CRIME: University student arrested for stealing from LSU’s Barnes & Noble, p. 3
FOOTBALL: Who are the hardest hitters on the No. 8 Tigers? p. 5
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Sharing the Road
POLITICS
Students cast third party votes
Bike lanes to be added as part of Easy Streets II Ben Wallace
Johnson wins 1 percent of vote
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Louisiana state law provides bicycles the same rights as cars when it comes to sharing public roads, even if it doesn’t always seem that way. Stipulations exist, such as staying as far right as possible, using hand signals for turning and keeping at least one hand on the handlebars at all times. But for the most part, a bike is no different than a car in the eyes of the justice system. The University will add dedicated bike lanes and shared road signs to some campus roads during this coming summer’s Easy Streets II project — small victories for the cycling community. Yet bike-related accidents happen all the time, no matter how many provisions have been made. According to avid bike riders, more often than not, it’s cyclists abusing their road privileges who cause the problems. Bikers blowing through stop signs and red lights, riding along pedestrian crosswalks and traveling opposite the flow of traffic are among the concerns of LSU Cycling Club
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race coordinator and mechanical engineering senior Joey Bacala. “A lot of times I’ll see somebody on a bike, without a helmet, going the opposite direction of traffic — it’s just an accident waiting to happen,” Bacala said. “If all cyclists followed the rules, then you’d see the number of accidents with bicycles go down tremendously.” Don’t place the blame solely
on careless bicyclists, said German associate professor Gundela Hachmann. “Cars honk at me, people yell at me, people get angry — some drivers feel that a cyclist should be using the sidewalks, which of course is not according to state traffic laws,” said Hachmann, who never owned a car until she moved to Baton Rouge three years ago.
MCAT changes not affecting pre-med students’ decisions Senior Contributing Writer
Pre-medical school students are not looking into different career paths despite impending changes that may make the Medical College Admissions Test, or MCAT, more difficult in 2015, a recent Kaplan Test Prep study suggests. Russell Schaffer, senior communications manager for Kaplan, said 265 University students applied to medical school last year, which puts the University at No. 39 nationwide of the most medical school applicants.
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A vehicle passes LSU Cycling Club member Joey Bacala on Highland Road on Tuesday afternoon.
ACADEMICS
Danielle Kelley
The native German described Highland Road as notoriously dangerous for bikers, citing the narrow lanes and heavy traffic as major safety concerns. But according to Parking, Traffic and Transportation Director Gary Graham, complications with utilities, right of ways and space limitations
Animal science junior Brittany Castete voted for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in the presidential election, even though she predicted Johnson wouldn’t win. However, Castete was surprised none of the major national news outlets addressed anything about his standing during their coverage. At the election party she attended, she said everyone else was paying attention to President Barack Obama and former Republican candidate Mitt Romney, and she “was freaking out about whether Johnson would get the 5 percent.” If he would have, bipartisanship would be over, Castete said.
Some schools that beat the University include larger institutions like the University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin and University of California, Berkeley, said Owen Farcy, Kaplan’s director of pre-health programs. The MCAT hasn’t been changed since the early 1990s, so the test is considered outdated by many medical school professors. The Association of American Medical Colleges, which is updating the test, is hoping the changes will better prepare pre-medical students for medical school, Farcy said. “Over the years, there’s been a
lot of changes in the ways medicine has been practiced,” Farcy said. Farcy said the biggest change to the test will be the introduction of a behavioral sciences section, which means that pre-medical students should take different courses to prepare for the MCAT. She said freshmen will be the students affected most since they will take the MCAT in 2015, when all the changes will have been implemented. Despite this more intensive test, Farcy said about 4 percent MCAT, see page 4
CREATIVE CRAFTS
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INTERNATIONAL Collage from Beatles’ eighth album fetches $87,720 at London auction LONDON (AP) — Sotheby’s says an original piece of artwork from the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album has fetched 55,250 pounds ($87,720) at an auction. The auction house said the original 1967 collage for the insert to the album sold to a bidder in London on Tuesday. The sale marked the first time the collage by Sir Peter Blake was on the market. Rare Solar eclipse casts shadow Wednesday across north Australia SYDNEY (AP) — From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and amateur astronomers watched Wednesday as the sun, moon and Earth aligned and plunged northern Australia into darkness during a total solar eclipse. Stubborn clouds that many feared would ruin the view parted — at least partly — in some areas of north Queensland, defying forecasts of a total eclipse-viewing bust and relieving spectators who had fanned out across the region to catch a rare glimpse of the celestial phenomenon.
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Employees from Sotheby’s auction house adjust the original Sir Peter Blake 1967 collage for the iconic Beatles album “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Israel prepares new missile defense system for deployment in 2014 CARMIEL, Israel (AP) — Israel’s newest missile defense system, designed to provide another layer of protection against enemy fire, is on schedule for deployment in 2014, defense officials said Tuesday. The “David’s Sling” system, named after the famous weapon in the biblical David and Goliath story, is part of a multi-layered defense against incoming rockets and missiles. Two of the elements are operational.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Investigators explore Indianapolis home explosion causes
La. deploys emergency responders to NJ to help with Hurricane Sandy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The investigation into a deadly Indianapolis explosion has turned to appliances from the destroyed homes. Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons said Tuesday that his “investigators believe natural gas is involved.” He said they are “recovering the appliances from destroyed homes to help determine the cause.” The blast Saturday night killed two people and decimated a neighborhood.
(AP) — A team of three emergency responders from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has traveled to New Jersey to help officials there with their sheltering mission following Hurricane Sandy. The team will remain in New Jersey to provide technical support and advice as long as assistance is needed. DCFS Secretary Suzy Sonnier said Tuesday that Louisiana has a team of more than 40 volunteers ready to deploy to New York if requested.
Florida socialite at center of CIA Director David Petraeus’ sex scandal TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa socialite who hosted parties for the nation’s top military brass. Kelley’s complaint about anonymous, threatening emails triggered the FBI investigation that led to Petraeus’ downfall. And now she is at the center of an investigation of the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan over alleged “inappropriate communications” between the two.
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Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday by digging into the front sidewalk looking for possible explanation into the explosion of a house in Indianapolis.
Rescuers lead two uninjured snowboarders off Mount Rainier SEATTLE (AP) — Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier were well enough to snowshoe out Tuesday after rescuers had to “swim” through snow that was chest-deep in spots to reach them, national park officials said. Derek Tyndall and Thomas Dale didn’t appear to have frostbite or other injuries when rescuers reached them around 11 a.m., park spokeswoman Lee Snook said.
La. College asks Baptist churches for $12 million more for funding WEST MONROE (AP) — Louisiana College asked for approval Monday from the Louisiana Baptist Convention to ask for $12 million from the organization’s member churches. Louisiana College President Joe Aguillard told the group about 12 percent of the Pineville college’s funding comes from the convention. He said the college has grown by 50 percent since 2006. The Town Talk reports the $12 million is part of the college’s $50 million capital campaign for improvements across the campus.
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La. ignites wave of secession petitions on website and text on the site. Actual secession would involve Louisiana was the first of an consent of Congress and the presiavalanche of more than 35 states to dent, two things political science start petitions to peacefully withdraw professor James Garand says are not currently plausible. from the Union on Garand said the official White Number of signatures as the petition is a House website, and manifestation of citizens are con- of Tuesday evening: the nation’s differtinuing to add new ences, rather than signatures. • Texas with 86,000 the start of a serious As of Monday • Louisiana with 31,000 conversation about night, the petition • Florida with 26,000 certain states secedreached its goal of • Alabama with 24,000 ing. 25,000 signatures • Tennessee with 23,000 However, Ganecessary to warrand said he could rant a response see people thinking of secession as from President Barack Obama. This does not mean Louisiana an option. “Many people are wondering if can legally secede, but it does mean Obama must respond within 30 days, there is really enough to tie Ameriaccording to the U.S. Constitution cans together the way there has been
in the past,” he said. Garand said people of different political backgrounds are disconnected and cited same-sex marriage as an issue that leads to different conversations from the political parties. There are many other issues where this is true, Garand said, and it has formed two cultures alien from each other within the United States, wherein one side “cannot fathom” the other’s viewpoint. Some students assumed the petition meant people were serious about seceding. Biological science senior Quinn Thibodeaux said the petitions are ridiculous. “People need to stop acting like the world is going to end,” Thibodeaux said. Names are protected on the
website, so those who sign only have to enter their first name and last initial for public viewing. Michael E. from Slidell created the petition last Wednesday, and support grew exponentially. Until the weekend, the petition had fewer than 1,000 signatures. Some of the signatures on the Louisiana petition are from citizens of Tennessee, Michigan and Nevada, among other states, but the majority are from citizens of Louisiana. Texas’ petition claims the most signatures, with 86,000 as of Tuesday evening, after Micah H. set it up on Friday. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has issued statements saying he does not approve of the measure. A few anti-secession petitions have been posted as well.
One is titled, “Deport Everyone That Signed A Petition To Withdraw Their State From The United States Of America,” and has 3,500 signatures as of Tuesday evening. Another calls for the exile of these citizens, as well as all citizens who signed a petition regarding the secession of their state. Some petitions the White House has responded to include publishing the White House beer recipe as well as contentious issues such as greater protection of same-sex marriage and women’s health relating to contraception. All of these are available online at petitions.whitehouse.gov.
LSU Bookstore . LSUPD officers were dispatched to the bookstore because Thompson came up short when counting the money in her register, Lalonde said. After investigating, they determined she was refunding money to her own credit card. Thompson admitted to other transactions she had refunded to her card as well. Overall, she had refunded $844 to herself. Thompson, of 322 Woodale Drive in Monroe, was arrested for felony theft and booked in EBR Parish Prison.
appeared to be marijuana residue, Lalonde said. Witnesses told officers that before they arrived, Bivins was balling his fists and asking bystanders to punch him. Bivins, of 26991 Regency Park Drive in Denham Springs, was charged with simple assault, disturbing the peace by intoxication, resisting an officer and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked in EBR Parish Prison.
On Nov. 8, officers contacted Brumfield, who admitted to taking the iPad, though he said he intended to return it. Brumfield, of 853 Roundhill Drive, was arrested for felony theft.
He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
LSUPD arrests an “irate,” violent student at Greek Theatre
LSU Police Department officers arrested 18-year-old chemical engineering student Justin Brumfield on Nov. 8 for stealing an iPad left in the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes. On Nov. 7, LSUPD took a report of a stolen iPad in the auditorium of the Cox Center, according to LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. After sifting through surveillance videos, investigators were able to identify Brumfield as the culprit.
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Campus Crime Briefs Student arrested for pushing a woman and breaking her sunglasses Pre-business administration student Miles Oliver Bergeron was arrested Nov. 9 on a charge stemming from Nov. 3’s football game against the University of Alabama. On Nov. 3, LSUPD officers responded to a woman in the parking lot of St. Alban’s Chapel who said Bergeron pushed her, causing her sunglass to fall and break, Lalonde said. Officers were unable to locate Bergeron at the time. On Nov. 9, Bergeron, of 8632 Foxfield Drive, was located, arrested for simple battery and criminal damage and issued a misdemeanor summons. Bookstore worker refunds $844 to her own credit card, gets arrested Sociology student Brianna S. Thompson, 20, was arrested Nov. 7 after she refunded money to her own credit card while working at the Barnes & Noble at
LSUPD officers arrested 17-year-old student Andrew B. Bivins on Nov. 10, after responding to a call of an “irate” and violent individual at the Greek Theatre, Lalonde said. When officers arrived on scene, they tried to detain Bivins as he resisted. When officers finally apprehended Bivins, they noticed he was heavily intoxicated. Officers also discovered a glass pipe in his pocket with what
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Dining introduces reusable boxes Caitlin McCord Contributing Writer
In an effort to reduce waste, LSU Dining has introduced new, re-usable to-go containers, called eco clamshells, at Bayou Bistreaux and On-The-Geaux in the Student Union. “Those locations use a lot of to-go containers,” said Dean Samuels, LSU Dining marketing director. “The system is a little different in that you buy into the program and you have a container, but the container itself is not yours.” In order to maintain a certain level of sanitation, students receive a new “eco clamshell” each time they dine at Bayou Bistreaux or OnThe-Geaux, Samuels said. Students can purchase the containers for $5 and need only to return their dirty container to receive a new one, he added. Returned eco clamshells are put through LSU Dining’s dishwashing system to ensure that each container is ready to be used again, according to Samuels. “It’s not just a matter of recycling in terms of not using a Styrofoam container or a plastic container, but it’s recycling in terms of
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Landscape architecture graduate student Brett Davis carries out food Tuesday from Bayou Bistreaux in the Student Union.
keeping the life of the container going,” Samuels said. Project Clean Plate, another sustainability activity put on by LSU Dining each semester, ran throughout the month of October,
Samuels said. LSU Dining measures the amount of trash created by students eating in the dining halls each day and posts it to show students the progress being made, he said. “We do it every year because we’ve got a huge influx of freshmen and we really just want to help raise awareness about food waste,” said David Heidke, LSU Dining resident district manager. Another program LSU Dining has adopted has been tray-less dining, Heidke said. The tray-less dining program helped cut out half of the dishes being washed and led to a 30 percent reduction in food waste, Heidke said. “When you are running a food service operation at the magnitude that we run at LSU Dining, if you’re not aware of wastage then you’re doing a huge disservice to everyone,” Samuels said.
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more students are applying to medical school every year. Almost all students said the changes will not affect whether or not they apply to medical school, Farcy said. “It’s been a lifelong dream,” he said. “I think a lot of students feel medicine is a rewarding field.” Farcy said about 43 percent of applicants nationwide were accepted into medical school, though many students who fail apply again the next year. Test-takers score between a 3 to 45, and 31 is the average score for those accepted into medical school, Farcy said. “Schools are overwhelmingly in favor of the changes. They really feel students will be better prepared for medical school once these changes take effect,” Farcy said. “The students will learn the humanistic side of medicine.” Farcy said freshmen should speak with their advisers as soon as possible in order to take the necessary courses to prepare them for the new MCAT. Contact Danielle Kelley at dkelley@lsureveille.com
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HEAVY HITTERS
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Tigers debate who hits the hardest
MIC’D UP James Moran
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Nothing in football sends a crowd to its feet like a huge hit. It can happen anywhere on the field. Pads crack on pads and tens of thousands of fans either roar or fall completely silent. Many players on No. 8 LSU have delivered these kind of hits this season, but one question remains: Which Tiger hits the hardest? Several Tigers said they thought it was junior safety Eric Reid. Fans still chatter when the Tiger Stadium video board shows Reid’s monster hit on former Mississippi State running back Vick Ballard from last season. Others said that it is not Reid, but the other starting safety, junior Craig Loston. “I think Craig is the most consistent hard hitter on our defense,” said junior defensive end Barkevious Mingo. “He goes to make the big hit every time.” Both safeties are fast, weigh more than 200 pounds and punish opponents for going over the middle against the Tigers defense. Reid acknowledged being the hardest hitter is something the two safeties had thought about before. “Craig and I compete in everything,” Reid said. “That includes who can hit the hardest.
hardest hitter on the team,” Minter admitted. “I’m not trying to be cocky or anything, it’s just you have to have that demeanor when you are a linebacker.”
One game, unpostponable, with dunks and blocked shots for all. That’s what college basketball’s tribute to the United States military on Veterans Day should be. What started last November as a single-game experiment when North Carolina and Michigan State started off the college basketball season aboard the USS Carl Vinson has turned into a full-blown fiasco. After the 2011 Carrier Classic ran smoothly, college basketball’s homage to the United States military this season didn’t go entirely as planned. All three games held on aircraft carriers had at least one thing go awry. The 2012 Carrier Classic couldn’t even compare to last season’s battle between Michigan State and North Carolina— mainly because the game was canceled. Marquette and Ohio State were slated to play in this season’s Carrier Classic, but never tipped off because of a slippery surface on the deck of the USS Yorktown. Georgetown and Florida played a sloppy first half aboard
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LSU junior linebacker Kevin Minter (46) makes a tackle Oct. 6 during the Tigers’ 14-6 loss to the Florida Gators in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. Minter had a career-high 20 tackles including two sacks during the game.
It’s a weekly competition between us.” Despite that competition, Reid did not name himself or Loston as the biggest hitter. He gave his vote to junior linebacker Kevin Minter.
“He’s one of the hardest hitting linebackers in the [Southeastern Conference],” Reid said. Minter, who leads the team with 90 tackles, had to agree with Reid. “Yes, I think I am the
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Tigers rout McNeese, 73-48 Coleman nets 23 first-half points Chandler Rome Sports Writer
Junior forward Shavon Coleman stepped in for injured sophomore Johnny O’Bryant III and poured in a career high 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked two shots in his first start as a Tiger, pacing a 73-48 rout of McNeese on Tuesday. In the absence of one potent inside scorer, coach Johnny Jones witnessed the emergence of another. “We all talked about what we needed to do to get the job done
tonight [without O’Bryant],” the first half of a 2010 tilt with Coleman said. “That’s exactly Auburn. what we did. We “He’s a very came out and got ‘We talked about what unselfish player,” the job done.” Jones said. “He’s Firing out of we needed to do to get long, lengthy and the gate for 23 the job done tonight he’s really good in first-half points, terms of getting to [without O’Bryant]. the gaps and getColeman had his way with the unting to the basket That’s exactly dersized Cowand I thought you what we did.’ boys (1-1) inside, saw that tonight.” attracting double Sophomore and triple teams Anthony Hickey Shavon Coleman for most of the chipped in nine LSU junior forward second half – limpoints and six asiting him to only two points the sists for the Tigers (2-0), and put rest of the way. his stellar defense on display, Coleman’s 23-point outburst helping to force the Cowboys was the most scored by a Tiger into 19 turnovers. in the first half of a game since BASKETBALL, see page 7 Tasmin Mitchell dropped 23 in
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LSU freshman guard Malik Morgan looks to pass the ball Tuesday during the LSU vs. McNeese State game at the PMAC.
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FOOTBALL
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tigers work on eliminating late touchdown drives
Alex Cassara Sports Writer
The fourth-quarter Alabama drive that saw the Crimson Tide go 72 yards in five plays to shock a record Tiger Stadium crowd and kill LSU’s BCS and Southeastern Conference championship hopes was not an isolated incident. Not only did it happen earlier in the game, but it has also happened several times over the course of the season. Of the Tigers’ 20 allowed touchdowns this season, four have come with 3:12 or less left in a half. One other touchdown drive started with 4:54 remaining in a tight game, also threatening an LSU defense that has had difficulty containing offensive, pass-heavy surges late in halves this season. The first time it happened could be chalked up to opening-day jitters,
with the defense allowing North Texas to score half its points on an 80yard pass after getting the ball with 2:20 remaining in the first half. The next came against South Carolina, making it a two-point game by moving the ball 69 of 77 yards through the air starting with just under five minutes to go. The Tigers were put in a similar situation the next week by Texas A&M, when with 3:12 left in the game, freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel threw for 56 of the 80 yards needed to pull within one score of LSU. While the Tigers gave up a minute-long, balanced drive to the Tide into the last minute of the first half, the offensive statistics on the final heartbreaker are anything but even. Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron gained almost half of his 165 passing yards after he got the ball on his 28yard line and sailed the Tide all the
way downfield to victory. With teams needing quick scores, a gun-slinging approach is inevitable and LSU coach Les Miles knows it. “The key is to get some pressure in those situations, tighten coverage and also reflect on when they’ll have that want for the deep ball. I think we’re doing that,” Miles said. Miles mentioned late penalties resulting in first downs in those situations, which happened during Alabama’s first late scoring drive and in the ones given up to A&M and South Carolina. Penalties have plagued the Tigers all season, as they rank third to last in the SEC by giving up 59 yards a game. But by comparison, the other two defenses that round out the Southeastern Conference’s top-three, Alabama and Florida, have only given up a combined three scores in the
same parameter. The Tide allowed a touchdown drive within five minutes of halftime in its first game of the season against Missouri, while the Gators allowed a field goal apiece to LSU and South Carolina with the clock ticking down. “Are they tested? You bet,” Miles said. “They’re tested at the back end of every game. But again, I think they’re young guys. They’re improving, and I think we’re fortunate to have the opportunity to correct and modify. And I think we will.” The first and second-string defenses work on long and short twominute drill drives every Monday and Thursday for what senior defensive lineman Josh Downs approximates as “two or three” practice periods. They also work on “tempo” every day, according the junior
defensive end Sam Montgomery, where the offense runs eight plays as quickly as possible against the defense, which can end the drill with an interception. Montgomery said the offense has an inherent advantage in the twominute drill with the defense having to run back and line up before every snap while the opponent pushes forward. Collegiate football rules also state that the clock will stop until the chains are set after every first down. Whatever the reason, it’s been a point of emphasis since the lastsecond loss to Alabama. “We came back and went back to the drawing board,” Montgomery said. “We worked on it and took it more seriously.” Contact Alex Cassara at acassara@lsureveille.com Twitter: @cassaraTDR
FOOTBALL
Rivalry remains close despite Ole Miss woes Recent win-loss records don’t matter Chris Abshire Sports Writer
After five straight games against ranked opponents, LSU’s rivalry game against Ole Miss doesn’t hold the national appeal of the Tigers’ dramatic past month. But don’t expect the Rebels (5-5, 2-4 SEC) to play like an outmanned foe, as Ole Miss has kept the series competitive despite making only two bowl games since 2004. Ole Miss has made records moot when the Tigers are on the opposite sideline. “They always play big,” said senior offensive tackle Josh Dworaczyk. “We play them later in the season, and there’s a lot on the line for us. To upset LSU would make their season.” Outside of last season’s 52-3 LSU rout in Oxford, the Rebels have often thrown a wrench into the Tigers’ November. In 2006, a three-win Ole Miss team marched into Tiger Stadium and took a 20-7 lead into the fourth quarter. Former LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell rallied LSU with two late touchdowns, including a last gasp 4th-and-goal toss to Dwayne Bowe that forced overtime, when the Tigers finally outlasted the 27-point underdogs, 23-20. Ole Miss won consecutive games against LSU in 2008 and 2009, as the Rebels made the Cotton Bowl twice and either matched or surpassed LSU’s win total in both years. The 2010 matchup was one of the rivalry’s most compelling, as the teams traded the lead six times in the second half. Stevan Ridley’s last-minute touchdown run completed a 20-point LSU barrage in the fourth quarter to defeat the four-win
Rebels, 43-36. LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery said he expects a game no less competitive than those thrillers. “With these old rivalries, it transcends football,” he said. “As players, no matter the score, you keep that tradition alive. You feel it in your blood on the field against
Ole Miss.” Though the Rebels have been down during the last eight years, talent isn’t necessarily absent. Former coaches Ed Orgeron and Houston Nutt regularly compiled respected recruiting classes, and LSU senior wideout Russell Shepard said it shows. “Looking at the film messes
you up, because you don’t see talent quite like an Alabama or a Florida,” Shepard said. “But when they play LSU, they play like an Alabama or Florida. You have to understand and expect that.” Dworaczyk’s first game in attendance at Tiger Stadium was that 2006 overtime thriller, and the sixthyear senior is just 1-2 against Ole Miss in games he’s played. He said the timing and location of the game requires a tougher mental task for LSU. “It’s always Senior Night for us, which means the emotion is flowing,” Dworaczyk said. “It seems they play us a lot harder in Baton Rouge. History mandates that.” The Rebels may have a different motivation this year, though.
Under new coach Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss enters the game one win away from a bowl berth after dropping heartbreakers to Texas A&M and Vanderbilt in recent weeks. Instead of simply playing spoiler or jockeying for bowl position, Dworaczyk said, the Rebels will be looking to earn a signature win for the Freeze era. “They’re trying to build and make a program,” he said. “Ole Miss has played a lot of close games this year with a lot of emotion and come out on the short end. With a bowl game on the line, that makes this their championship.” Contact Chris Abshire at cabshire@lsureveille.com Twitter: @AbshireTDR
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the USS Bataan in Jacksonville, Fla., before it was determined the court was too dangerous to continue play. San Diego State and Syracuse had to wait two days to finally play aboard the USS Midway Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Calif. Nothing is worse than a canceled or postponed sporting event. But such a crisis can be avoided. There’s a reason basketball is played inside. Unlike football or soccer, the playing surface for basketball players has to be dry or serious injuries could occur. I can’t blame officials for postponing and canceling the games last week. Player safety has to be the No. 1 priority. Basketball doesn’t have the same quality outdoors as it does indoors. Both Syracuse and San Diego State are successful outside shooting teams. With blustery winds aboard the USS Midway, only two of the 22 shots from the long-range found their mark. The Aztecs shot a dreadful 27 percent from the field. Basketball on an aircraft carrier seemed to be, and really is, a mind-blowing idea. As with any endeavor, a brilliant idea is only as good as how you carry it out. With that being said, college basketball aboard aircraft carriers must come to an end. Unfortunately, the Carrier Classic has confirmed it will continue aboard the USS Yorktown in South Carolina next year. The sentiment is there. The execution? Not so much. Another venture to honor the armed forces is a much better format. Meet the Armed Forces Classic. Across the pond in Germany, Michigan State and Connecticut got the experience of a lifetime at Ramstein Air Base, the headquarters for the U.S. Air Forces in
BASKETBALL, from page 7
The Tigers scored 27 points off the turnovers and never trailed as their lead swelled to as much as 31 in the second half. “We play up tight and depend on our teammates,” said senior guard Charles Carmouche. “We just want to play tough [defense] and rebound the ball.” The Cowboys inched as close as 1 point in the first half, but the Tigers used an 8-0 and an 11-0 run to go into halftime with a 16-point lead, never looking back in the second game of Jones’ tenure. Jones praised his team’s perimeter defense that forced the Cowboys to shoot 29 percent from the field with only one assist as a team. “We’ve improved in not allowing straight lines to the basket,” Jones said. “I think our guards have done a much better job in terms of their on ball defense.” Senior center Andrew Del Piero scored 7 points and grabbed four rebounds in eight minutes of action – all career highs. Jones was able to empty his
page 7 Within that stable is the second most mentioned candidate For further proof, see for hardest hitter on the LSU ofMinter’s back-to-back sacks of fense, junior running back SpenFlorida quarterback Jeff Driskel in cer Ware. the second quarter from the game “Spencer Ware could be an against Florida on Oct. 6. outside linebacker if we needed The first play he jumped the him to be,” said senior offensive snap, went between the guard and lineman Josh Dworaczyk. center and buried Driskel before At a dense 225 pounds, he could even start Ware is a violent, his play-action straight-ahead fake. The next ‘Craig [Loston] and I runner who has play, he ran un- compete in everything. put his shoulder touched between down and run the right guard That includes who can over a number of and tackle then would-be tacklers hit the hardest.’ knocked Driskel who have tried to backward for the bring him down. Eric Reid sack. “I definitely LSU junior safety On offense, it think the hardest was a pretty clear hitter on the ofchoice for most of the Tigers. fense is Spencer Ware,” Reid said. “J.C. Copeland,” said senior “I remember when I met him in wide receiver Russell Shepard. the hole in practice one time, and “He is the punisher, man.” it wasn’t pretty for me.” Copeland, a junior, is a 272-pound former defensive tackle who has served as the lead Who is the hardest hitter blocker for the Tigers’ stable of on the LSU football team? running backs. Cast your vote “I don’t get hit by J.C. in at lsureveille.com. practice, but I see how hard he hits other people,” Mingo said. “A couple of times I’ve seen him get on those linebackers and just bully Contact James Moran at them. It was kind of bad, but he jmoran@lsureveille.com really brings it every day.”
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North Carolina forward John Henson (31) tries to block a shot by Michigan State center Adreian Payne (5) during the Carrier Classic on Nov. 11, 2011 in Coronado, Calif.
Europe. For an entire week, players and coaches from each team experienced aspects of life from U.S. service members living abroad and serving their country. It was the perfect setup. There was tons of coverage from ESPN and most importantly, it was played inside. There weren’t any players skidding on wet floors or winds affecting jump shots. Just good, clean American basketball inside a C-5 transport hangar. The lack of success college basketball has had on aircraft carriers this year is unfortunate because of the unique atmosphere games played in front of military personnel bring to basketball. While watching Michigan State and Connecticut battle, you didn’t hear any booing or harassing officials. The crowd cheered when both the Huskies and Spartans scored or made a big play. The service men and women could not have cared less which bench early in the second half, spreading the scoring among 10 different Tigers and gauging different lineups throughout the night. “I thought those guys came in tonight very focused and on a mission,” Jones said. “I’m very pleased with the effort of our entire team.”
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team ended up with more points. They were just there to enjoy watching basketball in person. I love to see college basketball honor Veterans Day because of the joy it brings to those serving in the armed forces. It lets them forget, even if only for a few hours, about their job of protecting our country. College basketball on the decks of U.S. aircraft carriers isn’t the answer. A spectacle of sport like what happened on Ramstein Air Base is. Make it one game. And make it count.
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Obama re-election significant for minorities of all types IN-LOOKING OUTSIDER TESALON FELICIEN Columnist The minority voice spoke for a consecutive presidential election, and the country listened. As in 2008, minority voters were key contributors to President Obama’s re-election. Approximately 93 percent of African Americans voted for the president— 2 percent less than the previous election year. Sadly, African Americans’ fortunes have not changed since the first black president stepped into office. Many question the significance of his re-election for the black community, his original voting base. It is unfair to judge the president’s performance based on problems he inherited. A failing economy and the issue of poverty take more than one term to solve. The 2008 election was unlike any other witnessed in American history. The black populace seemed to wake from its political slumber and embrace two democratic candidates. One was the wife of a former president loved by them, and the other was a little-known senator from Chicago. Two million more African Americans and Hispanics voted that year. The newly elected president embodied the pride of blacks across the country. Four years later, however,
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that pride and enthusiasm dipped as Republican Candidate Mitt Romney gained ground during the final stages of the presidential race. This time, African Americans voted for Obama in fear the alternative would win. S.L. George, 67, a retired postal manager, was one of those who felt this enthusiasm in 2008. “I look at him [Obama] as being a visionary for everybody; he’s an American and this is what we all are,” she said about the reason she voted for him in both elections. George blamed the country’s stagnant growth on a divided Congress and believes the GOP will have to start accommodating all groups of people in order to attract minorities. But the fact remains that not much has changed in the community since the president was elected the first time. Blacks still suffer from poverty, unemployment hovers around 14 percent and many still fill the country’s prisons. Even the president’s hometown of Chicago suffers from a high murder rate that rivals that of Baton Rouge. Black issues are not solely the president’s responsibility. Too often black people forget that Obama is not just representing the black community but also the United States. His policies should not target one demographic. One might point to the president’s application of the DREAM Act as catered to Hispanics, when
in reality the act enables many European and Caribbean illegals to achieve the American Dream. This political move did manage to ensure around 71 percent of the Hispanic vote, however. Obama’s re-election is significant not just for African Americans but for minorities as a whole. Gone are the days of a voiceless minority. His
re-election proves minorities have the ability to dream and to succeed. From women to Hispanics to Asians, we all have a right to dream. “A lot of us are in the same boat as far as socioeconomic circumstances,” said business management junior Steven Goins Jr. of minorities. Maybe the GOP will take this
Mr. Montville is one of these people who present lots of opinions with little knowledge about the industry. First and foremost, do you realize that the pet industry that you talk about and the animal livestock production industry are two different things? Second, your fact about PETA bringing in 11,000 animals for spay and neuters is concerning. This huge company that preaches animal welfare helped less than 1% of all strays and abandoned animals! What did the rest of the money they collect every year go to? I guarantee you it wasn’t to research their cause, but probably to put out some of these opinion-based propaganda advertisements. Furthermore, if I buy a dog from a breeder because it fits in with my family and lifestyle, I provide a great home full of love and experiences for that animal for its entire lifetime, does that
make me irresponsible? Lastly Mr. Montville’s comments about raising LIVESTOCK animals solely for food and money. What do you think crop farmers are doing with the plants and vegetables that you are utilizing for your vegan diet. I love how the solution is always to go to a vegan diet. Do plants not reproduce, respond to stimulus, utilize natures resources, and create communities just like our animal friends? They are a living, breathing organism on our planet as well. Do they not count as living beings because they are not furry and cute? Furthermore, if you want to talk about cruelty of harvesting a living breathing thing, lets talk about the number of plants that are harvested with sharp blades and cutting tools every year. I guarantee you that the vegan lifestyle kills way more living
breathing things from the PLANT and ANIMAL kingdom in a much harsher way. Mr. Montville, I cannot even blame you for your lack of knowledge and for buying into this propaganda. I blame myself and the agricultural industry for not educating you about how your food is really produced. With that knowledge you may have been able to put forth a useful column that would have actually helped educate others.” - Mgarcia
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factor into consideration when strategizing for the 2016 election. Tesalon Felicien is a 22-year-old mass communication junior from the island of St. Lucia. Contact Tesalon Felicien at tfelicien@lsureveille.com; Twitter: @Tessfel (should not be hard to look up.) The study followed the initial salaries of men and women applying for similar positions with similar qualifications. What they discovered was that only 7% of women tried to negotiate their salary offer, while 57% of men did. The average increase in salary of those who negotiated, men and women, was 7.4%, higher even than the listed wage gap. What’s more, this study found that women also didn’t negotiate for raises as often or try to get a larger raise, which compounded increasingly over their careers. It’s quite detailed and worth reading in its entirety. There are still a great many social and cultural problems facing women and they need to be addressed, but the vitriol over the wage gap is misplaced and distracting from the more important issues.” - Kyp
Quote of the Day “Whether you’re going to be a state or not, people should speak English.”
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HEAD to HEAD Should Puerto Rico be admitted as the 51st U.S. state? Yes, a new state would bring U.S. tax revenue, culture, confidence BLUE-EYED DEVIL
NICHOLAS PIERCE Columnist On August 13th, 1898, Spain and the U.S. signed the Treaty of Paris, effectively ending the Spanish-American War and ceding the islands of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba and the Philippines to the United States. Since then, Cuba and the Philippines have gone their separate ways, but Guam and Puerto Rico have remained in our American household. Well maybe not in our American house so much as on our American veranda — but still, we’re family. Puerto Rico has non-voting representatives in Congress, it’s defended by our military and Puerto Ricans, in turn, fight in our wars. We’re like cousins maybe, or stepsiblings. In 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted automatic citizenship, and since 1947, Puerto Rico has existed as an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. That’s a long time to be on the front porch, out in the elements and whatnot. But hopefully, that’s about to change. On Nov. 6, 61 percent of Puerto Ricans voted to petition the United States Congress for entrance into our Union as the 51st American state. Article IV of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the right to bring in new states so long as certain metrics are met — and Puerto Rico has all the requirements. This is the first time in 45 years that Puerto Ricans have voted to request statehood by a clear majority. And it’s the first time since Hawaii entered the Union in 1959 that the U.S. could possibly add a star to Ole Glory. Now there are opponents to Puerto Rican statehood — whiny conservative types — who say letting the Latino branch of the familia Americana into our house would cause all sorts of trouble. They say the margins of this vote don’t give us a clear mandate, and they say a large number of Puerto Ricans still don’t want statehood. Well, half of Texans still think they live in a sovereign republic — and we’ve tolerated those folks pretty well. Besides, while 61 percent voted for statehood, only 1 percent voted for outright independence from the U.S., so the scales are clearly in our favor. Those in opposition have also said bringing Puerto Rico in could negatively impact the economy, but as it stands today, Puerto Ricans pay no income tax. By letting them become a state, we could offset the expense by dramatically increasing the tax pool. Lastly, opponents of Puerto Rican statehood say bringing that many Spanish speakers into the Union could fundamentally alter American culture.
If you still think that’s a valid argument, you clearly have never driven through Houston. It’s about time we came face to face with our Latin neighbors and the rise of Central and South America as full partners on these two continents. Having a Spanish-speaking state (other than Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and North Florida) could only help in that regard. Ultimately, the most pressing argument for statehood is less statistical and more emotional. We need this. We, as a nation, need to know that people still want a part of what Uncle Sam has to offer, we need that new star on our flag to show ourselves and the world that the United States isn’t a has-been — we’re a still being. Larga vida a los Estados Unidos, viva el estado de Puerto Rico. Nicholas Pierce is a 22-year old history senior from Baton Rouge.
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No, Puerto Rican statehood would destroy the island’s culture, heritage SHARE THE WEALTH JAY MEYERS Columnist The nature of Puerto Rico’s political relationship with the United States may soon change, as a majority of citizens from the Caribbean island territory ostensibly supported U.S. statehood in a referendum last Tuesday. As it stands, Puerto Rico is currently a self-governing commonwealth of the U.S. Its people are considered U.S. citizens, but they are unable to vote in our presidential election and they do not have representation in Congress. Although Puerto Ricans may technically be U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico possesses a primarily rural, Spanish-speaking culture with an economy radically unlike that of America. If Puerto Rico did assimilate into the U.S. via statehood, this transition would ultimately destroy the Caribbean island’s culture and heritage. Throughout the past century and up until last week, Puerto Ricans have indicated an inherent understanding regarding the dire societal implications associated with statehood, as they have voted against becoming a state three times in the past 45 years.
If that’s the case, why did 61 percent of Puerto Ricans cast their ballots last week in favor of statehood, effectively changing their long-standing, 114-year commonwealth status with the U.S.? Is it finally time for you to sew that 51st star on your American flag? Before you start designing your new flag, I’d suggest taking a closer look at the actual vote. For one, the referendum itself was not a simple yes/no question on statehood. Instead, it was a two-part ballot that first asked voters if they favor the current status as a U.S. territory. With their passionate statehood advocacy, the Progressive-controlled executive branch of Puerto Rico knew their best chance at achieving statehood would be to design the ballot eliminating the status quo as an option. As expected, dissatisfaction regarding Puerto Rico’s commonwealth status reigned supreme with 52 percent of voters expressing disapproval. The referendum then asked voters who answered no if they wanted the island to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a “sovereign free association” designation that would grant more autonomy to the territory of 4 million people. In doing so, the Progressive party of Puerto Rico essentially restricts the second question only to proponents of defeating the status quo — most of whom advocate for Puerto Rican statehood. Put simply, the referendum is designed so statehood will win, regardless of the majority will of the people. And sure enough, the 61 percent of Puerto Ricans who voted for statehood was not the majority. In fact, 470,000 voters intentionally left the second question blank, meaning that only 45 percent of voters supported statehood. To be sure, though, even if Puerto Ricans did want to be admitted as a state, they would have to seek approval from both houses of Congress. With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s unsuccessful bid for the presidency, you can bet your bottom dollar that House Republicans would not support action adding approximately four million new voters predisposed to support the Democratic Party. Additionally, the facts say the U.S. cannot afford the 51st state of Puerto Rico. According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, the cost of Puerto Rican statehood would be $9.4 billion in the first 4 years. This is simply a no-nonsense issue: Puerto Rican statehood should not be granted, for it’s in neither country’s best interest to do so and the grand majority of citizens oppose it, as well. Let’s maintain the status quo, and focus on the real issues facing this country. Jay Meyers is a 19-year-old economics sophomore from Shreveport.
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make expanding Highland on campus for bike lanes nearly impossible. “We don’t have any room — try to widen it and you have to deal with a lot of agencies,” Graham said. When adding a turning lane to Highland at the Dalrymple Drive intersection a few years ago, it took more than a year just to receive approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, he said. Under Easy Streets II, street parking will be eliminated along Dalrymple east of Highland, and dedicated bike lanes will take its place. Shared road signs will also go up along a handful of campus roads such as South Campus Drive and Field House Drive.
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Gary Johnson, 2012 Libertarian presidential candidate, speaks Sept. 28 in the Union Theater. Johnson gained 1 percent of the national popular vote in the election.
Like Independent Ross Perot’s presidential campaign in 1992, any percentage at or above 5 percent would guarantee that party a place on every state’s ballot in the next election. Johnson ended up with 1 percent of the national popular vote, but one of his major issues, marijuana legalization, passed at the state level in Colorado and Washington. Third party mayoral candidate Gordon Mese lost his election by a landslide as well, but told local news he accomplished what he set out to do with his race: speak about issues other than crime. Political science professor James Garand said there is a long history of third-party candidates running to get an issue on the agenda that would not otherwise be there. Garand said the Progressive party in the 1920s was a successful example of this because its ideas eventually folded into the Democratic party platform. Under the current Electoral College system, this is the main way third parties can be useful, considering they will never accomplish the end goal of attaining seats in Congress or electing a president, Garand said. He said third parties can also act as “safety valves.” Voting for a third party can be a way for voters to express their unhappiness with other candidates, a way to make a statement, Garand said. They serve as placeholders for voter dissatisfaction, and in the case of Louisiana Libertarian House candidate Rufus Craig Jr., some candidates run so a partyaffiliated candidate will not campaign unopposed. “It provides a choice for voters who don’t want the other candidate,” said Kyle Aycock, president of the University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty. Aycock summed up the point of third parties in one phrase, saying they exist “to highlight ideas that aren’t in the mainstream and give people a choice.” In terms of that, both Aycock and Garand agreed this election was a mixed bag. Garand said the results are
typical and not likely to affect change in the near future. “There’s been talk of change ever since I’ve been an adult, thinking person,” Garand said. He said change would be possible if a presidential candidate won the popular vote but lost the electoral college, which is “very possible.” Many European countries use a proportional system. If a party meets a certain minimum percentage — around 5 or 10 percent — of the vote in a national forum, that percentage is reflected in its equivalent of Congress. Garand said the lack of this system in the United States is a “structural problem.” English junior Maggie Tyson said she wishes there were more third parties to reflect the views of the American people. Chemical engineering sophomore Chris Galli said he never votes third party because he knows they’ll never win, but third party candidates deserve recognition.
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page 11 Plans are in the works to eliminate a vehicle lane and add dedicated bike lanes along Skip Bertman Drive from campus to the levee, too. But since it’s a state-owned road, the University will have to work with the Department of Transportation and Development to make it happen, Graham said. LSU Cycling president Dustin Drewes said riding around campus is relatively safe, despite the lack of bicycle accommodations. “If you’re following all of the traffic laws, obeying the stoplights, and watching for pedestrians, it’s really not too bad,” Drewes said, adding that off-campus cycling is a totally different story. Like Bacala, however, he often sees riders breaking traffic
laws, putting everyone on the road in danger. “People on bicycles don’t consider themselves a vehicle,” he said. “And then there’s just cyclists who almost have a complete disregard to the rights of the road.” Drewes attributed some of the relative safety of biking on campus to lower speed limits than busier city and state roads. “I could ride my bike down the middle of Airline Highway and I’m not breaking any laws. Now, is that safe, is that advisable? Probably not.”
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