted by Abita Springs, La., native and top25 national prospect Kara Kopcso.

LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer said Kopcso will give the Lady Tigers versatility right away, and that time will tell where she makes her biggest contributions.

“Without a doubt she can come in and have a great shot of not only qualifying for the NCAAs in the 200 [individual medley], 400 IM and 200 [butterfly] but also scoring in those three events right away as a freshman,” Geyer said.

Geyer said Kopcso will fill the void left by seniors Sara Haley and Audrey Lawson — the Lady Tigers’ veteran butterfly participants — and is a monumental signing for LSU. “As far as the level of her talent, it has been a long time since someone has come up through the high school and club level of that talent within the state,” Geyer said.

Kopcso is LSU’s only in-state signee, along with 10 recruits from across the United States and one from Canada.

Joining Kopcso on the women’s side will be Leah Troskot, Colleen O’Neil, Hannah Martin and Makenna Wilson.

On the men’s side, LSU adds swimmers Devin McCaffrey, Elliot Dewlen, Logan Rysemus, Garret House, Ryan Cade and Tyler Crosson and diver Zak Rowton.

McCaffrey is a Trinity, Fla., native and comes in with a personal best in the 100 fly just half a second shy of cracking LSU’s alltime top-10 list for the event.

Geyer said the men’s class as a whole shows promise, especially considering each swimmer is making consistent improvements in high school and club level events.

“Every time they rest and go through a main event, they’re getting faster, which I love seeing in a high school athlete,” Geyer said. “When you take that aspect and throw them into a college environment, where you introduce them to weights and more specialized training, that development is going to occur in the water for us, as well.”

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 WORTHY, from page 5

starters aren’t supposed to anchor an offensive line, especially for an offense predicated on a power run game, but that’s exactly what sophomore La’el Collins and freshmen Trai Turner and Vadal Alexander did down the stretch.

The fact that Mettenberger played his best four games of the season, statistically, with them filling in should have fans excited for the future up front.

Three freshmen were among LSU’s top six defensive backs, and they performed admirably until allowing 300 yards in each of the final three games, all Tiger wins.

Junior cornerback Tharold Simon never lived up to the billing as the next Patrick Peterson or Morris Claiborne.

Those shakeups should have ruined LSU. Just look around college football for actual examples. True underachieving is USC and Lane Kiffin, who got his Heisman finalist back yet still couldn’t win more than seven games in a decent Pac-12.

Michigan was uninspiring with and without Denard Robinson, Arkansas imploded after the Bobby Petrino fiasco and even Florida State found room for one tank job in a putrid ACC. Each of those teams began the year in the top 10. None of them finished the regular season there.

Then there are the rigors of the schedule, which was supposed to ease up after a brutal but rewarding 2011 run.

Instead, the Tigers’ slate included a pair of road and home matchups with current top-10 foes. Road games against a BCS-bound Florida squad and the probable Heisman winner in Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M were all decidedly more difficult than they looked back in August.

So bemoan LSU’s likely nonNew Year’s Day bowl fate or a close call against Alabama and the nation’s second-most efficient quarterback in A.J. McCarron all you want.

Losing a Heisman finalist and a starting left tackle with a new quarterback after a national championship appearance sounds more like a rebuilding year than another title run.

If a rebuilding year means a No. 9 ranking and 10 wins, call it regression at its finest.

Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @AbshireTDR

NUMBERS, from page 5

Jasper in the 2008 season, No. 30 has been reserved solely for kickers on the LSU roster, and No. 38 has been set aside for punters only.

In the five years since the tradition started, five players have worn No. 30, five have donned No. 38 and senior kicker Drew Alleman has worn both.

This season, four players wear No. 30 and two wear No. 38.

The origins behind the tradition are mysterious, according to those wearing the uniforms.

“That was something that came before me,” said sophomore punter Brad Wing. “It’s a tradition now, I guess, and we’re keeping it up.”

Wing, who wore No. 9 in his lone season at Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, didn’t individually decide to be part of the tradition.

“That’s actually [LSU coach Les] Miles’ decision, having something about not wanting to know who’s kicking.”

But the 30/38 tradition isn’t the longest-running uniform institution on the team. Dating back to quarterback Matt Mauck in 2003, the No. 18 jersey has been passed on from

FRESHMEN, from page 5

After an injury to her left knee kept her out of action last season, redshirt freshman guard Anne Pedersen is finally seeing her first action for the Lady Tigers.

A product of Copenhagen, Denmark, Pedersen brings a wealth of experience to LSU as a Scandinavian All-Star and four-year member of the Denmark National Team.

She flourished while playing for Denmark, posting 17.5 points per game at the European Championships in her second year with the squad.

Caldwell said Pedersen’s versatility has allowed her to be utilized at

year to year to the player considered the team leader.

The jersey has changed hands six times now. This season, it’s worn by junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan, who wore No. 93 last season.

“I was surprised because I’m a big guy and a defensive lineman,” Logan said earlier this season. “I was just delighted to be a part of it and wear the No. 18. I think the respect I got from my teammates came through my hard work.”

But for every tradition and careful uniform number selection, there is a player who assumes a number without much thought.

“As a kid I was No. 42 and 64, I was No. 6 in high school, No. 8 in JUCO, No. 5 at Georgia,” said junior quarterback Zach Mettenberger. “A number is just a number for me; there’s no special meaning behind it.”

Junior linebacker Lamin Barrow and sophomore offensive lineman La’el Collins merely kept the numbers they wore in high school.

Senior offensive lineman Josh Dworaczyk was assigned his No. 68 when he made the team, but said the number has grown from identifying him on the field to identifying him,

multiple positions.

Rounding out the Lady Tigers’ freshman class is Helen Cox High School’s highly touted guard Kuaneshia Baker.

One of the top guard prospects in the country, Baker was named the 2012 Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 25 points, 9.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.1 blocks and three steals per game in her senior season.

Baker has yet to see any playing time this season.

Contact Tyler Nunez at tnunez@lsureveille.com

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Junior defensive tackle Bennie Logan (18) sings the LSU Alma Mater on Sept.

29 after the Tigers’ 38-22 win against Towson University.

in part, as a person.

So, what’s in a number?

“The number is what you make it,” Reid said. “If you feel like the number is who you are, it’s obviously going to be a bigger deal

for you.”

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OUR VIEW

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Eric Monday’s departure should serve as wake-up call CFO brought LSU leadership

The Daily Reveille Editorial Board The theme song of the LSU administrators right now is the ‘80s hit “Another One Bites the Dust,” and we can’t blame them.

The news of CFO and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Services Eric Monday jumping ship was disappointing, but not at all surprising to anyone who’s been watching the upper deck of LSU’s administration crumble over the past few months.

LSU has a serious leadership deficit right now. With a system president fired, a chancellor leaving, a provost stepping down and now a CFO departing, who’s actually running this university? Is there anybody left?

We’ve suspected that, titles aside, Monday has been running this University since the semester began. With an interim system president and a brand-new provost, Monday is the person in the highest leadership position who is most familiar with the way the University runs. Our suspicions have been confirmed more and more as the semester has progressed and as we’ve seen Monday bring real leadership and solutions to the University.

There’s never been a doubt that Monday is great at his job — he sits in interviews with the chancellor to explain the intense number crunching that must have made the CFO position hellish throughout these past several years of budget cuts. His friendly and approachable demeanor is well-suited for a college administrator.

Monday deserved to be recognized for his tireless work, whether that came in the form of a title change or a promotion or a pay raise. Instead, LSU embraced the

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status quo that consisted of complacency and mediocrity and let him run off to Kentucky, where he will make nearly $100,000 more.

We’ve seen this happen before — E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean Eli Jones left LSU last spring for a huge pay raise in the same position at the University of Arkansas.

Same song, second verse.

How can LSU possibly keep or attract good administrators like Monday when state appropriations keep falling and their salaries are nowhere near the salaries of their counterparts at our so-called peer institutions? We’ve said time and “Disease spreads among Louisiana deer population,” readers had this to say: “Does anyone know if this has ill effects on the consumption of the venison’s safety? :(“ - Greenman In response to Micah Bedard’s sports column, “Don’t be fooled

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time again that Louisiana residents must make higher education a priority if we want the world of higher education to make LSU a priority.

LSU prides itself on being the flagship university of the state, but is this how a flagship should act?

Letting the dust settle as its best and brightest leaders sprint toward other places?

More than anything, LSU needs leadership and vision right now. Monday had those qualities, and he’s walking out the door. He will be missed and his loss will be felt as the University braces for another possible round of midyear financial cuts. readers had this to say: “Yeah, the non-conference schedules for Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and LSU were brutal. Quibbling over the margin of victory is a useless point in the end. By that logic, LSU should be ahead of Bama because it beat the team that beat Bama. Whoops.

The fact is, one team (one eligible team) went undefeated in a tough

LSU’s leaders, if there are any left listening, should learn from their missed opportunity with Monday and hope that he comes back one day to possibly lead the University and the system. Until then, the leaders behind the scenes need to step up and fill the huge void that Monday will leave behind.

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Quote of the Day “People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.”

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Domestic drones need more privacy protections MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT DAVID SCHEUERMANN Columnist It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a drone, and it’s right over our backyards.

Drones are commonly associated with the ongoing War on Terror in the Middle East, where they are used primarily to blow terrorists – and often innocent men, women and children – to smithereens. However, some drones are used domestically, and as the years go by, these drones may have a greater presence in our lives.

The Department of Homeland Security has decided that it wants to more than double its drone fleet inside the United States. Over the last six years, the department has already spent $250 million on 10 predator drones, but the investigative reporting organization California Watch reported last week that

the department signed a contract worth as much as $443 million to purchase up to 14 additional predator drones and related equipment.

This deal, along with the DHS’s ongoing efforts to “facilitate and accelerate” the adoption of small drones by police agencies around the country, may be the first steps in ushering forth a strong drone presence domestically.

In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration has estimated that as many as 30,000 of our new mechanical overlords will be buzzing over our heads and crowding the skies by the end of the decade.

However, many Americans are concerned about what flying, ever-watchful cameras could mean for their privacy.

A poll conducted in June by the Monmouth University Polling Institute of New Jersey found 64 percent of Americans were at least “somewhat concerned” about their privacy if law enforcement agencies begin using drones for surveillance. Similar results were found

in an Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll from September, where 35 percent were “extremely” or “very concerned” and 24 percent were “somewhat concerned” about their privacy.

These people have every right to be worried.

The Congressional Research Service released a report in September detailing possible Fourth Amendment issues that domestic drones could potentially cause. The CRS noted that these drones could be equipped with facial recognition technology, cell phone towers to intercept calls and, in the future, able to see through walls.

Unless protections are put into place, domestic drones could pose a risk to our privacy rights – rights that have been under near constant attack since 9/11.

Yet this isn’t to say domestic drones can’t be useful.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a division of the DHS, equips the drones with various cameras and sensors to better patrol

the border for illegal immigrants and drug smuggling. Various police departments believe they can be used to assist search and rescue missions, capture escaped convicts and aid law enforcement during natural disasters.

Most Americans have no problem with that.

In the Monmouth University poll, 80 percent of respondents supported the use of drones for search-and-rescue missions, and 67 percent supported using them to track down escaped criminals.

However, Americans are also aware the government and law enforcement often use their powers broadly and abusively, and this sentiment is bipartisan.

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., released a draft of the Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2012 in August, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced his Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012 in June.

Both bills attempt to establish

clear privacy protections for the use of drones while still allowing them to be utilized for their nobler purposes.

It’s a stark example of what we need more of in this country.

Drone technology is booming, and it is increasingly likely we’ll see them used more frequently for domestic matters. However, we must first make sure we adequately protect our important rights to privacy before getting too excited with our new toys.

David Scheuermann is a 20-year-old mass communication and computer science junior from Kenner.

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GZA believes science ed is something to mess with FRIED PHILOSOPHY AARON FRIEDMAN Columnist Credibility is fleeting in hiphop. Ice-T, for example, is watered down and solving crimes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Ice Cube starred in the abysmal “Are We There Yet?” and the even worse, more appropriately named sequel “Are We Done Yet?” Wu-Tang Clan member and co-founder GZA, on the other hand, continues to earn my respect.

As part of a collaboration with Columbia University Professor Christopher Emdin and website Rap Genius, he will be using hip-hop to teach science to inner city teenagers.

The program, slated to begin in 10 New York City public schools in January, is uncomplicated: Rather than rely on tired textbooks and long lectures, teachers will incorporate hip-hop into the lessons, then ask students to rap about the material.

Participation will either be solo or done in “cyphers,” a turnbased group rap similar to those found on most hip-hop tracks.

The top rhymes will be selected by the GZA himself and uploaded to Rap Genius, where they will be accessible to people all over the world.

Why am I so excited about this? For starters, have you heard “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)”? GZA – and the rest of the Clan – has a supernatural grasp on wordplay and a commanding

persona. Even if you’re not a fan and think he’s not qualified to talk about science, his presence may be more like that of a hype man to get kids interested.

Think Flavor Flav, but with fewer oversized accessories and more intelligence and talent. Actually, don’t think about Flavor Flav.

GZA is totally ready to talk about science if the preparation for his new science-based album “Dark Matter” is any indicator: extensive readings, talks with MIT physicist David Kaiser and meetings with famed astrophysicist and awesome dude Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Emdin’s got the right credentials for this job, too. He received his B.S. in physical anthropology/ biology/chemistry, his M.S. in natural sciences and a Ph.D. in urban education. Furthermore, his pilot study of the program improved attendance, interest and graduation rates.

The only suspect player in the game is Rap Genius. The site allows users to upload not only lyrics but their interpretations. In the same year, the website has received both $15 million to expand its operations and heavy criticism for providing incorrect lyrics and wrong or offensive interpretations.

That being said, Rap Genius will have no input on the teaching end, nor will it select student lyrics to be uploaded. Instead, it will only serve as a lyrics distributor – one that’s much needed since there is a wide audience to be reached.

New York City’s public schools are 70 percent AfricanAmerican and Latino. According to the 2009 National Assessment of

Education Progress, only 4 percent of African-American seniors are proficient in sciences – 23 percent less than their white counterparts.

Executive Director of the National Science Teachers Association Francis Eberle told the Wall Street Journal, “Science has been left off the national agenda for too long,” and “we’ve lost a generation of students.”

Programs like these will counteract current trends by speaking directly to student’s interests. New York was the birthplace of hip-hop, and using it to teach science will marry two vocabularies, one familiar and the other scientific.

It’s exactly what we need educationally and culturally. Music’s already been proven as a successful teaching tool, and rap’s already shown it has youth appeal. This new movement might ask other self-promoting rappers – “selfpromoting” because selling out doesn’t seem to apply to this business – to stop dropping cologne and clothing lines and start dropping knowledge.

If successful, the program could be adopted in schools across the country. As of now, however, only one thing is certain. To quote GZA from “Clan in da Front,” “The Wu is comin’ through, the outcome is critical.”

Aaron Friedman is a 22-year-old writing and culture senior from Destrehan.

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earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from LSU and served as Student Government president before joining the ranks of the University’s administration. He’s been working on his Ph.D. in human resource education and workforce development.

“This is a tremendous career opportunity that was best for me and my family,” Monday said in a statement Tuesday. “I have developed professional and personal relationships at LSU that will last a lifetime and I will always maintain a deep passion for LSU and for the people that make it great. Forever LSU.” He declined to comment further when approached by The Daily Reveille on Tuesday.

The executive vice president for finance and administration position at the University of Kentucky also comes with a steep pay increase for Monday — nearly $100,000. At LSU, Monday’s compensation package is $254,000, according to University Relations. Of that, $220,000 is his base salary, $22,000 is additional compensation and $12,000 is his car allowance.

At Kentucky, Monday’s starting salary will be $350,000. His predecessor, who recently retired, was paid $464,000 when he was working full time, according to Jay Blanton, University of Kentucky spokesman.

Monday’s office has been responsible for leading LSU through deep cuts to state funding and midyear cuts, though the two most notable people he worked with — former Chancellor Michael Martin and former Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jack Hamilton — are no longer University administrators. Monday and his staff bore the responsibility of filling budget gaps as state appropriations for the University were cut by more than $90 million since 2009.

“Eric’s stellar performance in a multitude of roles at LSU will be felt for many years at this institution,” reads a statement released Tuesday by interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins. “His deep dedication to LSU and tremendous knowledge of the University will be sorely missed.”

D’Ann Morris, chair of the Emergency Operations Center’s core committee and executive assistant to the chancellor, worked

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alongside Monday in many capacities, including leading EOC briefings together during Hurricane Isaac. Morris called the news of Monday’s departure Tuesday “a disappointing loss for LSU.” No information has been released on who will fill Monday’s role in the interim or if a search firm will be hired, but he will

The Daily Reveille begin working in Kentucky in either late December or early January, according to a University of Kentucky broadcast email. A search firm is currently looking for LSU’s system president and chancellor, and the University hired a firm last year for Hamilton’s replacement.

Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Community

page 11 Outreach Katrice Albert is another administrator who could be leaving the University, as she was recently named a finalist for the vice president of equity and diversity position at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Monday’s departure also comes on the heels of a possible LSU System re-organization, which wouldcombine the system

president and chancellor roles and bring each university in the LSU System underneath the flagship Baton Rouge campus.

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